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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-03-14
Friday, March 9.
,lmes is to hang May z.


i Holmes is to hang May 2.
Chicago will try street cars run by
compressed air.
A Kansas bigamist married nine
times in as many years. ..... ..
The con ngrassional conferees. agreed
upon the house Cuban resolution.
A plan has been submitted to con.
gress for q canal connecting Lake Erie
with the Ohio river.
An appeal will be taken from Judge
Gilbert's decision in favor Of Receiver
Burleigh of the Northern Pacific.
The Republican congressional cam.
paign committee organized. Chairman
Babcock Of Wisconsin was reelected
Congressman Hartman of Montana
made q speech attacking President
Cleveland for statements made in his
recent Presbyterian address.
Mrs. Valentine Kurtz, the Dansville
IN. Y. woman who believed in faith
cure and recently tasted 40 days. died
Thursday.
Saturday, March !.
A gold discovery near Golden, N. NJ,
assays $40, 600 to the ton.
The high school building at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, valued at $4,000 burned.
Potatoes are being offered at Grants
burg, Wis. at cents per bushel, but
no buyers.
Tie First Bank Of Grantsburg, Wis,
has been opened. A. 2. Drew Of Ham.
line, Mimi, j. president.
The plans and specifications for the
convention auditorium ct st. Louis
have been completed and approved.
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1HuTSudys m8ECu Vs
Fire at Johnstown, Pa, Wednesday,
caused loss of over 800, 900.
Ii Hung Chang has started to attend
the coronation Of the czar at Moscow.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury shows the available cash bal
ance. 1862, ,55l $3.50; gold reserve, $124,-
s4S, 23S.
The fire at the Bozeman tunnel is
still burning fiercely and there are no
prospects of extinguishing it. The
damage is beyond all estimate.
Robert Emmett Council Of the Irish
National Alliance was organized with
20U members at Denver. Resolutions
adopted urge this government to ask
England to release all Ir-sh political
prisoners.
Fire in the Cicophas company's mine
at Kattowitz, Prussian Siberia, resulted
in great loss of life. The bodies Of II
victims of the confagration have al.
ready been recovered, but the fate Of
the miners entombed, numbering 100,
is still uncertain.
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New American Univsssity.

WASHINGTON, March 10 --Interssting
exercises attended the breaking Of the
ground for the first building Tor the
new American universlty Monday.
Bishop Hurst, Of the Methodist Episco.
pal church presided.
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HATS and CAPS!

w. A. Miller, vice president Of the
First National bank Of Ripon, Wis. 10
dead. He lett an estate of over q million
Supreme Chancellor Ritchie Of the
knights of Pythias, has issued proc
lanlation that the supreme lodge viii
meet in Cleveland, Aug. %.
It is reported at Pekin that the
French government is supporting tho
offer of syndicate loan OF l0O, ,000, 600
taels. France to guarantee interest ON
the security of customs and other con.
cessions. RI:
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To Relieve tn. supre,ns Con,

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The horse
committee on the Judiciary has voted TO
report favorably the senate ball to with.
draw from the supreme court juzisdic.
ton Of all criminal cases but those in.
yolving capital punishment and 70 con-
fer it ON the circuit court Of appealA
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SUMMARY OF TIE WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday, March 4.

Wednesday. March 4.
In Southern Vermont snow to the
depth of eight inches has fallen.
The United States government has
abandoned all proceedings against the
alleged Cuban flibustering steamship
Bermuda.
It is officially announced that the
mills of the Amoskeag corporation at
Manchester, N. H., will all be closed
for two months. Upwards of 10000
operatives are affected.
The North Dakota railroad commits.
sion is in session at Fargo, considering
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railroad rates.
William Tucker died at Jefferson,
Ia He took a nap and never woke up.
He was born in 1900, and is said to have
been drummer boy in the war of 1912.
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Thursday. March q.

The house spent considerable time on
salaries of United States marshals. The
incident of the day was a speech by Mr..
Hartman of Montana, who arraigned the
president for his speech before the board
of home missions ear ier in the week.
Mr.. Mitchell addressed the senate on the
Dupont election contest. The report of
the conference committee recommending
the house subs situte for the senate resolu-
tions was made special order for Mon
day.
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Saturday, March Z.

The house took up the postoffice appro-
priation bill for consideration.
The senate was not in session.
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taels. France to guarantee interest on
the security of customs and other con.
cessions. "
Monday, March O.
It is reported this years Australian
wool crop will be considerably short
Reports from South Dakota ranges
show the cattle to be in splendid condi.
ton.
. Will Purvis. the notorious whitecap-
per, has surrendered to the sheriff at
Purvis, Miss.
Theodore Ricksecker. the New York
manufacturer Of perfumerics and toilet
articles. has made an assignment.
An English phrenologist who has ex-
amined the head Of William II. says
that there is nothing unusual about it.
Official statistics Of the zinc produc.
ton in the United States for 1895 show
the output to be S9,6S8 short tons,
against 1888 in 1894.
The Brockway counterfeiting gang
was sentenced by Judge Green at Tren.
ton, N. ]. Brockway, the leader, was
given 10 years, and Mrs. Abbie Smith.
four years in the penitentiary. ....
Tuesday, March 10.
Isaac Elchonon Kovnoroky Spector,
chief rabbi Of the Jewish church in Al
the Russias, is dead.
The treasury lost 100000 in gold
Monday, which leaves the true amount
of the reserve $126, All. .2O9.
Active preparations for the great an
nual meeting of the Southern Baptist
convention, which convenes at Chatta.
nooga, Tenn, May to IA, have begun.
Guetzkow Bros. manufactures Of
sash, doors and blinds at Milwaukee.
have made an assignment. The bond
of the assignee was fixed st go 1000
Joseph A. Mcintyre, bookkeeper. at
the Howe Scale works, Rutland. VT.
confessed he has stolen $4,000 in can.
celled coupons and 500 in cash from
the company.
Governor Stone Of Missouri has
granted stay Of execution to Foster
Pollard and Frank Harris Of Kansas
City, who were sentenced to be exe-
cuted March Is.
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Friday, March q.

The house passed the legislative appro-
priation bill, which has been under con-
sideration for week. The amendment
abolisning the fee system for marshals
and attorneys was adopted.
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WHAT CONGRESS Is DOING.
Tuesday. March 3.

The house spent the entire day debating
the amendment to the legislative appro-
priation bill abolishing the fee system for
marshals and district attorneys.
: In the senate the agricultural appro-
priation bill was passed without material
amendment .---
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wednesday. Ndaroh 4.

The senate began consideration of the
Dupont election case from Delaware. Mr.
Mitchell spoke in favor of seating Mr.. Du-
pont, but no action was taken. The Gu
ban resolutions went to conference as q
result of q report from the committee on
foreign relations, and Messr4. Sherman,
Morgan and Lodge were named as senate
conferees.
In the house the entire day was spent in
fixing salaries of United States district
attorneys and marshals
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LONDON, March 7.-Information Is
received from Curucoa, Danish West
Indies. by way Of Caracas, that the
authorities Of the former place have
been advised that q British squadron of
slx ships win arrive there in few
days. Curucoa is about 76 miles from
tho Venezuelan coast.
The morning times., 1896-04-26

Eddie Droop, of E. F. Droop sons
the music dealers of No. 925 Pennsyl
yania avenue, asked me the other day II
I thought people read my Man About
Town column in the Sunday edition of
The Times told him / hoped So Then
my bold Ed said, II will find out You
can tell the people OF Washington that
tomorrow / will offer an elegant Stein
way piano, that originally cost $3.50, for
S225, this offer TO include stool and
cover and all in first-class condition. The
instrument in question was the property
of a we'll known local musician, who took
the best OF care of same. and was taken
in exchange recently for Steinway
baby grand" Messrs. DroOp 81 Sons will
sell the piano on time, req uiring only SO
down and So per month until the balance
is paid. Besides all this, they guarantee
tue pia no for ten years and viii tune once
year free of any charge consider
this one of the greatest offers ever made
in the piano line, and herewith tender my
congra tulations TO the lucky purchaser
who procures the instrument at the figures
quoted. Droops are the sole agents here
for the celebrated Steinway pianos, and
carry a full stock of everything in the
musical line. / wonder who will get that
steinway piano for two hundred and
quarter?
The morning times., 1896-04-26

the exterior OF the building, changed the
color from white 20 yellow. II was sug-
gested By Col. Schaerfer, much 20 TIE as
comriture or Brett 20 call the place the
yellow Dog" and tine title has stuck ever
since. George does rafting good bust
ness, and always has a witty Jest or
clever 81 ying 10 greet yoa, and his place al
ways looks as neatand sweet as the ca rna-
ton pink ne invariably wears in bis but
tonhole Breit's leaders are Hunter. VIII
son and OverhoIt whiskies, besides a fun
line of bottled goods OF all the best brands
Heurieh MaerZen light beer Is drawn
from the wood. The set OF bar fixtures
are the iandsOrlest in Washington. having
received a high award al the Worlds Fair
where they were exhibited. Luckily for
his patrons. the Raines law does not 90
in the District, for George sets out a fine
lunch every noon. The upper portion OF
the building is divided into reception rooms,
where parties can he accommodated with
the best the house affords
The morning times., 1896-04-26
S1nn Reward. S1nn.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able TO cure
in all IT'S stages, and thlt Is Catarrh. Halls
CatarTh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires =
constitutional treatment Halls Catarra
Cure Is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Df
the system, thereby destroying the fOUn-
(ation OF the dtsedse. and giving the p=-
tient strength by building up the c0nSti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing iJs
work The proprietors have So mitch
faith in its curative powers. that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails TO cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Add ress. F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, D.
Sold by Druggists, f5c-
The morning times., 1896-04-26
PLEASANT episode happened in 7

A PLEASANT episode happened in The
"a Times office last week calculated
10 warm the cookies of the heart
and restore confidence in human
nature and especially in that sup
posedly selfish brand attributed to the
professional artist. Real merit can afford
to be generous. The beautiful a nd clever
Yvette Niolette. who was one of tie ell
joyahIe hits OF Excelsior, Jr.,f came
down town in Fridays rain 10 say this:
''Cantyousay good word for MIR. Abraham.
He plays the st. Bernard dog. For some
reason the critics don't seem to cntiluse
over him the way the audiences and
the members of the company do. He's
really most clever. he is not strong
and the acrohatic work as the dog is very
trying on him. You know encouragement
is the best medicine an actor can get
and We are all anxious to have Mr..
Abraham get a good puff. Don't you
think he deserves it?'' That he does
Though lie is only in evidence in one act.
he is the life OF the scene and the wonder
in his cleverness Of all WHO see his nimBle
antics. Mr. Abraham was the hit Of
several Of Henderson's eXtraYaganZas and
in ''Al Bahia ii used TO be the trade mark.
Come see the cat BE was tie cat.
For long he was ballet master at the
AihamDra. London, and it is his clevcrneSS
that devised and trained the hallets OF
Excelsior. He is a big card with the
audience and deserves the good Will of
his public and associates.
The morning times., 1896-04-26

ONE days ago this department alluded
to the criticism of expensive dressing
which the New York Herald launched
against the Metropolitan mana gers
NOW the cudgel is taken up against
eXtraTaGant realism. Not the realism of
buzz saws, real water, locomotives.
and gatling guns, but the excessive fidelity
which brought whole stock OF books into
the book shop scene in Liberty Hail." SUBJ
Stantial bar fixtures calculated to last
years in The Masqueraders,'' which drew
its slow length into months, last century
Wolfe spinct andan extremely rare old print
on the music rack in The Countess Gucki"
The result? Other managers do likewise
competition is fostered, the money must he
spent lavishly. But is it our business if
the manager and his money are soon parted?
To be sure it is. Read this writer's vigor-
Gus and logical say-So: ''It is not only
the eXtraVagant costumng of the actresses
OF today. but the foolish flinging away of
money in stage furnishings that is drain
ing the purses of some of the compet ing
managers. In their financial distress they
are forming partnerships with illiterate men
who are nothing but theatrical spectators,
and who eventually have commanding
voice in the conduct of the house, the Selec-
ton of plays. the choice of actors, and what
the public shall or shall not have provided
for them
These men are really nothing but theat-
rical money lenders to the profession
The money they lay down enables the run
ming of mere millinery bills, the purchase Of
more costly antiques for the dra wing
room sets, the continuance Of the fast pace
the manager has been going. But in the
end the obliging money lender gets as
thorough a control of the extrayangant
manager as his brother money lender does OF
the young rake at the club whose bills he
has been discounting.
The screws are put on the one as well
as on the other. The social spendthrft
is made to pay up; his family, or an eligible
young girl and a Grace Church wedding
keep him out OF Ludlow street. The
theatrical debtor surrenders his stage to
the dictates of his financial ba cker, and the
theater thereafter Is run for nothing but
the dollars and cents that may be in any
thing. good, bad, or Indifferent, and usu-
ally decidedly bad that comes along and
Will bring money to the box office.
The public have n idea as to what extent
these spectators now control the the
atrical business of the country. 1t has al
ready lowered the tone of the stage in
America, has fostered and built up the
realistic sensational drama, has broken
up the admirable stock companies which
the principal cities used to maintain and
enjoy. These speculators have doubled and
trebled the salaries of men and women
who composed legitimate stock companies,
have bought them up and sent them into
the horse drama, the tank play and the
dynamite melodrama of the day.
If nyone doubts this he has only to look
for the well-knOwn actors and actresses
who graced the legitimate comedy stage
few years since, who spoke the lines of
Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Sheridan Or the
The morning times., 1896-04-26

saw displayed in Joseph Auerbacb's
window yesterday the proper shapes in
straw hats for this season. One in partiCu
lar a full, broad. straight rim, with pretty
high crown. bound in a good width of
black silk ribbon, looks like the winner and
real thing to me. 1 guess everybody knows
by this time that Auerbach is the leader
when it comes to mems furnishings. and his
store. located at 623 Pennsylvania avenue.
is the resort of wasbiDgton's bonton for
good values.
The morning times., 1896-04-26
Asst Thursday was the anniversary

i Asst Thursday was the anniversary of
l Shakespeare's birth. Had sweet VIII
- lam drunk at the fountain OF perpetual
youth which Ponce de Leon didn't
find, he would be 332 years Old.
This festival is the national holiday OF
the profession and ii is marked in America
by several set events and numerous Incl
denial occasions of extensive interest.
BY direction of the will OF Edwin Forrest
The day is observed with fitting jubila-
ton in Philadelphia at the ECme for aged
actors which lie founded, and which bears
his name. Joseph jefferson graCed tie
occasion and made the address, which was
supplemented by an entertainment for the
nclcdation OF those who had trodden the
boards in ether days, and the best available
talent in or near Philadelphia at the time
contributed.
In New York there was an incidental
and an annual event. The former was a
testimonial dinner to Augustin Daily for
his dist inEuShed services to the con-
temporary stage in preserving the masters
comedies to cur generation. The other event
was Ladies Day at the Players Club. This
haunt OF the aristOcracy Of the profession
Is closed to the ladies on every day in the
year except Shakcspeare's birthday. and
the four short hours of the afternoon. when
the actors become hosts of their ladies. and
the famous treasures of this remarkable
club are exposed to feminine eyes. are
seized upon by every fortunate one as
receives bidding. On this fa Y the grill room
in its glory. The club is situated on the
south side OF Grammercy Park. in one OF
,hc quainIeSt and most exclusively refined
and repOseful spots in the metropolis. 1t is
rich in paintings OF the greatest actors that
ever lived. and has vaults full Of stage
treasures. such as the sword Frederick
Lemaitrc drew in Ruy Bias, the crooked
staff Charlotte Cushman leaned upon in
Meg Me rifles. Fechter's blonde Hamlet
wig. ring or David Garrick, RiStori'S cruci-
TX. FORESTS dagger, and many other in
eresting relics. About the walks of the
grill room are the stein cups and chatting
fishes of nearly every prominent actor in
the club. A detailed account of this Inter
astlng resort might be spun into columns
1t will be topic for another day. when
fewer topics of greater current interest
claim attention.
The morning times., 1896-04-26

Buchanan Bros, the manufacturing op-
ticians of 1115 street northwest, are
alone in their line OF business. for they
practically make the lenses that are used
i'll the manufacture of their goods. DIR.
]. c. Buchanan, graduate Of Kings
College of Opthalmo!ogy. is i'll constant at
tendance, and you have the satisfaction OF
knowing that If DR.. Buchanan prescribes
for your eyes, after examining, which by
the way, he does without any charge, that
you are being treated by competent and
proper person. The carry full line of opti-
cal goods, and would advise any one who
is troubled with his eyes to consult Dr. Bu-
chanan before taking chances of getting
glasses totally unsuited to your possible
ailment.
The morning times., 1896-04-26
why Such Precipitation?

Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll was among the
first in the Standards audience-to discover
the fire, and Immediately retired to the
lobby.-Morning Paper.
Oh, colonel. colonel, colonel, coloneH
To think hint Of burning phases
A man who Sueers at fires eternal
And pooh-poohs damnatory hlazes-
New York Press.
The morning times., 1896-04-26

~ UMMER comedy in Washington this
year depends entirely upon the pa
tronage OF the public. For Aliens
Grand Opera House company has
been organized by Mr.. Charles Shaw.
whose theatrical capacity has been test
ed heretofore and found sound. 1t
viii number large corps OF principals
and chorus people who viii interpret new
pieces. The productions are to be made
in theatcr that it costs great deal to
keep open and the public are invited to
enjoy and support the enterprise at only
twenty y-fiyc and fifty cents for the best
reserved seats. Nothing in reason could
TIE fair and more businesslike than the
proposition. 4 test OF two weeks Will he
made with the idea of prolUnEiDg the season
if the result is satisfactory. otherwise book
ingS already made for the organization will
be adhered to. Tie enterprise ought TO
pay. The theater. mana cement and people
in the company are all first-ciass, the prices
charged are a seven days bargain oppor-
tunity and there is To be no other comedy
company to divide interests as last year
without making the matter an issue OF
local prize il may be cited that nearly
every large city is supporting one or two
similar organizations
The morning times., 1896-04-26
RENAISSANCE of good stories Is pre-

A RENAISSANCE of good stories is pre-
~ cipitated by the recent death of John
Stetson, the welI-known Boston man
ager. Stetson was generous. sfrewd
successful and illlterate. He was al
wuys the butt of a new story. One
Of the best is told of his remark during
a rehearsal of the Passion Play" The
scene introduced the Apostles. Stetson
asked: What are these?" the stage man
ager replied: Apostles" "Only twelye?"
asked Stetson in surprise. That's all
the book calls for retorted the stage
director THE book be damned" shouted
Stetson. Make it hundred. They have
only twelve at that foreign village. I'll
show them what / can do in staging a
play"
A binding contract was Stetson's pride.
He never gave his opposite party a loop
hole to creep out OF. once he got the worst
OF it. The Kiralfys were playing an en-
gagcm ent at his Globe Theater, with one of
their spectacular shows, and in their con-
or clause providing that all so-called
EXTRAS" including calciums. advertis-
ing, extra stage hands, and so forth, should
be provided by the house. Thus il hap
pened that while the receipts for the
week figured up to nearly $4,000. Stet-
sons share was $3.50. He accepted this
without a murnur but took his vengeance
In dry way by heading his advertise
ments in the Sunday papers with the an
nounccment in large type: Positively the
last appearance OF the Kiralfys at the
Globe The0ter forever and ever
Mckee Rankin once wrote him for terms.
stctson stated his. Rankin wired back:
DO you think I'm a id fool?" The
The morning times., 1896-04-26
No Place TO spend Eternity.

Taxpayer-I can't for the life of me
ina gine why bicyclists want a return path
from Coney Island; they'll want the earth
yet.
they go back unless they have a return path?
Life.
The morning times., 1896-04-26
Working a Refnrn,

''You see dat blOke on de corner dere?''
''Yes; wot'S de matter wit hiIne"
He give me two bits yest'day ef I
would t'row way me old pipe"
''Wo5 didjer do wit de cOins''
Bought CT bran new one. ."-Chicago
Record.
The morning times., 1896-04-26
A Horrible Fate.

First Hobo-wot become of Ragsey, wot
used ter hang aroun de island?
Second Hobo-De las freshet washed
him off.
First Hobo-Poor ole Ragsey!-New York
Press.
The morning times., 1896-04-26

A CCORDING TO the New York Sun,
u ''QHeen Victoria is The heroine of an
exciting drama now being acted
i'll the leading Siamese theaters. In
this she is about to be married in
Ceylon, her capital, TO the King of Siam,
when that outspoken monarch breaks off
the match, and in revenge the queen in
vades his country. She is repulsed with
great loss, in spite OF a hand-to-hand combat
bet ween the Duke ofCambridge, armed with
a battle-ax, and three Siamese fairies, and
after an explanation OF the misunderstand-
ing, marries the King of Siam,'' and what
do you think of that now?