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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
Hints About BatcherinS.

If the hogs to be slaughtered are
led with in twelve hours Of their
killing, the food is wasted, the meat
will be more disposed to sour, and il
will be more difficult to remove the
distended intestines and take from
them the lard. Nor is IL well to- al
low the swine to drink on the mornine
of the day they are killed. Hogs
cannot be killed to quickly. The
more rapidly they are killed, and the
blood'got out Of them the better. "A
well directed blow on the head, be-
tween and just in front Of the ears,
will make the animal unconscious;
but the chances for q mis-stroke are
SO many, and as the stroke makes
unfit for use considerable meat, this
method Of killing cannot be recon,
mended. The use of thesshot-gun is
no better. The rife is the weapon to
use-a ball on q line from the base o1
the ear to the opposite eye produces
instant death and does not cause
the waste Of any meat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
Personal Talk.

William Brand, travelling man for Neubau
er Brothers, whole ale clothier of Milwaukee;
died at Wells. Mimi, from an overdose O
morphine. He was in the habit of taking it
and while sick took it without the knowledge
Of his attendant. His wife livesin Milwaukee.
He was q member of the order of Odd Eel
lows. 1t is not thought that he intended to
commit suicide.
When the eccentric old bachelor, Luther
James, died at Ann Arbor, Mich, three
months age, he left about $25O,OOO to his
nephew. J, L.. Babcock of Chicago on the con-
dition that the latter should marry within
five years: Babcock is settling up the estate,
and his life is made miserable by the number
of letters received from young women who
are anxious for love and fortune. From the
newspaper accounts sent out of the singular
bequest, it came to be believed that Babcock
is o young man, when the fact is that he is
past middle life. He has received offers OF
marriage from ladies in Chicago, Detroit,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Rich.
mond. Cincinnati, New Orleans and hundreds
of smaller towns. His mail is growing daily,
and he is almost persuaded to forfeit the for
tune.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
A Minnesota Jury Disagrees.

The jury in the case Of William Rose.
charged with the murder of Moses Luffkins.
was discharged at Redwood Falls, Mimi.
after being out about sixty hours. They
were unable to agree on o verdict. Some
startling revelations were made during The
trial. The story of the fend which led up to
the murder rivals anything to be found in
the history Of the Tennessee mountains.
Both Rose and Luffkins are natives Of the
malaria belt of Indians, where White Caps
grow and flourish and lawlessness is law.
They anne to Southwestern Minnesota ten
years g and settled on adjoining farms.
I COWS got into Roses corn one day.
and the bitterness e~ngendered by this trivial
circumstance grew and bloomed into hatred
that stopped at nothing, not even at.t as.
sassination. In the trial an Internal machine
was introduced to prove enmity on the part
OF the defendant, William Rose: The machine
consists Of Q can OF powder with chunks
with wire. This machine was exploded
in the rear of Luffkins' house an
the night of June %, 1887, while the Luff.
klns were asleep, but the explosion was pre-.
mature and no n was injured. Grace Luff.
kins, daughter Of the murdered man. testified
70 having recognized the voice Of William
hose calling to some one and running away
Immediately after the explosion. The Luf.
k!ns found several torches composed ofstripa
OF calico and other cloth soaked in Kerosene
that had been fired and placed against Inf.
kins' house at the a n time, and a inc con.
tanning kerosene had been thrown throngh
the window and broken, saturating Luffkins'
Kitchen floor with kerosene to make the work
OF the IRE surer: On Jan. 80 succeeding thu
attempt to fire the house, William Rose was
arrested on the complaint OF Luffkins, Rose
got even by swearing out warrants charging
Luffkips with incest with his own ~daughfers'
Both cases were Investigated by the grand
jury Of Murray county which refused to credit
any of the witnesses.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
MurderOus BURGLARS.

George Burggraf, who runs O meat market
on the outskirts of Chicago, and resides in
the rear, vas awakened early one morning
by Q slight noise, and as he raised his
head W men opened the door between
the shop and his room and entered.
jumping up, he seized the man nearest
him. The other ran to the counter in
the shop. picked up the two cleavers, and re.
turned to the aid of his companion. Burg.
graf was struck on the head with one of the
cleavers, and the scalp laid open for six
inches. The blow loored him. By the time
he regained his feet the second man had
time enough to hand one of the cleaners 10
his partners and both burglars attacked him,
The tight was SO hot that one of the men
thought best to get out. Burggraf grappled
with the remaining burglar. They fought all
over the place, the butcher managing to
keep hold on the mans right arm and pre-
vented further use Of the cleaver. The racket
aroused the other members of the family, and
the wife, who is an invalid, responded to the
call, together with her mother and sister.
The burglar hit the fingers of the women and
the keen edge of the cleaver lacerated them.
He was finally o~verpowered and tied with
rope. Then Mrs. Burggraf tainted. Burg.
gratis mother-in-law had the left cheek laid
open by a stab from the cleaver, exposing
the teeth and jaw bone, and the sister-inlaW
had the thumb of her right hand bitten to
the bon This wound was cauterized. DR..
Brand said that Bruggraf's wounds would
not cause him much truble if inflammation did
not set in, and that the others were not
badly hurt. Mrs. Burggraf's condition was
critical.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
News Generalities.

Despite the storm which prevailed in New
York City, on Sunday, Nov. 25, the little
band of veterans of 1912 gathered ut the
block in Central Park and went through
their annual ceremony of raising the Ameri-
can flag in celebration of the evacuation of
New York by the British troops los years
ago..
On Oct. 13 a registered letter was sent from
the Glasston p~ostofice to st. Thomas, Da-
kota, containing 500 in money addressed
to the Bank at st. Thomas. The letter was
received by the postmaster here, the mail
sack being emptied on q table in his Office.
The mail for the North lay in u pile next
thereto. Dan OConnor, assistant postmast-
er hastily filed a mail sack with this north
bound mail, and by mistake tied up this reg
istered letter with the other mail. 1t is
charged that M. C. Wright, a postal clerk,
received this letter and has not rectifed the
error, but has appropriated the money to
his use. The defendant was arrested by
Deputy Marshall Shattuck, of Fargo, and
brought before the commissioner, and gave
bonds for his appearance Dec. l.
The fve-year-old son ofSam w. Tallmadge,
the we'll known wheat broker of Milwaukee.
surprised his parents by coughing up a steel
staple which he let slip dow his windpipe
three months ago. TIL staple is about three
quarters of IN inch in width. 1t didn't have
any bad effect upon him except to produce
at times vlolent tits of coughing. Mr.. Tall.
madge was advisedby his physician to lift the
boy up by his feet when he was taken with q
coughing fit and thus facilitate the exit O fthe
staple. The boy was seized with a hard
coughing spell and his father lifted him up by
his feet. In a few seconds the little fellow ex-
claimed "1've got it," and produced the sta
pie. The boy is vigorous, healthy and mp
pears to be none the worse for his expert
ments. Physicians say that had the piece Of
iron not been removed it would eventually
have caused death.
Now that the work of the convention OF
the Knights of Labor is practically over,
opinions are frequently heard as to the out
come. AS has been apparent all through
the past two weeks, the administration was
strong on the floor of the convention, and
what General Master Workman Powderly
has requested has almost invariably been
granted by the convention. The outcome OF
this convention will consequently be the out
come of Powderly's policy. Mr.. Powderly
responded to a reporters questions by stating
that he was entirely satisfied with the gener.
al outcome of the convention, and continued:
/ regret only one thing, and that is that
am again placed at the head of the order.
Personally l am sorry for it, and l honestly
did not expect it. l might have stepped into
a better thing. A position had been offered
me which meal more money and less work
In fact, the papers were drawn up and about
ready to be signed by which I would have
received $4,000 in about three months
work.. =,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
From Foreign Lands,

A private person near Nottingham, En-
gland has received q letter signed "Jack, the
Ripper's Pa" stating that the Whitechapel
murders were committed by himself and the
person calling himself 'Jack the Ripper"
Jack, the writer says. is q Bavarian, whom
he first met on board q ship while returning
to England from America, and who exercised
mesmeric influence over him leading him to
join him in the murder.
In relation to the Haytian Republic mat
ter, from a chat with one of the officers Of
the steamer Boston, it seems that the Hay
tian Republic was captured while coming out
Of the harbor of st. Marc for trying to raise
the blockade, by the Haytian man-of.war
had several interviews and interceded with
the president of Hayti, who refused to re.
lease the steamer, and the matter was refer
red to the secretary Of state at Washington
for final action.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
Queer Motive for Suicide.

Harry Gilbert, q wealthy ranchman living
west OF Wichita, Kansas, committed suicide
by drowning. He had just returned from his
bridal tour, having been married six weeks
ago to Miss May Randall, of New York. He
left q note saying she would be betetr off with.
out him. He leaves an estate worth half a
million. Gilbert was about forty-one
years of age, and came from Hartford,
Conn. He purchased several thousand
acres, and was considered one of the leading
cattlemen of that section, taking unusual
interest in all meetings of the Cattlemen's
association. The day before the suicide he
seemed in unusually good spirits and made
q number o flarge purchases. As soon as his
wife saw the note she Immediately gave the
alarm. His body was found, but oil efforts
at resusitation proved of no avail. His
wife is a sister of Mrs. Eugene Butler OF
Wichita and was a most beautiful and accom-
plished woman. Gilbert met her three years
ago. She was visiting, and he became deeply
attached to her. He stated O year ago that
he intended to give up his bachelor life and
to marry a woman to whom he would leave
all his property for her to enjoy. He was Of
q retiring, timid nature, and the superstition
is that after his marriage he imagined that
he was too rough and uncouth for SO culti-
waited a wife, and while brooding over this
imagined want of refinement he took his life,
and thus carried out his threats to leave to
the woman he loved all his fortune for her to
enjoy.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
Murdered Policeman.

John Gainor, shot and killed Policeman Sam
Hamilton at LIE Mars, Iowa. ~Itappears that
Gainor, with q number Of other young men,
were creating quite a disturbance on
Main street. Hamilton requested them
to disperse, but his advice was re-
ceived with derisive shouts and abusive
language. Words grew to blows, when the
officer drew q billy and struck several Of his
assailants. Another officer cam up, but was
knocked into the gutter. and Hamilton was
obliged to beat q retreat When t~wenty-hye
feet away from the mob he halted, and
Gainor walked up and deliberately shot
him when only eight feet away. The unfor-
tunate man, although mortally wounded,
managed to get away about q hundred feet
and then dropped dead. One kof them, not
thinking he was dead, q up to him with
q beer bottle for the purpose Of deliv.
ering another blow, but found him lifeless.
They all fed in different directions. The
Police arrested six of the crowd and lodged
them in Jail as accessories. Gainor was ar
rested in bed two hours afterward by the
sheriff. All the parties arrested we're intoxi-
Gated. Opinion is divided as to the tragedy,
and at first some talk Of lynching w~asindulg-
ed in, but more conservative counsel prevail
ed. Autopsy disclosed the fact that. the bull
let passed through the heart. The murdered
man was married. The widow is p~rostrated
and her life is despaired of
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

The election Of officers took up the timeofthe
Knights Of Labor general assembly at Indian.
apolis. This was the order ofbnsinessa a nnounc.
ed at the opening Of the morning sess ion and
nominations were ut once called for. Daniel j.
Campbell Of Scranton, Pc, nominated 4. ".
Powderly for reelection; Victor Drury ofD.
A.. 40. placed the name of Martin Hanley OF
New Jersey before the convention, and an ex-
delegate named Birch from Ohio. "A great
many seconds to the nominations followed,
and q vote resulted: Powderly, ia, Hanley
II, Birch 1. For general worthy fore
man Morris L. Wheat of Iowa and Henry
A.. Beckmeyer Of New Jersey were nominated.
The vote stood: Wheat "a, Beckmeyer Sc.
AS candidates for general OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
three candidates were presented. George
Duncan of Richmond, Va, named Frederick
Turner OF Philadelphia, present treasurer,
Powderly took the floor and nominated
John W. Hayes of New Jersey, present secre-
tary, and W. q. F. Price Of New York
presented this nam Of Mrs. A. p. Stevens
ofToledo, Ohio. Before o vote was taken
q motion for recess was carried. When the
convention reassembled balloting was pro-
ceeded with, resulting. Hayes, S3; Turner,
SO: Mrs. Stevens, B. Powderly having prac.
tically requested the election OF Hayes,
the result is a Powderly victory. When
Powderly got through with hi disseminating
speech, Turner read q letter sent to him by
the general master workman, in which he
expressed the hope that he (Turner) would
again be a candidate and would be elected.
Mr.. Powderly explained that the letter was
written before the combination of the two
offices had been suggested. Mrs. A.. P.
Stevens presented the name of Mrs. L.. M.
Barry as director and investigator of wom-
ans work, and she was reelected by acclama-
ton. General Master Workman Powderly
was chosen to represent the order at the
Paris exposition.
After his reelection to Office, Mr.. Powderly
took the floor and stated that although his
salary had been left at $5 900; he would ac-
cept only $4,000, and at the end of his term
the order could do what they pleased with
the balance.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

I doesn't pay to write letters. No
body knows this better than Lord
Sackyile, the British Minister who
recently got his walking papers from
this government, and Judge Denny,
who has just lost a fat job as legal
adviser Of the King ofCorea at q sal
ary Of $1S,O 900 ayear. Judge Denny
sent a letter to United States Senator
Mitchell, finding fault with the Vice
roy of China. The letter was pub
lished and found it's way to China,
and now Judge Denny will come back
to America.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

A Montreal boy waited with bated
breath while the doctors relieved him
Of O fish hook he had swallowed lille
eating apop-corn ball. The Montreal
Witness says the lads father bought
three balls, and found in each one Of
the hooks; (which are placed there,
it is said, as a surprise for the con
sumer." These hooks should make
it easy to catch the manufacturer,
and he shouldn't be surprised, in that
event, if he should be landed in the
penitentiary.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
Northern Pacific Railroad Suits.

The railroad company seeks to enjoin the
collection of tax for the year 1887 on their
lands in the original grant and in the indem.
nifty bill. Dakota territory claims that the
lands were taxable, and entering earnings
OF the road also under the gross earnings
law. The supreme court of the territory
held as to earnings tax that only those
earnings could be taxed which were for
traffic beginning and ending within the terri.
tory, only local traffic. As to the land tax
the court expressed ne opinion. After the
decision of the supreme court the railroad
company offered to pay the amount Of gross
earnings tax originally demanded if the
the lands. The counties along the line where
most of the railroad lands had been sold. ana
which would consequently get more out Of
the gross earnings tax than the land tax,
which contain more unsold railroad lands
but do not share In the benefits of the gross
earnings tax, refused to let the land tax 90.
The company being unable to settle with all
Of the counties on the basis proposed ut the
recent Bismarck conference, has settled with
none, but has brought suit against all the
county treasurers along its line to stop the
sale of itss lands for taxes. Several counties
are actively fighting the case. The matter
involves the taxes of 1888 az well as those
Of 1887, and the amount of the tag
depending o n the result is probably
not less than the case is nov
IN trial at jamestown, Dakota.
Another interesting case is thus stated.
In the case of A. III. .Glaspel VS.. the Northern
Pacific. Railroad company the jury rendered
q verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $12,.
545.43. The case is Of interest to- all pur,
chasers of railroad lands. "A. II. Glaspell OF
Chicago in 1883 purchased some 1900 acres
of Northern Pacific lands in Wells county.
The sale was effected, it Wasclnimed, through
the company's localtagenta at jamestown
and upon their representations of the char.
acter of the land. The sale was made in
winter time and no personal examination
was made by the plaintiff. The lands proved
to be valueless exception grazing. The'plain.
tiff sued for what the lands would now be
worth if they had been as represented, OF
$4,000. The railroad company resisted
the claim, alleging that the local agenta
have no authoritySto sell or give title to thu
companyis lands; that all such acts are done
in the st. Paul Office by regularly appointed
officials; that agentsas powers are limited Ito
the exhibition at the lands and fnrnishina
such information an b COMPANY may NOT
have at headquarters, and that such nom
liability 10 stipulated in all contracts Of sale.
The loud will appeal to The supreme court
This is said to be the hrst case OF the kind
that has occurred with Northern Pacific liz
ell it's thousands OF land sales made from
Superior to Portland, and attorneys say
will establish animportant precedent. Tho
trial occupied nearly q week and was stub
borniy contested throughout. Dyer 400 e1
on which to base an appeal wert
fled by the eeisndsntt.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
Nearly all the coachmen of Philadel-

Nearly all the coachmen of Philadel-
phia have a peculiar disgruntled ex-
preston on their faces. The case of
this is that their m~istresses, bowling
to the dictates of fashion, will not
allow them to wear mustaches. The
average coachman is very proud of
this hirsute adornment, and it goes
rather hard with him to part with it.
One coachman offered to work for
IS less per month if allowed to re.
tain his mustache.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

At last q burglar has been found
under a bed. A woman found him.
Thus is the labor of the sex for 500
years rewarded. The event occurred
in Omaha, and the fame of the city
is assured. The bed with an actual
burglar under it is bound to thunder
down the age g.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06
PITH OF The NEWS.
The Very Latest Associated Press Tele-
grams Greatly Condensed.
About Washington.

Capt Zalinski, theinventor al the pneumatic
dynamite gun, was in consultation with the
shief Of ordinance and the chief of engineers at
Washington, respecting the procurement of
pneumatic dynamite guns for coast defense.
The current army appropriation bill author
Ices the expenditure Of $4,000 in the pur-
cheese Of these weapons, and the department
will issue advertisements for proposals. for
supplying the guns. Undoubtedly o number
Of them will be mounted upon the shores of
New York harbor.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

An ingenious inventor has devised
q new screw-half nail and half screw
two blows of the hammer, two turns
of the screw driver, and it is in. Its
holding power in white pine is said to
be 332 pounds, against 298 pounds,
the Holding power of the present
screw.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

DR.. Marie Haslep, who went from
Indianapolis, Ind, last spring, as
medical missionary to China, writes
home that she does no shopping in
Wuchang, as it would be dangerous
even to ride in an open chair on some
Of the streets. She never walks I'M
accompanied, even on the private
streets.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

1T was when the late Prof. Proctor
was an English school examiner that
a little girl defined the differen &c
between q man and a brute as fol-
lows: "A brute is animperfect beast;
man is a perfect beast"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

Sunflowers are used in Wyoming
Territory for fuel. The stalks, when
dry, are as hard as maple wood, and
make a hot fire, and the seedheads
with the seed in are said to burn bet
ter than hard coal. An Lore of sun
flowers will furnish fuel for one stove
for a wear.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

Word comes from Wheeling, West
Virginia, that's live bat has been
found there imbedded in solid rock
in a crevice just big enoughto contain
it and utterly shut away from the
outside world.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-06

Texas papers claim to have a man
in that State who is lis years old.
A man who stood it lis years in
Texas ought not to be afraid to die
and go to-any place to which he
may be sent. e..