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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

would sign II the commissioners WOULD
first inscribe their names upon the
paper, and then, with . draInatlo
gesture. he said: ITO chairman
Rice-Let you and I as the head
chiefs, raise up our hands as 9 token OF sun
piled with. as well as Commissions Whiting,
upon request, while the two hundred Indians
who were eagerly watching the actors 70
this little drama shouted 4Ho.s The head
sroNrp THE AGREEMENT. /
followed by the other chiefs and head men
"a order d precedence. save that the chief
thirdin rankIemarked that he would hold
Che ruddsEsss by which It appeared
that he Meant that he preferred
to sign the last OF the leaders
I signing Pc estssloo as . rap snsn,n az
until the names Of all present, with the pos
sible exception Of o dozen or SO, were re-
made by Commissioner whiting, who
spoke very effectively regarding the
future duties and respot sibilities 81
the Indians, closing with a warning against
Rrewater, telling them how surely its use
would not only prevent any progress by
them but tend to their degradation. This
address wal highly appreciated by
the Indians, who knew something
OF the effects Of whisky, and was
constantly puncbuaCeO Dy tnem Will 9ue1E
utterance Of assent, or shout Of aHo.. or
their frequent word @Kay get" meaning
sa4That's true" after which they adj
journed in good humor. The corps
Of census takers were kept busy several
days taking complete LETS of all the
members OF the various bands, 1t being
necessary that the work should be accurate.
as real estate title in the northern part OF
the state will In future rest on this branch
Of the commission's work. The Mile Laos
Indians have received during the nego-
tiations abundant %rations. SO there was
no occasion for any remark by them like one
made on another reservation by a chief who
said his people wanted more pork and Hour
because the women and children looked SO
sad while the men We're eating the provis-
ions The commissioners are tired out with
their labors during the last four months and
went to St Paul to close up the work con-
nected with the negotiations thus far COM
.pleted. 3 t#&. 4 &%at =
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

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still sits in the House of Commons.
A leader from the beginning of his
Parliamentary career; he founded
and was First President of the
National Irish Land League He
visited this country in 1880. Sub
sequently he was chosen president of
the Home Rule Party. Towards the
close of 1880 he was imprisoned on
the charge of seditious conspiracy.
The jury failed to agree and he was
liberated. In 1881 he was arrested
the second time and liberated, it is
said, as the result Of arrangements
privately entered into with Mr.. Glad
stone, who since 1885 has been his
ally in the agitation forhome rule ir
Ireland. s~~ f@s.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
Riding III the Enefncer car

ii. g. Trout says il the September
Scribner s:-We cannot tell from ths|
timetables how fasyW we trayel. The
schedule times do not indicate thu
delays that must be made up by1
spurts between stationss The travel
ler who is curious to know Just how
fast he is going, and likes the stimu.
lus Of thinking that he y in . LITTLE
danger, may find amusement - taks
ing the time between mile posts; andEE
when these are not to be seen, AZ!
can often get The speedyery accurate
" by counting the rails passed u :
given time. This may be done byI
listening attentively at an open
window or door. The regular clicks
Of the wheels ovef.therailjoints can
usually soon % singled outfrom tho
other noises, and counted. The nm
Der Of rail-lengtthls passed IN twenty
seconds is almost exactly the nuns
Der o fmiles run in an hour.
But if one wants to get q lively
sense of what it mean to rush:
through space at fifty or sixty miles
an hour he must get on locomo-
tive. Then only doeshe begin to re-
alize what trifes stand between him
and destruction. "A few weeks ago Il
lady sat an hour in the cab of q lo-
comotive hauling q fastexpress train
over q mountain road. She saw the
narrow, bright line Of the rails and
the slender points Of the switches.
She heard the thunder of The bridges,
and saw the track shut in by rocky
bluffs, and new perils suddenly re-
vealed as the engine swept around
sharp curves. The experience waste
her magnificent, but the sense 81
danger was almost appalling. 10
have made her experience complete,
she should have taken engine
ride inc dark and rainy nights. IN y
| daylight ride on a locomotive, we
come to realize how slender is the
rail and how fragile its ggfastenings,
compared with the ponderous ma
chine which they carry. we g what
q trihing movement OF g switch
makes the difference between life and
death. We learn: how short the look
ahead must often be, and how close
danger sits on either hand. But it ID
only iii a night ride that we learn
how dependent the engineer must be,
after all, upon the faithful vigilance
of others. The headlight reveals 8
few yards of glistening rail, and the
ghostly telegraph poles and switch
targets. Were o switch open, q rail
taken up, or a pile of ties on the
track, we could not possibly bee the
danger in time to stop.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
Most Remarkable Echoes.

Many wonderful echoes are known,
but the one which takes the first
place seems to be that 81 the Old
palace Of Simonetta, near Milan.
which forms the three sides Of q
quadrangle. The report Of pistol
is said to be repeated BY this echo
sixty titles, andAddison, who visited
the place on q somewhat fogpy dav.J
when the air was unfavorable, count
ed fitty-six repetitions. AT first they
were quick, but the. .intervals were
greater in proportion as the sound
sdecayeds The echo at the Eagles
Nest ontthe banks of Killarney Is re.
nowned Tor ito rspitionoi d bugie call,
which seems 10 be repeated IN b huar
dred instruments, until ii graduaIv
dies away ID the air. AT the report
9 facannon the loluidest thunders e.
vertebrate from the rock and die ii
seemingly4endless peals along the dis,
tant mountains.-NeW York Tele.
gram.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
a SERIOUS CHARGE.
St. Paul q Kansas City Said to be
-. Violating Every Clause OF the M,
81. 1890 g +F@NHE u,~Ao.cen< h1x t+-@ . a.

d. Ya tlO1dtluS NvGTy S1duS0 "a NhO 10
t,Jf Interstate Act. q
CHICAGO, Special Telegram. For weeks
the Chicago, ST. Paul h Kansas G. y
road has been engaged in manipulating
freight rates on almost every class of grain
from Kansas City. The sin Of the Kansas
City was made public by accident The
Kansas City, St Joseph & Council Bluffs,
q proprietary line of the Burlington system.
handles the Traffic Of the Chicago, St Paul &
Kansas City from st. Joseph to Kansas City.
Recently a shipper in making out a claim for
rebate presented it to the Council Bluffs line
by mistake, which road turned it over to the
Burlington main office. An investigation
was started, and 1t was discovered that the
Chicago, St Paul 4 Kansas City had secured
no less than l 300 cars Of corn from Kansas
City and St Joseph to Chicago, by
cutting the rate two cents Subsequent
velopments Indicate that the cut was made
on from 1000 to 5000 cars OF grain. 1t
was further ascertaineu that the Kansas
City has been billing corn from Kansas City
and 81. Joseph to Duluth at the Chicago
rate and then changing the destination,
while the 81 shipment was iii transit,
from Duluth to Chicago. In making the d.
visions on this freight. the Kansas City &C
cepted a cut Of from one to two and ne-half
cents of its proportion on rates from points
west of the Missouri river, thereby in
dicating that some of the lines west of
the Missouri were influencing freight
over the Kansas City IN consideration Of u
division, allowing them from ! to 212 cents
more than their proportion. In September
the Kansas City reported FOG cars of grain
and 42l cars of COIN delivered in
Chicago. while its actual figures ran
up to over 1000 cars on corn
alone In making this utgthe Kansas City
has violated the agreement of che Interstate
Commerce Railway association, the South
western agreement and the ! inter-
state commerce Law. 3&sFor, some
time past the best Of the 81 live
stock shipped from Montana points to Chi
.cago has been carried by the Kansas City.
It has now been ascertained that, in order to
secure this business, the Kansas City has
been issuing passes with a liberal hand. as
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, dispatch TO
the Chicago Herald says q sensation
has been created there blythe
ton of an article entitled "A Great
swindle," detailing the fleeing o.
English boys out Of sums Of money
varying from $3.50 to $500 for tho
privilege of working a. year in this
country on a farm. There areinthat
city more than a score who have
been duped by English firms and
placed by the local agents here. Be-
ing ashamed OF their verdancy they
never mentioned the matter, and ID
was only through the confession Of
Percy Cook sixteen years Ole, who was
recently placed,that,the whole mat
ter came to light. The article gives
the names of twenty young men in
various positionsg il EsdaSs Rapids
now who came to this country under
the impression that they were to be-
come gentlemen farmers in q year.
The firm Oxford, Rathbone & Co,
with headquarters at 81 Finsbury
payment, London, is. the one that
has duped most Of these boys. It
undertakes to provide 80. practical
instruction in farming in Canada, the
United States Of America and Tas-
mania for gentlemen's sons who can
pay from fifty to one hundred and
fifty pounds" The agents induce
these boyssto:b believe they will havea
delightfultime, withslittie work and
much sport, taking life moderately
as becomes q gentlemen's sons. Thia
was the impression given them, and
they came only to find that they had
the hardest kind of work and q total
absence ofths Injuries which they
had been ledto expect. United States
Deputy Marshal 1. NJ. Healy inter
carefully looking up the Law. has de-
clared the business to be b. violation
of the contract labor law, each in
fringement of which. subjects to D
fine of not less than $500. It il IN
derstood that the marshal win take
legal steps against SheTI0caf agents
who have been receiying fees for And-
ing places tor the boys.a1G
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
Casualties.

A fire destroyed the Calderon at Zactetcas,
Mex. All the educated animals belonging to
Salvinia persisted in the ruins. One.of the at
taches persisted in the flames.
Prof George T. Rice, an aeronaut, of Lex
ington, Mich, made q balloon ascension at
Mount Vernon, Ind, and, alighting in the
Ohio river, was drowned.
Joseph Percy, Of Niagara Falls, While
duck shooting on the Niagara River, a short
distance below the Maid of the Mist land
ing, broke one of the oars, and losing
control Of his boat was carried down into
the rapids and thence into the whirlpool,
Percy was taken to the whirlpool hotel in q
dying condition.
Z -Four men, were instantly killed and hor-
ribly manglsd BY the explosion ola thresh-
ing engine on the farm of Martin McAndrews,
IL miles northwestern Grafton, N. D., Thekilled
are Edward Mccartney of st. Thomas N. D.,
single, age 80: VIM. Paul married age 30;
Richard Daley, single, age SO, and Charles
Frazer, single, age 81. John Burke seriously
but not fatally injured, has one leg broken
and his head badly torn. ~:
F. c. Brown, agent Of the Inman company
at Chicago, lave received a telegram from
New 1ork as follows: Johannes Johanson
and Martin Jansen, steerage passengers,
booked from st. Paul, are reported by cable
from Liverpool as missing from the steamer
City of Paris, and ore supposed to have been
carried overheard during q hurricane. Will
lam Deter, q child of five, is also missing. No
other casualties. rs
By a threshing engine boiler explosion near
Freeport, Mimi, three persons were danger
ously injured, one probably fatally. One
victim named Meyers has been brought to
st. Benedito hospital at St. Cloud, with al
arm horribly mangled, the boiler head hav-
ing struck it. Another named Wigin had an
arm injured SO that a%lnputation was neces-
sary. A third had his skull so badly frac-
tured that his brains were escaping and he is
undoubtedly dead ere this. Several Others
of the crew were injured, but not seriously.
The citizens of Jerome, a small town in In
diana, arranged for a gas we'll display, and
took for the purpose the. Diamond Plate gas
well, just drilled there, and the strongest
well in the state, A sixtyfoot four-inch pipe
was laid from the we'll, and to this was at
tached a four-foot elbow vertically. just
when the torch was applied, the end which
projected upwards was pushed over on the
ground, and the immense pressure hurled six
ty feet of pipe around among the spectators
with terrible force. Most of the younger peo-
ole in the crowd were able to make good
their escape from the roaring fame which
burst from the pipe, but several were caught.
Chusa Warmon, pastor of,the Friend church.
was literally roasted to death.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
QUIETLY STOLE AWAY.
Sioux Fails People Mourn the Alb
sence of q Chicago Agent.

-. -
SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Special Telegram,
"A couple OF months or more ago one D.
w. Christy came here as agent Of arChlcago
commission firm. Apparently he did q good
business until q week & last Saturday,
when he left town, ostensibly for q visit He
has not yet returned; neither has $500 be-
longing to parties, which no used on his own
account to buck the market Letters from
the Chicago house have been received in
3quiring about Christy, and officers here are
searching for HIM, but SO far nothing has
been secured that would lead ( o
his discovery. It is said that sew
eral Mitchell men have also been bitten.
Christy paid his board before he left with q
check. The check was dishonored when pre-
sented. About five years ago ChrisJy was at
the height Of his glory in Des Moinea. He
was at that time q Spectator on the board of
trade, and bv some. lucky deals made from
$75, 600 to 800, 600. He put up a tine block,
furnished his private apartments in princely
style, dressed like 4 dude and made q per-
feet furore in Des None society. By an
unlucky turn, however, he lost all be had,
and after settling all the obligations he
could, left that place several Thousand dol
lars in debt. From Des Molnes he went to
Chicago and from Ohicago here.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

EDWARD HERTzBURG, who lives
somewhere in the West, is in WASH
ington trying to get a patent on an,
apparatus for bottling sunshine He
carries~with hins~a~box containing
mirrors peculiarly arranged. He
says that if sunbeam is kept busy
twill reYnain in tact for d Tong time.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
The neonle III t;ha Unite

The people Of the United States
lose millions of dollars yearly by the
destruction by fire by fimsily com
structed building. Moreover they
pay out hundreds of thousands of
dollars inthe support OF fire depart
ments. Fire and Water states also
that the valueofth fire apparatus
andthe buildingsdevoted exclusively
to the purposes Of fire protection
amounts to the large sum Of $685.
GA, 755.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

In Warasdin, Croatia, a mother of
III years gave away her maiden
daughter of S3 to q tramway CON
ductor of46. The elder lady OF the
two was in ecstacy Of delight at hav-
ing lived to see her child married.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
TURNING THE Tables
Charles Stewart Parnsll.

The Irish leaderwas born at
Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland,
in 1S47, the son off country gentle
man of EngIishl descent, whose estate
hs,inherited. His mother was the
Of the American Admiral
Stewart. lParnsll, il Q graduate q
the University Of Cambridge. he
was elected member Of Parliament
for Meath, in 1875, and represented
that constituency until 1880, when
he was elected by three constituencies
al .chose Cork, representing Whichhe
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

AKENs1NGToN, Pa, dentist prop
ped a patients mouth open to fill a
tooth, and then, to divert his mind,
told a joke from, one of the funny
papers SO yividly that the patient
gave a snort of laughter that blew
his filing clear out of the window.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
Foreign Mention.

Smallpox is raging in the government of,
Oppein, Prussian Silesia, and it's victims are
already counted by the thousands. -
At a secret meeting of the members OF the
old French colony in Montreal it was de-
cided to invite Gen. Boulanger to take up his
residence among his compatriots in Canada
until his star in France shall again be in the
ascendant. "".% ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

PRESIDENT CARNoT does not both
er himself with details. While keep
ing a sharp eye on what is going on
about him, he would not dream OF
working az did President Cleveland
or as does President Harrison
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

BOMBAY is doing it's best to beat
tie record with it's new railway sta
ton. This imposing structure,
which has been ten years in building,
has cost close upon 81, OOO, 900, and
is the largest terminus in the British
o,n miro =
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

THERE are several trees at West
Chop, Vineyard Haven, red cedars.
that have grown 20 slanting from
the force OF the wind that Their tops
are fat and close SO that onss ton
walkupon them. The tops auabout
eightfeet from the ground. sIt Is &
common occurrence for parties toS
climb these treesand. stand upon tina
tops, for thenoveltyJofsth feat.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

THERE are now in usein the United.
States more than $3.50 central cleo
tlic stationsasforsiight ana power.
There are21O,0O0 arc lights and
1000, 900 Misunderstanding. There
were ffty-ldsesectficnI Railways in
operation r March last, 4ndeighsy-
IL roads in process Of Construction.
The increase Of capital i electrical
Investments during 1s8swas nearly
10000 600. These arr very sig-
aifieant figures and they point I'M
mistakably to the course Of future
inyenti0ns and discovsriss
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

According to Voltaire, folks were
in use on the content in the Thir-
tenth and Fourteenth centuries.
This is disputed. They were not in
troduced into England until the be-
ginning of the Seventeenth century.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

A REMNANT of the Seneca tribe of
Indians still fingers in Warren
County, Pennsylvania ,spearing fish,
&C., for q living. The tribe, all told,
barely number 1000 members, and
has SO dwindled that marriage
among blood relations has become
almost a. necessity. ua.<4-~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

Two hundred and fifty cherry
stones and three plum kernels were
found in theintestine of agirltwenty-
two years of age, who died recently
in the Friedrichsheim City Hospital
in Berlin
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

Or the 1000 men in the Eastern
Penitentiary of Pennsylvania only
nineteen were bred mechanics, "a fact
which shows that men who are
trained to work seldom become
criminals. -. ~. .
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
People in Print,

Martin E. French of Minnesota has success
fully passed his examination for admission.
to the naval academy az q naval cadet. -
Master Mechanic Twombly, Of the Rock.
Island road, has sent in his resignation, pend
ing further Investigation Of the recent sub
urban train wreck in Chicago. j.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Being Q Short Concise Collection Of
the Latest Associated Press
kilograms,
MNashington.

Inths claim ofJohn /. Lundervills,latepri.
vatss Company <, Tenth Vermont volun-
teers. on appeal from che Commissioners OF
pensions, Assistant Secretary Bussey render
ed q decision in which he reviews and rescinds
the "order" which was issued by the COM
missioner April IS, 1889, and which abol-
ished the rating of % per month and estab-
lished for the same the rate Of "a per month,
in all cases dating from March ~, 1889.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

Fifty years ago the fastest sailing
vessels in the world were ofthe model
styled the Baltimore clipper" The
swift new cruiser Baltimore brings
the name to the front again.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17

The Prince of Montenegro does
not lead the regular life ola Europ-
ear ruler is q sort of chief ofclan and
shares the rude, independent exist
enc OF his people.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
Bottinedu Pioneer.
JOHN ". BENNETT, Editor Z P nblisher.
BoTTINEAU, NORTH DAKOTA.
AcoLossAL bronze statute of John
Brown has been erected by Queen
Victoria In the grounds at Balmoral.
THERE are over 800, 900 more
widows than widowers in England.
In France for every 100 widowers
there are 1914 widows. '

The new navy is developing the
shipbuildingindustry ofthis country.
For the three new 2,0OO-ton cruisers
twelve responsible firms have sent in
bids. "A Esas5~%@ ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-17
First White Woman Of America.

| can only give as, my authority
the celebrated work, Earthquakes,
Americana, Hafnie,'' Copenhagen,
by G. c. Ratu, mentioned in Abbott's
history of Maine. .sf
More than 900 years before Colum-
bus discovered America, our shores
were doubtless visited by Mortimer,
and confused accounts are given of
those visits.
In the year 1905. Thorstein sailed
from Greenland, with a crew
of twenty-five men, to visit the
strange, new country of Vineland,
upon the Narragansett bay.
His wife, Gudrida, sailed with him,
a woman, as historians agree, "of
remarkable prudence and energy"
He fitted out three ships, with 16O
men, and sent forth from Greenland
in the summer of 1908. .fa
They coasted along Nova Scotia,
then called MARYLAND. Keeping in
sight ofthe coast of Maine, sailed
around Cape Cod, and anchored in
Buzzard's Bay, TT
Here they landed and built a vii
lage of log huts which they called
"Thurfnn's Buder," or Thorfnn's
building.
The climate, although now consid-
cred bleak and cold by those who
seek q southern cline in winter, was
q paradise to those who had spent
their lives upon the icebound shores
of Greenland and Iceland, and they
were content for time. Grapes and
wheat grew wild, and their cattle fed
in open fields, ~
The natives came with .furs to bar
ter for the trinkets of the white men,
and Thorfinn's wealth increased.
But the war-like Mortimer could
not long be at peace. They were
soon engaged in fierce war with the
Indians, and were beaten, as they
probably deserved to be.
Storm followed storm and they were
driven into strange waters, until,
baffied and discouraged, they turned
shomeward, but landed on the shores
of Greenland in December, 1908.
Thorstein died in the dreary winter
that followed, and Gudrida returned
TO her friends in ireland. In one
year she married Thorinn, an in
habitant Of Iceland, q wealthy, ener-
getic man, who shared his brides en-
thusiam about the new country.
Therefore, in the spring of 1O11,
against Gudrida's earnest wishes.
they went back to Iceland, and not.
withstanding her oft-repeated en-
treaties to return again, and live in
she new land called Vineland, she
died in the frozen North, upon the
icehound shores of Greenland.
All accounts Of this fearless woman
speak of her unflinching courage and
wisdom; and it is safe to say, that,
had she been a man, with means to
forward her plans, Vineland would
not have been thus given up to saw
ages for hundreds Of years-until
Columbus could discover q new world.
Through the dim memory OF a lapse
ofyears, we see her virtues, and adj
mire her character of enterprise and
boldness. That she was Of the
race Impractical Mortimer does not
alter thefact that she was the first
white woman known to deserve the
right Of being called q "Daughter of
America. ELLA H. S~tratton, ID
Daughter of America.