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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-11
County News.
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The typhoid patients at Cavalier are
all convalescing.
The new acetylene gas plants in the
stores at Neche give good satisfaction.
SBathgate is to keep in style::with new
bowling alley. Ed. Ewing is to build it
Mrs. Carman, ofDrayton, has 76 differ
ent varieties of pansies under cultivation
This time Joseph Livingstone goes to
Williston to take position with DR.. En-.
mis-. @ .5
Commissioner Taylor has raised the
finest sample Of wheat near Bathgate1this
year.
Judge Young, Of the supreme bench,
was business visitor at Bathgate last
week.
Three men from Kent Mimi, have
each purchased quarter section near
Bathgate. "a 4. .s Il 5s.
Miss Annie Mcintosh, oi Bathgate, left
last week for Argyle, Mimi, to take up
her school work.
Howard Vaughn, now Of Minneapolis,
IS visiting al Walhalla and advertises to
sell his land there. .53. ss.
VA Murphy has purchased the w.
B. Gordon farm Of 240 acres at Tyner for
the sum Of q, 600.
E Mrs. Mary Ann Lake and Ernest Fad.
den were married at Bathgate On the 31st
by Rev. Dr.. Arsenault.
81 Two farms in the vicinity ii ST. Thom-
as gave yields respectively of l8K and
81 y bushels to the acre. .ls.
ST Thomas schools started last week
with an enrol ollment3 Of over 200I 81 which
sAs6 sAs6 are in the high ischoo
vni. Yoang, Of Carlisle township. III Is.
the house formerly owned by
WI . Bride rs IIamilton D.
1 Charles Dalxeil .of Neche, has ! new ~
.thres6 s6ing ousfit snds will do his share q
'knockin oat thss q. ! Hard.
Fiank seott q loXf II csystai, Who NJ was ~ ~: q
ported as W ill1 1at Is iinnipsg sho,spi.I m
'tai ~ last s Y. sttiae better. s Il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-11
TOILETTE

I'D. Laricheliere returned from Penn.
bina last Thursday.
Mrs. j. L. Pariseau visited relatives ir
Winnipeg last week.
Mr.. ]. D. McCauley went to Grand
Forks on business on Monday.
Mrs. George Kemp, of Prattford, at.
tended the Minnesota State Fair the past
week.
Mr.. Arthur Storms is laid up with the
chills. Weexpect to see him out again
in a few days. m
Baby Goodyear has been quite ill for a
few days, suffering from bronchitis, but
is improving rapidly.
Along culyert is being placed in front
OF Shorts Store. This will permit teams
to be tied in front of the store, whereas a
deep ditch prevented before.
| Mrs. Winecke and children left Tues
day for their home in Butter6eld, Mimi,
after spending two weeks visiting Mr.
Winecke and Mr.. and Mrs. A. Storms.
Frank Wardwell, Jr., Of Pembina, was
helping in Shorts Store last week. Cor
don Kneeshaw came up Wednesday to
remain a few days and assist in the store.
John Olson, who travels for the Grand
Forks Mercantile Company, thought it
best to leave his auto home this week on
account of the midland the liverymen
smile.
D. Warner, of Mountain Lake, Mimi,
has rented rooms over the Warner &
Andrus Offices and will move his family
here soon. Mr.. Warner is nephew of
A. D. Warner and will have charge of
the, land Office.
"A. D. Warner, of the Warner & And
rus Land Company. arrived in toilette
last week and will remain here for some
time. The company had sixteen land
buyers here last week and another crowd
came Wednesday.
Awarrant was issued last Sunday for
the arrest of Thomas Prittie, who had
been threshing on Sunday. "A hearing
was held before Justice Storms and a IS
fine imposed. Meanwhile, Mr.. Pritue
kept on threshing and says he cleared
300 that day.
School started August 3lst. For the
.t4
present, the sessions are held in the town
hall. The plans for remodelling the old
school building have been changed and
an entirely new two-rooms school build
ing will be built. For this reason, the
time for the presentation Of bids has
been extended one week.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-11
CROP REPORTS.

We note that some papers are always
talking about the publication Of the re-
ports OF wheat yields as though such pub
locations did much harm to the farmers
by the influence on the market. They
urge that these reports are always those
of the best yields and that the poor yields
are never published, and in consequence
a false idea is given as to the real facts.
Now we think that this assumption is
pure nonsense. It might equally be urg-
ed against the publication OF the big eggs
that are sometimes ''laid on the editors
table" Then again, it is not always the
largest yields that are reported. So far
this season we notice only the report Of
the early threshings just as they come.
Later only the large and exceptional
yields will be published, and almost al
ways will be published as exceptional.
The fact is that what the country papers
publish about crop has very little or no
influence in the large markets. The field
of the country paper is limited in extent,
and the readers know that the yields re-
ported are exceptionally good. The men
who buy and sell in the great markets
don't depend on country newspapers for
reports. Every elevator agent, every
depot agent, almost every travelling man
for the large firms in every wholesale bus
mess. make reports of the crops.
There are men travelling in the employ
OF the grain men who do but little else
than look over the grain yields. The
U. S. government has bureau with
thousands Of local correspondents who
send inreports, and with. all these agen.
cies at work the average yield Of the
whole country is very nearly fixed before
the threshers confirm the estimate. And
because the country newspaper says
John Smith got yield Of 80 bushels to
the acre on 100 acres, and does not men,
ton John Jones yield Of 10 bushels on
200 acres, the price of wheat will not
drop to any great extent.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-11

that position.
On motion, the appointment of A. L.
Akers as marshal and street commission
er was unanimously confirmed.
The mayor submitted an account O
moneys received and dlsbursed for the
building of sidewalks, showing that the
labor for the same had all been paid. Re-
port was accepted and ordered placed
on file.
The auditor reported that the total
cost Of the sidewalks built by the city
under the resolution of June LIST, 1908, to
have been s617.11, OF which sum s21328
has been repaid to the city, leaving a
balance of s403 S3 to bs collected, part
Of which will be paid voluntarily by the
lot owners within short time and the
balance will be sent to the county audi
tor to be collected as taxes before Oct.
1st.
The auditor submitted the estimate re-
quired by law for the levy and assess.
ment Of taxes for the ensuing year, said
estimate being based on the expenditures
of the last and previous years, and re.
com. .nended that the levy be made in the
total sum Of 81, 900 for the general ex-
penses OF the city, including interest and
the payment of bonded indebtedness.
Ordinance No. 43, entitled can ordi.
nance providing for the levy and assess,
ment oftaxes for the current expenses oi
the city of Pembina, N. D., including in
terest and bonded indebtedness for the
year 1903 1904" and fixing the sum a,
81, 800, was passed on its first reading b,
the following vote: .Ayes-Aldermen
Peterson, Thompson. King and Short
Nayes-None.
Adjourned.
F. A. WARDWELL,
| Auditor.
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Entered at the postotace at Pembins as secon'
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TIE RIGHTS OF THE EMpLoYER.


"A Federal3judge in ST. Louis has rem.
dereda decision in which he holds that
the Western Union Telegraph Comdany
has legal right to discharge employees
foTbelonging to unions. or to d scharge
them for no reason at all, if no, contract
exists, and that the company Is within
the law when it places the names Of dis
charged employees on the black list and
furnishes the list to others for their lntor-
nation. The decision will be a heavy
blow to organized labor, which has al
ways contended that a rporation has
no. such right to discharge an employe
unless he has been guilty Of some special
intraction Of the rules Of the company
Crystal Call. 81 81 sss 3s5s q.
We cannot see that there is anything
wrong in the doctrine thus enunciated'
It seems to us that man or corporation
should be free to hire or discharge any
person as they may please and either
ygive the reason or withhold it as may
please them best. It is true that in. many
places where the labor unions rule that
it might be better policy for the employer
to; submit to the dictates Of the union,
but we doubt any employer ever gave
! up such right OF believed in the right oi
II q union to dictate,
On Monday. Labor Day, j man owning
teams and emplo wing teanisters in Chica-
go, hitched UP one y; his own teams Is
ole Of his own vans and took some chil.
dren to see the labor parade. q Some 81
the teansters from the ranks of the pa-
zade stepped up and asked why he was
driving 4 team when he did not belong
sto the UNION, and assaulted hin, clts his
harness e pieces aud let the horses run
away. The man was badly hurf iii spite
Eof the efforts 81 tbe police 70 protect him.
and was CHASED = long distances beiore
the mob ca,ght him ia and whipped his,. r
Comment pti such state sof affairs b \ ID.
necessary ut II tlis pniio VI want the laaI Il.
az: intern thst tlsis same man should
not bs allowed fge these yeryI
men who assall scr III ne does.
81 tlhat he shout not n. Is Z ssol, 81, Why Us Is
nv one else II B
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OFFICIAL DIR REcT0RY.

OFFkSAAk4OA 4OAkNkSNlS -, tfSs
g.s, Rspssssnts.iys Tnos. : :. Ms9s%Ssr MsEsnaS5l;
Lisut ~ ~Go1ernor, David Bartlett.
eecretary Of State, B. u Porter.
ststs Treasurer, D. 81. Mcmillan.
State Auditor, q. L. Holmes:
AttSsnsy esnsIs' 2; - siase Shea
s%Dpsiintendent % Of Public instruction, w.
Commissioner Of Insurance, Ferdinand
commissiousr % OF Agriculture and Labor,
1naoe: surname Court, N. G. Young, D.
E. Morqan. J., n. Cochrane.
r,,.t n,.t,,ot. Jndson udsaafsiMi fsMoure Psnbln..
..pnxsENrArwEs.
First District, W. J. Watt. Hvde fark,
ii Cheyslier, Bathgate. G. A. McCrae,
Ra,InDI ssaSnI district, John T.nmner, Caye-
Si iier. q. K. Wing. Crystal, P.J. Skiold.
Jndue t Of the District Court, Seventh Ju'
dicjai DISTRICT J. Kneeshsw. rem
c,srp sha; Of District Court. A. L. Airth.
COUNTY oJTIoEns.
State. Attorney, N. Brynjolfson.
SheriR, Chas. Atkinson.
Auditor, Swain Thorwaldson
Treasurer, w. A. Murphy,
Register Of Deeds, J: =. Hul.
County Judge, J. y. Wallace. m .,,x
Superintendent Of Schools >. w. AicA'
Surveyor, % F. 3. Hebert
Coroner, DR.. q. +. Erskine.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
( First District, f. G. Myrlck, PemDi1s.
Second District, 9. siguEasona, 3. .tha.ta SasGsl'
Tnnrth District, J, Norm, Neche.
F1fth DIST, A. 7. Cox, BOwesmont
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-11

[@ ~ How will your cold be tonight? Worse,
|NOLQS s probably. It's first cold, then cough,
~ then bronchitis. Colds always tend
downward. Stop this downward tendency quickly with
Ayers Cherry Pectora TO- .ss sss CO. sa sasS :S Mass.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21
BUNGLED THE TREATY
CUBAN CONVENTION SEEMS TO BE
IN A BAD WAY.
SOME OFFICIALS so THINK.
SEEMS CONFLICTING CLAUSES CAN
NOT BE RECONCILED.

Request Is Made Upon President
Palma to Call the Cuban Congress
in Extraordinary Session For an
Exchange of Ratifications-Unite
States Have Only HALFWAY Rat
ificatiOn to ORer-Must Wait For
the Houses ApprOvaI-One of the
Scnate's Amendments.
Washington. March 2O.-Acting Sec
rotary of State Loomis and Mr. Que
soda, the Cuban minister, after dis
cussing the prospects of an exchange
of notifications of the Cuban treaty
within the time limit, to-day decided
to cable President Palma, requesting
him to call the Cuban Congress in ex-
traordinary session Immediately for
this purpose, as that body otherwise
would not meet until April Z, seven
days after the expiration of the legal
time limit for the exchange of ratifi-
cations.
From such imperfect readings of the
treaty as can be had at this stage, the
State Department officials have some
doubt as to their ability to do any,
thing whatever with the convention.
The amendments made by the Senate,
particularly that added to the ratify-
ing article though probably not so in
tended, may result in the complete loss
of the treaty.
The Conflicting Clauses.
There are conflicting clauses which
ha
ticle III provides for the exchange of
notifications before March 81, and that
the convention shall go into effect ten
days afterwards. But to this article
the Senate added this sentence:
This treaty shall not take effect I'M
til the same shall have been approved
by Congress-
Here are two different dates fixed
in the same article for the taking eff
feet of the treaty. The weight of opin-
ion inclines to the belief that follow
ing the common law principle the last
stipulation should govern, which would
defer the operation of the treaty I'M
til after the Congress acted.
Really Not n Treaty Yet.
But more serious difficulty has been
pointed out, as follows 1t is hardly
regarded as feasible, and is certainly
in violation of precedent. to exchange
notifications of a document which is not
a treaty, as this Cuban convention
will not be, in the opinion of some Of
the State Department people, unit
"the Congress" has set it's approval up
on it. If this view is correct, then
the exchange of notifications will have
to be deferred until next winter al
the earliest, and delays, it is thought
would cause the failure of the treaty
in it's present form, because of the in
ability of the negotiators to meet the
requirements of Article III which de-
mands that the exchange take place
before March 81.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21

ceipt of a dispatch from the Mayor of
Memphis, appealing for tents to shell
ter refugees from the overlooked dis
tricts along the Mississippi river, who
are congregating in Memphis in large
numbers. Secretary Root to-day wired
the Governor of Tennessee for a state
ment of the conditions. If il is found
that the state is unable to cope with
the situation, the secretary will at once
authorize the loan of the necessary
number of tents. There is a general
quartermaster's depot at Jeffersonville,
Ind, and the tents probably will be
sent to Memphis from that point.
In addition to furnishing tents, the
War Department also will furnish
commissary supplies, if it is found to
be necessary. Secretary Root was au-
thorized to take this action at to-day's
cabinet meeting.
Secretary Root also sent kilograms to
the Governors of Mississippi and Ar
kansas, saying tents would be loaned
in case of emergency. No reports from
the Governors showing the condition of
affairs in their respective states, how
ever, had reached the War Depart
ment up to the close of business hours,
in response to the Secretary's request
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21
MURDER0US DEED
OF A YOUNG NEGRO.
Killed n white Farmer and Wound
ed Young Woman.

Reidsville, N. c., March 20.-Last
night Mr. Sydney Blair. farmer,
aged 60 years. was murdered and his
niece, Miss Sallie Walker. was shot
three times and seriously wounded by
negro named John Broadnax.
The affair occurred five miles from
Reidsville. About dark. while Mr..
Blair and his niece, Miss Walker, were
at supper the negro visited the house.
and engaged in a conversation with
Mr.. Blair. Without warning he drew
his pistol and fired upon them.
Mr.. Blair was killed almost Instant
ly, two balls taking effect. One en-
tered at the collar bone and the other
pierced the bowels. He fell to the
floor.
The negro then emptied his pistol at
Miss Walker, three bullets taking eff
feet in her body. She escaped and
alarmed the neighbors, who found the
negro in the act of piilaging the
house. He was safely placed in Reids-
Vile Jail.
There was talk of lynching, and
Company G, Third Regiment of the
National Guard, was held at the ar
mory all day. Tonight Broadnax was
taken to Raleigh for safe keeping. He
confessed the crime.
Broadnax is about 16 years old. Gov
Aycock has ordered a special term of
court for his trial
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21
INSISTS A WOMAN
SLEW EDWIN BURDlCK.
Police superintendent Has Not Al
tered His Opinion.

tered His Opinion.
Buffalo, March O.-Superintendent
of Police Bull said to-day that his opin-
ion as to who killed Edwin L. Burdick
had not been changed at any time since
the tragedy.
"A woman killed Burdick," he de-
clared, land 1 suspect the same wom-
an now that 1 did the day of the muir
der. 1 believe Chief Cusack and the
district attorney are of quite the same
opinion"
The foregoing statement was made
by the superintendent in an interview
denying a published report which
quoted him as saying: 1T looks more
like Pencils job than any time since
the murder
Since Burdick was murdered the po-
lice have been trying to learn among
other things what kind of a weapon
was used in the commission OF the
crime. A golf stick and the missing
cocktail bottle have been considered.
The latter is now eliminated from all
consideration. DR.. Dancer, the medi-
cal examiner, said this evening that a
cocktail bottle never could have made
the wounds which killed Burdick. 1t
is possible, he said, for the back OF a
Ratchet to have caused the wounds,
which, in his opinion were made with
an instrument with a sharp edge and
1t is possible that a golf stick, such as
a putter, could have made them.
Former District Attorney Thomas
Penney said to-day: mot a dollar of
Mr.. Pencils life insurance will go to
Mrs. Burdick."
Mr.. Penney made this statement in
view of the publication of a report that
only $4,000 of the enormous insurance
carried by Mr. Pennell was made pay
able to his estate. The circumstances
gave rise to surmises that Mrs. Bur-
dick might be chief beneficiary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21

usual at this season. about $50, and
that more people did not lose their
lives is considered little short of mi
raculous.
Capt. j. w. Miller, general manager
of the Department of Marine Con-
struction of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad Company.
reached this city this afternoon, but
said he was not in a position to make
statement for the reason that ne
had not yet had an opportunity to ex-
anime into the occurrence.
Marines Rendered Aid.
A detachment of United States ma
rtnes, under the command of Capt
Low, who were passengers on the
Plymouth, had a peculiar experience
Awakened from a sound sleep, the SOL
diers rushed from the lower cabins.
where they were quartered, without
outer clothing or shoes. They were
largely instrumental in averting a
panic among the other passengers. and
while engaged in this laudable work
their clothing and effects were lost
The soldiers made outer covering of
blankets and even cut the blankets
into strips and wound them around
their feet to replace their shoes. In
this condition the marines boarded a
special train for Boston.
Capt. Elisha Davis of the Plymouth
said to-day that both steamers were
going at a fair speed. The escape of
the Plymouth from sinking, he said,
was due to the bulkheads. He would
make no statement regarding the
blame.
The Fall River freight line steamer
Taunton, the craft that collided with
the plymouth, Was proceeding, accord
ing to her officers, at somewhat re-
duced speed. Her whistle was fire.
quently sounded. 1t was not until the
Plymouth's huge sides doomed up in
the mist that her close proximity was
even dreamed of. The City of Taun-
tons bow was crushed in. but the hole
was, fortunately, above the water line,
and there was no danger of sinking.
Continually sounding whistles of dis
tress, the Taunton slowly made her
way into this harbor The tug Har-
riet went to the Taunton's assistance,
and aided the crippled steamer in maxi
ing her wharf.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21
LIGHTED MATCH FELL
AMONG SILK SAMPLES.
Result Was the Destruction of an
Hotel and Loss of Life.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 2O.-By
the careless throwing down of light
ed match by a guest in his room, a
fire was started tonight. which prac-
tically destroyed the Clarendon Hotel
at Canal and Bridge streets, with it's
contents, entailing a total loss esti
mated at between $4,000 and 100000
and causing the loss of one life and
the more or less serious injury of sew
eral persons.
The dead:
William G. Hawkins, travelling man
of Bay City, Mich; body discovered
after the fire had been extinguished.
The injured:
Peter Sternberg, Chicago, travelling
man; severely burned on face and
hands.
Mrs. William r. Laughwray, dane
ing teacher of this city, head burned
and overcome by smoke.
Guy Doty, yardman, head and face
blistered.
Harry Morris, bellboy, bruised and
burned on hands and face.
Peter Sternberg went to his room on
the second floor, and after igniting the
gas, threw the lighted match among
lot of his silk goods, which Immediate
ly took fire. He made a desperate ef-
fort to extinguish the flames. being
severely burned before he rushed out
and gave the alarm.
The flames spread through the four
story brick building with great ra-
pidity, and by the time the fire depart
ment got to work, flames were burst
ing from nearly every window. Fortu-
nately at that hour most all of the
guests were out of their rooms. A pam
ic ensued among those in the upper
stories, and a number of thrilling res
cues were made by the firemen.
The body of Hawkins was found in
a back room on the third floor. badly
charred. He had been cut off from es-
cape by the flames in front and his
room looked out over the power canal
in the rear of the hotel, where ii would
have been practically impossible to
reach him from the outside. even If
his plight had been known.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21

Washington, March 2O.-The only de-
velopment in the food situation since
Thursday night has been the breaking
of the leVee at Random lake, near
Pecan Point. Ark. The water through
this crevasse will complete the flood
Ing of Crittenden and the eastern por-
tions of Cross, st. Francis and Lee
counties, in Arkansas. The water Will
reach the st. Francis river through the
Tryonsea river. This will prolong the
flood crests below the mouth of the St.
Francis, particularly from Helena to
Vicksburg, and the extreme gravity
of the situation should not in the least
be underestimated.
The local situation at Memphis con-
tinues practically unchanged, the river
being about stationary at forty feet
1t is now evident that the stages from
Helena to Vicksburg will be somewhat
higher than at first indicated and
about as follows: Helena above so
feet, a more definite forecast being at
this time impossible, owing to the I'M
certainty as to the amount of crevasse
water that is coming through the St.
Francis; Arkansas City, SO; Greenville,
40, and Vicksburg, 50 feet.
For the New Orleans district the
forecasts continue the same; the river
has now passed the high-water mark
of 1897, and tonight reads 1876.