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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-16
FLOOR OIL.CLOTHS And LISlLtUN

We carry four grales ~
Cloth and three qualities 'i
made by the best manufarit.
country. Prices range nom
per square yard Tor Oil-CIo1A' ".-
80 TO Toe. for Linoleunas. .,.... Dbl.
Carpets, Mattings. and %.
al short notice. Perfect slt!sia---'n
anteed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03

Eg&IHgEI-SEE0
copic test, and tried it with litmus
paper. It grew to be q larger comma
more significant comma, and q more
formidable comma under their investiga-
tions. They argued, and pondered, and
reasoned over it's significance. Finally
they decided. The comma, they held,
occurred in q vital part Of the charge.
It's presence there 80 metamorphosed
the meaning Of its parent sentence, that
it's construction by the jury might have
been faulty. To say the very least, its
presence was Indicative OF bad grammar.
Far be it from the Arkansas supreme
court 81 to permit it to be said, to the
lasting disgrace Of the commonwealth.
that a murderer had been hanged,i in any
part or parcel OF whose conviction there
had occurred 80 grievous a grammatical
fault as the displacement Of q comma.
So the finding was returned, for a new
trial. It was a trying moment, but the,
Arkansas supreme court and good gram
mar held the day. Again do I felicitate
the court and the state. Let the state
emblem be changed. Let it be a blood
red comma. with sin hoe signo vinces',
lettered in bold, black characters, in the
background.
The SPECTATOR.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03

speech for the republicans. Senator
Worst says Che sentiment Is good, and
the republicans feel confident of carry
ing the county, the home of Wallace, the
pop nominee, for the republicans.
Governor Shortridge Friday received
from the commissioner Of the general
land office at Washington, notification
of the approval by the secretary of the
interior, July, 8, 1894, Of lists aggrega-
ting M,070.37 acres of land in the Fargo
and Grand Forks land districts for the
various charitable ani educational in.
situations of the state.
The Normal Item Of Valley City,
publishes in full the addresses of the
graduates of the state normal school,
one of whom was Miss Jennie Macnider
of this city. Speaking of Miss Macnid-
er's essay, the Item says: "Mlss Mac
nider's address was delivered in a spirit
ed and charming manner. The essay
showed much painstaking work and
showed much skill in the treatment"
Senator Roach has introduced another
bill to grant to North Dakota for a site
for a reform school, all of sections II, 10,
ID, IA, % and "a, including the buildings
which have been constructed for the use
of Fort Abraham Lincoln military post.
Water rights belonging to this post are
to be granted to the state, and the land
in the reservation not included in that
part wanted for the site shall be subject
to entry upder the land laws.
Jamestown Alert: United States
Marshal Cronan and Chief Deputy Dag
gett have been in the city to-day settling
the accounts of the deputy marshals en-
gagged during the Coxey migration.
Several good-sized bills for board and
per diem were allowed here. It is said
the expense of the marshals in this state
for the above reason will not be as heavy
as might have been expected, and will
not greatly exceed $4,000 for every
thing. The marshal and chief deputy
do not get extra pay for their services in
remaining with and assisting deputies
during such occasions as arose with the
Coxey movement, the regular salary
covering that service.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS.

Glendale Commercial: The ticket
nominated at Grand Forks last week, is
an excellent one in every respect, and
will sweep the state like a cyclone in
November.
Casselton Reporter: There is not a
name on the ticket but what is entitled
to and we believe will receive the undi-
vided support of every true blue republi-
can elector of the state.
Dickey County Leader: For the COM
ing election, it needs but a united effort
and a good, rousing campaign to redeem
the state by a large majority from the
control of the populists.
Foster County Independent: The re-
publican state convention held at Grand
Forks last week nominated the strongest
ticket that was probably ever put up in
the state, and placed the entire ticket in
nomination by reclamation.
Larimore Pioneer: The state ticket
nominated by the republicans is perhaps
as strong as could be made 1t is about
what the voters wanted put up. The
platform was first adopted and the can
didates afterward nominated.
Ransom County Gazette: The ticket
nominated by the republican state con-
vention at Grand Forks undoubtedly
was the most satisfactory as a whole to
the rank and file of the party, of any
previous ticket nominated by the party
in the history of the state, and if the
party makes a reasonably active canvass
which it undoubtedly will-this ticket
will be triumphantly elected.
Pembina Pioneer Express: The ticket
nominated by the republicans at Grand
Forks last week is all right. It is years
since a republican convention succeeded
80 we'll in suiting all factions, and caus-
ing 80 little disappointment. In the
nature of things there are always more
candidates than Offices, but in our men,
ory Of state conventions we have never
seen SO little bitterness, or SO hearty an
acceptation Of the successful candidates.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
Travels by Coach.

One, Withheld, a cripple, came IN from
the west Tuesday, and is on the streets
to-day, asking assistance. Withheld gets
about on q four wheeled vehicle, strongly
built, upon which he pushes himself
about, and which is arranged with a
covered mattress and spring, that it can
be converted into a bed when night
BONES. The cripple has a trunk of the
ordinary sized man, but his limbs are
shrunken with spinal troubles, and he
is helpless. He.has Travelled all through
the west. and gets from place to placed by
train. as he has money to pay his fare.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.
Fire at Stevenson,

Reports from Fort Stevenson are to
the effect that quite a disastrous fire
visited the Indian school department
there Wednesday. The blaze broke out
in a laundry, and was rapidly commune
Gated to the adjoining building, destroy
ing four school rooms, two dormitories,
and swept clean a row of adjacent build
ings. Jerry Barnes, John White and
NJ. Glineburg we're present at the time
and helped fight the flames, but the
work of combating the blaze was futile,
and the fire burned everything near it
before it could be checked. The loss is
difficult to estimate, but as the schools
were to have been moved, will not be so
great as otherwise.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
why He Won't Ont,

Mandan Pioneer: A Dakota division
conductor was telling his Mandan
friends the story of a Fargo conductor
who went out because some other men
went out, and in filing out his applica-
ton Tor reinstatement had to give his.
record with his previous employer, and
came to the question, "what did you
leave for?" He filed in the blank space.
with the answer, "for lack Of brains.'
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
Health Matters.

DR.. DeVaux came in from Valley City
Thurday morning, and is consulting with
other members Of the state board Of
health. The principal business before,
them is the ratification of sthe decision.
passed at the last meeting, providing for
the vaccination Of inmates of all peni-
tentiaries, hospitals, asylums and uni
versities. The doctor reports the condi-
ton of the state good from a sanitary
standpoint.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
a Few Coxeyitas.

Since the resumption Of traffic after.
the strike, the struggling Coxeyltes along
the road are in clover, and meet with
little opposition in stealing rides on
passing freight trains. Several trains;
have passed through, each with from six
ten C%oxeyites aboard, and they seem
to be more successful in making their
ways east, than they were a few weeks
ago. A gang Of ten jumped a freight at,
the river the other evening, and sue
ceeded in getting out of town.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
Married.

The fact leaked out Wednesday Of the,
wedding Of a well known and popular
couple of the city's young people, Mr..
John G. Dolan, the efficient t%onsorial
artist, and Miss Minnie Fisher, who has
a host of friends among the young folks,
which wedding occurred over a month
ago. and was kept secret until to-day,
when the fact became known-and con
CALCULATIONS will be in order.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03
Chance for a Race.

FL NAouCc AOr d 6saC0. EHWPEEH
Emmons County Record: Emmons.
county is the home Of a yong man, who,
in the opinion Of q good many Of his fell
low-citizehs, Gun skip over 100 yards OF
ground more feetly than Johnny Homan
or any other chap who dwelleth on the
slope.
Died at the Hospital:
Geo. Sloan, the tramp printer, who
came near freezing to death here last
winter, being found asleep in an OPEN
shed and taken to jail by Sheriff Don
nelly, and who was afterward arrested
at Dickinson for burglary and. at the re-
quest of the Fargo printers union, taken
to the insane asylum last April, died
there Thursday. Mrs. Sloan, wife OF the
deceased, has been there for a short time.
an employee of the Capital hotel. The
deceased was cared for at Fargo by the
union to which he belonged, but managed
to escape their supervision and come to-
jamestown by train, and on the trip, It.
will be remembered he had a struggle
with a Northern Pacific brakeman and
was given a black eye for building a fire
in a boxcar, with the intention Of keep
ing warm. Sloan was undoubtedly
crazy, and had a mania for getting into
jail, having been confined in dozens Of
different ones in this state alone.
Mrs. Jumbo Cantwell of the common
veal. goes from FARGO back ia Saattla
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-03

.#H.E --EE#4.
Let mi extend congratulations to the
Arkansas supreme court. The whole.
people Of Arkansas are to be congratu-
lated upon it's possession. Not many
days ago, q promising young man, son
Of one Of the first families Of the state,
was tried, convicted and found guilty Of
the murder Of two persons. The VIC
Tins Of his crime were just as dead as
any son Of any first family in Arkansas
could make them. The evidence was
conclusive. But the Judge, in his charge
to the jury which returned q verdict Of
guilty, was fatally indiscreet. His
charge, which was written, contained a
guperhuous comma. The attorneys for
the defense erected an appeal to the SUI
preme court upon no foundation other,
than this simple comma. They arrayed.
it in all the language peculiar to legal
Jurisprudence. They clothed it with all
the Significance Of which glittering ar
gument and speoious reasoning were
capable. Then they sent the comma,
thus regally attired, to the supreme court
That body pondered, heavily and de-.
liberately. They held the comma to the
light. They submitted it to q polaris-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

is particularly rich in fossils OF pre-
glacial animals These bad lands,
according to Official geology, were
once lakes back in what are known as
the eocene and miocene periods of
tertiary time, which means the first
two of the three principal divisions
during which were laid down the
groups of rocks.
1t is averred by these scientists
that the rivers discharging into these
lakes so wrought on the surrounding
soil that the lake basins became filled
with alluvial material, and in these
old beds and in the cliffs surrounding
them are found the fossil skeletons OF
the peculiar fauna that illustrated
life in those early days. 1t may be
added that while the estimated time
since these periods varies, it is evil
dent that the first mentioned was
not less than 100, 600 years ago and
the second at least half as much.
Into this region a party of fossil hun
tiers penetrated year ago to collect
specimens for the Museum Of Natural
History Of New York and camped on
this region six months. Their search
was rewarded with finds OF some re-
markable creatures hitherto almost
wholly unknown to the science of
paleontOlogy.
Most notable among these speci-
mems is that OF an animal never yet
found outside of America-a huge
mammal that represents compro-
mise between the elephant and the
rhinoceros and which, singularly
enough, was equipped with three sets
OF horns Two pointed, upright
sets of horns pro- ected from the top
Of the head, two forward from the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

necessary accommodations to separ-
ate families, the double house I'M
dOubtedly stands ahead as far as
economy is concerned; one lot is
thus made to do the duty of two,
one chimney, one wall and one roof
doing likewise; and while we have
not fully made up our minds to &C
cept the dOuble-hOuse system as a
sure indication Of the near approach
of the millennium, yet are willing
80 accept it as a nearer approach to
the attainment of home-even
though it may seem to be only half
d home-than that system, so prev
alent in our country at the present
day, of putting one family on floor
directly over another, the beauties
of which is theme poets never sing
about; and while the double house
has it's many drawbacks, such as the
owner of one-half painting the ex-
terror white and the other brown, as
is frequently the case, plenty of proof
Of which can be seen: or one adding
a bay-window and enlarging, while
the other is anxious to sell out on &C
count of his neigbor's disposition to
be always making Improvements,
with which his pocket book will not
allow him to keep pace. and plenty
Of like trouble in the same spirit
shat we could enumerate, all Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
FOOLED THE BANDITS
A Strange Adventure with Road Agents IL
Mexico.

A Strange Adventure with Road Agents in
When you are travelling alone. par
ticularlV in a country like Mexico,
where bandits are even now too nu-
meroas, always carry two reyolvers,
one of which may be worthless, but
put good gun out Of sight, says an
experienced traveller A friend of
mine, Mccoy Shepard, was travelling
alone from Acapulco to the City of
Mexico. He knew the language of
the country well and had little
thought of danger, but he went pre-
pared for business. He put in the
holster of his saddle 44-caliber re-
volver loaded with cartridges that
barely had enough powder in them to
blow the bullets out Of the muZzle,
and then in the small of his back he
hung the handiest 3S-caliber he could
find when in Frisco
1t happened that as he was coming
down out of the main range three
road agents stepped from the rocks
beside the road and had him cornered
before he could whistle. They we're
armed with shotguns as we'll as
machetes, but for some reason did
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
HUNTING THE ELK.
why 1t Has Vanished from the Plains Of
the West.

Elk-hunting on the plains of the
West is now thing of the past, for
the elk has been banished from the
wide, timberless tracts by the ad-
vance of civilization and now seeks
refuge in the wild hill lands or tim
Der tracts Of mountainous regions.
Little over a decade ago the elk
rcamed in vast herds over the plains
and less than two decades ago herds
of 1000 elk were not uncommon
sights. Elk-huuting then was an ex-
citing sport and profitable, too. An
army lieutenant thus gives an &C.
count of a hunt he participated in
on the Loup River, Nebras Our
party swept in swinging galiop over
the ridge beyond which were the I'M
suspecting elk. BY the time the
dumfounded brutes had "bunched"-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Passing of Whftechapel.

The district Of Whitechapel, Lon
don. is rapidly ceasing to be, as it is
generally considered, a distinctly
cockney- populated locality. In 1891
one in every five inhabitants of the
district was foreigner. and since
then there has been a great influx Of
foreigners, mostly Russians and Rus
sian Poles. More than two thousand
of these foreigners settled in the dis
trict during last year, driving out
almost as many Londoners. The
birth rate in Whitechapel is forty
one, as compared with twenty-five in
the western districts Of London, and
forty-seven in Russia. Even if immi-
grafton should cease it is considered
pretty certain that the Russians and
Poles will soon predominant in White
chanel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

end of the nose or snout downward,
and two inclining with slight curve
Backward midway on the snout. The
animal was swamp and lagoon den
izen and the equipment denotes an
aquatic root digger OF this creature
this New York party secured fifteen
skulls and one entire skeleton, one Of
the skulls measuring over two and a
half feet acros, indicating a mon
ster of no mean dimensions. AS a
courtesy to the Uintah Mountains,
near a spur of which the whole ag-
gregation was found, the beast was
named Uintathericum, and palentol-
ogy may add another oddly to its
catalogues and another accession to
it's quantity Of photographed ter
rOr.
Many, perhaps most, Of these fos-
sils are in solid, greenish sandstone,
and when seen On the surface fire.
ouently stand out in bas-relief. But
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

not shoot before they spoke, as not
infrequently happens. They invited
Mac to get down, and he did per-
force. Then one Of them took the
revolver from the holster.
"Good. 1t is big" said he.
EYES," said Mac, "but it is a worth
less thing after all. | never WANT to
kill any one. l only carry it because
/ must make people think l am
armed.
The bandits laughed at that. It
was incredible that such pistol
should be worthless, and they said SO.
"But, gentlemen, will put my hat
in the road and you may shoot at it
with the pistol The bullet will not
60 through the hat.
At that he took off his hat, gor-
geous Mexican affair that cost $50 in
Acapulco, and put it on rock not
ten feet away and stepped back to-
ward but about five feet at one side
of the bandits They were interest
ed at once The idea was novel to
them. The man with the pistol
aimed deliberately and fred at the
hat. Then the three ran to look at
the effect of the shot. Macs turn
to shoot had come. Whipping out
the unnoticed revolver he shot two
of them down before they could turn
on him. Third did no more than
turn round before he caught his dose
as we'll,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
AN OLO-TIME INDIAN TERROR.

An Aged Indian Warrior Who for Ten
Years Terrorized the Settlers of Arizona.
They were talking about the pres
ent Indian outbreak when one OF the
party, who had been for many years
a resident OF Arizona Territory, re-
marked:
Il tell you, gentleman, that this
Indian business is liable to become
pretty serious before long. Why on
earth the government don't enlist
25. 600 men and have those red skins
rounded up once and for all is some
thing | cannot understand.
"Why, down in Arizona, we lived
for fifteen years in state of terror
on account of the marauding band Of
Apaches that had things pretty much
their own way all this time, in spite
of all that the government troops
could do to keep them in check.
Il call to mind particularly Old
Victoria. There was a warrior for
you. He commanded a band of some
two hundred bucks. They were the
Chiracahua Apaches, and the MUIR
ders, robberies and depredations COM
mitted by that band during those
ten years in which they were on the
warpath are almost incredible
..Old Victoria was nearly ninety
years of age when the trouble began.
He ruled those red skins with a rod
of iron in spite of his years. And he
was paralyzed, too, completely para
lyzed. He was only able to use his
left arm little, just enough to lift
a cigarette to his mouth.
'He was constantly in the saddle,
and had to be strapped Cd like bale
of goods. His band had the finest
ponies to be found anywhere. They
would sometimes appear at one place
and in less than tWenty-four hours
you would hear of them at some
place 100 miles distant. All through
out southern Arizona and northern
Mexico Old Victoria continued his
raids until the settlers finally gave
up in despair. The government
troops appeared to be utterly power
less in the matter.
"Why, that band of red skins would
sometimes plumber wagon train
right under the noses Of the troopers,
and by the time the latter were
mounted and ready to start in pur-
suit. they would be out Of sight. The
next day. perhaps, the w res would
tell of some fresh depreciation COM
mitted by the same band in section
of the country over 100 miles away.
@This old war dog, however, was
finally rounded up and shot He
died in the saddle, fighting to the
last. and his band, what was left of
it, dispersed. Of course the settlers
heard Of it and were delighted. Dis
may followed, however. when Co.
chise took the field This Indian
ran things pretty much the same
way for five years, and then came
old Geronimo.
"The Indians of the Northwest are
much more numerous and better
armed You may take my word for
it, gentlemen. we haven't seen the
last of the Indian troubles We've
hardly seen the beginning Of them.
The government will wake up to
the fact before long, too. New York
Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
Canadian Canal.

The Hurontario Ship Canal Com
pany OF Canada has been incorpor-
ated by the Canadian legislature tor
the purpose Of constructing ship
canal from Toronto. on Lake Ontario,
to Georgian Bay, near Collingwood.
The stock capital of the company is
sos. 600, 00o, of which 1000, 600 must
be paid and 10 per cent subscribed
before it has legal existence. One
clause in the franchise requires that
the directors must be British sub
iects. A number Of American CAPT.
talists are interested in the scheme.
s is a revival of the old project
which had been advocated at inter
walls for many years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21

the first act of an affrighted herd
we were right among them. Many of
the older hunters dropped their car
bines across their saddle-boWs, and
pulling their revolvers delivered a
deadly fire at binding range
Dashing through this little bewil-
dered herd like gust of wind, the
hunting party swung to the left of
the slope Of the long ridge where,
from $50 to 200 yards away, the main
herd had Punched" 500 to 500, if
not 1000, strong. With all the
rough rattle of shots, the hard hit
ting Of horns against horns, and the
drum-ljke clatter of the hoofs, there
was singular silence, homogeneous
with SO much rapidly varying excite
ment; for orders had been given that
not whisper should be heard till the
elk had broken in an organized run
in definite course. AS the western
wall of elk-horns opened in that di-
rection, with princely buck at the
head, there went up from us yell
that Glove the very clouds, and scat
tered the band only to bunch again.
That shout delayed them hardly
three seconds, but that three seconds
made q success Of the hunt, and be-
fore it ended we were among them.
Far down On my right the Marshal's
carbine had been knocked from his
hand by the horns Of a plunging
buck, while near me, on the left, a
burly corporal, with empty. smoking
pistol, brought the barrel down like
a club on the head of an elk that was
trying, in the crush, to push its way
directly over his horse. The elk fell
to the ground stunned. 1t was hand
to hoof and horns for brief second
or two, and then the great surging
mass broke and TIE long chase be-
gan. After it was ended we assem-
bled at camp, and then the wagon
brought in the carcasses of nineteen