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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
FROZEN FROM BANK 10 BANK
For the Second Time in the
Memory Of Man the Great !
River Is Silent.

Buffalo, N, T., April 13.-The voice
of Niagara was mute yesterday for
the second time in the memory OF
man. The first time was late in
February, when, following severe
northerly blow, the falls ran dry.
Now, following severe Southwestern.
the river is frozen solid from bank
to bank, and it is silent, absolutely
voiceless.
Unprecedented weather has brought
about unprecedented conditions. On
Wednesday Of last week the worst
gale of the season and the most vio-
lent in the history Of the weather
bureau for April was recorded and,
following the lakes and the channel
of the Niagara, left ruin in its wake.
The solid ice fields of Lake Erie was
churned from end to end and piled in
huge conglomerate mass at the
lower end Of the lake.
Forty Feet Above Normal.
At Niagara Falls there had been a..
heavy ice bridge in the pool below
the cataract since the middle of WIN
ter. Under the impact of the mass
of ice from the lake above and the
added floods brought down by the
wind, the bridge gave way and began
to surge down the rapids. But before
it could win freedom in the ample
waters of Lake Ontario, the wind
shifted again to the north. Instantly
the moving foes packed at the mouth
of the river. Each instant of cold
CONCEALED the pack more solidly, and
each hour brought additional pres
sure from above.
Unable to escape by its natural
channels, the level of the river rose
by leaps and bounds. The highest
flood level recorded in previous years
is twenty-eight feet above normal.
Friday night the river was forty feet
above normal. -
Damage Over 100000.
Water poured over the stills of the
power house Of the Ontario Power
company and flooded the machines.
Every boat house, fishing shack,
pumping station, pier and landing
along the lower stretches of the river
is buried under thousands of tons of
ice.
Conservative estimates place the.
damage at 100000.
All estimates of ultimate damage
are conditioned by what the weather
may have in store. The best that
can be hoped for*is a succession of
calm, warm days. Then the ice will
melt gradually.
The worst that could happen would
be another violent blow from the
southwest. BY no means all the ice,
in the lake is out. If that great
mass should be driven down on to-,
the jam below, the damage would be-
uncomfortable.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
Fatal Fire in Business Section
of Lenox, Mass, Causes
100000 Loss.
EXPLOSION STARTS BLAZE
Woman Dies in Sight Of Spectators,
Heat Driving Would.be Res.
cuers Back.

Lenox, Mass, April 10. - Six per-
sons lost their lives. three others
were badly burned and a property
loss Of between 100000 and 100000
was caused by a fire in the heart Of
the business section Of this town yes
terday.
Four business blocks, two dwell
lings and two other structures were
destroyed in section bounded by
Franklin, Main, Housatonic and
Church streets. -..-
A fortunate shift of wind saved the
public library and the Curtis hotel, in
which were several Easter parties
from New York and Boston.
Explosions Start Fire.
The loss of life occurred in the
Clifford building where the blaze
started, and resulted primarily from
series Of explosions of turpentine,
paints, oils and dynamite stored in
the cellar.
When the fire in the Clifford block
was at it's height, Miss Alice French
was seen to climb out of flame fill
ed room on to veranda on the Sec
ond story. Her night clothing and
her hair were ablaze. She jumped to
the sidewalk, landing within five or
six feet Of the blazing walls. On
lockers attempted to drag her out,
but the heat drove them back.
Not until the flames had practical
ly died out, several hours later, was
the body recovered. The bodies of
the other victims have not been
found.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
OTHERWISE.

Matthew libby, a pioneer glass
manufacturer, died at Pittsburg at the
age of eighty-four years.
The Canadian Pacific railway
awarded contract to a firm of Oma.
ha contractors to build eighty miles
Of new road from Lethbridge to Cal.
gary, Alberta.
William ]. Bryan, accompanied by
Mrs. Bryan, arrived at Mission, Tex.
last week to spend some days on tho
fruit plantation which Mr.. Bryan re-
Gently purchased.
The local option wave that has been
sweeping Indiana received a setback
last week in Blackford and Cass
counties, which indicated a preference
for regularly licensed saloons.
Mrs. Margaret Brizse, seventy.eieht
years old, noted actress Of the old
school, is dead at Boston. Under the
name Of Martha A. Pennoyer she play.
cd with Edwin Booth, Julia Marlowe
and Roland Reed.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis ra3.
road has commenced to take down
Its roundhouse in Estherville, Iowa.
preparatory to moving it to Spencer.
Iowa. using that place az a division
instead of Estherville.
Definite returns show that of the
twenty-seven counties in Michigan
which voted on the question of abol.
1shing the sale or manufacture Of
liquor in their borders, twenty went
dry" and seven went wet"
Following successful experiments
which have been made in France nv
Prof. Helois, Pittsburg will now he.
come the scene of continued exnerf.
ments in the use Of vanadium for tn,
cure of tuberculosis and cancer.
In the Chicago city election the ait.
tie ballot" containing proposition for
a tax levy to erect q tuberculosis san.
itarium carried by large plurality.
The town of Evanston annulled annex.
alton by voting against It. The town
Of Cicero also defeated the plan.
The Alabama supreme court declar.
cd the state prohibition law valid. IN
the Judges concurring in the opinion.
This il the second time the court has
upheld the statewide act OF the last
legislature. It was attacked on several
constitutional grounds.
~
The European representative Of the
Cramps states that the company has
made q tender for the construction Of
two Dreadnoughts for the Argentine
Republic. Tenders also will probably
be made by British, German and Itai
ian builders.
When President Taft gives the signal
from the White House that will dash
across the continent and start the
wheels whirring at the Alaska.YukdSn,.
Pacinc exposition June 1, his hand
viii press . key Of virgin gold. IN.
ded with the hrst nuggets taken from
clai.A IN the KlondikO.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
One Republican Votes ties Against
II, and Four Democrats
Vote for It.
PETROLEUM IS ON free LIST
Provision for Duty on Tea and Coffee
Is Stricken Out-Vote on Bill
I'll to l6l.

Washington, April 11.-After three
weeks Of consideration the Payne
tariff bill was passed by the house of
representatives last night by q vote
of PIT to 161. One Republican, Aus
tin of Tennessee. voted against the
measure, and four Democrats, all
from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard,
Estopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe, voted
for it. An attempt by Champ Clark.
minority leader, to recommit the bill
with instructions signally failed.
The day was filed with excitement
from the moment the session began
at noon until the minute Of adjourn
ment. The members were keyed up
10 the ehighest pitch and practically
'ull membership remained ON duty
throughout
Petroleum on Free List.
One Of the principal changes eff
;ected in the Payne bill since its in
PRODUCTION was the placing of petro-
leum on the free list. This involved
more seriously contested fight than
any of the other amendments. AL
though an amendment to place oil on
the free list was lost Thursday, a
similar amendment offered by Chair
man Payne yesterday was carried.
Among the other important amend
ments that have been made were
those striking out the provision for a
duty on tea and the countervailing
duty proviso on coffee.
"Joker" Is Corrected.
To the free list were added ever
green seedlings, cloves and nut oil,
which is used in making varnish. The
so-called Joker" in the cotton cloth
sche dule, which it was claimed would
increase the duty of the Dingley bill
several hundred per cent, was cor.
1ected.
The section restricting the contents
OF packages of tobacco was amended
to conform with the present law that
union labels may not be excluded
from such packages. The drawback
section was added so that it would
not be taken advantage of for the
purpose Of specializing in grain, and
the Philippine free trade provision
was amended so that rice will not be
admitted free from the islands. The
countervailing duty clause on lumber
was stricken out, but a strong effort
to place lumber on the free list did
not succeed.
Duties Increased.
The duties on barley, barley malt.
charcoal, iron. pineapples in crates.
saccharine. medicated cotton and cot.
ton collars and cuffs, as originally in
the bill. were increased. There were
several technical changes in the
5teel schedule, principally downward.
Lace curtain and netting machines
were included in the proviso which
permits the entry free of duty of lace
machinery prior to May 1, 1910.
Hides, hosiery and gloves were left
as reported by the committee, hides
remaining free and an increased duty
being presented for gloves and stock
ings.
Census Bill In Senate.
During nearly i've hours yesterday
the bill providing for the thirteenth
and subsequent censuses was under
discussion in the senate. The con.
sideration of the bill had not been
completed when the senate adjourn
ed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
WITS AND 'DRYy Up N ARMS
Closing hours Of General Assembly
Marked BY Heated Clashes
On Floor.

Des Moines, Iowa. April 11.-scenes
of the widest disorder characterized
the closing hours Of the Thirty.third
general assembly last night. The bit
terness between the dry and wet fac.
lions, which has been marked during
the entire session, resulted in heated
clashes upon the floor of the house
and nearly personal encounters.
Dry sehemers Force Fight.
The big fight Of the day was the
effort of the drys to force out of the
hands of the sitting committee the
Hammill bill requiring drug store
liquor permits to be consecutively
numbered, and the Moon bill limiting
the number of saloons to one for
every thousand Inhabitants in such
cities as permit the sale of liquor.
The majority of the committee re-
fused to recommend the bills for pas
sage unless modified.
Representative Holmes of Kossuth
county, who, by the way, is Congre-
gational preacher, told Harding Of
Woodbury., chairman of the commit
tee, that he was so crooked that he
couldn't lie straight in bed" Harding
promptly informed the preacher-legis.
iator that he was LIAR" and if he
repeated those words he would stand
him up against the wall and slap his
face.
The sergeant-at-arms rushed be-
tween the two men and sent them to
their seats.
HammiI Bill Compromise.
At late hourt last night the mat
ter was compromised by the passage
of the Hammill bill and agreeing that
the Moon bill might pass, but not af-
feet saloons already in existence.
Most of the session has been spent in
wrangling over temperance legisla-
ton. Many restrictive laws have
been passed, but neither side is salts.
fed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
House Blown Up: one kia.

House Blown Up; One. KID.
Wickham. w. Va, April Coy.
Parker was instantly killed / the
home Of John Wiley co4etely
wrecked yesterday by the e;osion
Of $50 pounds Of dynamite VIII was;
set OF whom Wiley discharge gun
at q chicken. The charge ID the
gun struck q rock and glancepierc-
ing the house in which the dmite
was stored.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
SWEDISH BAND SETS pA1 8.

Royal Regiment Musicians to 3 At
Chicago April IS.
Chicago. April 13.-The RoyaVen-
des Regiment band Of the Sldish
army, which comes to Ameria by
special permission Of King Dstaf
", will appear in Chicago All Is
and 10. The band is one the
largest exclusively brass instment.
military organizations in seden.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
Prizes Up AIabama,s LA.

Mobile, Ala, April 13.-one Of the
strongest sections Of the state pro
hibitory law was declared unconstitu.
tiQnal by Justice Mayfield 1T Mont
gomery. i The section knocked out
prohibited the storing or possession
Of liquor in any building or apart
ment which was inhabited.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
Mob Hangs Bad Negro.

Yazoo City, Miss, April 13.-After
besting an omoer who was attempt
ing to take him into custody, and
firing On posse. which later cap
tured him, Howard Montgomery, a
negro, was placed in the Yazoo City
Jail early yesterday, charged with
having violated labor contract. An
hour later a mob formed, overpower-
ed the TALLER and hanged the negro.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
AGED carrIer Arrssted.

New York. April 13.-After forty
years In the service Of the govern
ment as q letter carrier, Ben James
Holland was arrested yesterday on
the charge Of stealing money from
letters given to him for delivery.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
BOY HANGED ON HEN Roosr.
Coat Catches and Draws Collar About
Wearer's Neck,

Coat Catches and Draws Collar About
Wearer's Neck.
Atlantic. Iowa, April 13.-On open
ing the door of his chicken house
late yesterday Henry Heiken, we'll
known farmer living near Wiota, was
Mortified to find the body of his six
year.old son hanging from the roost.
The position of the boys body indi-
Gated that while playing he had
climbed upon the roost and that he
had either fallen or attempted to
jump of. In doing SO his coat, which
was buttoned, caught on the roost
and left the lad suspended with his
entire weight hung on the top button
OF his coat, which drew tightly about
his throat. He had strangled to death
when found.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
etorm cavees asoo ooo n..,,,..,

Storm Causes 100000 Dan,ahe. Il
Toronto, Ont. April II. -RSpofts 81
tho damage doAs ~ Wedne6dnv,s
wind storm eontinus 70 come r. frnm
city and country. In Western orr.
rio the reports show : loss Of 1soo, 900
or more. ,..,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
ROOSEVELT At PORT SAID.
Steamer Admiral Nears tho Africa,
East Coast.

Port Said, April II. - The steamer
Admiral. with Theodore Roosevelt
and members of his party on board.
arrived here at 6:35 p. m.
There was no Official reception here
to the former president, but +. K.
Watson Pasha, first aide.de-camp to
the khsdive. accompanied by the
American consul, Mr.. Iddings, board
ed the Admiral and greeted Mr..
Roosevelt on behalf Of the khedive.
The Admiral will enter the canal at
8 o'clock this morning. Last evening
the canal oalcials entertained Mr..
Roosevelt at dinner at the suez ca.
nal residence.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
CRIMES.

Armed with q revolver, q man
smashed the window Of Groth's jewel.
~ store at Montreal and escaped with
. tray containing diamonds valued at
$4,000.
Two little girls were injured in q
tight between opposing factions Of tho
German Evangelical church 1T Globe.
vile. suburb Of Denver. A dozen
shots were fred. ...a.
Five years in the Fort Leavenworth
penitentiary was the sentence imposed
upon Thomas M. Hayes, former re.
ceiving teller Of the American Nation.
al bank Of Washington. convicted Of
embezzlement.
Discovery was made at Columbus,
Ohio. that two safes in the ONCE OF
H. q. Fitzgerald 4 Co., dentists, had
been picked by professionals and rob.
bed Of gold filling material, said to
b worth $4,000. VI
On Cut Shin creek, on the Perry.
Leslie county border, in Kentucky,
9pid Spurlock was shot and instantly
Killed. and Hobart Baker fatally
wounded. It IL alleged, by Joe Smith.
The killing. it IL said. followed 8
quarrel.
An enyslops containing 5000 81
ehscks. sent IN the mail By the First
Nationai bank Of Paducah. Ky.. hae
49, stoaen. Is ~ addressed 70 tic
First Natioual bank Of Nashviile:
Tsna. Two Of the checks were cash.
g = Unisa City. Tenn, and Mounds,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-16
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

A slight scratch from nail on his
thumb nearly a month ago resulted
in the death from lockjaw of Dr. ]. o.
Jolly of Dixon, Neb.
Three men were killed when 100
quarts of nitroglycerin exploded in
the construction camp of Boxley &
Carpenter at Blue Sulphur, w. Va.
When driving near Laporte, Iowa.
Benjamin Brandt, sixteen years old,
was killed by bolt of lightning that
also killed the horses and demolished
the buggy.
John OFT of Heidlersburg. suburb
of Pittsburg, carried his father and
mother out of their burning home only
to find that his father was badly burn.
ed and his mother was dead
AS a result OF playing with matches
Stephen Keefe. three years old, was
,rned to death in Washington. Mrs.
annie Keefe, his mother, was badly
rned in an effort to save his life.
Will L. Payne of Lansing, Mich,
)ckman, was killed and six others
,ured, one seriously, in a rear-end
,llision between two Union Pacific
ock trains in the yards at Fremont.
}.
he establishment of the Zellerbach
er company in North Los Angeles
burned, the loss being estimated
100000. The fire for time threat.
the center of the wholesale dis.
t.
hen trying to save her two chill.
n, Mrs. Grazia Pettinate of New
k was burned to death, following
explosion of can Of kerosene.
tn which she had attempted to
.uicken the kitchen fire.
Kenneth English, Junior in tho
Marion. Iowa. high school, while at.
tempting to board a moving freight
train, lost his footing and was struck
on the head by car and received in.
juries from which he died.
Mary Stottenberg, the fourteen.year.
old daughter Of Fred StottenberR. q
farmer living near Mason City, Iowa.
was run down by an auto. Both
wheels passed over her body and ply.
sicians say she will not recover.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26
LOST

Liver-colored Pointer dog; tag No.
2S9. Reward IL returned to City
Meat Co. 436i-lm
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26
TEACHERS CERTIFICATES.

The following have been granted
teachers certificates by the Board OF
Public Instruction.:
First Class-Mrs. II. w. Finchc
Florence Blake, Margaret McClymont
Martha Nielsen. Mr.. Leon Malterre
Olive Irene Clark. Marie Payne.
Second Class--Miss Alice Carvalho
Kate Sadler, Mrs. ]. v. Marclel. Cath
crime NJ. Clark, Gussie Muller. Lot X
Kauwe, Lucy Wilcox, Hannah Sheldon
Samuel X. Kcwaiaea, o. w. Henninc
Mary X. c. Kong, Miss Christine Gertz
Mrs. J. D. Koki, Frank s. Teixeira
Margaret Kamakaiwi, Elizabeth G
Clark. Louisa Nell Meinecke. Mae L
Paris, J. N. Komomua. Miss Daisy
Sheldon. w. A. Yates, Mrs. Elizabeth
Vincent. Mrs. Clara Mokumaia, A. X
Cathcort, Mrs. Charlotte Lowden.
Third Class-Sam J. Maluo, VirginiG
Freitas, John A. Kealoha, KualiiBal
All Moy Ahin, T.. X. Kekuewa, Manue
Carvalho, Miss Lucy Lani Edward ]
Smythe. Mrs. C. d. Mackenzie. Mrs
Annie l.. Haughton, Mary N. Cabrinha
Louisa Hupai, NJ. c. Baptista, Eliza
beth Macy. Lily Alderman, Mrs. Ka
wena Kaulili. Ellen Copp, Robert Ben
jamin, Mary X. Gohier, J. w. X
Wright, Constance Aflague, Sam Ka
hele.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26

The morning meal. therefore. passed
of In constrained silence. The captain
ate voraciously and vociferously, push
cd back his chair and went on deck
to relieve the mate. The latter. q
stunted little cockncy with a wizened
countenance and mind rs foul rs his
tongue, got small change Of his at
tempts to engage the passenger In con.
versatlon on topics that he considered
at for discussion. After the sixth or
eighth Stumbling he rose In dudgeon.
discharged poisonous bit Of inso-
lence and retired to his berth. leaving
Kirkwood to finish his breakfast In
peace.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26
CHAPTER XVIII.

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
BUT NO WATER POWER
(Special to the BuIIetinD


WAILUKU, MAUI, July %. - Chief
Engineer J. +. Welch and First Assist
ant Chief Engineer Chas. Wilcox OF
the Wailuku-Kahului Fire Department
went to Kahului last Tuesday after
noon to give the members of the Ka
hului Fire Co. No. 2 drill In the
science of putting out fire. They
took with them the two.wheeled hose
cart with several hundred feet of hose
but there is not sufficient pressure IN
the Kahului fire hydrants to throw the
water fifteen feet from the nozzle. The
new chemical engines which the Ka
hulul Railroad Company intend fur
nishing the Kahului Fire Company
were tried for the first time.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-26
Ghe
BLACK
BAG
BY Louis Joseph Vance
ceeyriGkL 1908. By the Bobbs Merrill CO.
cssyrisA. 1908. BY n. . obb..ss.riII {
(Continued)
By Louis Joseph Vance

II didn't know but mebbe twas.
Excuse me. Thought rs 'ow mebbe
you'd escyped from is tender care,
but, findin' the world cold, chynged
yer mind an wanted to gov back"
Without waiting for reply. he
lurched into his room and banged the
door to. Kirkwood, divided between
amusement and irritation, heard him
stumbling about for some time. and
then hush fell. grateful enough while