The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-19

Governor, Royal =. TAFT; lieutenant gov.
'ernor, Enos Lapham; secretary OF state,
Samuel L. Gross; attorney general, Gen.
Horatio Rogers; treasurer, Samuel Clark.
Wilhelm Meissel, section officer OF the
steamship Vera, Of the North German
Lloyd, has invented an oil rocket that
throws oil over q very large area. lie
claims that by the use Of this vessels can
sail safely in the most tempestuous wealth
er, the oil calming the most dangerous sea.
John A. Logan, Jr., has had a hearing at
Newcastle, Pa. on the charge OF shooting
Angelo Nocerio, an Italian. with intent to
kill during the riot at Carbon quarries. A
large number OF witnesses were examined,
Alderman Leslie decided that Logan was
obeying an order from the sheriff and he
was discharged.
The amnesty decree for Alsace Lorraine
is published in Strasburg, together will
the ministerial rescr'pt relating to the de
cree. 1t is q duplicate OF the amnesty
proclamation recently issued in Prussia,
and also the pardon OF persons
playing seditious emblems or %infringin:
French press laws still in force.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers is growing in numbers,
and at the next meeting of the national
convention between 80 and 40 new lodges
will be represented. Heretofore none bat
skilled %workrmen were eligible to member.
ship, but after the last convention it was
decided to admit Others.
General Master Workman Powderly has
written a letter to the Knights OF La
Dor throughout the country in regard to
hours OF labor. He advises the Knights
to discuss the eight hour plan dispassion.
ately with their employers. He says that
m i'm mediate ch0ppn cannot ho ipniofo1
on. but that q practical plan should be
perfected.
The house committee on military affairs
instructed Mr.. Ford to report favorably
the senate bill increasing the number OF
officers which may be detailed from the
army as instructors at academies, ~agricul.
tural and other colleges and universities,
from forty to fifty. This bill is the out.
growth OF the continued agitation made
by the governor and other sta to officers OF
Minnesota TO secure from the secretary OF
war u detail for tho Minnesota State Uni.
We rsity.
Chief Arthur has returned to Chicago
from Cleveland. He held a conference with
Chief Sargent and Chairman Hoge. He
said after the conference that the attitude
OF the strikers was unchanged. The exact
date when the brakemen employed on the
Burlington railroad are to strike has not
w 81 uOCVL llluCd ~ IL DOL OQu Why
will 90 out very shortly, unless some ar.
rangement is made between the company
and the striking engineers.
The statement is published in San
Francisco that the Oceanic Steamship
Company (Spreckel's line) has signed
a contract by the term ofwhich it becomes
the representative OF the Canadian Pacific
railroad in San Francisco. 1t is claimed
that the contract is one OF unusual signifi-
no ~ ~ ~ trI he ~ n - n 80 -
osition the Canadian Pacific line OF
steamships now plying between Vancouver
and Hong Kong will make San Francisco
their terminal point.
Miss Nina Alcan. the young lady who
created II sensation by leaving q good
home in Beloit, Wis.,, to unite with the
Salvation Army, has returned from New
York. where she has been spending five
months in the headquarters training
school. She says she has given up her
labor with the Army for the reason that
she feels that she has filled her mission in
that direction. She says her sacrifices
nave more than been compensated for in
her observations while with the army, and
she is a spiritually stronger woman be.
cause OF her stay with it. She was not
elevated to a high office. rs has been re-
ported, but devoted herself to the work at
the training school.
Dependent Pension Bill.
The House committee on invalid PEN
sions, took final action upon the senate
bill known rs the dependent pension bill.
Some verbal amendments were made to the
first section relating to the claims OF de-
pendent parents. but none Of them mate
rally changed the effect OF the section. A
substitute was adopted for the second
section which is the principal sec.
ton OF the bill. The su bstitute pro-
vides a pension for all persons who
have served in the military or naval ser.
vice OF the United States for any period,
and who have been honorably discharged
and who are now or who may hereafter
be suffering from mental or physical
disability, not the result OF their own vi.
cious habits, which totally disables them
from the performance OF manual labor, at
the rate per month of cent for every days
war service. 1t further provides the same
pension for all persons who are 60 years
OF age, or who may hereafter become 60
years OF age for and during their natural
lives. Section 3 was amended 30 Us to
provide that when the widow of any per.
son who had served in the war and been
honorably discharged. was in a condition
OF dependence or is suffering from di stability
recognized by the general pension laws, or is
GO years of age, she shall be placed upon
the pension roll at the rate per month of
l cent for every days war service of her
husband. The fourth section was amend.
ed SO as to make the attorneys fees for
claims filed under the bill SIS instead OF
$40: The element OF dependency placed
in the Grand Army bill by the Senate was
eliminated, so that all soldiers are to be
pensioned for their services equally with.
out regard to their financial condition and
according to their per diem idea. The
amendments were adopted by a strict
party vote. The Republicans favored the
provisions OF the Senate; SO that the
bill may be regarded as embodying the
Democratic policy in the matter ofpension
legislation.
Pope and President,
Pope Leo has sent a letter of the most
cordial character to President Cleveland,
thanking him for the present OF a copy OF
the constitution Of the United Sta tes, sent
by Mr.. Cleveland to the pontiff On the oc.
casion OF the latter's sacerdotal jubilee
last January. The communication was