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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
ON aha Gets the Franchi.e.

Milwaukee, Special The eighth
franchise in the Western League has
been finally settled and Omaha is the
city to replace Grand Rapids. This in
formation was given out this morning
by President Killilea, who was notl-
fed to that effect by President John
son. Official notice, however, may be
held back q few days.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
spoKANE's HORROR.
Victims of the Fire Number Eight
and Probably Nine.

stcth"" III tne FIre NumDcF Eh8Ht
and Probably Nine.
Spokane. WASH, Special Eight
lives, and, probably, nine, were lost
in the fire in the Great Eastern block.
None of the remains of those lost have
been recovered. The four walls of the
big building remain intact and fire is
still burning in the basement. In that
appalling mass of blackenea debris lie
the bodies of the victims. The local
board Of insurance agents estimate
the total property loss at 500 900; in.
surance, $135, 600.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Horse Thief Arrestcd.

La Crosse. Wis, special.-Joscph
Schmidt, wanted for horse stealing at
Bangor, was arrested at Warren's
Mills and brought here for trial. The
preliminary hearing will be before
Judge Brindly. When apprehended he
was trying to sell the team to farm
er.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04

Iuwa's Oldest Reaidsnt Dead.
Ottawa. Iowa, Jan. 29.-William Nc
Carly died at his home here. aged 1O4
years. He was the Oldest man in tho
state. >
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Names Officers Are plea.ea.

Havana, Jan. 29-Capt. Sigsbee, of
the American warship Maine, accom-
panied by Gen. Lee and Lieutenants
Howard and Heleman, paid a vicit to
Gen. Parade. They expressed them
selves as satisfied with the interview.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
DONATION tor Reloit.

Beloit, Wis.,, Special-A gentleman
in the East who stiplates that Ills
name be not given to the public has
donated $25, 600 to Beloit college. The
money is to be applied to the chair Of
chemistry. now occupied by Prof. Il. q.
Smith.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Steamer for the Relief Expedition

Steamer for the Relief Expedition.
Portland, Or, Special-Gen. Merriam,
commanding the department of Colum-
bia, has chartered a steamer to convey
the supplies and baggage of the Alaska
relief expedition from Vancouver bar
racks to this city. from which point
they will be shipped to Dyea by the
steamer George w. Elder on Feb. l..
Most Of the pack animals have been
sent to Seattle. and from there they
will so by steamer to Dyea.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
RUSHING TO alaska.

Crowded Steamer. Leave Washing-
ton Ports.
Seattle, WASH. Special. - Three
crowded steamers sailed for Dyea and
Skaguay within few hours of each
other yesterday. Five hundred peo-
pie left this city for the north, and
from other sound ports combined al
most as many again arc booked by the
three vessels, making the departure
for Alaska from Puget sound in one
day nearly a thousand.
Tacoma, Wash, Specialize steam
or City Of Seattle sailed to-day for
Alaska carrying GOO passengers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04

Durand. Wis. Special. - John Lorsh-
baueh, q farmer, was killed by Ills
horses In o barn In this city. He
1saves . large family. n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04

Will Cruise the Mediterranean.
New York, Jan. 29.-Three hundred
eXcursfonists left on the Hamburg.
American liner Augusta Victoria for q
cruise on the Mediterranean.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Rrinr Cold l,u.t.

Seattle, WASH, specitl. = Forty-Hv
Klondikers arrived here on the steam
ship City of Seattle. They brought
about $25O,0OO in gold dust and drafts.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Murderer (.oe. 70 pr,.cr !.

Muroereet Goes to Prison.
Vir0Qua, Wis, Special Wy
man has sentenced George sullivan
70 fourteen years at Waupun for tho
murder Of sAHa German, which &c
Cured d year. ng0lin Vernon county.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Girl Strangely M,..,rr

Girl Strangely Missing.
Red Wing, Mimi. Jan. 20. - Maud
Baker, chambermaid at the st. James
hotel, has mysteriously disappeared.
The authorities are unable to find any
trace.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Secretary Alxer,. cora,+,.,

secretary A1ger's Condition.
Washington, Jan. 29.-It was stated
that the condition of Secretary Alge-
remains unchanged, although, on the
whole. he is probably better than he
was Monday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Destruction by a Hurricane

n ~
Odessa, Jan. %. - A hurricane has
worked immense destruction in this
district. Whole villages have been
devastated and the damage to shipping
Is enormous.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04

Shot by an Unknown Assassin,
Houston, Tex, Jan. Fitzpatrick ].
Gibson, clerical employee of the
Southern Pacific railroad, was shot
through the heart by an unknown as
saSSin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
The jams Fleet.

London. Jan. %. - A special froul
Shanghai says the japanese feet ~
cruising on the c0ast OF Shantnns.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-04
Plane Deaths n Ind,.

Bombay, Jan. 29.-Accortling to tho
official report there have been 83A
deaths from the plague during tho
past week.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
A Cuban Milkm.n.

Chow many COWS there are about the
streets!" somebody exclaims, and then
he is calmly informed that the morn
ing's milk is simply being delivered.
A bunch Of cattle and their driver stop
before a house, and the portero comes
out with cup for the mornings sup
ply. It is seen then that the COWS are
being MIXED from door to door by the
dairymen, for this is the way the acute
Cuban housewives have taken to assure
for their tables tactical supply which
is entirely fresh and absolutely pure.
Even with the COWS MIXED before
the door one must continue to watch
the milkman, for have even heard Of
their having rubber bag Of water con-
cealed under their loose frocks and con-
nected with a rubber tube running
down inside Of the sleeve, it's tip being
concealed in the hollow of the milking
hand. Only gentle pressure upon the
bag Of water within is needed to thus
cause both milk and water to flow into
the cup at the same time. The milk
vendors Of Italy and India have also
learned their trade to perfection, for
they practice this identical trick.-Ed-
ward Page CASTOR in Woman's Home
Companion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
A Singular Calculation.

In recent number of Power singu.
lar calculation is presented by ]. A.
Renie. 1t would require, according to
Mr.. Renie's figures, the power Of a 10, :
900 horsepower engine about $1,000, ;
900, 900 years to lift the earth foot in
height, and to do this work, allowing
Is pounds of water per horsepower per
hour, would require come 10, 600, 600, :
600, 600, 900, 900 gallons Of water. or
more than would be discharged at the
mouth of the Mississippi in so, 600
years. This would be enough, the writer
estimates to cover the entire surface Of
the earth to depth Of about 800 feet,
to convert which into steam, using good
boilers, would require some 1000, 600, .
900, 900, 900 tons of coal. If the latter
quantity Of ehe mineral was loaded on
cars of 20 tons each, it would demand
200, 600, 900, 900, 600 such cars. If the
latter were 80 feet long and all coupled
together in one train, it would reach
around the earth As, 900, 900 times and,
if running 25 miles per hour, would
consume 25, 900, 900 years in running
the length of itself. So much for fig
urea ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
An Editors Hard Lot.

There are always those who will kick.
For instance, if you publish jokes with
whiskers on them some will say that
you ought to be in lunatic joint. II
you don't print something to smile at,
they say you are pessimistic fossil. II
you spread yourself and write good,
original article, they will say it il
stolen. If you reprint an article, they
say you can't write. If you say de.
serving word for a man, you are partial
if you compliment the women, the men
are jealous, and if you don't the verdict
Of the women is to the effect that your
paper is not fit to use in the construc.
ton of a hustle. If you stay in you,
Office, you are afraid to remain on the
streets; if you do. you are lazy. If you
look seedy, you are squandering your
money; if you wear good clothes. you
are dude, and don't pay for them. II
you play social game of any kind and
get stuck, you are fish; if you win,
you are tin horn, and so it goes
through one continual round of pleasant
complications. -Roslyn (Mich.) Senti.
mel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
Manila Hemp.

Every engineer knows what MANILA
hemp is, but few are a that it is
the product Of a species uf banana
which is cultivated in certain localities
in the Philippine islands. The plaut,
called by the natives "abaca," throws
up cluster of sheating leaf stalks to {,
height Of 30 or 80 feet, which spread
out at the top into crown Of huge un-
divided leaves. When it is 8 years old,
it is cut down and the stalks are torn
into strips. These strips, while still
fresh, are drawn between knife and a
wooden block, and the soft cellulose
matter is removed. The fiber is then
hung up to dry in the open air until it
is fit for use. Each stalk gives about Il
pound of fiber, and two natives will
turn out about % pounds a day. The
inside fiber, which is thin and weak, is
used by the natives for making articles
of dress. The familiar manila -o.o is
made from the fiber Of the outer la or,
which is hard and strong. The whole
supply of MANILA hemp practically
comes from the Philippines. and the
United States consumes Al per cent of it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30

A Deadly nas.

KILLERS and the owners Of grain ele>
vators look upon the bisulphide Of care
bon az one Of their most useful agents.
When mill, an elevator or granary
becomes infested with weevil, bisul-
phide Of carbon is the cheapest and
most effective thing to exterminate the
pest. So deadly is the gas, however,
and 90 rapidly does it act that the ut.
most care must be taken in applying
the bisulphide. It is usually sprinkled
over the grain from watering pots. The
liquid 10 rapidly converted into gas,
and the latter sinks through the grain,
carrying death to the wsevil and even
to the unmatched eggs.
So long as the persons applying the
liquid stand above the point of applica.
ton they are pretty safe from the
fumes, but occasionally the workmen
breathe a little Of the gas and have to
be removed at once to the open air, as
the heart is quickly paralyzed by the
action of the bisulphide. It is usual to
treat the lower floors of granary first,
SO that those employed in the work may
keep constantly above the gas. Any
animal, as cat or dog, shut up in an
apartment where the bisulphide is do.
ing it's work is found dead when the
place is opened.-Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
Picturesque Description Of Arizona.

We live in land of high mountains
high collars and high taxes, low val
leys, low neck dresses and low wages,
big, crooked rivers and big, crooked
statesmen, big lakes, big DRINKS, big
pumpkins, big men with pumpkin
heads silver streams that gambol in the
mountains and pious politicians who
gamble in the night, roaring cataracts
and roaring orators, fast trains, fast
horses, fast young men, roses that bloom
the year round and beautiful girls with
rosebud mouths, sharp lawyers, sharp
financiers and sharp toe shoes, noisy
children, fertile plains that lie like a
sheet of water and thousands of news.
papers that lie like thunder.
Sentinel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
Free Passes.

The legislative free pass is still uni.
versal i'll France. Every member of the
chamber Of deputies has free travelling
Oh any railroad in the country and is
furnished with medal of Identification
to make sure that he gets his privileges
In the matter of pay they are better off
than the British members Of parliament,
though their indemnity of So day is
small beside the So, 900 a year Of the
United States congressman.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
lJot the wisest WAY.

1t is not always best to wait until it is
needed before buying a bottle OF Cham
berIain's Colo, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. Quite frequently the remedy
is required in the very busiest season or
in the night and much inconvenience and
suffering must be borne before it can be
obtained. 1t costs but a trifie as COM
pared with its real worth and every
family can well afford to keep it in their
home. 1t is everywhere acknowledged
to be the most successful medicine in the
world for bowel complaints. For sale by
T. R., Shaw, the druggist. 9-12
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30
A Zulu Rain Charm.

The Zulus employ q rain charm
which 10 very remarkable considering
their usual fierceness and cruelty. They
catch bird, and after the tribal wizard
has consecrate,L it and made it a "heaven
bird' they throw it into pool of wa
ter.
In spite of their own Indifference to
the sufferings Of animals they believe
that the sky, which they conceive to be
personality, will be full of woe at the
death OF the bird and drop sympathetic
tribute in showers of rain.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30

The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum
fever sores, tetter, chopped hands,
chilblainS, ooTnD and Ill sksn o1upti0nt
and positively cures piles, o. no pay
required. It 10 guaranteed 70 1--WE pei
feet Gatisfscti0n. or money Defunded
Prize 96een1o per boz For sAle hy
r. r SnAw Il h
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-30

TO Cure Headache in 10 Minutes.
DR.. Davis Anti Headache never fails,
Is cents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
WARSHIPS GO TO CHINA.
Cruiser Baltimore and GunbOat Petrol
Ordered to Tien Tsin.


Ordered to Tien Tsin.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. - Secretary
Long upon advices received at the state
department showing the existence of
threatening conditions in China has or
dered Admiral Dewey to send two war
ships from Manila to a point as near
the Chinese capital as possible for a
warship to approach. The vessels sell
ected for this undertaking are the Balti-
more and the Petrol. 1t is expected
that the Baltimore will not be able to
get beyond the Taku forts at the en-
trance of the Pang Ne river, upon which
Pekin is situated, but the Petrol being
of smaller proportions, may be able to
reach Tien Tsin, so miles above the
mouth and about the same distance be.
low Pekin. The officials regret that
there is not now on the Asiatic squad.
ron light draught gun boat of the
Helena class which could ascend the
river as far as the Chinese capital.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
WORK OF GEOf
WAVE.
Campbell Island, on Aitnaha River, Re-
ported Swept Away.

Campbell Island, on Aitmaha River, Re-
ported Swept Away.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Oct. 5.-Complete
details from Brunswick aud surround
ing country are impossible because of
the prostration of the telegraph and tele-
phone systems. Campbell island, IL
miles from Darien. on the Altmaha
river, is said to be completely swept
away and only three persons successed
in getting off the island. There is no
definite information as to the popula-
ton of the island and estimates of the
number supposed to have persisted there
range from 20 to 90. The population
was made up wholly of colored truck
growers.
Four deaths are now reported at
Brunswick The damage to property
there is estimated at 100000.
A dispatch by tug states that two
children were drowned at Fernandina
in Sundays flood, the worst in the city's
history. W....,;r flooded big portion of
the city and @;nt many vessels high and
dry on the beach. Telegraph systems
are Frustrated and railroads have sus-
pended operations.
A family of father and mother and
three children were in their house when
the tide carried it away. One of the
boys undertook to save his baby brother
but was unable to reach shore, being
forced to drop the child. The father
was rescued from tree and the mother
drifted ashore. The crew at the quar-
antine station was rescued from life
raft, the station being entirely de-
stroyed. The loss to property will be
heavy
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
TROOPS FOR PORTO RICO.
Three Additional Regiments Ordered to
Points In the Island.

Three Additional Regiments Ordered to
Points In the Island.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The war de-
partment has decided to send more
troops to Porto Rico. Orders have been
issued directing that the Fifth regular
cavalry, now at Huntsville, Ala, the
Sixth United States volunteer infantry,
now at Chickamauga, and the Forty
Seventh New York, now at Fort Adams,
shall proceed to such point in Porto
Rico as may be desired by the COM
manding general in that island. The
Eighth United States volunteer infan-
try and two companies of the Indiana
colored volunteers now at Fort Thomas,
KY, will relieve the Sixth volunteer
infantry at Chickamauga.
AL the troops at Camp Meade will
soon be ordered to points in the south.
Some of them may go to Cuba, but the
majority will for the present occupy the
new camps recently selected in Georgia
and South Carolina. 1t is understood
the troops sent to garrison duty in Cuba
will not remain long, but when they
have seen service for few months will
return to this country. The same is
probably true as to Porto Rico. 1t is
also intimated that when the troops re-
turn the volunteers will be given 60
days furlough and be mustered out.
By that time congress will have had an
opportunity to determine what shall be
done in regard to garrisoning the new
possessions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
English Capital In Klondike.

HAVANA, Oct. 5.-English capital has
established five Of the largest cigar fac
tories here and combined with syndi-
cate previously operating four factories.
The Spanish manufacturers presented
an argument to Special Commissioner
Porter, favoring heavy export duty on
raw tobacco leaf To this the dealers
filed strenuous protest, affirming that
such a duty would insure Spanish con-
troll of the trade, while the abolition Of
the duty would bring prosperity to
agricultural districts and trade advan-
tages to the United States manufac-
lures
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Honor Smith.

OMAHA, Oct. "a public reception
will be given in the Bee building to-
night in honor of Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press, and ex-minister to
Russia. Invitations have been sent to
1,1C0 Transmississippi postmasters and
newspaper men, but the reception will
not be confined to them. The general
public is cordially invited to be present
and make the acquaintance of the prom
inent visitor
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
wEEAT AND PROVISIONS WEAK.
Yellow Fever Reports Had a Depressin
Effect on Provisions.

Yellow Fever Reports Had Depressing
Effect on Provisions.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-Wheat and provisions were
weak today, while corn and oats were firm
Wheat was influenced by the enormous visible
increase heavy primary receipts and disap-
pearance of the October premium. and closed
ss@1!c lower for December. Corn was firm,
principally on bullish husking returns, and ad-
yanced &c. Oats were helped by corn and
closed 1s(G14c higher. Yellow fever reports,
among other things, depressed provisions, that
market closing 71aGl0c lower. Closing .srices:
wHEAT-Dec., 6l34c; May, 631a9633sc.
CoRN-Dec. 29sss(g291ac; May, 8l5sg3lAc.
OATs-Dec., 2l1Slg2l14c; May, 225sc.
PoRK-Oct, S.e5; Dec. $50.
LARD-Oct. $i.57la; Dec, $4.62}a.
RIBs-Oct., s5.22211a; Dec- si521a
Cash quotations: No. 2 red wheat. 621a96ic
No. 2 hard, 6l1ac; No. northern spring, GIG
sc No. 2corn, zoe No. oats, 2ls4c.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
TO RETAIN PHILIPPINES.
American Commissioners reported {
Have Made That Demand.

American Commissioners reported to
Have Made That Demand.
PARIS, Oct. 5.-The first shot has
been fired in the pacific duel now going
on at Quai d'Orsay and the Spanish
commissioners are staggered. The de-
mand for the retention of the Philip
pines in more or less modified form
was presented and the Spaniards have
therefore asked for time to weigh the
position. Accordingly, the next joint
meeting will not take place till Friday.
The nature of the American demands
is not known, but they were presented
after General Merritt paid his official
visit to the commission at Hotel Cont.
mental. Their tenor may be conjectured.
Temps, in a leader, says tonight:
"The question of the Philippines is full
of doubt and obscurity. Americans
affirm that the vagueness of the protocol
gives them the right, from the moment
of its signature, to dispose as they like
of the whole archipelago and if that
plea fails the right of disposal is theirs
by conquest of the Spaniards. On the
other hand. the Spaniards claim the
protocol does not by any terms envisage
the transfer of sovereignty and as the
capture of Manila was posterior the
governor in captivating could only dis
pose of the town"
Temps strongly advises Spain to hold
the islands and devote herself to her
own material and moral regeneration.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Chinese Minister Accents.

OMAHA, Oct. 5.-The Pennsylvania
commissioners to the exposition have
reached Omaha. Hon. Charles Emory
Smith, postmaster general, heads the
party. A telegram from Washington
states that the Chinese minister has &C
copied the invitation of the manage
ment to participate in the peace jubilee
next week. Three members of the
Chinese legation will accompany the
minister
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Colonel Dick Nominated.

WARREN, o., Oct. 5.-The Republic
ans of the Nineteenth Ohio district
nominated Charles F. Dick, secretary of
the Republican national committee to
congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the late Congressman
Northway and for the full term of two
wears. The convention was in session
IL hours and the nomination was made
on the 4Sth ballot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Dined by Porter,

PARIS, Oct. 5.-The United States
ambassador, General Horace Porter
will give dinner i'll honor of the Am
orleans this afternoon, and next week
he will give dinner in honor of both
commissions at the United States en-
bassy. She Spanish ambassadors We're
received yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
by President Faure at the Elysee palace.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Sagasta Asks for Advice.

MADRID, Oct. 5.-Senor Sagasta had a
conference with several of his colleagues
today on receipt Of lengthy telegraphic
dispatches from the peace commissioners
at Paris. These dispatches are said to
deal with the demand put forward by
the American commissioners at a recent
meeting at Paris for the complete ces-
sion of the Philippines.