The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-03

~ S Viva Sh~ aNHs~0 ~~e
had only gone q lew rods whom the boat
capsized and both wsrs drawn into thu
under current and drowned.
Miscellaneous News Notes.
The final arrangements for the purchase
OF the Steward mansion in New York by
the Manhattan club have been made. The
price agreed upon is $500, 000.
The board OF aldermen OF New York
passed over Mayor Hewitt's veto the reso
luton c%urtailing his power in the matter
OF displaying flags on the city hall. This
ia the outcome Of st. Patrick's day row..
The Woman's Presbyterian Board OF
Missions for the Northwest held it's seven.
tenth annual session in Freeport. Ill.,,
with over 200 delegates present, coming
from eight neighboring states and Dakota.
The Democrats Of Garfield, N. j., arr
excited and angry at the TACT that q Re
publican has been appointed postmaster
to succeed G. D. Bogert, a Democrat. The
new man is Joel Horton. a school teacher,
also noted as q prohibitionist.
tional League adopted resolutions thank.
ing Congressman McAdoo, P, A. Collins and
Others for requesting the President not to
nominate Minister Phelps, author Of the
new %extradition treaty, Tor chief justice OF
the supreme court.
The Catholic News at New York received
the following cable dispatch: 1.-THE Vati.
can has issued a decree condemning boy
c~otting and the plan OF campaign. The
decree distinguishes the national mov
ment from these revolutionary means. It
condemns only the latter"
One hundred and fifty men were put to
work"at Superior, Wis.,, breaking ground
for the immense steel and IRON works OF
pany at West Superior. Some 23O men
will be employed to construct these works.
and when completed 800 men or moro will
have steady employment.
The family OF J. {. Waltmeyer residing
in West Hempfield township, Lancaster
county, : Pa, has within the last ten days
lost four children from q malignant ty pc
OF diphtheria. Now the four remaining
children, three we'll grown sons and a
daughter, are dying, and the father and
mother are down with the disease. The
%neighbors are panic stricken.
A spike.nosed sturgeon was taken out OF
Lake Elysian at Elysian, Mimi, that
weighed 1872 pounds. Its length was six
feet and two inches from tip to tip. 1t
measured eight inches thick and sixteen
and q half inches wide. The spike on tho
nose was eighteen inches long and two
inches wide. It was dead when found.
There is no doubt that it is a salt water
fish. The question is how it got into the
lake.
The Democratic congressional commit.
tee OF the fifth district OF Minnesota have
called a district convention to nominate a
congressman. After Is ballots it was de.
cided to hold it early in July at Fergus
Falls, the exact date to be fixed by the
executive committee, which consists OF J.
~Crookston; Henry Keller. Sank Center;
Theo. T. Hudson. Duluth. The basis will be
a delegate for every $50 votes for Ames,
making 2 delegates in convention. The
second congressional convention will meet
at Mankato on the day before the demo.
cratic State convention.
The supreme court at Washington at.
tirmed the decision OF the supreme court o.
Minnesota in the case OF the Minneapolis
q St. Louis railroad against Fred e.. Her.
rick. Herrick was an employe, injured
through the negligence of an engineer. He
received damages under a statute in Min.
nesota, also in force in Iowa, making rail.
road companies liable for injury to EN-.
ployes, through the acts OF an agent OF the
company. Senator Davis, for the com.
pany, contended hal these statutes vic.
lated the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution, in that it showed discrimina
ton in not applying to all persons AND
corporations alike.
Sullivan, the slugger, has returned te
Boston, where he was received with an
ovation and procession. Mrs. John l.
Sullivan, the c~hampanion's legal wife, in
tends to set herself right before the world.
She ia e~ndeavoring to secure q warrant for
the big fellows arrest Immediately on his
arrival, on the charge OF improper rela-
tions with Annie Livingstone. She takes
this step, she says, because John L., while
travelling on two continents during the
past two years, has acknowledged Annie
Livingstone as his wife. She tried to have
the slugger arrested while he was surround
ed by his enthusiastic friends and admir-
ers, but her evidence was not strong
enough.
The Worlds Boston special says that Sui
Ivan went on aspree aboard theCatalonia,
insulted ladies, had fights with the steam.
er's employees, beat Anna Livingston, and
was so violent that the captain threat.
ened to put him in irons. Rev. w. r.
Mantley, n OF the passengers, is given as
authority for the statements. He says
that Sullivan cursed Mrs. Mantley, and
threatened to 'swipe her id brats out
OF existence If she did not keep them out
OF his way. The steward, in defending
himself from an attack, bI oke q soda sy.
phon over Johns head, which pleased the
big fellow so much that he said the stew
ard was the only man aboard. The en-
gineer threatened to turn the hot water
hose on Sullivan, who thereafter let him
alone.