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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Casualty.

A passenger train was derailed near
Cullison, Kan. The whole train was
turned over and more than twelve per.
sons were injured, some of them seri-
ously.
After escaping death by drowning
through desperate efforts, Paul Walper
of Escanaba, Mich, a veteran of the
Civil war, was frozen to death. His
body was found frozen into the ice OF
the river.
Harry Shilling, while skating on the
river at Des Moines, Iowa, Broke
through the ice, rose and sank twice,
and was going down for the last time
when he was rescued by living chain
formed by three men.
Falling into rag-cutting machine at
The mill at Clinton, Iowa, where he is
employed, w. D. McCrary received in
juries which are likely to prove fatal.
The side of his face was crushed in
and his skull was fractured.
Mrs. leila Drake and ]. P. Van Hy
inert, ledger at her house in Des
Moines, Iowa, we're asphyxiated. The
two had been in the kitchen eating
lunch, and it is believed that the gas
escaped from defective gas stove and
overcame them SO suddenly that they
we're unable to help themselves.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
ENToMBED MINER IS RESCUED.
Sixteen Days Confinement Ends After
Heroic Work Of Miners.

Sixteen Days Confinement Ends After
Heroic Work Of Miners.
Bakersfield, CAL, Dec. Is. - L. B
Hicks was rescued Saturday night
from the Edison company tunnel,
where he was imprisoned nearly six
teen days because of cave-in. He is
apparently suffering no i'll effects from
his unusual experience.
Il am feeling fine," was the first re-
mark the miner made on reaching
freedom.
Hicks aided his rescuers during the
last few moments, eagerly digging his
way through the miniature tunnel
made by the workmen. He is not ema.
ciated, as was expected, and did not
need the stimulants that had been
prepared for him.
DR.. Stinchfield. with tears in his
eyes and his hands laid afectionately
on Hicks, shoulders, said:
Well. how are you. old boy?"
Showing much emotion, Hicks an
swered:
Il am feeling fine. can never
thank you. doctor. for what you have
done.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
CAPT. MAckLIh SHOT BY NEGRO

Officer Who Was to BE court-Martial.
ed Owing to Riots at Brownsville.
Ell Reno, Okla, Dec. 23.-Capt. Ed
gar B. Macklin Of Company G, Twenty
fifth United States infantry, was shot
twice and dangerously wounded last
night by negro, and belief is express
ed here that it was one of the mem
bers of the troop discharged by Presi-
dent Roosevelt for participation in the
Brownsville riots.
The shooting occurred at the OH
GERS quarters at Fort Reno, while
Capt. Macklin and his wife were at the
dinner table. The surgeon says that
while his wounds are dangerous they
are not necessarily fatal.
Dec. IA the secretary of war ordered
the court-martial Of Capt Macklin for
Conduct to the prejudice Of COOS or.
der. and discipline, in failing to exer.
else due diligence in preventing the
occurrence Of rioting at Brownsville
last August"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28

J ". Traumann. 1 wealthy farmer,
was arrested at Burlington Iowa, on
. charge OF conducting ! imoonshins
distillery in his home.
Robert Gordon. fifteen years old. was
sentenced to the reformatory for; life.
after pleading guilty to the charge Of
numbering Joseph Reed. eight years
old, at Chicago.
The Bank Of Horatio, Ark, was loot.
cd by two robbers who entered the
bank. covering the cashier with their
pistols and appropriated all the MONEY
in sight, about $4,000.
Discouraged because Of his inability
to gain relief from throat trouble
from which he had suffered for many
years, John E. Burke committed sui
eide at Great Falls. Mont.
John T. Walker, a preparer Of meat
extracts, has been arrested in New
York by secret service agent on the
charge Of having used counterfeit
United States meat inspection labels
on his beef extract.
Passionately in love with Annie
Hockersmith, aged fourteen, Frank
Reno, aged sixteen, hanged himself in
the cellar of his fathers house at Ha'
gerstown, Md, because he was too
young to marry his sweetheart.
Mrs. Ella V. Kobar was robbed of
$4,000 in the holiday crowds in the
shopping district at Philadelphia. The
money was paid to Mrs. Kobar by the
Pennsylvania railroad in settlement of
claim on the death Of her husband.
A woman arrested three weeks ago
at Lansing, Mich, on the charge Of
shoplifting and known only as molly
Mcguire" made her escape from tho
county Jail by cutting two-foot hole
through an eighteen-inch brick wall.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Personal.

Mrs. Hannah Pearce, pioneer OF
Eastern Iowa. is dead at her home in
De Witt.
William Roseberg, one of Pitts.
burg's most prominent financial men,
is dead from cancer.
Abbot Lawrence Rotch, the famous
meteorological, has been appointed pro.
fessor of meterology at Harvard.
DR.. William Harrison Htpp, a mem
Der of the Illinois state board Of
health, died at Chicago of pneumonia.
Charles Fremont Cochran, who rep
resented the Fourth district of Missou-
ri in congress, died at st. Joseph, Mo.
John Annoy Knox, at one time wide.
ly known as the editor and proprietor
of Texas Siftings, died suddenly in
New York.
John L. Farwell, who had extensive
interests in New York city, New Ham
shire and many Western states, died
at his home in New York.
DR.. William James Hardman, pro
lessor of nervous diseases and of cleo.
tro-therapeutics at the University of
Michigan, died in Baltimore.
Col. John Mercer Brooks, aged
eighty years, emeritus professor of
physics in the Virginia military insti.
tute, died suddenly at Lexington, Va.
Commander r. M. G. Brown. u. 8.
NJ, retired, survivor Of the Samoan
hurricane, which destroyed the Ameri
eau feet in 1883, died in Washington.
William Haywood, former consul
general at Seoul, Korea, died at the
government sanitarium at Fort Bay
ard, N. NJ, Of pulmonary tuberculosis.
A son has been born to DR.. and Mrs.
Gerald Webb at Colorado Springs,
Colo, Mrs. Webb is a granddaughter
of the late Jefferson Davis, and the
newcomer is the only great-grandson
of the Confederate president.
jeremiah Curtin, a distinguished
iinguist and philogist and well known
as translator of Russian and Polish
novels, died at Bristol, VT, of Bright's
disease. Mr.. Curtin was sixty-siX
years old. He was proficient in seven
ty languages.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28

Rome. Dec. %. - a note signed BY
the papal secretary 81 state, Cardinal
Merry del Val, protesting against the u
search Of the papal nnnciature It
Paris. the expulsion Of Mgr Montag.
mini and the seizure Of the secret q.
pher, enabling the French government
to take cognizance Of the papal CORE
spondence, and the alleged violation
Of the right of the pope to correspond
with Catholics all over the world, was
presented to the diplomatic representa-
tives accredited to the Vatican yester-
porters Of the. cabinet consider tina.
forth the motives Of the holy see in
the action it has taken regarding the
application Of the law of 1905, provid.
ing for the separation Of the church
and state.
The protest sets forth the enormity
Of such acts, which are without mod
ern precedent among civilized nations,
as even when diplomatic relations
cease it is customary to respect the
residence and especially the archives
of foreign representatives.
New Law Is Passed.
Paris, Dec. %. - The government
new religious measure was received
with enthusiasm in the chamber of
deputies yesterday and the bill was
rapidly voted with the overwhelming
majority Of 413 against 166. The SUP
day. together with a circular setting
the enactment of this legislation will
greatly strengthen the position of the
present ministry for the continuance
of the struggle with the Vatican.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
WANTS A FULL INVESTIGATION
The Presidents Action In DIschargins
Negroes Is Criticised.

The Presidents Action In Dischargine
Negroes Is Criticised.
Washington, Dec. 22-Eenator For
ker occupied the attention Of the sen.
ate in its last session before the holi-
day recess yesterday in an extended
criticism Of the basis of President
Roosevelt's action in discharging the
negro troops on account of the
Brownsville raid.
Mr.. Foraker said that the president
had misconceived both his constitu.
tional power and the evidence in the
case. He then read extracts from the
evidence, which he characterized as
utterly unsatisfactory and insufficient
to find the men guilty Of the charge
made against them.
President Imposed Upon.
He said that the president had been
imposed upon. But" he added, Il
believe he is big enough man and a
just enough man to undo what he has
done when he finds out the true situa.
tion."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
FOUR GUILTY OF LAND FRAUDS
Richards, comstock, Jameson and
TripIett Convicted by Jury.

Richards, comstock, Jameson and
TripIett Convicted by Jury.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 22.-The trial In
the federal district court of Bartlett
Richards, president; Will G. Com.
stock, vice president; G. G. jameson,
secretary-treasurer and general mana
ger of the Nebraska Land and Feeding
company, controlling the 400,00O-acre
Spade" ranch, and Aquilla Triplett.
their agent, ended last evening in the
conviction of the four defendants on
thirty-six counts of an indictment
which charged conspiracy to defraud
the government of public lands and
yubornation of perjury.
The defendants were charged with
attempting to secure title to vast
tracts of land within the Spade
ranch enclosure in Cherry, Sheridan
and Box Butte counties, Nebraska, by
means of fraudulent homestead en-
tries.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
General.

A passenger trai nwas derailed at
Southwood, Miss, killing two and in
Turing another.
The new battleship Kansas exceed
ed her contract speed of eighteen
knots an hour in her trial off the
Maine coast.
Employees of the Pennsylvania rail
road will have to pay full price for
their coal after Jan. next. Notice
has been issued by the management.
2 Sir Montagu Ommaney, permanent
under secretary for the British colo.
MES, will retire in January. He will
be succeeded by Sir Francis H. Hope
wood, permanent secretary of the
board of trade.
Fire at Hardin, Manchuria, destroy.
ed the huge building occupied by the
general staff Of the Russian army. The
fire also consumed the museum, libra.
ry and a number Of shops and large
warehouses.
Counsel representing Gov. Folk
has fled suit in the circuit court
against the city of st. Louis to enforce
the payment Of $3.50, balance of his
salary as circuit attorney alleged to be
long overdue.
The difference Of cent an hour be
tween employees and managers may
cause strike in New York on five
great railroad systems. The men af-
fected are the 5000 yard conductors,
brakemen and other employees at the
railroad terminals.
Expert accountants who examined
the books Of Former Supervisor Shinn
Of the town Of Pelham, N. Y.,,after the
town board had found an apparent
shortage Of $4,000, reported that not
only is there no shortage, but the
town owes Mr.. shinn 81 ,049.
William stauber; q farmer, waa
found dead In q field near DesS Mofnes.
iowa, His hands were still resting on
the stilts q the pillow and the rsin1
we're thrown over his shonlderS.HSsff
disease 4 belisvsd % havs bssn ~
3. a : ,3s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
PATRICK GETS COMPUTATION.
lawyer-Murderer's Sentence Reduced
to Life Term in Prison.

Lawyer-Murderer's Sentence Reduced
to Life Term in Prison.
Albany, Dec. 22.Albert T. Patrick
was saved by Gov. Higgins yesterday
from the death chair, in the shadow
Of which he has stood for nearly five
years. He was convicted in Maren.
1902, OF the murder of William Marsh
Rice, an aged New York millionaire
In brief memorandum, laying stress
upon the dissenting opinions of the
Judges of the court of appeals, which
confirmed Patrick's conviction by a
vote of four to three, the governor an
nounced that he had committed the
death sentence to Imprisonment fo-
life. Later in the day the governor
strongly lntimated a doubt of Patrick
entire sanity, attributing his mental
state to the strain under which the
condemned lawyer has labored all
these years in the death cell at Sing
Sing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Criminal.

John Morello Of Terre Haute, Ind,
shot and killed his housekeeper and
then fatally wounded himself.
Harry X. Thaw will be tried on
Jan. 81 on charge Of the murder Of
Stanford White, according to an order
signed by Justice Newburger.
Deputy United States Marshals
Cray and Stevens ran across John Nc.
Claim and a man named Malone in Z
lonely house in the woods near Boko.
she, I. T., making counterfeit money.
McClain opened IRE upon Gray. and
was shot and killed by tho marshal.
The Japanese consul at Honolulu
says that the visiting squadron when
will arrive "a Honolulu III February
VIII not proceed to aane Franciscos q
osiginaIly intended. because 4 rrsps
fitioa pks the Maine disaster Ii feared
s,owing III ~ ali1eod sysfuwrou6ht o.,
litiel of s1sa1 slins. 1. Il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28

s Halifax II. ~ DEC. g. Ford was
sreeseiyed here pest rday from Port Dus
ffain, "a small coast town some, sixty
miles east OF this city, Of the destruc-
ton BY IRE OF the passenger steamer
sStrath coma ss 81
That! no lives were lost is due prin-
scipally to the herOiSm Of the engineers
and hremen. who stuck to their posts
until lE the steamer was beached and
every one Of the $50 passengers was
landed. +, ri 3S8
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
WEEKS HISTORY N RITollt
ALL THE NEWS THAT % WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
7EApERs.
Washington.


The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
have issued invitations for q dinner on
Friday, Jan. 4, which will be followed
by a musicale.
The senate committee on foreign
relations authorized favorable report
on the treaty extending the Red Cross
regulations concerning the. care OF
wounded soldiers on the field.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has postponed until Jan. the In
vestigation into the management and
control of the Union and Southern Pa
cific railroads Of the Hartman sys'
TEN.
Charles G. Washburn, Republican,
was elected representative in congress-
for the Third Massachusetts, district,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of lockwood Hoar, receiving 4,045 OF
The 4.628 votes cast.
The house committee on banking
and currency decided to make a favor.
able report on credit currency bill.
which is but slightly different from tho
measure advocated by the American
Bankers association.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, tho
German ambassador. has notified the
state department that the German
cruisers Panther and Bremen will visit
several Southern ports during Janu'
airy, February and March.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Man 10 Cut to Pieces.

Man 10 Cut to Pieces.
Minneapolis, Dec. 25.-Samuel Lind
berg, foreman in the 500 shops, was
cut to pieces by an engine in the yards
early yesterday morning. His body,
what there was left Of It, was not dis
covered until 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. For a distance OF block
parts Of his body were strewn along,
frozen solidly in the Ice. How or at
what time the accident happened is
not known. 4
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
PuRDy GOES TO TEXAS.
Assistant Attorney General Ordered to
Probe Brownsville Riots.

Probe Brownsville Riots.
Washington, Dec. Is. - President
Roosevelt evidently is much impressed
by the attitude of the senate towards
his course in discharging the recall
citrant negro battalion of the Twenty
fifth infantry. He has taken steps to
meet the senate in advance on the
points at issue. He will begin addi-
tional investigation on his own &C.
count, and to that end he decided to
send Assistant Attorney General Pur-
dy to Brownsville to investigate fully
and report upon facts from q legal
standpoint.
The president also made public the
old records relating to the dismissal
of the Sixtieth Ohio regiment in the
late days Of the Civil war, and about
which some question was raised in a
positive manner by Senator Foraker
in his speech on Thursday.
The question is asked in senatorial
circles whether the countryis to &C
cept these announcements as an ad-
mission on the part of President
Roosevelt that the case. he presented
to the senate and upon which he is
presumed to have based his action in
dismissing the soldiers was not as
strong as he feels it should now be
made through the cooperation of an
attorney of the department of justice.
The sending of Attorney General
Purdy to Brownsville at this time is re.
garded as rather remarkable.
Mr.. Purdy is a Minneapolis man
who has rendered excellent service in
the department of Justice.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
MINNESOTA MANS plssaIssAL
FROM OFFICE ,s BEING Dc s
n. MANpE1.
LAND FRAUDS ARE CHARGED
ACCUSED OF USING OFFICE FOR
PRIVATE oAlN-EkTERs a
DENIAL.

Washington, Dec. %. Strong ef-
forts are being made to secure the dis
missal from the public service Of Tams
Bixby of Minnesota, commissioner for
the five civilized tribes in Indian Ter
ritory. Marshall L. Mott, attorney for
the Creek nation, declares in a commu-
nication to the commissioner of In
dian affairs that there is strong cir
cumstantial evidence justifying the
conclusion that Mr.. Bixby has used his
public Office for private gain. William
Dudley Foulke. who was sent to the
territory to investigate charges Of al
legged frauds In connection with the
disposal of land of the Creek nation.
filed his report with the secretary Of
the interior yesterday. It is said that
the Foulke report seriously reflects
upon Mr.. Bixby's administration of the
affairs of the five civilized tribes.
confers With Chief.
/. Mr.. Bixby arrived here yesterday
and had conference with Secretary
Hitchcock. To-day Mr.. Bixby, in all
probability, will be confronted by his
accuser, Mr.. Mott. Mr.. Foulke, whose
report is said to uphold in measure
the allegations of Mr.. Mott, also will
be present. Interesting developments
are expected to follow. If Mr.. Bixby's
explanation of transactions in which
he is alleged to be involved is salts
factory, action in his case will be sus-
pended pending a further inquiry.
Mr.. Bixby emphatically denies that
there has been any irregularity in the
administration of his Office.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28

THIRTY !! $ SEVEN ARE INJURED
CAUSE or THE WRECK Is NOT
/. KNowN-co CORONER IS iNvEs
TIaATINe.

Enderlin, N. D., Dec. 25.-The worst
wreck ever known In this vicinity oc-
CURED early Sunday morning when
two trains on the 500 railroad crashed
together in the west end Of the railway
yards in this city. Eight men were
killed outright, one died later from
his injuries and thirty-seven persons
were seriously injured. All the dead
and most Of the injured persons were
in the smoking car. which was tele-
scoped by the baggage car. The smok-
ing car was crowded, and as the whis-
tie had just sounded for Enderlin,
most Of the passengers in the car
were standing when the crash came.
The dead and injured were piled in
heaps and the utmost confusion pre-
vailed. Only two passengerE in the
smoking car escaped injury. 4
Citizens Work All Night.
The accident was SO near the station
that no time was lost in beginning the
work of relief. Citizens worked all
night in removing the dead and in
jured from the wreckage. The little
hospital was quickly filled and the Ho-
tel Hilton was converted into an
emergency hospital, where the unfor-
Inmates were cared for. Physicians
were summoned from nearby towns to
assist in caring for the sufferers.
No explanation of the cause of the
collision can now be given. The cor
oner is holding an inquest and all
parties in any way connected with the
accident are being rigidly examined.
The dead have all been identified
and their bodies are now awaiting the
disposition of friends and relatives.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Foreign.

DR.. Kolle, bacteriorologist at Berne
university in Switzerland. claims to
have discovered a serum that cures
cerebro-spinal meningitis.
1t has been officially announced that
Enrique Creel, governor of the state
of Chihuahua, has been appointed
Mexican ambassador to the United
States.
The famine in Kiangsu, China, is
growing worse. According to reliable
reports received here 100000 destitute
persons are encamped at Trinkiansu
and many have arrived at Hawking.
Although it is stated in highest Of
fetal quarters in London that the Sc
lection Of an ambassador to Washing
ton is not yet quite settled, little doubt
remains that James Bryce will be
uamed for the position.
Raisuli, the bandit chief, has indulg
. ed in open threats against the French
and Sanish residents of Morocco. He
is quoted as having declared that he
will not tolerate the presence of for.
eign warships at Tangier.
A general strike has been proclaim
ed in all ports in Italy, and serious in
jury to commerce is beginning to re-
suit. This general movement is an
outcome of the recent strike on the
part Of men employed on Trans-Atlan-
tic steamers, which began at Naples
and Genoa.
The emperor Of Japan has commuAi
Gated to Ambassador Mccormick al
Paris his desire to decorate him as q
mark Of appreciation of the ambassa-
doris services while ambassador at St.
Petersburg in protecting Japanese
property and interests during tho
Rnsso-Japanese war.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
PARLIAMENT is PRoRoauED.

Unusual Bitterness 10 Felt Over Educa.
tlon Bills Defeat. 5
London, Dec. 23The cabinet held a
special session yesterday preliminary
to the propagation Of parliament for
the holidays. The session will be re.
sumed the middle Of February. 4
Unusual bitterness exists In parlia
mentary circles over the severe blow
which the cabinet sustained IN the. de.
feat Of the education bill. which was
the principal feature Of its. program.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
COAL RECEIPTS HEAVY.

Record Broken This Season at the
Head Of the Lakes.
Superior, Wis, Dec. 25.-During the
season just passed the coal docks at
the Head of the Lakes received 6,134,.
S67 tons of coal. sOf this amount Su-
perior received 4,563,S67 tons and Du.
luth 1,571,0 900. This breaks all pre-.
vious records for coal receipts at the
Head of the Lakes. The best record
before this was in 1908. when 4,219,211
tons were received.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
NEGRO F'END IS HANGED BY MOB

Rope and Bullets End Life Of Confess
ed AssauIter Of Woman.
Annapolis, Md, Dec. %. - A mob
numbering twenty-five or thirty men
broke down the door of the Annapolis
Jail early yesterday, took out Henry
Davis. negro, who last Friday crimi-
nally assaulted Mrs. John Reid
(white9 near Iglehart's, station, and
lynched him. Davis confessed his
guilt.
Little or no resistance was offered
to the mob by the officers at the jail,
and none whatever by the prisoner.
The negro was dragged to vacant
lot, strung up to limb Of q tree and
half a dozen bullets fred into him. He
is thought to have died instantly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Denies Forgery.

Billings. Mont, Dec. %. d. G.
Jones, an employee OF Yegen Bros, was
arrested last night on q charge Of pass
Ing forged check. Jones claims that
he secured the check from another
man and denies committing the for
gerry. 4 I; Sc 2.s ;l
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28
Starved 70 Death.

Butte, Mont, Dec. IS. Matthew
Samuel died here Of starvation. He
applied to the city jail for lodgings
and was given cell. As the man APP
pesred i'll q physician was summoned
who, upon examination, found that the
man literally was starving to death. /, 4