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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

DR.. Moore Of the state hospital for.
the insane sends out his annual Christ
mas notice as follows:
Relatives and friends who desire
that II patients here should have
share in the good cheer that prevails
throughout Christendom at this sea-
sonson of the year, can send any pres
ents to the superintendent and he will
distribute them as requested. If it is
preferred, money can be sent instead,
and purchases will be made as nearly
as possible in accordance with the in
structions accompanying it.
Charitably disposed people often give
presents, edibles, clothing, etc.. to
those unfortunate patients who have
no home, relatives or friends; any such
gifts will be taken charge Of on request
and applied for the benefit Of those
who would otherwise have no Christ
mas remembrances.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

We note with qualification that the
relative social standing of Mrs. Dewey
and Mrs. Miles has been established
by the collaborated wisdom Of a COM
mittee of Washington experts. This
is well. 1t argues much for the social
and industrial stability Of the repub-
lie when these momentous questions,
fraught as they are with national-we
might almost say world-wide-signi-
ticance can be settled without more
than a social or Industrial flutter. So
long as this state Of things continues,
we shall insist that the republic is safe.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

for tropical products, and the markets
which they can supply for our farm
productions and manufactures in eX-
cilange therefor, are attracting renewed
attention with the reassembling of
congress. The annual importations of
tropical products into the United States
moun on an average to fully $780,
UOO,OOO. and are composed of raw ma
ter1als required by our manufacturers
or of foodstutfs used by the general
public.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

juba Hill pointed that moral. 1t was
also to be expected that the soldiers
of the Transvaal would make the ut
most possible use Of the strategic feat
ures of the country. They seem to
have demonstrated, however, up to
the present that their leaders are cas-
lily the superiors, both in strategy and
in tactics, Of any that have yet ap-
peared in the forces of Great Britain,
and at the present writing the honors
Of the campaign are easily theirs. 1t
seems evident that the British war
office has underestimated at once the
military skill and the of the
Beers, and that only a radical change
III the lines upon which the war has
thus far been fought will avail to re-
trieve the warlike fame of England.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

Life is harder and harder to live, n
derneath the law. Evidently the
party who is able to clean postal cards
and other printed surfaces has begun
work on the revenue stamps, and an
order from the evenu department
has been made operative. In addition
to cancelling the stamps Of the denom-
ination Of ten cents and over with the
initials and date, the cancellor is re-
quired to mutilate the stamp by cutting
three parallel incisions through the
stamp. beginning not more than a
quarter Of AN inch from one end and
extending to within a quarter of an
inch Of the opposite end. The work
can be dome with a knife or a perfora-
tor, the idea being to cut the stamp
into three pieces.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

The Tribune has made arrange
nents whereby it can furnish the Bis
marck Weekly Tribune one year, the
Orange Judd Farmer me year and the
famous American Agriculturist Year
Book-over 500 pages Of "meat for
~farmers''-all prepaid for $1.35. This
Is q remarkable offer but If more is
wanted the New York Weekly Tribune
will be added to the combination-all
four for $1.65. Or if the most COM
plete combination ever offered is
wanted the Chicago Weekly Inter
Ocean will be added-all the above for
So.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

gold in Klondike. Where a few years
ago the gold seeker toiled YEARLY
afoot v e the mountain passes, there
is now a railroad, carrying passengers
and freight to their destination. Geo.
NJ. Rice, purchasing agent for this
road, is back in the states and COM
menting upon the vast difference he
tween three years ago and now, says
that a a car leave Seattle and reach
Dawson City in eight days. 1t used
to require nine months and a year to
make the trip, ut an immense cost Of
money and life. Where freight over
the pass was once 10 cents a pound, It
is now 40 and 60 cents a cwt. Fare
from Seattle to Dawson via the Rel
Line Transportation company, is now
SILT second class and $132 first class.
The line of the Red Line Transports
tor company extends owe the grad. d
roadbed Of the railroad extensions,
down Lake Bennett and the river to
Caribou. and thence to Closely, thence
to Dawson. There are stations every
twenty miles for eating and sleeping.
Relays of horses are furnished at THESE
stations, and the trip is quite exped!-
tious and pleasant. In the opinion Of
Mr.. Rice the output of gold next year
will be largely in excess of any pre-
vious year. In 1883 it was $1O,O00,-
600; in 1899. $1S,OO0,OOO, and will,
doubtless, reach .$25,OOO,OOO in 1900.
New discoveries Of rich placer diggings
are being m.ade daily. The new rail-
road crosses the boundary line. now
under dispute between this country
and Canada, about twenty-five miles
from Skaguay, on the summit Of White
pass. Thence OF the road Brit
ish territory. The work on this new
line over White pass has been ex-
tremely difficult. AS a feat of engin-
eering it has already acquired a world
wide reputation. AS IN illustration
Of some of the difficulties overcome,
Mr.. Rice said: .
"Workmen were swung over Gifts
600 feet beloW the edge by Il single
rope attached to a chair. After beng
lowered this distance if they dropped
a tool it fell 1000 feet further into a
chasm. Suspended thus the men
drilled holes into the face of the rock
and ins crted long irons. Then heavy
timhers We're lowered and rested on
the irons. This afforded a standing
place for workmcn, who then drilled
other holes for blasts which We're fired
by electricity after the workmen had
been hauled to the surface. In this
manner they worked themselves in'c
the rock until they could continue oper-
ations in comparative safety. In spite
Of all precautions several lives were
lost in the perilous undertaking.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

The Grand Forks Herald takes issue
with Emperor William, the pope, and
other dignitaries, as to the end of the
present century. The Herald holds
that it does not end until Dec. 81, 1900.
The Tribune shall take it's stand with
the Herald. We regret to oppose the
opinion Of these great men, but a CEN
tury is an hundred years, and the hun
dredth year of the present century is
not completed until the end of 1900.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22
President Mellen of the Northern Pa
citic, says in New York:

Including the money from land
transactions already completed or
pending. the Northern Pacific will have
about $2O,O0O,O0O available for requisi-
tons and improvements Oh Jan. 1. The
Weyerhaeuser deal included only tim
Der lands in Washington west of the
Cascade mountains, and brought in
about SG,uuO,00O. We received be-
tween $5,O00,O0O and $6,O00.OOO from
lands east of the Missouri river; then
there are $3:,5OO,OO of prior lien bonds
which we did not sell. 1t has been
provided also that the company issue
$1,5OQ0O0 worth Of bonds annually for
improvement work. The Northern
Pacific today could add to it's mileage
nearly 1000 miles without going into
it's office for the money. The Weyer-
haeuser purchase includes only pat
ented land, and by no means includes
all of our timber land.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

1t is announced at st. Paul that M.
Grover, present general solicitor of the
G. N. system, will he given a new title
January 1, but will be retained at the
head of the legal department. Col.
w. e. Douge, formerly of jamestown,
who has been the Minneapolis attor-
ney for the road, will be promoted at
the same time to the Office held by Mr..
Grover, that Of general solicitor of the
road, with officers in st. Paul.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

Horace BOies of Iowa. outlines for
the eastern press his views as to the
1900 campaign. He would abandon
free silver and make a fight on trusts,
protective tariff and subsidies. He
would have Philippine home rule and
absolute freedom for Cuba. Speaking
Of what the democratic platform
should contain next year on the money
question, he says: "An unqualified
declaration in favor of the continued
coinage on government account of both
money metals, at the existing ratio to
the full limit required by the business
interests Of the country, such n limit
to be determined by congress-, and the
issue Of national paper currency in ex-
change for bullion of each of the
money metals at their market value,
to be redeemaDle OF demand in the
bullion of either metal at the govern
ment's option at like value, and i'm
mediately reissued in payment for
other bullion to supply the place of
that withdrawn from the treasury"
But the democratic party next year
will hardly he held in check by con-
sentative minds, such rs Boies. The
radicals are in the saddle, and it is
more than likely the next democratic
platform will be a fiery explosion of
cheap nothings against existing condi-
tons, and the same old negative declar-
atoms against the republicans.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

Editor Carver of the Benson County
News chides Editor Winship gently.
and thus:
The great and only prohibition pan
in the state, the Grand Forks Herald,
gives a certain Milwaukee beer COM
pany a half column write-up to help
1t get a start in East Grand Forks.
Either prohibition is wrong or such
articles in prohibition papers are
wrong and ineXcusable.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

So far the campaign in South Africa
has been full Of surprises. 1t was, of
course, to be expected that the Beers
would make a stubborn resistance to
the advance of the British forces, and
that there would be no small amount
of desperate fighting; the story of Ma
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

The Minneapolis Journal of Satur-
day has an interesting article on the
coal supply Of the Missouri slope. The
value of North Dakota Ignite is COM
ing to be appreciated, and the states
fuel supply promises to become one Of
Its greatest sources Of wealth.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

Senator Hansbrough has introduced
a bill providing that honorably
discharged sailors and marines shall
have preference in the appointment to
civil service positions and that neither
age, residence nor loss OF limbs shall
disqualify them from promotion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

The feeling in England over the
South African disasters is intelligently
expressed by A. G. Langdon-Blake, an
Englishman OF prominence now pray
cling in America. He says:
The feeling of intense resentment is
growing in England against the pow
ers that be and those who are respons-
position in which England finds her.
selfself today. 10 date we have prac-
tically won not q victory, and each day
brings the news of sol e fresh reverse
to our arms. When the storm breaks
it will go hard with those responsible
for bringing the war Oh, but, neverthe-
less, to my mind there is something
more than mere personal responsible
ity to blame. That we have been out
generated and apparently outfought
and outclassed by an untried lot Of
fighters would seem to argue that Eng
land is paying the penalty for the long
years in which she has fought out OF
the way and barbarous or semi-bar-
barous peoples, unfamiliar with mod
ern warfare and tactics and unused to
and not using modern weapons. Such
fighting as that is likely to beget a
contempt for your enemy, and a ten
dency to hold him cheaply, and to my
mind this seems to be exactly what has
happened in South Africa.
But it seems to me that there are one
or two unexplained things about the
present fight, concerning which l have
longingly looked for light, and they
are, first, how on earth did the Eng
lish authorities SO woefully underesti-
mate the numerical strength of the
forces which the Beers could put in
the field? II the extra numbers of
men which the Beers manifestly pos
sess over and above the military au-
thorities' estimates must come from
the Beers Of the Cape Colony, as has
been frequently stated, how could they
leave that country in such numbers
without the cOgnizance of the author
tiles there and the consequent warning
of the war office at home? And, sec
ondly. how could the Beers have i'm
ported artillery and other weapons of
warfare in such enormous quantities
as they evidently possess without Eng
land knowing anything about it and
preparing for the very contingency for
which the Beers were preparing and
which has now come into existence:
These are questions which are agitat-
ing England just now"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

From present indications it will
hardly be necessary to hold a republic
can convention in the state next year.
Jerry J. Of the Minneapolis Journal is
fixing it all up down at Washington,
a-d a resolution of Endorsement of
Jerry's ticket when he gets it finally
in shape ought to be all that is neces-
sary.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

Editor Streeter Of the Emmons
County Record has a grievance against
Postmaster Charley Patterson at Lin
ton n says 1T is to be hoped that
the Linton postofice will not much
longer be used as a means with which
to annoy those people whom the post
master doesn't like"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

In speaking of the places on COM
mittees secured by north western SEN
ators, the Washington correspondent
of the Minneapolis Journal says:
Senator Hansbrough, senior senator
of North Dakota. has come forward
with a great leap. In addition to hold
ing everything he had last session, in
Guiding the craftsmanship of the public
lands committee. he is on the commit
tee on finance, which is the most i'm
portant committee of the senate. There
were about thirty applicants for places
on this committee, but Hansbrough
and Sp0oner were the only ones to win
out. The appointment did not come
in either cas- as the result of seniority,
for among the thirty applications there
We're almost a dozen who are older in
the senate than Hansbrough or
Spooner.
Senator McCumber fares very well
for a new member, although he did not
get what he was after. He wanted to
get on the finance, the judiciary and
various other leading committees, but,
of course, could not be gratified. But
he is placed on four OF the senate's
strong committees-1ndian affairs, CEN
stls, pensions and claims-and has a
place on the committees on the trans
p%ortation of meat products and is given
a nominal ~chairmanship Of the COM
mittec to investigate the ~trespassers
on Indian lands.
Senator Hansbrough had an i'm
portant part in seeing that McCumber
was we'll placed. Gle starts out much
better than I did," said Mr.. Hans
brough this morning.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

Says the Gran | Forks Herald: For
some reason Editor Tuttle, of the Man
dan Pioneer, does not enthuse over
the plan which is said to be under con-
%sideration for rendering available for
ordinary purposes the Ignite coal of
North Dakota. There is, Of course,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

the possibility Of being too optimistic.
In trying to avoid this Editor Tuttle
appears to have rushed to the other
extreme. AS the Herald understands
the matter it is not claimed that our
Ignite contains as great q percentage
of carbon as does anthracite coal. 1t
does compare favorably in this respect
with bltuminous coal, and it is pro-
posed to it instead of the latter.
Inc plan proposed is to reduce the coal
to powder, get rid Of the sulphur, and
by the use Of a binder of suitable ma
terial, to compress the powder into
bricquettes which will retain their
shape while burning. This, it Is
claimed, is possible and practicable.
Whether the claims set up are or are
not well founded, time will tell. In
the meantime it does not appear nee
essary to discredit q scheme, which, if
practicable, will add millions to the
available wealth OF the state. Profess
sor Brannon is authority for the state
ment that at the Dickinson pressed
brick plant, native coal gives as good
results, pound for pound, as the best
soft coal. The objection to it's general
Use appears to be the presence of sui
phur and the tendency Of the coal to
slack while burning. The Herald has
sufficient confidence in the inventive
ness of u people to believe that some
method of overcoming these difficult
ties will be discovered, and that the
vast stores of fuel beneath our western
hills will De rendered available. If
the plan now under consideration
proves inefficient a better one will be
discovered.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22
BEFORE AND AFTER

Every days occurrences empha-
size the contrast, already noted, be-
tween the expectations and talk of the
British before the outbreak Of the Boer
war and their actual experience since.
Instead of being on Boer soil, the war
has been thus far exclusively on Brit
ish soil, says the New York Tribune.
Instead of taking the aggressive, the
British have been put upon the defen-
sive. Instead Of Il British military
promenade" through the Boer states
to Pretoria, there is pretty free Boer
raidinS through the British colonies.
And the only British soldiers who are
likely to eat their Christmas dinners
in Pretoria are those-who are by no
can few-who are prisoners OF war.
Doubtless all that may be changed be-
fore long. 1t must be, unless the
world is to see the greatest political
cataclysm Of modern ages. But for
the present the contrast stands i'm
pressive and menacing. We shall not
say it is unique. On the contrary, it
is little more than the usual thing. We
need not go back as far as the French
surprise in 1870 for a precedent. Less
than two years will suftice-to the days
when Americans were talking of the
ease Of rushing a few regiments to
Havana and driving the Spaniards out
of Cuba within a month.
The contrast is not either all on one
side. There lies before us at this mo-
ment an elaborate document issued
authoritatively from Pretoria shortly
before the war. as all appeal for Amer
lean sympathy and aid. 1t begins with
a pathetic picture Of 1.-THE embattled
hosts of England being arrayed to
crush Jul poor little nation Of thirty
thousand farmers" and teens with
references to the weakness Of the Beers
and their lack of military preparation.
1t is dated in September last. And it
is only n of innumerable other such
u%tterances, all p%icturing the Beers as a
mere handful Of peaceful farmers, with
no readiness or equipment for war. Yet
now the thirty thousand farmers have,
according to Boer statements, been eX-
banded into one hundred thousand SOL
diers, and, according to all estimates,
into from sixty thousand to seventy
five thousand, and it is seen that for
years they have been preparing for
war in Il manner not surpassed in eff
cacy by any of the military powers of
the European continent. They have
armed themselves with the best mod
ern rifles and cannon. they have laid
up vast stores of the most improved
ammunition. they have put their troops
under the direction of the best French
and German drillmasters and strate.
gists the wealth of 'Oom Paul. col.
lected from the DISTINGUISHED Outland.
ers, could procure. And instead OF
being Il nation of pastoral and agricu1.
tural peace lovers, the Beers have
shown themselves a particularly wal,
like nation Of soldiers. There nee(
be no reproach in saying that. The.
have acted we'll within their rights, o.
course But the contrasts between
the theories before the war and thu
conditions since is instructive.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

The capacity Of Cuba, Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines to meet
our constantly-growing requirements
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-12-22

We felt III all the time that Eng
lish war poetry would invite disaster.