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

war and the return Of the North Da-
kota volunteers.
Dickinson will hold its first village
election October 10.
Captain Purdon Of Company 1 has
been nominated for county commits
sioner down in Richland county.
The Northern Pacific has employed
100 Japanese laborers to work on the
road west Of Dickinson.
Arthur Lindsay Of Turtle River is
missing, at Grand Forks and is sup
posed to have been robber and muir
dered.
A young boy at Grafton was shot
by a companion with q 22-calibre re-
volver, and died from the effects of
the injury.
The case of Harry Young, Sent to
the p%enitentiary from Glendale for
four years for arson. has been ap-
pealed to the supreme court.
A laborer named Erickson of Will
liams county is suing the Great North
ern road for $4,000 damages for per-
sonal injuries he claims to have re-
ceived by being thrown off a flat car
while at work.
Richard LeSuer of Grand Forks is
suing the Gaar-Scott machinery peo-
pie for $4,000 damages for what he
claims to be an infringement on a
machine attachment he secured in
1891 and which the company is using
On its machine.
The splendid advertising car of the
Northern Pacific, filled with products
of the northwest and many rare and
valuable specimens of various kinds,
was burned at Neilsville, Wis, and
the porter barely escaped with his life.
The loss was $4,000.
E. B. Thornhill of jamestown has
received word of the death of his sis
ter, Mrs. Alice Robinson, and her
daughter, Of Toronto. They were re-
turning from a European trip in the
transatlantic steamer Scotsman
which went on the rocks, and Mrs.
Robinson and daughter were drowned
in the O%verturning of the life boat.
A railroad company which was or
ganized some time ago to build a road
from Bismarck to Sioux City has put
along the east side of the Missouri
right of way agents into the field and
appears to be in earnest about the
construction Of a line. Residents
along the proposed line are Mt a loss
to know which Of the big roads intends
to occupy this right of way.
Jamestown Alert: About fifteen
members of Company H went out tc
Captain Eddy's farm in Frank An
dree's 'tOpsy" this afternoon to pick
POTATOES. Officers looked after the
men while they worked. All the mem
bers Of the party were attired in duck
suits worn by them while in the Phil
lippines. They are reported to have
quickly picked all the potatoes in
sight. A number Of young ladies
went along to encourage them in the
work.
The coasts roads are understood tic
be figuring on a winter schedule which
is being hurried towards completion
owing to the heavy increase in local
and through traffic. 1t will probably
be put into effect Nov. 1. The North.
ern Pacifc's scheduled time between
the coast and the Twin cities is sixty.
two hours, and their coast train is
found to be invariably punctual. The
| scheduled time of the Great Northern
is sixty-two and a half hours. 1t is
probable that both roads will increase
the winter schedule by six hours a
least.
On Sunday Rev. Brown left Willow
City for Omemee where he breaches
every alternate Sunday evening. Whe1
about five miles from Omemee he me
two men on foot and being of a kindly
disposition he offered to take them into
town. After driving some distance
and conversing on general topics one
Of the u%ngrateful ours hit Mr.. Brown
OIL the dead and knocked him out Of
the buggy. The ruffians then got on
and beat him into insensibility. 1t il
needless to add that they systematic
ally went through his clothes. Whe1
MI. Brown regained consciousness HI
found that he had been robbed. H.
found his horse and buggy about :
third of a mile from where he wa:
assaulted TT 10 cofo RI COW thof thI