Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-07-19
A SUMMER SCOT.
Fromme's Clothing Stock Damaged
By an All Night Shower Of
SCOT From a Lamp.
The Milling Association Said to Be
Involved In Another wrangle
Over a Receivership.
Col. Plummer Writing the History
Of the state-various Items
Of Local News.

of the State-Various Items
Of Local News.
Clothing Stock Damaged,
Alex Fromme of the Boston clothing
store received a new style of summer
SCOT Thursday morning. It is the custom
there to leave one Of the large lamps in
the back of the store burning all night,
and it was left Wednesday night. turned
low, and apparently harmless. But at
some time after the store was closed the
flame must have become discontinued
at its lack of brilliancy and started to
climb out at the top of the chimney. For
when Clerk Sembling opened the store
this morning he ran into a cloud Of SCOT
SO thick he had to push his way along.
The whole place was black as night, and
from the front of the store to the back,
all was dense and impenetrable dark
ness. The air was full of flying particles
OF the thick, black SCOT, and breathing
was we'll nigh impossible. As soon as it
could be done, the doors were opened
and the room cleared as we'll as possible,
until the extent of the damage could be
seen. The walls and ceiling we're GOV.
cred with a thick coating of SCOT and
smoke until they were almost black.
The windows in front were barely trans
lucent, SO thick was the covering Of SCOT
on the inside. The floor likewise was
covered with it, the fine, black dust hav-
ing settled from end to end. The show
cases were likewise overspread with it,
and it has sifted through the sliding
glasses into the show windows, and liter
ally covered the display Of summer shirts,
hats, ties, and everything else which was
exposed. It had accumulated, too, upon
the piles of clothing, and many suits
we're partially ruined. The powdery SCOT
is not easily removed, and the light col
ored goods, especially, suffered from the
shower Of lampblack.
The store, after the air had been some
what cleared in the morning, was a rather
black-appearing prospect, and the work
Of cleaning it out will be no small task
as the walls will have to be thoroughly
gone over, and everything in the place
scrubbed and busted. It is almost i'm
possible to estimate the damage, as it is
difficult to say how much harm has been
done to the stock until it has been gone
over and the SCOT removed as much as
possible. The stock is insured against
fire, but whether this covers such q dam
age as the n which occurred last night,
remains to be settled between Mr..
Fromme and the insurance companies.
Writing a History.
Col. Plummer, the versatile and silver
tongued orator, is writing a history of
the state. At least, he says to a
Pioneer Press man in st. Paul: II am
now busily engaged in writing a history
OF North Dakota-general and political.
My earnest endeavor will be to have it
correct. I have made a contract with an
eastern publishing house to have an
edition Of 10000 copies published, the
book to be out before the close of the
political campaign of 1896. The house
will take 10000 copies and undertake
the sale Of the book. I have a complete
epitome Of the work prepared, and a
large amout of material on hand.
$40 all old settlers in either of the
Dakotas, who will furnish me, by letter
or otherwise, facts which lean use, [ will
give proper credit and furnish each of
them a copy Of the book, as soon as it is
issued. The people of the state may
rest assured that a truthful and i'm
partial account shall be given Of all the
most important political events that have
transpired there within the past fifteen
years.
"Neither deserved praise, nor just, and
sometimes, perhaps, severe criticism,
shall be lacking, when the one is due or
the other merited. I am in q position to
devote my time to this work to its COM
pletion. It is no money making scheme.
l am asking for no bonuses or gratu1ties.
I invite correspondence with people
from all e the state. Letters will
reach me at Minot, N. d., or at Merriam
Park, St. Paul. The prospectus of the
work will be sent out IN a few weeks"
State Editors.
The editors of the state are promised
a pleasant meeting at Devils Lake July
16, when the state association meets at
the Chautauqua grounds, for the annual
session. The newspapers of the state.
have been liberal in their aid Of the
Chautauqua association, by means of adj
vertising, and giving publicity to the
features Of the Chautauqua, and in re-
turn the association proposes to recipro-.
cate-take the pencil. pushers around
to see the ~sights-row EN- Out on the
Lakeland entertain them as pleasantly
as possible. There promises to be q
large attendance of editors and their