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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-08
subjusatine the Jungfrau by Means
of the Trolley

4:sS AOIAv MtVuAlllltS GAllWstyS ilTVTsly
laid in Switzerland seem only to have
whetted the appetite Of electrical en-
g!ncers for greater achievements. The
latest scheme is a railway to the top Of
the Jungfrau Peak. The peak is 49,
G7O feet above sea level Although
heights approximlting tllis have been
attained in some-of the railroads Of the
Andes, and in the mountainous dis.
tricts Of our own Western states, no
such grades as will he hero employed
have been attenlpterd. A vivid itlea of
what tile undertaking involves may be
gathered from the fact that from tile
lower terminal, ut Scheldegg, to the
Jungfrau peak. the difference in level
is 1000 feet, which rise will be accom-
plished in the total length of the road
of only seven and one-half miles. The
read will alternately pass through tun-
nels and wind aloEg the edge of noun
tains and glaciers. giving the. passen-
gers unique opportunities. of gazing at
superb landscapes. On the Monch
Mountain there will be- station.
which, from it's situation. will liz. Of
special interest. tt is. the, center Of a
circle Of magnificent glaciers At its
right is situated the Jungfrau Firm aud;
its awe-inspiring creyasses. On tile
left Is the vast and tranquil EM;e-
schncefcld Everlasting Snow Fie1dl.
IN almost unbroken sheet. where even
the most inexperienced tourist can,
without danger or difficulty, walk anii
admire at his ease the FROZEN altftuAes
of eternal SHOWS, which are still un-
trodden by most Alpine travellers.
From Monch the gy1de of the fire de-
scends to the Jungfrn,: Mountain, and
then rises sharply to point Just be-
meath the summit. From this an cleo.
trio elevator. with q lit of :3(l feet.
carries passengers to the peak itself.
"A remarkable feature Of this and SINH
lar roads Is that whereas inyalig.s we're
formerly cut or from tho enjoyment
Incident to the ascent Of famous peaks.
even paralytics can now he taken to
any altitude, and c0n Il vail themselves
of the succession OF new and unsus.
pected bits Of Alpine scenery. to which
even pedestrians could not, in many
cases, formerly gain access. Electric.
ity win not only be used for tho pro-
pulsion Of the cars, but for their light.
ing ana heating. for the elevator. and
even for the drilling and excavating Of
the SIX miles OF tunnels, which haveito
pc pushed often through solid rock.
The electric current will lie derived
from the waters of tho Black md
White Lutschtne, q few miles distant.
In winter these mountain roads are
shut down on the higher levels, tho
main section being retained for brd,n,
airy communal traffic. Tho traffic. IN
fact, corresponds vsth the season. AS
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-08
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sss DleRGNesN. 81
Mr.. Edison has q grievance against
the newspapers. He protests against
l.eing made 0utsa fakir, and insists
that he Ia q plain, lMatter-0f-fact man
Of science, who n doing his best, and
not q divine healer This cAme about
through q statement Ia New York
paper that Edison had been trying to
make the blind see. and had succeeded
10 well as to be led to prophecy that In
three years the treatment Of impaired
vision by means Of the Z ray would be
brought to such pei fectf0n that tue
sight Of the blind could be restored. 1t
was stated that two men who had been
sightless for years had Had their eyes
subjected to the e rays, and. for THO
first time since the;;' had. been stricken
with blindness, they had seen the light.
Edison was made to say that results
were so encouraging that lie should de-
vote himself to the production of q
specially -prepared rny which would
give the blind the ability to distinguish
persons and things, if not to readl The
whole OF the inaccurate story arose out
OF q communication Edison had made
to an electrical Journal. in which he
stated that the Koentgen ray power
fully changes the normal condition Of
vision. With strong tubes. one can
easily see through the hand with the
naked eye, when both are brought very
close to the tube; moving objects are
also seen plainly. Edison emphasized
the fact that, for the first two or three
seconds, the eyes perceives nothing.
but by. that time the ray has made
some change In the eye, and the sensi-
tiveness Is increased. The question of
the applicability Of the x ray to the
treatment Of the eye, or any other or
gan, hinges on the discovery Of the ex-
act physiological effect which the ray
has, and the extent to which this
effect can be modified. Judging from
many experime nts, and especially from
some notes recently made upon the
subject by Prof. Elihu Thomson, the
result of turning the x ray upon the
eye for any prolonged period would be
to destroy the eyeball. Prof. Thorn
son, by way of testing the statement
that Roentgen rays have peculiar
effect on the tissues, removing hair,
causing blisterlng OF the skin. deep
seated pain in the joints, ETC., exposed
the little finger of his left hand for
half an hour to the radiation of a
For several days after the eynosnre no.
sign was apparent, but in eleven days
the back Of the finger became red.
the finger wlpicl, had her 1 to blister ter
felt somewhat stiff. The eject resem.
bled strong sunburn. IL VAS quite q
week before any 81 the symptoms in.
dictated were seen. From these facts.
Prof. Thomson deduces that Roentgen
rays nav be found to have n thernne,l-
tic value, though It is doubtful If thew
can be superior to ordinary violet light
except in the power Of nenetrat ting
opaque bodies. Prof. Thomson ia we'll
known as one Of the most skilled md
progressive electricians in this. or any
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-08

TIE lIixlnas 81 French vvines.
An AneriranWhO l1aa been ding III
Trance, and has devoted some time to.
studying the wines Of that. country,
says the California clfrpt Is as good a,
wine as the claret;of ,FIancc: Tile Bor.-
deaux wines tiiat are exported to Eng
land aud America are not pure. wines,.
but are mixed expressly for the for
eign trade. The French lave A. great
objection to this fact being known. It
Is said that former United States.
consul to Bordeaux was shot down in,
the streets after having described the.
process Of mixing in a consular report.
Thesidea that Frenchman will COM
sumo large quantities Of wine Is q
mistake: He will go to an ihn; call for.
q glass of wine. and sit down and play
cards: II lie ia playing for IN hour;
the wine lasts him all that time. He,
takes but one glass. The French: do.
not like a. heavy inc; and; the clhret
they drink is quite light. Even this:
thin wine is nearly always mixed with
water, half-and-half. They say water.
brings out the fruitly flavor. TO meet
tile English and American and other:
foreign demand. tic French wine deal:
ers at Bordeaux take the tliiM native
wines and mix them With the much
heavier wines Of Spain and Portugal,
and the result liz the Bordeaux" Of
commerce: The. method Of mixing is
wonderfully rapid and effective. Two.
bins Of French wines are placed close
to one Of Spanis!, and one BIN of l'ortu-
guese wins. Above them alt iw an
ether bin. empty. and ready for tile re-
ceipt Of the. mixed wine. The, product
is good wine, but ii IN not a pure
wine in the sense of being the precinct
Of one Kind OF grarc.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-08
Demand for Flintlocks.

claim New York Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE Flour : Unchanged and
e enrino Wedh1eea a 81 and weaker No:
Gee. zcorn1Fdrm; No. 5, a21za24ca:s ' oats tsy.
Steady; No. 2 white, 21@21Ac. Barley
a Uuli ana dropping; No; ?, 3119@32c; sample
oh oRant track NJ 2eaS 2fno RyenDal and IN
lar, pork, 7.65; lard, 3.45.
Flour is quoted on the basis of 4.O564 10
Tor patents IN bbls in carlors bakers, in
lute and in bbls, $40; rye, in bbls, 225
Millstuffs are quoted at 500 per ton for
do, 1O.25@1O.5O.
G., Chicago sA45 . Close : Wheat June, e74c;
new, 651sc. Commune, 231@c; July 24c;
September, 2514c. Oats-June, 171hc; July.
1!5s11Sc; September. iI155c. Pork--June,
June, 347; July, a5 ' September t:' ae2 Ribs
June, 4.22; July, 4.22; September, 1850
KANSAS cITY-wheat-Dun, steady,
Mixed steady; No. 2 mixed, 2O146205sc
Oats-Slow, about steady; No. white, 800
ST. Is-Wheat-Iower; No. red
cash elevator, SIC bid; track, Sac; July,
$3.50. Corn-Firm; No. cash, 2214c; July,
22e bid; oats-Steady;o No, cash, 171ac
MISNEEAPo}fTis wheat = Lower; June,
SOC; July, 67%@67Bc: September, 61%@
611@c; No. / hard: Tic; No. L Northern, 69Ac.
steady: only retail trade. HogsIReceip pts,
$500; steady to shade lower; bulk Of sales,
3.3o03.4 40; heavies, 3.2503A512; packers,
1908. 421Ac; mixed, 3.350i3. 40: light, $3.50
80; workers., 3:371@a3.40; pigs, 2.75@3.20.
No sheep market.
ST. --CattIe-Receipts, 200; steady
without any change. Hogs-Receipts, 1000;
market &c lower; light, 3,30@3. As; mixed,
3.4O@3.50; heavy, 2003.5O. Sheep-Noth-
ing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
TWO EXPLORERS KILLED.
American Biologists Murdered by
Australian NatiVeS-Effects
Found.

San Francisco, Cal, June 5.--News
from Adelaide, South Australia, brought
by steamer, indicates that the two miss
ing explorers of the Calvert expedition,
Wells and Jones, were killed by natives.
l.. A. Wells, cousin of one of the missing
men, has sent dispatch from Derby,
West Australia, saying that he found a
native wearing a breechclout made from
his cousins trousers. The native said
the white man had been killed in the
southwest. They promised to lead Wells
to the place next day, but in the night de-
camped. They said the two white men
were stain, and Wells followed their di-
rectiOns.
He came upon party of natives near
the spot described. They had a toma-
hawk and several dishes which Wells
identified as belonging to his cousin
They were sullen and threatened to spear
Wells.
Another story comes from the Upper
Oakoyer river of two tall white men rid
ing camels who were speared on Bloomer
river by large party of natives. Balck,
who told this story, wore Il heavy silver
watchchaln around his neck, which he
said belonged TO one of the men, but
neither Of the missing men of the CAL
vert expedition wore such q chain. 1t is
thought these white men were mining
prospectOrs.
The unfortunate men Of the Calvert ex-
petition are Charles F. Wells, the sec
ond in command, and J. w. Jones. the
geoIogist. This expedition was fitted out
by Albert Z. Calvert, wealthy Ameri-
can, who has taken much interest in Aus
traHan exploration
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
SNORING CAUSES A DEATH
New York Mans Fog Horn Blasts
Throw a Child Into Fatal
Commissions.

New York, June 5.-The snoring habit
has broken up families and several
friendships, but for the first time on rec
ord, it is believed, snoring has been held
responsible for death and, unfortunately,
not the death of the snorer, but of an in
nocent victim.
Fright. due to hearing man snore,
caused the death of a 3-year-old child,
Anna E. Churchill, in Brooklyn last
evening. The man who caused the
child's death indirectly was Edward Ma
son, painter who boards at the Church
ills. After he had been drinking heav-
lily Mason went to the Churchill house,
lay down in the kitchen and fell asleep.
The child was sleeping i'll an adjoining
room.
Mason's snore is said to be such that
most cf the people i'll his block knew it.
At any rate it awakened little Anna
Churchill and threw her into commissions
The family turned Mason out of doors
and he was arrested and sent to Jail for
ten days. A doctor was called in to at
tend the child, but she passed from one
CONFUSION into another and died last
evening. The case will be investigated
by the coroner, who will endeavor to as
certain whether Mason's responsibility
for the child's death is criminal re-
sponsibility.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
KILOGRAMS CONDENSED.

Great excitement was caused at vi
emma by the act of a number of Hunga-
rian Chauvinist agitators at Budapest,
who, by scandalous scenes and outrages
succeeded in driving from the new Com
edy theater there company from the
Fire did 10000 damage to the Paller-
son & Thomas block at Denver.
AT the fourth days racing of the Ep-
som (EngD summer meeting L. Jennings
chestnut tilly Limason won the Cakes
stake OF 1900 sovereigns.
M. V. Monarch company, a distillery
corporation, assigned at Greensboro, XIV.
Liabilities, 100000; assets, $4,000.
The board of managers of the Joint
Traffic association has recommended q
number of special fourth Of July excur-
sions and has also fixed a rate of one
and one-third fare first-class per
capita to the national meeting of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
to be held at Minneapolis, July to 10.
"A meeting of whisky men repre-
senting all departments of the trade was
held in executive session at Cincinnati.
Esquire William Claxton of Campbell
county, Tex, was shot from ambush and
killed by some unknown person at the
foot of Braden mountain.
Richard Crokers bay horse Americas
won the Riddles Down plate of 200 SOW
ereigns at the third days racing of the
EPSON (Eng) spring meeting today.
David Wilson, the colored murderer,
was hanged at Morristown, n. J. Will
son murdered his wife in a tenement on
June 6, 1896, by chopping her with an ak.
"A statement has been made by the
Union Pacific railroad officers regarding
the breaking off of relations which have
existed between the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short line.
William B. Waddell died at West
Chester, Pa, from an attack of heart
trouble. He was SO years of age and had
been on the bench about ten years For
forty years he had been a prominent fig
ure in state politics.
&C. r. Person, formerly a banker of
Della PLANE, I<as., attempted to commit
suicide at Chicago by taking poison i'll
room at the Grand Central passenger
station hotel. He was found unconscious
and removed to the county hospital.
Christopher Becker, q prominent
farmer of Obey township near Reading,
Pa, was found in his barnyard last night
literally riddled with shot. He was not
known to have any enemies. He was o3
years old and quite wealthy.
Miss Mamie NJ. Briggs, granddaugh-
ter Of the first governor of Iowa, who was
christened 1.-THE Granddaughter of Iowa"
at Ine burlington Senn-centennal last
year, has been married at the home of
her parents in Omaha to Alex Darby Rob
ertson of Cherokee, Ia.
"A waterspout struck Jasper, S. D.,
damaged the crops and made the rail
way track impossible.
The Cape Town legislative assembly
has unanimously adopted a proposal to
contribute towards the maintenance Of
the imperial navy.
w. II. Wilbur. the Sedalia (Mo)
teamster who made 9-year-old Amanda
Gentry drunk and then mistreated her,
has been identified as the man who as
saulted Ida Cation, a 13-year-old girl, in
East Sedalia a few weeks ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
RESPITE FOR DURRANT.
Given Permission to Appeal to the
Supreme Court-Had Given
OD Hope.

San Francisco, Cal, June 4.-Theodore
Durrant will not be hanged on next Fri
day. His attorneys have gained for him
a new lease of life for four months at
least, and the condemned man made mer-
ry in his cell last night when he heard
the cheerful news. He had become re-
signed to his fate and his fearful eyes
had turned to the Bible as his only solace,
when information was received at the
prison that Judge Gilbert of the United
States circuit court had granted his at
tOrneyS permission to appeal to the Unit
ed States Supreme court from his order
made on Wednesday, denying the appli-
cation for a writ of habeas corpus.
The appeal was perfected today when
Theodore Durrants father filed a bond in
5000 to cover the costs of the appeal.
Even il the appeal should be dismissed
early IN the term, which does not begin
until October, the thirty days allowed by
the state law between the time when the
day for execution is fixed and the day of
execution would carry the matter pretty
well toward the end Of the year.
NO formal stay of execution, however.
has been given. Attorney General Fitz-
gerald has not yet advised Warden Hale
not to proceed with the execution on
June IL, but he has given such advice
to Warden Aull of Folsom in the Wor-
den case, and the Durrant case stands
on precisely the same footing. Dur
rants attorneys regard their immediate
labors IN his behalf as atlan end and are
preparing for their next effort, which will
be before the United States Supreme
court
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
Company with a Capital Stock of
$3O,OOO,OOO Incorporated
at Springfield.

Chicago, Ill, June "a transcontinen-
tai railroad, from tidewater to tidewater
is the gigantic enterprise which was set
ia motion yesterday, when $4,000 was
paid at Springfield for the incorporation
of company with a capital stock of
$50 100000.
The Baltimore & Ohio. the Wisconsin
Central, the Chicago q Northern Pacific
and the Northern Pacific systems figure
in the great undertaking. By consOl-
idation of these, their branches and con-
nectionS, will be produced the new SyS-
tenn, one end of which will touch the
Atlantic, the other the Pacific.
Resuscitation for the Chicago & North
ern Pacific will come. The system will
be taken out of the hands of its receiver,
A L. Hopkins, and its splendid terminal
station at Fifth avenue and Harrison
street become part of the new enter
prise.
Under the new name of the Chicago
Terminal Transfer railroad, the new cor
poration will continue to do the terminal
work as the Chicago q Northern Pacific
did, for the same roads. Extensions for
the increase of traffic will be made, and
the Chicago q Calumet Terminal rail-
way will be added, besides other new
lines to be built with a view to lncreas-
ing the terminal facilities now possessed
by the system to be combined.
ACCORDING TO the incorporation pdpeIs
the new lines to be built include extern
sions from Harrison street in G. Chicago gag
through the city Of La Sale to the Mis-
sssippi river; from South Fortieth ave
nue. and West Randolph street to the
Mississippi river; from 9 point in the
town of ProvisO southerly and westerly
to the city of East st. Louis; from the
west division, Chicago, southerly TO the
Ohio river; from Blue Island avenue to
Franklin park, to Lake Michigan, thence
to the Indiana and Illinois state line.
The feature of the Incorporation that
will attract unusual attention is the size
of the incorporation fee. Under the new
Illinois incorporation law all new corpo-
rations are required to pay into the state
treasury at the rate of 81 for every $1,000
of capital stock. This made the incorpo-
ration fee of the Chicago Terminal
Transfer company amount to $4,000,
which is the largest initiatory fee ever
paid by u corporation in the United
States. The money for this fee was un-
doubtedly furnished by the Eastern CAPT
talists who are prominent in the deal.
The incorporators mentioned as hailing
from Chicago are all employees of the
Chicago & Northern Pacific system.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
CANOVAS is TO STAY.
Queen Regent of Spain Asks the
Premier to Continue in
Office.

Madrid, June 4.-The Queen Regent
conferred last evening with the president
of the Senate, the Marquis Pazo de IA
Merrzed. The latter, after the confer
ence, said that he had pointed out to
her majesty that the continuance in of
flee of Senior Canovas del Castillo would
constitute the best solution OF the crisis.
This opinion is shared by the president
of the Chamber of Deputies, Senior A
Pidal, who is to have a conference with
the Queen Regent today.
Marshal Martinez de Campos is on his
way to Madrid, but as he is not identified
with any party he is not concerned in the
crisis from a political standpoint and will
give his attention to other questions, espe-
cially to that relating to the Cuban situa-
ton.
Senior Francisco Silvela, the leader of
the dissident conservatives in the cham
Der, is among the politicians who have
been summoned to the palace.
The Heraldo understands that the pro-
posed Paris branch of the Bank of Spain
will not be established, the negotiations
on the subject having fallen through.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
The Next Thing to It.

The coffee habit is~not as bad AS the
liquor habit, but it is the next thing to
it. Coffee and tea drunkards are get
ting to be noticeable type. These bev-
erages injure both the nerves and the
digestion Nervous diseases are often
produced, and always aggravated, by
Indulgence in coffee and tea Yet peo-
pie fancy they can't get along without
these drinks. Perhaps you think so.
Try Grain-O for Il change It tastes
like coffee. 1t is a new food drink.
made from pure grains. 1t is full OF
cheer. warmth and nourishment. with
out a particle of narcotic stimuIant.
The old, the middle-aged and the chill
dren can drink Grain-O freely, day or
night. Use it awhile and you will want
no more coffee. And 1t costs only u
quarter as much. Ask your grocer for
Il. Sold in 15c. and 2jc. packages
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
DIES IN LEARNING TO RIDE.
First Lesson on a Cycle Fatal to Michael
B. Sullivan.

Chicago, ILL.,. June 5.-While resting
from the exertions caused by his first at
tempt at learning to ride a bicycle, Mi
chael B. Sullivan, 26 years old, an en-
ploye of Armour & Co. dropped dead on
the pavement in the vicinity of Forty
sixth street and Wabash avenue last
night about 80. Sullivan had been adj
vised by his friends to ride a wheel for
the sake of his health, and assisted by
two of his friends, made the attempt last
evening. He had dismounted and was
watching the efforts of one of his COM
panions on the wheel, when, without ut
tering q word or groan, he suddenly
fell to the pavement and expired immedi-
ately. His body was conveyed in the
ambulance to the home of his brother,
Timothy Sullivan, 4732 Prairie avenue
DR.. Berry, the dead mans physician, said
he had warned Sullivan not to overexert
himself, as he had heart disease and any
excitement would result disastrously for
him. He pronounced the cause Of death
as heart failure.
Michael B. Sullivan was a brother of
James Sullivan, the well-known newspa-
per writer, who died suddenly from heart
failure July +, 1896, while seated in his
chair in the rooms of the old Newspaper
club IN the BOyce building
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-09
'BACCHANTE' GOES TO NEW YORK
The McMonnies Statue Which Shocked
ROxfnn

New York, June 5.-The Bacchante by
Frederick McMOnnies has been accepted
by the Metropolitan museum and it will
at once be placed in the center of the
bronze room at the East Gallery on the
first floor. The much-maligned Bac-
chante comes to New York as the gift
of c. &. Mckim of this city, after
chilling reception in Boston AMI a rejec-
ton of a proposition to put it IN one of
the libraries of that city.
The tender of the bronze was made to
the museum on June 1 in a letter sent
by McKim to Frederick Rhineander.
This offer was by him transmitted to
Daniel Huntington, chairman of the
committee on sculpture. Under the con-
stitution, in the absence of members of
the board of directors, Henry G. Mar
quand, president; Hiram Hitchcock,
treasurer, and Louis Dicesnola, secre-
tary of the museum, are empowered to
act with the chairman Of the committee
on sculpture. This committee of the
board of directors met promptly and
voted unanimously to accent the Gift