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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
Otherwise.

Sir Thomas Upton selt $500 to New
York to the fund for welcoming home
the American team of Olympic ath.
letes.
A son has been born to Senator and
Mrs. Beveridge of Indiana, who are
stopping at Manchester, Mass, for the
summer.
The Daughters of Liberty held their
national convention in Saginaw, Mich,
with 200 delegates present from all
over the country.
Liability for the contracting of a
case of tuberculosis is charged in a
$4,000 suit filed at Louisville by
Richard Devine against the operator
Of rug factory.
The national convention of the Con.
servatives in session at Havana nom
mated by reclamation Gen. Mario Me-
mccall for president and Rafael Mon.
toro for vice president.
Grain men estimate that about 10,
100000 bushels of the new crop in the
Pacific Northwest have been sold to
date. Prices in many instances have
been several cents above the export
value of wheat.
No longer can divorced persons be-
married in Newport by any one ex-
cept the justices of the superior court.
The Minister'S union has taken the
matter up and voted not to unite di.
vorced couples in the future.
The Esperantists' congress at Dres-
den passed resolution to found a
teachers federation and also an inter-
national Esperanto institute, which
will draw up rules by which the new
artificial language may be. kept pure.
The London Chronicle says that
Frederick c. Selous, the noted ele.
plant hunter, has received a letter
from President Roosevelt asking him
to make arrangements to obtain in
England ROosevelt's outfit for the AT.
rican trip.
Grand Rapids. Mich, must 20 in
when the curfew blows. Not only
must children get OF the streets. but
those in the public parks must leave
the benches at 9 p. M, the curfew
hour. the council having passed an or.
dinance to that effect.
Resolutions approving the plan TO.
national storage of the Western wool
crop were adopted unanimously by
the executive committee of the Ma.
tional Wool Growers association in
session at Salt Lake. The president
of the association was authorized to
name a committee to select a city
where central store market will be
established and to form corporation.
At the presentation OF pasteurized
milk depot to the city Of Dublin, Ma
than Straus Of New York was warm.
ly thanked by the countess of Aber.
deem, wife of the lord lieutenant Of
Ireland, and by the lord mayor Of
Dublin.
Secretary Irwin Shepard Of the Ma
tional Educational association an.
Eounces that the department Of super.
intendants would meet in Chicago
Feb. 1924. 1909. The meeting was "a
have been held in Oklahoma City. but
the destruction Of q leading hotel
there by IRE necessitated . change, Il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
MISS PECK TRIES IT AGAIN.

American Woman Mountain Climber
Attempts to Scale Huascaran.
Lima, Peru, Sept. Miss Annie S.
Peck of Providence, R. L., the noun
tain climber, who on Aug. IA succeed
ed in reaching an altitude of $4,000
feet on Mount Huascaran, but later
was compelled to return to the low
lands on account of the sickness of
one of her guides, started Saturday
afternoon on the second attempt to
reach the summit. Huascaran is be-
lieved to be the highest peak in the
Western hemisphere. 1t towers above
notable group of volcanic SUBMITS
in the south OF Peru.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
CHILD HIT BY AUTO; DYING.

Girl at Port Washington, Wis.,, Runs
in Front Of Machine.
Port Washington, Wis, Sept. 1. -
A touring car containing Mr.. and Mrs.
c. M. Ohlsen and their two sons and
one daughter of Oak Park, Ill.,, ran
over ten-year-old child, the only
daughter of Frank Benick, and there
are no hopes of the child's life. Her
skull is fractured and she has been
unconscious ever since
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
dedicate New Hospital.

Eau Claire, Wis, Sept. I. = The
cornerstone laying and dedication Of
Luther hospital took place yesterday
afternoon. Rev. M. o. Waldahl of Me-
ridian, president of the Hospital as
ISOLATION, laid the cornerstone. IT.
vine I. Lenroot of Superior delivered
the dedication address at the grounds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
THIEF Ross CORNERSTONE.

Steals Casket From Foundation Of
New Memorial Hospital.
Ischl, Austria, Sept. 1. = Emperor
Francis Joseph on Saturday laid the
foundation of hospital in memory Of
the late Empress Elizabeth. During
the night the foundation stone was
removed from its setting and the cas-
ket containing the imperial signed
record and the customary coins was
stolen. There is no trace of the thief.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
STEAMER SINKS; 81 PERISH.
Only Two Rescued From Disaste
British Vessel In Typhoon.

only Two Rescued From Disaster to
British Vessel In Typhoon.
Toxic, Aug. 30.-News of the sink.
ing Of the British steamer Duncan
and the loss of all but two of the fifty.
three members of her crew in the ty.
phoon which ragged on Aug. 26 of the
port Of Goto, on the island of Kishui,
has reached here in a report from
Moji, town on the same island. The
names Of the survivors are given as
William Phillips, an engineer, and
John Lapdon. a seaman, both Of whom
were picked up by the Japanese
steamer Sakyo Maru.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
Two Hurt In co,I,.,o,

st. Paul, Aug. Bob. A. Acker and
F. G. Gill, both railway mail clerks.
were painfully injured yesterday
morning in a collision between 500
and Chicago Great Western passen.
ger train in the Mississippi street
yards.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
On Eve Of Civil War.

Teheran, Sept. l. Latest advices
received here indicate that all the
provinces are in state of anarchy
and that the country is on the eve
of civil war. Word has reached
here from Nuddea that party Of
Liberal .Mushtaieds has started for.
Persia to proclaim holy war against
the shah among the dat population.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
WILL CUT OFF cHILD's HEAD.

Freak Baby With Extra Skull Under
Surgeons Knife.
New Orleans, La, Sept. IAN op-
GRAFTON in which many local surgeons
are interested will be performed with
in the next few days on New Or
leans child which was recently born
with two heads. The second head is
not perfectly formed, but the top of it
is well covered with healthy growth
Of hair. The second head will be re-
moved.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04

lightning Hits College Tower.
Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. /. Light:
ming demolished part OF the high tow
er OF the Grand Forks college and
caused several hundred dollars dam:
age. H 5s.t II 4. ii
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
Forgery IL charned.

Athens, Mich, Aug. 30.-Harry Lew.
is. twenty.four years old. cashier Of
the Athens Savings bank, which was
closed Thursday by the state banking
commissioners, was arrested yesterday
on charge Of forgery.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
REBELS SEND ULTlMATuM.

Make Demands on Shah and Insist on
Answer in Five Days.
st. Petersburg, Sept. IA dispatch
from Tabriz says that the revolution-
lists have sent an ultimatum to the
shah, an answer to which must bel
given within five days, demanding the
formation of ministry composed OF
members of their party; the exile Of
reactionaries from Teheran; full am
nesty, and the immediate convocation
of a national assembly.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
MYSTERY IN HIS DEATH.
Preacher Found Dead From Gunshot
Wounds.

New London, Conn.,, Sept. 1.-Mrs.
o. B. Milligan, wife of Rev. Milligan,
the minister who was found yesterday
in his home in Canton, Ohio, dead of;
gunshot wounds received in some
mysterious way, and her brother, c..
B. Agnew of Cleveland, who have
been summering at Oswegatchie
Beach, Waterford, left here for the
scene of the tragedy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
500 OFFERS OF MARRIAGE.

UuIuth Woman 70 RECEIVING Letters
by the Hundred.
Duluth. Aug. 30.-Nearly 500 offers
of marriage have been received by
Mrs. Anna Rowe, who is waiting In
line to file on homestead in the Fond
du Lac reservation, which will be
opened here Sept. is. Through an
error the st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth papers published the story that
she was unmarried, and imme diately
the offers began to come IN from all
parts Of The country. 5
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
Two Flood Victims Missing.

Two Flood Victims Missing.
Trinidad, Colo. Sept. 1. All but
two Of the bodies Of the nineteen per-
SONS who met death in the food Of the
Cimarron river at Folsom, N. M, on
Friday last have been found. The
property loss is estimated at $1,000.
900. II.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
GUNS COW LYNCH MOB.

Two Arizona Deputies Save Negro
From Several Hundred White Men.
Douglas, Ariz., Sept. Frank But
Ter, a negro, who shot Ernest Phillips.
white, and was later arrested, was
saved from violence at the hands of
several hundred armed men by two
deputy sheriffs. The deputies, with
drawn revolvers, held the mob at bay
placed Butler in an automobile and
sped to Tombstone, where the negro
was locked up.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
BOLT ONLY HITS FACE.
Lightning Scores Man, but Doesn't In
lure Him Much

jure Him Much.
Almena. Wis, Aug. 3O.-During a
storm here last night as Mat Dold,
manager of the Farmers store, was
entering building fash of lightning
came down a telephone pole in front
of the building, jumped to Dold's face
discoloring both eyes and the skin all
over his face, but did not otherwise
injure him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-04
REPEATS BRUTAL CRIME.
Man Who Admits Assault on Child 10
ex.convict.

Cando, N. D., Sept. 1. - George p.
Burgess, who already has served q
five years sentence in the Bismarck
penitentiary for similar assault. has
confessed here that he attacked Cath
terine McKinnon, the ten-year-old
daughter OF Mrs. Elinor Hawkes.. for
merly Of Bemidji, Mimi. The crime
was committed near this city. Mrs.
Hawkes. and her daughter have been
here only . month.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04

nj Is bgeF9 mn
irlgIy Republican
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
AN ACCURATE CLOCK.
The Tinsspioes In the Observatory q
CoIunlbia University.

The Timspioce In the observatory q
CoIunabia University.
In thu observatory OF Columbia uni
versity Is one of the. most accurate
clocks in the world 1t has run for
several months with a mean error of
only ifteen-thousandtIls OF second
aud u maximum error OF thirty-thou-
sandtis Of n second per day. That
means that it docs not vary more than
half second a month, or six seconds
year.
Compare this with the FIRST pocket
timepiece. the animated egg of Su-
remberss.'' which required winding
twice day and varied an hour and
half in the same time; Compare 1t
with some of the highest priced
watches manufactured today, which
often vary more than ten seconds n
week, and you will have some idea OF
the refinemeuts in the science of meas
urinE time. Yet even this accuracy is
surpassed by some famous timepfeces.
IL the trade magazines are to be be-
lieved There have been accounts In
them of clocks or watches that have
varied less than n second in periods as
long as ten years.
The clock at the University of Co
lumbia Issan astronomical clock. 1t is
surrounded by n glass case In which
partial vacuum is maintained. and in
order that the case may not be opened
or disturbed the winding ls done auto
maticaIly by electricity. The clock is
set up in room especially constructed
to keep It free from jar or vibration.
The temperature and barometric con-
ditfons are maintained practically con-
slant, and every possible precaution is
taken to minimize the errors of the
running mate.-New York World.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
MISSOURI
lican.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Nov. S-scattered-
returns indicate Bryan has carried
Missouri by $4,000 plurality, and
cowherd. Democrat. has defeated
Hadley flor governor by 10000:
Scattering returns from about 80
OF the 115 counties in Missouri indi-
cate that Bryan will have a plurality
of about 30 900 over Taft Cowherd,
Dem, is leading HadIey. Rep, for
&c ernor, but is running behind the
national ticket, The legislature will
be Democratic but whether It Will
elea, Senator Stone or Governor Folk
70 the United States Senate is not de-
cided, Latest returns give Stone
6 .915. Folk 5,S94 Few changes
are indicated in the congressional
delegation which VIII be Democratic
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04

The famous Etruscau vases We're
wrongly named, for. though made In
Etrurla. they were the productions OF
Greek genius. They are elegant in
form and enriched with bands of beau
tiful follage and other ornaments, fig
ures and similar subjects OF a highly
artistic character. One class has black
figures and ornaments an q rcd ground
the natural color OF the clay; another
has the figures OF the natural color and
the ground painted black. The former
class belong to date about 600 B. c.,
the latter dnte about century later
and extend over period OF some 300
or $50 years.-New York American.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
IT CLEANS The SHIPS.
Sailing Throash a Volcano Crater In
The Aegean Sez.

Sailing through Volcano Crater In
tl1e Aegean Sez.
In the Aegenn sea vessel may sail
into the top Of a crater, md, though it
is hard to find anchorage there, yet a
mere sail Through IS appreciated great
" by captains, because 1t clcanses the
bottom of the ships from marine
growth
More than 1000 years ago the isle of
Santorin was split in half by an earth
quake. with the result that what was
once the crater of Volcano Is, now n
crescent shaped harbor. Two glisten-
ing white towns of Them and st.
Nicholas are perched on the summit of
the steep cliffs, whose dark and dismal
hue is similar to that of the top of We
suvius. Standing out against the sky
are large numbers of windmillS, with
many sails. arranged in n perfect cir
Gle These are evidently employed for
crushing the olives. which, along with
the terraced vines, are the staple prod
uct of the island. The Santorin wine is
of excellent quality and Is highly APP
preciated in the Levant.
Between the main island on the east
and the smaller, Theresia. on the west,
are the three small Eaumene islands,
ali OF which have come into existence
since the original earthquake, while the
largest of the three was. born from
the sea" less than 200 years ago. show
ing that the center of the old volcano
has still certain amount of activity.
The water In the harbor>fnto which
the sulphurous streams from this vol
canIc island rain has q peculiar prop
erty which completely cleans off
growths of every kind from the bottom
OF any ship.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Nov. @-Taft
and Sherman have carried Wiscon-
sin with a plurality estimated at TO-
900 and Governor Davidson, ReDub-
lican. has been reelected by safe
plurality close to Tsft's. Republic
cans have elected nine out of eleven
congressman. the Democrats one.
with one, the fourth, still in doubt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
MARYLAND

BALTIMORE. Nd. Nov. 3-Lat-
est Republican estimates are TAFT
carried Maryland by about 5000,
Returns from counties still are tar
too incomplete to warrant positive
hgures, but those given are believed.
to be nearly correct.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
whoro the Cost Comes In.

''Do you dnd the cost of living any
higher III New York than 1t was In the
little old town."
NO. Living doesn't cost so much
more. but fellow Las to pay big
price to keep from getting lonesome"
Chicago Rccord-Herlld.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
TRE RS g0yIR
Itc6ntinued from page 80

Taft has carried Indiana by about
3 900 votes. Thomas r. Marshall.
Democrat. candidate for governor.
is probably elected by a small pluE-
alIty. In the seventh congressional
dwistrfct Congressman Jesse over
street IS probabIy- defeated by a small
pluralIty.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
m HARDNINN sPECIALIsT,

Diseases Of the eye, ear, nose ana
throat sklIfuuy treated; spectaeles.
and artificial eyes perfectly fitted.
spectaclcs made. lenses matched and
frames repaired while you wait lisI
Third st.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
SOUTH DAKOTA

SIOUX FALLS s D., Nov. B.
Scattering returns SO fan, reserved in
didate Taft carried the state by from
10000 to.15,0O0.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

WANTED-ROomers and table board
crs. 410 Lee street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-04
KENTUcKY

LOUISVILLE. KY Nov. 3--Bry-
ans plurality in Kentucky is 1900.
Nine and possibly ten Democratic
congressman are elected.
The Washington times., 1908-04-02
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Z. H. Thomas and Jas Francis Smith
Attorneys
N THE SUPREME COURT OF the Districr
OF Columbia Holding District Court. In
1sS- The widening OF Bladensburg Road from
street 20 the District Line District OF
Columbia District Court. No 76s Notice
Is hereby given that tho Commissioners Of
the District CT Columbia. Pursuant To the
provisions OF An Act Of Coarress aD-r7r,,I
January stu. 1907, entitled An Act for the
widening OF Bladensburg Road and for other
purposes" have filed a petition in THIS
Court praying The condemnation Of the land
necessary 10 complete the widening OF RIad-
ensbUrg Road IN tho District Of Columbia
from n or boundary street 70 the District
Line 20 a width OF ninety feet ACCORDING,
20 the Street extension plans OF the said
Dlstrlct- as SHOWN on a plat or map fled
with the said petition. as part thereof. al
praying also that jury OF FIVE jU3ICi0us
experienced. disinrercsted men, who shall be
freehoders within the District OF Columbia.
not related 70 any person interested in these
proceedings and not IN the service or en-
ploynent OF the District OF Columbia OF
the United states. DC summoned by tho
CUited States Marshal Tor the District OF
Columbia 70 assess the damages each owner
OF land to be taken may sustain By reason
OF the widening OF the said BIadeusburg
ROAD and the condemnation. Of the land
necessary FOR the purposes thereof. and 10
assess as dement's resulting therefrcm the
entire amount OF SAID damages. plus the costs
OF this proceeding upon the land a5utlirg
upon the said street - DO Widened ana ltgJ
upon all other pieces and parcels OF land
the said opening OF the said street. as pro-
rided for by the aforesaid Act OF Congress
Z is by the Court. this 2Ist day OF March
A d. 1903. ORDERED. that ali person.
having any interest in these PROCEEDINGS be
and they are hereby -.Srued and Commanded
TO appear IN this Court on or before the SgTH
DAY OF APRIL. A D. 1903. AT 10 O'CLOCK
A NJ, and continue in attendance until the
Court shall have made its final order rarl-
Tying ana confirming the award OF d.nsaae,
and the assessment Of benefits OF tie jury
&C be empaneled and sworn herein. and Il Is
further ORDERED, that copy CT mis- no
tiCe and order be published on .e sn tho
Washington Law Reporter and on SIX secular
days IF the Washington Evening star Tn,
Washington Times and the Washington Post
newspapers published in the said District
commencing at least twenty DAYS before tns
said Goth day Of April A. d 1903 Ii -
further ORDERED. that \ copy OF this notice
and order be served by the United states
Marshal or his deputies. upon such OF the
owners Of the land to be condemned herein
IS may be found by the said Marshal or ma
deputies within the District Of Columbia ana
upon the tenants and occupants C. the sam,
efore the said Goth dav Of April A d IgGS
(SeaD By the Court, Job BARNARD. Jlss-
tee. true copy Test: ;. 2 YOUNG
Clerk By F. E CUNNINGII RI. ASH
Clerk ap1-5t-exSu
The Washington times., 1908-04-02
DRINKS FAR APART
IN SOME PLACES

It is difficult to comprehend the part
thar water. or rather the lack OF water
PLAYS in shaping the life Of the desert
Mice and other small rodents native 10
arid regions have been known TO live
on nard seeds without green food foT
periods Of several months or even as
long as two or three years, and nothing
IN their behavior indicated that they
ever took liquid in any form
Similar adaptations are eXhlDlted Dy
large number Of plants, says the outing
MAGAZINE. The guarequi Of Sonora IS a
member OF the squash family, innaDlJ-
Ing a region in which the annual ram
fall occurs within a few days IN the au-
tulnu The base of the stem at the sur
face Of the Ground becomes swollen 10
The size Of a market basket IN the ACulL
pIaut and this serves as a reservoir 1Or
water During the hot, rainy season the
thin vines are sent I'D. leaves are
formed, and the small, squasElke fruit
IS formed. then the vines ana roots
quickly perish, leaving the guarequi
resting on the surface Of the sandy SOIL
like a bOWlder until the next rainy sea
son, when the vegetative activity IS re-
peated.
one Of these huge tubers was picked
I'd under an acacia tree in the Sonora
sands in February, 1872 and placed on
q shelf in museum case with NUMBER
OF preserved exhibits; in the summer OF
that year, and IN every year since, IL
mas sent UP its thin stems and spread It's
leaves at q time corresponding 10 It's
active season IN the desert These have
soon died down in a very natural man
nor. all the plastic material and water
not used being carried back into the
tuber which now goes into sleeping
or resting condition for another year.
Six times has This awakening occurred,
and no change in the frmness Of the
guaregui or Of its external appearance
has taken place. II has already lived
six wears 1Jpo- water which II had in
reserve, the last addition to its store
having been made in October, 1901 It
would not be unsafe to say that this
plant aCCUmulates a reserve which may
last il for d quarter of a century.
The Washington times., 1908-04-02
WIRELESS WONDERS
ONLY BEGINNING

When once a new and important in
vention has attained q recognized prac-
teal standing its subsequent develop
ments receive comparatively slight pub
lie notice. Yet It is through these sue
cessive stages that perfection is reached
and one or more of them may easily
be of equal moment with the invention
itself. new phase Of pOtentiality has
been demonstrated by the transmission
of dispatches by the wireless system
from the feet. 200 miles from AIaEda-
lena bay, to Pensacola, Fla. The dis
lance the message Travelled without re-
transmission was about ZOO miles. But
IL was not the distance alone that was
significant. It had to cross landward
and seaward stretches. and this COM
plicGtiOn NJ service was an extraOr-
binary test Of its power and tractabil-
ity IL has shown that direct COmmu-
niCatiOn by almost instantaneous pro-
CeSSeS between the two oceans can be
accomplished, and holds out the pros
peCt that with proper apparatus no part
of the planet need lie cut off from US
To attempt a forecast OF what may be
possible by the steaoy evolution Of this
system. staggers the imagination. We
can hardly consider more than a sin
gle phase Of its possibilities at a time,
and one that is suggested as of great
value TO civilization, is the REINFORCE
meut Of the service of the Weather Blu
reau. Already much has been done.
Warnings of great storms are sent to
coastwise and incoming vessels as far
as 200 miles from shore But The
achievement referred 10 shows that
nmcn better work than that can De
done. and fl is the belief Of the head OF
the bureau that ultimately the dangers
OF ocean travel will be minimized by the
wireless To almost a negligible point,
so tar as the elements are a factor.
This. Of course. means more money, but
il viii he expenditure likely to yield a
rich retUrn.-Exchange