davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-13

Trade was reported good yesterday, and
large amount of goods were shipped from tne
city. Produce receipts were much larger tnan
usual. The market is little heavy on cherries
and stocks are generally large There Is qn,te
an amount Of damaged stock in the market Inc
strawberry trade continues good ana berries
are coming in very freely. The supply Of chick
ems 10 still very short and prices high A few
spring chickens come in occasionally, but In
limited numbers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-13
RETAIL TRADE.

The retail trade In groceries, provisions and
meat has been unusually good this week Prices
have changed but little, the only changes being
: REDUCTION In strawberries, cherries, tomatoes
and new potatoes Poultry Is in good demand,
but the fish trade is not a. heavy as 1t was
short time ago.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-13

Produce and merchandise have been received
at the port of Seattle during the past twenty
four hours as follows: by rail-Northern Pacific,
427 tons; Columbia d Puget Sound, % tons:
Seattle. Lake shore Il Eastern, 500 TONS BY
water-Um matilda, 800 tons; J. X. Mcdonald, 60
tons Henry Bailey, 20 tons; W. f. Munroe Is
tons; City OF Seattle, Il tons: w. X. Merwin, II
tons; Garland, tons: Edith, 5 tons; Bailey Cat
zert, tons. Total receipts, 1,429 tons.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

EDITOR B1ER1Y is quite a philosopher,
as the following from the Northwest
News will show: "The wet weather of
the past ten days has had a tendency tc
depress farmers and business men. Up
here in the land of everlasting sunshine
a week of rainy, cloudy weather assumes
the proportions of a provincial calamity,
but if we look broader we see that the
crops in many of our sister states un-
dergo this same siege of weather every
year. And by comparison with other
years in Dakota and this year in other
states, we are still ahead ven if we do
not save another bushel of wheat except
what is already threshed and in the bins.
But the weather will clear, the thresh-
ing go on and the damage to the crops
will be found to be greatly overesti-
mated"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

The bungling execution of VIM. Rose
at Redwood Falls, Minnesota, is another
strong argument in favor Of doing away
with the rope and gallows as a means of
inficting the death penalty. AS long as
capital punishment is deemed necessary
to enforce the laws of our country, the
quickest and surest method of carrying
out the death sentence should prevail.
It is sickening to even read the story of
Roses execution. After he was thrown
from the gallows the second time it was
nine minutes before he was pronounced.
This is about the usual time it takes to
kill a person by means of hanging.
Whatever may be said about electrocu-
ton, it is far superior to hanging. The
time consumed in killing the convicts at
Sing Sing by electricity was about one
minute. And science may yet invent an
even better method than by electricity.
At any rate, the gallows should go.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

The libel suit of Ignatius Donnelly
against the Pioneer Press, for 100000
has been commenced in Minneapolis, and
as the best attorneys of the northwest
are pitted against each other, an inter.
esting legal battle will be fought. The
basis of the suit is a letter republished
by the Pioneer Press FEBRUARY 10Th, last.
The legislature was in session and Don
nelly was making a big howl about cor
ruption, so the Pioneer Press went back
to the congressional record and copied
a letter from its pages that was written
by Col. William s. King to "the only"
when he was a congressman. The letter
refers to the appointment of a congress
sional committee to find out who wrote
a certain anonymous letter to the Hon.
William NJ. Springer and states that Mr..
King wa informed that Donnelly had
charged him writing the letter.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
In August last John Haas of FARGO

In August last John Haas of Fargo
was convicted in the district court of
selling liquor, contrary to prohibitory
regulations, and sentenced to ninety days
in the county Jail. An appeal was taken
to the supreme court and supersedeas is-
sued, but in some manner the bond re-
quired was never filed and was not no.
ticed until last week, when a warrant
was issued and Haas brought into court
to-day. After full argument it was de-
cided that the sentence of three months
imprisonment has been running since
September LIST, the day judgment was
delivered. In consequence Haas could
only be made to remain in jail now
eighteen days to complete the sentence.
Haas tried to accept the situation and is
now behind the bars for eighteen days
instead of ninety.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
VOTERS OF THE SECOND DISTRICT:

Do not be deceived by mislead-
ing figures about the tax levy of
Burleigh county for the past seven years.
It has been said that the tax levy was
more in 1890 and 1891 than in 1889, and
the blame for this is thrown upon MI.
Moorhouse. 1t is true that the total tax
levy for 1891 is more than for 1889, but
it is not the fault of the county board.
The people who are circulating this as
sertion as an argument against Mr..
Moorhouse are wilfully trying to deceive
the voters. The only part of the tax
levy which the county board makes is
that for county purposes. The board
has nothing whatever to do with the
making of the levy for state or school tax,
Below is given the levy for county pur-
poses for the past seven years. This is
the only part of the tax levy which
the commissioners make and it will be
seen that the levy in 1889, when Healy
was chairman of the board, was 8 mills,
and in 1890, when Moorhouse was chair
man, it was 6 ITO mills. This year it is
7 mills:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
HOW TO VOTE

Although the Australian election law
was printed in full in the TRIBUNE, there
are some who do not clearly under
stand the method of voting and as the
election in the second commissioner dis
trict will be held under the new law, the
TRIBUNE reproduces the portion of the
law which contains Instructions to cleo
tors:
SECTION %. Official ballot, how given
to electors. At any election it shall be
the duty of the inspector or one of the
Judges Of election, to deliver ballots to
the qualified electors. Before delivering
any ballot to an ~elector, the said inspec-
tor or judge shall print on the back and
near the top of the ballot, with the rub
Der OF other stamp provided for the pur-
pose, the designation "oficial ballot
and the other words on the saidIstamp as
provided for in section 20 of this act,
and also write his initials thereon. Each
qualified elector shall be entitled to re-
ceive from the said judges one ballot.
SECTION "a. How elector shall pre-
pare ballot. On receipt of his ballot,
the elector shall forthwith, and without
leaving the polling place, retire alone to
one of the places, booths or compart-
ments provided, to prepare his ballot.
He shall prepare his ballot by marking
a Cross before the name of the person OF
persons for whom he intends to vote.
For example, *" or in case Of a ballot
containing q constitutional amendment,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

BARRETT's scheme for turning the
Turtle Mountains into a national park
has been opposed by the people of the
counties adjoining the mountains. The
argument advanced is that a large por-
ton of the mountains can and will be
settled upon and cultivated. Here is
what the Bottineau Free Lance SAWS
about the matter:
"Have the people of this section
stopped to think of real results of turn
ing the Turtle Mountains into a national
park? The only possible good would be
the removal of the few miserable Indians
and horde of. foreign "bree6s'' at it's east
end. To us, in Bottineau county the re-
suits would be injurious in many re-.
spects, with but little if any, good in re-
turn. But a few years will pass before
the mountains are we'll settled and ex-
perience goes to show that they will
support a larger population in proper
ton to the cultivable land than the
prairie. Close this to settlers and you
cut off a large and reliable source of
revenue-and what shall we get in
return? Absolutely nothing, but the
empty honor of a national park which
would attract but few tourists. But
even suppose numbers of travellers came
this way, whatever benefits might &C
crue would be reaped by a few. The
business and farming interests would
not be benefited in any degree. No,
what we want is a bona fide settler on
every available claim. But it is said
"the timber should be preserved" OF
course it should! And the best wav in
the world to do this Is to get a good
farmer on each quarter section of land
he will preserve the timber. This is
apparent to anyone visiting the mount.
ain and seeing the groves of young trees
carefully preserved by every settler.
We want immigrants, not national
parks.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

So Alderman Healy is going to run
for commissioner. There is positively no
limit to this gentleman's ambition to
rule. Not content with being an alder
man of the city of Bismarck, he wants
to be a county commissioner. It's hard
to tell what office he will want next.
Perhaps he will want to go to the United
States senate. But the people Of the
Second district cannot afford to sacrifice
a man like Moorhouse, who has shown
by his record that he has the interests
of the people at heart, simply to crafty
the ambition of this man Healy.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

A PETITION is being circulated among
the farmers in many parts of the coun-
try, asking fer free delivery of mail.
Postmaster General Wannamaker favors
the extension of the free delivery system
to country towns, and it is quite possible
that this will be accomplished ere long.
He expresses himself as follows:
while the postal service keeps
pace with the growth of the
towns, the farmers, quarrymen,
blacksmiths, millers and artisans,
all paying the regulation rates of post
age. are left to get their mail as best
they can from the postofice in the village
LOO houses, perhaps sixty persons from
the village and the vicinage make a daily
pilgrimage of a distance of from one
block to two miles from the home to the
postofice, to find out whether there is
any mail or not; and 100 more persons
within the circle of the Office do not find
it convenient to go to the postoffice
oftener than once a week. One hundred
or more persons each day, in all wealth
ers, are making trips to the p~ostofice,
often at great personal inconvenience
and discomfort, when q single carrier
could once OF twice each day make the
round of the village and distribute the
mail, and save the hundred q daily un.
necessary tramp, collecting at the same
time from the letter boxes, located at the
street corners, the mail to be forwarded.
"a newspaper br ught every day TO the
door Of the farmer or workman Who'll has
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

LOOK at the amount of taxes paid the
county by the Northern Pacific railway
IN lS9O-$11,310.O0. In another column
will be found the amounts paid by the
railroad since 1880. It will be seen that
there was a great increase in the taxes
paid in 1890 over any previous year.
This is an additional argument in favor
of continuing Mr.. Moorhouse as county
commissioner. He is an intelligent and
practical official and has run the affairs
of the county in a business-like manner
and always economically, and it is econ
omy in the administration of public af-
fairs that the people need and demand.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

Sioux FALLS Press: There has Just
been argued before the supreme court of
North Dakota an appeal brought under
the prohibition law Of that state which
involves almost identically the same
points as those made by the decisions of
Judges Plowman and White in this
state. 1t is somewhat singular that the
attorneys for the liquor seller, when they
came to actually get into the supreme
court, abandoned all the points in their
assignments of error, which were prac-
tically those urged by Judges Plowman
and White, except the three pertaining
to multiplicity of subjects in the law and
the title. These are SO fully met by the
attorneys for the state that there is little
room to expect that the North Dakota
supreme court or any other tribunal
could declare the law unconstitutional on
account of any such objections.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Minneapolis Journal: The Bisma,

Minneapolis Journal: The Bismarck
TRIBUNE, referring to the disturbing
talk in North Dakota about the uncon-
s~titutionality of several la VS., expresses
regret that a proposition to incorporate
in the organic law an article giving the
legislature power to refer any measure
to the supreme court, was not adopted.
1t is, indeed to be deplored. If in every
state it is made compulsory to refer bills
to a body of DISTINGUISHED experts in
state laws for examination, there would
be a speedy d%eliverance from bungling
and hasty legislation. The supreme
court has too much other work on hand,
perhaps, to undertake the.duty, but it is
possible to secure a qualified committee
who can perform the work Of revision.
The only objection which can or has
been raised against the article in ques-
ton is that all bills considered by the
legislature would be sent to the supreme
court and thus overburden that body.
Such would not be the case. The bills
which are now passed on by the attor-
ney general would be the only ones
which would be acted upon by the su-
preme court, and this is a very small frac-
ton of the bills passed or introduced.
Ifthis article had been adopted, it would
prevent corporations from injecting
clauses into bills to make them uncon-
stitutioual.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
The following is an itemized table O.
the levy for the past years:
The ten per cent. bonds which Moffet

The ten per cent. bonds which Moffet
speaks of in his paper became
due July LIST, 1890. Mr.. Healy
knew, or ought to have known, this fact.
Instead of providing for it in 1889 as he
ought to have done, and as the law re-
CURED to be done, no tax whatever was
levied for the interest and sinking fund.
What was the result? Bonds became
due in July following, and there was no
money to pay them with.
Look out for boomerangs. The oppo-
sition don't dare dispute the TR1BUNE's
figures on county finances, but they are
going to try and get up a lot of figures to
deceive you in the same manner they
are trying to deceive you about the tax
levy. In Mr. Healy's frantic endeavors
to become a county commissioner he and
his friends are resorting to every means
in their power to gain their end. The
people of the second district cannot
afford to retire from office a commits
sioner like Moorhouse simply to crafty
the personal ambition Of a mar like
Healy. The taxpayers don't want to
forget that the Healy administration
cost the county over 1922, 0 per year
o than the Moorhouse administra-
ton. just think of the expenses of this
county being $22,625.48 less in 1890 than
in 1889, and the expenses this year will
be still less. These are facts and the
county treasurer's books will show it.
The man who is continually seeking
al Office wants it only for the sake of
what he can make out of it. The elect
ors of the second district should bear
this in mind when they go to the polls
on November Sd, and don't be deceived
by any figures which are gotten up in
such q manner that they conceal the
truth,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

GRAFTON RECORD: Our street lamps
are lit any more, the streets are
crowded with drunken tramps and the
sidewalks blockaded with dry goods
boxes and barrels. We suppose it is our
city marshel's duty to look after this, but
OF course he can not be expected to do a
great amount of work for $2.O81@ per
month. Our city fathers ought to en-
ploy an assistant policemansto look after
this during the fall months; and we
would further suggest that the ginger
pop saloons be assessed a small monthly
licence in order to defray this expense.
The above indicates the condition of
many of the towns in the eastern part of
the state, where large crowds of farm
laborers and loafers congregate. The
difficulty appears to be that since pro-
hibition took effect the towns cannot
raise revenue enough to employ sufficient
police protection. Their only hope for
relief is to apply to the'state enforcement
league to help them keep order. The
TRIBUNE understands that the work of
the league is limited to the enforcement
of but the prohibition law, but it would
seem as though the league, in order to
be consistent, should try to remedy the
state of affairs which the prohibition law
has brought about. The enforcement of
the criminal laws is surely Of as much
importance as the enforcement Of the
prohibitionSlaw and the state enforce
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
WHY SECTION e5 WAS REPEALED

WHY SECTION 81 WAS REPEALED.
In awarding the TRIBUNE the publish
ing Of the delinquent tax list, the county
commissioners simply obeyed the law of
the state, which compels them to deslg-
nate the paper in which the list shall be
published. The last legislature repealed
the old law inviting bids, because publ
cation was made in irresponsible sheets
and tax sale was thereby invalidated.
The committee having the bill in charge
and representatives of the North Dakota
Press association agreed upon the plan
of doing away with bids and fixing the
rates at ten and twelve cents, a reduc-
ton from twenty and ten. The old law
was conflicting. The conflicting section
inviting bids was inserted by a member
who at that time didn't like the complex
ion of the county board of his county.
The last legislature repealed the section
asking for bids and fixed the rates to be
paid, so thatthere would be no question
thereafter of the validity of the tax sale
as there had been heretofore. In amend.
ing the old law, the proviso inwhich Moi
fet saw a niger, was inadvertently left in,
but it refers to nothing in the new law
and is absolutely meaningless. The leg
islature and representatives of the press
agreed upon fair rates and upon the
nrnnnciti0n RI lot %ha ooro-:---- =
each county designate the paper. The
publication does not cost the taxpayers a
cent, as the man who pays his taxes has
no penalty to pay. The auditor and COM
missioners were not aware of the new
law at first, which accounts for the ad-
vertisement in the TRIBUNE forproposals
the same as last year. When the error
was discovered the commissioners acted
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

To Willie Moffet: That you may not
lose any sleep, nor waste any of your
valuable time chasing around the county
helping the inspectors of election to con
struct voting booths, the TRIBUNE will
inform you that MI. E. S. Pierce has
completed all the booths, and they are
now ready for distribution. Now then,
Willie, if you still have any fears that
these booths will not be distributed pro-
perly, you had better get a few of them
and take them around to your friends.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

M1NNEAPoL1s TIMES: Gilbert Pierce
is paying the penalty of greatness now.
Not a correspondent of the Tribune can
write a line about an obscure, alkali bed
North Dakota politician but it is cred
tied to him and attributed to jealousy,
revenge, envy, iaundice, disappointment,
grip or Bright's disease. One of those
pert undertakers who are writing politi-
cal correspondence for the Tribune from
North Dakota will eventually be the
u Of his being assaulted by some
deputy postmaster from beyond Bitter
creek.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

In his haste to defend his friend,
Alderman Healy, Moffet assumes
that the TR1BUNE's figures were directed
against Healy. The TR1BUNE's article was
simply to show that Mr.. Moorhouse has
made a good commissioner and is will
ing to stand on his record. The TR1B-
UNE showed that in 1890, when Moor
house was commissioner, the expenses of
the county were $22,625.4s less than in
1889, and the expenses this year will be
still less.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

A TEST of transmitting power long
distances by means of electricity has re-
Gently been tried in Germany. The
power was generated by adynamo driven
by a turbine water wheel, and 300 horse
power was transmitted 1O8 miles with a
loss of only 25 per cent. The power
which is now lost at Niagara Falls may
yet be distributed over the country for
long distances.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

THE proceedings of the first annual
meeting of the State Dairymen's associ-
alton will soon be out. It contains the
speeches made at the convention, which
are full of practical suggestions and USE
full information, not only to dairymen,
but to farmers generally. Any person
wishing a copy OF this pamphlet can get
n by addressing E. F. Ladd, Fargo, or
Fl. T. Helgesen, Bismarck.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
For the Second Commissioner District.

On the back of the ballot will be the
judges stamp. After getting his ballot
the ~elector will repair to a booth, and
mark an x opposite the name of the call
dldate he wants to vote for. If he con-
suits the best interests of the county and
himself, his ballot, when marked, will
look like this:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
For the Second Commissioner District,
HEALY.
w. S. MOORHOUSE.
Poop1o'S Dortr

After he has marked his ballot the
elector will fold it up so that the face of
it will be concealed and the endorsement
stamp on the back of it can be seen. He
will then Immediately vote and leave the
polling place.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

The Fargo Republican says that last
Tuesday afternoon the personal property
of the Argus Printing company passed
out of the hands of the Citizens Ma
tional bank into the hands of Major
Geo. K. Shaw and others. This includes
the franchise, good will and everything
except the real estate ON which a mort
gage forecl> sure is pending.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23

M%1NNEAPoLIs JOURNAL. The news
papers in North Dakota, which have
been lor so long quarrelipg over the qua
lily of Senator Hansbrough's republic
canism, should abate their acrimony.
They will be better able to diagnose Mr..
Hansbrough's republicanism by his
course IN the senate, on whose floor he
will soon appear