The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-11-01

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} The London Daily News expresses
much regret at having published, last
month, an unfounded statement that
Copsuelo, duchess Of Marlborough, in
tended to attack the Christian Science
movement in the United states.
Casualties.
The industrial building at the Epilep-
tic hospital at Gallipolis, Ohio, was
burned recently, entailing loss Of
100000. The cause OF the fire is UNI
known. No inmates were in the build
ing.
a fast meat train on the Wabash rail-
road ran into the rear end of south
bound passenger train standing in the
station at Foulton, Iowa. The Milwau-
kee sleeper and a coach We're burned,
together with the depot. The engineer
and fireman of the freight train were
injured. No passengers We're hurt.
David Wark, twenty years old, was
killed in a peculiar manner in Philadel-
phia. With others, he had been play.
ing foot ball, and the ball lodged in the
globe Of an electric light. The lamp
was lowered. and Wark seized the
l.
bali had become wet in the grass and
was charged with electricity.
Michael F. Creman. aged t11irty-six
years, and his son Joseph, aged ten,
were asphyxiated by illuminating gas
at the home of Mr.. Cremans brother in
Philadelphia. where they boarded. 1t
is believed the electrical attachment to
the gas fixture became disarranged,
permitting the gas to escape. Mr. Gre
iran was manager of the publishing
house OF Henry Altemus & Co., and
singer OF some repute.
Otherwise.
q. R. Kellogg, George H. Wellington
and Harry L. Bryan of Lafayette, Ind,
have. closed a contract with an English
syndicate for the purchase Of 60,O0D
acres OF zinc lands near Joplin, Mo. Tie
price is $s5O,0Oo.
Intervention by the United States in
the Venezuelan asphalt dispute may
be brought about by the decision
against the New York and Bermudez
company rendered by the court of Sec
'ond instance in Cumana.
Gen. nyrenfurth, ommande--in-chicf
of the Union Veterans union, has been
informed by President Roosevelt that it
would be Impossible for him to attend
the convention at Chicago the latter
part Of this month.
The board of governors of the nation
al bureau Of Identification an auxiliary
OF the National Association of Chiefs
of Police, unanimously decided to trans
fer the headquarters of the bureau,
row located at Chicago, to Washington.
The American shipbuilding Company
of Cleveland has closed contract with
the Western Transit Company of Buff
falo for a new packet freight steamer
to cost $275,Oo0 The new boat will be
built at South Chicago and will some
gu: next June.
The party of senators and represent
atives that have been visiting the Phil
ippines, left Manila recently for homo.
on board the United States transport
Sheridan. Before leaving they had an
Interview With Aguinaldo, who, howev-
er. was reticent.
At g recent meeting, the st. Louis
worlds fair national committee select
eG Miss Helen Gould of New York as a
member-at large of the board of lady
managers. Twenty members in addi-
ton TO Miss Gould are to be selected.
two by each Of the eight commissioners
ano four at-large.
The National Funeral Directors as
'sociation concluded it's annual conven-
ton at Charleston, S. c. Fred HUI
berg of New York was elected president
for the ensuing term. Milwaukee was
selected rs the next place for holding
the convention.
Ernest Scion Thompson, the noted
writer on wild animals, and John Golf,
the guide, who We're arrested by Game
Warden Bush in Rio Blanco county,.
Colorado, charged with violating the.
game laws, were acquitted on trial Of
the case at Meeker.
At the annual fall meeting of the
board of trustees of Princeton UNIVERSE
ty, ex-President Cleveland was elected
member of the board. to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Rev. Geo.
7. Purvis of New York. Mr.. Cleveland
was sworn i'm at the university library.
Ed Darlington, sixteen years of age.
was shot and killed instantly; Earl
King, seventeen, was fatally wounded.
and flames Considine. fourteen, was
Jesse Sherman. who caught the boys
poachfng on nhis rabbit preserves at
Leadville, Colo. Sherman asserts that
the gun was accidentally discharged
while he was running.
Friends of DR.. George S. Gagnon Of
New York are alarmed over his disap-
pearance- DIR. Gagnon left the city last
spring. after Informing his friends that
he intended to build hotel at West
Baden, Ind. He left Instructions for the
shipment Of his horses to that place.
Recently James Renwick who repre-
sented DR.. Gagnon in the matter, re-,
ccived word that the horses and car
RIGGS were still ia the freight yards al
West Baden. ~ r..
( Orders have been issued from army
hes dquarters at Omaha detailing a
board Of army officers to investigate
end report plans for new pest TO be
built at Des Moines. The new post,
when completed. will accomm odate a
full cavalry regiment Of twelve troops,
and the buildings will be Of brick and
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