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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
southerners after Che.p Money.

Clayton King, of Opelika, Ala, was in Ne
ark, N. j., and, in fact, is there yet, detained
at police headquarters. Mr.. King, who is a
small, dark complexioned man, with stray
Cling black beard, restless dark eyes and q
broad-brimmed black hat, arrived North
who offered to sell him $40 in green
backs, which, they said, had leaked
out of the engraving department at Wash
ington, for one good dollar, which
had not leaked out, but had come out in a
legitimate manner. Mr.. King said when az
rested chat it was not SO much the offer of
cheap money that tempted him as it was the
offer that these good, kind gentlemen made
to give him 81, 200 in gold if he was not
satisfied with the way they did business.
81 was after that $1,000" he said. I
YAM gwine to be satisfied. I didn't want
any counterfeit money"
Mr.. Clayton King had with him aSouthern
friend named Henry Judson Skipper. He
had also $3.50 in good money and several
plugs of hard tobacco. The tobacco and the
money were wrapped up in green and white
striped paper, and the packages appeared
identical from an external point of view. He
had also a ferociouslooking revolver
loaded with heavy cartridges. Skipper
had six $50 gold pieces and IS in loose
Charles Mcdonald, of Jersey city. Mr.. Nc
Donald was the benevolent gentleman who
was to provide them with cheap money, sur
reptitiously procured from the treasury. At
Washington they cent q telegram informing
Mr.. Mcdonald that they would be in the city
at 1890 and Mr.. Mcdonald was watt
ing for them ut the Pennsylvania depot
in Jersey City. The meeting was observed
by the detective employed by the railroad
and the police notified, At the Park
House the detectives swooped down upon
the party and 0 the trio to police head
quarters. Mcdonald was found to be provided
with Autograph letters Offering green goods
and other material used in confidence opera
tions of the kind. The police think thai
King and Skipper came determined to beat
the confidence men at thier own game and
carry the good money off at the point of the
pistol. McDonald's confederate escaped.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

Silver coins on the beach adjoining Ill farn
opposite The atimrner resort. Westport, nr.
rived nt i1s acme In ohnston With his wealth.
10 denies that bis grandfather ever had any.
thing to DO with pirates Or that his
father ever told him OF the buried treas.
ure. He said that two years ago he
became possessor ofa piece Of parchment
that apparently had served AZ o drum head
and which had been convertedinto a chart
purporting to describe the location OF three
lots Of buried gold, oliver and other valna-
bles cached by q pirate many years ago.
The lines were drawn as though with O sharp
ened stick. On tho chart were three points
designating the burial places of the wealth.
When this parchment was found, Eddy was
confident it was O valuable document. He
determined that no one should know Of his
plans, and without imparting o hint of what
he was about, he began operations Mt the
place indicated. His labors during the sum-
mer OF 1887 were not rewarded, but
during the past summer he con.
tinued his labors. He proceeded
cautiously and patiently, and worked his
way in the course directed, and at last made
the discovery. He declares it viii be an easy
matter to find the balance Of the wealth.
One of the two discovered treasures is stated
in the chart to be gold coin, and the other
diamonds or jewelry. The unearthed treas
ure, Mr.. Eddy says. will stay where it is until
he gets ready to secure it. The dates on the
silver range from 1881 to 1851, showing
that it in not a part of Capt. Kids long
sought treasure. Mr.. Eddy will not tell his
theory. but says it is a pirate treasure.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

Of the participants ssossvsd sevsts bruises,
and the riot might have resulted more ssr!.
ously had not The yardmAassr intsrtsssd and
ordered the men back to their engines. The
police were asnt for. but when . large body
Of the officers arrived order had been re.
stored and the blockade raised.
Nanticoke, Pa, was the scene Of q roman
tic tragedy. Jos. Grasch, o young Hnngari-
an, had been paying attention to q Polish
girl named Pika. The married brothers OF
tie girl, John and Joseph Pika, opposed
Grasch's suit and the young couple planned
an elopement. At l O'Clock one morning
Grasch came to the house and. raising q
ladder to the window Of the room occupied
by the young lady, was assisting her to
descend when they were discovered by the
brothers. One OF the brothers seized and
held Grasch while the other struck him sew
eral blows with an axe mangling him in a
horrible manner. Grasch's ribs were broken
and one of his ears cut of, as were several
of his fingers. His body and limbs received
terrible cuts. His death il momentarily ex.
pected. The two men escaped but were sub
s~equently captured and placed in jail.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
Whalers to bs Rescued.

Washington authorities received q long
telegram from San Francisco, signed BY
Senator Hearst and others, informing them
of the perilous situation ofthe crews 81 about
q dozen Whalers, supposed to have been
wrecked near Herald Island, in the Arctic
ocean, and asking that arevenue steamer be
sent at once to their assistance. There are
said to be nearly 500 men in the party,
n they are in 10 condition to with
stand the rigors Of an Arctic winter.
revenue steamer Bear IL desired for the
purpose of sending them provisions and
clothing, without which, it is said, they will
perish Of hunger and cold. Acting Secretary
Thompson visited the White house, and laid
the matter before the president, saying that
there il no vessel now in the revenue service
in fit condition for q winter cruise in the Arc
tic. The steamer Bear, watts Francisco,
which was suggested for the expedition,
would require extensive repairs, and Mr..
Thompson added that. there lie no appro-
priation which can be utilized for this
expense. The president said that the
case was q serious one, and required
prompt action. He thereupon sent for
Commodore Harmony, acting secretary 81
the navy, and instructed him tt take im-
mediate steps for the relief OF the whalers.
Commodore Harmony promised to do 10,
and said he would endeavor to communicate
With Commander Emery, commanding the
United States steamship Thetis, now cruf6-s
ing III the Arctic, and which sNxlsected ~
arrive at San FfAncisco III q ahArt time.
The proaentsplAn n t0s6tS thjs vessel ont Tor
y relief expedition IN NOON ~ 6h0 arriyeetat
.Sal Krancisco, and tQ expedite her arrival
thexs pithsthat ~ iRiyi6V.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

A Macon, Ga, young man is
strongly opposed to the Florida
method Of fumigating mail matter.
His sweetheart, who lives in Florida,
mailed him q photograph, and Of it's
condition when it reached him he
says: sIt seemed as though the
hmigator had taken deliberate aim.
with his punch Of the eyes, for both
Of them were. punched through to-
the hack of the head, The nose had
beensskewed around To ono side, and
ths nostriils we're 10 enlarged that
they looked like caverns There
~ = row 81 holes across the mouth
that gaxe the girl double hare-ip,
md the eitirs countenance locked.
lkeaeribbage boasd
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
THE NEWS RESUME.
The Cream Of the News Cleaned From
the Latest Associated Press Tele.
grams.
Washington Happenings.

Gov. Caleb W. West Of Utah, in his annual
report to the secretary OF the interior. notes
the recent partial union Of the Mormon and
non-Mormon elements in the territory with
view to advancing material interests" but
remarks that the movement is largely due to
the anxiety to secure the admission Of the
territory into the Union as n state. The
governor finds that the chief objection to adj
uniting Utah into statehood Is that it would
enthrone with sovereignty the power of the
Mormon church, which il foreign to the spirit
and genius of the Institutions of the country.
The governor asserts that he has no religious
controversy with the except as to
the practice Of polygamy, but in the Mormon
policy now controlling the territory he notes
the union Of the church and the state. '"The
control OF the priesthood, which Yields a su-
preme power in oil things, secular IA well as
spiritual" he adds, "is complete and abb
solute."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
Commits Suicide over his Wife,s Grave.

John T. Bennett was found dead on the
grave of his wife with his throat cut almost
cut from ear to ear. Bennett was principle of
the schools at Bloomsbury, Pa, and al
though quite young, was one Of Bloomsberry's
most trusted and honored citizens. Last
winter he led to the alter Marie, the only
daughter of Theodore Baker, a lady ofmany
accomplishments. Some time ago the bride
contracted a severe cold which gradually grew
worse, and terminated in consumption. She
diedlast week at the age of22. Their residence
was permanently closed and Bennett made his
home with the Baker family. He was com
pletely Frustrated with grief and remarked
to q friend that life was not. worth living.
One evening he appeared in better spirits and
told the Baker family that he might visit his
brother, who lived two miles away, and
they shouldn't be alarmed if he did
not return before morning. This was
the last seen of him alive. At daylight next
morning Mr.. Baker and his son drove to
the brothers house and learned that he had
not been there. Joined by the brother they
hastened back, and, after q brief search
about town, droveto the cemetery, where,
lying across the new made grave Of his wife,
the husband was found with a deep cash in
his throat. A new Wade & Butcher razor,
the instrument with which the deed was
was by his side, stained with
blood.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
rhaaklsiyina Mar uss,enatsd.
Prsaldsnt Cleveland issued the following

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God RI hid rondnass and ,percv yb;ah saSs
followed fhe,n s;nca tba dav he maJa tham !
nation and vonchaaSsd IL them ! frse rnvarn.
menf WITH iovinn t;ndneas IL ia con
stantlv ied no IN ths nav ~ nrosnor;ty ana
rreatness I'd he's MT u;a;tad w;tS sa;st
nrnishment Ar shnrtco,n;,n ~ h,,+ ,v;th ora
rioIs care he has warnad re eSonr dsnoo
mon His forbaaramca and has tonSht rs +hae
obed;enca ~ b;a hnivIaw i tbo nrssa ~ nanO
@finnance of h;a nrac;ons oifts ~ acsnaw,eJn-
ment of ali that Gnd has dnna sar ne ~ . ns-
f;nn md IN tho and that an an anno;rtaa
dnv tha nnited nrav vars md nra;sa "a ! orata.
S,i ,aassehts ~. Lu paoamS - l"'g-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

The receiving ship Wabash while
Tying off Boston some time ago had
several curious applications from
men who wanted to enlist. One man
said he would enlist if he could do
work to which he was accustomed.
He was not enlisted, for he was a pa
per-hanger. Another wanted to en-
list and take care of the Captains
horse. A gardener would enlist if he
could find work, and another candi,
date wanted to be the ship'sroofer.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

Mr.. Palmer, a Pittsburgh natural
gas expert, has made the calculation
that each day 600, OOO, 600 cubic feet
of natural gas are drawn from the
bowels of the earth for. use in that
city. This amount weighs over a.
100000 pounds, of which 5000, 600
pounds is carbon. Mr.. Palmer is of
the opinion that, with the withdraw
al of so much material, something
will give away. Already, since the
development Of natural gas in west
ern Pennsylvania, there have been
several "shakes."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
The Casualty Calendar:

Andrew c. Rogan, brakeman, was killed at
Nora Junction, Iowa. He was found by the
track, his head entirely severed from his
body.
The Clyde line steamer Saginaw, while
loading at her dock in the East river New
York for the West Indies, listed and sunk.
No lives were lost. The vessel will be raised.
James Ward, a trapeze performer at the
London theater st. Louis, while going
through his act fell from the trapeze and
plunged downward into the orchestra chairs
His skull was fractured and he cannot live.
A man named Peter Dahl. from Rothsay,
Mimi, while under the influence of liquor,
jumped from the west bound passenger No.
3 near Livingston, Mimi, and fell under the
train. which1evered both legs from the body.
He will probably die. He leaves a wife and
four children at Rothsay.
Two fatal accidents occurred at the What
Cheer mines in Iowa. John Dixon, mine fore.
man, fell one hundred and twenty feet down
q shaft and was dashed to pieces. Mrs. Coy,
sixty years old, while holding a team for her
SON, who was loading coal, was trampled to
death by the animals, who were frightened
by a passing engine.
A big cave-in occurred over an abandoned
mine of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
of John Fox sank in the earth twelve feet.
The inmates, six in number, were thrown out
of bed and seriously injured in the wreck. Sew
eral other buildings were damaged. The
cave-in covers an area of three acres. About
one hundred people will have to vacate their
m Immediately.
The large Howe iron-truss county bridge
near Blairesville, sixteen miles from south of
Duquoin, ILL.,, suddenly. collapsed. The
bridge was the largest of the kind in. the
state, 10 feet in the clear and 4S feet above
high water, the one span reaching clear
across Big Muddy river. A gang Of men
were at work repairing the flooring, and an
order wal given one of them to loosen a
girder a fraction of an inch. The girder was
one of the main supports, and one turn of
the wrench swung the bridge out of plumb,
the vast mass dropping to the water fifty
feet below. William Thomas was instantly
killed, and ten Others fatally OF seriously
wounded.
A bad wreck occurred at Classil, a small
section on the Northern Pacific about -
miles east Of Helena. The scene of the dis
aster is a deep cut where there is q long
curve. One freight train was standing on
the track and another plunged into it's rear.
A Chinaman had both legs cut off and will
die. W men named Frazier are in the Sis
ters' hospital, suffering from severe injuries,
and " or three wounded train men were
taken to the hospital at Missoula. One story
as to the cause of the wreck is that the for
ward train had been standing on the main
track for half an hour without sending out a
forward train was side-tracked, but that the
switch was left open. The wreck ia @ bad
one and passenger trains are delayed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
Wheat,-No. 2 spring, $1.13@1.1sh: No.
9 spring, $4,000 G.; No: 2 red, $1.13@1:13A.
24Kc; Rye-No. 2, 55Ac.: Flax Seed, $1.47.
Prime timothy seed-$1. 3O@1.33. Mess
Pork, per Dbl. $14.6O. Lard per 100 lbs.
$S.12h. Short ridsides Qoose) $7.45@7.5O.
Dry salted shoulders (boxed) $S@S.25.
Eggs 19@19k.
Wheat,-No. 1 hard, $1.25; No. 1 Northern
$1.2O@1.19; No. 2 Northern s. loo; Novem-
Der $1.23h. December 1924; May $1.30A.
NEW YORK.
>Wheat,-No. 2 red, 81. 11@1.11h; No. 8 red,
$1.O5; No 4 red, 81; ungraded red, $1.11A q
49Ac.; ungraded mixed 4SR@5Oc.; ungraded,
white 491a@50c.; Barley-extra No. 2, Cana
da. 90@9OKc.; Oats, No. 2, white, 33@33Ac.;
mixed western, 2S@31Rc.; white do, 30@39c.;
No. 2, Chicago, 31c. Eggs, western, 22@23Ac.
Butter western dairy, 12h@18c.; d ocreamery,
16@26c.; Elgin, 26A@27c. Cheese, West
ern, 9@10Ac.
Wheat.No: 1, hard, November, $1.a5;
Dec. $a:25, May, $l;a1; NO. l, Northern,
No. Nov; 2, northern Dss NoTenb ba, ) M 1'5s, Deem Deem.
Shorts, ss.5o@io.a5. Corn, ss@ssc.
Oats, 27@29c. Barley 35@50c. Mixed Feed,
$15@17 Flax $141. Hay, choice wild, 81.
Fair stock, IS.
MINIATURES.
Wheat weak; cash, $1.O7M. Dec. $1,000.
Corn lower, No..3, 40c. Oats quiet; No. 2, white
29Hac. Rye quiet; No. l, SIC. Barley dull;
No. 2; 7OAc. Provisions steady. Pork-Cash
$14.55. Lard-Cash and December, $500.
Butter steady; dairy, 10000. Eggs I'M
changed; fresh, Ice. Cheese unchanged; ched-
dars, 1O@1OAc.
ST. LOUIS
Wheat: No, 2 red, cash, $1.11@1.11A;
December, $1.11h@1.1 4A. closing at
$1.11A asked; May, $1.15N@1. 1875 clos
ing at $1.15% asked. Corn: No. 2
mixed, cash, 37Ac asked; November,
35c. closing ct 35Bc;. year, 331a@33asc.
closing at 331sc asked; December, 331ae;
January, 33c: May, 35R@35Hsc. Oats
dull; No. 2 mixed, 221ac; year, 22Ac: May,
28Ac. Rye steady; cash, Sic; December,
51Mc. Barley dull; sample lots, Iowa, 65c;
choice Wisconsin, SIC.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
Foreign Gleanings

The National Zeitung of Berlin says that
Emperor William loft the municipal delega-
ton coolly. The usual presentation was
ommitted, and his majesty did not shake
hands with Mayor Ferckenberg. The gov
eminent and opposition newspapers are mu-
tually blaming each other for mourning the
kaisers anger. "
A special to the New York World, from
London says: The secretary of the Emin
Bey relief expedition committee had received
no news of the reported massacre of Stanley,
and entirely discredits it. But" he added,
"if by the end Of February Emin Pasha should
send letters to Europe without announcing
shall feel that there is reason to be anxious
about his fate"
The railroad war was resumed in Manitoba
by an attempt to burn q bridge Of the Cana
dian Pacific Observation-Disclosures branch
about twelve miles from Winnipeg. The
bridge was saturated with oil and set on
fire. Several of the beams had been burned
ed. Thu act vas undoubtedly ~incendiary
and ia attributed to some person excited by
the conflict now pending between the province
and the railroad company. A gang of about
two hundred men proceeded to the disputed
crossing, and it is thought that an attempt
will be made to force the right of way. The
Canadian Pacific people are prepared to offer
active resistance, and the militia are under
orders. A meeting of the legislature has
been called for Nov. 8, when it is proposed
to enact retaliatory legislation by repeating
the laws now exempting Canadian Pacific
propertytrom% taxation.
The fact that Mr.. Parnell's disclaimer of
having sent the alleged check for 21OO to
Frank Byrne has not been included in the
Irish leaders, case against the Times in the
Scotch courts has excited q good deal of COM
ment, and will initiate more against popular
sympathy with him in England than any.
thing the Times has embodied in it's charges.
Concerning this commission, Mr.. Frank Lewis,
Mr.. Parnells solicitor. said that the neglect
to include his clients denial in the afidavits
comprising his case was q complete surprise
to himself, as we'll as to Mr.. Parnell, who had
written to his legal advisers in Edinburgh,
and was impatiently awaiting an explana-
ton. OF course, if the commission finds in
favor of Mr.. Parnell, little harm can be done
by the commission, since the decision of the
three judges will practically establish q final
verdict, but it is assumed that the strongest
possible case should be made out in view of
the possibility, not to say probability, that
testimony may be forthcoming, the character
of which neither party at the present moment
has any knowledge OF.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
Destitute Settlers In Dakets.

Territorial Auditor Ward has lust returned
from Devils Lake, Dakota, where he has been
Investigating the condition of the Jews and
other destitute settlers Of Ramsey county
and arranging for the distribution az S3,035
recently contributed by q New York gentle
man and forwarded by Gov. Church. In an
interview Auditor Ward said:
Upon my arrival at Devils Lake inter
viewed business men quite generally, and
among them q strong sentiment that the
whole matter had been exaggerated. Al.
though residents Of the north part Of the
county had lost their wheat crop entirely,
and g portion Of their other crops. The re-
mainder at the county suffered only q par
tial loss. / concluded to make a thorough
examination In person., and drove ont for
that purpose, 9 distance az sixty miles, III
company with Mr. Spillman, register az the
land office, and Dr.. Percival Of Devils Lake.
neapolis board 81 , expected Is ' accom- m, !.
pany us, but when We were ready
to start We found he could not 90.
travelled through the settlements
investigating and making Inquiries.
4 did not disclose my identity or let Ii be sus-
pected that l had any contribution to dis
tribute. I found that although the wheat
croPa was generally lost they had sufficient
oats, hay and strawto winter their stock and
teams enough 10 do their fall work. They
had comfortable homes but lacked clothing.
four and fuel. We were informed By tie
Jews thatthe German Jews al Minneapolis
were supplying their wants and promised to
.do 70 al winter. end We Afterwards found
other supplies had already been shipped,
American families werein want, and viii have
to be- supplied from the fund donated. Un0n
our return to- Devils Lake a meeting al bnsi-
ness men Was palled, who appointed 9 corr.
mittee to take charge Of the distribution 81
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

A delicate act of charity is ascribed
to a gruff, taciturn old physician in
a Colorado mining town. A poor,
aged minister was attended by the
irritable doctor. When the preacher
had sufficiently recoveredto dispense
with further medical atten ton he
asked for his bill. "Your bill? Here
it isl said the doctor, opening his
~pocketbook and handing the minis.
ter's wife a $40 bill.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

Miss Braddon is so years old, and
has written SO books. She seems to
have no regular method of doing
her work, frequently writing while
standing. Some other most thrilling
passages have BEEN written upon
torn envelopes which were at hand.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

There is a new high wire act. Two
men starting from different ends of
slack wire meet. and pass each other,
going back on a waltz step. A
woman actually dances on the wire,
and a man trots across it with a
companion upright on his shoulders.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

A conductor on the West Shore
road was importuned by a woman
passenger to stop and back the train
in order that she might look for the
false teeth that had fallen out while
she was mapping on the window
ledge, -
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08

The farmers near Colfax, Wis.,,
raised such an enormous crop of po-
tatoes this aso that ''they didnot
know what to do with them. One
granger offered to give a visitor a
wagon load of choice potatoes if he
would send q team for them"