The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-12
Miscellaneous,

Six inches Of snow has fallen In Viz.
ginia. N
The national board Of trade has in
dorsed the arbitration treaty. X
Lyman ]. Gage, the Chicago banker,
says he would accept the post OF Sec
rotary Of the treasury.
The next convention Of the Interna.
tional Bricklayers and MaSons' union
will be held at Peoria, Ill.
Controller Eckels has written to the
governors Of all tie states In quest Of
Information touching state banks.
The American Jewish Historical So
ciety began its fifth annual convention
at Baltimore.
The supreme court Of Ohio has sus-
tanned the collateral inheritance Tux
law. .. .,yi,, G
The Russian minister for the interior
has declared the whole Of India to be
infected with the plague.
The annual meeting of the etockhold-
ers Of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie road
was held ut Pittsburg.
The woman suffrage bill was defeat
ed in the house of the Oklahoma Ter
ritorial legislature by a decisive vote.
Col. John d. Hopkins, the hacker Of
Creedon and Tracy, says Creedon and
Mccoy will fight in London. .
The Midland Grocery company has
been organized at Mason City, Iowa,
with a capital of 100000.
The woman suffrage bill was defeat
ed in the house Of the Oklahoma terri
torial legislature by decisive vote.
The grand jury has returned fifty
seven indictments against Boss Find.
ley and other gamblers at Kansas City.
The Missouri senate has passed n res
olution appropriating $3.50 COO. for the
relief OF the St Louis tornado suffer,
ers. .
William L. Crisman, one OF, Jackson
county, No., first and foremost lawyers
and a pioneer banker Of Independence;
is dead. ,nNE&F aitg nj
The New York joint legislative. com!
mittee to investigate trusts held Its
first meeting to-day, electing Senator
:Lexow as chairman. i. i.'.ss' = y
Some objections to the ,arbittatfon
treaty are to be removed by a separate
treaty for the adjustment of tie Alas.
kan boundary. .sYt,S.,. rsF,.l!,
Mr.. Alhusen Unionist) has been
elected to the house Of commons to
succeed Edward Henry Hulse, re
signed. 4 s,34. ~ 3 6: :.z..l !,
The fight between Dick :Burge ana
Eddie Connolly for 5000, which took
place at the Olympic club Ut BifminR.
ham, Eng. was declared d draw. 4
Democratic National Chairman Jones
advises the Democrats of the Idaho
legislature to vote for Dubois for SEN
ator. +
The Ohio Valley railroad, 100 miles
long, running from Evansville to
Henderson, KY, is to be sold June /.
The upset price is $1,050.O00.
The Atlantic & Pacific 4 per cent
bondholders have agreed to accept the
proposition made by the Atchison In
terests for control Of the property.
An order has been issued at the post.
Office department disseminating the
postofice at Mcleod, Custer county,
s. D. Mail will be sent to Hermosa.
A company has been formed at
creamery to be built near the city.
Enough cows have been secured.
Attorney General Harmon disagrees
with Judge Locke's conclusions in the
case OF the flibustering steamer Three
Friends.
!. Second mortgage. bondholderss Of the
|. Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road
have applied for decree OF foreclos-
ure.
1t has just leaked out that the sloop
Acosta, which has been missing from
Port Norris, N. j., for some time, has
sailed for Cuba with arms and ammu-
milton for the insurgents. =.
Judge Fellows has recorded a decree
Of thsolvency against the Laconia Car
company and Berley Putnam, presi-
dent Of the company, as an individual
at Tilton, n. !. ;.
A special meeting Of tie San Francis
co chamber Of commerce will be held
to devise means for assisting In the re-
lief Of those who are suffering from
plague and famine In India.
Mrs. James Smith buried her Irish
setter dog, Franklin, in the Lexington
Qky.)cemetery, at the foot Of her hus-
bands grave She is. the widow of
Samuel N. Smith, q retired New York
broker, who raised the dog from a pup.
Bones by the hundred have been I'M
earthed right under the officers club
rooms at West Point. It is known that
spies and Tories, hanged on the plains,
were buried by the patriots where the
mess hall now stands. g 4s.
There is, q prospect Of 4 speedy set,
Element between the Brown Hosting
and Conveying Machine company and
its employees, whose strike and boycott