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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Criminal Calendar.

Patrick John Hart is hanged at Helena
for the murder OF John ". Potts.
Warrants for the arrest oft men charg-
ed with assaulting Mrs. Sadie Tibbets OF
Eau Claire are in the hands OF the sheriff:
1t transpired at Philadelphia, that Hen.
ry r.. Rees, the embezzling cashier OF the
Continental hotel, thirteen years ago en-
bezzled about $50. 900 from Charles Me.
gargee & Co., paper manufacturers.
At Liverpool, Harry Perkins, who was
arrested on his arrival from America on
the charge o stealing jewelry from Frede-
rick Cutter OF Boston. was arraigned, plead.
ed not guilty, and was remanded for q
week.
Capt. Ed Went was arrested at st.
Davids, Mich, on h Geographic request OF
with bigamy. He is charged with having
married a woman at Marshalltown while
having a wife living at St. Davids.
At Columbus, Ohio, after serving eight
years in the penitentiary on aliie sentence,
Conrad Rautebach was pardoned by gov
ernor Foraker. The Judge that sentenced
Rautebach, as we'll as the jury and prose.
cutting attorney, now believe than an in.
nocent man was convicted.
At Merchandising, Ind, John Buttery
went to the residence OF his stepmother,
Mrs. NJ. ButCery, Wnen ne 1Ounu FRANK
Moore and his (Buttery's) step-sister Eta
McMullen. He at once opened fire with a
revolver, killing Moore and seriously
wounding Miss McMullen. Buttery then
turned the revolver on himself and sent q
bullet through his head. dying Instantly.
Jack Diiscoll OF Dubuque was sentenced
two years ago to the p~enitentiary for high
way robbery. He secured an appeal to
the supreme court and was released on
bail, his widowed mother furnishing the
requisite bond by mortgaging all the prop
erty. Dliscoll, when released, left the state
and remained in Colorado and Wyoming
until o few days ago, when he returned to
Dubuque. The supreme court affirmed
the decree OF the lower court the other
day, and "a the sher iii was about to board
the train with Kennedy, the wife murderer,
whom he was taking to the penitontiary,
Driscoll appeared, gave himself up and
asked to be taken along to serve out his
sentence. He was accommodated.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Nuggets of Foreign News.

DR.. Bramann at San Reno, successfully
performed the operation of tracheotomy
IN the crown prince. The patient is pro-
crossing well.
At Toronto, the Central bank investi.
CATION revealed the fact that Allan, the
late Cashier, who absconded to tho United
States, owed the bank $40, 900.
A Toronto dispatch says that A. A.
Allan, the ~absconding cashier of the de-
iunct Central bank, is at present in Min
neapolis e"sdeavoring to obtain q situa.
ton.
At Paris M. Wilson has been summoned
to appear before the correctional tribunal
on Feb. 16 to answer charges connected
with the decorating OF M. LIE Grand and M.
Crespin. The examining magistrate has
advised that Wilson be prosecuted in the
police court. H.
A Sioux squaw at Col. Cody's camp in
London, has given birth to q daughter.
This is the first Indian child ever born in
England. The infant has been named
Frances Victoria Alexandra, in honor OF
Mrs. Cleveland, Queen Victoria and the
princess Of Wales. g, /"
Shipping circles are alarmed 40 to the
whereabouts OF the British steamers Dari-
on, Capt. Mckee; Lufra, Capt. Grimstead,
and Algitha, Capt. Barwise. All three,
eachwith q crew OF about twenty-five men,
sailed from Cardiff early in December for
Carthagena to load iron ore for Philadel-
phia. No tidings have since been heard
from them.
Mr.. Gilhooly was arrested in London
and taken to prison on foot, surrounded
by a large crowd. The police were un
able to take the prisoner In a car.
rage owing to the crowd. Many members
OF parliament followed the prisoner and
tried to enter the jail, but were barred out
by the police.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Plans for Yankton Hospital.

The plans for the additional wings OF the
insane hospital were received from Bismarck
Saturday the 18th, and Immediately open.
editor the inspection OF contractors at tho
Yankton Savings bank. Proposals for
bids will be printed in Yankton, Sioux
Falls, Sioux City, Iowa, and st. Paul news.
papers. Bids will be received until March
a, 1888, and at / o'clock OF that day
contracts will awarded. The conditions
OF the contract will require ONT wing to be
ready for occupancy on or before Oct. i,
1888. Persons receiving the contract for
any portion OF the work, but not the
whole, will be required to furnish bonds
equal to two.thirds OF the amount OF the
contract, and any person receiving the
contract for the entire construction will be
required to give bonds in the sum OF $780,
600. The advertising OF proposals. for
bids will begin next week.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
The new German military bill con

The new German military bill con-
templates the appropriation OF $751;
500, 900 marks. Bismarck evidently
does not intend that the Teutonic
power shall fail in the great coming
trial, if it come, for lack of the "sin-
ews of war;" One report recently
stated that the latest projects, if car.
ried out, would add 100000 men to
the army Of the empire. Again let the
United States feel thankful that it is
femote from scenes which require
such an expenditure of money and so
large standing armies in order to pre-
serve peace or ensure the state from
humiliation.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
The interest-bearin debt ofthe Unit

The interest-bearin debt ofthe Unit
ed States, not counting the guaran-
teed Pacific Railroad bonds, for which
the roads are security, is now only
1917, 900 900 in round figures. At
the present rate OF excess of govern.
ment receipts over expenditures the
whole debt would be wiped out in not
much over six years, while the last
$3.50, 600, 600 or so of bonds out.
standing do not mature for twenty
years. This simple statement shows
the size OF the surplus problem pretty
clearly.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
A Democratic Congressional Com
mlttee.

A caucus OF the Democratic members OF
the house was held in Washington to select
representatives on the Democratic con-
gressional committee. It resulted in the
choice OF the following persons:
Alabama, James r.. Jones; Arkansas,
Thomas C. McRae; California, T. L.
Thompson; Connecticut, R.. !. Vance; Della.
ware, j. B. Pennington; Florida, R. H. M.
Davidson; Georgia, T. w. Grimes; Illinois,
r. W. T%ownshend; Indiana, Benjamin F.
shively; Iowa, WI. Hayes; Kentucky. W.P.
Taulbe; Louisiana, M. D. Lagan; Maryland,
Barnes Compton; Michigan, s. o. Fisher;
Mississippi, J. N. Allen; Minnesota, j. L.
Macdonald; Missouri, James N. Burns;
Nebraska, J.. A. McShane; New Hampshire,
L. F. Mckinney; New Jersey, William Nc.
Adoo; New York, l.. s. Bryce; North Cor
kins; South Carolina. Samuel Dibble; Ten
nessee. Benton McMillin; Texas. W. H.
Martin; Virginia, G. D. Wise; West Virginia,
G. E. Hogg; Wisconsin, Thomas R. Hudd;
Arizona, M. A. Smith; Montana, J. X.
Toole; New Mexico, A. Joseph; Utah, J. r.
Caine; Washington Territory, G. s. Voor.
hee3. i" r.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Miscellaneous News Notes.

.'Ai -~|# IE- t8 b.. 60 'e
Dr.. E. Miles Willett, supreme medical ex.
aminer Of the Catholic Knights of America,
died suddenly at his residence in Memphis
OF heart disease. He was aged sixty-one
years.
At Fremont, Ohio, the new Methodist
church was discovered to be on fire and an
hour later all that remained were the four
walls and the belfry.
The announcement telegraphed from
Chicago and published that the old Libby
prison building, Richmond, Va.,swas about
to be sold to W. H.Gray and others Of Chi
cago and removed to and erected in that
city, has created considerable comment.
At Chicago, the throat Of Mrs. Matthias
Busch wal slit from ear to ear by her hus.
band, 4 saloonkeeper. She died i moment
later ut the feet Of the murderer. The
deed was done at their home IN the pres.
ence Of their child and the aunt Of the vic.
tim. The tragedy had it's origin In the GOV.
etousness OF Busch, who had been foiled in
his desire to control $4,000 worth Of real
estate that had been willed his vile by her
father.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

The great progress made by the
Russian Military Railroad in Asia
may he estimated when it is stated
that the first train passed over the
great bridge which has been built
across the Oxus on January IS. The
bridge is e,375 feet long. Gen. Aune-
kof and the Bey OF the district were
passengers in the train. The Russians
are getting very near the gates Of
India.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Shifting the Current.

New York Times: The railroads west OF
the Missouri river seem to be doing their
utmost to kill the California passenger
traffic. Up to Jan. 1 the through travel
was enormous, and there was every indi-
cation that it would continue to
increase until spring. Since the be-
ginning. Of this month, however,
there has been a great diminutio on
in the number of California-bound passen.
gers. Tho cause OF the decline Of patron
age is no doubt to befound in the increased
fares. The price OF the round trip tickets
has been raised from $110 to $l25, and OF
straight" tickets from $S1.75 to $91.75.
This traffic was nourished by cheap rates
and large commissions, but the latter have
also been greatly cnt down. The Florida
lines were quick to note their advantage,
and have reduced their round trip tickets
to $50. and their straight fare to $3.50.
As a consequences there is now a remarka.
bly, heavy flow OF travel to Florida from
points al distant as Chicago and st. Paul.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Record Of Casualties.

Three men were instantly killed by a
dynamite explosion in No. 2 packing house
OF the Hancock Chemical company's dyna.
mite works at Woodside, Mich, where the
great explosion occurred late last fall.
A fire recently at Deerfeld, a tobacco
town on the Northwestern road fifteen
miles east OF Madison, Wis, destroyed the
best part OF the town. The loss and in
surance are as follows: Andrus e. Page,
loss, s. 1000; insurance $4,000. B. E.
Whaling, general store, loss 81, 500; insur.
ance $500; Anderson's flour and feed store,
loss 50, 600; insurance 81, 600; Alexander
Larson, building, $4,000.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Death of an Old Milwaukee Mer
chant.

John Nazro, died in Milwaukee on the
9Th. Mr.. Nazro was sixty-one years OF
age, an old resident OF Milwaukee,, always
active in public affairs, widely known and
universally respected. . He was born ON the
island OF San Domingo, although OF
American parentage. He went to Mil
YANKEE in 1S47 and began his hardware
and iron business. In 1850 he entered in
to partnership with Henry j. .Nazro. In
1860 the firm name was changed to John
Nazro & Co. Under Mr.. Nazro's energetic
management the business attained great
proportions, amounting to 1 1000, OGO a
year. When the panic OF 1874
came he lost everything he had.
For four years following he al
collector OF the port OF Milwaukee,
and for the last few years has run a bucket
shop in Milwaukee as a branch OF one in
Chicago. Mr.. Nazro is survived by his
wife and his three sons, John, Charles and
Robert, all grown up John has OF late
resided at Kansas City and Charles at San
Francisco. Robert has been associated in
business with his father.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Another Dakota Heroine.

When mention was made OF the heroism
OF the various teachers in Dakota during
the late blizzard, Miss, Fanny Rawson of
Brookings, Oak, should have been remem-
bred. Mrs. Rawson vas born and brought
up in Rice county, Mimi, where she re.
ceived a liberal education, and being en-.
dowed with the courage which ia SO com.
mon among the Western girls, she sought
her fortune in Dakota at the age OF eighteen.
When the blizzard swept over that portion
OF Dakota where she had found a home,
she, with fifteen Of her pupils, was compel
led to face tho binding storm or remain
in the school house all night, with but lit
tie fuel and no food. Knowing we'll that
they could not face the elements, she kept
all the school with her and entertained
them az best she could in the darkness OF
the night by relating anecdotes and hold
ing out firmly that all would be well in the
mGe1i same: y bn waf fa aaSS the a next n aaX 0e %ere
all safe.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Il BURGLARS BULLET.
It causes the Death of Amos J.SneiI,
a Three Millionaire Of Chicago.

a Three millionaire OF Chicago.
Amos J.. Smell, q Chicago millionaire was
found murdered Wednesday morning the
9Th inst, his residence, 425 Washington
Boulevard, Chicago. T.
About 2 o'clock in the morning a ser.
want girl heard a noise like q pistol shot
coming from Mr.. SHELLS room, but pnid no
attention to it. Later he was found with
q bullet hole in his left breast and one be.
hind the left ear. Mr.. Smell wac one OF
the largest real estate owners in Chi
cage. owning a great number oil houses
which he rented, and all this business was
transacted in the basement of his own
house, which was fitted up as an Office.
The windows and doors were heavily bar.
ricaded, and there were several large safes
in the rooms in which the millionaire's
business was done. The theory is that a
carefully planned robbery had been arrang.
ed.
The door at the head of the basement
stairs wal skillfully forced, and the men
were in the rontp arlor, when it ia suppos.
ed that Mr.. Smell, who sleeps directly
above this room, heard them. He left his
bedroom, and taking a revolver wentdown
the front stairs. The folding doors leading
into the parlor were shut, BUTT is supposed
that he heard the noise in the room; for he
fred q shot through the door. The burglar
ollCASu tAO uooA blo UA0 hlO ohO
bullet striking the wood work and rebound.
ing hit Mr.. Smell in tho breast. who then
ran back toward the rear of the hall. The
burglars must have followed him and shot
again, for the murdered man was found at
the head OF the basement stairs with a
bullet hole just behind the ear.
The burglars tool a check for $4,000
made by A.. j.. Stone, Mr.. SHELLS son-in.
law, payable to Mr.. Smell, from the iron
box in the office. What else they secured
will probably never be known, as Mr..
Smell was the only one to whom the on.
tents OF his strong box were known. Mr..
Smell had been connected with Chicago's
history for many years. He was born in
Little Falls, N. Y, and came west in 1914,
stopping for q few months in Cincinnati
and then coming to this city. A little lat.
er he went to Milwaukee, returned here in
q year and opened a hotel at Schaumberg.
After a residence OF six years there he re.
moved to Jefferson, and there laid the
foundation OF the fortune which at his
death amounted to about SO, 900, 600.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Preservation Of Timber Lands.

Assistant Secretary Muldrow has sent
to the senate. in reply to an inquiry, q let.
ter suggesting certain legislation in refer
ence to the preservation OF timber lands.
He says: As a preliminary step, it is rec
commended that all public lands which are
timbered or sustain forest growths, at
or in the vicinity OF the head
waters or sources OF prominent
streams, be at once withdrawn from sale
or occupancy to which they are incident
under existing laws, and that such with
drawn lands be placed under the control Of
a forestry division, to be organized in the
general land Office OF the interior depart.
ment, to be retained as wood land reserv es
for the renewal OF forest on the public do
main by replanting Of denuded tracts
when necessary. Prior to the location OF
withdrawn lands, every person undertake
ing to enter or file upon public lands
shall, before the acceptance OF his
application or the issue to him OF
a receipt from the local land office. make
satisfactory proof at such Office that the
land so applied for is not timber land as
herein described. and file with his applica.
tion an affidavit to that effect corroborat.
ing the testimony Of two witnesses who
have personal knowledge OF the land in
question as to its actual character and To-
cation. 1t is suggested that timber cut
ting be carried on under licenses to be
granted by the department.. The telling
or destruction OF the timber on the pro.
posed reservations or the transportation,
purchase or possession OF the timber is to
be made a misdemeanor punishable by fine
or imprisonment.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Total gross earnings tax

Total gross earnings tax. ...... .$l94 246 20
One-half of the gross earnings. tax OF the
Northern Pacific has not been paid, owing to
litigation, which is the result of a contro-
versy as to whether or not the company's
lands can be taxed. The Northern Pacific
representatives state that the company Is
willing to pay q tax either on its gross earn
ings, or on its land, but not on both. The
total number Of miles run BY trains in Da-
~, 1893, Ali. During 1887 the total tonnage
of grain was $685. 34, OF which Dakota
had 100, 521. In the construction of its
extension through Northwestern Dakota and
into Montana the Manitoba eclipsed
all previous efforts at track laying,
and opened up one Of the richest agricultu-
raj districts of the territory to the settler
and homeseeker. Another advance step is
that taken by the Northern Pacific in giving
the public O through fast train between Sc
Paul and the coast, and thus shortening the
the time Of its local passenger train. The
Chicago. Milwaukee d St Paul is reaching
for unoccupied territory; the Chicago &
Northwestern is doing likewise and the Min
neapolis g. Pacific haa started for the Mis-
souri, valley in q manner that is encouraging
to the settlers along that stream.
SOME
Dakota has more miles OF COMPLETED rail-
road than either California, Tennessee, Vir-
gina, North Carolina, Colorado, Arkansas,
Alabama or Georgia; twice as many miles as
either Massachusetts,, South Carolina, Flori-
da, New Jersey, Mississippi or Kentucky;
and more than three times as many miles OF
railway as either Maine, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, Louisiana or Oregon. As nearly all
the roads Of the territory are com paratively
new. the bridges and trestles are strong and
untmpaired. On the Northern Pacific and
Manitoba roads there has been reduction OF
about 20 per cent on freight rates; on pass
a,,npnps tho r0foA hos hoovV r.oHY1Qo6 fp0ur Gun
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

In 1882 Frank R. Luckey was
graduated from Cornell University.
He became ar actor and for two or
three years chung to the stage. Finally
he decided to enter the ministry and
became a student in the Yale Theo-
logical School. He has just been call
ed to q pulpit in New Haven.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
DAKOTA

The Electrical Review says that the
lightning rod is a relic OF superstition,
and that the day will come when a
lightning rod on a house will be re-
gardedin the same light as a horseshoe
over q door.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
Miles O Miles of
Total. ZIG

Three hundred and one miles of road were
graded in the territory and will be ironed
next year. The gross earnings Of all the
roads doing business in Dakota the past year
was $S5. 127, 4S3, their operating expenses
and taxes, $49, 663. O19, leaving as their net
earnings, $35,464,464. The following table
shows the amount of taxes paid into Da-
kota's treasury by the various roads under
the agross earnings tax law" for the year
opdjnor Jr1no 20 1897.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

ant postmaster general.
Patrick O. Brien, M. p, has been SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment by
q Klkenney court Tor melting tenants not
to pay rent. ~.
The marquis OF Lansdowne, governor
general Of Canada, will succeed the earl Of
Dufferin as governor of India at the end OF
the present year, Lord Dufferin desiring.
for private reasons, to return home. Lord
Stanley OF Preston will be Lord Lans.
downe's successor.
Charles Tierson, living near Hamburg,
Iowa, found two men stealing his hogs.
Tierson had a revolver and shot gun with
him and unloaded both barr els oil the gun
into one OF the thieves man named Holt,
killing him Instantly. With his revolver he
pie, twice, inficting wounds from which he
has since died. The two men are found to
have belonged to o gang Of thieves which
has been systematically robbing hog pens
The Illinois catholic diocese has been di.
vided into two districts, the line running
east and west across the state on the line
dividing ST. Clair and Madison counties.
The seat OF the new or Southern diocese
will be at Belleville.s Bishops for both do.
ceses have been appointed, but only the
one for the Alton diocese has been an
nounced. Ee is Rev. Father James Ryan,
priest OF st. Columbkiils church at Ottawa,
Spalding is the head. This il the.first En-.
glish bishop ever appointed in this dio.
cese. # sss
October last the interatate commission
sent circular letter TO the railroads q
the country which come within the pro.
visions OF the Interstate net,
asking them Tor information Al TO their
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-02
TIT WAS sHREWDLY DONE.
More About the Kidding of a N0tOri
 Ous G amDltng Den.

More About the Raiding of NOtOri-
 0us G amDltng Den.
 One of the most successful raids ever made in this city was that made at Charlie Chase's place in the Lamar block Wednesday night Those captured, Chase, John Coughlin, Isaac Hartenstein, Louis Dobel. George Rog- CTS and Edward Hutchinson, yesterday in the City court had their cases continued one week. The last two are strangers. The gambling outfit captured is the most rich and complete that Chief Bollman ever saw. The police have long been aware of the ex- istence of this gambling place, but evidence enough could not be secured to convict the as the doors were always closely guarded. But luck came In the person of Sam A. Smith of 72S Broadway, who gam bled in Chase's place and found himself here without cent. He "sqnealed." He in- formed Chief Bcllman, and it was arranged that the next night Smith would present himself at the door as usual, and when ad- mitted hold the door open so that the officers, who were in citizens dress and led by Ser geant Driscoll, could enter. The plan worked we'll. An examination of the door proved how futile would have been any at- tempt to force the door or surprise the par- ties. The room is in the arch over Gregson alley and the door, which is bound in iron and strengthened by bars on the inside, opens outward at the head of flight of stairs and commands 8 view of every ap- proach. It is provided with the regulation peep-holes and is calculated to do perfect service. The gamblers are represented by sx-Jud0e Blydenburgh.