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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-06

scene Of conflict. His progress II not
interfered with. and the minute men
on the hill watch him % he joins his
defeated comrades.
During all this time reinforcements
have constantly been adding to the
number Of minute-men. and they are
growing more and more confident.
Moreover, Col. Smith sees that the peo-
pie are desperately in earnest. He
gathers his men together. marches,
halts. countermarches, hesitates and
finally, fearing that In further conflict
his command may be utterly worsted.
ne gives the order to return and his
soldiers turn their faces toward Bos-
ton. They have NO premonition of the
very hell Of shot which shall accom-
pany them until they sink exhausted
and decimated under the protection
OF the warships at Charlestown. Truly,
Maj. Pitcairn has stirred the Yankee
blood. The Lexington road through
Concord curves in almost semicircle
and while the regulars are YEARLY
marching southwark over the route by
which they so bravely came in the
early morning, the minute-men swarm
through the fields behind the wooded
hill which skirts the road, thus getting
by shorter route in advance Of the
regulars.
At Merian:'s corner the minute-men
secrete themselves behind rocks, trees
and stone fences, and as the British
come along the road the muskets of
the colonists cough out leaden death
from front and side and rear. Pit
CAIRNS horse is wounded and throws
him. The swashbuckler receives bull
let in the arm; and, binding up his
wound, trudges YEARLY on with his
men. Pitcairn has learned something
since he shouted "Disperse, We rebels,
dispersed" and fired his pistol in the
faces Of the rustics on Lexington Com
mon. He has stirred the Yankee blood
until his own is dripping through his
coat sleeve. A musket ball enters Col.
Smiths leg. Men drop dead and
wounded from one end Of the line to
the other.
At last the British reach Lexington,
pass the Common, scene of the bloody
tragedy Of but few hours before, and
see down the road but little ways
what must have brought relief to their
narrowed spirits-Lord Percy and
thousand troops sent out from Boston
as reinforcements.
Like hunted deer close pursued by
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Iroup Of fellow oflce,s and boastfully

group Of fellow oflceys and boastfully
says:
asThns will stir the Yankee blood
before night"
Little does he realize how true a
prediction he Is making. Little dreams
he Of how the Yankee blood is to be
stirred by that days events-stirred
until 1t refuses to quiet before the mis-
used colonies have united and by
means of long and bloody war have
won their place as free and powerful
nation.
The minute-men on the hill at the
northern extremity of the village see
the smoke arising from the fires kin
died In the center of the village and
Capt. Joseph Hosmer turns indignant
~ to Col. Barrett and demands: ,-
will you let them burn the town."
y Col. Barrett now calls the other mil
itia officers about him and they con-
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with the disaster they have indictsd9
Not 20. Scarcely has the march:
been resumed until they are on the
tanks Of the retreating British again.
And thus 1t is until Charlestown itself
is reached and the red-coats, worn, dis
pirited. decimated, fling themselves un-
der the protection Of the guns on
board the ships Of war in the river.
The first day Of the American yevo-
tuition is passed. Forty-nIne coionists
have been killed and thirty-six wound
ed. But the British loss has been far
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. killed, Up
wounded. and twenty-six missing.
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GOV. LIND AT LAkEv1Ew.
He Reviews the NIilftiamen, Who
Make q Fine Annearnnce

He Reviews the Militiamen, Who
Make Fine Appearance.
Lake City, MIMI, June 29.-Though
yesterdays weather at Camp Lake
view consisted of high wind. a lib
eral amount of dust and sun, at 100
above" the guardsmen of the Second
regiment. NJ. n. G., are making splen-
did progress in drills and things and
Col. Bobleter has reason to be proud
of the fact that the soldiers are show
Ing such excellent efficiency in the
manipulation of arms" Notwith-
standing the almost intense heat none
OF the drills mentioned in the daily
routine We're omitted. and every move
ment was accomplished in manner
that was highly gratifying to the COM
handing officer. The most inspiring
event Of the encampment occurred
last evening when the regiment passed
in review before Gov. Lind and the
members of his staff. The review was
pretty sight and attracted a large
concourse Of citizens to the grounds.
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M1LwAUKEE's CARNIVAL.

of the Day.
Milwaukee, June 29.-Large crowds
poured into the city to enjoy the car
nival festivities. The weather con-
tinues good and everything is going ac-
cord1ng to programme. The most
beautiful attraction thus far was the
floral parade, which moved over a
five mile course in the afternoon. tx
Gov. Peck was again chief marshal of
the pageant. While similar attractions
of former festivals were looked upon
as being perfect, this one far outshone
all previous efforts, the success being
largely due to the supervision of Mrs.
George w. Peck, Jr.
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Find Copper Near Helena,s Limits.
Helena, Mont, June 28.--Holbrook
& Huffaker, after prospecting on a
dead" just outside the western city
limits of Helena for three months,
have encountered at depth of forty
feet a copper vein. samples Of which
run as high as 30 per cent in that
metal. a contract has been let to sink
the shaft a greater depth to determine
the exact width and richness Of the
vein. Experts say the outlook is most
promising.
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HISTORIC STONE.

HISTORIC STONE.
(This historic old bowfdfer lies on the
northeast corner of the Lexington
Common and marks the position Of
the American minutemen when fired
on by the British, April 10, 1775. On
it is chiseled the command Of Capt.
Parker to his men.)
hounds the painting British rush for
ward and fall exhausted within the
lines made safe by Percy's cannon and
musketrymen. Drink and food are fur
nished for as many as possible from
the Monroe tavern, which Percy has
made his headquarters, and the
wounds of such injured as have been
able to keep up with the weary march
are hurriedly dressed.
The day is now well spent and
Percy fears the consequences of re-
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PAUL REVERE,

(From a painting made in 1904. g.
years after his famous ride.)
suit over the situation. Finally they
resolve to march into the middle Of
the town and protect their homes or
die in the attempt" But it is under
stood that they are not to fire upon
the British regulars unless they are
fired on first. The march is Immediate
iy begun with the minute-men from
the neighboring town of Acton in the
lead, under command of Capt Isaac
Davis. AS the minute-men approach
the west end of the North bridge the
British soldiers draw up at the other
end and some of them begin tearing
UP the planks from the bridge. Mai.
Buttrick calls out to the British in
remonstrance and orders his men to
advance at double-quick. They are
within few rods of the bridge when
a shot rings out and Luther Blan-
chard, of Acton, and Jonas Brown, Of
Concord, are wounded by the same
bullet.
Almost instantly this single shot is
followed by volley from the British.
Capt. Isaac Davis and Abner Hosmer,
both Of Acton, fall dead and several
others of the patriots drop their mus
kets and clutch at wounds from which
the blood is gushing. The war has be-
gun.
Maj. Buttrick, now as hot for the
fight as he was earnest for delay,
springs to one side, fires his musket at
the British and shouts out his order:
Fire, fellow soldiers! For Gods
sake. fire!'
A volley crashes out and the first
British soldiers to die in the face of
the colonists drop to the ground. Three
of them fall dead and half dozen
are wounded, among the latter being
three minor officers.
The British Immediately retreat to-
ward the center of the town, and the
Americans follow them a little way
and then turn off and draw up on the
hillside. The regulars carry one Of
their dead with them, but two are left
lying on the bloody ground.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-06
VENDETTA IN WISCONSIN.

Man Accused of Murder I. Shot
While Out on HAIL.
Stevens Point, Wis, June 29.-Ga-
briel Green, who shot and killed Louis
Wiesner in January last. was himself
shot and fatally wounded yesterday.
He was out on bail. Leo Wiesner, Il
brother of the murdered man, and
Frank Gilsczinski, Wiesner's employee,
were arrested charged with the shoot
ing. Great excitement prevails.
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SLEPT ON THE TRACK.

One Man Killed by a Train and An
other Slightly Injured.
Clcquet, Mimi, June 2S.-Sam Wynn
and man named Pattneud We're
struck by an ore train on the Eastern
Minnesota railroad near Stoney brook.
Wynn was badly mangled and died at
the McKinnon house here shortly af.
ter the accident. Pattneud escaped
with slight injuries. The men lay on
a pile Of cinders between the rails,
and evidently went to sleep.
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CAUSED GREA TDAMAGE.
Cloud Burst Responsible for a Flood
Nenr WinOna.

Cloud Burst Responsible for a Flood
NeRr WinOna.
Winora, Mimi, June 2S.-A cloud
burst in Pleasant Valley last evening
caused a sudden and unprecedented
rising of the Sugar Loaf mill pond.
Before the gates could be opened the
water was flowing over the top of
them and q few minutes later the
gates went out. The rush Of water
also carried away considerable of the
embankment and caused great dam
age to the Winona Western tracks.
Many acres of farm lands were mum
dated. A flood was also experienced
by farmers along the Gilmore Valley
road from the same cause, the water
being much higher than during the
food Of a year ago.
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Low WATER STOPS MILLS.

Tall of Mississippi and Small
Ia Crosse, Wis. June 29.-Naviga-
sion is impaired to such an extent
that all the sawmills of the city have
been forced to cease operations owing
to scarcity of logs. The log famine is
due to low water, for logs cannot be
gotten out Of the small streams into
the river. Coleman's big mill shut
down yesterday, throwing 300 men
out of work, with no prospect Of start.
ing again.
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TAwNEY RENoA1NATED:

lie Has No Opposition in the First
ua District.
Dodge Center, Mimi, June 28.-Con-
gresham James A. Tawney was re-
nominated by reclamation at the Re.
publican district convention yesterday
afternoon. No other name was heard
and no vote was cast in opposition.
The convention was the best attended
ever held in the district. Nearly all
the counties had complete representa-
ton and many visitors We're in at
tendance.
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De.troved nv Forc.+ E,r.,

OestrOyed by Forest Fires.
West Superior, Wis, June 29.-For-
est fires are burning again in many
parts of the county, and yesterday the
trestle, half mile in length, on the
South Shore road at Rockmont was
entirely burned. Debris fell on the
Omaha tracks and delayed the. train a
few hours. 1t will probably take sew
eral days to rebuild the trestle.
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Laying New Track.

Farihault, Mimi, June 80. John.
Grant, the we'll known railroad con-
tractor, left with his outfit and O nun
Der of teams and men for Casselton.
N. D., where he begins work on q con.
tract for laying and surfacing sixty
four miles Of new track for the Great
Northern railway. 3.
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Guthrie Acquitted.

Owatonna, Mimi, June 20. - The
case against Michael Guthrie of
Blooming Prairie, terminated last
night by the jury bringing in verdict
of not guilty. The defendant was
charged with abetting an election
fraud in the recent municipal election
at Blooming Prairie. The other cases
were dismissed.
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Staples to Have yVaterworls.
Staples, Mimi, June 28.-A special
election yesterday for the purpose Of
voting bonds to the extent of $4,000
for n system of waterworks was car
ried by majority of q votes. A
special meeting was held in Staples
township and 81 600 voted for the inn
provement of roads and bridges.
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Old settlers, Reun,or

Spring Valley, Mimi, June 29.-Thc
old settlers of Fillmore county held
their annual meeting here Yesterday
and though the Winona county asso-
citation failed to arrive by reason Of
a wash-out on the railroad, which was
q great disappointment, there was a
large crowd in attendance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-06
DnorpED DEAD DURING PRAYER.

Camp Meeting Excftem ent Attended
With Fatal Results.
Watertown. Wis, June %. = Frank
Kassten, while in the midst of a
prayer at the German Methodist camp
meeting. dropped dead. He had been
in attendance at all the services and
had become very excited. At last he
arose and announced that he would
deliver a prayer. He had spoken but
n few words when he reeled and fell.
One of the elders rushed to the spot
and found that Kassten's heart had
stopped beating. -.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-06
FIRE VISITS CARNIVAL.
81, Paul Elks' show suRers Consid-

ernble kOss.
st. Paul, June % The Elks' carni-
val was surely a hot one'' last even
Ing while fire destroyed about one
third Of the booths in Exhibition
street. Is" The, loss TO exhibitors and
the Elks will reach $4,000 or S15,O 600
with little Insurance. The fire started
from an electric wire in the booth Of
the international Stock Food company.
and with wonderful rapidity the
flames spread in all directions, al
though there was little or no wind.
Patrolman Lindahl tried to check the
flames with a hose, but by the. time
water was turned on the fire was be-
You'd control and the fire department
was called out There were compare
lively few people on the street" at
the time, and the men in charge Of
the grounds anil the exhibits were
able to save some of the exhibits.
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RECKLESS SHOOTING,

boy With Rifle Fires Upon Three
Anoka Young Ladies'.
Anolla, Mimi, June 29.-The Misses
Bruins, Reynolds and Carroll of this
place while wheeling last evening
near the Elm creek bridge in Henne-
pin county, were fired upon four times
by a boy armed with rifle. None Of
the shots took effect. The boy is
known and will probably be prose.
cuted.
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Overworl< and insanity,

Baraboo, Wis, June PSI. B. Pow
ers has been adjudged insane and
taken to the Mendoza asylum for
treatment. He was an agent for the
Elgin Creamery and was engaged in
establishing creameries for them. It
is said that overwork from a desire
to plense his employers caused his de.
rangement. -
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SeFiOWA Acctden1.'

MantorvilIe, MINI, j une RIA;
1 assisting the county surveyor yester.l
Gay afternoon 2 q. "a Card Incl. farm
ser living seven niles 81 mort hWestS 10!
here bad !, h IS, high brok 4! IS twp
by being thrown tronl III q
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TeamI.ter 81 Killed.

ST. Paul, June 2SJohn sauber, a.
teamster, was accidentally killed yes
terGay afternoon. He fell from a load
of hay, striking uponSthe top Of his
head md frac turing his skuft. He died
'within9two minutes after THU accident.
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street Car strilkes Ham

n st. Paul, June 2s.-William johnson
of Alton, near saltwater, a farmer,
was probably fatally injured In a
street car accident at Sixth street
and Maria avenue. 1t is said that the
injured man is in precarious con
.ditiOn.
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D0mage N0t He.v,,v,.

- - ONt01B0 5NUGe He3Vy. = - 80.
a3& Winona, Mimi, June 29.The dam
age done by the cloud burst here Tues
day evening was rot sd heavy az at
first supp posed. -Four thousand dollars
will cover the loss. # ). sSg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02
Main Clauses Of the AngIo-German
Agreement Approved by the Ma
lions Interested I'm China.
RoCKHILL SENT TO PEKING
ORDERED TO ASSIST MINISTER con-
GER In NEGOTIATIONS.
Germans Impatient Over the Strict
Censorship of News from the Far
East-Alleged Atrocities.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The alignment
ment is now complete Aside from Italy
and Austria, whose adherence to the agree
ment was expected, owing to their political
relations with Germany, Japan is the only
one Of the powers which has given uncon-
ditional assent to the agreement. AS the
matter now stands, five Of the powers are
united In all the terms Of the agreement,
namely, Great Britain, Germany, Italy.
Austria and Japan; three OF the powers
the United States. France and Russia-ac-
cept the clauses relating to the open door
and the territorial integrity of China, but
withhold action on the third clause relating
to future procedure in case any power
seizes territory. Neither the State Depart
ment nor the Russian embassy has re-
ceived information of Russia's answer,
though a London dispatch announces that
the reply was received at the British For
eign Office on Oct. 80 and unreservedly ac-
cepted the first two clauses. In regard TO
the third clause Russia referred the two
contracting parties to the Russian circular
of April 25 saying that she would modify
her attitude according to circumstances.
Secretary Hay to-day cabled Commission
er Rockhill an appointment as councillor
Of the American legation at Picking. He
has been directed to proceed at once from
Shanghai to Picking to assist Minister Con-
ger in that capacity in the negotiations for
final settlement The purpose to appoint
Commissioner Rockhill and General Wilson
fellow commissioners with Mr.. Conger TO
conduct the negotiations was abandoned
only because 1t appeared that no other
power was TO appoint commissioners.
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ago after he had defeated Clifton Brecken-
ridge for Congress. and Jones is simply the
boss bulldozer of the Arkansas Democracy.
All this is known here. Hence no surprise
is felt in Washington that he should eager
ly indorse the appeal of Croker. his fellow
boss, to acts of violence on the part Of such
OF their followers as are more daringly
violent in deed but no more brutal in
thought and Intent than they. Unlike Gro
ker, Jones has had no sagacious counselor
at his elbow to whisper words of crafty
wisdom I'm his ear and cause him to mod
crate his violent speech. AS TO Jones as
political prophet, 1t is only necessary to
recall that on the day before the election
in 1896 he vociferously declared that 1.-The
great struggle TO right the wrong of 1873
has been won," and asserted confidently
that "Mr. Bryan's election Is assured by
very large majority" He makes the same
assertion now and adds to It declaration
after the worst fashion OF the Arkansas
bulldozer and Tammany tough. Croker and
Jones-ice trust stockholders and round
cotton-bale monopolist. Bryans election
would be their success
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GERMANS GAVE NO QUARTER.


BERLIN Nov. I-Considerable i'm
patience at the meagerness OF tho news
from China is finding expression here. The
inference is that German censorship over
such information is very strict. Letters
from privates in China begin TO find their
way into the Social Democratic papers
showing that the German troops give no
quarter. The Bremen Buerger Zeitung
publishes a letter from a soldier In Pek-
ing who said he witnessed the following
scene: "Sixty-eight captives. some OF them
not yet adults. were tied together by their
pig tails, beaten bloody by the Germans.
compelled to dig their own graves and then
shot en- masse."
The Halberstadter Volks Zeltung prints
communication from Picking In which
the writer says: mo prisoners are taken.
All are shot or. preferably. sabred to save
ammunition. On Sunday afternoon we had
to bayonet seventy-four prisoners. They
had killed one OF our patrolmen. An en-
tire battalion pursued them and captured
seventy-four alive. 1t was cruel. 1t was
Undesirable"
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Missouri Bryanite Twists One of Haw.
Iey's Speeches ON the Army.

Iey's Speeches on the Army.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Ex-Governor
Stone, of Missouri. who is in charge of the
New York branch of the Democratic ma
tional headquarters, gave out the following
statement to-day:
Governor Roosevelt and other Republic
an leaders and Republican newspapers are
criticising Mr.. Bryan for denouncing the
scheme Of the administration to fasten
large standing army on the country. and
especially for saying that ii was intended
to quarter the army near large cities and to
use il to overaWe workingmen. Neverthe-
less, Mr. Bryan is right. Senator Hawley,
of Connecticut, is Republican United
States senator of the Brahmin caste, and
stands high in the councils Of his party
He is chairman OF the Senate committee on
military affairs, and in the Senate he had
charge of the bill increasing the army and
made a strong speech I'm favor of IL. On
March S, 1899, Senator Hawley also made a
speech before the Connecticut Legislature
and in the speech, among other things. he
said:
And then among other things that
great countries must think of are the wild,
unreasoning instructions and mobs. IT
was wise thing for the merchants of Chi
cago to give tract of land to the national
government, who fortified it, and It is now
called Fort Sheridan. We have heard Of
disturbances In Chicago. We hope, how
ever, that we shall never have any again,
but we know the best way not to have
them is to be prepared for them. So / say
we shall need a large army 10 stand back
OF municipal authority. In the last resort.
IL single company OF bfue-coats marches
around the corner with steady and solemn
steps, the mob disperses, because they
know they are men who shoot when they
are ordered 10. Ii Is simply a business
with them No government is free from
the possibility of resorting to force"