Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-08

will be incarnadined with the blood Of
innocsnts, and the deuce will be to pay
generally
The burning Of the Indian school at
Elbowoods is reported by the Washburn
Leader. No particulars are given.
The new farmers cooperative cream
cry at Lidgerwood, which had just been
completed and not yet accepted by the
farmers, burned to the ground.
Plans for the new Northern Pacific
depot are on exhibition at Fargo and
measurements are being taken for the
location of the new structure. It will
cost 1864
Chief Grass and his followers of the
Fort Totten reservation have returned
from Washington but failed to secure
the lands they asked for. Too much
war excitement.
Judge Amidon has issued a decree in
foreclosure in the ease of @. H. Anheier
VS.. HI. F. Miller, to ~foreclose on $4,000
worth of notes of the Citizens National
bank.
Gilbert Moen, a we'll known farmer of
Morgan township. Trail county, died
in consequence of a dose Of strychnine
and alcohol, taken it is believed with
suicidal intent. Saturday he had been
drinking heavily, and on going home he
took this dose from which cause he soon
passed away.
f. E. Viles, late proprietor of the Com
mercial hotel at Casselton, has myster-
iously disappeared. The Commercial
changed hands April l, and the same
evening Mr.. Viles left. All of his affairs
seem to have been satisfactorily ad-
justed and his standing in the commu-
nifty was of the best.
The following named city officers we're
elected at Steele: Mayor, Editor Wood;
aldermen, G. M. Hogue, H. Mayer, J.
B. Spangler, b. H. Smith; clerk, j. NJ.
Patterson; treasurer, @. I. Hendrix;
marshal, S. S. White. The city tax
last year was IS mills. The county
board mace the new bank there the de-
pository of their county funds equally
with Bismarck banks.
Chief of Police Robert Burt of Valley
| City cane near deaths door from as.
phyxiation from a disjointed stove pipe
in his room in the city hall. AS he
made no appearance up to late in the
afternoon, his brother, Deputy Sheriff
Sam Burt, went to the room. and, get.
ting no response, burst in the door and
found the chief nearly dead. He had
been in the room twenty-one hours,
Reservations we're applied and up tc
midnight, though low, he is in a fail
way to recovery.
The controller of the currency has re-
ceived from Bank Examiner Mcdonald
who was recently directed to make ar
investigation of the condition of the ma
tional banks of North Dakota, the re
suits of the examination of the First
National banks of Minot and Larimore
The report will be withheld until bott
banks have been examined. Mr.. Nc
Donald has been ordered to Nebraska
and the results of the investigation o
the North Dakota national banks will
not be received for some time.
City election at Devils Lake resulted
as follows: Ole Serumgard, mayor; 7
A. Haslam, treasurer;D D. g. Duell, pc
lice justice; L. D.. McGahan, city justice
Capt. E. E. Herman, alderman frs
ward; A. S. Pattie, alderman secone
ward; j. o. Boughman, alderman thir.
ward. The contest for mayor was clos
and exciting, Serumgard, the admins
~tration or straight republican candidate
defeating John Nimmo, who represent
ed the combined silver republican an,
democratic anti ansbrough opposition
Sheldon Enterprise: Last Tuesda,
was a lively day at Enderlin. Some o
the citizens Of that burg secured a ke|
or two of beer and, under it's stimula
ting influence, proceeded to clean on
the blind pig which has hourished ther
for several weeks. The piggers objecte'
and filled the floor at the feet Of the
reformers with bullet holes. The sal
reformers reiterated to the street AM
bombarded the piggery with brickbat
until not a whole glass was left in tn