The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-10-14
Montana is Booming.

3. Il. Hauser, Governor OF Montana Ter.
ritory, in his annual report to the secre.
tary OF the interior, concerning the trans
portation facilities of the territory says:
development OF Montana. Railroads are
more important to us and our industries
than any other portion OF the United
States"
The products of the mines OF the territory
for the past year are estimated as follows:
Gross value gold, $3,430, 900; silver, &c.
600, 1000; copper, $4,000, 600; lead, ST.
ESQ, 900; total, $22, 800, 900. The govern
or discusses the subject Of silver legislation
free coinage OF silver with gold is becoming
daily more evident. The governor makes
various recommendations in the way OF
legislation for the good of the territory.
The steamer La Mascotue, bound from
Grand Tower, ILL.,, to Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
exploded her boilers opposite Neeley's
Landing, burned to the waters edge and
floated nearly a mile below Wizards Land
ing, where she lodged on the shore. The
full list of killed and wounded cannot be
obtained. Among the lost are supposed
to be: Judge Hager and wife, Miss Knigh.
er, daughter OF Christ Knigher. William HI.
Wheeler and two children and Fritz Lard,
all OF Cape Girardeau; Charles Ansel, col
ored, two chambermaids and an unknown
lady with two children. The bodies OF the
last three and one of the chambermaids
were recovered. j. R.. Perkins, first cook.
Miss Julia Robach of Cape Girardeau and
First Engineer Porter are supposed to be
lost.
Abox OF thirty pounds OF giant powder
exploded in the 800 level OF the Caledonia
mine at Deadwood, Oak, killing four men
and injuring five or six Others. The killed
are Philip Wyman, Thomas Chesire. John
Pascor and Henry Roserier. Fred Felin
was badly hurt and not expected to live.
Wyman and Chesire leave families. The
bodies Of the killed were blown to pieces
and the remains were taken put in barrels.
Prince Melissane, a member OF one Of the
best Neapolitan families, committed sui
eide after seeing his name posted as a de-
faulter at his club, because of his failure to
pay losses at gambling.
The New York court OF appeals has hand
ed down a decision confirming the sen.
tence of ex-Ald. Jaehne, who was convict
ed on a charge OF bribery in the Broad.
way railroad francise.
r. P. Wallace, the murderer Of the Logan
family OF five persons father, mother and
three children at Cuba, Mo-, was taken
from the Jail by a mob and lynched. He
was first strung up by a moi but afterward
let down and taken back to Jail. After
wards a masked mob of 100 men battered
down the doors of the jail, took Wallace
out and hanged him to a tree. He died pro.
testing his innocence. @.-,
Assistant Secretary OF State Porter says:
The suspension OF Greenebaum from the
~consulship at Samoa, which took place re-
Gently, was made necessary by his conduct.
His removal was determined upon as soon
as the department was advised OF his Pc
culiar action at Samoa in taking sides with
of the factions Of local government
there. '. p
The following lighthouse keepers were ap.
pointed: G. A. Malone, sin place of r. J.
McCann, removed, at Pier head, st. Louis
river, Mimi; c. G. Chapman, in place OF r.
M. Wright, transferred. at the mouth oi
Sturgeon Bay canal, Wis.
Levy & Michaels. clothing dealers at
two houses and doing an extensive bust.
ness.
At Hartford, Conn.,, Henry Hcotchkiss,
a musician aged thirty five years, has for
some time been in trouble with his wife.
He shot her dead and inflicted a slight
wound OF his own head. 4sg.$
B. Frank Howey Of Warren was nomi.
mated for republican governor Of New York.
The platform favors the submission to the
people at q special election . fsthe question
ofcontrolling the liquor traffic.
Cattle with pleuro pneumonia in Martin
and Oliver counties, Oak, are ordered to
be killed.
Nicholas s. HOMELAND, confidential clerk
and b~ookkeeper for the w. w. Kimball
Organ Company, Chicago, has been placed
under arrest on q warrant charging him
with obtaining money to the amount ol
$1,000 BY false pretenses and forgery.
There are now outstanding $50, 139, $50
instandard silver dollars, being the larg-
est amount Of that coin ia circulation
since the issue began. A rapid decline.
however, il nov expected, 40 n result soi
the Issue Of the more convenient Oh YER csr-
tifcates.