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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
Shot Her Divorced Husband.

Eureka, Kan, Aug. Is. - James
Amyck was shot and killed by Mrs.
Ella Amyck, his divorced wife, to-day,
ten miles northeast Of here in the pres
ence Of Mrs. Amyck's brother and the
latter's wife. Amyck had been threat
ening the woman and suddenly turned
upon her with rawhide when she
seized q Winchester rifle and fired. He
died within a few minutes. Mrs.
Amyck surrendered. Witnesses Of the
murder state that Mrs. Amyck was
justified. There has been trouble be-
tween the couple ever since their sep
aration, and a few months ago Amyck
was sent to jail for beating the wo-
man. Recently his friends secured his
pardon from the governor.
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Eugene Taylor, in Denver, has made
q new record Of 1G,EO ems minion In
eight hours on linotype machine.
Plows are being operated by electric
ity in Germany more cheaply than
they could be by steam.
There is talk Of strike Of the union
carpenters at Atlanta. Ga, which may
cripple the exposition concessionaires.
The mine Of the Mesquitat Mining
company, south Of Tepic, Mex, Ia q
bonanza, and there is much excite
ment in mining circles in that district.
Inc annual convention OF the Up
holsterers' International union was
opened at New York. Delegations
were present from all parts Of the
: United States and Canada.
A petition from Decatur, ILL.,. asking
for the pardon Of Maria Barben and
signed by $50 citizens Of that place
! was received at the executive chamber
at Albany, n. Y.
| AS an experiment, an effort was
made to electrocute snake at Roch-
ester. Pa. A voltage sufficient to Kill
| q dozen men was turned on, but the
reptile seemed to enjoy it.
The French line steamship La Tou-
raine, from Havre, came into New
! York twenty -four hours behind her
usual time. owing to a mishap to her
machinery during the voyage.
The teller of the Merchants Nation
al bank Of Massilon, Ohio, paid out
$50 gold pieces instead Of silver dol
lars on a check for $24, and will. there
fore, take no vacation this year.
The Daily Mercury of New York has
returned to the control of it's former
proprietors, Messrs. Caldwell and No
bic. Four thousand and seventy-ave
shares of the capital stock were sold
at auction. and were bought for $500.
| The Holiness people have been hold.
Ing meetings at Tabor, Iowa, during
the last week. They claim to have
had a divine presentment that the
world would come TO an end within
ten days.
i An effort is being made by Gov. AIT
geld to raise a trust furd to aid
needy students attending the Illinois
State university at Champaign. HI
wants wealthy residents Of ~. state
to raise fund.
In discussing the production ol
quicksilver for the var 1894. tbe re
ports Of the GEOLOGICAL survey sxy
the California output remained sta
J tiorary. but that the ylice declinet
heavily.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
0TERESTING NEWS FROM ALI
PARTS OF THD STATE.
4 Condensed Record Of the Impofs
tant Happenings Of tho Week -
North Dakota, Arranged for RaDtS
Reading.
Thursday, Aug. 9.

Shooting prairie chickens out Of
season cost Huronite about $40.
Martin Vandenhuval, a pioneer Of
Stutsman county, is dead.
Jamestown will have new city d.
rectory.
There are 800 Dunkards in Ramsey,
Traill and Towner counties.
H. P. Hammer has a blooded stock
farm at Cooperstown, with st. Paul
trainer.
Mrs. Swartout Of Valley City, win
lost her watch on the train, does not
seem to be so lucky as Mrs. J. q.
Smith, whose watch came back.
Stewart, the Great Northern cashiee
at Grand Forks, was bound over to
the district court under $500 bonds OF
the charge of forgery.
The absence of ducks in North Da.
kota Is noticed by every one driving
In the country. Notwithstanding there
Is water in the sloughs, the ducks are
not here.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
Strike Declared on.

New York, Aug. Is. - The tailors'
strike was formally declared OF to-
day by the strikers. Thirty contractors
signed agreements to-day, leaving but
forty In the cold. The success Of the
tailors' strike has emboldened several
kindred organizations, the pantmakers,
the jacketmakers and vestmakers, all
of which are affiliated with the
Knights Of Labor. and all Of which
have grievances. The three organiza.
tions held meetings last night and
passed resolutions looking to a strike
unless their employers will offer them
more liberal contracts. They number
more than 6,OOO.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
Holmes Did Not XIII Him.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 15.-One Of the
many stories published In connection
with the investigations into the MUIR
ders Of III. III. Holmes, stated that q
Dr. Russell disappeared from Engle-
wood In 1892, after having been much
In the company Of Holmes, In whose
building he had an office. DR.. Russell
Is living In Grand Rapids, Minn. He
says that after being graduated he
settled In Englewood and rented rooms
in the Holmes castle. He remained
two and one-half months and then
went to another location to practice
his profession. He says he met
Holmes a few times but was not inti-
mately acquainted with him.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
GOV. SHELDON LOSES.

south Dakota Supreme Court Will
Give an Adverse Opinion.
Pierre, 8. D., Aug. 15.-The supreme
court will, tomorrow, hand down an
opinion holding that the governor had
not authority to remove President
shannon, Of the board of regents. The
court is said to stand two to one, but
it Is probable there will be no dis
senting opinion. The court has taken
great pains to keep its decision secret,
having placed new locks on Its doors
since the Finnerud- Collier decision
consequently the correspondent can
only give the way the court stands
and not the opinion In full.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
Ynsurgents Whipped.

Havana, Cuba, Aug. ia lleutcn-
ant colonel of the civil guards, after
an active pursuit OF the band OF In
sursents commanded by yaldia, over
took the enemy ut the limits OF the
Province Of Matanzas. In the en-
gsgement which followed the insurg.
cnss lost one killed and five wounded.
Eceping up the pursuit the civil
.-..aiy,s eventually captured Valdia and
six az his followers. The rest of the
band were dispersed.
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Rs.igneA Their Po.itions.

London, Aug. Is. - Col. Charles 8.
Shervinton, formerly commander-in-
chief of the Malagasy army, with the
rank Of Lieut.. Gen.kca4cS5i5 nm nm
rank of lieutenant general and for
ten years past the military secretary
Of the queen of Madagascar, has just
returned to London. having resigned
with the other British officers, owing
to disagreements with the government
as to the methods to be taken in re-
sisting the advance OF the French.
In an interview to-day he says the
French had before them the greatest
physical obstacles they have yet en-
countered, including the fever.
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BOTTNEAU BOTIINEAU COUNTY, N SATURDAY,

have organized society for mutual
protection.
Near Northwood hobos attempted to
do the highwayman act, but got the
worst of it.
Wells county is going to have a
handsome new court house at Fessen-
Den, the new county seat The build
ing will be of brick and stone, and
''iN cost about $4,000.
The Jamestown bicyclists will build
quarter-mile cinder track before fair
time. and will have the proud distinc-
ton Of having the finest and only
track Of the kind in the state.
DR.. Richard Cheller, a representative
OF the imperial government Of Ger
many, Is In the state to Investigate
into the methods of North Dakota
farming, etc., and to get general in
sight into our agricultural methods
A Belgian at Wheatland slept with
the hobos to save hotel lodging ex-
penses. Next morning his empty pock-
ct certified that his nights outdoor
lodging cost him $40, all the money
he had.
While loading stone into a wagon at
Lisbon for Maj. Engle Clarence Vos-
burg, thirty years old, slipped and fell,
large stone falling on him, causing
such internal injuries that he died
/ shortly afterward. Deceased, who has
| long been a resident Of Lisbon, leaves
a wife and five small children.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
EOreign Gossip.

cOTC1BA VOWBRVs
Hawaiian sugar planters will form
trust to break down the American
trust and for q free market.
The largest stockholder in the new
bank at Guatemala, 1t Is stated, Is
President Barrios, who Is reported to
have $25O,OOO invested In 1t.
1t is reported that, out Of 300 Span
ish soldiers sent to garrison the town
Of Santa Cruz, 100 have died Of ycl-
low fever.
The government troops have defeat
ed the insurgents at Matanzas, and, In
addition, the insurgent forces COM
manded by Maceo have been defeated
in the province Of Santiago de Cuba.
The movements Of the insurgents In
Macedonia have not been reported for
several days. The agitation in Mace
donia Is regarded as having complete
ly failed.
Signor MARITIME has been ordered to
return to Rio Janeiro Immediately, In
order to effect a settlement Of the ltal-
ian claim against the government Of
Brazil.
Archdeacon Wolf cables to London
from Foo Chow. saying that the Chi
rese soldiers sent to protect the mis-.
sion at Ku Cheng, broke into and
plundered it.
At public Indignation meeting held
at Hong Kong resolutions were passed
/ expressing anger Mt the supposed con-
nivauce Of the Chinese government In
the Ku Cheng massacres.
Consul Dccderling, Mt Leips!c. has.
made report to the state department
on the manufacture aud use Of electric
plows in that country. He shows that
the plOws are operated cheaper by
electricity than by steam.
The London court Of appeals has
dismissed C0,lniqgrc 7ssscf2s & APPEAL
against the Judgment Of april iast.
dis,nissing her suit against her hus-
band, Earl Russell, for restoration
of conjugal rights.
Justin Mccarthy, NJ. p. leader OF
the Irish National party, has issued
manifesto, appealing to tho Irish men,
bers of parliament to end the dissen-
sions in the ranks Of the party. which.
lie says, have brought disaster to the
national cause.
Lieut.. Trujillo, with four soldiers,
has had an encounter, near La Gunil-
las, province Of Matanzas. with the
insurgent band commanded by Simon
Sonchez The latter was killed and
the troops captured a quantity OF
arms.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
Personal Mention.

Ex-Gov. Boies of Iowa has declined
to accept the Democratic nomination
for governor.
The widow Of Diamond 10 Reynolds
died at McGregor, Iowa, and her two
brothers inherit her millions.
King Christian of Denmark is suf-
fering from recurrence of catarrh OF
the bladder. His illness, in view Of
his age, is causing anxiety.
Mrs. Minnie Murray died at Olney-
vile, r. l., Saturday. She claims to
have been 116 years old. 1t Is known
that she was alive 10S years ago.
Mrs. f. H. Scott's remains have been
carried to Alabama for burial, she
having died at Nashville. She was
eighty years Of age and a sister Of
the late Prof. Huxley.
Secretary Of the Treasury Carlisle
and Mrs. Carlisle and granddaughter,
on board the United States steamer
| Amaranth. are visitors at Mackinac
Island, Mich.
Murat Halstead Of Brooklyn is in
London, and will remain there for ten
days. He agrees with all ST. Clair
McKelway, editor Of the Brooklyn
Eagle, has said about English poll
tics and the beneficial results of the
rensRt general elecsfnas- - !.
Commander-in-C Chief Lawler, Of the
G. A. r., and Commander-in-Chief
Bundy, Of the Sons Of Veterans. made
addresses in Cincinnati Saturday. On
Monday Gen. Lawler will 20 to Louis
vile to confer with the general coun-
Gil on the arrangements Of the nation
al encampment.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
An Attorney suicides.

Spencer, Iowa, Aug. 15.--G. HI. Hen
dershott. prominent attorney. COM
mitted suicide to-day by shooting. The
cause given ID m alleged shortage
with an Eastern loan company. He
had lived In Spencer for four years
and no one suspected such q thing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
short-Liye,i strike.

Pittsburg, Aug. 15.-The GOO miners
ut the Saw Mill run mines went on
strike to-day against the company
store. The store was at once abol-
tshed and the miners resumed work.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
TWO PAIR ELOPED.

A Young and Pretty Wife and Hex
Sister-in-Law Both Gone.
saltwater, Mimi, Aug. -15.-NewS ol
q sensational elopement has just been
made public, for although 1t occurred
several days ago the facts have been
hushed up. The young and pretty
wife Of John Deitzen left home, tax.
ing with her Mr.. Deitzen's fourteen.
year-old sister, who was here from
Hastings on a visit. The two left In
company with a barber named John
Pentius and a hack driver. Frank
Eager. There is no clue to their pres.
ent whereabouts.
GOV. SHELDON LOSES.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17

I'VE estate of william Wooten Of
r. .sno, Cal, who mysteriously cfslp-
peared nearly two years aao, and Is
supposed to hare baeE murdered, was
to-day ordered distributed by Judge
Riley.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17

About sixty delegates to the con-
ycn..on OF the American Library asso-
,.'a ron arrived at Denver from the
1sast lis n,orning.
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cities, has been arrested at Kansas

cities, mas been arrested NJ Kansas
City.
Rev. B. F. Butler, who was accused
recently Of sending an internal ma
chine to Mrs. Chambers, at Centralia,
Wash, was arrested at Albany, Ore,
on the charge of sending obscene let
ters through the mails to the same
woman.
John Mundy, who confessed to kill
ing his second wife ut Toledo, Ohio, is
suspected also Of having poisoned his
first wife, who was Miss liachel' How
arth of Windsor, Can. An effort Is to
be made to induce him to make COM
plete confession.
Harry Crawford, a prominent citi-
zen Of Sedalia, Ind, accidentally ran
into Sylvester Peters, q cripple, while
out driving. So euraged Peters be-
came over the affair that he assaulted
Crawford, using his wooden leg rs q
weapon and inhicting injuries which
the doctors say will cost Crawford his
life.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News Of the World, Culled From
the telegraph Reports Of the
Press AssOcia tiOns.
Washington.

The controller of the currency has
appointed Frank NJ. Wallace Of Pitts
burg national bank examiner, to
succeed A. +. Henlin, resigned.
Henry A. Campbell, colored polit-
ical leader of Alabama, who has been
serving under Secretary Herbert as a
navy department messenger, fell dead
while on duty in Washington.
The president has appointed Lloyd
Reed to be postmaster ut Clarksburg,
w. Va. Mr.. Reed occupied the same
office during the first Cleveland ad-
administration.
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, re-
tired, while on visit to the navy de-
partment at Washington, was pros
trated by an attack Of vertigo, super
induced by the excessive heat.
Nat Herreshoff, the builder of the
Defender, has made an offer to Secre'
tary Herbert to build torpedo boat
capable of attaining twenty-seven and
one-half knots an hour, for $15O,OOO.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-08-17
Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Oats thresLed in the vicinity Of Mo-
mango yielded forty bushels per acre.
Pembina is to have another elevator
10000 bushels capacity.
A. 1. Walker Of Richland got sixty
bushels Of barley per acre.
Wahpeton ladies want curfew ordi-
nance.
Fire destroyed the Salvation Army
barracks at Grand Forks.
Mayville has an artesian we'll which
spouts 5000 gallons day.
Larimore is putting tramps to work
on city cisterns, and gets rid Of 'en
that way.
Stutsman county hires it's harvest
hands at $1.25 per day, and plenty OF
them at that.
The jewelry store Of 8. p. Pratt
Glendale, was burglarized and about
$3.50 worth of jewelry taken.
John Goosen, Euclid, got 1000 bush
els of barley from twenty acres-fifty
bushels per acre.
| Barnes county will be in it with a
fair, and has elected officers and got
ten to work.
The board of the state agricultural
| college, situated in Fargo, held meet
ing Thursday afternoon. Professors
Keene, McArdle and Kaufman hat
their salaries raised $500 per year
They now reseive $1,4OO, $1,000 AM
$4,000 respectively. President Wors
was authorized 10 visit the fiEsta grad
high schools of the state and make th'
| pocoScorv orro opomonfS for their he
coming fitting schools for the college
Plans for the erection Of poultry
house were submitted by Prof. Shep
pard They will be considered at
later date.
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Sunday, Aug. IL.

SunuUy, aug. HI
Grand Forks business men are hust-
ling for an extension Of the Milwaukee
road to their burg.
A Grafton man positively refused
to be held up by hobos. He pulled a
gun and landed them in Jail.
The new postmasters in North Da-
kota are: Burlington, A. G. Smith,
vice J. l.. Cotton, resigned; Yule, Janet
Lang. vice Lincoln Lang, resigned.
1t is estimated that $500 car loads
of cattle will be shipped from Dick
inson this season. That would take a
train of cars fifteen miles in length.
Last fall a man named Gust Olkey
was robbed and left for dead near
Grand Forks. Some months later the
officers arrested one Mckay on sus-
picion, hut in the meantime Olkey had
disappeared. Yesterday he was found
and identified Mckay as the man who
did him up.
Edgerly is becoming quite a pleasure
resort. The water from the artesfan
well has formed large deep lake.
On the hank cf this lake the enterpris-
ing citizens have erected convenient
bath house. Every afternoon scores
OF mirthful people may be seen row.
ing or bathing in the saline waters OF
this beautiful lake.
Mrs. e. w. Camp Of jamestown left
her little child in a baby carriage on
the sidewalk while she did some trad
ing. The wind blew the carriage un-
der team standing hitched near. The
carriage was upset and the baby was
thrown directly under the thoroughly
frightened team which began to kick,
but fortunately did not strike the
child.
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Ont of POlftics.

Old Forge, N. Y, Aug. 15.-Hon. G.
Il. Remick of Oneida county, who is a
follower of Senator Hill. met Gen.
Harrison to-day. To the ex-president
Mr.. Remick said: General. If Cleve-
land and you are the nominees in 1896
I will vote for you" The ex-pres!dent
merely responded se~tentiously, II
am out Of politics.
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Friday, Aug. 8.

A blaze at Hillsboro destroyed q
barn and burned two horses.
Joseph Hare of Bismarck gets an
original pension.
North Dakota hay is going to be In
great demand. Hay Is a short crop
everywhere except in North Dakota.
A little boy named Haines was
killed west Of Minot by a pile of ties
falling on him.
A naked man has been doing the
begging act at Jamestown. He Is
thought to have been one Of the es-
capped convicts.
Ed Stande, a young man of Kemp
ton, N. D., has invented a new now
ing machine that is said to be q per-
feet one.
The State Pharmacists convention,
In session at Fargo, elected the fol-
lowing officers President, George A.
Day, Fargo; first vice president, e. G.
Lucas, Lisbon; second vice president,
7. w. Kibbe, Drayton; secretary and
treasurer, w. S. Parker. Lisbon; local
secretary, l.. Christianscn, Fargo.
Jacob Tombs, who was brought tc
the hospital at Fargo from Gardner
suffering from injuries received in q
fight, has died. He recovered CON
scicusness long enough to tell his
name and that he had family In
Ohio. but refused to say who had as.
saulted him. Tombs had number Of
whisky circulars in his pocket, and he
Is thought to have been q bootlegger.
During q business meeting of the
stockholders Of the Daily Common.
wealth at Fargo Elstin Hooper is re.
ported as having torn up the minutes
Of the meeting and assaulted +. r.
Hutley, it is claimed. with Il pocket.
knife. Friends Of Hooper claim that
tho balance Of the company have been
trying to force him out and turn the
paper over to the Argus. A warrant
Is out for Hooper's arrest on q charge
Of assault with intent to KILL
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saturday, Aug. 40.

The Salvation Army barracks at
Grand Forks were destroyed by fire.
A Yankton county farmer threshed
II, 200 bushels Of cats, machine meas
ure, from field of 100 acres.
Citizens of Grand Forks are some
what excited over a threatened epi-
demic of diphtheria and the city
health officer is investigating.
At Grafton two hobos attempted to
hold up Amos CrL wi, when he flashed
revolver. They ran and attempted
to cut another man who tried to stop
them. They We're captured later.
Gov. Allin has appointed Max Rab-
inovich Of Grand Forks commissioner
for the State of North Dakota to the
cotton states and international expo
sition to be held at Atlanta, Ga. be.
ginning Sept. Is, and ending Dec. 81
1895.
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Monday, Aug. II.
Owners OF fine dogs at Devils Lake
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Yellow Fever.

New York, Aug. 15.-Health Officer
Doty to-day discovered symptoms Of
yellow fever in the illness of one Of
the saloon passengers detained at
ouara ntine on the arrival of the Ward
line steamer Seneca yesterday morn
ing. The man is an American citizen
who has been in Cuba for some time.
The health officer at once had the case
isolated on Swinburn island under
careful observation. The remaining
twenty-four detained passengers will
be held nn Hoffman Izssnd TO await
the developments Of the case.
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THE d,ning room OF che Howell
house at I uogue. l.. L., was the scene
81 4 lively time. Hamilton Fish, Jr.,
son Of senator Fish, who Is stopping
at the Howell house with his uncle,
Rev. Mr. Fish. appeared at dinner In
toxicated and had fight with one OF
the walters.
william Welton and John Stanford,
school boys thirteen and eleven years
old, respectively, fought deadly duel
with knives at Leayenworth. Ind,
over some trivial matter. Stanford
will die