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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
CHICAGOS HORROR.
Detailed and Revolving Stories of
Inhumanity in. Cook COunty's
Insane Asylum.

CHICAGO. May 2O.-One Of tho most hor-
rible revelations made In the investigation
of the Chicago public insane asylum was
that Ieached today in the testimony
of George Hill, a locomotive engineer
now employed by the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railway. He was
admitted to the institution in jan
uary, 1883, suffering from a slight
mental arrangement, and was discharged an
cured in the following May. When he went
to the asylum an attendant named Lott
asked him If he was insane. Hill said he
was not. @Well," replied Lott, 1--WE will make
you a damn sight insaner than you are now. "
Another attendant named Julian ordered
Hill to sweep out the room. and
on his saying he had not come
there for that purpose, knocked him down,
kicked him in the body and mouth, knock
ing two teeth out. Fill tried to cover his
face by getting his head beneath a bench,
when Julian turned the bench over, break
ing Hills arm. Hill rolled up his coat sleeve
in court and showed a huge lump where
the ends of broken bones, badly Joined,
stood out. They knocked him down again,
he said, and broke one of his ribs. His arm
caused him great pain, and he could not get
proper Treatments. He tried to see a doctor,
but Julian told him If ne dared to speak he
would kill him right there. One day Hill
had an opportunity Of conversing with
Supervisor Jones, and told him he was badly
treated. Afterwards two attendants
KNOCKED HIM DOWN
md held him while Julian repeatedly kicked
him in the head and breast. On getting up,
with blood running dow his face. Hill said
he would have justice some day, whereupon
Julian cursed him and knocked him down
and kicked him again. Hill said a new pa
tient named Levy was brought in one
day. He did not know enough to 60 to the
dining room, and Attendants Julian and Lot,
knocked him down and jumped on bis stom.
Gch until he was unable to move. Then they
picked him up and threw him on q bed. Levy
died that night. The court room was as
still as death during this awful recital.
Judge Prendergast instructed the witness
to bring in his wife to corroborate his story,
and a physician was detailed to examine
HiIls arms and ribs. Several other witnesses
testified to the brutality of the attendants
miserable quality of food, etc. County
Physician Todd testified that Robert Burns
whose death resulted in this investigation
did not die of consumption as was stated by
Supt Herman in the certificate of death.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

Annie still loves her "Mac," and is willing to
bury the past and go to his arms. Annie
has been living at Grafton, Oak, for some
time, and it was thought the exposure of the
case had cured her of her ~infatuation, but
from remarks which she let fall at times it
has been suspected lately that she was in
communication with the old lover. She
brooded over her trouble SO much that at
times she would give wav to fits of hysteria,
and would then talk wildly about Mac"
as she called him. This state OF affairs could
not last, and there was little surprise evinced
when it was found that Annie had left the
city on a freight and that MacVeagh was
awaiting her at Winnipeg under the name OF
Louis.
Police Officers White and Vance attempted
to break up n drunken carousal at North.
ampton, Mass. They had arrested two men,
when they were set upon by a crowd OF
ruffianswho beat and cut the officers unmerci.
fully. Whites q being severed from his
head. The officers started for help, and
were pursued by the mob. Vance and White
took refuge in the house of Ralph Bardwell,
which was soon surrounded by the roughs,
who demanded that Bardwell should sur.
Bardwell loaded his gun with bird shot.
White then warned the men to leave, but
they responded with a shower of stones. He
then fired into the crowd. Patrick Tobin was
shot in the abdomen, and probably fatally
injured. Thomas Anderson and John Alvord
were also shot, but are not seriously hurt,
The mob then dispersed without further
trouble. Officer White is in a critical con.
dition.
Advices from Puerto Limon, Costa Rico,
dated May1O O, state that news had just been
received of a terrible tragedy at Ruatan, an
island off the north coast of Honduras. Rev.
Mr.. Habbs, Il Baptist minister from the
United States, had been living at Florus Bay
with his wife and little daughter. He was
preparing to leave the island for Belize, and
had sold his property, receiving for it $500
in gold. Shortly before his intended de-
parture q neighbor called to bid him fare
well. He knocked at the door. and receiv-
ing no answer, entered the house, the door
being unlocked. Finding no one in the hall
or parlor, he called. Again there was no
response. Alarmed, he searched the house,
and opening the bedroom door, a sickening
spectacle met his eye. Mr.. Hobbs, his wife
and child were dead with their skulls mashed
in, their heads nearly severed, and their
bodies covered with wounds. A shipwrecked
sailor Of Jamaica named Burrell, who had
been taken in out of charity and cared for by
by the family, disappeared about the SAM
time, and was arrested with some of the
missing coin IN his possession.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
From FOREIGN Lands.

Eleven of the crew of the foundered steamer
Alaska have come ashore at Florence, near
the mouth of the Suislaw river. On account
of the huge breakers they were unable to
land their boat, and had to swim to the
shore. All we're successful except one poor
fellow, who after enduring horrible suffering
ocean, lost his life. During the time they
were out all they had to eat was six cans OF
peaches. Four of the survivors are quite ill
from the effects of drinking salt water. They
were only stopped from drinking unlimited
quantities by the force of the others.
The banquet given in Paris in honor of the
cabinet by the delegates Of the American re-
publics taking part in the the exhibition
seemed to be a demonstration of republics
against monarchies. All the European am
bassadors were invited to attend the BAN
quet, but With exception of the Belgian
minister, who was present, they consulted
their governments and were ordered to
ignore theinvitation. The Brazilian minister
also held aloof. McLane, who. presided at
the banquet, was supported by Whitelaw
Reid, the new United States minister to
France.
Word has just been received at Winnipeg
OF q feroclous light which took place near
Fl. Mcleod between q band of Blood In
dams on one side, and o force composed OF
soldiers, cowboys and eros Ventries on the
other. The Bloods have lately been stealing
horses from the Gros Ventries, and the lat
ter, assisted by soldiers and cowboys, made
an effort to recover the stolen animals. As
usual, the stories as to the number of killed
are conflicting, but it is certain that quite a
large number was slain. Most Of the bodies
were carried away by friends of the fallen,
but three or four were discovered on the
field, minus scalps. The Bloods appear to
have gotten the worst of the encounter.
They got away with most of the stolen
horses, and are how being closely pursued
likely to take place when the police come
upon them, and serious trouble is feared.
1t is alleged that American Indians in Mon
.tana are going to the Blood's assistance.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

Mr.. SMITH, while fishing in Lake
Catherine, Fla, lately, caught a
strange looking fish about two feet
long, body like an eel, but thicker
and larger, no scales, head short and
aattened. But the great difference
between it and other fish was in it's
having two anterior limbs, each
about M and ahalf inches inlength,
which are used in swimming, and it
can use them in travelling on the
ground, for it can move pretty we'll
out of it's own element. 1t is not O
true fish, but a reptile, and is de-
scribed in natural history as a siren.
They can live along time out of wa.
ter. They are rarely SEEM.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

The slave mothers OF colOred SOL
diers who enlisted as slaves in the
Union forces and were killed arc now
by a recent order admitted to the
pension rolls. The old ruling was
that the mothers were not depend
emit on their sons for support, as
both were supported by the master.
But it has been remembered at last
that the master was himself sup
ported by his slaves rather than they
by him. Hence the more equitable
ruling.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
THERE'S Millions in IT,

NEW YORK, Special Telegram, May 90
There was a little ripple of excitement in
Northern Pacific to-day and an intimation
that there will be the usual contest for the
control of this stock at the next election,
Control will be much more valuable now
that the road is SO firmly established
and it's financial condition as-
sured, but no one seems to have
any doubt that the present management will
retain control. particularly as the members
of the board themselves hold a very large
amount of the stock. Very few boards Of
represent an actual holding Of stock
Sproportionately as large as the Northern
Pacific board. E ijah Smith is reported as
saying on Friday when the stock was selling
for u cash, that il he cared to break faith
with his following and unload his holdines
he could clear over u million dollars.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
Wanted In Wisconsin.

PORT ARTHUR, Ont, Special Telegram, May
2O.-Quite a sensation was created in town
to dav by the arrest Of Lee Whitehead
of Eau Claire, Wis Whitehead came
here on the steamer Ossifrage last
Thursday and registered at the Albion
hotel. To-day. on the steamer United EN-
pire from Duluth, q person said TO be his
wife arrived, and also Sheriff Clarke
of Wisconsin and Lawyer s. E. Cheeseman
of Duluth, the latter two having fol-
lowed the Immediately after their
arrival a warrant was issued for the arrest OF
Whitehead, who is wanted for big ~forgeries
and embezzlemedt in Wisconsin. He was
foreman and paymaster in the woods for the
Chippewa Logging company, and it is alleged
he embezzled the compan;'s funds and
used fictitious names in paying the men. and
then endorsed the checks, pocketing the
money. 1t is said that he had full powe,
to issue the company's check. and
that his embezzlements are heavy
Whitehead is now.lodged in Jail here and il
he refuses to go back e%xtradition proceed.
ings will be taken at once for his retrun. A
preliminary hearing of his case will be had
in the morning before Judge Hamilton.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
Twin CITY Excursionists.

WATERFOWL, s. D., Special Telegram, May
2O.-The train bearing the Twin City excur-
sionists, in charge of w. Mcintyre and G. M.
Gage, arrived this morning at 1850. The
visitors were met at the depot by the leading
business men OF the city with CARRIAGES and
q cornet band. The informal greetings over.
the delegates from 81. Paul and Minneapolis
were bllleted on the various hotels. After
breakfast the visitors and others assembled
at the Commercial Exchange club rooms in
the CRAM 9 block. Here Gov. Mellette, Hon.
w. T. Scarrett, ex-Congressman Williams,
Judge D. G. Thomas and Julian Bennett elo-
quently and wittily extended a welcome on
valley. Fitting reepones We're made bv
Gen. Grant for Minneapolis while John
s Taylor spoke for the people of
Iowa, After dinner the entire party were
taken out for q drive. in the course of which
they were shown the proposed capitol
grounds, Lake Kampeska aud the residence
streets. The excursionists are considered
the city's guests, and everything which could
contribute to their pleasure has been
t~houghtfully provided, and the Mlnneso-
tians are not allowed to do anything for
themselves. Enthusiasm over capital PROS
poets runs high. and the Watertown people
are outspoken In their determination to ee-
cure the temporary location Of the law-mak-
ing seat. From local appearances the pros
poets are very favorable. The visitors become
inoculased with the local spirit to a oonsid-
cradle extent, and some invested capital will
remain as a memento OF the visit. The
visitors leave for home tomorrow uoon.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
General News Items.

The Wisconsin Central Railroad company
refuses to show it's outstanding contracts to
the chairman of the Western States Passen.
ger association, according to agreement.
1t has developed as an actual fact that q
deal for the sale ola Milwaukee brewery to
the English syndicate is nearly consummated,
and it appears to be almost certain that the
brewery in question is that of the Cream City
Brewing company. The Cream City brewery
is one Of the smaller institutions of the kind,
but with the trade it enjoys, is said to be
worth well on toward 81, 0OO, 900, which is
the price at which the sale will be made.
Walter Hubble, an actor, called at the
coroner's Office in Now York and said that at
the Lambs Club the other night that Bishop
performed the trick that ended in his death,
Louis Aldrich saw a physician take q piece
of paper from among the effects found on
Bishops person, and that the physicians
Immediately destroyed it. 1t is supposed to
have been a paper requesting physicians, in
case Bishop was seized with q cataleptic fit,
not to perform IN autospy.
Heavy frosts visited nearly the entire
Northwest on 21st. and 22nd. of May and in
many instances ice formed and vegetables
were frozen to the ground. Garden truck
and young plants OF every description suf-
fered considerably, and fruit trees were
badly damaged. Fears are entertained for
corn and barley, but as both are barely out
of the ground it is probable that neither
will be seriously injured. While the frosts
were very severe wheat was lot damaged,
and is growing nicely.
Secretary Kennedy, of the Iowa state
board of health, upon examination, find a
terrible state OF affairs existing along the
Iowa river, where fish have been dying by
thousands, and their decaying meat is very
offensive for 20 or 80 miles below MARSHALL
town. The water in the river is poison, and
persons who have drank it became sick, and
stock. has died in large numbers. DR.. Ken
nedy attributes this to the refuse from the
Marshalltown glucose works, and will order
the closing of the works unless something is
done to keep the poison out Of the river.
The Indians at Standing Rock held a big
council and all agreed not to sign the treaty
unless paid $11, 0oo, 900 for theirland. They
feel hurt at the way the 60 vernment is treat.
ing them in regard to the treaties of 1887
and 1876, and they are really getting nc
no more now than those treaties called for.
The bill gives Red Cloud $3.50 for horses
and as the Standing Rock Indians lost thres
to their one and could get nothing Tor them
they are greatly incensed. The commission
will go to the Red Cloud and Spotted Toll
agencies FIRST, while the indians are In good
humor over Red Cloud obtaining the large
sum Of money, and it is probable that over
three-fourths Of the males there will sign.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Sioux Commission.

WASHINGTON. Special. May 2O.-The Sioux
commission will meet in Chicago on the 9th
inst and map out a plan for securing the
signatures Of the Indians to a cession of a
portion of their reservation. The instruc-
tons are simply general. The commission
ers gre authorized to interpret the law for
Themselves. They are provided with maps
and papers for reference and such informa-
ton of the Indians as the bureau officials
think will aid them in the work. The meet
ing at Chicago will not %nsu more than
two days, and will be devoted mainly to
preparation and pans Of action. Gen.
Crook, who is regarded as the most
valuable man on the commission ON &C
count Of his successful dealings with the In
dians, il expected to give better advice than
can be furnished by the Indian bureau here.
The general disliked very much to assume
the duty, as he has a record for doing as he
agrees to with the Indians of the country
and would not engage in anything that
would change their estimate of him. He be-
~lieves, however, that it will be better for the
Indians to be gathered on smaller reserva-
lions and surrounded by white people who
will keep them there. rather than as DOW
when they can roam about the vast tract as
they please and occasionally stray off the
reservation, giving the agents and depart
ment q, great deal of trouble. The officials
in Washington are confident that the sigma
lures will be obtained. .
WHERE woRK Will BEGIN.
CHAMBERLAIN. s. D., Special Telegram,
May 2O-The report has been received here
rom reliable source that the Sioux COM
mission will begin work at the Lower Brule
and Crow Creek agencies. 1t will probably
arrive in this city the 3Oth or 31st and cross
the Missouri here TO tho Lower Brule. where
it will begin operations. It is believed that
this is a good move. as no trouble will be
met with in securing the signatures at these
two places.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

The project of manufacturing
binding Irvine in the Illinois Peniten-
tiary in order to help the farmers in
their fight against the Irvine trust
strangers has a practical hint about
it. Could prison labor be solely en-
ployed in breaking down bad mono
poles a troublesome problem would
be satisfactorily solved.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
How .sTippecanoe'' Harrison was
Saved

s~S SaVoO f. 4
The battle Of Tippecannoe> was
fought November 9TH, 1911, in
Indiana, on the banks Of Tippecanoe
River, on the site of the present
village of Battle Ground, between
the Americans under General Har-
rison, and the Indians under the
Prophet, Tecumseh's brother.
After the famous battle until the
end of his days General Harrison,
grandfather of President Harrison,
was known by the loving sobriquet
of "Tippecanoe."@ -
Following his brilliant achieve
ments in arms,now more than three
quarters of a century ago, General
H harrison, together with many of his
troops, was stricken with disease
contracted through lack of proper
food, and exposure to the miasma OF
that section of Indiana, and for a
time his life was despaired of:
Several Of his command
lay for weeks, suffering the horrors
of disease upon the banks of the
Tippecanoe River, which rises in a
lake of the same name in the north
ern part of the state, flows southwest
200 miles and empties into the
Wabash nine miles above Lafayette.
General Harrison's troops were
threatened with defamation, and the
skill of the army surgeons was en-
ployed in vain to cambat a more
terrible and deadly enemy than even
the hostile aborigines under Tecum-
sch brother.
But relief came at last.
General Harrison very sensibly
concluded that residents of the
neighborhood-nay, the Indians
themselves-knew natures specific
for the disease which had Frustrated
him and many of his command. and
instantly set on foot enquiries with
a view to ascertaining and applying
the remedies. They were speedily
found and put to test, and worked
like a charm. Under their use the
stricken soldiers were promptly re-
stored to their wonted good health
and vigor.
The medicines were preparations of
simple roots and herbs, based upon
very old-fashioned but effective and
natural formulate. Their intrinsic
merits have been known and utilized
for generations among people living
in remote and malarial sections OF
the country.
Many of these invaluable formulate
have within the last two years come
into possession of Hon. II. II. War
ner, president of the Rochester
Chamber of commerce, owner of the
largest proprietary medicine manu-
factory in the world, and whose Safe
Remedies have conferred a lasting
boon upon mankind, being recog-
nized as standard medicines through
out the civilized globe.
In 1887, Mr.. Warner, after careful
experimenting and trial put upon the
market Warmers Log Cabin Rene
dies. based upon the formulate which
has cured thousands OF debilitated
sufferers, not only on the banks ofthe
"Tippecanoe," as above related, but
everywhere where introduced.
These Log Cabin preparations are
designed for an entirely different Or
der of diseases to which the Safe
Remedies are applied, among them
are Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla,
Warmers Log Cabin Cough and
Consumption Remedy, and Warmers
Log Cabin Hops and Buchu Remedy.
Suffering fees before them as apesti-
lence fees before the purifying breath
of heaven, and they Ire sold every
where.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
Tranquilizing assurance,

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The statement hav-
ing been telegrapbed over the country that
the pension appropriation has become ex-
hausted, Commissioner Tanner expresses the
hope that the pensioners will not be unduly
alarmed thereby. The fact is that he has
simply made The usual %requisition which
sends the money from the treasury into the
various United States repositories, where it
will be subject to the checks of the pension
agents for the June payment.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

COMMENTING on the fact that ma
tive labor is more valuable than
that which we import from abroad,
an eastern employer says it is due to
the fact that "the American laborer
thinks while he works, while an
italian, for instance, simply works
like q horse"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

YOUNG French priests will before
long be liable to military service in
France If the new military bill goes
through, as it is thought it will. 1t
is thought that thousands of young
men enter the seminaries every year
in order to avoid the army.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

THERE are in South Carolina Is, 900
whites who cannot read or write, an
equal number in Tennessee, 10000
in Georgia, 10000 in Alabama, 49,
600 Mississippi, 20, 900 in Louisiana,
10000 in North Carolina, and $4,000
in Virginia.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30

CHIcAGo's overly odorous divorce
suit is still absorbing the attention
of the courts in that city. The san
itary authorities should see to it that
the affair is settled before the hot
weather sets in.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
Personal GOSSiD.

Edward Sanderson, one of the wealthiest
of the coterie of the big millers in the North
west, died at Milwaukee. He has been a suf-
ferer for some time from Bright's disease.
Mr.. Sanderson was until recently very active
in politics, being one of the best known lead
ers ofthe Wisconsin Republicans.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
IT is estimated that 1OO,O 900 Amer

IT IS estimated that 100, 900 Ameri-
cans will visit Europe this summer.
Suppose they spend $1,000 each on
the average. That is not too much,
is it? Now reckon the amount of
money that will be dropped in differ
ent parts of the Continent. One hun
dred thousand persons at $1,000
each. That makes a grand total OF
500, OOO, 900.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
New Minnesota Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, May 90
One hundred and fifty three fourth-class
postmasters were appointed to-day, includ-
ing twenty-five from Minnesota, nearly all
from Capt Snider's district:
G. II. Petersen. Amador. Chisago county: Fred
Scott, Bronson. Kanahec county; G. A. Holm
strom. Cokato, Wright county: William Raw
leigh, Combs, Washington county: All Beau
drew, Dayton. Hennepin county: Henry Tuckey.
Eden Prairie. Hennepin county: J. ". Glass
ford, Elk River, Sherburne county;. A.; D;
Kingsley, French Lake. Wright county: Fred
W. Jayneg Grant. Lake Mahtolnedi. WASHINGTON
county: l.. I. Denneweth, Grass Lake. Randi
yohi county: Martha Higgins, Hamline, Ramsey
county: J. b. Kingsley, Long Lake. Hennepin
county; Hugo Narmann, Mora, Kanabec county
James Saucier, Osseo, Hennepin county: 8: G.
Johnson. Rush City, Chisago county; George ".
Hammer. St. Paul Park, Washington county;
Alvira Brandes. Sandstone, Pine county: 0: We
naus, Smith Lake. Wright COUNTY; J. H. Crow
ell, South Haven, Wright county; s. M. Sherman,
Stacy, Chisago county; Erick Johnson, Stark
Chisago county: 7. B. Murray. White Beal
Lake, ANS county.