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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
The Work of the Dacotsh.

New ORLEANS, April ga Baton
special says the steamer Dacotah,
Captain Mitchell in command has reached
there from the overaowed district and
put off 500 or 800 people and a large
quantity of stock. The people put off
were mostly negroes, who found no diff
ticulty in getting employment. Several
planters from the interior were here for
the purpose of getting labor for their
plantations. The Dacotah yesterday
went up as far as New Texas landing,
rescuing people and stock along the
route. The boat transported about 1900
people to this side and could have
brought many more, but the people said
the river was falling and they preferred
to stay and take chances in Pointe
Coupee. Captain Mitchell said that the
break in old Morgansea at 3 o'clock yes
terday was 600 feet wide, while the break
in the grand levee just below was 1000
feet wide.
TRINITY RIVER OVERLOOKING.
DALLAS, April 25.-Trinity river is far
out of its banks and tonight it promises
to reach the highest point recorded for
many years.
HEAVY RAINS IN TEXAS.
Fort WORTH, Texas, April 25.-Heavy
rains are reported throughout north and
east Texas. At many places the rainfall
for the past t~wenty-four hours has been
three inches, and nine inches since last
Monday. The loss on railroad and other
property will reach into hundreds of
thousands.
ON THE RED RIVER.
SHREVEPORT, La, April 25.-Reports
from the upper Red river above Fulton,
indicate a big raise caused by the recent
heavy rains, which have fallen along the
border of northeastern Texas. The rise
is sufficient to cause serious apprehen-
sion. At this point the river fell Q
tenth, but the situation is not encourag-
ing. The streams are all bank full and
very little more water will food all the
low places not thoroughly protected by
levees. A number of places are already
submerged.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02

the people are resigned. 1t was a bitter
fight all round, but the river got the best
of it. Major Glynn last night received a
check for $500 from the police jury of
Terre Bonne parish for the benefit Of the
sufferers.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
Fire at N. p. Junction,

NORTHERN PACIFIC JUNCTION, April Is.
The most destructive fire ever known
here ragged to-day in the lumber yards Of
Painef& Co., between l and 2 p. m. The
lumber piles in the extreme southwest
of the yards caught fire from q spark
from the yard engine. Famed by a
southwest wind, the flames swept the
yard up to the mills, which were saved
by the united efforts of the Junction and
Duluth fremen. The local engine men
did noble work, led by Capt. Paine in
person and assisted by Asa Paine, his
son, who had arrived from Minneapolis
during the progress of the fire. There
were about 100000 feet of lumber,
worth $4,000 to $4,000, destroyed. On
this there was an insurance of $4,000.
A fire, corner of State and Fifth streets,
Milwaukee, resulted in fatal injuries to
one child and severe burns to three
others. n. ID.
Charles Lawrence's gin mill near Rol-
ling Fork, Miss, burned. A large num-
Der Of refugees from the flood were on
the mill and seven were drowned.
A runaway express train tore off the
Staunton, Va, depot roof, killed Miss
Myrtle Knox, of the "Pearl of Pekin"
company, and injured eight others.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
Total income. So us, $50

Expenses During the Year 1889.
Whole amount of losses paid dnring
the yer 1889 81, 1925, 1872 IS
Amount of losses paid upon risks
taken in the state of Nc, tn Da-
1924 10
Amount Of dividends paid during the
year 1903. ............ ZSU,UUU w
Amount of commissions and fees
paid to agents during the year 1853 430.641 AZ
Amount of taxes paid during the year
1889 ........ 74,1s4 SO
Whole amount paid for salaries of
officers and agents during the year
1882. lO4, O67 81
Whole amount of all other expendi-
tures during the year 1869.......... 22s, 1912 %
Total expenditures. ........a 2,737 71s 85
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02

It is reported the Duke of Orleans has
refused a pardon on account of the con-
ditions imposed. 1t is expected the Duke
will be married in prison.
The Illinois Women's Non-P Partisan
Christian Temperance union amended
its constitution so that no officer Of the
association is allowed to do any campaign.
work for any political party while holding
office.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
Base Ball--Friday
BROTHERHOOD,

Buffalo 8, Chicago 10. Pittsburgh 8,
Cleveland g. Boston and New York,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia postponed on
account OF rain.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
NATIONAL

Pittsburgh1, Cincinnati 10. Cleveland
10, Chicago 6. Boston and New York,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia, postponed.
All the American association games
were postponed on account of rain.
. e.. NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE. ~
Milwaukee 3, Des Moinee Z. =
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02
Total expenditures .
a2.737 71s 65
Risks.

h'SKS.
Gross amount of risks taken during
the year 1889 1913, 5s4 ,6ss 90
state s Of North Dakota during g the he
whole amount Of risks outstanding 2s5, 7e.474 90
Whole amount of losses incurred
during the year 1889, including
those claimed and not YET DUE. 1,6O1, O32 %
Whole amount of losses incurred
during the year 1889, including
those claimed and not yet due, in
the state Of North Dakota 1924 10
Number of agents in the state of North Dakota,
twenty-six.
STATE OF CoNNHECTIogT, IS.
H. Kellogg, president. and Geo. H. Burdick,
Of Hartford Connecticut, being duly sworn
f9ll true and correct statement Of the
surance company is the bona fde owner of at
least one hundred Thousand dollars of actual cash
capital, invested in the state and United States
real estate unincumbered, and worth double the
amount for which the same is mortgaged. and
they are the above described officers of said in
H. KELLOGG, President.
GEO. h. BURDICK, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th
IsEAL.l MAHLoN N. CLARK,
Notary Public,
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
I, A. L. Carey, Commissioner of Insurance of
the state Of North dakota. do hereby certify that
the above is a true copy of the original state
hand and affixed the seal Of this Office at Bis
marck, this 2lst day of January, 1884,.
Commissioner of Insurance.
STATE oE NORTH DAKOTA,
OFFICE OF CoMMMIssioNER OF INSURANCE.
ooMPANY's CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Whereas, The Phoenix Insurance company,
q corporation organized under the laws Of
Connecticut, has filed in this Office q sworn
statement exhibiting it's condition and
business for the year ending December 81. 1885,,
c~onfOrmable to the requirements of the laws of
this State regulating the business Of insur-
ance; and
Whereas, The said company has fled in this
Office a duly certified copy of its charter, with
certificate of organization, in compliance with
the requirements of the insurance laws afore-
said;
Now Therefore, I. A. L. Carey. Commissioner
of Insurance of the state Of North Dakota, pursu-
certify that the above named company is fully en-
powered through It's authorized agents. to trans
act its appropriate business of fire insurance. in
this state, according to laws thereof, until the
S1st day of December, Al D. 1880.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal at Bismarck, this 18th day of
January, A. D. $780, ~
Commissioner of Insurance..
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02

Inct me During the Year 1880.
Whole amount of cash premiums re-
ceived ....... $2,55q. $50 IS
Whole amount of cash premiums re-
ceived on policies written in the
state of North Dakota. S11, 1923 SO
Whole amount of interest money re-
ceived 213. O66 IS
Whole amount of income received
from all other sources, income from
real estate ........... ........... 5,444 IA
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-02

Property or Assets of the Company.
The value Of its real estate is. ........ $2Ss, 524 "a
The cash on hand In it's office is...... 16. 1858 SO
The cash on deposit in bank H.. 8O,2S8 IS
The cash in hands of agents and in
course of transmission is........... 3O1, 314 81
Loans on bond and mortgage, being
double the amount loaned thereon Isl, 500 90
pany s,74s,s1 10
Stocks held as collateral security for
loans ...... 1922 so
Accrued interest and rents, DUE. 5000 %
Total 5,3O5,O o4 %
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
The Propah Capah.

New Orleans negro has received justice
from an organization, composed exclu-
sively of southern men of the most pro-
nounced type. The Case Continental
guards redressed a wrong which they con-
sidered had been done to their negro ar
morer, Gilbert Jones, at the hands of
Lieut.. Cotton, one ofthe most popular and
wealthy members of the command. About
o week ago q gold watch and some money
were stolen from Lieut.. Cottom's vest.
which he had left in the dressing room
while drilling. The lieutenant, without
investigation, had Jones and another negro
arrested and kept in Jail on suspicion of
being the thieves. Two days later the real
thief was arrested, the property recovered,
end the negroes released. Lieut.. Collom's
fellow officers suggested to him that be
should publish a card in some of the city
papers generating Jones from blame in
the matter, but this he positively refused
to do after repeated requests; hence his
expulsion from the guards.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Stricken Down IN the pu,Dit.

Rev. r. j. Steinn, a Congregational
minister at Norris City, H.. fell lead un-
der sensational circumstances Sunday
night. The ministers of the Congrega-
tional churches of southern Illinois have
been holding a business meeting at Mr..
Steinn's church for the past week. At the
close of a sermon by one of the visiting
brethren on The Uncertainties of Life"
Mr.. Steinn made a few remarks from the
pulpit. in which he said that life was but q
span, and that we might at any moment be
on the brink of the grave. Ee hen leaned
his head on the pulpit as if in prayer and a
moment later was found to be dead. He
frequently expressed to his family a desire
that when his time came he might leavethe
world from the pulpit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Kansas Alliance Demands.


The following is an outline of the reso-
buttons adopted by the Farmers Alliance
conference, now in session ut Topeka:
/. Demanding legislative enactment nprcr-
tioning the shrinknge OF farm values that are
under mortgage obligations, by reason of a con
traction of the circulating medium or other I'M
Just legislation, between the mortgage nld the
mortgage in proportion to their respective in
terests at the time the mortgage was drawn.
,. Demanding that congress appoint n COM
mittee to investigate the original bill relating
to national bonds for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether tie word for was erased, and the
word after substituted. making the bonds
payable with the premium of 20 or % per cent.
3. Demanding the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
4. Demanding the elect1en of railroad COM
missioners by direct vote OF the people. and
that they be given p1enary powers to regulate
rates as is now the law i'll Iowa.
5. Demanding tina an amendment to the
state constitution be S omitted to the people
allowing the legislative enactment of eNsnlp-
ton OF homesteads occupied by their owEcTs
from taxation be levied on lands held for spec
ulative purposes by non-residents, aliens or
corporations, in proportion to the increase Of
valuation.
6. Recommending the organization by the
alliance of a lecture bureau. which shall pro-
vide lectures for the better education of the
members of the order.
z. Recommending that the taxes paid by the
railroads built by the aid of county bonds shall
be part of the county school funds, and where
townships have been bonded taxes SO accruine
shall be divided among the school districts OF
the townships.
The eighth resolution denouncing Sena-
tor Ingalls, course has already been pub
lished. A proposition to make the ALI
ance a political organization was de-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
He Believes in Immersion.

The Rev. DR.. Duncan McGregor, a we'll
known pulpit orator of Brooklyn, and for
the past four years pastor of the Carroll
Park Methodist church in that city, an
nounced his conversion from Methodism
to the Baptist faith. He joined the Han
son Place Baptist church Sunday evening
where he was baptised. In giving his rea-
sons for his change to the congregation of
the church just named, DR.. McGregor said:
I don't come here as a sinking soul TO.
my soul has found a perfect refuge in the
rifted rock. ! come to a faith that will
more thorough serve my views, and the
change has come to me through months of
thought aud prayer. / never did acknowl-
edge that sprinkling was the best script
ural mode of baptism, and l cannot accept
ii now. have no clubs to throw at Meth
ism or the Methodist church.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
EMB-ALMED ALIVE.
Prot. Owen, of Indiana, Drinks Emballnin.
Fluid by Mistake.

Prof. Owen, OF Indiana, Drinks Emba,lnin:
Fluid by Mistake.
At Evansville. Ind, Prof. Richard Owen.
a we'll known scientist, was fatally, and A.
II. Fretagoet, a prominent merchant, SER
iously poisoned by taking a drink from a
bottle supposed to CONTAIN mineral water.
but which really was embafming fluid.
Prof. Owen was one of four sons of the
Scotch philanthropist, Robert Owen,
known all over the world for his learning
and benevolence. Prof. Ovens
two brothers, David Dale, the emil
nent geologist, and Robert Dale, a
statesman and scholar, were
also of worldwide reputation. Prof.
Richard Owen was celebrated as a scholar.
scientist and soldier. He was born in
Scotland and educated abroad, afterward
coming to this country. After serving in
the United States geological survey he be-
came a captain in the Mexican war. He
was afterward state geologist for Indiana
and professor in Bloomington university.
In the civil war he served with gallantrv as
Northumberland Of the Fifteenth Ind;.
ana, and afterward commanded the Six-
tieth Indiana until 1863, when ill health
compelled his resignation. He was also
an author OF some note.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Too Many Courts-Mart,al.

Army and navy affairs are receiving seri-
ons consideration, attention being directed
to them by the fact that there are now
three courts martial in progress, viz: The
Steele Wild case in Chicago, the McCalla
case in New York, and the Healy case in
San Francisco. In each case the com
handing officer is being tried on charges
of unwarranted severity ana cruelty to
those under them. 1t is probable that
Admiral Walkers squadron of evolution
will result in a court of inquiry when the
squadron returns to the United States,
and a cour of inquiry may be ordered in
the case of Lieut.. Com. Longnecker, at
Newport, R. l. The facts that such q state
of affairs exists is attracting congressional
attention, and resolutions of inquiry into
the number of convictions of soldiers and
sailors by courts martial, will probably be
offered in congress this week.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
KANSAS FIRE SWEPT.
DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FLAMES IN TIE
SUFFERING TATE.
Many Farm Buildings Destroyed ana
Much Valuable Property Consumed
News Of Other Sorts,

Many Farm Buildings Destroyed an"
Much Valuable Property Consumed
News of Other Sorts.
DISPATCHES from those counties in Kan
sas which were devastated by prairie fires
Sunday and Monday last. report that the
fires nave been subdued. The wind later
changed from southeast to northwest and
drove the flames back toward the ground
already burned over, where they had moth
ing to feed upon, The counties visited by
the FIRE were Rocks, Lincoln. Sedgwlck
and Kingman. The total number of farms
included in the FIVE area was about fifty
two, and the number Of houses. with their
surrounding barns and sheds, about the
same. An unusual feature OF the fires
is found in the fact that not a
single human life was lost, so far
as has been reported. The loss of
live stock was not very heavy, but great
quantities of farm produce, such rs grain
in store, hay, ETC., were destroyed. The
total loss is estimated at about q quarter Of
a million dollars. Some of the fire extend
ed over areas Of twenty miles square and
in these places the only relief from the
UElCh ulUAOkOuN VI llC uCN SOuAAAy
IS an occasional green wheat field. The
growing wheat is reported to have escaped
all damage from fires. Most of the houses
and barns destroyed are of the dug-out
character, and the loss on them is not Sc
we're. Reports from along the Missouri
Pacihc line, where most of the fires occur
Ad, are to the effect that the farmers are
already returning from their places of
refuge and rebuilding their homes.
A dispatch from Stockton, Kan, says
that the fire which swept over Rocks
county and which was reported to have
been subdued north of that place contin-
ues on its course to the north county line,
crossed over into Phillips county and
burned over a strip of country twenty miles
long before it was finally checked. This
was the greatest of all the prairie fires aud
devastated an area in Rocks and Phillips
counties of fully $50 square miles. The
loss in Phillips county, not before re-
ported, will bring the total loss up to
about $500, 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
GLASS COSTS y
The Lack of Soda Ash Raises Prices About
100 Per Cent,

The Lack of Soda Ash Raises Prices About
100 Per Cent,
Trouble is brewing among the glass
manufacturers of the country, and unless
speedy relief arrives their number will be
considerably diminished. Soda ash, or rather
its absence, is the cause of the trouble,
and Notwithstanding That the demand for
glassware is as great as ever, a number of
manufacturers will be compelled to shut
down their mills. The supply of soda ash
is practically shut Off by the strike
among the dock laborers at Liverpool.
More than so per cent. OF the soda
ash used in this country is derived from
Liverpool, and as a large portion of the
supply is used for other purposes, the
glass manufacturers find it hard to NEE:
their orders. Representatives of eastern
glass houses are doing little except swap
ping yarns. The fact that glass has risen
over 100 per cent. within the last month
has had a depressing effect upon them,
and the sole topic Of conversation is,
when is this advance going to stop?"
i am not soliciting orders for glass;"
said a salesman. Our firm makes window
glass and lamp chimneys, and at the pres
ent price of ash there is only a loss in
making them. 1t would pay us better to
sell the small amount of ash we nave in
stock and shut down for a while"
In this connection it is an open secret
that the Pittsburg firm has been buying
up all the visible supply Of soda ash in the
country.
But the supply is not to be bought"
said MI. Greer, manager of Hubbard,
Spencer, Bartlett e. Cos. glass depart
ment. I am informed that every glass
manufacturer in the country has practic-
ally ceased making cheap goods, pendinga
reduction in the price of soda ash. In a
week or ten days you will find that half the
glass factories in the country will be shut
down. [ understand that one manufac-
turer who uses a car load of ash every
three days, has not ten days supply on
hand Z"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Makes Bogus Bills By Hand,

Fred Jones, a st. Joseph 19-year.old
boy, has been arrested at the city hospital
charged with making and passing S.
counterfeit treasury notes. Young Jones,
of q respectable family OF St. Joseph, is
known as an expert crayon artist. One of
his pals was arrested four months ago, and
Jones fed to Oklahoma territory. He was
caught in a prairie fire down there and had
his hands and face horribly burned. Hav-
ing no friends there he was forced to re-
turn, and his parents being out of town at
the time he was taken to the city hospital.
Jones says he does his work by band, using
no plates, and That be can make one bill
every day. His counterfeit is one of the
most perfect in existence.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Observation-Disclosures
An unprecedented Crowd Witnesses Il,
Contest-The Former the yy;nn.r

An unprecedented Crowd Witnesses ,ho
Contest-The Former the Winner.
The great annual race between tho ha.
crews OF oxford and Cambridge universi.
ties took place on the Thames this ,fta.
noon: AT the time of the race the wind
was manageable, causing the wash to ba
quite choppy. An unprecedented crowd
gathered along both banks of the river. AND
the interest displayed was without A nav.
a'iei IN the annals of racing. The Cam
pflose crew was a decided f~avorite in tho
betting. 1t Won the toss and choso ~
oufrey slde OF the river. Al 4:445 word
was gwen and the crews started.
me race was over a course four miles
and TWO 1urlongs in length and resn]ted ~
we oS'ords winning by five lengths in %
minutes and 3 seconds.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
AFFAIRS TN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Successful on Their Trip.

Gov. MeNette, in company with j. NJ.
Bailey, Jr., nave just returned from Chi
cago, whittier they e to secure funds
with which to buy seed wheat. The sue
cess of their trip was remarkable. They
had secured fully $4,000 to purchase seed
wheat with, and the governor is of the
opinion hat the state is now in good shape
for a bountiful harvest. In connection
with this it is said that upon the %solicita-
ton of the governor or his friends, Gen. r.
A .Alger, commander-in-chief of the G. A.
r., promised to give $500 towards buying
seed, on the condition that the condition
of affairs was as represented. The general
arrived here and presented the subject to
the encampment. The question was thor
oughly discussed; in fact, if reports are
true the discussion created considerable
stir among the delegates, and the result
was that Gen. Alger repudiated the idea
that South Dakota is anywhere near the
condition represented.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Made Desperate nv Love.

A sensational episode occurred at Rock
ford. Ill. Lou Martinett was arrested for
attempting to shoot Miss Minnie Nc
Dowell, the 1;i-year-old daughter of DR..
Mcdowell. Martinett is a Frenchman
and has been employed as a coachman by
the physician. He fell in love with the
doctors daughter but she repealed his ad-
vances. He made his way into the house,
Minnie's parents being away, and pressed
his suit. The girl refused to listen to him
and he drew a revolver and fired at her.
The bullet went wide of its mark. and
Minnie made her escape from the house
and gave the alarm. Her crazy lover was
apprehended without difficulty and is in