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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
]. P. MORGAN At
THE WHITE HOUSE
FlNANclER CALLS ON sPREsl.
DENT AFTER CONSULTING
WITH coRTELYoU.
coR1tlyou CUTS RED 1AP i
=
TO PLACE PROCEEDS OF SALE
OF CERTIFICATES At DlsPo. :
SAL OF BANKS.
CoRTtlYoU CUTS RED TAPE

Washington, Nov. pa. Pierpont
Morgan and George F. Baker, the
president of the First National bank
of New York city, arrived here yes
terday for conference with Secre-
tary Cortelyou. At 10 o'clock last
night Messrs. Morgan and Baker, ac-
companied by Assistant Secretary of
State Robert Bacon, went to the
White House to see the president by
appointment. The object of the visit
was not divulged, but it was believed
to be in relation to the financial sit
uation. Upon leaving the White
House, after having been with the
president an hour and half, Mr.. Nor
gan said that financial conditions in
New York were reassuring.
Situation Satisfactory.
He said that everything possible
was being done to relieve the money
stringency and that the situation was
satisfactory.
Mr.. Morgan said also that his object
in coming to Washington was to see
Secretary Cortelyou in furtherance of
the conference he had with the secre-
tary in New York last week, at which
time means were discussed for the
further relief of the situation.
He saw Secretary Cortelyou before
going to the White House and called
on President Roosevelt last night to
pay his respects.
An important announcement of pol.
icy was made by Secretary Cortelyou
yesterday in regard to the allotment
of the new one-year treasury certifi-
Gates, which indicate that the secre.
tary is prepared. to cut red tape as
, far as possible and place the pro-
ceeds Of the sale of the certificates
promptly at the disposal of the money
market. He proposes to return to
national banks subscribing for the GER
ticates as a. deposit of public money
Is per cent of the cash paid for them.
The remaining Is per cent will go fof
the time being to strengthen the cash
balance of the treasury.
Get New Circulation, 49,
The banks surrendering this rs per
cent will not. however, suffer a -reduc.
ton In their supply Of currency, for
they will be entitled to receive the par
value of the certificates purchased in
new bank note circulation. In order
to make this transaction immediate:
1y effective. the treasury will retain
the certificates purchased by each
bank, if 1t desires that they be depos.
tied with the United States treasury
as security for circulation and will
ship the notes at once.
Secretary Cortetyou is studying
the applications for certificates care
fully in order to make the allotments
in the manner which will be most
beneficial to the monetary situation.
The secretary continued to receive
calls yesterday from prominent bank.
ers and letters from various points in
regard to the new issues.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
NAVAL LIEUTENANT Is sUNclpE
Secretary to Admiral Dewey browns
Himself.

Himself.
Washington, Nov. 24.-Lieut. John
w. Crawford, secretary to Admiral
Dewey, has disappeared, and it is be.
lieved he has committed suicide. Yes
terday Bennett A. Allen, friend Of
the missing man, received a special
delivery letter from Lieut.. Crawford,
in which it was stated that he had de-.
termined to commit suicide and re-
questing Mr.. Allen to break the news
to Mrs. Crawford as gently as posi-.
BILE.
A police alarm was sent out and
late last evening Lieut.. Crawford's
hat and coat were found on the deck
of ferryboat plying between Wash.
ington and Alexandra.
To financial difficulties Lieut.. Craw.'
ford's resolve to end his life is attrib.
utable, his friend say.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
People Talked About.

J. g. Blake was found dead in bed at
Cedar Falls, Iowa, from uremic poi
soning.
Moncure D. Conway, the distin
guished American author, is dead in
Paris. His death was sudden and I'm.
expected.
Col. John S. Cooper, for many years
a prominent attorney of Chicago, is
dead. He made brilliant record in
the Civil war and was one of the or
ganizers of the Minnesota National
park.
William F. Shiebler, who received
the first message over the Atlantic
cable, sent to President Buchanan by
Queen Victoria, died in Brooklyn. He
also received the message from the
front announcing the fall of Richmond
at the close of the Civil war. Mr..
Shiebler was sixty-f1ve years old.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
Is MURDERED BY HIS BRIDE.
Wealthy New Yorker Killed As He
Lay Asleep.

Lay Asleep.
New York, Nov. ga strange dou-
BILE tragedy, which for time baffed
solution, happened early Saturday,
when Nicholas Smith, a wealthy New
York manufacturer, was shot and kill
ed by his bride of six months, Mrs.
Grace Van Schaick Smith. After fir
ing bullet into her husbands brain
as he lay asleep, she set fire to their
house in New Rochelle and then sent
a bullet into her own heart
,Nremen- eextinguishe the flames
and saved the lives of two women
servants, who. frightened by the shoot.
ing, had locked themselves in their
rooms.
After an examination Of witnesses
Coroner Squire decided that Mrs.
Smith had killed her husband and
then taken her own life. It is be.
lieyed that the woman became sudden.
" insane.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK N fPTOMf
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

The first Gloss Of cadets at the
military academy probably will be
graduated in January, five months
earlier than the ordinary date Of
graduation. The class this year mum.
bers 10 men, and these men are need
ed It is understood, because Of the
many vacancies in the list Of com.
handing officers Of the army.
Shipping circles interested in the
progress Of work on river and harbol
Improvements are lodging petitions
with the war department against the
retirement Of officers identified with
that class of work and who are up be
fore the general retiring board be
cause they did not take the efficiency
horseback ride directed by President
Roosevelt.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
PREPARE LONG QUESTION.
Hypothetical Question in Bradley
Case Makes $4,000 Words.

Case Makes $4,000 Words.
Washington, Nov. 24.-The criminal
court in which Mrs. Annie M. Bradley
is being tried on the charge Of muir.
dering Former United States Senator
Brown of Utah will hold no session
to-day. When court adjourned yes.
terday the defense had practically
completed it's presentation of proof,
very little remaining except the testi-
mony of experts who will be intro.
tuced for the purpose of showing
that when Mrs. Bradley shot Senator
Brown she was insane. Several emf.
nent alienists volunteered for this
service, and it is now understood
that they will be called early next
week. The hypothetical question
which will be submitted to them has
been prepared. It contains 10000
words
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
PORTUGAL ON VERGE OF CRISIS

Antt-Dynastic Agitation Becomes
Greater-Lisbon Under Martial Law.
Madrid, Nov. 26.-Uncensored mail
advices from Portugal indicate that
the anti-dynastic agitation is growing
and that crisis seems imminent. The
Liberal says it has received conflrma-
ton of the report of the Punishment
Of the crown prince of Portugal, Louis
Philippe, to the Villa Vicosa, where
one of the royal residents is situated
in a forest fifteen miles in circumfer-
ence and walled in.
Row in the Palace.
The paper says the princes Danish
ment followed a tempestuous scene
between Louis Philippe and his father,
in which the former demanded that
King Charles either change his policy
or abdicate.
Prince Louis declared the dictator
ship regime is turning Portugal into
a hotbed of republicans and anarch-
lists, and endangering the monarchy.
The incident has caused a great SEN
esation. The crown prince is said to
be under the influence of the Conserv.
atives, who advocate the abdication Of
King Carlos in favor of his son.
Ell Monde declares it. is rumored in
political. circles that the Portuguese
navy has mutinied, but adds that it is
unable to confirm this report.
Under Martial Law.
Lisbon, Nov. 26. - The leaders Of
the two. monarchist parliamentary
groups opposed to the dictatorship Of
Premier Franco met last night and se.
cretly debated on q course Of action.
The city Of Lisbon Is now practical
ly under martial law: The censorship
over telegraphic dispatches is strict.
Much dissatisfaction Is reported to
exist among the officers Of the Portu.
guese army. Three generals are known
to have been relieved Of their com
mands. According to report some 300
political prisoners were placed on
board . cruiser, which left this port
Immediately afterwards. Another YER
sion Of the rumor is that the oficers
Of the cruiser we're disafected. Re.
bellion 4 said to be rampant In the
navy. II j354, ;. SIS,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
sANkHEAp WILL RECOVER.

Alabama Senator Now Declared to 20
Out Of Danger.
Montgomery, Ala. Noy. PA mes
sage from Fayetteville says that
United States Senator ]. H. Bankhead
has passed the crisis in his illness.
and attending physicians think he IL
now out Of danger and will rapidly re-.
cover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
MURDERED At a DANCE i }.

Man Assaulted During Quarrel 10
Dead and an Arrest % Made.
La Crosse, Wis, Nov. "a. As the
result Of murderous quarrel at a
dance at the Frank Colvin home on
Yellow river. In the neighborhood of
the old Manchester mill. near Lansing,
Alden Bealls Is dead and Joseph Ey-
ans 10 under arrest charged with muir
der. The fight resulted from the free
distribution Of nquor. and the men, It
g alleged. got into q quarrel over !
tIihing matter. M
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
Grimes and Criminals.


Worry over the financial situation
caused Oscar Nelson, a wealthy bust
ness man Of Rockford. ILL.,, to commit
suicide by inhaling Illuminating gas
at his home.
Two policemen were injured by
bricks, five men were arrested and a
number of persons dubbed as the re.
suit Of riotous demonstration made
by striking street car employees and
their friends at Louisville.
DR.. Charles G. Kahler, who conduct,
ed saloon Of chiropody, committed
suicide in New York by Sitting his
throat with one of the razor.like in.
struments he used in his business.
Illness is said to have resulted in de.
spondency.
Mrs. Erosa Lindsille, wife Of pa,
trolman of Chicago and devotee Of
spiritualism, shot herself in the tenn,
pie. She had told several friends of
late that voices from the spirit world
had told her to join them. Dostors
say the wound may not prove fatal.
]. H. Fowlkes, a Donothan farmer,
was murdered and robbed Of $1,000 in
an Iron Mountain box car on a siding
at Poplar Bluffs, Mo. His head was
beaten to a pulp and the car, in which
his household goods were being
moved from Donothan to Newberne
Tenn, was set on fire.
Mrs. Ruth McCracken, who lived in
fashionable residence on Connecti
cut avenue in Wasffng ton and who, II
is alleged, secured goods from Wash
ington merchants amounting to $12,
900 by false pretenses and then dis
appeared, was arrested in Baltimore,
together with her two daughters and
a son.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
From Other Shores.

The police Of Guayaquil, Ecuador,
arrested several persons suspected Of
plotting against the government.
A dispatch from Ta1boku, Island Of
Formosa, says that band Of outlaws
belonging to the Aipou tribe attacked
the government offices and killed ten
persons. The rebels were dispersed
with great loss Of life.
The recent census taken in Havana
! shows that that city has a population
of 299,208, being an increase Of 49,.
$50 over the census Of 1899.
President Castro Is again in III
health at Los Tekues, and is confined
much Of the time to HIS bed. Sonora
Castro left Caracas last week to nurse
her husband.
A pastoral letter has been issued by
Archbishop Bruchesi Of Montreal ab.
folute!y forbidding the marriage Of
Catholics with Protestants IN the
srchbishop's district. This Ii based
on the recent sncyclical issued b. the
pope
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-11-29
Casualty.

Theron Rowe, the three-year-old son
OF Chester Rowe, was drowned in the
creek near their home at Waterloo,
Iowa.
Seventeen persons were injured,
none fatally, in head-on collision at
the entrance to the new terminal tun-
mel in Washington.
Simon Kerstetler's right hand was
cut of in corn shredder while he
was feeding the machine on the E. B.
Foss farm, near Waterloo, Iowa.
Five men were killed, one fatally
injured and number seriously injur.
ed as the result Of the explosion of a
boiler in planning mill at Galmor.
tea;5 Norfolk county, 1a:------
Pierced by flying splinter which
struck him in vital spot, Michael La
Breche, an lshpeming Mich, man.
is dead as the result Of powder ex-
plosion at a New Mexican mine, Of
which he was foreman.
Albert Wood, an ice dealer at Cedar
Falls, Iowa, drank pint Of carbolic
acid and died two hours thereafter.
He had been drinking during the day
and stepped into livery barn to take
some whisky and got the bottle Of
poison by mistake.
In head-on collision between a
freight train and an engine at Steu.
benville, Ohio, one man was instantly
killed, two perhaps fatally injured and
two others seriously hurt. A misun.
derstanding on the part Of one of the
crews is said to have been responsi.
BILE for the accident.
After being given up for dead Her
bert Smith of Detroit was rescued in
the woods seven miles from camp,
where he had followed deer. His
clothing was in shreds and he was al.
most dead from exposure and hunger.
Another night would have been fatal.
A young man, identity unknown.
lost his life by drowning at Lake Row.
land, near Houghton, Mich. With
several friends he started to cross
Twin lakes, over which coating Of
ice formed during the night. When
about midway the ice gave way and
the victim and another were thrown
into the water. The companion was
rescued.
Grace STAGE of independence, Iowa,
was burned to death while lighting
fire in her home. To save a match,
she held paper saturated with kero-
sene over a lighted lamp. The flames
spread to her clothing and hair and
she ran from the house a living torch.
Her invalid mother was the only 9TH
er occupant of the house and was un.
able to give her daughter aid.
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Gen. Bagdani. Chief Of Sultan Abdel
Axis army, has met and defeated the
troops under the command Of Mulai
Rachid. commander Of the forces Of
Mulai Hang, sultan Of the South.
News has been received at santi.
ago. Chile. that the British steamer
Hazel Branch. from the west coast Of
South America. for England, is to.
tai wreck in the Straits Of Magellan.
She carried valuable cargo of met
ais.
A dispatch from Bokhara, Central
Asia, says that two officials Of the
Bokhara treasury were attacked in
that city, mortally wounded and
robbed Of 100000. The robbers were
captured, but the money was not re-
covered
"A mountain near Montpelier,
France, called Mont Bringuesz, 2,100
feet high, is changing its position as
result Of having been undermined
by the recent floods. It already has
moved distance Of 1900 feet, and is
sweeping everything before it.
Three anarchists were engaged in
Lisbon in the dangerous occupation Of
making bombs when the material
with which they were working ex-
ploded. Two Of the men were killed
outright and the third man was ar.
rested before he could get away:
Ernest Thompson Seton, the author.
who has returned to the United States
from his exploration trip of seven
months through Northwest Canada
into the great plains of the Arctic re-
gion, is very enthusiastic over that
part Of Canada below the Arctic zone.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
WAS A PLEASING AFFAIR ATSTHE
AUDITORIUM LAST
NIGHT.

The musicale given last evening In
the Normal School auditorium by the
pupils of Miss Beryl Stewart, Instruc.
tor of music at this Institution, was
a highly enjoyable affair. Despite the
unpleasantness Of the evening,
the large auditorium was filed with a
large and appreciatiye audience, quite
a number coming from nearby towns
to be present at this entertainment.
The programme which was a well Sc.
lectej and arranged one, was success.
fully carried out. great deal Of tai.
ent being displayed by each OF the
pupils. Each number OF the. excellent
programme was well rendered and re.
fected great deal OF credit on Miss
Stewart, the Instructor Of this depart.
ment. The most flatterlng attention
was given the entire programme and
each number was heartily encored.
Mrs. D. P. Fitch, one of Fairmont's
fayorlte vocalists, sang "A Gypsy
Maiden" by Parker and Wooman's
april RAIN Her rendition Of these
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
MOVED CANNON
TO COURT HOUSE
SPANISH WAR RELIC GIFT OF WAR
DEPARTMENT PERMANENT.
4'4's--EY.LocaTED-ls INTER.
ESTlNG RELIC. 81

CLARKsBURG. June S.-The old
cannon, the property Of Custer Post
C. a. R. which has stood on the
grounds of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company near the station for
six years has been removed to the
courthouse square where 1t will be
permanently located. This gun was
captured from the Spanish at the bat.
tie Of Manila by Admiral Dewey's
fleet and was presented to Custer post
by the United States government.
1t is an old gun OF muzzle type. The
humber $3.50 and the Spanish words
"Costevllla Demaiode," and the 1895
are engraved on the rims Of the breech
OF the gun.
The remouning Of this gun near the
soldiers monument adds much to the
historical interest of the Courthouse
square.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
.s300,000.00
attic PUZZLES
PENNYPACKER
STATE HOUSE OFFICIALS BEING
EXAMINED BY COMMISSION
BILLS FOR FOUR MILLIONS FOR
TRIMMINGS APPROVED BY THE
AUDITOR AND TREASURER.

HARRISBURG, Pa, June S.-For
the purpose Of laying the foundation
for the Introduction OF evidence show.
ing that nearly four million dollars
Of the bills for trimmings" of the
capital were proved only by Snyder
and Mathews, as auditor general and
State treasurer. respectively, acting in
the several capacities and not rs
members of the board Of public build.
ings and grounds. several State EN-.
ployes were called to testify before
the capitol Investigation commission
today. Later these bills were sub.
mltted at the regular meeting of the
board and were approved by the oftl.
cIals, and their colleague. former
Governor Pennypacker, Samuel B.
Rambo. superintendent OF the board
Of public grounds, gave much import.
ant Information but could offer no ey.
PLANTATION Of the completion Of the at.
tic for three hundred and three thou.
sand dollars without legislative author.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
LIVELY CHASE FOR ALLEGED
RoBBER At clARKS.
BURG. Z -

CLARKSBuRG, June S.-Dodo, the
police station dog, cautpred James
Borayee, who It Is alleged robbed
Frank Marks, a slav, of s35. The Off
GERS were notified Of the robbery and
made a dlllgent search OF the city for
the criminal but were unable 10 To-
cate him. Later they ralded Jack
o'Hara's gambling joint on West Pike
street. Borayce was In the place and
was taken 10 the police station.
While at the station Borayce made
a bold and sudden dash for liberty ani
almost succeeded In MS effort TO free
himself. Officers Sims and Whyte and
Dodo the dog, pursued the fleeing
man. Borayce started up Court street
and when he reached Mechanic street
he sprlnted out that thoroughfare that
would made a professional blush. The
gap In distance between the fugitive
and the officers was widening but Dodo
was closing in on the former and soon
had a good hold on the caboose Of
Dorayce's trousers and brought him
TO the ground. The officers took him
IN custody. Borayce was committed
TO jail but was afterward released on
bond TO await the action Of the grand
jury on felony charge.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
A QUEER STORY
CORPORATIONS ALLEGED TO BE
FRAMING THINGS UP TO CON.
TRoL THE STATE AGAIN.


WHEELING, w. Va, June S.-Thc
word has been received here from
FaIrmunt that the Falrmont Coal Co.
OF at least its agents. have declared
for the nomination Of Secretary 0!
State Swisher for governor. a nun
Der of well known Marion politicians
both Democratic and Republican, have
during the last week been very active
In pushing the Swisher boom along:
One OF the Democrats. who have been
talking Swisher, q man who has been
most active in Democratic councils
Is said t5:Tav6 stated on the streets
there In the presence Of number OF
people that the B. and o. railroad
Falrmont Coal Co. and South Penn OIL
Co. would all throw their influence q
Swlsher, and they expected his nom.
lnatlon beyond doubt:
The programme, he then stated, was
to nominate some Democrat who would
not make very active fight and en-.
sure tne election Of the Republican
ticket by very large majority. The
man who made this statement is sup,
posed to be Democrat, and has been
prominent figure In Democratic carr.
paiens, but has been more or less di,
rectly employed by some of the
porations named above or years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
DOC ARRESTS MAN EXPRESSWRECKED


WASHINGTON, Pa, June S.-Two
were killed and II injured in a wreck
on the Wabash road, one mile east OF
Hickory, near here, yesterday, when
the Toledo express, westbound. crash.
ed Into coal train on a siding. tele.
scoplng the smoker and a. Pullman car.
The fagman OF the coal train, who
Is said to be responsible for letting
the passenger train in on the siding
occupied by TIE coal traIn,. dlsap:
peared Immediately after the crash.
The dead are Frank Blanco and An.
thony schlume, miners. of Avella, who
we're in the smoker.
A relief train was made up and the
injured taken to hospitals in Pitts.
burg.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
SECOND peace CONGRESS
DELEGATES ARE ARRIVING
DISPUTED POINTS OF INrERNA.
TloNAL LAW TO BE CHIEF
WoRk-m. NELLooRF TO BE
PERMANENTgcHAiRMAN

THE HAGUE. June s. Delegate:
to the second pence congress Of The
Hague are arriving. 'rhe principal
work Of The, congress will be perform
ed BY committees before whom the
great questions will first be threshed
sout The full congress will then pass
upon the work Of the committees. AZ
stersthe; first week 1t is not thought the
congress will meet in pIenary session
oitener than every ten days. Con-
I gress will formally convene in the
great Knights Hall at o'clock next
Saturday afternoon. NJ. Nelldorf,
4 Russian Ambassador to Paris, will be
made permanent chairman. Numer,
Gus ssub.secretaries will be appointed
5sblt no Americans will be named for
these positions. Five or six commit.
tees will be named and it Is expected
Z that all sessions will be secret. The
chief subjects for discussion have
been divided into six large groups
and a committee will be named for
the consideration of each. The chief
I results expected from the congress
viii be the settlement Of the disputed
nolnts NJ flinternatinnal. law The con.