Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-10-13
STATE NEWS

A Park River man named Cusack
committed suicide by the carbolic acid
route.
J. A. Atkinson has sold 10000 acres
of land from his office ut Sykeston to
Iowa farmers this summer.
The state transportation committee
got q check from Christiana, Norway,
for 50 for the soldier boys.
1t Is stated that ten conductors will
refuse to give the bonds required by
Hhe Great Northern road and will re-
sign.
Valley City people-acco"ding to the
correspondent of the Argus have al
ready declared for Major White for
congress.
Charles Blades, a Is year old boy,
was shot in the side by a companion
at Grafton with an unloaded gun and
may die. .
President Mckinley will arrive in
Fargo on the afternoon Of the 18th and
remain there until 8 O'clock in the
evening.
E. P. Robinson of Winona, Mimi,
has been elected to the presidency of
the Wahpeton university, in place Of
DR.. Knox. resigned.
Fire originated in the residence of
George H. Keyes at Glendale but the
residence was saved by the good work
of the fire department. The loss was
only about $3.50.
President Mckinley is anxious to
meet the North Dakota volunteers and
the people Of Fargo are trying to get
a rate of a cent a mi]e-so everyone
can visit Fargo and see the president.
1t is reported that state fair people
at Mandan are a few hundred dollars
ahead on the event this yeur-and
everyone will be glad that the nan
agenaent came out at the right end Of
the horn.
The Grand Forks Herald y Gen.
Washburn seems to be literally turn
Ing himself loose out in his Missouri
slope empire-building railroads,
towns, elevators and everything he
can think Of.
Fargo people must raise funds for
the reception Of President Mckinley
and 1T is a question how to raise funds
as the people have responded so lib
orally to so many applications for
funds lately that no one likes to tackle
'em again.
Grand Forks people had no com.
pany in the North Dakota regiment
but had 3 residents in the regiment,
Harry Hamilton, I. A. Berg and Fred
Whitaker, the latter a member of
Company A, and will give them a
public meeting at the Dakotah Sat
urday night.
The Great Northern went up against
the federal authorities in hauling
freight from North Dakota, and has
been worsted in the courts. It was
charged that the road took a train load
of sheep from Culbertson, Mont, to
st. Paul without providing food and
water. The federal authorities
brought action at Fargo, and the legal
department of the road contested the
case. The road lost, and was as
sessed 500 and costs. On the action
for relaxation of costs the road Sc
Cufeu I'LL dDuleueuL Ol Tue OTuSluul
Judgment, and including the penalty
paid 5000 into the hands of the gov
eminent.
Fargo Call: 1t appears that al
most all the tin plates, cups and
spoons that were purchased by the
barbecue committee for the great
feast held Tuesday in honor of the re-
turn Of the soldier boys, were taken
away from the grounds by the people
who will keep them as souvenirs OF
the occasion. The only thing Itlrat
could be found at the grounds were
busted doughnuts, a few slices of
barbecue meat, and the barbecue pit
They could not carry the pit away
and did not care for the eatables, but
they did want souvenirs. In twenty
years from now some of these boys
and girls will have the plates, cups
and spoons tied up with pretty rib
bons and displayed as substantial
cnnvoOirS of tho ponich A m o,t;oo n