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WAINWRIGHT'S LOVING CUP,

The loving cup designed for Lieuten- ant Wainwright, of the Gloucester for which an appropriation of two hundred and fifty dollars was made by the city council, has arrived in Gloucester, Mass. It stands about foot high, is lined with gold, and has three solid handles, each surmounted by an eagles head.
 The committee has followed the ideas of the majority of the citizens in the cups decorations. One view engraved is that of Gloucester harbor, showing Ten-Pound Island, with a typical Glou- cester fishing craft coming out, while
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SHIPPING POTATOES IN WINTER

Aroostock County is sending out po- tatoes, one of the important products of that great section, in trainloads, On Wednesday a couple of dozen car- loads passed through Bangor on their way to the Boston markets, where there is the usual big demand for Northern Maine tuhers
 A potato train in cold weather is a novel affair. The cars are of the ordinary box variety, and each is fitted with a wood stove, with the funnel pro- jecting out through one of the sides Each car has it's woodpile for the trip from Caribou to Boston. Accompany ing the potato train is the stove tender whose duty it is to keep all the cars warm. At every station he goes through the cars and feeds the stoves with enough fuel to last until the next stop. By the stove method the po- tatoes are kept from freezing or being bitten by the frost, while the tempera- turee is never allowed to get high enough to injure the vegetable freight. Bangor Commercial.
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the other represents the Gloucester in the thick of the fight at Santiago en- gazing the torpedo boat destroyers Plu- ton and Furor. Between the engrav- ings is this inscription: "To. Lieuten- ant Commander Richard Wainwright the City of Gloucester presents this cup to commemorate his services as com- mander of the United States ship Glou- cester during the war with Spain, and especially his victory over the Plutori and Furor, which he destroyed in the naval battle off Santiago July 8, 1855. Boston Globe.
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Mrs. Johnson-See var Sam, doan' you go tryin to play no Napoleon Bony- parte tricks on me.
 MT Johnson-W- W-w-y-wot yo' mean by dat Melindyg
 Mrs Johnson--W'y, de books say dat feller wuz grand, gloomy an pecul ar. An l notice yo' bin actin de same way lately eb'ry time I ax yo' to bring up a hod ob coal.--Judge
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01
washinrton Talk.

Minister Hunter advises the state
department from Guatemala Of the
extension Of the time of presenting
the bonds which Guatemala is retiring
until Oct. 81 next.
Orders have been issued for COMPETE
tive examinations to be held Sept. Is
In each geographical department Of the
army for the promotion Of enlisted
men who desire to become lieutenants.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has
rendered q decision in which he holds
that for dutiable purposes the value
Of the rupee Of India Is the value at
which the consular certificate which
accompanies the importation shows it
passes current in India.
The state department is advised from
Yokohama Of the formation of an
American-Asiatic association there to
safeguard the interests Of American
citizens in Japan, and to cooperate
with similar associations in New York
and throughout the Orient.
The state department has received a
valuable report from the United States
consul at Che-foo, showing the general
strides made by American trade
throughout China. Summing up from
numerous tables, he says: cit will not
be long at this rate before the United
States and Japan will supply the mar
ket entirely unless we are shut out
when Russia and Germany get their
ports in order"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01

To be tenacious of his rights and
privileges-real or fancied-while at
the same time he may be forgetful of
the rights and privileges of others. is
no more peculiar to the white man
than to his brethren of any shade of
color. An anecdote told by a South
ern delegate to the National Suffrage
Convention at Grand Rapids is anus
ingly illustrative. An island off the
Southern coast, Inhabited by negroes,
had as principal teacher in one of it's
schools white woman. She was there
as much in the capacity of missionary
as of teacher, and had so endeared her
self to the people by her self-sacrific-
ing spirit, that they unanimously
elected her member OF the school
committee. The chairman, a pompous
and prosperous negro, was SO indig-
nant that woman should be thus
honored, in defiance of all precedent,
that he instantly resigned. "Now
you've swore her in" he said, "you kin
swar me out. isn't gwan to sit in no
board with no woman!"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01

American railways and their man
ayers are going to cut quite figure
in Europe next year. At Paris they
will have one of the finest exhibits in
the history of expositions, and after the
big exhibition is over the staid people
in other parts of the continent are 60
ing to be treated to several examples
of yankee enterprise that will startle
them. One American railway will ex-
hibit model train, from engine to OBJ
servation car. After the exposition is
closed this train will be run over all
the principal railroads in Europe and
Great Britain to show the folks over
there how comfortably people of the
United States travel and what those of
the fatherlands are missing in the way
Of transportation accommodations. It
may bring about a change in European
railway accommodations.
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OF VALUE TO DREYFUs.
Information Secured in the North.
west nv NJ. LabOri,s Secretary

Information Secured in the North
west by NJ. LabOri's Secretary.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 26. - NJ. Leon
Bureau, the private secretary Of Maitrc
Labori. the leading counsel for Drey-
fus, who has been in Seattle visiting
the French vice consul, DR.. Monoda
has left for Paris. In an interview Nj.
Bureau admitted for the first time that
his trip to the Northwest was for the
purpose of securing information Of
great value to Dreyfus. He has OBJ
tanned it, and this explains his desire
to reach home without loss of time.
81 have been to the Great Slave lake,
in the Northwest Territory" said NJ.
Bureau, "after information connected
with the Dreyfus case. hope to reach
Paris in time to hand it over to La
bon before the case closes, but even 1t
do not, it will be still of value. am
unable to state the exact nature Of the
information I obtained, for you know
we must guard against every contin-
gent in this case, future as we'll as
present.
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.esoLo ISLANDS ARE OURS.
The Sultan Admits United State.
Sovereignty.


Washington, Aug. 26.-Gen. Otis has
cabled the war department that Gen.
Bates has returned from his confer
ence with the Moros and confirming
the Associated Press dispatches as to
the results Of the mission. Gen Otis
says:
Gen. Bates returned. Mission sue
cessful. Agreement made with sultan
and Datos whereby sovereignty Of
United States over Jolo archipelago
acknowledged; it's flag to fly on lard
and sea. United States to occupy and
control all points deemed necessary.
Introducing firearms prohibited. Sui
tan to assist in suppressing piracy.
Agrees to deliver criminals accused Of
crimes committed by Moros against
Moros. Relations between United
states troops and all Moros very friend
~. The other points in archipelago
will be occupied by United States
troops when trade and commerce can
he controlled. Noros western Mindano
friendly; ask permission to drive out
insurgents. Reports by mail.
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Col. Alexander Hawkins of the
Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers could
not find death upon the backgrounds
OF the war-swept Philippines, but met
his fate upon the sea, helpless VIC
tim of insidious disease. There was no
glorious dash and no martial show to
emblazon the passing of this brave
soldier, and history will not give him
the credit or the justice that were as
rightfully his due as though he had
fallen leading the boldest charge of
the entire campaign. Yet he did his
duty wherever it led, and when all is
sifted and compared, what greater
praise could be given to any fighting
man?
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Alderman Brick Of Boston solemnly
arose in the aldermanic chamber and
protested fervently against any appro-
priation for reception to Admiral
Dewey. So successful was the protest
that when the matter came to a vote
Alderman Brick and Alderman Brick
alone was recorded as against honor
Ing the victorious sailor, leaving the
indignant ti-glorificationist much
in the position of the frog which sat
by the road and croaked painfully
when the elephant walked by.
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FOREIGN.

Earthquake shocks, accompanied by
torrential rain, are reported from the
central portion of Portugal.
The pope is sending Mgr. Tarnissi,
the internuncio of The Hague, on q
special mission to st. Petersburg.
The lord mayor of London has
opened fund for the relief Of the VIC
Tins Of the West Indian hurricane.
The extreme lowness Of the Nile
threatens the cotton crops and the
natives have been warned to sow
early.
The companionship Of the Order of
st. Michael and St. George has been
conferred upon E. B. s. Maxse, Brit
ish consul at Samoa.
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of
the London Daily Telegraph says that
Emperor Nicholas and the empress
will visit Queen Victoria about the end
Of the present month.
The Labrador mail steamer reports
that the Peary expedition steamer
Diana passed Domino Run. Northern
Labrador, at 2 p. m. July "a. All on
board were well ut that time.
The Paris Figaro records the death
Friday In the Rue d'Anjou Of the mar
quis de Casteja, aged ninety -four. He
was the last surviving page Of Louis
XVIII. His father served Louis XVI.
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The Hon. James W. Bradbury of the
class Of 1925, who headed the process.
sion Of alumni on commencement day
ct Bowdoin this year, is one Of the ia
mous old men Of the United States. He
was in the senate more than fifty years
ago. where Benton, Calhoun, Clay,
Houston and Webster were among his
contemporaries. His classmate, Ma
fhaniel Hawthorne, lived to be so years
old, and yet Hawthorne has been dead
more than q third Of century. The
span Of such life Is awe-inspiring.
Has any other college an a1umnus 81
Aeysnty-four year., standinE7 -.
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PeraOnal.

Alfred Behren, an American eX-
plorer. has been created knight of
the Legion of Honor at Paris.
DR.. Won Benda, member of the
reichstag, and former leader of the
National Liberals, is dead.
Herbert Herkemer, the artist, has
been appointed a foreign knight of the
order of merit for arts and science.
The Toledo centennial commission
has elected ex-Secretary of State DAN
lei ]. Ryan Of Columbus. director gen.
eral of the Ohio centennial.
Prof. Robert Wilhelm Everhar;l
Bunsen. the chemist. is dead at Hell
delberg, Germany, aged eighty-nine
years.
Lieut.. Col. Egbe,t Savage. Thir-
teenth infantry, has been retired on
his own application after thirty years.
service.
DR.. Hiram w. Thomas, pastor of the
Peoples church, Chicago, and Miss
Vandelia Varnum, the well-known
lecturer, were married at Franklin
vile, N. Y.
Gustave Charles Kiensbusch. very
wealthy tobacco merchant. known as
Baron" Kienbusch, died in New
York, aged forty-nine years. He was
born in Tennessee.
F. NJ. Towar, chief of the corps of
government engineers making q survey
for ship canal through the Des-
PLANES and Illinois valley, died sud-
denly of heart disease at Joliet, III.
Dr.. Nathaniel Wilson Leighton, pres
ident Of the Union board Of veterans
examiners, and a distinguished army
surgeon Of the Civil war, is dead at
New York, aged sixty-seven years.
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MAN1ToBA,s CROPS.

Wheat Production Estimated by Gov
eminent Mt 33,5O4.766 Bushels.
Winnipeg, Aug. 26.-The government,
crop bulletin estimates the wheat
yield Of the province at 4,766
bushels, or an average of 2055 per
acre; oats, %. OO3, 100, an average of 46;
barley, 5,532,972, an average of 1925.
The wheat estimate is considered ex-
tremely conservative. Estimated total
production of cereals Of the province,
62, 429 1886 bushels.
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All reports from the seaside and the
mountains show an unusually gener-
GUS patronage of the summer resorts.
This is not SO much evidence of an
especially hot summer as it is a sign
OF general prosperity. The inclination
to go to the resorts is always strong,
but the ability of people to crafty it
depends. in large measure, upon the
condition of business.
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orimina, Record.

Municipal corruption is unearthed at
Cleveland.
A regular army recruit murders two
Denver policemen.
A supposed anarchist in Paris shoots
ard wounds another in q street dis
tlrbance.
Grief over the loss Of his wife led
Nels SOrenson of Detroit to hang him.
self. Six children are left orphans.
Paul Deroulede and other members of
the anti-Semite and Patriotic leagues
are arrested in Paris for conspiring to
upset the government.
The Colorado & Southern passenger
train was held up near Folsom, N. NJ,
but the bandits were driven off. A
mail clerk was shot in the jaw.
Bruno Kirves, the Dayton murderer,
was electrOcuted in the annex Of the
penitentiary ut Columbus Ohio. He
maintained his innocence to the very
last.
James II. Beachum, negro charged
with the murder Of William Potsen
Scott, u young society and business
man Of st. Louis, was arrested in
Sheffield, Ala.
Five brutal assaults by q negro on
white women occurred at Little Rock,
Ark. Three suspects have been arrest
cd, and If the right man is identified q
lynching is extremely probable.
Mrs. Henrikka Bratsch, prominent in
the Christian Catholic church, other
wise known as "Zion" church, Of which
DR.. John Alexander Dowie is at the
head, was fined $500 and costs at Chi
cago for practicing medicine without q
license.
Martin J. Wiley, an engineer, was
; shot by his wife in front of his home in
South Green street, Chicago. He died
shortly afterwards at the county hos
pital. The woman's life had been rem
dered miserable by the ill-treatment of
her husband.
The Bridgeport (Conn.) police have
arrested four notorious criminals who
have operated all over the country.
They are Arthur c. Webster, known as
''St. Paul Tip" who murdered Police.
man Nicholas Hunt of st. Louis in De-
cember, 1897; Josep Curran, alias
'Troy joe" nitro glycerine and cleo
trio expert safe cracker; John Smith,
alias SLEEPY John" and Nick Stem.
mer, alias milwaukee Red"
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General Weyler recently told the
senate Of Spain that revolutions were
frequently necessary and accomplished
q work of regeneration" Weyler as a
regenerator would be one of history's
most colossal jokes, while his idea of
regeneration" to Judge from his Gu
ban doings, would be identical with
that Of the warrior who made a soli-
tude and called it peace.
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stonecutters Strike

Helena, Mont, Aug. 26. - Stonecut-
tiers on the Montana state capitol have
struck against the employment Of
Foreman William II. Hamilton. who
was until last April treasurer of the
Trades and Labor Assembly Of St.
Paul. the grievance being that Hamil-
ton discharged three men whom he
said were incompetent.
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Accidental Happenings.


The Sweld & Hill Touring mill at
Medina. N. Y, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000.
Fire at Westchester, N. Y, destroyed
St. Peters Episcopal church and most
Of its contents. Loss, 100000.
George II. Barber, aged seventy
eight, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed Mt Plattsburg, N. Y.
Charles Howard Haven is dead ut
his home in Trenton. N. j., the result
of a fall from window. He was
eighty-four years old.
The widow of the late anti-Semitic
leader, Heinrich, was killed and three
other persons We're seriously injured
at Berlin by the overturning of ben
zine motor car while it was being
driven around sharp corner.
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DRY GOODS TRUST.
Gigantic Corporation to Control Dus.
mess Thr0ughOut the Country.


mess Throughout the Country.
p New York, Aug. 20. The Herald
says: Arrangements are maturing for
the organization of q $5O,OOO,OOO dry
goods corporation in this city to ope-
rate and control dry goods and depart
ment stores throughout the country.
The Mercantile Reorganization COM
pany has been recently incorporated in
Trenton, N. j., as preliminary to
creating the big organization. 1t is
expected the latter will be launched in
time for the fall trade. The company
expects to- control from 500 to 1000
stores Throughout the country. Form
er proprietors of stores absorbed by
the corporation will be retained as
managers and will have interests in
the stores.
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Much Dreaded Dcspcrado.

Houston, Tex, Aug. 26-The Folsom,
n. Mex. train robber who is now dy-
ing at Trinidad, Colo, as result Of
wounds inflicted by Conductor Har-
rington in the recent attempted hold
up, has been positively identified by
Wells Fargo secret service men as
Tom Ketchum, alias BLACK jack y
who has terrorized parts of Western
Texas and New Mexico for the past
two years.
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Strike i. Threatened,

Chicago. Aug. 26. = A strike is
threatened by the structural iron
workers on the new government build
ing and the contractors have been
given until Monday to comply with the
demands of the men. The dispute is
due to the demand of the men that q
city ordinance be obeyed.
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RepuIsed by the PoPlice,

Paris. Aug. 26.-The police repulsed
a number of market women who were
trying to supply provisions to Jules
Guerin. the anti-Semite agitator, and
his companions who are now in
trenched against the authorities at the
headquarters of the anti-Semite league
in the Rue de Chambrol.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01
Ptomnine Poi.oninr,,

Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 26.-Ptomaine
poisoning has occurred at number Of
places in Tasewen county and on the
western border of Mclean county late
ly. In all the cases the poisoning is at
tributed to eating pressed chicken.
Peculiar atmospheric conditions are
supposed to have affected the food.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01
DEwEY,s RECEPTION.

An Effort Will Be Made to Hold 1t
Earlier.
New York, Aug. 26.-The Dewey re-
ception committee is making an effort
to have the Dewey celebration Sept.
20 and 30 instead of Sept. 80 and Oct.
2, as now arranged. Admiral Dewey
has been wired of the change and will
be expected to hurry his trip.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01
Pennsylvania Republicans.

Harrisburg, Aug. 26.-The following
ticket was nominated by the Republic
an state conventions: Supreme court
Judge, j. Hay Brown of Lancaster:
superior court judge, Josiah r. Adams
of Philadelphia; treasurer, Lieut.. Col.
James e. Barnett, Of the Tenth Penn
sylvania regiment.
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A man informed said recently that
by denying himself three 10-cent ci-
CARS daily for twenty years he figured
that he had saved $3.50. He then
asked for the loan OF a quarter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01
Threw = Dynamite Ro,nI,,

London, Aug. GA dispatch to the
Chronicle from Rome reports the
throwing Of a dynamite bomb into the
villa OF the archbishop Of Gallapoli.
The motive for the outrage is believed
to have been political.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-01
Repulaed hx Rioters.

London, Aug. 26.-The Times pub
fishes the following from Hongkong:
Wednesday the Japanese consul aud
his secretary went to raise a Japanese
flag on Tiger hill in Annoy, but they
were repulsed by rioters.
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When Abdul Hands official Amer
lean farmer gets down to work per-
haps he may be able to teach his royal
employer how to raise that sum of
money the latter owes this govern
ment.
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P|TH OF THE NEWS
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review Of the
Important Happenings Of tho
Past Week Culled From the Tel.
egraph Reports - The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Attracted Attention.
Sporting.

Kid Mccoy krocked out Jim Carter,
heavyweight champion Of Alabama, in
the fifth round ut the Club theater ut
Joplin, Mo.
Young Critic, the once-famous Aus
tralian pugilist, is dying in the Dunning
t1ll) insane asylum. where he was sent
4 few months ago.
Fred Green Of Toledo was given the
decision over Johnny Lavack in a
Park, Cleveland, Ohio. The fight went
the limit and Green was awarded the
decision on points.
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Careless sAootanx.

Huron, s. d., Aug. 226 a bullet
fired from 22-caliber rifle ~ George
Blake, passed through crack in q
fence, marked the skin on Joe Hig.
gins chin and lodged In Ray Bliss
neck lust under the Jaw.
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HEAD Is GONE.

Remains of an Unknown Man Found
Near Duluth.
Duluth, MIMI, Aug. 26.-The body
of an unknown man was found near
Wisconsin Point, on Superior bay. The
remains were badly decomposed and
the head is gone. 1t will probably be
impossible to secure Identification.
Coroner Downs theory, from the fact
of no clothing being on the body, is
that the man was bathing and was
drowned.
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Riots in Austria.

klagenfurt. Austria, Aug. 26.-Riots
broke out here in front Of the palace
W: called out to support the police.
Or tr had been restored by midnight.
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Cheated tic Gallo,r.

New Milford, Conn.,. Aug. &c. ~ K.
Trenkhaus, q German banker aged
forty, md his wife, were shot by hie
brother, the wife dying Instantly.
Trenkhaus will die. Tie murderer
committed suicide.
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Judge Hilton Dead.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 26.-Ex-Judge
Henry Hilton Of New York died at
Woodland Park, his Saratoga country
seat. He was in an unconscious state
several hours and his last moments
were without pain.
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wrecked by nm Exnlosion.

Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 26. = The dry
house of Samuel Betsonberger's pow
der mill. near Shepton, this county.
was completely wrecked by an explo-
sion and William T. Betsonberger. one
of the proprietols, and Harry Jones, a
powderlnaker, were literally blown to
atoms
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Chicago Gcts the Cup,

Toronto, Aug. 26.-The Canadian cup
goes to Chicago. The third race for the
trophy between Beaver and Genesee
was won by the latter by ten minutes
and forty-seven seconds.
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Constrrct io I / B : i,

Pierre, 8. ~. Aug. 28 CONSTRUCTION
work On the yards and sidings Of the
new stock yards company has com.
menced, and II - expected to have the
yards ready Tor business within thirty
days. s s.ss3 s$si