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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
RAISE MONEY FOR STRIKERS
PROPOSES PLAN FOR ASSESSING
TIE BITUMINOUs
.IINERs.
GENERAL STRIKE NOT LIKELY
GENERAL SENTIMENT OF THE con-
vENTION STRONGLY AGAINST
THE SCHEME.

Indianapolis, July 19-If the voice and
influence of President Mitchell, of the
United Mineworkers shall prevail with
the members of his organization, there
will be no general strike of the organ
ization.l The chances of such step be-
ing taken now are very remote. In his
speech in the convention yesterday af-
ternoon Mr.. Mitchell adviced strongly
against strike, and urged that the
bttuminous miners continue at work,
and that system of assessment upon
the members of the order, which ne
outlined, be carried into effect, as the
best means Of affording aid and sup
port to the striking anthracite men in
the East. His Recommendations, If
adopted by the convention yesterday
afternoon, would have
Settled the Entire Question
for which the convention was called
have followed A motion to adopt the
suggestions of President Mitchell pro-
vol1ed long debate, in which the gen.
cral sentiment was against the ordering
Of the strike. The men from the an
thracite regions finally made request
that they be allowed to hold a caucus
opinion as to what they thought the
convention should do, and asked an adj
journment of the convention for this
purpose. Their request was granted
and the adjournment taken. The men
who were in favor of Il strike were in a
decided minority in the convention.
Three speeches were made by members
Of the anthracite districts, asking that
the soft coal men walk out and twice
as many were made by the anthracite
men, urging the soft coal men to con-
tinue at work.
Plan of President Mitchell.
President Mitchelrs policy, outlined
in an extended speech to the convcn-
ton, was, in BRIEF as follows:
First-That the treasurer of the order
be directed to appropriate $4,000 for
the relief IF the anthracite miners.
Second-That the unions appropriate
for the same purpose as large sum as
they can afford.
Third-That an assessment of 81 per
week be levied on all members Of the
union.
Fourth-That all officers of the ma
tional districts drawing salary of $50
d month or over contribute rs per cent
of their salaries.
Fifth-That an appeal be made to all
trade unions and citizens generally 20
aid the cause of the miners.
Sixth = That an address to the
American people be issued. appealing to
the American people to bring such
pressure to bear as will compel the ope-
rators to submit to arbitration.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Of the Republicans Of wisconsin Gen.
Winkler, a leading stalwart Of Mflwau.
kee, made an impassioned plea for
spooner National questions. he said, en-
gage Senator S2ooner. Others. In fact
all. were for Spooner, but the majority
insisted that he stand on the platform.
A motion to adopt the minority re-
port was lost by q vote Of 100 -: to
353 1-2. The majority report, as pre-
scented. therefore. stood adopted.
A. r. Hall of Dunn county, one Of
la Follette's leading supporters. took
the floor and spoke in favor OF recon-
sider:ng the vote on the platform. The
vote to reconsider was carried by 608
ayes to 346 nays. The majority report
was finally, upon reconsideration. adopt
ed by vote Of 76S to 2I0.
The convention then adjourned until
this morning.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
PERSIA SHAKEN.

Severe Earthquake Shocks Mt Bum
der Abrnx-Housea Collapse.
Bombay July 10. A severe earth
rhock was experienced at Bunder Alb
las, Persia, on the morning of July Q.
It lasted three or four minutes and was
followed by light shocks. All the chief
buildings suffered. The governors
house partly collapsed and the custom
house was destroyed. The population
was panic-stricken. Only one fatality
was reported. 1t is feared that the de-
struction lat Kishm was heavy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
Chamberlain Out Again.

London, July 19.-The> cabinet met at
1870 yesterday morning. Colonial Sec
rotary Chamberlain was present. The
meeting lasted until 1870. Premier
Balfour and Secretary Chamberlain re-
manned half and hour after the others
had gone, thus seemingly showing the
new balance of power in the cabinet.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Proper End of n Man Whose Incli.
nations Were to Kill.

Proper End of Man Whose Incli.
nations Were to Kill.
Waukesha, Wis, July 10. = August
Amend, who was tried and acquitted Of
the murder of William Erdr1an at the
May term of the circuit court, commit
ted suicide by taking poison, after try
ing to poison his wife. Amend and his
wife had not been living together since
he was arrested on the murder charge.
Yesterday he went to her home and
tried to get her to returnato him. She
refused, and he put strychnine in the
sugar bowl. She was made critically
i'll, but will recover. Amend subse-
luently committed suicide at Hasssler's
saloon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
LIZ Toilette CARRIES THE DAY.
Senator Spooner IL Given a COndi-
tfOnal IndOrSement.

Senator Spooner IL Given Condi-
tfonal IndOrsement.
Madison, Wis, July 1s.-The Wiscon-
sin Republican state convention last
night refused to give Senator John c.
Spoorer an unequivocal Enforcement
for reelection by vote of 109 1-2 votes
against and 1853 1-2 for, the vote being
from the three members Of the plat
form committee, who objected to
sting tied to the majority report In
the form of a demand that Spooner, in
consideration of the Endorsement, in
Gorse the platform.
The afternoon and evening sessions
Of the convention had no other features.
almost the entire time being devoted
to this enc interesting phase of the
platform. 1t being foregone con-
clusion that Gov. La Toilette would be
rcnominate there Was no haste to
take up that question and the nomina-
lions went owe. until to-day. Gov. La
Toilette carried the day. The conven-
ton was the most
Exciting Political Gathering
ever held in the state. His adherents
succeeded in plotting through the con-
vertion a platform, to his liking, which
the stalwart Republicans in the COM
r7ittee held up for nearly six hours.
While the planks favoring primary
elections and equalization of taxation
were not to the stalwa!ts liking. they
stood for them and waged the battle
against the Spooner plank, which prac-
tically called upon the senator to stand
urGn the principles laid down in the
platform. After a long w:angle in the
committee on resolutions, which was
interrupted by side conferences on each
side the committee decided to bring In
two reports The minority report con-
sisted of but one resolution indorsing
Senator Spooncr Internationally. After
very heated discussion in the con-
ventioa, accompa MED by much chaos.
| the majority report was adopted. re-
considered and again adopted, the final
vote being 7eS to 279.
The Platform Applnuded.
AS the platform was read section by
section the various paragraphs brought
rounds of applause. Especially SO was
| this the case when the planks relating
to S7ooner and La Toilette dropped upon
the ears of the delegates and visitors.
M. ]. Wallrich Of Shawano presented
as a minority report In lieu Of the regu-
lar Soooner plank. a resolution indors-
ing Spooner unconditionally.
The name OF Spooner was heartily MP
| rlauded. In presenting the minority re-
| port. Mr.. Wallrich made a strong plea
| for it's adoption. Senators f2iordan and
| Roehr also spoke for the adoption Of the
minority report. This was followed by
five minutes of chaos. Cries Of sit down.
| insisted that
spo0ner should stand
en- TIE platform; that this convention ID
! proval. John Blaine of Grant county
insisted that Spooner should stand on
the platform: that this convention Is
supreme and can place Restrictions on
1 any man dsyirqns Of Office at the hands
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
TICHENoR WILL GET 1T.

New Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury to Be Appointed.
Washington, July 19-It is expected
here that Henry D. Tichenor Of New
York will be appointed assistant secre-
tary of the treasury to succeed Gen.
Spaulding, who is about to retire.
Tichenor is son of George c. Tichenor,
recently deceased, who was assistant
secretary Of the treasury under Har-
rison, and a member of the board of
general appraisers at New York at the
time Of his death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
INSANITY EXPERT INSANE.
Death of DR.. EnOs. Who AdtuIGed
HfmseIf Demented.

Chicago, July 19.-Dr. Emmitt Enos
is dead at the Elgin insane asylum.
Dr. Enos was chief of the medical staff
of the Kankakee insane hospital for
five years prior to his resignation last
February, when he felt his mind giving
away. He diagnosed his own case, and
hoped by leading quiet life his facul-
ties would be restored. He engaged in
medical practice, but became violently
insane May 20, and a few days later
was committed to Elgin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
GEORGE GOULD RELEASED.
Third Time the ALLEGED Dank
Wrecker Has Escaped.

wahoo, Neb., July 19.-Judge sorn-
berger has granted q writ Of habeas
corpus releasing from custody George
Gould, who ives bound over to the dis
trict court of Butte county on q charge
Of being an accessory to the wrecking
of the Bellwood State bank. Gould has
been three times arrested on the same
charge. Twice, he has secured his re-
lease through habeas corpus proceed
ings, and was once discharged on pre-
lininary examination. Y
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
GLAs. Is DRIVEN THROUGH IRON.

strange Freak "f Recent Cyclone In
South Dakota. 4
Sioux Falls, s. D.. July ia strange
freak OF the recent hurricane in South
eastern South Dakota is on exhibition
in a drug store at vioorg. 1t is small
piece Of window glass which was driven
through iron siding and imbedded to
the depth Of an inch in the wood under.
Meath the siding. Where the piece OF
glass came from is q mystery. as none
of similar quality was broken in that
immediate vicinity.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Young Mr.. Rockefeller is now talk.
Ing to his Sunday school class about
the folly Of striving for gold. 1t GER
tainly is foolish to wear ones life out
that way If you can get a father to
do the work for you.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
MRS. FITz DENIES.
No Double Pair of Articles on the
Division of the Purse.

DfviafOn of the Purse.
San Francisco, July 19.-Fitzsinmons
will probably break camp at Skagg's
Neck Monday or Tuesday and move his
retinue and traps to this city. This an
management was made yesterday. With
it came a lot of gush about q story that
a double pair Of articles were in exis-
tence, one for public exploitation. CIV
ing the division Of the purse as GO and
40 per cent, and another secret set call.
ing for an even split of the money. In
the absence of Fitz out on the road his
wife declared that the story was a base
fabrication. and that Fitzsimmons re-
fused absolutely to consider any equal
division OF the money. The betting is
very light. odds Of 10 to I and even 8
to 1 being offered on Jeffries, with but
few takers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
PIGEONS ARE SET FREE.

Wreck of Santa Fee Train Ifberatcs
Flock of HOminE Birds.
Ixeokul, Iowa. July ia flock of
koming pigeons being expressed south
ward for long-distance race was lib
Grated yesterday morning by the wreck
of Santa Fe west-bound fast mail at
Ponusac, III. The engine. mail and
three express cars were ditched. but
the coaches kept the roadbed. Nobody
was hurt. The pigeons started for home.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Young Teddy Roosevelt has received
Q prize ut Groton for punctuality.
There 10 nothing more worthy Of a
prize than that same punctuality. A
any man who has ever agreed to meet
his wife at given time and place viii
admit. sg
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Herbert Spencer is shocked at what
he calls the Decentralization" of the
world. He has evidently been study
ing the newspaper accounts of college
haziCgs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

New Jersey business men who have
organized a vigilance committee to
drive out the anarchists should be
careful not to adopt methods made un-
popular by the latter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

An Ohio court has decided that
diamonds are not wearing apparel
Ladies contemplating a pilgrimage to
the bankruptcy court should take no.
uce.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

An eastern physician says that mem
bers CT his profession can be bribed
and that they will do lot for
money" Here is man who knows
be has his price and does not wish to
be selfish about it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

A Colorado girl has declined to mar.
ry man because he is wealthy. Here
is vindication for Senator Dollive-,
who says the poor are the only ones
who have chance
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
EI.led the Posses,

.Gunnison, Colo, July 1s.-The Mar
hail Pass train robbers have eluded the
POSSES and It II now believed they are
from twenty to. fifty miles ahead OF the
nicer. with a good chance Of making
their escapA S.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

The man who invented the roll-top
desk died yesterday; but the man
who comes down to the office with
out his keys is still doing business at
various old stands.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Young King Alfonso's troubles are
only beginning. He has now to go
out and look for a wife and there are
at least q dozen different persons who
are to decide just whom he must
marry.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

The troubles of the Kansas farmers
are proverbial. Generally it's a
drought or insects cutting the crops.
But this time it is a lack of hands
to harvest the wheat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Reginald Vanderbilt did not receive
diploma with his class at Yale be-
cause he missed one Of his examina-
lions. This incident proves that even
Q young millionaire may have q few
troubles money cannot avert.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
Governor of Tran.vaal.

London, July 49, = A telegram from
Perth, Western Australia, confirms the
statement that Sir Arthur Lawley, the
rreeent governor of that colony. Is to be
governor of the Transvaal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
GREAT FIRE AT GlouxYAauIL.

Seaport of EcradOr Suffers e:,OOO..
lDO C0nNa grati0n.
Guayaduil. Ecuador, July ia great
fire broke out here last night and is
still burning after the lapse of ten
hours. The losses are roughly esti-
mated at $4,000, 900. 6 ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

A Kansas girl says that nothing
makes aer so mad as to have grass.
hopper crawl up and down her back
just as her lover has come to the
proposing point.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

They are having trouble in Ven
ezuela again. The people down there
must have returned from their sum-
mer vacations.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Kaiser Wilhelm wants the comic
papers to quit poking fun at him. In
return the papers ought to require the
kaiser 20 quit making speeches.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Russell Sage has gone back to bust
ness much cheered by the knowledge
that he saved carfare during his re-
cent illness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

One of the curious freaks of nature
is found in the fact that seventeen
year locust natures in about thirty
minutes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Herr Most is going to spend year
at Sing Sing. The only regret is that
he cannot take all his followers with
him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

The news that John w. Gates
made light of his million dollar
bet is not exactly reassuring to the
other fellow. -,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

The new King of Saxonyis 70 years
old. There seems to be one place
left where the boys aren't getting all
the good jobs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
Oid outlay !. KalIea.

Lexington. Mo-. July 19.-Joseph Cal
iaway. n member of the Quantrell band
during the Civil war. Is dead here from
a stab wound inflicted by Doc Johnson
1l1sH quarrel on the ferry boat on Tues
,,say. He cxonerated Johnson.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Numbers of young persons who
want to be angels are achieving their
ambition by rocking rowboats.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
sultan If zan.ibar Dead.

Zanzibar, East Africa, July 1S.-Ha-
mud Bin Mahomed Said, sultan Of Fan
zibar, who was recently sstricken with
paralysis. suffered a relapse and died
at 2 o'clock this morning. All 10 quiet
here. Il. .a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

Great Britain wants new markets.
This Is pity, since we want them,
too, and are cut after them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

We always like to see the barkeeper
at the front door; it Is a sign he is
rot busy-Atchison Globe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

When all the school children are
turned loose long-suffering bachelors
may agitate for a monument to Herod.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25

If England wants new navy, Uncle
Sam is in excellent shape to submit
plans and estimates.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
Turning water on those Jersey an.
archists is cruel II not unusual.
With Mark Twain the degree of LII.
D. means doctor of liberal laughter.

Milwaukee's bishop picked out to-
bacco for denunciation. not what made
the city famous.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-07-25
spooner should stand

en- TIE platform; that this convention ID
proval. John Blaine of Grant county
insisted that snooner should stand on
the platform: that this convention Is
supreme and can place Restrictions on
any nan dsyirqIs u ofice at the hands
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-27

never attempting to break up their settle
ments. Dean Worcester mentions a Negros
bandit named Martin who was a fend
incarnate. He took children and tore them
to pieces, and the natives, so it is said, be
lieved that he Toasted on the livers OF his
victims.
Land of GuerriIIRs.
The hills OF Luzon seem to be made for
banditti. There is no country where guer-
rilla warfare can be carried on more sue
cessfully. You are seldom far from the
mountains, and the valleys are nlled with
clumps OF bamboos. The American Indians
had nothing like the opportunities that the
Filipinos have in their warfare with us
Indeed, / doubt II our Indians could have
been conquered II their country had been
similar to the Philippines. There are
places for ambush within every few miles.
The rice fields are interspersed with
swamps and there are many thickets in
which the robbers can hide. There are
bamboo clumps everywhere and many
places where the ground rises in hillocks
topped with thick grass, in which a man
can lie concealed and wait for his prey.
There are nothing but trails through the
mountains and travellers often have TO cut
their own paths through them. The woods
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-27

lined on each side with slipping tables OIL
shelves as high as your knee. The tables
are each about six feet wide and eight feet
in length, but they are so Joined that they
make long shelves running from one end
of the room to the other. Upon each table
three or four men sleep at night. They
have no mattresses and no pillows and
only such beiclothing as they bring in
themselves.
Wha the Prisoners Eat.
Back of the tables are tin pans, each OF
which looks just like the top of a four
gallon bucket. Every prisoner has two OF
these; they are his only eating utensils.
He has no knife, fork nor spoon, but eats
with his fingers. The meals consist OF rice
and a stew Of vegetables and fish. The
prisoners are fed by contract, and it costs
about 8 cents of our money a day TO supply
the food of one man. Notwithstanding this
low rate they seem healthy and contented,
and they are. l am told, well satisfied with
their rations. They drink only water, and
each prisoner has for this purpose a can.
teen consisting of a bamboo tube about two
feet in length.
The daily life of the prisoners is as fol-
lows: They are called at $50 a. m. and
counted. After this they nave breakfast
and clean up the grounds. At O'Clock
they begin their regular work and continue
at 1t from then on till 1880. At IL all
squat down for dinner and after that take
a Sit sta until 2. From 2 until $3.50 they are
again at their work. Then comes supper,
and then a parade, at which the prison
band plays the Star Spangled Banner and
the convicts salute the United States flag
After this the prisoners are marched back
to their cells and locked up for the night.
Continued on Seventh Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-27

truth or not until you castigate them? The
Spaniards always castigated us when they
wanted to get the truth. Give them a good
thrashing and you will be sure to learn
what they really think. Any Filipino will
tell a lie until he is castigated."
Captain Rowland, however, did not feel
like taking the responsibility of ordering
each man fifty lashes upon his bare back,
and he let them go.
An enormous amount Of thieving prevails
in the country districts of Luzon and the
other large islands. The mountains are In
tested with bandits, who make raids upon
the planters. Many of the insurrectos have
Joined these bands, and they now rob Amer
leans and natives alike. The planters of
Negros have recently formed a union to
protect themselves against such brigandage.
They have made up lists Of all the men OF
the island and have recorded opposite each
mans name his character. They are trying
TO keep a record of every mans doings, as
1t is believed that many of the brigands
spend part Of their time under the guise "a
respectable citizens.
There are many banditti in Mindoro. They
have existed there for years, the Spaniards
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-27
BiIibid Of Today.

Bilibid is now an American penitentiary
and the garrote and all cruel punishments
are done away with. The superintendent
OF the prison is an American soldier, who
has put it into the best Of sanitary condi-
tions. 1t is today as clean as any prison
Of the United States; its walls have been
scraped and whitewashed, the irons knocked
of the inmates and most of them put to
work.
! found the prisoners engaged in all kinds
Of labor, SOM were making baskets and
chairs, others were working on the roads
and others were busy as carpenters max
ing bedsteads, tables and other kinds of
furniture. One man was cutting at a lathe
turned by a fywheel manipulated by two
Filipinos; another was carving and Others
were making trinkets which are sold to
visitors, Each man gets a percentage of
what his product sells for, amounting,
among the best workmen, to about 81 per
month. In addition to this every prisoner
Is given 3 cents a week to buy his cigar
cites, for smoking is allowed in the prison.
went through the quarters where the
men stay at night. They are long halls,