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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
MR.kAUfmANN on THE STAND
HUSBAND OF ALLEGED MURDER.
Ess TEsTlFlEs FOR THE
Defense.

Flandreau, 8. D., June 18-The fea-
ture Of the Kaufman trial Saturday
was the appearance upon the witness
stand, Of Moses Kaufman, husband Of
the accused woman. who told a dra-
matte story of the amicable relations
existing between Mrs. Kaufman and
Agnes Polreis and of the incidents i'm
mediately preceding the removal of
the girl to the hospital, where she
died.
Mr.. Kaufman was subjected to a
withstood the strain in a manner
pleasing to the attorneys for the de-
tense, and did not contradict himself
upon any material or important mat
ter.
The first witness called after the
noon recess was John Krust of Sioux
Falls, who testified in behalf of the
defense. Previous to July 16 of last
year he had been employed by the
Sioux Falls Brewing and Mailing COM
pany, with which Mr.. Kaufman has
been connected during the last twenty
years as an officer and stakeholder.
On the date stated KrNst left the en-
ploy of the company.
The most important .,.rt of his tes-
timony related to Peter Erickson, the
star witness for the prosecution ans!
former hired man of the .ufmanns.
Erickson, he said, went to him at tho
brewery one day and asked him to-
see Mr.. Kaufman and induce him to
give him (Erickson) $500 if he would
by his testimony aid the cause OF the
defense in the case against Mrs. Kauf-
mann.
Asked about what Mr. Kaufman
said when informed by him Of the al
legged proposition of Erickson, Witness
replied:
"Mr. Kaufman said to tell him he
wouldn't give him a cent; for him to
tell everything he knew"
On cross-examination the witness:
stuck to his story.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21

oncials Of the postomces &C San
Francisco and Denver produced origt-
nal records showing that In August,
1904, registered letter was sent UNI
der the name Of ~. Wolf from the
address of Petitioners store in Denver
to u. Dempsey" at the Golden West
hotel in San Francisco. Orchard
swore that he stayed at the Golden
West hotel under an alias that was
either Dempsey" or Hogan" that
Pettibone used the aliases of wolf"
and Pat Bone" and that under the
name of wolf" Pettibone, in the
month mentioned, sent him a register
ed letter containing 500 to pay his
expenses While engaged on the Brad.
ley murder.
Tell Of Arrest at Ogden.
Police officials of Ogden established
the arrest there in June, 1908, of
Steve Adams and A. T. Williams.
When released through the influence
Of a detective they went straight tc
the Office of the Western Union and
sent telegram to Haywood in Der
yer.
The defense headed off an attempt
to get the contents of the telegram
before tile jury, but the state indicat-
ed that it would return to the charge
later and further develop the incident
when it has broadened its foundation.
Adams Identified.
The state got an order from the
court directing the Western Union to
produce it's records showing that Hay
wood sent money to Adams at. Ogden.
When the Ogden testimony was intro
duced Steve Adams was brought into
court under guard to be identified.
Besides it's work on the Pettibone-
Orchard and Haywood.Adams line, the
state produced several witnesses who
confirmed features of Orchards story
as to>the Bradley affair, the first de-
scent into the indicator mine with
the object
Of Doing Violence,
the final success CT the Vindicato1
plot, and the circumstances under
which Detective Lyle Gregory was
killed. Aside from its fight against
the admission of all the evidence Of
fered by the state on the general
ground that it was in no way connect
ed with the accused, the defense con-
tented itself with showing that all of
the witnesses had been located and in
terviewed by Pinkerton detectives,
and that they had been given ad.
vances of expense money through
Pinkerton agencies.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
CAR ovERRlDEs FUNDAMENTAL
LAW AND EXECUTES COUP
p'ETAT.
new ELECTIONS ARE ORDERED
REFUSAL TO PUNISH SOCIAL
DEMOCRATS THE CAUSE OF
UkAsE.

st. Petersburg. June H. Emperor
Nicholas affixed his signature Satur.
day morning to an imeerial ukase
abolishihg the present dcma and or
dering that the election C: members
to it's successor, which is to meet
Nov. IA, be held under a new election
law that provides against the Sub
mergence of the educated classes by
the uneducated masses"
overrides Fundamental Law.
This act constitutes virtual coup
d'etat and overrides the specific pro.
visions of the fundamental laws of the
realm, solemnly proclaimed by his
majesty on the eve of the convocation
of the first duma, which declare that
the electoral law could never be
changed without the consent of parlia-
ment itself.
This breach of the constitution is
justified by the great law of necessity.
the advisers of the emperor holding it
impossible, under present conditions,
to secure parliament capable of CO.
operating tremendously with the
crown to rescue Russia from anarchy
and revolution.
Gar States His Motives.
The ukase is accompanied by a
manifesto setting forth the motives
that led the emperor. to dissolve the
duns He adverts to the dumas re.
lection of temporary laws, its refusal
to condemn terrorism, the delay in
ratifying the budget, the open revolu.
tionsry spirit Of large portion of its
members, the abuse of the right of in
terpeilation, and, finally, the failure of
the duma to comply Immediately with
the demand for the exclusion of the
fifty-fve Social Democratic members
charged with conspiring against the
present regime.
These various evils are ascribed to
defects in the electoral law, conse-
quently the emperor decided to change
the basis of suffrage so that every
part Of the Russian population should
be represented in the lower house of
parliament.
Received With Tranquility.
The dissolution of the second duma
was received throughout st. Peters
burg with perfect tranquility, thanks
to the precautionary measures, and in
no place in Russia, so far as known,
were there any serious disturbances.
Demonstrations among st. Peters
burg workmen are anticipated to-day,
but the authorities are not alarmed.
An imperial ukase was issued yes
terday proroguing the council of the
empire until Nov. 10.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
GETS THROUGH FLOOD.
Water Is Still Eight Feet Deep on the
loWlands,

sturgis, S. D., June 1S.-The first
through train and mail here yester.
day afternoon since Wednesdays
storm took three hours up from Rap,
ids, thirty miles. Late reports
throughout the eastern part of Meade
county tell of more damage than was
expected. The water is eight feet
deep on the lowlands along creeks,
washing everything away in it's path.
There is considerable loss to crops.
A number of passengers from Stur-
gis to Rapids narrowly escaped being
drowned going overland. Trains will
probably arrive daily now. There
have been no freight trains since the
storm. Bends in the river are said to
be covered with dead horses, COWS,
pigs and chickens, besides timber.
Similar reports come from all over
the lower country.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

The vacancy in the isthmian canal
commission caused by the early retire
ment of Purchasing Agent Ross will
not be filed Ger Mckenzie, chief
engineers. will probably be assigned
to the work.
The report on the operations of the
rural mail delivery service to June
last shows that since May there has
been an increase of III in the num-
Der of routes, there being 1874 routes
now in operation, which are served by
36.566 carriers. All these routes are
served daily except 643. on which serv-
ice is rendered tri-weekly.
The Twenty-fifth infantry, one of
whose battalions figured in the
Brownsville incident, was ordered to
sail for the Philippines from San
Francisco on the transport Buford
July rs. Their going will remove
practically all the negro troops from
the United States, only few cavalry
men being left at West Point.
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Personal.

Miss Julia Magruder, the novelist,
died at Richmond, Va, after pro-
tracted illness, aged fifty-one years.
George r. Carter, governor Of Ha-
waii. will not serve another term after
the present one, which expires on
Nov. %, is completed.
Former District Judge L. B. France,
a pioneer and noted lawyer of Denver,
is dead. He was regarded as the fore.
most authority in Colorado on libel.
Col. James B. Quinn, corps of engi
neers, in charge of the government
river and harbor works at Sioux City.
has been retired on account of age.
Among the students who will re.
ceive the bachelor Of arts degree at
Williams college at Williamsport,
Mass, is Monroe Benchley Keith of
Minneapolis. He will receive the de-.
gree with honors.
Gen. Leonard Wood denies reports
that have been set in circulation that
he is returning to the United States
for an operation. 1t is declared that
the general is in good health and re.
marks to the contrary are merely part
OF scheme Of his enemies.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
WOMAN FIRST IN FILE.

Two Hundred Land Seekers Are In
Line at cass Lake Opening.
Cass Lake, Mimi, June 15.-When
the formal opening of government
lands in Itasca. county, which were
subject to entry at the United States
land Office in this village took place
200 persons were on hand prepared to
file on lots and parcels which they
had selected for entry. The best of
order prevailed.
Mrs. Ole Ferguson of Cass Lake
was the first to enter the land Office
and offer her filing. The township
opened yesterday for filing is fourteen
miles east Of the village of Big Falls,
and the Little Fork river flows along
the western side.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
coseRovE is NEW SECRETARY.
Elected by State Fair Board to Sue.
coed e. w. Randall.


coed e. w. Randall.
st. Paul, June 15.-C. N. Cosgrove
of LIE Sueur yesterday was elected sec.
rotary of the Minnesota State Agri-
cultural society succeeding E. W..
Randall.
B. F. Nelson of Minneapolis, who
has been first vice president, was
made president in the place of Mr..
Cosgrove. who resigned to become
secretary. G M. Griggs of st. Paul,
second vice president, was put up to
first vice president, while j. J. Fur
long of Austin was appointed second
vice president.
Mr.. Randall's resignation went into
effect Immediately, Mr.. Cosgrove TAX
ing up the work. Mr.. Randall will as
sumo his new duties as dean and d.
rector of the state agricultural college
Aug. 1.
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FOREST FIRES ouENcHEp.

Rain Saves Much Loss, Though Dam.
age Already 10 Extensive.
New Richmond, Wis, June 15.-The
rains OF this week came just in time
to head of heavy losses to the VIII
low River Lumber company of this
city through forest fires raging in the
vicinity of the company's camps at
Grand View, Wis. AS it was. consid-
cradle cordwood poles and posts were
destroyed and some of the CAMPS
were burned. but no logs were lost.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
TOT is LIFE SAVER.

Child Of Five Years Wades Into Lake
and Rescues Baby.
Star Lake, Mimi, June 16.-Clifford
Vogel, five years old, saved the life of
his two'year-old brother, who had
fallen into the lake and was in immi-
nent danger of drowning. The little
fellow had been playing out on a boat
landing and fell into the lake. The
water. while not deep, was almost
over the little chaps head when Cliff
ford. who witnessed the accident,
waded out from the shore and sue
ceeded in dragging the half-drowned
youngster to dry land.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
PRINCIPAL sPANks GIRLS.

Acquitted on Charge Of Assault and
Bat:ery-SaIary Is Raised.
Bristow, Iowa, June 1s.-Prof. D. H.
Correl, principal Is the Bristow
schools, was brought into court on
charge of assault and battery. The
charges were filed by girl students at
the school, who testified that the
teacher spanked them. The teachers
defense was that spankings were nec-
essary to maintain discipline. He was
acquitted, and the school board in
creased his salary.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
TWO DIE FOR GIRLS DARE.
Youths Stand Before Train as Act of
Bravado.

Madison, Ind, June 10. = Saturday
night, while party of young people
residing in the vicinity of Lovett were
returning to their homes from attend
ing singing school, one of the young
ladies dared Charles Dawson and Fred
Ochs to remain on the railway track a
longer time than herself in the face
of rapidly approaching train. The
challenge was accepted. AS a result
Dawson was killed and Ochs fatally
injured. The young lady escaped with
a torn dress.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
casualty.

John Boland was boiled to death at
the plant Of the Barber Asphalt COM
pany at Brooklyn while he was mixing
asphalt. Boland's body was found in
boiling vat of tar, where it was evil
dent he had fallen.
A trolley car crashed into an ex-
press wagon on the Brooklyn bridge,
New York, hurting a heavy trunk over
the high railing and sending It to the
street, one hundred feet below, where
It crushed out the life Of Filamanoa
Bruno, eleven years old.
Two passengers, = man and woman
were killed and upward Of fifteen 9TH
ers were injured ct Los Angeles when
. dty-bound trolley car Of the Los
Angeles railway jumped the track
while rounding . sharp, curve q Colo
RADIO ar6 Center streets and turned
completely over. Tho car was going
u q hish rate Of spssd.
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REED is BANK EXAMINER.

spooner>s Former Secretary Gets Fed
erai Job.
Washington, June l8. ~ Horace H.
Reed of Wisconsin, a former resident
OF Hudson and for twenty-five years
private secretary of Senator Spooner,
has been appointedia national bank
examiner and will be assigned to ter
ritory in the Northwest
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
BUILDERS FORM SYNDICATE.

Organize at San Francisco With Capt..
tai Of $10,ooo,o00.
San Francisco, June 10. - Local
building interests have brought about
the organization of a syndicate of out
side capitalists who will advance $780,
100000 within the next month, to be
used in the construction on the open
shop basis only. Another combination
In the building line is composed of
contractors, large construction compa-
MES and material men who favor the
open shop plan and agree to build or
furnish materials on that principle
only.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
Adams Brought Into Court.

Boise, Idaho, June 16.-The prosecu-
ton in the SteLnenberg murder trial
yesterday, entering in earnest upon
the .substantiation and confederation
of Harry Orchards testimony, showed
a continuous thread of evidence con-
Meeting George Petitioners store in
Denver with Orchard at San Francis
co engaged on the Bradley murder
plot, partly developed another direct
line by which it is hoped to show that
Haywood engaged and paid Steve
Adams for the same desperate work,
and added special touches of confir.
nation to Orchards general story.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
DROWNED LAST WINTER.

Body Of Man is Found in the Missis.
sippi,
Elk River, Mimi, June Is. - Two
small boys found foater on the Of
sego side of the river last evening.
He evidently was drowned in cold
weather, as he had ON a heavy sheep
skin coat and rubbers. The coroner
Of Wright county has been sent for.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
Wisconsin Commencement

Madison, Wis, June 1s.The exer.
cises of tie ffty-fourth commence
ment Of the University OF Wisconsin
began yesterday with the baccalaure-
ate address delivered before d large
audience by President Charles r Van
Htse on THE Attainment of Success.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
LOST IN SPECULATION.
Banker Admits Misrepresentation o.
$4,000.

Seymour. Wis, June ia defalca.
tion to the extent Of $4,000, caused
by the allurements Of the Chicago
wheat pit, IL responsible Tor the a.
rest Of Thomas G. Coghill, cashier, 81
the First National hank 81 this city.
who was taken into custody by I'd.
eral officer and removed % Nilvau.
kee yesterday. CoEhill has made s.
full breast Of his misappropf1ation. ;4sS
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21

Fannie Mogus, two years OLD, !,
dead at Anaconda, Mont, from the
effects Of drinking carbolic acid.
Six Slav miners were fr;ghtfull.
burned, three fatally, as the result OF
an explosion in a boarding house at
Johnstown, Pa.
Two men were killed and one fatal.
ly injured by an explosion in the fur
mace of the Fore; River Shipbuildin.
company at Quincy Point, Mass.
Mrs. William Nome, while resting
her head on wire clothes line at her
home south o. Shoals, Ind, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
The Dempsey Timber company's
mill at Tacoma, Wash, just completed
at cost >of $250,0OO and in operation
about three weeks, caught fire and Is
total loss.
A large touring automobile was
struck by passenger train at a cross
ing near Camden, N. j., and the four
occupants of the car were thrLwn out
and injured.
Paul Kies, William Stolseben and
Nicholas Forret were drowned in the
Mississippi at Dubuque by the capsiz.
ing of skiff. Two other occupants
were rescued.
The mining town of Dooley, Wise
county, Va, was visited by disas-
trous fire. A number of residences
and business houses were burned, en-.
failing loss of $4,000.
During severe thunder storm 10.
seph Baughy, who lives just east of
Nora Springs, Iowa, on Judge Burr's
farm, met with very heavy loss by the
killing of cattle by lightning.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
QUICK TRIP FROM SHANGHAI.

Consul Rogers Makes Il in Twenty.
seven Days.
New York, June 18.-James L. Rog-
ers, former American consul at Shang.
hal, was a passenger on the steamer
Philadelphia, which arrived yesterday
from Southampton.
Mr.. Rogers left Shanghai on May 10,
and arrived in New York in twenty.
seven days. This he believes to be
record.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
NO MORE BODIES FOUND.

Search for Drowned Midshipmen Will
be Resumed.
Washington, June 10. = The navy
department last night received dis
patch from Admiral Evans, in COM
mand of the feet in Hampton Roads,
stating that the search for the bodies
Of the six midshipmen and four sail
ors, who, with the fireman whose
body has since been recovered, were
drowned by the sinking of the Mime
sofas launch last Monday night, was
continued yesterday without success.
The dragging of the harbor, the dis.
patch said, would be resumed again
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
Criminal.

Henry Steinbach' aged sixty, a pio.
neer resident of Baraga county, Mich,
committed suicide by hanging in the
tower of the school house at Lanse.
Alleged stolen jewelry valued at
thousands of dollars was recovered by
the New York police and two walters,
Costas Meras and Emmanuel Sar.
bikes, were arrested as suspects.
While pursuing two Montana horse
thieves Sheriff Guy and a posse from
johnson county, Wyo., shot and killed
one Of the robbers who held up a
Northern Pacific train at Welch's spur
recently.
AS result of quarrel originating
in love affair Antonio Lolita stabbed
Giovanni Faorano to death in the
Northern Pacific yards at Tacoma,
Wash, where both were employed as
section laborers.
Taking umbrage at being called a
niger James Hicks, eighteen
years old, colored, threw a rock at a
passing street car at Indianapolis,
striking two girls, and came near be-
ing mobbed for his act.
Because his mother had spanked
him Calf Mccoy, aged fourteen years,
shot and instantly killed her at their
farm, nine miles north of Bassett,
Neb. Fearing she was not dead, he
fired a second bullet into her body.
A. ]. Wilson, victim of the NOR
phine habit and who has been a ia
miliar figure in police circles at Bill
ings, Mont, for some time, committed
suicide by casting himself from a
Burlington train on which he had
taken passage for Cody, Wyo.
Charged with having shot and kill
ed Lee Reynolds, white man, Lee
Fox, a negro, was lynched by a mob
of about fifty men near Indianola,
Miss. Reynolds was shot as he was
leaving hall where Fox had lost con.
siderable money at gaming table.
Rev. J. Primrose and Rev. A. F.
Berkstresser, temperance crusaders,
who were released from jail at Fran.
tenac, Kan, after they had been ar.
rested on charge of selling liquor,
were attacked by twenty saloon sym.
pathizers as they were boarding an
electric car to leave town and severe,
ly beaten.
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/ Crushed u nder W.oon,

ss Grand; Forks, n. $D.. June lis.
.s4A'Itd l Querin, three years old. was
;cfnshed to death under lagwagons load
ne With hay The boy was riding on
tie load and fell under ths wheals.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-06-21
General.

THE green bug of Kansas is at
work in Ohio, and already many fields
of oats have been destroyed.
Cromwell Dickson, fifteen years old,
made successful fight at Columbus,
Ohio, with an airship of his own con-
struction at the Columbus Driving
Park.
An epidemic of smallpox is raging
at the Washington state insane asy-
lum. Strict quarantine is being en-.
forced and 1923 patients have been
vaccinated.
The sixty-sixth annual session OF
the Evangelical Lutheran synod at
Roland, Iowa, chose Red Wing, MIMI,
as the next meeting place and elect
ed Rev. c. ]. Eastvold of Jewell, Iowa,
president.
Will J. Davis, manager Of the ILL
nois theater In Chicago, and Miss FL
len O'Hagen, his private secretary,
were married at Elkhart, Ind. Only a
few theatrical friends were present at
the ceremony.
|. A verdict Of 25 cents, the price of
his ticket, was returned by a jury at
Newport BY direction Of Justice
sweetland in the case of Chief Yeo-
man Fred ]. Buenzie of the United
States naval training station, who was
excluded from a dancing pavilion last
summer because he wore the uniform
Of the United States navy.
Chicago's -four hundred" was given
q surprise when the announcement
came from Paris that Miss Italia Blair,
one Of the richest and most beautiful
members Of the younger set, had cap
tured social lion IN the person Of .
o.n~ rnh1nSnaM ~ sG t.t4A
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JUMP FIRES GUN.

5Vy WIZ - oHUS 6OSSt Nrm dno way
Not Survive.
Black River Falls, Wis. June 16. -
Joseph Woldrick. sixteen years old,
lost an arm and may lose his life as a
result Of the accidental discharge of q
f1rearm. The boy was passing through
the lumber yard at Millston, near
here, and while jumping over q pile
of boards the shotgun which he was
carrying was discharged, the entire
load passing through his arm. .