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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26

Newark, O., April 17.--Christopher
Ritter, who arrived from Germany in
the winter of 1864, and through the
influence of j. Wilkes Booth, secured a
position in Ford's theater, tells the
story of Lincoln's assassination, claim
ing that Boston Corbett shot Edward
Fuchs, an actor resembling Booth, and
not President Lincoln's assassin. Rit-
ter is well educated, and his character
is above reproach. He declared he as
sisted Booth to escape, and that they
sailed for Brazil, May 2, 1866. He
soon left Brazil, but met Booth by ap-
pointment at Hamburg eleven years
ago, and on that occasion Booth gave
him the picture of his children, born
to his South American wife. These
pictures, bearing a strong resemblance
to Booth, are now in Ritter's possession.
Ritter says he heard from Booth last
winter, and he was then ON the South
American stage.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
The puty on Bicycles.

Boston, April 19.-Collector Warren
today received decision from the
board Of appraisers, which holds that
bicycle is not free as personal effects,
but is subject to a duty of 30 per cent
ad valorem under the new tariff act.
Collector Warren said:
Whatever the board of general ap-
praisers may hold, shall admit bicy-
cles free if they have been used by the
person importing them. In fact, we
have instructions from Secretary Car
Isle to admit them free as personal
effects. Of course l must have some
evidence thav a bicycle is for the per-
sonal use of the importer, and has been
ridden by him."
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26

Tacoma, April 19.--The West Coast
Lumberman, of this city, recently ask
ed all the lumber and shingle mills Of
the state to report their cut for April / i,
if it was an average of a days work.
Replies were received from a fair pro-
portion, and, basing an estimate ON
these, it is found that the Washington
mills have an ordinary daily capacity
as follows: Lumber, 1900, 900 feet;
shingles, 5000, 600 feet; lath, 1,50O,-
900 feet. The Tacoma mill made the
largest cut, it being 252, 900 feet Of
lumber and 10000 lath in twelve
hours, employing 210 men. The Port
Blakeley mills were a close second.
There are 2S0 mills in the state, of
which about $50 are in operation.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
An.Irs Of Fire Underwriters Mixed,

San Francisco, April 1S. The board
of Fire Underwriters Of the Pacific,
whose ranks have been thinned by the
withdrawal of numerous members
within the last few months, held an
important meeting today. 1t was a
sort Of last rally, for it was admitted
by some of the most stalwart members
after the meeting that the affairs Of the
board have never been in such serious
shape. The sense of the meeting was
that, unless some unforeseen change for
the better occurs, the board rates and
rules will be suspended throughout
California Saturday next, except in
places where local boards of insurance
exist. The underwriters wish it to be
understood that they as body have no
conflict with the local boards. In fact,
the underwriters have sent opt some
sixty special agents to organize local
boards where they do not exist.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
s.artllnr Proelamatlon Il rrae.

London, April ia dispatch from
Shanghai to the news agency here says
that proclamation bearing the emper-
|or's name, has been issued describing
the empire as at an end. and asserting
that he would be unable to govern any
longer, and that the officials he trusted
are corrupt.
1t is added that the proclamation has
caused great excitement and there are
signs of rebellion. The document,
however, is said to be the work of Sc
cret societies.
Ii Hung Chang is said to be in con-
stant telegraphic communication with
Peking. The peace conference is sit
ting today, and the meeting is expected
to result in the conclusion Of peace.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
Enioined From SAILING IN. Rords.

New York, April 17.-Judge Patter.
son, of the supreme court, today granted
an exparte injunction in the action
brought by the Atchison & Topeka Rail
way Company against the Mercantile
Trust Company, in which the latter are
restrained from selling certain bonds
held by them under a deed of trust,
dated October 8, 1886, and executed
and delivered to the trust company by
the Atlantic g. Pacific railroad.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
sending Picture. BY wire.

San Francisco, April 1s.-The first
experiment of sending pictures by tele-
graph over long distances is being made
tonight by the Call, which is receiving
pictures of occurrences at La Fiesta at
Los Angeles. The inventor of the sys-
tenn is Charles Willoughby, of this
city. The invention consists in max
ing sketches on specially prepared
sheets, which are drawn off in squares
numbered. The numbers are wired
and the artist who receives them traces
the lines of the sketch according to the
numbers,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
L. PARKER, Proprietor.
FARE FROM ARLINeroN TO

Leaves Arlington every morning Sunday ex.
cepied) NJ 6 O'Clock, IN due NJ Condor nt IN ~,
and arrives at Fossil at 7P,M
Comfortable coaches and careful, experienced
drivers.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26

Philadelphia, April 20.--In pursu-
ance Of the invitation Of the chamber
OF commerce and the Civic Federation,
of Cleveland, the annual meeting Of the
National Municipal League and the
third national conference for good city
government will be held in that city,
May 30, 80 and 81. Papers on the
municipal condition Of nearly all the
larger cities Of the country will be read
by delegates. All associations Of men
or women having for an object the i'm
provement Of municipal government or
the promotion Of good citizenship, are
urged by the Legislative committee 10
send delegates to the conference.
Former Wages Restored.
New Bedford, Mass, April i9.--No-
tice was posted in local mills today Of
the restoration Of the former schedule
Of wages
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
PEACE TREATY SIGNED
War Between China and Ia.
pan Brought to a Close.
TERMS TELEGRAPHED SHANGHAI
Be Given Formosa, Territory East
Of Laiu River and Indemnity.

London, April 1.-THE Times COR
respondent in Shanghai says: Ii Hung
Chang's son-in-law telegraphs that the
treaty Of peace was signed in Siomno-
saki today, April 16, and that the
terms are: First-The independence
of Corea.
Second-Japan's retention Of the con-
quered places.
Third-Japan's retention Of the ter
ritory east of the Liau river.
Fourth-Permanent session of For
mosa.
Fifth-Indemnity Of 800, 900, 900.
Sixth-An offensive and and defen-
sive alliance between China and Japan.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
PAUL scHULzE's WILL.
Deceased Asked to Have His Body
Cremated.

Tacoma, April 1.-THE will Of Paul
Schulze, made in 1880, in Portland,
Or, was brought up yesterday by Man
ager Koehler, Of the Southern Pacific
lines in Oregon, who has been its GUS
todian. 1t was opened after the funeral
and found to be short. The deceased
asked to have his body cremated, and
bequeathed his books to his brother in
Germany, and his furniture to his wife
for use during her lifetime. 1t is sup
posed to have been his last will, and
will be probated tomorrow. The de-
ceased's life was insured for $40, 900 or
$15, 900 in his wife's favor.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26

Trains arrive ~ Arlington ss foitowsi
No. - East bound passenger @ ....,,...l - A. ~
NJ. l-Wekt bound passenger " " A. -
Direcs eonu ciions vt Huntington Win the
Il 4 and At spokane With the Great Northern
Local Leaves Heppner .,..5An ,, Nj ar, 10 =. n
No ~ X bound eight tpasaengcrSl. 800 r. ~
No. Civ bOuad freight tptksengersIe ~. 10 r. n,
No. 2s Nv, bound fcight (passengers) s;E a. ~
Fares By oat 20 san Francisco have been re
emced-frN cabin, tl2; steerage, ~, ineladinE
meals aud bcrths. Through tickets are sold ~
Arlington Y. q. HINDLE, Agent
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-04-26
Administrators Of the Douglass. Estate

Administrators Of the Douglass Estate.
Washington, April 16. = Lew II.
Douglass, eldest son, and Mrs. Doug
lass, widow of the late Frederick Doug
lass, were today appointed administra-
tors of the estate. Their bond was
fixed at $4,000. Efforts to effect a
compromise between the parties in in
terest failed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

important. In the immediate vicinity
of Sioux City large numbers Of
stone and brush bikes have been put in,
which, by combining the river to it's prop
er channel, have restored many acres Of
land previously washed away by the cur
rent to the use of the city. Altogether the
expense in the immediate n~eighborhocd
has cost $4,000. On the river front at
Pierre, five bikes and a dam have been
constructed at a cost of $4,000; at Bis
marck, 1900 have been expended in
the construction of an ice harbor, and a
system of dikes similar to that at Sioux
City has been put in at a cost. of $4,000
and between Great Falls and Cascade,
a distance of fifty-fve miles, $4,000 has
been spent on a system Of stone and
brush bikes and dams. Three snag
boats have been maintained and operat-
ed at a total cost of $4,000 in clearing
the channel Of all distractions. The
report will conclude with a number of
recommendations touching the work
for the coming year. The extent to
which they can be carried out will de-
pend, however, on the amount appropri-
ated by congress for the purpose.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22
OFFICIAL PAPER BuRLE|GH co.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Grateful for having found a refuge, and thank
full for ever Il meagre harvest, the Puritan set
apart days as sacred to Him who gave them
refuge and sustenance in a far off land.
In rcverential acknowledgment of dependence
upon Divine Providence, respectf for that ancient
custom of our, forefathers, and in conformity
with a proclamation by the president OF the
United States. l. Roger Allin, governor of the
state of North Dakota. do hereby recommend
that Thursday, the 2Sth day of November, 1895,
be set apart and observed us a day of thanks
giving and praise.
Foregoing our usual avocatlons, let us assem-
Bile in our places of worship, or around our sacred
tiresides, giving thanks for life and health and
friends: for bounteous harvests, individual and
national prosperity.
If there be those in our midst who are dis
tressed, may the remembrance of, and thank
fulness for the comforts which have been vouch-
safed us, prompt to a kindly thoughtfulness of
the poor, and stimulate us to deeds of charity
and benevolence."
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my
hand and caused the great seal to be affixed.
Done at the capitol, in the city of Bismarck,
this ninth day of November, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety
five, and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and twentieth.
IGREAr sEAL.l ROGER ALLIN.
By the governor:
C. M. DAHL, Secretary OF State.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22
BISMARCK WEI1KLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY NOV. 81 1855

have been extracted, yielding 6,544,584
ounces of gold, worth about S17.5O per
ounce, and having a gross value of $11O,-
100000. The dividends paid during the
same period amount in round figures to
s23, 1000, 900, or 10 per cent of the output.
Last year there were milled 1897, 635
tons, yielding 2,O24,162 ounces in gold,
worth S35, 100000 and the dividends de
clared for the year amounted to $780,
900, or 20 per cent of the output. The
value of the output of the fifty pro-
ducing mines on the LIST of last January
was Sl6O 700 900. 1t is freely predicted
that when the present unhealthy bubble
has burst, South Africa will become a
serious rival, commercially, of the United
States, from the fertility of the country,
it's great natural advantages and pro-
ducing capabilities.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

IT IS a lamentable fact that nearly
every celebrity who has outlived his use
fulness, or forfeited his right to the
esteem of the people through lack OF
personal integrity or dearth of personal
morality, makes his retirement from
public favor simultaneous with his debut
upon the lecture platform or the stage.
The latest instance is that of Senator
David B. Hill, who proposes to begin
upon a series of lectures. It is probable
that the chief reason of the several
public men who have done this, is de-
sire to explain away the significance OF
their ejectment from public favor. For
it is difficult to see what other end is de-
sired to be accomplished by such men as
Senator Hill, w. G. P. Breckenridge,
and others Of their kidney. The lives
of these persons have not been such as
to lend any great weight to whatever
moral truths they may endeavor to ex.
pound from the lecture platform. They
might possibly accomplish some good by
holding themselves up to the public as
horrible examples. Otherwise than.this,
their powers in public elevation..or edu:
cation are extremely limited,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22


PROF. VAN SICKLE, supervising prin-
cipal of the schools of western New
York, reports that the Russian cactus
has made it's appearance within his
bailiwick. He claims to have discovered
an infested area on the line of the West
Shore Railway, near Weewauken, and
speaking of the pest to a Herald man
he said:
"The plant is really neither thistle or
cactus. 1t is generally called Russian
cactus in South Dakota, and Russian
thistle in North Dakota, and in other
places, Russian tumbleweed.' A single
plant is about two or three feet in diameter
and when dry it weighs about two pounds.
ltis estimated that the average plant bears
about 10000 or 10000 seeds. The most i'm
portant mode is distribution of the seeds,
and the principal one, furnished by nature,
is the wind. In the winter the plant dies
and the root is broken at the surface of
the ground by the force of the wind. Then
the plant is blown as a stumbleweed' about
the country. The seeds are not easily dis
lodged, and a marked plant is known to
have travelled sixty miles, and still contain
some of the seeds. They grow very close
together. and completed cover the ground.
They have sharp spines, which worry ami
mails, and cause fostering sores. They also
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

IT is doubtful if persons in the por-
ton of the state not interested, appreci-
ate the magnitude of the wheat supply
in the northern part of the state, and
the distress which is experienced be-
cause of a shortage of cars to haul it
out. There is SO much wheat waiting
to be transferred to the terminals that a
railroad with an average equipment
would be kept busy, and very busy until
this time next year in getting the major
portion of it out. Elevators are full; SO
is everything that can be used for stor-
ing grain. There is wheat in grain
houses erected in the fields; wheat in
piles on the ground trusting to kind
providence to winter it through. Every
farmer, every merchant, every elevator
has wheat, and all are raising a terrible
din for more cars. The worst distress is
on branch lines, where the train service
is more infrequent. It is probable that
another year or SO will see the country
tapped with branch lines of different
roads, SO that the grain can be hauled
out as it is threshed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

ONE of the most striking financial
figures of the present time is MI. Barney
Barnato, liking of the Kafirs," as he is
called-the man who started the boom
in South African mining stocks. A few
years ago Barnato was poor as the oft
quoted church mouse, and today his
wealth is beyond computation. It has
all been accumulated through specula-
ton in South African mining stocks, in
the chase for which the whole of Europe
appears to have gone mad, and such has
been the fever that in four years Barnato
and a partner have accumulated some
thing like $500, OOO, 1000. The Kafir rage
is n of the causes of the withdrawal of
many European investments in the
United States, and South Africa has be-
come the candle about which thousands
of financial moths are futtering, dan
gerously near. The craze for Kafirs is
not to be wondered at, when it is CON
sidered that since these South African
mines were opened, from 1887 until the
first Of this year, 1O,1lO,OOO tons Of ore
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

IT is worthy of note that the supreme
court Of Kansas has recently annulled
the search and seizure clause of the pro-
hibition law of that state. The point
arose in relation to a case in which the
s%aloonist, whose place was seized, had
mortgaged his goods and furniture. and
when the authorities seized the property
the mortgage came in and claimed it,
and the supreme court held that the
claim of the MORTGAGE was good, and
that the property could be taken from
the authorities by replevin. The Kansas
saloonkeeper, therefore, has but to put
a mortgage on his goods-get some good
friend to hold it-and he is search-proof
and seizure7proof, and the laws of Kan
sas cannot deprive him of his stock in
trade-so long as he is thus protected.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

render the operation of reaping and now
ing machines impossible.
1t is evident from this that Professor
Van Sickle knows some of the peculiari-
ties of the Russian thistle, and yet
there are some other features of the bird
which the professor has overlooked:
In the first place, the thistle which has
only 10000 or 10000 seeds is an unhealthy
specimen. The healthy thistle, too,
weighs more than two pounds, and will
u from six to ten feet in diameter. 1t
will cover a farm more completely than
a blanket mortgage, and is harder to
dislodge than Tammany from New York
politics. It,does not frighten easily, and
whole pages of botanical treatises from
western authorities have failed to rid
the west of it,. It is fleet of foot, easy
of requirement, and its tenacity of loca-
ton is only equaled by that of the poor
relation. 1t is commended by North
Dakota to the agricultural department
of the state of New York, with the as
surance that it will prove prolific of
long, technical treatises upon the part
of the department, and of double-jointed
cuss words on the part of the farmers;
it will bring about windy public meet
ings and limitless schemes for it's eradi-
cation which involve no effort, and will
be productive of no results; it will food
the patent Office, as it were, with models
of cactus burners, cactus cutters, cactus
pullers, cactus diggers, cactus breakers,
cactus removers, cactus smashers, and
as many nostrums for it's eradication as
there are corn cures. But if the farm
ers of New York want to get rid of it,
they will have to do as North Dakota
was invited to do by congress a year or
more ago-roll up their sleeves and grid
up their .loins, wade into the heart of the
cactus district and annihilate the pest
by means of main strength and honest
sweat. And the sooner they begin, the
sooner they will get rid of it.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

a DECISION by Secretary Smith holds
the Northern Pacific road not entitled
to a considerable tract Of land in Wis
consin, for which about 100000 acres of
indemnify selections have been made in
North Dakota. The road has sixty days
to lille a new basis for these indemnity
selections, and if no new basis is set
forth, then the lands will revert to the
government. In that case, some valu-
able selections may be made by the state
n department for the endowment of
public institutions.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

" s-
IT IS stated that the sticking point in
the Northern Pacific muddle is the
question of original jurisdiction, and
tina the question whether one court has
original jurisdiction and others co-ord-
mate Jurisdiction may have to be form
ally passed upon before anything can be
one 1t is also said that Judge Han
ford insists upon having original juris-
dlctlon. Judge Sanborn is not willing
to let this power pass over his head and
go to the far west, but would be willing
TO let Judge Jenkins court continue to
pe the court. of original jurisdiction in
case it could not be settled upon the
court at st. Paul.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

but with a democratic president, whose
egotism is above all else, this is not
likely to be done. An additional tax of
s1per barrelon beer is another suggested
solution of the question and would add
about s40,O00,000 to the yearly revenues.
In addition to the question of revenue, the
presidents message should contain re-
~ferences to foreign complications of such
a nature as to make congressional pro
ceedings interesting for a time. But
what will be the tenor of the presidents
message is of course, altogether specula-
tive.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22
COME WEST.

Before the immigration convention at
St. Paul yesterday, Lieutenant Governor
Wost delivered an interesting address
on the of North Dakota.
Among the good points made by Mr..
Worst are the following:
Home mills should convert every bushel
of wheat that grows on our prairles into
hour,:.Oats into oatmeal and potatoes into
starch. Our ~inexhaustlble coal fields will
furnish motive power and fuel for every
engine, stove and furnace within our Dor
ders for ages. The prairie grass annually
consumed by fire, if converted into beef,
mutton, wool, butter and cheese, would
alone enrich the state. To stay the ravages
of prairie fires is bat a feeble problem
aside of hundreds already solved.
The soil of North Dakota is exceedingly
fertile. If the world does not want our
wheat at a remunerative price, it is easier
to change our products than to change the
wants of the world. 1t falls within the re-
sources of the world to curtail our importa.
tions by supplying many Of our domestic
necessities.
There should not be a pound of butter,
cheese, pork or lard shipped west of the
Mississippi river, and our wool should be
carded, spun, and woven at home.
No state in the Union offers superior in
ducements to enterprising settlers nor
offers a wider range for the profitable i'll
vestment of money. Intelligent observa-
ton and experiment will overcome every
obstacle, until all our grass and hay will
be turned into money instead Of ashes. and
every acre of tillable soil will produce
beautifully and with certainty such pro-
ducts as the worlds markets demands, with
profit.
To assist in doing this and to share this
growth, North Dakota sends greeting to a
hall a million families. Within fifteen or
twenty years the assessed valuation of the
state rose from nothing to $S3,63O, 553. BY
1900 it will double its present valuation.
On liberal basis our ranges will support
1000, 900 sheep, 100000 cattle and 100000
horses at one time. while the acres farmed
and farmabIe when titled economically
and scientifically, according to North Da-
kota conditions, instead of each man farm
ing according to conditions he was reared
under, or at haphazard. the net actual pro-
ceeds of the state will be increased six fold
If not ten.
Chance Is yielding to a reasonable GER
tainty. Instead of about 100000 population
North Dakota can support 100000, and
she invites them to come. Everyone now
there and every one who comes will be
benefited. Bonanza farms are waiting to be
subdivided, when, with better tillage, one
acre will equal two at present in produc'
tive capacity. The increased population
will benefit the schools, the churches. bust.
ness OF all kinds, the professions, and the
bulk of the labor being performed by citi.
zens the money earned will remain al
home.