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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
AoUADRUPLE MURDER.

Reuben Drake, HE Wife and TWO
Little Grandchildren Found 5ru-,
tally Murdered In Their Lonely
Farmhouse Near KIokapoo, Wis.
A murder r~ivaling in atrocity the An.
tome Probst murder occurred In Kicka.
poo, Wis.,. by which Reuben Drake, his
sons in al-met their death. Drake
and vile are elderly people, living on a
we'll cultivated farm four and one-half
miles southeast OF the little village Of
R~eadstown, and about fifteen miles from
Viroqua. Their little grandchildren lived
but q few miles away, but were tempo.
rarily visit ing the old folks. One morning
a neighbor living about halt a mile distant
had occasion to go to brakes on an GRAND
and upon entering the door a fearful sight
was presented. Drake and his wife lay
near each other upon the floor. face down.
ward. weltering in great pools OF blood,
which flowed from gaping gunshot wounds
in their heads. Both were dead. and evil
IDENTIFY had been Tor some hours. On the
bed in an adjoining room lay the children,
aged respectively five and six, with their
throats cut. One OF the little ones was
yet alive when discovered, but too
far gone to give any account OF the terri.
Die CFHgeuy. b6IOTS uleulCAi uIu COuiu Oc
summoned the child died. and no one was
left to tell OF the struggle in the lonely
farm house, by which four human beings
were sacrificed. The alarm was quickly
given, and soon all the people Of
the sparsely settled neighborhood
were at the scene OF the; tragedy.
The little house had been ransacked
and the furniture overturned, show
ing that the perpetrators had searched
for money and valuables. Fresh footsteps
were found leading to and from the house,
but they were soon lost in the highway.
The nearest neighbours wife says that
about IL o'clock that night she he ard
three shots fired in the direction OF brakes,
but thinking that it was some belated
s"portsmnn, gave the matter no attention.
Another woman met stranger on the high.
way just after dusk. who avoided her n
hid in the brush. These are the only facts
now known outside OF the mute evidences
found in the farm house OF one OF the most
fearful, crimes ever committed in Wiscon.
sin. 1t is supposed the murderers sought
to rob Mr.. Drake OF some pension money,
which he had secured about a month ago,
and it is not yet known whether they
secured it or not. Drake and wife were
aged about sixty years, and were hard.
working and fairly well-to.do and intelli.
gent people. The locality is an out. of-the.
way place, sparsely settled and many
miles from u railroad. 1t is thought that
the fiendish deed was committed by some
one living near who knew OF the pension
money, as it is q section seldom visited by
tramps or strangers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

It has been legally settled in Texas
that the moon has an immense infu-
once in enlarging the brand on cattle.
A lawsuit was pending relative to the
ownership OF a herd of cattle; and the
solution depended upon the proof Of
the brand, which was found on COM
parison to be three times as large as
the branding iron which the claimant
used. Thirteen witnesses were intro.
ducad, all Of them experts in branding
and cattle herding. They all swore
that when cattle are branded in the
dark OF the moon the brand will
never,n no matter how large the animal
grow, get larger than the dimensions
ofthe iron used. On the other hand,
when either grown cattle or calves are
branded in the light Of the moon the
larger will be the spread. And the
suit, involving several thousand dol
lars worth of cattle, was settled on
the testimony. So the question is
legally settled that it is the moon
that does il.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
PRESBYTERIAN Centennial.
Presbyterlans Of the North and
South Assemble Together for the
First Time In a Quarter of a Gen.

Presbyterlans Of the North and
South Assemble Together for the
First Time In a Quarter of a Gen.
fury.
The Centennial day OF tho Presbyterian
Church, and the members OF the two gen.
eral assemblies nett great mass meetings
in the Academy OF Music and Horticultur.
al hall in Philadelphia. The crowds
in attendance at both were enor.
o 1t was the first reunion OF
the two great bodies OF the Presbyteri.
an church in America since the division,
more than a quarter Of u century ago.
Bullock, moderator OF the Southern gen.
eral assembly presided, and seated with
him on the platform we're Rev. William H.
Roberts, stated clerk OF the Northern gen.
eral assembly,; Rev. Joseph T. Smith, OF
Baltimore, ex- moderator OF the Northern
assembly; Rev. James McCosh, president
OF Princeton college; Rev. John Hall, OF
New York; Rev. Charles H. Stoddard, editor
OF the New York Observer, and many others.
The great audience was apparently
made up in equal pr oportions from
representatives from the two assem-.
blies. Rev. DR.. Bullock was introduced rs
officer. DR.. Smith, ex-moderator OF the
Northern general assembly, welcomed.
the Southern guests. The 5000 people.
then rose and sang''Praise God from whom
all blessings flow" DR.. Bullock as the rep
resentative OF the Southern assembly, cor
daily reciprocated the fraternal sentiments
OF the brethren from the North. The con.
~gregation sang "All people that on earth
do DWELL" and IAN hail the power OF
Jesus name" Rev. DR.. Cuyler OF Brook
Ign spoke on the History OF Presbyteri.
anism." 1.-THE Work OF Presbyterianism
for the Future was the subject Of an ad.
dress OF Rev. T. Dwight Witherspoon of
Louisville, KY. A great audience also
crowded Horticultural hall, adjoining the
Academy. The same iraternal feeling was
manifest among the commissioners OF
both bodies. Rev. DR.. Charles L. Thompson
OF Kansas City, the moderator Of the
Northern assembly, was in the chair. Mod
orator Thompson introduced Congress-
man William O. P. Breckenridge. OF Lex
ington college, who spoke on "Calvinism
Ind Religious Liberty" Rev. Howard
Crosby, followed with an address On pres.
byterianism and Biblical Scholarship"
He defended the verbal inspiration OF the
Bible. Mrs. Cleveland occupied a seat in
the upper right hand box.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
Wholesale Dakota Conventions.

Gen. Hugh J. C%ampbell's call for a cor.
~vention OF divisionists and statehood sup
porters will be before the public in a lew
days. 1t is all prepared and will appear
in the newspapers simultaneously: Inc
call is for a general convention OF 700
delegates, composed OF North and South
Dakota men, at Huron July 10 and II. 1t
is signed by H. J. Campbell OF Yankton,
John A. Owen OF De Smet, j. c.
Headley, Salem, OF the central com.
mittee OF the State OF South Dakota. The
object OF the convention will be to lay
out plans for the fall campaign, and to
unite divisionists from all Dakota in q
solid phalanx. Following closely upon
the call for a general convention will come
several calls-one for t. convention OF the
legal bar of Dakota at Huron, July IL.
Its object will be to review and pass upon
the work OF the general convention as to
it's legality. This cause is assigned by
over one hundred prominent attorneys.
There is also q call for q convention OF
farmers and business men OF Dakota for
July IL. The call is drawn by Hon. D. w.
Diggs OF Milbank, and signed by over three
hundred bankers and tradesmen. Its OBJ
ject is to express the views OF the mercan-
tile interests as TO steps recon-
mende1 by the general convention. Then
there is a call for q convention OF the
Dakota press for July ~, at Huron, to
lend aid to the divisionist and lay plans
Tor future work through the press. The
call is drawn by Augustine Davis, editor
OF the Dakota Huronite. and w. s. Bowen,
editor OF the Yankton Press and Dakoti.
IN, and signed by over one hundred
Dakota editors. There is q call for
q convention OF ministers of Dakota
at Huron July IL, drawn by Rev.
D. D. McCaslin Of Huron, Rev. Joseph
Ward. d. D., president OF Yankton college,
and Rev. G. Il. Hager OF Madison, and
signed by 400 other ministers. Its object
is to review the proceedings OF the general
convention, and advise tho people as to
the morality and rightfulness Of division
and statehood plans. One thousand dele
gates are expected to be present. The Diff
ferent calls are signed by leading men in
North and South Dakota.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
anionce and the 5

At the session OF the general asseDb ly
Of the Southern Presbyterian church at
Baltimore, the case Of Rev. DR.. Woodrow
oil Georgia was resumed, and he continued
the presentation OF his appeal. He quoted
from his speech and writings in which he
supported the idea Of evolution, and said:
He had been charged with subordinating
the Scriptures to science. This was not
true. He had never spoken or written q
word which could bear any such construc.
ton. He had never taught q word that
would throw q doubt upon the headship OF
Adam, without regard to the in
which, or tho material OF whichGod formed
his body. He believed Adam was q miracu.
lous creation. He held al his beliefs to the
teaching OF the Holy Scriptures anu to
nothing else. So he holds his opinion "a to
the formation OF Adams body. Upon any
subject oil which the Scriptures are silent
he accepts natural history as his
guide, but only on such subjects. As q
church court, the general assembly had
nothing to do with his view outside the
teachings OF the Bible. All it has to do 10
the Scriptures, and il they do not then
the case must end. He quoted from Pad
dinpton, Brown and Others their views OF
the dust of which man was formed, mean.
ing dust from which, through isteps from
one stage to another, man came to have
dominion over all other living
creatures. It made no difference
whether the formation OF Adams
body was mediate or immediate. He was
made q living soul, and God made a cove
nant with him. The presbytery OF Augusta
could not find a conviction against the
speakers belief for he had not a~ntagonized
the Bible. He had not taught that God
had performed his works systematically.
That will have to be determined by zach
individual mind. He believed that God
formed man out of the dust Of the ground,
and yet he was charged it'll teaching con-
trary to the Bible and the standards be.
cal use he went beyond and believed be-.
You'd what was not contained in them or
upon:which they were silent. To sustain
the synod OF Georgia would be to condemn
all who believe there may be som truth in
evolution. 1t was a fact that the church
had new er failed in deciding on science to
decide wrong.
Rev. William Adams of Augusta, the
prosecutor, followed in defense OF the act
ion OF the Georgia synod in suspending Mr..
Woodrow. He said that Mr.. Woodrow's
doctrine served to unsettle the minds OF
the church people, and that the question
should be disposed OF by the convention
now and forever.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

Military discipline aims to give the
never lose his head, and in an emer-
gency shall do the very thing he
ought to do. A soldier in India, the
sergeant. major of the regiment, one
morning was drilling a dozen recruits,
when a tiger charged across the pa
background straight at him., The
sergeant Immediately dropped on one
knee, holding his musket with the
bayonet fixed, as if about to receive a
charge OF cavalry. The tiger, not
liking the point OF the bayonet, made
a spring over it and the sergeant.
knocking off his shake, and rushed
into the neighboring jungle.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
Double Railroad Wreck.

A railroad wreck, followed in ten min.
utes by another wreck, occurred at a point
fifty miles from Kansas City. where the
Hannibal & Wabash roads run parallel.
The accident resulted in the death Of four
men and the injury OF three others, one OF
whom will die. The late terrific rain had
washed away q bridge over a RAJ
viney and the first accident occurred
when m east bound Rock Island
freight train WAS thrown into the ditch.
Y. Royston, 4 brakeman OF Edgerton JUNG.
ton, KAN, was on top OF one OF the
cars that went down into the debris. He
al crushed beyond recognition. Imme.
diately afterwards Edward q. Armstrong,
q brakeman, was sent ahead to flag the
Hannibal freight. He mistook the tracks.
and was walking along the Wabash road
when the Wabash freight dashed around
q curve md instantly killed him.
The Wabash train met the same fate
as the Rock Island, rs the two
bridges we're only two feet apart and
were connected and the heavy cars plunged
down on the wreck OF the first train. Two
dead bodies were taken out sOo aiteward.
Neither Of the men could be recognized, and
ii Il supposed they were tramEs. Engineer
Ben Mcclellan. at the Wabash train, was
badly hurt in jumping, and Ben Morris, q
is expected to die. John Snyder. the Rock
Island fireman, also suffered slightinjuries.
II will be some time before che track can
be cleared. Meanwhile. both roads will
use other tracks.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

Her Proposed Admission the Sub
ject Of a Most Decidedly Animated
Dohafe in the House.

Her Proposed Admission the Sub
ject Of a Most Decidedly Animated
Debate in the House.
The proposition for the admission Of
South Dakota into the Union was uncx-
pectedly sprung upon the house. The
humdrumm ming routine which usually marks
the consideration OF appropriation bills
was proceeding. when without a
moments notice a warm political
debate was precipitated. When a
passage in relation to government
officials in Dakota was reached, Mr.. Gif-
ford took the floor and in an extempora.
neous speech gave expression to his views
on Dakota. which he said was suffering I'm.
der a miserable carpet bagging system OF
government. Her judges. governor and all
the state officers were taken from other
sections OF the country and sent to rule
over Dakota. The governor, when in Of
flee, appointed about ninety officials. and
the judges appointed clerks ind other
court officials. None OF those people were
the,choice of Dakota, but were forced up.
on her. Mr.. Clifford asked leave to print
his remarks in the Record, and then Mr..
Butterworth, who had charge OF the Repub.
lican end OF the debate on the ~legisla-
tive bill, yielded ten minutes time to Mr..
Baker OF New York, who covered the
go~n6rhlkFOunuS Oh DaKOoas 0emand lOr
admission. Springer, who had come over
to the aisle to closely follow the
speaker, arose to reply. Butterworth,
Symes OF Colorado, Representatives
Gear, Kerr and Struble OF Iowa and others
bounced upon Springer like hawks az soon
as he had begun to speak, and for hall on
hour there was a lively discharge OF ora
torical musketry at short range. The
whole house. Democrats and Republicans.
laughed heartily at the figure Springer cut
as question after question, and shot after
shot WAS poured into him, but it had nc
effect whatever upon him, and he "bobbed
up serenely" each time as il nothing had
happened.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

fty made a tour Of the world. From
1882 to 1884 DR.. Newman preached in the
Madison Avenue Congregational church,
New York city. He was Gen. Grants pas
tor from 1869 to 1886. He is = member
OF the British Society OF Biblical archeolo.
~, and 10 the author OF several success
tul works.
Rev. DR.. Dabiel A. Goodsell is regarded
one OF the most conservative ministers Of
the church. He has been for fifteen months
the secretary OF the church board OF edn'
cation. He was born in Newburg. N. Y,
in 1910, and his father, Rev: Buell. GOOD
sell, was q well known minister in New
York. DR.. Goodsell was graduated by the
University OF New York, and his entire
ministry has been in New York and its
vicinity. He was pastor at different times
OF the Green Point tabernacle, the Wash.
ington Street and the New York Avenue
churches OF Brooklyn and Trinity and the
First Methodist church OF New Haven.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
labor'a Cause,

The floor OF the house was accorded one
day last. week to the committee Of labor,
and Mr.. O'Neill OF Missouri, chairman OF
that committee, called up the bill to con
fine the sale OF the prod ucts OF convict
labor to the state in which they are pre-.
duced. Mr.. O'Neill explained:
The measure originated in q visit to this
city OF manufacturers from New York,
Brooklyn, Jersey City, Philadelphia. and
other cities who appeared before the COM
mittee and pictured the absolute ruin
that stared them in the face from the com.
petition OF convict labor. One industry
after another was attacked by this convict
labor system, and in each case the indus
try was Obliged to lower the rates OF wa.
ges or go out OF business. Men who were
paying 50 and $3.50 q day to their EN-.
competitors who paid only five cents an
hour. The labor organization of the
country had urged upon the committee
the necessity for the passage of the bill.
A long discussion ensued, ono OF the
speakers being Mr.. Wilson of Minnesota,
who argued against the bill on constitu.
tional grounds. An amendment was
adopted prohibiting the importation for
commercial purposes OF all goods, wares or
the United States which. in whole or in part,
were manufactured or produced by con.
Wet labor, and prescribing penalties for the
violation OF this prohibition. The previous
question was then o~rdered-yeas 1856,
nays 43-on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill, and then the house ad-
journed. The senate passed, with amend
ments. the house bill to establish a depart
ment OF labor. MIR. O'Neil had an inter
view with the speaker and Mr.. Randall
was assured that the committee on
rules will give additional time to the COM
mittee on labor, which, he says, guaran.
tees the passage OF the bill.
The bill provides for a department OF
labor, the general design and duties of
which shall be to acquire and diffuse
among the people Of tho United States
useful information on subjects connected
with labor. and especially upon it's rela.
ton to capital. the hours OF labor, the
earnings OF laboring men and women, and
the means of promoting their material,
social, intellectual and moral prosperity.
The personnel Is to consist of a comnuis'
sioner, to be appointed by the president,
and confirmed by the senate. who is to
hold office for four years and receive q SAL
airy OF IS. 900; a chief clerk, ~stenogra pher,
minor clerks, copyists and messengers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
A stranger, who claims to be the Sec

A stranger, who claims to be the Sec
ond John the Baptist, is going through
the country around Jacksonville,
KY, conveying the intelligence that
the world is coming to an end on the
tenth day Of the first Hebrew year
coming. A great many timid people
have been badly frightened by the
information and great excitement ex-
lists in some localities. The man
refuses to give his name or tell where
he is from. He claims that he "can
see a hand lifted to strike which no
one else can see as yet, and can hear
a voice not heard by Others"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

The supreme court o. Ohio has reyers ed
the decision Of Franklin county, in the
it back to the lower court for further
hearing. In the former suit the railroad
company won the case against Stephenson,
Burke OF Cleveland and other former own.
era and officials Of the company.the object
being to compel them to account for
So, 600, 900 Of securities, whichit ID claimed
were wrongly appropriated.
A dispatch from India says, that 5000
Thibetans recently attacked Gratong.S
whiclris defended BY q small British force,
and that alter several hours lighting the
The British loss wal three killed and seven
wounded:
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
Two New Bishops.

At the conference in New York, Rev. Dr..
J.. H. Vincent, OF the Rock River confer.
ence, and Rev. j. w. Fitzgerald. Of the New
Jersey conference. were elected bishops.
DR.. Vincent was born at Tuscaloosa, Ala,
Nov. %, 1882. In 1885 he moved to
Pennsylvania. He was educated at the
Milton and Lewisburg seminaries and
at the Newark Wesleyan institute. He
was u licensed exhorter in 1S49, and in
1850 a local preacher in the Baltimore
conference. From 1852 to 1867 he had
charges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
He established in Illinois in 1866 the
Northwestern Sunday School Quar-.
terly. In 1868 he was elected secretary
of tho Sunday school union, q position
he still %occupics. In 1874 with Lewis
Miller he established the Chau.
tauqua circle. He was at one time
the pastor OF Gen. Grant. Rev. ]. w.
Fitzgerald is fifty years OF age, and was
born at Newark, N. J. He studied at the
Newark academy and then at Princeton
college. On leaving college he studied law
with Chancellor Runyan and Secretary
F~relinghuysen, and was admitted to the
bar. He was admitted to the church
thirty years ago. He was presiding older
OF the Newark conference until seven years
ago when he was elected recording secre.
tary OF the missionary society. Alter the
election OF these two bishops afourth ballot
was taken, but an adjournment was taken
before the count. While the third ballot
was being taken, o resolution was carried
making the time limit five years.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

Since the newspapers began to NOM
mate Chauncey M. Depew for Presi-
dent, that popular mans mail has
doubled II good many times over. He
is yer aging from 800 to 400 letters
a day from patriots who wish him
we'll, and hope that they may not be
forgotten when hegets to Washington.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

but it ia known than no less than
five physicians were in consultation Mon
day night and Tuesday morning. 1t is also
positively asserted that q priest was seen to
hurriedly enter the house simultaneously
with the doctors at a time when all excite
ment was in generals chamber above. He
remained in the house all night. showing
that che family was prepared for the worst
All Monday night tie general was In a semi
conscious state and it was not until moor
next day that he showed signs of improve
ment He has continued to improve, and is
now believed to be past the critical state.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

Says a writer in the Pail Mall Ga.
zette: II paid a visit to Niagara
Falls not long ago and heard a Curl
u tact which may not be generally
known. 1t is that Mr.. Gladstone
owns a patch of land on the Canadian
side commanding q splendid view of
the Falls. He was asked to sell when
the Prospect Park improvements
were being planned, but declined with
til anks."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

The par value OF the capital stock
OF the Standard Oil Trust is 500, 600,
600, and it's market value is $14O,.
OOO, 900. The difference between those
sums, says the Philadelphia Press,
represents the tribute which public
negligence pays to private monopoly.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

The future of Montana is contained
in the following prophecy by a cashier
of a bank in Helena: eve have four
things to depend on in Montana
agriculture, cattle raising, horse rails.
ing and mining. There are twenty.
seven millionaires living in Helena,
and we amt going to be g. one.crop
State"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

An Omaha couple, it is related, had
to be married away from home be.
cause the groom was the one person
III the county who could issue a mar
riage license; and so found he must
either resign this function, 60 else
where, or remain a bachelor.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

Says the Somerville, Mass, Journal:
more maple sugar is sold in Massa-
chusetts alone every year than there
is maple sugar made in the whole
United States, and yet none is aver
imported"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31

Canada complains OF too many
immigrants. Hundreds Of them are
now objects OF charity at Toronto in g.
destitute and starving condition.
They cannot GET employment, and
charitable people are helping them.
Canada is not growing fast enough to
absorb these immigrants on a large
scale.