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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
RHODE ISLAND FOR REED.

Republican State Convention Held 1T
Providence.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., April 1.-The
Republican state convention was held
here during the day and selected dele
gates at-large to the national conven-
ton at st. Louis The delegates 60 un.
instructed but all are in favor of Reed.
The platform adopted declared in
favor Of gold as q monetary standard,
in favor Of q national court Of arbitra-
tion, and denounces free coinage of
silver.
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nent Democrats from all sections Of the
country. The distinguished guests in.
cluded Vice President Stevenson, Sec.
retary Herbert, Postmaster General
Wilson, Attorney General Harmon
and ex. Governor Russell Of Massachu-
setts, and nearly two score of senators
and representatives besides number of
national committeeman.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
HATS and CAPS!

A. NJ. Brown, an editor. Dayton
Tenn, was shot by unknown persons,
supposed to be political enemies.
Late returns from Missouri towns
show large Democratic ga.ns in Tues
days municipal and township e:ections.
Chambers are rife in the quarantine
for imported horses at Liverpool. and il
is reported that ont Of 100 Cansuian.
horses in one depot, 40 are suffering
from the disease.
Monday. Aprff II.
Prosperity Is said to bs increasing IN.
Ireland.
Henry Willard has fled his answer In.
the Northern Pacific and Manitoba
Railway company's suit. 49,"
Republican congressman held . can
Gus on the immigration question. but
did not take decisive action.
An Irish land bill of larger scope
than that of the late Liberal admins.
tration has been introduced in pariia.
ment.
The Democratic state committee Of
Illinois has been called to meet April 20
to fix the time and place for the state
convention.
The postoffice at Miller, 8. D., was
entered by burglars, who pried open
the safe and secured $4O0 in currency
and stamps.
Kansas City Republicans say they
will support Mckinley, notw thstand.
ing the fight being made ON hlm By
the A. p. A.
Baron Won Sohrader, master Of cero-
monies of tho Pruss. an court. died Of
the wound received in his dusi with
Count Won Kotze. ...."
Tuesday. April II.
The remains Of Col. John A. Cockerill
will be buried at st. Louis.
Rebel Indians in Mexico massacred
white people and pillaged and burned
houses.
Another $4,000 has been added to
the shortage of Naxey Cobb. late treas.
urer Of Lancaster county, Neh
Osman DignA, commanding the der.
wishes, it has boon learned, makes .
practice Of beheading prisonorA
Colonel William Ludlow. military
attache to the United States embassy
at London has received cable instruc-
tons to return home at tho first poss,.
BILE opportunity.
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THE DRElsUND IS SOLID.

william and Humbsrt Prolong the
Agreement to 1904.
PARIS, April A dispatch to the
Matin from Venice says that Emperor
William and King Humbert at their
conference on Saturday last decided to
prolong the dreibund until 1909, the
present agreement including an offen-
sive as well az . defensive alliance.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
waller. Arrives 1t New York.

NEW York, April lS.-John L. Wal.
Ter, late United States consul at Tama-
tave, Madagascar, was second class
passenger per American line steamer
New York from southampton. He
stated to q reporter at Quarantine that
he was released from prison in France
on Feb. 20, exactly II months from the
time he was sentenced at Madagascar.
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RAodss Il Much Better.

Rhodes Il Much Better.
SALISBURY, Matabeleland, April 1S.-
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, former premier Of
Cape Colony. who has been suffering
for several days from fever. is now
much better. He proposes to march to
Buluwayo with the column Of troops
intended for the relief Of that place.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18

the new Irish land bill in the house Of
commons during the day. It is Of
much wider scope than that Of Mr..
John Morley, who was chief secretary
for Ireland in the late Liberal govern.
ment, and 10 upon the principle Of pur-
chase by the occupying tenant being
the ultimate solution Of the land ques.
tion
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
JOHN A. cocKRILL DEAD.

Well Known Newspaper Man . Victim
Of Apoplexy at Cairo, Egypt.
New YORK, April ia special
cablegram from Cairo. Egypt, says:
Colonel John A. Cockerill, the well
known newspaper correspondent, died
Of apoplexy in Shepherds hotel.
4 At the time of his death Colonel
Cockerill was correspondent Of the New
York Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
At JEFFERsoN's HOME.

Birthday Of the Illustrious Patriot II
Fittingly Commentaries.
MONTICELLO, Va, April 14.-The
1S5th anniversary Of Thomas Jeffer.
sons birthday was fittingly observed
here, where he lived and died. by q
gathering of large number of promi-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS NEWS

Wednesday, April 8
The presidents children have the
measles.
Premier Greenway of Manitoba will
enter Dominion politics.
Five hundred coal miners at Mar.
shall, Colo, are on strike.
The American Steel Barge company
will build two more steel barges.
The Democrats of the Twelfth Indi.
ana district have nominated James NJ.
Robinson for congress.
The Great Northern agent at Lang.
don, N. D.. is short $1,000. He at.
tempted suicide by poison.
The bank at Stillman Valley, Ills. ,
was broken into. The attempt to blow
open tho safe was q failure but the
vault and portion Of the building was
wrecked.
James J. Corbett and his sparring
partner, Mike Connolly, were arrested
at Havelin's theatre, st. Louis, charged
with holding boxing contest contrary
to law.
Thursday, April o.
The municipal council of Barcelona
has decided to equip battalion of VOL
unteers.
The governor Of Canada has cabled
to London, offering a Canadian militia
regiment for services in the Soudan.
Thomas H. Tongue of Hillsboro has
been nominated by the Republicans to
succeed Binger Hermann in the First
Oregon district.
The senate in executive session con.
firmed tho nomination Of Benjamin J.
Franklin of Phoenix, Ariz., to be gov
ernor Of Arizona
Tho New York senate has passed the
assembly bill, which forb,ds sparring
exhibitions except under the auspices
Of legally organized athletic clubs.
The act originating in the senate to
authorize the lease Of lands for educa-
tional purposes in Arizona, became q
law without the presidents approval.
One span of the Wheeling and Lake
Erie railroad bridge over the Maumee
river near Toledo went down under .
heavy freight train. One man il
known to be drowned.
Friday. April 10.
Missouri's taxable wealth ID figured
at $946, 600, 1873.
King Menelik Of Abyssinia seeks an
alliance with the dervishes.
The house Of commons has reas-
sembled after the Easter holidays
The North Dakota supreme court has
dismissed the Trail county seat case.
H. w. Schyke, supposed to be George
Krasnow, the nihilist, says he is not
Krasnow.
It is now stated that In the attack
made by the Matabeles on Captain
Gifford's laager, $50 Of the hostile ma
tives were killed.
Henry Fitch, q brother Of George K.
Fitch, one Of the proprietors Of the San
Francisco Bulletin and San Francisco
Call, committed suicide at Washington
by shooting himself through the head.
saturday. April IL
An air line railway from Cumber.
land, Wis, to Superior Il proposed.
The Turks have concluded not to ex-
pol the Christian missionaries from
Asia Minor.
Mn. Gollnick, 70 years old. was Gre
mated in : burning dwelling near
Gary, 8. p.
Mantle Of Montana explained the vote
Of tho silver men on the tariff and free
silver n the senate.
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Would Consolidate - Other Political
News.
CHICAGO. April IA special to The
Post from Washington says: Demo-
cratic leaders have matured plan to
capture the presidency next fall by
organizing q split at Chicago, putting
two tickets into the field and then
bringing the two wings Of the party to-
gether in the electoral college. The
silver Democrats have been scheming
ON the subject for q long time and
lately passed it on for consideration by
the sound money" managers, with
whom it has been received with favor.
The White House has been the scene Of
several consultations on this most inn
portant matter within the last four or
five days, friends Of "sound money"
not only in congress, but in many OF
the ranking financial and commercial
centers, having
Responded to Hasty Summons
to meet and discuss the question Of su-
preme concern to the party welfare.
The result Of all this palaver is that q
thorough understanding has been
reached, and that Democratic hopes
are higher at this writing than they
have been in two years.
Many of the silver leaders of the Re.
publican party are fully advised Of the
Democratic programme and are watch
ing with the greatest interest. "a
The arch plotters among the Demo.
Gratis fondly hope that the Republicans
may be induced to pursue similar tao
tiCa
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
THE PRESIDENT ACTS
PROPOSES THE UNITED STATES
As MEDIATOR

SosWOOu CpoSo ouu NuOS-ACsuosou why
by Frisndship and . Desire to End
the Needy War - Hope Expressed
That Promised Reforms Will Now
Ds Granted.
CHICAGO. April IA special dis.
patch to The Times Herald from Wash.
ington says:
At last it can be stated President
Cleveland has taken action in behalf OF
Cuba He has made to Spain formal
proposition that the good offices of the
United States be accepted in mediation
between that country and her rebelli.
ous colony in the West Indies.
This proposal was made in q cable
Krau Of instructions to our minister at
Madrid, Mr.. Taylor. which was dis
patched during the day. No diplomatic
dispatch of equal importance has left
shis capital since Secretary Olney's
note to the British government on the
venezuela boundary question was sent
20 London last summer. ...
Il brings to crisis the relations be.
tween the United States and Spain,
which have been unsettled since the
outbreak Of the Cuban rebellion.
Contents Of the Note.
The note thoroughly explains tha at
titude Of the United States and the
reasons which have led to this action.
The principal points Of the dispatch
are:
Ia The president offers the good
oiIices Of the United States government
in mediation between Spain and the in.
surgents, with view to . settlement OF
the trouble and to bringing about peace
IN tho island
2. The note recalls the correspond
encs between this government and
Spain at the time Of the l0-years war.
when President Grant and Secretary
Fish proposed mediation and the Span
tsh government, though declining to
accept IL, promised certain reforms in
Cuba The fact that the United States
was in part instrumental in bringing
about that settlement, and the charge
that the Spanish government has not
kept its promises 10 given as . reason
why the United States now has . right
70 be heard In this case.
Present. Insurrscsion Serious.
Z. It ID pointed out that the present
rebelliou in Cuba has assumed 3 much
more serious phase than has any for.
mer insurroction, the insurgents hav.
ins apparently taken possession Of all
Of the island except Havana and .
small section Of country roundabout.
Spain 10 assured Of the fact that the
United States 10 actuated by only dis
interested motives and by desire
through friendship to bring about .
more pacific and satisfactory state OF
Affairs in the island. Spain is urged to
accept our good offices in the spirit in
which they ars rendered, and the hope
IL expressed that the Spanish govern
ment viii SEQ its way to granting re-
forms in Cuba
! The president does not ask Spain to
grant the Independence OF Cuba. nor
does he suggest that home rule be 90
corded the people Of that island. He
leaves al those questions Of method to
be discussed after Spain shall have ex'
pressed Willingness to accept media
ton
williams Aas RAsigned.
WASHINGTON, April Is. Consul Cen.
eral williams at Havana has resigned
and General Fitz Hugh Lee OF Viz.
rinia has been named g his successor.
NEW IRISH LAND BILL
0evsrnnsnt Measure Gasen ~ 1FsS
u..s.-~. a Ahn H0nso a COmmons.
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Clark Arressed "a sasx,oo.

SAN LUB Porosr. Mex. April ll.--
George N. Clark, alias q. A. Pettis,
who absconded from Millbank, s. D,
has been arrested here.
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nr.t.h.l.s Killed bv Dyn .mits.

BULUwAYo, April 14.--Advices re-
ceived from Gwelo say that q terrible
explosion Of dynamite occurred on Fri.
day last at the Eagle reef store near
that place aud that 700 Matabeles were
kil1Ad
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18

wAsa1NaroN. April IS Consul Gen.
eral williams ct Havana has resigned
and General Fitz Hugh Lee OF Vir-
9inia has been named g his successor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-04-18
TWO TICKETS UP
AN ALLEGED SCHEME OF DEMO
CRATIC POLITICIANS.

Said Both "sound Money" and "silvers
Elements Will Have Tickets in this
Field-In the Electoral College They
Would Consolidate - Other Political,
News.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

"Wben the tojlers Of the land cry out for
relisf tbey 100 often hear no answer bo: the
echo 81 tntir cry, while the rich, the strong,
4he powerful, are given an attentive ear. For
4his reason is class legislation dangerous and
3eadl,; il takes from the least able to give
ana gives it to those who are least in need,
The safety Of our farmers and our laoorers is
not in special legislation, bat in equal and
5ust laws thai bear alike on every man. The
great mass OF our people are interested, not
in getting their hands in OtherpeopIe's pock-
sts. bu. in keeping the hands of other people
cut Of lheir pockets. Let me express the
hope tiat you and I may be instrumental in
bringing our government back 10 better laws
which will treat every man in Our land alike
without regard 10 creed Or condition. W, ],
p,,.,r,
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

OF lots Nos. (37) thirty-seven, (38) thirty
eight, (59) thirty-nine t4o) forty, (4Il forty
one and t42) fory-two, in range F of satd
village,
Said sidewalks are to be built to conform
as near as may be to the natural inclination
Of the street as to grade, but o a height suf-
fcient to tura the natural drainage and with
out steps or other Offsets.
If said sidewalks on said Vine street are
NOT completed by the owners Of the abutt;ng
property within lqo) ninety days from the
date Of the publication of this Ordinance then
the street commissioner shall without delay,
proceed to lay such Sidewalks and all such
work done under the supervision Of the street
commissioner shall be a lien upon such abut-
ing property
The lines of said Vine street shall be es-
tablished by taking the fence line as now
fenced on the south side of said street as the
south line, and measured from the outside of
said fence north (4ol forty feet The limit OF
such (4oJ forty feet shall constitute the north
| line of said Vine street
Attest WM P. MCCANs
Chairman Board of Trustees.
| ROBERT, FISCHER. Clerk
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16
Order Of Publication by the Clerk,
In Vacation.

STATE OF MISSOURI IS:
COUNTY OF BoLLINGER, ~
In the Circuit Court to September Term
1896.
Moses Knuckles, Plaintif,l Civil Action
against for
Hettie Kpuckles, Defend't} Divorce.
AT this day comes the plaintiff herein
by his attorney and files his petition and
affidavit, alleging among other things,
that defendant, Hettie Knnckles, is not a
resident Of the State Iof Missouri.
Whereupon, it is ordered by the Clerk
in vacation, that said defendant be mott
fed by publication that plaintiff has
commenced a suit against her IN this
court, the object and general nature Of
which is to obtain a divorce from the de
fendant upon the ground that the said
defendant wholly disregarded her duties
as the wife of the plaintiff, and on the
2Oth day of October, 1889, absented her
self from the plaintiff without reason
able cause, and has continued to live
apart from plaintiff ever since the said
goth day Of October aforesaid; and that
unless the said Hettie knuckles be apd
appear ut this court at the next term
thereof, to be begun ana holden at the
courthouse in the town Of Marble Hill,
in said county, on the End Monday Of
September next, and on or before the
third day Of said term. if the term shall
so long continue--and if not, then on or
before the last day Of said term answer
or plead to the petition in said Cause, the
same will be taken as confessed, and
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered that copy
hereof be published according, to law in
the MARBLE HnL Pass, newspaper
published in the county of BolIinger
aforesaid,
STATE OF MrssoURI,( ss.
COUNTY OF BoLLINGPR.S
/, Henry M. Smith, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court Of Boliinger County, aforesaid,
hereby certify chat the above is a true
copy OF the original order Of publiea-
! ton in the above named cause as tho
same appears on file in this Office.
Witness my hand and the sea-
| llyEAL1 OF said court. Done at Office in
Marble Hill, this 18th day o
July, A. d., 1896.
HEERy III. sMITn.
Circuit Clerk,
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

political convention. Never before
did a purely political party declare
itself to the sacred cause of human
ity with more eagerness, or with
more intense enthusiasm. And
this eagerness, this burning enthu-
siasm will spread out from the con-
vention and widen and deepen un-
til the contagion of patriotism is
carried to the heart Of every toiIer
in the land and into the homes and
farms and workshops Of those
whose courage and devotion have
been crowned by supreme patience
in the midst of wrongs and injus-
tice that cannot be thought of with
ont indignation.
Thus it happens, as it always
muSI happen, that the people nave
found their chosen leader-a man
whose earnestness has stormed the
heights of eloquence-a man with
not spark of selfish ambition in
his heart-a man whose character
and integrity are written in every
line Of his face-a man Of genius
and power, whose selection at this
supreme crisis in the history Of the
republic seems to be the result OF
, divine intervention.
With such leader the victory is
already won.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

Missouri papers are alleging that this
notice was recently found pasted on the
walls of deserted homestead in the arid
region of Kansas: -Four miles from a
neighborhood sixteen miles from a post
Office, twenty-five miles from railroad,
fourteen miles from a school house, forty
nine miles from church, l8O miles from
timber, 200 miles from a Democrat, half
a mile from water, quarter Of a mile
from hell, and the same distance from a
Republican. Gone TO Missouri, which is
Gods country, to get fresh start
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16
Boliinger County Lands |,
10000 Acres Choice

Timber and farming lands, belonging to
L. A. Pool and Carrie Pool Baldwin, for
sale on easy terms to actual settlers
Price reasonable; titles perfect; warranty
deeds, Hone-seekers should come at
once to Bollinger county, where they can
buy good ana cheap lands. part Of which
are covered with valuable timber which
alone is worth the price of the land, For
full particulars call on or address
H. II, SMITH, Marble Hill. No,
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SIDE.
WALKS.


An Ordinance regulating sidewalks on
Vine street Of the village Of Marble Hill, Mo-,
and defining The boundary lines of said street,
adopted on the goth day of May, 1896.
II is ordained by the trustees Of the village
Marble Hill, Mo, that sidewalks be laid up
on each side Of Vine street from its intersec-
tiun with North street 10 the town limits.
Said sidewalks shall be Of the full width OF
IA four feet from the inside of street curb
line and shall be built OF either stone, brick
or cement; to be enclosed on the street side
with substantial stone curbing not less thar
(s) three inches thick.
Said sidewalks are 10 be built at the ex.
pense Of the property owners abulting upon
Vine street That is to say the owners o.
lots Nos (asl twenty five (z6l twenly-six
(a7) twenty-seven, l2Sl tweniy-eIght (ao
iwsnty-nine. t3o) thirty, t5r) thiriy-one ans
l3a) thirty-two, 10 range IL and the owner
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

AT Poplar Bluff last Tuesday the
democrats Of this, the Twenty first,
senatorial district nominated by ac-
clamation that sterling citizen, Hon.
Robert Drum, to be his own sue
cessor in the next Missouri legisla-
ture.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

"liberty" men fought for was the
liberty to be taxed by their own
agents. But Patrick Henry knew
better. the great leaders of that day
knew better, and the people. knew
better. They knew that the revo-
luton was precipitated and carried
on ior the purpose of securing the
sacred right Of government by the
people and for the people.
Let no man be deceived about
the people, They know by instinct
all that the statesman knows and
more, and it is this mysterious
heaven-born knowledge that found
ed the republic, founded the demo
cratic party, and gives to the re-
suits Of all great popular move
mants a wisdom as wise as the ages.
For this reason it has been said that
1.-The voice of the people is the voice
Of Cod Rightly and reverently
interpreted, this saying is a true
one.
That man only istho real leader
Of the people who rightly and rev
orently interprets, and understands,
and appreciates the cause the peo-
pie now have at heart. Something
of the instincts of a seer and proph-
ct is necessary to give form and
substance to such an Interpretation,
and it has been left to William J.
Bryan alone, Of all the leaders, to
stand out before the multitude and
brush fhe merely political and
party aspect Of this great question
aside, and to proclaim in thoughts
| that breathe and words that burn its
real nature and essence. 1t has
left Mr.. Bryan to seize the oppor,
tunity to show that whatever cause
it is that affects the well-being and
happiness Of humanity at large
must be sacred cause.
This proclamation, flaming with
| the earnestness Of the man, lifted
him entirely above his surround
ings, took him altogether out o.
| the domain Of party contention and
bore him to the highest heights O
patriotism. AS by an electric
| shock, the dullest wit in that vas
coneourse of human beings knew
| that the man and the hour had me-
knew that out Of the crisis haC
| been born leader. So irresistible
was this feeling that it seemed a.
If the hand of heaven itself pointed
Enthusiastically to this inspired maj
who, in moment, in the twinklinG
of an eye, had brushed away tht
cobwebs Of controversy and scat
tered the mists of sectionalism, st
that the sacred cause of humanity
might stand revealed to the blind
est eye and the dullest mind.
u The convention saw more thai
the revelation Of the cause that tn
people have at heart; it saw like
: wise the revelation of the grea
(, leader; and from the moment whe,
Z the banner Of Georgia-now an
7 for more thaa.a hundred years tb
most democratic state in the unioI
socially and politically-was cal
q ried cleaning to the leaders, plac,
9 his unanimous nomination was
Q foregone conclusion.
Such a scene as followed III
leaders great speech has never b
ore been enacted on the floor Of
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

"YOu shall not press down upon the
brow of labor this crown of tforns;
you shall not cruelty mankind upon
cross of gold. Nv. j. Bryan.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

We, like other Missouri demo
Gratis, hoped for, and expected the
nomination of our great silver
champion" but cheorfully abide by
the action of the convention.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-16

PROF. VANDrvER is making a
splendid canvass for the nomina-
tion for congress, and will doubts
less be successful.