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The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Payne pi.eu..e. Tariff.

Washington. April 5.-The tariff law
is every day confuting the many liars
who attack it," declared Representa-
tive Serene E. Payne of New York, one
Of the authors of the law, as he was
leaving the White House today after
tariff conference with the president,
Mr.. Payne appeared annoyed to the
point Of being almost angry.
From every standpoint it is the most
successful bill this country has ever
had, he declared 'Tt talks for itself
every day in the building of Amer
ican business at home and abroad. The
Maximum and minimum provisions Of
the bill alone have opened the markets
of the world to the goods of the United
States"
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
.. 2. RICE Dies from lNluRiEe
RECEIVED AT RUGBY cELE.
Il sRATIoN.
STRUCkIN HEAD AT NIGHT
Former Chief Of Police euoys Under
Andy Jones ssid 70 Be B,ttsr h
Ensmy Of Rice 10 Held With
Pat Msshan.

Rugby. N. D., April '5.-struck in
the head during an election celebra-
tion and falling with severe force to
the sidewalk, o. c. Rice, a we'll known
resident Of Rugby is unconscious and
not expected to liv.. The fracus oc-
CURED on the main street following
the election last evening.
There was a large crowd present
yet no one seems to remember who
lid the striking.
Jack Buoye, former chief Of police
under Andy Jones and bitter enemy
Of Rice has been arrested on suspi-
cion. Rice has a nice home at Rugby
where he has wife and two children.
The preliminary hearing will probably
be held tonight.
Rugby. N. d., April so. G. Rice.
who was injured in an after election
celebration row here last night, died at
noon today.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Commend US to that Toledo man
who had ten tons of turnips to sell,
but was not satisfied with the price
ohered him by the wholesalers, and
deliberately gave the entire lot to the
populace. who carried those turnips
away in baskets, says Chicago Trib-
une. He could afford to do 1t, and he
dit 1t. and through his indignant gen.
erosity. 80 to speak, more people in
Toledo probably feasted on boiled tur.
nips during the next "a hours than
ever before in the history Of the city
while all the, circumambient atmos
phere was redolent Of their more o,
less grateful perfume. But suppose II
had been . carload Of onions!
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
MILLION TO HELP COOK.
Vast Sum Has Been Guaranteed BY
Friends Of the Missing Explorer.

New York. N. Y. - Captain B. F.
Osbon of the Artic club announces that
he had received letters from million.
aires Offering backing to the extent of
more than 31.000.O0e for DR.. Frederick
A. Cook to prove his claim that he
and not Commander Peary discovered
the North Pole.
Captain Osbon said that DR.. Cook
had received many offers to take the
lecture platform and that he would
take up both matters with the explorer
when he reaches New York. DR.. Cook
Is expected here within three weeks.
"The report that DR.. Cook is coming
to establish himself at big hotel is
lnonsense," said Captain Osbon. He
does not want any publicity until he
has convinced the world of the wrong
that has been done him.
"This offer of million dollars puts
us in q position to- establish the truth
of his claims without a doubt. We
have been negotiating with some Of
the scientists in the world and several
of these will be retained. We have
learned already that on the day that
Peary says he reached the pole and
took observation from the sun, there
was not enough sun to make it pos.
sible.
Il am not at liberty to say where
DR.. Cook is now. He is in North
America but not in the United States
and he will be here in three weeks.
He will come in quietly and live quiet.
ly. He has received an enormous
guarantee to go on the lecture plat.
form, but do not know whether he
will accept the proposition"
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
WOULD coNrINUE suckEr SHOP.
Philadelphia Consolidated Exchange
Would Await Courts Decision. Y

Philadelphia, Penna. Membsrs Of
the Consolidated Stock Exchange Of
this city who were arrested here Sat
urday met to discuss plans for their
future action. NJ the conclusion Of
the meeting II was announced that
permission would ~ sought to con-
tinue the business of the exchange
pending tho ID dscision Of the courts on
the lsGality u ~ ,4ransactions
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

to grant an audience to Mr.. Roosevelt
on April s. and hopes that nothing will
arise to prevent 1t, such as the much
regretted incident which made the re.
ception OF Mr.. Fairbanks impossible. I"
Replying by cable to Ambassador
Leishman on March Is, Mr.. Roosevelt
said: f#
please present the following to
Mgr. Kennedy: 1t would be real
pleasure to me to be presented to the
holy father. for whom entertain high
respect, both personally and as the
head of Q great church. I fully recoe.
nfze his entire right to receive or not
receive whomsoever he chooses for
any reason that seems good to him,
and II he does not receive me I shall
not for moment question the pro.
priety of his action. On the other
hand, in my turn must decline to
make any stipulations or submit to any
conditions which in any way would
limit my freedom of conduct. trust
that on April s he will find it conven.
lent to receive me-"
On March %. Mr.. Roosevelt received
cablegram from Ambassador Leish.
man giving message from Monsignor
Kennedy, which concluded by saying:
The audience can not take place
except on the understanding expressed
In former message
The following day Mr.. Roosevelt
sent another message to the American
ambassador saying:
"The proposed presentation is, Of
course, now impossib1e."
Received by Royalty.
Mr.. Roosevelt was received Monday
by King Victor Emmanuel. Am.
Ambassador Leishman accompanied
the distinguished American and intro.
duced him to the king, who talked
with the colonel for some time. Ker.
NIT Roosevelt shared with his father
the honor of the royal audience, and
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL.

any engagements in Rome except
those of an official character, and he
actually entered Rome with but two
definite engagements, the audience with
the king, and the dinner to be given in
his honor by the municipality.
The history of the negotiations is
about as follows:
In Cairo Mr.. Roosevelt received the
following telegram from Minister
Leishman:
"Monsignor Kennedy, rector Of the
American Catholic college. in reply to
an inquiry which caused to be made.
requests that the following communi-
cation be transmitted to you:
The holy father will be delighted
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

The fair goods Of western univers
ity have issued proclamation agains.
the wearing of mustaches by either
students or professors. threatening q
boycott Of all who disobey this order.
Any professor who wears his face
as 1t suits him, in defiance of their
wishes, will find the co-eds absent
from his lectures. Which gives room
for thought on the effect of discipline
and the higher education on character
building.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Three eishopries to Fin.

Winona, Minn.. April 5.-Rt. Rev.
p. H. Heffron, appointed bishop Of
Winona, will not come here until the
eve of mis- installation. When that
will be is uncertain. It has been de-,
cided that all six bishops of whom
only three, Father Heffron, for WI
mona, Father O'Rielly for Fargo. and
Father Lawler for st. Paul. nave been
appointed. are to be consecrated at
the same time. The other three, yet
to be named, are those for Lead, 8.
D.; Bismarck. N. D.. and Crookstons
MINI.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Arrested for Criminal Libel.

Washington, April 5.-The arrest of
John A. Penton. Of Cleveland, O.. sec
retary of the Merchant Marine league
of the United States for criminal libel
against Representative Steenerson, of
Minnesota, followed his appearance as
witness before the "ship subsidy lob
by" inquiry. Penton accompanied the
detectives to the district attorneys Of
flee and was released after depositing
$500 cash bali. The arrest was made
on secret indictment returned March
80, based on an editorial organ Of the
Merchant Marine league.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
PEARY WILL EXPLORE NO MORE.
Announces He's Through viii, Polar
Expeditions.

4 Chicago, Illinois Commander Rob
ert E. Peary, in an interview declared
that he positively was through with
Polar explorations for all time.
II am absolutely at the end Of my
career a. an explorer" said he. RE
ports that am to lead an expedition
into the Antarctic regions are not true,
and certainly do not contemplate an
other trip - the north pole"
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
FEDERAL sLEuTHs, TAP WIRES
TO SECURE INFORMATION
AGAINST coNsPiRAToRs.
GOVT. Will PROSECUTE
First Move to Check Gambling In
stoeks.-Three Firms, Including
20 Persons, Under Indictment
Five Defend ants Millionalres.

W&SuluSlOuS ~. ". AIm0Q Will
bench warrants Of the supreme court
of the District Of Columbia, special
agents Of the department Of Justice
simultaneously raided brokers' offices
in New York, Philadelphia, Jersey
City, Baltimore, Cincinnati and St.
Louis.
Conspiracy indictments in which
twenty-nine persons are named-flve
of them said to be millionaires, and
all interested in brokers' onces in
large cities Of the United States, were
returned by the federal grand Jury Of
the District Of Columbia upon evidence
which agents of the department Of
Justice had been gathering for more
than year.
Three Firms Accused.
The men indicted are said to be
those financially interested in the cor.
poration known as E. 8. Boggs & Co.,
which has Offices in New York and
Philadelphia, Price & Co., which has
Offices in Baltimore and New York
and the Standard Stock and Grain
Dealers, which has Offices in Jersey
City. Philadelphia, Cincinnati and St.
Louis.
As being interested in Boggs & Co.,
the following are indicted: Richard
E. Preusser, Lee Mayer, George Turn
er, William H. Lillis, Oliver ]. Robin
son, Edward 8. Beggs, Harry Owens,
Robert A. Guy, all of New York. and
AL Ford and Marshall F. Parrish, of
Philadelphia. Named in connection
with them as alleged co-conspirators
are Edward Everett Taylor, of Wash.
ington, D. c.. and his telegraph oper-
ator, Harry Johnson.
In the indictments against Price &
Co.. the following are named: viii.
liam B.. Price. Virgil p. Randolph,
Harry M. Randolph, Charles T. Moore.
head. Edward Weldon, Joseph Gaskins
and James A. Anderson. all of Balti-
more; Thomas H. Campbell and Ed
ward B. Taylor, of Philadelphia. In
the Standard Stock and Grain Deal
ers are named Edward Altemas,
Samuel Raymond, Oscar ]. Raphael
and Robert Hall, of Jersey City, N. j.;
Louis Celia. of st. Louis; Henry G.
Stumpf, Of Philadelphia and Henry r.
Duryee and his telegraph operator,
Charles R. Alley.
This. the United States govern
ment's first attack upon stock
gambling. has been thoroughly pre-
pared with greatest secrecy. It's scope
practically covers the United States
from the Missouri river to the Atlantic.
The three concerns indicted maintain
more than two hundred and fifty
Offices and branch Offices located from
New England to Oklahoma.
The governments sleuths went at
the enemy with his own fire, and did
not hesitate to do q little wire-tappine
to get their evidence. Taking fol
granted the charge often made that
bucketshops often secured quotations
by tapping wires which carry them to
legitimate customers, the detectives
tapped communications sent between
those indicted. Employees of some o1
the shops were served with subpoeaas
and called before the grand jury t.
tell what they knew about the methods
of operation.
Violation Of the law, upon convic
tion, entails a maximum penalty o.
$4,000 fine and two years imprison
ment.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
TO OPPOSE GEN. LODGE.
Democrats. and Insurgents To Form
Combination.

Boston. Mass. - Cheered by the re-
cent overthrow Of the republicans in
the fourteenth district, democratic
leaders are counting on an alliance
with the "insurgent" republicans that
will give them control Of the next lsg-
islature. which % to elect . successor
to Henry Cabot Lodge. Tho anhors.
Ing Of the scholar IN politics" u to
be the shibbolsth Of the alliancs.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
ROOSEVELT GETS in MORE TROUBLE
|GETS A TURNDOWN WHEN HE SEEKS AN AUDIENCE
WITH POPE PIUS.--IS ROYALTY ENTER
TAINED BY ITALIAN RULERS.

Rome. Italy. - The audience which
It was believed Mr.. Roosevelt would
have with the pope on Tuesday, will
not take place, owing to conditions
which the Vatican has imposed and
which Mr.. Roosevelt refuses to ac-
cept.
Although the definite negotiations
relative to the audience ended before
Mr.. Roosevelt left Egypt, the an
nouncement was withheld until after
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
BALLOON FALL 5 KILLED
WHILE PREPARING FOR ACCENT
At sTETTiN, GALE HITS
BIC BAG.
collldss with building and Shoots Up.
ward 70 : Great Height Finally
Drops into Battle ssa-Onty
One Of the Party Saved.

Stettin, Germany-The German bal.
loon Pommer4, which made an ascen.
sion here met with q series Of acct
dents which ended in disaster under
most thrilling circumstances In the
Baltic sea.
Three men lost their lives, including
the radical member Of the reichstag,
Werner Hugo del Brueck. Herr del
Brueck and another member Of the
party were drowned, third occupant
Of the car was picked up unconscious
and died from his injuries, while the
fourth was rescued in q serious condi.
tion.
The Pommern, carrying del Brueck,
who was acting az pilot, banker,
Herr Sommelhardt, an architect. Herr
Benduhn. and q man named Helm, as.
cended early in the afternoon. The
wind was almost gale at the time
and the Pommern broke away before
she had been completely ballasted.
A chapter Of accidents began i'm.
mediately. The balloon collided. with
telegraph wires which broke, almost
over-turning the basket. It then dash.
ed into the roof of a neighboring fac.
tory, destroying the smoke stack.
With the basket swaying and half OF
its ropes cut, the balloon scared to q
great altitude and disappeared in the
clouds at a great speed.
Thousands Of onlookers, including q
detachment Of military which had as.
sisted in the ascent, ran along the
roads. expecting the basket to break
away. The balloon, however. was NOT
seen again until it reached Swine
munde, SO miles northwest of Stettin
over which it passed at a height OF
5000 feet, in the direction of the sea,
Drops Into the Sea.
Tugs followed in its track and one
of them, which had outdistanced the
others, was almost directly under II
when suddenly the balloon fell into
the sea. The tug sped to the spot, but
the work of rescue was difficult. AL
ready del Brueck and Benduhn had
disappeared. but Sommelhardt and
Helm were clinging to the ropes and
they were dragged aboard the vessel
Helm died soon after being taken on
the tug, and del Brueck's body was
washed ashore.
The Pommern, with Aeronaut Osca,
Erbsloeh in command, won the inter
national balloon race at st. Louis In
1907.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Even though the average wages Of
workmsn in Germany have increased
20 Per cent. during the past 20 years.
they still look small in comparison
with the wages Of workmen here IN
the United States.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
zeYsczko GIVES TIP.
Pole Says He Has Arranged Match
With Gotch.

Cleveland, Ohio. - Zbysczko, the
Polish wrestler, has told friends here
that he has come to terms with Frank
Gotch and their wrestling match for
the worlds heavyweight title will be
held in the American league ball park.
Chicago, on Memorial day. The Off.
cial announcement will be withheld.
his Polish friends say. until after his
match. with Roller.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

An ungallant French Judge has de-
cided that spinsters of 80 have no
legal redress If they are Tilted, because
by that time they are old enough to
know whether man is in earnest or
not and it is their own fault If they
are swindled out of their mature af-
fections. This decision will be blow
to the spinsters whose hopes are
blighted, but whose thrift remains.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Toseas Bound Over.

Minot, N. D.--A. Toscas, the Greek
labor interpreter who has been In the
linelight in connection with the Great
Northern pass frauds. was bound over
to the district court Of Ward county.
Toscas also has similar charge hang.
ing over him in Grand Forks county.
He IL out on bonds. l1s.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Type Of Moral Deoenerate,

New York, April 5.-The tombA
physician. DR.. T. "A. MCGUIRE. said, to-
day that Albert Wolter, who is charged
with the murder of Ruth Wheeler, is
type Of degenerate lacking in moral
sense. but not immune from punish
ment for any crime he may have COM
mitted because he still has the power
to distinguish the quality and nature
OF his acts.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Calculations of the enormous theo-
fettcal losses in slump in the New
York stock exchange afford very little
consolation to the lamb who was in
tor a few thousands of real money.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Mastodon steaks, preserved in ice
Tor 25O.000 years, are said by cold
storage advocates to be perfectly de-
hcious. But that has nothing to do
with the scarcity Of strictly fresh
eggs.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

One trouble of the city, farmer will
be how to pitch his crops for the
coming year when he looks over the
price OF everything he has been buy.
ing as consumer.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Now IN Illinois farmer comes for.
ward with what II practically . cob.
lless variety Of corn. In this case the
grains grow directly from the. stem.
and the resulting waste IL said to
lMuch less than n tho cob kind. WIN
~ svolution proceed u.ttl the husls
80 m slinilstel1
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

One trouble is that statesman in
endeavoring to get to the level of the
plain people is in danger of underesti.
mating the plain peoples intelligence
and refinement,
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

The ice cream ptomaine has started
In to work. poisoning 60 patrons of q
church fair in a New Jersey town.
But 1t takes more than this to fright,
On the brave who treat the fair.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

The hen is bird. says the treasury
department. Any one buying strictly
fresh" eggs these days will agree that
she is a luxury.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Ice ersaks-Nsariy 80 Drown.
st. Petersburg, Russia. - A cara
van Of 50 gypsies broke through the
ice on Cheremenetzki lake, near LuEa.
All Of the 30 men. women and chill:
dren except few were drowned.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

II the comet has so much gas in its
tail will not the gas companies of this
mundane sphere warn it by Injunction
from trespassing on their domain?
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

A Paris editor gets four years fol-
praising the murderer of a policeman,
and the murderer of a Cuban editor
serves one day. What Is the moral?
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Another plot has been discovered in
Portugal. That kingdom is closely
running Russia's old established rec
ord for plots.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

In 1912 the Chicago papers were
vofcing mild protests against the large
spring bonnets. Millinery. like his.
tory. is repeater.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Makes rillman Sick.

New York, N. Y. - In telegram
from Atlanta. Ca, to the New York
World, Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima says: :.
"All this hoorah over Roosevelt
makes me sick"
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Did It ever occur to you how much
easier the word "aeroplane" would be
to pronounce If we could call It "areo
plane?"
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

The Harvard professor who says q
man can live on 20 cents day speaks
accidentally for academic purposes
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Comets and the end of the world are
no longer being worked simultaneous.
V. They have dissolved partnership.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Queen Helena.

his majesty included the young man
in the conversation, being greatly in:
terested in the exploits and expert
ences of the hunting party in Africa.
In the afternoon the Roosevelt fam.
lily, including Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Ethel, were received by Queen Helena.
This was an especial honor, for the
time of the year in which the queen
grants audiences is now over. and she
made an exception in favor of the
Roosevelts. Her majesty always had
great admiration for America and
Americans.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

A baby was born in New York re.
Gently with a full set Of teeth, but II
had no meal ticket.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

A pessimist Is q man who believes
that spring as an institution has been
done away with.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Weather that makes the plumber
kick and the iceman growl is the kind
most folks like.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Uncle Sam owns 1900 hens at Pan.
ANA and he expects every one Of them
to do its part nobly.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Billiards that linger on the way be.
come harmless az summers rain.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

Baseball will soon make politics
look like 80 cents. The sap 10 rising
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08
Guests Of Mr.. Leishman.

When COL Roosevelt arrived Sun
day he and his family went directly
to the Borghese palace, where they
are the guests of Mr.. Leishman, the
American ambassador. In the evening
Mr.. Roosevelt and the staff of the EN-.
bassy entertained at dinner.
The pioneer express., 1910-04-08

kissing dangerous? Get . breach
Of promise suit and ind out
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-06-02

tees act also limits the expenses
OF candidates to ten per cent of
"a years salary of the Office
sought. The recall has never
been used in Oregon, but it rath-
er precautionary measure.
Under Its provisions any official
may be recalled.
AS Senator Bourne says, the
initiative and referendum is evl-
IDENTIFY the cornerstone of the
arch of popular VS.. delegated
government" and of the Oregon
system. Through it Oregon
has made for itself by direct vote
certain important laws desired
by the people but defeated by
the Legislature. But, more
than that, the existence of the
right of initiative by the people
and the right of referendum, has
caused Legislatures to enact
good measures and has caused
the defeat of bad measures.
"Mr, President" said the SEN
ior Senator from Oregon. 81
reiterate that Oregon has evolv-
ed the best system of popular
government that exists in the
world to day." That may be a
large boast, but Oregon "has
the goods" in some very deslr-
able progressive Legislation. 1t
is the only State that does elect
its United States Senator by
popular vote. Topeka Capital.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-06-02

voluntarily; there comes back to me
the memory of girls puzzled eyes
under the brim of a Topping hat, the
haunting suspicion Of the sleepless
nights that followed.
Just then was determined that
my companion should not stray back
to the wreck, and to that end l was
determinedly facetious.
do you know that it is Sunday?"
she asked suddenly, "and that we are
actually ragged??"
Never mind that" I retorted. "All
Baltimore is divided on Sunday into
three parts, those who rise and go to
church, those who rise up and read
the newspapers, and those who don't
rise up. The first are somewhere be-
tween the creed and the sermon, and
we need not worry about the others" "
"You treat me like child she said
almost pettishly. Don't try so hard
to be cheerful lit is almost ghast-
ly."
After that l subsided like pricked
balloon, and the remainder of the ride
was made in silence. The information
that she would go to friends in the
city was shock; it meant an earlier
separation than had planned for.
But my arm was beginning again. In
putting her into a cab | struck it and
gritted my teeth with the pain. 1t
was probably for that reason that /
forgot the gold bag.
She leaned forward and held out
her hand 81 may not have another
chance to thank you," she said, "and
I think l would better not try, any
how. l cannot tell you how grateful
l am" | muttered something about
the gratitude being mine. Owing to
the knock l was seeing two cabs, and
two girls we're holding out two hands.
Remember" they were both say
ing, you have never met me, Mr..
Blakeley And-D you ever hear any.
thing about me-that is not-pleasant,
l want you to think the best you car
Of me. Will your"
The two girls were one now, with
little flashes of white light playing al
around. Tim afraid that | shall
think too we'll for my own good"
said unsteadily. And the cab drove
on.