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The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30

The man who owes parting shot is
never pressed for payment.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30

There is nothing more unsatisfactory
than compulsory love.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30

Cheap jewelry beats the more expen-
sive kind all hollow.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30

The woman who always wears a
smile is faultlessly dressed.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30

Every time the wind raises disturb
ance il is sure to blow about ii.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30
Carriers Ext. Smart Weed

VIII cure a cold IN one night: will cure sore
throat in n few hours. Acts quick. Sure cure
for Catarrh In every 2jc bottle.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30

Distance is often responsible for last
ing friendships.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-30
TO CURE A con IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Ia bets. All
druggists refund the money II II fails TO cure.
sc. The genuine has l.. u O. on each tablet
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

SPEAKING of the Trans-Mississippi ex-
position to be held at Omaha next sum-
mer, the Fargo Argus laments that
there has been no provision for display
from North Dakota, and says:
It is little less than a shame that
North Dakota has SO far made no pro-
vision for representation at the Omaha
exposition. Minnesota will be repre-
sented by a building a quite equal to it's
building at the Worlds Fair, with
fruits from county contributions. South
Dakota has provided a fund of $4,000
from private subscribers and will make
an attractive exhibit. North Dakota,
with more to gain than either, with bet
ter opportunities for investment than
either, with more public lands than
both. and Offering the best opportuni-
ties on earth to settlers, has done moth
ing. The commission has secured space
sufficient for headquarters and for a
good display, but so far has been I'M
able to enlist the state or railroads, and
unless the several counties and individ-
uals help, North Dakota will lose the
best opportunity ever presented to bring
it's advantages before a portion of the
country from which the best settlers it
is possible to obtain may be drawn.
The Argus offers this suggestion: Let
each of the six Red River counties ad,
vance $3.50 to be refunded by tho legis.
lature toward paying the expenses Of
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

THE Grand Forks Plaindealer, a
democratic paper, has the right idea.
1t says: MIR. McKinley's acts have in
the past been fully and freely criticized
by the democratic and independent
press. There is a time. however, when
criticism may properly be withheld and
this appears to be one of those times.
We believe that tho people should stand
as a unit in support of the president in
any effort which he may make to pre-
serve peace, consistent with the preser-
walton of national honor, and, if war is
declared, it is equally their duty to sink
party feeling, and to support him in
whatever measures are taken for pro-
tecting the interests of the nation. Let
US present a united front to the foreign
foe. and when ''peace with honor" is
won, we can again turn our attention
to our domestic affairs, and fight out
the old party issues on the old party
lines. For the present we are not par
tisans, but Americans.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

The Devils Lake Inter Ocean oh.
serves: The state enforcement league
which was in session at Grand Forks
last week, saw fit in it's wisdom to
censure Attorney General Cowan "for
his persistent neglect and tacit refusal
to perform the duties of his Office" We
fail to see where the enforcement lea.
que has any grounds for it's assault
upon Mr.. Cowan. If the attorney gen.
eral is to be held responsible for the en-
forcement of the prohibition law, then
Mr.. Cowan should be given credit for
being a more efficient officer than either
Of the three prohibitionists who pre-
coded him in the ofice-Goodwin, Spen-
Ger and Standish. The law is better en-
forced today than ever before, and Mr..
Cowan has did his part to bring about
this condition of affairs. The league gives
Mr.. Cowan credit for having closed the
saloons in Devils Lake. This is more
than Attorney General Standish did,
and he is a prohibitionist and is said to
have been present when the resolution
%censuring Mr.. Cowan was passed.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

an interesting statement with regard to
the war sentiment down there. The
deluded Spanish have stated that as
soon as the United States might declare
war, the southern states would again Sc.
cede and endeavor to set up an indie
pendent government. Col. Irons says:
II have just come from a stay of
some weeks in the mountains of Arkan-
sas. Talk about the war spirit in the
north! Why, lit isn't u circumstance
with the feeling among these people. I
never saw such enthusiasm in a cause
as they are everywhere showing. And
mind you, a good many of these same
people are unreconstructed rebels. At
the close Of the war, instead of yielding
gracefully to the new regime, they took
to the woods and mountains and vowed
to remain faithful to the "lost cause"
forever. And they are unreconstruc,ed
to this day. But you never saw a peo-
pie more rabid for anything than they
are for war. The are incensed at the
blowing up of the Maine and only wait
the call to offer their services to the
government to avenge it. They want
II plCoAuCAG ~ OO SOulCLA4AoS3 ouo W w
it quick, and then give them a chance to
wade in. 1--WE were rebels once, and
may be we are YETI heard a good
many of them say, "but we amt going
to allow Spain or any other nation to
blow American ships and insult the
American flag. Just count US in if
there is to be any trouble"
IN the towns where there are militia
companies there is exceptional activity.
The companies are drilling daily, re-
cruiting their numbers, taking every
means to get into shape for business.
l tell you it was very reassuriDg for an
old soldier to see these many evidences
of patriotism and 10! atty to the common
country in such places and among men
who fought to overturn the government
thirty-fve years ago and have remained
in a semi-hostile attitude ever since.
It treasured me that if there was fight
ing ahead of US we could count on them
to be right in the van. Twas convinced
then and there that the country would
have no more loyal supporters than
these same unrecons.ructed noun
taineers in Arkansas"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

the exhibit: Let Barnes. stutsman,
Burleigh, Morton, Stark, Wells, Foster,
Ward, Bottineau, Benson. Dickey, La
Moure, Sargent, Grigge, Steele, Ram
sey, Nelson, Cavalier, Towner, Eddy,
Ransom, Rolette, advance $500, and
Billings, Kidder. Logan, McHenry, Nc
Lean, Mcintosh, Emmons, Pierce, $50
each, and Oliver and Mercer 1926 each,
for the expenses of the exhibit. Let the
state advance $1,000 from it's emergency
fund and then the commission will have
something to work on. The commits
%sioners of Cass county are in session.
Let them lead in this matter. Let them
vote the $3.50 suggested. If the state
refunds it as they undoubtedly will,
we'll and good. If they do not it is
money we'll invested. The city of Fargo
might with profit add a little to the
fund. The real estate men of the state
are moving and a little help from this
quarter now may be the mean Of as
surfing success.
While the suggestion is we'll timed,
and is possible so far as the counties
are concerned, there is no means by
which any money from the state treas
ury could be appropriated for purposes
of a display except by a special session of
the legislature.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15
The strong patriotic sentiment which

The strong patriotic sentiment which
prevails among the militiamen of the
various states is finding vent in a num-
Der of communications which have been
received at the war department, re-
garding their status in the event of
hostilities. They are of such a char
acter as to leave no doubt in the minds
of the officials that this strong, organ
lied reserve army, which amounts to
over 100000 men, will be found ready to
answer the call that may be made upon
it for assistance in time of need. At
the same time there seems to be some
fear among the members of a number of
those organizations that the operation
of the Hull reorganization bill, which
has the approval of the administration
and is now before congress, will operate
to their disadvantage should it's pro-
visions be made effective. This bill
contemplates the expansion during time
Of war of the regular army from it's nor.
NAL strength of less than 10000 men to
10000 men. The idea seems to prevail
in the minds of the militiamen that if the
regular army is increased as provided
for in the bill, it will preclude their
participation in the war, as the number
of soldiers provided. will be all that the
government requires.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

The presidents message favors inter-
v%ention in the island of Cuba, without
the recognition Of any government.
This does not mean that annexation is
favored, for the message expressly
states that annexation is opposed to the
ideas of the administration. But inter-
yention would mean a settlement of the
disturbances in Cuba, and the n%avtive
Cubans might then 60 to work and
form such a government as best suited
the majority of the people. At present,
there is no government except that
which is represented by the Cuban
junta. But there is no reason to be-
lieve any government exists, go far as
the execution of governmental func-
tons are concerned, the word Of the
Cuban junta being all the administration
has to prove the existence of any gov
eminent. The president believes that
to recognize any government at the
present time would be unwise-that it
would be better to drive Spain out Of
the island and then allow the Cubans to
frame such a government us they NAV
desire.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15
Pleasant Evening.

The social at G. A. R. hall Friday even
ing, givon by the ladies of the Relief
corps, was a very pleasant affair. About
100 guests were present and partook of
the ice cream, cake and coffee, so boun-
tifully served by the committee, Mrs.
0. R. Barnes, Mrs. Oscar Ward, and
Mrs. Joseph Wood.
Mrs. Faunce had charge of the pro.
gram, and although she was disappoint.
ed by the absence of the mandolin club,
the program rendered was successful
and pleasing in every detail. Miss Set
tie deserves special mention for an
amusing story in the Dutch dialect.
Miss Ara Waggoner cleverly recited the
story of the Rugglis's Christmas Dinner.
The musical numbers were new and we'll
rendered. After the regular program,
DIR. Bentley was called upon and re.
sponded in his usual enthusiastic man.
ner, displaying as he approached the
Cuban question, q fervent patriotism
which enthused the audience. Ice
cream at this time cooled the speaker
and the audience, and after a pleasant
social time spent in conversation and
mandolin music, the audience echoed
the words of the quartette and went
home to "Good Night and Pleasant
Dreams" ELLA X. WINCHESTER,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

Ir will strike the average person as a
little peculiar that the Vatican has not
seen the great necessity for peace until
there was a prospect of it's favorite
kingdom, Spain, getting a good sound
thrashing. The Spanish have been
numbering the Vatican's religious fol-
lowers in Cuba for years until the total
of the dead exceeds half a million, but
this has called forth no appeal from the
Vatican for peace. While approaching
all these efforts Of foreign influences for
peace, the United States must settle
this matter by itself.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

short and sharp, lasting much less than
a year, and it may be %protracted. The
financial condition of Spain and the
heavy drafts she has made on her able.
bodied male citizens to carry On mill
tary operations in the last three years
would seem to render her unable to
struggle for many months against so
strong a nation rs onrs. But it will do
no harm TO put the estimate on the an
nual basis, for taxes can be repealed
when no onger needed. AS to the rate
Of a hundred millions a year, we are in
clined to believe it too low. Recent i'm
provements in ships, guns, and other
war appliances has enormously increas-
ed the per diem cost of war. While
they have exerted a powerful influence
in favor of peace and have made it pos.
sible to shorten the duration of wars,
they have added almost incalculably to
the cost of preparation for and prosecu-
ton of naval campaigns. The war taxes
suggested by the journal include 10
cents a pound on tea, 4 centsa pound
on coffee. and a beer tax of 81 to 50 a
barrel. These would be expected to
yield s75,000,OO0. If the war promises
to be long, the Journal says, %''resort
will probably be had to a'general stamp
tax upon checks, deeds and all other
legal instruments. Another measure is
the levy Of license taxes upon occupa-
tions, known in Europe as the patent
tax. A tax of this character could be
made to yield almost any desired
amount" The people OF the United
States, having deliberately made up
their minds that intervention is the duty
of the government, will cheerfully sub
nit to such taxation as congress may
deem necessary for the performance of
that,duty.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON tells Editor
Plumley-in the ~Forum-that he has
endorsed him for the Fargo postofice,
and of course this settles the question.
johnson tells Plumley several other
things, and there are some things he
does not tell him. Throughout John
sons letter to Plumlcy there is an i'm.
piled discourtesy toward the president,
Secretary Bliss and Postmaster General
Gary. johnson wants Plumley to know
and the Forum publishes it-that he
is not overburdened with confidence in
the president and some of his cabinet
officers. When the president kindly Of
fered to give Johnson's brother a 81, 700
place, he (Johnson) did not even thank
him for it. In fact he made no reply.
He did not then seem to remember
that he had promised to indorse Plum
ley. After he had turned the thing
over in his mind for several days he
concluded that the appointment of his
brother as postmaster would not be
very popular in Fargo. 1t was then
that he remembered that he had prom
Used Plumley. If the people of North
Dakota knew what a spectacle johnson
has been making of himself in Washing
ton and how he has attempted to de-
ceive the president and the postmaster
general in regard to other appointments
in the state, and how he has tried to
bull-doze Secretary Bliss in regard to a
place for his brother in the Forgo land
Office, they would more fully under.
stand the cause Of his %insincerity in
writing to Plumley.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15
OFFICIAL PAPER BuRLEIGH CO.

ALARMED patriots see in the reported
Spanish navy difficult work forthc nav,
of the United States. A few days age
it was announced that Il formidable
Armada was to proceed forthwith to the
Cape Verd Islands to escort the torpedo
fleet across the ocean. One Of the four
ships named is the Emperador Carlos
V. It is a fine armed and armored
cruiser, the best in the Spanish navy,
and the only one protected with Har-
veyized steel. 1t is Il vessel that would
do credit to any navy as a cruiser,
though, of course, it is not equal to one
of our battlcships. But that ship has
only just left a French shipyard, where
it was pe.f.s :ooaired, and it cannot
possibly be made ready for service in.
side of several weeks. Another is the
Cristobal Colon, a fine armorcd cruiser
purchased from Italy som time ago.
The Spanish engineers in charge of it
do not understand its machinery and
cannot get it up to anything like full
speed. a third is the fine armored
cruiser Infanta Maria Theresa, which
the Spaniards seem able to manage.
The fourth is the cruiser Alfonso NH,
which has no armor but a protective
deck and no heavy guns at all. Evil
IDENTIFY these four do not make an irwin
chile Armada. Now VIC are told that a
squadron Of fifteen men-of-war is to sent
out at once. Let us see how it can be
made up. 1t probably comprises the
three ships named above which are
ready for service. Then there are the
Cardinal Cisneros and the Princesa de
Asturias, ships similar to the Infanta
Maria Theresa. If to these we add the
Numancia and the Victoria, %antiquated
craft of eight or ten knots an hour and
armed with only muzzle loading guns,
we have exhausted the list of armor-
ed ships in the Spanish navy, excepting
the solitary battle-ship, Pelayo and the
CT users Catalina and Pedo d'Aragona,
which are not yet ready for service.
Such cruisers as Spain has been able to
purchase abroad are not yet completed
and will not be for a month or two. The
other eight or ten ships of this fleet
must therefore be taken from the list of
unarmored cruisers and gunboats, of
which Spain has a number. Two or
three of them have protective decks and
one carries four rs guns. The batter
les of the most of them are composed Of
5 and 6 inch and machine guns. Such
ships could not do much damage to COM
merce. In a conflict with real battle
ships they would cut no figure at all.
Nor could they enter any harbor which
has modern Notifications about it. AS
for the torpedo feet of Spain, it is un-
doubtedly superior to ours. But it is
at the other side of the ocean, and the
task of getting it over here, III the face
of such a flying squadron as could be
sent to intercept it, would not be an en-
viable one.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

The effect Of all these uncertainties
and of the hourly contradiction in news
reports as to the Cuban matter has been,
to continue the decentralization on the
Stock Exchange. And yet the effect
upon the prices of securities has been
much less than might have been ex-
pected under the circumstances. AL
though the situation has reached a
crisis at which the maintenance of peace
seems almost beyond reasonable expec-
tations,-far more threatening than at
any of the previous critical phases under
which prices have fallen heavily,-yet
there has been nc corresponding realiz-
Ing upon securities and values have re-
manned almost stationary. Even at mo-
ments when war ultimatum was hourly
expected as a ~foregone conclusion, prices
remained comparatively steady. This
is remarkable and deserves attention as
a significant feature of these trying con-
ditions. There has doubtless been,
through all, a lingering hope that wal
might finally be avoided; but the feeling
has been so faint that it coul>l not have
any important effect on the market.
It would seem that the main underlying
aus of this steadiness is in a convic-
ton that prices have already fallen ap-
p~roximately sufficiently to satisfy an
actual condition of war, and that there
fore, should the worst happen, no very
serious further fall need be expected
in other words, that the probable objects
of war have already been about dis
counted.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

"THosE who dance must pay the fid-
dler." This venerable proverb is the
text selected by the conservative Lewis
ton Journal for a discourse on revenues.
The fifty millions appropriated for de-
Tense being close to exhaustion, the
Journal says-and the conclusion is OBJ
vious-that we must soon have recourse
to war taxes, if the wal now imminent
comes. About one hundred millions
annually must be raised, according to
the Journals estimate, but, of course,
that depends upon contingencies that
cannot be foreseen. The war may be
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

THE Minneapolis Tribune observes:
The whirligig of time works some won
drous changes. Less than a year ago
any one who predicted that Mayor Pat.
terson would be reelected in Bismarck
without opposition would have been set
down as wildly optimistic in his views.
But that is just what happened the
other day, and Editor Moffet less than
20 miles away.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

The McGinty the Sport company is
stranded at Dickinson and one of the
female members of the company offers
to put up her diamonds for a loan.
R. D. Hoskins children are recovering
from scarlet fever, but Mrs. Hoskins is
still quite i'll, although her condition ia
not serious and her speedy recovery is
looked for.
There we're no arguments in the
supreme court today. Several of the
cases that were set for today have sub.
mitted on briefs, and no oral arguments
were made.
DR.. Bentley is driving some nice look
ing horses about the city, many Of them
colts from Jack Hunter, which are clean
limbed and active animals and make
good roadsters.
The county commissioners meet next
week to open bids for 81, 1000 of Bur
leigh county bonds. About twenty five
inquiries have been made by bond buyers
and the commissioners believe the bonds
will sell we'll.
A letter from Mrs. Sloan at Skaguay.
received by Ed Sloan, says she is doing
a fair business there, but has not de-
cided whether or not to remain. She
a given up the idea of going over the
pass at present, and says that condi-
lions are rather hard-a good many
hold ups and robberies, many of them
in broad daylight. So many of The
population are without money or work
that they have grown desperate. Mrs.
Sloan reports Geo. Winters at Skaguay,
and that he has a good position as gem
eral manager of a transportation COM
pany. AL Beal is working at the wharf,
whlle Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Williams are
tnere' the former running a saloon and
restaurant and making money.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

IT the midst of all the other disturb
ance comes a report that Andree the
north pole balloonist has been located,
and patriots who do not to go Cuba may
organize a relief expedition. The dan
ger is about equal in either case.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

GRAND FORKS and Bismarck-in both
cities the past municipal a%dministra-
lions were so eminently satisfactory
that there was no opposition to the can
didates of the city Cor re election.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

BAILEY FULLER's experience with the
righteous in Jamestown-and the sup.
port of the drys and the moralists-ap.
pears to have resulted disastrously-to
Bailey-in his municipal campaign.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

We have failed to see as yet any edi-
torial scourge of Bismarck in the
columns of the Grand Forks Herald
but suppose Winship will connect as
soon as he learns the result of the cleo
ton.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

A REPORT on coal production, issued
by the geological survey, states that
North Dakota, during the calendar year
1897, produced 7O,175 tons, valued at
$40, 1858, the average price being slightly
owe 81 per ton.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-15

The character of Prime Minister
Sagasta of Spain, with whom the United
States is now dealing, expecting fairness
in the settling of the Cuban question is