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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
May BRING SUIT TO
TEST 2-CENT LAW
TO RESTRAIN NORTHERN PACIFIC
OFFICERS FROM ACCEPT.
ING BILL.
STOCKHOLDERS TAKE ACTION
PURPOSE is SIMPLY TO AscER.
TAIN LEGALITY OF NEW
MEASURE. ....

New York, April 80. - 1t is under
stood that certain large stockholders
will soon bring suit against the Off
GERS Of the Northern Pacific Railway
company to restrain them from accent
ing for the company the 2-cent passen
ger fare bill recently passed by the
Minnesota state legislature.
This of course would be a friendly
action so far as the attitude of the
stockholders toward the Northern Pa
citic officials is concerned, and would
be for the purpose of testing the le
gality of the new measure.
Action Is Important.
The state could not be sued, so the
only possible defendant is the railroad
company.
1t is understood that the bill under
consideration by the stockholders who
are to be the plaintiffs will also cover
any perpendicular reductions in
freight rates that may be ordered by
the state authorities.
Great Importance will be attached tc
this action if it is actually brought
If it were carried to the highest courts
the final decision would of course
have bearing upon the railroads OF
the United States, as it would define
the authority Of state authorities tc
take summary action on the question
of rates.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
|oIl COMPANIES ASK RELIEF
HIGHER RATES CHARGED ON IN
TERsTATE THAN ON lNTFA. ,
STATE FREIGHT.

Washington, May I. - An INTEREST,"
ing case involving a question passed
upon by the state railroad commission
Of Minnesota and South Dakota as re-
CARDS interstate business was brought
before the interstate commission yes,
terday In complaint brought by the
Bartles Oil company and the Corn
planter Oil company, engaged as deal.
ers in oil in st. Paul and Minneapolis,
involving interstate business.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Chicago & Northwestern and Mime.
apolis & st. Louis companies are
named as defendants. The complain
ants allege that the defendant rail.
roads charge fourth-class rates on in-
terstate shipments of Illuminating oil
in less than carload lots by virtue OF
decisions of the railroad commissions
in Minnesota and South Dakota, but
impose third-class or higher rates ON
like shipments between points in Min.
nesota and points in South Dakota.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
PIER PLuNeEs INTO THE HAReoR
Eight Lives Lost When Big New
Structure Tun,bles Into Water,

Baltimore, April 30. - With a roar
that terrified thousands and with rush
that drove wave six feet high to dis
tant parts of the inner harbor of Bal.
timore, nearly half Of a new pier I'M
der construction at Locust Point
broke away from the shore end and
plunged into the water.
Out of the wreckage three dead bod.
les have been taken, five men are miss
ing and their bodies are almost GER
tainly beneath the ruins, and eighteen
men are suffering from injuries more
or less severe.
Ships Torn Loose.
A remarkable fleet of the disaster
was seen in the shipping in the har-
Dor. At the pier adjoining the wreck
ed structure the North German Lloyd
steamer Cassel was moored and on
board were large number of immi-
grants. The immense wave that fol-
lowed the plunge of the new pier into
the water lifted the big Cassel in the
air. dashed her against the pier and
crushed it badly, at the same time
tearing the steamer from her mornings
and casting her adrift. The immigrants
were for short time in state Dor.
dering on panic, and two of them jump.
ed overheard, but were rescued.
Snapped Like Irvine.
The Neptune line steamer Ripon
was also torn from the dock where she
was moored, as also was the Norwe-
gian steamer Fortuna, loaded with
steel rails. Her wire hawsers were
snapped like Irvine. The harbor is
narrow where the accident occurred
and the initial wave and its rebound
from the opposite shore cast a number
of smaller vessels adrift and caused
much confusion for a time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03

Was ALMOST FATAL. 10 DUMA
SUSPENSION OF THE ORATOR
FAILS TO SATISFY MEMBERS
OF CABINET.

st. Petersburg. May 1. - A savage
attack, made yesterday on the army
and the government by the Socialist
member, M. Zuraboff, during the first
executive session of the lower house
OF parliament, which was devoted to a
debate on the bill fixing the number Of
recruits to be called to the colors,
caused a rupture between the minis.
tiers and the duma, which for time
threatened to precipitate the dissolu.
ton of the house.
After M. Zuraboff's harangue, in
which he declared that under an auto.
cratic regime the army was worthless
except against the people and that It
was beaten whenever it engaged in a
foreign war, the ministers withdrew
from the house and
Served an Ultlmatum
on President Golvino that unless the
offensive expressions were retracted
by M. Zuraboff and the rule providing
for temporary suspension was applied
against him they would sever all f,l.
ture relations with the duma.
M. Golvino was unable to have the
demand complied with, as the radi-
Gals supported their colleague solidly
and the Poles refused to vote. The
suspension and formal rebuke of NJ.
Zuraboff, however, was pronounced by
the president of the chamber. but this
failed to satisfy the ministers, who
subsequently ordered the government
experts to withdraw from the evening
session of the budget commission.
Friction In Cabinet.
Immediately after adjournment Pre-
mier Stolypin, who had not been pres.
ent during the incident, summoned
an extraordinary session of the cabi-
net, which apparently brought matters
to an issue between the premier and
the reactionary members Of his min
istry. What transpired is not known,
but at midnight Premier Stolypin sum-
moned M. Golovino and informed him
that the incident had caused serious
friction in the cabinet. He hoped,
however, a way would be found to.
day to arrange matters without fatal
consequences to the duma.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
LEGATIONS ARE MoeHeo.
Americans and Mexicans Attacked at
Guatemala City.

Americans and Mexicans Attacked at
Guatemala City.
San Antonio, Tex, April 30.-A spe-
cial to the Express from Mexico City
says:
Extreme indignation and intense ex
element has been caused here by the
report that the American and Mexican
legations in Guatemala City have been
stoned by a mob of several hundred
men, instigated to the act by agents
ON President Manuel Estrada Cabrera
of Guatemala.
Mexican troops are being modified
on the Guatemala frontier. which is be-
,lieved to be highly significant, though
tht war department has stated that the
mobilization of troops is nothing more
than move to insure strict neutrality
and to protect Mexican interests
against any remote danger from ire
sponsible marauding bands.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
NO LABOR WAR ON MAY DAY.
Few Disputes Over Wages in Larger
Cities Of the Country.

Cities OF the Country.
Chicago, April. 80. - The relations
between employer and employee We're
never so harmonious in Chicago as
now. In the past on May there has
always been some sort of struggle go
ing on between the labor unions and
the employers in Chicago, but this
year there is scarcely a cloud on the
industrial horizon.
Every union in the building indus
try, with the exception of the structu-
raj iron workers, has renewed con-
tracts with employers, and the iron
workers expect to reach a settlement
without a strike.
Bright in New York.
New York, April 80. The opening
of the out-of-door construction season
finds New York, both city and state,
without apprehension Of serious labor
troubles. In the building trades espe-
cially prosperous and reassuring condi-
tons prevail.
This contentment is generally re-
dected in the manufacturing and in
dustrial centers, and beyond few To-
Called and sporadic strikes the labor
situation is regarded as brighter than
for many years.
In New England.
Boston, April S0.--According to the
union officers and business agents of
workingmen's organizations the indus
trial situation in New England May /
will be marked with fewer contentious
between capital and labor than for
many years.
Quiet in Southwest.
ST. Louis, April 30.-Employers and
labor leaders of St. Louis and the
Southwest report labor conditions bet
ter for May 1 this year than for many
years. Practically all wage scales in
st. Louis and the surrounding territory
for 200 miles are signed. In st. Louis
alone this includes 100000 union men.
Quiet May Day.
Philadelphia, April 30. - May day
promises to be passed in this city with
little friction between workmen and
employers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
BLOWN HIGH BY BLAST.

Civil Engineer Is Seriously Injured BY
Explosion. /,
Twin ridges, Mont, May 1. - Har.
~ Hoover, civil engineer employed ON
construction by the Milwaukee road.
was seriously if not fatally injured BY
the explosion of blast. Hoover was
blown high into the air and fell sons
distance away. That he was not in.
stantly killed is almost a miracle
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
General.

Unless demands for an eight-hour
day and minimum wage scale Of
1915 day are granted by May 1 q
strike of all iron molders along the
Pacific coast is expected. About 1000
men are affected.
Edward H. Everett of Newark,
Ohio, and August Busch Of st. Louis
have sold their interests in the ILL.,
nois Gil field to the Standard Oil com.
pany for $750.0O0. This is one of the
best oil territories developed recently.
Edward Gilpatrick, an ossifled man
on exhibition at Waterbury, Conn.,, has
made arrangements for the gift Of his
body to the Harvard medical college
ct his death. He gives his body for
purposes of dissection, study and 70.
search.
The New York board OF aldermen
adopted resolution requesting Mayor
Mcclellan to communicate with Sec.
rotary Root with view Of obtaining
from the British government tho REQ
ords of the New York board OF alder.
men covering tho years from 1776 to
1874, which disappeared during the Pc.
Rod the country was under British
military rule.
Cerebro spinal meningitis. spotted
fever" 10 again prevalent in PittsburK.'
Out Of seventeen cases during March
and April, eleven have resulted fatally
and no hope 10 entertained for the 70.
covery Of the other six.
| The drouth continues throughout
Cuba and there is no cessation in tho
hardships endured. Everywhere In the
island serious conditions are faced be.
cause q the abnormal meteorological
conditions. From Santiago comes +
report that the source Of supply Of the
water works has dried up and thaa
there 70 much suffering IN conso,
ausasa
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
eRIEFLY-Tolp.
Washington Notes.

Viscount Aoki. japanese minister at
Washington, has been appointed to
represent Japan in negotiations for "A
treaty regarding the Boring sea seal
fisheries, in which the United States,
Great Bitain, Russia and Japan are ex.
pected to participate.
AS some question hes been raised as
to the accuracy Of the figures fur
nished by the engineers to indicate the
amount Of excavation per month, Sec
rotary Taft said that he had looked
carefully into that subject and had
satisfied himself that these figures
we're not inflated.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
FIVE KILLED BY A CYCLONE.
Texas Village Is Reported Destroyed
Other Disasters Feared.

Texas Village Is Reported Destroyed
Other Disasters Feared.
Dallas, Tex, April 30-The village OF
Henning, in Cook county, was destroy.
ed by a cyclone last evening. Five
persons are dead and nearly twenty
injured.
No list of injured has yet been re-
ceived. The village of Henning was
located several miles from any railway
line, and as wires are all down news
had to be sent by courier to Gaines
vile, the county seat
Relief is being sent from Gaines
vile, Henrietta and other towns.
The path of the storm is said to
have been 500 yards wide and nearly a
mile long, and everything was swept
clean.
It is feared that other disasters have
occurred.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Crimes and Criminals.

The vice governor of the prison at
Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was shot dead
on the streets. His assassin was ar.
rested.
Mrs. Aggie Myers has entered the
Missouri state prison to serve life
sentence for the murder Of her hus.
band at Kansas City.
Diamonds valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000 were stolen by burglars, who
blew the safe Of John Dayes & Sons,
Jewellers. at Salt Lake City.
l.. F. Ford OF Philadelphia commit,
mitted suicide by jumping from the
Clyde steamer Conmache Just before
she entered the harbor at Jacksonville.
Fla.
Caught trespassing on the property
Of the Quaker City Morocco works at
Camden. N. j., Leon Grounfaki. sixteen
years old, was shot and killed by an
Italian Waterman.
Tom Osadasia, an Italian living In
The Italian settlement on Hill street.
Cleveland, Ohio, was stabbed and
killed while attending a christening at
the home Of friends His assassin es.
capped.
Frank Grandstaff, who was tried and
convicted in the circuit court at Stur-
Eis, Mich, on charge of robbery,
was sentenced by Judge Rice to three
years and one month in the state
prison.
Because she was afraid she was los.
ting the love that meant more than
life to her, Isabelle Bouttelot, a pretty
French girl, killed herself in New
York. after having sought her lovers
room as the place to die.
Samuel Conkle, alias J. W. Clark
who is accused of having sold large
number of tickets of the Sierra Mad
ras Imperial Lottery Company of Mex
leo in Pittsburg and vicinity, has been
arrested at his home in Chester, w.
Va.
Experts reported to the prosecuting
attorney at Mount Vernon, Wash, that
the total shortage in the Office of Fred
Blumberg, auditor of Skagit county,
exceeds $4,000. After the shortage
was discovered Blumberg's body was
found in the river at Mount Vernon.
Charles Carnall. farmer, was shot
and probably fatally wounded near
Arlington, Iowa. The shooting is al
legged to have been done by neigh
boring farmer, but its cause remains
Q mystery. Carnalls right arm was
blown entirely of by charge from q
shotgun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Casualty.

Fire destroyed two buildings con.
nected with Park college at Parkville,
No. LOSS, $4,000.
A sawmill at Mount Tom village,
In Massachusetts,, was destroyed by
IRE. LOSS, 100000.
Fire destroyed the Port Blakely lum.
Der mill near Seattle. The loss 70
t76o.000. The mill will be rebuilt at
0nce.
The car barns Of the Cincinnati.
Georgetown & Portsmouth railroad IN
Cincinnati were totally destroyed by
are. LOSS. $4,000.
The manufacturing and storage
plant Of the Pennsylvania Ice compa.
" ct Cresson. Pa. was destroyed By
0re. Loss. $3.50. 900.
4 The entire plant Of tho Seacoast
Canning company at North Lubec,N Ne.
was destroyed By nre. The loss q %
t5Dated O. 91eA!0oe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
DIES RATHER THAN MARRY.

Servant Girl Defies Lover, Who Stays
and Then Shoots Self.
Philadelphia, May H. Because she
said she would rather die than marry
him, Martha Corias, a German servant
girl, was shot and killed almost in.
stantly here by the man who wanted
to make her his wife. The murderer,
Franz Andrewsky, turned the revolver
upon himself and inflicted a wound
that probably will prove fatal
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
From Other Shores.


Matthias st. lines, one of the most
Important coal magnates of Germany,
Is dead.
NJ Hedentsoff, millionaire, who re.
Gently died, bequeathed $250,000 each
to Moscow university and the Institute
of Technology.
Judge John Edmund Wentworth Ad-
Olson Is dead in London. He was the
prosecuting counsel in the famous
Maybrick case
The sale of the artistic effects Of
the late Mrs. Sam" Lewis-Hille came
to an end in London. The collection
brought total of $67O,750.
Rogue Saens Pena, Carlos Rodrt
guez and Louis Drago have been ap.
pointed to represent the Argentine re-
public at the Hague peace conference,
A dispatch from Juneau, Alaska,
says that the Great Treadwell mine
strike has been settled on the open
shop basis. The troops will be with
drawn at once.
Winston Spencer Churchill, under
secretary for the colonies, has been
made privy councillor as mark Of
the premier's appreciation of his work
in connection with the imperial con.
ference.
It is understood in Berlin that the
new provisional tariff between Ger
many and the United States shall en-.
dure for one year and that it will pro-
long itself automatically II no notice
of change be given.
The Panama government declares
there is no truth in the rumor that it
has received an offer from the United
States for the purchase Of two strips
of territory, each five miles wide, on
either side of the canal zone.
The wedding of Grand Duke Nicho
las Nicholaievitch, second cousin Of
the car and commander-in-chiefo of the
St. Petersburg military district, and
Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, d.
vorced wife of Grand Duke George of
Leuchtenberg, will take place in the
Crimea May 25.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
NEW CARDINAL CERTAIN.

Bishop o'Gorman Convinced ''the One
Man, Will BE Named.
Rome, May /. - Bishop O'Gorman
left here for America Saturday, con-
WINGED. this time that the Vatican has
really decided to create another Amer
lean cardinal at the next consistory,
but is entirely in the dark about who
will receive the red hat. He thinks,
however, that on reflections the Vati-
can will see that there is only one
man who can thus be honored.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
UNCLE SAM SLOW PAY.
Veteran, After Repeated Dunning foe
Years, Collects $3.50.

Years, Collects $3.50.
Iowa Falls, Iowa, May L. Squire
Joslin of BOWS has just realized on
claim that is forty-two years old.
When Mr.. Joslin left the army he had
a credit for clothes amounting ia
$3.50. At that time he sought to draw
the cash for the credit, but was I'm.
successful. Following one Of his mot.
toes to keep everlastingly at it" he
made repeated attempts to realize on
this asset, but every time without suc-
cess. A recent effort, however, brought
success and he has been allowed the
original credit, but he has received no
interest. ,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03

Martsaoed Horse Thirteen Times.
Barron, Wis.,, May 1. Charles
Hoffman, who mortgaged one horse
thirteen time to as many different par
ties, and mortgaged other stock In like
manner, was arrested at Leeds, N. D..
and brought here for trial.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Mitchell Under Knife.

Mitchell Under Knife.
Spring Valley. IT., May /. =, John
Mitchell, national president Of the
United Mine Workers Of America, was
operated upon yesterday for strangu.
lated hernia. The operation was sue.
cessful.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Two Run Down by Street Car.

Two Run Down by Street Car. i
st. Paul, May 1. - James Matti.
more, fifteen years old, was seriously
injured; John O'Halloran, ten years
old, was badly bruised; horse driven
by the boys was killed outright and
the buggy smashed into splinters in
q collision with street car yesterday
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
RAISE FOR CARRIERS.
Rural Service Next Year Will Cost
Nearly $35,000,o00.


Washington, April 80. = Postmaster
General Meyer has approved the de-
tailed adjustment of salaries of rural
free delivery carriers, as submitted by
Assistant Postmaster General De
Graw, and the new schedule, which
will become effective July next, will
make graded increase in the compen-
sation of from 9 to Is per cent, based
upon the number of miles traversed by
carriers as shown by the records of
the department.
The readjustment adopted, with the
made in the appropriation by congress,
will involve an aggregate expenditure
for rural service during the next fiscal
year of nearly $35,000,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03

Peter West, fireman on the steam
er John c. Gault, fell overheard % the
boat was proceeding down Lake HUI
ron and was drowned.
While fishing on one Of the docks q
Menominee, Mich, Milton Greenman,
eleven years old, fell into the bay and
was drowned. The body was recov.
cred.
Fire in Chicago destroyed build
ing occupied by the Bunge Pickle and
Yeast company. A Waterman was IA
tally injured by jumping from the
burning building. Loss. $4,000.
Ethel Hicks, seven years old, her
brother Paul, aged six, and their eight
months-old baby sister were burned to
death in their home at Port Huron,
Mich, by the explosion of gasoline
stove.
Swept over the falls, four men were
drowned in Cape Fear river at Buck
horu Falls, N. G. The men we're COM
ing from the river in naphtha launch
which was caught in the current and
carried over the falls.
The tobacco factory of w. r. Will
son, near Cadiz, Ky, was destroyed by
fire, the torch being applied by party
Of twenty-five mounted men, who fired
several volleys. Wilson is an indie,
pendent tobacco handler.
Capt Piccone, the commander of the
Navigazione Italia line steamer Sirio,
which struck on the rocks Of Hormi-
gas island Spain, last August, and as
a result of which 800 persons were
drowned, died at Genoa of broken
| heart.
| William Milford, aged twenty,
weight $50, lost his balance while
standing on the rear of a street car
rounding curve at Centerville, Iowa
and was thrown on his head on the
pavement and his skull fractured. He
died an hour after the accident.
While riding on a wagon which was
hauling clay to her fathers tile yard
at Minburn, Iowa, the three-year-old
daughter of Harry Hill slipped and
fell to the ground. One of the wheels
of the heavily loaded wagon passed
over her head, crushing her skull and
producing instant death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
TAX COMMISSION MEETS.

o. M. Hall Gets Long Term-Rukard
Aurd Secretary.
st. Paul, May 1. -O o. M. Hall OF
Red Wing gets the six-year term on
the state tax commission; Samuel
Lord Of Kasson gets the four-year
term, and Franklin McVey of Mime
apolis gets the two.year term. The
three recently appointed commission.
ers met in Gov. Johnson's Office yes
terday afternoon and organized. They
drew straws to see who was to get the
long and short term.
The members of the board qualified
and filed their oaths of Office with the
secretary of state. The commissioners
elected Rukard Hurd of st. Paul aa
secretary.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
CECIL RHODES DREAM.

Part Of It Is the Recovery Of the Unit
ed States by Great Britain.
London, May 1. - The Standard
says that among the aspirations in the
will of Cecil Rhodes, to which Earl
Grey, governor general Of Canada, re-
ferred in his speech st the national ar
bitration and peace conference BAN
quet in New York April II, were the
ultimate recovery of the United States
by Great Britain and British occupa-
ton of the whole of Africa and South
America and of the seaboard Of China
and Japan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Iceland Wants Fiaa.

Copenhagen, April 30.-An agitation
for special Icelandic flag is being
strongly pressed in Iceland. Denmark
maintains, however, that 80 long as
Iceland belongs to her the Danish flag
must be the emblem of the islanders.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Three Years for Murder.

Three Years for Murder. |;
Racine, Wis, May 1. - Joseph Head
Of Chicago, found guilty of manslaugh.
ter in the third degree last Saturday
for stabbing Edward Pinnow Of this
city, to death in November, 1906, was
given prison sentence of three yeara
at Waupun.