The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-01-13
General.


hostile to the United States.
! This has been the best business year
on record, excluding even 1892.
! A scheme is on foot to widen the
Erie canal.
-! The American Association for the
/. Advancement of Science holds O. meet
ing in New York.
The United States will take posses
sion Of Wake island, in the Pacific
ocean.
Argentina has moved for the restora-
ton of reciprocity with the United
| States.
! Many thousands Of people in New
/! York and Philadelphia have the grip,
and a number of deaths have occurred.
| The Rock Island and the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy roads may be eX-
| tended to the Pacific coast.
J. r. Dodge, formerly statistician Of
the department Of agriculture, refutes
/! the statement that a wheat famine is
| imminent.
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' association has presented to the
joint high commission an argument in
Charles Christian Henry, a wealthy
coal operator of Charleston, w. Va,
and Miss Bessie Kate, Oldest dauggh-
ter of Gov. Atkinson, We're married at
the executive mansion.
The grippe has gained secure foot
hold in Toledo, Ohio, and all physi-
clans are busy with it. While it Is
impossible to estimate the number Of
cases, they will run into the thousands.
The auxiliary steamer yacht Utowa-
ia sailed from New York with her
owner, Allison V. Armour, and q party
of guests for Yucatan on a botanical
expedition.
The government of Victoria, accord
ing to q special dispatch from Mel
bourne, has accepted the tender of the
Pennsylvania 4 Maryland Steel COM
I pany for $4,000 tons Of steel rails ut
f15,OOO.
Lieut.. Col. Ray reports to Gen. Wood
at Santiago that several bands Of band
it'll are operating in the neighborhood
) of Guantanamo. He also asserts that
Col. Francisco Valiente is arming the
! insurgents, and that there may be
trouble.
The Goodrich Rubber company Of
/ Akron. Ohio, will not be the mechan-
zeal rubber combine which is being en-
gineered by Charles r. Flint. The Ak
ron company was approached but re-
fused to enter the combine The plant
is the largest of its kind in the couh.
try. employing 1000 men.
Miss Louise May Hecker of Detroit,
daughter Of Col. F. ]. Hecker, of the
transportation bureau Of the war de-
partment, and Guyla de Szillassy, an
attaclle of the Austrian legation at
Washington. were the principals in n
very exclusive society wedding at De-
troit.
The Drake & Stratton company of
Pittsburg has just received a contract
from the United States government,
through the war department, for the
construction Of great dock at Hav-
ana, Cuba. and ehort railroad to
MORO castle, costing altogether about
$50O,OOO.
Edward J. Ivory, the well known
Irish agitator. who was arrested on a
charge Of conspiracy year or two ago,
filed a voluntary petition in bankrupt
, cy in New York. His total liabilities
aer $O,Sl1o, Oue principally 10 a Drew
ing company for money loaned to him
in 1894. -
f. Gen. Guy v. Henry, military govern
or of Porto Rico, reduced the budget
for next year from 100000 pesos. as
! under the Spanish regime, to 100000
pesos. He asks for authority to apply
the custom house revenue to the i'm.
provelnent Of roads and the cleaning
Of cities.