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"WIXHt, .V i. Pioneer-Eipress WARDWELL & THOMPSQN. Pubs. PEMBINA. N. DAK. NfWS Of THE WHK IN EPITOME DIGEST OP THE NEWS WORTH TELLING CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS. Washington Notts. Representative Madden of Illinois has introduced a reciprdcal demurrage bill in the house. The new Uruguayan minister, Dr Luis Melian Lafinur, has been formal ly presented to President Roosevelt. George B. Cortelyou has announced his retirement as chairman of the Re publican national committee. Harry S. New, vice chairman, will become acting chairman of the committee Maj. James McLaughlin of Bismarck. N. D., has been nominated to succeed himself as an Inspector in the service of the interior. Maj. McLaughlin has been in the employ of the government for thirty-six years. President Roosevelt probably wili accept an invitation given him to de liver an address at Indianapolis ear'* in June, when tjie monument to Gen. Henry W. Lawton is unveiled. The president served under Gen. Lawton \n Cuba during the Spanish war. There is very high authority for the statement that William H. Taft has known definitely for months that he is to go on the supreme court bench. A Jurist who saw President Roosevelt within a few days was informed that Secretary Taft would succeed Justice Fuller at an early date. Personal. Col. W. C. Williams, a well known veteran of the Civil war, died in Ip dianapolis from pneumonia. Newark, N. J., lost one of her oldest residents when Mrs. Anna Stager, aged ninety-two, died. She will be buried in a shroud she wove herself from flax grown in her back yard many years ago. John Stone Draper, eighty-three years old, builder of the first tele! graph line between Milwaukee and Chicago, died at his home in Chicago. Rev. George H. Hoover, founder of the American Home Finding associa tion, died in Chicago after an illness of a month. Daniel Carman died at Lebanon. Pa., ot paralysis, aged seventy-two years. He served thirty years as an engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad. It fell to Carman's lot to bring Presi dent-elect Lincoln, on the eve of his inauguration, through that perilous midnight--journey from Harrisburg to Washington. Accidental Happenings. Five men were drowned in the Co lombia river near Butler, Wash. I A Southern Pacific engine blew up at Curry, Tex., instantly killing the' fireman and fatally Injuring the engi neer. George Huff, twenty-three years old, a St, Paul brakeman, was killed by falling beneath a train at Muscatine, Towa. While trying to light afire at Me nominee Blanche Davenport, five years old, was so seriously burned that she died a few hours afterward from her Injuries. I Five hours after his arrival in Chi-' cago from Winona, Minn., and one hour after he had obtained employ ment as a brakeman, Emanuel Martin was killed while coupling cars. William Kiser, wife and two chil-' dren are dead at Carlsbad, N. M.. and other members ot the household are thought to be dying from what is sup posed to be ptomaine poisoning. I The Bay of the Quinte, one of the finest hotels between Toronto and Montreal, was destroyed by fire at Belleville, Ont. Many of the guests had narrow escapes. The loss is $80.-. 000. A runaway team dashed into a crowd at First avenue crossing, New York, killing a baby in Its carriage and so injuring the child's mother and three other children that they can hardly survive. During a terrific thunder storm in Aurora, IU., the resldenoe of Mrs. Kate Schmidt was struck by lightning and demolished. The woman, who is a cripple, and her son, narrowly escaped death. Both were injured. Fred Johnson, eighteen years old, was instantly killed at Albia, Iowa by the Burlington fast mall. He was work ing on the double track and stepped to one track to let a train pass, wjien! the fast mail, which was an hour late,' struck him. From Other Shore*. Sis terrorists were saved from the gallows by the resourcefulness ot the revolutionists at Odessa. They con ceived the bold plan of utilizing the official cipher to hoodwink the govern, nor general The mayor of Tours, France, has dis missed the entire police fore# beoause the policemen's union causedto be posted throughout the dty hundreds of placards sotting forth certain de mandsofthe force sad complaining tlw'tMt tfeatthe principal streets ot Tours are being patrolled by manilWmpis^and tV*Mneeto 1 1 1 }rf y.^ ,ffc "k-k oP-itdAu jiX ,*»er l« tfiatthe Mlqoekm Ill* CblNN tracing quarter A Bangkok, Slam, has been devastate* by fire. The Ion Is about $8,000,000. Gen. Sir Henry Percival de Batbe whose eon, Hugo do Bathe, Is the hus band of Lillie Langtry, la dead In Loo don. The portion of the railroad up Moun* Vesuvius betweeen Torre Annunzlat and Boscotrecas, which was complete' ly destroyed* by the eruption of las April, has been rebuilt. King Peter authorized a specific de nial of rumors that it Is his Intention to abdicate or permanently leave Servib with his family in consideration of financial compensation. Four officers of the German gnera) staff have gone to Japan for two years' service in the Japanese army, In order properly to study uiethods of training, strategy and other matters. Japanese poachers have received short shift on the Kamchatkan penin sula. Recent investigations show that forty Japanese vessels have disappear ed since 1904 and that 400 men are missing. As a result of the receipt ot reports of numerous scandals, Premier Clem enceau has decided to take drastic ac tion against certain gambling houses and clubs in Paris, conducted mostly by foreigners. Criminal. Dominick Christie accused Frank Blaha, a butcher of New York, of over charging him 6 cents on a purchase ol meat. A fight ensued in which Blaha was killed., Christie was arrested. In a battle between union and non union longshoremen at Eureka, Cal, one non-union man was killed, one fa tally shot and one union man probably fatally shot. The drug store owned by Dr. D. R. Landsborough at Daggett, Mich., was entered by burglars, who forced the door open and rifled the cash register, helped themselves to cigars and other articles. Elmer J. Bean and Lilla Bean were found dead in a rooming house in Den ver, Colo. The man had committed su icide by cutting his throat and the wo man, the coroner decided, had died o' heart disease. E. H. Turner was shot and almost Instantly killed by Capt. Emmons, and Andy Russell was probably fatal!? wounded by the same man in a bar room in Seattle. Emmons then killed himself. The cause of the shooting is SUIT AGAINST SUGAR TRUST. not known. Mrs. Lena Weidman, a manicurist, was shot and killed at her apartments in New York in a quarrel in which three other persons were probablj mortally wounded. The police at late hour had been able to learn little of the origin of the trouble. Operator Charles Brady has beet placed under arrest, charged with re sponsibility for the recent wreck on the ..Northern. Pacific at Coal Spur. Mont., in which two lives were lost The coroner's jury found that Bradj was blamable because he had permit ted two trains to enter the block al the same time. General. Overseer Vollva announced Sunday that Zion City is to be thrown open ta private business enterprises. Andrew Carnegie has given $50,000 to build a Creek memorial hall al Okmulgee, T„ in honor of the Creeli chief Esparhacker. A strike of over 1,000 steamfitten and their helpers in the Pittsburg dis trict was averted when an advance in wages of 25 cents a day was granted. The Cuban government's financial statement shows that on Dec. 81 there was on hand $1,117,000 in cash, of which $884,963 had not been appro priated. Articles for a finish fight between Joe Gans and Jimmy Britt wer signed in San Francisco. The fight is to tak« place at Tondpah, March 17, for purse of $25,000. Because they say they cannot afford to run the mines if they meet the min ers' demands for higher wages, the owners ot the coal mines at Beat Creek, Mont, have closed down. The trustees of the University ot Chicago announce that John D. Rocke feller. will in the near future endow the university with $3,000,000 for the purpose of maintaining a fund for pen sioning superannuated professors of the university. Eugene Anderson of Amityyille, N Y., has just finished a ride of thirteen years on the water wagon, the prize ot his long abstinence being $1,000,000 left him in trust, to be delivered when, in the opinion of the trustees, he. showed sufficient cofntrol of his appe-! tite for drink. He Is now fifty years old. I Fire destroyed the factories of the! iRussell-Kress Box company and the Fort Pitt WashboaVd company, adjoin, tag, at McKee's Rocks, a suburb o! Pittsburg, throwing 200 men out of work, and causing a loss estimated at $100,000. Mrs. A. Garrison of Radcllffe, Iowa may lose her hand on account ot a slight gash cut by a lamp chimney. She has a serious case of blood poison* Ing. Sheriff Charles T. Kent, after an til Nts of three months. Is dtad at his hone in Sidney, Iowa. He was popular/ and at the last election was reelected by the largest majority ever given any Candidate* At that time he was In aa Omaha hospttft he underwent is operation for ti* ahsosss of lfar* r. President Ropaovatt, GfOvar Ctero fand.ym andW. J. Bryan an frmsiaij 1ANDS CONTRACT TO Q(G THE CANAL fif W. J. OLIVER AND A. M.BANG8 BID 6.75 PER CENT AND GET -THE JOB. PBORT WILL BE $9,450,000 CONTRACTOR 8AYS COLOR OF LA BORERS WILL NOT BE CON SIDERED. Washington, Jan. 15. William J. Oliver, In conjunction with Anson M. Bangs of New Torlc, was practically awarded the contract for the construc tion of the isthmian canal. The lowest bid—Oliver's—was 6.76 per cent on the estimated most Ac cepting the figures mo?t commonly mentioned, $140,000,000, as the total estimate, the profit of the successful bidder would be $9,450,000 on the en tire work. William J. Oliver is one of the rich est men in th§ South, having made his millions in contracting operations. Wanted Contract Alone. Mr. Oliver wanted the contraci alone, but the isthmian canal commis sion insisted that he take some othe. contractor in with him. He showec. them that he had practically limitles. financial backing to carry on the work but the canal commissioners wer fearful that something might happen to him and that the work would lag un til some one was able to carry it along When Chairman Shonts flatly re fused to permit him to undertake the contract alone and unaided, Anson M. Bangs was taken in by Mr. Oliver. Wants Men, Not Hues. "We* will employ any kind of labor we can get," he said, "white, black, yellow or red. It makes no difference. Any one who comes along and wants work will get it" He thinks he will not fail and he has no failure marked against him yet. Damage of $20,000,000 to Be Demanded in Action Charging Conspiracy. New York, Jan. 15.—The sugar trust and its principal officers will be called upon within a few days to defend ac tions for damages aggregating $20, 000,000 and to answer in the federal courts the direct charge that by con spiring they brought about the finan cial ruin of a competitor, wrecked»the Real Estate Trust Company of Phila delphia last summer and drove its president, Frank K. Hippie, to suicide. The legal papers have been drawn up by the attorneys for George H. Earle, Jr., Philadelphia's reorganizes who is receiver for the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company. TALK NEW YORK POLITICS. Speaker Wadsworth Has Conference With President. Washington, Jan. 15—James Wads worth, Jr., speaker of the New York assembly, had a conference last night with President Roosevelt, in which the New York political situation was thor oughly discussed. Mr. Wadsworth arrived here last night by invitation of the president and proceeded immediately to the White House. The conference lasted about two hours. .Mr. Wadsworth would not discuss the conference further than to say that It related to the New York political situation and the New York legisla ture. ENGINEERS GIVEN INCREASE. Western Railroads Reach an Agree ment With Men. Chicago, Jan. 15.—After a series of negotiations which have lasted daily through a period of several weeks, western railroads decided by agree ment with their men to grant increas ed wages to locomotive engineers ag gregating between $5,000,000 and $6, 000,000 annually. *he The Increase will af fect between 12,000 and 20,000 engi neers on all the railroads west ot Chi cago .to the Pacific coast, north to the Canadian border and south to the Gulf of Mexico. WHIRLED TO DEATH. Engineer's Hand Caught and He Is Whirled Around Drum. Stockett, Monti Jan. 15.—John Kos ki, engineer in the coal mines at Cot tonwood, was instantly killed labile at work. He was In charge of the engine which draws cars from the mines, and his right hand became caught between the' haulage rope and the drum over which it runs. He was whirled vio lently round, striking against the en glne at every revolution* and when he finally was released life was extinct vg!» Company Not to Blamed* Clear Lake, 8. D., Jan.'15.—The cor oner's jury JffiMtliitinffitfce death of Henry J. Griffin, wfco-waa Wleff by a Chicago NorW-l^tatem train be tween Goodwin re* turned a verdict ertoiecating the eoin- mm' Helena.**^, Pit* dob 'Mr W wm. mm URGES ACTION ON SALTON SU PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CALL? UPON CONGRESS TO TAKE PROMPT ACTION. •5£^C' IB. President Washington, Jan. Roosevelt sent to the senate S&turdaj a message urging action by congress toward remedying the situation caused by the break in the Colorado rlvei four miles below the Internationa! boundary line,. In Mexico, which threat ens government property and interest! in the Imperial valley or Salton alnl region. The president's message contains review of the situation, and nays thai prompt action must be taken, other wise conditions will become so ex treme as to be impracticable of reme dy. Probably with an expenditure ol S2.000.000, he says, the river can restored to its former channel anc kept there indefinitely. The president says that at presen. there appears to he only one ageni equal to the task of controlling th river—namely, the Southern Pacifi company. The question of what sum if any. should be paid to the Southern Pacific Railroad company for worts done since the break' of Nov. 4 is on' for future consideration. SHIPWRECKED 24 ARE DROWNEC British Vessel Pengwern Grounds Of) 8charppern, Germany. Cuxhaven, Germany, Jan. 15. Ttu British ship Pengwern grounded oil Scharpern, about ten miles- northwest jf Cuxhaven, yesterday. Twenty-fouj men, comprising the crew, wert arowned and her cargo is a total loss The tug Vulkan went to the assist ance of the stranded vessel, and, pass ing closely to her, the crew of the Pengwern threw a live dog and a bun die of clothes aboard the tug, but dis regarded the appeals to jump into the water so that they might be rescued The Vulkan made repeated attempt: to reach the Pengwern, but a heavj sea broke over her and she dlappeared from view. Steamer Stuck on Beach. Chatam, Mass., Jan. 14. Straying from the beaten track, the Clyde line freight steamer. Onondaga struck on Orleans beach early yesterday, and ia in a dangerous position. At low watei yesterday afternoon the Onondaga was high and dry, and the chances of sav ing the steamer were considered about even. She carries a crew of twenty eight men, who are all still aboard tha vessel. GIRL HELD UP IN DAYTIME. Young Woman Carrying $340 Pay Roll Robbed, but Thief Drops Money. New York, Jan. 15.—Margaret Holt man, fourteen years old, with $340 clashed to her breast—the pay roll for the employes of Bernard Waldestein- was held up and robbed of the money on her way to the shop from the Ger man Exchange bank. With a^ fast-gathering crowd at his heels, the highwayman ran through the streets -to Broadway, where De-i tectivc Murphy tripped him up. He threw the wallet containing the roll into the gutter and almost as it fell the girl he had fobbed pounced upon it and then sat down on the curb in the rain and cried. CANNON, TOO, HAS THE BEE. Speaker Will Be a Candidate for Re publican Nomination for President. Washington, Jan. 15. Joseph Cannon of Illinois, speaker of the house of representatives, is a candi date for the presidential, nomination. This statement' was' made' yesterday by a close friend of the speaker, who said: "At the proper time Mr. Cannon's boom will be launched. You may de pend upon it that his name will be pre sented to the net convention." Farmers' Elevator. Burns. Toronto, S. D., Jan. 15.—The farm ers' elevator here was destroyed by fire. The fire started in a part of the structure where no grain was stored, and the origin is a mystery. There. were t,000 bushels of grain in the ele vator at the time. There Is insurance for $4,500. Collision With 8now Plow. Superior, Wis., Jan. 15.—A Northern Pacific train was run into by a snow plow at Amnlcon and P. J. Mungavin, the roadmaster of the Northern Pa cific, was cut about the faoe by broken glass and is in danger of losing sight of his left eye. ,Falrmountisrbejpofaihs a.poultfr/ center. WlUlston's for business. new bank has Opened 4 Amateur theatricals are popular over the state. There was some litigation at Ken sal over the: ownership of some boose. The North Dakota legislators beginning to get busy. There is renewed agitation among the farmers of the state for naming the farms.- A number jects are to legislature. of county division- pro be sprung on the state A Buffalo man, who was taking stock, had all the peanuts and English walnuts counted. Father Dougherty of Langdon ac companied Bishop Shauley of Fargo on his European trip. Some of the Soo towns in the north ern part of the state were without mail for two weeks. Joe Doyle, the Milton blindpigger, knew he was guilty—and admitted it, rather than stand trial. The directors of the Northwood creamery association decided to double the capital of the association. A young lady mysteriously disap peared from Petersburg and the peo ple concluded she had gone to be married. The physician at Dickinson was called out on a drive of 110 miles to treat an appendicitis patient in South Dakota. J. P. Dalriquist, the Kindred hotel man, was widely advertised over the state as a result of his conviction for blind pigging. In McKenzie county the new set tlers are securing the grain grown there last year to be used for seed this spring. The Binners at McHenry are prepar ing to take to the woods since a pas tor there started to drive the devil out ot some of them. The CasseHon firemen had a mas querade bell and cleared somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 besides giving all a good time. A Harvey man has had a second operation for appendicitis. He must be ambitious to be elected to the pres idency of the Appendixless club. William Wise of Mandan was not wise enough to keep his foot out of a hay bailing machine, and the result was that one foot was chewed to a pulp. President Worst's idea for demon stration farms has made good and it will have a great effect in assisting the farmers of the state to farm along the best IlneB. Some of the state school directors are said to be strongly in favor of in creasing the salary of the teachers— but will also insist on raising the standard of the teachers. The ladies of the Methodist church at Casselton have secured Judge Gup til of Fargo to give two lectures on Alaska in that city Jan. 15 and 16. They Will be highly illustrated. With the completion of the great Northern extension' of the Aneta line to Devils Lake and.the new branch from Ayr to Mlnot, Fargo business in- ere grea %the Preight Cars Bu'rned. Aitkin, Mtna* Jan. 15. A freight train ran into the rear of a freight train standtaig on the main traek, tele scoping the cabeose and one box cat Both were destroyed, .by Are. V-Ksi'.r! .y, Destroy Bulgarian Band, Salonlkl, European Turkey. Jan. 16. —AtTchairly, near Monastir, Turkish troops yesterday destroyed a Bulg» rlan band consisting of eight men. i1 Horae ThrewsCrbwn Prince. Llsbos^Jan. l&r-K2rpwn.?Prinoe-Luls wSSTw thrown U. k«3 while riding In the palace grounds. A bank is P***1*' The prince was rendeted unoonartm, 1?** but later reoovered and now to ooos(4 «red out of dancer. Soo extensym, twenty miles north of ^Hatpta Moutroaa the begtaiiing-of tho .fW1' Phila4elphla,J^«.--l .r*oo- benefited, Norval Baptie, the great North Da kota abater, who Is the world's chaiii plon, is now one ot the busiest men in the country, giving exhibitions. He will soon engage in some of the great w' -j. Jn mm Efforts will be made to have the tax 0aw amended so the treasurers will notify the people of both the person al and 'real estate taxes due, instead of merely the personal, aa under the present law: Between Sharon and Aneta, a four? horse team belonging to Bruce, the Aneta liveryman, was. struck by a imowplow and. two of the. horses kill ed, white the other two were Injured so badly that they had to be killed. The driver, had left and was driving up the The driver escaped by time. for Aneta, road track. Jumping in Partles are already flgurlng on the B#w towns tliat will ho stalled on the ^Bteaarok wMaVofoio toagoi. Several dogs and. a hotserwefe pot^ ^aoned at Bgeland. Stark country wants the Sixth Judl dal dtitrlct divided. The secret sodiety Organlseni will get busy from now on. Miss Pflot of Moorhead Is one ot the teachers at Dickinson. Coal hasn't reached Walhalla in any considerable quantities. •t •. are 7 There are more North Dakotans in Cuba this winter ^than usual. Great Northern agents are still hos. tile aver the order to uniform. Some Bismarckers had experiences with passes that were not good. The Dickinson fire department cleared $110 from the annual ball. Flax straw burners are sold in some of the western towns 'of the state. Spears and Ferriss, billiard experts, are giving exhibitions over the state. Miss Nellie Murtaugh of Cogswell has decided to enter The Forum con test. The best sleighing in years is the way some -papers ,express the situa tion. A blind pigger, who escaped from Crosby ahead of the officer, has re turned. Judges Burke of Valley" Ctty and Winchester ,of Bismarck, exchanged pulpits. Dickinson line south to tension. The fire boys of Dickinson have over a thousand dollars in the bank drawing interest. Plaza wants a tow mill. Some oth er towns in the state want some re turns on those they had. Max in McLean county proposes to organize a school district-and have a school as soon as possible. The body of Mrs. N. J. Wallin, the unfortunate Lidgerwood lady who dis appeared, has not been found. The brand of weather this winter has caused a lot of old timers to dig up recollections of the early days. The park at Ellendale has been con veyed to the state manual training school to be used as a drill ground for the cadets. Receiver Fox of the Minot land of fice denies the statement credited to him about the filing of charges in res ervation lands. '-V' The home on the Howard Leathert farm, near Wahpeton, occupied by J. A. Wagner, was burned while the family was at dinner. A jury was drawn to try. a pocket picking case at Glenburn, but as the defendant failed to put up bonds, the jurors refused to serve. '?f:: State' Senator Simpson is expected to introduce some hot bills at the leg islative session. He is said to be one of those who returned his annual. City and village schools have re sumed the grind after the holiday vacation and some of the boys are be ginning to, pray for another holiday. There are said to be hundreds of empty box cars over the state—but they are not being loaded with wheat and sent east for lack of motive pow er. *. It is claimed that one butcher in Mandan is retailing chickens whose crops yield most beautiful sapphires, and as a consequence there is excite* ment galore. .. 5.1-3 /. County Superintendent-elect Mrs. W. C. Tateflu of WilUams oounty, who will assume the duties of her office this week, has appointed Mrs. Lydla Leonhardy of Willis ton as' assistant superintendent.. Mrs., Leonhardy Is one of'theOearijr' f^«pi^^''lnMwn Ihrou^out the. ud die is said charge the of ihe oilBoa of as-, slstant superintendemt. £ir 'IS •*rr agitating an electric tap the Milwaukee ex- The Mandan Commercial club is out to secure conventions for that en terprising city. There is a disposition to. have all the county printing possible done at. home printeries. -t»ar