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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
strenuous Efforts Being Mudo
to Reduce tic Postage
on Letters.
The Change Opposed by the
Postmaster General as
/. 1mpracticable.
Reduction of the Rate Would Be Fol.
lowed3]y Too Great a Decrease
in Revenue.

WASHINGTON, April ga strenuous
effort is being made by persons inter-
ested in the passage Of the bill recently
introduced in the house by Representa-.
tive Post, OF Illinois, to reduce letter
postage from 2 to l cent an IL A
circular has been distributed broadcast
and has b'en read by nearly every menu
Der OF the present congress stating that
l04 mem Eers have promised TO vote for
the bill and urging non-committed
members to support it. The circular
has been sent to the people in all doubt.
full congressional districts, asking that
their representatives be instructed to
vote for the measure. In response to
requests from the house committee on
postofices and p6stroads as to the effect
OF l cent postage, Postmaster General
Wanamaker has answered that the
total estimated revenue of the depart
ment for the current year has been
S72,7s1,l5, of which amount $45,-
4S5, 7l9 has been received from
first class matter. The reduc-
ton OF the rate from 9 cents to / cent
would in the opinion Of the postmaster
general be followed by a corresponding
loss of So, 742, s59. Mr.. Wanamaker
thinks, that while it may reasonably be
expected that the stimulus of lower
rates would result in something more
than a normal growth of the business,
it is not probable that the revenue de-
rived from the extra business would, at
the present time, compensate for the
loss incurred through a reduction of the
rate. The postmaster general is in IA
vor of a reduction of letter postage at
the proper time, but he does not believe
it has yet arrived and he will conse.
quently oppose any contemplated change
on the ground that it is impracticable.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL, 80, 1892.
MESSAGE FROM HARRISON.
The President Replies to tho Appeal
IBuffalO (VYv.) Cit,v.u.

The President REPLIES to tho Appeal Of
H"ffal" (wy.) Citixens.
BUFFALO,. Wy, April 23.-The follow
ing message in reply to an appeal from
the people has been received from Presi.
dent Harrison:
WASHINGTON, April q, 1892.
The governor OF your state made a call
upon me in conformity with the constitu-
ton of the United States for aid in sup
pressing domestic violence and threatened
bloodshed. could know nothing of the
situation except as it was stated by him
and could not refuse the aid of troops to
preserve the peace. The prisoners will, as
soon as the state authorities arc prepared
to receive them, be turned over to the civil
authorities and our connection with
the matter will end unless further called
upon to aid the state authorities, in pre-
serving the peace do not doubt that
the executive and judicial authorities of
your state will without fear or favor
bring to triaI and punishment those WHO
have violated the law by disorderly meth
DDS. Nothing will be done by me to shield
any guilty person. My counsel, as your
fellow citizen, is to use every effort to al
ley excitement and to proceed in all
things peacefully and upon lawful lines.
l Will OF course see any you send but
you will see that | can do nothing except
to act with the state authorities to pre-
vent violence. Everything else rests
with the state authorities.
H. AMIN HARRISON,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
OUT OF HIS ELEMENT.
A Crazy Newspaper Man Attempts to
Rob II Salt Lake bank.

A Crazy Newspaper Man Attempts to
ROB u salt Lake Bank.
SALT LAKE, April % w. q. Austin,
a peripatetic newspaper man, made an
audacious, though unsuccessful, at
tempt to rob the Utah National bank.
Austin entered the bank with the ut.
most nonchalance walked up to the desk
and wrote out this extraordinary de-
mand on the back Of a blank check:
"Give me twenty-five hundred dollars
instantly or l will blow your brains
out" The paying teller,
|. Whom He Covered with a Revolver,
concealed by his overcoat which hung
owe his arm, believing he had to deal
with Il %lunitic, reached for some cur
rency to meet the demand. Then he
remembered that the counter was made
| of stone and he dropped behind it, yell
ing, "Arrest the robber." Austin, see.
ing he was foiled, fed, but was shortly
after arrested. He is believed to be
crazy. For years he has been a tramp
journalist, and has worked on a score
of leading papers between Chicago and
the Pacific coast.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
NEGROES ARE wRoTH.
They Object ia the Public Sale Of Blacl
Charged with V%agrancy.

They Object to the Public Sale Of Blacks
Charged with yagrancy.
FAYETTE, Mo-, April 25.-This town
is again on the verge of a race war be-
cause Of the sale of vagrant negroes
which took place here Saturday.
About a month ago a good deal Of ex.
element was caused by the sale of three
vagrant negroes. The feeling has in
tensified by the public sale on the block
of three men and one woman because
they could offer no visible means of
support. All are hearty negroes who
were ever before arrested on any
charge. The colored people were
brought into the public square at II
o'clock and a great crowd of both colors
gathered. The whites made fun of the
poor victims and the blacks freely ex-
pressed their displeasure at the scene
that SO cruelty brought to their minds
the days of actual slavery. The woman
was put up first. She brought $40 for
the sixty days work that the county
fined her. The men sold for $40, sly
and $13 respectively, being taken by
reliable farmers hereabouts. The
woman will work in Il good family in
town. Negroes declare that this must
stop or that the whites must be sold
with the negroes.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
NO N KILLED..
Stories of Troublsin Oklahoma Denied,
A lady's Valuable Claim.

Stories of ~Tronblsin Oklahoma Denied.
A lady's Valuable Claim.
GUTHRIE, o. T., April 2e.-Harry
Penrost, manager Of the Oklahoma
opera house, has just returned from
Watona, the new town in County G.
He says that about 1900 people are
there and that everything is quiet. The
story of the shooting of 'Oklahoma
Harry" he says is false, as also the re-
port of the shooting of eight sooners by
soldiers. A courier from the southern
part of the reservation says the reports
of battles between settlers are also false,
not over three men having been killed IN
the entire country and they We're shot
in isolated quarrels. Miss Cora Black.
of Yukon, raced with five men fifty
miles for a fine bottom claim which the
Indians had abandoned, leaving orchard,
barns and a good house on it. She beat
them all and they gave her three cheers
and left her in possession of the most
valuable claim in the whole country.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29

Council re.assembled and passed the
stock ordinance as presented. Alderman
Flynn. voting no.
Committee on claims reported favor
ably on bills of Molloy, Higgins and
Brunsman, and the bills were allowed.
Bill Of Pat. McCue laid over.
The following jurors were drawn for
the coming term of court:
Austin Logan, JAS. Reardon, 9. Gluten,
John White, Harry Healy, Chas. Spieken
p. A. Peterson, +. S. Pierce, 9. Grove, j.
w. Higgins, John Shannon, Geo. Butter
field, p. McHugh.
The mayor appointed as purchasing
committee, Aldermen Patterson, II. L..
Reade, Frank Reed. Confirmed.
Regular council meetings will be held
every other Monday in each month. Ad-
iOurned.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
A submerged Town.

CINCINNATI, April 2l.-A special from
English, Ind. says that English is
flooded. The Little Blue river, gorged
by sawlogs below, has caused water to
spread owe the town, and the business
portion is washed over. Fifty stores
and shops are soaked in water five feet
deep. Up to noon rain had poured in
torrents for fifteen hours, besides
showers during the previous thirty-six
hours. The suddenness of the flood
prevented the release of animals from
stables and pens. Thousands Of dollars
worth were lost, though no human lives
are sacrificed. The upper bridges are
gone.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
DEED OF A MANIAC.
A Russian Choirmaster Murders His Wife
and Three Children.

A Russian ChOirmaster Murd ers His Wife
and Three Children.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 25.-The choir
master of a private chapel in Peterhof
parish, sixteen miles west of here, sud-
denly went crazy during the evening.
His wife was already in bed and he
was preparing for bed when he was
stricken. He got an axe from the wood
shed and chopped his wife into small
pieces, gathered the peices in pans and
emptied them i'll the stove. His three
children of 8, 10 and 10 years of age.
who slept in the next room, awoke and
screamed for help. The choirmaster
bound and gagged them, dragged them
to the river at the real of his place and
drowned them. The mailman then
plunged into the water, but was
dragged out and taken to Jail. A crowd
gathered around the building and tried
to force an entrance that they might
lynch him, but were driven off by
watchmen. The choirmaster's insanity
is said to be due to his fanatical zeal in
church work, and prolonged fasting.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
INSANE DARLINGTON LvNcHERs.

Ono Of Them Discharged rs 'Cured'' and
h Others Rapidly Recovering.
MADISON, Wis, April Y. -Hezekiah
Andrews, one of the Lafayette county
mob which hanged Anton Siebolde, a
murderer, has been released from the
Mendoza Insane hospital, where he was
placed after the trial of the lynchers by
order of the court. The hospital au-
thorities say he is apparently all right
mentally. Alonzy Taylor and John
Meighau, two others of the alleged in.
sane lynchers, will probably be Eshased
next week as there is no longsxSpy rea-
son for their detention. TlkSerdict Of
the jury at Darlington wasIltoked upon
as Il farce at the time .q be trial and
the release of the prisoneSs at this early
day will serve to strengthen that opin.
ion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Tanner Will Decline.

CHICAGO. April 2..-When John R.
Tanner and several friends concluded a
conference Mr.. Tanner announced he
would decline the Office of s~ub-treasurer
of the United States at Chicago, to
which he has been appointed, if in event
of such action the president will name
S. B. Raymond for the Office. Mr.. Tan
ner was notified OF his appointment
Wednesday and was placed in a rather
embarrassing position under the cir
cumstances, as he had already declined
the appointment when urged by Senator
Cullom to accept it, and had written
and telegraphed to the senator urging
Mr.. Raymond's appointment. There
will be a conference Of the Republican
leaders of the county on the subject,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
BLAINE WOULDN'T HAVE 1T.

Quoted as Saying He Would Not Serve
Even if Nominated and Elected.
New YORK, April pa Harrisburg
special to The World says that Chris
Magee was in Washington the early
part Of the week and called upon Mr..
Blaine. Mr.. Magee is quoted as saying
that the question of Secretary Blaine's
candidacy for the presidency was
brought up, and that Mr.. Blaine de-
clared that if the nomination was
brought to him on a silver salver he
would not accept it. Mr.. Blaine is said
to have added: ~ feel so seriously upon
this question that even in the impossi-
BILE event of my being nominated and
elected against my wish, 1 would not
take the oath of Office"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Tratnmen Get a Raise.

MILWAUKEE, April 22.-The new
trainman's schedule that is to go into
effect on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore
and Western railway was signed Thurs
day by representatives of the men and
officers of the road. Passenger con-
ductors who now receive $ll2 per
month get an advance to 1925, twenty
five working days to constitute a month.
Freight conductors will receive 3 cents
per mile, 100 miles or 10 hours service
to constitute q days work. Passenger
and freight brakemen also receive an
advance.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
No One IDiured.

KENT, o., April 25. Passengers on
Erie train No. s brought the news of an
odd accident that happened to the train
at Salamanca, N. Y, during the morn
Ing. 1t was about 3 o'clock and the
train was rounding a curve just east of
the city, when 1T struck a heavily
loaded coal Car which projected over
toward the main track. 1t caught the
corners of the coaches and tore out the
entire sides Of each one of them. All
the cars were v%estibuled, and many of
them We're sleepers filled with people,
yet not a single passenger was injured.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Attempted to Fire a Church.

PLA1SFlELD, N. j., April 25.-Maria
Mahona, a servant, made a desperate
attempt to set fire to the Crescent Ave-
nue. Presbyterian church at . y. m.
while 8OO persons were attending SER
vices. The woman, who is about 30
years old, went to the church bare.
headed and carrying a can of kerosene
oil, sprinkled the contents of the can On
the floor Of the vestibule and steps lead
ing to the gallery and set fire to the oil.
Great excitement prevailed in the
church. The flames were extinguished
with difficulty.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
To Limit All Tickets

CHICAGO. April s5.-The passenger
agents OF several of the leading Western
roads had a conference to decide
whether they should follow the example
of the Alton and the Chicago, St. Paul
and Kansas City in limiting all tickets
to continuous passage. The meeting
adjourned with the understanding that
stop over privileges are to be aban-
doned at al early date. The matter
will be brought before the May meeting
of the Western Passenger association.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
of Insurance Swindlers Caught

CHICAGO, April 22.-Two white
women and . negro have been arrested
here charged with arson and others are
under surveillance and will be taken
into custody The police say the
prisoners and the prospective captives
are members of 8 band organized for
the purpose Of burning buildings. Ac-
coraing to Fire Inspector Conway the
insurance companies in this city been
swindled out Of $4,000 in the last four
years and probably double as much
more in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and
New York,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
TRIBE Ira gedy.

DIES MONIES, April 21.-Three persons
are lying dead in this city as the result
of a terrible triple tragedy which oc.
CURED at 10 o'clock p. m. James
Cochran, a well-known farmer, living
five miles from this city, shot and killed
his wife and a hired man named Davis.
He then reloaded his shot gun and blew
out his own brains. Domestic troubles
and jealousy the cause.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Indiana Democrats Select Dele.
gates and Nominate u State
Ticket.
The Delegation to Chicago Di-
vided Between Cleveland
and Gray.
MI. Blaine Quoted as Saying He
Would Not Take the Oath of
Office if Elected,

INDIANAPOLIS, April 22.-For gov
ernor, Claude Matthews: for lieutenant
governor, Mortimer Nye; for secretary
of state. Captain w. R. Myers; cam
paign device, a rooster-this is the head
of the ticket, a ticket a long as a comets
tail, that was placed in nomination by
the representatives of Democracy for
the state in convention assembled. It
was a great day for Uncle Isaac P. Gray.
"ClevelaGd gets Il resolution, Gray gets
the ticket and the votes,' was the way
a~disgruntled delegate from the ''pocket"
section Of the state summed up the
doings OF the convention, and he voiced
the feeling of a good third of. the meet
ing.
The convention itself was one of the
most orderly gatherings Of the kind
ever held i'll the state. Whatever feel
ing existed was not allowed to manifest
itself outside of the ordinary demonstra-
lions OF enthusiasm or dissent. 1t took
over eight hours to begin and finish the
task, but the delegates stuck to their
posts without meat or drink until the
chairman's gavel gave the signal for
dispensing.
The Delegates.
The delegates at large chosen to at
tend the national convention are SEN
ator Voorhees,, Hugh Dougherty,
Charles E. Jewett and Samuel E. Morse.
A resolution wa adopted to the eff
feet that in case the convention at
Chicago deemed Cleveland's nomination
inexpedient, the Indiana delegation
should use all honorable means to Sc.
cure the nomination Of Governor Gray.
While these instructions imply an OBJ
legation upon the delegates it is prob
able that a few will not obey them. It
is said that of the thirty delegates six
teen are for Cleveland and fourteen for
Gray.
The resolutions adopted arraign the
administration of President Harrison
for its "subserviency TO the intere ,ts of
the money power, which created it, and
its indifference to the welfare of the
peoples" for its prostitution of public
patronage by the sale of a cabinet posi-
ton to John Wanamaker in return for
hnanclaI1 ND IN the campaign; for the
misadministraticn of the pension de-
partment, as evidenced by the reported
scandals and acknowledged abuses;
for the promotion of Judge Woods
as a reward for saving Dudley
and his fellow conspirators from the
penitentiary, and for it's attempt to de-
prive the people of the control of their
W elections by fastening upon the
country the iniquitous force bill.
The diplomacy of President Harrison
and Secretary Blaine on the Gillian and
Behring sea affairs is denounced as be-
ing "a weak and demogogical foreign
policy which has exhibited the Ameri-
cen people to the world as q bully
toward the weak and a trucker to the
powerful" Cleveland's tariff policy is
favored, and the plan of electing sena-
tors by the direct vote of the people en-.
dorsel,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Miraculous Escape of workmen.

CLooUEr, Mimi, April 2s.--The scat
folding, $50 feet high, in the new
burner for the C!oquet Lumber COM
pany's mill, fell Wednesday. Eighteen
men were at work on it at various
points. No lives We're lost, but p.
Cavanaugh, manager of the mill, sus-
tanned Il fracture OF the left ankle Joint.
and u Finn, name unknown, a broken
limb. Several others were slightly cut
and bruised. The escape Of the men in
some instances was almost miraculous,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Suicide o,, 81 I"r.;n.

CHEROKEE, Ia, April ga sensa-
tional suicide occurred here. An un-
known man arrived on an early train
from the East, purchased a revolver at
a hardware store, and when the 1880,
an east-bound train, came along he Sc
cured a ticket for Galena, Ills. and
boarded the cars. Just as the train left
the depot he drew the revolver and shot
himself in the abdomen four times and
fell dead.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
THE DEMOCRAT STAYS.

Noyes-Rockwell Contested Election Case
Decided by the House.
WASHINGTON, April 20. When the
contested election case Of Noyes VS..
Rockwell was called up, MI. O'Ferrall
OF Virginia, and MIR. Enloe Of Tennessee,
attempted to secure the day for the con-
sideration Of private bills, but not being
sustained, the house proceeded with the
election case. After a spirited debate
OF several hours MI. O'Ferrall moved
the previous question and a vote was
taken on the minority report that Rock.
well, DEM, was entitled to the seat.
This resulted-yeas 1913. nays 100.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Chippewas Will Get Their Land,

WASHINGTON, April 22.-All the mem.
bers of the Rice commission have re-
ported to Commissioner Morgan that
they promised the Chippewa Indians of
the White Earth reservation $50 acres
Of land each. This ends the contro-
versy on that point, and the agreement
will be carried out.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Land Slides ir Kentucky.

NASHVILLE, KY, April ga force
of hands worked all night clearing the
track of a land slide near Augusta,
Bracken county, on the Chesapeake and
Ohio. In the morning another slide oc-
Cured a Springdale, this county, and
all trains are delayed. in transferring.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
A Bschloride of Gold sprine.

GREAT FALLS, Mon, April 25.-The
richest mineral ever found in this state
is reported from Neihart, in the Little
Belt district. 1t is a new strike on the
lower level of the Montana mine. The
vein is eight inches thick and assays
from $1,000 to $4,000 a ton. The ore is
fairly streaked with ruby silver. Speci-
mems filled with clusters Of gold and
silver wire have reached here and ex-
cite the admiration and wonder of old
miners. Reports of rich discoveries of
gold continue to come from the Little
Rockies, southeast of Chinook. A ton
OF surface or float ore from these mines
and smelted here yielded over 5000 in
bullion. A stream Of water coming
from the Gold Bug mine is said to cure
the taste for liquor, and has been named
the BichlOride of Gold sprinp.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
cleveland Bakers on a Strike.

CLEVELAND, April 25.-Over two
hundred bakers of this city are out on
strike. They demand that they be OK.
empted from night work in the future
and that baking nee shall employ
no except union men. The com
panies refuse to accede to their demands
and have advertised for new help.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Rir Log lam.

DULUTH, April 2s.-At Hellgate gorge
on Kettle river, just below the juno
ton, there is a jam Of pine logs, esti-
mated to contain nearly $1,000 900 feet,
extending from the bottom of the river
to about forty feet above the surface.
At the point where the jam commences
Kettle river is deep and very narrow
and the walls are said to be over 100
high,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
The Boat C2Dsized.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., April 25.-Fred
Burke, one of a party Of four who went
up the Pi~scatquay river in a small sail.
boat during the morning was drowned
by the capsizing of the boat. The
entire party were thrown overheard
but the others were rescued with great
difficulty.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29

Hre~ers' Employees in Convention.
BUFFALO, April 25. Delegates repre-
sentlng the local branches or unions of
the Brewers Employees National union
are DOW in convention here. The whole
country is represented.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Tired of Waiting for Spring.

GRANTsBuEG, Wis, April 22.-The
lumbernen are getting discouraged
waiting for warm weathe. to thaw the
ice in the dam iowage, and have started
with a crew to remOve it with dynamite.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, april 21.-The demo.
cratic convention met here to-day. Dele
gates to Chicago instructed for Cleve.
land, and in case the convention deemed
his nomination in%expedient, to use all
honorable means to secure the nomina.
ton of Governor GRAY.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-04-29
ralieti To Ayree.

CLEVELAND, April 25.-The iron work.
ers could not reach an agreement Sun
day and will hold another meeting soon.
Some Of the delegates favored a 49, so
scale and others wanted 1915. There
Is no sentiment in favor of a strike,