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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Disorder in Oklahoma.

Such scenes as this in Guthrie, are every
day affairs IN Oklahoma: E. A. Weed, claim
ant to a lot on First and Second Harrison
streets, also claimed by Mr.. Hayes, engaged
a large force of men and began this morning
to erect a building over and around the 9th.
er claimant. The aggrieved party was soon
reinforced by q large party of friends and
idlers who were standing round the street
corners. At first q protest was made against
building on Sunday. This. of course was
done to engage the sympathy of the crowd
which q collected and which numbered bv
this time nearly 500 persons. After the con-
testants had engaged in q wordy war and at
a ~preconcerted signal, the frame of the build
ing, which consisted of the floor, beams and
foundation stills, was picked up by the crowd
and carried into the street. In doing this
part OF the work the men carrying the frame,
in walking backwards, stumbled over O pile
OF lumber and men and timbers were piled in
q confused mass.
While the disturbance was at it's height,
United States Marshal Needles arrived and
commanded the crowd to dispense. He was
opposed by argument by some of the leaders.
de at once secretly sent a messenger for the
troops. a holt mile distant, and in order to
hold the people in check until the soldiers
arrived, sent two marshals into the centre oil
the crowd: During the next few minutes one
or two fights OF little consequence occurred,
one of which was occasioned by q thief who
attempted to ply his vocation.
There was much excitement at this time,
but as soon as the b~lue-coats were seen com.
ing on a double quick the turbulent dement,
quieted down, and five minutes later the car
penters were at work while the military un.
der Lieut.. Roe formed in a hollow square
around the site of the proposed structure.
One man named Gilchrist, was dubbed by d
soldier for not Qbeying the sentineI's orders
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Fearful Railroad Wreck.

The west-bound train on the st. Louis &
San Francisco railroad which left St. Louis,
was wrecked at point three miles west ofSull-
ivan, Mo-, a place sixty-eight miles west of
St. Louis. Not a passenger escaped unhurt
and forty-ive are known to have been seri-
ously injured, though no deaths are yet re-
ported. The train a running at a high
rate Of speed when suddenly, without a word
Of warning, the track gave the locomotive,
baggage car and five coaches went over the
embankment. The train men and those only
slightly injured Immediately set to work to
prevent the additional horror offre, in which
they succeeded, and then turned their atten.
ton to the more unfortune injured, and in O
very short time, torty-ive passengers, all
debris. A temporary hospital al i'm.
p~rovised at Sullivan, and the most
seriously injured we're taken there,
while others were brought to st. Louis on
the relief train. The explanation given by
the trainmen to the passengers was that the
spikes and fish-plates hid been removed from
the rail at the curve, thus leaving. the rail
and plates is not known, but the supposition
is that the work was done by train robbers,
who wanted to hold up the train. Still, no
robbers put in IN appearance, and if the ac-
client was caused by them, they must have
either weakened in their purpose or thrown
the wrong train. The road officials claim
that it is a clear case of train. wrecking, On
the train was Q large body at, physicians re-
turning from Springfield, whore the state
medical convention Is being held, and they
also rendered valuable assistance in caring
Tor the injured. Among the latter was Dr.
Russell, who received very serious hurts.
Patrick O'Dny, aged seventy, and Mrs.
Kate O'Day are tho only persons whose in
juries are thought to be fatal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

With his young wife, who 10 . beautiful Eng
lish girl thirty years younger than her hus.
band. Sturgeon met Duckworth In Aus.
tralia and through the friendship Of Duck.
worth for the London preacher they became
intimate. On the voyage, which lasted a
month, Sturgeon paid SO much attention to
young Mrs. Duckworth as to excite gossip on
the ship. When the voyage was about hall
over Duckworth protested against his undue
familarities and said he could attend to his
wife's comfort without did. A GOODNESS en-.
sued, but the party made up at San Francis.
co for Yosemite valley his care of Mrs. Duck.
worth became almost loverlike and Duck
worth's jealousy reached q climax at Wa.
Wona on tile return journey. He suddenly
said to Spurgeon, in the presence of q half.
dozen Witnesses: five agreat mind to thrash
you, sir" At the suggestion Of a we'll known
San Franciscan ii was decided to settle the
matter according to Qneensberry rules and
the sparring began. Duckworth was too
mad to parley and Immediately rushed at
Spurgeon. They clinched and were just get.
ting warmed up when Mrs. Duckworth rushed
in between them, threw her strong arms
around her husband and held him like a vice.
Spurgeon. escaped to his hotel. Duckworth,
breathing vengeance, was arrested for dis.
turbing the peace but was afterward liber-
atsd as Sturgeon would not make a charge
against him. All returned to the city and
Doth parties were very anxious to keep the
matter out OF the papers, as their friends in
duced them to become reconciled.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

WHEN THE PRINCE OF WALES and
his wife wish to 60 the theatre, no.
tice is given to the manager, who
prepares his largest box, or knocks
two boxes into n for the royal
party, and set aside another box for
their suite. If the boxes have al.
ready been sold the persons purchas'
ing are informed that they are want
ed for royalty, and are requested to
call and get their money back. Hall
o dozen programmes are printed on
colored satin, q lot of boquets are
purchased for the ladies, and an i'm
mense amount of scarlet cloths used
in decorating the house. The mana
ger receives the party personally.
The raising of the curtain is delayed
until the royal party is seated and
the orchestra plays s'God save the
Queen At intervals during the
performance refreshments + sent
up to the royal box. All this 10 at
theexpense Of the management,
ET&[# go gFE9&
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Latest News Cleaned From Asso.
ciated Press kilograms.
Washington lettings.

James A. Forward made a presumption
entry in the Spokane (Wash) district, and
after final proof the general land Office held
that as he had filed q declaratory statement
for another tract only a few weeks before,
his proof was void, and he was refused a
patent. 1t seems that q homestead entry
had been fled on the first tract, and this
coming to Forwards knowledge he imme-
diately made q new entry. Secretary Noble,
in reversing the decision of the land Office,
says that where q settler has acted in good
faith the department. is not disposed to de-
prive him ofhis rights through a technicality.
The sending of the English flagship Swift
sure and the Amphion to Sitka, with orders
to cruise in the Behring sea, has caused quite
a stir IN official circles at Washington.
The treasury department has time and again
called the attention Of the government to
the fact that ships fly ing the English flag ore
engaged in illicit sealing in Behring sea. In
most cases these vessels are we'll armed, and
our revenue cutters, which carry only no.
witzers, are no match for them. The state
department has decided that Behring sea is
a closed sea, and intends to assert dominion
over the whole Pacific within the limit de-
fined by our treaty with Russia.
The acting superintendent Of foreign mails
at Washington has issued the following no.
tice: The Canada Office has advised this de-
partment that by an amendment to the
p%ostofice act made at the recent session OF
parliament; the rate of postage applicable in
Canada to letters addressed for delivery in
Canada or the United States has been re.
duced from 3 cents for each half ounce or
fraction of hall ounce to 3 rents for each
ounce or fraction of an ounce. Ordinary let
ters received from Canada prepaid in full at
the rate of 3 cents per ounce or fraction of an
ounce ore required therefore to be delivered
to addresses in the United States without
additional charge for postage.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

A FEW evenings ago a fire broke
out in a barrel ofcharcoal in the hall.
way OF a house in New London, Conn.
One of the inmates of the house
smelled the smoke, and, armed with
a bucketful of water, made a rush for
the hallway. Directly opposite the
burning barrel hung q large mirror,
which pictured the fire to perfection.
The excited man did not hesitate, but
threw the water at the mirror, the
glass falling to the ground with q
loudcrash. The fellow really thought
he had extinguished the blaze, and
the house would probablyhave burn.
ed had not another man poured a
pail of water on the burning material.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

ELECTRICITY played some strange
freaks during q thunderstorm in
Connecticut. At Milford a big holo
was excavated just in the rear Of tho
village drug store, but not a particle
of the earth thrown out by the light.
ming was visible on the premises. In
Henry Johnson's blacksmith shop,
in Stratford, the electric fluid welded
a large hammer solidly to an anvil.
An electric bolt struct horse and OK
which stood at opposite ends of a
barn in Fairfield. The two animals
were more than 9 hundred feet apart,
yet both were killed, and not q sign
of the lighting could be found else
where around the building.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

A DRoLL performance is credited to
a United States Surgeon in Caribou,
Me. To test the hearing of an ap'
plicant for a pension, he held hi.
watch some distance from the mans
left ear and asked him if he could
hear it tick. The answer was "No,'
and the same reply was given to
repeated questions as the
watch was brought gradually nearer
"Put him down totally deaf in the
left ear" the surgeon said, and hold
ing the watch away from the mans
right ear, the same question was
asked. To his surprise the answer
was the same. 1t then occurred to
the surgeon to examine his watch
and he found that it had stopped.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

The youngest commercial drum.
mer in the United States is Harry
Wade, of Buffalo. lie is but IL years Of
age, and a son of Frank A. Wade,
The way Master Wade first went out
was owing to the serious illness O
his father, who is now confined to
his house. The boy had made fire.
quent trips with his father and OBJ
served his ways otdoing business. He
prevailed upon his father to let him
take his route, which is through New
York State. The boy has made two
successive trips over the route, and
is the favorite of the commercial mer
and his fathers customers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Lords Of Creation.

Grant Allen propounds, in the
Forum, a new view of "woman's
place in nature" t"The males," he
says, "are the race; the females are
merely the sex told off to recruit and
produce it. All that is distinctively
human is mantle field, the ship, the
mine, the workshop. All that is
truly woman is merely reproductive
the home, the nursery, the school,
room. The very necessity for telling
off at least a considerable number Of
the women for the arduous duties 90
human maternity prevents the ",os-
sibility OF women, as such ever ha;nr
really, in any deep sense, the r.oe +;
is human to till, to build, t. ,o1,;~ota
and these are the functir No +hof sai,
upon man. The malsr have hn;1t nm
human civilization : md have made
in n1 b groaO i faas,st. ally acquired gains
have la Ve. acted 5a az !, while the females
~" lese male acquisitions"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Curiosities Of the English Schools.
London Times.

Curiosities Of the English Schools.
London Times.
Thefollowing were recently among
the written answers in examinations
on the scriptures by her Majesty's
inspectors of schools:
"Who was Moses?" He was an
Egyptian. He lived in a bark made
of bullrushes, and he kept a golden
cart and worshipt braizen snakes,
and he het nothin' but qwables and
manner for forty years. He was
kort by the 'air of his ed while
ridin' under a bow of a tree, and he
was killed by his son Absion as he
was hanging from the bow. His
end was peace"
what do you know of the patri-
arch Abraham" "He was the
father of Lot and had tew wives.
One was called Hismale and tother
Haygur. He KEEP wun at home and
he hurried the tother into the desert,
where she became a pillow of salt
in the day time and a pillow of fire
at nite."
"Write an account of the good
Samaritan" A certain man went
down from Jerslem to Jeriker and
he fell among thawns, and the
thawns sprang up and choked him.
Whereupon he gave tuppins to the
host and said tax care on him and
put him on his hone hass. And he
past by on the hother side"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
The Ounce of Prevention.

Under the above heading the New
York World ofFeb 10th, contains an
editorial, of which the following are
a few extracts:
physicians and unprofessional
men Of sense agree that if people
would take q little of the pains to
prevent disease that they do to have
it cured that the civilized world would
be much less like avast hospital than
it is now. But the idea
Of a regular and stated physical ex-
animation, even of persons who are
apparently well, is an excellent one.
The approaches of pulmonary COM
plants, kidney troubles, and many
of the other ills that flesh is heir to
are so insidious as not to be appar-
emit to their victim. In
nothing is it truer than in disease
that an ounce ofprevention is worth
a pound of cure.'" -.-
There is q great deal of wisdom in
what the World remarks. Individu-
ais, as a rule, do not give physical
attention, and it is only when alarm
ed by the presence of disease itself
the consciousness of failing strength
that attention is given to such
matters.
Much has been said and written in
recent years concerning the extreme
and oftentimes fatal danger which re-
suits from delay in the treatment of
kidney diseases.
Physicians admit that they can
not control advanced disease of
those organs, and it is doubtful
whether they can control it in any
stage without the assistance of War
ner's Safe Cure, which is established
as the only known means which will
reliably prevent and cure this class
of disease.
Besides, it has been definitely as
certained that kidney disease is the
real cause of ill health in most cases
where consumption, heart, brain or
nervous disorders are supposed to
exist, and in consequence of such be-
lief many fatal mistakes have been
SO1AAlAAoVCu ~ Jul OcSO puyS4CAtbAS III
treating such disorders, which are
but the symptoms of the disease,
whilst they have allowed the real dis
ease-disease of the kidneys to escape
their notice until too late.
There is no safer or surer way
by which health can be preserved
and disease averted than the
occasional use of Warmers
Safe Cure, which will benefit the
"engines of life, THE kidneys, even
if they are in q normally healthy
state; while the good that will result in
case disease is threatened, or is al
ready present, cannot be overesti-
mated.
The most careful examination made
by a skillful physician sometimes is
unreliable, since this class of disease
is extremely deceptive, and seldom
openly manifests itself until the UNI
suspecting sufferer is beyond assist
ance
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
An Extraordinary Story.

The police of Buda-P esth are in
vestigating a truly marvellous case.
A boy at the public grammar school
has confessed to his father that he
has Tor some time past taken money
from the till in his shop, being or
dered to do so by a man, who had
made him the subject of experiments
in hypnotism. The father went to
the school authorities, and it was
discovered that a whole class ofboys
were in a similar plight. They act :,
as mediums" and by a prc oos .
known as Suggestion" were maS
to steal money from their nnn4
and bring it to the ardeut pa "r
in question, The affair sGieh nus
ped in mystery, and " +he - e .,al xl na
of cohversation.-Ps !, W. WI E'1s .oPl
Ill XV6kk OdZCVUS
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Are Animals Superstitiousi

Do animals see ghosts7 Of course
there are no ghosts, but that makes
n o difference. Science and philosophy
agree that it is not tall improbable
that nothing is, except pertu1 bations
of brain cells. Anything that we
may think we see may not, after all,
have any existencc-at any rate, 1t
does not exist as we see it. Do ami
mails know about ghosts and do they
think they see them? In his latest
book Sir John Lubbock undertakes
to tell how the world appears to
animals, but he doesn't enter into
the possibilities of s~uperstitions
among dogs and horses, for instance.
Certainly, the world does not appear
the same to the ant that it does to
man; and not quite the same to the
dog or the horse, since the dog and
the horse do not laugh. If we take
the conclusions of science respecting
the development of the intelligence,
we ought to be able to believe that
the more intelligent of the lower ami
mails have superstitions that CORE
spond in some measure to those OF
the least intelligent human beings.
That many animals reason, draw
logical differences beyond the opera
ton of instinct, ispretty we'll settled:
When adog or ahorse has exhausted
all it's experience in attempting to
account tor certain phenomena, does
it conclude that the thing is super
natural or out of the order of expli-
cable phenomena? Novelists tell us
about the amazing fear of dogs and
horses ordinarily fearless, when
placed under conditions that excite
The fear of superstitious persons.
Are there facts to warrant this? If
dogs and horses see ghosts they
must be capable of the simplest form
of religious emotion: that is to say,
the fear of the inexplicable, which in
the savage is regarded by science as
the beginning of religion. Dogs have
what in science passes for moral
sense. They are conscious of wrong
doing and practice self restraint. OF
course it all grows out of the expert
nee that the doing OF certain things
is attended with more pain than the
momemtary pleasure, but this, sci
ence tells us, is the basis of the moral
sense. At all events, science is bound
to admit the potentiality of super
stitions in Observation-Disclosures Sen
tinel.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Minor CaSualtiea.

Laura Fleming, the 14-year-old daughter
OF q farmer living near Eau Claire, Wis; was
visiting at the house of james MaComb, a
Mr.. McComb's daughter, also q girl of IA.
Suddenly the McComb girl rushed down
stairs and said Laura was killed. Laura
was found lying across the bed. She had
been shot in the head and a smoking revol-
er 10y near by. The dying girl could talk,
but gave no explanation and died ut 4
o'clock next morning. The McComb girl
the weapon, which lay on the window sill
when they entered the room.
8 A special freight train from Bridgeport,
Conn, collided with the regular Albany
freight, bound south on the Housatonic rail-
road, about one mile from Bull station, caus-
ing q disastrous wreck. Both rains came
together with q terrible crash, wrecking the
engines into a shapelss mass, t~elescoping two
freight cars on the up train. smashing three
cars of the down train and derailing nine
other cars. Engineer William B. Look, OF
Great Darlington, Mass, who had charge OF
the engine of the up train, was crushed to
death. His emains were found buried in the
coal OF his tender. Charles Odds, a brake.
man on the same train, was terribly crushed,
and died in a few moments after the collision.
A terrible accident happened at a barn
raising on the farm OF Jacob Boerstler at
Loyal Oak, seven miles from Akron, Ohio,
by which three men were fatally injured and
fifteen more seriously hurt. While one of the
big bents of the barn was being elevated in
to position one of the side posts slipped be-
yond the protecting bar md the big beam
came crashing Town with terrific force upon
a score of men. Thu utmost CONSERVATION
prevailed Inc the work ~ofrescue was retarded
for the time being owing to the excitement
and lack of adequate help. A dozen more
or less injured. 1t is impossible to obtain
full particulars and the names of all the
wounded owing to the remoteness Of the To-
cality. The wives OF the men were in the
house preparing a dinner for the occasion,
and some of them were completely pros
trated by the calamity. Medical aid was
summoned from all the surrounding hamlets.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06
Petty Warehouses;.

George C. Hill, a prominent citizen of Jack
son, MINI, and q classmate of ex-Secretary
Villas, commits suicide while laboring under
temporary mental ALTERATION.
At Evansville. Ind, Albert Wilson, O rail-
roader, shot and instantly killed his young
wife and then sent a bullet through his own
brain.
j. A. Newcomb of Wichita, Kas., commit
ted suicide at Clearwater by shooting him
self in the head. The loss of 500, 900 had
left him financially wrecked.
White Cap outrages occurred near Mt.
Auburn, Iowa, in which several persons were
fatally injured. The victim was q farmer,
and his barn was burned. Being driven out
by the flames, he defended himself with q
%pitchfork, wounding several White Caps. All
the parties implicted are under arrest except
the wounded.
Recently a member Of the Canadian Blood
Indians visited Montana and stole a number
of horses from the eros Ventres. A hght
took place near the Bear Paw mountains in
which none Of the Canadian Indians were
killed, but two of the eros Ventures were kill
ed and their scalps brought to the Blood
Reserve in triumph. The Canadian mounted
pOlACC q LII puIculV VI UlC UulcVSS anu
murders-their object being to recover the
horses and return them to the Montana
authorities. Two were captured after
an exciting chase. Three OF the party
are snid to be at the South Piegan agency i n
Montana. Other arrests are expected in O
few days.
William Heiman, of Onawa, a small town
south of Sioux city, is hunting for his daugh-
ter, Grace, who Sunday morning decked her.
self in her best clothes, and instead of going
to church, skipped out with a travelling man
for a st. Joseph grocery house. The father
trailed the couple as far as Blair. Neb., but
there lost all trace of them. Grace was sew.
enteen years old, has light hair, a fair com
plexion, and is an only daughter. She is
heir to on estate worth $4,000, but since
her escapade, according to an oath taken by
her father, she will be cut off without q
shilling and the property will go to the
church.
Great excitement prevails in university
circles at Madison, Wis, over q disgraceful
affair. The ladies of the Delta Grammar
fraternity were giving a reception to the
| visiting delegates to the national Dolta
Grammar convention now in session at
| Madison. While q dance was in progress,
many Madison people also being on the
floor, Q quantity of red pepper was thrown
into the ventilators. Many ladies' became
sick and had to leave the hall, and the party
wa broken up. The police were called, and
are reported to have caught some OF the
guilty parties. The outrage Is supposed to
have been committed by anti-fraternity stu.
dents. e
One Of the largest robberies of registered
mail ever committed in the Chicago post.