The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-05-03
IN GENERAL.


TIL North River ~Presbytery of New York
has voted in favor of q revision of the con-
fession of faith.
Wyatt b.. Graves, the noted ex.president
of the Merchants bank of West Salem, Wis,
lays his downfall to the Vaccinations of a
rival.
Joseph A. Allen, a reporter on the New
York Evening Telegram, committed suicide
by inhaling chloroform. He has been a mar
tyr to rheumatism.
1t is announced by the conductors of the
Casino at Monte Carlo that the total win
nings OF the bank during the year 1889 were
g. 10000, 900 francs. -
In accordance with instructions from May.
or Cregier of Chicago Police Inspector Eber-
sold has issued orders to his men to close all
Of the pool rooms in the city.
At Buffalo, N. Y, United States customs
inspectors captured three Chinese g mugglers.
In their possession was found several hun
dred dollars worth of opium.
The Kansas live stock sanitary commission
has agreed upon an order under which cattle
days at Kansas City at the expense of the
owner; and until they shall receive a bill Of
health signed by the state veterinarian.
Alta conference of the Illinois Non-P Partisan
Christian Temperance union at Chicago, q
clause was inserted in the constitution by
which no officer of the association is allowed
to do any campaign work for any political
party while holding Office. This is the first
time such a clause has been adopted by any
similar body. The name of the association
was also changed to read the "Women's Non
Partisan Christian Temperance Alliance"
Prominent railroad men at Spokane Falls
say that it is more than probable that the
Vanderbilt interest will obtain control of the
Great Northern at the election in a few days.
The Vanderbilts now reach the Pacific coast
by the New York Central, Michigan Central
to Chicago, Chicago & Northwestern to
Union Pacific to San Francisco. This is not
satisfactory and the Vanderbilts contemplate
ed extending the Dakota division of the Chi.
cago & Northwestern to the coast.
Two hundred Sioux Indians held a pow
WOW at Fort Pierre. John Grass, the chief
spokesman, and known as the great orator
Of tho Sioux, made a long speech. He re-
affirmed his former wish that Indians should
take upland and live like whites. After Grass
spoke, Chief Big Foot, who controls q band
of hostiles. tried to break up the meeting by
the air. Big Foot, by the aid of the Indian
police, was gathered in and his band COM
PEELED to keep quiet. After this a loud and
interesting talk was had. When the pow-wow
broke up it was fully decided by the red men
to take up land and go farming, instead OF
going back on the reservation.
A special fror Muncie, Ind, says: Recent
~ q half hundred people in this city were
suddenly seized with pains and severe sickness
of the stomach, attacks continuing several
hours. A number are still quite sick, with
new cases developing. Much excitement at
first prevailed, az physicians were foiled in
determining the cause, some thinking that
the trouble arose from diseased meat while
others pronounced it la mona, the prevailing
epidemic in Germany and Italy. At the Al.
bott House % boarders, with the proprietor
and wife, are victims, all being attacked at
the same time. James, Burgess was walking
along the road where he fell, and laid unat.
tended for an hour.