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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-05-16
MOB IN CONTROL
FUTILE ATTEMPT MADE TO oP.
crate STREET CARS At
ALBANY. N. Y.
new MEN ROUGHLY HANDLED

IN Spite of Police Protection Nom
Union Employees Are Attacked and
One, at Least, Is Fatally Injured-In.
dications Are That State Troops
Will Be Called Out to Afford Pro-
lection to the Companys Property.
Albany, N. Y, May 15.-Riot follow
ed the attempt Of the Union Traction
company to resume the operation of
a portion of it's electric street railway
system in this city, which had been
tied up by the strike of employees in
augurated last week. The company
had secured 200 non-union men to take
the place of strikers and housed the
newcomers in the Quail street barns.
where they were guarded by police
and deputy sheriffs. Outside the
barns large number of strikers and
their Sympathizers assembled during
the night, the crowd growing until 1t
numbered 10000 or more by the time
the company was ready to send out
its first car.
Two policemen were on the platform
with the mOtorman and two guarded
the rear platform. The crowd greeted
the appearance of the car with de-
risive and insulting cries and obstruct-
ed its passage, but squad of police
cleared the way and it passed on and
away from the vicinity of the barn.
Half an hour later a second car
emerged from the barn. The crowd
Immediately made dash for it, some
of them hurting missiles at the motor.
man. The police could not withstand
the rush of the mob and some of the
rioters were soon upon the platform.
The mOtorman was struck several
times on the head until, bleeding and
senseless, he relinquished his grasp
of the handles. On the rear platform
two men pulled the trolley pole down
and bent it until it broke. The car
had obtained some momentum and
striking the switch, went off into the
gutter. The mob then withdrew with
cheers. The police arrested four or
five. One Of the trolley wires fell to
the street few minutes later, having
been cut, putting one line out of com
mission.
The car which had previously left
the barn made several Mips up and
down town, not carrying any pas
sengers.
At the corner of State and Pearl
streets, when the car came up on it's
second run, boy threw brick at it.
A man who saw the act caught the boy
by the shoulder. In an instant the
mob had torn the boy away and as.
saulted the citizen who held him.
Nearly a dozen Of the non-union
men the company brought from out of
town deserted after the attack on the
second car. They were carried away
in triumph on the strikers shoulders.
The indications are that if the com
pany persists in running the cars the
national guard will have to be called
out.
No attempt has been made to oper.
ate the Union Traction company's
lines in Troy. Cohoes. Rensselaer, and
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-05-16

watervle1t, on which the employees
struck when those in Albany walked
out.
Woodward of Brooklyn, the motor
man who was injured at the car barns,
is in a precarious condition.
Mayor Blessing and Sheriff Nc
Creary have decided that they have
not sufficient force to quell the dis
turbances and are in consultation with
the adjutant general regarding the
calling out of state troops.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-05-16
AUTHENTIC REPORT OF THE DIS.
ASTER TO THE STEAMER
CITY OF PADUCAH.
SANK ALMOST Immediately
Most Of the Passengers Manage to Es.
cape, but Several Remain Too Long
In Their Staterooms and Go Down
With the vessel-Crew and Helpers
Caught by the Shifting Cargo on the
Lower Deck.

Lower Deck.
st. Louis, May 15.-The first authen-
tic information concerning the wreck
of the steamer City of Paducah of the
st. Louis and Tennessee River Packet
company, which occurred at Brunk.
horsts Landing, Ills, late Sunday night,
was obtained upon the arrival of the
steamer City of Clifton at this port at
$3.50 a. m.
Fifteen persons lost their lives in
the awful catastrophe-six whites and
nine blacks.
The City of Paducah stopped at
Brunkhorsts Landing at $3.50 o'clock
corn. When in the act of backing
away from the wharf the boat swung
around and struck the bank heavily
with her stern. A snag imbedded in
the bank tore an enormous hole in the
hull, through which the water rushed
with frightful rapidity. She at once
began to settle and at the end of three
minutes nothing but her roof. Texas
deck and pilothouse remained above
water.
The impact with the hidden snag,
accompanied as it was by the awful
noise caused by the shifting of the car
go, aroused the passengers to reali-
cation of their danger. The officers
acted with great GOODNESS and as the
boat settled helped the startled pas
sengers to the cabin roof from which
the boats were lowered and their
charges carried ashore.
Miss Mabel Gardner of St. Louis
was asleep in her stateroom when the
shock came and probably lost her life
by remaining to dress. Her body was
found in the forward part of the cabin.
The body of DR.. Bell has not yet been
recovered and it is supposed he was
drowned in his stateroom like rat in
trap.
The crew and their roustabout
helpers being on the lower deck in the
midst of the cargo when the vessel
struck were placed in a position of
most awful peril. AS the steamer ca
reened in settling, the big cargo, con-
sisting chiefly of sacks of corn, shift
ed and before the men could escape
half of them were pinned down and
either crushed to death or held until
the water brought about their end.
The passengers lost all their belong
ings and had to be supplied by those
on shore.
The City of Paducah lies in about
80 feet Of water and the loss will be
total. She was valued at $4,000.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-05-16
Gypsy Camp Is Robbed.

St. Paul, May 15.-Leonard Wells,
son of Isaac Wells, king of the gyp-
sizes, and his wife, who are at the Mid
way awaiting the coming of the breth-
rem to the annual love feast of the
Romany Rye, were robbed of nearly
So, 500, $40O in currency, mostly gold
coin, and $4,000 in certificates Of de-
posits drawn in the name of Mrs.
WeIls by Iowa banks, mainly the First
National bank Of Lemars. The thieves
are unknown.
Serious Clash Is Feared.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, May ia Sc
rious clash is feared between 400
striking shopmen in the Burlington
Cedar Rapids and Northern railway
shops here. Threats have been free
ly made on both sides and the new
men at work in the shops are under
stood to have armed themselves.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
President Will Visit jackson

Mayor Hemingway, of Jackson. has
appointed a committee to receive Presl
dent Mckinley when he makes his IF
een-minute stop A part of the com
mitee will probably go over to Vicks-
burg and accompany the president on
his trip go jackson. 1t was at one time
thought that the whole committee
would go to Vicksburg so as to plead
with him on the way over to lengthen
his stay here, but since the positive an
nouncement of Secretary Corltelyou
that the time would not be extended,
the plan to have the whole committee
go has been abandoned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
10. O, F Grand Lodge

The local committee on arrangements
for the entertainment of the Mississip-
pi Grand Lodge, I. o. o. f.. which
meets at Vicksburg on May 9th, 7th.
and Sth, has prepared an interesting
programme for the occasion. The
Vciksqurg business men have contribu-
ted literally the necessary funds, and
the Grand Lodge is assured of a pleas
ant time Wednesday morning there
will be an executive session, and in the
afternoon an excursion will be run on
the steamer Belle of the Bends. The
visiting members will be shown the
canal work, the national cemetery and
other points of interest to be seen from
the river An attendance of t75 is ex
pected.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
GLEANINGS OF THE WEEKS NEWS
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
LEGION or HONOR BYLAW 0ECARED V0I0
Committee Appointed to Receive taae
President = Treasurer's Stand
for State Depositories.
OiheP Leme.
Confederate Reunion.


Meridian will have the honor of en-
tertaining at the same time the state
conventions of the United Confederate
Veterans, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy and Sons of Veterans These
three organizations will meet there in
convention on May 7th 8th and 9th.
Major Gen. Cameron commanding the
Mississippi Division U. G. V. has issued
an announcement to the veterans urging
their attendance. The address of well
come to the veterans will be delivered
by Hon. S. B. Watts of Meridian and
will be responded to by L. P. Yerger of
Greenwood. On May 8th there will
be decoration of the graves in Rose
Hill Cemetery at which time Hon j. S.
Williams will deliver a memorial ad-
dress. Hon. W. NJ. Cox, of Baldwin,
will also deliver an address on this oc-
easion. Gen. Cameron especially ap-
peals to all organized camps to send
delegates to this convention. They are
entitled to one delegate and one alter
nate for every twenty members or frac-
tional part thereof.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The administration has succeeded N
securing Is collection of opinions from
the leaders Of the senate of all political
parties upon which to base negotiations
for a new isthmian canal treaty. Now
that it is aware of HE wishes of the
most Of the senators, the only problem
before the state department is to frame
treat y that will reflect those views,
ensuring two-t thirds vote for ratifica-
tion, and yet shall be acceptable to the
British government. 1t is expected that
the draft of treaty will be framed be-
fore long, probably the latter part OF
June on Mr. Hays return from the
west.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Beaumont Oil Fields.

The Beaumont Oil exchange has pos
ted the steatement that the Standard
Oil Company has purchase the railroad
terminals, which has special facilities
at Port Arthur. The price was not
given Port Arthur is the nearest
deep water port to the Beaumont oil
fields and by controlling this outlet
the Standard Oil Company Can control
every barrel Of Oil taken from the Beau
mont field The railroads cannot COM
pete in freight rates with pipe line via
Port Arthur to New Orleans and Gal
weston Thus owning Port Arthur,
the Standard Oil Company will control
even the domestic trade in crude oil.
No one ever doubted that the Standard
Oil Company would ultimately get con
troll of this oil field. but no one appears
to have foreseen the purchase of Port
Arthur by the company.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Beers Want Peace.

Henry w. Massingham writing says;
The Beers are greatly worn and har-
rassed, and they yearn for settlement; i;
but they will not trust any settlement
on Chamberlain Miner terms They
would. however, surrender the whole
Johannesburg and Rand gold fields
district to Great Britain on condition
that independence was restored to the
Orange Free State and that the Trans
vaalers were allowed to found republic
in the wild, uncultivated north, subject
to British control of foreign affairs.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The stand taken by State Treasurer
Showers in favor of state repositories
for the public funds instead Of permit
ting them to lie idle in the treasury, is
being commended on and approved by
a large part of the state press. They
are convinced that the plan affords as
great a degree of security for the money
as the one now in vogue, and it further
gives the state something in the way of
interest On the large amounts handled
and keeps the money in circulation, 1t
is understood that Mr.. Showers will at
tempt to have the question brought up
before the next Legislature.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
will Operate Against, Trusts.

At meetingsin Pittsburg on Maya.
movement will be started for the or
ganization of the Central Labor Coun-
Gil of the United States which is aimed
to be an amalgamation of all the labor
unions in the country with central
headquarters, the object being to secure
cooperation among all branches
labor and to operate especially against
the great trusts
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Judge J. W. Sneed, of the Circuit
Court has held that the bylaw passed
by the American Legion of Honor s
Supreme Council last August invali
dating all policies of over 50, 600 was
void and cannot be enforced as applied
to J. w Gaut, of Knoxville, who has
for years held a SIS, 900 policy, and who
rendered payment of the premium,
which was accepted.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Two Burglars Stole a Safe.

A most audacious robbery was com
mitted at Anaconda. Mont, by two
burglars who secured $40, 900 in gold.
The robbers entered the Alaska saloon
by forcing in the street doors. Bodily
picking up 300-pound safe, they load
ed it on to an express wagon. Driving
outside the city limits, they broke the
safe open and secured $40, 900 in gold.
Putting the broken safe into the wagon,
they started toward town and made
good their escape There is no clue.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
EXPORTING LOCOMOTIVES.
Despite the Most Active European
Competition.
SCHEME TO SEIZE CHINESE EMPRESS
tuberculosis Serum Proving to Be an
Effective Cure-Postmaster Dy-
namites Safe to Cover His
Own Guilt in Florida.
tuberculosis Serum.

DR.. Carlos L. Villar, an Argentine
army surgeon, has just published re-
port of the treatment Of fifty cases of
tuberculosis with his serum at the Mil
itary hospital in Buenos Ayres. The
treatment extended from December 2,
1900, to April 30, 1901. tuberculosis
in the early stage, says DR.. Villar, was
cured within forty days. OF the patients
whose cases were far advanced all were
cured except those who could offer very
Lite resistance to the disease
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Great preparations are being

Great preparations are being made
to receive President Mckinley when
he stops for a short time in Decatur
At joint meeting Of the mayors and
citizens of the two Decaturs, plans were
formulated and committees appointed
to see that the towns appear to good
advantage The entertainment com
mittee, as well as all other committees,
are equally divided between the two
towns. The ladies will present Mrs.
Mckinley with a beautiful floral piece
With Welcome to the Decaturs y"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Killed BY His Sister.

Richard Jacks, age IS, was accident
ally shot and killed by his 19-year old
sister at Brazil. eighteen miles west Of
Birmingham, Saturday afternoon.
When this terrible tragedy occurred
the girl was trying to protect her
brother from a crowd Of drunken men
who were creating disturbance at
their home Richard Jacks and his
sister lived with their widowed mother
near the Brazil mines. Saturday after
noon five or six men, who are said to
have been considerably under the in
fuence of liquor, went to the Jack s.
residence and conducted themselves in
boisterous and Objectionable manner.
Richard Jacks went out on the front
porch and asked them to cease their
rowdyism and go away, A quarrel
ensued and his sister came out on the
porch with an old gun which had been
retained in the house. AS she stepped
out on the porch she tried to cock the
gun, and in doing so her finger slipped
from the hammer. causing the gun to
be discharged. The load struck the
young fellow on the body, penetrating
to the vital organs, producing death
within short time.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Chancery and Circuit Clerk, N. BatsoH;
Sheriff, J. Al, Moody; Treasurer, w.
w. Mitchell; Assessor, w. L. Scott;
superintendent of Education, III.
SolIy Smith; Surveyor, B. 6. Wood
ard.
Chancery Court, Second District
Chancellor, Stone Deavours. Regu-
lar terms, first Monday ia January
and July, six days.
Circuit Court, Second Distriot-Judge
L. A.. Wood. Regular terms, third
Monday in April and October. Wal
ter A. White, District Attorney.
Supervisors Beat 1, J. s. Moody; Bert
2, P. f.. Williams, Pres't. Beat 3, A.
B. Ladner; Beat 4, @. w. Amacker,
Beat 5, M G.. Blackwell.
CHURCHES.
Methodist-Rev. b. s. Rayner, pastor.
Services first and third Sundays in
each month. Sunday school 8 80 q.
m. Prayermeeting Wednesday
night.
Baptist Church-Rev. w. b. Holcomb,
pastor. Services second and fourth
Sabbaths. Sunday school 10 a. m.
Prayermeeting Tuesday night.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. Ii. W.
Wallace, pastor. Services third Sab
bath in each month. Sunday school
1Oa. m. Prayermeeting Friday night.
CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor G. Derby.
Treasurer-J Scarborough.
Clerk-R L Ratliff.
Marshall v EnOc hs.
Board of Aldermen--W e King, ST..
II Allen, Ell Caver, N Batson, w
4 Scott.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The Maryland Steel Company, which
built the torpedo boat destroyer Wor-
den, Wipple and Truxton notifies the
Navy Department that invitations to
christen these vessels have been sent to
Miss Isabelle Truxton. of Norfolk, in
the case'of Truxton; Miss Katherine
Whipple Sibley of Detroit, in the case
of the Whipple, and that Mrs. John L.
Worden, widow OF the late Admiral
Worden has been requested to select a
suitable person to christen the Worden.
It is expected the three destroyers will
be launched at the ship yards ON Spar
rows Point. Baltimore, the latter part
of next month.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Congressman Irwin recommended TO
the civil service commission the re-
moval Of John H. Casey and Thomas
F. Ditto from their positions as mem
bers of the board of examiners of the
engineer service at Louisville 1t is
alleged by Representative Irwin that
the engineers board of Louisville has
practical control over the discharge
and appointment of the several hun
dred employees at the canal locks. and
that the appointees are selected e1clus-
lively from among the friends of Casey
and Ditto.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

While playing the tragedy Last
Upon the World, in the closing exer-
cises of the Stanley Mccormick High
School at Burnsville, Tenn, a real
tragedy was enacted. when Il. n. Ne
Tnturf, one of the students, was shot
and killed by Laccus Baily, another
student both representing charters in
the play.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
SHOE INDUSTRY BOOMING.
The Famous Factory at BrocktOn
Mass, to BE Enlarged.


Boston, Mass.-The boom il New
England industries continues and re-
ports from the factory centres tell one
tale of universal business activity.
No line seems to be in more prosper
Gus state than is the shoe industry.
From Brockton come especial encourag
ing reports W. L. Doulgass is going
to increase the capacity Of his factory
to 6, 900 pairs of shoes per day.
The addition will be made in the
form of wing running out from the
front of the factory 100 feet deep, forty
feet wide and four stories high This
will add 16, 900 square feet of space for
manufacturing purposes.
About -, 900 more per week will be
paid out to shoemakers. Which will
go to increase the prosperity Of the
community at large,
When the factory starts up the first
OF Jnly 1t Will be on an output OF 5OO
dozen pairs of shoes per day, and the
weekly pay roll, exclusive Of Office help,
uperinteudent, foremen. etc, will be
$22, 600 per week to those actually en-,
gagged in making shoes.
The statesmen on the road are selling
twenty five per cent more goods than
last season, and to take care of this in
creased business the erection of the ad
dition is made necessary. The Increased
sale is the direct result of extensive ad
Vertising, the expenditure for which is
now larger than at any other period
and is to be still further increased,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

All the Paris papers contain three
columns of passionate appeal to
F'renchmen to build the Panama canal.
1t is IN obvious advertisement. signed
by the distinguished engineer, Philippe
Bunau Varilla, well known in the
United States, who himself contributes
$400, 900. The appeal is based upon
patriotic and practical grounds. A
cheerful and hopeful effect has been
produced in Paris by this unexpected
appeal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Coroner Paris, of Birmingham. wa
called to Brookside Sunday night to in
yestigate the killing Of a negro man at
that place. Neither the name of the
negro nor any circumstances surround
ing the killing could be ascertained.
His body was found late Sunday after
noon.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
ton

An American concern has secured
the contract for locomotives recently
ordered by the Calcutta Port Commits
sioners, despite active European compe-
tition. The Indian authorities invited
bids in the open market for nine loco
motives. The lowest British bid was
that of Nelson, Reid and Company, of
Glasgow. Their price was /, 549 pounds
against the Pittsburg Locomotive
Company's bid Of 1878 pounds for each
engine. The Pittsbug company also
guaranteed quicker delivery, undertak-
ing to fulfill its contract inside of six
months while the shortest given by
British builders was nine months
The Calcutta officials accepted the ten
der of the American company, This
is the first contract for locomotives
Americans have secured abroad through
lower price.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Gar TO Visit England.

A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
ST Petersburg says that the Car and
Czarina will privately visit Enlgand
and London and also attend the Glas-
cow exhibition.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

Jgdge Holmes Of the Des Moines Dis.
trict Court has decided that a liquor
firm outside the state cannot collect for
goods shipped into the state and con
signed to factor acting on Esary OF
commission.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Bryan Not Planning.

In a statement given publicity, W.
J. Bryan says in effect that he has no
intention Of seeking third nomination
for the Presidency. Mr. Bryan's an
is in answer to an article
in an Eastern paper speculating on his
future plans as political leader.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

A Paris paper affirms that General
Bailloud and Colonel Marchand, some
time ago contemplated an attempt to
seize the Chinese Empress and court.
General Bailloud approached Colonel
Marchand and asked him if he would
undertake certain enterprise which
would very probably hasten the end of
hostihties. The colonel replied that he
was willing and General Bailloud and
Colonel Marchand drew up q plan, the
executi IN of which was venturesome
but feasible The diplomats. however,
opposed the scheme and it fell through
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The democrats will hold in Matanas
next Sunday the opening rally of the
campaign. The platform to be sub
mitted for adoption by the mass meet
ing will favcr acceptance Of the Platt
amendment, and will endorse Cover
or-General Wood.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02

The Mexican ambassador has received
a denial from his government Of the re
port that the Mexican government has
given a concession of 5000, 900 of ma
tional land in the states of Taumalchas,
Vera Cruz. Coahuila and Durango for
colonization purposes
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Assist ant Pos master Arrested.

The arrest of Assistant Postmaster
Charles H Drexel at Tarpon Springs,
Fla, is reported to the Postoffice In
spectors. 1t was reported that the
safe had been blown open with dyna-
mite and $1,000 taken. Inspectors
Berry and Bannerman. after investiga-
ton, charged Drexel with being short
in his accounts to the extent of 81, 600
and with having dynamited the safe to
cover his guilt. His mother is post
mistress and his father is employed in
the Postoffice Department at Washing
ton
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-05-02
Circuit Court.

The regular spring term of the Cir.
cult Court of the First District at Car
rolton has just closed Much business
was transacted, and there was a large
attendance during the entire term.
Judge W. +. Stevens was able to pre-
side, having fully recovered his health.