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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
DEFENSE IN THAW CASE SEEKS
70 ESTABLISH AMPLE PROVO
CATION.
COARSE REMARKS IN PUBLIC
MORE DETAILS ABOUT ARTISTS
MODEL AND HER GAY COM.
PANloNs.

New York, July 11.-Infornat:cn has
been secured for counsel :nr tt, de.
tense of Harry Kendall Tkaw CT Pitts.
burg that the missing witness VINO is
supposed to have overheard -, con.
versation between the late STANFORD
White and a friend of his, in which
White uttered gross insults against
Florence Evelyn Nesb.;.,'' has
been located.
It is the present intention OF the de-
tense to spring the witness as sur.
prise in the trial of the young Pitts
burg millic:.aire.
1t is cor iuently believed that the
testimony of this witness, embracing
as it does the hatred Of White against
Thaw's wife and an insult of the gross
est nature, will prove one of the
strongest and most justifiable motives
for tie killing of the architect by
Thaw.
Used Vile Language.
The insult is alleged to have occur.
red at the Cafe Martin on Broadway at
an after-mianight supper party. Taaw
and his wife were seated by a table
with another, a we'll known club man,
whose name mas thus far been sue
cessfully concealed by the defense.
While they were engaged in CONVEX.
sation, Stanford White and another
man, whose same is known both in So
ciety and clubs. entered the restaurant
and took seats by table near that &C.
cupied by the Thaw ..ar.y. Mrs.
Thaw became greatly esi:a.ed upon
seeing While and that agitation was
increased when White began to make
remarks regarding her. These re.
marks are alleged to have eliminated
when White, leaning heavily in the
direction of the Thaw party, said in
tones audible to the witness, who was
Sitting by another table. next to that
occupied by White and his friend, that
his relations with Evelyn Nesbit were
not. yet at an end.
. The wording of the alleged insult
was of the basest nature.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
MRS. WIN. THAw SAILS FOR HOME
Motherin-Law Denies Stories About
Her Own Actions

II Hef own Actions.
London, July S.-Mrs. Thaw, mother
of Harry Thaw, now in the Tombs,
New York, charged with the murder
of Stanford White. sailed from Dover
for New York yesterday on board the
Hamburg-American line steamer Kali
serin Auguste Victoria.
Pittsburg, July Mrs. Charles ].
Holman, mother of Mrs. Harry X.
Thaw, broke silence yesterday for the
first time since the killing of White,
and in short statement issued to the
press made a denial of many stories
printed in Pittsburg and New York
papers.
In the statement MS Holman says:
L never Introduce my daughter to
Stanford White. l lever took her to
theater managers. accompanied her,
as would not permit her going alone.
l have been ma!::iously misrepresent.
ed. My story will be told at the prop
er tine. am not in strict seclusion.
Have received all friends, but denied
all reporters"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
BOY HANGS SELF.

Temporary Insanity ls Assigned as
Cause Of Suicide.
Wahpeton, n. D., July 11.-Ralph
Lawrence. seventeen years old. hang.
ed himself in a sheep barn on the
Adams farm, twelve miles, southwest
OF this city. Lawrence and his two
brothers have been employed on the
farm for some time, one brother being
the bookkeeper. It is believed he was.
temporarily insane. s.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
AvENeEs COUSINS INJURIES.
Lumber Camp Cook Is Fatally Shot by
Woodsman.

Marinette, Wis, July 11.-George
Barrett, cook in lumber camp at
Nadeau, Menominee county, Mich,
was fatally shot yesterday by John
Poplinski, woodsman, to avenge an
injury to the latter's cousin.
In a melee few days before, Bar
rett broke the jaw of Dams Poplinslxi,
and his cousin John, hearing of the in
jury, secured bicycle, rode out to
camp and then shot Barrett twice in
the abdomen. John Poplinski was cap
tured after long chase, in which
officers, camp crew and farmers took
part.
Barrett was brought to hospital
here, where he died.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
PROGRESS OF MILLER CASE.

State Rests and Defense Places Wit
nesses on Stand.
Grand Rapids, Mimi, July 11.-Ex-
Treasurer Charles Miller's trial on the
charge of embezzlement, the state
rested its case yesterday, and after
recess the defense proceeded to exam
inc witnesses. 1t looked as though
Judge McClenahan would throw out.
the case for lack of criminal intent,
but the trial was resumed after sup.
per. "The whole affair looks like deal
to tap the county Golfers with Miller
as the bunghole," said a citizen yes
terday who has followed the case.
Preliminaries to the case has already
cost the county oyer $1,000, and the
trial will add another $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.


Live Stock centers.
st. Paul, July 11.-Wheat-No.
Northern, "a 5-S@S5c; No. 2 Northern,
SO 1-S@8Ac; No. 8, S1@S2c. Corn-No.
8 yellow, 4s 1-2@49c. Oats-No. 8
white, 1888 1-2c.
Minneapolis, July 11.-Wheat-No.
] hard, SIC; No. 1 Northern, Sic; No.
2 Northern, 70 lie; durum, 671-4@
So lac. Oats-No. white. 35 5-Sc.
Corn-No. yellow, 48 lac.
Duluth, July 11.-Wheat = No. 1
Northern, IS Lac: No. 2 Northern,
Is 1-4c. Oats-No. 3 white. 36 1-2c.
Chicago, July 11.-Wheat - No. 2
red, new, 80 lac; No. 2 hard, 70 1-4@
80 lac; No. / Northern, S3@S4c; No.
2 Northern, S2@S3c. Oats-No. 2,
SIC. :
Milwaukee, July 11.-Wheat-No. 1
Northern. IS 1906 Lee; No. 2. North
ern, S3@s5c. Rye-No. 1, 64@64 lac.
Barley-No. 2. IS 1-2@56c. Oats
Standard, 3S1-2@39c.
Chicago; July 11.-Beeves, $4,000
6.15; stockers and feeders. $2.60@45O;
cows and heifers. s1.3O@5.20. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $6.35@6S0; bulk,
$6.65@675. sheep-$4.60@6.15; lambs,
$5.5O@7.35.
Sioux City, Iowa, July 11.-Cattle
Beeves. $4@5.5O; cows, bulls and
mixed. $3.25@4.50; stockers and feed
ers, $3.25@4.15; calves and yearlings,
$3.40@4.10. Hogs-Bulk. $6.42 100
6.75.
South st. Paul, July H.. Cattle
Good to choice steers. $4.5O@ $50;
good and choice cows and heifers. 500
;4.5O; good to choice miich cows, $3.50
40. Hogs Price range, $6.2O@6.55;
bulk, $6S506.45, Sheep Good 70
choice lambs. S6@6.75: common ia
fair, $4@5.60; yearling wethers, S4.75
d 06; good to choice ewes. $50 $50. B
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
CUT IN PIECES BY ARDucToR.

Fragments Of Body Of an Eight-year.
old Boy Are Found in Car.
Francis, l. T., July 1.-THE mutt
lated body of eight-year-old Harry
Priester of West Tulsa was found in a
st. Louis & San Francisco wheat car
Sunday night.
The boy had been abducted by a
tramp from his home last Thursday
and is supposed to have been murder
ed and his BODY placed in the car to
hide the cri1aa.
The body was literally cut to pieces.
There is no clue to the murderer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
browns IN REACH OF HELP.
Frank kIancher, Twenty Years Old,
Loses Life Near Chisholm.

Chisholm, Mimi, July 11.-While
swimming in Longyear lake near here.
Frank Klancher, aged twenty. was
seized with cramps and drowned in
about fourteen feet of water and with.
in forty feet of the shore of a little
island about in the middle of the lake.
On the shore of the island were two
boarders at the Klancher home in the
Glen location. They had row boat,
but although they heard Klancher's
cry of distress they did not have pres
erce of mind enough to go to his as
sistance, and he drowned practically
within reich of help. TT
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
ALL ENGLAND is STIRRED.
Aroused by Prospect of Holy War in
Eqypt

London, July S.-The official an
nouncement in parliament by Earl
Grey, secretary for foreign affairs, that
England is confronted by the POSSIBLE
ity Of tie invocation of a .Jehad or
holy war in Egypt, and that it may be
essary to land an army there, has
created a tremendous sensation. Earl
Grey's statement came with dramat-
ic suddenness and has taken the whole
country by surprise. The recent exc.
cution of five natives at Danishaw,
Egypt, and the flogging of several 9TH
ers for the murder of English officers
had drawn the denunciation Of the
radical press and served to brig forth
Earl Grey's warning.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
Engine. clash Al stiliwater

] Enaines Clash at saltwater.
saltwater. July IL. Several train.
men hurt. one passenger injured and
others shaken up resulted from. a head.
end collision in the southern part iof
the city The Omaha passenger train.
outward bound, and the. transfer en-
zine, with ten cars loaded with slum.
ber, coming In from South saltwater.
were n collision while the latter was
running . at q high rate OF speed. ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
LIFE SENTENCE FOR THREE.

Hoosier Family Is Now in State Penal
Institution.
Evansville, Ind, July 11.-Jonah
Williams, his wife, Minerva, and their
son Wesley, were sentenced to prison
for life yesterday for the murder Of
James Leigh at Bonneville last spring
Andrew Williams, another son, is serv-
ing sentence for petty crime, and
two smaller children are in the reform
school.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
uPHoLDs INSPECTION LAW.

Ashland Judge Dismisses Action
Against Wisconsin Commission.
Superior, Wis, July 11.--Judge Par
ish Of the circuit court at Ashland. in
q decision in the case Of Gregory,
Cook & Co. VS.. Wisconsin Grain and
Warehouse Commission, holds that the
grain law is valid and dismisses the
action brought to prevent the use Of
mill scales by state inspection officials.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
Domestic.

Domestic.
The next festival of the Northeast
ern Saengerbund viii be held in New
York in 1909.
Howard Elliott, president Of the
Northern Pacific, denies that he will
resign from the position.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sunday unveiled
G. A. r. statue Of Maj. Gen. Fitzjohn
Porter. It was the anniversary Of
Malvern Hill battle.
After an illness of one week, Harry
West, president Of the Pennsylvania
Mutual Life Insurance company, died
at Atlantic City. N. ].
State Senator r. w. Miller of Madi-
son, KY, died Of paralysis. He was
thirty -seven years Of age.
An unknown friend gave Oberlin
(Ohio) college 1914 at the last mo
ment and secured 100000 promised
by Andrew Carnegie If the college
raised $750,000 more.
Mont Tennes, gentleman gambler,
is going to run another gambling boat
out Of Chicago, in opposition to ths
City Of Traverse, owned by the Smith
Perry-White combination.
Former Gov. Richard Yates Of iii
nois has filed his declarations Of can
didacy for the United States senate
under the new primary election law,
with the secretary Of state. 4
Mrs. Mary Banney Sterling. wife ot
Rev. Paul Sterling, rector of Trinity
church, and known during the Civil
war % the idol Of the Union Troops
at New Orleans" IL dead at Melrose.
Mass. She had bean IN invalid Tor 5
long time.
Tbs resignation Of George W. Pen
kins @ trustee Of the New York LaSs
Insurance company hags been acceDtsd
Iat = special meeting q ne heard.
~. Psrlins rendered Lii rssiS M ioGs
Ilast Deoembsr. ssslSs1
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
31oo,ooo Flre "a ctnelnnalti.

100000 Fire In Cincinnati.
\ Cincinnati. July 11.-Fire in the car
pet and drapery store of the George
=. Otte company started on the top;
floor and caused loss estimated by,
the proprietors IT q 500. 600. mostly
from water. y; \
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
cows EAT DYNAMITE.
They Did Not Blow Up. but Died
Quietly.

Quietly.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, July ia. D.
Aldrich, who resides in the vicinity of
Richvale, this county, h;l three cows
killed by eating dynamite Mr.. AID
rich had quite quantity of the exnlo-
sive for use in blowing up stumps on
his farm and stored it for safekeeping
in a shed in his COW yard. The cows
in nosing about got hold of it and ate
several sticks. They did not blow up
or do anything of that sort. but lay
down quietly and died in few hours.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
The News Of the Week
Crimes and Criminals.

Crimes and Criminals.
John Pearce of Peru, Ind, was shot
and instantly killed on a Fort Thomas
car at Cincinnati. The police have
been unable to find the person who
fired the shot.
Insane from i'll health and worry,
William Bowman of Peoria, ILL.,, drove
his wife from the house at the point Of
revolver and then shpt himself, dy-
ing within an hour.
Jennie Anderson, stepmother. has
been arrested at Youngstown, Ohio, on
the charge of beating six-year.old Elsie
Anderson to death. The woman failed
to kill herself in jail.
Investigation Of the miners riot at
Bradley, Ohio, shows that one man lie
dead, two are fatally injured, while
seven others are seriously wounded
as result Of the encounter.
Two Italians were murdered, and
one Of the murderers is in a critical
condition from injuries inflicted by a
mob as a result of brawl in min.
ing camp near Grove City, Pa.
The foreign bank Of M. Kasimir &
Co. at Homestead, Pa, has closed its
doors. The alleged disappearance of
the cashier and reported shortage of
from $1,000 to $4,000 are given as the
causes for the suspension.
Charles Benson, aged twenty.six, son
OF a wealthy farmer near Bertrand,
Neb., shot and killed Mrs. Anna Wal.
lin, housekeeper at the Benson home,
and then killed himself. No cause is
known.
George Campbell was shot and killed
in duel with Frank Vader, a ranch
man at Phkin, Colo. The men fought
on horseback. Vader was uninjured.
Vader says Campbell stole a. horse
from him.
Miss Lucy Lloyd, aged thirty-four.
confessed that she choked her sister,
Miss Dolla Lloyd, aged thirty-seven, to
death at their home on farm near
Nebraska City, Neb. The dead woman
was insane.
Using nitroglycerin for the purpose.
yeggmen blew the safe in the store of
Kruger & Peterson at Plains, Mont,
and carried of 5000 in currency, be.
sides large sum in checks and other
negotiable papers.
George Wheeler Of Higbee, Mo-,
shot and killed his wife, and after seri-
ously wounding Mrs. Bathena Stur-
geon, turned the weapon upon himself,
inflicting injuries from which he died.
The tragedy followed family quarrel.
The Bradley mine at Wheeling, w.
Va, was the scene Of riot in which
one miner was killed and a number
wounded. as well as several guards.
The trouble, 1t is said, was started by
the guards, who. 1t is claimed, were
drinking.
An old quarrel in the village council
at Pomeroy, Okla, resulted in a battle
in the council chamber between Mayor
Webster and Councilman Long. Both
were badly injured in the fight. Longs
face was cut open six inches by the
mayors gavel.
Thieves entered the pest house
south Of Casper, Wyo, and carried of
quantity Of bedding. The authori-
ties are on the lookout for the burglars
and their loot. It is feared that an
outbreak of smallpox will follow the
looting Of the pest house.
Dominick c. O'Malley, one of the
owners Of the New Orleans Item, who
was convicted on charge of criminal
libel and sentenced to pay fine of
$500 and to serve eight months i'm
prisonment in the parish prison, has
been pardoned by Gov. Blanchard.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
SECTION FOREMAN Is KILLED.

Shot by Companion of Man Whom He
Had Assaulted.
Helena, Mont, July 11.-Because
they insisted on riding on his handcar,
which was trailing freight train,
Section Foreman Herman Eberhart
struck an Italian named Dominick
with a wrench, when Dominick's
brother-in-law, Frank Liperti, drew
revolver and shot him in the groin,
death ensuing Immediately. Dominick
and Liperti escaped into the woods.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
FARMER AS RIFLE TARGET.
r. L. Clifford. Living Near Exceislo,
Has Emoioye Arrested.

r ~ f1SS Emotoye Arrested.
Excelsior, Mimi, July Sired
Lawrence. a farm hand. is in Jail here
on e charge of having fred,a rifle at
3. i. Clifford, his employer. on the lat
ster's farm. half mile from town. Mr..
Clifford declares that Lawrence had
been drinking and tried to quarrel
With him. Occurring . rifle. It Is al
leged, Lawrence hred one shot ct Gift
fcrd. but It went Vide of the mark.
slgelshbors oyerpowered Lawrence and
eNass taken to the town. i'll.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
FINDS eAey's HAND IN FISH.
Grewsome Discovery by a Woman at
Crookston,

0IS"SVINS OISSVVsty W q "S1'1oU CT
Crookston.
Crookston, Mimi, July 11.-While
cleaning fish which her husband had
caught in the river near the water
power company's dam, Mrs. Henry
Bushe discovered in its interior a
baby's hand. The find nearly sent
Mrs. Bushe into Mysteries and she
threw the fish and all away, so that it
was impossible to make an investiga-
ton of the matter by the police.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
Casualty List.

In attempting to get out of the way
Of freight train about mile north
of Orange, Va, two negro women and
two negro girls were killed by a
Southern passenger train.
During the height of terrific storm
in New York two young men were
drowned by the capsizing of a boat
between swinbWne island and Fort
Hamilton shore.
Two deaths from drowning occurred
at Washington recently. Herbert ].
Calender met death while bathing in
the Potomac river, and Cecil B. Fuller
was drowned by the capsizing of his
boat.
Joseph Travis. small boy of South
Scranton, Pa, found torpedo, and,
installing 1t for piece of candy, bit
into it. The explosion tore his tongue
badly, split his lips and broke some
Of his teeth.
While cleaning toy cannon in his
doorway at Cory, Pa, with his two
children about him, Charles Manley
was burned by powder explosion yes
terday. and the two boys are in a
critical condition. So l7sf+.
The plant Of the 3. j. Noblett Manu-.
featuring company, cabinetmakers at
Chicago. was destroyed by by fire.
One million feet Of lumber stored in
the rear Of the factory was burned.
The loss is estimated at $150,000.
Joseph Ostranga, a farmer living
eleven miles from Menominee, Mich,
fell from his wagon while driving
home fro mthat city and was killed,
the wheels crushing his head to a
Jelly. He was intoxicated at the time.
AS the excursion train from the
Medford Saengerfest was entering
Dorchester, Wis.,, Henry Hipske CT
Holeton, in attempting to alight from
the train before it stopped, fell under
one Of the coaches and the wheels
cut of one Of his arms.
Running thirty-fve miles an hour,
an automobile owned and driven by
Postmaster D. A. Shaw of Mishawaka,
Ind, turned over three times at o.
ceola, Ind. severely injuring Shaw
and three other occupants of the car,
Mrs. j. A. Vim and MIR. and Mrs. S.
W. Schuyler.
With force SO great that every
window within three-quarters of a
mile radius was shattered, two tanks
Of the Union Oil Co. of California ex-
ploded at University Park, few miles
north of Portland, Ore. Leonard Jaqui,
the night Waterman, is missing, and,
1t is feared, he is dead.
A premature Fourth of July celebra-
ton carried of all the stock of fire.
works Of Fred Baker at Sioux City,
Iowa. Small boys threw burning
matches into bunch Of frecrackers
while the owner Of the stock was out,
and the whole business went of with
a variety Of screeches, cracks and
bangs.
An early morning fire threatened to
wipe out Hornick, Iowa, recently, and
only heroic work on the part Of the
populace saved the town. The fire
was started by mysterious explosion
in Durbin's general store, which was
burned, with the postomce, Clayton's
restaurant and portion Of the state
bank, Total loss, $4,000. partially
covered by insurance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-07-13
TWO KILLED IN FEuD.
Hubbard and Kirby Families Indulge
Pitched Battle.

Muskogee, I. T., July 11.-Earnest
and Pleas Hubbard are dead and Re-
buch Kirby fatally injured as the re.
suit of pitched battle near Westville
yesterday between members of the
Hubbard and Kirby families, which
have been keeping alive feud for sew
eral months. Winchesters and pistols
were used by both factions.
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-03-14

More than usual interest at taches to the report of Consul Kellogg from Colon showing the great increase in the past year of traffic over the Panama Colon railway. Of course a large bulk of this traffic was due to the con- struction of the Panama canal, but much of it was traffic that would have crossed the iSthmus in any event owing to the ex- panG::eg trade of this country and of European nations with the republics on the west coast of South America. This in- crease is interesting for two req sons, because it shows the con- stantly increasing traffic that the completed Panama canal will foster, and because it shows also that this country, while it is ad- vancing it's South American trade, is not keeping pace with Europe in this matter. The re- port shows a gross increase in the traffic across the isthmus in the year 1904-5 of 13 per cent. But while of this increase about 90 per cent belonged to the United States there was a 70per cent gain for Europe. It ap- pears that our trade was best with Ecquador, where this ceun- try really sold the bulk of sll the imported goods, But the large general increase on the continent went not'to Americans but to French and German deal CTS. This indicates that the United States has not yet caught the trick of foreign commerce and points more than ever to the necessity of regular consulate training and to the education of American firms and American commercial travellers, if we are to take OUT rightful share of the immense Pacific commerce that she completion of the canal will open to the world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-03-14
Railroad Rate Bill.

Next to the last stage in the railroad rate drama has been reached. The Senate is about to vote on the as yet unamended Hepburn Bill. Events have moved so rapidly that it is hard now to realize that railroad rate legislation shortly before the session began was declared an impossibility. It was said in these letters then that it would be a queer spectacle if the Ex- ecutive dominated the coming congress to the point of forcing rate consideration. That hap pened. Then came the rumors of a compromise and it was said that first this and then that pro- vision for the benefit of the rail road had met with the ap- proval of the White House. As the case stands up tu date, the President has not expressed his approval of a single bill that has been introduced, and the Hepburn bill has come to be re- garded as an administration measure simply because it has been allowed to go thus far with. out opposition from the Execu- tive Mansion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-03-14
Important Bill on Irrigation.

By a unanimous vote the com mittee on irrigation of the arid lands have reported a bill which gives to the secretary of the in- terior authority to establish townsiteS inconnection with irri- gation projects and to dispose of the lots for the benefit of the re- cIamation fund.- It also provides that the secretary may deliver water in the vicinity of towns established and also to towns in the immediate vicinity that have water right from the same source as the reclamation pro- ject. It further provides that where he finds it necessary for the development of irrigation projects to erect power plants, he may lease any surplus power that is developed, and where in the construction of an irrigation enterprise an opportunity is pre- sented to develop power through falls, he may lease the right of such power.