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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
NEGRO NOT BLAMED.
Awful Crime Is Now Believed to Be
White Mans Work,

Lawrenceburg, Ind, May 2S.-While
the sheriff and deputies and many
farmers are still securing the country
for the murderer of Rosa Keiser. 1t is
now believed that the assault on both
Rosa and her father was by white
man and not by. negro, and that re.
yenge instead of robbery was the mo.
tive, Martin Keiser and Frank Aust,
an uncle Of Rosa Keiser, are both Of
this opinion. Aust said: "The man
who did the deed is closer at home
than any negro. y { sf5.s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
eRE : I |. HAS REFORMED.

lThreatensd d 90 III Naval Business
d 3s stas ths Desired Effect.
Washing Ton, May SO. Acting secre-
tary Darline rec ived from Capt,
3Blsecher command ant OF the Bremen,
tot shinEton naval station. the sfol.
.lcxtnGa telegram regarding conditions,
MI gambling house lie nsas issuesl
ssani M gambling since Jan Council
voted to grant no more licenses
a. al during term Ii off once expiring
January iisxts ana to pros cnte Illegal
..sellers
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Some of the large powers are going
to protest to Russia concerning the
Manchuria case. 1t remains to be seen
whether protests will have as much
effect on Russia as they usually have
on Turkey.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

New York milliners have decided to
use no more song birds for the purpose
of decorating hats. There is no indi-
cation, however, that hats will be
cheaper.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
ACROBAT FACES DEATH.
She Is Nearly Thrown From High
Roof to the Street.

She Is Nearly Thrown From High
Roof to the Street.
New York, May 30.-In the course of
rehearsal of "The Babes in Toyland"
OIL the roof of the Majestic theatcr,
Charles Guyer, an acrobat, misiudgei
the length of the building and threw
his partner, Miss Ella Barry, over the
cornice which lines the edge of the
roof. Miss Barry seized projection
before she rolled too far, and she hung
in mid-air, four stories above the
ground, until Miss Susie Kellerher, a
member of the company, grasped her
by the arms and drew her safely back
to the roof. Miss Barry tainted after
her rescue, and the rehearsal came to
an end. IA ::sss, Y;
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

ror the tip Of her shapely nose. to be
xraited On the mutilated proboscis o.
4 countess, . New York chorus girl
asked and received $500 This Is the
latest New York quotation on No.
moses. and the hgui;e seems decidedly
ehsap
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
T I IS TOTALLY DESTROYED
SHOCK Is FELT THROUGH THE
WHOLE DISTRICT NEAR
LAKE VAN.
OTHER vlllAGts Also SUFFER
HUNDREDS OF HOUSES ARE DE.
sTRoYED With MANY CAS-
uA,LTlEs.

Constantinople, May 80. ~ Advices
which reached here yesterday from
Asiatic Turkey show that terrible
earthquake occurred April 20 at
Melazgherd in the yilayet of Van.
eighty miles southeast of Erzeroom, on
the Euphrates: The town was totally
destroyed. with its entire population,
numbering 1000 souls, including zoe
Armenians, as well as the troops
forming the garrison of Melazgherd:
In addition over 400 houses in neigh.
boring villages collapsed.
A somewhat severe earth; shock was
felt here yesterday. morning, but nc
damage was: done. .:.
Entire Town Destroyed.
London, May 29.-The foreign Office
here yesterday received, some details
from the British consul at Erzeroom
regarding the. recent earthquake at
Melazgherd, according to which a
strong earth shock, lasting twenty
seconds, was felt on the morning of
April 20 throughout the entire district
between Lake Van and the Russian,
frontier and as far west as KhaEput.
The town of Melazgherd, consisting OF
500 houses, was destroyed and much
havoc was wrought in the surrounding
villages. Col. Khalil Bey, commanding
the garrison Of Melazgherd, with his:
whole family, three officers and eighty
soldiers, persisted in the ruins. Lieut..
Col. Tayib Bey, whose family persisted,
became insane. The telegraph opera.
ter who sent the news of the catastro
pho said he himself was badly injured,
and that his wife and sister had been
killed.
The foreign Office has appealed for
subscriptions for the relief of the des-
titute Mohammedans and Christians
of the Melazgherd district.
Says 500 Were Killed.
Washington, May 29.--Vice Consul
Ojalvo, at Erzeroom, Turkey, reports
to the state department that an earth
quake in the canton of Melazgherd,
district of Fitlis, on the 18th, caused
the death of 500 people and left the
city in ruins. The shock was strongly
felt in Erzeroom, journey of thirty.
eight hours, and the people were pan.
ic.stricken. Many of them turned
their stables, which are built level
with the ground, into sleeping apart
ments for greater security.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
Captain Washed Overheard.

IL Houghton, Mich. May 80. - Capt,
Patrick Gordon of the barge g.: a.
Maxwell, was washed overheard and
drowned lest night. The Maxwell was
iii tow of the propeller Turned, bound
down from Duluth, when she; careened
III high sea and parted tow line. her
steering gear being carried away.
Capt Gordon was below forward when
the sea filled the barge and he was
washed overheard. VA .8s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
Casualties.

casualties
A quarter of the population of st.
Hyacinth, Que, is homeless owing 10
a 100000 fire. Several industrial
plants were burned.
Frank Daniels, the comedian, was
thrown from horse at Rye, N. Y,
and so seriously injured that it will be
many. days before he can return TO
the stage.
Fire at Glenshaw, Pa, destroyed the
plant Of the Glenshaw Glass company,
the Wittmer Brick company and Jack
son and Murray hotels, and the resi-
dence of John H. Meyers. The loss
Is 100000, with little insurance.
The $4,000 automobile in which
Henri Fournier broke the worlds one
mile record on the Coney Island boule-
ward in November, 1901, was smashed
between two New York electric cars
while being towed by another ma
chine.
A waterspout broke in the valley of
the Pappio river, near Omaha, and in a
few minutes the little stream was a
raging torrent. Great damage was
done to crops. Plattsmouth was a
heavy sufferer. The damage will ap-
proximate $4,000.
Thomas Collins, tramp who had
become weakened from hunger and a
long ride on the bumpers of freight
train, fell from the steps of Newark,
N. j., residence and was impaled on a
picket fence, one of the iron points
penetrating his lung. He may re-
cover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Nearly every European power would
be glad to pitch in and reform the sui.
tan's government were it not re.
strained by the fear that the other
powers would insist on helping along
the good work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

The fines of the beef packers, with
costs added, will put $27 1865 into the
Missouri state treasury. The money
has already been collected by the pack.
ers from the people.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

William G. Rockefeller has given
permission to the small boys to play
baseball on Sunday near his grounds,
This should give John D., Jr., text
for at least one sermon to his Bible
class.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

The openwork stocking is beautiful,
Of course, but Chicago woman has
found that it is not good to carry
money in. Seine of the threads gave
way and now she mourns the loss Of
Q 5000 roll of bills
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

]. Pierpont Morgan before leaving
for Europe said: Our prosperity is not
fictitious" Some of our popular au-
thors contend, however, that it is to a
large extent.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Good joke on the Pennsylvania legis.
lature. Now that it is safely ad.
journed, the announcement is made
that there is a surplus of 100000 in
the state treasury.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Before Bulgaria starts in to fight
Turkey single handed it should reau a
few chapters of the modern history of
Greece.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Globe-T rotter George Griffith says
that South Africa is a poor place for
: poor man. Will some one kindly do
us the favor Of locating a spot which
Ii good place for poor man. Our
own investigations have proved fruit.
less. sl
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Some European monarch would
seem to have a chance to make hit
with his fellow rulers by appointing
the younger princesses as the official
kiss-receiverS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

The success of the Vanderbilt-Nei
son merger may suggest to the pluto
cratic element the sort of combination
1t can safely cultivate.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

A man on the Denver Post says that
horse dinner recently given in New
York by c. X. G. Billings must have
been a stable d'oat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Manila rope has always held a high
reputation, but it has remained for the
Manila cable to put girdle around the
earth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Now that the baseball season is on
expect to find the card reading: Gone
over to the courthouse; back at $780,"
on the lawyers Office door.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

The Adirondack sewing class OF
New York city is to hold a kiakat. A
kiakat is different from a cat because
1t is a church fair.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Kipling's poem "Gunga Din" has
been barred out by a Massachusetts
school board. There may be a Kip
ling revival.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

A 72-year-old Bayonne man has
killed himself. Suicide at such an ad.
vanced age comes almost under the
head of wasted crimes"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Women will tell you that they aim
at Truth. Perhaps that is why they
do not hit the target-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

NJ. M. Mangasarian says an only
child never rises to renown-probably
because he never gets enough neglect.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

II these survivors of Waterloo keep
on dying soon there will not be many
more left than were in the battle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

The idiot who thinks he understands
women is understood by women all
right.-New York Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

Canadians in New England have
formed an annexation league. Want
to annex us to Canada, probably.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

The bear merely went over the
mountains into Manchuria to see what
he could see.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05

A grand monument in a graveyard
fails to hide the meanness of dead
mans relations.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
Kentucky and Macedonia might get
up an international feud syndicate.

What is man, in the presence Of a
great national calamity like house.
cleaning?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-05
Says 500 Were Killed.
HAS A NEW POLICY.
Chamberlain Again Proves Himself the
Strong Man. of the Cabinet.

Chamberlain Again Proves Himself the
Strong Man. of the Cabinet.
London, May 3O.-Mr. Chamberlair
has again proved himself the strong
E;an of the cabinet. In a debate.
which may prove the most momentous
OF the present parliament, he has in
frank and bold speech further devei,
oped the policy which will be univer.
sally regarded as an entire reversal of
Great Britain's fiscal position, and at
the same time he proved that he has
managed to carry the government with
him against their convictions. The
impression left on the minds of the
crowded chamber was that the coun.
Try is on the eve of dissolution, and
that as in 1900 Mr.. Chamberlain car.
rled the country with him on the South
African war policy, he has now con.
verified his colleagues to the belief that
he will be able to carry it again on the
policy of preferential trade within the
empire. In addition to asking for
mandate to tax food, he asks for pow.
er to
Engage in a Tariff War
with Germany on Canada's account
and to fight the American trusts. 1t lie
safe to say that no such sudden revo.
luton has been experienced in the pc.
litical situation for very many years,
nor anything SO sensational.
The debate practically ended with
Mr. Chamberlain's speech and tae
house emptied into the Hobbies. What
little enthusiasm was displayed was
on the Liberal side of the house. The
Conservatives listened to the speech
in chilling silence, Indicative Of alarm
anG uncertainty as to the outcome OF
the unexpected situation. Nearly
hundred Conservative members i'm
raediately intimated to the govern
ment whip and to Mr.. Chamberlain
their intention to. take the opinion OF
their constituents on .the new policy
during the Whitsnnti de recess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20

\ prominent citizen of Pilot Noun
tain, 5. c., seeded from his native
town because he tired of his neigh
bors. In letter he publishes his rea-
sons for going. He writes: Il sim
ply left Pilot Mountain for the reason
the town has so many wise people, in
GLIDING some of the women, that one
cannot even think of attending to his
own business affairs, for someone else
will be ahead of him every time, and
as others there know so much more
about my affairs than | know myself,
/ decided to look for location where
the people are not so wise" 1t is fur
Their rumored that his fellow citizens
have not put on mourning for the de-
parted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20
Queer Grounds for Suit.

Before leaving Scranton for his
home in indianapolis John Mitchell.
president of the United Mine Work
ers, was made defendant in suit for
100000. claimed by Mr.. Wiehl. an at
torney. of BinghamtOn, for the zap
preparation" of his plan of settling
the great strike.
Mr.. Mitchell. accompanied by his
attorney, James Lenahan. entered an
affidavit of defense. The Binghamton
claimant was represented by John
Irving. This lawyer declares his eli
ent was the sole originator of the
plan by which the strike was settled.
and that his ideas were used by Pres
ident Roosevelt in the appointment of
the strike commission Wiehl also al
leges that he was in the employ of the
United Mine Workers. and that his
claim has a substantial basis.
Representatives of the United Mine
Workers say that the Binghamton
lawyer was employed only in one
trifling case, and that although asked
to render Il bill he never did so. They
say many persons offered plans for
settling the strike.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20

ing vIIIainies, he seemed TO GwInule ell
Their into insigniflcance or pharisaical
cant or both.
In the third act, wherein was the eli
max of the play, the air without had
become heavy laden and a fierce
storm came on. A wild wind howled,
the lightning blazed, the thunder
crashed. This commotion of the ele-
ments seemed TO inspire the star with
genius. While the other actors and the
audience were trembling he glided
about the stage as if stimulated by re-
freshing drafts of sparkling wine. His
wit. his sarcasm. all those speeches that
were thrown in to give effectiveness
and charm to his part. fairly scintillat-
ed. Once several of the audience. those
with remarkably acute eyesight,
thought they saw a myriad of faint
sparks encircling the actor. which they
attributed to the electrical condition of
the atmosphere.
Suddenly there came a remarkable
change. During q momentary lull in
the storm when the star was address,
ing the man of the noble part with Il
merciless satire that was making him
cringe in spite of himself. lowering his
voice and pausing TO render the last
word effective, there came the faint
sound of a distant bell. Whether 1t de-
noted the celebration of a mass, toll
ing for the dead, whatever it was, the
actor seemed TRANSPORTED. From the
bold, devil may care creature whose re-
Splendent acts and words were throw
ing the good into shadow he became in
twinkling a whipped spaniel. There
were three strokes of the bell. indicat-
ing that it signaled the elevation of the
host. At the first the actor crlnged, at
the second drew back step toward a
wing close beside him and at the third
passed behind 1t. During the whole of
the retreat he was still the trembling
dog, with its tail between it's legs, cow
ering before the raised whip of its
master.
Something had gone wrong, but no
body knew what it was. The stage
manager had the presence of mind to
ring down the curtain. Later he came
before the audience to announce that
the star had suffered a physical col
lapse and the play would not go on.
Behind the scenes all was commotion.
Some one turned out the lights. though
in the investigation that followed no
one would admit having done so. The
stage manager directed a call boy to go
for n doctor, then hurried TO the wing
behind which the star had retreated.
When he reached the spot it was dark
as Erebus. he called and receiving no
response CROPPED about. expecting to
find the actor on the floor. Then the
lights were turned on, but the stricken
man was not there.
For months there was incessant dis
pute as to who the strange playwright
and actor was. Some said he was an
escaped lunatic who fancied himself
the devil. Others declared that the
whole affair had been overrated, those
present having been worked upon by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20
Violation of the Civil service.

As the outgrowth of the postal in
vestigation violations of the civil SER
vice laws are now being disclosed in
various government departments.
John B. Proctor, president of the Civil
Service Commission, discloses this list
of Illegal appointments and trans
fers, in which persons were given pO-
sitions without going through the re-
quired civil service examinations:
The following gives the name, post
office in which appointed and the Of
fee to which transferred:
James w. Brady, from Centralia,
ILL.,. to Austin, H., postotfice.
John Hoynes, from Centralia, ILL.,,
to Oak Park, H., postoffice.
Miss Arletta V. Harris, from Mon
roe, Mich, to Kalamazoo, Mich, post
office.
Mrs. Olive f. White, Centralia, H.,
to treasury department.
Mary &. Conley, Wyandotte, Mich,
to Deroit, Mich, postoffice.
Katherin n. Tyner, from Columbia,
Mo-. to Chicago, ILL.,, postoffice.
Alfred w. Durant, from haywood,
H.. to Oak Park, H.. Fostoffice.
Edward H. Merritt, from Home
stead, Pa, to Grand Rapids, Mich,
postoffice.
Henry Hood, from Niles. Mich, to
Washington, d. c., postoffice.
Raleigh Hosford, from Kewanee, H.,
to position of postoffice Inspector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20
Might Prove a Boomerang.

The Quincy Journal speaking of the
recent meeting at Bushnell of the re-
publican judicial committee of the
Fourth district says:
CHOSE from Quincy taking an ac-
tive part in the meeting in addition to
Judge Carter, who is anxious to con
test, were c. H. Castle, Perry Ellis.
Capt. William Somerville. DIR. Joseph
Robbins and Jim Robbins. Tom Camp,
of Macomb, possible candidate for
congress, was also present. There
were three others present but their
names were not learned. Not half
of the counties of the district were
represented.
The .tcrrual still holds to the opin-
ion that the election of Judge Scott
will not be contested To do so would
be 4 serious mistake and the rank and
file of the republican party do not
hesitate in saying so. If the wishes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20
DAILY SHORT STORY
Stonegrave Overman.
IOrICinaI.1

~tOriSinal.1
"Are you the manager"
81 am, sir. How did you get III
here? 1 directed the attendant toad
NIT no ONE
Never mind that. 1 am here toTead
you a play, AZ play in which there'is q
great deal of'money, play
Leave it. 1 will read tit-'
"Give me fivetminutes of your time,
1 will read yous the first dimes. Then
you can finish It'd at your leisure"
Without waiting for permission, the
stranger, tall, spare man. with point
ed mustache and 'chin tufta a glfttering
black eye and n hook nose, ibegan to re-
cite without referring to the manu-
script the opening lines of his play.
Never before had kthe manager! heard
such versatility in kthe assumption of
different, characters. Now the reader
was the loving father, now the inno-
cent girl, the hopeful man of twenty
one. Into all these he infused the in
dividuaIity of the part, but when he
came to the principal character, the
villain, his listener was lost im wonder.
Presently Thereafter stopped, ltook out
his watch and said:
1.-The time Itasked is up"
go on"
The reading proceeded, land when the
play was finished the manager, as
founded at the vigor of the play and
the genius ofithe reader, asked for his
| name.
MY name is StonegravesOverma l
think l have satisfied you that l can
write a play. At the first rehearsal 1
shall satisfy you that can act part."
"You will personate"-
1.-THE villain
In half an hour the playwright left
the theater with contract, and IN two
weeks the play was produced, with
Stonegrave Overman cast for the prin-
cipal part.
'sNhat az singular namew exclaimed
every one. "Stonegrave Overman! Who
is the man anyway? l don't find any of
the theatrical profession who ever
heard,of him."
When the star came on, notwith-
standing there was something forbid
ding in his personnel, he soon captured
his audience. He was a villain-it was
plain that he was a villain-and yet he
was Il seductive villain who made the
part which had been constructed to
show the superiority of virtue con-
temptible. Themanwho played this vir-
tuous role had long been favorlte on
the stage and was noted for the effec-
tiveness with which he would declare
a noble sentiment And yet tonight his
efforts seemed to be strained. Try as
he would he could not infuSe into his
many opportunities for making ''the
good" seem adorable the necessary vim.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-20
Startling Evidence

Fresh testimony in great quantity
is constantly coming in, declaring DR..
Kings New Dis overy for consump-
ton, coughs and colds to be unequal
ed. a recent expression from L. j.
Mcfarland, Bentorville, Va, serves as
example. He writes: 81 had bron-
chitis for three years and doctored all
the time without being benefited.
Then l began taking DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and few bottles wholly
cured me-" Equally effective in cur
ing all lung and throat troubles, con-
sumption, pneumonia and grip. Guar
anteed by Hartz d Ullemeyer, drug
gists. Trial bottles free; regular
sizes, so cents and 81.