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4 I $V' &« i, IR-I .... 1 A^l^A^a-.-y''^ ••.'•$ W"'' -^-'v-.\ i-s,"1. \t 4 »v, 4 vK i\ $ V, fkr 'j§&V4 l£:'r —7 1 J, :::"''V PEMBINA PIONEER EXPRESS. WARDWELL & THOMPSON, Pubs. PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Washinqton. President Roosevelt has appointed James G. Bailey of Kentucky to be secretary of legation at Copenhagen, Denmark. Acting Secretary of the Interior "Woodruff announces that prompt ac tion will be taken wherever cases of illegal fencing of public lands are dis covered. Scissors grinders have been placed on the classified list of the civil serv ice commission. This would seem to about complete the catalogue of all things above and below the sun on •which examinations may be given for government positions. Personal. James B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco company, was mar ried to Mrs. Xanaline Holt Inman in Brooklyn. Samuel Henshaw, one of the best known landscape gardeners and hor ticulturists in the country, died in New York, aged seventy-three. Mrs. Susan Bullitt Dixon, a well known author, died in New York. Her bome was in Henderson, Ky., but of late years she has spent much of her time in New York City. Col. Will S. Hayes, the veteran river editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, song writer and poet, died at bis home of vertigo, caused by a stroke of paralysis suffered in the Iro quois theater fire in Chicago. He was seventy sears old. Gustavius H. Thiel. president and founder of the Thiel Detective Service company, died in Chicago of apoplexy. Mr. Thiel, who was one of the best known thief catchers of the country, was secretary of the United States se cret service during the war. Crimes. S." fotfldhart hanged himself to the town pump at Keystone, Iowa. The gruesome discovery was made when a citizen went for a drink early the fol lowing morning. Miss Flora Grey, twenty years old, ehot and killed her sweetheart, James Brown, at Michigan City, Ind., as a re eult of a jealous quarrel. After kill ing Brown the woman attempted to 'Shoot herself. George R. Ross, at one time proprie tor of some of the leading hotels in Chicago, committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the head. De spondency is said to have been the cause of the suicide. Placing a shotgun against her side and pulling the trigger, Annie Nepper committed suicide at Extra, Iowa,. The motive for the suicide is not cer tain, but it is believed to have been caused by an unhappy love affair. Because his employers had discover ed that he was short in his accounts, George H. Berkey, city salesman for the Tolerton & Warfield company of Sioux City, shot and instantly killed himself. His shortage is said to be $3,000. Charged with the grand larceny oi money in the sum of $125.40, A1 Guy, a young man formerly employed as clerk in the implement department of the establishment of the Donovan-Mc Cormick company at Billings, Mont., •was arrested. John Leplev is dead at Marshall town, Iowa, as the result of an assault alleged to have been committed by Eert Pell. Pell is now held on a charge of murder. The trouble is said to have been caused by a dispute over who should pay for drinks. From Other Shores. Major Paymaster Eugene Coffin of the United States army, whose arm •was amputated recently at Manila, is dead. The work of piercing the five-and-a. half-mile tunnel through the Tauern mountains in Tyrol has been com pleted. The general staff of the Italian army has recommended an appropria tion of $50,000,000 for defense on the frontier. Edward Blake, member of parlia ment for the south division of Long ford, Ireland, is about to resign be cause of ill health. Mrs. Abby Frances Hamlin Abbott, wife of Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, died at Hilsheim, Germany. Death was caused by pneumonia. The Ladies' Park club, an exclusive rendezvous for society women, is unique among London clubs in forbid ding bridge and smoking. The Russian Imperial Geographical society has decided to send an expedi tion to Tibet under the leadership of the famous explorer Kozloff J. Kc-zloll. Desertions from the gl&rriBon In St.* Petersburg are Increasing, and every day there Is published a list of men who refuse longer to serve the em. peror. Enraged by his Interference In dis putes,^ merchant of Messala, Algeria, •hot and killed the public prosecutor, customs collector and a police offl. 6r. womaa.^ {"j^V'W,*1 l1J*f \?V" K,* *t.,.f'*' •. .- ''. -,* H'. *•••'.: /J'"' 'i,v^.'"-.- /if? 7 '7 ..-v.' V/v': .--»'"•'—V* According to a consular report just issued a Danish civil engineer has suc ceeded in producing beer in the form of tablets. These are dissolved in hot water, supplying, when cooled beer of excellent quality and flavor. Twenty independent cigar manufac turers of Havana, though not the most important ones, have decided to raise the price of cigars, charging American money instead of Spanish gold. This step is likely soon to be followed by all. The pope has decreed canonization of Joseph Oriola. a pious priest who lived his life in Barcelona. He also sanctioned miracles attributed to Marie Madeleine Postel, the founder of a religious order for women, who recently was canonized. The passing of Crosby Hall, a well known lunching place in London, brought a lucky incident for Miss Sage, a waitress. A number of city men whom she has regularly attended at luncheon subscribed a purse of $500 which they presented to the waitress. Casualty. In a head-on collision between two traction cars at Elyria, Ohio, three persons were seriously injured. Muriel Hall of Coggon, Iowa, was killed in an explosipn of an acetylene gas plant. Her sster was frightfully burned trying to save her. Hudson Maxim, the inventor, of Brooklyn, plunged into Lake Hopati long at Morristown. N. J., and brought two drowning young women ashore. The Hagenbecli-Wallace circus train was ditched near Twin Lakes, Mich., by a broken flange. No one was in jured, but ten horses and one came] were killed. Mrs. Herbert Stranahan is dead and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Charles Stranahan is fatally injured by jump ing from the carriage when the horses ran away at Romeo, Mich. A brick building, one of a row ot six-story structures that are being torn down in New York, collapsed, burying twenty workmen. Two men were seriously injured. Eugene Howe, aged twenty-eight, of New York announced to his wife that he was going to fly out in the night air like a bird. Clad in his night shirt, he leaped from a third-story window and was killed. As the result of an insignificant in jury to a finger, Miss Evelyn Bengry, one of the most popular young women of Marquette, Mich., is dead at her home. Blood poisoning caused her de mise at the age of twenty years. A burning cigarette stump tossed out of a window on the second story and accidentally lighting on the hat of Miss Grace Endon of Fort Dodge, re sulted in injuries to her from burns which may prove fatal. A bullet from a gun in the hands ot Private Gillette, a soldier, intended for a deserter who was escaping at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., instantly killed Miss Elizabeth Cadenhead of Ferguson, Ont. Officials are investi gating. Eric Peterson, a young man, was drowned in Portage lake, near the ship canal at Houghton, Mich. He, with three companions, was in a small boat which capsized, Peterson losing his life. The other three were rescued. The party was all intoxicated at the time. While prospecting near Clear creek, in Montana, John Ducie fell and rolled down the mountain side, sustaining serious injuries. Ducie broke one arm and dislocated his shoulder blade. Ducie managed to crawl home, four miles away, the painful journey occu pying six hours. He is in a critical condition, but it is hoped that he will survive. Allen Wilson, twenty-two years of age, widely known as "Tug" Wilson in football circles, was crushed to death under an electric car at Oberlin, Ohio. He -was famous as a quarterback. Wilson played for two years on the Oberlin college team. He'had been a student at Williams college for a year and would have been eligible to the team this fall. General News items. Gov. Comer of Alabama has signed the anti-shipping bill, which prevents shipments of liquor into prohibition territory. Former Chief Sanitary Inspector Perry L. Hedrick was found not guilty of accepting bribes while in office in a Chicago court. Peter Sullivan, the Fall River light weight got the decision over Cyclone Thompson of Sycamore, 111., In twenty rounds at Ogden, Utah. With the strongest directorate of any financial institution in the South, the Merchants' Bank and Trust com pany was formally organized at Knox ville, Tenn., with a paid-in capital of $500,000. Magistrate Walsh, In the Harlem court in New York, has laid down the dictum that a man and his wife have a constitutional right to fight in their own home, provided they de not dis turg their neighbors. Reports that the American Thread company intend to advance die retail price of thread to 10 cents a spool were denied by an official of the com pany in New York. Fire, attributed to a carelessly thrown cigarette stump, destroyed stable DD and partially destroyed sta ble Eat Grosse Point race track, near Detroit The loss is about $1,000. After selling'his wife to Jesus As tura for $15, Juan Agullar, a u*rlcan of Pueblo, Colo., has returned $14 of Healso wounded an the money on the ground that Astura Ifcad got the worst of the bargain. •jfr"1''''? *J Strong Plea for Life of Haywood. Boise, Idaho, July 24. For four hours and a half yesterday E. F. Rich ardson pleaded with the jury for the life of William D. Haywood. Under order.of the court the hours for the day's sessions were changed and court met at 6 o'clock last evening. Mr. Richardson plunged directly into the death of Gov. Steunenberg in his opening sentence. "When the death of Gov. Steunen berg was flashed to the world there was the immediate conclusion in near ly all quarters that there was some connection between the Coeur d'Alene troubles and the bomb which was placed at his gate." Reviews Events. Mr. Richardson then reviewed the events following the death of Former Governor Steunenberg, saying Harry Orchard was caught almost red-hand ed in the act. A Pinkerton detective came to Idaho and soon had a confes sion from a man who, to save his own worthless neck was ready to place the blame upon others. The matter was taken up by that portion of the press which depends upon the prosperous and capitalistic classes, and the lead ers of the Western Federation of Min ers were adjudged guilty without a hearing. The attorney begged the jurors to lay aside any impression they may have formed from reading the news papers during the last year and to start with him at the beginning of the case and go through the various events one by one, without feeling or preju dice. Not Connected With Orchard. The contention of the defense, Mr. Richardson declared, was that no con nection has been shown between Or chard and the defendant. Attorney Flays the Plnkertons. Boise, Idaho, July 25. Forsaking the theory of vengeance as Orchard's motive for the murder of Former Gov ernor Steunenberg, E. F. Richardson argued that Orchard was in the em ploy of the Pinkerton Detective agen cy when he killed Steunenberg and that the murder was a part of a con spiracy to hang Haywood. This sud den departure was followed by a tre mendous denunciation of Capt. James McParland and the Pinkertons and passionate vituperation of Orchard, Gov. Gooding of Idaho, Senator Borah, Gov. Peabody of Colorado and all who have acted on the side of the prosecu tion of Haywood came- in for a share of the avalanche of Mr. Richardson's peroration. Calls It Pinkerton Plot. Mr. Richardson denounced and charged the Pinkerton detective agen cy with a systematic plot to secure the conviction of Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone as a means to the desired extermination of the Western Federa tion of Miners. Clarence Darrow will commence his argument in Haywood's behalf this morning. It is expected he will require two days to close for the defense. Perjury Charge Does Not Held. Dr. I. L. McGee, the witness for the defense ,who was arrested, charged with perjury, was discharged yester day by the magistrate before whom the preliminary hearing was held. The justice ruled that the evidence was insufficient to hold McGee. Holds Audience Open-Mouthed. Boise, Idaho, July 26.—The career of Frank Steunenberg, the murdered gov ernor of Idaho, was discussed at some length yesterday afternoon by Clar ence Darrow in his plea in behalf of William D. Haywood. Justifying the articles published in the Miners' Mag azine, the official organ of the West ern Federation, Mr. Darrow said the action of Steunenberg in asking for United States troops to quell riot and the establishment of martial law in 1899 was unjustifiable and had proper ly stirred up intense feeling in labor circles against the governor. An Appeal for Labor. Mr. Darrow's argument, unfinished last night, developed into an appeal for labor as against capital and a de nunciation of all opposition to unions. He held an audience startled and open mouthed as one after another of the sentiments poured from his lips. His attack on Orchard was expected, and in this respect he fulfilled and sur passed the limit of sensation. Assails the Constitution. The State of Idaho came in for a large share of Mr. Darrow's denuncia tion for the part it has played In the prosecution. Culture, education and wealth each in turn were described as constituting a combination against the workingman the uneducated and the poor must ever be protected. Reaching the climax of his denuncia tion, of sympathy for the working BURNS HOU8E AND SHOOTS SELF Family of Fred Mallery Barely Es capes From Blazing Residence.* Lake City, Minn. July 28. Fred Mallery of Pepin,. Wis., set lire to hls house and then going Into his corn field shot himself though tl|e mouth. Mrs. Mallery and father were awaken ed in the night by the fin inthelower part of the house. Thejr escaped from the 'burning building byjumping from a second story window. No motive is gives for Mallery's act. x** .-'VJ W? \*7 For Murder of Gov. Steuneoberg. class and hatred for the rich, he as sailed the constitution of the country and cried: "The constitution! The constitu tion! It id here only to destroy the laws made for the benefit of the poor." Mr. Darrow's. support of labor unions and of union men was passion ate, and his eulogy of the Western Federation eloquent. Senator Borah Is Sensational. Boise, Idaho, July 27.—The case of the State of Idaho against William D. Haywood, charged with the murder of Frank D. Steunenberg, will rest with the jury by night. Clarence Darrow, after speaking for eleven hours, con cluded the final plea for Haywood's life at 4:20 p. m„ and at 7 in the evening Senator Borah opened the closing argument for the *prosecution. He will speak for three sessions, or about seven hours. Judge Wood will charge the jury Saturday morning. At least 1,000 people were unable to find seats in the court room last night. Governor's Widow Present. Aside from the unusually large crowd in the court room and the large number of women present, the scene was much as it has been at each of the sessions during the last eleven weeks. Mrs. Steunenberg, the widow of the murdered governor, was in the court room for the first time. She oc cupied a seat inside the railing, beside her youngest son. Senator Borah's speech was a sen sation. From time to time he turned on counsel for the defense, fierce de nunciation pouring from his lips, and at times he brought protests from Richardson and Darrow, but with blaz ing eyes and hot words he silenced every effort to break the rush of words. No Immunity for Orchard. The climax was, when in behalf ot the State of Idaho, its people, its gov ernor and himself, he disclaimed all intention or desire to give immunity to Orchard. Finally, his face pale and voice quivering with emotion, the senator raised his arm and said: "If I should ever join in an attempt to give immunity to this man I hope the great God may wither my right arm in its socket" End Arguments for State. Boise, Idaho, July 28.—Evidence and argument is at an end in the Haywood case. Senator Borah, special couns?l for the state, spoke the last word last night. Judge Fremont Wood will charge the" jury to-day. Senator Borah laid the foundation for his argument Thursday night. Yes terday morning he began an analysis of the evidence, but he confined him self to the murder of Steunenberg and the conspiracy. He linked Orchard to Haywood, Haywood to Simpkins, Simpkins to Moyer and Moyer to Pet tibone. Drops Orchard's Confession. Then, selecting only the evidence of witnesses for the defense and leaving Orchard's confession out, he wove the lives and movements of the five men together. Without departing from the records, incidentally clearing up a number of situations left somewhat clouded, he brought these officers and members of the Western Federation of Miners together. Then he took Orchard away from Denver and back again to Denver, to the headquarters of the Western Federation of Miners. This was done carefully and almost monotonously, the quiet before the storm, and then Bordh's voice and manner changed. Borah Is Dramatic. He sprang into action. His voice quivered, and hand upraised, fingers outstretched, he shouted: "Watch them now! Watch the five conspirators! Steunenberg is to die in thirty days and they are moving on the scene." For the space of ten seconds there was silence. Then, relaxing, Borah continued with his merciless logic. He brought Davis, Copley, Adams and Easterly, all officers or members of the Western Federation of Miners, into touch with Orchard. Without' a pause he drew picture after picture of the men, associating together at vari ous points. Orchard's Comings and Goings. From each place and fresh from every crime, he brought Orchard back "home to Denver," and then, smiling, leaned toward the jury to ask "Why?" "Why always back to Denver unless it was to find there the protection and the pay of his employers?" All those things denounced or sneer ed at by. counsel for the defense found a bold and brilliant paragraph of de fense In Senator Borah's interludes. The State of Idaho, its people and the chief executive, each in turta, were given a brilliant eulogy. YOUNG BOY KILLED IN RUNAWAY Fapnerja Son la Caught In Mower Near Meier's Grove. '. fifeier's Grove, Minn. July 28.—The seven-year-old son of John B. Kumler wai fatally hurt In a runaway accident on the farm. The lad was ifcrklng ih Hie hayfleld .with a mower. The mower struck a stone and threw the boy from Ms seat. He fell in fAmt of the knives- and his arm was severed and he waa otherwise badly gashed and braised.- Jf¥K S,'?^ -Mm OF FORMER GOVERNOR StEU N ENBERG.Y*' ::.:v.!-* Will PROSECUTE THE OTHERS STATE ANNOUNCES THAT CASES OF MOYER AND PETTIBONE WILL BE PUSHED. Boise, Idaho, July 30. Into the bright sunlight of a beautiful Sabbath morning, in the stillness of a city drowsy with the lazy sluHabers of a summer Sunday, William D. Haywood, defendant in one of the most noted trials involving conspiracy and mur der that the country has ever known, walked yesterday a free man, acquit ted of the murder of Former Governor Frank Steunenberg. The probability of a verdict of ac quittal in the case of the secretary treasurer and acknowledged leader of the Western Federation of Miners had. been Freely Predicted since Saturday, when Judge Fremont Wood read his charge, which was re garded as strongly favoring the de fense in its interpretation of the law of conspiracy, circumstantial evidence and the corroboration of an accom plice who confesses. It was also freely predicted that in the event of Haywood's acquittal the state would abandon the prosecution of his associates, Charles H. Moyer, the president of the federation, and George A. Pettibone of Denver. State ments from counsel and from Qov. Gooding issued yesterday dispel this view of the situation. Jury at Last Agrees. It was after being ,out for twenty one hours that the jury, which first had been divided at ten to two, finally came to an agreement. Events moved rapidly enough after this, and when at last the principal actors in the trial had been gathered into the court room at a few moments before 8 o'clock the white envelope handed by the foreman to the judge was torn open and the verdict read. Haywood's attorneys were fairly lift ed from their seats, and Judge Wood made no effort to restrain them as they surrounded Haywood to shout aloud their congratulations. First Thought of Mother. Haywood's first thought after his re lease was of his aged niother, who Saturday had suffered a complete nervous breakdown after the jury had retired. Haywood walked to St. Luke's hospital and unannounced rushed into his mother's room. So great was the effect of the news upon the elderly lady that last night she wa sup and about and happy. Next Haywood went to the little cot tage where his wife and daughters have been stopping. Once home, Hay wood said: "I want to thank the people of Boise for their kindness to my wife, my mother, my family and my friends." Will Prosecute Others. Senator Borah said: "I have no comment to make other than that twelve good men and true men of the State of Idaho haye passed upon the case, and that disposes of it so far as the State of Idaho and Hay wood are concerned. The prosecution of the other men indictetd will be pushed vigorously and without any reference to the Haywood,trial." E. F. Richardson, one of Haywood's leading counsel, said: "We have had a fair trial. We have had an impartial trial and conscien tious jury and an impartial judge." LID ON TO SAVE HAY CROP. Almena (Wis.) Saloons and Stores Are Forced to Close. Almena, Wis., July 30.—The lid is on tight at Almena. Saloons and stores have been opened Sunday, doing more business on that day than on week days. Complaint was made against the saloons, because of the* crowd of boys drawn to them on Sundays and because the haying hands got drunk and were not in condition for work Mondays. When the saloons were or dered closed the saloonkeepers retali ated, by closing the business places. FREIGHT CAR KILLS TWO. It Is Set In Motion While Fifteen Are Lunching Und.er It. Madison} 111., July 30.—While fifteen employes of the Madison Car and Foundry company were eating their lunch under a newly built freight car, the car was set in motion and two men were killed, two fatally injured and two were seriously injured. .v Ten 8teel Bridges. commissioners have" made oontfects Miller, S, D., July 30.-—The county with the Iowa Bridge conipa&y to build ten new steel bridges on the streams In this county, The work will bed this fa]}. W rv if I 'i, -1 18 ACQUITTED js?t 1 14 DEAD IN TENEMENT JfRECK EXPLOSION, FOLLOWED BY FIREr FATAL TO WOMEN AND 1 MURDER New Yoric, July 30.—An explosion accompanied by fire, shattered an East side tenement last night, and with the crumbling walls fourteen persons went down to death, while twice as many were probably fatally injured. The wrecked building was at 222 Christie street, where a six-story tene ment rose above the grocery store and basement. An explosion, as yet unaccounted for, tore out the front of the building and the fire that followed caught twenty families, numbering about a hundred persons, Of the in jured many jumped from the win dows others were caught by falling timbers many, half suffocated by smoke, were dragged from the- hall ways, while many more received their injuries during the panic and mad fight for an exit. The police and firemen early reach ed the scene and attempted to take the affrighted tenants from the build ing, but the few who were able to walk jumped to the street. The few who at tempted to escape by the stairway were driven back by the smoke. Some of them made their way to other exits, but others crawled into the hallways to be dragged out insensible. The dead and injured in large part are women and children. In the scramble for an exit and safety the stronger in most cases survived. BOLT HITS BUGGY. ST. PAUL'S POPULATION 216.048. Estimate on Totals in City Directory Shows 5 Per Cent Gain. St. Paul, July 30.—Figuring on th9 basis of 117,564 names in the new city directory, the population of St. Paul is estimated at 216.048, an increase of 9,679 persons over 1906. The estimate is made by multiplying the increase in names of 4,302 by 2 1-4 and adding the product to the population estimate of the previous year. The Minnesota state census of 1905 gave St. Paul a population of 197,025, and the gain is a little more than 5 per cent a year. The families number 42,971 and the buildings 42,307. The changes in names,, addresses, occupants, etc., reach a total of 78,000 in the 1907 directory. HARROW FALLS ON MAN. Teeth of Implement That Is Carried Inflict Fatal Injuries. Hanco.:k, Iowa, July 30. Frank Boggs, a farmer, was fatally injured in a peculiar accident. He was driv ing into his field to cut his wheat when he discovered a harrow which had been left in the field since spring. He picked up a section of the harrow and started to carry it from the field when he stumbled and fell, the harrow falling upon his back,"teeth downward. Several of the sharp points entered his body, penetrating the vital organs. SHOCK KILLS LIVERYMAN Drives Off Grade Into Water and Nar rowly Escapes Drowning. Belmont, Iowa, July 30.—Driving off a grade in the darkness, Henry Car tenson, a local liveryman, and a trav eling salesman narrowly escaped drowning. Their horse was drowned and their buggy wrecked and the men regained solid ground with much dif ficulty. The shock of the accident and the struggle was too much for Carten son, who had been in ill health, and he died soon after getting ashore Drainage Survey. Spooner, Minn., July 29.—A crew of twenty surveyors of the United States geological survey has pitched tents at Baudette. They are making a survey of the land from this place to Thief River Falls for the purpose of assist, ing the government in laying out ditches for drainage. Thrown Out and Killed. Columbus, Iowa, July 30. Thrown from a wagon and his skull crushed, Robert Teel, a farmer living near her%, died two hours after being picked ufc His hprBes rn^M itfin-.'.i.x. Sheriffs to Convene. Alexandria, Minn,, July 30.—Sheriff Lundgren, secretary of the Minnesota Sheriffs' association, announces' a change) in the date for holding the sec ond annual meetings which now will take place at Bemidji Aug. 14 and 15. 41 $31 'i 1 CHILDREN. "4 I Nail Woman's Shoe Is Torn Off and Driven Into Her Heel. Tolna, N. D., July 30. While Mr. and Mrs. George Knauss of Hannaford were returning from a picnic with a neighbor and his wife they had a mi raculous escape from death by light ning. A sudden severe storm came up and a bolt of lightning hit the buggy. Both women were rendered uncon scious. A big hole was torn in Mrs. Knauss' clothing and her legs were terribly burned. One shoe was torn from her foot, and a nail from the shoe was driven into her heel. The buggy was wrecked and one of the horses was killed. Neither of the, men was badly hurt. It is uelieved that both women will recover. ran away, and in an effort to control them he feas thrown from the wagon, striking his head a stone. -. Freak Burglar. Little Falls, Minn., July 30 —An epfrS demlc of housebreaking is rife her*, Several houses have been entered, though nothing has been taken. The burglar's purpose is a mystery, as lu has in no instance tried to steal aim*1 thing. —1— Fall From Hay Fatal. Swedesburg, Iowa, July 30,—Ola son,, a pioneer of Henry oounty, waa killed on his farm near here by fallinf trokens tjm. mm Mmmmh