The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-29
IN THE r CITIES.
St. Paul.

st. Paul, Special Telegram, Oct. o.
With the tears streaming down his cheeks
and his voice broken with sobs Matthew
Hopper. 4 young man about eighteen years
Of age, told the story of how he had been
robbed Of the entire savings and accumula-
lions of a lifetime; amounting in all to the
sum of $1,000. His clothing was in tatters,
his eyes were swollen and red with weep
ing, and the stamp of detection had been
firmly on his forehead. w.
While in the midst of pleasure. accompa-
MED by an injudicious use Of intoxicants as
he admitted, he had been robbed of his little
all by two men Sunday afternoon ana ie1I
| without the necessary funds to obtain 1000 or
shelter. Tired and detected he had walked the
| streets fruitfessly searching for the men
who had taken his money and, Decomlns
CONVINCED shat his quest would be useless,
he made his way TO- the Dncas . stre snns sar-
| ance tended to give the impression that ne
| was not what he claimed anu ne d1d not
appear like a man WHO was fo No OF ma afe sa
| but he claimed to have been In possession
| Of the money. The story which he told Is
Hopper arrived Sunday morning from Mil
waukee where he had been enjoying the Pc
| culiar advantages Of an acquaintance with
an unlimited quantity. OF beer aud other
depot for a time and then started out to
the street to the Great Northern saloon,
made the acquaintance OF two smooth APP
pearing young men who invited him to
drink with them. He accepted, and It was
Condition f11 They then suggested that they
purpose Of SOLDERING off and looking at the
beauties Of st. Paul from an elevated posi-
His money was in his pocket and the
three Of them sat down on the grass to
in a playful manner and finally the two
strangers stated that they remembered an
engagement, and they excused themselves.
tne eit Ne a nad % DsfGm wa lsa1ss d hs sta the BLUFF 1Hr
he felt in his pocket to find the roll Of
money, which he was in the habit Of carry;
Ing Ing It W.. WAS ' not there Z s,e In vain r. he ts searched rSasa
upon him that he had been robbed by the
acquaintances with whom he had been so
familiar.
A contingent of the North Dakotians, who
were IN Chicago last week attending the
ing, reached, st. Paul yesterday morning.
They were all delighted with the big show,
but they found the crowd in Chicago too
ing visitors were Senator NJ. l.. Mccormick,
Editor George B. Winship, George Clifford
Of Grand Forks and W; J. Perkins and wife
little to say in reference to the big political
deal in North Dakota, whereby he hopes to
carry. the state for the Independents and be
~resentstive of the fusionists. All he wanted,
he said, was the $50. 600 and he would make
things right in North Dakota. The senator
joke.
The complaints of the members of the
Minnesota national guard who went to Chi
cago as to the wretched fare served to the
men by the contractor are loud and long. It
seems that after the first meal many Of the
men decided not to return to the tables but
went outside the grounds and purchased
tnelr meals, so bad was the food furnished.
The first crew Of men at each meal were
given clean plates and managed to get along
with poor coffee and worse bread and meat,
even to change the plates. and even the
hungry men could not stand it and retired
IN disgust: The officers Of the Minnesota
/ the. subsistence, and give their boys due cred
It for their fine showing under the clrcum-
stances, Tor many OF them did not succeed
Frank ]. Lime ct al, appellants. VS.. Will
lam Forrestal ct al, respondents; argued
and submitted; James H. Bishop & Co., re-
spoldents, vs.. John +. Travis. appellant. ar
sant and m submitted nD1hate John b; Dow, appel.
dents, submitted on b 1Gsa; n Will IAN fWss gfie.
s rehno'fieG Nv vs. b, Any J Grundyson, appellant,
President Monfort: of the worlds fair
commission. returned from Chicago yester-
DAY: He was one OF the last Of the state
that the Minnesota building. will be the
pride of the state. The confusion in Chi
c c,ss;o he says tc. wps toe eo great to get the com ~.
pext meeting Of the commission will be
held in q connle OF weeks.
WI. Burkhard was arrested in st. Paul
yesterday and taken hack to, Helena, Mont,
where he is wanted as u witness in the
tria! or the accused murderer Of Officer
Jordan OF, that place.
~ Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Special Telegram, Oct. 25-
Matt kIink"r' p lahOrer in the saw mills,
ended his life . @ o'clock last evening in
his room at 2l1 Twentieth avenue north.
The way in which he changed worlds was
. most horrible one. An old knife with
both blades open, rusty. knicked and dull,
was the instrument with which he almost
sawed of and then chopped his neck until
his head was nearly severed from his shout
ders. - = ~
Coroner Byrnes was called soon after the
ghastav corpse wal found hy the people
roominr next door. He viewed the remains
and decided that the facts would not
warrant an inquest, as the death was plainly
caused by the victims own hand. The
terdans Of the LETT wrist were hageled
through and the hone beneath them par
tally sawed. He evidently was too Inn.
patient to await death from loss of blood.
40 began carving his throat. which was cut
from ear TO ear: When found the knife
was clenched in his right hand.
Klinkert was a cousin to- Mrs. Erreldine.
whose husband attempted to kill her and
their child and later shot Officer Mochelle
and then himself. Ever since this hap
pened Klinke,t, has been in a melancholy
mood and has otter. re .retted to his friends
that his cnusin should marry such a husband
a. Erneldine. This 80 rrrys lupon his mind
thatheb be ~ drinking heavily. Not be.
ing able 10 drown his grief in the cup he
determined mon suicide. He must have
been ms ne. althnuoh from his actions
among his companions he appeared RAJ
t'oral. The deceased was 4 single man of
German descent and about thirty-fve yeas
9 ace He wesf q qaiet. inoffensiye man
n was respected nv his companions.
Butter Is getting to be an expensive com.
modify, n the state dairy inspectors have
found it necessary to use unusual vigilance
q late 70 prevent the wrongful use OF oleo-
maargarine IN the cheaper class q hotels
Hotel Grace, On South second street. In
tubs Of the stun and promptly conflscated
II. G. G. Miller. the proprietor. will Ia
prosecuted later under the law.
John Harrington. a carpenter iiyinG az
6l2 Marshall avenue northeast: wa. terribly
i.jured in a saloon TOW at 6n5 Marshall
street on Sunday evenin~, and the chance.
are small for his recovery. There was q
crowd in the saloon and they were drinking
freely and talking poll les. "A row was in
eyitable. In the melee Harrington was
beaten with a chair and kicked until he
was inssnsible. The injuries are mostly.
about the head.
ED WH0u9R