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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-26

S660A->o O1sI1AA4ON
every man, woman and child to convert
himself or herself into a special committee
Of investigation: A great mistake will
any one make who through timidity or in
difference fails to understand everything
upon which the eye rests and about which
the curiosity may be reused. Fire your
questions at whomsoever may be in sight
ar exhibitor or his assistant if one is at
hand, and if not at a guard or even one Of
the public. You may learn enormously
by keeping the eye open and the mouth
closed. But you will learn three times as
much and remember what you do learn
ten times as long if you ask questions Of
gent explanations.
As a rule Americans are not backward
about asking questions. At least, western
come from eastern cities are not SO free
with their inquiries. They have a sort of
reservation of manner, as a rule. They
are interested, and would not attempt to
deny that this is a wonderful school, but
they assume that they will be able to get
all the information they want out Of it by
simply looking. Notso with the westerner,
the genuine, common, everyday Amer
lean. He is from a farm out in Iowa or a
mining town in Colorado. He stands, for
instance before the marvellous machines
exhibited by a New England watch-mak-
ing company. He has never seen a watch
made. All the ideas which he has ever
had about it are that most of the work
must be done by men who sit all dayAong
at a bench with a magnifying glass
screwed over their best eye, just as he has
seen the w~atch-repairer sit in his home
jewelry shop. But the complicated ma
ture, the perfection of finish and the
rhythm of the motion Of these machines
fascinates him. He must know all about
it. If he asks one question he asks fifty,
and as soon as the attendant has explained
TO him that the machines need nothing
but feeding in order t. enable them to
turn put all the partso of a watch, he wants
to know all the particulars and details.
This is the true method. Permit me to
advise all my readers to come to the faii
in this spirit of inquiry and seeking after
knowledge. 1t is the way to get our
moneys worth, and that is what we all
want. Therei is no difficulty about getting
it, either. For it does not matter what q
man may be interested in he will find it
here. Now and then you iear a critic
pass judgment on this fair. IN his opinion
the buildings and grounds, their embell.
ishment with fountains and statuary,
their electric lighting and landscape
effects, are simply unapproachable. But
in the exhibits he finds q great deal that is
commonplace. "What do I care,' ~ he asks.
'about acres of agricultural products OF
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-26

grounds. The gatcs are almost n sho,.
themselves. Suppose you arrive nj ,i !"
Fifty-seventh street entrance. Ihcro nv nv
i'll " row ut least ten rods in length. M, 49,
fewer than eighteen ~turnstil.s
guarded by an official. There are two %,n
ticket windows, and Mt certain ho,,rs =,
men in all Of them are kept very bus,. ~
stranger would shy, if he did not ston :, ~
think much about it, that there were pot"
and ticket facilities enough here for tho
whole exposition. He may even 10 So f,r
as to wonder why they put all Of their
gates and ticket sellers in one spot. Mich
amazement will be his when he leorns
there are just nineteen other entrances
and that some of them are much more ax
tensive than this one. If you 20 to the ey.
position by any of the excursion train
which run into the terminal station on
the grounds you will have a choice of
twenty-six windows at which to buy vonr
ticket and of nincty-six turnstiles thronoh
which to pass. If you go by the steam.
ship line on landing at the big pier-th.
largest in the world-you will be con-.
fronted by a score of ticket windows AMI
an ever hundred turnstiles. In all thers
are 1S2 ticket windows and 1875 turnstila.
What an crowd they could
care for if the people would only come in
steady streams all day longl But the peo.
pie don't come in that way, and the sur.
prisingly large number of ticket booths
and entrances is provided so that there
may be no more uncomfortable crowdinr
at the rush hours. A good many of these
1926 entrances are used exclusively by the
people who have passes, the number Of
these fortunate persons being about 70, 1000,
Four-fifths of them are exhibitors and
their assistants or other people employed
on the grounds.
Wherever one goes about the exposition
he is impressed by the m lgnitude of the
operations. l do not need to tell you how
big the buildings are. You have read all
that many times-you know even the
minor structures are measured bv the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-26
REG1LD1NG THE GODDESS WREATH,

REBUILDING THE REA
ness on a scale that promises to be sufa.
GENTLY large for the entertainment of ali
creation, if all creation will only be good
enough to come hither.
Around the fair gates, where a wear ago
there was nothing but open prairie. there
is now q great city. Here, again, Chicago
enterprise and Chicago expectations have
built on large plans. The restaurants.
the shops, the lunch-houses, the outdoor
booths, the pavilions and the fakirs are "a
countless, almost, as the sands Of the sea.
Why, there is one theater out here, not vet
completed, which is nearly as biz az tho
United States capitol at w ashington. As
an a~mphitheater it rivals the structures in
which the Roman emperors were wont to
enjoy cruel sports. Probably twenty thou
sand people may be accommodated at once
In this vast auditorium. The structure
stands on the lake shore, just outside the
exposition enclosure, and being unfinished
has doubtless led many a visitor into the
error of supposing that one Of the great
exposition buildings was yet without q
roof.
1t is almost unnecessary to say that
within the exposition gates everything IA
On a scale so vast as to almost DEFY belief.
A queer thing about the exposition ia that
the longer one stays here the bigger it
seems. Instead of appearing smaller az
one becomes more familiar with it, through
seeing 1t day after day, it swclls and
swells IN q manner that is altogether
amazing. l have been lare almost a
month, and have walked " dozen times
from one end of the grounds to the other,
Yet each time l do so my wonder at the
vastness OF the thing is greater than it
ever was before.
One begins to realize n little of this i'm
mensity. indeed. before entering the
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19
First published April 10, 1898.
House Bill No. 29l.
AN ACT
House Bill No. 29l.

Authorizing cities of the second class to re;
levy and collect certain taxes and special
assessments, upon territory adjacent thereto.
BE Il enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
Kansas:
SECTION l. That in all cases where property
adjacent to any city OF the second class has
been attempted to be added to such city, and
thereafter such city has made public or spe-
cial improvements In such territory by which
1t has been benefited, and thereafter the an
nexation Of the same has been determined to
be invalid, the mayor and cOuncilmen Of any
city of the second class, upon remuneration
of said territory pursuant to the laws provided
therefor, are hereby directed and empowered
to relevy said taxes and special assessments, II
any, and the invalidlty Of the proceedings tax
ing in said adjacent territory, previous to the
making Of said improvements and special as
sessments, shall be no defense to the collec-
tion OF said taxes and special assessment
SEC q This act shall be in force from and
after its publication in the official state paper
Approved March II, 1893
|, X. s. Osborn, secretary OF state OF the state
OF Kansas, do hereby certify that
,, the above Is a true and correct copy
lsEALJ OF the original enrolled bill now on
file In my office.
RS. OSBORN,
Secretary of State.
BY D. G. ZERCHER,
Assistant Secretary Of State.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19
(First published April 10, 1881
House Bill No. 1O2.
AN ACT
House Bill No. 1O2.

To release certain lands from the corporate
limits Of Rush Center, and restoring the
same to Center township, Rush county
Kansas.
Be Il enacted By the Legislature Of the State Of
Kansas:
SECTION l. That the following real estate,
tO-wit The southeast quarter OF the northeast
quarter of section number twenty-seVen (H),
in township eighteen QS) south, OF range mum
Der eighteen (1S) west of the 9th 7. NJ, Rush
county, Kansas, Is hereby released from within
the corporate limits of Rush Center.
SEC q That the real estate described In sec.
of this act is hereby restored to Center town
ship, Rush county, Kansas.
SEC B. That the corporate lines OF kush
Center are hereby made to conform with the
provisions OF sec. of this act.
SEC 4. This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its publication In the
official state paper.
Approved March 0, 1893.
l. r. s. Osborn, secretary OF state OF the state OF
Kansas, do hereby certify that the
above Is true and correct copy OF
IshALl the original enrolled bill now on
file In my Office.
RS. OSBORN,
Secretary Of State.
BY D. C. ZERCHER,
Assistant Secretary Of State.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19

Be il enacted By the Legislature Of the State of
Kansas:
SECTION 1. That all that part of lot number
three in the southwest fractional quarter ca
OF section number eighteen CS), of township
number eight (S), OF range number eighteen
QS), in Jefferson county, Kansas, described as
follows: Commencing at point on the south
bank of the Delaware river north from the
northeast corner of side lot number sixty
seven; thence south to the northeast corner Of
said side lot number siXty-seven; thence west
along the north line of side lots number sixty
seven and sixty-four, three hundred and
-seventy-two feet; thence north three hundred
feet to the Delaware river; thence east down
said river to the place of beginning, now being
within the corporate limits of the city of Val
ley Falls Kansas, be and the same Is hereby
excluded from the corporate limits of said city
OF Valley Falls and shall not after the passage
OF this act be subject to assessment and taxa
tion for city purposes.
SEC. 2. This act shall be in force and take
effect from and after its publication in the off,
cial state paper.
Approved March IL, 1898
/, Il. s. Osborn, secretary OF state OF the state
Of Kansas, do hereby certify that
rsr,l the above is q true and correct copy
lshALI OF the original enrolled bill now on
file in my office.
R. S. OSBORN,
Secretary Of State.
By D. c. zERoHBR,
Assistant Secretary Of state.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19
(Flrst published April 10, 1881
House Bill No. 10.
AN ACT

tain dams across the Kansas river and the
rightof-way over certain strip OF land over
and across the Insane Asylum grounds, and
the use of Soldier creek through the Reform
School grounds, In Shawnee county, for GER
tain purposes.
BE it enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Kansas:
SECTION /. That there be and Is hereby
granted to Edward Wilder, William Sims and
Samuel T. Howe, their associates, personal or
corporate, and their successor and assigns, the
right to erect, construct and forever maintain
q series OF three certain dams across the Kan
sas river at any suitable place west of the city
of Topeka, and not further up the river than
the Westernmost line of Shawnee county
whenever said aforementioned parties or their
assigns have acquired or may hereafter acquire
by purchase, lease, contract, or condemnation
proceedings, the lands on the banks Of said
rivers. III any of said dams shall not be con-
stYucted, or the construction thereof shall not
have been commenced with period Of ten
years from the time this act shall take effect,
the rights hereby granted, so far as applicable
to any dam the construction OF which shall
not have been commenced, shall thereafter
vest In any pereon, ,persons,o or corporation desir
ing to take advantage of the provisions hereof
under the terms, conditions and restrictions OF
this act. And such person, persons or corpo-
ration shall have the right to construct and
maintain such dam or dams across said river
upon which the construction has not been be-
gun and Is being successfully carried on; Pro
vided That the right hereby granted shall be
limited to such ownership or rights as the
state may have in the bed or banks OF said
river and shall not be constructed as granting
any right to overflow any other lands by the
erection OF such dam or dams until the right
70 overflow such other lands shall have been
acquired as provided by law.
SEC. 2 That there be and Is hereby granted
unto the aforementioned persons, and their
successors and assigns forever, for the use and
purposes and upon the condition and subject
10 the limitations hereinafter mentioned, the
right-of-way over strip Of land for a raceway
across and through the Insane Asylum
grounds, In Shawnee county, said grounds be-
ing part of the northeast quarter Of section
26, township II, Of range 10 east, said strip Of
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19
First published April 10, 1881
House Bill No. 33l.
AN ACT

Excluding certain real estate from the cor
porate limits of the city of Valley Falls, JEFF
ferson county, Kansas
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19

Be IL enacted by the Legislature Of the State o.
Kansas:
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-19

Be IL enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
Kansas:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
EQUAL TO THE PRESENT CONGRESS.
Largest Gas Well in the World is Struck al
Findlay, Ohio.

FlNDLAY, Ohio, Sept. 15.-All pre-
vious records in gas wells were broken
here yesterday morning. ID. 7. Davis
completed a well on the Ross farm in
Cass township, which is good for 50,-
900, 900 cubic feet per day, making it
the largest well ever struck in the
world. The we'll is but sixty feet from
the city's 100000 gusher. struck
two months ago. Scarcely had the
go-devil struck than the well responded
with rush, a hiss, a scream and a
roar such as has never before been
heard even among the gas wells OF
Hancock county.
The rush of gas from the tapped
reservoir was awful, and a gauge
placed over the well showed it to be
beyond measuring. The indicator
shot up to the 100000 mark and
stopped, for it could go no further.
The well was larger than this capacity
and mas been estimated at from thirty
five to fifty million feet OF gas per day.
Hundreds of people are fiocking to the
well and general satisfaction is mani
tested everywhere.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
M'cARrHYs. FATHER AND SON.
The Delta, Col, Robbers Identified as Very
Bad Lot.

A Delta, Col, special says: The
two men who were killed while at
tempting to escape after robbing the
Farmers and Merchants bank and
killed it's cashier, were positively
identified as Tom and Fred Mccarthy,
father and son. The third man who
partic: :pated in the robbery but es-
capped, is Billy Mccarthy, also a son
OF Tom Mccarthy. These men con-
stituted the Mccarthy gang OF Oregon,
and are wanted there for robbing
stages and United States mails. There
is II reward of $4,000 for them on
that account. The dead men were
exhumed and identified by Sheriff
Condee of Baker City, Ore, who at
tempted to arrest them in Oregon,
but was prevented by the Mccarthy s
getting the drop on him. Ex-Chief OF
Police Farley of Denver also knows
the gang. and says Tom Mccarthy is
the man who robbed President d. III
Moffit of the First National bank OF
that city some four years ago, secur-
ing S21, 900. Budd Taylor of Moab,
Utah, who claims he Is relative by
marriage of the Mccarthy family, also
identified the men. Billy Mccarthy
the escaped robber, is still at large,
but the pursuit has not been given up.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
THE CHINESE MAY STAY.
Further Operation Of the Geary Law Stopped
for tee Present by the Washington
Authorities.

A Washington special says: Attor-
ney General Olney has instructed
United States marshals to take no
further steps for enforcing the Geary
law pending specific instructions to
the contrary from Washington. These
instructions do not apply, however,
to Chinese already in process of de-
portation by due process OF law. j.
Hubley Ashton, of counsel for the
Chinese, applied to the treasury de-
partment for stay of proceedings in
the case of the Chinese recently or
dered back to China by the district
court OF Los Angeles. He was referred
to the department of justice and there
informed that the department would
not interfere in cases already passed
upon by United States courts.
The new Chinese minister to this
country, Yang Yu, was at the state
department a snort time since and, it
is understood, was informed by Sec
retary Gresham of the intention OF
the administration to suspend further
action under the exclusion act pend
ing the action OF congress on the bill
introduced by Representative Everett
extending to Sept. /, 1894, the time
in which Chinese may register. The
change in the attitude of the treasury
department, which for the last week
has been contemplating instructions
for the enforcement of the Geary law,
is, it is believed, due to the strong pro-
tests of the Chinese government,
coupled with the intimation that in
the event of such action that govern
ment would no longer assume respon-
sibility for the future safety of Ameri-
cans in Chinese territory.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
Bad as He is Pictured.

A correspondent of the Inter Ocean,
writing of the recent vote in the house
of lords on the home rule bill, says:
"The English and American readers
are familiar with the current carica-
turing of the average British peer as q
repulsive creature, with slanting fore
head and receeding chin. No better
opportunity was ever afforded for
putting the indictment to test than
this week. 1t must stand. 1t is
abundantly proved that the COM
posite photograph of those members
of the house of lords, who hold seats
by inheritance and not be appoint
ment, would be the personiication OF
weakness mentally, morally and
physically, self-indulgence, selfishness,
bigotry and intolerance. Your cor
respondent has sometimes expressed
the opinion that the English people
were too firmly attached to existing
institutions, to aristocracy, to sweep
away the house OF lords, If it opposed
popular will persistently, but ne must
add now the conviction that the only
safety for the great prero2atives en-
joyed by the 400 persons who rejected
the home rule bill this morning lies in
the mysterious seclusion from which
ley emerged this week, II their faces
and forms should once be depicted be-
fore the English people their political
doom would be sealed"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
STABBED A FELLOW ACTOR.
Thomas Keene, the Tragedian, Makes Bad
Mistake.

At Pittsburg, Pa, recently, during
the duel scene between Mercutio and
Tybalt, in "Romeo and Juliet" at
the Duquesne theater, Thomas Keene,
the tragedian, accidentally thrust his
sword into the left eye of Lawrence
Lowell, destroying the sight. Lowell
was PLAYING Benvolio, and when Mer-
Quito (Keene) stabbed Tybalt (Robert
Il. Haines), Lowell, who caught Haines
when he fell, received the sword thrust
in the eye. The sharp-pointed blade
pierced the pupil and narrowly escaped
entering the brain. Lowell was re-
moved to the Hotel Schlosser, and
will not be able to appear again for
several weeks. The physicians say
the eye will be blind. Mr.. Keene was
very much depressed over the unfor-
tunate affair. His wife will remain
with Lowell until he recovers. Lowell
formerly lived in Seattle.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
A Woman Who is Worth $40, 600, 900.

Fancy a woman about 3S years Of
aye, quite stout, and OF medium
height, dressed in rich but somber
clothing, a pale face, blue eyes and
gold-rimmed spectacles, and you will
have fairly good idea of Miss Mary
Garrett of Baltimore, daughter of the
great railroad king, and sister of the
present head of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad system. Miss Garrett
makes her home in Baltimore, but
spends much of her time in New York,
and every summer she journeys to
Europe with her maid, and quite in
dependently she travels from one
place to another. She is a woman OF
gentle breeding and possessed OF great
knowledge, not only of affairs in this
country, but in Europe. She speaks
half dozen languages fiuently, and is
said to be a walking Poor's Manual
on railroad affairs. She inherited her
fathers love for the railroad business
nd is acquainted with every detail
of the great company which her father
founded. She is well posted, too, on
NudI OlbCf IduLOad5 aAC ooAuSs c%ht
she is so keen in her judgment of rail-
road securities that she has made a
great fortune for herself by judicious
investment. Miss Garrett is most
entertaining talker. Her voice is soft
and low. She has not one ,mannish
CHARACTERISTIC; and this is quite sur
prising, too, for she has been brought
closely in contact with men in a busi-
ness way. She spends her time sys-
tematically. To business she devotes
a large share; to society very little,
but to charity she is ever willing to
turn. Her fortune is very large-a
good many millions, perhaps S2O,.
OOO, ,OOO-and increasing yearly. She
will soon be one of the richest women
| in the world. To see her on the street
no one would believe she was worth
81 ,OOO.-Jenness-Miller Monthly.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
T,C.POWer & Bro.
VISITORS TO THE FAIR

Are cordially invited to make
our store headquarters during
Pair Week." 1t will give us
pleasure to take care of your par
cells, wraps and such other arti-
cles you may be pleased to leave
in our charge.
We intend making Fair Week"
a memorable one i'm the number
and variety of special induce
ments which will be offered by
us. 1t will be to your interest to
visit our establishment and see
these wonderful values.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-09-21
A GOOD HAUL.
Indiana Bandits Rob an Express Train on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern.

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern.
KENDALLv,LLE, ind, Sept. ia
most daring robbery, probably the
most daring in the history OF rail-
roading, occurred here Monday night.
Train No. IA on tine Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern, which left the
Rock Island depot at Chicago at Las,
was attacked and held up by a num-
ber of men as it neared the switch at
Kesler siding, about five miles west OF
here. The west switch was thrown,
showing red light, and when Engi-
neer Knapp stopped his engine he was
fired upon and hit in the shoulder by
bullet from Winchester rifle. The
robbers then covered the train crew
with rifles, and after blowing open the
door of the express car three OF them
entered, and covering the express mes
sensrr proceeded coolly to blow open
the safe. 1t took five cartridges to
accomplish this. The robbers after
taking what they wanted departed.
The train was held about an hour.
Engineer hndpp pTOubuI luc u aii
here, but was unable to 60 farther on
account of his wound. it is believed
he will recover. There we're two safes
in the express car, one for through
matter, to which the messenger uad
no key, and onefor local mattec. The
robbers compelled the messenger to
open one safe, from which several
thousand dollars in currency was
taken, and then they blew open the
big sa;e with dynamite. In the outer
compartment was a quarter of mil
lion dollars in gold, with which the
robbers loaded themselves, not stop
ping to open the inner compartment,
in which there was a lot more money.
In their haste to get away the robbers
also overlooked two gold bars. The
train is the heaviest for express on
the road, and frequently carries a
half million dollars. 1t is believed
| this fact was known to the robbers.
When they left the train they went in
a southerly direction. The point at
which the robbery occurred is a deep
cut in the woods, but all the country
around is thickly populated, with lit
tie timber, and it is believed it will be
impossible for the robbers to escape.
Posses are out securing the country
in search of them.