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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
LAND SUITS KNOCKED OUT.
Demurrers in Oklahoma Title Cases
Started Are Sustained.

Muskogee. Okla. - Judge Ralph
Campbell has sustained the demur-
rers in the suits brought by the
United States to set aside various
deeds and leases made by citizen allot-
tees in the five. civilized tribes in
eastern Oklahoma, and thus settled a
legal controversy that had been the
cause of considerable concern in that
oart Of the state.
The court reviewed the relation of
the United States to the five tribes
since they became nation, and found
that no vestige of title to the lands
allotted them now remains In the
United States. The demurrers in
volved the question of the citizenship
of these Indians and the court de-
clared them to be citizens Of the
United States with all the rights, priv
ileges and immunities Of citizenship.
1t is held that the United States can
not maintain these suits on the prin-
ciple that 1t sustains to the individual
Indian trust relation, such guardian.
ship being Incompatible with citizen.
ship. national and state.
Finally the bills were held bad
becaue numerous defendants are
Joined in each bill who were con.
nected with many distinct transac.
lions regarding as many distinct
tracts Of land.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
THROWS BABES IN WELL.
Mother Then Sets Fire to House and
Attempts Suicide.

Mother Then Sets Fire to House and
Attempts Suicide.
Barnum. Mimi, Aug. 30.-Mrs. Fred
Young, aged %, wife of a farmer re-
siding about five miles southeast q:
here, this morning about O'Clock,
while her husband was on his way to
town with load of cream and milk,
threw her three children, aged one.
three and five years, into deep we'll,
set fire to the barn. destroying is. and
also set fire to the house. Failing in
her efforts to burn the building she
took dose of paris green anu tten
gashed her throat several times with
knife. making ugly wounda bit fail.
ing to sever the juglar vein.
Mrs. Young was taken to the sher-
frs residence at Carlton and a sEec-
.ial meeting of the insanity board was
held this evening. The wonar was
found to be insane and was commit.
ted to the insane asylum III case a;lo
RECEIVERS. In the mean:.ce she was
ordered taken to the hospital at Clo-
Guel. Her condition is serious, .!:e
physicians, however. De''eye that size
may recover. Mrs. YOU'VE las been in
k.er ftalth for the past two years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
FIRMS SEEK REFUND ON RATES.
Hettlnger, N. D., Merchants File Sui,
Against Milwaukee Road.

Washington, d. C.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway com.
pany is defendant in two suits filed
with the interstate commerce commits.
sion by merchants of Hettinger, N. D.,
who charge an over-assessment in
freight rates.
John g. Wolfe, of the firm of Wolfe
& Breckenridge. general merchants,
ask for refund of 1926, which
amount is said to have been collected
in excess of the lawful rate on ship.
ment of secondhand furniture from
Big Stone City, s. D.. to Hettinger, N,
d.
The William Plummer Co., of Min,
newaukon alleges that the Northern
Pacific charged excessive rates on
shipments Of sawdust from East
Grand Forks, N. D., and the Hettinger
Manufacturing company claims that
the Milwaukee rate charged on ship.
ment Of hardware from Minneapolis
was too high.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
cANADA's NAVY STARTED.

Great Britain to Send Two Third.clas.
Cruisers Across Atlantic.
Ottawa. Ontario.-A dispatch from
London. says It is learned on high
authority that two third-class cruis-
ers are to be loaned to Canada by
the British admiralty, one for tho
Pacific and the other Atlantic. These
ships will require refitting and altera-
lions which will be done at Canada's
expense.
The dispatch adds that when Can.
ada starts to build it's own warships
the work will be done in the dominion
and q representative Of the leading
British ship-building firm Is coming
shortly to seek site for . shipyard.
It is also stated the. idea Of sub
marines for the st. Lawrence river
and the Pacific have been suggested
and received with some favor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
EXPLANATION is POSTPONED.
War Department. Hesitates About
Mrs. Sutton's Request.

Washington, D. C.-The officials
Of the war department have decided
to postpone action upon the request Of
Mrs. Sutton to exhume the body Of
Lieutenant Sutton, her son, now
buried in Arlington national cemetery.
Although there seems to be no rea-
sonable doubt that ultimately the
wishes Of the mother will be complied
with, the officials are of the opinion
that the secretary Of war, the secre-
tary Of the, navy, and possibly the
president, should be communicated
with before final action is taken.
These officials are all out of the city.
No instance is on record Of the re-
quest Of relatives for the disinterment
Of bodies Of their relatives having
been refused, but the case Of Lieuten.
ant Sutton is regarded as very *
ceptional one.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

The Jews who suffered during tn.
recent uprisings at Kisheneff and 9TH
er places in Russia will not have died
I'm vain If the appeal Of the Russian
ministry. signed by Premier Stolypin,
Nor an amelioration of the condition of
the Jews brings from the car modi-
|hcation Of the restrictions now i'm
posed upon prosecuted and abused
people. The day is not distant in
Russia when such occurrences as re-.
GENTLY blackened the history of that
saation will be regarded with horror
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
! DEAD, 8 HURT in FACTORY.
Explosion In Canning Plant Throw-
: Women and Girls In Terror.

Waverly, Iowa. a panic OF
300 employees of the Kelly Canning
factory to escape from the second
floor Of the canning department. where
q gasoline tank had exploded and
thrown fire over the room. George
McRoberts was killed, three persons
were probably fatally injured and .
score Of others were seriously hurt
The building was destroyed by this
fire that followed the explosion, caus.
ing 100000 damage.
While the Gamers were busily en-,
gagged in preserving sweet corn on
the second floor Of the factory, gas
oline tank used for the soldering Of
cans, burst with q frightful detonal
ton, hurting clots of flaming fluid
over the large rooms. Most Of the
employees are women and girls. All
were excited by the shower Of flamesi
and. with cries Of alarm and fear, ran
sor the stairs and the windows.
Many leaped to the ground In dis.
order, falling on and hurting each.
other. Scores tried to descend the
stairways with leaps and bounds
only to become hopelessly entanRled
n the narrow ways. t1
Those employees working on the firsl
floor. went quickly to the rescue, drag.
ging the entangled persons from the
jammed stair cases and fighting OF
the flames until the injured could b
carried to safety.
When all had been taken from thu
building It was found that Mrs. Wal,
ter had been 80 severely injured that
they will probably die.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
TIPPLINe MAYOR is BUSTED.
city's Executive Always on Duty
Says the Judge.

Des Moines. Iowa. Judge Byron
Preston of Oskaloosa handed in an
opinion ousting A. M. Henderson a.
mayor Of Marengo and UNFOLDING the
Cossin law, PASSED by the last legis.
lature. which provides that officials
In Iowa may be removed from Office
for certain causes, one Of which Is In,
toxication.
Attorney General Byers. who prose
cuted the case. showed that Mayor
Henderson attacked the statute as un.
constitutional and declared he had
never been drunk on duty.
Judge Preston sustains the law IL
toto and rules that mayor is always
on duty.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Confidence in the immediate future
Is revealed by the fact that big ship
building company has received an or
der for the construction of steel
freighter 524 feet long, with a carry
ing capacity of 5000 tons. Many cost.
~ steamers of this description have
been lying idle this year, on the
Great Lakes, but investors know that
when business brightens there will
be brisk demand for all the tonnage
afloat, and that others will be trying
TO place rush orders" for new boats.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Thrss Sisters viii Wed at One Time.
Chicago Illinois. q triple romance
In which three sisters fell III love sim.
ultaneously, is to have happy end.
ing, when the three daughters Of Mrs..
Louise Lamson. CSC West jackson ST,
are 70 become brides on, the same day.
Perhaps the most unique feature o.
the strange romance Is that each 10.
tor set the date Of her wedding with.
out the knowledge Of the others, con.
inding the secret Of her betrothal only
to the mother.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
TRY TO CHEAT UNCLE SAM.

New York. Aug. 30 Collector Of
Port. William Loeb, Jr.. has deter
mined to teach lot Of people who
toll petty lies to Uncle Sam. that
honesty q the best policy. .Ss3
The customs law allows passengers
% bring IN dntable goods to the
salnseof ~ 90 free. provided the arti-
cles ars ut forth 81 the declaration.
but many persons have been found
gnll1ty of MiIinG 20 declare these III.
~ tAinss Hithsrto thsy havs zone
s ss
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
sotllor STRIKER ocie ASnSs5
siliiSs I'M - MINUTES, ToIAl ri
II ss.
{. Q. D. BRINGS Hell
200 Passengers Aboard, All Escapas
Victims Being Of the screw.-swire.
less Operator Summons Aid and
.s Goes Down With the Ship. a

+ Seattle. Wash, Aug. 28-One man.
q wireless telegraph operator. gave
his life that more than 200 might bs
saved when George q. Eccles, Of Seat
tie. went down with the Alaska Steam.
ship Company's steamer Ohio. while
sounding the &C. @. d.. His calls fol
help az his vessel was sinking brought
steamers Kingfsher. Humboldt and Ru.
pert City to the rock OF Steep Point
In Hishkish Narrows. British Colum.
bta, and all but himself and four 9TH
ers We're saved. Only one passenger
lost his life.
The Ohio went down within 30 min
etes after 1t struck.
The Drowned.
Purser Frederick J. Stephen. Seat
tie.
Wireless Operator George e. Eccles.
Seattle.
The Quartermaster, q soldier and
steerage passenger, names unknown.
Pilot Snow was on the bridge when
the ship struck. The boats were low
cred at once and women and children
taken off first. The soldier and the
steerage passenger were killed by the
upsetting Of boat during the rescue
Of the passengers.
The Humbolt took 20 survivors to
Ketchikan, Alaska. The others ar.
rived at Vancouver on the Rupert City:
Operator Eccles worked valiantly in
rescue work and is reported to havs
been drowned while so engaged. Pur
ser Stephen also is said to have given
his life that the passengers and other
members of the crew might be saved.
The Ohio left Seattle Aug. "a, for
Fort Graham and Valdez. Alaska, and
including crew and passengers had 21d
persons on board.
The accident occurred OF Steer
Point, Alaska.
Early reports said that 50 or more
lives had been lost, but the steamship
company fixes the list at five on the
strength Of wireless dispatches from
NJ. ]. Henry, railroad builder. who
was taken of by the Humbolt.
The Dolphin, another Alaskan
steamship company boat which left
Seattle Wednesday night, due at Ket
chikan at midnight, was notified by
wireless to stand by in Swanson Bay
and give assistance. It is 800 miles
from Seattle to Steep Point. The
rocks where the boat went down
shelve off rapidly into deep water,
The Ohio was insured for $4,000:
Captain John johnson, her navigator.
was regarded as one of the most skill
'ul on the Pacific coast.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Gen. Brun, the French minister OF
war, has sharp eye on recent devel.
opments affecting military science. He
declares belief in the efficiency of the
heroplane and the submarine as war
instruments in the future. Thus he
afirms confidence that the principal
lighting hereafter will be in the air
or under the water. There is much
of late occurrence to warrant such
an opinion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
Loss or LIFE IN GREAT IL op
WILL REACH INTO MANY
HUNDREDS.
NEED AID FROM OUTSIDE
Santa catarIna Works out New
Channel and Menaces Entire
ToWn-Finincia Loss Esti.
mated Z 20 12 millions.

Monterey, Mexico.-The destructive
flood, due to the continuous fall Of
rain for the past SO hours, swept
everything before It and hardly q YES.
tige is left Of the village Of Monterey,
which few days ago swarmed with
families belonging to the poorer
classes.
It has stopped raining at last for
the first time since last Thursday
afternoon. and some idea Of the hor-
rors Of the flood Of Friday night and
Saturday could be obtained.
It was at first reported that 800
lives were lost In the disaster, but
now show that the number Of dead
has reached 1900 and may be more.
The river has fallen considerably, and
while still high the danger now is
over.
Fully $4,000 people are homeless in
the flood district and are being cared
for by the attorney general. At noon
5000 people were given bread. coffee
and soup. at the municipal stations,
but there are many more on the
south side Of the river still out Of
reach Of the aid offered. The prop
erty loss is placed at $20,O00,0 900
throughout the city.
All through the day and up to late
at night, the bodies have been taken
from the debris and ruins in the path
of the flood and over 500 have been
recovered.
The greatest loss of life occurred
Saturday morning between the hours
Of and IL o'clock when the large
buildings on the south side of the
river commenced to crumble and fall.
In one school building of the south
side of the river, 80 women and chill
dren were drowned when the walls OF
the building collapsed. This was one
Of the most pathetic incidents Of the
flood. Two priests were with them
and while in the act Of blessing them
the walls fell and the whole 80 were
swallowed up in the flood.
The main water supply pipe from
the Estansuela reservoir was broken,
and the city is absolutely without
drinking water, and it will be several
days before the leak can be repaired.
Street car traffic has been abandoned
after two or three Intellectual attempts
to run the cars.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Has anybody found missing bal.
Aoon? II not. the government is tout. I"
IAN airship of this style broke from
the moorings at Mount Weather, Va,
the signal service observation station.
idoated OF at height of a mile or
lm0re and has not been seen since.
Wandering balloons are not Of mucn
ivalue IN themselves, but any one who
catches this one is asked to return to
the owner. AZ It may then be "hitched''
sagain and made: Of use for meteoro.
ll0gical purposes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
1lDN BE J lee
cot.1J pEcIpE0 III VI sliLE0
s.ls AcTED IN ooop FAITH.
The laW. Chicago Judge l1sids Can
not Punish Man Tor esln7 S,yAs II
= Enthusiastic.

Chicago. Illinois. illiam ID. Niles,
Chicago broker and promoter o. the
Michigan Electric railway. In which
he Interested former Governor An,
drew q. Lee. Of South Dakota to the
extent Of $30, 900, was found not guilty
BY Municipal Judge Gemmill Of
charges that he obtained Lees funds
by means Of q confidence game.
The former executive. in CAUSING
the arrest OF the broker several
weeks ago. alleged that he had been
swindled.
Lee is . merchant at vermillion.
8. D. Niles was formerly travelling
salesman. After locating as q broker
In Chicago he interested Lee in vart.
GUS projects by correspondence, init.
mating in his letters that he had been
shown many courtesies by the vermil.
lion merchant and that the same were
not to be forgotten. He persuaded
Lee to invest in Louisiana oil lands.
The investment was followed by q
letter from Niles which contained, in
the brokers' words: 1.-THE opportun.
ity. Of a life time"
Immediately after Niles had been
acquitted Deputy Sheriff Waldron,
served summons on Mr.. Lee, requir.
ing him to appear In the Superior
court in answer to q suit for $780,.
600 damages. The. suit was begun
by Niles, who alleges professional In.
jury because Of malicious arrest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
AMERICAN: LABOR LEADER g
DRAMATIC FIGURE IN
LABOR MEETING. 49,.
lie IS EQUAL TO OCCASION.
American Federation will Mot Ally
lteeIf With the international
federation Of Labor, says
y. President Gompers. al

Paris Aug. 30.-Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
Of Labor, was the dramatic center Of
the first days session of the sixth in
ternational trades unions congress,
when several European delegates
bitterly denounced what they claimed
to be the equivocal attitude Of the
American Federation with reference
to joining the international move.
ment.
Gompers needed all his old-time en-.
ergy to repel the attack. He insisted
that the problems and policies Of
American trades unionism were so in
terming,ed with American traditions
and ideas that Americans could ILL
spare the time to encounter the in
fluence Of European leaders where
trades unionism tendencies were tenn
peramentally different. AS an evil
dence that the United States is anx.
ious for international cooperation
Gompers introduced proposal favor
ing worldwide organization which
would defend the rights and inter.
ests of all and create International
fraternity and solidarity.
The clash came over the question OF
the exact status Of Gompers and tho
American Federation of Labor in the
conference. Gompers explained tina.
for the present he was merely an au.
ditor but was ready to give his opin-
ions. One obstacle in the way Of af-
filiation, he said, was the feeling that
antagSnism existed in Europe TO-
wards American trades unions. More
over, it was feared that American
workmen might be compelled to su.
coordinate their policies to those of the
men knowing little or nothing about
american industrial conditions ard
problems.
Personally" he continued, Il have
no authority to pledge the aftiliatioa
Of the American Federation of Labor,
but believe that it will come in
time"
Gompers statement was received
coldly. Several delegates jumped to
their feet to protest. Hueber, an
Austrian delegate. vehemently charac-
terized Gompers' explanation as q
mockery.
I'VE thank you for your opinions"
he said pointedly, "but We do not
need them. Your policies may not
permit you to come to us, but one
day, American workmen, you will
realize that your policies are erron-
eous and you will see the necessity
of poining an international fedora
tion."
Gompers, singing under the re.
buke, but, unflinching, arose to reply.
II regret" he excla med, chat you
have misconstrued my remarks as an
attack upon Europea ntrades union
ism. I repeat we are sincerely de-
sirous of an international federation
but only so far as it preserves the
American conception of unionism. It
Europe does not want us it will BIZ
unfortunate. Nevertheless, we will
continue to do everything possible to
attain the goal for which the human
race is struggling, the international
fraternity and unity"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
CANNON Is cGiNsURIEI:D..


PottsviIle, Pennsylvania. ikt t1ae
.Pennsy1vania Retail Merchants ksiso
citation convention here, : resolution
80 adopted conde mnipg tie action
iof Speaker Cannon of Ito national
house of representa- tyss innst ~
pointing Congressnaan 1oWlerS a11Sw
Jsfsey, % chairman Of no "a 4 fSoo
on banking ana esifreney. ~; ll1i
lssat ~ ~ yOes ainse ap4 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
DROWNED IN a siNkHoLE.
keefe's Body Recovered ~ Means Of
Hayrake Drawn BY Horses.

Rochester. Minnesota.-will Keefe,
aged 1s, was drowned while bath.
ing in sinkhole on the farm Of
Jerry Fogarty in Orion township q
few miles from Rochester. He waa
seized with cramp and sank q
once. The body was recovered by
means Of q farmers hayrake, drawn
by horses across the pool. Huge ban.
ores were used to assist the ssarcherk
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Two infant joyriders in borrowed
auto killed their man in New York.
Stiff though some sentences have been
At may be necessary to make them
yet more severe to discourage JOY
riding.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

The fresh-air funds are more than
ever needed now. Let the prisoners
OF poverty be remembered in captiv-
1ty to misfortune rendered worse than
ever by the heat OF the midsummer
season.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Man has b,trrcwed in the earth like
mole, raced like deer, swan like
q fish, and now wants to fly like a
bird. Is the natural accomplish
ment Of walking in time to become es-
dnct?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

A New Jersey man claims to have
dog that Matched out and is rear
ing brood of bantam chickens. The
fishermen haven't it all their own way
in the nature.faking class.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
Lebeau. Registration Point.

Washington. p. C.The general.
land Office announces that Lebeau, g.
D., would be one Of the places 81
registration for the surplus lands 81
the Cheyenne river and standina
Rock Indian reservation 70 b opsnsd:
10 settlement. i:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

Wireless telegraphy and flying are
established facts, but the human race
should refrain from boasting until
lovely woman throws her sausage
'curls and rats into the garbage box
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03
MARKET REPORT:
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis. Aug. 3o.-wheat, No.
] northern. $0.995s; No. 2 northern,
$o.s7%; Sept. $o.94X: Dec. $O.s3N;
durum. No. I. $o.S4N. Oats-No. 8
white. $0.34N. Barley, SIC. Corn
No. 8. 64Ac. Rye-No. 3. e5alc. Flax
No. 1. $1.43X. j; Il i.
Duluth, Aug. 30.-No. northern,
$1.21N: Sept, 30.95h: Dec, 3O.s q.
X South st. Paul. Aug. 80. Cattle
Steers, fair. 5000 $3.50; cows, fair,
1s.25@4.25; calves. $3.50 @$s.25. Hogs,
1850 775; sheep. yearlings, 5000
$3.50; lambs. fair. $500 ~ 90.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

The fact that man shot friend
Lately, installing the friend for
woodchuclS. shows that those critics
are not far wrong who think not
enough time is devoted to nature study
In the schools.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-03

With hundred thousand applica
tions for 10000 of his farms, Uncle
Sam begins to realize that he isn't
as rich in lands as he was a genera
sdon ago.