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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNR: FRIDAY, APRIL g 1892.

earth and the gas and electric light
plants are bad wrecks. A frame resi-.
dence was twisted from its foundation
and a Mrs. Weaver was SO badly hurt
that she will die. The wires of the
telegraph and telephone companies were
Frustrated and the operation of trains
upon the railroads centering here has
been almost completely suspended. The
storm was not in the nature of a
cyclone. A terrific gale has continued
for fifteen hours. The damage done to
property in this city will reach 5000, 900.
1t is reported that a large number of
towns situated in Kansas, Nebraska
and iowa, near St, Joseph, have been
greatly damaged. but all communica-
ton with them is cut off. The town of
Bigelow, Mo-, forty miles north of here,
was almost completely destroyed.
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The Cattlemen of Montana, Wy0-
ming.and Nebraska&H Have Formed
an Expedition ..l
And Started Out to Exterminate
q Big Band of Cattle
Thieves IS
Who Have Been Operating for Years
in the the Above Named
States.
Dozens Will Stretch Hemp.

BUTTE, Mon, April l.-Startling
news has reached here from Lander,
| Wyo., to the effect that in Northern
Wyoming. in a few days from now,
seventy-five cattle r~ustlers will stretch
hemp at the greatest hanging bee ever
accorded in the country. In 1888 in
Northern Montana, between forty and
fifty cattle and horse thieves were
hanged by ranchers as rapidly as they
could be captured, but Wyoming prom
Uses to beat the record unless all signs
fail. For ten years past a band Of cat
tie rustlers have operated in that region
east and south Of the National park.
Courts have been powerless to
convict, owing to the perfect Or
%ganization of trained witnesses,
whose testimony was always over
whelmingly in favor Of the defendants.
The thieves were so bold that for y long
time they have been doing business as
an incorporated company with q high
sounding am Hundreds of ranchers
and big cattle companies all over Mon
tana, Wyoming and Eastern Nebraska
having cattle south Of tho Crow reserve
have suffered losses of from ten to sew
! eral hundred head of cattle and horses,
and such has been the extent of the
stealing that in solme cases whole herds
disappeared. No maverick ever escaped
the clutches Of the rustlers, and it is
evident that they have got rich from
their excursions. At last cattlemen
have got together. A delegation of
thirty from Eastern Montana passed
through here a few days ago,
armed to the teeth, and with horses,
grain, ETC., for a trip. They came
down on the railroad. At some point
of rendezvous near Lander they will
meet by agreement at least 100 other
men, all prepared for expedition and
coming from different points in Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska.
The expedition will move northward
fully 200 strong, and is probably even
now right in the heart Of the cattle
country hanging rustlers. There are
men in that region Who do not belong
to the rustlers, but who have been in
terror Of their lives to such an extent
they dare not expose the thieves. When
the expedition gets to work the rustlers
will all be pointed out by These men
and many tree will furn-
ish a gibbet upon which cattle
thieves will meet their doom. At least
seventy-five, perhaps a hundred men,
will thus go out of the business. No
definite news of this wholesale hanging
will reach a telegraph Office for a week
OF ten days after TIE cleanup shall take
place. Perhaps many bloody encoun-
tiers will take place before the rustlers
will give up the ghost. The raid of
determination was planned about two
months ago. but it gained such wide
publication that it WAS abandoned.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
The Storm.

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, April 1.--This was
All FOOLS day, but there was no non
sense about the weather. A heavy
thunder storm ragged last night and snow
accompanied by heavy wind has been
the order Of things to-day. Reports
from Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas,
and the whole southwestern region
show the prevalence of cyclones and
tornadoes. The Western Union wires
all through the central circuit were
down last night and all transcontinental
business came over the Northern Paci-
fc circuit. Tonight reports from all
over the northwest show binding sleet
storms and temperature falling. 1T is
believed it will be- one Of The worst
storms OF the season. In the Red River.
yalieysfears are entertained Regarding the
oyerfowsof the Red river. The upper
- 40 AIE aEEEG HENM
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4 Disastrous Fire.

New ORLEANS, April T. New Orleans
was visited by two Of the worst fires i'll
the city's history Sunday. Eleven
blocks of buildings were destroyed
involving a loss of So, GOO, QUO. Both
fires were the result Of carelessness and
would have been trivial but for the
extreme dryness, which was the result
Of a long drought, a high wind, and the
inadequacy of the fire department. The
first fire started about 10 o'clock in a
pile of cotton in front Of the Fire Proof
compress, at the corner of Robin and
Front streets. Someone threw alighted
cigarette in the pile, which in a few
moments was burning fercely. The
flames quickly ate their way into the
compress building where ~, 500 bales of
cotton were stored the air was soon
Filled with Burning Cation -"
which communicated to the adjacent
structures. The Shippers cotton press,
where 80, 900 bales Of cotton were stored,
was the next to go and the Orleans COM
press with IS, 900 bales soon followed.
While the fremen were combating the
flames in the Orleans compress the wall
suddenly gave way and Captain Dupres,
Lieutenant Shay and Pipeman Bordeaux
were buried in the ruins. All were Sc
riously and probably fatally injured.
The Independence cotton yards had
been engulfed and the fire covered an
area OF five squares. The Baldwin
Agricultural works and the Louisiana
rice mills, four squares distant, were ig-
nited by the masses Of burning cotton
which filled the air but after ahard
fight both buildings We're saved without
sesious loss. The cotton loss is esti-
mated at about 65,0oo- bales. This
would mean
A Loss of 81, 225, 900 in Cotton Alone.
While the fremen were engaged in a
hopeless struggle with the cotton fire
another blaze broke out at the corner OF
Laurel and Third streets, a mile away.
Mrs. Valentine tried to start a fire with
coal oil. An explosion followed, and
the house was 500 in flames. For
half an hour the fire was a small affair,
but no engines arriving it finally spread
to the surrounding buildings, which
We're all wooden cottages, and in two
hours the flames had swept bare an area
six blocks in extent reaching from Mag.
azine street to Constance Crossing. In
all 1856 houses were destroyed. The
loss will approximate $500, 600.
Although the cotton congresses were
sold to al, English syndicate the formal
transfer had not yet taken place and
consequently the loss will fall on The
old oWnera The cotton and the hl1ild.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
v AT WAMEGO,
Terrible W"ork of the Storm in n Small
Kansas VILLAGE,

IiAoi SoVh Oh IHS SGOrln Al Il small
Kansas Village.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 4.-Seven people
were killed and over a dozen others
badly injured by the storm of Thursday
night in the little town of Wamego.
The killed are:
Charles Taylor, wife and child; Mrs.
Albert Eggers and two children, aged 9
and 5 years, respectively, and Joseph
johnson a farm labOrer.
The storm levcled the house Of Albert
Eggers, and carried the inmate a dis.
tance Of geo feet. The body of Mrs
Eggers was found at a considerable dis.
lance from the ruins of her home. The
body of her youngest child was tightly
clasped in her arms. The other child
was buried under a mass of timber.
Charles Taylor, his wife and little child
We're instantly killed. Their bodies were
terribly bruised aud blackened.
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DOWN IN TEXAS.
Houses Demolished and Many People
Injured Some Fatally. "

Houses Demolished and Many People
Injured Some Fatally. "
SANTA ANNA, Tex, April About s
o'clock Thursday night a black cloud
was seen forming, and in u few minutes
it took shape and began to move with a
long tail-like appendage touching the
ground. The noise resembled that of a
heavily loaded train on a ~trestle, and in
a few moments it began it's work. The
house of Mr.. Copenhagen was one of the
first demolished, the lumber, sash and
furniture being strewn to the four
points Of the compass. Next the storm
Struck j.. G. Lambs house, wiping it
out Of existence. Next MI. Heath's
house fed the demon aud in a few
moments it was torn to pieces and
strewn over the prairie. j. W.
Halls residence was next struck and
totally demolished. II attacked Mr..
Buss' house. The storm struck this
house with great fury, killing a boy and
wounding eleven of the inmates. The
house of L. L. Woodward was demol-
ished, and A. Creed's house was entirely
destroyed, and all of the family Of five
were injured. at a place named Trick
nam, five miles from here, the houses
were driven into each other, demolish-
ing them, but no one vas hurt. At
Bangs four persons were killed and ten
injured. Telegraph poles were pulled
out of the ground and wires twisted up.
No kilograms at this time can be sent
east in The trail Of the cyclone. The
sight OF the ground is appalling. The
injured were cared for by the kind peo-
pie of Santa Anna, and now are mostly
at hotels receiving all the care possible.
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Three More Fatalities In Kansas,

KANSAS CRY, April A special to
the Star from Cherryville, Kan, says
the country a mile from Cherryville was
struck by a tornado about 10 O'Clock last
night and half a dozen houses were de-
molished. Two people, names unknown,
were killed. In Cherryville a woman
was killed by lightning. but the wind
did not touch the town. Dexter, in
Cowley county, is also reported to have
suffered from the wind. The Western
Union wires are down. The barometer
has fallen to the lowest point ever known
in this section, and another wind storm
is feared. IL
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Struck by lightning.

MERRILL, Wis, March l.-During a
thunder storm to-day the German
Lutheran church was struck by light
ming. A number of children were as
ssmbled in the building and four we're
FRUSTRATED. Ottilie Gilman and Lena
Kunkal were badly burned, the latter
being terribly injured. Two others were
seriously hurt.
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Burning of a River Eoat,

CINCINNATI, April 1.-The steamer
Golden Rule, which was to have left at
5 p. NJ. for New Orleans, caught fire
half an hour before her departure and
burned to the waters edge. There were
fifty people on board the vessel and a
large consignment of freight. The
flames spread so rapidly that the passen-
gers and crew barely escaped with their
lives. Thus far eleven are known to
have been lost. , ~. .~ "
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The Raging Red,

GRAFTON, March 31.-The water in
the river is rising steadily and it is said
that the water from the mountains west
of here will food the country. The
Cavalier branch road in places is washed
ont. No trains on the Northern Pacific
have got south Of here. Coming north
they have not passed Forest river. They
are holding two DAYS mail.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
Passenger Train Held up.

BURMINGHAM, Ala, March 31.-The
passenger train which left here at mid
night for Atlanta on the Georgia Pacific
railroad, was held up by masked robbers
at I o'clock a. m. near Weems, ten miles
east Of here. Every registered letter
in the car, supposed TO contain $4,000,
was taken. B~loodhonnds are on the
trail. A postal clerk was wounded.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
A Bank SurcIariZed.

ELRoY, Wis, March 31.-The city
bank at this place was blown open by
burglars about l a. NJ, and about $4,000
secured. The robbers have escaped,
but it is supposed they left on the south
bound train, going either to Chicago or
Milwaukee, where detectives are on the
watch for them.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08

part of the valley and the country
around Grafton is now one vast sheet of
water. Hundreds of stacks of grain are
in the water, some of them inundated.
The loss Of grain in the stack will be
great.
Omcials Pleased with the Trial Of smoke-
less Powder.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-Some very
gratifying results have been obtained
with a handmade sample Of smokeless
powder at the naval ordnance proving
grounds at Indian Head. The tests
with the powder made by the ordnance
bureaus chemist at Newport snhave
hitherto been confined to small arms
including the one, three and six-pound
guns and the four-inch rapid fire gun,
promising results having been obtained
in all cases.. With charges about
one-half those used with ordinary
powder, the velocities were increased
from $50 to 200 feet per second, with no
increase of chamber pressure. The
naval chief of ordinance at the time ex-.
pressed the hope that smokeless powder
might come into exclusive use in all
guns of si1-inch caliber and below it.
The test which has just taken place.
was with a four-inch gun and with an
eigt-inch gun. In the former weapon
a thirty-three-pound projectile was
used, with u powder charge Of five
and a half pounds. The velocity OBJ
tanned was 2,16O feet a second, at a.
pressure ofl4.6 tons. In the case of the
eight-inch gun N eighty-pound pro-
jectile was used, rs is done in the for
eign service. The powder charge was
sixteen pounds, and there was developed
a velocity of 2,4l5 feet a second and a
pressure of 1876 tons. These results.
compare favorably with those obtained
abroad under much better conditions.
This seems to settle the question, if
any ever existed, of the merit of naval
smokeless powder. i
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
To the Bottom of the Sea.

ST.. PETERSBURG, March At is re-
ported here that a steamer bound from
the Persian coast for Baxu in the Black
Sea, with 200 passengers and a cargo of
cotton has been lost with al. on board.
II is said that the disaster was due to
the fact that the steamer was greatly
overloaded.
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ings and machinery were fully in
sured, mostly in foreign companies.
Several local companies are hard hit,
and it is believed that two Of them will
not be able to weather the storm. A
careful estimate of the total insurance
IN both fires fixes the amount at $3,-
900. 600.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
Mandan Democrats Victorious.

MANDAN, April 1.-The democrats
gained a marked victory in the city cleo
ton to-day. John A. McDougal was
elected mayor by Go majority, A. E.
Flynn for treasurer by 80 majority.
Neither candidate for mayor were pro-
hibitionists but the republican had the
open support Of the prohibitionists and
the fgh5NWas made on that issue.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
Jack the Ripper Jailed.

MELBOURNE, April 1.-Deeming, the
murderer, has arrived at Melbourne in
the steamer Ballarat. An immense
crowd awaited him, but the wharf and
streets were strongly guarded by police
and he was safely escorted to Jail. The
crowd hooted the prisoner but attempted
no violence.
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De Lessens Charged With svindling.

New York, March 31.-Count Ferdi
nand de LAsseps, the great French en-
gineer, is charged by the courts Of
France with swindling and breach of
trust. AS the transaction upon which
the accusation is based occurred in New
York, the greater portion Of the testi-
mony to be used in the trial must be
taken here. =
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M urdacal HAr Enla.

ST. GENEv1EvE, Mo-, March 31.-Mrs.
William Byington Of this county has
been arrested for numbering her 5-year-
old stepson by crushing his head with a
bootjack and attempting to conceal the
horrible crime by burning the body.
The woman has confessed the deed. She
70 believed to be insane.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
Smith Elected in Fargo.

FARGO, April 4.-The vote for mayor
IN the city election to-day was Smith,
TT; Morrill,, 1853. This is considered a
great victory for the Argus.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08

GREENF1ELD, Mass, March "a boat
containing a pleasure party of six was
carried over a dam zeal Coleraine, on
the Deer6eld river, and five of the occu-
pants we're drowned.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
Mayor Richardson Reelected.

GRAND Forks, April 4-Mayor
Richardson was reelected by forty-ive
majority. VIM. Dewey was elected city
justice over r. W. Cults by 23O ma
iority.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08
Cleveland delegates chosen.

ST.. PAUL, March 31.-The democratic
state convention met here to-day. Cleve-
land delegates to Chicago were chosen.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-08

STATEMENT for the year ending December 81,
~ A. d. 1891. of the condition and affairs of
the American Fire Insurance company of Phila-
delphia, organized under the laws of the state of
PENNSYLVANIA, made to the commissioner Of in.
surance of the StHte of North Dakota, in pursu-
apce of the laws Of said state.
President, Ihos. II. Montgomery. ~
SECRETARY. Richard Maris. ,&s&
Vice-Prcsident, Chus. 2. Perot. Nsaf&sE
Principal Office, Philadelphia.
Attorney Tor service III the state of EoIth Da-
kota, A. l.. Carey. Bismarck. ,%G&t
Organized or lnCOrpOlated,. February %, 1910: #
commenced business. March II, 1910.
Capital.
Amount of capital stock paid up in
: Observation-Disclosures. S 100000 90 n
Assets.
Value of real estate owned by the
S 255,9 1897. 40.
Loans on bonds AID mortgages. ... 1,227, 1913 Ia
United States stocks and bonds. 1850 90 #
Raliroud bones and stocks ....... @z&
State, city, county and other
bonds ..J.."".""".""... 1,11,2H IS
punk sloch.. ys3 @
Other corporation stock......... $at&t
Loans on collateral security....... 1856, $50 90
Cash on hand and i'll bank .......... l75,421 81
Interest due and accrued. ......... 24,782 27 III
Premiums in course of collection
and transmission.:".".."::. 6s,s24o 6
Bills receivable, not matured,
taken for tire, marine and inland
risks Nil
Rents due and accrued ............ 1881 SIS u
All other sums due the company. 1858 "a
Uuadnitted Nil
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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
OFFICE OF COMMISsIoNsR OF lNsuRAHuE.

COMPANIES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Whereas. The American Fire Insurance COM
pany, a corporation organized under the laws OF
ment exhibiting its condition and business for
the year ending December 81, 1891, conformableI
to the requirements of the laws of this State reg
Mating the business of insurance; and,
Whereas, The said company has filed in this
Office aduly. certified copy Of its charter, With
the requirement of the insurance laws ,afore
said;
Now Therefore, I, AL. Carey, Commissioners
of Insurance of the State of North Dakota, pur@
suant to the provisions of said laws, do hereby
certify that the above named company is fully
empowered, through its authorized agents, to
%surance, in this State, according to laws there
Of until the 3lst day Of December Al, ID. 1892.
In testimony whereof, have herennto eet my
January a. 1882. ~ 800
ISeal.l Ill Ga "A
Commissioner Of ~ 9ran IS.
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Ss,ees,54o So
Total liabilities %.
T---.

Premiums received during the year,
in cash ....;..,:.:,..;"....":..; 2,oes.o52
during Che year.:.";........... 1s4,794 {
Rents received during the year,.
Amount received from all other
sources ..... 81 .s83 4
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Total gross amount
OF AluiInc fnr

losses ............. 1888, 91S 81
Deduct Reinsurance and
salvage claims thereon Nil
Net amount Of unpaid losses $50.
Amount of unearned premiums Oh
all outstanding risks.
Due for unpaid dividends ..........
due for commissions and broker
ALI other liabilities ................
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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTl

bIAIE UF NINTH UAhUI @nGI
OFFICE OFF, COMMISSIONER OF INSORANoE,S
!, L.. Carey, Commissioners of Insurance OF
the State Of North Dakota, do hereby certify that
the foregoing ie u trne abstract of the original
statement now on file in this office.
In, testimony whereof, ! have hereunto set NY
hand and affixed the seal of this Office ut Bis
marck; this 18th day of March, a. D 1892.
Seal. A. L. CAREY,
Commissioners Of Insurance.
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Total assets
Liabilities.

Gross claims for losses,
adjusted and unDsid..$ Sab is
Gross claims for losses,
upon which no action "
has been taken....... 2S2,9S2 95
Losses resisted by the
company.............. 50,622E2s
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Total

- EXpendltureS.
Losses paid during the year. . .....$ 1,355,4 O1s o
Dividends paid during the year.. $1,000 .
Paid for commissions and broker- *
age::::.";"..:."..;.T..... 44o.o1s 6
Paid for salaries, fees and all other $As$
charges 80. 117,s2s i
Paid for taxes ... ...... 42,7I7t2
Amount Of all other expenditures. 174,s74t 0
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Total risks taken during the year. S 1,10S, 1858
Total premiunls received during the
year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1870
Total losses incurred during the
year -: ~: 1855
Total amount of losses paid during
tho ya.r ~. ego