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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
On Track of SiIcott.

MONTREAL, special.-The big rewards Of
fered for the capture of Silcott, the default
ing cashier Of the house of representatives,
have induced several Montreal detect
ives to take up the case, and. one of them
who is now working on it claims to have
Information that will lead to Silcott's ap-
prehension. It is claimed that about a week
ago Herminio Thibalt, silcott's paramount,
arrived in Montreal on a visit to a married
sister, and prolonged her visit until yester-
day, when she suddenly announced that she
was going to Quebec. The sister, when.
questioned, admitted that she had a visitor.
but refused to give further information
The detectives say that they are positive.
that the oma in question: is Silcott's COM
panion, and that during her stay here she
was visited by a man who, it is claimed, an
wered Silcott's description.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
A TERRIBLE DEED.
A Father Kills His Wife and,
Three Children and Then
Himself.
Criminal Neglect of Paupers in
Pennsylvania Revealed by
Investigation.

NILES, Ohio, Special.-To-night was dis
covered one of the most wholesale and
bloody butcheries that has ever occurred in
this section of the state. The victims, five
in number, are Charles Shelar, wife, and
three children, and the crime, is supposed
to have taken place early this morning.
When the inhuman. deed was discovered all
five bodies were stiff and cold in death
with their Threats cut from ear to ear.
Shelar and his wife were lying together
across the foot of the bed and the three
children were on the floor in different parts
of the house. Shelar was a mill man and
had steady employment, but Of late drank
heavily, and it is rumored that he and his
wife did not live happily together. The
theory advanced is that Shellar in a fit of
madness cut the throats of his wife and
children and then his own. The weapon
used was a razor, and was purchased by
Shelar of a hardware dealer Saturday night.
The street in front of the house has been
densely packed all evening with an excited
populace, all eager to get a glimpse of the
CHASTITY spectacles.
DISCOVERY OF THE TRAGEDY.
Kittie Mneker, a little sister of the MUIR
dered women, caused the discovery Of the
tragedy. She went to the house to deliver
the evenings milk, as usual, and was un-
able to gain admittance to the
house. Charles Mossman was in the
vicinity and she told him about it.
He went with her to the rear of the house,
and finding a door open, entered. The first
floor of the house was deserted, but a ter
rible sight met their eyes in the second
story. The dead baby was on the
floor of one room, two murdered chill
dren, with gaping, bloody Threats, lay
in their bed in another chamber, while the
murderer and his wife were clasped in the
embrace of a bloody death on their own
couch. 1t appeared that the wife was the
first victim, and that she made a
desperate fight for life. The broken
handle of the razor was found by her
side. Then he went to the room where the
eighteen-months' old girl lay and nearly
severed her head from her body. Then
came the bloody slaughter Of the girls, aged
five and seven years. The murder
then apparently took a lamp, went
to a mirror, and deliberately cut his
own throat, and, staggering to where
his wife lay, threw himself upon
her body. The scene of the tragedy was
s%ickening. Niles is intensely excited, and
strong men who viewed the bodies turned
faint and rushed into the open air, and
women had to be borne out of the house.
h only theory advanced thus far as to the
cause of the crime is insanity.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28

President Stickney, of the st. Paul & Kan
sas City, proposes to establish large stock
yards, warehouses and wharves on Staten
island and have a steamship line to England.
{ Hon. Alva Stewart, judge of the Ninth Wis
consin circuit, is lying critically i'll Of pneu-
monia in Portage, and the gravest apprehen-
sions as to the future are manifested by the
attendants, physicians and members of the
family.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
Three Sundays.

Acondemned criminal in England.
must be allowed to see three SUNDAYS
between his sentence and his execu-
tion. Ofcourse he can thus be hung
ina little over two weeks, but the
three Sundays must pass over his
head before the galloWs claims him.
The custom is a relic of medieval
times, when a criminal vas allowed
that much of a respite to prepare for
death. $50
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28

The appearance Of cholera at Bag
dad, where the people are panic
stricken, will strengthen the belief
that an invasion of cholera will fol-
low the Influenza incorporating over
Europe. Sanitary science has prov
ed it's ability to stay the march of
cholera, and the health officials of
Europe will have a good startit they
immediately prepare for the plague.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
A FAMILY'S SUFFERINCS,
Scanty Allowance to a Family O.
Pennsylvania PauperS.

Pennsylvania Paupers.
INDIANA, Pa, Special.-At the trial Just
ended of Washington Butler and P. M.
Dodge, overseers of the poor, charged with
neglecting their duty, a terrible story was
told by witnesses under oath. Five years
g Edward Wisherman became sick, and
was removed to a home owned by his wife
in Burrell township. His father-in-law was
also quartered in the same place. Both
men, being unable to york, were allowed
So per week by the overseers. In 1887 the
tather-in-law died, and the allowance for
the family was reduced to $1.6O per week.
In the meantime Wisherman's body became
a mass of corruption, with running sores,
and he was unable to do any kind of work.
per week for a family of five, an
other child having arrived. The cloth
ing was of the scantiest, the
neighbors testifying that they were ashamed
to look at Mrs. Wisherman on account of
the scarcity of her apparel, which was the
same winter and summer. Fuel was so
scarce in the winter that logs were used by
resting one end on a chair with the other in
the fire. At the same time the children
were without shoes. The food consisted of
corn meal one week and -four the next,
with some rice and tea. All five had to
sleep in one bed to keep warm. While MI.
Butler was overseer Mrs. Wisherman was
confined twice, and in neither case did she
have medical aid, and none at all except
that of her husband. Mrs. Wisherman
had to go two miles away to get corn meal
and flour and carry it home. On n of
these trips she gave birth to q still born
child and carried it home in her apron.
The child was buried by an overseer, but
tention. The defense claimed that no order
of relief had been taken out before two
justices in Wisherman's behalf, and that
consequently the paupers were not legally
on the township. The defendants were
discharged.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28

JAMES s. CARLTON, an aged man
now living in Baltimore, Md, claims
to have been the first discoverer OF
the peculiar effects of cocaine. He
says that as early as 1S49 he knew
the properties of the drug and made
use Of it in his own family.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28

WITH Queen Victoria rheumatical-
ly lame and respondent over the in
durable illness of the Prince of Wales
and the gossip affecting his son and
heir, truly the royal house of Britain
possesses a present of gloom and
faces a future even darker.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
FORTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
The Entire Business Portion Of Pet
rolia,.Pa,, DESTROYED,

rolia,'Pa., Destroyed.
BUTLER, Pa, Special.-The business por-
ton of Petroliais in ashes. A. fire broke
out ea.iy tn1s morning in Klingensmith's
grocery and burned along both sides Of
Main, Argyle and Fairview streets, destroy
ing practically all of the business houses
and many residences. Little or no effort
was made to fight the flames, which swept
over the prosperous little oil town with
frightful velocity. 1t was all the sleeping
inhabitants could do to get out with their
lives and wearing apparel. The total loss
is between $s5, 900 and 100000, with but
little insurance. The thickly settled por-
ton o fthe town on the north side Of Main
street between Argyle street and the office
of the United Pipe line, including the lat
ter, and on the south side from the bank,
which is still standing, to Fairview street is
destroyed, as well as the buildings to the
cemetery. About forty buildings were de-
stroyed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
AN SHIP.
The Two Mates of the Ship Durham
Drowned In San Fransisco.

=" III odTI TdT1STSCC.
SAN FRANCISCO, Special.-Charles Stevens,
first mate, and William Higginson, second
mate Of the .~ Inflated ship Durham,
which was damaged by fire at
Port Costa last week, and in the hold
of which two men were suffocated
by foul gases last Friday, were drowned in
the bay to-day. Stevens and Higginson,
together with four others started from the
ship in a small boat for the shore: High
wind and tide were prevailing at the time
and in attempting to run near a barge an
chored in the stream their boat was cap
sized and Stevens and Higginson drowned.
Both men are natives of Liverpool, and
Higginson leaves a wife and several chill
dren in that city.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
The New Appointments to Be Mad,
During the Congressional Recess.

Inc New Appointments to Be Made
During the Congressional Recess.
WASHINGTON. Special Telegram,
The president is going to get as much of
a holiday while congress has its three weeks
of recess as he can. The announcement is
made from the White House that appoint
ments to federal positions need not be ex-
pected until after Jan. 6, when the two
houses come together again. If this applies
to the new states, it will leave somewhat
unusual condition Of affairs. Montana,
Washington and North Dakota have been
fu~ll-fedged states for two months, and as
yet there are no federal courts organized in
them. No Judges have been appointed or
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28

SENATOR HENDERSON and Mrs.
Henderson prefer the comforts OF O
home of their own to life at q hotel,
and have accordingly begun house.
keeping at Washington.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
THE MARKETS.
The Current Prices in the More
Prominent Markets.

NEW YORK.
Wheat-No. 2 red, s5A@s5Mc:; elevator,
S6A@S7c.; steamer No.. 2 red, $780,; No. 1
northern, 92A093c.; No. 1 hard, 96A@96Nc.
Corn-No: 2, 42Ac.; elevator 1880; afoat;
No. 2 white, 43Ac.;N No. 3, 39A@4Oc. Oats
No. 2, 3iKc.; mixed Western, 27@3oc.; white
do, 30@35c.; No. 2 Chicago 3O@3OAc. Eggs
Western 22h@23c. Butter1Elgin, 29c.;
Western dairy, 9@1sc.; do factory, 7@18c.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
77Nc.; No. 5 spring wheat, e7@6shc; No. 2
red, 77Nc; No. 2 corn, 33c; No. 2 oars, 2OAc;
No. 2 rye, 451ac; No. 2 barley, $4,000; No.
1 fax seed, $1.36@1.36h; prime timothy
seed, 1922; mess pork, per bbi. $9.75@9:25;
lard, per 1OOlbs, $5.97A. Butter-unchanged.
Eggs-2O@21c.
MI~NNEAPoLIS.
Wheat-No. I, hard SIC; No. 1, Northern.
10000; No. 2, Northern, 72@76c. Flour
Patents, sacks to local dealers, $4.75@4.80
patents to ship, sacks. car lots, $4.30@4:5 o
England points, IS. sO@5. 40; New York
points, $5.2O@5. 80. delivered at Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, 5 5.15@5. 25; bakers here,
$3. 1908. so; superfne l .7O@2.2 %; red dog,
sacks, $1.lO@1.25; red dog, barrels, 1880.
$50. Corn-No. 8, 271ac; choice yellow;
Io12c. Oat6-'Or samples, 12c barley
-25@45c. ~Flax-$1.30h Chicago $1.36h.
ST. PAUL.
Prices on incoming trains only: Wheat
No. 1 hard, 7S@79c.: No. 1 Northern, 100
TIC; No. 2 Northern. 73@75c. Corn-No. 3,
10000. Oats-No. 2 mixed, 1910. bid;
No. 2 white, 21k@22kc; August, 21c bid;
January, 2l1c bid: No. 3, 19@21c. Barley
No. 2, 45@5Oc bid; No. 3, 38@42c bid
Rye-No: 2, 32c bid. Ground feed $1O.50@
II. 80 asked. Corn meal-Unbolted, $11.5O
asked. Shorts-$7@7.7 rs. B%ran-bulk, Sc
@6.5O. Hay-No. l upland prairie. $6.25@
Z; No. l. 5000. Dressed hogs-$3.75@4
asked. Eggs-Held al IS. 1905; fresh. $3.50
@6 go. Flax seed-No.1 !, $1.3OA. Butter
Extra creamery, 2O@22c; extra dairy, 10
@16c; medium, 10@15c; roll and print fresh
l2h@16e; old, s@12c; packing stock, 506c;
grease, 3@5c. 1>
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28

OF THE hundreds of birds killed
this year by flying against the Lib
erty statue, in New York harbor, 60
per cent, it is said, belonged to one
s~pecies-the Maryland yellow
threats.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
A Cyclone in Kentucky.

Lou1sy1LIE, Specialize town of Pine
vile, KY. was visited by a destructive
storm OF wind and rain early this morning.
Several dwellings and three bust
ness houses were swept away
~ the cylone, which only passed
James North, brothers, received serious in.
juries. These were the only ones hurt.
though several people had miraculous
escaRes. The loss is estimated at about
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
An 8 Christmas.

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It was Christmas day, anybody
could tell it; sleigh bells rang out
more crisp and clear than usual; the
sun was mightier. the air was sharper,
men stepped more briskly along the
streets, the chimes sounded sweeter,
the sleigh bells tinkled more merrily;
and ifthat WASH convince
the most skeptical he could look at
the heading OF the mornings news
paper.
"Ha!" cried Mr.. Scriggles, as he
limped out of bed; beautiful dayn
beautiful, and indeed Christmas; Mrs.
Scriggles isn't awake yet either. IsH
get ahead of her this time. Merry
Christ"
"scriggles, has the servants got
that fire started yet?
Il don't know, dear; ] was just
going down to see about il. Merry
Christ"
"Scriggles, I would like to have IS
to give the church. Have you got
any money left from last night2"
~"Certainly, I kept $25 exclusively
for Christmas. I'll leave the five on
the dressing-case for you"
He skipped gaily down stairs just
in time to meet the upstairs girl.
"Good mornin', Misther Scriggles,
Merry Christmas and Christmas
gift"
Certainly Bridget, here's a couple
of dollars for YOU"
The cook was just emerging from
the kitchen when he arrived at the
door.
"Christmas gif', massa Scrlggles.'
"~Certainly, Arabella, here's 50 for
you"
Breakfast was eaten and Scriggles
presented his wife with a bonnet which
she said was horrid, and she gave him
a cane to add to his collection, which,
numbered something over a dozen.
He then took the street-car down
town, i
"Mornin,' massa Scriggles," said
his bootblack. "Christmus gif'."
eyes, Sam; here's adollarf for you"
christmas gift, Mr. Scriggles, said
the elevator boy.
eyes, of course; here's a dollar for
you" $50
christmas gift, Mr.. scriggles,"
said the Office boy in a cheerful tone
which was good for 30.
"Ah, good day, madam" said he
to the lady to whom he found seated
in his chair. CHERRY Christmas to
you, Pm sure. d:
81 am glad to see that you have
the true Christmas spirit" she said.
at augurs favorablyfor my errand."
"What can l do toryou, ma'am7'
II am working in the cause of
charity" she replied. II am solicit
ing subscriptions for the natives of
Patagonia. | hope I may put you
down for $40"
Mr.. Scriggles said certainly, and
handed her the money.
The ~janitor and two scrub ladies
also made successful calls. He had
to compromise with the latter on
fifty cents apiece.
At about 3 o'clock Mr.. Scriggles
concluded to.start for home. AS he
reached the sidewalk he-felt in his
vest pockets, then in his trousers
pockets. A slight look of annoy
ance crossed his face.
MERRY Christmas" said a CHEEKY
voice.
"Oh, how are you, Brown; yes, to
be sure. DO you happen to have q
car ticket in yonr pocket?"
"No, l haven't"
"Any changer"
"No not a red."
When Scriggles reached home it was
about $50. He dragged himself
YEARLY through the door and flung
himself on the lounge.
"Did you have a pleasant Christ
mas?" asked his wife. r. Z
christmas be blamed" was the
only reply as he Topped over on his
side witfhis face to the wall.-Mer-
chant Traveller. ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
Bott1neQu Pioneer.
JOHN W. BENNETT, Editor & P ublisher.
BOTTINEAU, NORTH DAKOTA.
MISS HATTIE BLAINE, the secre-
tary's youngest daughter, who is to
make her debut in Washington socie-
ty this winter, is described as the
beauty of the family.

A SHORT time ago it was announced
that ITO accidental deaths from con-
tact with electric light wire had &C.
cured in New York during the past
eighteen months.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
NupceteSl News.


The attempt of the state board chari-
ties to settle the coal miners strike at
Brazil. Ind, has failed.
Con d. Shea has been sentenced at St,
Louis to ninety-nine years in the peniten-
tiary for the murder of Police Officer
Doran eight years ago.
James Smith of Minnesota has been
elected secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Deaf Mutes at its recent session in
Washington.
Mabel Taylor Bishop, widow of the mind
reader, has been granted letters of admin
istration, notwithstanding the protests Of
Bishops mother.
Charles De Baum, the defaulting cashier
of the National Park bank of New York.
has been sentenced to five years and seven
months in the penitentiary.
The government officers have captured
Ed Reed. the son of the famous Belle
Starr, at Fort Smith, Ark. Reed is want
ed on dozen different charges.
Chinese laborers are to be taken to the
West Indies via the Canadian Pacific. as
Secretary Window will not allow them to
come through the United States.
The squabble over the adjustment of the
centennial celebration finances in New
York was settled by the general committee
handing over to Stuyvesant Fish the
$4,000 due for tickets for the ball, and
which the committee had held back pend
ing an accounting by Mr.. Fish.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
Volcanic Ou,hreak E.,,,<,.,

A San Francisco dispatch says: News
from susanville, in the Sierra Nevadas,
says that slight earthquake shocks con-
tinue and that the people have become so
accustomed to the constant trembling of
the earth that they pay no attention to it.
These shocks, however, have revived rec
objections of old settlers, who predict
volcanic disturbances in the extinct craters
such as took place in 1850.
susanville lies in high, mountain
walled valley, directly east of Lassen
Butte, an extinct volcano 10, 800 feet high.
From its summit no less than forty ex-
tinct craters can be seen. Cinder Cone,
which rises 600 feet above the level of the
plateau, was in eruption in 1850. Flames
darted up to great height. The region
was so dangerous that the two prospectors
who visited the scene beat retreat. in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
More Apnoint,menfs

The president has made the following
appointments: A. Loudon Snowden, of
Pennsylvania, minister resident and con-
sul-general to Roumania, Servia and
Greece; VIM. Hayden Edwards, of Ohio,
consul general at Berlin; August O'Bourne
of Rhode Island, consul general at Rome;
Eugene Schuyler, of New York, agent and
consul general at Cairo.
TO be consuls: Wallace Bruce, of New
York, at Lelth; William Harrison Bradley,
OF Illinois, at Nice; Edmund f. Fairfield,
OF Michigan, at Lyons; Irving j. Manatt,
OF Nebraska at Athens; VIM. Bowman, of
Kentucky. at Tien Tsin; Adolph G. studer,
OF Iowa, at Bremen; Enoch J. Smithers, of
Delaware, at Ozaka and kiosa; Alexander
G. Moore, of West Virginia. at St. Thorn
as; Caas. f. Johnson, of Ohio, at Ham
burg; Silas G. Halsey, at Sinnebere.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
A BIT OF EASTERN WAR
ESGlrsH TROOPS AND DERy1saEs
CONF: TOGETHER IN EGYPT.
Til. ncrvisl,es Routed vii tHravy Loss
Heavy Pennsylvania Raia-A Valuable
Steamer LOst-Other News.
Fighting in Egypt.

All engagement has taken place between
a force of Egyptian troops and Il body OF
dervishers The dervishers were defeated,
losing 500 killed or wounded. Seventy
Egyptians were killed or wounded. Two
English officers were also wounded. The
Gelvishers attemp, ed to effect Judgment
on the river bank. but they were attacked
by the English forces. The dervishess
made stubborn resistance, bu: We're
finally forced to retreat. fighting as they
went. They were driven northward seven
miles. but every foot of the ground was
hotly contested. Two guns belonging to
the enemy were captured by the British.
1t is expected that further fighting will
occur. Col. Warehouses; troops contin-
ued the pursuit OF the dervishers aud cap
tured 500 men.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
Ja1aestoyn Offered Free Hash.

There has been considerable talk in
the papers about the possibility of the
constitutional convention Of North Da-
kota assembling at Bismarck, as directed
by the omnibus bill, and then adjourn1ng.
as some claimed it had the rig to do if
it willed. to some one of the other towns
which is candidate for the honors of a
temporary capital. 1t is very doubtful il
anyone seriously contemplated such a
move, but the climax of absurdity was
reached in the discussion just before the
convention met when it was given out
mat Jamestown had officially invited each
member of the convention to vote to ad-
journ to jamestown, Offering, If they did
go. 20 board all members of the conven-
ton free during its entire session. The
supremely ridiculous spectacle of The con-
gress of an empire state. rushing pellmell
away from its legitimate location and into
oil sorts of possible technical compli-
cations, for mess of boarding house
pottage. has, perhaps. not yet fully
dawned upon the faculties of ambitious
jamestown, but it is conspicuous to the
rest of the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
The &1.Oo Dog Tax.

The Pembina Register discusses the dog
tax law to the following effect: "The
placing of 81 each for every dog 'as tax
isn't tax under the organic law, failing
i'll two important points; first, there is no
assessment value; second, they are not
taxed according to value, unless indeed
all dogs are assumed to be of the same
value. Another curious thing about the
law is that nothing is said about the dis
position of the money, whether it shall all
go to the county or divided among the
various funds as other taxes are. We be-
heve Tat dogs should be treated as prop
erty and taxed and protected as other
property. but we really don't see any more
sense in taxing dogs one dollar each than
to tax horses at a given rate. At an
average rate of 3 cent tax, this makes
every dog worth over S33. which makes
the dog pretty valuable sort of property;
more valuable than could be carried out
before court if the law was otherwise
Ok"