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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-04
CONFIRMING MESSAGE. ]

Washington, Aug. Minister WI
handed Secretary Of State Hay a copy
Of the telegram from the Taoati at
Shanghai, dated July 2. This confirms
the message Of Youn shikae, governor
of Shantung, to Consul Fowler pur-
porting to communicate the same tele-
gram of July 80 from the tsung Ii va
men, but it is noted it contains a pas
sage omitted from Yllan's message,
namely, that as lighting is goink on in
Tien Tsin it is not expe pedient to hand
cipher telegfams to the ministers at
Pekin. Il. 555 Z.
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TRIED TO SUICIDE.
GRAIN OPERATOR FOR GEORGE
NICHOLS AT FARGO FIRES TWO
SHOTS AT HIS HEAD. III


NICHOLS AT FARGO FIRES TWO
SHOTS AT HIS HEAD.
Fargo, Aug. Edwin G. Van Hoe
sen, a telegraph operator employed in
the commission Office Of George 3!
Nichols, who represents the Van
Dusen-H harrington Co., fired two bull
lets into his head shortly after 1 o'clock
yesterday with suicidal intent.
The market had been closed but a
short time and when the shooting was
done there was no one in the Office.
Van Hoesen fired the shots while
sitting at the desk in the private room
of the Office. The first struck just
above and a little to the front of the
right ear. 1t plowed through the skin
for a distance of two inches and buried
itself in the ceiling near where the
man was sitting. The second bullet
struck about three inc.les back of the
first and on a line with it. This bull
let did not enter the head, but made a
longer cash and came out nearly ait the
top Of the head. Apparently he had.
fallen from the chair after firing the
first shot. The shooting attracted at
tention from the street, which is usu-
ally crowded at that time Of the day,
and medical attendance was soon se-
cured. The wounds were dressed and
the young man was taken to St. Johns
hospital
Mr. Van Hoesen is about % or 80
years of age, and came here when the
Van Dusen-Harrington office was
opened several months ago. He was
employed by the same company in
Minneapolis, in different branch of
the grain business.
The other operator in the Office and
Mr.. Nichols were both at lunch when
the shooting occurred, and it appears
that Van Hoesen had made one and
some say two trips to the Wheeler
commission office after they had gone
and before he made the attempt at sui
eide. At that Office he merely passed
the time of day. AS he stepped out of
the Office friend spoke to him and
asked him how the market closed The
man who made the remark was some
what surprised at not receiving re-
ply. Van Hoesen merely looked at.
him and continued across the street.
The. other operator in the Van
Dusen Office is authority for the state
ment that Van Hoesen had not been
specializing, and there seems to be an
absence of anything tangible on which
to baseaa theory for the attempted self
destruction.
After DR.. Wheeler had dressed tile
wounds Mr.. Van Hoesen was able to
walk to hack and was taken to st.
Johns hospital. Unless the skull has
been fractured by the force of the bull
let's his injury will probably be of little
seriousness.
The shooting was done by an anti
quated two-barrel Derringer pistol, and
the fact that he had but two shots
probably saved his life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-04
BATTLE EXPECTED.

8 Shanghai, Aug. "A great battle is
expected Sunday near Yangstun, seven
teen miles north Of Tien Tsin, where
10000 troops are ready to resist the adj
vance Of the English and Japanese,
who form the advance guard. The
heat is intense, retarding transporta
ton.
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BOUNCING ] THE III RUssIANs.

Shanghai, Aug. a Chinese man
darins in Manchurfa have issued proc.
lamations calling on the populace to
sack Russian owns and railways and
recover stolen Chinese territory.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-04
AROUND THE STATE.
Wahpeton claims it will soon have
the best system of sewerage in the

p. Z
Wahpeton claims it will soon have
the best system of sewerage in the
state.
A telephone line will be built on the
Sanborn- McHenry branch of the
Northern Pacific. The material has
been shipped and the, work of building
the line will be begun at once.
i IS ss o. -- jsss
R. Sykes sued some parties in Wells
county for trespass by stock on his
lands, and the jury brought in pecu-
liar verdict, So damages for plaintiff
and $40 costs and damages for the de-.
PENDANTS.
Republicans in the Fargo district are
embroiled in a fierce scrap over who
shall be the party nominees for SEN
ator and represent tatives, and lots Of
snakes are being dug up. Billy Allen.
and R. S. Lewis are after che nomina-
lion Ior senator. S5S VI E q
9s9z o.
In Justice Pearson's court at James
town D. Baldwin was awarded a YER
dict against Dick Porter for $26. 80.
r The original amount of the debt, in
Cured in 1884 for poker chips was
So. SO. AT that time there were twen-
three saloons in Jamestown and the
tiger was much in evidence.
(. - 54
Judge Kohlsaat made a ruling in the
United States district court declaring
that a duty must be paid on goods
brought to this country from our new
possessions. The ruling was made in
the case Of Emil j. Pepke, a member
of the First North Dakota volunteers,
who was arrested last May. Fourteen
diamonds found in his possession
which he had brought from the Philip
pines without paying duty were seized.
Harvesting has begun in the Red
\ River valley wherever there is any
grain to cut. There are quite few
fields east of Wheatland being cut and
& Eli Green has a section Of wheat that
will go 20 bushels to the acre, 1t is said,
while the fields along side Of it will
not give anything. Crops are reported
near Churchs Ferry. Grain that is
being cut will yield a good quality of
berry and go No. ! hard generally it is
said. .ss s "
Welton Mel Donald of Dick kinson, re-
Gently returned from the Klondike, is
out TO get machinery and he and his
partner will work together on Bonanza
the coming winter, leaving Sulphur
claims for summer work Mr. Beckett
u is not likely to take a trip out this year.
The Beckett family is in Spokane, also
& DIR. Med Donald, who is in quite poor
health. Mr.. Donald speaks Of the
I #5Kriceks, Cana vans, Pat Crowley, Geo.
Little, Tom Me- cGregor, Frank Smith
and ]. A. Van Eegen as being in and
/ near Dawson. He says that undoubt-
edly there are good claims at Cape
Nome but that those who cd there now
will, in his opinion, be too late to get
much.
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MESSAGE 4sRO ON VICTOR,

Washing ton, Aug, The president
( has received a cable from Victor Eman-
uel, thanking him and the American
people for sharing his grief and
I Italy's.
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horribly mangled about the abdomen
and his intestines were torn out. The
county surveyor escaped with a broken
rib and bruised face. 81 lt{.
DEWETsl DEAD.

Pretoria, Aug. "A IN unverifed
rumor is current that Gen. Christian
DeWett is dead from a shell wound.
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TRAIN DERAILED.

7BUEH5 sDEIt--I IIagA8 IFtAIN IN#SUUIH
AFRICA AND SEVERAL PERSONS
KILLED. ,s.ss
London, Aug. II ord Roberts re-
ports train derailed BY the Beers.
yesterday twenty miles south Of
Kroonstadt. -Four were killed and
three injured. American Consul;
Stowe was aboard but escaped. Lord
sAlgernon Lenox and forty men were
also aboard and captured by the Boers.i
AT the request Of Stowe the soldiers
were liberated but Lenox held as Al
prisoner. Roberts says Hunter re-
ports the total force surrendered 81 33.38 .384S.S
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MORE PLOTS.

London. Aug. Scotland Yard has
received q mysterious warming Of am
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R. Sykes sued some parties in Wells
county for trespass by stock on his
lands. and the jury brought in a pecu-
liar verdict, So damages for plaintiff
and $40 costs and damages for the de-
PENDANTS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-14

bus, Ohio, 1t has a gasoline engine
and develops one-half horse power.
The bicycle is built with wheel base
four inches longer than the average or
about fOrty-eight inches from hub to
hub of the wheels. The extension is
made in the rear triangle so as to al
ford room for the motor to rest on the
rear forks, back of the seatpost tube.
The appurtenances are within the
frame lines The power is transmitted
by means Of a belt to a large pulley on
the rear wheel. The sprOcket chain
runs between the engine and the fly
wheel on the right hand side, while the
transmission belt runs on the left hand
side to it's sheave on the rear axle
Here again is used the coaster brake,
which seems to have been developed
Just in time for the motor cycle. Be
sides being longer in the wheel base,
this wheel is an inch wider in the tread
than ordinary, but the disposition Of
the motor seems to be more advantage
eOus than in either Of the other cases.
In Boston a special plant has been
started to turn out type of motor
cycle that is distinctly an automobile
because not provided with pedals. The
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a crooked corner. They are the con-
centrated essence of Boston's gOod-fei-
loWship engrafted upon BOstOn's Gull
ture. and to be dined 10y them is like
an advance to a peerage. Not since
their famous dinner to Lowell had
any guest been so honored till DR.. Weir
Mitchell sat at their jolly board.
Now, of the elect Of Boston is Pro
fessor Charles elliot Norton. He wears
the mantle dropped by Ruskin, whose
literary executor, indeed, ne is. Pro-
fessor Norton is meagre OF praise for
anything that is native, and hence his
approval is valued-perhaps in pro-
portion to its rarity.
On this occasion he made a speech,
which is not surprising, but he told
some relative truths about Boston and
Philadelphia which are truths because
they came from him. He said that the
Hub is for the present thing Of TIE
mind and fancy at the under
side Of the wave. bold ad-
mission, but that Philadelphia
possesses the lnF66 udIioudl IeduS1S y Ill
fiction and medicine, in criticism, and
in philosophical history; and he named
them-Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Dr. Horace
Howard Furness, author Of The
Variorum Shakespeare" and DR.. Henry
c. Lea, author of Superstition and
Force" and that these three eminent
names gave the palm to Philadelphia
in the realm of intellect. Moreover,
the chary critic insisted that DR.. Weir
Mitchell's last poem, lode on Lycian
Tomb" stands at the head of American
lyric poetry.
The Tavern Club used its cultured
lungs in support Of these sentiments,
and the modest Quaker citizen will
doubtless blush at the hOnors thus
heaped upon him.-Lippincott.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-14
To be Continued.
FHE SERMON-MAKING BUSINESS

The mere business of sermon-making
uninterrupted by other concerns
would be enough to stagger any con-
sclentious literary craftsman. To
write one address each week, and
allowing for two months vacation. one
has produced three volumes a year
Relying wholly upon manuscript, as
some clergymen do, one will achieve
an annual output of six volumes. And
the writing, though designed continual
ly to present the same theme to the
same people, is to be profound without
being wearisome, scholarly without
being pedantic brilliant without being
ensational-thOugh produced at a rate
which would have appalled, Alexandra
Dumas or LOpe Felix de Vega.
Such being the outgo of intellectual
material, what of the income? 1t is
sometimes said that there are two
classes of preachers those who have
something to say. and those who have
to say something. Practically, how
ever, there is only one class and that is
the latter. Every minister who mas
been two years in orders is Grazing the
faculties of his soul trying to think Of
something worth preaching which he
has not already preached How shall
a clergyman feed his brain while his
brain feeds him? Nowhere under
heaven can you find a man who is more
in need of leisure for study and refec-
ton and undistribcd personal and in
tellectual growth than the preacher
Results depend quite as much upon the
preparation of the man as upon the
preparation of the discourse. Good
sermons are not constructed they
evolve. It is best that the mind should
at times lie fallow Though writing in
prose, the preacher is the bard of the
spiritual highlands, and his mental
movements resemble. or should re-
semble, those of a poet.-Henry J.
Barrymore in the Forum.
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FROM THE MARES MOUTH.

Sis Robert FinIay, the new attorney
general, like most counsel with large
practice, knows what it is to receive a
disconcerting reply from an apparently
guileless witness, and tells good story
against himself in illustration. He
was engaged on case Of breach CT
warranty Of horse, the age of the
animal being the chief matter in dis
pute and had to cross-examine a
hostler, yokel with every appearance
of rustic simplicity. Upon what
authority do you swear to the age Of
the mare?" he asked. I'm sure Of it"
was the reply. Half dozen more
questions failed to elicit from the
witness any more specific answer.
"But how do you know" Numbered
Sir Robert at last II had it from the
mares own mouth" replied the
hostler.-London Chronicle.
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The Motor Cycle.

motor in this instance is the whole
thing and not an auxiliary power. al
though the cycle is an individual ma
chine.
In all these first corners of the indi-
yidual motor cycle field it is striking
to note the unanimity with which the
gasoline motor has been adopted.
Neither electricity nor steam has been
appealed 10, the necessary weight iu-
volved being an objection in both
cases. while against storage batteries
is laid the additional trouble they
might cause in touring through the
country where no charging station
might be found.
One phase that motor cycling has at
its inception is that it will pretty eff
fectually bar out women. They must
be willing to mount the diamond frame
and have nerve enough to run the en-
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The subject under discussion was
rumor that had started the fashionable
world
1t IS all over with the Richmond
dinners, observed Lord Cation. South
mead has left London. The whole at
fair is given up. 1 had note from
him yesterday"
so had /, said the major.
The young duke had organized a
grand water-party that was to ter
inmate with dinner at Richmond.
Suddenly, to their surprise, the invited
guests received a note expressing in
finite regret at the unavoidable disap-
pointment, but the Duke of South
mead was obliged to leave London
that very day.
Leave London in the midst of the
season." cried Sir Harry Lame.
What is the reason?"
Then came the startling report that
Miss St Norman had refused him, and
! that he had gone away in a fit OF des-
| perauon. Sir Charles Myrton had met
the duke coming from Brookdale House
had seen him with his face white as
death and his lips trembling. He had
stopped to speak to him. but the Young
duke had passeu on with something
thatsounded like deep muttered curse.
| AfterWard he heard what rumor said
Sir Charles understood it all; and now
the little group under the trees were
| discussing the same event
"Dou you really believe" said Lord
Cation, that Miss st. Norman has re
fused him."
1T is a fact, I assure you," replied
the major. l always thought she
would. Yet | never saw a man so thor
oughly in love. He followed her like
q shadow. But never saw her give
him the least encouragement"
That would be a new experience
for him." commented Lord Cation.
Young dukes, as a rule. do not COM
plain Of wanting encouragement"
Il felt sure" resumed the major.
that she would not have him. l was
quite desperate about her myself the
| 4h4~'U NV til1ICS IudL L SAW her. But
Miss st. Norman is not like the ordi-
nary run of women. She is no CO.
quette; she never seems to give a
thought tolove or matrimony. Indeed,
in my opinion, she dislikes both"
Sir Oscar Charlotte listened at
tentivelt.
L yield to no one in my chivalrous
respect for women" he said, "but |
must confess that l find it difficult 10
believe that rich and handsomeyoung
duke could meet with a refusal"
1t is true" declared the major. |
am sorry for Southmead; he was des-
perately fond of her; he has taken it
deeply to heart. I hear that he first
went home, and then started off the
same day for the continent"
That much l know is true" said
Lord Cation; ''as to the rest, [ reserve
my opinion"
To be Continued
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Motor bicycles were in use year ago
in Europe, but they were not entirely
satisfactory, and American manufac-
turers have been experimenting along
other lines. They did not want to put
on the market machines that were like
ly 20 fail. There are now several that
will be shown for the first time this
summer. One made in New York has
been ridden over thousand miles.
The motor is attached to an ordinary
road wheel, and with the wheel weighs
sixty pounds. 1t is only twelve inches
in height, and develops a one-horse
power. The wheel is fitted with a
coaster brake and the current is
switched off by the hand.
Three other motors have been heard
of-one from San Diego that may also
be attached to any wheel The one
presented in the picture is from Column
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-14
NO VULGAR DISPLAY AT THIS
WEDDING.

On Christmas Eve, 1908, Jerome
Bonaparte. brother Of the man who
FIVE months later declared himself Em-
peror of France, and Elizabeth Patter-
son, daughter of an American mer-
chant. entered into that union whose
subsequent rending was to echo
throughout Christendom. The cere-
mOny was performed in the home of
Elizabeth's father, according to the
rites of the Catholic church. by the
Right Reverend John Carroll, first
archbishop of America. 1t was wit
messed by the French Consul at Balti-
more, NJ. Sotin, Alexander lie Camus,
who was Jerome's secretary, and the
Mayor of Baltimore.
The marriage contract, which was
drawn up by Alexander ]. Dallas.
afterwards Secretary of the Treasury,
bears evidence Of the apprehension felt
by Elizabeths family as to the out
come Of this international union with
so youthful a bridegroom.
The dress worn by Elizabeth on her
bridal night was Of eXqulslteIy tine
white muslin deliberately embroidered.
She said of the gown in after years
that it was one she had frequently
worn, as she particularly desired 20
avoid anything like vulgar display.
And to tell the TRUTH she added,
there was as little as possible of
any gown at all, dress in that day be-
ing chiefly an aid in setting off beauty
to advantage" which concurs with
the statement made by man who was
present at the wedding, to the effect
that ne could have put all the clothes
worn by the bride into his pocket
New Lippincott.'
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MILLER ON BANGED TAILS.

Joaquin Miller adds the weight of his
protest against the fashion of banging
horses tails. 1t is English, ne allows,
but England is breezy and cool land,
with much mud and no flies or mos
[uitoes. This vast land of ours is hot,
dry, dusty, and filed with flies and
mosquitoes that torment horses almost
to madness. The horse needs his tail
here as much as he needs his teeth.
God gave it him, says the Poet of the
Sferras, and if you have the ghost Of
heart you will let him keep it.-Bos
ton Herald
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REBUKE.

Weary Willie had asked for cup
Of coffee. and Euphemia had Jelly in
formed him that she had only cups
of china, but she could give him some
coffee in cup.
Thanks, miss" said the traveller,
''and please be kind enough to drop
into the receptacle a cube of sweet
crystalline vegetable substance, with
small quantity of bovine juice
He got it.-Warwick James Price
in Lippincott
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CHAPTER xxx.
Rejected.

A group of gentlemen stood under
the trees in the Park. They had been
watching the fair faces of the ladies
Wno passed in carriages, and the fresh
faces Of young girls who rode. The
day was beautiful, the sun shining
brightly, and half the elite of London
seemed to be in the Park.
Inc group Of gentlemen consisted OF
Sir Oscar Charlotte, Major Argent, and
Sir Harry Lame.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-14

way at Chicago which extends along
the Seine just opposite the Rue de Ma
tions. This Rue de Paris is thronged
every evening and it's theaters are
usually crowded to the roof while those
in the center Of the city are more or
less untitled. During the exposition OF
1889 the fair grounds were only open
three nights in the week so that the
exposition did not monopOliZe the at
tention of sightseers, but this year the
grounds are open every evening until
II o'clock and the majority seem to
prefer the vaudeville shows on the
Rue de Paris to the more serious pro-
auctions of the regular Paris theaters.
The managers are protesting but it is
not likely that any change Will be
made in regard to evening admissions
by the exposition authorities and, at
any rate, if present indications count
for anything, it looks as though the
crowd will be large enough in a short
time to give everybody enough and still
have some left over. The number of
admissions to the exposition has taken
a big jump lately and the daily attend
ance now averages about 100000. On
Sunday last the attendance was 100000,
but of all this crowd the exposition
management does not get a cent as far
as payment for admission tickets is
concerned, because all tickets were
sold in the form of bonds several years
ago to provide money for the building
of the exposition. The price of tick
cts has gone down since the opening
and they cost now II cts. on the aver
age. Two tickets are necessary for adj
mission before 10 a. m. and after
j p. M.
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THE HUB TO THE QUAKER.

1t was at dinner given in honor Of
the author of Hugh Wynne" by the
Tavern Club of Boston-a tribute from
the Hub to the Quaker City.
The Taverners are a merry company
who hold forth in the old house around
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-14

engine. The only hope of the gentler
sex is in tandems, and even on them
they will be required to be cOOl-headed,
quick of eye and strong armed, for they
will have to do the steering, while their
escorts tend the engine. 1t will be
something more than play to steer a
tandem going at even twenty miles An
hour to say nothing Of thirty-mile
clip.
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If you ever wheeled up a sandy hill
on a hot day you will appreciate the
feeling of the man who was looking for
motor cycle at a recent cycle show,
says the Little Chronicle. He mas a
certain hill in mind that he wants to
ride up and down for an hour Just TO
get even with it. He can do it this
summer if he has something like S100
TO buy the motor.
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William Thorne, Julius Hanson, ].
Joyt, August Sackey and ]. Griffith,
five young men, repaired to the West
park, Racine, and INDUCED in a prize
fight The men pleaded guilty and