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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
Casualty.

A six-story building, one of the larg
est in Troy, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $150,O0O.
One trainman, Patrick Farrell, was
killed and two seriously injured in a
rear-end collision near Gates, Pa.
Ray Wyatt's left hand was torn off
while he was operating corn shelter
at the Kelsden farm at Vorhies, Iowa.
The two little daughters of Adolph
Cagason of Dixie, Iowa, were burned
to death. The parents had left the
children alone.
J. J. Moore, millionaire shipping
and commission merchant of Los An
geles, was kicked by horse and suf-
fered injuries which may prove fatal.
Cattlemen from the Sand Hill coun.
try of Northwestern Nebraska, where
live stock is the chief industry, say
that heavy losses have been sustained
because of the l0ng-continued, severe
weather.
A rise of several degrees in tempera
ture following an average snowfall of
two or three inches in the Willamette
valley in Oregon, and perhaps az many
feet in the foothills. has caused floods
in all the streams on the Willamette
watershed.
An explosion Of molten metal which
was accide ntally overturned into 4
I pool Of cold water ct the plant Of the
Illinois Steel company IN Chicago in.
jured I'VE workmen, two Of them e,
tally, wrecked two Of the smeltsfs and
partly 6smOliahsd5 four others, causine
eloes . 91ee, Ooo. a,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
Criminal.

George Wiley. for the past four
years treasurer of Contra Costa coun'
ty, CAL, shot and killed himself at his
home.
In a drunken brawl at Ames, Iowa.
Ross Fay was seriously knitted about
the head and face. Worley Hardesty,
released recently from the Fort Mad
ison penitentiary, is under arrest
charged with the cutting.
The bodies Of Mrs. Frank Smeck and
her two children were found with their
threats cut in the home of Mrs. Smeck
at Centropolis, Kan. 1t is not known
whether it was a case of murder and
suicide or of triple murder.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Judge David Martin and his son, Mil.
ton Martin, as they rode along the
highway in Knott county, KY, by men
concealed in the underbrush. Milton
Martin was shot twice and seriously
wounded, while Judge Martin was in
iured by heavy stones which were
thrown at him. There is no clue to
their assailants.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
Of thar Kirlhood 1t sixtssn Year, "

Of thar Eirlhood q sixtssn Year, y
age. s34s 81 5S isS v. T. VIZ d
Ruined ~ White: III
It was the story Of her meeting with
Stanford White, the story Of I the
sumptuous studio apartment, to- which
she had been enticed By the carefully
planned strategem Of her betrayer--
the story Of a glass Of champagne, Of
black, whirling sensations and Of mil.
rored bedroom walls. In short, she
told all the story Of how her ruin was
accomplished.
Don't scream: 1t is all over; 81 Il
all right"
"And this was Stanford White?"
The question came from Dolphin M.
Delmas, now conducting the defense Of
Harry Thaw. i
Eyes. sir"
Harry Thaw Weeps.
The stiffness of the great crowd waa
it's tribute to the effect of the girls
story. Into the narrative there entered
nothing of the woman of the world.
Thaw, with his head buried in his
hands, a handkerchief covering the
eyes, bent over the table as he sobbed.
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand.
her direct examination uncompleted
when the day was done.
Letters Introduced.
Once during the afternoon she was
excused for an hour while Lawyer
Frederick Longfellow was sworn to
fix the date Of certain letters written
to him by Harry Thaw subsequent to
the revelations Miss Nesbit had made
to him in Paris.
The letters which eventually were
offered in evidence after much object
ing by Mr.. Jerome are regarded as cor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
is sNATcHED FROM DEATH.

Ohio Woman Supposed to Be Dead Is,
Revived and May Recover.
Bellefontaine, Ohio, Feb. 13.-Clos-
ing the eyes of Mrs. Nettie Stanley
and leaving her for dead, as they be-
lieved, the relatives who had stood
about the bedside went to notify other
friends of her death and summoned an
undertaken. A neighbor was called in
to prepare the body for the eaabaiming
and thought she detected signs of life.
and after using heroic treatment sue
ceeded in restoring respiration, and
soon Mrs. Stanley had returned to con-
seriousness. The physician who was
summoned says that in spite Of her six
ty-five years and long illness from Il
complication of troubles, he believes
now she will recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
General,

Mrs. Russell Sage has given $1,000.
600 to the Rensselaer, Polytechnic in
stitute OF New York.
More than 1000 pounds of oleomar.
garine has been seized at st. Louis by
internal revenue officers.
The Arizona legislature has passed
bill repeating the statute permitting
the licensing of gambling in Arizona
Ernest r. Krause, one of the
wealthiest men of Cleveland, died sud.
denly, following stroke of apoplexy.
P. w. F. Herwig, the New Orleans
millionaire who died a few days ago,
left more than s1,O0O,OO0 to his friend,
Martin H. Sullivan, a wealthy lumber.
man of Pensacola.
Title to mines in the Fessenden dis.
trict of Nevada, said to be worth many
millions of dollars, has been won by
Joseph de Lamar, through a decision
rendered by Superior Judge Seawell.
The logging camps of the Big Black
loot Milling company in Montana have
been compelled to shut down on &C.
count of the deep snow. There is
more than four feet of snow on the
| level in the woods.
William E. Cook of independence,
| Iowa, has been signally honored by
Pope Plus, who has consented to give
the painter sittings for portrait. Mr..
Cook will be the first American to
paint a picture of his holiness.
The second annual mosquito cam
paign, the object Of which is to pre-.
vent an outbreak Of yellow fever in
New Orleans, has begun and will con
tinue until next November. Two hun.
dred men are employed in spraying
cisterns.
A freight train was held up at For.
aker, Okla, and party of determined
men unloaded all the coal into vehi.
cles. The residents Of Foraker had
been without coal for weeks.
Tommy Ryan knocked out Dave Bar.
~ in the nth round Of q scheduled
twenty-round fight before the Whiting.
ton Athletic club at Hot Springs, Arb.
Barry was outclassed at all stages. 81
Sweden has decided to send the new
armored cruiser Fylgia to represent
her ct the naval review to be held q
Hampton Roads on the OCCASION Of ths
vopening of IL Janasstow sxposatioa
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
BIG SCANDAL is PROMISED.
Controller GIynn Of New York Reports
Chance for Stealing Millions.

Controller GIynn Of New York Reports
Chance for Stealing Millions.
Albany, N. Y, Feb. 12.-Facts which
are likely to develop one of the most
sensational scandals in the states his.
tory were made public yesterday by
the new controller, Martin H. Glynn.
1t is shown that millions of dollars
worth of stock transfer stamps were
kept unguarded in a storeroom in
Green street.
That over $5.000,000 worth of stamps
were burned at different places. the
only proof of their destruction being
the unsupported statement of $4,000
a year clerk.
That no count was made of the
stamps destroyed to estimate whether
any were stolen.
That sheets upon which stamps first
issued were printed do not tally with
sheets that remain.
That the clerk was the only person
who had access to the safety deposit
vaults where all the printed stamps
were supposed to be kept, and that he
could freely enter the bank at any
time during the night.
That the paper used was kept in an
ordinary vault in the Office of the
printer VINO has the contract to print
the stamps.
The controller in statement says:
These stamps are practically cash,
and feel it my duty to make the facts
public SO that should it turn out that
any of those stamps supposed to have
been destroyed have escaped from the
, custody of the controller, my own
skirts would be clean.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
People Talked About.

Isabelle Urquhart, the actress, died
In hospital at Rochester, N. Y.
Prof. Limtri Ivanovitch Deleef, the
celebrated chemist, died at St. Peters
burg.
J. Worden one of the first political
bosses in Kansas, died at Lawrence
Kan.
Mary s. Anthony, sister and life
long co-worker of Susan B. Anthony
died in Rochester, N. Y.
Congressman w. H. Flack of New
York died at his home at Malone, N
Y, after long illness.
John McRae, an extensive operator
in Northern Michigan, died from
heart failure at Marquette.
Charles Marvin, one of the most ia
nous drivers and trainers in America
died in a hospital at Lexington, Ky.
Rev. Father William Gibbons, one
of the best known members of the
Marist order in Louisiana, died in New
Orleans.
Judge Edward Lander, the first CHIEF
justice of the territory Of Washing
ton and a veteran of the Mexican
war, died in Washington.
David P. Rhoades, one of the foun
ders of the New York Tribune and as
sistant of Horace Greedy, died at his
home in Stratford, Conn, aged eighty
four.
James H. Palmer, manager of the
"Virginian" company. and Miss Elean
or Wilton. who takes the part of Mrs
Hewie in the play. were married ir
Denver.
Arthur P. McKellop, compiler OF
Greek laws and one of the signers OF
many important Indian treaties with
the federal government, died at Mus
kogee, I. 7.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15

PATRIOTISM IS APPEALED TO
ROOSEVELT SAYS SITUATION ls
GRAVE AND MUST BE
SETTLED.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Exclusion OF
Japanese from the United States that
will exclude is the demand which was
made of President Roosevelt by Mayor
Schmitz and members of the San
Francisco board of education during q
conference at the White House Satur-
day afternoon, when the Japanese sit
nation was discussed.
The Californians want treaty pro-
vision for the exclusion of the Japa-
nese and law enacted by congress to
carry out the terms of the treaty. They
want an appropriation so as to enable
the government to provide inspectors
to detect Japanese in this country in
violation of the law and all the ma.
chinery for the administration of the
law. They also demand the deporta.
ton of Japanese who come here in VIC
lation of the law which they propose.
Appeal to Patriotism.
President Roosevelt stated that he
could not agree to such proposition,
as he is unable to promise that con.
the Californians.
President Roosevelt impressed it
upon his visitors that the situation is
grave and must be settled. War with
Japan will result ultimately, he said,
unless solution is reached. He urged
the hoard of education to recede from
it's decision to provide separate
schools for the Japanese, and made an
appeal to their patriotism.
San Franciscans Have Policy.
Mayor Schmitz and the members OF
the San Francisco school board were
in conference twice yesterday and for.
mally agreed on the policy they will
pursue in connection with the question
of the Japanese and the San Francisco
schools. The mayor and members Of
the board have refused to make any
statements as to what position they
will take when they call at the White
House to-day to confer with President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
roborative of Mrs. Thaw's testimony,

roborative of Mrs. Thaw's testimony,
They also were offered as tending to
show the state of mind of the de-
PENDANT just after he had heard from
her own lips the story of the girl he
loved and her relations with the man
it is claimed he killed as a result OF
insanity inherited in part and induced
by stress of circumstances.
Fridays Proceedings.
New York, Feb. 10. - Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw again yesterday was the central
figure at her husbands trial.
Picking up the threads of her Nfe'A
story where she had dropped them the
evening before, she brought the nara
tive down to her wedding in Pittsburg
on April 4, 1905, and their return to
New York following honeymoon trip
in the West. She declared she had
heard White call to her on the street
once after this, and that on another
occasion he had followed her in a cab
White Tried to Kiss Her.
| Mrs. Thaw declared yesterday that
Stanford White, during the year which
followed her experience in the room OF
the mirrored walls, repeatedly sought
to have her visit him alone, and on
one occasion had attempted to kiss
her.
! Il told Harry" she said, that Mr.
White had begged me, had pleaded and
cried and scolded and done everything
he could to make me come to see him
alone. I refused and told Mr.. White
did not care to trust him.
After her return from Europe and
| during the months she would not see
Harry Thaw, because of the dreadful
things Mr.. White and his friends told
about him." she declared Thaw &C
cused her Of improper relations witt
the architect. .a
Il told him It was a lie and that |
had not" she testified.
The defense had Mrs.. Thaw tell o.
another incident which has been citet
in her life her acquaintaAce Will
Jack" Barrymore. the actor.
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sane: that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw passed
a note to her husband during dinner at
the Cafe Martin on the evening of the
tragedy; that District Attorney Je-
rome has this note, and refused, on
the demand Of the defense, to intro
duce it in evidence. b i.
Threatened Thaw's Life.
The threat against Thaw's life was
made two years and a half before the
tragedy occurred. District Attorney
Jerome objected to the introduction of
the evidence, declaring the defense
was not understood by him to be one
of self-defense.
Mr.. Delmas replied that the defense
intended to take advantage of every
legal defense allowed in the State OF
New York, be it insanity, self-defense
or any other legitimate justification of
the taking of human life.
Thursdays Proceedings.
New York. Feb. 8. - Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw told her story yesterday. To
save the life of her husband, charged
with murder, she barred to the world
the innermost secrets of her soul. 1t
was the same story she told Harry
Thaw in Paris in 1908, when he had
asked her to become his wife-the con-
fession of one who fell. There was an
insurmountable barrier to her ever
becoming the bride of the man she
loved
In the big witness chair she appear
ed but slip of girl, and she told the
pitiful story of her eventful young life
in frank, girlish way.
Sad Story Of Her Life.
AS the young wife unfolded the mar
fative of her girlhood and told the ear
~ struggles of herself and her mother
to keep body and soul together; OF
how she finally was able to earn
livelihood by posing for photographers
and artists, she won the murmured
sympathy Of the throng which filled
every available space In the big court
| room.
Then came the relation Of the wreck
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
YRS. Evelyn THANI
TELLS Her STORY
10 Save HER HUSBAND sac
LAYS BARE ,uMERMosT Sc,
cRETs OF HER SOUL.
SLACK IR{ACHtRY OF WHITE
TELLS STORY OF HOW DEAD MAN
PLANNED TO WRECK HER
YOUNG LIFE.
SLACK IR[AChfRY OF WHITE

New York, Feb. 8.-The defense of
Harry K. Thaw under the direction of
Attorney Dolphin M. Delmas Of Cali,
fornia began to assume definite shape
yesterday, and when an adjournment
was taken testimony had been placed
before the jury to the effect that Stan
ford White had been heard to make a
threat to kill the notwithstanding
the threat with the display of a re-
volver; that Thaw's actions following
the killing Of White on the roof OF
Madison Square Garden was consider
ed by several eye-witnesses
To Have Been "lrrational;"
that an uncle of the defendant was in
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
RABIES AFFECT SHEEP.

Disease Is Prevalent in Many Western
Wisconsin FIocks.
La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 13.-Rabies is
epidemic among the sheep Of Western
Wisconsin according to report Of DR..
Henry Roome, representative of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, who is making an investigation
One flock of eighty sheep was con-
demned and killed, and it is feared the
disease has spread among other hocks
Stringent measures will be taken to.
stamp out the epidemic.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
DULUTH BUILDING SITE.
Bill Authorizes Acquisition of Another
Tract of Land.

Tract Of Land.
Washington, Feb. 10. - Representa-
tive Bartholdt, chairman of the house
committee on buildings and grounds.
introduced an omnibus public building
bill yesterday, which carries no ap-
preparations, but authorizes several
changes in the use of appropriations
already made. The secretary of the
treasury is authorized to accept as a
donation strip of ground between the
postoffice site and the, river at Des-
Moines. The bill also authorizes him
to make an addition to the Duluth fed
eral building and acquire new federal
building site there, using appropria-
tions already made for the acquisition
of additional ground for the present
site.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
Loses All Hi.8Toes.

Minot. ND. Feb. Il. While he was,
hauling hay on his farm fifteen miles
north Of Anamoose, Valentine Vollan's
feet we're frozen. He was brought to
the hospital at Minot for treatment,
and All Of his toes were amputated.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
CABINET CRISIS in HOLLAND.

Efforts to Decrease Army Burden Are
Vigorously Opposed.
The Hague, Feb. 13. The rejection
last Saturday Of the first chamber OF
the states general Of the war budget,
because of the abolition by the minis
ter Of war, Gen staal, Of the long serv-
ice term for the militia. will lead to q
cabinet crisis, the council yesterday
having decided collectively to resign.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tPITOMf
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Washington.

The senate has passed a bill increas.
Ing the pension of survivors of the II
dian wars from So to $40 month. The
committee report says that there are
now 5000 survivors of these wars.
President Roosevelt proposes to
visit Alaska on hunting trip after his
presidential term expires. He ex-
pressed this desire to Robert w. Wi
ley, who has spent seventeen years in
that country. .-,'
A bill has been favorably reported
to the house providing that 10 cents
worth Of postage stamps may be used
instead Of the special delivery stamp,
providing the words special delivery
be written on the letter.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-02-15
NINE DIE in STORM.
Fatalities and Suffering IN Canadian
Northwest.

fat2lltteS ana SuHerin9 ~ Sdndutan
Northwest.
Winnipeg, Feb. IL. IN Details of the
tragic side of the recent billiards.
which swept the Canadian Northwest
are just beginning to come in, and as
far as they have been received they
give promise of a longer list Of dead
and more intense suffering than have
been known in this part Of the country
for many years. Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta ell contribute to the
list, and the authenticated reports that
came In yesterday alone include q list
of nine dead, six Of them being in one
family, and five cases Of serious freez
Ing. ST. II s5 Al 3ss NJ 5s ss5
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-21
WALK MANY MILES
TO THE SEA COAST
Perry Hardman and Companion
Take Long Tramp Through
the .Skeeter Land"

The Philadelphia inquirer CON
tained the following article in a
recent issue concerning an adventure
of Clarksburg boy and compan-
ion:
Leon w. Veteran, of Tamaqua,
Pa, and Perry w. Hardman, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, youths attend
ing local college, walked from
Camden to Atlantic City. 60 miles,
making rate of nearly three and a
half miles per hour for the whore
distance. They left Camden at 5:37
Friday and reached Atlantic City at
1880 on Sunday morning"
Writing home about the journey,
Mr. Hardman says he and his com
panion had jolly time on the way
through .skeeter land" and a num-
ber of interesting incidents helped
to enliven the trip. On arriving IN
Atlantic City they met a number of
Clarksburg persons who are spending
vacations there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-21
KEY RING TAG WAY LEAD
TO IDENTITY or SUICIDE
1t Bears the Name and Address OF
c. w. Pierson, of Summers
vile, This State.
SEND TELEGRAM 20 sHERIFF.
Deputy Sheriff Knox Finds Clue
That May Solve Mystery of
Unknown Body.

The finding of key ring with a
tag attached may lead to the identi-
fcation of the unknown suicide
whose purifying body was found
hanging from a tree in a clump of
trees and bushes below hill at the
foot of East Main street Tuesday
morning.
Deputy Sheriff John NJ. Knox and
Robert Shutleworth went Wednes-
day morning to the point where the
body was found hanging and after e
short search found key ring, which
had an address tag but no keys on
It, When the handkerchiefs were
taken out of his pocket Tuesday
morning something rolled down IN
the weeds and underbrush and could
not then be found. 1t is now sup
posed it was the key ring. The ad-
dress on the tag reads:
'Tf found return to G. W. Pierson,
summersville, w. Va, and receive
reward"
After consulting Acting Coroner
NJ. S. Riley a telegraphic message
was sent to the sheriff of Nicholas
county inquiring as to whether Pier
son is missing and telling about the
suicide and find here.
G. H. Fire. of 10S West Main
street, believes that the body of the
suicide may be that of B. F. Rankin,
of Hoboken, N. J., who worked at
the West Fork glass factory for
some time and when it closed down
for the warm weather and at other
times. he had been in the habit of
making journeys from town to town.
The fact that the suicides coat had
the label of a Hoboken cIothier up
on it leads Mr.. Fife to believe that
the body may possibly be that of
Rankin. Rankin left Clarksburg
on one of his tours a short time ago
when the West Fork glass factory
closed down for the summer vaca-
tion. His age, weight and height
correspond to that OF the suicide.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-21
YOUNG FOLK
RUN AWAY
John Smith, Jr., and Miss Mildred
kirkpatrick Are Married
in Oakland.

Mr.. John B. Smith, Jr, and Miss
Mildred Kirkpatrick. both of the city,
we're married in Oakland, Md, at
$3.50 o'clock Tuesday monring. The
ceremony was performed in the
Frantz hotel par1or by the Rev.
Edmund Manages, pastor of the Luth-
eran church at Oakland, in the pres
ence Of Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. Maloney,
OF Grafton, who accompanied the
young couple to Oakland.
Romance attaches to the wedding
of quite an interesting nature. Mr..
Smith very obligingly and gaIlantly
and affectionately saw his father and
mother. DIR. and Mrs. ]. B. Smith,
and sister, Miss Ionia, off on No. 4
Monday night for the jamestown ex-
position. They were not apprised of
his intentions and he was quite in
nocent, keeping the secret well.
During the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Harris and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Harris entertained Mr.. Smith and
Miss kirkpatrick at their home on
West Main street in honor of the
approaching event, they having been
taken into the confidence of the
young couple, and Tuesday morning
Mr.. Smith and Miss Kirkpatrick left
on No. for Oakland and were joined
at Grafton by Mr.. and Mrs. Maloney.
The party then proceeded to Oakland
and the young couple were married
as stated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith intended to 90
to Cumberland after the ceremony
but changed their minds. They re-
turned to Grafton, where they had
dinner. and arrived home at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
The brides mother, Mrs. L. Kirk
patrick, at 614 Mulberry street. did
not know of their wedding until
their return. At first she could
scarcely believe they were married,
but becoming convinced bestowed tho
usual parental blessing. and the
young couple Immediately went to
housekeeping at the home of the
bridegroom's parents. where they
will greet DR.. and Mrs. Smih and
Miss Ionia on their return from the
exposition.