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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
CASUALTIES.

Three houses at Ell Picmo, CAL,
we're carried away and swept into the
Pacific ocean when Price creek over
lowed and swept through the town.
A report received at Cranbrook, B.
c., from the Morrissey states that
the twenty miners buried in cave-in
there were all rescued without seri-
Gus injury.
Four unidentified men were burned
Or suffocated to death, and another
fatally burned in fire which Quilted
the Southern hotel on Jones street,
at Fort Worth, Tex.
Fire at Montreal In the residence of
W. G. Slack, treasurer of the Bell
Telephone company of Canada, result
ed in the death Of three Of Mr.. Slack's
daughters. Mrs. Slack and two other
daughters are in a hospital.
A telegram received from Neigh,
Neb., shows that what people in
Knox and Pierce counties Tuesday
thought was an earthquake was a
tremendous crash of the air, due to
the falling of a UNDERGROUND me-
eor.
John Waller, a salesman employed
BY the Redilshimer-Steinfeldt Paper
company Of New York, while return
ing from lunch, was struck and in
SANITY killed by a heavy bundle Of
!urs which fell six stories in front of
800 Broadway.
While Superintendent ]. g. Logan
and a party of miners were investi-
eating conditions which had beeen un-
satisfactory in the coal mine of the
Merchants Coal company at Boswell,
somerset county, Pa, gas explosion
occurred which cost the lives of five
men. A dozen others who were in
the mine escaped.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
CRIMES.

B. Bieland, well known farmer,
his wife and stepdaughter, has been
issassinated near Tickfaw, La. They
we're fired upon from ambush.
A mob took Douglas Robertson,
The negro who killed Deputy Sheriff
Fatch in pistol fight at Mobile, Ala,
lrom the county Jail and hanged him
70 q tree.
Fifteen indictments were returned
BY the Ware county (Georgia) grand
Jury against five alleged night riders
Tor taking part in the recent shooting
up Of the town Of Beach.
A merger of all Illinois coal mines
within a radius Of sixty miles of st.
Louis is the plan of group of st.
Louis capitalists. The capital of the
venture will be $20,000,o00.
DR.. Christian Sihler prominent
physician and proprietor of santa
rum at Cleveland. cut his throat with
penknife on the street, in the pres
snce Of hundred people. sihler's at-
Tempt at suicide was unsuccessful,
md it is thought he will recover.
Jacob and Abraham Kapner, father
and son, we'll known % hosiery manu-.
iacturers. and ]. 8. Prettyman, vice
president Of the First National bank
Ut Dresden. which failed in October.
1907. were found guilty at Columbus,
Ohio, On eleven counts Of nisapplica.
lion Of the banks funds and three
counts for conspiracy to wreck the
bank.
Henry %. Everding Of Philadelphia
patent attorney. convicted Of con.
spiracy in connection with patent Of
dee frauds, was sentenced by Justice
Gould IN the District Of Columbia
lrimihsl court to serve two years 4,
he Moundsville. w. Va, penitentiary
Mrs. Charles Mock OF Fairfield
Neb. ased about thirty years. killed
her three children BY diving them
Eood alcohol aia1isd thsn committed sui.
:ide By drinking . quantity Of the
same liquid. Mrs.. Mock had been
mentally unbalanced for eome tina
Ne result e illness
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
DOG scAREs BOY TO DEATH.

Bitten Six Weeks Ago, Playful Canine
Career Is Fatal.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.-Bitten by q
dog six weeks ago, three-year-oId AL.
bert Winner escaped tydrophobia only
to be seized with violent commissions
as result Of fright when another dog
playfully licked his hand on Wednes-
day.
He died in terrible agony yesterday.
The attending physician said there
was no doubt that the boy had been
frightened to death.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
JOB FOR ROOSEVELT.

Connecticut Man Offers $4,000 a
Week for Thirty Weeks.
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. 2. - Prof.
James Atlas of this city has written
President Roosevelt, offering an en-
gagement Of thirty weeks at $4,000 a
week ($300,000 in alD to head a Wild
West show to be known as Theodore
Roosevelt's Rough Riders Congress
of the World"
In case the president accepts, At.
las declares he will guarantee him all
or part of the money before the show
starts and he will be ready to take
the road by May 1, 1909.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
AsRuzzI WILL RESIGN.

10 Determined to Marry Miss Rather
inc EIkino.
Turin. Feb. -Notwithstanding Of
fetal denials, it is still asserted that
the Duke of Abruzzi has resigned az
an officer of the Italian navy. It is
also stated that he has expressed his
determination after his expedition to
the Himalayas to marry Miss RATHER
inc Mkins. either AZ a royal prince or
as private individual.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
OTHERWISE

Inspectors Of the Chicago health de-
partment have for several weeks been
investigating charges that horsefesh
is being sold in Chicago for beef.
In an election last week, La Rue.
Abraham Lincoln's native county in
Kentucky, voted dry by a majority of
1,085, the vote being over four to one
against license.
Assigning as a reason the objection.
able acts of walking delegate, four
of the largest copper producing prop.
critics in Arizona, together with sew
eral smaller mines. closed down.
Young Corbett knocked out Harry
Ferns in the eleventh round Of a
match fought before the West Side
Athletic club, in McDonoughville,
across the river from New Orleans.
Sixty guests at the Hotel Clarendon
at Grand Rapids, Mich, are under
rigid quarantine because John Gonna,
travelling man from Wisconsin, de-
veloped case Of smallpox there re.
Gently.
The services of Brown and Bald
win, the private detectives who were
paid $4,000 for their work in follow
ing up the members of the discharged
battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry,
have been dispensed with.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan-Leavitt, daughter
of w. ]. Bryan, three times candidate
for president, filed suit at Lincoln,
Neb, for divorce from William Homer
Leavitt, a painter She charges de-
sertion and non-support.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, the actress, is
said tc be dangerously lille of pneumo-
MIA at her home in New York. Her
advanced age, seventy-three, and the
nature of her illness is causing her
numerous friends much anxiety.
United States Minister Egan at Co,
penhagen says that President Roose.
welt much desires to visit Denmark
on his European tour, and that he
will surely come to lecture if invited
by the University of Copenhagen.
The Fort Dodge Automobile GONNA.
ny has filed petition with the clerk
of the district court at Fort Dodge
asking damages In the sum of $4,000
Of the Buick Motor company of Flint,
Mich, for alleged breach of contract.
The Right Hon. John Sinclair. who
has been secretary for Scotland since
1905, has been raised to the peerage
The elevation Is due primarily to Pre-
mier Asquith's desire to have a mem
Der Of the cabinet intimately connect
ed with Scotland in the upper house
Guaranteed in his home at Kittan.
ming, Pa, ON account of his little
daughter having scarlet fever, Judge
Harry Wilson held court over the tel
ephone, hearing motions and makine
orders to the attorneys and the clerk
who were assembled in the court
house.
Phelps, Dodge & Co., owners Of the
Copper Queen and other large mining
interests in Arizona, are planning to
inaugurate the profit-sharing system
with their employees. The stock win
be sold to employees ON the install
ment plan at par.
Nathan G. Coughlan Of San Fran
cisco introduced q Joint resolution ir
the California assembly caIlinSSi / s upoaf
the California delegation III congress.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
NEGROES RESENT EXCLUSION.

Condemn Action Of Lincoln Associa.
ton in Springfield Celebration.
Springfield, ILL.,. Feb. 2.-The Spring
field Law and Order league, an organi-
zation Of negroes, yesterday met and
adopted resolutions severely con.
demning the Lincoln Centennial asso.
citation for excluding negroes from the
celebration to be held in Springfield
in memory of the one hundredth
birthday Of Abraham Lincoln.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
Dakotan Frozen to Death

Odkotdn rrozeh 20 Death.
Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 2.-Alarm-
ed over the failure of his father to re-.
turn home. son of Henry Stevenson
started search yesterday and found
his parent lying dead two miles south
Of Milton. Stevenson had been fro
zen to death. Stevenson was about
sixty years old. His wife died few
months ago. He is survived by nvs
children.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
MEXICO civ H.s alo Flre

Mexico City Has Big Fire.
Mexico City, Feb. Fire destroy.
ed the city hall, the Hotel Paste and
two blocks Of business houses and
dwellings here yesterday. The loss 10
estimated at 100000. In the Hotel
Paste sixty American tourists escaped
with only the clothes they wore.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
sAsTINApo FOR FANATIC.

MuIai Hafid Furnishes Man Who AZ.
tempted Christians Life.
Tangier, Feb. 2.-Natives bring the
report from Fee that while the sultan,
Mulai Hafid was conversing recently
with member of the French military
mission, a street porter rushed up
with knife in his hand. He was i'm
mediately seized, but he explained
that he meant to kill "the dog Of a
Christian dog" pointing to the French
officer. At the sultan's orders the pris.
oner was bastinadoed until he lost
consciousness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
SWALLOWS cARsoLIc ACID.
Sioux Falls Girl Commits Suicide at
East Grand Forks.

East Grand Forks.
East Grand Forks, Mimi, Feb. 2.
Fay Myers of Sioux Falls, 8. D..
committed suicide here by swallowing
carbolic acid. She was hurried to the
hospital and died there in terrible
agony.
The girl, who had been here only
a few months, attempted to commit
suicide a month ago, but was restrain.
ed.
She had quarrel with her fiance
recently and had been respondent
over this fact.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05

J, y Schooner Sinks; Three Lost.
New Orleans. Feb. 2. Carrying
down three men. two Of whom were
negroes. the schooner Ramsey sank n
Lake Pontchartrain late yeserdav
near Little Woods. IA.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05

Eight Perish With Ship.
skagen, Denmark, Feb. 2.-The Nor.
wegianl brig Steed was wrecked last
night of Juttland and eight Of her
crew persisted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
Flre causes 10000 Losa

Fire Causes 10000 Loss,
Saltwater, Feb. 2. i .-- The eenera1
store. dwelling and hall used BY the
Modern Woodmen and other societiea
at Withrow were totally destroyed 81
Ore. LOSS $4,000. with 5000 ins11s
lncs. 8
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
8tore Sums q Aitkinl,,

Aitkin, MINI, Feb. q. Fire Last
night destroyed the stock Of Noofk 8
Young. general merchandise. TIE
building was also destroyed. !,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
Mood Alcohol Kills. Three.

Wood Alcohol Kills. Thresa
Washington, Feb. IA report re-
ceived from Mare Island by the naval
medical department shows ths4 the
death Of three enlisted men and the
dangerous illness Of ten others are
due to the use sof wood alcohol in milk
punches. ia
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
: suicide Tries POUR Times.

Suicide Tries Four Times.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. AFTER max
ing three attempts to take his life dur
ing the last month Carl Stowe, tray.
cling salesman from Pueblo, Colo.
finally accomplished his desire b.
taking morphine
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
MONTREAL M ahakan.

Montreal, Feb. "A slight earth
quake was felt in the upper portions
of the city about midnight last night.
No damage has been reported.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-05
PEPPER ROUTE PLEASURE CLUE
Doors Barred, Police Force Entrance
After Sixteen Hour.

st. Louis. Feb. 2. - Police, trying
to raid the rooms Of the Belmont
Pleasure club, found the doors barred.
They blew cayenne pepper through
the keyholes. Thirteen club members
inside sneezed fer sixteen hours and
then gave up. They were charged
with violating the liquor laws.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Walla Walla Boys in East
Side Championship
Team.

The athletes who will represent
eastern Washington for the state in
terscholastic track championship, have
been picked. Seven boys from the Spo-
kane South Central high school are
among the number. The relay team
will be selected from the best men in
the number, for the great meet at w
S. C. next Saturday The chosen ath-
letes are as follows:
Fifty and 220-yard dashes-Cook
Ellensburg; Shaw, Lewiston; As
1918 and 222-5 seconds.
One hundred and twenty yard hur-
dle-Dresser Walla Walla, and En-
giehorn, Spokane; II seconds.
Two hundred and twenty yard hur-
dle-Shaw, Lewiston and Kimball of
Pendleton; 25 3-5 seconds.
Hammer throw-Phillips, Lewiston;
Harter, Wenatchee; 126 feet, 5 inches.
Discus-Englehorn, Spokane; De
Witt, Spokane, 112 feet.
Four hundred and forty-yard dash
McWhorter, North Yakima; Ritter,
Spokane; 55 seconds.
Eight hundred and eighty yard run
-Fancher, Spokane; Schultz, Daven-
port; 2:O74-5.
Nile run-Fancher, Spokane; Woods,
Walla Walla; 4:47 335.
Shot put-Englehorn, Spokane;
Watson, Tekoa, 43 feet, inches
Pole vault-Monroe, Spokane; Muel-
Ter, Walla Walla; 10 feet 8 IA inches.
High jump-Coe and Dolbow, Spo-
kane; 5 feet IA inches.
Broad jump-Remy, North Yakima;
Dolbow, Spokane; 20 feet II inches
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Spokane Marksmen Make Sweep.

SPOKANE, May 1S-Tne Spokane
Rifle and Revolver club made a clean
sweep of the state hOnOrs in the Unit
ed States revolver championships hello
in the United States during March
Word has been received from the sec
rotary of the association in Washing
ton, D. c., that Spokane men won
the first in all events.
In addition to winning national hon
ors in the pistol shoot Frank F'romm
is awarded first medal in the pocket
revolver rapid fire contest, with &
score of 1877 out of a possible $50.
j. E. Wilburn was given the first
place in the state championship pistol
shoot. Fromm won national hOnors in
this contest and was barred. from TAX
ing the state championship. W. H.
Whitney was second in this event. Mr.
Wilburn had a score of 43S out of a
possible 500.
In the target revolver contest for the
state championship Frank Fromm was
awarded the medal for the first place
and Ray Stansbury second medal. In
all the events gold medals were Of
fered for first prize, silver 70 rsecond
and bronze for third. The prizes vii
be forwarded to the Spokane shooters
from Washington, D. c., within few
days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
West Side Stars Selected for
Big Meet Next
Saturday.

The athletes who will represent
western Washington at the Pullman
interscholastic meet next Saturday,
and the records they made at Seattle
last Saturday, as first and second place
winners, are given below. All are
from Broadway and Lincoln high
schools of Seattle, except Harmon of
Chehalis in the broad and high jumps
and Denton of Tacoma in the broad
jump.
Fifty-yard dash-Courtney, Carr,
3-5 seconds.
One hundred-yard dash-Same win
ners, 1915 seconds.
TWn hundred twenty-yard dash
Same winners, % seconds.
Half mile run-Pape, Risdon,
2:O5 1-5.
Mile run-Pape and Risdon, dead
heat, Al LIS.
Shot put-Anderson, Elliot, ASP feet.
Discus-Ames, Anderson, Ill feet.
Hammer throw-O. Anderson, c. An
derson, 1913 feet.
One hundred and twenty-yard hur-
dles-Kegley, Wilson, II seconds.
Two hundred and twenty yard hur-
d,es-Courtney, Carr, 27 35 seconds.
Four hundred and forty yard dash
Warren. Wilson, So seconds.
Broad iump-Harmon, Chehalis;
Denton Tacoma; 81 feet Up inches.
High jump-Harmon, Chehalis; Holt,
5 feet inches.
Pole valut-Rock Pike; 10 feet in.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

the par on with rake. 1t is the
unanimous opinion that the bar was
raised Just as Snyder went over but
the held judges could not see il that
way; In his jump Snyder strained
ms pack but it is thought ne will be
IN shape next Saturday Vern Ores
ser equalled the state record Saturday
In the 120 hurdle, or high hurdle. when
ne made II fiat. Dresser has made
10 go on the local field and is of the
opinion that he can make this next
saturday. At least he is going to
make a big effort Gilbert Wood, the
best Splinter in the local high is en-
tered in the mile. He has a record of
4:46, which viii necessitate the other
men in the dash to "go some" The
nigh altitude had its effect on him
Saturday but as the meet this Satur-
Gay is to be held in the same town.
1t Will not go so hard on him the sec
ond time. Harry Bowers has a record
of feet 73-4 inches in the high
lump and promises to bring home the
honor If the fifth man is sent it will
be Elmer Brunton, who will enter in
the quarter mile
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
BOOkIES HIKE
FOR NEW FIELDS.
No Easy Money Here and They Invade
Canada.

NEW YORK, May 18.-As soon as
racing opens at Montreal, Toronto
Hamilton, Windsor and Fort Erie,
many of the leading bookmakers who
have been feature of the New York
tracks for years will take up their oc-
cupation there. Announcement made
at their club last night indicated that
the invasion of the Canadian tracks
by New York bookmakers will drive
the home bookmakers out of the field
and will result in livelier times on those
tracks After canvassing the results of
the two days experience on the Bel
mont track last week the bookmakers
last night seemed to be of the opinion
that there was no money for them this
year in New York Under the "oral
betting" permitted by recent court de-
cisions, the bookmakers are able to ac-
cept bets only from persons whom they
can trust for a later settlement OF
their accounts 1t so hapens that most
Of the persons whom the hQokmakers
know are as Well versed on the chances
of the various horses to win as they
are themselves. Therefore their chance
to win is very small and from an eX-
ceptionally limited field.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Girls to Treat Athletes.

The Girls Athletic association of the
Walla Walla nigh school will hold a
social and give a dinner on the Elliott
lawn, 314 Poplar street. Friday evening
in honor of the members of the high
school boys who have taken part in
any athletic event of the season,
which will have been brought to q
close by that time. The girls associa-
ton has about so members and more
than that number of young men will
be invited. The event promises 10 be
a delightful social function as the
girls are doing everything possible to
make the representatives on the attn
letic field enjoy the evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18

aggregation, which is the best that has
ever been gathered together in the
northwest for many years, they expect
the team to make a good showing
Some of the events are looked upon
as Whitman'S, others are doubtful,
and the distances, the hammer and the
shot, are conceded to w. S. c. Nelson,
the fast sprinter of the state college,
who holds a record Of :094-5 in the
hundred, will be up against Martin,
who holds the same record. Martin
has the best of him in the 220. The
state college has a quartet of men in
Nelson. North, COLL and Johnson
whom their hackers expect to take all
the distances and Sprints.
Conference Track Meet June r.
Rules governing the conference
track meet between the colleges of the
northwest to be held at Seattle in the
stadium of the A.-Y.-P. exposition
grounds, and the order of events, are
in the hands of the Whitman track
management The date of the meet
originally planned for June 5, has been
put hack one week, and the conference
colleges will meet June II. Each of
the six colleges in the Pacific north
west intercollegiate conference will
enter strong teams.
Whitman originally planned to enter
team of seven men, but it was
thought best by the management to
send only the probable point winners,
and the Missionaries will probably be
represented by three men, or four at
most. Martin. who is picked to win
the dashes for Whitman; Foster and
Cox, with possibly Wilson or Lewis,
will constitute the Missionaries team.
The gathering at Seattle on June IL
will be marked by the presence Of
some of the speediest men that the
northwest has ever seen. In the hun
dred and in the two twenty will be
Martin of Whitman, Montgomery of
Of Oregon, all of whom held a record
of :09 As in the hundred and nearly
everyone can run the longer distance
in :22 Martin, with the record of
:21 3-5 in the two twenty, is looked
upon as the probable winner of that
event
Order Of Events
The order of events as arranged by
the A.-Y.-P athletic committee is as
follows:
10O-yard dash (trials) 1J0-yard
yard dash (fnals), 120-yard hurdles
(trials). 120-yard hurdles (semi finals)
one mile run, 440-yard dash, 120-yard
hurdles (finals). 22O-yard dash (trials),
220-yard dash (semifinals) 220yard
hurdles (trials), 220yard hurdles
(semi finals), two mile run, 220yard
dash (f1nals), 220-yard hurdles Cinals)
Field Events.
High jump, broad jump. pole vault, |
16-pound shotputting. 16pound ham |
mer throwing, discus throwing, one
mile relay race four mem.
All questions Of eligibility are to be
governed by the rules of the P. N. I. |
conference. 1t has not been definitely |
decided whether the two-mle run will
be an event of the meet, as there is !
some objection among the colleges to
the race. The question will be decided |
by q majority of the colleges repre- !
senting the conference.
AS the field and track events are to |
begin at the same time, and the events |
run off in as quick order as possible, |
a good, fast meet is assured. All nee
essary precaution is being taken by the |
A.-Y.-P. officials to make the meet a |
success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
DUAL MEET HAS
BEEN POSTPONED
WHITMAN COLLEGE AND WASH
INGTON STATE WILL NOT
MEET UNTIL MAY %.
Missionaries Will Send Only Their Best
to Take Part in Conference
Meet at Seattle.

Whitman college athletes will be
given an extra week in which to train
for the dual track meet with the Wash
ington State college to be held in Pull
man. May %. the event having been
postponed from May 81 to that date.
The Missionaries are training hard for
the event and expect to be in excel
lent condition when the starter calls
the opening race.
Ten men win be sent to the northern
town. and while the Missionaries do
not expect to beat the state college
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-18
Endurance Run.

NORRISTOWN, Pa, May 1S.-Tne
endurance automobile contest from this
city to Harrisburg began today and
continues tomorrow. 1t has the dis
tinction of being the first event of the
kind ever conducted in this country
to be run in accordance with the re-
vised rules decided upon by the con-
test boards of the American AutOmo-
bile association. With their formal
adoption, every sanctioned contest of
the future must conform to them.