Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-09-09
He Says He Will Accept DeWitt's
Challenge, and Run in Bis
marck, for Blood.
Some Swindler is Making Free Use
of q City Firm in Gulling
the POpulace.
The Crop Conditions and Prospects,
From the Bureaus Weekly
Bulletin.
Loxier Accepts.

l. Loxier Accepts.
The challenge of F. H. Dewitt, which
appeared in the TRIBUNE Of Tuesday,
has been the cause of considerable dis
cussion among the sports. Some of
them are q little inclined to be skeptical
IS to the existence of anything other
than wind in the challenge, and there
fore have little to say about the matter.
Other are inclined to think that it
means business and that there Is some-
thing back of it. All of the men con-
cerned are known to be slightly on the
sprint. It is but natural, therefore, that
9 spirit of rivalry should exist among
them.
Mr.. Lozier, upon reading the challenge,
Immediately favored the sporting editor
with his acceptance, a copy Of which ap-
pears below:
DEAR Sir: Referring to the challenge
which appeared in the TRIBUNE of yes
terday, 7 have to say:
I will accept the challenge and run
Alfred Dunn sixty yards, mutual CON-
sent start, for a purse of $3.50 a side, in
Bismarck, date to be arranged upon a de-
post of $50, as a forfeit by each side.
Editor TRIBUNE to be stakeholder.
Very respectfully,
.D LEON Loz1ER.
The only thing lacking now is the
posting of a forfeit of $50 by each side.
In that event the challenge and it's &C.
ceptance mean business; otherwise, they
consist purely and simply Of wind.
Now, MI. Dewitt, it behooves you, as
sender Of the challenge to post your
forfeit. AS soon as this is posted and
covered, things will hum. What shall
it be, gentlemen, business or wind?
A Swindler at Work.
G.. H.. Phelps is angry, and justly
angry, too. And the cause of his anger
is a good and sufficient cause.
j. Mr.. Phelps does an extensive business
in the enlargement and framing Of pic
lures. He has received orders from all
parts of the state, and also from adjoln-
ing states. But it appears that some
sharper, having become aware of this
fact, has made it a basis for a neat little
.swindle, and he gulls the ~populace thus;
Claiming to represent Mr.. Phelps, he
canvasses the Whole state, securing
photographs to be enlarged, and taking
the photos with him, along with a cash
payment, which he eXacts from his in
nocent victims in advance. He then
informs his deluded customers that he
will send the pictures IN to MI. Phelps,
and that they can get the enlarged
copies by remitting the rest of the
charge, a small sum, to Mr.. Phelps, at
Bismarck.
This rogue has worked a number of
the cities in the state to the queens
taste, and Nj. Phelps had no suspicion
that such a state Of affairs existed
until letters from the victims
began to pour in upon him, asking
as to what had become of their
photographs. One Of these letters is
from Mrs. j. T. Tracy of jamestown.
Mrs. Tracy's letter is proof conclusive OF
the fact that Mrs. T. is angry. She
denounces the whole concern as q
swindle, and demands back her photo
graph and the payment made to the
supposed agent. Now as Mr.. Phelps
lev saw the photo, or the color Of the
money received by the agent, he is
utterly powerless to return either.
Another letter is from W. F. Drury, q
grocer in Aberdeen, 8. D., who says he
gave the supposed agent of Mr.. Phelps
9 photo to be enlarged, and states that
he wants the picture returned to him.
This gentlemen, also, is doomed to dis.
appointment, for Mr.. Phelps has never
heard Of him or his photo before. A
third letter is from A. F. Minnick OF
washington, s. D., who, like the others,
says he gave an agent some photos and
wants them returned
Now it is evident from these letters
that the swindler's field of operations
has been large, and Mr.. Phelps wishes
to state that he has no agent in this OF
any other state, and that anyone repre-:
senting himself as such is a fraud.
Crop Report. ,a-
From reports of Observer Director
Fallon deduoeB the following:
The temperature during the week
averaged slightly below the normal.
The week opened with cool weather on
Tuesday morning, with light frost, which
caused but q slight damage to gardens
in Pembina and Griggs counties and TO
late grain at Milton, Cavalier county.
Wednesday and Thursday were de.
cidedly warmer, followed by another
cool wave and eliminating in a killing
frost in Burleigh county and light frost
in other localities of the central counties.
The only damage done by the latter
frost was q slight one to garden truck
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