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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
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APPEAL FOR HELPP.
Secretary tRopt Asks Asslsfancc FOL
;3 80 Porto Ricans. 8

Washington, Aug. 13.-A report has
been received at the war department
from an officer at San Juan, Porto
Rico, estimating that the number OF
killed amounts to 500. The same off,
Ger says very serious condition of
affairs exists at Ponce.
!, Washington. Aug. 13.-The war de-
partinent yesterday took prompt meas
ures for the relief of the hurricane
sufferers in Porto Rico. When the
press dispatches and Gen. Davis adj
vices made known the extent of the
disaster steps were Immediately taken
to send supplies, and the transport
Mcpherson was ordered put in readi-
ness to sail from New York on Mon
day next. She will carry rations and
other necessaries. Secretary of War
Root sent the following appeal to the
mayors of all cities of more than 1jO.-
600 populations:
''Sir: The governor general of Porto
Rico confirms the report that upon the
Sth inst. a hurricane swept ever that
island. entirely demolishing many Of
the towns, destroying many lives and
reducing: so far as he can estimate,
not less than 100000 of the Inhabitants
tc a condition Of absolute restitution.
without homes or food. Unless Inn
mediate and effective relief is given,
these unfortunates will perish of fam
inc.
"Under these conditions the presi-
dent deems that an appeal should be
made to the humanity of the American
people. 1t is an appeal to their pa
triotism, also. for the Inhabitants of
Porto Rico have freely and gladly sub
uitted themselves to the guardianship
of the United States and have volun-
tarily surrendered, the protection of
Spain, to which they were formerly
entitled. confidently relying upon more
generous and beneficent treatment at
our hands. The highest considerations
Of honor and good faith unite with the
promptings Of humanity to require
from the United States n generous re-
spouse to the Porto Ricans' distress.
'1his department has directed the
Immediate distribution of rations to
the sufferers by the army in Porto
Rico, SO far as it is within the power
of the executive, but in the absence
of any appropriation we must rely
largely upon private contributions.
II beg that you will call upon the
public-spirited ard humane people of
your city to take active and immedi-
ate measures in this eXigency. The
government transport Mcpherson will
be sent directly from the port of New
York to Porto Rico on Monday. the
18th inst, to carry all supplies of food
which can be obtained. Further trans
ports will be sent at future dates. of
which public notice will he given.
"Any committee charged with the
raising of funds will receive full infor-
nation and advice upon communicate
ing with this department. Very re-
spectfully. -Elihu Root.
"Secretary Of War;
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
A SCHOOL MAN MURDERED.
Supposed to Have Bcen Shot Ivy n
Editor Who Has Disappeared.

Elizabeth, Colo, Aug. II. = George
W. Blazer, superintendent of the Eliz-
abeth public schools, was shot and in
stantly killed on the street last night.
The murderer escaped. 1t is supposed
that the shooting was done by w. L.
Holland, editor of the Eye, who has
disappeared. He was seen in company
with Blazer shortly before the tragedy
occurred, and i'll feeling existed be-
criticising the town board which was
recently published in the Eye.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Considerable indignation was mani
tested by the New York delegation at
the late Detroit Christian Endeavor
convention over the fact that the
drinking water is supplied in barrels
formerly used by distillery.
You may soak, you may rinse the Old
barrel as you will,
The scent of that whisky will cling to
it still.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
GEN. MILES OBJECTS.
Alger'n Last Order Il
s. Likely to he Modified.

Washington, Aug. -. = Secretary
Root conferred with Gen. Miles the
first thing after arriving here. This
conference gave rise to rumors that
Miles was to be sent to Manila, but
the talk between Secretary Root and
the general related entirely to the mat
ter OF army inspection and the order
issued by Secretary Alger shortly be-
fore lie resigned, placing the inspector
generals department solely under the
authority OF the secretary of war.
Gen. Miles objects strongly to this,
and it is now believed that Alger's
order will he modified
Secretary Root has asked for reports
from various recruiting stations of the
country. 1t is said to be his purpose to
have upward of 10000 men in the
Philippines ready for active service by
Nov -
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Embalmed or refrigerator beef has
become a staple food for garrisons in
Cuba and Porto Rico and the people
who championed the article during the
recent controversy are making much
of the fact. There is considerable diff
ference between beef kept in we'll ap.
been erected at every garrison, long
after the war is over. and beef dumped
on a Cuban wharf in broiling Cuban
sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Some one has unearthed a bo

Some one has unearthed book
printed in London, 1705, in which il
given an entertaining account Of life in
old Virginia during early colonial days,
when tobacco was the standard cur
rency, and 10000 pounds OF the weed
was the salary Of a clergyman, with q
fee Of 400 pounds for a funeral sermon
ard 200 pounds for solemnizing mar
rage. The writer evidently cherished
some pet prejudices in religious mat
tiers, for he puts It on record that in
the counties where the Presbyterians
held meetings, the tobacco was 50 msan
that no preacher would stay therel
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Milk Below Standard.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 13. - The assist.
ant dairy and food commissioner Sc
cured samples of milk supplied by
1hirty-six Madison milkmen a few DAYS
ago and Fred Marks was fined S25 and
costs iii the municipal court for han
ding milk below the required stand
ard. y Il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Beneat Fund for sold,er.

San Francisco. Aug u. = At the
Orpheum theater an auction sale of
seats and boxes took place for the
benefit Of the fund to be used in the
entertainment and reception of the re-
turning California regiment Five
boxes sold for $1,000. The sale Of
seats will net q large sum.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

The colonial legislature of Jamaica
recently passed a resolution urging
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to ex-
pedite negotiations for an imperially
subsidized line Of fast steamers be-
tween Jamaica and England. 1t was
urged that it is dangerous to depend
much longer on the American market,
and that it is essential that an Eng
lish market for Jamaican oranges and
bananas be provided.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Ignored by the Bishop,

st. Louis. Aug. 12.-Bishop Jansen.
of the Belleville. ILL.,. Roman Catholic
diocese. will accord the rebellious
parisnioners of st. Patrick's church in
East st. Louis no further recognition.
A building will be rented in the parish
and Vicar General Cluse will be placed
in charge. and the old st. Patrick's
church will be no longer recognized
and new church will be erected.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Moth-Infected Fruit.

Seattle, Wash. Aug. PA carload
of California fruit, codling moth-;nfect-
ed. Was shipped out of the city Tues
day night to Minneapolis to evade an
examination by Inspector Brown. who
had ordered the car held. An exam
ination Of one box had revealed that
at least one-half the pears We're
WGrnly,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

China has contracted with German
firm for eight warships, and will pay
about s10,O0o,000 for the squadron. 1t
would probably have cost the celestials
more money to have eight ships built
in American yards, but the finished
product would have been worth the
extra dollars. Eight Yankee-built
fighting ships would be powerful &C.
cessicn to any navy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
SANDER and Mnr.ler

st. Joseph. Mo, Aug l2.-Mrs. Will
lam Montgomery, wife of farmer re-
siding near Dearborn, shot and killed
Mrs. Hannibal Collier for testifying
against her in a recent suit for SLAM
der She started for another witness
when she was arrested.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Foreign Famine Ayerte1

London, Aug. -. Specials from
Bombay report rain In Allahabad.
Madras, the Deccan and Bengal and
showers in Bombay. The govern
ment's anxiety in regard to famine
Is therefore relieved.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Eight Person. Injured.

Staunton. Pa, Aug. 1.-THE Chesa-
peake 4 Ohio Fast Flying Yirginian,'' y
while entering the depot, ran into an
open switch, striking some freight
ears OH a siding. Eight persons were
injured. none fatally.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
The Hottest Ever.

Chicago, Aug. IL. - Yesterday was
the hottest day of the year, the mer-
curry in the office of the weather bu-
reau reaching 80, and going from to
S degrees over that ON the street level.
The humidity, which was very high,
added to the general discomfort. There
were five prostrations, zone of them
fatal
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
An Iron Ore Find.

Baraboo, Wis, Aug. II. Iron in
large quantities has recently been
found in the vicinity of La Vale, this
county, and the Illinois Steel company
has secured an option on the property.
which is owned by E. A. Grover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
orders for Transports.

London, Aug. IL. The st. James
Gazette says all the shipping colnpa-
MES under charter to the British ad-
miralty for transport purposes have
been notified to hold all their trans
ports in reserve for the immediate dis
patch of troops to South Africa.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Rose Coghlan has been kissed by the
Dorsey Foultz bug and her daughter
has killed huge blacksnake. The
theatrical advertising season has open
ed up earlier than usual.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Wheeler at Honolulu.

Honolulu, Aug. 3 (via Victoria, B. c.,
Aug. 13).-The transport Tartar, With
Gen. Wheeler aboard, arrived here
Aug and sailed Aug. g.. Gen. Wheel
er was handsomely entertained during
his stay here.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
CROPS ARE RUINED
HAIL AND WIND CAUSE GREAT
DAMAGE IN NORTH DAKOTA.

1t ls Estimated That More Than Two
Million Bushels of Wheat Have
Hundred Thousand Acres of Land
Laid LOw-Cass ana Trnill COun-
Loss Will he Over u Million Dol
larx-NIinnesota Also Suffers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Couuterfelter. Arre.ted,

Waco, Tex, Aug. 12.--Solomon Dol
son, w. Fl. Elder and w. w. Williams
were arrested in the Bosque noun
tains, charged with counterfeiting.
The first named is preacher. The
,narchal says sensational developments
will follow.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Captain Dreyfus is said to have been
tortured during part of his imprison-
ment. Will France yet write her fate
in letters of blood against back
ground Of night
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

The Hatfield family has finally made
another addition to the income Of the
coroner. The McCoys will now go to
the bat for the last half of the inning.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

4 New York mob tried to lynch
three negroes, one Of the intended VIC
tins being a woman. The great diff
ference between the north and the
soath is that the latter section has had
more experience and is more success
full.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
ANGELES Is TAKEN
But THE INSURGENTS FIRE IT
FIRST.

Attacked by q Accommodating Party
4 From the Seventeenth Infantry,
the Insurgents Set Fire to the
Town and Leave for Other Parts
-Calulet Natives sny That the In,
surgcnt. Are short of Ammuni-
tion--rhnt Deadly Armorcd Car
Strikes Terror TO the Hearts Of
Natives.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
No Cause Of Actian.

h Seney, Mich, Aug. l2.-The case Of
the state against Edward Grondin on
q Charge Of selling oleomargarine
without q license was thrown out on,
the ground of no cause of action.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Rev. James IL. Cook, a bishop of
the African Methodist Episcopal church.
with headquarters at Wilmington
Del:.,a died in, Presbyterian hospital.
at New. York, from appendicitfss1 s@s'.s,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
For a Ten-Hour DIV.

Rice Lake, Wis, Aug. 12.-Two hun.
dred employees of the Rice Lake Lum-
Der company have struck. They had
been working eleven hours n day and
struck for ten-hour day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

The Cuban who wants to be made
king Of the island will do we'll to
make study of the fall Of the Samoan
paper collar dynasty.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
Rccrnlt. on for Mnnila.

San Francisco, Aug. 12.-The United
for Manila last night with SIS re-
cruits and "casuals' aboard. The de-
.parture Of the vessel was uneventful.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

II hammers, axes and lawn-mowers
were used in the practice of law there
would be fewer lawyers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Bygones are always bygones. The
world is interested only in the man
that is ahead.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
In all stories of the wheel the punct-
uating period brings it to a full stop.

Some people If properly classified
would come under the head Of explo-
sives.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

II there is nothing else in a name
there is at least one or more letters.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18
STORM WAS AWFUL /
GREAT DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE
IN PORTO RICO.

For Nine Hours the Hurricane swept
the soutl, Coast, Leaving Death
and Desolatioh i'm It's Wake
Damage at San Juan Alone II
Estimated at Half a Million-Hur-
macao. Capital Of the Province
of Tint Name, Was Totally De-
strOyed With Great Los. of Life.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

When the society ball season ends
that OF the mothball begins.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-08-18

Home is Usually the clubman's last
resort.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22
MINNEAPOLIS BREVITIEs.


Next week the Minneapolis Outing as
ISOLATION will send party of eleven
children to Hallock for an indefinite
period, and a party of seven will also go
out to Dodge City. On Tuesday twelve
children will return from Bellview.
The funeral of Mrs Lizzie Chase will
take place from the family residence,
5sOS Tent pa avenue south, Sunday after
Charles Cronquist fell from a lumber
pile, a distance of about twenty-five feet
at the H. c. Akeley mill He was bad;V
bruised and shaken up and was taken to
ST. Mary's hospital. Cronquist resides at
80 Twenty-siXth avenue north
Bertha Myers died at the CITY hospitaI
yesterday of consumption, after having
beeen an inmate of the HOSPITAL for the
past seven months. She was forty years
of age.
Olaf Backen, who was Frustrated by
the heat Tuesday, is reported as doing
nicely at st. Mary's hospital.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22
GLOBE 'SMINNEAPOLlS OFFICE,
20 WASHINGTON Az. SOUTH
Advertising Subscriptions
Tel. 2796 il. Tel. 279OJ4

Papers in what is probably the most
peculiar divorce case ever brought into
court in Hennepin county were filed with
Clerk Dickey yesterday. The plaintiff Is
Hannah Mantle, who asks the court to
divorce her from Frank August Mantle
on the grounds of cruelty and inhuman
treatment.
According to the allegations of the COM
plant, Mantle exercised almost devilish
ingenuity and malignity In his cruelties
toward his wife. They were married at
New Ulm in 1886 and two years later he
began TO worry his wife almost to death
by pretending to be insane. At that time
she loved him devotedly and was natur-
ally greatly worried over his apparent
madness. In carrying out this plan, on
one occasion he removed all of his cloth
ing and entered a room in which his wife
was entertaining friends. Another time
he threatened her life with a butcher
knife, threw her out of doors and ac-
cUsed her of immoral conduct. Afterwards
he boosted to the neighbors of what he
had done.
When Mrs. Mantle finally discovered,
SO she alleges, that her husbands insan-
ity was assumed, he changed his tactics
and pretended to be afflicted with heart
disease, keeping her in constant fear of
his death and frequently groaning all
night, only to sleep quietly during the
whole Of the following day. All of these
things, she alleges, were done for the
express purpose of annoying her and HUI
initiating her before outsiders.
She asks to be given the custody of her
three children, Orange Frank Mantle,
aged u; Blossom Hannah Mantle, aged
TO- and Lillian Pearl Paulina Mantle
aged s. She also asks that her husband
be compelled TO pay her alimony and
advance a suitable retainer for her at
tCrneys.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22

America Has More of the Precious
Coin Than Any Other Country.

Coin Than Any Other Country.
OCEAN CITY, Nd July 21.-Speaking
before the Maryland Bankers associa-
ton today, Ellis H Roberts, treasurer
of the United States said:
Since July /, 1885, the gold in circula-
ton has grown by 2,100,5T9 and the net
amount in the treasury, then $189, Al, IA
has become about $246,O0O 000-the high,
est figures in our annals. Such an in
crease in the yellow metal available
for currency, with the demand for addi-
uonal circulation, gives vital force to
the questions which now add to the use
of gold coin. Under the existing laws
treasury notes can be increased, while
silver certificates cannot exceed the
standard silver dollars in the treasury,
nor the treasury notes run over the bull.
lion held against them. National banks
while adding to their circulation 3d.
AL 1893 from July 1, 1898, to June 80, 1S99
are now quite steadily drawing in their
notes. Without new legislation the only
use Of gold coin. Gold last year went
into our circulation al the rate of more
than $50OO,O00 a month, and during June
last the growth was S146S1, 1928 Obvious
ly the question for bankers about gold
coin is not-can you get 1t? but-win
you use it? The figures show that an
affirmative answer has been rendered in
considerable degree with some protest
doubtless and more or less under the
stress of necessity.
The stock of gold in the United
St1les GAceeuS l1at IN any country IN
the world and is estimated to be $685.
$4,000, and is 50.03 per cent of all our
circulation and $12.S1 per capita of our
population.
France with the next largest stock,
$50, COG, COO, exceeds us in its per capita,
81. O6. The ratio in Great Britain of
gold to all currency is So per cent; in
Germany, 65.96, and in France, 59.S2 The
per capita in Great Britain is S11.01, and
in Germany, $12.78.
I'VE cannot doubt that congress will
at its next session put the nation clear,
ly, defniately and permanently on
a gold basis Does not that mean
that gold shall be our money. of &C
count? 1t must purport that all forms
of currency shall be exchangeable into
that OF the legal standard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22
SMART YOUNG MAN
Who Knew a Thing or Two About
the Insurance Business.

w AO 1AACH a. Hing 4WO AOOut
the Insurance Business.
Washington Star.
EIe was a bright young chap and well
worthy of regard, even if the father of
1.-THE dearest object on earth to him, who,
by the way, is a successful insurance
man, did think he was inane, inactive
and ineligible The girl didn't think as
her father did, which was a deal of con-
ISOLATION in time like that, and the two
young things often talked over the pa
ternal opinion, and sat UP many even
ings devising ways and means to secure
reversal of judgment The young man,
of course, never saw the father on the
subject, but the girl was brave and when
ever there was an opportunity she put in
a plea for the defense. At the last talk
the father had told his daughter that the
young man never would set the world
on fire" and she reported this along with
other remarks to the young man. Some
days later the girl had another chance to
argue for the defense.
Papa" she said, when the opportunity
offered, II told Harry what you said
about him the other evening""
Il hope you did, my DEAR" he an
swered in a tone which conveyed the
idea that he meant it.
But L mean that particular thing you
said, that he would never set the world
on fire
81 suppose he thought, and no doubt
said, was mistaken, didn't he?' said the
father, with cutting sarcasm.
No, papa, he did not
Indeed he responded in astonishment
I'm surprised that he did not assure
you that he would do SC as soon as he
got the chance. That is what his kind al
ways do
Harry did not. He said that your MAX
ing that remark showed how poor your
judgment was
well, that's the same thing, only draw
ing it q little milder.''
mo, think not, papa" she continued,
for Harry went on to say that you did
not show ordinary business sense in offer
ing his inability to set the world on fire
as an objection to him.
Did that young snip say that of me?'
said the father growing red and warm,
land you, my daughter. listened to it?"
Yes, papa" she replied gently, for
every insurance company in existence
would be wiped out and you wouldn't
have money enough left TO buy a news
paper to read the report of the conf1agra-
ton"
1t was full minute before the father
spoke again.
'Um-er-er," he hesitated, Suppose
You send that young man around to my
office tomorrow at 10 o'clock, will you?''