Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06

ceived from him this morning. He is
expected to arrive in the city tomorrow
morning.
j. A. Field has.returned to the city
after a visit at his old home in Maine,
where he has been for several weeks.
Adjutant General Miller is taking a
breathing spell now that the troops have
been modified and are in camp, al
though he is still keeping a close watch
on the details of the work.
Fire destroyed the residence of j. l..
Boutillier near Williamsport last week.
The fire vas discovered in a storeroom
and before it could be checked the
house had been destroyed. There was
no insurance.
Judge Bowen leaves tomorrow fol a
surveying trip in the northwestern part
of the state. He has a contract to sur
vey sixteen townships and the work will
take him about four months. He takes
along a party of nine men in all.
Adjutant General Miller today tele-
graphed to Secretary Of War r. A.
Alger that North Dakota's quota of the
volunteer troops, two battalions of in
fantry, are in camp at Fargo ready to
be mustered into service of the United
States.
At the fire department election last
night Duncan McGillis was elected
chief, Charles Bentley assistant, A. F.
Marquette president, Ed Smith vice
president and William Couch secretary.
There was also a fire alarm for the in
spection of hose.
The TRIBUNE acknowledges through
the courtesy of Mrs. Nellie Evarts, as
agent, a copy of the book entitled from
Darkness to Daylight in New York. A
notice of this work appeared in the TR1-
BUNE some weeks ago and it is all that
was claimed for it.
Miss Margaret Davis, sister of Mrs.
DR.. Harcourt, after a visit of eight
months with DR.. and Mrs. Harcourt in
the city, left last night for her home at
Cayuga, Canada. Miss Davis has made
a large number of friends during her
visit in the city, who regret her depart:
ure from the city.
Louis Best left last night for Fargo
where he was called by the serious ILL.,
ness of his brother w. H. Best. The
latter had an operation performed some
time ago for cancer and has been grow
ing worse since. A letter received by
Louis yesterday stated that his brother
was not expected to survive long.
Rev. w. NJ. Spoor, who was formerly
located in this city but is now in charge
Of the Methodist church at Thompson,
is in the today greeting old friends. He
attended the Methodist conference at
Casselton and came on 10 Bismarck. He
says there will be a large attendance
upon the conference at Bismarck next
year.
Farmer Wallace: Now that the
''brave boys" are off for the front-many
of them the first born and pride of the
family-others the only son and support
of aged parents-others the head of
families not we'll provided with the
worlds goods, all making the greatest
sacrifice that could be made for our
country, it is not fitting, proper
and in keeping with the spirit of true
patriotism that a relief fund be pro-
curedsat once by subscription, to be
placed with those SO deserving of the
best the earth affords. Who will start
this work?
Emmons County Record: At last it
really does begin to look as though the
500 road would be finished this sum-
mer. Last Saturday w. S. Casselman
brought Mr.. Hurd, the right.of-way
man, down from Bismarck. and con-
tinued on with him the same day, by
way of Napoleon and Ashley, to Kulm,
the end of the road. Sunday, General
Manager Pennington, General Superin-
tendent Underwood and a couple of
other gentlemen were in Williamsport,
and at the same time another party
were driving along the grade. Both
parties had come up from Kuhn, and
were OF their way to Bismarck. Mr..
Pennington and Mr.. Underwood made
no bones about saying that the time
had arrived when the company had de-
cided to build the road from Kuhn to
Bismarck, and that most of the material
for that purpose had been purchased.
They were talking a good deal about
building q spur down Beaver creek for
the purpose of getting near the thickly
settled portions of the county further
south. At different times previously
men who were prominent in the councils
of the 500 have heen in thoao