The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-05
Domestic,

Domestic.
Edwin Hawley and his friends have
been put in control of the Des Moines
& Fort Dodge railroad.
The International Federation of
Commercial Travellers elected c. C..
Daniels, Columbus, Ohio, president.
With a heavy cargo of freight and
horses, the United States army trans
port Dix sailed from San Francisco
for Manila.
Mrs. Mary Nixon of Bryn Mawr, a
suburb of Philadelphia, who last
Christmas celebrated her 1O3d birth.
day, is dead.
John Rogers, sculptor and designer
of the famous Rogers group" of stat
uary, is dead at his summer home in
New Canada, Conn.
According to the schedules of the
estate of the late William c. Whitney,
which were just filed, the estate is es.
timated at $21,394,1O1.
Clarence H. Edwards of the insular
department announces that President
Roosevelt will probably visit the
worlds fair in October.
Judge Parker. the Democratic pres.
idential candidate, will not go to Chi
cago to attend the Democratic demon,
stration planned for Aug. 20.
Justice Scott of New York has
signed the formal decree of divorce
dissolving the marriage of Lillian Nor.
dica, the singer, and Zoltan Doeme.
A strike of gold and silver in large
quantities has been made in an old,
abandoned lead mine in the Shawan-
gunk mountains near Otisville, N. Y.
The Rockefellers have been increas-
ing their holdings of Missouri Pacific
stock, and also have been buying
more of Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul shares.
The Japanese government has con.
tracted with a smelter company of
Joplin, Mo-, for 1000 tons of spelter
to be used in building Notifications
and battleships.
worlds fair at st. Louis, that being
the anniversary of the date of the
capture of the city of Manila by the
American troops.
DR.. John w. Morrison, aged SO, Of
Cochranville, Pa, is dead He was
the Oldest practicing physician in
Pennsylvania, having been in practice
sixty-five years.
After being deluged by letters and
kilograms from nearly every miller in
the Northwest, traffic managers of
Eastern transit lines have granted a
hearing to millers.
To combat race prejudice against
negro tenants in white districts, the
Afro-American Realty company of
New York, capital 100000, has start.
ed an aggressive campaign.
DIR. Harry Tevis of San Francisco
has determined to build unique
monument to his father, and he will
spend 100000 to secure most com.
plete collection of fish from all over
the world.
Adjt. Gen. Sherman M. Bell of Colo
RADIO has expressed dissent from the
opinion of Gov. Peabody that the Grip
pie Creek district is sufficiently paci-
fed to justify the withdrawal of the
national guard.
The death-bed wish Of Mrs. Richael
Wright, prominent Dubuque woman,
that her body be cremated and the
ashes scattered on the Mississippi
river was not fulfilled. The authors.
ties interfered.
From Jan. / to July ~, inclusive,
77,S25,S Japanese yen have been re-
ceived at the United States mint at
San Francisco and converted into
money for the Philippine Islands. The
aggregate amount in American money
is $3s,912,933. For twenty-six days of
June alone the amount is $4,495 ,135.
Albert F. Dawson, private secretary
for United States Senator Allison, was
nominated for congress by the Repub-
leans Of the Second Iowa district The
convention indorsed the state and ma
tional platforms. ,e s:&s iii.
Carrie Nations career was tempo
rarily but Violently interrupted ii.
Elizabethtown.s ~, when "A. ii! Neigh
sbors, = saloonk Keeper. struck 5hsr.twice;
with 3 ehair !, i 4 ling Her down and,
producing S15ic:atpt sssiWionnd. II iii. assault
occurred at Nett Bor's saloon after