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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
TO INVESTIGATE
Senate Will Look Into Election
Methods in Montana and
West Virginia.
House Committee Continues to
Consider the Eligibility
.. Of Roberts.
Night Sessions for Debate on the
House Financial Measure
to Be Held.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.--At the open.
ing OF the senate, resolutions were re.
ported favorably from the committee
on contingent expenses, authorizing the
committee on privileges and elections
to proceed with Investigations of elec.
tions to the senate of Clark of Montana,
and M. B. Scott of West Virginia. The
resolutions were adopted.
Mr. Cullom's bill providing for form
OF government for Hawaii was sent to
the committee on foreign relations.
Questions by Pettigrew.
Mr.. Pettigrew IS. d. offered the fol.
lowing resolutions:
"That the secretary be and he is here
by directed to inform the senate
whether the flag of the Philippine re.
public was carried by vessels in the bay
of Manila, and whether the flag of the
Philippine republic was ever saluted
by Admiral Dewey or any of the YES
sells of his fleet at any time since May
1st, 1898; were Spanish prisoners dellv-
cred over to the Philippine forces at the
time of the surrender at Subig bay!
Did vessel commanded by the forces
under Aguinaldo, flying the Philippine
flag, accompany the vessels Concord
and Raleigh back to Subig bay in June,
1895, in order to compel the surrender
Of the Spanish forces?'
Mr.. Pettigrew asked for immediate
consideration Of the resolution, but Mr..
Chandler objected and it went over.
When the resolution of Mr.. Petit.
grew relating to the trouble in the
Occur d'Alene mining district was laid
before the senate, Mr.. Chandler offered
substitute, eliminating the charges
against General Merriam, made in the
original. After a sharp colloquy be-
tween Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Pettigrew,
the resolution was referred to the COM
naatse onsnih tary affairs. i
At 1885 the senate went into execu-
tive session ...-.lt -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
FIFTY-MILE GALE.

Detroit Feels the Fury of the storm Now
Sweeping Across the Lakes.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 13. "A south
west wind is sweeping up the riv at
the rate of 50 miles an hour. Heavy
winds are reported from all parts Of the
lake region, while at St. Joseph, Mich,
a snow storm ragged. Fears are enter.
tanned for the government piers there.
Most vessel captains have remained il
port and no disasters have been re:
ported as yet. The weather bureau
predicts much colder weather for the
jnextM hours, with high winds contin.
uing. F ss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Bry.n Does Not want It.

GALVESTON, Dec. l1.-William J.
Bryan, who passed through Galveston do
during the day en- route to Austin,
when asked if he Would be a candidate
for the vacant senatorship seat in Ne
braska emphaticslly replied:
/ ssNo, will not"
He positively declined to further dis
cuss Nebraska politics.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
JURY DISAGREED.

Second Trial Of tho Alton School Case
Results in No Verdict. .a
CHICAGO, Dec. ia special to The
Record from Alton, Ills, says the jury
in the famous Alton school case has
been discharged bysJudge Burroughs.
The jury was out IS hours and failed
to agree. Thisiis the second time the
case has been tried. The first trial was
avictory for the whites, but the verdict
was reversed by the supreme court and
the case remanded for retrial.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
WILL TALK NIGHTS.

Evening Sessions For Debate on the
Currency lsill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.-The debate
on the currency bill continued in the
house.
Owing to the pressure for opportunity
to speak on the Democratic side, Mr..
Richardson, the minority leader, asked
that night sessions be held for the re.
mainder of the week, but this was de.
INJURED to, and it was finally agreed
that night sessions for debate should be
held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Grosvenor CO., was the first speaker
of the day.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Disas tro us Freight Wreck

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA disastrous
freight wreck, resulting in the death OF
two men, the serious injury of third
and tlae destruction Of about thirty cars
,ecc early on the sNew York diyi
sion pf The Pennsylvania rai1foad, be.
tween Plainsboro and Princeton, N. j.
Engineer Spiegler and Fireman Hen.
ECKER were killed and Brakeman A. G..
Baum was dangerously hurt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
GENERAL Pillar KILLED.
Commander Of Agutnaldo's Eodyguard
Dice Fighting.

Commander Of Agutnaldo's Bodyguard
Dies Fighting.
MANILA, Dec. 11.-General Gregorio
del Pillar, commanding Aguinaldo's
bodyguard, was killed by Major Ptiton
C. March Of the Thirt1sthird infantry
in a fight IL miles northwest Of Cervan-
tes Dec. 3.
According to reports which General
Young obtained from escaped Spanish
prisoners at Vigan several days ago,
Major March left the coast. where he
was pursuing Aguinaldo, and encoun-
tered General del Pillar on fortified
train. They fought for four hours.
during which time 10 Filipinos were
killed. The American loss was 1Skilleds
and wounded. The Spaniards report
that Major March is still pursuing the
Insurgents.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
4, Ro. q I,e.ol ntion "a tIle Hou.,

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. Representa-
tive Jett has introduced in the house a
joint resolution expressing sympathy
with the Beers. II is almost inthe
same terms as that introduced in the
senate by Mr.. Mason.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Committee VIII visit Utah.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The Roberts
investigating committee was not in ses.
sion during the day. A member of the
committee stated there was little fur.
ther doubt that subcommittee and
possibly a full committee would have
to visit Utah and take testimony.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Hay Authorizes a Denial.

WASHINGTON, Dec 13.-The state de-
partment authorizes a contradiction Of
the report that the government of Den
mark has offered the Danish West
India islands for sale. No communica-
tion on this subject has passed between
the two governments since the failure
Of negotiations on that subject several
years ago.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Trade Commission for the Orient.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Nc
Cumber Of North Dakota has intro
duced bill providing fora commissio.
to investigate trade relations with
China and Japan with a view Of sex
tending commerce in those countries
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
WITHOUT A FIGHT.

General Lawton, With Infantry and Cav
airy, Takes Possession of San Miguel.
MANILA, Dec. 12.-General Lawton,
with the Thirty-fifth infantry and four
troops of the Third cavalry, has occu.
pied San Miguel without fight. The
insurgent commander, General Pho de-
Pillar, who made his headquarters Their
with supposedly the largest force Of in
surgents north of Manila, is believed II
have divided his command into scat
tered bands. The inhabitants have
petitioned for a strong garrison.
Colonel Hays, with cavalry, had two
brushes with the insurgents, the Amer
leans having two wounded. Seventy
insurgents attacked commissary bull
train returning from Capas for Tarlac.
The drivers escaped with the loss Of
their rations and effects.
Captain Sturgis, with troop of the
Eleventh cavalry, surprised 40 insur-
gents under General Pando near Morse
garda The insurgents had major
and 2 privates killed, a lieutenant and
3 privates captured and a lieutenant
and l3 men with rites captured:
i OLANGAPO OCCUPIED.
Naval Station II subig Bay in the Hands
OF Americans.
Il MANILA, Dec. 12.-Tha advance guard
OF General Grants cu11mand, anssSr,
Major Spence, arrived at Olangapo,
Subig bay, during the night Of De6. 9,
which place was occupied with little
resistance, the enemy fleeing. Majo.
Spence had an arduous march over ths
mountain trails from Dinalusian.
Sunday morning the Baltimore, ORE
gon and chartered transport arrivet
at Olangapo from Manila. The nav.
was disappointed to find the army il.
possession of the place which they had
hoped to capture. A detachment of
marines under Captain Myers occu-
pied the navyyard at Olangapo and
will hold and occupy it as a naval sta
tion. The yard consists of seven new
large buildings and some repairing
and machinery shops, all damaged by
the bombardment of Sept. %.
During the morning of Dec. 10 the
navy transported Major Spence's COM
mand from Olangapo to the town of
Subig, five miles distant. The enemy
was seen deserting Subig as the troops
landed and the latter occupied it with
ont resistance .''-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16

In the Upper Peninsnla.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Dec. 13. A heavy
snow from the northwest began during
the night and still continues. Almost
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Cold and snow in Lond on.

.g1Fse
IoiDoN, Dec. IA heavy snow
storm is interfering with the traffic on
bessailroads and street car lines in
various parts of the country. Skating
hast rmmenced, and hunting and rae
ing Hzve been SUSPENDED. %
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Heavy Gale ON Eri...

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 13.-One of the
heaviest gales of the year prevails on
Lake Erie. The wind blows at the rate
of so miles an hour. Very few vessels
ventured out, the weather bureau hav-
ing sent out warning. Telegraph and
telephone lines are prostrated, q, sss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-12-16
Calumet &C ;;;;; y; }
Baking ! :: !; ;;;::' u !;
''||':,, :: Powder
NOT MADE
BY THE
TRUST.
I, MAKES \
HEALTHFUL
!, FOOD J

q fCot or snow mas rallen. Ihe storm
lis reported general throughout the Up
per- 1seninsula
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
no SUBSCRIBERS.

The books of THE TINES show
a great number of subscribers who
are delinquent tor various lengths
of time, in some instances rs much
as eight years or even more. Most
of these subscribers have already
received, or will soon receive a
notice Of the amount due and a
request TO remit.
Most of them are among the
safest and most reliable men in the
list Of the friends of THE TINES,
and their subscriptions have been
renewed from year to year without
settlement, the managers of the
paper knowing the accounts were
perfectly good and would be paid
when asked for. The present re-
quest is made in order to straighten
out. revise and correct the sub
scription list, and prompt re-
spouse to the notices received Is
respectfully asked.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
CATCHNGs on ALLEN.

The following extract is taken
from a letter recently written by
General T. c. Catchngs, and clear
ly indicates his opinion of the
Hon. John N. Allen as a senator
ial candidate from the levee stand
point.
81 regard Hon. John NJ. Allen
as a man of great ability.
He has a singularly attractive
personality which has made him
friends in every staten the Union,
among the very ablest and strong
est of our public men of both par.
ties. He IS a welcome guest in
every household. and his compan-
ionship is always sought for. His
long experience in public life and
his cordial relations with Repre-
sentatives and Senators constitute
n stock in trade which few men
possess or have ever acquired. If
he should be elected Senator, ] am
sure that all this would be the
greatest value to the people of the
state.
And in doing the work especial
ly desired by the Mississippi Val
lev, the qualities referred to would
prove of inestimsble benefit |
know. from repeated converse
tons with him. that he would do
his level best TO affect, through
Federal aid, the permanent recla-
nation of the valley.
If | did not believe this am
the very last person on earth that
would tolerate his candidacy.
Believe me, Sincerely yours,
T. c. CATCHINGs.
The ability of General Catch
ings and the sincerity Of his de-
votion to the levee cause is I'M
questioned throughout this state.
1t is Beloved that he places the
reclamation of this valley above
any political consideration.
His expressed confidence in Mr..
Aliens ability and willingness to
continue the great work when he
shall have laid it down should eff
fectually silence all cavil or doubt
of Mr.. Aliens course in regard to
Ieyee matters.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.

The Chicago election is the mos
significant event which has occur
red in the history of Democracy
since it began to 60 astray after
strange gods.
II result brings renewed hope tot
the future, renewed confidence in
the vitality of the party, and the
assurance that it will yet purge
itself OF the shames and follies
which have almost driven its best
men from its ranks and reduced it
to helpless and wrangling mob
instead of an effective organiza-
ton.
1t was rebuke, not to Bryan,
not to Altgeld, not to Free Silver
or to the Gold Standard, but to
The personal peanut polite"
and narrow self-interest fadism
which the Perpepetual Peripat-
etc represents; to the dangerous
principle Of anarchism, cloaked
under a populistlc mask, with
which Altgeld has sought to
poison Democracy; to the blind
and fanatic devotion to dead and
hopeless issue, and to unreason-
able zeal in opposing and con-
demDing that issue.
The election of Carter Harrison,
by an overwhelming majority,
places a strong, shrewd, conserya-
tive man at the head of the de-
moralized host. 1t carries Demo
cracy back to the high plane from
which Bryan, Altgeld, Jones, ct
id genus omne have temporarily
ii.
The choice of Mr.. Harrison, in
IN acknowledged war of the peo-
pie mot specifically the "Plain
People," but simply The People
against a powerful monopoly, is
4 proof that in true Democracy
their best shield and defense
against oppression is still to be
iOund, and that they recognize
his fact.
Carter Harrison is the leader
md the Moses of reorganized |
Democracy. Of Democracy which |
mas labored under the intolerable
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
PERPETUAL CANDIDATES

The curse of Mississippi is the
man who thinks the State owes
him a living.
The people are weary unto death
of the professional politician. The
man who spends his life scheming
to retain the office he holds or to
work his way into another when
forced out of il, and who resorts
to every extremity of trlckery,
chicanery, or low political cunning
to compass his ends is well known
to the people of this State, but his
methods will not much longer be
tolerated. There is pronounced
reyulslon against the Perpetual
Candidate in all the branches of
political thought. The methods
in use are condemned, and with
them the men who employ them.
Mississippi is tired of peanut poll
tics; of personal interests as sys-
tematically placed above those of
the public; of cant, hypocrisy,
ignorant presumption, lakewood
ism, and incompetency. The time
has come when the people of the
State will no longer vote for a
man because he wears a shoe
string for watch-chain, dislocates
his grammar, and nags them into
supporting him because he seems
to think himself divinely appoint
ed to misrepresent them in the
House, the Senate, the Governor
ship, as Justice of the Peace, Con-
stable, or in whatever office ne
may imagine himself qualified to
shine. They are rebelllng daily
more and more against the Pro
fessional Politician. They are
tired of having their intelligence
insulted and being whipped into
line" on some trivial or absurd
point OF factional difference-some
shibboleth as vague as wind, and
utterly immaterial to the real
issues to be considered,
The aphorism that the Office
should seek the man is fine and
true in theory, and the people of
Mississippi are beginning to be
much inclined to put it at last into
The Office has been
sought with such eagerness by
the wrong men that the right ones
have held themselves aloof from
the contemplate struggle until the
Of the public trusts
has become too bad to be longer
borne. A change is imminent.
The Perpetual Candidate must go.
He has become a stencil in the
nostrils-'like the dog that was
drowned last summer, and that
floats up and down the Thames
with the ebb and flow of the tide.
You get to know him by sight
with painful oppression of nose.
Daily you may see him, and daily
the odor of him is getting more
intolerable."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
EASTER IN woo.

According to the Yazoo Sentinel
Easter was a remarkable day IN
Yazoo City. After characterizing
the various services ut the Baptist,
Methodist, Presbyterian and Epis-
copal churches as Suitable, pleas
ing" and sin good FORM" the SEN
tinel bursts into the following pean:
THE Roman Catholic church
sang Weigand's Mass in A; this is
a good composition and was well
rendered. The feature was the
soprano and tenor Duet. At the
bepedlGhon, the bass solo, ooh,
Salutaris," was very good and the
soprano and contralto Duet in the
"Tantum Ergo" was a clear-cut
piece of work.
To add to the grand ensemble,
several members of the "Yazoo
Junior Band" with their instru-
ments, volunteered their services,
and added greatly to the mise en-
scene.
Altogether and with the good
weather it was a day to be remem-
bered by all,
When the church sang it is pre-
sumed that the stones cried out.
At all events, the "grdnd ensem-
ble' was quite sufficient to make
the mise en- scene" startling.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08

Elsewhere Will be found an in
tercsting communication headed
School Notes. There is no SUBJ
iect in which citizens of Green
vile take greater pride and in
terest than in our admirable sys-
TEN Of public schools, which is adj
mitted by the State Superlntcn-
dent of Education and the faculty
of the State University to be one
of the finest. if not the very best
in the state. The LINES hopes to
he able to induce its correspond
ent to furnish frequent, if not
weekly reports Of the work and
happenings at the schools for pub
LEGATION, feeling sure that it can
present nothing which will be re-
ceiyed with more appreciation by
its readers.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08

A word may be we'll spoken
iii season on the necessity for vac
cination, both by those who haye
never been subjected to it and
those in whose cases a long time
has elapsed since the last opera
ton. Small poX has crept over
the country insidiousIy until it is
now to be found from Maine to
Texas, and scarcely q county in
Mississippi is free from it. There
have been cases in Friars Point
and along the river from Green
vile to Vicksburg, and the dis
ease is liable to appear at any time
in this city. Our large negro
population, with their well known
practice of concealing disease, or
not calling in medical aid, is es-
pecially a menace in this case, and
the state, county and city boards
OF health unite in urging parents
and others to guard against the
disease by prompt vaccination.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
Hon. Edward Thomson. IL. d.

The Rev. DR.. Thomson, mana
ger of the Sunday League of
America" is by all spoken of as
man of great eloquence.
Violation of Sunday laws, both
state and municipal, is a matter of
common talk and complaint. There
is much Indignation on the part of
our best citizens. These will well
come the coming Of DR., Thomson.
A. R. Holderly, D. D., Pastor
Monroe Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta, Ga, says:
~ have had the pleasure of
hearing Dr.. Thomson speak on
the Sabbath question several
times and am prepared to say that
he more than fulfilled my highest
expectations. His arguments are
clear and unanswerable, and he is
doing a vast amount of good in
the way of turning the tide of
Sabbath dissertation.
He has recently spoken from
my pulpit to the delight and edi-
fcation of the people.
Every pulpit in the land should
be open to him"
7. 7. Eaton, ID. d.; L L d.,
Editor of Western Recorder and
Pastor of Walnut st. Baptist
Church, writes:
"Dr. Thomson made q fine inn
preston in all the chureFes and
we bespeak for him a hearty vel
come wherever he may go.''
The Nashville Daily American
SAYS ''Dr. Thomson is one Of
the maeS finished orators of the
South. y
DR.. Thomson win be here on the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
For TREASURER.
We are authorized to announce
W. r. sVEGER,

we are hulh0rAtu 10 announce
w. r. STEGER,
as a candidate Tor the onice OF Treasurer Of
Washington county at the ensuing election,
subject 10 the wishcs Of the Democratic party
We are authorized 10 announce
JOS II ROBE,
as q candidate for the office of Treasurer OF
Washington county at the ensuing election,
subject to The wishes Of the Democratic party,
We are authorized to announce
j A CANNON
as candidate Tor The ofice of Treasurer of
Washington county nj the ensuing election,
subject 10 the action of the Democratic party,
hereby announce myself as candidate for
Treasurer Of Washington county, subject to
the action Of the Democratic party.
| solicit support Of all Democratic voters,
but feel that 1t is only fair 10 say that, not en-
dorsiug the state administration Of Governor
a j M0laurin, cannot support him in his
candidacy for U S Senator
Respectfully,
GEORGE JOHNSON
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-04-08
snnin,s Grentest Need .

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Spain, spends his winters at Aiken
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you need it. Every bottle guar
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