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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

The population of the United States
has grown by over SO per cent since the
maximum strength of the army was
fixed by legislation. For a long time
commanders of the army and others
who have served in superior positions in.
it have commended for an increase of the
military strength of the country to keep
pace, to some extent at least, with the
growth Of population, and to widen the
basis upon which an effective army, if
required, could be constructed in the
future. The present commander Of the
army, General Miles, following in the
steps of prior commanders, suggests an
increase Of the army to the number Of
$1,000 men. This would be an increase
of 10000 over the present number, and
in view of the fact that peace is by no
means assured in the near future, the
Recommendation will doubtless be con
sireted by the coming congress.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

If there is any one thing more than
another which will tend to dispel the
gloom of doubt which overshadows a
number of national and international
problems, and at the same time furnish
a few good, reliable remedies for SPAWN
and heaves, it is the forthcoming report
of Secretary Morton of the agricultural
department. The whole nation Is on
the qui vive, in awaiting the issuance of
this momentous document. The report
connot possibly embody the entire know
ledge of the secretary. Did it so at
tempt, it would comprise a series of
tones so ponderous as to be impossible
of transportation throughout the length
and breadth Of the country. And so the
secretary will have to content himself
with the embodiment of a very small
fraction of his knowledge in the report.
Otherwise, the presses of the govern
ment printing house would be clogged,
and the entire storeroom of the national
capital be required to accommodate the
printed knowledge of Mr.. Morton. But
while it has been necessary to emascu-
late a large share of wisdom from the
report, there is little doubt but that
which has been included in the docu-
ment is clear white and of the first
water. For verify there is no cabinet
oAo;,1 por hoe +haro oror 1oo, - will
there ever be again, who is possessed of
so large an amount of promiscuous
knowledge as Secretary Morton. Infor-
nation flows from the recesses of his
brain with all the never-ceasing fuency
of artesian water: ideas crowd each other
in escaping from his intellect, and are
expelled with the liberality of volcanic
lava: knowledge seethes and gushes
forth from him irresistibly as the dis
charges of a giant geyser, and whenever
he overworks the whole city of Washing
ton has a headache, so powerful is the
influence of his gigantic intellect upon
the outside world. And so we suggest
to those who are concerned in intricate
social and financial problems; to those
who have turkeys to dress for thanks
giving, and cranberry sauce to prepare:
to those who have cattle to dehorn and
sheep to shear: to those whose chickens
won't lay, and whose jelly refuses to jell;
to those whose stove pipes refuse to
draw, and to all who have domestic
troubles Of whatever sort, or who are
about to be concerned in any important
undertaking, that they await the
report of Secretary Morton, and
then conduct themselves accordingly.
For the report will doubtless settle every
question which now harnesses the civil
lied world, from the scientific cultiva-
ton of the early potato to the Turkish
outrages in Armenia. It will be the
most marvellous production of the age.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22
BUT two weeks will elapse before

Bur two weeks will elapse before the
opening Of the congressional session,
and speculation is rife as to what will be
done by the nations law makers. There
are several questions Of considerable i'm
portance to come up, and not the least
Of them will be the subject of more rev
enue for the operation Of the govern
ment. The present deficit each month
cannot be allowed to continue, but as to
how the revenues are to be raised is yet
a question. A tariff on wool, and a
needed increase Of duties on a number
Of other articles would solve the problem
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

WHILE prices for agricultural products
in many localities are low, yet the lack
of industry upon the part of agricul-
turalists in some states in gathering and
caring for their crops is likely to be re-
GREETED by them before many months.
Already it is remarked that from the
drought-stricken central states where
the drought of the past summer ruined
the crops, and from all parts Of the
south there is a demand for potatoes,
and there is little hazard in predicting
that if every bushel of merchantable
potatoes grown this season had been
properly gathered and stored in bins
and in pits, before six months have
passed they would bring remunerative
prices at the place of production. The
cost of preserving potatoes is small.
Without doubt the potatoes which have
sold at from 9 to 12 cents the past month
would sell at the same places of delivery
within six months for SO or 60 cents per
bushel. There are good reasons for be-
lieving the demand for corn and oats
will equal or exceed the demand on any
former crop. The largest corn crop ever
produced in the west vas that of 1889.
Corn then sold for from - to Is cents
per bushel in November and December,
as gathered from the fields, but by the
first week in May corn sold in Kansas
City for 20 cents and in Chicago for 3456
cents, and the first week in August the
price was 471a cents in Kansas City and
SO cents in Chicago, and as the partial
failure of 1890became apparent the price
advanced still higher.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

The first estimates of the cost of the
Paris worlds exposition to be held in
1900, have been made public in the re-
port of the finance commissioners.
They call for 100, 200, francs, about
$40, 100000, as the amount required to
get ready. This is a considerable adj
vance on the construction expenditures
at Chicago, which were stated at SIS, 322,-
622. But the details of expenditures
there aggregate S25, $40, 537, and even
this great amount is likely to be ex-
ceeded in Paris, for first estimates are
generally exceeded. The Paris commits
sioners display a national characteristic
in the ingenuity of the financial scheme
they have devised to defray the costs of
their enterprise, according to the Wash
ington Post. They propose to issue
3,250,0OO "lottery bonds," of the value
of 20 francs, about 81 each, emitting the
holder to twenty admission tickets, the
right to a 25 per cent. reduction in ad-
mission to all entertainments within the
exposition grounds and a reduction in
railway and steamboat fares. 1t will
strike the average American that this is
offering a good deal for an advance pay
ment of 81. But there is more to come.
There is no lottery in all that has been
named, that being reserved for the last
scene. At the close of the great show,
the holders of the 3,250,0OO tickets will
participate in the distribution of 81, $780,
600 in cash prizes. 1t would not be sur
prising if large numbers of these tickets
were sold to Americans, for there is no
doubt that many thousands of Ameri-
cans will visit the exposition-probably
fifty times the number of French visi-
tors at Chicago.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

Mrs. LAURA M. JOHNS of Kansas, who
has been organizing woman suffrage
clubs throughout the state, says among
other things, in an article in the current
issue of Western Womanhood:
l find too many North Dakota women SO
very busy with work for others-noble
work. indeed and noble women doing it
that thew have neither time nor strength
left to do ANYTHING for their W salvation
wearing themselves out with labor for a
hundred things. but not willing to let their
little fingers ache for this cause-woman's
own cause. l find that women glory in
this self-immolation on the altar of self
sacrifice, and press and pulpit commend
them; but the world is waking up to the
knowledge Of the fact that aday has dawned
in which woman's first duty is found to be
not self-sacriice, hut self-develonment.
and that she who would do the most for tie
race-fOr her God, her home and humanity
must first make the most of a woman Of
herself.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Johns does not
state explicitly the duties in which too
many North Dakota women are engaged,
to the exclusion of suffrage and politics.
From the tenor of the quotation above
given, however, Mrs. Johns is not in
favor of woman's devotion to the duties
of the household and the home. She
would counsel her sisters to look after
matters of suffrage and political equality
first and make household cares second
airy. Mrs. Johns may be right, but the
TRIBUNE predicts that she will find the
same condition of things when she comes
to the state again, and that she will con
tinue to find a large number Of women
who hold the home first and the ballot
box second, and who will not reverse the
order.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

MAJOR EDWARDS was up at Grand
Forks the other day-and wrote back to
the Forum that n could hardly i'm
aglne how pure and delightful a bever-
age water was without seeing and trying
(which testimonial, coming from the
major at this late date, should have due
weight in bringing about gradually the
use OF water-for drinking purposes.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

Few persons have an accurate con
ception of the magnitude Of the modern
battle ships such as Uncle Sam is turn
ing out at intervals, and the weight and
quantity of material which is used in
their construction. For instance, the
new battle-ship Iowa's hull and fittings
weigh 1910 tons, her armor protection
weighs $500 tons and her ammunition,
guns and fittings for them weigh about
1000 tons. This makes an aggregate
of 9,17O tons for a vessel that i%sdesigned
to displace only 11,41O tons. By the fig
ures given it will be seer that almost
the total weight of the ship complete is
given up to protection, or armor alone.
The modern battle-ship includes three
weapons of attack-th the gun, the ram
and the torpedo; but the main reliance is
the gun. 1t is claimed by experts that
a thirteen-inch gun cannot be fred more
than fifty times before it becomes use
less; that is, it must be rebored, refined,
etc. The expense of each shot is more
than the average person realizes. The
projectile will weigh nearly a ton, and
costs about $3.50; the powder charge is
about 1000 pounds and costs about
1926. It will thus be seer that a naval
wal wonld be an expensive affair in
these days of modern ships and modern
guns.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

The Missouri river has cost Uncle
Sam quite a. sum the past season, and
Capt. Hodges, the officer in charge of
the government improvement work be-
tween Sioux City and Great Falls,
Mont, has practically completed his
annual report to the secretary Of war.
The improvements on the upper river
during the past twelve months have been
more extensive than those of any prev
ious year in the history Of the depart
ment, and the report is correspondingly
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

HE TRIBUNE naturally feels a par
donable p:ide at the satisfaction which
Is expressed relative to the typograph-
zeal and mechanical work upon, and ap-
pearance of, the new code. Nothing has
beer spared to make the volume a hand
some in every way, and an evidence
OF the fact that North Dakota's print
ing establishments can turn out as good
work as a be done outside the state
anywhere. !.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

From the esteemed New York Tribune
of a few days ago, we learn that "The
presence Of the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough in the Madison Square
Garden in the afternoon was the occas-
sion of another impolite and vulgar rush
to get a near view Of the English noble
man." Doubtless, ere this, SON of
New York's leading journals have made
profuse and ample apologies to the duke
for the vulgarity and impoliteness of the
common people. But, while the duke is
entitled to the profoundest Of apologies,
and while they should be made with in
Vulnerable squirks, squirms, salaams
and obeisances by New York's uppe
tendon, some one should speak a word
in extenuation Of the all but %unpardon-
able offense of the vulgar throng. It
must be remembered hat the duke of
Marlborough is a rare and expensive
specimen Of mortality. He is one of the
most valuable slips of a foreign nobility,
and was purchased by the Vanderbilts
at an outlay of s1O,OO0,0OO. There are
few persons in the present day who will
bring so large al amount in open market.
Times are hard. It is not surprising,
therefore, that the duke who is knocked
down, after a spirited bidding, for s1O,-
100000 should be a curiosity, upon
whom tie vulgar and impolite are eager
to gaze. Let not their censure, there
fore, be too severe. They were but poor
mortals, anxious to peer into the coun-
%tenance of a &c., Q 900 man.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

sion headed by the United States troops
ls not at all surprising. Governor Altgeld
is of the most lamentable blotches
upon the fair face of the state of Illinois,
n in thus venting his spite at the gov
eminent Of the United States, he dem
onstrates again that he is an alien by in
cllnation as we'll as birth, a miserable
demagogue, and a fit associate, for Johann
Most and Mrs. Lucy Parsons, who eulo-
glze hin at every possible opportunity.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

HE Russian thistle has reached as
Tar east as New York in it's travels, and
the agriculturalists of that state are
duly disturbed. Had the pest been
eradicated from the northwest, where It
originated, this wholesale distribution
OF the weed over the east and south
would not have occurred.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

EDITOR KELLOGG Of jamestown is
making himself solid with the rising
generation by his objections to the cur
lew ordinance recently passed there.
ne says it isa relic Of blue law legisla-
ton, and is not to be upheld.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

If nothing else can be arranged, how
ever, Dan Stuart might lock Messrs.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons in a dark
room without food and water, and let
them talk each other to death.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

AND Editor Dunlap Of the Valley City
Times Record remarks that the decision
OF the supreme court in the Markulson
case renders nugatory all the attempts
OF enforcing the prohibition law that
nave been recently made in Barnes
county.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

AND the report that Mr.. Pullman pro-
poses to come down on the price Of h;a
upper berths may be set down as an
other outrageous product of some too
lurid imagination.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

II T is true, as reported, that *
President Harrison has made s1OO.0m5
IN kkafftfirs, the presidential possibility
ace not appear to be absorbing his
whole attention.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

The story told by bank clearings this
year is not an Endorsement Of that great
revival Of business which the free-trade
papers announce. The returns from
eighty-three cities for October show
total clearings $28O,O00,OOO less than in
October, 1892. For the first ten months,
ending October 81, this years total is
over 81, ,OOO, 600 less than in 1892.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

The Great Western elevator at Coop
.erstown and q, 600 bushels Of wheathaye
gone up in smoke.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22

The fact that Governor Altgeld made
an ass Of himself at the Atlanta exposi-
ton, in refusing to ride with a process
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09
CLEARED TO FIGHT FOR CUBA.
An EXPEDITION OF 900 ARMED MEN
LEAVES KEY WEST.

They Are Expected 20 Join Gomez in
an Attack on Puerto Principe.
They Carry 600 Rifles, Two Cannon
of the Latest Make. Il Torpedo Mn-
chine and Ammunition to Last Six
Months.
Key West. Fla, June SIT is reported
that an expedition left here on Thursday
about midday composed of 290 men. COM
manded by Rolon and Sanchez. 1t Is not
positively known where the expedition will
land. The supposiuon is that it will land
at Neuvitas and join Gomez in an attack
on Puerto Principe. The expedition consists
of 2S6 white and four colored men and is
well equipped. having six hundred rifles,
two canon of the latest make and torpedo
machine and ammunition TO last six
months, and also four well posted guides,
one for each section of the country. It is
physician and an assistant sanitary corps
of fourteen well equipped with drugs. The
majority are young men, all Of leading
families on the island of Cuba. The revo-
lutionists expect news Of the landing by
carrier pigeons, with which the expedition
is supplied.
Fernandina, Fla, June s.--Nothing fur
ther has been seen of the man-of-war
which was sighted off Cumberland Sound
yesterday evening by Capt. Woodruff. She
was steaming south at the time. and had
no doubt run into Southern Florida Wa
ters. That she was watching Fernandlna
harbOr and the east coast of Eorida can
not be doubted. There was a story aflOat
here this morning to the effect that the
cruiser had sent launch into Cumberland
Sound. which had been stopped at the
quarantine station. There is no probable
ity that any Spanish vessel or its boats
would make any such attempt, knowing
how the Infanta Isabella was treated at
Tampa.
The Cubans have gone and n. b. Borden
is still absent. His yacht was seen last
night in Cumberland Sound. The custom
officers say Borden's yacht has not cleared
for any port and the statement that he
is away from Fernandna for "a Sunday
trip is no doubt correct. Matters here are
quiet tonight, with practically no new
developments.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09
BULLETS FLY IN A BEDROOM.
HUSBAND CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND
a MAN IL BED WITH HIS WIFE.

The Alleged Lover Fatally wound
ed-The Husband Fires One shot
at HIS Wife and Then Decides Not
60 XIII Her-COmpeIs Her to Arouse
the Neighbors in order 10 lie Able
to Prove His story.
Jacksonville, Fla, June S.-P. NJ w
Baldwin, about o'clock this morning.
shot and fatally wounded Andrew You-
man. whom he found in bed with Mrs
Baldwin. He then shot at his wife. but
missed her Baldwin concluded not to
Kill his wife. but forced her TO call IN the
neighhors, not even allowing her 10 dress
so that they might see the circumstances
under which he had shot Youman Bald
win had been out Of town and had return
ed unexpectedly finding his wife and You
man IN hagrante delictu. as stated above.
Nouman came here from Folkston. Ga.
where his parents stin live. He was a
young man and had been greatly befriend-
ed by Baldwin, almost making his home
al the latter's house and being treated
as one of the family. Mrs. Baldwin is
much younger than her husband. and in
spite OF the circumstances. denies that
she ana Youman We're intimate She saws
fouman was in her room to keep Off the
burglars.
BALDWIN Is about so years old and very
popular In Jacksonville. He came here
from cleveland, O.. where his father who
Is said TO be "a millionaire, stlll lives. Be
SIDES being wealthy. the Baldwins are
prominently connected, the SLAYER of
houman being a nephew Of ex-senator
H. B. Payne OF Ohio. r. NJ. w. Baldwin
was a gallant federal soldier and promi-
nent in Grand Army of the Republic cir
cles. He surrendered. but was released on
a bond for $1,000, Banker John c. L'EngIe
and Grand Army Of the Republic Com
mander MoMurray becoming surety.
Houman was removed to the hospital
and Is expected to die before morning.
Mrs Baldwin is bitter against her hus-
band for shooting Youman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09
PENNsYLVANIA's LEGIsLATURE.
A Lively Debate over a Proposed In
vcstfgattOn.

Harrisburg. Pa, June S-The last night
Of the legislative session Of 1895 was one
of absorbing interest. As the night hours
wore on and it became apparent that the
House conferees would not consent to
any proposition in the general appropria-
tion bill which would give money to .hc
Senate committees to investigate the pub
lie and normal schools and the govern
ment Of Philadelphia the excitement ian
high. At a. m. the Senate took a recess
until $3.50 o'clock. and at that hour
fight was preclpitated I'm the Senate such
as has rarely been seen In legislative
halls. The battle started when the con-
ference committee. consisting OF Messrs.
Fruit, Penrose and Grady. came in and
asked 10 be discharged, there being 10
prospect of an agreement.
Mr.. Finn moved that the committee be
continued, with instructions TO reeede
from It's position on the two amendments
above noted. This was violently opposed
by Mr.. Penrose, Vho in impassioned LAM
guage attacked Mr.. Finn and denied that
he had influenced the action Of the House
conferees in any way. and In the discus
sion which followed the senators from
Philadelphia and Allegheny exchanged
language more forcible than polite, each
rejecting on the others ability to adhere
TO the truth. The upshot OF the matter
was that the committee was discharg "a
and new one appointed. consisting ~
Messrs. Fruit, McCarroll and Andrews.
who were instructed to recede from the
two disputed amendments.
The legislature adjourned sine die at
noon.