Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-08-26
Doctor Price Shot and Dangerously
Wounded by w. NJ. Clark,
Near Coal HarbOr.
Some Foot Racers-Chamber of Com
merce Meets and Transacts Its
Quota OF Business.
With Other Local Affairs Miscella-
neOusly Mixed and PrOmiscu.
Ously Intermingled.
A Shooting ARRAY.

A Shooting ARRAY.
Doctor Price, a prominent stockman
living near Coal Harbor, was shot and
dangerously wounded by Bill Clark, at
Dryers ranch, on Snake creek, Sunday.
It seems that Dryer was away from
his ranch at the time, and a number of
men went there to have a little spree.
There we're several bottles in the party,
and before a very long time had elapsed
everyone felt moderately happy. OF
az do all men in this condition
they wanted to sing, and asked Clark to
sing a song which it seems, he particu-
larly dislikes. Clark refused, and there
was a little squabbling at the refusal.
Finally M of the party slapped another
in the face, and the slapping was con-
tinued until it became general, and Clark
received q slap from Price, in turn.
He (Clark) arose and chased the
others of the party out Of the
room, and pelted them with tin cans.
But he could not satisfy himself thus,
and with the remark d. you, if I
can't catch you this way, I've got some-
thing in here I a catch you WITH" he
went back and took a six-shooter from
his trunk, sat down in the door, and
when Price appeared he fired away, the
ball striking him in the abdomen. Price
fell, of course, and Clark was completely
sobered by the realization of what he
had done. The wounded man was taken
to Fort Berthold, and a doctor sum-
moned, who attended him. His condition
at present is critical in the extreme.
Clark has not been placed under arrest
and is now nursing the injured man.
About sprinters.
There has been IN this city for the
past few months, a surprising amount
of interest in affairs pertaining to
sprinting. The ball was set rolling a
few weeks prior to the Fourth of July,
when 1t was announced that a race had
been arranged between a colored waiter
at the Sheridan house and an unknown
Splinter. 10 the curious outsider who
inquired into the identity of the
stranger, his hackers vouchsafed the
information that he was a farmer
named Pete Peterson, who hailed from a
farm in the vicinity of Steele. OF
course, everyone believed this story.
That is, they. said they did, but at the
same time kept a few little doubts about
it for future reference.
Well, the race came off as per pro-
gram, and it was discovered that Pete
Peterson, the farmer, was something of
a runner himself. It was also found
that his name was Dunn, and that he
had a record cf somewhere in the near
vicinity of ten seconds. The men who
took him for Pete Peterson paid a few
dollars to find out that he wasn't that
person, at all, and Dunn and his hackers
came out decidedly ahead on the deal.
Dunn staid around town for a few
weeks, and then left accompanied by F.
81. Dewitt, a barber, and together they
travelled to "work" the towns through
which they passed. But things were not
so roseate hued al they might have
been, and they experienced some pretty
tough setbacks. At last, with empty
pockets and board bills starting them in
the face, they were stranded, and at the
latest report, had not extricated them
selves from the financial quicksands.
Dewitt left his barber shop here in
operation, but has failed yet to return to
the home nest.
On July Fourth another new sprinter
sprang into existence, under the name
of Wright. He scooped several prizes,
and proved himself quite swift. After
remaining in town for some days, a race
came off between him and a South Da-
kota flyer, named Huntley, in which
Wright won, and 1t is said nearly $4,000
changed hands.
The latest addition to the sprinter
population is Leon Lozier of Council
Bluffs. Lozier is one of the "~very-near-
ten-second" men, and can move over the
ground at quite a rapid gait, thank you.
Yesterday morning Reid, formerly
Wright, and Lozier repaired to the ball
park, and devoted themselves to an hour
or more of exercise.
Lozier is short and heavy set, with
muscles hard as steel. He RUM with a
short, quick step, and displays great &C
tiylty and endurance.
Reid, on the contrary, is tall and slen-
der, running with a long, easy stride, and
possessing that rare knack of getting a
quick start. Reid has run in England
and in all parts of the United States and
carries medals, as evidences Of his abil-
ty. His body bears upon it evidences Of
the race track, the right leg above the
knee carrying five white scars, where he
struck it with the sharp spikes Of a rae
ing shoe, in hurdle racing.
Reid gave several exhibitions Of great,