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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
KEEP BOOZE OUT OF DRY STATES
Senators Nelson and Bacon Say Con-
gress Has Power to Put on Lid.

Senators Nelson and Bacon Say Con-
gress Has Power to Put on Lid.
Washington, April Fl. - What are
admitted to be the most important
opinions that have been given by tho
lawyers Of the present congress are
those just issued by the five men,
bers of the judiciary committee of the
senate relating to the liquor legisla-
ton pending in congress covering the
question of the transportation of
liquor in interstate commerce, espe-
cially into states which have prohibi-
tory laws against the manufacture
and sale of liquor.
Two members of this subcommittee
of the senate judiciary committee,
Senators Nelson of Minnesota and Ba-
con of Georgia, hold the opinion that
it is within the power of congress alb
so.utely to prohibit the entry of liquor
IN interstate commerce into those
states.
Congress Has Power.
In other words, that congress has
power to so legislate that the laws of
the states, enacted under the police
powers of the states, shall become op-
erative to cover liquor shipped in in
terstate commerce upon it's entry into
such prohibition states and before the
liquor reaches the consignee
Senators Knox of Pennsylvania,
Fulton OF Oregon and Rayner of Mary
land unite III holding that congress
has no such power under the constitu-
ton.
Senator Nelson's opinion on this
subject is regarded as by far the
most luminous and vigorous of any
that has been given in either house of
congress in favor of the power of con-
gress to deal with this subject.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
Casualty.

injured The air brakes saved the
engine from plunging into the gulch
by most narrow margin.
The Mahon building. new pressed
brick structure at Victoria, B. c., was
Quilted by fire. Loss, 100000.
Fire in the residence of George W,
Jackson in Chicago caused damage es-
tima'ed at $4,000 The blaze is sup
posed to have been caused by crossed
eectric wires.
George Foster. a prominent and
wealthy contractor. was instantly kill
ed by railroad engine at Grafton, a
suburb Of Pittsburg. While crossing
the tracks he failed to see the engine.
While watching a tenement house
fire at Webster City. Iowa. from the
Illinois Central viaduct Jay Lynch
stepped backward and pitched down.
ward thirty feet. Not bone in the
mans body was broken, but internal
injuries may prove fatal.
Half of Oak Hill, a suburb Of Manis.
tee, Mich. was destroyed by fire
Forty-five dwellings and two stores
were burned and a Polish woman
whose name is not known was prob.
ably fatally burned. The loss will ag
gregate $4,000.
The old Van Wart mansion at
Youngs Corners, N. Y. has been de-
stroyed by fire. The old mansion
the scene of a skirmish in the Revolu
tionary war. contained many revolu
tionary relics and all of them were
lost. The loss is estimated at $50.
OOO. ...
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con.
densed for the Busy
Reader.
Washington Notes.

The senate has passed bill ere
ating forest reservation at Cass
Lake, MINI.
The navy department has prelimi
narily accepted at Boston the new
scout cruiser Birmingham. She is to
be put into commission at once.
A bill has been introduced in the
house requiring all interstate railroads
thorough to cleanse and disinfect all
stock cars before delivering them to
shippers 70. the transportation of live
stock.
To urge federal aid to national
drainage as national policy and not
as a project is the purpose of the
meeting of the national drainage con
gress. 10 he held in Washington on
May u.
Because of lack Of time the govern
ment has felt it necessary to decline
an invitation extended by Great Brit
ain that the Atlantic battleship feet
stop at Hongkong on its trip around
the world.
The navy department is considering
the establishment on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of home bases for the
fleets, where enlisted men can pur-
chase their own homes and where the
ships will call at regular intervals.
Conferees on the widows pension,
bill reached an agreement to increase
from So to $12 month the pensions
of widows of the soldiers of the Next
can. Indian and Civil wars. 1t will
increase the pension list about $12,-
O06 0G0.
The public lands committee of the
house has reported favorably a bill to
extend the provisions of the Carey
act to the territory of New Mexico.
The act authorizes states to select
public lands to be reclaimed by irri-
cation.
A bill has been passed by the sen.
ate to establish permanent national
bison range of 1880 acres on the
Flathead Indian reservation in Mon
tana. The range is to become the
home of the largest herd of bison in
the world.
Senator Nelson has introduced all
amendment to the agricultural appro-
pliation bill, providing $4,000 for the
erection of a building for the weather
bureau on land to be donated by the
Minnesota experiment station at st.
Anthony Park.
That the present session Of con.
gress will adjourn on or about Satur-
day, May 3. was the prediction of
Representative James f. Watson of
Indiana. Republican whip" of the
house. Mr.. Watson bases this predic-
ton upon information he has gather
ed as the result Of careful survey of
the situation in the two houses of
congress.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
Woman Kills Herself.

Chicago, April 21.-Jessie Level
Ign Call, daughter of Former Govern
or Llewellyn OF Kansas, committed
suicide in her room in a hotel hero
last night by taking poison. De-
spondency because Of i'll health is be.
lieved to have been the cause.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
U.ed Mail. TO pefraud.

Chicago, April 19.-Mrs. Jennie Call,
who, under the name of e. L. CHM,
conducted matrimonial agency In
Chicago, was found guilty yesterday
by jury in the federal court of hav-
ing used the United States mails to
promote fraud.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
HUNTS ELop,Ne WIFE TO DEATH
st. Paul Man Lures Woman to ckica.
co Street and Slabs Her.

GO Street and Slabs Her.
Chicago, April 19.-Swearing venge
ance because the woman who bore his
name had deserted him to elope with
another, Giuseppe Crea Of st. Paul.
thirty one years old. after travelling
hundreds of miles in vain search.
lureA his wife to Halsted and West
Taylor streets yesterday and mortally
wounded her in the presence of hun
dreds. Crea stabbed her three times,
each wound in itself being sufficient
to cause death.
When the woman fell unconscious
to the ground the assassin, with a
laugh, fled from the place, pursued by
mob Of his fellow countrymen.
The man kept his pursuers at hay
with a revolver and finally made mis-
escape.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
Justlce Works Quickly.

Chicago, April 19.-Eighteen hours
after their arrest for highway robbery,
Peter and Joseph Smith were occupy
ing cells in the penitentiary at Micbi-
gan City, Ind. They confessed to
holding up Riley Dean and his wife.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
"Father" Chadwick pyino.

New York. April 2l.-Henry Chad
wick, known throughout the country
as the father of baseball" is report
ed dying at his residence in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Chadwick is suffering from pneu.
monia and heart trouble. He was
eighty-three years old.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
scow Upsets: Four Drown.

Winnipeg, Man, April 2l.--By the
upsetting Of scow crossing the Bat
tie river. swollen by freshets, nine
Grand Trunk Pacific railway work
men we're thrown into the water and
four were drowned
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
erroop, I. ORDERED / .l4anna.

Pensacola, Fla, April q. Gov.
Broward last night ordered all the
state troops sent here to preserve or.
der during the strike Of motormen and
conductors to return to their homes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
section Men win strike.

Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, April 10. ~
Wisconsin Central section men. all
along the line viii 60 on strike be.
cause the company has issued q new
wage scale Of @1.26 per day for ten
hours.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-24
Two indiana Fishermen Drown.

W. SUN S1SSTNeV OTVWH'
Jasonville, Ind, April 81. John
Garfield and Thomas Ford were
drowned in the lake near here. They
were fishing and their boat capsized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
Orders by Pigeon Post.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mall.
Orders executed by post is a common
enough phrase nowadays. but "orders by
pigeon post" is something new.
The pigeon post" has recently been in
stituted by Don Harris. son OF butcher
at Herne Bay. who regularly employs
homer pigeons to carry orders from out
lying districts to his fathers shop.
Mr.. Harris. jr. when he goes to collect
orders takes six Of his fastest birds in the
trap with him After he has gone a couple
Of miles and collected dozen orders he
liberates a pigeon with the orders inclos-
ed in little metal case attached to the
birds foot. Before five minutes have
elapsed these orders are in the delivery
trap on the way TO the customers.
At various stages of his round (Which
usually takes three hours) Mr.. Harris
liberates the other birds with more or
ders. and by the time he returns TO the
shop all the orders received by pigeon
post have been dispatched.
Sometimes my rounds take me more
than three hours" said Mr.. Harris. and
formerly customers who lived any dis
lance out did not get their joints until
too late for the midday meal. Now my
pigeons have solved the difficulty. The
birds will often travel a a speed or more
than mile a minute, so you can guess
the time they save. l have never known a
bird to 60 astray."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

northern lake and found it great sport
And he decided to try it in the bay
TWENTY-FIVE cents an hour" was the
boathouse keepers reply. and Archie felt
In his pocket to see if he had the amount
Yes. he had just quarter in his purse
so he helped the boathouse keeper to I'M
tie the boat and to push it into the
deeper water near to where it was moored
Then he sprang in and took the oars and
pushed out toward deep water.
well. it's a bit heavier to row in
the bay than in the little lake at home. ;"
Archie unused as he tugged right valiant
~ at the oars till the perspiration
dropped from his temples. But this is
the sort Of thing to give chap muscle
all right. all right. Think I'll row every
evening while we're here. Won't I sur
prise the boys at home when I return
and show my arms and shoulders? Gee.
but rowing is great
And on he swept through the water 60
ing toward the gulf. The boathouse
keeper had warned him against the gulf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

just where the bay and gulf come togeth-
er-but saw-him-struggling -away-out
-at-sea-and couldn t-leave-him-to
perish"
Il understand il all my noble boy aid
his father. his own voice low with sup
pressed emotion: and I'm prouder OF you
this night than ! ever was before Now,
we're almost at the landing. Do YOU feel
strong enough to walk to our boarding
house. or shall | go and procure car
rage"
I'm all right father. thank YOU. re-
piled Archie. rising to "A sitting posture
but that poor man-what are you gong
TO do with him.?
IF he isn't sufficiently recovered when
We land To tell Us where he wishes TO go
we'll send for conveyance and take nun
10 our place and call i'm doctor. | think
he'll come round within snort TIME.
however. He's suffering simply from eN-
haustion He must have been long time
in the water when you found him And
just think Of all the big boats that went
past him without seeing him, That shows
that men fail where boys win
Within an hour the rescued man was
quite himself again. and sitting in coy
room of the Laws boarding house he told
Of how his little catboat had been cap.
sized in a sudden squall. and how he had
been clinging to il for two hours when
picked up by Archie.
And this boy shall never regret having
saved my life" the man declared. I'm
not Wnat you call a iaCu bbi i N'
got a pretty nice plantation down in this
part of the world. and as I have neither
chick nor child this brave little fellow
shall claim the biggest corner of my
heart And now. as soon you've seen
what you want of this place l shall carry
you to my plantation and show II 10 this
boy who shall some day he it's owner.
I'm not talking 10 re heard. friends. and
any one i'm these parts can tell you m
man of my word. My name Is sam
Bright and round these parts I'm called
the Money King. But till now I've never
made the right uso Of my money. Now
it's going to begin working. and working
to give this boy all the advantages OF
learning and study he wants. l tell YOU
a man lives on this globe but once. and
that life is the most precious thing he
can possess. and this little handful of
boy has saved that life for me. And
want him-and you. his parents-to know
that I understand his value.
And the Money King" kept his WORD.
too. although Archie did his best 10 ex-
plain to him that he had not saved his
life with thought Of reward. All the
more reason why you should have it,"
the Money King smiled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
CHINESE PIGEON WHISTLES.

There two distinct types Of Whistles
those consisting Of bamboo tubes placed side Ivy
side. ard a type based on, the principle Of tubes
attached to gourd body or wind chest. They
are lacqucred in yellow. brown. red and black
to protect the material from destructive inau
ences Of the atmosphere. The tube whistles
have either two. three or I'VE tubes In some
specimens the Ave tubes made Of OK horn
instad Of bamboo. The gourd whistles fur
nished with a mouthpiece and small apertures to
the number OF two three. six. ten and even
thirteen. Certain among them have. besides.
number OF bamboo tubes. some the principal
mouthpiece. some arranged around IL. These
varieties distinguished by different names.
Thus. a whistle with one mouthpiece and tep
tubes is called The eleven-eyed one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
DEAN SWlFT'S SALLY.

@NcE during a journey on foot Dean
~ Swift stopped at a roadside tavern.
or alehouse, to obtain some refreshment
The landlady was so busy chatting with
and serving several wagoners whom she
evidently thought superior persons to the
dusty and road-stained dean. that she
obliged him to wait her pleasure to serve
him. While waiting Dean Swift walked
about the front of the house. and. observ-
ing that II was called The Three Cross
es"-owing to the fact that 1t was at the
three intersecting roads leading to vari-
Gus cities-he took from his pocket a dia-
mond and cut on each pane Of glass In
the best room in the house the following:
To the landlord: There hang three
crosses at thy door. Hang up thy wife,
and she'll make four.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

telling him that 1t was not safe for a
small boat with a kid at the oars" and
told him to remain close to the shore.
But Archie was venturesome and de-
cided to go as close to the waters Of the
old gulf as he might dare. and for that
purpose he put straight out seward in
stead of following the land line along the
bay.
We'll. I reckon this must be the gulf
line he said to himself as the waves be-
gan to roll more perceptibly and to cause
his little boat to rise and fall rather too
much for comfort. Yes. this Is the
meeting place of the bay and the gulf.
and twenty rods on are pillows a bit too
wild for me. How deep and blue the gulf
looks. while in the bay the water is so
pale and quiet. scarcely ripping. 1 must
confess that the gulf holds much attrac-
ton for me. I like something doing. l do.
The bay is pretty and gentle and so GER
tain. The gulf is wild. menacing and I'M
certain. If I had thought to ask papa's
consent to go into 1t I would not hesitate
to do so. But guess I'd better turn back
now. Besides. I've been out a good half
hour: and l mustn't keep the boat over
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

Then Archie began to turn the boat
homeward. when a small object rising
ana railing on the waters of the gun
about half a mile from where he was
rowing. caught his attention. why. that
looks like a man in the water. he ex-
claimed. and steaded his boat as best he
could while he shaded mis- eyes from the
setting sun and looked intently toward
the object. Sure as I'm foot high.
that speck is a man. and he's clinging to
something. I wonder If he is holding to
an overturned boat or to a piece of drift.
wood Well. I can't go into port and
leave a man in danger
Hurriedly Archie turned his boat about
and began rowing in the direction of the
apparently drifting object. He was all
but exhausted. for the work was heavy.
almost helpless against them But on
and on he rowed. weakly but surely.
Sometimes the object would drop from
sight. to rise again. AS Archie drew
form of a man. And then he saw that he
was clinging to an overturned boat. slow
ly drifting out to sea.
Archie called at the top of his voice to
cheer the perishing man. Hold on for
dear life. mister; I'll soon reach you"'
And he did. A few minutes afterward
he had rowed alongside the man. who was
too exhausted from his long battle In the
water to get into the boat without assist
ance. and Archie had to lend helping
hand as we'll as to keep the boat steady.
1t was no small task for boy Of fifteen,
and when at last the great bulky man
was lying in the bottom of the boat Archie
felt that he should collapse He leaned
on his oars and breathed desperately. the
perspiration dripping from his face. The
man looked at him YEARLY. moved his lips
n fHnvo h e n
dropped his head back like one whose life
is about spent
Gee. I'm glad l got here just as l did"
was Arches comment as he noted the
mans physical condition. Another min
ute In the water and he'd have given up
his hold on the boat and gone down. Gee
whiz! am glad I came out to row this
evening""
After resting a few minutes Archie
turned the boat about. rowing toward
the land. But the tide was going out
and he had struggle of it. The sun
had dropped behind the waters rim and
darkness was setting in very rapidly
Archie felt anxious about his parents He
knew they would be looking for him every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

"A TRAVELLER in eastern lands tells us the
following little story Of the Chinese and
their most unique pigeon whistles. story well
worth repeatong here:
One OF the most curious expressions Of emo
tionai life In China is the application Of whs-
ties to a dock OF pigeons. These whistles, very
light. weighing hardly q few grams. are attached
to the tails Of young pigeons soon after their
birth. by means Of a Hne copper wire. so that
when the birds hy the wind will blow through
the whistles and set them vibrating. thus pro-
ducng open air concert, for the instruments
in one and the same flock are all tuned differ
emily. On a serene day In Picking. where these
instruments are manufactured with great clever
and ingenuity. II 10 possible to enjoy this
aerial music while sitting in ones room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
When Archie Risked His Life on the Great Golf

voices-among them his own fathers
voice. Arches heart gave bound. His
head grew dizzy. He bent on his oars and
with a mighty effort came close To the
dark object. which proved 10 be large
rowboat with three men inside it, '-Fa
ther.' Archie cried. Then he sank back
In the boat and his eyes closed. But be-
fore he lost consciousness he felt that the
resCuers had hold OF his boat and were
making il fast TO their own. Then he
knew nothing more for several minutes.
When at last he regained consciousness
he was lying in his fathers arms in the
big rowboat and the two men who were
with his father were pulling their oars
like giants. sending the boat through the
water like a bird on the wing. And down
in the bottom OF the boat lay the man
Archie had saved from drowning. his eyes
still closed as If his life ran low
Father. forgive me for risking the
gulf" said Archie I'm weak slow voice.
Il hadn't meant to 60 beyond that buoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
BALLOONS.

HEY sat upon the garden wall with little
1 pipes Of clay
To send balloons to Fsiryland upon summer
Jack held the soapsuds in bis lap. where each
could take a dip,
And one BY one the bubbles rose like many
fairy ship.
oh look. cried Peter. look. I say! There
goes my big balloon; ..,u =. thar.
And il it's gone to Fairyland t~ii DC 'he'e
See mine. cried Madge. from her pipe
bubble rose TO view.
The fairies must have painted it that lovely
pink and blue"
Then Mabel's followed then came Jacks: into
the sky they rose.
But one came down on Madges head ana one on
Peters nose.
And did the rest reach Fairyland? I really can
not say.
dey Infants Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17
ORIGIN OF VEGETABLES.

In 1855 the potato was introduced into
Europe by the Spaniards. who found 1t
in Chile. At almost the same date 1t was
introduced into England by the English.
who had found it cultivated by the In
dams in North America. The sweet po-
tato and the artichoke are also American
vegetables. Satisfy is found growing wild
over Greece. Italy and Algeria. Turnips
and radishes came originally from CEN
trail Europe. Cabbage. which Is Of re-
mote origin is believed to be a Euro
pean vegetable. Asparagus found Its orr
gin in temperate western Asia. Eggplant
came to us from India. The carrot grows
wild throughout Europe. Asia Minor. ST.
IBERIA, China, Abyssinia, northern Africa
and the Canary Islands. The tomato
comes from Peru the cucumber from In
dia and the pumpkin from Guinea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-17

minute and would soon become distressed
about him. going in search of him doubt
less. He was more than a mile from the
boathouse. whose little Pickering light he
could make out through the growing
darkness And how weary his arms were
becoming. almost refusing to WELD the
heavy oars. And the tide being full
against him he made very SLOW progress.
After few minutes the man i'm the
bottom of the boat opened his eyes and
looked UP into Arches face. "B-r-a-v-e
boy" he murmured. Then he closed
his ewes again and lay very still. And on
and on Archie rowed, his head bursting
with pain and ringing in his ears.
Would he ever reach the shore? All. he
had been foolish to try the heavy water
of the gulf. But-what would have be-
come of the man had he not done so?
No: he was glad he had come. even IL
the consequences should happen to be
very hard to bear. He would not give
up. No: he would FORCE himself to
reach the shore.
Then he saw something dark OH the
water just in front of him. Next he ia "
the flash of boat lantern. Then he heard