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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20

WHEELING, W. Va, April 1.-THE "In-
telligencer" special says that Harry Wine,
a well-known citizen living in Brockton
county, was telling tree. to-day, when it
broke across the stump demolishing his
house aud killing his wife and three chill.
dreD
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20

why william Gould Blew Out His Brains.
New YORK, April William Gould
blew bis brains out, this morning, as a re-
suit OF disastrous speculatious in oil.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20
Is ALLOWED SIX MONTHS
WHEN THE INCEPTION

is simultaneous, that is, at the same time
precisely, the legal right Is equal, the ques-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20

Thursday Mornings Temperature.
CHICAGO, April 18.-New York, 52', chi.
cago. $50; st. Paul, 500; Winnipeg, 46';
New Orleans, 62e.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20
"wednesday Morning's Temperature.

CHICAGO, April 17.-New York 46, Chi
cago so, st. Paul a., Winnipeg 3S, New
Orleans 62.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20

ing March.................... 8 25
Jno. Bunney and Henry McGraw,
services at Broadway fire............ 6 90
E. M. Bowen, use OF room for elec-
UlOn w
August Either, use OF carriage dis
tributing ballot boxes................ 8 90
Er. e. D. Leavitt, attendance on
Ed. Newman in charge OF city
authorities while i'll with pneu-
Attendance on other city patients. % so
Extra street labor up to date from
April 1, for various persons dur
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20
Farneli's Suit Against the London
"Times."

LONDON, April 17.-ParnelI has engaged
OF Charles Russell, Mr.. Asquith and Arthur
"usseil to conduct the libel suit brought
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

RETURNS from Emmons, Logan and
Mcintosh make Brown (rep) of Wells
county sure winner over Fridley (dem).
Frdley, owing to the disappointment
among the republicans in Kidder county
at not having candidate, succeeded in
carrying the county by eight votes. EN-
mons county voted largely for Clayton
and Fay, Fridlev getting less than fifty
votes. Mcintosh, which only has nine
teen democratic votes out of something
like total of $50, gave Fridley the full
number but gave the republican nomi-
nees 263. Brown carried his own county
by big majority-197 to 80. Brown is
editor of the Gazette at Sykeston, is reg
lister of deeds and one of the most popu-
lar men in the district. Last fall he was
elected by vote of 131 to 81. Wells is
a republican stronghold. LaMoure
county voted for Fridley, giving him
over forty majority. On the whole Frid-
Icy lacks about eighty votes.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

LET us nave no more slurs from South
Dakota. In the North the republicans
have elected fifty six out of the seventy
five delegates to the constitutional con.
vention, while in South Dakota, that
land of professed loyalty at all times,
and under all circumstances, the repub-
lcans get but fifty-two out of the sev.
enty-dve. North Dakota has fought all
these years for recognition an equal
show with the south. She opposed, not
division, but the manner the question
was presented. She wanted proper
boundaries, half of the name, an equal
amount of public lands, division of the
archives-in short her rights. She
fought for them and won. North Da-
kota is as loyal as the south and always
has been. Both states will now go hand
in hand into the Union. This is as it
should be. There will be nothing Sec
tional hereafter. The two states will pull
together for the good of each other and
for the interests of the great northwest.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

DEMOCRATS in Dakota die hard. In
the three districts in Grand Forks
county the republicans elected eight out
of the nine delegates. The democrats
raved and threatened to contest on the
grounds that the republicans parcelled
out just such tickets as they desired in
the various townships and did not leave
the voters to determine for themselves.
At last accounts, however, the demo-
Gratis had decided to "grin and bear it,"
It was evidently party discipline and
niceity of calculation that knocked the
democrats out IN Grand Forks county,
for under the minority feature of the
omnibus bill they had a pretty good
grip on at least one-tflird of the men,
bers.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

SINCE Montana has gone democratic
and the republicans have been badly scared
in Washington and North Dakota, Sunset
Cox has grown several inches perpendicu-
larly.-Chicago News.
The republicans are not apt to be very
much scared in North Dakota where,
even under the minority representation
scheme, the democrats failed to get one
third of the delegates. Montana was
gerrymandered by the democratic gov
ernor and the districts as arranged by
him foolishly allowed to stand by the re-
publican executive when he took hold.
In Washington territory the woman suf-
fragists and prohibitionists voted solidly
with the democrats throughout the
territory still the republicans have
nearly two-thirds of the delegates.
If the News will dig out the
facts it will find little encouragement
for the democrats in the "Big Four
northwestern states.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

SOME enthusiastic Pierre boomer and
newspaper correspondent recently tele-
graphed abroad that 600 disgusted fam
lilies from North Dakota were soon to
desert their homes and seek the "prom-
ised land" west of the river, opposite
Pierre, in the Indian reservation that,
with the permission of the Indians, will
be opened to settlement. The James,
town Alert takes the matter up and
handles it in the following gloveless
style:
.Pierre's boom is all right when it is
Whooped up decently and in order, but no
town IN the coming new state of South
Dakota ought to permit correspondent to
Wlltully blacken the character of distant
and lnottensive locality in North Dakota,
1y sending telegrams to the eastern press
that over 800 families are soon going to
leave their northern homes for an unin.
llabited Indian reservation, driven thither
BY frosts and various calamities wrought
dismally upon in the mind of the cores
pondent. No, the emigrants who will buy
sardlnes and crackers and get their horses
shOd at Pierre, as they cross over to the
reservation, will not come from North Da.
kota. They will slope in sideways from
Oklahoma and other localities where they
have been unable to permanently abide.
Nothing like the attractive idleness of an
Indian country for such hard working
squatters as pioneer it to newly opened
reservation when abundance of good land
lies un0ccupied hundreds of miles this side.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

IT is noticed that the Pioneer Press
now runs its Dakota department into the
market supplement on saturday-so as
to have it as obscure as possible. It
would be we'll if it would run it on the
outside of the chase-where it wouldn't
print at all. Dakota people like Dakota
news, but the slush now put in every
week to make department is abomina-
BILE. This is meant to be no reflection
upon the contributors to the depart
ment," for they are doing the best they
can. They have long since had a falling
out with truth, and are as we'll fitted as
any could be for the service. It's a
played out fake; that's all. In fact this
Dakota department" is nothing more
nor less than a "leg-puling" scheme-a
sort of "taffy puff" that has loosened
many joints and bursted many hat bands
in Dakota.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

The TRIBUNE has returns from all
the districts. It is certain the republicans
have elected Sc out of the IS delegates.
1t was hardly expected that North
Dakota was so solidly republican
that it could defeat the democrats
from obtaining one-third representation
under the minority feature of the omni-
bus bill, and it is now apparent that
but for the advantage to the minority
party in the enabling act the democrats
could not have elected over have a dozen
members out of the seventy-fve. The
latest reports faom Montana show dem
ocratic majority of five or six. This was
accomplished by scheme of gerryman-
dering-possible in the mining districts
-resorted to by the democratic governor
before he went out of office. It will be
remembered that the apportionment in
Montana was determined upon very
shortly after the passage of the omnibus
bill and before the advent of the republi-
can governor. Dakota cannot be gerry
wandered. 1t is too overwhelmingly re-
publican.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

The average daily circulation of the
New York World has reached the enor-
nous figure of 35O,256. Last week the
books of the World we're thrown open to
a committee of leading bankers and ad-
vertisers and the truth of the Worlds
circulation claim proven beyond doubt.
In speaking Of the commission ap.
pointed to make the examination the
World incidentally shows the enormous
business transacted by the New York
clearing house during the past twenty
years. 1t says: 'This commission was
composed of three gentlemen most
prominent in the banking circles of the
metropolis. The chairman was VIM. A.
Camp, the venerable but alert and act
i've manager of the New York clearing
house for banks, an exchange through
which is daily transacted a larger fnan-
cial business than in any institution in
the world. In the twenty years of his
service there has passed under his man
agement volume of exchange amount
ing to the enormous total of nine hun
dree thousand millions Of dollars-nine
hundred billions, or more than thirty
three times the debt of the United
States at its highest fgure-and in that
time there has not been discrepancy of
SO much as a cent in its accounts"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24
A Cadetship for Dakota.

Delegate Mathews has issued the fol-
lowing: "a competitive committee of can
didates to fill the vacancy in the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis, Nd,
for the territory Of Dakota, will be held
at Brookings on Tuesday, the 4th day Of
June, 1889. Applicants will present them
selves for an examination upon their edu-
cational and physical qualifications. All
applicants must be between the ages
OF Is and 20 years, physically sound, well
formed and of robust constitution. Candi-
dates will be required to pass an examine
tiOn in reading, writing, spelling, arithme.
tic, geography, English Rrammer, United
States history and algebra to simple eQua-
tions. The candidate standing the
highest in all qualifications will be nomi-
mated to fill the vacancy and the one stand
Ing second will be named as alternate.
The names Of the board Of examiners will
tiOn.n l4'.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

When the people of the east read of
three inches of snow in Stark county they
can hardly be made to believe that farm
ers are cultivating corn in Yankton
CONFEDERATION Press and Dakotalan,
Will the editor of the Press say, upon
honor, that the farmers were cultjvating
corn on the 14th inst. in Yankton
county? It's true there was snow in
Stark county and other counties on the
14th, but it was "wet, warm snow," if
there is such thing, that did no injury
to vegetation-on the contrary a power
full amount Of good. Every eastern
farmer knows something about those
late snow storms so full of
amonia that it is called .spoor mans
manure" that's the kind of storm we
had in North Dakota. Watch the crop
reports this fall. They will tell the
story.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

FRED ADAMS has sold his paper, the
Griggs County Courier, to Messrs. Trub-
shaw and Thompson, who took charge
last week. Mr.. Adams is now looking
over the coast country and it is presumed
will locate at some point out there.
North Dakota loses valuable citizen in
this change. Mr.. Adams was one of the
brightest members of the last legislature
and had he remained the people of his
district would doubtless have remem-
bered his abilities in the future.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24
ocean.

IHE Boston AQVor08er or the l4t0
inst-the day on which the delegates to
the constitutional convention in North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and
Washington territories was being held
contained a leader from which the fol-
lowing is taken:
Travellers have often noted that q great
natural wonder, like mountain or cat
aract, cannot be seen to advantage when
the observer stands too close beside it.
The familiar line. distance lends enchant-
ment to the view," Is spontaneously sug-
gested to the mind in this connection but
''enchantment",is not so; much what IL
with OBJECTS. so with events. All wise
students of history understand what this
means. Beyond q doubt, the men Of our
day have a far truer comprehension of
George Washington ton's character thAn had
the men cf his day. The very constitution
look upon as masterpiece of wisdom, was
bitterly assailed by some of the fOrm0st
revolutionary patriots, and there was
period when its ratification seemed more
than doubtful. 1t was said, with great
justness, during the recent centennial dis
cussi0ns, that very few people were aware,
100 years ago, what a tremendous thing it
was to create nation.
A similar remark may be made with
equal justness to-day. -Four great states
having q total area larger than the total
area Of the thirteen original states.ar now
in progress Of formation; not meEely about
this time, but right now, to-day, duripg the
busy hours, while thousands Of our readers
are pondering these lines, when this morn
ing's sun rose, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana and Washington were geographic
cal names for certain huge blocks Of land,
carved out Of the national domain, but
forming no integral part of the nation.
When the sun sets tonight the first step
prescribed by law will have been taken l,y
the inhabitants of these territories in the
direction of statehood.
Whoever has intelligence enough for
thinking on deep themes will find, if. he
lets his mind dwell on what is taking
place today, that the subject grows in
Importance. Considered as an addition
to the federal union, the four incipient
states are seen to be vast in extent. of al
population and contributing to the wants
of man. Considered in regard to the rap.
idity with which these regions, but few
years ago for the most part tenanted only
by the Indian and the bison, have become
the homes of myriads of pioneers, an illus
tratiOn is afforded Of the headlong rush
which, in our modern time. rides by steam,
talks by lightning and fOunds an empire in
a day.
But the strangest thing-strange in one
sense, yet so common as to seem common
place-is this: That a heterogeneous mass
of people flock from all over the country,
bringing with them ideas, habits, afilia-
tions Of infinite diversity, and yet, because
they have breathed the atmosphere of
American liberty, they are capable of Or
ganizing free government. They can
make states out of this crude and shapeless
human material, just as they can make
farms out of the hitherto unbroken sod OF
the prairies.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

The Minneapolis Journal observes
that ''in North Dakota the weather was
still more severe, but in many towns the
local fights served to bring out a good
vote. 1t does not appear that the demo-
Gratis were able to obtain more than a
strict minority representation in either
North or South Dakota. In the north
the senatorial fight cut quite a figure and
the success of Ex-Governor Pierce's
friends in various localities seem to
point to that gentleman as one of the
two first United States senators from
North Dakota. This is by no means to
be regarded in the light of calamity" }"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

WHILE it is an undeniable fact that
the Fifth district has elected very able
delegat 9 to the constitutional convention
and that one of them at least, Ex-Speaker
Williams, makes one of the best presid-
ing officers in North Dakota, still this
district ctlays no claim to this honor over
that of any other district. Mr.. Williams
is equally strong on the floor and there
is quite as much honor in this kind of
leadership as in that of presiding officer.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

owners, the court Of claims have just
reched the decision as above stated. The
case as stated was: IN yers, executor, and
Guedella against the United States"
Mrs. Guedella undoubtedly being the
original Miss Novena Florence although
this does not appear in the newspaper
record. One thing is certain, the three
Shining blades" won by gallantry in
Mexico, by the rare combination of a
young lady, General Butler and the
president Of the United States, found a
scabbord where they remained harmless
till long time after the cruel war was
over
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24
TEE NEW ELECTION Law.
The ForIA Of Oath as Amended by the
East Legislature.

The ForR Of Oath as Amended By the
Last Legislature.
BY an act Of the eighteenth legislative
assembly, approved March 4, 1889. to
amend section IA, chapter q, political code,
sectlon l4oS OF tne compl!eo laws, the FORM
of oath provided for therein has been
amended so as TO read as follows:
aYou do aolomniv auaar fnr .tarr, 90
a. oa " sv.os ~ a. e"e"' y. em.ln' %
the case may De) tnas you are tWenty-0ne
years OF age; that you are a citizen Of the
United States Tor that Won have declared
your lntenuon; % become eco . acislzen CONFORM
ably 70 the laws Of the United States
ana OF TINS territory on the subject of nat
urallzatlon, and nave taken an oath TO-
Support me constttutt0n OF the United
States( that you have resided In the
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24
NORTH DAKOTA wAKE-UP.
Under the above caption the Grand
Forks Herald SAWS:

NORIH DAhOIA T" AhE-UT
Under the above caption the Grand
Forks Herald says:
Once more the Herald feels moved to
urge the necessity. OF taking energetic
measures to induce immigration TO North
Dakota. Especially is it important that
we keep pace with our friends in South
Dakota, who are utilizing every con-
ceivable device to advertise their advan-
The extraordinary efforts they are max
ing to attract immigration are meeting
of people are coming to South Dakota as
the result of the extensive advertising
that has been done throughout the east.
A similar work in North Dakota will
be equally successful. and gratifying:
just at this present time is a critical
juncture in our career as state. East
ern people are seeking western homes.
They are coming to the new states. OF
these new states, those will receive the
greatest influx of population who do the
most effective and rapid hustling. Up to
this time North Dakota has not kept up
with the procession. South Dakota Mon
tana, Washington, each has reached out
more vigorously for immigration than our
own state and each is now reaping a rich
reward. That North Dakota is at dis
advantage is owing solely to her lack of
effort. Let our people here do what South
Dakota is doing and thousands will flock to
our cities, and the un' r0ken prairies of our
rich domain will become the habitati0n
of an energetic and thrifty population.
Immediate action is necessary. Delay is
dangerous; it is fatal. No spasm0dic
boom is wanted but rather an
earnest, steady and unremitting
determination to acquaint the people of
the older states with the desirable things
we have to offer. This is what is wanted
and all that is needed. Shall it be done.
Just now we hear of immense syndicates
forming in South Dakota whose purpose Is
not only to scatter broadcast immigration
literature, but whose agents and represent
atives are thoroughly canvassing the east
ern states. Money without limit is at their
command. Big blocks of land, located in
cities aspiring to capital hOnOrs, are con-
trolled by these syndicates, and to be dis
posed of in such manner as shall appear
most advantageous. By such organizations
and host of others, South Dakota is get
ting herself advertised OH most prodie-
iOus scale. North Dakota must follow
suit. Now is the day of salvation. Coming
statehood invites immigration as it has
never been invited or attracted before, but
that immigration is going to these states
that invite it most heartily and attract it
most strongly. This North Dakota can do
it she will. Will she?
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

recently broke out between that road
and the Union Pacific on account Of the
latter's determination to do business in
the Puget Sound territory in violation Of
it's agreements. The Union Pacific ac-
tion is contrary to the rules Of the asso-
citation and Chairman Leeds so decided,
but that company insisted on it's course
and now the Northern Pacific proposes
to cut loose from the organization and
get rid OF all restraints in order to make
war on it's rival.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

AMONG the LOO drinking places Of
Boston to which the police commissioners
refused to issue a renewal of license was
the famous "Bell-in- -Hand" ale house, the
Oldest drinking place in Boston, now the
resort of people in all stations of life
merchants, lawyers, newspaper men,
printers and others, but years ago the
favorite resort of Rufus Choate, Daniel
Webster and that class of men. 1t has
been in continuous business at the old
stand for ITO years.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

SINCE Postmaster General Wanamaker
has taken charge of his office he has
changed his mind regarding q reduction
to one-cent postage. He now finds that
the Improvement Of the service in the
newer regions Of the west and northwest
requires the surplus revenue now OBJ
tanned in that portion of the country
where the mails are more generally pat
ronized. Mr.. Wanamaker's head is
level The postal service in many por-
tloas Of the northwest is sadly deficient.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24

AGAIN Mr.. s. F. Boyd has resigned the
position of general passenger agent Of
the Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad to
accept place elsewhere. Hell super
seeded by @. II. Holbridge, popular and
experienced railroad official.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-05-24
TIE court Of claims at Washington

The court of claims at Washington re-
Gently rendered decision in the case
involving the ownership of the celebrated
Twiggs' swords in favor of the heirs of
General Twiggs. These swords, three
in number, we're presented to General
Twiggs for gallantry in the Mexican war,
one by congress, one by his native state,
Georgia, and the other by his native city,
Augusta. After the capture of New
Orleans, in the spring of 1862, these
swords fell into the hands of General
Butler under circumstances which are
recalled as bit of interesting war his
tory. A young lady, in whose custody
they had been left, claimed them as her
own, alleging that they had been given to
her on New Years day, with a box of
family silver by Twiggs. Investigation
elected the facts that the articles we're
brought to the young lady's residence,
not on New Years day but at the moment
of Twigg's flight from the city, and that
she had never mentioned so extraordi-
nary present to any member of her
family; also, that Twiggs had left with
the articles the document following: .I
leave my swords to Miss Rovena Flor
ence, and box of silver. New Orleans,
April 25, 1862. D. E. Twiggs,' which
was hastily written in the carriage at the
door.
General Butler, being pretty good
lawyer himself, did not regard this con-
veyance, or Miss Florence's story, as
sufficient to give her good title to such
rare articles, and sent the swords to the
president Of the United States. In his
letter of transmittal he suggested that
the one presented by congress should be
given to some officer distinguished in
the war; the one given by the state of
Georgia should be deposited at the mill
tary academy at West Point, with suit
able inscription as warning to the ca
diets; and that the third should be placed
in the patent Office as monument to the
folly Of such an invention" as secession.
The president in forwarding the swords to
congress remarked, if either Of them
were presented to an Office of the army,
General Butler is entitled to the first
consideration" For nearly twenty
seven years these swords have been in
the custody Of the treasury department.
Congress having passed an act directing
that the swords be restored to the