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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
From Foreign Shores.

The natives of Matabeland, q brave race +.
savages of the Transvaal, who began ayigor-
Gus campaign against the white settlers a
month ago have o driven out every
European from their territory.
A petition to be presented to the British
parliament for the Introduction of the Brown
sequard experiment in England 10 obtaining
thousands of signatures. All sorts Of evils,
even the destruction of civilization and hu-
mainly, are p~rophesied from the Intro
duction OF such an immoral, irreligious and
monstrous innovation.
A terrible tale of suffering in the far North
is told by Rev. E. II. Black, o Church of Eng.
land missionary rear Fort Simpson, who
has just arrived in Winnipeg. Last winter
was a very hard one for the indians, owing
to the absence of reindeer and the impossi-
bility of hunting moose successfully in the
absence of much snow. Ten persons suceum-
bed at Fort Wrigley. Mr.. Black fears that
the mortality during the coming winter will
also be great unless there ONE a heavy fall
of snow. Provisions, he states, gave out ut
the fort last winter in the beginning of Janu-
airy. Flour is dear enough there at all times,
the regular price being $50 q bag at Fort
Wrigley, while it is $27 a bag at Fort simp-
son. But Mr.. Black says he would have
given 5000 q bag last winter If he could
have purchased some, and have given the
Indians a share. The distress in that dis
trict was terrible, and the suffering intense.
He had to leave himself to avoid starvation.
At Fort Lizard seven died from starvation
last winter.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
Perils Of Mining In Alaska.

In q few weeks possibly the country may
hear accounts of terrible privation and per-
haps death among q party or 400 miners.
They are locked up in the black wilderness Of
Alaska, and believed to be without food.
A San Francisco woman received from. her
son q letter written nearly a year ago. 1t
was brief and ran: II I'M alive, dear mother
but an buried under snow and Ice far
upon the Yukon river" The party
originally left Juneau with the pur-
pose of going beyond that post.
The highest point of navigation is Juneau.
After crossing ranges of m ountains the val.
ley of Yukon is reached. In this there is a
village composed of 400 men, who have al
ready passed one winter in the terrible soil
tude. They have sent word that unles they
could realize the hope Of rescue during the
approaching month all would be lost. They
have already spent one winter in the cheer
less holes dug in the ground. They were
p~rovisioned for one year. 1t 10 we'll known
that several miners have started with sledges
and dogs across the northern coun.
try with just sufficient provisions to last
them through September, hoping to make.
Point Barrow. Deputy Surveyor Foearty
says the Rush left in the middle of last May
for Point Barrow in order to restore to this
station what had been swept away Dby the
winds. The steamer, however, would leave
there before the miners could possibly ar
rive. Levi Sloss, of the Alaska Commercs
company, says the steamer st. Paul left for
st. Michael, with no other purpose in view
than to rescue the miners.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
Another London Horror.

Early Tuesday morning o policeman found
the body OF q fallen woman lying at the cor.
ner of a railway arch ON Cable street, White
chapel. London. The head and arms had
been cut off and carried away and the stom-
ach ripped open, the intestines lying on the
ground. Police pass the spot every fifteen
minutes. Those on duty at night say they
saw nothing suspicious. The physicians who
examined the body state that in their opinion
the murder and mutilation occupied nearly
an hour. 1t is surmised that the murderer
carried off the head and arms in q bag. The
murder is the worst of the whole series OF
Whitechapel murders. The manner in which
the limbs had been severed from the body
shows that the murdererwas possessed ofsome
surgical skill. The woman was about thirty
years old. Her clothing was shabby, and
she was evidently o spirit. drinker. The re-
mains have not be identified. The most in.
tense excitement again prevails in White
chapel. There was no blood On the ground
where the body was found, neither was there
any blood on the body. From this it is
evident that the murder was committed in
some other place, and that the body was
subsequently deposited under the railway
arch. The trunk was nude. A rent and
bloody chemise was found lying near the
body. The arms were intact, but the legs
were missing. 1t is believed that the woman
has been dead for two days.
Although the murder is generally spoken
of as the mysterious slack the Ripper" q
close examination of all theft facts leads to the
conclusion that this murder is not by the
ripper" The police and the medical men
familiar with the details Of the recent Lon
don horrors of this class say that this last
murder must be classified with those known
no thu acknowledgements orl.-o -1s.l~
there have now been fourth all, including the
one in which the headless body OF the victim
waa recently discovered'in Chelsea, and OF
which the head has never been found. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
Terrific Storm Along the Atlantic.

Incoming vessels are anxiously awaited at
New York for news of the great storm at sea
which has been raging for the past few days.
That it has been the worst storm of recent
years is made evident by the high tides and
storm waves, which have done such great
damage along the Atlantic coast. :
In New York city the cellars and first
floors of buildings along the water front are
all flooded and the ferryboats are having diff
iculty in getting into their slips. Reports
Of great damage done by the storm at
high tide all along. the coast are
coming in and as the tide wa higher than
ever known it is evident that an enormous
amount of property has been destroyed.
Along the New Jersey coasts the low beaches
were submerged n the railroad tracks were
injured. Thousands OF spectators watched
the surf, which was the widest and highest
known in years.
Atlantic City was completely cut off from
the main land. Much OF the board walk and
many bathing houses have been ground up
into kindling wood. Several pavilions have
been lifted bodily from their pilings and de-
stroyed.
Reports from Coney Island show that the
storm was the worst ever known there, and
all night long the waves dashed over the
b~reakwater at Manhattan and Brighton
Beach with q tremendous roar. The marine
railway between tho two places was entirely
swept away. Tuesday morning not a vestige
of the esplande was visible in front OF the
Manhattan hotel, and the tide flows in and
out of the basement OF the building. The
communication between the east and west
ends is entirely cut of. ILL.,, "
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
Railroad Building

Some people, think the era Of rail-
road building in this country must
virtually terminate ii the early fu-
ture, as they notethe fguresshowinr
that the United States has about
l6O, 900 miles of railroad, or half a..
themileage ofthe entireworld. Massar
chusetts is not overstocked withra
roads. There is perhaps no state in
the Union where the mileage is eo
uniformly remunerative, and vet ii
has 9 mile Of railroad to eyery four
square miles Of territory, while the
country at large, notincluding Alas
ka, has. but one mile 8 road.to nine
teen square miles Of territory. me
#deyelope1nent Of the country win IL
time requires an approximation tos
the Massachusetts, supply. That;
would give atotalo f 750,O0Omileein
place OF the present 100000. II will
require q goad deal ofrallroai build
ing every year to keep pace With the
demands Of acknowledgements.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
The Casualty Calendar.

All the wires in the operating room and
tower OF the telephone exchange at Rich
mond, Ind, were burned out byapne or more
wires coming in contact with The cable of
the electric street railway.
T. 7. Gilwicks, grand keeper OF records
and seals of the grand lodge of Knights Of
Pythias of Missouri. and Paul Pittman, dep
uty circuit clerk of Ma son county,, ILL.,, were
drowned in the Illinois river while fishing.
Atlantic City, N. j., was visited by q ter.
rife ocean storm, the water extending to a
point at least five hundred feet from the
beach proper, damaging the bath houses
and pavilions along the beach to the extent
of about $4,000.
? A barn belonging to H. G. C%hurchward
proprietor OF the Merchanthouse, was burned
at Dodge Center, MINI. His two children
boys aged seven and four years-were play
ing in the haymow and were burned. The
parents were away ut the exposition. 1t is
supposed the building was set fire to by the
children.
2 1t is known that the official reports of the
explosion and fire at Antwerp moderated
the number of those who lost their lives.
There were LOG persons killed and 70 wound
ed. Many Of the Oldest windows in the Cathe-
dral were destroyed by the explosion. The
bodies of numerous victims were blown to
pieces, including those of five English visit
ors of the city.
A boiler used on the farm of John W. Sni-
der, half o mile east of Carbondale, ILL.,, ex-
ploded with disastrous results. Five men
lost their lives, viz: John w. Snider, Thomas
Lyget, Andrew J. Lyget, John Biggs and
Isaac Miller (colored). The men were
grouped about the boiler, which was leaking
and giving trouble. Mr.. Snider gave the
order to shut down. when in an instant the
boiler exploded. William G.. SpiIler was
blown some distance, and escaped with a
broken leg. All the men except Andrew j.
Lyget have families.
One OF the most serious and saddest min
ing accidents ever known occurred at Col
den, Col. In the White Ash coal mine near
that place an old abandoned mine runs
alongside the White Ash, and has for months
been full of water, which, without amoment's
warning, burst through into the White Ash
mine, filing it full of mud and water. Ten
miners ore known to have been ut work in
the White Ash mine at the time of the acct
dent, and o one of them could have lived
five minutes after the surging mass broke in
upon them. 1t will take between two and
three weeks before their bodies can be
reached. Work will be commenced at once
by hundreds of willing hands in order to
pump the mine out, but old miners who have
been through the mine say it will be impossi-
BILE to clear the mine and reach the bodies
under two and perhaps three weeks. Part of
the men leave: families, who were dependent
upon them, while the rest we're single and all
highly spoken of.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
RESUMEOFTHENEW
4 Condensed Summary Of the Import
ant Telegraphic News Of
the World.
IN Washington.

Gen. W. T. Sherman was seen by o report
er and was asked for his opinion in regard to
Corp. Tanners resignation from the office
OF commissions of pensions. He said that
in his opinion it would not effect the allegi-
ance of the G. A.. r., either one way or the
other, as they were too sensible q body OF
men to question any acts Of the President.
The clerk Of the house of representatives
has appointed the following named represen-
tatives as a committee to take charge Of the
funeral arrangements Of the late Representa-
tive 8. 8. Cox: Messrs. Carlisle, Randall,
Holman, Felix Campbell, Heard, Seney,
Muchley. Kelly, Mckinley, Cannon, Reed,
Burrows, and O'Neill of Pennsylvania. The
following gentlemen lhave been selected as
pallbearers: Gen. :sSherman, Vice President
Morton. J. +. Agnew, Senator Dawes, Supt.
Kimball. Gen. +. A. Walker, ex-Attorney
General Garland. ex-Gov. Hoardly, Charles
A. Dana and Col. John Cockerill.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
More Money In Quackery.

In Paris lately a physician was ar
rested for practicing medicine with,
out q diploma. He had large and
lucrative practice, and at the trial
several patients testified that they
had been ordered by the defendant
as a cure for their ills, to hold 8
copper rod on their hands until it
fell of; to stand on one leg, etc.
Such disclosures didn't unnerye the
doctor in the least, and when asked
what he had to say, to the great
surprise of all, produced q diploma
showingh he was egularlygraduated
physician. He then explained that
Tor five years after leaving college he
had vainly tried to make living by
regular practice. Then to AVOID
starvation, he hit upon the quackery
dodge, and made considerable
money. But now that he had been
obliged to show his diploma, the
''trick" would be obliged to move
to some other locality where
ne would not be known as q regular
physician.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
B.nbooxlsd BIZ his wifi.

An attorney was visited at San Francisco
by Jacob Wilson, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y,
who said he wanted legal assistance in recov-
ering his share of q valuable estate, out o.
which he said he had been %defrauded. His
father, he said, was Jacob Wilson, a real
estate dealer, who died in May, 1886, leav-
ing an estate valued at 81, O0O, 900. Half OF
this amount wa to 60 to his widow, the re-
mainder to be divided between his two sons,
one of whom was Jacob. He said a conspir
acy was formed against him and he was de-
frauded by his wife of his share Of the estate
and then she shipped him to Melbourne.
It was learned from New York
that Wilson had exaggerated his
story, but the main facts were
correct, and that o fortune amounting to
$4,000 was lett by Jacob Wilson of Brook
lyn, who was o capitalist and real estate
dealer. Young Wilson gave his father much
trouble. To get rid OF him, the old gentle
man agreed to his marriage with o daughter
Of one Of his tenants. The girl objected be-
cause she would not DO provided for. This
objection the old man said he would do away
with by settling 81, 800 year on them for
life and giving her aVbonus of $15, 900 to
take her off his hands. This was agreed to.
but after theelder Wilson's death in 1885, he
woman got her hands on the estate, secured a
divorce and sent her husband to Australia.
A conspiracy Is alleged. and the fght will be
made to regain Wilson's share of the estate.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
Aperrs LORI Arrsst.l.

a stirring sensation was caused BY the o..
rest Of q young man who, for two weeks or
more hassbcen supposed to be D younger
brother Of the duke Of Durham. On his ar
rival he registered at the leading hotel as
plain Robert Morris af London. but soon
gave it out that he had noble blood pulsing
In his veins. lie stated that on account II q
difficulty he had with an older brother in
one Of the aristocratic clubs Of the English
metropolis he had left the country with the
intention Of making q tour Of the
world. He first appeared at Mayville,
where it Is said he exhibited letters of intro
from Cornelius Vanderbilt and other promi.
nent Eastern gentlemen. With these Gre
dentials he had NO difficulty in procuring an
introduction in good socisty. He reported
that hehad an income Of $50, 900 o year.
He was often seen with large sums of money,
and those who knew of the reckless extrava-
gance with which he spent it had no doubt
ns to the truth Of the statements. He sel-
sat down to a meal without q
d dse'f the sc eestiiest anu rin s.waS' rS 81,
fast living he continued until q week ago,
when he departed for the West, much to the
regret OF all who had enjoyed his prodigality.
y 49, OAuO IL . WINS gong ulTGcb
TO the Pacific coast and from there to Japan;
but instead he stopped at Jameston and re.
manned several days. One night he returned
to Fargo and next day, as he was about to
board the west-bound Northern train, he
was arrested by Inspector Mitchell, of the
city OF London police force, who had just
arrived from st. Paul. His arrest has been
the talk of the town, but as he had gone to
jamestown, where he claimed to rave left his
money, no facrs in relation to the matter
could be learned until the return. INSPECTOR
Mitchell was accompanied by a Pinkerton
detective and q Mr.. Woodall OF London.
From the English official it was learned that
the young man is wanted for q forgery
amounting to 91,50O. His real name IL
Oswal Riddel Miles. Until July - he had
been employed as clerk by Woodall G Co.;
stockholders in London, and while in their
service forged their name to O draft. He
disappeared immediately after the forgery
was discovered, but for some reason the
officers did not start to America until Aug.
10. From New York they traced him to
minneapolis and thence to Farro.
and although they have at last captured him
MS victims will recover but a small portion
OF their stolen money. He had less h a
$2oo OF it left: The officer stated that he is
not even remotely connected with any noble
family, and that his father is now serving q
sentence for forgery. The bogus lord pro.
tested his innocence to the last, and assured
MS acquaintance that he would be- back in
q few weeks. He is apparently about twenty.
three years of age, but little over four feet
nigh, quite intelligent and well educated.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19

William ii. Bartholomew las been arrested
on suspicion of being concerned in the muir.
der Of Farmer billiard at Beresville, Pa.
silvestro Morals, the outlaw who abducted
. California girl q few months ago, has. been
arrested n the girl restored to her parents.
The queen Of England will next month join
her daughter and her imperial grand-son at
Florence, where the proposal that Queen Vic.
toria should abdicate in favor Of tho Prince
Of Wales will be decided. The Prince has an.
nouncsd that his health has been much i'm.
proved BY quafing the German waters. thus
still further ingratiating himself with the
Germans I'M their ruler, which it his role to
do now for most powerful reasons. He has
privately gived it out that he intends hence.
forth to abandon all frivolous habits OF life,
discard all loose acquaintance, however On.
Pertaining, and conduct himself as bocomes
the heir to the throne. The daughter ana
grandson are expected to impress this edify-
ing resolution upon Queen Victoria at t6e
nesting Of the trio in Italy, and another ~
tack will BE- made upon her to relinquish the
cares Of state. -
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19

A natural, gas well hos been drilled at
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, that is estimated
to flow $4,000, 600 cubic feet a day.
The National Greenback party met in con-
~vention in Cincinnati. Twenty-Five green
hackers were present.
Hon. w. F. Sheehan has brought suit in
Buffalo, N. Y, against the Albany Evening
Union for libel, placing his damages ut $780,
At q special meeting of the Bell telephone
directors in Boston it was voted to increase
the capital stock from SIC, OOO,O 600 to $12,
$780, OO.
The Colored Baptist Association of the
Western States and Territories is holding it's
annual session in Indianapolis, with a large
number of ministers in attendance.
The Louisiana state board of canvassers
met at Baton Rouge and canvassed the vote
cast for congressman in the Third district
Sept. ). Prices's majority is 1896.
Members OF the Chicago police force went
to San Francisco to arrest Tascott, who
they had been notified. had shipped before
the mast on O vessel from China bound for
that port, The man turned out to be q
Welshman who in no way resembled Tas-
colt.
The railroad commissioners at St. Paul re
ceived q statement from the st. Paul Mime
apolis and Manitoba railway of it's earnings
for the first six months of tho present year.
During the first six months of 1888 the
roads earnings were 2 ,574, 800. 3s, while
during the same period this year they were
81, 1925, 1862 9 showing q falling of of
$646, 1904. This will decrease the amount
Of taxes to be paid into the state treasury
by $20,O69.SO.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19

A NEW ENGLAND manufacturer
says that street musicians are a seri-
GUS expense to the manufacturing
companies in country towns. A gyp-.
sic girl playing on a tambourine re-
Gently passed his establishment, and,
he says, cost the company about two
hundred dollars. Every employee
in the big factory ran to a window,
and work was suspended for fully a
quarter Of an hour. Every circus pa
rade costs them hundreds of dollars,
and when q minstrel brass band
marches by it costs from $25 to$5O.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
Death 81 Sunset Cdr.

Congressman Sunset Cor died at his homo
IN New York OF Tuesday Sept, 10. The end
was quiet, and the dying man breathed his
last as peacefully ash falling into q sleep.
Mrs. Cox, who had been scarcely away from
her husbands bed side for the past two days
and nights, held his left hand, while his old
friend Douglass Taylor held the other. He
had been conscious all day until about q
quarter OF an hour before the end. DR.. Lock
wood was in attendance at the time. Nicho-
las Kearney, William Hirschfeld, two nurses
and two servants were in the room. All
knelt about his bed. MIR. Cox last CONVEX
sation was about the four territories, whose
statehood he hoped to father. BE mentioned
New Mexico and Arizona, and said something
about making a great effort in their
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
A Determined Attempt 1t Suicide.

Ons OF the most determined attempts at
suicide ever heard of was made last night by
Lena Hertzog, seventeen years old, who re.
sides with her pnrents in williamsburg near
New York. The girl is comely brunette,
pump OF form and OF pleasant appearance.
one was a passenger on the ferry boat from
brooklyn to New York city. When the boat
reached the Grand street ferry Miss Hertzog
came ashore, but Immediately returned and
paid her fare, n once more took q seat in
the cabin. The boat had not vet cleared tho
slip when one of the deck hands saw the girl
Walk rapidly out Of the cabin toward fhe
stern OF the boat For q moment she stood
snll and then suddenly swung herself clear of
Ine east rail and disappeared. The deck
nand gave the alarm and the boat was i'm
l msa,a.ely topped: Inside Of a few seconds
INTO requisition. The electric light made
thlngs as clearas day. The first life preseryer
!nrown ieli close to the girl, but she pushed
and shouts attracted The ticket chopper'
James Kelly, who is an expert swimmer, and
wnln He jumped into the river, seized
the girl by the waist and lifted her bodily
up SO that she might breathe. The girl
Surned upon him and struggled to free
herself from his grasp. Kelly held
on, however, and made for the
snp. A desperate struggle folio we'd; the half.
drowned girl seemed t. gain new strength
and shefought like a tigress. When near the
sip ropes were thrown Kelly, who caught
one and wound it around the BODY of his
charge. but it was quickly thrown of. This
tne girl repeated three times, and then seiz-
1Rg her reseuer by the arm savagely bit him.
Keiiy was becoming exhausted, and saw that
il the girls life was to be saved violence
would have to be used, so he wa compelled
TO beat her into submission. The blows had
tne deslred effect for q time, but when an at
tempt was made to lift her upon the ladder
she broke out afresh, but was finally landed,
wet, limp and exhausted. This water battle
lasted fully fifteen minutes. When stimu-
iants Wero offered tho girl, later on, she
threw the glass from her and smashed it.
FINALLY the reckless creature was placed un-
DER arrest and afterwards sent to a hospital
IN an ambulance, where she was doing nicely.
Her parents say that the whole adventure
arose from q love affair.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19

An average of five feet of water is
estimated to fail annually over the
whole earth, and, assuming that
condensation takes place at an aver
age height of 5000 feet, scientists
conclude that the force of evapora-
ton to supply such rainfall must
equal the lifting Of 322, 1000 600
pounds Of water 5000 feet in every
minute, 81 about 100000, 600, 900
horse power constantly exerted. OF
this prodigious amount Of energy
thus created . very small proper
tjon is transferred to the waters that
run backthrough nyerst 10 the sea
md . stillsinaller. fraction is utilized
sby man; the remainder d dissipated
. spaee.