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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-07-02
THEY WERE AMBOSHED
sPANIARDS TRAPPED THE AMERI-
CANS in FRIDAYS FIGHT.
Only tho Unfaltering Courage Of Our
Men Prevented Q Disaster-The Casual.
ties Incroased-Now Known Americans
Lost Sixteen Killed and Sixty Wound cd.
Bodies of Thirty-ssvsn SpAniards Are
Recovered and Inferred.

JuRAauA, Cuba, via Kingston, Ja-
maica, June 27.-The initial fight of
Colonel Woods rough riders and the
troops of tho First and Tenth cavalry
viii be known in history az the battle
Of La Quasina That it did not end in
the complete slaughter Of the Ameri-
cans was not due to any miscarriage in
the plans of the Spaniards, for as per-
feet an ambusoade as was ever formed
in the brain Of an Apache was
formed, and Colonel Wood and his
men walked square into IL. For an
hour and q half they held their
ground under perfect storm of
bullets from the front and sides, and
then Colonel Wood at the right and
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt at the
left led charge which
Turned the Tide OF Battle
and sent the enemy flying over the
hills towards Santiago. It is now
definitely known that 10 men on the
American side were killed while 10 are
wounded or are missing. Il is impossi-
BILE to calculate the Spanish losses
though it Is known that they were
much larger than the American as re-
CARDS actual loss Of hfe. At present 81
have been recovered and buried, while
Others are undoubtedly lying in the
thick under brush on the side Of the
gully or the slope Of the hill where the
main body Of tho enemy was located.
That the Spaniards were thoroughly
posted as to the route to be taken by
the Americans In their
Movement Towards sevilla
il evident, az shown by the careful
preparations they had made. The
main body Of the Spaniards was
posted ON hill on tho heavily wooded
slopes on which had been erected two
blockhouses, hanked by irregular in.
tronchments of stone and fallen trees.
At the bottom Of these hills run two
roads along which Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt's men and eight troops of
the First and Tenth cavalry, with a
battery of four howitzers, advanced.
These roads are but little more than
gullies, rough and narrow and at places
almost impossible In these trails the
fight occurred. Nearly half mile
separated Roosevelt's men from the
regulars, and between them and on
both sides Of the road in the thick un.
derbrush was
Concealed Force Of spaniards
that must have been large, Judging
I from the terrific and constant fire
they poured in on the Americans. The
fight was opened by the First and
and Tenth cavalry under General
Young. A force Of Spaniards was
known to be in the vicinity of La
Quasina and early in the morning
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt's men
started off up the precipitious bluff.
back Of Siboney to attack the Span
iards on their right flank, General
Young at the same time taking the
road at the foot Of the hill. About
4 u
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-07-02
The most Complete Line of Buggies Sue Phaetons Spring
Wagons and Carts in the town. Also
st'agght'a and Crescent Wagons.
Don't forget the new Dutch Girl Discs and Western
Queen Breakers
Give Us chance Wndmils and Pumps Before Buying.
M HcCORMICK BINDERS AND MOWERS,
~ CRESCENT AND MOLINE HAY RAKEs.
Samples Reay for Inspection at the Old Stand

I also carry at all times full line Of
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-07-02

from the entrenchments where the
Spaniards propose to combat the ad.
vance on Santiago de Cuba.
Three cannon shots were heard dur.
ing the night. They seemed to come
from the distant Spanish batteries, or
perhaps from seaward.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
RAILWAY NOTES.

The excursion of general and commercial
agents to the coast will start today On the
Great Northern. The party will occupy a
special car: They will go to Seattle and
the Canadian Pacific. All the arrangements
for the trip were completed yesterday, and
the excursionists will have delightful trip,
if the plans of the committee of arrangements
do not miscarry.
The old Swan Lake line, which Is a feeder
to the Cotton Belt road. has been reorganized
and arrangements made to its trains to
Pine Bluff. The new officers of the line are
John NJ. Oracle, of Little Rock, president:
John NJ. Taylor, of Pine Bluff vice nresi-
dent; W. H. Langford, secretary and treas
urer. Col. S. w. Fordyce, the former re-
ceiver Of the road. and the three officers. are
the board of directors.
The Merchants association. of New York.
is still working to have the courts compel
the Eastern associated express companies
pay the revenue stamp tax. The companies
still refuse to pay the tax, and the shippers
are anxious for legal decision which VIII
cblige the companies to- bear the burden
which was intended to be laid upon them by
congress. 7ss-r
The net earnings of the Baltimore 6, Ohio
for the last fiscal year showed an increase of
81, 7!S,919 over the previous year. This was
who were confident that the earning capacity
of the read had not decreased, and that the
road only required proper management ~
make it again paying institution.
Minneapolis AGENT for q steamship line
has been detected cutting European passenger
rates, and the conferenea;s Of steamship agents
in the Northwest will be asked to punish
him. For first offense Of that kind al
agent is liable to fine of S1OO, and for a
second offense to suspension from the con-
ference and disbarment, q,
The meeting of Duluth :iroad passenger
agents. which was to have been held Wednes-
de- to fix upon rate sheet, was not he'd
because OF the Illness of Assistant Geenral
Passenger Agent MacRae, of the Omaha. An
other meeting will be called next week.
In the Office Of the Omaha passenger de-
partment is a photograph of nineteen black
bass which were caught by Travelling Audi
tor Frazer and Agent Lufr at Cumberland in
two hours. a.. -a4
Col Daniel $. Lamont vice president Of
the Northern Pacific Express company, and
". Bryant will arrive in this city tomorrow
on their return trip from the coast
Burton's Minstrel troupe passed through
the city yesterday in a special car. They
came from Chicago on the Omaha, and wsnt
to the coast on the Northern Pacific.
The Eastern trunk line passenger commit
tee has put into effect passenger rates TO
points wegt Of Chicago to meet the low rates
between Chicago and ST.. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
Dove of Pence,

MINNEAPOLIS. Aug 1.-THE dove of
peace lowered over the meeting of the East
side cycle path committee this afternoon, and
there was not the slightest sign of friction
between the promoters of the path and the
property owners, who thu eatened to make the
committee from battle ground at the last
meeting. The promoters of the path have
modified their plans and now want to put in
a path in the middle of the street, but on
level with the street grade. The committee
which consists of the East side aldermen, the
city engineer and the city attorney, has no
objection to this plan and will recommend to
the council that the petition of the path
promoters be granted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
DOESN'T CAUSE A RIPPLE.
Withdrawal of the Alton From the
Western Passenger Association.

The abrupt withdrawal of the Chicago &
Alton from the Western Passenger associa-
ton does not alarm the members of that
body. Chairman Caldwell, of the assocla
ton. was in this city yesterday, and ex
pressed the belief that the Chicago G. Alton
would change its decision and remain in the
association.
The trouble arose over a proposition to re-
duce passenger rates to Omaha the
Omaha lines to accommodate the managers
of the exposition. The Omaha lines were in
favor Of a reduction, but the Kansas City
lines were opposed to it unless the reduction
could be made to apply to Kansas City. Tic
reductions in the fare to Omaha have divert
ed travel from Kansas City, and those lines
have lost money by it. The Chicago & Alton
is one of the sufferers, and General Passen-
ger Agent Chalmers wanted the roads in that
section to receive consideration. He became
quite emphatic in his utterances, and sud
denly left the meeting.
The consequence of Mr.. Chalmers depart
ure was an immediate adjournment of the
meeting without decision on the subject.
Chairman Caldwell was authorized to call
another meeting when he deemed it prudent,
and in the meantime an effort will be made
to induce Mr.. Chalmers to reconsider his
action 1t is thought he will do so, and that
the association will remain intact.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
TIE NORTHWEST.
TRAGEDY AT DEADwOoD.
Three Men Are Dead and One Wom-
an Fatally Injured

DEADWOOD, S. D., Aug. 11.-Three
men dead and a woman dying is the
net result Of a shooting ARRAY at
Central City this morning Judge ].
+. Giddings, Ed. Shannon and Jack
Wear are the men and Mrs. Ed. Shan
non is the woman. Shannon had a.
boarding house at Terry and one at
Central City. He stayed at nights at
Terry, leaving his wife to look after
the other place. AT $50 Shannon re-
turned to Central City and reused Gid
dings.
Just what happened in the office no
one knows, but the two men suddenly
burst into the street and engaged in
death struggle. Shannon had a re-
volver. Jack Wear tried to seperate
them and was shot through the hodv
dying instantly. Shannon then shot
Giddings through the head killing him.
He went to his wife's bedroom and
beat her about the head with his re-
.rolver until he thought he had killed
her and then, with fresh revolver
shot himself. The woman is still alive
but cannot recover.
Ali the parties are pioneers and were
we'll to do. Giddings has had many
political offices. Intimacy between Gid
dings and Mrs. Shannon is given as
the cause of the tragedy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
BROUGHT BACK DUST.
Lucky Freedman Desyn From Alas
ka With Some $4,000.


SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 1.-THE
richest man to arrive ON the Resale
was Joe Barrett, known from San
Frarciso to Dawson as the luckiest
Frenchman that ever struck the coast.
He brought s15O,O0O out with him.. and
his holdings in the interior cannot be
estimated. 1t took three Indians to
carry the dust across the pass Each
one had $4,000. Barrett held a quarter
interest in all the claims bought last
winter by Capt. J. J. Healy for the
Healy -Cudahy combination, and in
addition has the exclusive ownership
of some of the richest claims on the
best-known creeks. He ,halds without
partners the famous No 81 Eldorado.
From twenty-five feet of this claim
$4,000 was taken this winter and a.
fortune of 100000 yet remains on the
dump. The claim was bought last fall
for 100000. Joe Barrett also holds a
bench claim on French gulch, opposite
No. % Eldorado; No. 1, above on the
Bear; No. II on the Dominion, and a
bench claim ON French gulch. These
properties are in his own, name and are
not divided into small interests. His
first destination will be Chicago where
it is understood he will put through a
big mining DEAL and from there he will
go to Ottawa and Montreal. The fact
that he is heavily Interested with the
Healy Cudahy Mining company gives
special significance to his Chicago
visit. "a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
RELIEF SOCIETY
Employment Register,

Office. al East Ninth Street. Telephone 1sa.
We wish to secure work for:
BOYS-Two good boys needing work as office
OF err6nd boys.
BOOKKEEPER AND CoLLECToR-An ef.
fcient. reliable man will take any suitable
work; moderate salary.
REPAIRING Of Trunks and Valises wanted
by man who understands the work thor
oughly.
like to get nursing to do.
WOMEN for washing, ironing. house-clean.
also men to do odd Jobs, such as cleaning
up yards. removing ashes. beating carpets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
SENT TO MIR. KIMBERLY.

The Requests Formulated by the
N. Freight Conductors.
A statement of the requests Of the North
ern Pacific freight conductors was presented
to General Manager Kimberly yesterday
morning. The document was sent by the
committee to Mr. Kimberly by messenger
and request was appended to it for an inter
flew at his convenience. The committee will
remain in this city city several days longer,
to await Mr.. Kimberly's action.
eve shall not go to Mr.. Kimberly until
he calls u.s." said one of the conductors
yesterday. "He has always treated us gener-
ously, and we shall not force ourselves
upon his attention. We believe state
ment will command his prompt attention and
that we shall begin active negotiations very
soon.
eve think the result of the matter will
be entirely satisfactory"
The committee of iremen will have their
statement ready today or tomorrow. 1t IS
thought the railway officials will wait until
both committees have presented their re-
quests before comforting with either.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
PASSENGER WITH PROPERTY.
Legal Department of the Burlington
& Missouri Makes a Ruling.

The legal department of the Burlington &
Missouri River Is reported to have ruled as
follows: when a passenger presents him
self for passage with property that under the
rules of the company is not allowed to be
carried by passengers, then the duty of the
company is to refuse such passenger pas
sage with such property in his possession
and if he has succeeded in getting into the
car with such property, and refuses to have
the same shipped as freight or express, then
both he and his property should be removed
from the car. The railroad company has no
right to take the merchandise from him
against his will.
If the company should take it from him
and remove it from the car the company
would become the voluntary custodian, and
would be liable to restore it, or answer Tor
its value in damages; but the passenger has
no right to ride in the car with such lner-
chandise, and consequently the company
duty would be in case he would not agree
to ship it as freight express, to remove
both passenger and merchandise from the
car.
If after removal he should choose to aban-
don his property and having a ticket enti-
ting him to personal passage, he would then
have the right to abandon his property and
ride in the as passenger. and the com
pany would not be responsible for the prop
erty abandoned"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
IRON ORE RATE CASE MAY
BE DROPPED
Pioneer Mine Has Been Purchased
by the Carnegie-Oliver Syndicate,
Which May Take Some Other
Means of Securing the Reduction
That Has Been SOught-COm-
plant May BE Withdrawn Sept. @.

The sale Of the Pioneer iron mine on
the Vermilion range, to the Carnegie
Oliver syndicate, will probably end the
iron ore rate case now pending before
the railway and warehouse commits
sioners. The former owners Of the
Pioneer were the plaintiffs in the case
against the Duluth & Iron Range Rail-
road company and their withdrawal
from the mining business will put an
end to their interest in the case.
1t is not thought that the new own
ers of the Pioneer will trouble them
selves greatly about ore rates, for, be-
ing a powerful combination, they will
hold the wlhip-handle and will be able
to dictate to the railway companies
that carry their ore.
The annual output of the Pioneer
mine, under the old management, was
100000 tons, but they were able to
operate the mine only spasmodically
and did not get full yield from the
mine. The mine is one of the richest
in the world, and if worked regularly
ard Systematically, should yield 1,5OO,-
600 tons. The new owners ere not men
who willingly pay more for a thing
than is n necessary, ard they have money
enough to carry through any project
they set about, and if they do not
quickly give the iron ore roads to I'M
derstand that they are not to be trif1ed
with, there will be good deal of sur
prise.
The distance from Ely to Two Har-
bors by the Duluth & Iron Range rail-
way is eighty-seven miles. A direct
line could be constructed from Ely to
Beaver Bay, which would be fifty
miles long. By the building of such a
ROAD the owners of the Pioneer would
become entirely independent Of the Du-
lUth & Iron Range, could get its ore to
the lake much sooner than the combi-
nation mines and would control the
situation completely.
This is believed to be the plan of the
|. new owners of the Pioneer, and it is
believed that the threat Of such pur-
pose will bring the combination lines
to terms and will cause them to reduce
their rates for iron ore without the
Intervention of railway commissioners
or any other officials.
The hearing in the iron ore rate
case was adjourned until Sept 6, but
it is quite likely that when the COM
missioners and lawyers assemble on
that date in Duluth, announcement will
be made that the complaint, so far as
the Pioneer mine is concerned, has
been withdrawn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.
New York Policeman Shoots Four o1
His Family and Himself.

ana H1nSGIf.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11-Policeman
Henry c. Hawley, Of the Tenderloin
station, while in a fit of drunken rage
today. shot his wife and his mother,
Mary Hawley, his son, four years old,
and his daughter, six years old. He
then shot himself in the head He
was taken to Bellevue hospital, where
he died soon afterward. The others
were taken to the New York hospital,
where 1t was said that they would die
The only explanation Of the crime was
a statement made by Hawley's wife
before she lost consciousness, to the
effect that drink has caused all this
When Hawley's mother momentarily
recovered consciousness, at o'clock
this afternoon, she made statement
In substance as follows:
my son, Henry G. Hawley, had been
drinking, and appeared crazy. He
shot his wife first and then shot me.
Then he shot his two children and him
self. The shooting occurred at our
house about noon"
Owen Gallagher, employed in a shop
at the rear of the Hawley apartments
saw good part of the tragedy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
BROWN CASE CLOSED.
California Conference Finally Dis
poses of the Preachers Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. Ii
The Bay Conference of Congregational
churches has gone out Of existence, be-
ing succeeded by the bay Association
of Congregational ministers" One Of
the last acts of the conference was to
close finally the incident involving Rev.
G. o. Brown. now Of Chicago.
The letter Of apology from the Du-
buque conference, which received
Brown into fellowship after ne had
been dismissed here, was read by
Registrar Hatch aud accepted with
out comment, except that the modera-
tor gave Instructions to the registrar
to write acceptance of apology.
On motion Of Registrar Hatch the
committee of seven appointed nearly
two yeans ago to handle the Brown
case was dismissed with thanks. This
ends the most sensational church Incl
dent in the history Of this city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
Gov. Briggs Funeral.

BISMARCK. N. D., Aug. 1.-THE funeral
of Gov. F. A. Briggs will take place at How
ard Lake. Mimi, at 1870 o'clock Friday aft
ernoon. Grand Master George A. Keyes, of
the state Masonic lodge will accompany the
remains from Minneapolis to Howard Lake
and conduct funeral services at the grave.
Commissioner of Insurance F. B. Fancher,
Secretary of State Fred Faley, Lieut.. Gov.
j. NJ. Devine and an escort Of Knights Tenn
plars will accompany the remains.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
Great Western Earn,,..

The Chicago Great Western has started the
new fiscal year with "a rush. During the
made an increase Of gross earnings over the
corresponding period year ago Of SO. O79. 10.
The remarkable part of this is that of this
increase 50, 29S72 was made during the week
First week In August $105, 1904 last year.
$96. 80: increase, SO. 293.T2
From the beginningGo Of the fiscal year
SJuiy to date, s4sS S7S; 49,; last year. $47S.-
29989; increase, $40 O79.10.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12

SPOKANE. Wash. Aug. 11.LWeduesday
was the hottest day ever experierSd in
Washington. At Walla Walla all records
since the establishment of the weather bu-
reau, twenty-seven years ago. were broken
when the temperature reached 1l3 in the
shade. The nearest approach to this here
tofore 10S in 1891 and 1894.
In Spokane the maximum temperature was
1O3 one degree less than the record-break
ing maximum of Monday. Pendleton report
ed lis. No cases Of heat prostration have
been reported.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
MINNEAPOLIS AND THE NORTHWEST.

The case has occupied the entire time
of the court since Aug. 1, and was con-
sidered important. The jury took less
than an hour to acquit Salyards.
The cases against Thomas Barnes,
charged with cutting timber on govern
ment lands, W. R. Anderson bootleg
cling and w. G. Byrne for timber tres
pass were dismissed.
Court will adjourn tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
Mr.. Mathews Funeral,

MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 1.-THE funeral Of
evening last, at st. Mary's hospital, Superior,
WIS, from injuries received the day before
In the railroad accident at Bemidji, Mimi,
idence. 2714 Nicollet avenue. There was a
large concourse of friends both from this city,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
JAMES BUCKLEY DROWNED.
One of the Hessian Party of KIOn-
dixie ArgOnauts.

ST. PETER, Aug. 11.-(Special)-
Word has been received of the
death Of another member Of the
Hessian party in Alaska-James
Buckley, of Kasota. While walk
ing along the high bank of the
Sotomwa river, a branch of the Copper.
he fell In and was drowned. His COM
panions witnessed his death, unable to
aid him. His body was not recovered.
Buckley was forty-three years Of age
and leaves a wife and children. He
resigned a lucrative railroad position
last winter to go to the gold fields.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
COMING TO ST. PAUL.
Druids VIII Be the Guest of the ST.
Paul Lodge.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. n.-Before the third
days session Of the Supreme grove, United
Ancient Order Druids came to a close yester-
day, a resolution adopted accepting the
invitation Of Indianapolis to hold the con-
veHtiOR. Of 1900 in that city. Supreme Sec
rotary Henry Ereudenthal was elected clerk
Of the board, of trustees.
The excursion to Minnetonka under the
auspicies of the grand grove in the afternoon
a success.
1t may require another day to finish the
business before the convention, and IL so the
Installation of the newly elected officers will
not take place tomorrow morning. The So
cial programme for today includes ride to
Fart hail. st. Paul, by the lodge of that city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-12
Flour Rates stiu in the Air

The four-rate tangle seems to grow worse
as the time draws near to make the new rates
effective
Under the agreement reached at the last
meeting of the flour committee the rate of
2Oh cents Will be effective Monday, and on
Aug. Is the 22A cents rate is to be en-
forced. But there are already signs that
some lines are cutting the 2O1a cent rate in
advance, and 1t Is quite probable that GER
tain other lines will withdraw the 22k cent
rate before it becomes effective.