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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
.PlTh OF TIE NEWS.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM ALL
PARTs OF THE WORLD.
From Other shores.

The interior department has tempo.
rarily withdrawn $3.50 acres of land
in the La sGrande district in Oregon
for use in the proposed addition in the
Wallowa forest reserve
Postmaster General Payne. has Sc
lected William E. Cochran, now chief
postofflce inspector, to be the general
purchasing agent for the postoffice de-
partment. The Office was created at
the last session of congress and will
not become operative until July l.
BY direction of the president. AS
sistant Attorney General sRobb will
have as a special assignment the re-
view of the investigation of several
divisions Of the postoffice department
made by inspectors. Among them the
office Of Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
General News Items.

In his inaugural address Gov
Blanchard of Louisiana declared he
would hold sheriffs responsible for
any lynchings in their territory.
DR.. Grant Slovenian, assistant pro-
lessor of Latin nthe University of
Wisconsin, has been appointed to fill
the chair of Latin at Princeton uni
versity.
The court of common pleas at Co.
-iumbia, Mo-, has given Mrs. Mary E
Laforee, a widow, 68, Judgment for
$1,000 against w. II. Carte, 20, for
breach of promise.
Mary Baker Eddy, head Of Church Of
Christ, Scientist, is reported to have
promulgated an amendment to the
constitutions OF the church against the
segregation Of sexes in clubs.
President II. c. Clowry OF the West.
sern Union Telegraph company has no.
tiled the New York police that he has
stopped the furnishing OF racing news
10 the. pool rooms In New York. The
aEtion was taken on account Of Dis.
stI1ct Attorney Jerome's fight on gam:
bling. 81 4 }s 8
Ernest "a. Roeber, q butcher Ii Col
u NSn, = suburb Of Chester. Pa, has re-
/ neiyed : check TOT $2S, 900 frSa hs
Etate Of Mrs. Martha Dobbs, WHO We
+ wealthy .resid ent 1tf PittsburG yRoe
sbef saved her life II . runaway acci
f4ent fifteen years a40. 4 se E3ss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
Crimes and Criminals.

Sixteen members of a charivari par
ty organized at Romeo, Mich, to "ser
enade" Robert Robertson, who was re.
Gently married, were wounded when
Frank McFadden, Robertson's hired
man, fired six shots from a shotgun al
the serenaders.
Bert Taylor of Munising, Mich, shot
the heart. He also shot at his four
year-old son and at Henry Mccain
who seized him. The woman caL2ot
live. Jealousy is supposed to have
caused the crime. Taylor formerly
lived at Mackinaw City.
After a search Of many months the
remains of August Saulit of Carney.
Mich, who shot and killed August ELL
son, playmate, on his way home from,
school last November, have been
found in Cedar swamp. The body was
in a half-sitting posture, with a shot
gun between the legs and the head
blown off.
A crowd of about 100 masked men
forcibly entered the Jail at Appling:
Ca, took John Cumming, a negro, who
was waiting trial on the charge of
criminal assault upon a white girl, and
hanged him to tree near the public
road about half mile from Appling.
His body was afterwards riddled With
birdshot and bullets.
Albert Hauser is in the San Fran.
cisco city Jail charged with robbing the
United States mint. II just could not
resist the temptation" he said to Spe.
cial Agent Burns after severe exam
ination during which he made a full
confession. He also turned over a
check on a local bank for the estimat.
ed, amount of the value of the >misap
propriated gold.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
MERGER CASE ENDED.
Attorneys Conclude Their Arguments
in Northern Securities Case.

Attorneys Conclude Their Arguments
in Northern Securities Case.
Trenton, N. j., May 25.-Argument
was concluded before Judge Bradford
in the United States circuit court yes.
terday in the case of the application
of E. H. Hartman and Winslow +
Pierce to restrain the proposed plan
OF distribution OF the assets OF the
Northern Securities company, which
was decided by the United States SUI.
preme court to be an illegal combina.
ton. The concluding argument for the
Northern Securities company was
made by John G. johnson of Philadel.
phia and w. D. Guthrie of New York
closed the argument on behalf of the
compliments. The argument on both
sides turned largely on the question az
to the title of the Northern Pacific
stock which Hartman and Pierce put
into the combination and which
amounted to about seventy-nine NALL.
ion dollars.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
THE ENTERPRlsE HAS BEEN CON-
". QUOTED succ EssFULLY
y ,sls FOR YEARS.
UNIQUE hifI mods ARE EMPLOYED
SWIFT LAUNCH, SKELETON Fl.
AMOS AND IRON SAFES FIG
URE IN PLAN.

Washington, May 25 Chief Wilkie
Of the secret service yesterday. gave
out the following statement:
Secret service agents detailed at
the request Of Assistant Secretary
Armstrong have been investigating the
suspected smuggling OF opium between
Seattle and Portland. After three
months work under the direction Of
Operative Frank Burke, who was spe-
cially detailed for this service from
the New York division. the investiga-
ton closed at midnight Sunday last
with the seizure Of 100000 worth Of
crude opium and the arrest Of 8. b..
Stevens, alias futile, w. s. Cree and
Alfred Larsen, all of Seattle" }, h.
Stevens, who is said to be wealthy,
Is charged with being the
s'S Principal In the Enterprise,
which has been conducted successfully
for several years it is said. His meth
DDS, it is stated, were unique, In that
he never allowed himself to be direct
ly connected with the handling of the
contraband opium. Chinese merchants
at Victoria imported the opium from
China, delivered it to agents of Ste
vens, who, it is said, placed it aboard
fast launch owned by him, and it was
landed during the night q. point near
Seattle. He had two skeleton pianos
and two large iron safes, into which
the opium was packed, the pianos
were then boxed, the safes covered
with burlap and the entire consign.
ment shipped by freight to four f1cti-
tious persons at Portland, where the
distributors got possession Of the OPT
UNI and it was marketed by them,
When emptied, the pianos were re-
shipped to Seattle to be used again.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
GIANT sPook in cisTERN. I
II It. Isn't, Mystery Of Big Barreps
Movement Dcepens.

Miller, S. D., May 25. Railroad
Commissioner D. H. Smith is unable
to understand the magnets influence
that has been drawing his 130-barrel
cistern up out of the ground into the
clouds, or rather toward them. He
went out after pail of water and he
would not have been more surprised
had he met ghost than to see the
family cistern slowly creeping up the
side of the house, having torn several
weather boards from the side of the
latter in its herois effort to rise from
its bed. Mr. Smith says it beats any.
thing he ever saw A superstitious
neighbor insists that the cistern is
haunted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
DEsERTER sURRENDERs.

Young Neal Of the Thirtieth Infantry
to Be Taken to Fort Smelling.
New Ulm, Mimi, May 25-James B
Neal. who deserted from the Thirtieth
infantry at Fort Crook, Neb., April 20,
gave himself up to the county authori.
ties here yesterday. Word was sent
TO Fort Smelling and detail has been
ordered to secure his return to the
army. He is recruit, having enlisted
in December, 1903, being twenty-five
years of age. He disappeared while
with a squad sent out to work on a
rifle range.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
THREE KILLED IN a FIGHT.
Four Italians Quarrel Over DandeIions
GROWING in Hotel Yard. III 4 =

Growing in Hotel Yard.
Morrisdale, Pa, May 25.--In q dis
pute over dande lions at BLK Lick
mines, one mile east, three Italian
miners met death and the fourth par
ticipant escaped. An Italian named
Louie was gathering dandelions at
dusk in the rear Of boarding house
run by Dominick Bills. Bills ordered
Louie away, jestingly. Louie cursed
Bills, at which Bills pulled gun and
shot him. An unknown Italian inter-
fered, taking Louie's part, shooting
Bills and his cousin, Samuel Bills, who
was coming along on bicycle. The
unknown Italian then escaped, but is
thought to be hiding in mine. The
sheriff and coroner have been notified
while the town authorities are in pur.
suit.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
Accidental Happenings.

Prof. Danton, the Hungarian diver,
encircled in flame, dived to his death
from a 110-foot ladder to a tank at
Raleigh, N. c.
Fire has destroyed twenty-five
houses in the suburb Of st. Henry
near Montreal, rendering thirty faml
lies homeless. The loss is $4,000.
Fire at Batson, Tex, destroyed Ii
derricks, 5 drilling rigs and % tanks
containing about $4,000 barrels of oil
Tom Ealker of Leavenworth was roast
ed to death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
Il ebels . Defeated.

Monteytdeo, Uruguay. May 25-Pres-
'tdent 81 hdonez announces ia victory
over the revolutionists BY the govern.
lftsht TROOPS undsr'G Gen. Muhiz. Eienty:
81 the revol utionists were killed ana
100 wounded. 8
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
CATTLE OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
Range in Fine Condition and Early
cL;nn,an%e Ara E~n>e&nd

Range in Fine Condition and Early
Shipments Are Expected.
Belle Fourche, S. D., May 25.-The
rain this spring has been falling 1or
the last six weeks. The range is in an
unusually fine condition and cattlemep
are looking forward to a great year on
the range. A higher precipitation has
fallen thus far than for eight years,
according to local observations. Ac.
cording to the best reports from the
roundup, as made thus far, are to the
effect that about S per cent will cover
the loss of cattle for the winter.
Stock is picking up rapidly and it is
predicted that shipments will be early
this season.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
Police Raid Rdolroon,la.,

New York, May Is. - Twenty-seven
places, suspected of being pool rooms
were visited, LAB persons were taken
Into cai'ndy and 81 telephones AM,
two telegraph instrune nts were con,
fiscated yesterday IN police raids in
New York. Fifteen OF the raids were
made in the tenjer loin precinct. The
other raids weremade in5various parts
of the city. ii M jiss Il q is
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
. suPT. FORD NEAR DEATH.
Assault Charged to Gerber May Result
in Death.

Assault Snar9eo 70 Geroer May hesuH
in Death.
Webster City, Iowa, May 25.-Coun.
ty Superintendent Of Schools L.. N
Gerber of this city is under arrest.
charged with assault to do great bodily
injury to City Superintendent T.. H
Ford. His bond has been fixed at $500.
Prof. Ford lies at his home in most
critical condition. The worst injury is
at the base of the skull. near the
spine, and blood clot or a blood YES.
sci rupture is feared, which would
prove fatal. The assault occurred iii
Mr. Ford's Office. where Gerber had
gone to interview the superintendent
over the suspension Of his son Ralph
who is a senior and the recipient 81
third honors. s..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
TRAMPs BURN PROPERTY.

Loss Of $4,000 to Lamb Lumber Com
pany at La Crosse.
La Crosse, Wis, May Is. = Fire
supposed to have been started by
tramps, broke out yesterday in large
storeshed of the Lamb Lumber com.
pany, doing a large amount of dam.
age. Besides the storeshed, a large
barn, occupied by the Lamb company
and filled with horses, caught fire, and
also large icehouse adjoining, owned
by Joseph Ausfelder, and for a time
the situation was serious. The entire
department was called out. The loss
is $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Bass and trout fishing in early morn.
ing is now declared to be a mistake,
as game fish do not rise before 8
o'clock. This will certainly increase
the popularity of the sport.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
TORNADO At IA CROSSE.

Buildings Are Unroofed and Crops
Are Hurt by Hail.
La Crosse, Mis-, May 25.-A small
tornado swooped down through Nor.
mon coulee, near here, yesterday, and
tore up trees and fences and unroofed
many buildings. Several thousand
dollars damage was done to orchards
and crops Just above ground were
ruined by hail which followed the wind
storm.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Young Willie X. Vanderbilt hasn't
broken an automobile record Of any
kind for nearly three weeks. Young
Willie must be rapidly nearing the
point at which he will consider life q
mere waste, Of time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Pennsylvania is considering a pro
posal to equip herself with voting;ma-
chimes at a cost Of s2,s23,5OO. The
people are used to expensive political
machines over there and aren't bit
staggered. ~ .lI
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

The theory that boys are descend
ed from monkeys has received an
ugly setback. A Philadelphia gentle
man possesses monkey who washes
himself with soap and water.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

A Salt Lake girl received 100000
the other day when she became y
years old. Her friends are now anx-
iously waiting for her to pick out her
duke.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

The president Of the University of
Michigan says the college graduates
are to be the captains of industry of
the future. Pass the pick and shovel
to the self-made man.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Probably shortening of our politi
cal campaigns is one of the earthly
mpossibilities, but it would be good
thing If they were materially con.
densed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
Drowned ia 4 Snail Slough.

" ,5 n OF0NVHCHsII g All y0I0N9 iIs i4
Yankton, s.. d., NJ ay rs Chris NeY
son. single and aged forty-t was
drowned here yesterday nnds llial;
circumstances. He VASE dne
face downward in two feet 1irl
~ small slough south 81 toHn. 4. 4 "a
m sepileptic and It is supposed Wal
taken With convulsi ons. The corouer's
Jury returned averdict lot accidental
drowning. u l5;.a II IA
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

1t might be well for the Japs to
have detachment of Russians con-
stantly on hand to be placed in front
when they pursue the enemy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

A Norwegian chemist has discov.
cred new and cheap process for
making alcohol from sawdust. After
this it may be easier to induce tramps
to operate on the wood piles.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

1t is officially announced that "the
last obstacle" in the way of the canal
project has been removed. Evidently
several thousand cubic yards of earth
and stone do not count as IAN OBJ.
stacle."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Lieut.. Rutropoff was seriously
wounded on the pontoon near Khus-
san the other day. 1t is said that he
Khussed frightfully when the Japs am.
putated the pontoon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

A Chicago woman secured a divorce
the other day thirty-six minutes after
filing her bill. This may justly be re-
garded as rapid transit to single bless.
edness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
Avalanche Of Sand XIII. Him

st. Paul, May 25.-Joseph M. Wolf
was killed by the caving in of sand
bank on Beech street near Forest yess|
aterday afternoon. He was at work
loading sand onto wagon at the time.
He was buried in eight feet OF sand.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

A man may feel like 80 cents, and
be told by his, wife that he's worth
less than penny, ibut if he gets hurt
in railroad accident he never sues
for anything less than IS, 600 Boston
Home. journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

People who are disposed to discour-
age the practice of hitting thing
after it is down should not overlook
the case of poor old steel.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

In proof of Prof. Goes assertion
that baseball is part of the religious
life of a boy, it is only necessary to
point to the career of the Rev. Will
lam Sunday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
x-RAY AFTER EVIDENCE.
Man Who Swallowed Diamond Is Be-
ina Examined by Doctors.

ing Examined by Doctors.
Billings, Mont, May Is. - Edward
Buckley, who swallowed a $-vv dia.
mond when arrested is now being ex.
amined with the X-ray in an attempt
to locate the gem in his stomach
Buckley laughs at the efforts of the
doctors, and last night lazily stretched
himself upon the operating table when
SO ordered. Buckley is charged with
robbing the safes of the Billings brew.
cry and laundry companies last week
of about $4,000 in cash and diamonds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Panama wants to disband its army,
AS it is not going to have any reyolu-
tons it does not see the need of
.roops.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Andrew Lang doesn't find George
AIDE funny. But what of that? Per-
haps George AIDE doesn't find Andrew
Lang funny, either.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

It may be true that money stupe-
des the conscience, but disappointed
greed for Office sours the disposition.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Mrs. Russell Sage says that Mr.
Sage will not give up his residence in
New York city, taxes or no taxes.
That settles it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

military situatio n VI x parati yely
qufet. Russian pat ols are succe ssfllly
3harTassing the left sof the apaneIse a.,
vance.
compet ting Tor Transp ports.
London, May 25. A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph froms Brussels says
that the Russian and Japanese govern.
ments are competing sharply for the
purchase Of transports Anil olland and
Belgium. AS Russia has acquired al.
most all the large ships which are for
sale. Japan win have to be, contented
with the smaller vessels. The dispatch
adds that Japanese agents purchased
at Antwerp yesterday several vessels
OF from 1000 to 5000 tons, aid tits
supp posed. that these will be converted
into armed cruisers. 8.
"A cossaeks Are Routed. SIX
Fusan, Korea, May 25.-A company
of Japanese infantry routed q company
of Cossacks at Sementsu yesterday.
The Japanese did not suffer any cas-.
ualties, while the natives report that
the Russians lost twenty men. The
Russians are still at Hsu Yien, their
position being semicircle with oil
parts about fifty miles distant from
Feng Wang Cheng.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
MURpERous HoLD-vP IN sALo ;oN.33
Two Are Shot ~ Masked Highway.

st. Paul. May 25. Three masked
bandits attempted to hold up u crowd
in the saloon OF Henry Jantz. Univer.
sity avenue and Erotto street at I'LL rs
last evening. Henry Jantz, thinking 1t
q practical joke. resisted ana was
Joined in the resistance by several Of
his nine patrons who were In the ga.
loon at the time. Az. q result several
shots were fired. The injured are:
G. Brettschnider, shot through the face
at the left side OF the nose, and will
probably die; Chris Froberg, shot
through the right arm, above ting elbow.
The bandits escaped without booty.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

q Louisville man Of the name Of
Smith invites the entire Smith family
of the United States to hold It's naxt
reunion II !. that city ct His expense q.
Either he IS 4 man Of prodigIous
wealth or he unde estimates tn sixs
Of the family. Il #
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
STILL A MYSTERY.

NO Trace Is Found OF the Missing Mrs.
lie Roy Jones.
Appleton, Wis, May 25.-The mys.
terry surrounding the sudden disap.
pearance Of Mrs. Herman LIE Roy
Jones of New York cannot be cleared
up to any appreciable extent by rela.
tives of the women here. Alfred Gal.
pin, an uncle of Paul Upper Wilkes
who was the woman's second husband,
says he has reason to believe she is
hiding in St. Louis.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

A discouraging feature of the base.
ball outlook is that half of the teams
of each league lose every day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

The president of a Chicago woman's
club says "the cradle must go!" All
right, but save the baby.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Two checkbooks with but a single
bank account may be the death of
love, as Nordicas case shows.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27
MINES CLOSE; 300 IDLE.

Lake Tie-Up Is o-s Cause Of curtalI.
ment Of Produe+ion. 5.55
Ironwood, Mich, May 25 Tho New.
port and Bonnie mines closed down
yesterday and some 500 men are out
of work. Both are Schlessinger prop.
critics, with headquarters at Milwau.
kee. It is feared the Big Norrie and
other steel trust properties viii close:
by the first Of the month. 81 III
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Naples has seen Pres. Loubet, and
Pres. Loubet has seen Naples and is
In no haste to die.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Consider also the grass-how every
spire of it that grows has to hustle
Tor 9 living.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

Negaunee, Mich, May 25. -- The Blue
mine closed last night owing to the
strike Of the masters and pilots, 300
men having been let out.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-27

A worlds fair ode is 30 called be.
cause 1t is paid Tor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-02
West Points origin.

The operation of the troops enga ged
In the war of the Revolution directed
attention to the romantic and COM
handing heights of West Point, and
within few years. after the close of
the contest, through the influence of
surviving officers of the Continental
army it pleased President Washington
to include in his message to congress
Q793) a recommendation for the es-
tablishment of military academy
here.
The act creating the academy did not
pass until the year 1902, and then only
as a means of giving countenance to
the work of George Barren, who had
the year before established a private
school for cadets at the Point. 1t re-
quired the stimulus of second war
with the mother country to overcome
the deep rooted prejudice of the rural
legislators against an institution which
they believed would become nursery
of aristocrats, and it was, therefore, not
until 1872 that the Military academy
became a part of the army establish
ment.-Frank III. Taylor in Four Track
News