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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
KAISER INSANE is CHARGED.
Wilhelm Suffering From Acute Reii-
gious Dementia, Says Report.

Wilhelm Suffering From Acute Reii-
gious Dementia, Says Report.
Chicago, Dec. Is. - The German
press of Chicago has received trans
lations of articles published by the
Dresdener Nachrichten, the leading
Conservative newspaper of Dresden,
openl:' charging that Emperor Will
liam of Germany is insane.
The publication AYERS that the en-
peror has an acute religious demen-
tia. According to the information the
editors claims to have from attaches of
the royal household, the ruler spends
many hours in bed daily reading re-
ligious books and making prayers that
are hours long. The emperor's alb
normal mental state is said to have
become apparent since the recent out
burst of popular Indignation against
him. The emperor's refusal to grant
audiences to his lifelong friend and
counselor, Won Buelow, and his ex-
traordinsry conduct towards men,
bers of his household indicative of his
suspicion that all of them were in
some way connected with his humilia-
ton, are regarded as significant.
The charge that the emperor has
given most of his time to the contem-
plation of piety on his pric-dieu and
refuses to consider matters of state
has created profound sensation and
gives rise to guarded limitations that
the deposition of the ruler in favor of
some other member of his family is
not beyond probability.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Sins and Sinners.

Charles w. Blow, manager of the
American Linseed Oil company's
Grown works at st. Louis, shot and
killed himself at his home.
August Summers of Madison, Wis,
who has been working at Bronson.
Iowa, was held up in Sioux City and
robbed Of $37. He was seized by two
men and overpowered.
While respondent, Nicholas Reed.
ing, Jr., son of wealthy merchant at
Hubbell, Mich, went into store and
hanged himself. He was twenty years
old and his action shocked the com.
munity.
For "bootlegging" Frank Christian
sen of Storm Lake, Iowa, will serve
year and a day in the federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kan, to which he
has just been taken by deputy
marshal.
Mounted bandits raided an Ameri.
can shoe factory near Gomez, Palacio,
state Of Durango, taking several
wagon loads of shoes. Rurales have
gone into the mountains searching
for the robbers.
Will Davis, son of a farmer living
near Murphysboro, Ill.,, was arrested
charged with being the blackmailer
who by BLACK Hand methods has
caused worry to many citizens of this
vicinity for six months. Among the
boys victim is his own father.
In the district court of ChickasaM
county, Iowa, Albert Ransom. charged
with rape, was found guilty by the
jury of assault and battery. John
Hinder, charged with grand larceny
from store at Iona, was found guilty
and sentenced to an indeterminate
term, not exceeding five years.
A feud of years standing is beliew
ed to have been responsible for the
killing of DR.. Cullen M. Collangen, a
physician of Trague, Tenn, who was
found MORALLY wounded lying on the
railroad tracks near his home. Sam,
Gus and Jeff Moody, brothers, are un-
der arrest charged with the killing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
ARMED FANATIC
TfRR0R|ztS Town
"John the Baptist" Holds Up
Merchants and Exchanges
Shots With Posse.
NABBfD AND SENT TO ASYLUM
hladman Races Through Streets With
Gun, and Men, Women and Chill.
dren Seek Shelter.

Edgewater, N. j., Dec. 13.-Pro.
claiming himself to be "John the Bap-
fist, come to save the world" an
armed fanatic. wrought up to a high
pitch of maniacal fury, terrorized this
village for full hour late yesterday,
appearing suddenly on the main street
waving big revolver, holding up
the proprietors of several stores, ex-
changing many shots with a hastily
formed posse and at last being wound
ed himself when the police and a
mob of citizens ran him down. In all
the fusillade no one was hit but the
maniac himself, and his wounds are
not regarded as dangerous.
Like "WiId West" Exploit.
Although the reign of terror the
invader instituted was apparently
based upon a religious impulse, his
raid possessed we'll nigh all the fea-
lures Of a wild west" exploit. In
the midst of the excitement the mad
man Communicated a horse and
wagon and struck reckless gait out
Of town. 1t was from behind the i'm
pAONAoSO UuAWolh WHICH, uS VI
this vehicle when he alighted from
It near the Palisades that he was
finally picked by the shots Of the
pursuing posse.
After he had been taken into Gus.
tody, the man, gray whiskered and
apparently about fifty-five years of
age, said he was Oscar S. Pomeroy,
that his home was in Nebraska, but
that he had been an inmate Of a pri-
vate sanitarium in Stamford, Conn.
Taken to Insane Asylum.
When it was found that his wounds
were slight he was ordered taken to
the state asylum at Morris Plains,
where he will be detained pending
other proceedings.
Pomeroy first made his appearance
at Walsh's hotel, where he rushed
into the kitchen fourishing his re-
volver and drove out the cook and
the housekeeper. Then he returned
to the street, and men, women and
children fled to shelter as the mad
man raced up and down the main
thoroughfare shouting and firing
whenever a head appeared.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Foreien.

A bill prohibiting the use Of hop
substitutes in the manufacture of beer
has been introduced in tho British
house of commons.
The Brazil senl.e has authorized
President Penna to grant the federal
guarantee or the Sac Paulo, scffee
loan of $75,OO0.OOO.
The Nobel peace prizes have been
awarded to X. P. Arnoldson Of Swe.
den and NJ. F. Bajer of Denmark, both
ex-parliamentarians.
The Sixth German Aeronautical
league has decided to hold information
al contests at Berlin and Cologne in
1909. The contests will be open to
various types of flying machines.
A strong plea for an exchange OF
professors in the technical. high
schools of Germany and those of the
United States is published in the
Berlin Techniker Zeitung over the
signature Of Herr Weitzel, we'll.
known Saxon engineer and treasury
official.
Mhe statement OF the London board
of trade for November shows a de-
crease Of $S6,1SS,00O in imports and
$33,573,500 in exports. The decrease
in imports is principally in raw ma.
terial, while in exports it is confined
to manufactured goods, of which $780,
100000 is in cotton and wool textiles.
The French chamber of deputies
has Endorsed the governments action
in relieving of his command Vice Ad.
miral P. L. Germ;ntr, commander-ln.
chic of the Ere lch Mediterranean
squadron, because of the publication Of
an interview in which Admiral Germi-
net declared that the warships of
France were not sufficiently supplied
with ammunition.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
BLAST COSTS MANY LIVES.
Twenty-Five Tons Of Dynamite Explode
Prematurely, Causing Death
and Ruin.

Colon. Dec. 15.-The explosion Sat
urday at Bias Obispo Of twenty-five
ton dynamites blast was the most Sc
rious accident in connection with the
building Of the Panama canal since
the United States took control. A
thorough investigation, with view to
fixing the responsibility, has been or.
dered, and already officials are taking
evidence and endeavoring to ascer-
tain the cause of the premature dis.
charge of the blast.
I The dead now totals fourteen. That
many bodies have been recovered.
but 1t is believed that score or more
are still under the masses of rocks
and earth that were thrown up. At
least fifty persons were injured.
Train Has Close Call.
The death list would have been ap.
palling had train conveying 500 la,
borers passed few minutes later.
This train steamed through the cut
and was barely out of view when the
explosion occurred.
For a distance of 800 feet in length
and 400 feet in width the Bas Obispo
cut presents a graphic picture of the
terrible effects of the explosion. The
whole hillside has been devastated.
the dynamite rending the earth in
twain and tossing huge boulders in
all directions. A ninety-ton steam
shovel lies complete wreck, crushed
under the weight of falling rocks.
Every one of the crew was killed. All
the tracks in this section were torn
to pieces and are now covered with
tons of debris.
Hundreds Work Heroicaily.
The work of clearing away the
wreckage continued throughout the
night, but a much longer time will be
necessary to take away the great
heaps of earth and rocks in the,
search for the buried dead. Hundreds
of men were on the scene yesterday
working heroically to find the bodies
of their dead companions Many evil
dences are come across of the terrible
force of the blast, as here and there
pieces of human flesh and bone are.
turned over with pick and shovel.
Three Americans Killed.
The charge consisted of fifty-one
holes, sixty feet deep, and spread out
over large section of territory. The
last hole was being charged by John
]. Reidy, an experienced powder man,
when it exploded, The others were
exploded nv the commission Reidu
was blown to pieces. The other
American dead include John J. Korn,
steamshovel engineer, and ]. T. Hum1
mer, steamshovel crane man. Two
Spaniards were also killed and eight
West Indian negroes. The badly in
jured include B. H. Cole, powder man,
and Arthur Bassett, drill foreman.
Americans. The officials at the Alb
con hospital, where many of the in
jured were taken, report that they
are doing we'll, some of the men not
being seriously injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
GEN. FIRMIN ON BAND WAGON.
Is Welcomed at Port au Prince and
Urges People to Support Simon,

Is Welcomed at Port au Prince and
Urges People to Support Simon.
Port au Prince, Dec. Is. - The
steamship Virginia, with 116 exiles
aboard, among whom was Gen. Ante
nor Firmin, arrived here yesterday.
Immediately upon arrival Gen. Fir
min landed and was welcomed in the
name of Gen. Simon.
Gen. Firmin was driven to the pal.
ace along streets lined with a cheer.
ing multitude.
At the palace Gen. Simon, the pro-,
visional president, extended a most
cordial welcome to Gen. Firmin, who
at once declared that he had surren-
dered all ambition for political prefer
ment. He urged all Haitiens to rally
to the support of the Liberal govern.
ment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Chicago Police Believe Bomb
Thrower Designed to Wreck
the Coliseum.
WORK OF WOulD-Bt RtfORMtR
Plan to Prevent First Ward Ball
Against Which Much Opposition "
-, Has Been Made.

Chicago, Dec. II - Two buildings
were wrecked and windows were
shattered for block around by the
terrific explosion of bomb in an al
ley in Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth
street, last night. At first twas re-
ported that several people had lost
their lives in, the ruins, but aftec
searching until. after midnight the po-
lice stated that they believed all had
escaped. The wrecked buildings adj
join the Coliseum, where the First
ward ball, the annual revel against
tho holding of which this year much
opposition has been made, is sched-
uled to be held tonight, and the po-
lice are working on the theory that
the unknown bomb thrower designed
to wreck the Coliseum in order to
stop the ball. r'"
Was Heard for Mile.
The report of the explosion was.
heard for a mile. The congregations
of Grace Episcopal church and of the
Open church and guests of several
nearby hotels rushed to the streets in
q panic. A two-story frame building
at 1913 Wabash avenue, which ad-
Joins the south wall of the Coliseum
annex, Immediately. collapsed and
took fire. The fire leaped across an
area and spread to another frame
building, which was also. wrecked.
Properties of the Coliseum stored in
the two buildings added fuel to the
flames. Crowds of excited people, be-
lieving that the great stone structure
of the Coliseum had been blown up,
rushed to the scene.
Intended for Coliseum.
That the bomb was intended for the
Coliseum and that it was an effort of
some would-be reformer to make i'm
possible the holding of the ball to-
hight, the police express little doubt.
Another theory is that the bomb
was thrown as another chapter in the
"gamblers' war;" which. has been
marked by the firing of a. series of
bombs. The First ward ball has long
been source of contention between
reformers and the promoters of the
annual festival.
Recently the pastor of church in
the neighborhood sought and failed to
secure an injunction to prevent the
holding of the ball On the ground that
it was prejudicial to the morals of
the community.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest Of the News Worth Telliag Cor
densed for tie Busy
Reader.
Washington.

The senate confirmed the nominal
lions of Luke T.. Wright to be secre-
tary of war, and Truman. H. Newberry
to be secretary Of the navy.
Seventy-three public bills and $50
private bills were dropped into the
hopper of the house on the first day
of the session.
The secretary of the treasury re-
ceived through the collector of GUS
toms of Georgetown, D. c., a con-
science contribution of twelve 800
bills. They money came by express
from an unknown party in Chicago.
The secretary of the treasury trans
mitted to congress the book of esti-
mates of appropriations required for
the service for the fiscal year ending
June so, 1910. The estimates for
1910 total $S24,40s,9S4, which is $751;
90O,676 in excess of the appropriation
for 1909.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
BARTENDERs ELECT WOMAN.

Miss Anna Willard of Chicago Chosen
Vice President of Association.
Alton, ILL.,, Dec. ia woman is
now vice president of the Illinois Bar
tenders association. She is Miss
Anna Willard of Chicago. There were
about fifty delegates and their wives
at the convention and three delegates
were women. They were MISS Viii.
lard, Miss Elizabeth Maloney of Chi
cago and Miss Muri Kelly of East ST..
Louis.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Otherwise.

The reports published abroad that
the revolutionary movement has been
gaining ground in San Salvador are
declared absurd by the government
officials.
The librarian of congress in his an
nual report states that the number Of
volumes in the library at the close
of the past fiscal year was 1,5S5,e0s.
net gain of 01,160 over the previous
year.
Senator Gamble has introduced q
bill to create new land office in
South Dakota, to be known as the
Belle Fourche district, also to dis
pose Of the balance of unappropriated
lands on the Rosebud reservation.
A score of prominent artists and:
aeronauts held a meeting in New
York to select a design for gold,
medal to be presented to the Wright
brothers in recognition of their signal
achievements in the development Of
mechanical flight.
Fifty-five of Ohio's eighty.eight
counties are dry. Seven are wet!
This is the result of six months work
Of the present Ohio Anti-saloon
league since the Boise county option
law went into effect.
Segregation of the men and women
students at the University of Chicago
has been pushed beyond the class
room. In the future goods will not
be permitted to live at lodging houses
where male students have rooms.
Zion City, ILL.,, long famous for the
! prohibition within its precincts of TO-.
bacco smoking. no longer claims that
distinction. In a record Of a transfer
of property just fled the usual clause
against smoking Is omitted for the
first time.
A cable message which the dake Of
the Abruzzi Is reported to have sent
to Miss Katherine Elkins concluded
with these words: II win remembers
you forever" This cable message IL
believed to be the last which win be
sent by the duke to the young WON,
n.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
HANsBRouGH HAS RELAPSE.

North Dakota Senator Is Taken to As.
bury Hospital in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Dec. 13-United States
Senator H. G. Hansbrough of North
Dakota, who has been i'll in Mime
apolis for a number of days, had a
decided turn for the worse yesterday,
and he was removed to Asbury hos
pital. While in Minneapolis he suf-
fered an attack of an old trouble,
which affected him ear. and his condi-
ton has become worse, so that 1t was
decided to take him to the hospital.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
HAY WAGON cRUsHEs BOY.

Chippewa Falls. Wis, Dec. Is. -
Richard Taggart, seven years old, had,
a remarkable escape from instant
death here. He was run down BY
horses hauling a large load of hay.
and his head became wedged against
the front Of, the hind wheel. CAUSING
1t to stop revolving. and he was drag.
ged thirty feet before the team was
stopped. The driver. John Cornell.
was arrested. but will not be prose.
cuted unless the boy dies.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
SAD END OF WEDDING JOKE.

Bridegroom Dying From tuberculosis
Resulting From Exposure.
Des Moines, Dec. 15.-As the re-
suit of wedding joke Joe Bergstrom
is dying Of consumption, and Satur-
day left for Denver with his bride of
one month.
On the wedding night friends kid
mapped and tied him to tree, where
he remained for several hours until
found and liberated by a minister.
Exposure brought on consumption.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Casualties.

Fire at St. Louis destroyed the
plant of the Lohse Patent Door com.
pany, entailing a loss of 100000.
The Indiana Box onlpany's factory
at Muskegon, Mich, was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Independence, Kan, has voted to
adopt the commission form of gov
eminent. The commissioners will be
elected next spring.
A. R. Walker, agent of the Iowa
Central at New Sharon, Iowa, was
fatally injured when he was run over
by fast freight in front of the depot.
Fire at Kingston, Ont, destroyed
the building occupied by the Worm
with Piano company and w. G. Craig
& Co., wholesale grocers. The loss Is
$4,000.
Theodore Mantz and George ]. Fish
er were probably fatally injured by
the explosion of threshing engine
at Mason City, Iowa. The engine was
used to run a corn shelter.
Three children, Ethel and Martin
Anderson, aged eleven and ten, re-
spectively, and George Stack, Jr.,
thirteen years old, were drowned
playing on thin ice in the suburbs Of
Boston.
Two dead and three seriously injur-
ed is the weeks record of fatalities
from careless rabbit hunting in the
vicinity of Mason City, Iowa. In most
instances the shooting has been done
with rife.
Fireman w. H. Horn was fatally
scalded and Engineer Will Steele and
Brakeman Joe Reimers were badly In.
jured in an explosion of freight en-
CINE on the Milwaukee road near Lost
Nation, Iowa.
Two persons were killed, two others
were seriously injured and a number
were less seriously hurt when north
and south bound passenger trains Of
the Santa Fe railroad collided near
Amarillo, Tex.
Two men were instantly killed
when Milwaukee passenger train
ran down their wagon at a grade
crossing in Chicago. James Gicey.
towerman at the crossing, is held by
the police pending an inquest.
Omcers are searching for fifteen.
year-old Dottie Lincoln, a pretty
spearfish girl, who mysteriously dis.
appeared few days ago. The girl
was seen in Deadwood. but there al
trace Of her was lost.
Passenger Train N. 43 on the Rock
Island, while running at high rate
Of speed near Keer's station. twelve
miles east Of Little Rock. Ark, split
the switch at that point, derailing the
engine, baggage and express car. com
bination smoker and ono chair car.
Two trainmen were killed and two
others injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
sURRENDERs TO POLICE.

William crandaII Says He was For.
ger and Was Converted.
Chicago, Dec. 13.-Declaring he had
been converted while on his way to
commit a robbery, William Crandall
walked into police station last night
and asked to be arrested. He said
he was wanted at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, for forgery. Two revolvers
with which he had equipped himself
for the robbery he turned over to a
charity worker. The police have in
formed the authorities at Cedar Rap
ids.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Ptomaines Fatal to Two.

Westchester, Pa, Dec. 13.-Two
members of the family of George Van
Horn Of Mendenhall, Chester county,
are dead and three others are i'll as
a result of ptomaine poisoning, caused
by sausage procured from a local
grocery store.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Drama Portraxa count WItte.

Drama Portrays Count WItte.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 13.-At the
Imperial theater last night, the first
performance of the drama. '"The Lead.
err" was given. The play is based on
the early life Of Count Witte. Its
author is Prince Zymbatof.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Praises Battle Fleet,

New York Dec. 13.-Words of
praise for the American battleship
feet and its officers and men were
uttered by Lord Northcote, retiring
governor general of Australia, at a
luncheon in his honor in the Law.
yers' club yesterday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
Personal.

Capt. Maynard H. Murch. siXty-two
years old, retired shipbuilder. died at
Cleveland. Capt: Murch built some
of the largest freighters sailing on
the Great Lakes.
Miss Mary Goodwin Pinkney die!
of pneumonia in New York at the age
of ninety-nine years. Miss Pinkney
was credited with beng one of the
very wealthy women of the word.
Charles K. Sackett, one of the best
known members of the Chicago board
of trade, dropped dead in the lavatory
of the Postal Telegraph company's
building in Chicago. Heart disease
was the cause.
A discharge in bankruptcy has been
granted in New York to Mrs. Leslie
Carter Payne, the actress. According
to her schedules Mrs. Payne's liabili'
ties amounted to $194,41S and her as.
sets to s57,926.
Brig. Gen. Henry Jackson, retired,
died at his home in Leavenworth,
Kan, Of cancer, aged seventy-one
years. Gen. Jackson was soldier
in the Crimean war, the Civil war, the
Spanish-American war and in Indian
campaigns. He was born in England.
Daniel j. Keefe of Michigan, presi-
dent of the Longshoremen's union,
has been sworn in as commissioner Of
immigration. Secretary Straus and
the bureau chiefs witnessed the cere-
mony after which Mr.. Keefe was in
troduced to the various heads in his
bureau and at once assumed the du-
ties of his Office.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
DEATH COMES TO MRS. DOLL.
Widow Of Senator cushman K. Davis
Expires Suddenly.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 15.-Mrs. Will
liam Hunter Doll, who was Mrs. Cush-
man K. Davis, wife of the Minnesota
senator, died suddenly Saturday night
on her farm near Hyattsville, Md. As
Mrs. Davis, the deceased was promi-
nent for several years in capital So
cial circles and entertained at her
Washington home on many occasions.
Mrs. Davis former home was in st.
Paul, where she met and married the
senator.
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Killed by Train.

Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 13.-At
Nevada yesterday when he attempted
to cross in front of a Northwestern
passenger train, Milburn Ellison was
struck by the engine and died fifteen
minutes later. He was seventy years
old and is survived by his aged wife.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18

Trade District Swept by Fire.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dec. 13.-Patton,
a small town in Green county, sui.
fered q 100000 Ere last night. The
flames started In q millinery store
from a defective due. Ten business
blocks were totally destroyed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
CRY "DoWN WITH AUSTRIA"
Anti-Austrian Demonstration at Opera
Performance in Moscow.

PerfoFmance IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, Dec. 13-There was an
anti-Austrian demonstration last night
at the performance of the popular
Viennese operatta, "Fuerster Cristi."
One of the characters, an Austrian
officer, was Kissed and there were
many cries of "Down With Austria"
in the audience. A number of arrests
were made, including two women who
proved to be Czechs.