The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-31
List ofcasua,t,es.

an explosion of powder in the Prince
ton. Ind, Coal and Mining company's
mine.
After awakening from nap, Fred
Schmidt of st. Louis was stricken
speechless just as he was about to call
his wife. He had been i'll for several
days
The American barkentine Puako,
with crew of eighteen, has been CIV
en- up as lost by the marine under
writer's. The Puako is sixty-five days
overdue at Seattle.
A car loaded with dynamite in an
Illinois freight train exploded near
Kenner, La. Two men are missing.
One dead man has been found, but he
is an unrecognizable mass.
After an examination of the pay roll
of the R. P. Grover shoe factory, it was
estimated the number killed by the ex.
plosion and fire at Brocllton, Mass, at
between sixty and seventy-fxe.
A freight train, south bound ohsthe
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern, was
wrecked near Tellico Junction, Tenn.
The engineer and fireman We're caught
beneath the engine and roasted to
death.
Mrs. Harlan Newton of Sheldon,
Neb., and her one-year-old son, John.
persisted in a fire at Sioux City at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Arthur
Kneebone. The fire was caused by
gasoline stove.
The steamer Spartan. steel ship OF
1,506 gross tons, of the Boston and
Philadelphia Steamship company, ran
aground on Black island r. l.. during
fog, and will be total wreck. The
crew was saved.
Two persons were seriously injured
as the result of cyclone which visit.
ed Smithfield, Pa. The house of James
Benson was completely destroyed by
storm of wind and hail. There were
five persons in the house at the time
and all were more or less injured.
The mangled body of Nose NIGEL.
vain, Jr., was picked up on the Great
Northern track south of Violin, S. D.
He left Violin in the evening, walking
on the track, and was struck by pas.
senger train at S o'clock. but the acct.
dent was not discovered at that time
His head, one arm and d leg were cut
from his body. McElwain was a
: thrifty young farmer.
Domestic.
George w. Shannon, treasurer and
auditor of the Cripple Creek Central,
died of heart failure at Colorado
Springs.
A loan obtained by the Chicago &.
Alton Railway company for s5,00O,0 900,
secured by mortgage given the III.
nois Trust and Savings bank, has been
filed for record.
From Elk Creek. S. d. it is learned
that prairie dogs have greatly decreas-
ed in number on account of the cold
winter. Many are said to have frozen
and few are now to be seen.
The Tennessee general assembly in
joint session canvassed the vote taken
tor United States senator TO succeed
the late William B. Bate, and James
B. Frazier was declared elected.
Col. ]. S. Tam, former nominee for
governor of Iowa On the Democratic
ticket, and distinguished for his serv.
ices during the Civil war, died at Des
Moines. at the age Of 50 years.
Rev. Elmer H. Capen, D. D., presi.
dent of Tufts college, died of pneu
monia at his home at Medford, Mass,
aged seventy-seven, and after having
been president of Tufts since 1875.
J. Frank Grant of Baltimore, grand
secretary of the grand lodge of Odd
Fellows of the United States, under
went an operation for rheumatic
govt. and the physicians report the
| operation success.
The Northwest school question has
| been settled at Ottawa. An educa.
| tional clause has been framed to meet
| the views Of nearly all the Liberals
in the house. 1t perpetuates the
schools as they are to-day.
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Barber, first
military governor of Hawaii, who
served many years in the regular
army, is dead at his home in New
| York from heart disease. He was
graduated from West Point in 1867.
A decision was handed down by the
| United States court of appeals at New
York defining banks right to apply
money, the property of bankrupt, in
its possession, to- the payment of notes
of the bankrupt held by the bank, the
court holding that such a payment con
stituted a preferential payment.
James D. Colt, an attorney of Bos
ton, has been appointed receiver fol
the property of Charles F. Berry, clerl
and accountant for a Court street lie
gal firm, who, it is alleged, has disap
peared, leaving his accounts in tan
gled shape. Several large estates, val
ued at 100000, are said. to be in
volved.