The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

School was In session, but none Of thu
pupils were killed, though several were
rendered unconscious. }5
| 4s Criminal.
Representative Williamson Of Ore
| gon, convicted Of land frauds, hae
filed an appeal to the federal supreme
court. 4
Bandits at Centerville, Mont, sue
ceeded in securing $1i8 from the Mul
Inns house bar after they had beaten
and seriously injured one of the men
In the place.
John Holstein of Muscatine, Iowa
shot his daughter Bessie because she
was keeping company with a man he
did not like. He then shot himself
Both will die.
The trial of the Chicago packing
companies, under indictment on a
charge of being combinations In re.
straint of trade and commerce has
been continued until Nov. 10.
Seven local agents of the National
Life and Accident Insurance Company
Of Nashville, Tenn, were arrested,
charged with 1ebating premiums and
discriminating between policyholders.
Lee Bailey and Charles Dugan, be-
tween whom a feud is said to have
existed for some time, met in saloon
at Norfolk, Neb., and engaged in a
pistol duel. Bailey was instantly
i:illed and Dugan cannot survive.
After drinking to excess for several
days, Robert w. Storey of Queen Mine
location, near Marquette, Mich, COM
mitted suicide by taking paris green.
After eating one and one-half boxes
of the poison the man drank a quart
of whiskey.
John Beer, colored, alias Charles
Thorne, who two years ago was con-
victed at Wilmington, Del, of the
murder OF George d. Farra in Deem
Der, 1897, and was sentenced to hang,
has been pardoned by Gov. Lea on the
recommendation Of the pardon board.
AS a result of a white man striking
negro girl with a whip a race riot
broke out at the fair grounds at
Princeton, Ind. Scores of white and
colored people participated, and two
negroes were injured. The negroes
were driven from the grounds. TWEEN.
ty on both sides were arrested.
Francis Curtin, seventeen years old,
the alleged murderer Of Robert Jar
dine Of Hartford, Conn.,, was arrested
at the home Of his aunt, Mrs. John
Griffin, in Manchester. Curtin is said
to have lost his temper during dis
pute over baseball game and to have
cut Jardine's throat with razor.
Announcement is made that Charles
A. Lynch, financial secretary Of Local
Council No. 84S. Brotherhood of Paint
ers, Decorators and Paperhangers Of
America Of New York, has disappear
ed, and that an examination Of his
books has revealed a deficiency Of
probably several thousand dollars.
After quarreling with his wife TO,
time, Freling Walter, a one.legged
man Of st. Louis, ended the argument
by beating her senseless with ham,
mer, choking her until she was nearly
dead, and then cut his own throat with
a razor. He died two hours later at
the city hospital. The woman will re.
cover.
John G. Backus, assistant superin.
tendent of the Central Illinois Trac-
ton company, committed suicide at
Nation, ILL.,, by shooting, following
the verdict Of a coroner's jury fixing
the blame for the wreck on the road
a few days ago, in which the motor
man was killed and several passen.
gers severely injured.
Otherwise. -.-7
Although he never took a bath,
Aaron Williams lived to be eighty
years old. He died recently at Goshen,
Ind.
Burlington railway engineers are
talking Of a strike because of the
stringent new eyesight test prescribed
by the company. g.N
An earthquake shock lasting two or