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The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20

members Of the Grain Shovelers' union.
If this demand was not agreed to,
Bishop Quigley said, the Lake Carriers
association would be asked to abrogate
the contract. No settlement of the diff
fculty will be reached now until all the
boss scoopers employed by Mr.. Connors
are discharged. .'r
The freight handlers, monthly men
and hosting engineers have agreed to
stand by the grain shovelers, and the
coal passers and ore handlers will make
the same agreement.
Attack a Boss scooper.
Boss Scooper Nevels was set upon
while returning from work by crowd
of boys. He drew revolver and fired
two shots in the air. Before he reached
home crowd of women numbering
over 100 joined in the attack upon him,
beat him badly and took away his re-
volver. Nevels was rescued by the
police. Trouble is feared, although the
strike leaders have cautioned the men
to remain orderly.
Governor Roosevelt stated during the
evening that at his suggestion the state
board of arbitration would hold a pub
lie investigation into the present strike
trouble.
Contractor Connors denies that he has
violated the agreement made by the
Lake Carriers association in any par
ticular.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20

One Hundred Dollars In Gold!
That old and reliable publication,
The Northwest Magazine of st. Paul,
Mimi, is Offering $1OO in gold for the
five largest lists of new subscribers
between this time and July 15. The
prizes range from $50 to $25, $40, SIS
and $40, and the rules governing the
contest are such that even those who
do not win one of the prizes will still
be we'll paid for his or for her work.
The Northwest Magazine is firmly
established throughout this country.
where it has thousands of friends, and
the above offer affords an excellent
opportunity for clerks, school teachers,
housewives, and all money-making
men, women and young folks every
where to earn a handsome sum of
money quickly and easily. For full
particulars, write at once to The North
west Magazine, st. Paul, MINI.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
THE END DRAWING NEAR.

Aguinaldo and the Insurgent Cabi-
net Driven to the Mountains,
Have Decided to Seek Peace.
Special Telegram to The Courant.
Washington. May l9.-The following
cablegram was received from General
Otis this morning:
Representatives of the insurgent
cabinet and Aguinaldo in mountains,
twelve miles north of San Isidro, which
was abandoned 18th inst, will send in
a commission tomorrow to seek terms
of peace. Majority of force confront
ing Macarthur at San Fernando, has
retired to Tarlac, tearing up two miles
of railway. This force decreased to
about $500. Scouting parties and
detachments moving today in various
directions. Major Kobbe, with a
column at Candava on Rio Graude.
Great majority of provinces over
which troops moved anxious for peace,
supported by members of insurgent
cabinet. Aspect of affairs at present
favorable.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
Honesty is the Best Policy.

Honest goods, honest prices and
honest dealings will surely bring sue
cess. Every hour proves it. The last
days of the Nineteenth Century show
nothing more clearly. We believe this
fact and our works demonstrate our
belief. Our goods are warranted to be
exactly as represented, that is honest !;
our goods are guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, that is honest. If any
article of jewelry of our manufacture
does not give perfect satisfaction we
will refund the money paid for such
articles that too is honest. E.
Ertresvaag, of Bottineau, N. D., and
L. O. Welkos, of Omemee, N. D., have
a complete assortment Of our goods in
their stores for sale at prices that defy
competition. These goods are made
from rolled gold, gold filled or solid
gold stock, and are warranted to give
perfect satisfaction or the money will
be refunded. w. F. MAIN CO.,
ap29-may2O] Iowa City, Ia.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
CUBANS IN REBELLIOUS MOOD

Cienfuegos Laborers Threaten the Cap.
tain of the Port.
C1ENFuEGos, Cuba, May 17.-About 5
o'clock gang Of Cuban dock laborers
called upon Captain Barker, captain of
the port, and made a demand for back
pay. AS they were violent Captain
Barker drew his revolver. The laborers
retired, but returned soon after with so
others and made a similar demand, us
ing obscene and profane language, in
sulting Captain Barker and offering
threats. The Cuban police were or.
dered to arrest the malcontents and a
general street fight followed in which
one laborer was killed and several per.
sons were wounded, including three
members of the police force.
AS the Cuban populace became very
insulting and threatened revenge an
outbreak was feared. The Second in
fantry regiment was ordered into the
city and is now patrolling the streets.
The Cubans are we'll armed.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
EVERYBODY is OUT.

Strike Situation at Buffalo Now Woras
Than at Any Time Since Trouble Began.
BUFFALO, N. Y, May 16.-The dock
situation is worse than at any time
sine the opening of the season. The
monthly men, the men who work inside
the elevators, are out and have agreed
to remain until the grain shovelers and
the freight handlers strikes are settled.
The monthly men will be hard to re-
place as experience is necessary in oper-
ating the machinery Of the elevators.
Bishop Quigley and the leaders of the
grain shovelers held a conference last
ing several hours. The grain shovelers
claimed that Mr.. Connors had violated
all the essential provisions of the agree
ment that the Lake Carriers association
had made with the union. The bishop
summoned many witnesses before him.
At the conclusion of the conference the
bishop addressed big meeting of the
grain shovelers. He told them, in view
{ Of the course adopted by the contractor,
he would not advise them to return to
work.
Decided to Tie Up Everything.
It had been decided, he said, that the
only way to win victory that would
have any material results was for all
the laboring men employed on the
docks, including grain shove1ers,
monthly men, freight handlers, coal
Dassers, ore handlers and hoisting engi-
neers to unite and continue the contest
until the grievances Of each had been
settled. He also said that no settle
nnent,would be effected until Contractor
Connorg agreed to employ none but
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
The New York World.
Thrice-a-Week Edition.
Practically a Daily at the Price Of a Weekly.

The striking and important events of the last
year have established the overwhelming value of
The Thrice-a-Week World to every reader. For
an almost nominal sum it has kept its subscribers
informed of the progress of all our wars and,
moreover, has reported them as promptly and
fully as if it were daily. With our interests
still extending throughout the world, with our
troops operating in the Philippines, and the great
Presidential campaign too, at hand, its value is
further increased. The motto of The Thrice-a-
Week World is improvement. 1t strives each
year to be better than it the year before, and
public confidence in it is shown by the fact that
it now circulates more than twice as many papers
every week as any other newspaper, not a daily,
published in America. We offer this uneQualed
for,$2.25.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
Is IL Coming /.

Is the day coming when we shall
cook our own food at our own tables ;
when all we shall have to do is to at
tach wire to the electric fixture over
head, ard t.l, a neat lab, heated by
electricity, cook eggs. steaks, and cakes
exactly to suit our own tastes, to say
nothing OF the enjoyment of having
everything fresh and steaming hot
Miss Anna Leach's ricle in the NAV
Cosmopolitan on Science in the Model
Kitchen" is interesting to housekeepers
from hundred points of view, as we'll
as in its suggestion of the electric
cooking of the future. Photographs
OF the present-day development in
electric cooking are given with the
article, besides the interiors of the
kitchens of many noted houses.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
CRISIS in COUER D'ALENE.

A Question as to Whether Miners Will
Renounce the Union.
WARDNER, Ida., May 16.-The crisis
in the labor troubles here will COM
mence on Thursday Of this week.
Should the period pass over quietly, no
more outbreaks Of lawlessness need be
looked for during the continuance of
military rule. On the other hand,
should there be any clash this week be-
tween the soldiers and the lawless ele-
ment in the union, it is impossible to
tell what bloodshed may occur. Thurs
day is the last day allowed under the
recent proclamation for working miners
to apply for permits to remain in under
ground employment. On that day the
inspection IF the mines all over the
Coeur d'Alenes will commence. It
will be rigid examination, and it will
be conducted both by the military and
the civil authorities. Every mine which
today is employing men without per-
mits will be summarily closed, its
pumps drawn and guard placed over
it. Up Cany on creek, where none but
union miners are employed, they still
sullenly refuse to make applications for
the cards. In order to secure permit,
the miner must renounce membership
in the society which has favored o,
encouraged" the recent lawlessness in
the district. The union is not named
outright in the printed forms to which
the applicant must subscribe. Only
about dozen from all the Canyon
creek district have secured their cards
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
BY TELEGRAPH
Special Dispatches to The Courant.
SAN 1sIDRo FALLS.

Another Insurgent Capital Falls
Before the Resistless Advance
of General Lawton's Troops.
Special Telegram to The Courant.
Washington, May 9.--The following
cablegram was received at the war de-
partment from General Otis today:
The situation today is as follows /:
Lawton, with tact and ability, has cov-
cred Bulacan province with his column
and driven the insurgent troops north
ward into San Isidro, the second in
surgent capital, which he captured this
morning. He is now driving the en-
emy northward into the mountains.
He has constant fighting, inflicting
heavy losses and suffered few casuali-
ties; appearance Of his troops on
TANKS of enemy, behind entrench-
ments thrown up at every strategic
point and town, very demoralizing to
insurgents, and has given them no op-
portunity to reconcentrate scattered
troops. Kobbe's column with gun
boats proceeding up the Rio Grande.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS RE-
WARD.a a.si :. ~

Father Turcotte -.authorizes The
CoURANT to state that at meeting of
the congregation of St. Paups church
of Tarsus: which church Was recently
destroyed by fire, and which it is
believed to have been the work of an
incendiary, a reward OF 5000 was voted
for proof to convict any party or
parties setting fire to the building.
Here is chance for some smart de-
tecSive. The Father requests other
papers to notice the reward. Com
munications should be addressed to
Father Turcotte, or the Board of
Trustees, at Tarsus.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
NAVAL MILITIA AT HAWAII
1t Is Proposed to Perfect an Organ.
izatiOn at Honolulu. 8


ization at Honolulu.
Hawaii is to have naval militia or
ganization similar to the auxiliary
forces possessed by many of the states
which were SO valuable in the recent
Spanish war. Secretary Long received
letter on the subject recently from J.
B. Castle, who was the Hawaiian secre-
tary of legation at Washington. before
annexation was accomplished. asking
for all the necessary regulations regard
ing the militia, in order that steps
could be taken at once at Honolulu to
perfect an organization.
The navy department. is highly graft.
fed with the prospect of such reserve
force in the nlid-Pacific as Mr.. Castle.
and the Hawaiians interested with him
propose to establish, especially as it is
impossible to maintain as large regu-5
lar naval force there at present as the
Importance Of the locality would justi.
fy did Admiral Dewey not require so
many vessels in the Philippines. It is
expected that naval officer will soon
be spared to undertake the instruction
Of the Hawaiian battalion in technical
matters, drills and routine ship life,
and, if possible, a monitor or gunboat
will be assigned to the battalion for
cruising duty.
The appropriation Of congress provid-
ing for arms and equipment for naval
militia organizations may not be at
once available for the Hawaiian battal-
ion, as it is apparently limited to states,
emitting any mention Of territories, al
though the District Of Columbia militia,
which was recently organized, particle
pates il the fund. The Hawaiians are
aware Of this legislative oversight. but
they propose to go ahead and bear all
expenses themselves, il necessary, realiz-
ing that such protection as they will
Igiye Honolulu is indispensable New
\ York Tribune hi FL.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
ALL MAY GO OUT.

General Strike Is Threatened by the
Trades Unions at winnipeg.
WINNIPEG, Man., May 16. The mayor
has taken a hand in the carpenters
strike and is endeavoring to efect'a
settlement. It is said that unless the
difficulty between the employers and
the men is settled by the end Of this
week all trade unionists in the city will
60 out in sympathy with the strikers.
II it comes to this the situation will be
serious, as every branch Of labor right
down to men working on streets is or
5ganized here. E. B. s.1
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20

Hon. A. H. LAUGHL1N, of Lisbon,
will probably be the Superintendent of
Census for North Dakota. Laughlin,
it is understood, will have the support
OF Congressman Spalding and Senators
Hansbrough and McCumber, and this
will secure him the appointment-much
to the disappointment of Major Ed
wards many friends, who thought
him slated for the place.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
Bucklen's Arntca Balve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Ohilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup.
tions, and positively cu.es Piles, or nc
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 20 cents per box. For sale at any
Drug Store.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
THE READING DISASTER.
Number OF Dead Reaches Total Of
| y. T~>mkv.nfmA.

Number OF Dead Reaches Total Of
Twenty.nins.
READING, Pa, May 15.-The total
number Of dead as the result Of the col
lision on the Philadelphia and Reading
road at Exeter has reached 90, w. D.
Jenkins Of Norristown dying during the
day at the hospital at that place. OF
the large number Of injured persons
still in the hospitals here three are in q
serious condition and small hope is en-
tertained for their recovery. All of the
dead here h:-'e been identified and all
the bodies have been claimed by rela-
tives or friends and have been sent to
their various homes.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
Peace Cor ference Meets Thursday

1eHce O"T'e1cnCe 11O0tb 1HuFBU1ys
The HAGUE, May 16.-M. de Staal,
the Russian ambassador to the court of
St. James, representative of the Rus
sian government ut the peace confer.
ence and president of that body, has an.
rived. The eace conference will hold
its first sitting at 2 o'clock on Thursda.
afternoon next.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20

Rev. FAIRBANKS, of New Rockford,
is suing the trustees of the Methodist
church for back salary due him. This
is the first case Of the kind in the
State-not where salary is due, but
where the preacher has sued for it.
The reverend gentlemen has quit
preaching and gone to farming and
needs the money.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
B TTIN EAU, N. D.


A national movement is on foot to
buy Admiral Dewey home in Wash
ington. This is much better than ban
quetting him-which will do him no
lasting good, such as home would
a monument as 'twere.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
Fargo Not In 1t.

Devils Lake Inter Ocean.
A comparison OF the Land Office
business Of Fargo and Devils Lake.
The officials Of the Fargo Land Office
are boasting Of the tremendous busi-
ness transacted by them for the month
Of April. But it doesn't amount to
much when placed in comparison with
the business of the Devils Lake Office,
for the same length of time. Here are
the figures.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
Totals,

Devils Lake is unquestionably the
most important land Office in the Uni
ted States today, and will continue
to be for several years to come. The
volume of business transacted at the
Office beats all records.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
AGENTS WANTED

The Oldest and Largest Nursery in the West
Everything for the Orchard and Grove. Three
plans OF work and the year round. Pay weekly.
Write for terms
THE JEWELL NURSERY CO..
p29-june3l Lake CITY, Mimi.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
BE CERTAIN

And come to THE COURANT Office
and get number. Don't miss it-and
you might be the great gamer from it.
The Bottineau courant., 1899-05-20
DAN WHITE, Proprietor.

Drayage Of every kind promptly,
and expedition ously attended to, and
at moderate prices, Ice and water
furnished upon order. The pat
lronage Of the public respe ectfully
solicited 57 .5.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
TAUGHT MEN A LESSON.
Petaiuma's Municipal Improvement,
All Due to the Women.

Petaiuma's Municipal improvements
All Due to the Women.
San Francisco Examiner.
Two years ago the leading women Of
Petaluma, Cal, in mass meeting assem-
bled, resolved. to roll up their fashion
able sleeves and teach the. men a lesson.
The parks of the city were. barren weed
patches; the streets in many places
were "deplorable;" so were shade trees,
fountains and benches
FROM one end of the towneto the other
and back again the same material spirit
or proSalc indifference to municipal mag
ntficence was sadly manifest The men
or Petaluma had not a trace of ambi-
ticn above buying and selling and voting
Ihey declared that money could be spent
for more sensible things than the, lay
Ing out of garden squares and ornamen-
tation of public thoroughfares
.Petaluma had made its reputation al
ready, argued these solid citizens, as a
useful and Industrious community of peo-
pie, who had the best incubators ever
invented the finest breeds of domestic
fowls; and unrivaled advantages for the
various manufacturing trades. What
more could be desired?
To go in for unnecessary blossoms and
frivolous fountains and grassy rem
devious for sentimentally inclined per-
women to advance, but it should be
frowned down and discouraged. Summed
up, the lords and masters of Petaluma
households set the seal of their concerted
disapproval upon the whole scheme adj
vanced by the fair inhabitants of that
unfair burg. There should be no gilt
upon their gingerbread if they could help
It, What! Plant flowers and trees, and
transform a plain, every day, ordinary
town into a big, beautiful public garden
that everybody would admire and talk
about? NONSENSE!
But fifty wives. sisters and sweet
hearts took another view of the matter,
and for this very reason Petaluma S
parks, streets, drives, flowers and foup-
tains are now among the most beautiful
in the state of California. People wanted
is anxious to buy.
The women did it., and they are still
doing It, They organized the Ladies' I'm
provement Club of Petaluma, after
vain appeal to get the. men to work.
This club was organized in June, 1896,
because of the deplorable condition of
the city's public squares and streets and
the inexcusable neglect Of the men to
put and keep them in good condition.
After two years, hard work the women
finally succeeded !, in getting the city
trustees to grant pitiful allowance OF
$50 per month and furnish water to keep
the good work going.
The club has been instrumental In get
ting the city to sprinkle the streets in
summer, and had two parks laid out,
with walks and drives, shaded by many
trees and is now contemplating efforts
10 have the business streets covered with
asphalt. Band stands and fountains will
be erected soon in both parks. The club
constitution and bylaws are ironclad.
1--WE never ask a man to do anything
we can possibly do ourselves no mat
ter what kind Of work is at hand, is
one of them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
: DOLLAR SIGNS DEBUT,
The Author of the Famous Char
acter at Last Discovered.

Boston Transcript.
Some weeks ago DR.. Marcus Baker, OF
this city, published in one of the maya
zines an account of q theory which ne
has to account for the origin of the Ia
miliar dollar sign This has long been
in dispute All sorts of explanations
have been given, the most common of
which is that the initials Of the United
States are crossed. But there have been
seven or eight ether theories to account
for the dollar sign which are about as
good.
Dr. Baker in his researches in the IL
brary Of the buerau of education, came
across an old book entitled, "A Com
pendulum of Federal Arithmetic, design
ed for the, use of schools, and especially
calculated for the meridian of the United
States" which was published at Lam
singburg, N. Y, i'm 1877. Its author was
the Rev. Chauncey Lee, of Rutland, VT
In this book the author sets forth sys-
tenn of what he calls characteristics,
by which one vertical stroke was to des-
ignate the mill, two vertical strokes the
cent. these two crossed by one S-shaped
stroke the dime, and for the dollar the
sign consisting of the two yerticais with
the two curved strokes, now so familiar,
was proposed.
At that time the people Of the country
were Just emerging ffom the use of
pounds, shillings aha pence, where each
was separated by a space from the next
denomination. It accordingly seemed
necessary to Mr.. Lee to have an arbl-
trary mark for each. of the denomina-
lions of onr monetary, system. But he
soon found that one character, with the
decimal point was all that was neces-
sary, and in the latter part of his own
book all of his elaborate system OF SYM
bols, except the one intended to marx
the dollar, was found to have been
dropped.
DR.. Baker certainly finds the dollar
sign in this old arithmetic, and he does
not find 1t in use at any earlier date.
Nv the time Adams arithmetic was pub
lished in 1885, the symbol had become
established. He therefore regards Mr..
Lee as the inventor and believes the
sign to have been. absolutely arbitrary
in its origin. Since the publication OF
his paper In one of the magazines, Or.
Baker has received many letters on the
subject, but none in which his conc!u-
sions are challenged He intends for
further verifieation, TO make a study OF
the department records to see when the
dollar sign first appeared In the treasury
accounts. He also hopes to make
more thorough search of the old text
books to see If by chance any use or this
sign prior to that of the Rev. Chauncey
Lee can be- discovered. 1t Is certainly
interesting to know the origin OF thing
in such constant use as the dollar sign.
Dr. Bakers discoveries seem likely TO
take all the sentiment out OF the matter.
but this is the common result OF modern
historical researchI