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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
The Casualty Calendar:

John Clark, engineer ofthe West Leisenrjng
mines of the Connellsville Coke and Iron com.
pany, Pa, was about to go Town the shaft
to examine the pump when he was Joined
on the cage by William McFerren and Will
liam Shearer. The fireman, Lewis Fuebrer,
was put in charge of the engine. When ali
was ready he started the cage but forgot to
reverse the engine. The cage went to the
top OF the tipple rapidly, and there the rope
broke, dropping the cage and men to the
bottom of the shaft. The shaft is 500 feet
deep, nnd the tipple 100 feet above the
mouth OF the shaft. The three men were
killed instantly.
A number of farmers gathered at William
Porter's grist mill, at New Hope, W. Va, as
is their custom on Saturdays, to get their
supplies of -four. A number were taken in
the boiler house, when the boiler exploded.
completely wrecking the mill. Joseph E..
French, Thomas Curter, Levi Shields and
John Winner were instantly killed, their
bodies being blown to shreds. Eli Shields
died from his injuries. Pieces of flesh have
dropped from the arms ofWade Shuffelbarger,
exposing the bone, and his death will soon
come. Jerome Carter and William Carter
were also seriously injured. The explosion
il said SO be due to the carelessness of the
engineer in allowing the water in the boiler
to run low.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Living without Food.

Josephine Bedard is a pretty, dark-eyed,
vivacious French Canadian girl, who has
been on q Christmas visit to her uncle and
cousins at Lewiston, Maine, for the past
few days. If her story il true she has tasted
more than 1850 days, having neither eaten
nor desired to eat nor tasted foodi in any form
for that length of time. ~
Her story, rs told by herself, was that she
was born on her fathers farm in Tingwyck,
o small agricultural town in Canada, in 1872.
Her mother was stricken with a disease
which terminated fatally when Josephine
was but three months old. As q child she
grew robust and strong. She attended q
country school q short time, and afterward
assisted in the household duties at home.
On Christmas day. 1881, she was violently
attacked with diphtheria, and for three weeks
she was between life and death. From this
sickness begins the date of her prolonged and
curious tast,, and today, as for years, her
only, which she drinks as people drink or
dinarily. No form Of eatables can arouse her
sleeping appetite, and the most delicious
fruits are nc temptation to her. ."
Mr.. Bedard said that when in Canada, in
order to remove the doubts of all skeptieal
persons, Josephine was loo in a room for15
days. as O test, with 10 nourishment but
that time without experiencing the slightest
illness. A Leading Montreal physician
pronounced her q physical wonder,
and offered Josephine's father 500 for the
privilege of taking her into custody with a
view to solving the cause of her peculiar con.
dition. This Mr.. Bedard refused to do.
Several other Inducements have been held
out to her to travel as q curiosity; but she
prefers to remaini in her country home, where
she has the care of her fathers five children
by q second wife, and where the onerous du.
ties OF q farm house devolve upon her.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17

A Brussels lace merchant had re-
ceived from a Belgian, residing in
Paris, an order for a quantity of
Malines lace. The goods were care
fully packed in a lead coffin, which
was dispatched to the Paris address
as containing a corpse. The Paris
merchant had to wait SO long for the
arrival of the "body" that he at
length complained to the manager of
the Northern Railway, who informed
him that the coffin had been detained
at The frontier owing to the nom
compliance with certain prescribed
formalities relating to the transmits
sion Of corpses. The merchant at
once took train to Quievrain, dressed
in solemn black and with mourning
hand round hia hat, and wearing an
expression Of profound sadness. But
IN spite OF his emphatic protest
against such an act OF desecrationthe
officials insisted on opening the coffin
when the truthcams to light and tho
ingenious smuggler was taken into,
custody.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Death ofa Desperate.

Detectives who have been limiting Tom Wal
lace, a member of the Hatfield gang of muir
derers, upon q requisition from Gov. Buckner
OF Kentucky, found him at Flat Top mcun-
tain. When the detectives ordered him to
halt he drew q large revolver and opened fire.
The detectives returned the fire, and Wallace
fell to the ground MORALLY won nded. While
the dying Desperate breathed his last he
confessed that he and Cap. Hatfield, the
mountain demon, was paid $50 each by a
deputy sheriff Of Buchanan county. Va, for
killing Capt. Mccoy about two years ago.
The murder money was placed in the hands
OF 4Devil Ance" Hatfield, the father of Cap.
and was paid to them after the bloody work
was completed. Wallace was captured once
before, but knocked the jailer down and es-
capped. His crime was q peculiarly horrible
one. About two years ago Tom Wallace
stole away Miss Daniels, a niece OF JeffMcCoy,
one of the sons of Herman Mccoy, slain dur
she had been made the victim of q mock mar
riage, she left Wallace in Virginia and hid
with her friends in Kentucky. Wallace gave
Cap Hatfield $50 to help him recover the
girl. The two men crossed the Tug and went
to Mr.. Daniels cabin. The old man was
sleeping in bed while his sick wife and one of
her daughters slept in another. Failing to
Hatfield wrapped the hairy part Of n cows
tail about his fist and beat the invalid wom-
an with the heavy stump until she was al
most dead. Soon after jeff Mccoy was in
Virginia, when he was seized ne,1r the mouth
OF Thacker creek, by Capt. Hatfield and Tom
Wallace, who took him to the woods and
prepared to kill him. Mccoy mother waded
across the river and begged on her knees for
the life of her son. She was kicked and sent
back. Jeff struggled free from the cords
that bound him, and leaping in the river,
swan for his life. Wallace and Hatfield
stood on the West Virginia bank and kept
up a fire on their victim. Mccoy had reached
the shore and was struggling up the bank.
The young fellow had just taken the last up
ward bound when q bullet went through his
head, and he fell on a tree stump below stone
dead.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17

Police Officer Henry Fehle died q horrible
death at st. Louis from hydrophobia. Last
Septembe while walking his beat he was Bit
ten on the right leg by q dog, hut thought
nothing Of the wound, recently the leg began
to aweII, and Fehle was taken down with
violent symptoms of h~ydrophobia. He
passed from one convulsion into another, and
finally died in great agony. DIR. Bernays,
who attended him, says, the case was genuine
hydrophobia.
Mrs. Turner and her little daughter, also i
daughter of George Cloyd, three Brooks
ell colored, attempted to cross the river from
Kentucky to Ohio in o small fat-bottomed
boat. At some distance from the shore
waves from two passing steamboats, upset
their little craft and all seven occupants
were drowned. Their cries for help were
heard by persons on the steamboats,, but
darkness prevented the rendering Of any
assistance. All Of those who persisted lived
in Kentucky. Not one of the bodies has yet
been recovered.
A th~ree-year.Qld child OF L. p. Olson of
East Sioux Falls died from dropsy and prep
arations were made to bury the child, but as
the ground was very slippery from the recent
sleet storm it was postponed until the next
day. That night the body showed evidence
OF returning life. Color frequently came into
different parts Of the body and entirely dis
appeared. There were also other evidences 81
life. The funeral was indefinitely postponed
until it 10 decided whether or notsthe childis
dead. Dozens OF doctors have examined the
body. but non will authorize the burial 81
the child
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Saved by Her Lover.

The mountain sections of North Carolina
have recently become infested with numbers
OF Mormon missionaries who have gone
there and are institutiag an open system of
prosylyting among people of hat section.
They have already made q number of con-
verts to their faith whom they induce to &C
company them to Utah, and several delega-
tons have already left for the Mormon
state. A short time ago four elders, having
gained many converts, left with q party
from Rutherford and other coun-
ties for Utah.. These mission
aries intensely appreciate the beauty of
women, and an attractive woman is worth
q premium in Utah. They converted Miss
McCurry, n desired her to accompany her
parents who were going to polygamous Utah.
But love had previously thrown around her
the witchery Of it's charms and she was en-
gagged to a rustic swain. Her graceful figure,
her facinatiug eyes, formed q picture of phys
ical perfection, and Mormons guarded her
as a precious prize for some rich Mormon.
Her lover pleaded In vain to marry his be-
trothed, but her parents and the Mormons
refused. On the night previous to their de-
parture on the train, the resolute lover, with
%shotguns, collected q group of young men,
charged the guard and captured his impris.
oned and beautiful sweetheart, whom he
soon made his bride. The angry father fol.
lowed in vain pursuit and left next day. with
out his daughter. The people of the western
section of tho state ore in a high state OF OK.
element and Indignation at the ~high-handed
measures Of the Mormons, and the prosely-
ting elder was . few days ago expelled from
Davies county. on pain of being tarred and
feathered II he remained.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
THE NEWS RESUME.
The Cream OF the News Cleaned From
the Latest Associated Press Tele.
al grams. = g.. ~
About Washington.

United States Commissioner O'Connell rem
dered his decision in the Gillet case at Fargo,
committing the defendant on all the counts
await O warrant TO be issued by the secretary
OF state on application of the acting British
minister at Washington.
The secretary of the interior decided that
the State of Minnesota could not take as
indemnity double minimum lands for single
minimum school lands lost by settlers. Under
an appeal taken July 20, 1887, from the de-
cision of the land commissioner, the state as-
serted that it had = right to double mini
u lands of the Worthington land district
for minimum lands lost. The secretary bas-
ing his decision on the case of the State of
California va. Smith, decided affirming the
commissioner decision.
Secretary Whitney has ordered the resump-
ton OF work on the armored battle ship Tex
a., which was discontinued several months
ago at the Norfolk navy yard to enable the
department to make new calculations of
weight, position of center of gravity and
trim of the vessel, which, it was feared were
not fully up to the designers statement.
This action of the secretary Is taken after
receiving the report of Assistant Naval Con-
s%tructor Bowles who after careful calcula-
tons and examinations, reported that "the
general result is a satisfactory verifcation
Of the designers calculations"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
ne plnsA.lpAsa xyss.ry Solved.

The mystery surrounding the finding ofths
mutilatsd remains ofa murdered man In East
Paramount Park In Philadelphia has been solv-
I'd. The corpse 10 identified and the murderer
In prison. The murder is shown to have been
q diabolical one. The motive for the deed
man, but all that the murderer 10 known to
have realized by his dastardly crime 10 $50.
The case has bafled the police authorities
since the finding Of the body and many clues
have been run out"
A young man named Keefer, residing near
Dillingham; and Cadwallader streets in Phil
adelphia, saw q cut of the murdered q in
one Of the Sunday papers, which, he thought,
resem bled the features of o German named
schilling, who had lived with another German,
Schroop, ut the corner Of the above
named streets. He impaired his suspicious
to the police OF that district, and was taken
to the morgue, and on looking ut the corpse
he Immediately identified it as that of Schil.
ling. The police then brought rSchroop's
daughter to the morgue and she also recog-
nized the body as that of her fathers board
er, Antoine Schilling. Officers were then sent
to Schroop's house and took him into GUS
tody. When the officers entered Schroop's
house and informed him that they wanted
him at the police station, the German exhib-
tied the most abject terror, and when taken
up the steps of the station house, his t:em-
bling limbs refused to support him and he
fell. Several officers then carried him into
the lieutenant's room. Schroop is about so
years of age, and Schilling, his victim, was
about 80 years old. The two men were part
ners in q small grocery and provision store
at Gillingham and Cadwallader streets.
Schroop lived in the house with his wife and
daughter, and Schilling boarded with them.
By midnight Schroop had made a confess
sion TO Chief Detective Wood, in which he &C.
knowledged killing Schilling. It was also
learned that the daughter Of schroop had
made q. full confession, in which she acknowl-
edged having tried to kill Schilling by ad-
ministering q dose of laudanum. She gave
him an overdose of the drug, which saved his
life. 1t is believed that Mrs. Schroop is an
accessory to the murder and butchery.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Great Fire in st. Louis.

The six-story brick building of the Richard.
son Drug company was reduced to ruins on
New Years morning. So fierce was the fire
that five minutes after the alarm was turned
in the buildings across the street were smok-
ing and were about to burst into flames.
Every few minutes a terrible explosion would
d~etonate throughout the buildings and q
graceful curl of fire, many feet in height and
diameter, would leap high into the air and
summon the reveling rioters of New Years
night to the scene of the destruction. When
every pane of glass was out of the building
the tongues of fire leaped out, and their heat
made the narrow street q sheol for the gal
liant fireman who toiled with bursting, burn
inghose to save the property. Their coats
smoked and their hands were blistered when
exposed to the glare, and many dropped the
lines and sought the shade of an adjacent
building. 1t was a magnificent an awful
sight from the first W minutes after it's
discovery until about three o'clock, when
more to burn. The building was erected
several years ago, at o cost of $780, 600. 1t
was one Of the largest wholesale drug
stores In the country. The buildings in
close proximity to the fire was scenes of ire
mendous excitement. The Ehler house, q place
at 900 South Fourth street, occupied by
boarders, was the scene Of a panic. The
screams of frightened women, and men rush
ing to-and.fro from room to room after their
friends, created much terror. Finally the
fremen anne to their assistance, and all the
occupants were safely rescued.
Andrew Geroghty, the night Waterman In
the Richardson drug house, has been miss
ing since the fire, and 1t is believed that he
persisted in the burned building. The vic.
tins widow and fourteen-year-old daughter
created a terrible scene at the ruins, plead
ing for O search for the remains in the still
burning building.
Mr.. Cliff Richardson, the general manager
OF the concern, gives the value OF the stock
on hand at about $675 900 and the insur-
ance at $65O.000. The buildings occupied
were valued at about 5000, 900. The origin
of the fire is not yet known.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17

While Senator Beck condition has
improved somewhat, it is improbable
that he will be in his seat in the SEN
ate this session. He has been stop
ping at the country place of his SON.
in-law, Maj. Goodloe, about four
miles from Washington, since the
early part of October, but contem-
plates passing the winter in Aiken,
s. c. The heart trouble has almost
entirely disappeared. He still suffers,
however, from nervous exhaustion
and indigestion. His physician has
ordered him not to interest himself
actively in political affairs until he is
considerably improved in health.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
The New Indian Bill.

Messrs. Nelson, Peel and Perkins, the sub
committee of the house committee on Indian
affairs having in charge the appropriation
bill. have finished their work and the bill is
in the hands of the printer. Certain claims
which may be added to the bill utter it 10
swell the present total of thu bill, which IL
about the sam as last years act. Very few
changes in the existing condition of things
are made, the bill being closely confined to
appropriations for the support of theindians.
One Of the few changes provides
indian school for the White Earth
agency in Minnesota by allowing the school
one hundred Indian pupils at $50 per year
each. Heretofore this school hos been sup.
ported in part by contributions from the gen.
eral fund which is supplied the commissioner
of Indian affairs each year. Provision 10 al
10 made for the support of Indian pupils at
as last year. Changes are made in the adj
ministrative features Of the indian bureau on
" by authorizing the commissions of In
dian affairs to have made samples OF cloth
ing and blankets which will be used as the
department. standard for this work. Ord;n-
arilv it in the habit of a bidder to send in q
sample Of his goods with an agreement to
make such o garment for such price. This
compela the Indian authorities to go through
all Of the samples and select such us they de-
sire, and the cry of s'fav oritism" has been
freqently raised. The new plan proposes to
department. standards. This action would
prevent such difficulties as the Indian bureau
has been lately having with Dobson &Co. ot
Philadelphia over sOme 1900 pairs Of blank.
eta and which the board Of Indian commits.
sioners has been compelled to step in and
settle. The claims which the committee are
considering before insertion in the bill as
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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17

A young Litchfeld, Conn, couple,
on their way to the parsons to be
married, were confronted with a tor
rent SO deep and swift that their
horse could not be induced to at
tempt the passage. But the hardy
long-legged groom was not to be
daunted or turned from his purpose.
Leaving his team in charge offriends,
he took his blushing bride-elect on
his broad back, and, half wading and
half swimming, reached the other
side in safety, when the happy pair,
hand in hand, continued their journey
as nothing unusual had occurred.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Suppressing Mexican Priests.

A Herald dispatch from Ell Paso, Tex,
says: "El Paso is greatly excited over the
details of the news that has just been received
of the great clerical rising in the City of
Mexico, and the utter and bloody
defeat of the ciericals. 1t seems,
Father Jose Casper, q we'll known priest,
hurried to the national place and asked inn
mediate and secret conference with President
Diaz. What he disclosed is not known, but
a few minutes afterward warrants of arrest
were made out for a large number of promi-
nent people, but when the officers went after
them not one of them could be found. At
IL o'clock that night an immense mob at
tackled the national palace Joined and REIN
forced by the garrison Of at least three
barracks and some parks of artillery. The
conflict was fierce and bloody, but the gov
eminent held it's own and gained the victory.
Three generals and several high officers were
killed. The government took over two thou
sand prisoners at the fighting. Seventy-two
priests we're among the slain, which numbered
during the frst onslaught $50. Next day
200 priests were arrested and ordered shot,
among them the archbishop. A number OF
women got petitions to have them reprieved,
but it is not thought that they met with sue.
cess. Great excitement prevails in Chihuahua,
where Gov. Laura Garlic called at once tho
state Legislature together and all priests to
be arrested. 1t seems to have been the last
effort Of the clerical party against the goveri,-
ment.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Other News JOttings.

The Cologne Gazette now admits that the
statement made by Marshal Bazaine that
the information conveyed to him of the
movements of German troops was received
through Robert D. Marier, then stationed at
Darmstadt, il to be taken cum grano sails
| tive evidence which the character of Bazine
| required to he attached to his assertions.
Mr.. Brooks. q prominent young merchant
of McDowells Mills, near Fayetteville, Tenn,
came to town, procured his marriage license
and started home. Next morning his body
was oundl lying on the roadside dead, with
O bullet hole through his head. When he
left tow he was accompanied by q man
named Smith, who was a bitter rival of his for
marry. Strong suspicious are II used and
considerable excitement prevails concerning
I this feature of the case. Brooks was a
model young man, liked by all who knew him.
The New York Star says: "a revolution
is in progress in railroad affairs. The de-
~velopments within the past two weeks have
been of the highest interest to financial and
railroad interests. All that has been done
thus far 10, however, merely preliminary.
will astonish Wal street by their magnitude.
When this is done there will be- no further
chance for rate wars among the Western
roads. Tn very official existence of the rail.
roa presidents and managers who are held
to be at fault will be lodged in the hands OF
those who will hold them to q strict account
ability. What is intended is nothing more
or less than a gigantic voting trust or com
bination ofthe voting power in nearly all the
greater corporations Of the West for the pur-
pose of using the united vote for the man
agements of the companies and keep direct
ors aud oficersto q proper sense of their du-
ties" ~
While drilling an artesian well on the farm
of Jacob Center, three miles northwest Of
Centerville, Dakota. q vein Of coal eight feet
in thickness was found q depth Of 126 feet.
Under this vein was found sixteen feet o1
sandstone and q layer Of red slate, under
which q second vein OF coal ives found in
which the drill 10 o working. Samples
brought up by the drill are OF good quality
resembling Indiana block coal u appearances
it burns readily, cuts about th6 same and j
Of good color. There sesliss ~ ~ no doubt
OF the value OF the find, theabscond vein being
IN indication that IL iGsor1sthing more thar
q pocket. When three 5eet into The second
vein q fssurs was struck, through which al
the water forced into the drill escaped, rem
dering 1T impossible to proceed further
Larger and improved drills have been Of
dered and will Be Get 70 work to thOrongh
II prospect tho end, nndsif 1t turns ont Il
expected steps win ~ onca III taken to oper
Tho mira and taks out fusa.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Fifty Cents Followed Five,
PHILADELPHIA Telegram

III were searching for q smile for
slowness mere expressive than those
of the snail and molasses, I should
use the Washington vehicle Of street
transportation. Not long since I
was right on AGAR line, andcouldh have
ridden where | wanted to go for five
cents, but / was in q hurry and took
q cab, for which / paid SO cents, tell
ing the man my anxiety to
save time. Many times / cali
ed to him to drive faster, but each
time he said he couldn't. Finally,
in desperation / used unusually
strong language in demanding why
he could not 60 faster.
Because" he said calmly, Hthe
cars in the way
He was following the track just
behind the fine vehicle which Ihadre
iected as slow.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17

President-elect Harrison already
has his double at Wash ington. He
knows his strength, frequents the no.
tel corridors, walks and poses for the
qualification of guests, speaks to no
one, and seems to enjoy the manifest
inclination of of~ice-seekers to apply
to him for favors.