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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
A Wealth of Beauty

Ii often hidden by unsightly Pimples.
Eczema, letter, Erysipelas, Salt
Rheum, etc. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
will glorify the face by curing all
Skin Eruptions, also Cuts, Bruises,
Burns, Boils, Felons, Ulcers, and worst
forms of Piles. Only rs cts box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by D. H. Nc
Arthur, Druggist.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
wrecked by q yvashout.

KEwAUNEE, Wis, May s0.-A pas.
senger train on the Green Bay and
Western road was wrecked five miles
from this city by a washout Engineer
Michael Riordan lost a leg and may not
survive, and Fireman John Brown was
Instantly killed, q large ~od piercing
his body.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
FIGHTING AT INGOGO.

Beers Reply Internationally to the Brit.
ish Bombardment.
NEWCASTLE, Natal, May 30. The
British guns at .Ingogo have been
heavily bonn harding the Boer positions
since daylight. The Boer guns have
replied Internationally.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
Believed Troops From Port Al
thur Will Also Be Landed .
at That Point
"Boxers" Assert They Are Conf.
dent Of the Dowager En-
press Support.

SHANGHAI, May 30.-The Russian
minister at Pekin has telegraphed, ask
ing that all the available gunboats be
sent to Talau.
TEN TslN, May 3O.-One hundred
American marines from the American
cruiser Newark are expected here at
II o'clock.
An armed rescue party Of Frenchmen
and Germans started during tho after
noon to try to relieve the besieged Bel
gians. The viceroy, under the pressure
Of the French consul, has permitted the
rescuers to travel by railroad to Feng
Tai, where Chinese protection ends.
The Belgians are besieged at Chang
Tsin Tien, near Feng Tai.
LONDON, May 3o.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai says:
sIt is believed that Russia is about tc
land troops at Taku from Port Arthur,
where 10000 are in readiness. The Chi
nese are reported to be sending large
masses of troops overland from Hu Nan
and Kiang, but the generalissimo re-
fuses to assume command on the plea
Of sickness.
The Boxers assert that they are
confident Of receiving support from
the dowager empress, Princes Kang vi
and Ching Tuan, and the entire Man
chu army Throughout the north the
Boxers are enlisting hordes Of des.
peradoes. They are intent upon expell-
ing everything foreign = h
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
Nav Go to Chinese Waters.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3O.-The United
States cruiser Philadelphia is being
overhauled at the Mare Island navy
yard. It is thought that she will soon
be sent into Chinese or Japanese waters.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
PART OF EMPIRE
Lord Roberts Announces the An
neXation Of the Orange
Free State.
New Territory Will Hereafter Be
Known as the Orange
River State.
Next Message From the Commarl-
der May Be Dated Jo-
hannesburg.

/ CAPE Town, May 3o.Lord Roberts
has announced to his troops the annex
alton Of the Free State, which here
after will be called the Orange River
State. $ IN sss
4 1t is rumored here that General
french has cut the Boer commmnnnica. II Y
tions between Heidelberg and Boks-,
burg, within few miles Of Johannes
burg.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02

The Emmons county pioneers will
have big picnic June % at Browns
Grove, tt
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
tHibrcing Jner way rouno to the north
xFaSa Of johannesburg.
ROBERTS AT KLIP RIVER.

T. tsh NIain Army Eighteen Miles From
s&iSst s Johannesburg.
ssSDoN, May 30.-The war office just
5re midnight published the follow
! dispatch from Lord Roberts:
Kip River, Transvaal, May 28.-We
shed 20 miles today and are now 18
4 es from johannesburg. The enemy
prepared several positions where
Wntended to oppose US, but they
II Gdoned one after the other as we
I aked them. ,
sNe pressed them so hard that they
= only just time to get their five guns
train and leave as soon as some
s5iry dashed into it. s
french IS and Hami1ton's forces are
81 rently engaged with the enemy
llht 10 miles to our left as firing has
Nm heard since noon The farmers
lg our line of advance are surrender
With their arms and horses.
.sBATTLE AT KLIP RIVER.
Soria Reports Tell of Severe Fighting
.x 49, There.
skREToRIA, Monday, May .28.-The
tish occupied Zeerust this morning
aHH ff'
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-02
stoves visit. UnofIicial.

WASHINGTON, May 3o.-If United
States Consul General Stowe leaves
Cape Town to visit Lord Roberts head
quarters, as is reported, he will do SO in
en unofficial capacity. It is said at the
state department that he has not APP
Piled for permission to do SO, nor has
any instruction been sent him on that
point, SO his visit will be purely per-
sonal. #
The sun., 1900-12-21
COLONIAL CfvII SERVICE.
Reform Association Pleased with the Action
Of the Administration.

TIE National civil Scrvic" Reform Associa-
tion gave out for publication yesterday the
report submitted by special committee
composed of charles J BoYaparte Richard
lGcury Dana and William Dudley foulke on
civil service reform IN derende Tcies The
report declares that the committee Is much
uratinod To report that the NATIONAL Adriin-
istration recOEailed the necessity OF extend
lag the civil srylce regulations to tho
Philippines and Porto Rico. and showed
dc-le to appoint men TO oh!ce for merit and
continue them in during good behavior
Of tho c yil service prOgrann" Of the Philip
ulrc iurIui-~lun IN" report my.
I'VE have further 10 note with sGtisf1Ction
the course of the Philippine commission.
bv which, II II hc nersevc-eG In, the merit
system will lee established in the islands OF
that archipelago at least as thoroughly and
consistently A. in anv department OF govern
rncut Federal. State or Municipal ia the
Union This must be- in any case regarded
ns a gratifying recCrrition OF sound prin-
Ciplos of administration on the part Of tho
conmi-siOn and lustifes the hope that
within the limits of their jurisdiction at least. .
no repetition of tho scandals of post-tellum
davs will be tolerated.
In the resolutions which 1t adopted the
len yue denounces tho Civil Service Commits
sion for refusing 10 allow the officers Of the
league to have access to Its records and de-
clares that It Is not in favor of civil service
pen ion system.
The sun., 1900-12-21
TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE Peril
Greatly Increased Of te-fireproof Build
ings Recommended.

The special report Of sub-committee
Of the Tenement House Commission on tene-
ment house fires has Just been Issued by
Hugh Bonner and Lawrence WELLER. the
committees They say that in eleven wears.
from Jan. /. 1854. TO Jan. l. 1888. only III
persons were killed in tenement house ire@
while between Nov. l. 1890, and Nov, /, 1900
forty zone persons have been allied, Forty
seven per cent. OF the fires IN the city occur
In tenement houses. although tile ttnclnent
houses are only 81 per cent OF al! buildings.
The small narrow light shait serving a,
A nue /. "A source Of the greatest danger In
buildings Of thi. Kind. and the construction
absolutely prohibited In tn" future. Tho
committee recOmmend the construction or
ab-olutely iireproot hall, and stairCases III
ali ten.inents erected hereafter. In con-
cu-ion they say:
"Me believe that no tenement house should
be erected in the future unless dreproo'
throughout. We appreciate, however mat
slch method OF construction would lncreas"
the cost of such building and that there are
remedied more serious even than the danger
from tire II choice must be made, II seem,
to rs preferable that few people should Oe
burned to death each year than that thou
sands should be killed slowly by tuberculosis
and other diseases caused oy lack OF proper
light and air.
The sun., 1900-12-21
sBooxIYN COMPLAINS OF .. r. r.
Residents Say There Il Poor Service on Le1tng
ton Elevated and Gates surface Lines.


Residents OF the Twenty-third ward. Brook
lyn. had an opportunity Of airing their griev-
ances against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company's services on the Lexington avenue
elevated railroad and the Greene and Gates
avenue surface line yesterday. The State
Railroad Commissioners heard the com.
plants in the Borough Hall.
Ralph Ward Kenyon said the Greene and
Gates avenue c RS were crowded at all times
and that long distance passengers were forced
to transfer on Gates avenue between Throop
and sumner avenues; that there was no
shelter for the asscngers who frequently
to carry them to their homes. Mr. Kenyon
also said that the cars were not properly
heated. IA
Samuel Campbell, Henry B. schmidt.
II. Leach and Or. Abraham - Brinkerhorn
corroborated Mr.. Kenyon''s statement
President Rossiter Of the Brooklyn Earid
Transit Company in reply said: The Gates
and best paying lines. and we are constantly
making improvements and have been Tor
the last three wears. There are more cars.
better cars and cars at better regularity
and rate Of speed than ever before; In re-
gard to the transfer station near Tompkins
avenue we were forced by the taxpayers
To remove our side track AZ Broadway; Within
the last three days ] have Obtained the right
from Gates avenue property owner 70 run
in a side track at Broadway and within
very short time the transfers will go back
10 Broadway. Instructions FOR this change
have already been given.
President Rossiter also said that the COM
panv was doing ia utmost 10 relieve the con-
line but that the limitations ~ the trip
wore To a large degree responsible.
The sun., 1900-12-21
INDIANAPOLIS GAS WAR.
Company Unwilling to Put IN Meters Unless
Consumers Pay for Them.

INpIASAPotIs, Dec 20--Thc statement by
f. G. Benedict that the gns controversy In
this city could be settled II the people would
put In meters thus intimatins that Eas would
be saved and the stealing stopped. was re-
Ceived here with good deal Of surprise as
the company has repeatedly refused to put
in meters when consumers demanded them.
In few cases. when threats were made OF
enforcing the ordinance requiring tho COM
pany to put them In on demand of consumers.
meters have been supplied reluctantly, but
where no such threats are resorted TO and
tho applicant docs not appear TO know his
rights the request ia refused. Former Judge
Norton had to wrte 4 formal letter. citlng
the law and threatening enforcement, before
the meter was supplied.
Iu Ora,r to test the matter thoroughly,
scvCral Citi2nns called NJ the compauy's Of
flee to-day and asked that meters be placed
in their houses Tie demand was refused
M first and " hen the" insisted they were told
thai they would have 20 pay si4 for each
meter They showed the ordinance and
vcro then told that tho coulrnny would
charge them ior putting the meters in their
houses An officer of tn" company said Il
would bankrupt the company to furnish
meters Under the ordinance the meter
ratio, cScd ten years ago. Is ten cents Tor
: foot
The sun., 1900-12-21
P0UoHKEEPsIE NAN BUNCOED.
he Turns %, 600 In Bonds over 10 Two Sharps
and They Disappear.

PoroHKEHPsIE. Dec. 20.-Several weeks
ago two swindlers from New York came to
Poughkeepsie and hired rooms In an on &c
building In some way they succeeded IN
interesting Mr., Alison Ward. wealthy resi-
dent. In a proposition which they made and
induced him to visit them at their place OF
business Mr.. Ward Is reluctant TO speak
Of what occurred. but a morning paper say 6
that he turned over to the sharpers $500 In
western securities and they slipped away
with the bonds in their possession. making
a plsusib,e excuse. and that Mr. Ward sal
alone in the Office for some time before he
realized that he had been duped Mr.. Ward
for q number Of years was secretary OF tht
Poug keepsle Savings Bank.
The sun., 1900-12-21
NEW JERSEYS ARMY OF <.fI5.
Gen. Congdon wants the Dead Wood Cleaned
ut-Doesnr Like swallow-Tnil Coats.

TRENTON. n. j.. Dec. PIN the annual
report OF Adjutant General oliphant sub
mitted to-day 10 Governor Voorhees, some
comment on the militia is made by Inspector
General Joseph A. Cong don. lie endorses
a policy OF cleaning out the dead wood in the
guard. even II commands have TO suffer dis
bandinent in consequence, lie urges increased
ef,iclercy in the physical examinations prior
10 admission, saving that TIE standard should
be a- high IN peace as IN war. on t,is otnt
N. adds: THE day viii come when the
dentist and chropodist will be attached to
military commands
Ur saws the fancy uniform IL all pretty
enough. hut the service uniform. reC'ntly
adOI ted is more soidierly than IN" swll-
low tail coat g." He asks for more attention
to the cavalry arm OF the service, and ~ : rtE-
ing of tho value of mOunteu troops, says
-rioters seem 10 respect horses Loois more
than bullets" He l. against ClHll oTgarl2H-
tons within military organizations. lhe
present guard OF tins state numbers +llj
officers aud men.
The sun., 1900-12-21
pOsTGRADuAIE HOaHITAL.
stsdeut Hospitals Defended In the Annual
Report.

The report OF the New York Post Oraduate
Hospital for the year ending oct l has Just
been issued The report cnlls attention 10
the object OF the hospital which IL stated
To be. primarily like that Of all hospitals The
care Of the sick and injured. and on parallel
lines with this. tho teaching OF practitioners.
how they may better care for cases that they
might meet with infreguently In their own
homo practices Tho catalogue sets iorth
the assertion that there IL no truth In the
attacks upon student hospitals IN s" Iaf Ms
those attacks include charges that patients
ia such hospitals are not treated with as
much consideration as In hospitals wherc
teaching Is not one Of the principal objects.
II is pointed out that where instruction is
given there Is n more rigid SUPERVISION oi
the patients than can possibly he ohtalned
ia any Institutions where the phyH'oi"hS
and surgeons have no OnIOokerr
An'nton has been. paid Increasingly to
the worthinrss Of dlsnensary applicants
Those who arc not m0nif"stly subjects Tor
charity are close questioned as To- thcir ability
TO paw a physician, Tho directors Of the hos
ritals say that they have no, th" sl'g ~
sympathy with the tH"rry that every appu-
cant for charity Is to be treated like tramp
or professional hesgar. but on the other hand
it is thc duty OF the hospital to care for no
one who can care for himself. The new
method Of diShursing city aid :" the private
hosl litals Is viewed as hardship. leaves
no discretion to the hospital authorities and
limits the hospital 20 per diem alioNanG"
for patients acceptable TO the Citv authori.
ties The per diom allowance il too small and
persons really deserving OF free hospital care
are sometimes rejected The salary account
of privatN hospitals has been, the report says,
IN" subject OF criticism. Tie report caliS
intent ION tu the fact that there are llh physl-
clans and surgeons who serve the in~tltu-
tiou- absolutely without salaries. Attention
IL called to the great aid TO the hospital when
has been ~ orded by the Margaret FahnestoCk
Training school for Nurses which has been
complrtad since the last report.
Attention ~ also called 20 the hospital
need for an ambulance The hospital Is at
present dependent upon the courtesy OF
other hospitals for tho uee or ambulanc"s
and can then only obtain .thcm nftcr some
delay and with some inconvenience.
friend OF the hospital gave sum OF money
for tho purchase ot an ambulanCc more than
n year ago The directors have decided
that the best service Is to be had from IN
automobile ard ask for an additional GIT
from some one VINO wants to see the need
hll-d at once. .
The report outlines several ways IN which
the work of the hospital may be aided: flrN
by the support of beds either permanent or
annual; second, by the subscriptions TO inc
Century Fund. annual dues, 500. third. by
becoming a momber Of the Hospital Associa-
tion, annual dues. 800 fourth. by donations
for general expenses or nursing
The sun., 1900-12-21
PRESIDENT OF COLBY RESIGNS.
Dr. Butlcr to Go Rack TO the University OF
Chicago to Teach.

wArrRvIriH. Me. Dec. 2o.-The Rev Dr.
Nathaniel Butler, President OF Colby College
to-day sent to the board OF trustees ms re-
,ignation to take effect on June 81 next lie
Is to accept a chair In the faculty of chicago
University. He will be the second 70 20
from the Colby presidency to the ,hic4so
,n.ti,ution. Or Butler is Al years old. was
a graduate Of Colby. class of 1878, After his
graduation from college he became assistant
principal OF Ferry Hall Female College. Lake
Forest. Ill. From 1870 Till 1854 he was prin-
cipal Of Highland College for Women at hish-
land Park. H.. and in the latter year was
chosen professor Of rhetoric and knglish ~. ~
afterward taught Latin and English litcra-
ture in the University Of llllnois and from
isp2 iii 1890 was associate professor of Eng :,
iish literature in the present University OF
ChcaEo N 1890 he aScereSd dhS bsfSTs
Of Colby College. Nhish ,e e,rsbss eHa II Under Under
his guidance,
The sun., 1900-12-21
CHILDREN'SCO COURTATWORK
SPECIAL ss0g0xs PUTTIN0 YOUN0 o..
FENDEN ON PROBATION.
They VIII Report weekly 70 the Tonbs school
master and the Court win Deal With Thsm

| US, ~..Ns~ - Ton6a onls
'ney WI" "epsn "ssHv n -, -r,s to-
/ Accordins 70 His Report on Thsts Behavior
| -,
The cases OF three youthful onchders
were disposed Of yesterday In the Court OF
| Sp"oiai ness'ohs ID acvorosn a., H..
on Monday last. Samuel styre. aged II.
sd III, r.o.,,,n. s,o,en goods. william
charged WIN Ieceiv'hs seo,en ',,,,,s soo ." ha,h
| Altscheiller. ~. ana Johh "iihaihs' ~. oo,n
| charged with larceny, were released on parole
',aa,. -, no,,d wizard teacher OF the
III cus'ous W - s,,,.,,o Ed,,o,Ion
| school maintained oy 'he ruDn'
r. no,. ,vars oraered by the court to re-
Inc ooys were v'.eu ~. v,,,,ard md ~ ,s-
port once week TO Mr. WHARF ahu 70 re-
appear In court on Jan. "a II they have
AK. v.,I IN ,o that dats sentence In their
oone "on Wy " 80 no ,ndoo,,,.Iy au.-
pended. Meanwhile IL Is only condit!onally
deierreo' inc cas-. " ,.','. % 90 sa;,.d :,
ficaton OF which MI Wiao nsn !u"eu '"
recelve was postponed until Monday next
~ -, ,ha, he might ascertain whether
IN orueI 'ha' "e iinsIs
1t was desirable to parole the prisoner
prooat'oh' Is 'ne ouUV'ho VI ',S,,i sS.na.,s
eAperince IN discharsihs you'uu. onenueis
aaainst the law in tho custody OF Mr Willard.
or ,n Tho, ~ THAR narents ON the strepRtn
VI Ih 'na' VI ie. ..a;. u,.r,o,.
OF Mr.. WIZARDS repoIt A. 10 'ne.L prerap pernnfs
good reputation the ability OF snea PsIeri,s ni,s
10 look after them. OF any extsnnaung ciI-
cumstances in connecuon with thsl, onshGes, ds.
Thlb mas worked eO wei enc'
The sun., 1900-12-21
LEWIS A. MAY & co. FAIL.
null HOUSE. BULLMARAET. CRkD-
fTORS THE CUsTOMERs.
Liabilities Said TO Be s5B. 900. and Customers
Said 10 Have Withdrawn s33o. 900 Since
tho Conctrn's Ticker Was Iaken Away,


LOWS A May A Co. stock brokers at 81
Broadway. with branch offices uptown !and
! In Ave other cities. made an assignment
! Yesterday TO William King Hall. lawyer OF
" Nassau street The concern Is composed
| Of IoNis MAY, who has been member
Of the Consolidated Exchange since Aug H.
1895, aud Eugene Enslen, cashier. 1t Ia SAID.
Of the Jefferson County savings Bank oi Br-
mingham, Aln. The concern had big or,ces
IN Broadway. from which the Gold ana STOCK
| Comp8ny's tickcrs were removed recently
by order of the stock Exchange In the DIG
customers room just before noon yesterday
were crowd Of customers when Assignee
Hall appeared and madethe public announce
ment that the concern had failed hefailure
had been preciptated. he said, by the With
drawal Of the tickers This had hurt It's
business and caused customers 10 take away
their accounts, 80 that the concern hao Deeh
forced TO assign
The customers were generally inclined TO
take matters philosophically. but some OF
them wanted 20 know why IL was that orders
had continued to be received from customers
during the morning, although the assignment
was impending
The ticker. we're removed on the evening
Of Nov 30 ~ the same time the tickers
were taken out Of the offices Of c. ". Morgan
4 Co since raided by the police and now In
the hands Of an assignee
Assignee Hall said tha' the assignmentt
payers had been sisucd by May oliyi
am not able yet to tell what the liabilities
or assets will amount to, sa,d M Mr haii:
liabilities will exceed seo,OoO to $4,000.
believe they represent chiefly the claims ot
customers There are assets. out don't
The concerns branch offices are at the
southwest corner Of Twenty eighth street
and Broadway, this city; l9s Market street
Newark; 10 State street, Boston C0uront
Pravidcnce. and ios BS,z building, ,Phiia.
dephia 1t formerly had a '1adies' depart:
ment" AZ 81 Broadway but this was removed
to its uptown Office Besides IFS Consolidate ed
Exchange memhorshin the firm holds a mem
It's iGst "marfc' letter" dated Dec /? was
extremely bu.ish winding up with advice
10 buy Reading first preferred Buy Reading
first preferred FOR 30" was the way the letter
ended
Reading frst preferred has not gone to
80 but IL has advanced like most other stocks
in the big hull market The comment was
made in Wall Street Yesterday that II was
curious that n hullish brokerage concern
advertising that It did only n Commiss on
while a bull market was IN, progress.
Aho Z one thousand shares Of various
stocks representing about twenty issues
IN ALL We're dealt IN under the rule on the
failed concern. The contracts represented
were on both sides OF the account II was
re- ortod on the Exchange that May had told
a friend of his yesterday that since the stock
FNChang" had caused the quotation uckers
20 be taken out, his concern had paid out to
customers who manded their ACCOUNTS
more than s23OOo0 May lives In Harlem
at 1872 Manhattan avenue.
The sun., 1900-12-21
s,reet Cleaners Entertain Magic.

The Uniformed Oficers Association Of
the Department Of Street Cleaning gave a
complimentary smoker and vaudeville show
20 street Cleaning Commissioners Nagle at
Msnnerchor Hall last night. Before the
smoker, General Sup ,r.ntendent Robbins
81 the association, In recognition OF his ap-
pointment as Battalion Qunrterma.ter. wi,>
The rank OF heu,sHSsSnt IN ths si.ty,nints I,
soid AM the handle IL mother OF pearl. Col
r DUFFY and Lieut.. George Lyons Of the
SiIty-ninth Regiment were guests at the
smoker,
The sun., 1900-12-21
NEW PUBLIC library MODEL
VIII be Exhibited Soon In the City Hall Lady
MeuXs GIT.

Carrere 4 Hastings. the architects OF the
now public library 70 be erected in Bryant
Park, have constructed plaster model Of
the bu lding which will be placed on eShibi-
ton In City Hall soon. The model is five
feet long by four feet wide, and Is on n scale
OF an eighth of an inch TO foot PARK Com
missioner Clauscn authorized the construc-
tiOn OF the model.
Lady Meux OF England has presented
edition OF 800 printed Tor private clrcui-
alton. being the hrSt publication OF the
Ethiopic manuscripts Nos 20 "a the Lazy
+. A. Wallis Budge keeper of tie Egyptian
and Assyrian antiquities la the British Mu-
scum, and II is illustrated with III colOrcd
plates, the wor; OF W. Griggs, color litho-
grapher to the Queen