The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-07-19

Frank f. Newton pleaded guilty Of forgery
in the district court at Watertown, D. T. His
sentence was three years in the p~enitentiary.
This is the young man who was arrested q
few hours before his marriage some months
ago.
A terrible accident occurred on the Virginia
Midland railroad. The through Southern
train from Alexandria vent through a trestle
between Orange Court House and Barbours-
vile, killing five persons outright and wound
ing upwards of twenty-five. The trestle,
which was forty-eight feet high, was known
to be weak and the railroad company was
engaged in filing it in. The train was NOV
ing a speed of six miles al hour. The engine
had passed safely over most of the trestle,
when the smoker, mail, baggage aad express
cars went down, dragging the engine and
two passenger coaches. Two sleepers re-
manned on the trestle.
1t is stated that Judge John V. Wright, of
Tennessee; Rev. w. N. Cleveland, brother of
the President, and Capt. R. Fl. Pratt, super
intendent Of the Carlisle Indian school, will
constitute the commission to negotiate with
the Sioux Indians for q division oftheir reser-
walton in Dakota n o surrender of o part
to the United States.
The German police have ordered Queen Ma
tale of Servia to leave Germany within twen-
ty-four hours. An officer attended by twenty
policemen, entered Queen Natalie's villa at
Weisbaden, and shortly utter reappeared
with the young prince Alexander and u lady
of honor of the queens suite. The two were
driven to the railway station, where the
prince was handed over to M. Protics, the
Servian police who left with him for Belgrade.
When the queen received notice from the po-
lice that she must part with her son, she tele-
graphed to King Milan, imploring him to
allow the boy to remain with her another
month. The king, however, was incensed at
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refused his conciliatory proposal for medita-
tion, and telegraphed. back to the crown
princes tutor hat the boy must not remain
with the queen a day longer.
Parnell will accept the governments offer
and introduce q bill providing for the APP
pointment of Il committee of judges to inves-
tigate the Times charges against the men,
bers of the Irish parliamentary party. His
acceptance OF the proposal, however, will be
subject to rigid conditions regarding the
judges to be appointed and the scope of in
vestigation.
Verres W. Smith, s~on-in-law of the late
Horace Greedy, was O prisoner in the York
vile court New York, charged by John Allen,
proprietor of the Hotel Hamilton, with de-
frauding him out of 1915, the amount of
Mr.. Smiths bill for board and lodgings.
Ebenezer Stanyard the Youngstown, Ohio,
murderer, who killed his sweetheart. Alice
Hancock, early in1ss7, was, hanged in the
penitentiary annex. He played his ACCORDION
before going to the scaffold and appeared to
be at his ease. The crime for which he suffered
was a brutal one, the pretty young girl be-
ing shot from behind, and all on account of.
jealousy. I - 81
DR.. Ingersoll, dean of the dental.faculty,. at
Iowa City, appeared before the Investigating
committee in the ''boodle" case against DR..
Hunt. He censured Hunt severely as secre-
topu oy,I froo O., rn,. HINT had Iont M MN
ords no proper accounts. He had concealed
original bills and vouchers for the purpose of
making way with the state money. Hunt,
was on the stand explaining his books and
was subjected to q sharb cross-examination.
It appeared that Hunt had used $500 for
lobbying expenses at Des Moines. "
4 Gen. Boulanger was wounded in the arm
and neck. M. Fioquet's hand was simply
scratched by Gen. Bouladger's sword in the
duel which followed the seenein thechambers.
M. FlOquet's colleagues in the ministry were
overjoyed to see the prime minister return
safely. He was given an ovation. A small
crowd Of Gen. Boulanger's followers were in
garding the details Of the duel it is said that
after the sword encounter, which Ind resulted
in q slight wound on the hand of M. F1oquet,
they both renewed the fighting and Gen.
Bonlanger made o lunge at M. F]oquet' 8 left
breast, only slightly touching the mark.
Uen. DOuihnSef bleV ItceIFeu u WOuiu Ii tue
throat, which put nm end to the encounter.
The duel lasted only four minutes.
Gustave johnson, Of Price county, Wis
Econsin, tied his little. son to @ post with q
chain and beat him nearly to death. In
stead Of releasinGshim after tho fogging he
left him to suffer from his wounds till the
next night, when the little fellow succeeded
in making his escape to the woods, where he
remained for two days without god or shell
ter. He was discovered by AsssWisconsin
Central section crew nearly exhausted with.
hunger. He reported his parents cruelty to
visited johnson. and with O rope proceeded
toseIeyate himtoa tree limb. He begged for
his life and, promising neverto whip the boy
again, was lowered, and aESsrs receiving:
HOgging, was marched 5tO5a railroad water
tank and given asbath. The boy IL now i'm
the cure Of the people Of the settlement.
George Wright, colored, who killed a rival
named Charley Dorsey, in q house of ques-
tionahlea repute at MilWaukee, was given a
life sentence. The Schaefer homicide case re-
suited in q verdict sentencing5Sc haefe ii two
years hard labor in the house at .cnrrection.s
Word has neachada IFFenchbnrg,s Ky, ff Ia d.
Red river ct D trieed thai occurred there.
Harvey Pike was to marry Mira Haskins.
For some weeks O Young man named Ever
hard from Philadelphia has been about the
place, and boarded at Haskins'. He and
Miss Haskins became great friends. Pike be.
came exceedingly jealous Of the stranger.
passed between them will never be- Z -ae
They were found dead, EYerhard .noWn
in the head, Miss Haakins Wiz sIon 9 shot
hor hoad cr1rahnd hv a1.eA tHe DHcK eOt