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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
HORRIBLE '''l 3 DETAILS ARE RELATED
SET FIRE TO THE VILLAGE:
AND COMMENCE GENERAL
MASSACRE.
NOT A LIVING SOUL WAS ltf1
HUNDREDS OF VILLAGERS ARE
NAKED AND HUNGRY IN THE
MOUNTAINS.

Monistar, European Turkey, June g..
Horrible details are arriving here
OF the slaughter of the inhabitants OF
the village of Smerdash, south of Lake
Presba, May FL, by Bashi Bazouks. 1t
appears that on the arrival of the.
Bashi Bazouks Charkalaroffs band of
insurgents withdrew to the mountains
without sustaining any loss. AS no
rebels were left in the village the in.
habitants experienced no anxiety I'm.
til, suddenly, at sunset, the Turks,
who had completely surrounded the
place, commenced regular bonn.
bardment, whereupon all the villagers
assembled in the. streets. Though
the artillery ceased firing during the
night. the Turkish infantry fired all.
night long. The
Artillery Bombardment
was recommended at daybreak, but as;
it was ineffective the Turks set fire.
to the village on all sides and COM
menced general massacre, slaugh-
tering women, children and the aged.
About 300 houses were burned and up
ward of 200 persons, mostly women
and children, were killed. The women.
and girls were murdered while resist
ing outrage. Whole households were
slain. One family of seven were slain
and their bodies were heaped on the,
hearth. Not living soul was left in
the village. The survivors, many of
them half-burned or otherwise in
jured, fed. Some of the fleeing vii
layers were captured and had their
ears and noses cut off before they
were butchered
The report adds that 1900 villagers.
were in the mountains without cloth
ing or food. One band of these, con-.
sisting of forty women and children.
were caught by soldiers in ravine"
and were killed after horrible treat,
ment
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Washington Notes.

Consul General Bellows at Yokoha-
ma cables the department Of state
hat plague exists there.
United States Consul Goodnow at
Shanghai writes the state department
hat He Wong Kah leaves Shanghai on
Tune 3 to make arrangements for the
Chinese exhibits at the worlds fair to
oe held in St. Louis.
Manila newspapers contain az inter-
ssting account of an expedition that
aas gone into Mindoro in search of a
white colony, that has gone into Min
loro in search of a white colony which
has long been claimed lives in the
Inferior of the island.
The state department has issued a
warrant for the surrender to the Bret
.sll authorities of Minna WILLIAMS,
alias May Parker, charged with lar
,eny and jewels valued at $4,000 in
London, and now held under commit
rent by Commissioner Shields in New
York.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Personal Mention.

Capt c. Webster Wilson, retired
naval officer, died at Baltimore. Dur
ing the Civil war Capt. Wilson COM
handed vessel in Admiral Farra-
CUTS fleet in Mobile bay.
Col. Charles G. Burr, prominent at
.crney, died at Columbus, Ohio, aged
ifty-five years. His death ir directly
:raceable to the bite of an insect
which caused blood poisoning.
James L. Evans died at Noblesville,
Ind, aged seventy-eight years. In
1874 he was elected to congress by
the Republicans of his district and
served three terms. He served two
terms later.
Maj. E. B. Kirk, retired army officer,
is dead at his home at Toledo, Ohio,
after an illness of several weeks. The
deceased served throughout the Civil
war and had brilliant record in the
regular army.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
cruclHed Him.

London, June s According to dis
patches published in the Times q seri-
GUS situation exists in the villayet Of
Adriapole, where the Turks are carry
ing out searches for arms and ha We
adopted punitive measures 4 against
the refugees. Several fights have 90:
CURED between Bulgarian hands and
Turks IN which many were filed. " A
Greek notable was Kidnapped by 4
Bulgarian band near Sarakina, who
failed tn pay his RAM pm and was
prom ptfy crucihe Ia sss y
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Notes From Abroad.

Prince Henry of Prussia is visiting
Ting Alfonso and the Spanish court.
The Bolivians were routed at Ma
naos April "a, and since then ihostili.
ties have been suspended by mutual
agreement.
A motorcycle swerved into a crowd
Of people at Bristol, England, two of
whom were killed and many others Sc
ricusly injured.
Pedro Diaz has been sentenced to
hang at San Juan, P. r., for murder
committed by him during the riots on
Aug. 26, 1902.
The emperor has given permission
to Princess Louise of Tuscany to re-
side in Austria provided she seeks Sc
clusion in a convent.
Dr. Pere of Berlin advocates bee
st!ngs as cure for rheumatism, claim
ing to have tested their efficacy sue
cessfully in 500 cases.
United States Minister Bowen was
received by President Castro and cab
met on his arrival at La Guaira. He
declined public reception.
The theatrical profession of Great
Britain will oppose the parliamentary
bill prohibiting the appearance Of chill
dren under fourteen years of age.
The police allowed car strikers to
hold parade at Montreal and the pa.
raiders held up several cars, assaulted
the motorman, and two motormen are
in the hospital seriously injured.
M. Capazza, a Belgian aeranaut. Is
building an airship in which he will
attempt to cross the Atlantic from Lis.
bon to Buenos Ayres in the spring OF
1904. NJ. Elisee Reclus, the famous
French geoprapher. and others will ac-
company him.
Theodore Hickman, the baritone
singer, is dead at Marback sanatarium
a. Lake Constance. Baden. Since his
return from the United States he had
been q member Of the Vienna court
opera company and also one OF the
principal artists at Beyreuth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
12s Dead; 800 Wounded. ].

Gainesville, Ga, June 6. Il. Mayor
Parker yesterday made q summary Of
conditions in the storm-swept city az
he sees them. He said !:
rThe dead will numb l25 BY the
end OF the next 5twenty -four hours.
Three hundred FL j: conservatiy esti-
mate OF the wounded. some Of whom
will die. Four. hundred houses have
been destroyed estimate the mum.
her Of homeless IT 800. The hnan.!
cial loss will reacl 1905. 900. There
II still need 81 d money y and physi.
clans Il, .s2 is,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Casualties.

Two 1celandic fishermen named
Johnson and Thorkenson were drown
ed i'm Lake Manitoba, near Winnipeg.
A storm blew down large section
# the elm tree in front of the old
Lincoln homestead and that interest
ing relic is practically ruined.
A building in Brooklyn occupied by
Frank Jenner & Co.. manufacturers of
freproof flooring, and eight other
buildings. chiefly apartment houses.
we're destroyed by fire. The loss is
100000.
Mrs. Thomas Countess of Meridian
VILE, near Huntsville. Ala, and a
servant, Margaret Morris, were struck
by lightning during storm and in
stantly killed. Two daughters mar
ccwly escaped death.
The boiler plate mills of the Central
Iron and Steel company at Harrisburg,
Pa, were destroyed by fire. entailing
loss of 100000 and throwing large
number of men out of work. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
The Seaboard Air Line shops at
Norfolk, Va, were destroyed by fire
with loss Of $1,OO0,00O. One man
was almost cremated while fighting
the flames. The engines and cars in
the shops and roundhouse and almost
all the buildings were consumed.
President T. c. Power of the Mon
tana state board Of sheep commission
ers fixes the total number of sheep
lost in the recent blizzard at 100000.
Ur to the time of the storm 100000
had been frozen in the snow of the
previous billiards, making a grand to-
tai of 100000 since December. At
all average of $3.50, this means mon
etary loss of $3.50, 900.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

A whole lot of anxiety has been dis
PEELED by the announcement that the
end of the world is not due until 2914.
That leaves us all plenty of time to
wind up our business affairs and lay
out our best clothes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

"A reward Of $4,000 was offered for
the return of lost rope Of pearls by
q New York woman. The working
girl who found the jewels was given
800, and now she is suing for the re-
manning $4,000. Here's hoping she
may get every cent OF 1t.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

Perhaps the ladies, too, will take an
interest in the trouble in the Balkans
when they learn that it is sending up
the price " altar of roses, the max
ing of which is one of the principal
Industries of Bulgaria.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
si IL, - rls, ~
LOSSES | ARE !. HEAVY.
NUMBERING INTERESTS IN MAINE
NJ ARE HIT HARD ~ FOREST
FIRES.
HUNDREDS. Of BUILDINGS GONE.
ONE TOWN is DESTROYED AND
ANOTHER SURROUNDED BY
FLAMES.
TO MAKE RAIN TO FIGHT FIRE
RAlNMAkER WILL SET OFF Ex-
PLosNEs TO PRODUCE A
SHOWER.

Portland, Me-, June 6-Reports from
every section n Northern Maine con-
firm the first eports of tremendous
loss to lumbe- ing and other interests
from forest fires. In addition one
town has be~l destroyed. Hundreds
of buildings have been burned in all
parts of the state and at least two
lives lost. LAUNDERING interests are
hard hit by this misfortLle, following
close on the lack of snow in the woods
the past winter and the drouth which
caused the loss of more than 5000 900
feet of logs.
Patten has been surrounded by fires
at close range for forty-eight hours.
Eight townships have been burned
over, causing loss of $250,000 to the
lumber interests there.
To Make Rain to Fight Fire.
Utica, N. Y, June 6. = Prof. Carl
Myers of Frankfort received a mes
sage from Maj. Burns, caretaker Of
DR.. w. Seward Webb's Nehasane
Park, yesterday, requesting him to re-
port at the earliest possible moment
at the preserve with his rainmaking
apparatus and endeavor to produce a
shower of rain, which alone can stop
the ravages of forest fires in that vi
cinity. Prof M. 'ers viii attempt to
make good his guarantee + producing
a rainfall b, ouching Aantities of
explosives suspended at .rea, heights
from balloons.
The citizens of lion have also be-
come impressed with the feasibility Of
Prof. Myers rainmaking idea, and a
meeting subscribed $500 to provide ex-
plosives for the professors expert.
ments. The attemp to induce down.
pour will be made on the Ilion base
ball grounds on Tuesday unless the
drouth in the Mohawk valley is sooner
relieved.
Steamer Missing Three Days.
Saratoga, N. Y, June G. = The sun
yesterday was still obscured by dense
smoke and ashes from Adirondack
forest fires. Reports which reached
here from the Catlin lake region are
that the fires covered a territory fif-
teen miles in width and twenty miles
in length, and are still spreading,
despite the efforts of hundreds of fire.
fighters.
The heat is SO intense and the
smoke so dense that the fighters can
not approach within two miles of the
fires. Navigation on the Adirondack
lakes is practically suspended. A
steamer with gang of fire-fghters
has been missing on Long lake for
three days. The fires in the Cold river
region cover twenty miles square.
Holding the Flames Back.
Glenns Falls, N. Y, June 6.-Reports
from North creek region state that the
fire-fighters are holding the flames
back. At Newcomb they probably will
be able to keep the fire out of the
Pruyn preserve. Nearly 5000 men are
at work fighting the fire in the Hudson
river water shed.
Many Fire-Fighters Hurt.
Sayville, L. l., June 6.-The section
of Long Island that has suffered most
seriously from the forest fires is that
in the vicinity of Medford and Farm
ingville, and the individual losses will
reach into the thousands. Many of the
fre-ighters have been injured or
burned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

Frank Sallen of Marlboro, Conn,
won prize of $50 by saving II cords
Of hard wood in five hours. This is
believed to be the record, but if you
have any doubt about it you can get a
woodpile and saw and try it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

William X. Vanderbilt says that in
herited wealth is death to ambition.
Possibly-to men of the type whose
ambition would in any case end with
wealth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Deutschland ls Freed.

New York, June 6.-Tbe Hamburg.
American line steamship Deutschland,
after being stuck in the mud OF the.
Hook for nearly twenty-four hours,
was worked free at high water late!
yesterday and went to- sea. :si.ss s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

The editor of the Hartford Post has
had a sad experience. "One of the
meanest feelings that man ever suf-
fered," he says, lis when he wakes up
from a snooze in church and suddenly
realizes that folks are watching him"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

A Pennsylvania congregation re-
Gently asked Mr. Carnegie for $1,000
toward the purchase of new organ
in fact, of a ''kist O. whistles" Mr..
Carnegie's reply was short, sweet and
Scotch: II wull"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

A New Jersey woman left $50 for
the purpose of Notification over her
corpse. The jollifcation was duly
held, and the crowd got gloriously
full with the drinks that were ION
the dead"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

The dome of the capitol at Wash
tngton is receiving a coat of paint,
for the first time in nine years. This
seems to put the finishing touch on
the country's prosperity.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

"a dozen college youths smothered
in girls" says a news dispatch from
St. Paul. What have college boys
ever done to merit such sweet concen-
tration?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

The Turks have such an effective
way of doing things. When they "sus-
pect" that village contains bombs
they simply destroy the place to make
sure.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

If Joaquin Miller denies the rumor
that he is dead his opinion should be
accepted as conclusive. joaquin is in
q position to know.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

The sultan is fluently making prom
Uses. The trouble is that he isn't gen.
orally so fluent when it comes to keep
ing them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

Some men don't know enough to
whose ankles are becoming to them
sometimes know enough not to go
in out of the rail-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

Learning that "A Hot Time in the
Old Town" is our national anthem
and battle hymn, Frau Wagner great
ly fears that "Parsifal" will be yul-
CARRIED in America.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

Johann Most would tell you that
New York city is going to the devil.
The saloonkeepers there have abol-
ished the free lunch.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
WERE SWEPT BY HURRICANE.
Heavy Storm Plays Havoc With Ship
ping in Philippine Islands.

Heavy Storm Plays Havoc With Ship
ping in Philippine Islands.
Manila, June 6. - A hurricane has
swept over the Philippine islands, and
great damage has been done to ship
ping. The United States transport
Shamshus is reported to have been
wrecked. This, however. has not been
confirmed The United States steamer
Pearla de Visayas has been totally lost
off Camotes island. Part of the crew
were saved. The United States steam
err Haurafel and the schooner May
flower have been driven ashore OF
Ormoco, West Leyte, and will prove
total losses. All on board these yes
sells were saved.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
Y \, Reduced "a Ashsa.

ST. John, N. B., June s. The village
of Hopewell Cape has been reduced To-
ashes. new steamer md 4 8, tug,
were destroyed. At Black River Az
houses md f. bridge were burned lsst
evening. sSs,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

One of the important things in the
education of boy is that he should
learn to keep his lips together.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

Washington, June 6. The war de-
partment has no record of the trans.
port Shamshus, but there is a small
vessel in service of the army in the
Philippines named the Samshui.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

All Paul du Chaillu's exploring ex-
petitions sink into insignificance COM
pared with the one on which he has
departed now.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

But isn't the news that Russia
takes Manchuria" something like the
old joke about the Dutch taking Hol-
land?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

A woman considers that she has no
clothes at all if some other woman
has more than she has.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

The way a woman apologies to a
man is to think up something he has
done which demanded an apology
from him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

A special commission will soon have
to be appointed to untwist the matri-
monial tangles of the Belmont and
Vanderbilt families.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

The Reliance has been outsailed in
trial race, but perhaps they are
merely trying to draw Sir Thomas on.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
A bad cold is the surest thing to bs
caught on q fishing excursion.
Apparently the bear that walks like
q man also lies like gas meter.

They've got now SO that they simply
ask. SWhat's the scorer" They know
who lost.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
NATIVES ARE STARVING.

Chinese In Sore Straits In Kwang.si
Province.
Washington, June 81 Secretary.
Hay has received q cable from Consul
McWade at Canton, which says: Gov.
Wong telegraphs me that over a
million natives in Kwang-si are starv-
ing, and earnestly appeals for help
from American charity. All relief dis.
tribution through the hands of Ameri-
can and British missionaries. =
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12

General.
Thomas F. Dewar, the noted whisky
gauger, was found dead in his bed at
Cincinnati from asthma.
1t is probable that the crown prince
Of Sweden will head the Swedish
worlds fair commission at st. Louis.
The liabilities of Porter Bros. of Chi
cago are placed at something above
Sl,00O,000 with assets considerably
over s1,5OO.000. The 6rm expects to
resume.
Savings deposits in Chicago banks
have passed the $l0O.O 100000 mark. In
the past year they have increased up.
ward of s22,000,000. or more than 2G
per cent.
William ]. H. Bohannan, ex-mayor
of Stamford, Conn, and now practicing
alw in New York, thrashed Irwin Wood,
a commuter. because Wood had insult
ed woman.
Jim Jeffords of San Francisco and
George Fee!ey of Sioux City, heavy.
weights, met for tweDty-round con.
test at Savannah, Ga. In the third
IOuIlu OSlcy WSuI uOWA OAA0Sh q ASA y
on the jaw and took a count OF six. AS
he came up, groggy, Jeffords sent an
other to the same spot and Feeley was
counted out.
DR.. Samuel A. Matthews Of Chicago
has discovered that salt solution will
cure lockjaw. Other stubborn all
aents for which It is said to be q
complete or partial remedy are ure
mia. locomotor ataxia and morphine
poisoning.
The Nebraska Republican state CEN
trail committee has selected Lincoln,
Aug. 49,. as the place and time for
holding the state; convention. Areso.
luton was adopted Endorsing the ad-
minfstration OF President Roosevelt
and plsdging him the support Of the
| p&rtyS Of Nebraska.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-11
World Getting Sweeter.

The Department of Agriculture, in
in its official "Crop Reporter" for No
vember, that the indications
that the world has entered on a new
era in the production of zane sugar.
The department quotes estimates
placing the total sugar production OF
the world in the year 10000 at 10,425,-
800 tons Of 2,240 pounds each, includ.
ing 4,342,S0o tons of cane sugar and
6,OS3,OOO tons of beet sugar.
During the past five years." it says
as to cane sugar, "lhe worlds output
of this product has increased from
100000 to upward Of 100000 tons,
quantitatively the greatest increase
ever made in any Ave year period in
the history Of this industry"
The report says that about 10 per
cent Of the cane sugar of the world is
now annually produced on tropical and
semi tropical islands. The prospective
output for 10000 OF the leading cane
producers, Cuba and Java, constitutes
As pei cent Of the worlds cans sugar.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-11
Oregon Against the World.

Thomas w. Brunk of neal Salem, Or .
the well-known breeder of Cotswold
sheep, Poland China swine, Angora
goats and Barred Plymouth Rock poul-
try, recently received an order from
Guy M. Pease, of Pennington, Me-, for
a cotswold ram and two ewes. This
trio of Oregon longwools will be started
for their new home in a few days. Not
many months ago an expert sheep man
of the east made the assertion that in
the near future the breeders east of the
Rocky Mountains would look toward
the Willamette valley of Oregon for
the very best sheep and goats when
they desire to infuse new blood of the
highest type into their focks. Mr..
Brunk's sale is a pretty good indication
that the experts prophecy is coming
true. As to the goats, that question
was settled at the late American ROYAL
Live Stock Show, at Kansas City, when
three Angoras, bred near Salem, were
bid in at auction for s125O.-Salem
Statesman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-11
The Way to Do It.

The people on Big Elk have formed a
Road Club. The first meeting was held
Dec. B and B. F. Grant was elected
chairman and Frank Davis secretary.
On motion by T. D. Mason a meeting
was called for Dec. 10 to elect a road
supervisor for road district No. -, and
all the legal voters are requested to be
present. We hope the people in other
districts will join us and see If we can't
get u roads in better condition.
FRANK DAVIS.
Harlan, Or. Dec. 10, 1908.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-12-11
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