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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
TWENTY MEN MISSING,
They Went Out on Long Island Sound
and Have Not Returned.

and Have Not Returned.
NEW York, Oct. 15.-The fearful
storm which ragged in this vicinity since
Sunday has wrought immense damage
along the Long Island coast. At Rock.
away waves nearly thirty feet high are
lashing the beach, blowing far into the
sand and washing buildings and boats
out to sea. Many pleasure crafts have
been missing since. Sunday, and it is
feared they have been lost with all on
board. George White, Alfred Kane,
Mark Thursby and Alden Little, OF New
York, hired two boats Sunday for a days
fishing. They have not since been seen,
but one of the boats has been picked up,
and there is hardly a doubt but that all
four have been drowned.
Sixteen Probably Drowned.
AT Hollands station, on Rockaway
beach, seven boats were let out on Sun
day. They carried sixteen men. None
OF them have since been seen and it is
thought the storm carried them out to
sea. As the water outside the inlet
ragged mountains high, so that a small
boat could scarcely live a minute in it,
the sixteen men were PROBABLY drowned.
A two masted schooner sailed by Jams
Moore and having a crew Of three men,
put out from Canarsie, Sunday after
noon. She was loaded with coal and
bound for Baltimore. She was caught
in the storm and the three sailors were
swept off the deck while trying to make
sail. MooA, chung to a mast and was
saved, but only after drifting around for
over t~wenty-four hours and then at the
loss of Julius Quay, a life saver, who
went out to the vessel in a breaches
buoy and was drowned. Moore was
finally rescued. He is believed to be
insane from his awful experience as he
talks in an incoherent way and con-
stantly begs to be taken back to the
boat
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
STRUCK BY A TRAIN,
Three Fatally Injured in an Illinois
Crossing Accident,

Three Fatally Injured in an Illinois
Crossing Accident.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-An accident which
resulted in the instant death Of Mrs.
Dinah Messman and her daughter, and
the probably fatal injury of her infant
son is reported from Bensonville, Ills, a
small town on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul road, seventeen miles west
of this city. Mrs. Messman, who lives a
short distance north of the village, was
returning home with her two children in
a wagon on Tuesday afternoon. While
attempting to cross the railroad track
the vehicle was crashed into by a west
bound passenger train. Mrs. Messman
and daughter were thrown violently
from the wagon, striking the ground
squarely on their heads and were in
stantly killed, while the babe. who is ten
months old, received injuries which will
probably result in death.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

eoUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL LANDS

Three Hundred and Fifty thousand Acre
Selected In tho Black Hills ountry
HURON, s. D., Oct. 15.-Hon. S. w
Bowman, deputy commissioner of schoo
and public lands, was in the city, re
turning to his home in Sphinx count
from a four months tour of the Blacl
Hills region where he has been selectin,
school lands. During the trip MI. Bow
man selected $50, 900 acres of school en-
dowment land, most of it being in Pen
nington, Mead, Fall River and Hardi,
counties, and is As good land as can b
found anywhere in the Hill country
There are $50, 900 acres to select but thi.
was reduced by accepting the old mill
tary reservation of 50, 900 aces which i.
known as the old Fort Wadsworth re
serve of the Sisseton Indian reservation
in Marshall and Roberts counties. A
least 100, 900 acres will be selected thi:
fall east of the Missouri river. probabl,
all, or most of it, will be selected in tn,
Huron and Aberdeen land districts.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
MRS. POLk,S. WILL CONTESTED.

Relatives of the Dead President Objec
to the Distribution of Property.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct. 15.-Attorney!
for the relatives of President James K
Polk have filed a bill in the chancery
court, contrasting the will of the late
Mrs. Polk, widow of President Polk.
The bill, which sets forth the provisions
of the wills of President Polk and Mrs.
Polk. asks for the appointment of s
receiver for Polk place. Mrs. Polk, in
her will left Polk place to Mrs. Fall, he1
niece. The bill filed gives the names
and places of residence of between
forty and fifty heirs to the prop.
erty. The bill states that
Mrs. Falls claim to the property is
based upon the residuary clause of the
will of President Polk, by which the
will does not go into effect Mrs.
Polk would come into it's possession,
and as Mrs. Polk left everything to Mrs.
Fall, the defendant claims that she is
the rightful heir to Polk Place.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Claim He Fixed the Moose.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 17.-What is con-
sidered the most important arrest of a
series which began with the lynching of
Smith, the negro rapist, has been made
in Beatrice. Officers Drummer and
Meals, of the Omaha force, went down
to that town and brought back with
them John w. Haight, a blacksmith,
who resides there. He was placed IN
the city Jail and the charge of murder
in the first degree placed against him
Haight is believed to be the man WHO
placed the moose about Smiths neck and
threw the rope over the wire to which
he was hung.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Indicted Lottery Offfcials.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Colonel M. D.
Wheeler. chief postofice inspector, has
just received the following information
from Inspector Maynard at Ell Paso, Tex.
The United States grand jury found
four indictments here against Paul Con-
rad, president of the Louisiana State lot
terry and other officers and employees of
the lottery company for the violation of
the anti-lottery law. Five hundred and
fifty indictments were returned cover
ing an equal number of separate and
distinct cases against the officers and
employees of the Juarz lottery for the
violation of the a%nti-lottery law. The
trials will probably begin next week.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Three Members of the Chicago Inter
Ocean Staff Killed at Crete,
Ill nois.
While Riding on An Engine Gather
ing Material for a Newspa.
per Article.
The Bursting of a Fly Wheel at Man
chester, N. r., Results in Dea'h
to Three-Accidental,

CHICAGO, Oct. ia horrible acct
dent resulting in the death of three
members of The Inter Ocean staff and
IN engineer occurred on the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois railway about II
o'clock a. M, at Crete, Ills. The dead
are:
LEONARD WASHBURNE, sporting
reporter for The Inter Ocean.
FRED w. HENRY, reporter for The
Inter Ocean.
j. A. McAFFERTY, artist for The In
ter Ocean.
JAMES CLARK, engineer.
The train left Evansville early in the
morning, and proceeded safely to Crete,
where it al into In open switch. The
three men who were killed were on the
engine, Henry and McAferty having
gone out for the purpose of writing up
and illustrating a midnight ride on. the
fast train, and Washburne, who was re-
turning to Chicago from an Indiana
trip, having joined his friends OH the
engine. The accident
Came Without Warning
and as the locomotive plunged from the
track the four men were caught and
buried beneath the wreck. Fireman
Lafferty jumped from the engine and is
slightly injured. The engine and bag
gage a were completely destroyed.
Two PASSENGER coaches and the sleeper
were more or less damaged. The round
house at the switch was destroyed and
fell upon the wrecked engine. About
eighty passengers were on the train, but
all escaped unhurt.
Leonard D. Washburne was the sport
ing editor of The Inter Ocean. He was
especially we'll known in base ball circles.
He Travelled with the Chicago club in its
journeys, and his articles attracted wide
spread attention. McAfferty and Henry
have only been employed on The Inter
Ocean about two weeks.
The Bodies Reach Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-The remains Of the
three newspaper men reached this city
shortly after 8 p. m. They were met by
y delegation of 100 representatives of the
daily and weekly papers and press asso-
Citations who followed the caskets to
Jordan's undertaking establishment.
All of the bodies were terribly disfgured.
A call has been issued for a mass meet
ing of newspaper men to take appro-
pirate action on the death of Wash
burne and his associates.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
CALLS MELBOURNE AN IMPosToR.

Californian Claims Prior Discovery of
the Australian Rainmaker's Secret.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. Ex-Governor
Humphrey is in receipt of a letter dated
Oct. II, 1891, from Stockton, CAL, from
an individual who signs himself Michael
Cahill, M. D. Cahill says Frank Mel
bourne, the Australian rainmaker, is an
impostor and is infringing on his rights,
he having applied several years ago for
a patent on his discovery. He claims to
have been thirty years in developing his
discovery and says he laid the matter
before the Australian government when
Melbourne discovered a part of his
secret. He says when the ground is
damp and the stratum of air next the
earth contains vapor Melbourne's opera,
lions fail, but that the art as explained
by him never fails.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Description of the Vessel.

New ORLEANS, Oct. 15.-The steam
ship Citta Di Roma, reported wreckec
last Monday at Marine Cove, St. Marys
Bay, N. F., left this port Sept. 90 for
Bordeaux via Norfolk. She touched the
latter point Sept. 80, since which time
she has not been heard from. She had
q cargo of 103, 900 bushels of grain in
bulk and was in command of Captain
Bartolatto. The Citta Di Roma was an
iron steamship, 2,303 gross tonnage,
built at New Castle on the Rhine in
1888, and was worth 5000, 900. She was
owned by Gastaldi & Co., of Genoa, and
carried about forty officers and men, all
Italians. She was a tramp steamer
and carried no passengers. Her cargo
was shipped by the w. L. Green Com.
mission company, of St. Louis, and was
probably insured in that city.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
AN APPEAL U
Minnesota Worlds Fair Commissioner
Ask for Contributions

Minnesota Worlds Fair Commissioner
Ask for Contributions.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 15.-The latest Mime.
sofa phase Of the worlds fair problem is
an appeal which has been drafted by the
commissioners of this state. After re.
viewing all the events since and even
before their appointment, they decide
that the best plan is for each county to
contribute to a fund Of 800, 900 a share
proportionate to the assessed valuation
of it's property. Of this amount at least
5 per cent. is to be used by the lady
commissioners of the state. The adj.
dress suggests that in raising this money
notes be drawn by responsible citizens
of each county upon which money may
be had, or through out and out dona.
ATOMS or by holding fairs, concerts, lee
lures, etc. Certificates will be issued to
all contributors so that if the legislature
decides to reimburse them, they will
have receipts for moneys paid.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
BURST THE BOILER.
Eight Injured by an Explosion On .
Steamer-Three VIII Die.

Eight Injured by an Explosion On .
steamer-Three VIII Die.
WHATcoM, WASH, Oct. 16.-Shortly
after 10 o'clock p. M. the boiler in the
steamer Evangel, a mail boat plying be-
tween Fort Townsend and Belling Bay,
blew up at the Schome dock in the city.
One man was killed and several injured
and burned. The man killed was a deck
hand, name unknown. The wounded
are: Willie Biggs, badly burned and
will probably die; Joe Flint. fireman,
burned, will die; AL Biggs, burned, but
not dangerously; Joe Cook, severely
burned; David Ruse, hip hurt; A. Sun
berg, steward, hands and legs burned;
j.: Feeney, fireman, slightly burned
about the head. Davis, the mate, was
the only man on board who escaped I'M
injured. The captain, the chief engineer
and a number of passengers from Port
Townsend had left the boat only a few
moments before the explosion occurred.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
URUGUAY'S UPRISING.
Fifty-three Rebels Killed and as Many
More Wounded,

Fifty-three Rebels Killed and as Many
More Wounded.
New YORK, Oct. 15.-The Herald pub.
fishes a dispatch from Montevideo. which
says that ffty-three Of the revolutionists
were shot and killed, and as many more
wounded i'll the recent uprising. The
number participating in the uprising
was about 600 men. 1t had been planned
to assassinate President Obez, and a
number of men had been detailed to per-
form this work, but the plot was dis
covered in time to adopt measures for
the protection of the executive. The
government supporters declare that the
Catholic clergy are largely responsible
for the revolt, and that they urged the
junta on it's outbreak. Montevideo has
been placed under martial law. It has
leaked out that $500, 900 was offered the
colonel Of the artillery to turn over the
town to the rebels, but that he refused.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Killed White Cans.

MOUNT STERLING, KY, Oct. 49,
George Cupps shot and instantly killed
George and James Howard, brothers,
who lived in Bath county. The How
ards were the leaders Of a gang of
masked men who went to Cups house
for the purpose of doing him bodily in
jury. The others Of the party left the
scene in a hurry after their leader fell.
A woman with who Cupps was keeping
company is said to be at the bottom Of
the trouble,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
A Baltimore and Ohio Train Jumps
the Track on a Sharp
Curve.
Two Passengers Killed and Fifty
More or Less Seriously
Injured.
Eleven Persons Injured by a Boiler
Expl( sion at South Park,
Mimi.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 18th,
Baltimore and Ohio fast express No. s
from Chicago to New York, jumped thu
track at Hicksville O., at 4 p. NJ, k!line
two passengers, wounding three Others
fatally and fifty others less seriously.
The wreck occurred on a sharp curve
The express, mail, baggage and smoking
car passed the curve safely, but the
sleepers jumped the track and were
piled up in a mass of ruins. The killed
are Thomas Watterstone, of Bridge.
water, O., and A. G. Mathers, of Boone.
la. The seriously injured are j. w.
Crububauge and wife, of Mansfield, O.,
and Mrs. Sarah Snyder, of Porter, O.
Mrs. Thomas Watterstone, and Miss
Rhoda Woodall, of Buffalo, N, Y, were
also hurt.
How the Accident Occurred.
When the express was at a point not
far from the station, where it is not
scheduled to stop, in rounding a sharp
curve on an embankment twenty feet
high, the four rear cars, two ~sleepers, a
passenger coach and Vice-President
Kings private coach left the track and
rolled down the embankment,
turning over twice in their descent to
The bottom. The train was running al
a speed Of fifty miles an hour and the
crash was awful. In a moment the air
was hideous with the groans and shrieks
OF the injured and imprisoned passen.
gers. Assistance came from the town
almost Immediately and the work of
rescue was begun. All the physicians
and surgeons Of the neighborhood were
summoned and the hotels and public
buildings of the little town were at once
thrown open and turned into hospitals,
the wounded being removed as rapidly
as possible.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Jumped the Chiefs Claim.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Oct. 17.-Miss Maggie
Smith, a young lady s"tenographer of
this city, discovered a day or two a. >
that Keokuk, chief of the Comanche In
dams was living on a piece Of land that
had not been allotted to him. She It
once entered the line at the land office
and filed on the land. She went to take
possession of the land and the chief was
elected. This claim is highly i'm
proved; has a brick house and fine barns
on it, and it is worth over So, 900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
FLY WHEEL BURSTS.

Three Persons Killed and Five Injured
at Manchestcr, n. H.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. 16.-About
$3.50 a. m. the fly wheel of No. 7 mill of
the Amoskeag corporation burst, tearing
through the floors of the first and second
stories. Samuel J. Bunker, engineer,
was killed and Mamie Kean and Mrs. Ada
Cram died from injuries received. The
injured are Dena French, Susie Brook
ings, Mary Richardson, Nellie Board
man and Emily Dune; none very seri-
ously. The loss is estimated at SIS, 900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Omaha Lynching Cases POSTPONED

OMAHA, Oct. 16.-Twenty-one of the
alleged lynchers were arrested and ar
raigned in police court during the after
noon for preliminary hearing on charges
containing four counts-murder by hang
ing, aiding and abetting murder by
hanging, assaulting and beating to death,
and aiding and abetting in assaulting
and beating to death. On motion of the
attorneys for the defendants the hear
ing was postponed until Monday after
noon,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Allerton Defeats Delmarcb.

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 16. Twenty
Thousand people attended the trotting
races here Thursday, drawn principally
by the announcement of the So, 900
match race between Allerton and Del
march. Both horses were in good rae
ing condition, but Allerton proved too
swift for his opponent and won three
straight heats. The time made wa
2:181, 2:l5, 2::1b4.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
J.. 1. Case Dangerously TIL

RACINE Wis, Oct. 15.-J. I. Case, the
well known horseman and manufac.
turer, owner of of Phallas and Jay-Eye-
See, is dangerously i'll at his home in
this city and his recovery is considered
doubtful. He may live some weeks and
the end may be only a few hours off.
His big threshing machine plant here
employs 1900 men. He is estimated to
be worth 81, OOO, 900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19.-The Demo-
cratic state central committee at it's
meeting failed to agree as to submitting
the lottery question to white primaries
and the whole thing was tabled on mo
ton Of one of the opponents Of the
scheme.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
ELEVEN INJURED,

"A Locomotive Boiler at South Park,
MIMI, Explodes.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 15.-Eleven men were
injured, two probably fatally, by the
explosion of a locomotive boiler at South
Park, shortly after 2 +. IN. Those injured
were machinists at work repairing the
engine. The cause of the accident is not
known.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
After q

FARGO, N. D., Oct. Is. "A proposition
was made to the city council for a fran
chise for another electric street railway
two and one-half miles of it to be built
and in operation Jan. 1, 1892. The mat
ter went over until Monday night. The
Thompson-Houston company is behind
the proposition. tt has already secured
thefranchise in Moorhead.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Reported Loss of the Anchor
Line Steamer Proves a
Mistake.
The Inflated Vessel Was the
Citta Di ROma-Only Two
Drowned.
Many Lives Thought to Have Been
Lost Along the Long Island
Coast.

New YORK, Oct. 15.-The report sen
out during the afternoon that the Anchoi
line steamer City Of Rome was wrecked
near Marine Cove, st. Marys Bay, N
f., on Monday, proves untrue. Tn.
steamship lost is the Citta Di Roma. A
dispatch received from St. Johns, N. F.
states that the captain and first office,
were drowned, but the rest of the crew
were saved.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
FORGERIES AMOUNT TO $25, 900.

Htles, the Wisconsin Lumberman, Loses
More Than at First Supposed.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 19.-George Hiles
has learned Of additional forged notes
to the amount of $1,000 bearing his
name, making $25, 900 thus far discov-
cred. They were also negotiated by M.
r. Hanson, and are held by Lacrosse
banks. E. L. Harmon, of the First Ma
tional bank of Grand Rapids, who holds
a $4,000 note received from Hansen, and
bearing Mr.. Hiles' name, has begun suit
against lilies and Hansen. Hansen is
still missing and has probably left the
country,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

Disastrous Explosion at Grand Forks.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Oct. 19.-Gotz-
ians brick block, including the opera
house, and five stores, suffered SIS, 900
damage Sunday morning by q gasoline
explosion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
BUSINESS DUsr-UP IN BOSTON,.
Ship-Builder Fail Because of Alleged
OHaciRl Red Tame ut Waahinrton.

Ship.Builders Fail Because of Alleged
ofaoial Red Tape at Washington.
Boston, Oct. 19.-The great shipping
firm Of Harrison Loring s. Co., proprie-
tors of the City Point works, South Bos-
ton, has assigned. Liabilities 1916, 900;
assets nominally SIS, 900. The firm is
building United States steel armored
cruiser No. II for the government at a
contract price of 1914, 900, with 800, 900
added as a speed premium, and is also
constructing half a dozen steel tug boats
for the government, the latter being
nearly completed.
In a statement mailed to i~ts1creditors,
the firm says the cause of the collapse
was the failure of the government to
make certain payments on the contracts
when they were expected, and the con-
sequent inability of the firm to meet its
w obligations. The non-payment the
firm attributes to red tape, which en-
cumbers so many transactions Of the
government. The works employ 500
men who have received all wages due.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

Free Fight Among Female Prisoners.
PrTTsBURG, Oct. 19.-It has just leaked
out that a free for all fight occurred
among the female prisoners at the Clare
mont workhouse, last Thursday night.
Two women in the laundry department
had a quarrel which resulted in an in
cipient riot, friends of both parties in
terfering and taking opposite sides. The
fight was to a finish as officials were
powerless to stop it. Subsequently two
of the woman escaped.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-16
NOTED IN GREAT BRITAIN.

BRITISH yachts are quoted low The
leila, which cost CA, 500 to build, was
sold for e640.
THE 1890 record for British llfeboats
shows saving of 555 lives besides res
cuing twenty-seven vessels from de-
struction.
A SPORTING estate in the highlands of
Scotland, which was valued few
years ago at gs4, 900 was offered for sale
recently at Edinburgh, and the reserve
price was only e35, 1000, but there was
not single bid.
BRITISH land values keep declining.
The splendid Dunalastair estates in
Perthshire have just been sold for $780,
600, e155, 600 having been paid for them
in 1885, and very costly improvements
having been added since.
A MEMBER of parliament named Hum
ter proposes that the Scotch deer for
ests should be bought and converted
into popular farms and pleasure
grounds. The present rental of these
areas is about 100000 a year.