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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

The bill introduced by Senator Hans
brough, granting to the state of North
Dakota certain portions of the aban-
doned Fort Lincoln reservation, has been
favorably reported upon by the commit
tee on public lands, and will, in all
probability, pass. The following is the
bill as reported with amendments:
A BILL granting to the state of North De-
kOta certain portions of the abandoned
Fort Abraham Lincoln military reserva-
ton, together with the buildings thereon.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States Of
America in congress assembled, That upon
the completion, approval by the surveyor
general of North Dakota, and acceptance
by the commissioner of the general land
Office OF the survey of the abandoned Fort
Abraham Lincoln military reservation in
North Dakota there be, and is hereby
granted, in trust to the state of North
Dakota for educational purposes or for
purposes of public charities, so much OF
said military reservation, including all the
anne as shall cover the area occupied by
the buildings and improvements which
have been constructed upon said reServa-
ton for the use of said post to the extent
VI wv Cl1OuColIu rISC ullul dClCo vi
land, more or less, to be selected by the
governor thereof, together with the water
rights belonging to and heretofore used by
said post, to be used by said state for edu-
catiOnal purposes or it's institutions of pub
lie charity. Congress reserves the power
to declare that the trusts described in this
section have not been duly executed by the
state OF North Dakota; IL upon the max
ing OF such declaration the title and pos
session of such land shall revert immedi-
atply to the United States.
SEC. 2. That the said governor shall
within six months make report in dupli-
cate, over his hand and the seal OF said
state, of the selection so made by him,
which said report shall be filed, one with
the SurveyOr-general of the district OF
North Dakota M one with the commits
sioner of the general land office. And
whenever said governor of said state shall
have made his report, as aforesaid, Of the
selection so made by him, and shall have
filed the same with he surveyor. general
of said district OF North Dakota, all other
lands in said reservation, not included in
said selection, shall be subject to entry
under the land laws of the United States.
In the report upon the bill, by the
committee, is the following:
The grants to the state of North Dakota
provided for In this bill are intended for
the uses OF the state for the purposes OF a
reform school. The material in the build
ings consisting OF rough cobblestones and
bowlders) may be used in the erection of a
reform school building. The buildings as
they now stand are worthless. The lands
in the proposed grant have but little value,
being OF a sandy and stony nature and I'M
fit for agricultural purposes, except as to a
few small valleys fit only for garden
patches"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
them the great interests, which depend
upon the selection Of a proper person as
New York society leader.

A from Kazen, the capital
city Of the province of the name, says
that the overflow of the unemployed
from all parts of this province is col
lected there to the number of 1900.
The people are begging the means of
sustenance. Many of them are dying of
starvation. Truly, a pleasing picture. A
country in which the people are treated
worse than dogs that whine at our door
steps. Acountry, in which the last cent
of tax which can possibly be gotten, is
exacted from the starving peasant; where
the faintest suspicion of treason to that
brutal and besotted parsonage, the car,
is followed by banishment-a punish
ment infinitely worse than death. Little
wonder ia it that the car travels pro-
tected by a guard. Verify, a person who
rules as does the czar, has much need of
protection, and it is surprising that he
has been permitted by the outraged
populace to live as long as he has lived.
Is there no remedy for this suffering and
starvation? Gould not the ruler of such
a country, had he the interests of his
people at heart, e.pend a portion of his
prodigions income to good advantage, n
allaying the pangs of hunger, and lessen
ing the %torturing privations to which
they are subjected?
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

Tom REED is nursing his presidential
boom in Delaware; Hill is probably
nursing his, that it may recover from
the severe chill it took, while Hill was
out on his campaign;P alner's boom is
reported to be very low, indeed, and it's
death may be expected at any moment;
Cleveland's boom has not yet recovered
from the fit, caused by reading the Iowa
papers. In view of the existence OF all
these weak and 'tottering booms, would
it not be we'll to establish a boom hospi-
tai, and have them trotted out for gen.
eral inspection as soon as they are fully
recovered?
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

WHEN territorial government was
granted by congress to Oklahoma, the
legislature of the new territory, at it's first
session, adopted the compiled laws of
Dakota as the foundation for her
statutes. Since that time the new ter
ritory has been making some Roadway
in practical legislation, one being the
doing away with the long forms of deeds
and mortgages-doing away with sur
plusage Of words. The warranty deed,
for instance, is a model of brevity and
completeness. 1t is as follows:
Know all men by these presents, that / Tor wei
......, for and in consideration Of 49,. dollars, in
hand paid. do hereby sell and convey to-. the
following real property situated in. 49,. county,
territory of Oklahoma. to-wit:.. 49,. with all of
its appurtenances, and warrant the title to the
same. Signed and delivered this .dcy of......,
ia - n -r-N' h.f-s .srs ~ a.sEFt .G-E+ RI @
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
The attitude of the several newspapers,

The attitude of the several newspapers,
who are SO busily engaged in dencunc-
ing, as illegal, the sale of North Dakota
school lands, reminds one very forcibly
of the Irishman, who, shipwrecked, came
upon an island in the middle of the
ocean. SIS there a government here?" he
sputtered, as he wiped the water from
his eyes and brushed back his matted
hair. "There u.s." was the answer.
"Thin, WHATEVER happens, don't forgit
I'm forninst it." he said, DESTROYS of plac-
ing himself on record, as opposed to the
"powers that were"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

A WASHINGTON special, under date OF
May s, says: One of the small features
of this exceedingly small house, was in
relation to a resolution in the nature of
a criticism passed upon Postmaster Gen
eral Wannamaker. calling upon him for
information relative to the expenses of
postmasters who met in convention in
Washington by the postmaster generals
call and for the purpose of improving
the public postal service. The expense
of this conference was 1858, and was
paid out of the contingent fund allowed
the postmaster general for expenses out
side of those designated in the a%ppropri-
alton bill. Some democrat had an idea
that he could make political capital out
of the matter by calling upon the post
master general to give an account of
these expenses and tell upon what au-
thority he expended money in this way.
These conventions of postmasters always
result in improvement of the postal SER
vice by the suggestions offered and the
improvements subsequently made. The
expense of the meeting was trihing, but
shows just what the house is looking for
in the way of campaign matter. The
brilliant minds of the fve-cent dem
o~cratic majority are just about equal
to such a task as this one.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

The Jamestown Alert, answering the
statements made in Fargo and Grand
Forks papers, that the sales of school
lands were legal, says: The party might
as we'll face the music. The law is clear
and explicit-the sales are illegal and
every judge and lawyer knows it. What
is the next best thing to be done? That
is the question. 1t is no time to squeal.
Straighten out the muddle honestly and
manfully, and the quicker the better.
The people of the state do not desire any
attempted shielding or covering up of
this serious error.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

The jamestown Alert is also of the
opinion that North Dakota started out
with a pretty good judiciary. 1t says:
'The sentiment to remove the election
of judges from the Influences that oper-
ate in nominating conventions is getting
stronger each day. The people want
judges not hampered by political or
other obligations. North Dakota's
present judges have served the people
with a remarkable degree of satisfaction,
as far as can be learned. There is,
naturally, a strong feeling against chang
ing a good ~judge-one tried and not
found Warrington some one whom the
people do not know"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

Miss KATE Upton, of Nashville,
Tenn, shot and fatally wounded herself
bee cause, she said, ''she could not live
without ono Mrs. Weeks" who was
about to leave her. You did exactly
right to kill yourself, Kate. When peo-
pie arrive at your insane condition, the
world has no further use for them, and
unless you had arranged it that you
might have recovered and travelled with
some aggregation of %curiosities," you
would have been a s%uperhuous quantity.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

In speaking of the platform adopted
by the republican convention at Grand
Forks, the Herald says: "It declares
unequivocallya for honest money and
against free coinage of silver, except
upon conditions that will ensure parity
of bullion and coin value. President
Harrison is unqua1ifiedly endorsed, his
administration commended and the emil
nent services of Secretary Blaine recog-
nized: The sentiment of the republican
position on the wool tariff is specially
commended to the wool growers Of the
state"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

about in such a manner as to relieve
Bufleigh county of the enmity of the
west Missouri country for taking what
the public sentiment of the district had
settled upon as their right. There were
from this district thirty-one votes-Bur-
leigh 8, Mclean 3, Kidder 8, Emmons 4,
Morton 7, Oliver 1, Stark 5. 1t had
been ssconceded all along in Burleigh
county that the graceful thing to do was
to give the delegate to the counties
west of the river, and not until on the
train en- route to Grand Forks was the
candidacy of Gerald Pierce of Burleigh
county, announced.
Senator Worst Of Emmons, had re-
peatedly declared himself in favor of a
man west of the river and had given the
Morton county delegates to understand
that Emmons would stand for that prin-
ciple. Morton had a candidate and
Stark had a candidate-each county
stubborn and no compromise possible.
Kidder and Mclean we're favorable to a
west Missouri man. Senator Worst was
not a candidate, but his delegation in
sisted that if the counties west of the
river could not agree on a man, then Mr..
Worst would be a good compromise can
didate. Burleigh declared that if Pierce
couldn't get it Worst would be salts
factory.
The combination of Stark, Emmons,
Kidder and Mclean on Worst was about
settled upon when Morton, mad as a
March hare at Stark, decided to throw
to Burleigh-the county above all she
had intended to oppose-rather than
have Stark gain even a semblance of
glory, Morton, Oliver and Burleigh con-
stituted a majority and with honors thus
thrust upon her, how could she refuse to
take 'em? Mr.. Pierce is to be congratu-
lated. Fate has favored a favorite son.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF North DAKOTA. }
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

OIElCEs
Whereas, the opinion of the honorable
attorney general of the state has been
rendered to the effect that no provision
has been made for the election of presi-
Dental electors, nor for the canvass of
the votes to be cast for said electors;
and
Whereas, there is no law providing for
the canvass of the returns Of the next
general election for the several state Of
f~icers; and
Whereas, public sentiment of the state
seems to be largely in favor of an addi-
tional appropriation to the states Col
umbian Worlds Fair fund;
Now, therefore, I, Andrew 81. Burke,
governor of the state of North Dakota,
by virtue of the power and authority
vested in me by the constitution of the
state, do hereby summon both branches
of the second legislative assembly of the
state of North Dakota to convene in
special session, in the capitol building at
Bismarck, the seat of government, on
Wednesday, the LIST day of June next, at
IL o'clock noon, there to consider and
pass upon the measures hereinbefore
mentioned.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the state of North Dakota, at the
capitol, in the city of Bismarck, this 18th
day of May, A. D. 1892.
ANDRE Fl. BURKE,
[sEAL.] Governor.
By the Governor:
JOHN FL1TTIE, Secretary Of State.
by q. M. DAHL, Deputy.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

ACCORDING to the Ransom County
Gazette, Senator Casey's efforts to have
the railroad lands approved prior to May
1st so as to get them on the assessment
rolls this year, have failed. The ap-
proval of all the untaxed lands Of the
Northern Pacific in'the eastern half Of
the state would add an additional $780,
600 to North Dakota's annual revenues
and the people have been very anxious
that the work should be completed in
time for assessment this spring.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

TUESDAY, August I'd, is the day named
for the republican nominating v
ton, and Fargo the place of holding it,
instead of August Oath as previously
stated. The apportionment is basis of
the average vote of the first ten candi-
dates on the last republican ticket
elected in the state. This gives Bur-
leigh county eleven votes-two more
than in the last republican convention.
Cass county will have thirty votes in
stead of twenty mine as formerly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
SPEAKING of society, in general, Town

Topics says:
that paper to which McAllister contributes
such characteristic information, his predic-
tiOns as to the wOman who will take the
place of Mrs. William AstOr as the leader
of society. Mrs William Astor the leader
OF society? Never in all her career, except
by newspaper courtesy" ETC., ad nauseam.
What an important subject! The
leadership Of New York society! This is
asubject which should be deeply and
carefully studied and considered by
every one, i. g., every one who has nothing
to engage his attention but the opening
of invitations to balls and receptions,
the recipient, meanwhile, complaining of
ennui. 1t is a subject of profound i'm
portance. Were the leadership of New
York society not definitely settled, the
wheels of commerce would Immediately
stop; the daily business of the world
would be at once suspended, were not
the identity of the leader of a set of
p ampered and petted millionaires whose
sole occupations, during the past few de-
cades (since the founders of the families
rested from the aesthetic pursuits of
skinning beavers and cleaning fish have
been the accepting and declining of invi.
tations to receptions and ~soirees, not
conclusively determined. Since the
edict has gone forth, which lessons
the unapproaohable four hundred to
one hundred and fifty, it is sadly
evident that the possession of brains
and an ability to do something
means social ostracism. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that people at large take SO little
interest in an affair Of such moment, and
to be hoped that the press Of the lead.
ing cities will endeayort to impress upon
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

IT was rather a peculiar combination
of circumstances that resulted in the
selection of Mr. Gerald Pierce of Bur-
leigh county, as a delegate from this dis
trict to the Minneapolis convention.
And fortunately the result was brought
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

As YET, no flowers have been presented
to Deeming, the Melbourne murderer.
1t would be wrong, utterly wrong, to
have Mr.. Deeming, one Of the most
fendish murderers IN record, suffer for
want Of flowers. Those especially
brutal murderers seem to be afflicted with
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

such delicate organizations that the
odor and general accommodations of
prisons are utterly at variance with
their refined tastes. Now will some of
those persons who are continually howl
ing about the evil effects of prison in
huences and associations "please re-
spond,"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

SUIT was begun Thursday by the
bank of Hillsboro, against James Hyde.
ex-cashier. The complaint states that
the action is to GOV about $1,000 in
money claimed to be the property Of the
bank and to have been wrongfully and
fraudulently converted by Hyde to his
own uSe. W
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

SENATOR KYLE, while speaking on the
free silver bill, turned his back on the
vice-president, who very promptly re-
minded him of the fact that the rules of
the senate required him to address the
chair. After the composite dollar" bill
he should have been excused for any
such little vagaries, on the ground of
responsibility.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

ACCORDING to late instructions re-
ceived at the United States land office,
it will be necessary, hereafter, in making
communication proof on timber culture
entries to give notice by publication as
is now required in homestead cases.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

ACCORDING to the Grand Forks
Herald, the assessed valuation of property
in North Dakota this year will exceed
$1O0,0O0,000. On this basis the property
owner who pays a tax on $1,000 valua-
ton would pay so cents as his share O
a state appropriation of $4,000 for the
Worlds Fair.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

The Dickinson Recorder says that a
petition with a large number of signers,
has been sent to President Harrison ask
ing him to establish a postofice at Dun
wood. This is about half way between
Dickinson and Oakdale and it would be
a great accommodation to the public.
Geo. E. Rand will be appointed post
mastar
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

In another column is published a call
for sealed proposals for furnishing sup
plies to the North Dakota hospital for
the insane. Bids will be received until
2 o'clock, May 81.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

IT is nip and tuck between the cigarette
and the bi-chloride Of gold treatment, for
victims. sAt latest reports the cigarette
was slightly in the lead.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13

AND now the sensational report that
the sale Of school lands in North Da-
kota is illegal, has been exploded. Nextl
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-13
The 8ismartk Tribnne.
BY NJ. H. JEW ELL.
THE DAILY TRIBUNE,

THE DAILY TRIBUNE,
Published every morning, except Monday, at Bis.
marck, Dakota, is delivered by carriert to all parts
Of the city at Is cents per week. or 81 per month.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily one month, postage paid, 8 ! w
Daily three months, postage paid, 90
Daily six months, postage paid, W
Daily one year, postage paid, ~ w
WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Eight pages. containing a summary Of the news OF
the week, both foreign and local: published every
Friday, sent postage paid to any address, for ono
year 81; six months, 81; three months. 70 cents.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-01-07
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

At Altoona, Fla, the Syson bank
has failed.
At Aberdeen, Miss, E. Baumgarter
has failed.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, de-
nies that he contemplates resigning.
Summerfield Bros, wholesale milli-
ners at Memphis, have failed; liabili-
ties, $25, 200.
W. B. Strong, of New York, has
been elected director of the Rich
mond Terminal.
S. .. B. Robinson has been made
receiver of the + irst National Bank of
Wilmington, N. G.
There is some talk of Governor
Humphrey, of Kansas, succeeding
Plumb in the Senate.
A vessel. the Pilot, was destroyed at
Antwerp by the explosion of dynam-
ite, killing twenty men.
An ammonia tank in Armour's pack
ing establishment at Kansas City, ex-
ploded, killing four men.
A train on the Lehigh Valley road
struck a rock near Rockford, Pa.
Mitchell Sebelle was killed.
j. III. Allen & Co., Memphis cotton
factors, have failed. Liabilities, $780,
600; assets, two-thirds of that amount.
Boston has been visited by nearly a
million dollar fire. Several firemen
were hurt in extinguishing the flames.
At Waynesboro, Va, the bank of
Waynesboro has failed. The banks at
Warrenton and Gordonville, also con-
trolled by this bank, have closed.
J. E. Parramore, we'll known
conductor on the Florida Central rail-
road, was murdered near Leesburg,
Fla, by negro whom he had ordered
out of the car occupied by the white
people.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is seeking an
injunction to restrain Robert Belford
from the further publication of the
memoirs of her husband, and to pre-
vent him from transferring the con-
tract. Through her attorneys, Hoad-
ley, Lauterbach Il johnson, she has
begun an action in the superior court
to annul her contract with the Bel
fords, and to obtain the injunction as
stated above. She also asks the court
to declare judgment in her favor for
$4,000 due her as royalty on the 5,110
copies of the book sold.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-01-07
Big Things.

The largest Empire in the world is
that of Great Britain, comprising
1857, 900 square miles (more than a
sixth part of the land of the globe,
and embracing under it's rule nearly
sixth part of the population of the
world. In territorial extent the
United States ranks third, containing
$3.50, 242 square miles, including
Alaska; in population it ranks fourth,
with the 60,000,000 people. Russia
ranks second, 1852, 940 square miles.
The Chinese wall is the longest wall
in the world. 1t was built by the
first Emperor of the Tain dynasty,
about 220 B. c., as a protection
against Tartars. Its length is l $50
miles. Including parapet Of five
feet, the total height of the wall is
twenty feet; thickness, at the base,
twenty-five feet, and at the top tlf-
teen feet.
The largest bell 4n the world is the
great bell of Moscow, at the foot Of
the Kremlin. Its circumference at
the bottom is nearly sixty-eight feet,
and its height twenty-one feet. Its
weight has been computed to be 443,-
772 pounds.
The largest library is the Bibliothe-
Que Rationale in Paris, founded by
Louis XIV. 1t contains 1,400, 900
volumes, 100000 pamphlets and
l175, 900 manuscripts. -