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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
UTEREsTING NEWS FROM ALE
PARTS OF THE STATE.
4 Condensed Record Of the Impofs
tant Happenings OF tho Week In
North Dakota, Arranged for RaDlS
Reading.
CROP REPORT.

Bismarck, Specialize past week
has been most favorable for small
grain, but unfavorable for corn and
gardens. Heavy rains have fallen in
every part of the state and soaked the
ground more thoroughly than it has
been before for long time.
The temperature has been below the
normal all the week, and the sun has
been obscured by clouds nearly all the
time, greatly retarding the growth of
corn and gardens. but wheat and grass
have made rapid progress.
Cut worms are doing considerable
damage to corn In the southern cOun-
ties, and blackbirds are reported as
damaging it in Kidder county. =.
Grass has, as general thing, made
rapid progress, and the prospects for .
big crop of hay are very fiattering.
The growth of the small grain has
been something wonderful. A sample
stool of wheat from Walsh county was
received at this office which measured
nineteen inches in height and three
inches in diameter where 1t emerged
from the ground. Rye is already head
ing out, and the prospects are new
good for an early harvest.
There was a light frost at Bismarck.
but doing no particular damage. and
the telegraphic reports do not show
any in the other parts Of the state.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22
Monday, June II.

Foster county got slight touch of
hail.
North Dakota is destined to become
a corn-producing state.
Al. Pierce of Grand Forks has been
granted pension.
A Ramsey county farmer has barley
thirty-two inches high.
Hail did some damage in Richland
county.
Poles are being set for the telephone
line between Grand Forks and fargo.
The Glendale creamery shipped
5000 pounds of butter Wednesday.
The first annual tournament Of
North Dakota sportsmen convened in
Fargo.
Young's new hotel at Buffalo will be
opened July 10 with a ball and ban
Quet.
A bank has been organized at Fair
mount with w. H. Cox president and
N. n. Powell cashier.
The Baptist Ministerial Union Of
North Dakota meets with the conven-
tion at Wahpeton June 27 to July L
with n four-page programme.
A Grand Forks girl who said five
wears ago that she intended to marry
millionaire is announced as engaged
to marry a widower who lives on a
rented farm.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22
Outrases by Annrchist..

Paris, June 19.-The Eclair says that
q report Is current ut Hamburg that
the anarchists will attempt great
outrage upon the occa sion of the ap-
preaching fetes at Kiel.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22
Wednesday, June IL.

Stutsman county Is to have thirty
five families of Russians.
Devils Lake has a stringent curfew
ordinance.
The Lisbon Forman telephone line
has been completed. "Hellos are fire.
Quent.
A gang Of Italians are working az
Northern Pacific section men at
Oriska. ~
Mai. Fawcett of Cando has pur-
chased a drug store at Glasston, Penn
bina county.
The Rolla board of trade will send
an immigration agent to Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa.
Applicants for the ten-year govern
ment bounty for tree planting are be-
coming numerous.
A jamestown girl was badly burned
by swallowing concentrated lye, and
Is not expected to recover. =
Hon. J. Nj. Devine states that the
frost nipped the cactus and the wild
buckwheat down in La Moure county.
but did not hurt the crop.
A farm hand, Mr.. Helge, at the
Brown farm at Grandin, accidentally
shot himself through the hand while
unloading his revolver.
C. G.. Bugton, a Nelson county farm.
er, pleaded guilty at Grand Forks to
stealing three cows from a ncighbol
and was sentenced by Judge Temple
ton to two years in the penitentiary.
Col. Robinson, of the Biedler & Rob
inson Lumber company, has secured
q contract to furnish about $7OOl
worth of lumber for repairs and build
! ing at Fort Yates.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22
Saturday, June Is.


Harry Gilmore was convicted at
Bismarck-too gay with a revolver.
y The eagle will scream at Glendale
July 4.
sJames r. Devoe Of Fairmount gets a
pension.
The grand lodge of Coed Templars
held their annual session at Gilby.
William Budge raised $500 at Bath
+ gate for the ~" at Grand Forks.
North Dakota range stock is looking
fine and the price for fat cattle is firm.
The Cass county commissioners
have deadlock over the question Of
location of the county hospital.
Cavalier county is kicking because
their teachers institute will not be
held until September.
Kelleran & Post of jamestown have
| secured the contract for plowing
Nofthern Pacific fire breaks.
Other people than Russians are con-
nected with the Fort Lincoln depreda-
| tions.
The trustees of the jamestown
/ asylum have been enjoined from max
j ing the coal contract let last week.
The plaintiff is II. r. Lyon of Mandan.
! A. small insect known as the grain
weevil has made it's appearance In
the Glendale Elevator company's 8
wheat.
The board Of trustees Of the Grand
Forks university met and reelected
thesold faculty with two exceptions.
Professors Bechdolt and Rigs resigned:
tsuSt- y %Lak ~ not
years funds remained. The total
amount so far subscribed is $1,000
making $4,000 to start with, and
there is prospect of more funds.
Y Sunday, June 10.
Hon. s. b. Mahauey will be thu
Fourth of July orator at Cando.
Oscar Johnson. aged sixteen, hat
been robbing the Fargo postoftict
boxes by the use of pass keys.
DR.. Swanston's team ran away Al
Devils Lake. One horse was killed ano
the other crippled for life.
Reports Of covered wagon" pioneers
come from every section Of the state
Logan and Mcintosh counties espe
cially.
The HillsbOro "kid' nine challenges
any nine in the state with players un
der thirteen years Of age for a gam'
and 500 on the side.
The three convicts, Mccormick, Sui
livan and Smith, get three years NOR
for attempting to escape from the Bis
marck penitentiary.
The North Dakota State Sportsmen'
association elected G. e. Robbins
Fargo president and selected tha
city as the next place Of meeting.
Mayville will knock the feathers ou
of the eagle July 4. Ike Steen Is to b
marshal Of the day, and Ikey will d
things up brown. An elaborate pr<
gramme has been arranged.
, OF the university graduates thi
week at Grand Forks three, at leas
/ will remain in the state with goo
: Jobs. They will he principals Of Pen
, bina, Bathgate and Towner schools.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22
Tuesday, June 1S.


Briggs of Fargo is to start restaur-
ant at Buffalo.
Banker Hanna is to erect q new
building at Page.
The Baptists were royalty enter
tanned at Page last week.
Leonard, the wolf scalp speculator,
picked up about $4,000 In bounties.
Rolla is preparing for rip-snorter
of time on the Fourth.
Senator Hansbrough delivers the
grafton at Rolla July 4.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22

Get ready for the Fourth.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-06-22

And be prepared to celebrate.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22
free coinage would be legalized fraud.
It would give the sanction Of the govern

free coinage would be legalized fraud.
1t would give the sanction Of the govern
ment to cheating
The Sherman act Of July 4, 1890, un-
less repealed, would have brought us
to the single silver standard. AS it was,
the mere suspicion Of silver monometal-
ism and the change of prices and Of our
standard of measure struck blow at
the solidity Of our international trade.
brought on panic, made prices uncertain
ana caused doubt as to future plans
In every factory and shop in the land.
Those who have silver mines and who
can by their wealth cotrol political par
ties and legislatures, who make the very
seat Of our national government their
prided offices and actually turn the ma
tlonal senate into q bureau for bulling
the price of their product, to those men
we say beware. Those Of US who belong
to the rank Of plain citizens. who are
thinking only Of the country as q whole.
VINO believe in the honesty. intelligence
ana integrity OF the Aemrican people, we
hold that when a question Of right or
wrong is presented in campaign OF
education the people will decide for the
right We cannot believe that a special
interest led by millionaires can go un-
checked in their plan of sacrificing the
taxpayers in order to heap up riches,
especially when this is done on the most
raise and economic grounds grounds
which have been proved wrong by the
experience of every country of modern
times
Extraordinary as is the proposal for
free coinage, it is in truth only a huge
disease 1t was born in the private Of
fees of the silver kings, nursed at the
hands of spectators, clothed in eco
| nomic error, fed on Doodle, and as sure
as there is honesty and truth in the
American heart it will die young and be
buried in the same grave wherein lies
the now forgotten infant once famous
as the rag baby"
Contrary to expectation the time after
the main addresses was not occupied
fully by Mr. Harvey. Instead, it was
agreed that he be accorded Is minutes,
then Laughlin replied in Is minutes.
Harvey concluded in five inutes. AS a
result the finish was largely taken up
with good natured chatting of each other
rather than serious argument.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22

HE ONLY EANCIES IT.

There is man here in Washington who
fancies he is the head Of his house. There
are plenty of other men who think the
same thing, too, and between you and me- it,
with the most Of them as it is with this
man--merely fancy. This particular man
has several small children, and it pleases
him to discourse great deal on the training
Of the children. A few days ago he had
friends visiting him. His two little sons
his theories that children should obey
implicitly He wanted his friends to see
how he carried it out in the training of his
own children. Johnny" he said. sternly
stop that noise instantly" johnny looked up
in surprise, then he grinned little. .Oh.
Freddy he said to his brother as they
went on with the noise, ''just hear papa
trying to talk like mamma,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22
SILVER|TES
The Big Convention to Promote the
Interests of the Silver
Cause.
Notable Men in Attendance From Various
Sections of the Coun.
try.

Dali Lake, Juan, May lo.7OdlL Lake
business streets are mass of bunting
and national colors. The streets are
crowded with strangers from all parts OF
the West who are in attendance on the
silver convention called by Gov. Rick
ards, of Montana to discuss means to
promote the interests Of the silver cause.
At II o'clock carriage parade was
formed which proceeded to the great
Mormon tabernacle which had been
loaned by the authorities and elaborate
ly decorated for the occasion.
Gov. Richards, of Montana, called the
convention to order shortly after noon.
Gov. West Of Utah, and Mayor Bask-
in, delivered addresses of welcome after
which temporary organization was eff
fected and recess taken until late this
afternoon. Among the distinguished
people present were: Gov. Richards,
Gov. Mcconnell, of Idaho; ex-Gov.
Adams, of Colorado; Congressman Sha-
froth, Col. Borah, Of Idaho; ex-Gov.
Thompson, of Oregon; Hon. Thomas G.
Merrill, Patrick Henry Winston, Sena-
tor Carter, of Montana; Judge Stephen
DeWolfe, Albert Klienschmidt, Wharton
Barker, Of Philadelphia; ex-Congress-
man Bartine and many mayors of West
ern towns with leading state officers and
bankers from the main cities of the
West. Letters of regret in which the
signers all take advanced ground in
favor of the silver movement have been
received from Harvey, the editor of
Coin" ex-Congressman Bryan, VIM. P.
st. John, of New York; Judge Mcconnell,
of Chicago. In a speech before the Re-
publican Territorial League last night
Congressman Shafroth said the battle
was on between the East and the West
regardless of political parties.
NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE
CALLED TO MEET AT ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, May 15.-It is likely that a
call for a national silver league conven-
ton will be issued to meet in this city
in March, 1896 The matter is being ag
itated by the local silver men and they
claim that they are backed up by the sill
yer men of the West, and particularly
so by the white metal people of Califor-
MIA, who claim to be disappointed at the
methods adopted by Gen. A. J. Warner,
of Ohio, on his recent visit to California.
The California State Silver League finds
fault with Gen. Warner for limiting his
efforts to an attempt to secure the I'M
limited coinage of silver at a ratio of
16 to 1.
The league contains a large number of
Populists and they do not think any
financial platform would be complete
unless it included a provision for an is
sue of greenbacks and an explicit dec
laration against the national banking
system and the issuance of any more
government bonds.
j. B. Toilet, of St. Louis, is in commu-
nication with prominent silver men
throughout the country and if he re-
ceives assurance that such convention
is opportune,. he will issue call for it to
be held here on March 16, 1896.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22

Prof Laughlin, replying for the mega
tive said:
Apart from the we'll understood use
of money as a medium of exchange,
money is used like common denomin-
ator of value, with which other articles
are compared. AS measure of value it
serves in smaller way as a quart cup
may serve as a measure for capacity;
and as there is not needed a separate
cup for every quart Of milk in existence,
you can much sooner measure hundreds
of thousands of goods by comparing
with the same stanrard of measure, il
there is no need of an amount of money
equal to all the goods in existence. The
measure of value is that on which prices
are stated and debts are paid, provided
the measure of value is also made legal
tender in any country. It is evident
then, that the quantity Of measures is
not so material as the unvarying stabil-
ity of the standard of measure. There
is no more essential need of an increased
amount of measure with which to COM
pare goods than. there is or should be
number Of yardsticks equal to the num-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22

(OOAuS, nOleS ana mOrtgageS) to be TAX
en- payable in gold only. We would al
low no discrimination to be made in
the legal tender character of the two
metals We would allow no private in
dividual to dictate to the government
what its legal tender money should be.
We would place the white metal on an
equal footing with the colored metal.
without regard to previous condition of
race or servitude.'
I'VE would give the option to the
debtor if there was any preference as to
which of the two he would use in the
payment Of a debt. A break in the COM
mercial parity causes the cheaper metal
to be used. This increases the demand
for the cheaper metal. This increased
demand restores the value of the metal
that has fallen below parity and
option to the creditors causes the dearer
metal to be demanded, and it thus grows
dearer and dearer, and parity is per-
manently broken, and the gap grows
wider and wider. When the debtor has
the options, the two metals will oscil-
late close to a parity, and substantially
at parity. This oscillation is the elias
ITCHY that bimetallism gives to the pri-
mary money. If one becomes scarce
the other is used. If one is cornered
the other takes its place. Either ans
wers for money.
"A true knowledge ofSbimetallism and
the simplicity of that system died with
our ancestors Selfishness stalked into
the American congress at a time when
neither metal was being used
as a primary money-our primary
money was then paper money
at time when corruption was rife in
our national legislature, followed by ar
ticles of Impeachment against Vice
President Colfax for completely in the
Oakes-Ames affair, the resignation OF
Secretary of War Belknap for bribery,
the charge Of corruption against numer-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
THE STORM AT MONTE CRIsTo.


Monte Cristo. pec. -special-The
great storm which has prevailed during
the past three weeks has been the Sc
verest ever known In the mining districts.
For over two weeks rain. snow and hail
has fallen until the snow lies about six
feet deep on the level and is badly drift
ed I'M many places. The blockade on the
Everett 4 Monte Cristo railroad was COM
plete from Friday, December Is. 70
Thursday December 26. when a train ar
rived, preceded by a rotary snowpl0w.
They had reached Siverton the day be-
fore and left that station at 4:S0 on Thurs
day morning for Monte Crlsto with five
gangs OF section men. Fallen trees were
encountered at many places. and at bridge
90 seven trees were punched across the
track The telegraph wire was down all
day Thursday. After long day Of har1
work the train arrived az Monte Cristo at
about -.s0 IN the evening.
Shortly after midnight on Christmas
morning the dodgers IN the second story
Of Trump's restaurant were aroused hy
an ominaus cracking ~ the roof over
their heads. Quickly putting on their
clothes they borrowed shovelS and
mounting 20 the roof hurriedly cleared
Off the snow. which was about four feet
deep II was found that the tremendous
weight had forced the rafters out NJ the
lower ends. breaking the plate beams out
ward and badly weakening the roof which
viii have 70 be rebuilt before the build
ing wiz be safe The ridEep0le % the roof
IS ''EwayhRckcd' about six inches
There was a great crashing OF dead
trees on all Sides 81 town on Thursday.
broken down BY thu heavy snow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
TO SEEK THE PURSER.
Lighthouse Steamer Leaves for
Destruction Island.
THE sTRATHNEvIs AT TACOMA.
Not Much Doubt That the Steamer
Miowera Is Well on Her Way
TO Honolulu.

Tacoma. Dec. eS.-special.-The disabled
steamship Strathnevis was towed into port
late last night by the tugs Tyee and sea
Lion. She is noored 10 the buoy on the
St Paul mill dock. Capt Pattie has been
IN consultation al day with Manager
Prichard and Mr.. Wheeler OF DodweA.
Carlill & CO., agents or the Northern Pa
cific Steamship Company
Twenty-six Cinnamon, passengers on
the Strathnevis, having the necessary GER
tificates. were allowed 70 land this morn
ing, and are stopping at the Chinese hotel
here. They viii very probably take pass
age on the Victoria Japanese Consul NJ.
Saito had conference with Manager
Pr.chard today regarding the thfrty-fve
japanese steerage passengers on the
Strathnevis They will probably go TO tbs
Orient on the Victoria or one or the cana
dian Pacific steamships.
a cablegram received tonight from
Glasgow announces that the owners OF the
Strathnevis will forward a new propeller
for her from Liverpool early next week.
II viii take three weeks 10 get IL here
The lighthouse tender Columbine left
Portland tonight for Destruction island.
south of Cape Flattery. to search for
Purser Mcdonald and the japanese sailors
that left the Strathnevis with him. Capt
Pattie thinks they landed on Destruction
island and are quartered at the lighthouse
there. Inspector Farenholt, OF the light
house district, sends the Columbine at
his request.
Deputy Collector Drum was instructed
today TO treat the StrathneviS' Chinese
and japanese passengers as II they were
just landed from the Orient They are
being allowed to land as fast as their GER
tifcates are examined, excepting the Chi
nese laborers not entitled to land, and
the Chinese deported from Victoria.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
The Drink Habit Dying Out.
Philadelnhia RuIletin.


IL Is only natural deduction from other
tcts that the drink habit is falling off.
ne of these is the common practice OF
lilroadS and other corporations to require
81 merely temperance, but total abStin-
nee on the part OF their employees. This
once withdraws from the saloons the
|atronage OF a large body Of men, most of
lem young men, who are the best pa
pns of such places when they patroniZe
lem at all. The Christian Endeavor
Ovemeat, which has had such wonderful
Itccess in gathering young men TO its
inner is another potent enemy of drink,
ID withholds from the saloons many
j ousands yearly. Still another adverse
iuence is that Of society. There is plen-
of drinking done in society. and society
niles on ii but, all the same. when
ans character is under discussion in So
ETY. the admission that che drinks a lit
: now and then always counts against
m. That Is really the meaning of the
E reened doors and frosted windows of
e saloons ii is not reputable for man
be seen drinking. and this consideration
its influence in restraining the habit.
is tolerably plain, then, that the use of
oxicating liquor is on the wane. It viii
a long time before it viii cease entire
If Il ever does but each succeeding gen.
+ alton is soberer than the one before It.
time, perhaps in q comparatively few
lrs drink viii become the dissipa ton Of
few, instead of, as now, the vice of the
my.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
TACOMA,s OUTLOOK FOR 1890.
Interest and Salaries to Pay. and Treas
ury Practically Empty.

Tacoma, Dec. 2s.-Special.-City Cor
troller Benham addressed the following
letter 10 the council today bearing on the
cty's financial condition:
Past experience has demonstrated the
fact that the collections from the 1894 and
1876 tax rolls during the next six months
will be very small and under the provi-
s!ons OF the new revenue law the tax roll
OF 1896 does not become delinquent until
May 81 next, and by the payment OF one
half OF the tax the time Is extended to
November 30 for the payment Of the bal
ance, without penalty or interest. II 8
therefore apparent that little revenue can
be expected from these sources, under the
existing conditions, before June !, 1896
The other sources OF revenue consist OF
licenses and court fines. and the surplus
from the water and light plant, aggregat-
ing about 1850 per month. After the pay
ment OF the bills for supplies and the pay
rolls OF tho various departments for DC
tober, the interest, general expense AMI
salary funds win be practically exhausted,
and there viii remain unpaid for salaries
and supplies about IS. 600. There Is also
due and unpaid $3.50. being the balance
due to the citizens who have so generous
ly advanced the money 10 take up the
coupons on the water and light bonds, due
December /. 1895 Beside these claims the
city must provide for the payment Of in
terest on the city hail and funding bonds
due April Is. 1896, amounting TO sl6,5o0. and
tho interest on water and light and bridge
bonds due June /. 1896. amounting 20 $54.-
300. and the current expenses OF the city
for that period.
''The foregoing I believe TO be n fair
statement of the conditions which con-
front you, as the legislative body OF the
city, and upon you devolves the task OF
providing ways and means 10 maintain
the credit OF the city inyiolate."
The letter was referred 10 the finance
committee, OF which President Harris Is
acting chairman. All the eouncilmen rec
ognize the gravity OF the situation, and
the difficulties that lie IN the way OF the
solution OF the ways and means problem.
City Treasurer Odds appointment of II.
o. Fshback as his deputy was confirmed
The council passed three ordinances le-
peailng franchises granted some years ago
10 the Tacoma Railway and Motor Com
pany. which have not been fulfilled.