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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
WIND, RAIN AND LIGHTNING
CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE IN
4. THE CITY.
LIGHTNING STARTS fires
HEAVY LOSS SUSTAINED IN susl.
NESS DISTRICT - STREET
ri CARS BLOCKED.

st. Paul, Aug. 20.-St. Paul was WIS.,
tied by an electric storm last evening,
which for duration and intensity was
the most severe of the SEASON. Three
buildings caught fire, but the damage
to these and other structures which
were hit or felt the fury of the wind
were slight considering the intensity
of the storm. With the electric STERN
there was a heavy downpour which af-
fected traffic generally. A gale blew
in windows and tore down trees.
The storm was general, starting In
at Bismarck, N. D., in the morning
and reaching Duluth in full fury at
night. st. Paul got the worst part OF
the storm shortly after 8 o'clock. The
lightning display continued and there
were heavy showers until after mid
night. The storm evidently spent its
force Icy midnight, passing to the
north, and the predictions were that
to-day will IT, cool and fair.
Frank T. Williaras, government fore
caster, said that 121 inches of rain
fell from 1925 to 9:15 o'clock last
evening. No precipitation for the
twenty-four hours ending at 8 o'clock
was recorded, but considerable rain
fell after the gauge was read shortly
after o'clock, and the total rainfall
must have aggregated two inches or
more
Storm Damage.
The damage was principally in the
downtown district. The reports from
the outside districts indicated that on
ly trees and windows were affected.
The most serious damage was done at
Lemons clothing store. The wind and
rain tore the covering off the roof of
the library building and the rain leak
ed through and made its way to the
main floor of the store.
The damage to the clothing stock
to $4,000.
The limb of tree that was being
hurled through the, air struck the glass
showcase at the Seventh street en-
trance and shattered it,
The building occupied by Ogden,
Merrill & Greer, Sixth and Sibley
streets, was struck and the brick from
H..
Windows of several buildings in the
vicinity OF. Third and. Wabasha streets
We're broken and signs and trees fell
before the storm. The street car serv-
ice suffered from the floods which
swept down across low places, burying
the tracks with bed of sand and de-
bris.
Minneapolis Also Suffered.
Minneapolis suffered as severely as
did 81. Paul. Two persons were in.
jured and damage to the amount of
several thousand dollars resulted.
Tents belonging to the East Side Car
nival company were blown down and
panic ensued among the 500 carnival
visitors. Only one person was in
jured. Several places were struck by
lightning, but the loss was not heavy.
Damage in the business district was
general. Plate glass windows were
broken and signs were torn down
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
TRACK is SINKING.
New Double Track Laid by the North.
ern Pacific,

New Double Track Laid by the North.
ern Pacific.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Aug. 20.-The
Northern Pacific railway is having
trouble with the new double track
that was put in on the main line
across the northern border of this
county and across Clay county last
summer. Last week section of track
in the vicinity of Stockwood began to
sink and men and cars were hurried
to the scene to place additional earth
on the grade. The sinking has con-
tinued, however, the earth seeming to
give way under the embankment, and
a section of the track eight hundred
feet in length is reported to have sunk
total of eighteen feet. The company
aimed to make practically level
track, and some of the fills were enor.
nous, this grade in particular being
about fifty feet high.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Crimes.

Because he was unable to pay sew.
eral heavy debts contracted at the
gaming table, William Barnheiser,,- a
prominent merchant of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head.
Gov. Folk has committed to life i'm.
prisonment the sentence of Lord"
Frederick Seymour Darlington, who
was convicted of the murder of James
Mccain. harrington was sentenced to
be executed in Clayton Aug. 26.
While apparently demented a man
who gave his name as Benne A. Hell
lenburg and claimed to be the son of
DR.. Hellenburg of New York city, at
tempted suicide in Wilmington, Del,
by throwing himself in front of a loco
motive. He was rescued by police.
man.
Dynamiters destroyed the dam at
the outlet of Winona lake, near War.
saw, Ind, causing the lake surface to
drop several feet. The Winona as.
sembly officials suppressed the facts
pending an investigation, but later
called upon the county authorities to
assist in establishing the identity of
the guilty parties. The motive of the
marauders is mystery.
The second trial of Harry Thaw.
charged with the murder of Stanford
White, is not likely to take place until
the January term of court. This in.
formation was developed at confer.
ence between Martin w. Littleton,
counsel for Thaw, and District Attor-
ney Jerome. While Mr.. Jerome would
make no public statement, it was learn
ed that he probably would be unable
to move for second trial until Janu.
lry.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
From other Shores.

The German Wireless company re.
ceived the concession for establishing
wireless stations on the Argentine
coast.
Mrs. Waldorf Aston, formerly Miss
Mamie Langhorne Shaw Of Virginia.
gave birth to a son at Cliveden, near
London.
Three Japanese settlements will be
established in the state of Rio Janeiro.
The government Of the state has given
it's sanction to the project.
Francis Kossuth, the minister Of
commerce and leader of the govern.
ment party of ustria-Hungary, is re-
ported to be alarmingly i'll.
Congressman William s. Bennett of
New York, a member Of the United
States immigration commission, has
arrived at Bucharest to study the ques.
ton of Jewish emigration from Ru.
| mania.
Many visitors, including consider.
able number of English and Ameri.
cans, are at Munich for the great
Richard Wagner and Mozart festival,
which has just begun and will con.
tinue until the middle of September.
Oceans bed has queer deposits, and
among the queerest ever found at
the sea bottom must be numbered a
Roman temple, just accidentally found
by divers off Sfax, in Tunis. It is sup
posed to have belonged to a Roman
coast town, since engulfed by erosion.
The German navy department is Sc.
riously alarmed by the mysterious
robbery of some of the secret parts of
a submarine for the government at
the Adlehoff works. The robbery is
believed to have been committed
either on behalf of a foreign govern.
| ment or rival firm.
The International College of Herald
~ has, through Consul General Mason
at Paris, presented to the United
States government an interesting Sc.
ries of documents relating to the
genealogy of the marquis of Lafay,
cite and the alliances of the family
with noble houses of France.
1t is reported that 274 persons
throughout the Russian empire were
exiled for political offenses during
July. It is also stated officially that
ffty-four Russian officers and ninety.
five privates were killed and forty.
seven officers and f1fty-two privates
wounded while maintaining order dur.
ing the same month.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
General News Items.

The engagement Is announced of
Miss Bessie Merritt Of Marquette,
Mich, to J. Page Laughlin, son of the
multi-millionaire steel manufacturer of
that name, of Pittsburg.
With interesting ceremonies and an
elaborate military display, a handsome
memorial in honor of Gen. Thomas
Sumter was unveiled at Stateburg, S.
c., at the grave of the revolutionary
hero.
Gen. Coxey, leader of the famous
hobo march across the country to
Washington a few years ago, is plan
ming to start new pilgrimage, but he
refuses to tell Its destination or its
purpose.
The supreme court of Georgia has
decided that the Cumberland church
acted within the scope of it's constitu-
tional authority when it voted for the
union of all the Cumberland Presbyte.
rian churches in the United States.
An exhaustive study of the coal sup.
ply of Iowa is to be made by Henry
Kinds, a Rhodes graduate of Oxford.
England. Mr.. Kinds has just been en-
gagged for the work by Prof. Colvin of
the state university and state geolo.
gist.
City Food Inspector w. P. Cutler of
Kansas City has notified the national
government that his test Of California
and Arkansas dried fruit, cured with
sulphite, shows that the fruit when
cooked is entirely wholesome and Kan.
sas City will accept the sulphite fruit.
The Federal National Bank of Chi.
cago has passed into the hands Of a
coterie Of fnanciers headed by John
Worthfngton Of Kansas City. Isaac N.
Perry and his associates transferred
their entire interests to the new own.
ers and passed completely out Of the
life Of the bank.
Darwinfsm is dead. The theory that
man Is merely high-grade ape is nei.
ther palatable nor scientific, declared
President Orr Of Glasgow university
In q lecture at the Mortified confer.
ence at East Mortified, Mass. Oar.
win. he asserted, had been discredit.
ed by the foremost European sctent.
lists. a
Rear Admiral Chadwick. U. 8. N. re.
tired, who has Just returned from 4
visit to Spain, states that he viii write
l,a ahistory@of the Spanish. American
war and the causes that led IN to Il.
HIS trip 70 spain was Tor the purpose
e c0llecting material. & =.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
BABIES scALpEp.

One by Hot Coffee and the Other by
Hot Water.
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 20.-Lucile
marshall, the two-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Marshall over
turned pot of hot coffee en- herself
She was badly scalded, but the doctor
thinks she will recover.
Little Helen Green, five years Of
age, tripped and fell into a tub of boil.
ing water. She was terribly scalded
but will recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
DIAMOND FOR KING.

Premier 1otha Would Present Ed
ward With cuIIinan Diamond.
Pretoria, Transvaal Colony, Aug. 10.
Premier Botha yesterday announced
that he would introduce q resolution
In parliament providing for the pur;
chase by the government of the Trans
vaal Of the Cullinan diamond, the larg-
est in the world, as a present to King
Edward, in token of the loyalty and
appreciation of the people Of the
Transvaal since the Iestowal Of a con-
stitutfon on the colony. The Cullinan
diamond is valued at $1,0OO.000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
DRAGGED BY HORSE.

Twelve-year-oId Boy is Injured, Per.
haps Fatally.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 20. - Earl
Zundel, the 'twelve-year-old son of T.
zundel, farmer living in Aurora
county, was perhaps fatally injured as
me result of his horse stumbling and
lailing while the lad was riding from a
nelo 10 the house. The boy became
tangled in the stirrups, and he was
dragged considerable distance before
the breaking of the stirrup released
him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
CHARGED WITH EMBEzzLiNG.

Warren Hastings, Old Government Of.
fetal, Charged With Stealing $1,000.
Boston, Aug. 18. - ]. Warren Hast
ings, since 1864 trusted official of the
United States subtreasury here. was
arrested yesterday on the charge Of
embezzling $4,000 from the govern.
ment June Z last.
The money was taken from pack
age containing $105,000 in bills pre-
pared for shipment to Washington to
be retired from circulation and the
shortage was made good by another
clerk who technically was responsible,
but who at no time was under suspi-
ciOn,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
CAUGHT RosRING BANK.

Dope Fiend Picks Up $11o, but Is
Seized as He Is Leaving.
Superior, Wis, Aug. 49,. E. Scott,
alias John Wilson, dope fiend, made
an attempt to rob the First National
bank of this city and was partially sue.
cessful.
About noon he walked into the bank
and going to the cashiers desk took
roll of bills, amounting to $11O,
which lay there. Cashier Benson no.
ticed the loss at once and caught the
man just as he was going out of the
door. After a short struggle he was
overcome and the money recovered.
He was taken to the police station,
where it was discovered that he is an
opium fiend.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
news Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

President Roosevelt has appointed
Ernest A. Mottsmith of Hawaii to be
secretary of Hawaii
A census of the canal zone just COM
pleted shows nearly $4,000 inhabitants
of the zone About 20 per cent Of the
total are white.
Young army officers who seek pro.
motion are putting in their spare time
learning to ride, since it develops that
the recent order of President Roose-
welt requiring examinations in horse.
manship for promotions is extended
right down the line to include second
lieutenants.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus, in speaking to the business
community at Honolulu, said that
Pearl harbor should be sufficiently i'm.
proved to accommodate the entire
American navy. He said that the need
of the Hawaiian islands was better
communication with the mainland, a
Under the new policy of the war de.
partment in creating artillery districts
to act as comprehensive units in the
event of actual hostilities, the an.
nouncement of the following districts
has been made: District of Ports.
mouth, N. H; Forts Constitution and
Stark, N. H.; Fort Foster, Me-; Dis.
trict of Mobile, Forts Morgan and
Gaines, Ala.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
FINDS HEAD ON TRACK.
switehman's CHASTITY Find on North.
Western Track.

Norway, Mich, Aug. 20.-A human
head lying between the rails was the
CHASTITY sight that presented itself to
a switchman while walking along the
chicago & Northwestern track at
Iron Mountain at 2:3O o'clock in the
morning. Recovering from his scare,
he found on the right of way the body
OF the man from which the head had
been severed. The corpse was identi-
fed as that of Frank Bongavin, a la.
borer.
Neither the head nor the body was
nfangfed.' It's supposed that he wan.
dered on the railroad track and went
TO sleep with his head across the rail.
subsequently to be struck by a train.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
PAYS OIL TRUST FINE?

Fake Check Causes Much Amusement
Among Treasury Officials.
Washington, Aug. 18.-A fake check
for the exact amount of the fine re-
Gently imposed upon the Standard Oil
company by Judge Lands at Chicago
was received at the treasury depart
ment yesterday from an unknown
sender. It was mailed at Toledo,
Ohio, was drawn on bank there and
was signed by the Standard Oil com.
pany and John D. Rockefeller" The
receipt Of the check caused much
amusement among the treasury OH.
cials.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Boy Breaks III. Neck.

Spring Valley, Mimi, Aug. 2o.-Ed.i
WIN Preheit, aged eight years, son OF
Otto Preheit, residing about four miles
east OF this city, fell from the hay loft
ONO the hay loader. breaking his neck
and causing instant death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
chickens PIent,if,,,i

Mitchell. 8. p, Aug. 2O.-Tho prat
RE chicken season opens on Sept. II.
and from many sections or the state
comes the Information that chickens
are numerous and plentiful. III this Ii.
cality the game law has been rigidly
observed Ia
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Found Dead il az.

Waterloo, Iowa, Aug. 20. s. II.
Howard, 2 diemaker In the employ OF
the Waterloo Gasoline Engine works:
was found dead In bed, having died
suddenly during the night from no 40.
parent illness. 5.s .35.7 IS
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
French Foreets AbIaze.

y. s'0HSH FVTeSI8 7NUIaze.
Iouion, Aug. 20.-Great forest fires
are blazing on all sides of this place
and two forests are threatened.
Troops are making desperate efforts to
control the fire, but thus far with lit.
tie result.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
EInquist Declared ln.ane.

Center City, Mimi, Aug. 1s.-John
Elmquist, resident of the town of
Chisago. at an examination before
Judge Stark, was adjudged insane and
committed to the hospital for the in
sane at Rochester, Mimi.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
FIVE ARE CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Building in Chicago FaIIs-ohicers
Risk Their Lives for Victims,
Chicago, Aug. is. - Five persons
were killed and eleven others injured,
three seriously, early yesterday in the
collapse of two-story building at IS
Fry street, occupied as a boarding
house. Four of the victims were in
stantly killed and the fifth died few
minutes after being taken to a hospi-
tai. The bodies of the dead were taken
from the ruins by policemen and fire.
men, who risked their lives when com.
PEELED to crawl under the building to
reach the victims.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23

Captain and Four Sailors Drown.
~ Punta Arenas, Strait Of Magellan.
Aug. 16.-The American bark Prussit,
from Norfolk, March 20, for Port
Townsend, has been wrecked In the
Bay Of Findero. The captain and four.
sailors were drowned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Divorced Three Months.

Appleton, Wis. Aug. Is. After hav.
ing been granted divorce three
months ago on the grounds Of cruel
and inhuman treatment, william j.
and Mary y. Bettac were reunited In
marriage yesterday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Drowned in Eau Claire.

'VWHSU III Tau Claire,
Augusta, Wis. Aug. 2O.-John Shen.
nerd, one Of the prominent citizens Of
this place. was drowned yesterday at
o'clock. The body was recovered
shortly afterwards. The accident han.
pened at the Eau Claire river north Of
the city. - = -
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Smallpox Again Appears.

Waseca, Mimi, Aug. 2o.-smallpox
again has appeared here. Robert
Ihoreson, son of Andrew Thoreson.
mas contracted the disease and the
family are quarantined in their home
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Personal.

A. T. c. Atkinson, secretary Of the
territory of Hawaii, has resigned from
the position.
Daniel Bechtel, a prominent Demo.
crat, died at Madison, Wis. He was
a member of the legislature in 1896.
Mrs. Sarah Doremus of Newark, N
J., has just celebrated her 1O4th birth
day. She was born at Saddle River.
N. j., Aug. Is, 1908.
Joseph Joachim. the celebrated VIC.
linist, died in Berlin. He had been suf-
feripg for long time from asthma.
He was born in 1881.
Mrs. Esther Davis, an inmate of the
home of the Daughters of Jacob in
New York, was 112 years old Sunday,
and the day was duly celebrated at
the home. Mrs Davis, to show that
she was still spry, danced few steps
for the guests.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Death After Quarrel.

! '~'-'' 'N'eS1 WVdTTSIs
Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 2O.-Because
OF q j. quarrel with an older brother.
Lloyd.Pullins, the fifteen-year-old son
OF Kingsbury county farmer, shot
and killed himself.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23

Fire Races Farm House.
jackson, Mimi. Aug. 20. The farm
house of Albert Johada. west Of town,
was DESTROYED by fire, with all its con.
tents. The structure was insured for
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
POLE NEARLY MoeeEp.
Cutting ARRAY Ends With Rescue by
the Police.

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 2O.-John
Wane, Pole, narrowly escaped being
killed by enraged countrymen, follow.
ing the slashing of another Pole.
Wane inflicted a wound on the man
and fed from an East Grand Forks sa.
loon to the Grand Forks side, where
ne hid under Northern Pacific car.
The police rescued him from the mob
and he is being held in the city Jail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
COW WRECKS TRAIN AT FARGO.
Great Northern Passenger Ditehed by
SleeEiru Animal.

Steering Animal.
Fargo, N. D., Aug. 29.-The Great
Northern train from Crookston due
here at 1875 was wrecked within two
blocks of the Fargo depot last night
by striking COW asleep between
the rails. The engine was derailed
and Engineer Tom McTaggart, whose
nome is In Grand Forks, sustained Sc.
we're scalp wounds and possibly inter.
nal Injuries. TIE train was packed
with travelling men and Others, but no
one else was injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-23
Wires Work Better.

"ITeS W0FK BetTeF.
Both the Western Union and the
Postal companies claimed not to have
been affected by President Small's call
and to be working their wires better
yesterday than since the strike was
declared. The Associated Press was
not affected adversely.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-29
NEW WATER COMMISSIONERS

Mayor Harper's choice of water COM
missioners is quite generally approved
by citizens. In view of the unanimity
that has prevailed in all matters re-
lating to the Owens river water project
it is desirable that the mayors ap-
pointees be indorsed unanimously by
the city council. There is no reason
why the council should not make the
approval unanimous, as not a word of
adverse criticism has been heard con-
cerning the qualifications or the gen.
eral character of the new appointees.
The change in the board gives pleas
ing evidence of the freedom from po-
litical taint that is to characterize the
work of constructing the new water
system. The outgoing commissioners
are both Democrats. In making choice
of their successors, however, our DEM
and one Republican. That establishes
another non-partisan precedent. The
capability of the new commissioners
and their recognized loyalty to Los An
geles and it's best interests are the para
mount considerations, however, that
actuated the mayor in choosing them.
A more acceptable choice could not
readily have been made, after it was
determined to make a change.
The way is entirely cleared now for
the active work of construction on the
great aqueduct. There is no cause for
apprehension about the marketing of
the first issue of bonds, and hence the
work will progress pending the time
when the offering will be made in the
eastern money centers.
The citizens of Los Angeles may now
look forward confidently to the time,
five years hence or less, when the wa
ters of the high Gierras will be on tap
for general use. and when the vast sur
plus will be available for making thou
sands of waste acres blossom as the
rose"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-29
TEMPERANCE WORKER
DRIFTS SLOWLY TOWARD
FINAL HAVEN OF REST

@ Reports from the bedside of (
o Francis Murphy short time be- {
O fore midnight were most discOur- {
@ aging. The physicians hold out (
@ practically no hope for the great {
8 temperance workers. recovery. (
8 He was weaker yesterday than at (
@ any time since his illness began, {
8 and unconscious most of the time, (
@ though apparently suffering less {
8 pain. {
o Fears are expressed lest the (
@ grand old man, who has fought of {
@ death so sturdiIy that he might (
@ give Al farewell blessing to his (
%S sons now hurrying across the con- {
G. tinent to his bedside, mny not be (
@ alive when they arrive or, If so, (
@ thnt he may be unable because of {
@ weakness to deliver his message. {
o Edward Murphy Is expected to {
% reach Los Angeles this afternoon. (
@ Robert Murphy, Lieutenant COVER {
@ nor of Pennsylvania, cannot arrive {
@ before Monday. Two other sons, {
@ william and John, are on their (
@ way, but have not advised the
o family here of the time of their
@ arrival.
@ @ @ 9 100000 9 ~~~~ 5000