Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-21
STATE NEWS.

county jail in Wells county.
THE Northern Pacific is bringing in
Italians to work on the roadbed:
Occasional cases Of small pox in mild
form are reported from different places
in the state.
H.H Aker, president Of Concordial
college, was elected mayor Of Moor
head over Keller and Lewis.
Three hundred students have been
in attendance at the agricultural col-
lege during the winter term.
The new Masonic temple at Fargo
will be ready for occupancy at the
grand lodge meetings in June.
Hope Crawford of New Rockford got
his hand caught in a. shaft of a. feed
mill and his thumb was torn off and
his arm broken.
The earl of Caithness has returned
fromshis winter tripSto England TO look
after his extensive farming interests
in Nelson county.
There is a class Of thirty candidates
to be initiated into the Elks at James
town in May. Fargo members of the
order will confer the degrees.
Mayor Hodges of Glendale is a can
didate for reelection and the local en-
formement league is opposed to him.,
with prospects for lively scrap in
sight.
Superintendent Laughlin of the cen
sus has received part of the supplies Of
his office from Washington. They
filled fourteen large boxes and came
by mail.
Henry Gerdes Of the Smith farm
near Armenia, Cass county, was kicked
in the face by a horse and badly in.
jured. His nos was broken and his
face badly gashed.
The land contest case of Healy VS..
Forman, INVOLVING valuable land in
Richland county, has been decided by
the commissioner of the general land
Office in favor of Healy.
The Red River Valley drainage
convention is being held at Fargo to-
day. The object is to secure an APP
preparation . 100000 from the gov
eminent for the better drainage of the
valley lands.
The contest for the postmastership
at Mandan has not yet been settled.
Postmaster Nichols has sent in his res
ignation, and a petition is out for the
appointment of r. H. Smith, a former
Nh P. conductor, but there are other
candidates for the place.
AT a term Of the district court in
Sargent county, Otto Nygard pleaded
guilty to a charge Of violating the pro-
hibition law and vas given ninety
days and fined 5000. Louis DeMarris,
an Indian, was convicted of criminal
assault in the second degree, IN jury
trial, and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
Judge Pollock has disposed of u
Trail county case that has been to the
supreme court five times. It is that
q Foogman vs.. Ward of Hillsboro.
THE last action was for the cancella-
ton Of a contract and lease and Judge
Pollock's decision gives Foogman inn
mediate possession of 4SO acres of the
best land in Trail county.
Fargo Call: President Worst re-
turned Monday night from Grafton,
where he was invited to attend the
funeral of Alfred C. A1men, aformer
student of the agricultural college, but
who was shot dead during the Philip
pine war. He reports a large attend
ance, and much sympathy was mani
Tested by the citizens of Walsh county.
The weather was so inclement that the
burial was postponed until yesterday.
Attorneys of the state are looking
forward with considerable interest to
the meeting March 26 Of the state bar
association in Fargo. The local bar
association has arranged a banquet to
follow the business session. In the
afternoon there will be- addresses by
President Newman and by Judge
Blackwell OF LaMoure on 1.-THE Geo
graphical Extension of the United
States and Causes Leading Thereto
Among those who will respond to
toasts inthe evening are Chief Justice
Bartholomew, Judge Amidon Of the
United States court, ex-Chief Justice
Corliss, J.. H. Bosard of Grand Forks
and Colonel Benton of Fargo.
The Richland County Gazette gives
an account of a trip by Mr.. and Mrs
Aaron Stern through the south, Mex
leo and California, meeting many old
time friends The Gazette tells that
Mr.. Stern says that Notwithstanding
the extent Of territory travelled over,
he failed to find even one place he
would prefer to North Dakota. In
Mexico, he says, he exchanged forty
seven United States dollars for one
hundred Mexican dollars. If some OF
81 the United States free coinage people
could go down there, they would be apt
to change their politics. Board in an
adobe hotel costs seven dollars per
day, and5the menu was confined to tor
tillas, frijoles and coffee.
nAfY "A LOVER
Has turned with disgust from an
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