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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
On q Turtles Back.

One of the old and popular denizens
of Fairfield is a river turtle who
made his first appearance there in
.1S47, according to The Fairfield
Journal. John R. Joy discovered
him and marked him with his initials.
This was a mile from the river. In
1851, when the war broke out he
came to the front and Benton Brown
met him and marked him with his
initials. In 1868 he reappeared and
was again marked. He is in the
habit Of bobbing up near the big
boom, to make the acquaintance of
the river drivers, about once in four
years. Early in 1889 he again made
his appearance. Another inscription
was carved on his back and he was
toted around the town forexhibition
and then liberated again. He is q
great pet among the hands at the
boom.-Lewiston Journal.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
They Must Burn the Dead.

The sanitary question is the paramount one
of the hour ut thescene of the Johnston hor.
ror. The state board of health is looked up
to Us q more potent factor thar the military
and civic forces combined. The work OF the
board was distributed, DR.. Lee taking a re-
lay to Pittsburg with the intention of estab-
fishing headquarters. The army of sanitary
inspectors will he established, half of which
will go up the river by boats and the remain
der take u construction crew up the railroad.
The latter have adopted cremation as the cry,
and at night the d~esolate valley will lie
lit up with bonires of %wreckage which will be
the pyre of hundreds of dead bodies. DR..
Morrell, deputy chief of the state board OF
health, said: The point has come in
this horror when sentiment should be laid
aside. TO endanger the lives of the living
that the dead may be identified is no longer
justifable. Besides, the bodies are all past
being embalmed and friends can scarcely rec
ognize features any longer. Identification
the persons" There is a strong move
ment on foot in favor of applying the torch
to the wrecked buildings in d ohnstown, and,
although the suggestion meets with strong
opposition at this time, there is little doubt
the ultimate solution of existing difficulties
will be by this method. An army of men
have been for two days employed in clearing
uP OAC WleVh Ill oHe CIty pfOpeT, ulu, dl>
though hundreds of bodies nave been dis
covered, not one-fifth OF the ground has yet
been gone over. In many places the
rubbish is piled twenty or thirty
feet high, and not infrequently these great
drifts cover an area of nearly al acre. Mar
row passages have been cut through in every
direction, but the herculean labor of remov-
ing the rubbish has yet hardly begun. At q
meeting OF the central relief committee Gen.
Hastings suggested the ACCESSIBILITY of draw
ing a Gordon around the few houses that are
not in ruins and applying the torch to tho
remaining great SEA of waste. Although
the proposition to burn the wreck
was defeated. it was evident that
the movement was gaining many I'D
herents and the result will doubtless be that
in a few days the torch will be applied not
only to the acres of waste in YOUNGSTOWN, but
also to the avalanche of debris that chokes
the stream above the Pennsylvania bridge.
Even the undertakers were unable to remain
ut work in the Fourth ward morgue, owing
to the stencil. Forty bodies were in the
small school room. All the unknown dead
were taken from the room and placed in the
'front.' yard. They will be kept for a day or
two longer, but in the hot sun decomposi-
ton wills set in very soon.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Seattle Nearly wiped Out.

Fire broke out at Seattle, w. +. on
Thursday June the 9th in the Pontius build
ing on Front street and by 4:3O p. m.
was raging over a district Of Ave or six
blocks with tremendous fury. The WIND was
from the north and the direction ofthe fire
was along the water on Front street and from
the water front to the big brick block be.
tween Columbia and San Francisco streets.
The magnificent San Francisco store and
other stores in the row were on fire. and the
whole big block was doomed. The local fire.
men were helpless in the face Of the calamity
and telegraphed in all directions
for aid. At 4:3O p. m. the confagration
was rushing through the heart OF
the city. To add to the peril, a smart breeze
began blowing offthe bay, tanning thef1ames,
anil about the same time 1000 feet of hose
was caught in the advancing blaze and de.
stroyed. The opera house block, the block
opposite, oil the warehouses at the foot Of
Columy street, and also the great group OF
buildings in the rear of the Post Intelligencer
newspaper Office were now burning. The
people in the Yesler block. occupied by the
Western Union Telegraph company and the
Post Intelligencer;: were:.hurriedly mov;ngiout
over which this dispatch was being sent.
At 8 p. m. tlirty-one blocks had been
burned in the heart of the city. and there
was imminent danger of the loss of twenty
blocks square. The water supply is made.
quate. The loss is IS, 200 900. already.
One-third of the business portion of the city
is destroyed. The whole lower part Of the
city is burning.
A special from Seattle ut 9:45 Wednesday
night says: The business portion of Seattle,
The largest city in the territory, is in ashes.
Every bank, hotel and place OF amusement,
oil the leading business houses, all the news.
paper Offices, railroad depots, miles o:steam.
boat wharf, coal bunkers, freight ware.
houses and telegraph Offices burned.
The fire began near the corner OF
Front and Pearl streets in the Seattle candy
Iactory buildings at $50 p. m, and before
midnight it had consumed the whole of the
business section of the city, northward to
Stetsen & Posts mill, along Front and Sec.
ond to the water front involving a loss ofover
$5,OOO,0OO. The city is literally wiped out
except the residence portion on high ground.
At $3.50 o'clock the flames had reached the
wharves and the steamboats, and shipping
were compelled to head out into the stream.
A stiff breeze was blowing from the
northwest when the fire began and ii
soon got the best OF the fire department.,
The water supply gave out within W hours
after the fire began, and then the flames had
a clean sweep. Word was telegraphed te
Tacoma, n train started with fire ap'
p~aratus at 4:35 p. M, reaching Seattle in
sixty-three minutes. The ocean steamers
Mexico, for San Francisco, and Ancon, fol
Alaska, escaped destruction by pulling out
into the harbor. A great deal OF property
was moved, only to he burned up in Other
places, SO quickly did the flames spread.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Epsy, THE Old Storm
King"

In 1843 Professor Epsy was given
q position in the War Department..
where he could pursue his investiga-
tons in atmopherical currents and dis
turbances and receive reports from
distant points of observation. He in
stituted a service of daily weather re-
ports, out of which our present Signal
Service system has grown, and on the
basis of this enterprise, as Mrs More
head relates in her book, Professor
Henry once remarked to her that there
was no question in his mind that PRO
lessor Espy should be regarded as the
father of the present Signal Service of
the United States, his Theory of
Storms having led the way to its estab-
lishment and present success" Pro-
lessor Henry added that the charts
now used in the service were Identical
with some moditications) with those
that the 'sOld Storm King constructed
for use in the Meteorological Bureau
of the War Department when he was
at its head. A similar acknowledge
ment was made to Mrs. Morehead by
General Myer. Professor Espy was for
several years a regent of the Smith
sonian Institution, and was brought in
to close relations and friendship with
Professor Henry. On the occasion. of
his death Professor Bache pronounced
his eulogy in the Board of Regents,
and the regents passed the customary
resolutions in honor Of his memory.
One of these resolutions describes him
as ''one of the most useful and Jealous
of the meteorolgists cooperating with
the institution, whose labors in both
the increase and diffusion of knowl-
edge of m~eteorology have merited the
highest honors of science at home,
and have added to the reputation of
our country abroad. Popular Science
MONTHLY.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Il SEAL ffeHERY.
Newfoundland Hunters Capture
Nearly Half a Million In ST,
Waaka. >.r

Newfoundland Hunters Capture
Nearly Half a Million in SIX
Weeks.
More than $1,000 900 worth Of seals
have been captured by the seal hunt
ers from st. Johns within the past SIX
weeks. The catch has been unprece.
denied, and has led to the fitting out
of many other vessels for that indus
try. The steamer Wolf was first to re.
turn with a full cargo. She left port
on March 9, and struck the seals on
the 18th, midway between Quirpon
and Groas island. On the 18th her
crew killed 5000 seals, and the 18th
to the 18th they took 18, 900 more on
board and started for home. Seals are
worth $2.5O each. The value of the
VOLTS cargo is $780, 600. Since the
VOLTS arrival the Ranger has come in
with the finest cargo Of the season.
She had on board 5000 seals, valued
at over 800, 900. She was out nine.
teen days. The Walrus arrived next
with Is, 900 seals, her full capacity.
Then came the Neptune with 80, 900,
the Hector with Is, 200, the Esquimaux
with 80, 900, the Terra Nova with 3d.
600, the Falcon with $1,000, the Van
guard with 19, 900, the Kite with 49,
600, and the Painter with 16, 0O0. The
latter vessel lost 5000 from her decks
in a heavy swell. In the gulf there
are at least a dozen vessels, nearly all
of which have been heard from, report
ing excellent catches. 1t is thought
that the catch this year by vessels will
exceed $50, 900, and to this is to be
added the shore catch, which will
probably amount in Newfoundland to
between SO, 900 and 10000. When it is
known that this is all done inside OF
six weeks it is a remarkable showing.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

If, AS alleged, many of the waters
imported to this country as natural
mineral waters n really artificial,
q great wrong is being perpetrated.
Some of these waters have a great
sale in this country, which has been
a source of large fortunes. This
trade in them has been created main
ly because the people have been led
to believe that they were pure natu.
raj beverages, where it is now claim
ed that some of them are but little
better than patent.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

tie girls, aged 8 and 10 years, were on their
way to school and only o short distance
from their homo, they were met by q tramp.
He caught the older girl, threw her to the
ground and attempted to outl age her. A
wagon, driven by one of the neighbors. hap
pened along as the tramp was accomplishing
his tiendish object and he fed, taking Tor
the woods. An darn was Immediately Civ
en- and the entire ~neighborhood turned out
to search for the villain, but they have not
found him yet. The younger of the two
girls escaped without injury, but her sister
il badly injured. Sheriff Geddes was notified
and Immediately lett for Rapidan and will
assist in the search Tor the tramp. who. if
caught, will undoubtedly be hanged, as feel
ing runs very high.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW 1Ohh.
Wheat, No. 2, red, 81h@s1Ac.; No. 8, red,
75Hc.; No. 1, red, 95hc.; No. 1, white. 900
93Kc.; ungraded red, sOA@s3Mc.; Barley,
nominal, Barley malt quick Canada 600
$1.1O. Corn, 41h@4l%c,; elevator, 41M@
42c. No. 2, white, Acc; ungraded mixed
4O@421sc.; steamer mixed, 4OA@f1hc;
Oats, No. 2, white 33A@34c., mixed, West
ern, 26@3Oc.; white do 33@39c.; No. 2,
Chicago, 2sH@2sA; Eggs, Western: 14h@,
7.07k; Butter, Western dairy, 9@13c. do
creamery, 12@17Hac.; Western factory. 7h@-
12c. Cheese, Western, 7A@SAc.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged. No. aspiring wheat,
77h@7Sc; No. 3 spring wheat, 76@72c; No.
2 red, 77h@7Sc. No. 2 corn, 33M@33Bc.
No oats. 21Hc: No. 2 rye, 3sc: No: 2
barley nominal. No. l flax seed. $1.56.
Prime timothy, $1:22@1 .23. Mess pork,
lbs, $6.65@6.6 7K. short-rib sides Uoose).
$5.S5@5.9O. Shoulders (boxed(, $5.12h@
5.25. Short clear sides (boxed), 5000. 1914.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal,
$1.O2. Sugars unchanged. Butter, weak.
Eggs, firm at 12@12hc.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Wheat, No. l., hard, June, S9c., July, 9Oc.,
on track 99c.; No. l. northern June 8l1ac.,
July, SIC, on track, SlHac., No. 2, northern,
June, 72c., July, 72Ac., on track 72c@74e.
Flour, Patents, sacks to local dealers. $780,
@5.4O; patents to ship, sacks, car lots, $5,-
1905. %; in barrels, $5.15@5.45; delivered
at New England points, $5.6O@5. rs; New
York points, $5. 5O@5 IS; delivered at Phila-
delphia and Baltimore, $5,45@5.6 bak-
ers' here $3.35@4; superfne, $1.75@'
$50; red dog, sacks, $1;15@1;35;
and shorts, $6.5O@G.75 Corn fair,
100000: No 2 choice, 32c: Oats, 23@25c;
Flax, $1.5l, Chicago $1.67; Feed $12@12.5 so.
ST. PAUL. . @.t~
Prices on incoming trains only: Wheat
No. 1 hard, $4,000: No. 1 Northern, SIG
s2c: No. 2 Northern 7O@72c. Corn-No.2,
31c. Oats-No. 2 mixed, 24@25c; No, q
white, 26@27c; July, 29c; No.3, 2O@23c.
Rye--No.2, 41c. ~Barley-No. 2, Soc bid;
No, 3, 35@45c;No. 4, 35@40c. Ground Feed
$12@12, so. Corn Meal-Unbolted, $3.50.
Bran-$6.75@7.50 Hay-No l, upland
prairie. rs. 5O@G; No 1, -. 5O@5. go; timo-
thy, $3.50. Eggs-$3. 6O@3.7 rs per case.
Flour-Patent. $5.15@5. 80; straight, 81
6O@4.75; bakers pa. 25@3.5O rye, $2.7O@
$40; buck wheat, $3. Butter-Extra cream
cry, 14@15c; extra dairy, 1903; frsts, g.
@1Oc;. packing stock, 5@7c; grease, 3@4c.
Strawberries-43.5O per case 81 a. quarts.
Cheese-fancy, sa9c.; fine, 7@9c.; skim. a.
&c
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
The Great American Novel.

Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett is
very anxious to- write the great Amer
lean novel. To this end she spends
a great deal of time in England. She
is convinced that the novel referred to
will have an English background, with
an American girlas the heroine. An
English peer will be the American
girls husband, and aclever American
adyenturer will be the hero OF tho
story. All this is interesting enough,
but Mrs. Burnett is working on a
wrong basis. The great American
novel will have New York for d back
ground, and a woman will not write it.
New York World.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Washington Paralyxad.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, June g.
Washington has been isolated since las,
Thursday from every part Of the country,
except New York, and the communication
with that place has been partial and spas.
Inodic No trains have been sent out west
or south until tonight, when the Baltimore
4 Ohio made an attempt to start its through
train west. No mails have been received
from st Paul since Thursday night, and
Blethen may have bought all the papers In
Minnesotx for. all we know. The town IL
full of impatient politicians, waiting fol
storm-bound remit5ances or mails to get
away from disappointments and hotel bills
and OF eager newspaper men under order.
from home to take the first train to Johns.
town. The storms have paralyzed the en-.
ergtes and activities OF Washington almos,
as completely as last years blizzard para.
lyzed New York. -
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

EVEN a swamp a be put to q
profitable 8 For many years a
big swamp near Canastota, N. Y,
very seriously retarded the growth
OF the town. Recently it was drained,
and some one discovered that it was
admirably adapted for the raising of
onions and celery. The result is that
Canastota is now one ofthe greatest
embarrassing towns in the country.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

REUBEN HAsTINs, an Ohio farmer,
had a horse stolen eight years ago,
and he has been looking for the thief
ever since. The other day, after
having Travelled 5000 miles and
spent 5000 he got his man in South
Carolina, to find that there were four
more serious charges ahead of his.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

GEORGE w. SMALLEY, the we'll
known newspaper man, who has long
been the London correspondent CT
the New York Tribune, has now
chosen Paris Is his field of activity,
and will disappointed first secretary
of legation at the French capital,
under his old-time friend and asso.
ciate, Whitelaw Reid.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Wont Away Together.

ASHLAND. Wis, special Telegram, June 8.
Somewhat Of q sensation was caused to.
day by the news Of the elopement Of Adolph
Sadlowski, editor Of the Herald, a German
newspaper here, with Mrs. Forthmann. well
md favorably known in German CIRCLES
They both disappeared last week, Tut
nothing was thought of their absence
until the circumstances concerning their de-
parture came to light. Sadlowsk's news
paper business was financially embarrassed
Mrs Forthmann did not live happily will
her husband. These are the reasons for til,
elopement. Mrs. Forthmann took 1926 Ii
funds Of the German Lutheran Church 80
clety. The woman bought q ticket to Thorp
Wis., and the editor. used his milage bool
over the Omaha road as far az 81 Paul
There, it is thought. the couple met and de,
icided upon thei- future home. 49,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

1T IS stated that the city of Mexico
has the grandest hotel in the world.
1t is called the Yturbide, cost 49,
100000, and has one room frescoed
in solid gold. This room is used as
O chapel by Governor Yturbide.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

The Chinese Minister at Washing
ton expends, at an average, $1,000
a week in telegraphing to his Gov
eminent. His cable messages go to
Havre, from there to Alden, then
across the Arabian Sea, through
Hindostan and Siam, to Pekin.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

LADIES who have a weakness for g.
husband with a pedigree are presented
with an unrivaled opportunity. A
gentlemen from Austria ("of fine ap-
pearance') advertises in an English
paper his burning anxiety to es-
pouse q wife. advertiser boasts of
the most ancient Greek name which
has been i%llustrious since the year
Alt B. c."
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

EUROPE gets from South America,
Asia, Africa and Australia two or
three times as much wool as she i'm
ports from the United States. The
net deficiency of Europe is $50 .OOO,-
600 pounds, slightly more than is
produced there.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

The OLD building at Charlotte, N.
c., in which Lord CORVALLIS trans
acted business while in this country,
was turned by an incendiary the 9th
er morning.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

A PHYSICIAN says that the "spring
of the year cranks," who fill them
selves up at this season with herb
teas and bitters and blood purifiers,
are more numerous than usual.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Bottineau Pioneer.
JOHN ". BENNETT, Editor & P ublisher.
BOTTINEAU, NORTH DAKOTA.
Los ANGLES, Cal, last year shipped
S,O95 tons of fruit and imported
from the East 1921 tons of beer.
DIR. AGNEw says a healthy woman
can kill herself in about a year by
horseback riding.

A CoLoRED boy in Jacksonville,
Ind, swallowed q lead pencil. The
pencil and the boy were saved, but it
took four doctors several hours to
do it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

The COLLECTION o~fpostage stamps
made by the late Duchess of Galliera
is said to be- valued at $35O,OOO. 1t
is contained in 5000 albums and is
the finest collection in the world.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
It Wasn't All in His Favor.

Spectator Ito defendant)-.Well, T
guess the jury will find for you. Tlre
Judges charge was certainly very.
much IN your favor. Don't you think
Defendant (moodily)-"4Oh, / knew
all along that the judges charge
would be all right. Its the lawyers
charge that's worryin' me.n-Detroit
Free Press.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

A disastrous fire occurred in the town a
Boisserain, Mantle ba, destroying the Queens
and Commercial hotels, Maxwell's implement
warehouse and many other buildings, includ-
ing Ogilvies' elevator, containing 1000
bushels Of wheat. Loss, over $4,000.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
Personal Mention.

Private advices from Standing Rock state
that the great Sioux chic, Sitting Bull is
very sick and is unexpected to pull through.
Pneumonia is the trouble. His death will
remove the most noted indian of this CEN
fury.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

THERE are more than 80 national
cemeteries in America, containing in
all 315,555 graves. OF these 1884,
146 are the graves of unknown SOL
diers.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

The messenger boys diary-Monday,
hired; Tuesday, tired; Wednesday fred
New York World.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13

been given. The messages were held by q
few officials, about the railroad, who
neglected to sound the alarm until 1t was too
late. At that time the water had reached
the second stoly Of some of the dwellings in
the lower part Of the city. All bridges had
been swept away by the avalanche Of water
then pouring through the city. The warn
ings, which were received IN ample TINA for
all to nave escaped. were sneered at and cast
aside AZ being an old story. About $50 the
whistles and bells gave q warning that the
dam had broken, but then it was too late.
There was a roaring sound, and before the
people could realize the danger the water
was upon them in q mass, carrying every
thing before it. Had they taken warning In
the morning from messages received thou
sands OF lives would have been saved. 3,
THE FATAL A s
The lake is completely dried out The dam
broke in the center at 8 o'clock on Friday
afternoon and at 4 o'clock it was dry, That
great body Of water passed out In one hour.
Messrs. Parkes and Van Buren,, who are
building q new draining system at the lake
tried to avert the disaster by digging a
sluiceway on n eside to ease the pressure
on the dam. Whatever happened In the
why Of q cloud burst took place during the
night. There had been but little rain up to
dark. When the workmen woke In the
morning the lake WA very full, and was
rising at the rate Of a foot an hour. It kept
on rising until ut 4 O'Clock 1t first began
pouring over the dam and undermining 1t.
and men were sent three or four times dur
ing the day to warn people below OF their
danger. When the final break came at 3
O'Clock there was q sound like tremendous
and continued peals Of thunder, big rocks
and earth were shot up into mid mir in great
columns and then the wave started down
the rayine. a farmer who escaped said that
the water did not come down like u wave,
but jumped on his house and beat II away In