The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-21
General.

The Delargiche Antarctic expedition
is a success.
A cold wave in South Carolina has
about ended the chances of early fruit
and vegetables.
1t is said that efforts are being
made for combination Of the pad and
paper interests Of the United States.
The employees Of the Scranton (Pa.)
stove works were notified of a 10 per
cent increase in wages, to take effect
Immediately
The Pittsburg presbytery recently,
Tor the first time in it's history, elected
a colored man for moderator. He is
Rev. NJ. B. Lanier, pastor Of Grace Me-
mortal church, Pittsburg.
Capitalists from Chicago and other
cities are attempting to secure an op-
ton OH all the laundries Of Indianapo.
lis, with a view Of purchasing them
and putting them into combination.
The Great Falls Manufacturing COM
pany Of Somersworth, Mass, will
adopt the scale of 1890. Over 1000
hands are employed In the mill. Cot
ton goods are made.
The strike Of the operators and con.
ductors on the Wheeling & Elm Grove
electrlc road Is settled, the company
sfantlng the mems demands, 20 cents
per hour and nine hours work.
At the tenth annual conference Of the
N. -. church at Newburg, N. Y, res
olutlon was adopted protesting against
allowing Congressman Roberts of Utah
to retain his seat.
Mrs. Charles Totten has been chosen
mayor of Beattie, Kan, and five of the
council and city clerk elected are wo
men. The men elected are the police
judge and the marshal.
Contractors have begun work On an
extension of the Bristol & Elizabeth
town railroad, from Elizabethtown to
Mountain City, Tenn. The extension
Will be twenty-eight miles in length.
\ report from Birmingham, Ala.
says: The striking coal miners at
Belle Ellen and Hargrave resumed
work. The strikers at Redding and
other places continue out.
The interstate commerce commission
ID an opinion by Commissioner Prouty.
ueclded the case against the Kansas
City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad
company and others, which mainly in.
wolves floating cotton"
The miners Of the Danville Oily suh-
district struck recently, pending an adj
Justment Of differences between the
drivers and operators. About 1000
men are out. The drivers demand So
per day.
Inc elevator companies at Buffalo
nave formed a new: association and
agreed on a uniform rate of ~ cent n
Dushel. The association comprises
tWenty-one elevators with rail connec.
lions.
A general strike Of the glass blowers
OF South Jersey is not probable. The
workers committee reports the pros
poets as bright for unionizing all Of
the factories without conflict excent
at two works.
Judge Peabody of st. Louis held that
under certain conditions a husband has
right to beat his wife. He discharged
a husband who had beaten his wife
because she would not agree with him
in the management of their children.
Automobiles may soon replace cahs
on the streets of Chicago. Articles IF
incorporation were issued in Spring
field to company whose avowed Oh.
1ect is the operation of from one to
two hundred automobiles in Chicago.
The Belgian Geographical society has
received a dispatch stating that the
extreme latitude reached by the Ant
arctic steamer Belgiac was 71.6 soutl,
Much bad weather was encountered nv
the expedition, but no intense cold ex-
cept during the month Of September.
A bill has been prepared in the Iii.
nois house providing for q Lincoln
monument at Springfield to cost 81 600.
600. OF this 100000 is to be annrn-
pr'ated by the state, $500, 600 by 1 con.
gress and 100000 raised by Donnlar
subscription. $3.50
81 Two thousand suits against owners
q buildings at Chicago who have
Tailed to provide proper fire escapes
are under preparation by the city pros
ecuting attorney. The authorities have
been collecting evidence asainst own.
ers since the disastrous fires IL New
York. b. = - - Y 8 s : : ;"