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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
MANY EAT cARcAssEs OF AMI.
MAILS THAT DIED Of
STARVATION.
SICKNESS ADDS 10 The HORROR
RELIEF FOR THE STARVING PEAS.
ANTS ARRIVES VERY
SLOWLY.

Stockholm, Jan. 81. - Reports re-
ceived here from the famine district
indicate that relief for the starving
peasants is arriving slowly despite the
efforts of the government and private
bodies. In numerous parishes the peo-
pie are compelled to be content with d
daily diet of the coarsest rye meal
along with little sour milk from their
starving cattle. At the same time their
cattle, horses and reindeer are MUNICH
ing scanty allowances of very inferior
hap, straw or fodder. Sickness is
spreading. especially among the chill
dren, in consequence of improper food
and exposure. Many families are eat
ing the carcasscs of horses that have
died from starvation, the people them
selves having consumed the fodder in
tended for the animals.
Hundreds of huts are now without
matches or candles. Daylight lasts
only four hours. Existence in these
high ATTITUDES in the best of times
during this season is gloomy enough.
At present it is almost unbearable.
Everywhere one encounters women on
the
Threshold Of Maternity.
Several of these women said that they
were receiving an allowance of salt
herring as special dispensation in
view of their condition.
In the region of Gelliyare and XII
runa the Laps are enduring peculiar
ly distressing conditions. The famine
is fastening the extinction of the fast
vanishing race. In the village of Juck-
asttrvi 800 Lapps are actually starving
to death. They have been accustomed
to live on the most meager diet and
often to starve, but their powers of re-
sistance are unequal to the present
crisis. Day after day they may be
seen lying on the tops OF. the ovens in
their own huts girded with the ira
ditional starvation belts which they
pull tighter each night as they get
thinner, until they waste away and
die.
Northern Finland is as completely
helpless as the regions in the same
latitude in Sweden, but the Russian
government is making no effort in the
direction of relief, and such help as
the unfortunate Films receive is pure
ly from private charity.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
MOTHER SAVED THEM.

Family of Four a Widow and Three
Children, Spend Night in a Snow
drift.
Mrs. John State, widow, her son,
seventeen years of age, and two daugh-
tiers, ten and eight years of age, expe-
rienced the most thrilling escape from
death in North Dakota blizzard that
has been recorded for many years
After spending the day on their farm
four miles from Hannah, they started
for town at o'clock in the evening.
They had progressed but short dis
tnace when a whifletree broke and the
horses escaped from the driver.
The storm broke with terrific fury,
and in attemptingto follow the team
the sleigh and blankets were lost,
though the fur robe was retained.
There was but one avenue of escape
from perishing, and that was adopted
The boy scooped out deep hole in a
snowdrift, and into this the four
crawled and covered themselves with
the robe.
The snow drifted over them and
they were nearly frozen to death, the
mother for eight seemingly intermin-
able hours fairly fighting to keep her
children awake. At 3 o'clock in the
morning the storm abated somewhat
and the mother dragged her children
from the snowbank and by persuasion
and threats urged them forward to-
ward Hannah where two hours after
ward they staggered into hotel, COM
pletely exhausted, the boy with his
feet frozen and one of the girls with
her face badly frozen, and all with
their fingers frostbitten.
The nerve of the mother is consid.
cred one of the most remarkable ex-
hibitions under trying circumstances
ever recorded in the history OF North
Dakota billiards..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
BLIND PiGGER DEAD.

Doctor Shoots Him in a Fight - BY
stander injured by One Shot.
Fargo, N. D., Jan. 30.-There was a
murder and accidental shooting at Nc
Henry, Foster county, last night. A
blind pigger whose name cannot be
confirmed, said to be Huntley, was
sparring with young man named
McLachlan. The blind pigger became
very angry and secured rifle, which
he leveled at his opponent The
weapon was struck up by Ellis Will
loughby, machinery dealer, and the
bullet went into the ceiling. DR.. Nc
Lachlan became enraged at the blind
pigger for shooting at his brother and
fired at the drink dispenser with re-
volver. but hit Willoughby. The doctor
then fired again, this time striking
and instantly killing the blind pigger.
Willoughby was shot through the
body, and the bullet went through the
bladder. Willoughby was brought
here and operated upon. There is but
little hope of his recovery.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
/ NEW BREED or FLAX.
Prof solley Makes = New Variety I'm.
mune From Dissase.

Prot. solley Makes = New Variety I'm.
mune From Disease.
Not satisfied with discovering the
diseases of fax and their cure, Prof.
III. y. Bolley of the North Dakota ag-
ricultural college has been on line
OF Investigation for some time to dis
cover whether it.is possible to breed
q strain of flax that can grow on flax
sick soil, breed that will resist or
be immune to the disease which is
known as flax wilt"
His first selections of seed flax for a
test of this matter were made in 1900
The tests proved that the seeds from
some flax will always produce wilt in
any soil, and that the seed from GER
tain other plants will not die of dis
ease when planted upon healthy
ground. No sample Of seed selected
in 1900 proved to be resistent upon
faX-sick soil, but the selections in 1901
Jared better, and the planting tests
have given some very fine results. In
the greenhouse at the North Dakota
agricultural college are some twenty
trial boxes of these immune plants
growing upon thoroughly flax-sicksoil,
in which common flax all dies before
,one month old from the seed. In these
tests the common samples of fax seed
are planted in the same boxes with
the select or immune seeds. 1t is thus
certain the latter possess some virtue
not possessed by any of the samples
of common flax which were used fas
checks upon the test. Mr.. Bolley says
it will take some time o'learn whether
such immunity will be permanent, but
that if it is it will take but a short
time to grow enough seed from the
immune flax to supply the entire
Northwest and the dreaded question
of flax wilt will be entirely overcome.
The commercial value of Mr.. Bolley's
discovery, if found permanent, is I'M
limited and startling in it's impor-
lance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
Ignite MINERS ORGANIZE.
Eisht-Hour Day and About IS Cents !
Ton the Basis.

Ton the Basis.
The organization of the Ignite min
ers in this state is progressing quietly
but effectually. The miners are start
ing with an eight-hour day and will re.
ceive about IS cents ton. 1t is esti-
mated that the average miner will get
from $3.50 to So day of eight hours.
AS the union gets more firmly estab-
lished the miners assert there will be
more outside and experienced miners
attracted to this section, and it is pre-.
dicted that the output of the mines
will be greatly increased with expert
enced men.
The district court jury at Fargo in
the case Of William Ross VS.. the
Northern Pacific gave the plaintiff
$1,000. Ross was section hand and
while pumping a handcar the handle
broke, throwing him upon the track.
The car ran over his body and the in.
tjuries, he asserts, are such that he is
permanently incapacitated He sued
for $12, 900. The case will be appealed.
4. The Cass County Old Settlers asso.
citation has organized. The president
Us James Holes; vice president, J. A.
Johnson; secretary, A. F. Crockett.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
On Far
HUNGER LIES BEFORE THEM.
Swedish Peasants Have Very Little
Hone.

Swedish Peasants Have Very Little
Hope.
A newspaper correspondent who is
visiting the famine-stricken district in
the north of Sweden confirms the re-
ports as to the critical conditions that
confront the peasants of these latti-
tudes. In certain districts King Os-
cars Arctic subjects are In a state
that borders on complete restitution.
The most pitiful conditions were found
at every point.
Only the most meager relief supplies
which have temporarily ceased in GER
tain districts stand between the peas
ants and starvation. Were the relief
resources to slacken for any consider
able number of days during the next
six months it is hard to conceive how
thousands of human beings and cattle
could escape death from hunger. Even
now they are subsisting on less than
half the regulation rations of famine
times. This description of the situa-
ton is based on an inspection of typi-
cal districts and is Endorsed by govern
ment officials, pastors, school teach
ers, innkeepers and others in hourly
contact with the widespread misery.
Such authorities vigorously condemn
the action of the sawmill companies
in forcing the famine sufferers to work
for beggarly wages and then saying
their condition has been grossly exag-
gerated.
At present the problem that is Civ
Ing the relief authorities most concern
is the need for securing enough seed
grain-principally barley-in order to
enable the ruined farmers to SOW new
crops. Only small percentage is re-
CURED, since hundred thousand BUSH
els are in sight.
Inquiries from philanthropic Ameri-
cans directed to King Oscar through
the central relief committee, which
has been formed for the purpose of
atfording aid to the starving pepole of
the north of Sweden, were answered
by a message from the king through
the usual channels. The message
says: a.
''The needs of the people continue
and gifts of money will be gratefully
received"
AS previously announced in these
dispatches, the people in the north are
without food owing to bad seasons for
crops, and measures for their relief
are now urgent because of an extreme
ly severe winter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
FEATURES OF THE FAMINE.
Even the Fish in the Streams Forsake
the PEOPLE

Even the Fish in the Streams Forsake
the People.
Unlike famines which ordinarily at
tract attention, those which have
brought starvation to the inhabitants
of northern Sweden and Finland were
caused not by drouth, but by too much
moisture. The crops were drowned
out, and the vegetable products not de-
stroyed in that manner were frozen
in the ground.
The lack of crops has made it neces
sary also for the peasants either to
kill or dispose of the stock, because
there was no hay or fodder for feed.
Heretofore milk has been an impor-
tant part of the diet of these people,
but it was impossible to keep the COWS
alive. This led to another very i'm
portant feature of the case. 1t will be
necessary to import cattle, and stock
when the summer season comes on,
and this will be so expensive that
most of the peasants will not be able
to do it,
Added to this sad state of affairs is
a fish famine. For some reason which
is not altogether explained, fish have
almost entirely disappeared from the
streams in Northern Sweden. It may
be due to the impoverished condition
OF the country and the lack of food.
However that may be, there are none
to be had, and the supply is thus shut
on in this direction too.
These stricken districts are vary
poorly settled. While there are a great
many people, they are spread over a
large territory. The little huts and
shacks are often miles apart and it
would take days to make passage to
one of them. Some of them have
been reached and supplied with food
and like necessities, but others have
not and probably cannot be reached
until favorable weather.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
sULLY HAS ESCAPED.
Most Notorious Cattle RustIer /,

Most Notorious Cattle Rustler in
South Dakota Breaks Jail.
Mitchell. S. d., Jan. 2s.-A jail de-
livery took place in this city last
night and a very important prisoner
made his escape. Jack Sully and Fred
Baer got away and no trace Of them
can be found. They were assisted by
outside persons, who sawed the lock
from an outside door that is rarely
used and then sawed their way into
the Jail. Sully is the noted cattle
rustler who has operated on the Sioux
reservation west of Chamberlain for
years and has made way with hum
dreds of cattle. He has always been
able to escape the officers, or has
stood in with them to the extent Of
having escaped arrest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
Norway's Hard Times.

Norways customs returns show a
deficit of 100000 on account of the
diminished consuming power of the
country. On the other hand. the Swed-
ish customs show a surplus Of $780,
600 and the Danish customs surplus
OF $500, 900. Even in Sweden and Den,
mark trade is slack and the number Of
unemployed is great. but the economic
crisis does not amount to such catas.
trophe as IN Norway. III is.333
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
WEARING HER OUT.

The Government Gets the Bee Taylor
Case Postponed, s,sss 4; 4
81 Washington, Jan. 81 The hearing
in the suit Of Rebecca j. Taylor Of ST.
Paul. against the secretary Of war to
compel the secretary to reinstate the
plaintiff to her former position in the
war department, was again postponed
yesterday for one week on the re-
quest Of government counsel. Miss
Taylor has. not yet secured counsel
and again announced her intention Of
being her own lawyer. s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
Would Emulate NordenskioId.

At the Arctic clubs dinner at New
York there was read a letter from
Capt H. c. Johannesen of Tromsoe,
Norway, suggesting an expedition
along the north coast of Europe and
Asia from west to east. The sugges-
ton attracted considerable attention
and should it be undertaken Capt. Jo-
hannesen may be captain. He nava-.
gated the Lena. which accompanied
Nordenskjold on the Vega as far as
the Lena Delta. His seamanship in
the Arctic is vouched for by such
eminent men as Dr. Nordenskjold, Dr..
Nansen and Capt. Sverdrup.
Capt Johannesen estimates that
100000 will cover all the expenses for
such an expedition as the one he has
in mind.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
Dseer.tien for 5 churehman..

Decoration for : churehmrla IL. 81
DR.. Erick Norelius, president Of the.
sAzAugustana swed dish Lutheran synod. d
the latest american to BE honored by
decoration as 4 knight of. the Swedish
order of the North Star. AZ iar ss}
can be recalled AZ present ne q the
third citizen Of Minnesota the North
Star state, to: M thus h0noreds w King
Oscar. the others being Johnson
efs The ana Ind i I'm. and
Dr vAhlstr siaeat AZ the Gus
lawns Adpiphns q ge, 3k. Peter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
King Edward Wins q Prize.

When the winner of the grand prize
IN the Swedish art lottery was an
nounced there must have been a gen.
eral murmur of disappointment, not
because the winner was unpopular
but because he already possesses a
surfeit OF the desirable things on this
earth. The winner was none other
than King Edward of the British en-
pire. King Oscar won the twenty
first prize. 's
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
OBJECT. TO FEES.

Wisconsin Sheriffs Ask Chance in
Present Mode OF Payment.
Appleton, Wis, Jan. 3O.-The sher-
IFS Of Wisconsin are planning a meet.
ing at Milwaukee on Friday to frame
a. petition for a bill in the state legis-
lature seeking to. change from the
present fee system. The sheriff Of
Waukesha county is at the head of the
plan, which includes asking that con-
tinuous pursuit of criminals to collect
fees be abolished and that increased
payment be made for services.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
:, -, q
In announci y
ritz S. Swensoi.
as dean of the
Copenhagen, the /,
2ER 50

no 5WOuiSh anu LlND 90
tiers, who were above AHR *
seniority, have just left 60 -------
Friis, the former doyen, has rs-.--..-- :.
his estates in Sweden after twenty-fiV Z
years service at the Danish court, and
the Russian minister, Count Bencken-
dorff, was appointed ambassador to
the court of st. James.
"Mr. Swenson, who was appointed
in 1897 to Denmark, under President
Mckinley is persona grata' at the
court and very popular among his col
leagues. He is also considered an ex-
cellent diplomat. During the some
what delicate Danish-West Indian ne
gotiations lie had an opportunity to
show his mettle.
"Mr. Swenson will act in his new ca.
pacity as spokesman at the ceremony
which takes place on New Years day,
when the diplomatic corps in pleno'
presents its congratulations to King
Christian at Amalienborg."
Mr.. Swenson gave his first official
dinner in honor of Crown Prince Fred
rik recently Premier Deuntzer and
other high Danish officials were pres
ent, as we'll as members of the diplo-
matte corps.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
Somewhat Of a Damnener.

Mrs. Simpson-Just see what moth
er has sent us-a lovely big turkey for
our Christmas dinner! 1t came by ex-.
press this morning.
Simpson (joyfully) Bless her heart!
That's just like her.
Mrs. Simpson-And she sent us a.
note saving she would be here to help
us eat it. .5
Simpson (not quite so joyfully)
The dickens! That's just like her,
too!-New York Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
A COAL OCTOPUS.
The Consolidated Coal Company, With
10000, o0o-Ton Output.

1o,ooo,ooo-Ton Output.
New York, Jan. 81. = A bituminous
coal combination which will be as
powerful as the Temple Iron company,
through which ]. P. Morgan controls
the anthracite coal business of the
country, has just been formed in this
city by the Guaranty Trust company,
which is allied with the Mutual Life
Insurance company. The new com.
bination is a coalition of the Consoli-
dated Coal Company of Maryland and
the Fairmont Company of West Vir-
ginia and the Somerset Coal Company
of Pennsylvania. The new company
is to retain the title Of the Consoli-
dated Coal company, and will have g
total output of nearly 100000 tons
wear.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
In the Future.

Have you sent off your wireless tel
egram?" !,
yes"
And ordered your horseless car
riage?"
yes"
and paid off the motionless messen-
ger boy?'
Eyes.
Good. Let's go and get a glass Of
HOPELESS beer. Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
PAYS TAX s. ON {:

Patten Property "a eids Z arae sum IN.
II; der lnhsrita nance Law. 81
4 Appleton, Wis.,, Jan. 80 The sum Of
$40, 900 was coll cted under the I'M
theritance tax law from the estate Of
sA. w Patten of Appleton. The ca
tate was appraised ~ 5000 900, and
Ione.third WAS willed to Il friend, not q
blood relative. for which 10 per cent
waa collected
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
( DEsPER III Il INDIAN.
Tries to Kill tiirnself ny Mad Leap
) l 4. .s5ss From Stt,e Jail caae o. HI wv

va
Deadwood, SD 1, Jan. IS appalled,
Aat the prospect Of Confinement, Peter
Greenwood, q full -blooded Indian from
the Rosebud reservation, arrested on
the charge Of introducing liquor into
the Indian territory, attempted to
commit suicide in the, Lawrence
i county Jail here by jumping from the
top Of the cage, striking on his head.
7 The distance was not great enough to
accomplish his desire, being less than
ten feet, and the only result was to
bruise him about the head and shoul-
ders. He seemed frenzied, and not
being permitted to repeat the leap
from the cage, he endeavored to gouge
his eyes out with button hook, be-
.scause, as he said, he could not see
!, well. .$s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
UNFORTUNATE GIRL.
Remains Are Identified by Parent at
the HOSPITAL,

Fargo, N. D., Jan. %. - William
Hettich' and his son Paul of Long
Prairie, Mimi, identified the remains
of the woman who died in the Wo-
mans home here as Kate Hettich,
their daughter and sister. The girl
had been employed at Amena in this
county as domestic and maintained
a regular correspondence till October.
After that no trace of her could be
found. The records of the home show
that she came there Nov. z and gave
birth to a child two weeks ago. She
died Friday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
COMPULSORY EDUCATION. .

Everybody Endorses Measure Now
Ready for the Legislature.
Milwaukee, Jan. S0-A new COM
pulsory education bill which is to be
presented to the legislature has the
Endorsement of the Consumers league,
the Woman's School alliance, the Chill
dren's Betterment league. the Social
Culture club and every other society
interested even remotely in the well
fare Of children. The bill will go to
the legislature with the strongest in
dorsement of any legislation presented
this winter. 1t has been approved by
both the Catholic and Protestant
clergy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
WANT HIGHER RANK.

Object to Being cIassed With Captain,
of Merchant Vessels.
Chicago, Jan. 31.-The Illinois COM
mandery Of the Naval Order of the
United States at it's annual meeting
adopted resolutions requesting con-
gress to substitute the rank of COM
modore for that of captain In the
United States navy. The change is
urged on the theory that, inasmuch as
the master OF any small merchant
vessel is called captain, the naval Of
ficers should have more distinction.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
sALooNkEEPER KILLS HIMSELF.
Companion Aroused by Shot and
Finds Him Dead in Bed.

St. Paul, Jan. 3O.-W. w. Wilson,
saloonkeeper, shot and killed himself
in the Capitol hotel Wilson sold his
saloon Tuesday and spent the night
with woman by the name of Josie
Kelvern. Yesterday morning at 10
O'clock the woman was awakened by
a. shot and awoke to find herself in
bed with a dead man. Wilson was
about thirty-five years old and mar
ried. No cause is assigned for the
act. He had but little money with
him at the time of the tragedy. He
was addicted to drink and has not
lived with his wife for. three years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06

Section Forema, Kills tli,nse eli.
Helena, Mont, Jan. %. a. While in
fit Of temp rary insanity, brought on
by excessive drinking, William O'Neil,
section foreman. committed suicide a.
the Arlington hotel by cutting his
Throat. He had no known relatives.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
HARVEY ON THE GROUND.
Butte Judge at Helena to Fight I'm
parchment PROCEEDINGS.

Helena, Mont, Jan. %. ~ Armed
with a petition Which has been circu-
lated among the members of the bar of
Butte, Judge E. w. Harvey has ar
rived here to fight the impeachment
proceedings instituted against him by
the house Of representatives. Beyond
saying he expected to retain his seat,
the judge refused to talk. Gov.
Toole, however, will find it mandatory
to appoint a temporary successor to
Harvey until the trial ends so soon as
the charges are presented to the SEN
ate by the house, which will be done
IN Wednesday or Thursday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
child pissaa,pl,jpears Myat erll,o II, En-, 3.

Cumberland, Wis, Jan. 2S Johnny,
the fourteen-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Angelo Rich, disappeared from
his home near this city week ago
Friday and as yet no trace can be
found of his whereabouts, although a
persistent and diligent search has
beer made for him. The parents are
greatly worried over his disappear
ance and fear that he has met with
foul play. J
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-06
A Patron of Agriculture.

Hr. Sissener, a former member of
the Norwegian storthing from Smaa-
lenene, died recently at the age of
fifty-three at Roade. He was greatly
interested in agriculture and did much
by speech and with his pen for it's adj
vancement. lie was himself practi-
cal and progressive farmer.