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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
Foreign News Nuggets.

The Dominion government has declined
to interfere with the prohibitory liquor
law in the Northwest territories beyond
giving permission for the licensing OF the
brewing and sale OF malt beverages.
The car hos presented to Charles Wynd'
ham, the actor, d handsome ring, set
with rubies and diamonds, and to Miss
Mary Moore. a member OF the Wyndham
company, u brooch with a double circle of
diamonds.
A diamond necklace, bracelets and q
large number of unset stones have just
been found in Montreal in an old safe
which was bought eight years ago OF a
secondhand dealer. The sale is supposed
to have been the property OF H. Melor, an
extensive diamond dealer, who suddenly
disappeared twelve years ago in the com.
pany OF Il NOTORIOUS woman.
The Abyssinian wal is assuming a dan
gerous shape. The Abyssinians are already
surrounding the Italians, and it is expect.
ed that they will concentrate at Dongalo
cutting off communication by road and
telegraph. The Italian ministry has i'm.
parted to the public no news from Masso-
wah. and the consequent anxiety is in.
tense. Fifteen thousand troops are in Ma.
Piles in req diness to embark for Abyssinia.
The French minister Of the interior has
obtained possession OF certain kilograms
emanating from Boulanger and written in
cipher. which he has had %deciphered and has
submitted to the committee OF inquiry
which are investigating the Boulangist agi-
tation. These dispatches. it is said, clear.
ly prove that B~oulanger has been intimate.
ly associated with conspiracies against
the safety OF the republic. The general
himself keeps up his vehement protesta-
tions Of innocence and stoutly denies that
his removal from the army was due to
anything more than political work on the
part OF his enemies. His notion OF his
own Importance is not a whit lessened by
his punishment.
1t is reported on excellent authority
thatthe d dominion governmentdoe s not pro-
pose relinguishing the disallowance policy
while wiping out monopoly. They will
propose to the Manitoba delegates that
they apply to the dominion parliament
for u charter to build the Red River Val
ley road, and will propose that all char.
tiers come through this dominion parlia.
ment. The delegates say that such q prop.
osition would never be accepted, as it ia
most absurd and would never remove the
sc at OF the trouble. 1t is believed Sir John
is keeping the Manitoba premier at Ottawa
to use az a lever against the Canadian
Pacific. go powerful is that company's in.
Iuence with tbs government, soy spa
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
PITH OF \ NEWS.
News from WASHINGTON.

W.. 5. Sherman, clerk OF the Minnesota
dairy commission, is in Washinaton on
He has visited the agricultural depart.
ment and conferred with Prof. Riley on
scientific matters in which he is interested.
II Senator Blair's educational bill
should be smothered in the house OF Rep.
resentatives, an effort will be made to get
some kind OF a bill though as q substitute.
which will look o a encouragement OF
Sunday school instructions. The details
OF the bill are not yet fully mapped out,
but the main features will commend them.
selves to Christians Of all denominations
and philanthrophists OF every kind.
Mr.. Lind has introduced a bill in con.
grsss TO pay the unsettled claims OF settlers
who lost their property through the In.
dian depredations OF 1852. These claims
were not acted upon by the commission
ers, and il the evidence and proof are sufi-
cient the claims will be allowed, as the sec.
rotary OF the interior admits the propriety
OF reimbursing tho persons who lost their
| property in that terrible outbreak.
Carl Dreier, OF Chicago, in his examina.
| ton before the house committee on agri-
culture, was asked whether pork packers
mixed unwashed CUTS With lard. The wit
ness replied that when the manufacture OF
lard was lone in a slip.shod fashion these
Objectionable parts would slip in. He
had seen unsuniciently washed CUTS mixed
with lard. Mr.. Funston called upon tho
witness to give the names OF the packers
whom he had seen doing this. The witness
| declined to answer.
President Cleveland transmits to con-
| gress u report from Minister PendletOn at
Berlin. from which it appears that trichini.
asis prevails in certain parts OF Germany,
and that a number OF persons have died
from the effects OF eating the meat OF dis
eased hogs grown If that county. He also
transmitted a report from the consul at
Marseilles, representing that a highly con'
t%agious disease, similar to hog cholera, pre-
walls among the swine OF a large section OF
France. The president recommends O
stringent law to proven. importation OF
swine or pork products from Germany or
France.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
"A Whale Attacks a Schooner.
From the Augusta (Me.) J ournal.

From the Augusta (Me.) J ournal.
The crew of the fishing schooner Jos.
ephine Swanton, which has arrived
at Portland, gives q thrilling account
OF an sattack made by q whale on their
schooner on their last trip shore fish
ing. They were about AZ miles off the
cape, near New Ledge, one afternoon
at anchor when one Of the crew sight
ed a large black object floating in the
water about half a mile astertn. A
the time there were two men in a dory
alongside the schooner and two more
by the rail. They tried to make out
what the object was, but it soon dis
appeared. In q few minutes something
came up underneath. the schooner,
raising her stern six feet clear Of the
water. It was a huge black whale.
After nearly sinking the schooner he
disappeared and came up a short dis
lance away, flashing the water into
huge wave with his tail; then, appar.
emily satisfied, he sank beneath the
water and was seen no more. The ves-
sci received q evere shaking up, al
most everything on her deck being
displaced. This story is corroborated
by the crew and is probably true, as
whales have been seen in these waters.
although not as big as they described
this n to be. There was no cause
for the whale attacking the schooner,
although OF the crew, a man who
had been on whaling trips, said he
knew Of q case whore a big whale had
attacked q ship once because he had
been run into by q vessel.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

A citizen of Springfield, Mo-, has q
horse that he wants to sell. The 9th
er day the animal kicked down a par
tition in the stable. got out into the
floor and kicked a $3.50 buggy to
smithereens, turned around and kick
ed eight barrels of oats to pieces, scat
tering the contents over the floor,
kicked his way INTO another part OF
The building, and thence out of doors,
and when discovered was doing his
hest to demolish the gate ofthe stable
yard. - .-.5
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
Miscellaneous News Notes.

The bill comforting municipal suffrage on
women, on final passage in the senate OF
New York, was killed by a vote OF 5 to 10.
Peter Brisbers, a saloonkeeper, OF Eau
Claire, Wis.,, beca me insane from drink and
attempted to kill his children. He was
jailed.
The will OF the late vice President Wheel.
or is being contested at Malone. N. Y. He
left $35, 600 to charities and $40. O0O to
relatives, who are the contestants.
The fifth annual report OF the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul company shows the
gross earnings during 1887 were $35, $685.
1913; net earnings, $40, 1913, 1874 de-
crease OF $11s, 7oS.
Mrs. Charles s. Steele has commenced
an action against thu St. Pau street rail.
for damages sustained in the cable car
accident. in which Mrs. Steele had her
nose broken and sustained other severe
injuries.
An important meeting OF anthracite
managers was held in Philadelphia. It
was decided unanimously to maintain the
prices for anthracite during the season Of
1889, beginning April l, and to regulate
the output OF coal SO that the market shall
not be burdened by IN over-production
this year.
In the United States circuit court at
Detroit Judge Brown ordered the sale OF
the Chicago e. Canadian Southern railroad
under foreclosure unless the past interest
on the first mortgage bonds, amounting to
49,, 931 ,O69.67 is paid on or before Aug.
8 OF this year. Among other conditions it
is provided that the road shall not be sold
for less than $500, 900. The sale will take
place in that city.
The decision recently rendered in the
case Of the BONN Manufacturing company
vs.. Jameson ct al. by Judge Wilkins OF st.
Paul, is OF vast Importance to the work
inglmen OF the state, deciding, as it does,
the mechanics lien law OF 1887 to be un-
constitutional. Tho only question argued
and Judge Wilkin decided to be unconstitu.
tional, giving no reasons therefor.
There has been for several days an
charging SIS q bushel for the seed, and
then making a contract for buying back in
the fall at the rate OF $40 n
bushel. 1t is stated that one substantial
farmer from Freeborn county gave his Sc
cured note for 5000 for forty bushels and
holds a contract to sell back eighty bush
els Tor $40 a bushel to the agent after
harvest.
A convention to take action against
trusts and monopolies was held at
Fargo, D. T.. The attendance was light, but
farmer a~gitators from North Dakota and
Clay county, MIMI, were present. Smith
Stinmel was made temporary chairman,
and in taking the chair said that he be-
lieved the farmers should combine and
hold their wheat until the milIers must
have it. He did not think the protective
tariff had anything to do with the farmers
troubles. England had free trade. and her
farmers were in q worse condition than
those OF thisc country, and trusts originated
in England. Lyman Loring OF Minnesota,
and after further discussion Messrs. Slim
mel, James Hales and Loring were appoint.
ed a committee to correspond with the
Kansas farmers antitrust monopoly. The
permanent organization is as follows:
Smith Stimmel, president; E. A. Webb,
secretary; James Hales, treasurer.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
THE q \ o. WOMEN.
4 Great Gathering Of Ladies' In
Washington Who're Many TopIoe
are Qlacuaaad and Canaldarad.

4 Great Gathering Of Ladies' In
washington Who're Many TopIos
are Discussed and Considered.
The International council OF wo,ne was
held in Washington, Mrs. Elizabeth CadyJ
Stanton presiding. =
Among the most prominent oil the =.
eign visitors was Mrs. Alice Scatcherd. OF
the Edinburgh National Society for Wom.
an Suffrage and the Darlington. Yorkshire
and Southport Women's Liberal associa.
ton. Mrs. Ashton Dixie, a radical wom-
an suffragist OF France was represented
by Nine. Isabelle Bogelot, director OF the
work for the women OF St. Lazare for the
last six years; iull.faced and forid, and
straight French features, dark gray fluffy
hair. modestly arranged, a striking figure.
She speaks no English, but her native
tongue is used with fuency and eloquence.
Finland sends an interesting delegate in
Gripenburg OF H~elsingfors, delegate
OF the Finnish Women's association. She
is an authoress OF considerable note, hav-
ing written several povels, and is also an
editor OF a children's magazine.
Near her sat Madame Groth, the wife OF
O Norwegian professor OF philosophy, who
has come to this country to study Ameri.
dark brilliant eyes, tall and straight as an
arrow, and OF commanding beauty, she
looks like a Morse goddess. She wore
a black silk dress, with yellow satin
waist. She represents tho Norwegian
Women's Suffrage society. In the audi
ence sat one OF the most interesting of the
visiting delegates, the dark. featured and
unassuming Pundita Rambai, a high caste
Hindoo woman. Her father was an edu.
Gated Hindoo, one OF the few who looked
upon his wife as an equal. She is a convert
to Christianity.
The committee on permanent organiza.
tion reported the following committee to
arrange for O national and international
council OF women, chosen from the dele
gates OF the council alone:
Clara Barton, Francis Will ard, Rachel
Foster, NJ. Louise Thomas, AdaC c. Bowles,
Mrs. Barry of New Orleans, Mary F. East.
man, Mrs. &C Hoffman OF Missouri, May
Wright Sewell.
To these are to be added the names oil
the foreign delegates. The expenses of the
council were assumed by Miss Anthony,
who used the money willed to her by Mrs.
Eddy OF Providence, R. l., to be used at
her discretion for the suffrage cause. Miss
Anthony pays the hotel expenses of all
delegates and speakers to the council, and
Also the travelling expenses OF the foreign
delegates. The receipts from season and
other tickets have been very great, and it
is believed that Miss Anthony will be REIN.
bursed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

The birds we're among the sufferers
of the New York blizzard. A grocery
boys basket, which was placed on the
sidewalk while the boy swung his arms
for warmth, was attacked by a flock
Of ravenous sparrows. The boy was
amused at first, but he soon became
convinced that the contents OF his
basket were in danger, and he drove
off the sparrows and hurried away,
being followed by the flock OF chatter.
ing birds.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
"A cou pie Of smart young Yankees

"A couple Of smart young Yankees
took their wives, their bags,
ana their baggage three years
ago, and went down to the City
81 Mexico to work on a Spanish
American newspaper which wanted
United States brains in it's makeup.
The young men have since bought out
tho concern and besides making it
nay. they have established an I'M
r.ortine and commission business Tor
- ale 81 American goods which pays
tl,em about $685. Oo q year. It is
such fellows as those who will bring
shout inu reciprocity with Mexico, i
anything can.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

Few prisoners are as accommodate
ing as a Maine man who was captured
by g. deputy sheriff at Greenville the
other day. AS the story is told, the
officer put his man on board the
train, and then neglected to get on
himself, letting the cars off without
him. The prisoner got off at Dover,
went to the court house, pleaded,
paid his fine, and was at liberty long
before his captor appeared upon the
scene.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

Sheep owners in the Capay Valley.
California, having offered q reward OF
$50 for each coyote scalp. Frank
Hambleton set fire to an old straw
stack that had been standing for two
years and in the sides OF which he had
noticed numerous holes. The result
was that about forty coyotes old and
young were burned to death the
stack being filled with them. He will
present q claim for $500.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

An Ohio man gave his sweetheart a
Waterbury watch. Later on in the
courtship they quarreled and he shot
her. The bullet struck the watch and
saved the lady's life. Who will say
now that the Waterbury watches are
worthless?
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

According to q summary OF crop
news re recently compiled the outlook
for winter wheat is not favorable.
Fields in Ohio, Iowa, and southern
Michigan have been bare oil
snow in alternately freezing and
thawins weather, and in those states
the average is very low. Kansas, Wis
consin, Missouri and Illinois show the
best prospects.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

The number OF young women book.
agents has steadily decreased for the
last seven years, and is now only 80
per cent. of what it was eight years
ago. 1t takes q pretty girl to be a
successful canvasser, and pretty girls
have no trouble getting married.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

When Mi. Line oln made his visit Ia,
Gen. Grants camp at City Point, Va,
inl864, he was met by the General
and his staff, and, upon being asked
how he was, said: Il am not feeling
very well. got pretty badly shaken.
up on the bay coming down, and am;
not altogether over it YETI Let me
send tor bottle of champagne Tor
you, Mr.. President, said one 81 the
staff officers; that is the best remedy
know Of for seasickness.No no.
my young friend" said Mr.. Lincoln;
tive een many man III my time
seasick ashore from drinking that
very article
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

George WASHINGTON was a Mason.
He was master of a little Masonic
lodge down in Virginia after the Rev
dictionary War. The lodge in which
he rode the goat and the lodge over
which he presided are going to make
q pilgrimage to his tomb on the cen
tennial anniversary of his initiation.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

Hanson cabs containing dummy
figures representing a corpse have
been parading the streets Of London as
an advertisement OF the management
OF the Princess's, Theatre where 1.-THE
Mystery of a Hanson Cab" was about
to be PLAYED.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

Georgia negroes are focking to the
Oca!a swamp and daubing themselves
with its mud, in the hope that it will
turn them white. This movement had
it's origin in the feet that a negro who
had wounded his leg and bandaged it
with the mud of the swamp found,
when his leg healed, that it had turn
ed almost white.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

The owner OF g. stable in Indian
apolis succeeded in having himself
mentioned in three weekly papers as
candidate for the Presidency Of the
United States, by the payment OF s.
to each paper.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
J Record OF Casualties.

All hopes OF the safety OF the missing
pilot bonts E~nchantress and Phantom are
now finally abandoned. .~S
A large quantity OF powder exploded in
Stickney 8 powder factory near Ashford,
New York At the spot where the
mills stood there is now . hole big enough
to bury q house. Two workmen were
blown TO atoms. They were the only men
in or near the works. The shock oil the
explosion was felt throughout Westehes.
q rcounty.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

An Indian lsit Trsmpeisan, Wis. about
Christmas to spend tho winter with rsln-
tives near Black River Falls, and lately
his body was found In q swamp near Ire
mont. He had evidently become lost and
wandered into the swamp before he was
frozen, as he was found frozen in ice above
his knees. His pony was a few feet from
him, also frozen in the ice.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
SENATE,
Not In session.
HOUSE,.

On motion OF Mr.. McCreary, Of Ken.
lucky, Senate amendments were non-con.
Cured into the House bill authorizing the
President to arrange q conference for the
purpose OF encouraging reciprocal CONNER.
cial relations between the United States
and the republics of Mexico, Central and
South America and the empire OF Brazil.
The speaker states that, under special
order, the pending business raj the consid-
GRAFTON OF the House bill granting a PEN
Logan, and the Senate bill increasing to
$4,000 q year the pension OF Appolin A.
Blair. d
After a lengthy discussion, the Logan
bill wal ~passed-yeas 164: nays. 95-and
the Blair bill was passed-yeas, 14S; nays,
a.. The house then took a recess until
evening, which was devoted to the con.
s~ideration Of private pension bills.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

At q recent meeting OF the cabinet at
Charlottenburg Prince Bismarck explained
the foreign situation. Emperor Frederick
fully concnrred in his views and proposals
and especially thanked Prince Bismarck
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

There are 50, 900 more women than
men IN Berlin, and more than half OF
the citizens of that city were born out.
side of the city.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
DAKOTA
a clock once owned by Queen Marie
hntoinette is now owned by E. B.
Scott. of Bantania, Ohio.

Senator Chace, of Rhode. Island. is
the member of the United States Sen.
ate who always years a swallow-tail.
ed coat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05

go J~~oS~
andreads that no justice shall situpon
the supreme bench in any case over
which he has presided while holding
his district court. This. the commit.
tee says in it's report, will do away
with q great cause of complaint now
existing in the territories. It pro-
vides that no less than three justices
shall hold a supreme court session.
a special meeting of the Fargo
board of trade consider the local
freight question. There was quite a
number OF business men besides
board members present. It was urged
that a bureau be appointed to man.
age the freight shipments, and all
merchants should agree to ship ac-
cording to the instruction OF. the bu-
reau. Others urged thata committee
be appointed to present the question
OF local shipments out Of Fargo to
the various companies before SUM.
mary action should be taken. This:
was agreed to, and Chairman .Ra-s
worth asked for time to appoint the
committee. s
tall, fne-looking man, with neat,
" trimmed whiskers and moustache,
dark hair and glaring eyes, was found
wandering in the streets Of Chicago
without any hat, mnttering to HIM.
sell. To all appearanceshe was insane
and was taken in by q patrolman.
DR.. ii. d. Vain of Fargo, Oak, but
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Doctor w. r. Potter met with q
very painful and serious accident on
Monday while engaged in shearing
sheep, on the John Potter farm"
about one mile below Kingwood.
While handling the shears, the sheep
kicked them out of his hand, knock.
ing them against a beam which form.
cd a brsce across the shed in which
the Doctor was working. Fearing
that they would fall on his head, he
lodged to one side and they struck
him on the calf of the right leg just
below the knee, severing one of the
small arteries and large vein. New.
ton Calvert, who was working with
him, notified the family OF the acct.
dent and then FASTENED To town for
a physician, telling Mr.. Thomas of
the accident and asking him TO go
over To him. Before Mr.. Thomas
arrived, the Doctors sisters had sue
ceeded in stopping tho flow of blood
by COMPRISING the artery after he
head lost at least gallon of blood.
When DR.. Trippett arrived, he found
him in very critical condition, hav-
ing had one spasm before he could
get To his assistance. After examin-
ing the wound he found he would
need an assistant surgeon. DR.. Mar.
tin was sent for and rendered the nee.
essary aid. Mr.. Potter is still in q
very precarious condition, but hopes
are entertained of bis recovery.