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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Thirty-five' Have Scarlet Fever.

LOWELL, Mass, Dec. 1O.-Thanks-
giving day a homeless girl was ad-
mitted to the Aver Home for Young
Women and Children. Two days later
she became i'll with scarlet fever and
the infection spread among the other
inmates of the home. Thirty-fve Of
the ~ children in the home are suffer-
ing from the disease,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Must Keep Their Eyes open.

DENVER, Dec. 8.-Sixteen men are
engaged in this city upon a contest of
endurance, a prize of $500 being Of
fered to the one who keeps awake the
whole week. The men are in a large
room under the eyes Of watchers.
When a contestant is seen to doze, a
bell is struck. If he fails to wake up
he is counted out.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Beatty VIII Go to the Pen

New YORK, Dec. 1O.-D. F. Beatty,
at three different times mayor of Wash
ington, N. j., and whose career as a
millionaire organ speculator dazzled
the country from 1878 to nearly 1898
has has been convicted of using the
United States mails for fraudulent pur.
poses. He will probably be sentenced
next week
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Suit For Half a Million.

DENVER, Dec. 10.-Herman Sturm
has begun suit here against J. H.
Hampson to recover $500, 900 for his
services in obtaining a transfer to the
defendant of a concession for a railroad
from the City Of Mexico to Palisade
Bay on the Pacific coast.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Said to Be an Embezz1er

CHICAGO, Dec. 1O.-R. B. Williams,
Chicago agent for the wholesale drug
house Of Frederick Stearns & Co. Of
Detroit, was arrested here charged
with embezzlement. The amount Of
the embezzlement is not known, but
is said to be large.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
The Chinese Treaty Arrives.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1O.-The long de-.
layed Chinese treaty has at last arrived
iii Washington. Secretary Gresham
and MI. Yang-Yu, the Chinese minis
ter, have exchanged the final ratifca-
lions and nothing now remains to be
done but to ~promulgate the treaty, and
it is expected that the proclamation
will follow in a day or two.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
scalped in = Runaway.

MAPLEToN, Mimi, Dec. S.-During
a runaway James Morris of this place
was thrown from the wagon upon the
frozen ground and almost literally
scalped, the flesh from ear to a and
through mi eye hanging down over
his face, and he is also paralyzed. He
will probably live.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
T1LLMAN FOR SENATOR.

The Ex-Governor of North Carolina Re-
ceives a Big Majority.
COLUMBIA, S. S., Dec. 12.-B. R
Tillman was elected United States
senator at noon, receiving 131 out Of
1876 votes cast. M. G. Butler received
II votes. Three negro members of the
house voted, two for George Murray
and one for w. D. Crum. The vote
stood in the senate 20 for Tillman, 6 for
Butler; in the house 102 for Tillman,
Is for Butler.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Captain Atkinson Dead.

L1TcHFIELD, Mimi, Dec. 1O.-By the
death Of James B. Atkinson, which &C.
CURED in this city from heart failure
just before noon, n of the old land
marks of the county and state has been
removed. MI. Atkinson was a native
Of Canada, where he was born Nov. 10,
1872. He came to Meeker county in
1877.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Turnbull Still at Large.

FARGO, N. D., Dec. 1O.-The person
arrested at Spokane supposed to be Nor
man Turnbull was released. Turnbull,
the a%bsconding express agent, is still at
large. Gaming was his weakness.
Married last August. he succeeded in
squandering most Of his wife's savings
and borrowed from friends.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Splendid New onera Honse.

WAHPEToN, N. D., Dec. 8.-The new
opera house was opened by the Cal
houn Opera company. An audience of
800 enjoyed the entertainment. The
building has just been completed at a
cost Of $18, 600, and is superb in every
respect.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14

YANKToN, S. D., Dec. S.-County
School Superintendent Hills was exam
med by the board of insanity and will
be placed in the state hospital for the
insane. Overwork has affected his
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
Secured Two Wolves,

ANoKA, Mimi, Dec. s. The Champ
lin and Anoka wolf hunters went
over the same ground as the Minneapo-
lis parties hunted a few days ago. G..
W. Green and E. Lavesseur each got
one wolf.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-12-14
One Member Dead and Two Others Very

O"o n"chtUoF Deau anu TWO OCHefs very
Tow.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 1O.-Elsie Fitzgerald,
a ~10.year.old girl, was asphyxiated by
coal gas at 55 Ann street, where she
lived with her grandparents, MI. ard
Mrs. Joseph Egan. The little girl
died at the city hospital at Z p. NJ. Mr..
and Mrs. Egan, who were also taken to
the city hospital, are in a most critical
condition, the chances for the recover
OF Mrs. Egan being extremely doubtful.
Two other inmates of the house, John
Mills and his 1~6-year-old son Willie,
were also rendered unconscious by the
coal gas, but as they slept upstairs the
effect was not so serious in their case,
and they revived.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Income Tax systems.

Great Britain has imposed an in
come tax continuously since l943 The
rate of tax has varied from year to
year, never below 2pence on the pound
sterling.
The vario us states Of the German
empire impose income taxes, but the
empire has no such taxes. Prussia has
had an income tax since 1851. The
tendency of late years in Prussia has
been. to reduce the tax on small in
comes and increase it on great ones.
The Grand Duchy of Baden has i'm
posed an income tax within recent
years. The rate is two per cent. on
all incomes over 500 marks. The en-
tire yield for 1891 was $500, 900
marks.
Bremen has an income tax varying
from year to year. Last year the rate
was 4 per cent, with an addition for
incomes over 600 marks.
Austria collected about $40, 900, 600
last year from an income tax. The
tax is divided into three classes, ac-
cording to the amount of the income.
The rate varies from 81 per cent. to 20
per cent.
The Italian government realized
$45, 10000 from its income tax last
year. The rate is IL per cent. and
covers incomes derived from all sources
except from lands and buildings
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Not What They We're.

Since the veil has fallen into partial disuse,
the Turkish woman has also departed. Ma
rion Crawford tells US: THE ya,hmak is
not what 1t was ten years ago and has almost
ceased to hide the face ut all Strict as the
sultan's ordinance Is there is not the slight
est pretense OF obcying II and in the great
majority of cases thin white veil barely
covers the forehead and IL but loosely drawn
under the chin. The cross-band which used
to cover the nose above the eyes has entirely
disappeared, or is worn only when ladies ap-
pear In public at such places as the Sweet
Waters, or in their kaiks on the Golden Horn
and the Bosporus. 1t must be admitted that
with the disuse Of that old-fashloned veil
great illusion has disappeared from the
streets of Constantlnoplc. There was some
thing very mysterious about II. Black eyes
never looked so black and deep and liquid
when seen by themselves, as It were, between
two broad bands OF Opaque white. In those
days every yashmak yelled an ideal beauty,
very different from the ugllness OF the pale
and haccld features which It's absence now
generally dscloses One is Inclined to doubt
whether the mirror Ia in common use In the
harem of to-day WacrHy
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Co,nrann.. Conl Industrx.

Coal Mine Inspector Reed has fin
ished the compilation of the statistics
of the coal mines of the state for 1893,
and the showing, as compared with
that of the previous year, is very fiat
tering His report shows that the
production for 1893 exceeded that of
1892 by 1T5, S32 tons, and his invcsti
cations also show that fully 1000
more miners were employed last year
than in the year previous. The report
of the coke product will be ready in a
few days.
The following table shows the out
put for the two years by counties. 1t
is computed in tons of 1000 pounds
each. An apparent discrepancy be-
tween the output and the number
Of men employed in some counties is
explained by the fact that some mines
are better equipped with machinery
than others.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Aerial RoDswnys.

At the San Andreas de la Sierra mines, In
Durango, Mexico, there is an aerial ropeway,
furnished by the Vulcan Iron Works OF San
Francisco, California, which is one OF tn G
boldest structures OF its kind attempted thus
far. The line is l5,5i7 feet, not being so re-
markable In that respect, but the inclination
ia over 600 feet between supports. This
ropeway was put in to carry wood aud char
coal to the mill. A great saving s made by
this system, rs the material had to be packed
over very circuitous route mule back.
The country over which It travels Is exceed
ingly rough, and 1t crosses gorges 600 feet
deep AT one place the grade ia at an augl
OF 40 degrees. The Vulcan system OF rope
way consists mainly of an endless wire rope
supported at convenient intervals on grooved
sheaves, which are elevated on supporting
structures, the height and construction OF
which Will vary with the character of the
ground; and passing around large grip
wheels at ends of line. Carriers of suitable
shape to hold the materials will be transport
ed. The ideal ropeway is one with sufficient
grade to run by gravity, the loaded buckets
pulling the empty ones back to the base Of
supplies. In any case, however, the power
required to operate a very long ropeway Is
very small, for the frictlcn is low. The sur
plus power generated on gravity lines is
taken up by friction brakes at the terminals,
which are automatic In their action.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Fronch Labor Co ony.

In France the first labor colony was found
ed in 1892, at La Challmellc, department OF
the Marne, about fifty miles from Paris, and
contains an area OF 3l6 acres, which is under
lease to that city. The total cost OF the
colony for the year 1928 was $500. The
receipts from the sale of products were 81, 500,
leaving the net cost of tho colony for the
year $1,000. Wages are paid at the rate OF
10 cents day. Clothes are provided free on
entrance, but subsequent requirements are
charged to the coonists. Admission is re-
served for those who are willing TO work SO
as to prevent the colony from becoming the
resort of professional vagabonds. The total
cost day per man is % cents. The net total
cost in money Is IL cents. Fire, light, wash
ing, etc, a man per day costs cents. Thirty
three per cent. OF the inmates were placed in
permanent situations by the colony.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Mining Notes.

A single car load of ore from the
Grand Army lode at White Hills, Ari-
zona, sold to the Pueblo smcltcr,
brought SIS, 199 40.
Colorado Springs parties will erect a
mill on the Gold Crown property, Dun
can camp. The mine has 3-foot vein
carrying from to so ounces gold.
Three levels in the American, in
Sunshine district, Boulder county,
have cut a streak of ore from 3 to 8
inches thick which runs Sl25 to $50
gold.
l. is claimed that three miners work
ing in Farncomb Hill pocket near
Breckenridge have taken out 653
ounces of gold since January l, worth
$l:;, ,0G0.
Excitement has been caused at Pa
gosa Springs by an assay of SAG gold
on surface rock found on Four Mile
creek, rear there. There is grea,
quantity of the same rock in sight.
The fourteenth monthly dividend II
Golden Fleece stockholders was pail
on February 18th. 1t was sl2, 900 OF
2 ,.ents per share. Since the mine be-
gan prr1ucing it has paid $l6S, 900 N
the form of dividends. The Gold4n
Fleece Is located at Lake City.
An :,lportant strike has been mac
in tho Tree American mine at Duncan.
A % tch vein of tellurium ore, ASA !.
ing VT 50, 900 per ton was uncovcrc |.
They Had already large body of heii-
attic ,d pyrites rich in gold Tlis
nt'ik; makes it an invaluable mine
Two hundred and sixty-three mhn
a,e at present employed directly in
Nc mi nes, mills and smcltcrs of Hills
! aro, New Mexico, and about one hun
dred more are engaged in furnishing
supplies of wood and timber, haul ny
r-c from the mines and freightius to
-nd from the railroad,
Crooked Greek made record Of Ave
Important strikes during the past week.
I'm the Midland lode pocket was
discovered Saturday afternoon e,u-
soining quart of exquisite gold .,.sei-
ems The vein in which this rpcIct
,''is found is said to be two fee, WE
- $50 free milling orc.
President Jcffery of the Den-er &
sio Grande, D. II. Moffat and .',o
Hears have undertaken to oper 10
somc good copper mines in Norhi rn
New Mexico. The news comes from
Embudo, Taos county, New Mexico,
that these gentlemen have purchased
from Orson Bros. group of copper
mines for $l1, 800. Five more claims
were bonded for $4,000. Contracts
have bccn let for the erection of
houses to accommodate 100 men and
for hauling the ore to Embudo station
on the Espanola branch of the Denver
& Rio Grande, the nearest station to
TIL, mines. The ore runs about 800
to tie ton, 45 per cent. Of which is
copper, aud it is a fuxing ore such as
can be melted readily in the Standard
sme'.cr at Durango, in which Mr..
fiears is interested, --Dearer Repud,
liean,
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24

dipping and cooling process being
repeated until the candles were oon-
sidered sufficiently large. It was an
economical way Of furnishing lights.
but they weren't very brilliant. But
many time I've sewed until mid
night on fine black cloth by the light
OF tallow candles. We didn't have
any sowing machines In those days,
either. and all tho stitching had to
be done by hand. used to take
great pride in my fine stitching
could make row so straight and
even that you'd think 1t was machine
work II you only saw tho right side.
Girls don't know anything about such
work nowadays.
"No doubt. all this sounds to you
like the hardships of extreme power
ty. Well. at first. suppose, our
folks wero rather poor, but they soon
got over that 1t was quite the
usual thing for people to live in that
way at that time. | know many o
rich family hereabouts that got their
FIRST start toward wealth by just such
hard work and small economies.
Why. father put two of the boys
through college. and tho younger
girls were we'll educated; but we
older ones came on the carpet too
carly to enjoy such advantages, and
wore only privileged to help earn tho
money to foot the younger ones bills.
And. II you'll believe it, they sort OF
prido themselves now on their SUI
perior brains, and carry the idea
that 1t was by sheer force OF inherent
intellectually that they became
better educated than the rest of us.
! think II they had the misfortune to
be born first perhaps they'd have
pitched different tune"
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
THE WORLDS GOLD.
source. of tho L.rr. rrodue.lon in Is,

Sources OF tho Large Production In 1898.
Returns received at the Treasury de-
partment indicate that the gold output
OF the United States for 1893 will
reach the almost Unprecedented
amount Of s37, 900, 900, an increase
over 1892 of $4,000, 600 In Colorado
the amount has increased from 50, 000,-
900 in 1892 to 5000, 900 in 1893,
while the gains in the gold producing
sections arc unusually large. The
Australian production will carry the
production of the world to $3.50, 000,-
900, which is an increase of $12, ,000,-
600 for the year. With one or two
exceptions, this is the largest output
ever known. The gold fields of South
Africa seem to be rapidly taking the
place Of the California and Australian
fields, and the bonanza finds of the
present decade. Reports from the
Witwatcrstrandt region alone show
total product for 1893 of l,l7S, 41G
ounces of ore, yielding product of
refined gold Of value il excess of
s25, 900, 600. The production in South
Africa bids fair during the present
year to push her way to the head of
the list Of gold producing countries.
The figures of 1892 put Australia at
the head Of the list, with production
of 49,, $40, 900; the United States sec
ond at s33, 900, coo; Russia third at
$24, ,S06, 200; and Africa fourth at
$23, 706, 600.
The production of silver according
to the reports received at the mint has
fallen off during the past year and will
not exceed sl75, ,0O0,0 900 in coming
value of 1898, as the coming value of
1893. As the coming value is now more
than twice the market value, the ac-
tual mercantile value of the silver
mined would drop below 800, 1000, 0OO
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
CURRENT LEvITiEs.

The Wife-IIow did you dare. sir.
to scold me before Mrs. Brown? The
Husband-Well you know. Maria, 1
daren't scold you when we are by our
selves.
'And you really consider it good
luck to find horseshoe, them" Ger
tninly. They're worth two cents
apiece at any junk dealers, and every
little helps these hard times.
Bishop-How are you succeeding
here? Struggling Pastor-The stand
ard of morality is rising gradually.
81 am glad to here that" I'm no
advance"
Mrs. Lunelegh. shopping with her
husband : Oh, George, look herel
Doesn't this showcase of diamonds
look perfectly beautiful? Mr.. Lune-
lelgh-Yes, love. 1t would he shame
to take anything away from 1t.
"Aw-have you such n thing as-as
a full-dwess cigah?" inquired Fwed-
dy, who was on his way home from
reception. 81 think not, SIR" said
the tobacconist retiectively, "but we
have some in very elegant wrappers"
'I am going out to spend the even
ing, Bridget" said the master of the
house, as he came down stairs ar
rayed in full evening dress, land
want you to give this note to your
mistress as soon as she comes in.
Don't forget it, now" "Shure. and
won't. I'll put it in the pocket of the
breeches yez have just taken off.
She'll be sure to find it, then"
30, say, Mamie" exclaimed Maud,
"you just ought to see Harry since he
joined the National guards. He looks
perfectly lovely" HE mustw rejoin-
ed Mamie, rapturously, "I do hope
there won't be any wnr!' ut would
be dreadful IL Harry were to get
killed" ~ wasn't thinking of that
Lots of people so to war without
getting killed. But he'd be just
certain to spoil his clothes"
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
A MODEL SAVAGE.
Hing of a Country of savages and the
Good Work Ho Has Done.


King khama is model savage, II
black man who has been thorough
ly civilized by European and mis-
sionary influences can still be called
one. He Is an autocrat of the best
possible type. whose influence in his
country is entirely thrown into tho
scale of virtue for the suppression of
vice. Such thing as theft is un-
known in his realm; he will not allow
his subjects to make or drink beer
"Beer is the source of all quarrels,"
he says; II will stop it." He has
put a stop also to the existence OF
witch doctors and their wiles
throughout all the Bamangwato. says
the Contemporary Review.
He conducts In person services
every Sunday in his large, round
kotla. or place OF assembly, standing
beneath the tree OF Justice and the
wide canopy OF heaven in truly pa
triarchal style. He is keen in the
suppression OF all superstitions, and
eats publicly the flesh of TIE duyker,
sort OF roebuck. which was form
erly the totem Of the tribe. and held
Us sacred among them twenty years
ago. Tho late King Sikkome. Kha-
mas father. would not 30 much as
step on duyker skin, and 1t is still
looked upon with more veneration by
his subjects than Khama would wish.
As an instance Of Khama's power
and Judgment it is sufficient for US
to quote the sudden change OF his
capital from Shoshong to the present
site, Palapwe. Shoshong was in
strong position, where the Bamang-
wato could effectually protect them
selves from the Matabele raids under
Lobengula. but it was badly supplied
with water. and In dry seasons the
inhabitants suffered greatly from
drought. The change OF capital had
been subject discussed for years.
but Khama waited quietly until the
people began to think that he was
against 1T and would never move. He
waited. in fact, until he was sure OF
British protection, until he knew
that Lobengula could not attack his
people at Palapwe without embroil-
ing himself in war with England.
Then suddenly one day, now FIVE
years bpO, without any predatory
warning King Khalma gave orders for
the move and the exodus began on
the next day, and in two months
time 10. 900 individuals wore located
in their new capital, sixty miles
away from Shashong. Under Khama's
direction everything was conducted
in the best possible order; every
man was given his allotted ground
and told to build his huts thereon.
Nota single dispute arose and no
one would imagine to-day that only
few years ago Palapwe was unin-
habited.
khama in manner and appearance
is thoroughly a gentleman, dignified
and courteous; he wears well-made
European clothes; billy-cock hat
and gloves, in his hand he brand
ishes dainty cana and he perv ades
everything in his country, riding
about from point to point Wherever
his presence is requested, and II he
is just little too much of a dandy it
is an error in his peculiar case In
tho right direction.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24

waited here all these yesrs for four
poverty stricken wretohes to come and
throw away.
Roughly estimating its bulk at
one cubic foot, which you will agree
is, If anything, an underestimate, 1
find its valuo to be, or rather to have
been, just 1902, $50, gold, being worth
$210 to the cubic inch, and there be-
ing 1,72S inches in cubic foot. Al
low me to add that you have Just in
dulged in the most expensive school
boy prank Of your lives, for it is need
less to inform you of the fact that the
nugget can never be recovered. There
it will lie for countless ages, perhaps
until some fresh convulsion Of the
earth shall overthrow these gigantic
cliffs and force that deep channel high
and dry above its present level.
Perhaps Doc was trying to turn it
off with joke, but if it was, it
wouldn't work. He couldn't get any
laugh out Of the crowd. We just took
long, sullen look at the river flowing
SO smoothly at the bottom of the canon.
with that great treasure hidden away
somewhere in its rocky bed, and then
we lounged back to bed, drove in our
saddle and pack animals, and packed
up and left that unlucky camping
ground behind US"
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
Following Instructions.

Tho story is told in Vogue OF a
French comedian who, upon the oc-
casion OF his first appearance Mt the
Comedie-Francaiso, established his
family OF eight children in the front
row of the balcony, after instructing
them that thcy should cry out CLEO
fully upon his entrance. which in
structions they carried out faithful
ly. exclaiming, with as one voice,
Bravo. papa!"
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-02-24
1925 to California.

This is our sleeping car rate on the
Phillips-Roclt Island tourist excursions
from Des Moines to Los Angeles or
San Francisco, via Omaha, Lincoln
and the scenic route and Ogden. You
can go with Phillips, the best Of all
excursion managers, for he has each
party accompanied by special agent
who goes the entire trip with patrons
These personally conducted excursions
leave Des Moines once week,
Wednesday.
We have also daily tourist car SER
vice, via our Southern route. through
the beautiful Indian Territory and
Fort Worth to Los Angeles and San
Francisco. Apply to Charles Kennedy,
G. NV. Pass. Agt., Omaha, Neb.
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
q p A. C Il L. * p E'y Chicago.