Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-30

Arickaree Indian. Owing to the caprice
of some past official of the agency, he
was enrolled upon the records under the
name oscar Wilde" Upon the appli-
cation of Agent Richards the depart
ment has granted permission to restore
to him his rightful name, which is John
Howard. The son is the issue of the
marriage of a son of the duke with an
Arickaree belle by Agent Sperry back in
1874.
Tuesday,.
The doll at Mrs. Dunn's was won by
ticket No. 11s, held by Miss Dora Yegen.
B. P. Tilden returned this morning
from jamestown where he passed Christ
mas.
The workmen on the Baker building
are busy today Notwithstanding the
snow.
States Attorney Allen is looking after
some business in the western part of the
state.
Roadmaster Fletcher and Bridge
Foreman Ingalls, are among the guests in
the city today.
Died at Watcrtown, Wis, Dec. %,
1898, Mrs. G. A. Sprague, age Y, sister
of G. c. wainwright of this city.
Mrs. Briggs is moving from the cxecu-
tive mansion to the residence on lower
Fourth street which will be occupied by
her.
Secretary Phclan of the railroad com
mission is in the city and preparing the
office records and business for trans
ferring to the new commission next
week.
Charles Kupitz has had an excellent
photograph taken of the interior of his
store for advertising purposes. Photog-
rapher Boyce did the work and secured
an excellent negative.
Adjutant General Miller returned
this morning from Jamestown where he
passed Christmas. He received this
morning the duplicates of the muster
rolls Of the state cavalry troops and is
preparing to incorporate them in his re-
port. 4
Cakes Republican: Mrs. j.. FL. Camp
bell of Bismarck was in the city ycstcr-
tcrday circulating a petition for the par
don of her son, William Campbell, and
James Barrett who are serving life sen
fences in the pcnitentiary for the muir
der of Mr.. Brown a few years ago. The
petition was quite generally signed.
Deputy State Treasurer Maurice M.
Cook will be retained by State Treasurer
Driscoll as deputy. Mr.. Cook is one of
the best qualified men in the state for
the position, is generally popular, and
altogether Il competent and obliging
public official whose retention will be a
source of qualification to his many
ricn DIS in the city and through the state.
At a meeting held in Fargo to secure
united action toward the bringing home
of the North Dakota boys from the
Philippines, Il committee was appointed
to draft resolutions to Governor Devine,
asking him to do allin his power to bring
the boys home-and another committee
to see that the troops are mustered out
in Fargo-of course.
Governor Fancher purchased a draft
for $3.50 this morning, sealed it in an en-
velope and addressed it to a firm in Chi
cago and left it in the mail box in his
Office before dinner, and when he re-
turned, the letter had been torn open,
the draft was missing and there was no
clue to the thief. The banks have been
notified that the draft was stolen.
The New York Sun publishes a two
column article, in the shape of an inter
view with the business end of a New
York-North Dakota divorce agony.
The interview purports to give interest
ing facts with relation to the divorce
colonists, and the city of Mandan gets
touched up a bit as the preseason of one
the most thriving colonies in the state.
The article gives North Dakota some ad-
vertising-of one kind. +
State officials at the capitol are putting
the finishing touches to their Office af-
fairs preparatory to turning them over
to their successors in Office next week.
Treasurer Nichols has the business of
his Office ready to be transferred to his
successor, and Commissioner Fancher
will turn over to Mr.. Harrison an office
which will be a model for business ac-
curacy and completeness. Deputy Au-
ditor Lucas will also have the auditors
Office ready for transfer to Auditor
Carlblom.
Funeral services over the remains of
w. E. Andrews were held at the resi-