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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
HoLD-uP SUSPECTS ARE HELD.

Tramp's Description of Train Rob-
beers Results in Their Arrest.
pected Of being members Of the band
Of robbers that held up the Northern
Pacific train near Sand Point Sunday
night are in Jail here. They were ar
rested in this city on the descriptions
given by William Pearson, a Chicago
tramp who was on the tender of the
train when the robbers took possess
sion The prisoners gave their names
as Thomas Mcdonald, Frank Mfr and
J. M. hurry. They deny all connec-
ton with the robbery.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
KILLED BY A WATchMAis.s
Unknown Inflicts Wounds That Prove
..l- - Eafai ~ & K. ls,tE .f.shsssss

st. Paul, Aug. 80. Joseph William
Jaques met his death at the hands Of
a murdsrous assailant, who attacked
him on the Jackson street bridge at
1880 yesterday morning. Bruised and
bleeding he dragged himself to his
home, half mile away, and died with
in three hours. His assailant is I'M
known, except for the fact that he was
4 watchman at the Great Northern
shops. The trouble grew out of the
strike at the Great Northern shops
some weeks ago. Excitement was at
fever heat in the shops yesterday af-
ternoon. Several men were absent
from work in the search for the watch
man, and the police are afraid that
trouble will follow. Jaques was
machinisC
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
PROGRESS OF HARVEST.
Some Bad Spots in Iowa Where Rain
Has Ruined Ercns

Eldora, Iowa, Aug. so. = The crop
outlook here in this region is not as
promising as farmers wish that it was,
ard it is feared that there will be a
very light lot of oats threshed, as the
wet weather has hindered threshing,
and the oats in stack are green and
growing, making them worthless.
There is going to be lot of soft corn,
and feeders and farmers are figuring
accordingly. Unless the frost stays
off all during the month of September
the corn will be soft and of very
poor quality.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
BOY HORSE THIEF CAUGHT.
Twelve-Ycar-Old Boy Had Driven
Stolen Team 125 Miles,


Crookston, Mimi, Aug. 3O.-A dar-
ing case of horse stealing has oc-
CURED in this city, and the criminal is
a lad of but twelve years. Louis Sey-
mour is the boys name. Last Satur-
day evening Richard McCurdy, a farm
er living near here, drove into town
and tied his team in front of one Of
the local mercantile establishments,
where he intended to do some trading.
When he came out the team was gone.
He reported the matter to the police
department, who kept it quiet until
Sunday, and then after exhausting
their resources, notified Sheriff Sui
Ivan. The latter got trace Of the
team and started after it, capturing
the boy horse thief and the team at
Badger. in Roseau county. The boy
had driven the team over 125 miles.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
STREET CAR HELD UP.
Masked Robber Took All Cash on Car
in Spite of Chief of Police.

Masked Robber Took All Cash on Car
in Spite of Chief Of Police.
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 20.-Chief OF
Police Reddy was passenger on a
street car that was held up last night
by highwayman. The car, on Aston
street line, had stopped for railroad
crossing when masked 1obber, with
g. revolver in each hand, stepped
aboard and compelled the conductor
to give up his cash. Then brandishing
his long gun, he commanded the pas
sengers to contribute. Chief Reddy
was unarmed and says he was power
less. Twenty minutes before this oc-
currence another car in the neigh5or-
hood was hailed by masked robber,
hut the motorman threw on full cur.
rent and the car ran by the thief.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
DEPOT BURNED.
Great Northern Loses It's Station at
Sioux Falls.

Great Northern Loses It's Station at
Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 80. - The
Great Northern depot was burned to the
The day man had gone to dinner and
no one was left at the depot at the
time. The entire building was in
flames when the department reached
the scene. A high wind helped the
flames and the building was destroyed
in less than half an hour. The fire is
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin. The Great Northern has been
talking of building new depot up
town, and the loss of the old one may
quicken the move
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
MAKES DEATH SURE.
Illinois Girl at sturgis Uses Three
Kinds of Prison -

Sturgis, S. D., Aug. 30. - At Hotel
Scotland Thursday night was found the
remains of another unfortunate On
Wednesday John Scotland telegraphed
to Belle Fourche, in answer to an in
curry, and engaged dining room girl.
She came on an evening train, took
supper and soon retired. That was the
last Mr.. Scotland saw of her until late
Thursday night, when after repeated
knocks at the door of her room with
NO response, the lock was forced and
the girl was found dead. It was sui
eide, pure and simple. She had used
strychnine, chloroform and carbolic
acid to make sure work of her de-
termination to make away with her
self r
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
QUITS ARMY FOR BRIDE.
Recruiting Officer at Sioux City Ma,

Recruiting Officer at Sioux City Mar
ries Contrary to Orders. ~
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 30.-CorporaI
Charles c. Tryon, who has been in
charge of the United States army re-
cruiting Office in this city for. two
years or more, has decided to pur-
chase his release from the army and
will settle in home in Des Moines
with wife whom he recently married.
The marriage has been kept a secret
because there is a rule which prohib-
its enlisted men from becoming mar
ried.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
Referee, In Ronkruntcy.

Milwaukee, Aug. So.-The fourth an
nual convention of the Association 81
Rreferees in Bankruptcy elected the
following officers: President, William
II. Hotchkiss, Boston; first vice presi-
dent, Charles r. Aldrich, Massachu-
sets; second vice president, D. L..
Grayson, Tennessee; third vice presi-
dent. N. w. Trimble, Alabama; secre-
tary and treasurer, r. A. Gunnison,
New York city 81 +,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
AGED COUPLE DEAD IN BED.

Gas Had Been Accidentally Turned
and Man and Wife Asphyxiated.
Minneapolis, Aug. 30.-Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Murphy, aged seyenty-five and
seventy:four, respectively, were found
dead in their room at 1916 Aldrich
avenue north. The gas was turned on
full, and death resulted from asphyxia-
ton. Coroner Williams decided that
death was purely accidental.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
Killed hx Trousers.

In connection with the trousers CEN
tenary, a correspondent reminds us that
a tragedy was, in Paris, associated with
the Introduction of the elongated gar
nients and the discarding of the knee
breaches. A tradesman in the city took
the sartorical innovation too much to
heart. He foresaw that his occupation
would soon be gone. Dreading a penu-
rious old age, he ended his earthly trou-
5les by drowning himself in the Seine.
The Door fellow possessed, at the period
of the advent Of the trousers one of the
most prosperous bushes es in his par-
ticular line In France. He was a mak-
er OF false calves for the legs Of the no.
bility and gentry! London Daily News.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
In Memorx az Dead soldier.

GAINESVILLE. Wis, Aug. 80. Rev: Sam
uel Fallows Of Chicago delivered the
dedicatory address at the veiltng Of
a monument erected by the voters st.
Rock county in memory Of the dead
soldiers Of the Civil war. 3.fs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05

r Butte. Mont, Aug. 80. The concen-
traitor Of the Montana ore Purchas-
ing smelling works was DESTROYED by
fire last night. The works. are owned
by F. August Heinze, and one thou
sand men will be thrown out Of work
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
THE GRAIN HARVEST.
Manitoba Reports Immense Wheat
Yields=Rain Has Hurt Corn

Winnipeg, Aug. 30.-The nights con-
tinue mild and not a sign of frost is
observed anywhere. Conditions for
harvesting are certainly perfect. The
weather is clear and warm. Wheat
threshing is in progress at many
places. In the Gretna district, where
cutting is finished, a dozen threshing
machines started work, and the wheat
turned out was a magnificent sample,
averaging about twenty-seven BUSH
els to the acre. .e 49,.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
GIFT FROM THE PRINCE.
Gov. Va, SAINT Gets Photograph II
Leather Frame,

Leather Frame.
st. Paul, Aug. 30-Gov. Van SAINT
Yesterday received a photograph of
Prince Henry of Prussia. The photo
graph is in buff leather frame with
a gold border, ornamented with the
letter 'H" and the coat of arms of
the house of Hohenzollern. The pho
tograph is a personal gift from Prince
Henry in recognition of the part taken
by Gov. Van SAINT in the princes en-
tertainment while in this country.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
MAKING A GOOD PORT.
Engineers Plan New Harbor of
Refuge at Port Winu.

Refuge at Port Wing.
Washburn, Wis, Aug. 50-A corps
Of engineers have been at work laying
out the site for the new harbor of ref
uge at Port Wing in Bayfield, county.
The town has purchased land and
probably work on the new harbor will
be commenced this fall, although it
may be delayed until spring. The
river and harbor bill passed by the
last congress contained an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for this work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
Grnel Woman

+ sa3 Cruel Woman. ss. s
) r. u. Wright They say. Miss Antique
has q past. # u. a. III
ss MISS Cutting Yes; but she denies
atout tifteen years Of it.-Detroit Free
Press. 81 s & Il 3Si5
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-09-05
LOUIS HILL BUYS LAND.

Invests Heavily in Iron Property About
Hibbing.
Duluth, Aug. 3O.-Lo Fill is In
vesting heavily in iron properties. He
has purchased the land v est Of Hib-
bling, showing 100000 tons Of ore.
The Republic Iron and Steel company
has closed deal for Is, 900 900 tons Of
ore on western Mesaba. 55 e
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
SHORT STORIES OF
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Tried to Hitch His Wagon to a Star.

Tried to Hitch His Wagon to Star.
sage for exhaustive information, saying:
Professor, we have five minutes before
dinner; will you tell me the history of
the world?' is nearly equalied in an at
tempt by q London newspaper man to
get Joseph Chamberlain to talk about
the Boer war, when the world was seek
ing to find out what the British Govern
ment was thinking about the situation.
It is related that the Colonial secretary
was one day engaged in conversation
with a friend in well-knoWn London
hotel, when young man approached
him.
May I speak with you moment. Mr.
Chamberlain" he asked.
Certainly" was the ready reply, as
the politician rose from his seat
II cannot say it here" said the young
man, glancing nervously around.
Mr. Chamberlain looked sharply at him
and then, his severity softening into pity
for the mans simplicity. said: Follow
me-"
Safely arrived In a dark and curtained
corner of the hotel, the Colonial Score
tary asked what his interviewer wanted.
II am en- the staff of the news
paper was the reply. Can you tell
mo what you think of the South African
situaton?'
After a hurried glance round to make
sure there were no eavesdroppers. Mr.
Chamberlain whispered into the young
mans ear:
MY friend. really don't know any
thing about it.
From his boyhood upward. whather. 10
pastimes or in politics, Joseph Ghan-
rcrly limit n
to defeat
A story is told that he was playing
with his sister once al a. game of bat
ties each having a regiment OF toy
soldiers and pop-Gun. The gallant
Joseph won easily.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

ago by Misses Pearl and Olivia Jefferies
to a few of their friends. :.
DR.. w. Clinton Adams. of Riehmo1d, IS
visiting his mother. Mrs. W. Z. Adams
Mr. William Clark has returned to
Washington after a visit TO relatlEes anu
friends in Scottsville and Nlclnlty. :,
Dr. J. P. Blair is visiting TRENDS III
Mr. ". Scott Heath has returned t. to
Lovirgston after a visit TO ms PAL elteH,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Heath at the!r hoi1its
Mrs. B. a jerks is visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. r. Daniel. oa -
Miss Mamie Scrugss has returned 70
her home in Scottsville after a visit OF
Lvnchburg and Roanoke.
Mrs, z. w Bandy % OF R NfahnIas at It her
home near Scottsville. -
Mrs. Winifred Carroll has returned 70
Washington after Visit ~ III, poma
weeks to the Misses Pitts at their nome
Miss Mary 1. Bell of Harri,sonourg, IS IN
Mrs Jdcinto PersIra has retu yINif 10
relatives and friends in Augusta anu
Mrs Byrd and Mrs v Wn11; f9 Srs A Wair
brother. DR.. 3. c. Goodwin
Misses Virginia. and Sallie Leckie nave
returned to Philadelphia after Visit 70
their former home near Glendower
MI! Mrs. William NJ Wade and children: OF OF
Richmond, are visiting relatives ana
II 1Iisres - FanIie Horsley and Catherine
Boa wright have returned to Manteo after
a short visit to their friends :. MISS s,; MoS-
lin Moon at her home near Sce 3icb,nond
ie Visiting relatives and friends in SCOTS
Miss Elizabeth Wright Waddell, O.
Richmond. is the guest OF Mrs. 1hornas .
Miss Louise P. Walden has returned 70
her home in New Kent county AFTER "a
visit to the family of General james :.
Nice Mary Frazier is visiting her friend,
Miss Nora billiard. at Chester
Miss Eliza beth Moore, OF Hu i 1,,,l
". Va. is in Scottsville visiting her aunt
Miss Hannah Moore
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
Last of Noted Ministries.

A Dublin Gnd) special says: Ben B.
Custer. the last of old school MINISTRIES.
is now living at Centervile. near here.
He was classed years ago with such old
timers as the Christy brothers. the
Bryant brothers. Billy Emerson. Billy
Birch. Lew Ambold and Timothy Wood
ruff. who have all passed down the line
Custer is seventy-eight years old He
appears to be about fifty When the
minstrel business first sprang up in this
country he was one of the original mem
bers of the Christy Brothers Ministries.
which We're first organized at Cambridge
City. this county. but afterward reeT-
ganized at Cincinnati. where the troupe
acquired much fame.
Custer was then musical director and
Tim Woodruff was the star of the troupe.
After Custer played out as a minstrel
he became a dancing master. He mas
taught more than $1,000 people to dance.
and is one OF the most famous CT his
calling in the country. He IS also a
vioIinist of some note. A violin which
he purchased in the old days for 81
he claims he has refused $3.50 Tor
Custer now lives life eff ease and COM
fort in a home at Centerville.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
HE INTERVIEWED HAYES
Newspaper Man Returned to Find Out
What He Was President Of.

Here is a story told on former Presi-
dent Rutherford B. Hayes and news
paper man, who twenty years ago was
well known il New York:
Shortly after his term had expired
President Hayes camd to New YORK to
attend a reception given in his honor
! The newspaper man referred to was SENT
up to the hotel where the ex-President
was stopping, to interview him. Much
to his surprise the ex-President received
the reporter in his sitting room and told
him, in an affable way. that he was
ready to answer any questions put TO
him The interview covered many top
les; the reporter asked various ques-
tons, but the Tilden-EayeS controversy
was not touched upon. Finally. the in
terview was concluded and Mr.. Hayes
was congratulating himself that he had
come out of the ordeal SO successfully
for the reporter had not asked one I'M
per -inent question.
AS the reporter got up from his seat
to leave the ex-President arose from
his and walked with him to the door.
where. in his most suave tones. he babe
the scribe adieu. A few moments later
Mr. Hayes was surprised to see an at
tendant of the hotel come into the room
and present the card of the retporte;
from whom he had just taken leave
There must be some mistake he said.
"show him up
Presently the reporter returned and il
his most apologettic manner asked Mr.,
Hayes to excuse his second intrusion.
We'll. what is it now?" asked the ex-
President.
Mr. Hayes" said tbs, reporter. II
forgot to ask You what You were presi-
dent of. Do you mind telling me?''
Certainly not" replied the President.
IT was President of the United States"
The reporter. who really was ignorant
OF the exalted position occupied by the
man he had Just interviewed. was
shocked. to say the least. He a~olo-
gized for his ignorance and the two
afterwards became good friends.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
R. 1. Garner. Who Discovered
language, Turns Up Again.
BACK FROM AFRICAN JUNGLE
He Returns After Long Absence and
Brings With Him a Batch oe lnter>
es,ing New Facts-Their Habits
and Characteristics.
afteraIonp Absence and
By Curtis Brown.

LONDON, July Pr. l. Garner, the
Boston man who lived in a cage IN lhe
heart Of an African jungle IN order 10
yearn the language Of the monkeys ana
to observe their ways and manners IN
their native haunts. made quite sensa-
ZION when he got back TO America ana
reported his discoveries. In l9oO ne ois-
appeared again. and now, after an ao-
sence OF two years. he has snooehis
turned up in London. fun OF more suanse
rtordes It seems he has been spenoils
the intervening time in heart-to-heart
talks with his old jungle companions Oh
the French Congo. some twenty mics
back from the coast and about seventy
miles south Of the equator.
The name of the village was Mkeba
and Garner had the fun Of being called
the white King Of the town, to whom
the natty.s PAID tribute in the form Of
cooking. washing and general attendance,
and 10 whom he distributed largesse IN
the form OF an occasional small chunck
nf tobacco a few beads or a little cloth
mnd occasional portions of buffalo meat
..For five months said Mr.. Garner, Il
went without having morsel OF preao
or seeing a white man. The only raria-
tion from buffalo meat was manioc-a
kind OF root that looks like sumach
boiled into q paste. Tired OF 1t? Heav-
ems. yes! All The same am going back
there soon for year or two. and maybe
forever. There is fun in being king.
even IL your chef is q little hampered
in making out his menu. Breakfast, but
falo meat and monioc; luncheon plain
manioc, and dinner first course inanioc
second course buffalo meat, with once In
a while a fish for great delicacy.
FUN WITH PYTHONS AND BUZZ
FALO.
'.It took good deal OF hunting to
provide myself and the natives with
enough of this buffalo meat, and It was
hunting of the kind you don't read
about-wallowing through marsh after
marsh, sometimes up to your neck IN
sliny, dirty, nasty water. That wouldn
have been SO bad If it were not for the
pvthons, had made a leaf cup and was
bending over to get a drink out OF
spring one day when my guide yelled
10 mo not to move Then 1t was that
j discovered a python's head sticking
IN right In front Of me waiting for me.
ii was only a little serpent. IA or 10
feet long, but he was big enough to
have made an end Of me if had moved
a. muscle My guide cut the reptile IN
Two with knife. 1t wasn't five minutes
q fterward we came across another one
30 feet long.
"The bunaloes were ugly customers,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
QUEER coURTsHIPs.

THE courtship is funny, and rivalry
for the hand of the tribe beauty often
leads TO some gorgeous combats. She
betrays her choice without ceremony. II
would make a man with the slightest
sense of flumor laugh out aloud all alone
there in the heart of the forest to see
her prink and pose upon a limb She even
brushes her hair-I have seen the males
do that, too-and when the object of her
tender passion approaches she sides away
with much mock modesty. She wants him
to come. but she doesn't want him to
think so. There isn't much difference be-
tween human customs and monkey Gus
toms in N1keba society. When native
wants to get married he goes and buys
n wife from his district and takes her
home. and that is the end of it.
my monkey friends don't take any
stock in woman suffrage, SO far as I
can discover. The female attends strict
" to her business of minding the baby.
The male does the fighting and makes
the laws There is q. baby year and
never more than one at a time. The
mother carries the infant four or five
months, an after that he shifts for him
self. should Judge that the girls turn
their thoughts to matrimony at the age
of three or four years, and would be
considered to have reached a great age
if they got past ten years. There are so
many varieties, however, that it is hard
to make congratulations, and I am speak
ing only for the tribes of which made
a special study on this last trip.
81 have learned several new words and
have found that the monkeys convey
more ideas than had formerly supposed.
The definiteness of the leaders commands
surprised me. I suspect that my friends
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
HIGH RAILROAD SPEED
Brought About by Popular Demand
Rather Than Enterprise.

Practical railroad men are satisfled,
saws the Brooklyn Eagle, that the run
between Chicago and New York can be
made in sixteen hours. That means an
average speed of nearly sixty-three niles
an hour And it really means that there
must be racing stretches against time.
when the speed will rise to TO- 50 and 80
miles an hour Whether that will be I'M
dertaken is a question. Railroad opera
tors have ever been loath to increase
speed and have only done so in obedience
to a public demand almost irresistible.
It is fact which puzzles the railroad
onerator that every train of increased
speed develops its own traffic. The En-
nire State express, the first notable high
speed train, was not put on in spirit
of energetic enterprise Travellers on
the Chicago limited (24-hour train com
planned that their comfort was inter-
fered with by travellers within New York
State boundaries and that best parts Of
westbound trains were usurped by 8 AL
bany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and
Ruffalo traffic. So a New York train
was determined on, and to make it more
attractive its speed was made greater
than the limited. From the day OF its
inauguration it has been highly remun-
erative. always full and, here IS the
strange thing, the travel on the limited
has not been less.
High speed is almost wholly matter
Of road beds. rails and bridges. The
locomotives have been ready for years
for any speed required Of them. Some
Years ,e ago the Central tried 2i-hour trains
hut soon withdrew them for the reason
! that the resisting powers OF the rails.
road beds and bridges wholly rebuilt and
with much heavier rails and bridges and
s pptude trains aims We're possible and put on.
sixteen hours would be the limit. An
excess of that speed, in the opinion Of
the engineers. would require another re-
Construction. In fact. eight hours to
chicago is not impossible but at 129
miles an hour the problem Of eentrifugal
/ force would enter in. and, much heavier
rails, twice as far apart. with zheav1er
5sub-structures and much heavier engines
would be necessitated. No such mighty l
revolution in steam propulsion a IS nkely
to take place. when electricity is bsckon-
ING to- cheaper and safer revolution '1Hscll.
sixteen hours is the limit IN steam pro-
nulsion. for that means a FREQUENT rise use
to a rate exceeding - tnlies q