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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-29

IggS%#s&s}S WALhlNG DEVICE, S5SH&Ht
them the following: The device which
I most frequently use in land measu
ing is shown in the first cut. IT re-
quires two pieces Of light pine about
III by 2 inches and seven feet long.
Lay them down on an even surface in
q position corresponding to the form Of
the letter v, with the spread ends just
s feet 8 inches apart. Now mark with
a pencil at the ends where they come
together and, referring to these marks,
make q bevel, or SO called miter, in
each, rs shown by A. Fit the pieces
together again and make a small hole
in both, through which place a bolt to
hold the pieces in the position shown
by d. For convenience use a long
threaded bolt with q thumb nut. This
completes the measure.
Its use is very simple. The operator
steps or swings it along, two steps
making, when the5pieces are set cor
rect distances apart, 1917 feet, or one
rod, bearing in mind that the first step
made when starting at corner of field
is equal to two. steps, or a rod, as the
measure, when set up with one point
at edge of field and the other 81 feet
from the edge, has already made the
first step, and therefore when the OPP.
orator swings it round the first time
he causes it to make the second step.
If desired, the al can be; made Of
pieces about five feet long and with
the points 51a feet apart. Then three
steps are necessary to make a rod.
When finished using the measure,
loosen the thumbnut of bolt and swing
the uprights together, as shown by q,
when 1t will occupy a small space for
transporting from place to place or
storing away. If well made and paint
ed, it will present a neat appearance
and last a lifetime.
The measuring wheel shown In the
second cut requires a little longer to
make, but it is the most rapid when In
use. Selecting an old wooden hub from
the wheel Of a toy wagon, fill it with
light spokes about BIZ inches long, ac-
cording to size of hub, SO. as to make a
wheel 81 feet in diameter. Put on a
tire Of light hoop iron, fastening it with
a small nail to each spoke. Hang the
wheel, with a pin or bolt for axle, be-
tween two light strips three-quartersby
two inches and four feet long. Between
the strips, close to rim Of wheel, place
a block to nail strips to and hold firm,
and at the end Of frame put a cross
piece or handle to hold by. The wheel
has a circumference of 1914 feet, and
each revolution makes one rod. Color
one spoke to count by; or, better still,
put q nail II small peg in the spoke,
and on the block In the frame fasten a
thin wooden or steel strip to catch the
nail O. peg at each revolution and
make q sharp clicking sound, as Illus
trated In diagram B.
TO use the measure, start at the edge
OF the field and push the wheel along,
counting the clicks, each click indicat-
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sioux city Live stoca

SIOUX CITY, Ia, March 28.
CATTLE-Market slow, stockers 100
16c lower.
Sales ranged at s4.Oo@4.75 for. beeves;
S2.O0@4,O0 for COWS. bulls and mixed;
S3.5094a40 for stockers and feeders; 1915
$40 for calves and y~earlings. s5
HOGS-Market 5@10c higher. Range OF
prices, 81. 95@5 10.
Receipts: Cattle, 1905 hogs, 1900.
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Bismarck Five No. 2-I4adies Of the Mac.
cabees meet first and third Mondays ia
each month at a.. o. wv. hall in the Baker
Block. Florence M. Hoskins, Lady Comman
der Frances Mareellus, Record Keeper.
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Tancred C~onmandery, Knights Templar,
No. Meets third Thursday In each
month at Masonic hall, Dakota Block.
a Q. Patterson, 3. q. j. A. Barnes, Re
cofder.
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Bismarck Chapter. No. II, o. e. s. Meets
first and third Fridays In each month at
Masonic hall, Dakota Block. Maggie
q. Phelps, WIN. Gertrude Miller, Secretary.
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OF YTHIAs

wednesday evening at WorkmannhaI. BaEe,
Block. r. e. Best, &C. John Bostrom
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WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
Meets second and fourth Fridays Of each
month. at g. a. r. hall. Jennie Woods, presi-
dent; Hattie Shelton, secretary.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.
MAsONIC

Bismarck Lodge, A F. & A. NJ, No. 5.
Meets first and third Mondays In each
month at Masonic hall. J.GW. Foley, w.
NJ WI. Cochrane, Secretary.
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p

James 3. Mcpherson Post No. 2, Depart
Republic, meets every second and fourth
Thursday in each month at G.. A. r. han,
Bismarck, Nd. a.. Tibbils, Colonel Com.
manding. j. w. Burkett, Adjutant.
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

Duluth Grain.
DULUTH, March 90
WHEAT--Cash, No. | hard, 87Ac; No.
] Northern, $3.50; No Northern, 6ssSe;
No. 3, 60ssc. To Arrive-No. hard,
$3.50; Mo- Northern, e61so; May, 67ISc;
July, 6S11aac.
FLAx:--To Arrive. sl.64; May $1.65;
September, S1.16118; October, 1.l8N.
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subwaterang Greenhouse plants

subwaferfng Greenhouse Plantss
Id Us experiments with leettuuces at the
Ohio station 1,3A surface watered
plants weighed 2s6 pounds and the
same number OF gnbwatered plants
nearly are pounds,a gain Of a little
over 81 per cent. The supwatered
plants reached marketable size from a
week to ten days earlier than the 9TH
ers. All these plants were subWatered
during about one-half their period Of
groWth-that IL, while Ia fats. IN one
case where plants were carried through
their entire period ofsgrowh bb,y the re-
spective methods Of watering a gain
Of about 12o per cent was shown Ia IA
vor Of subWatering, A the Ohio State
university subWatered lettuce yielded
|20 to 30 per cent more than surface
Watered lettuce. Lettuce -ot was very
troublesome on the surface watered
beds, but did not injure subwatered
plants.
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HERALDs} EAgTER NUMBER.
Judicial Convention.

TGgASEMaEgES4E. uAASA0A
Notice is hereby given that a republican
judicial convention Of the Sixth judicial dis
trict Of North Dakota will be held on May 14th,
at 10 a. m. at the Office of At. Patterson Of
Bismarck, for the purpose OF placing in ;nomi.
nation a republican candidate for the office of
Judge Ct said Sixth. judicial district, to be voted
for said convention will be as follows One
delegate for each100 votes. or major fraction
thereof, cast for the republican candidate for
governor in 1888.
The various counties viii under this call be
entitled to delegates as follows:
Billings $500. -. .... ]
Burleigh y. 3. !. ..s...a -. .... y. 1880. 8
Emmons ....... /. $500. ......... 4
Kidder -. J. !. :. u
:. 5000. 8
! Mercer !. /. 4. 4 -. 2
Morton. -. !. I. $50. ...... .......... -
Oliver ~. ....... ...... ]
Stark. ..sy... -. 5
The republican judicial committee. Of said
district will meet at 9a.m on Mays14th.atythe
office of At .Patterson.3at bismarck to pass
upon credentials Of the delegates to the conyen-
ton.
J.F. PHILBRICK,
R. M.fTUTTLE, Chairman Pro TEN.
Secretary.
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wHEELINe MEAsURNG DEVICE.

ing that the wheel has made q revolu-
tion and, IL the dimensions are correct
" kept when constructing II, has Gov
cred 1914 feet Of ground and made d
rod When starting, have the nail d
peg In the spoke of the wheel Just Oh
top Of the click, and the spoke III the
diagram A Just ali thsedge Of the feld
81 dIrectly ht tie point from which ii
ii desired To measure; then the first
click made when the measure Is push.
sd along means Just one rod.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago Union Stock Yards.
CHICAGO, March 81
CATTLE-Market 10@15c higher.
Sales ranged at Sc. I0@6.O5 for good to
prime steers; "a. 0O@4ES5 for poor to me-
dunn; $3.40@4.O for stockers and feeders;
$3.00@4.65 for COWS and heifers; Sc. COG
5.00for TexasSfed steers.
HOGS-Market active, 1Oc higher.
Sales ranged at $5.O5@5.3 5 for mixed
and butchers; S5.20@5.40 for good to
choice heavy; $5.05@5.EH rough. heavy;
$5.05@5. so fortnight. Bulk Of sales, S5.22L
@5. 32k
SHEEP-Market strong, steady.
Sales ranged at s4..75@6.0O for sheep;
$5.5O@7. 90 for lambs.
Receipts: Cattle, 1900; hogs, $1,000;
sheep, 1900.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, March 20.
WHEAT-March, 66sSc; May, $3.50;
July, 67zsc@68; September, 1880.
CORN-March, $50; May, $3.50; July,
38A@S87sc; September, 1890.
OATS---March ssSssssc; Maj, 1920; July,
285s@2sAc.
PoRK-March BE. ny; May, s1s.47k1
July, S12.e7k.
FLAx-Cash Northwestern, S1.65;
Southwestern, $1.65; May $1.65; Septem-
ber, $1.l61&: October, S1.18L.
POULTRY-Dressed turkeys, sN@12c;
chickens, 8k@9Nc.
acknowledgements le@sskc; dairy
18@2sc. @s5S#
EGGS-Fresh.l 1870.
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Merchants Hotel.

After ten years Of absence, i
have again taken charge Of the
old reliable Merchants, and have
reftted and fully equipped the
i5ssaameWith baths, steam heatand
all modern improvements. / So
slicit the continuance ofthe pat,
ronage Of the public, and espe-
c1ally my friends il the Dakotas
and Minnesota, who have So
long made the Merchants their
st. Paul home.
Latest Dakota and Minnesota
papers on file.
Rates, So. 90. and $3.50; with
bath, $500. have added tie
European plan for those who
desireit at from 81. 90 to $1.5O:
with bath, $500.
tel for8 az points a TIC City.
q. ALIEN, Proprietor.
This paper WIN alyvays 30 Found on
alsS Aa enc Merchants readinEg roomls.
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Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis Wheat.
MINNEAPOLIS, March "a.
WHEAT-In Store-No. i Northern,
March, 64112c; May. 6S1Sc; July, 64Mc;
September, 63Mc. On Track-No.1 hard,
65Ac: No. 1 Northern,6411z No. 2 North
ern, CSC.
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ANcIENT ORDER UNITED WoRKMEN

Bismarck Lodge, No. 40. Meets the
first and third Tuesday e~yeningssgof each
month at their hall in the Baker Block at
8o'clock. j. Newton,M VICE. Murreli
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MITCHELL BELIEVES 1T.
He Thinks Operators Have Agreed to
Ofer Increase in Pay.

HAZLETON, Pa, Sept 7.-The Asso-
ciated Press at 10 o'clock tonight secured
from President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers. the admission that he be-
lieves the mine operators have agreed to
make the striking mine workers an offer
Of a 10 per cent. increase in wages. Fur
ther than this Mr.. Mitchell declined to
talk. He was reticent all day on the SUBJ
ject and several times declared that he
knew nothing Of the rumors OF a settle
ment Of the strike
Mr.. Mitchells admission that he believed
the report that the operators would offer
an advance to the men was made while he
was holding conference with his lieuten-
ants Those at the conference were Ma
tional Committeeman Fred Dicher, of
Ohio; w. r. Farley. of Alabama; Benja-
min James. of Pennsylvania; President T.
d. Nichols. Of the Wyoming -Lackawanna
district. and President John Fahey, of the
Schuylkill region. After the meeting,
which lasted until midnight, President
Mitchell informed the reporter that the
CONTINUED ON SECOND PACED
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SCRANTON, Fa., Sept H.-At an in
formal conference of the local operators
tonight the report OF the negotiations for
settling the strike was discussed, and the
consensus OF opinion was that influences
reported TO be at work toward effecting a
settlement are OF a political hue, and that
these interests cannot advance any argu-
ment that will cause the operators TO turn
from the course they have mapped out,
namely. fighting TO finish the threatened
invasion OF the anthracite region by the
United Mine Workers organization.
The general opinion here is that the In
nuences referred to are OF such a power
fui nature that the operators cannot well
stand out against them. and II is believed
that the strike will be settled
The means OF settlement, Ii is said. will
be as follows: The big carrying companies
viii grant slight reduction in tolls, the
operators viii raise the price of coal. and
the wages OF the miners will be increased
according TO the percentage that the re-
duction in tolls and increase in selling price
viii permit. the figuring TO be done with
the existing scale OF wages as the basis.
1t viii be expected that the mine workers
union shall not figure IN the negotiations.
and that the men shall return to work
without any further ceremony than a
guarantee that the advance in wages will
be proffered.
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INVITED TO RETURN.


ICopyright, 19oo by the Associated Press.l
PEKING, Sept. q, via Taku, Sept. 25-
All the foreign ministers have addressed
notes to Prince Ching, suggesting the re-
turn to Peking of the Emperor and the
court. The notes were informal and not
written in a diplomatic capacity. The
writer's do not consider them binding upon
their respective governments. The diplo-
mats acted jointly in the matter. but the
letters were sent individually. These did
not contain any assurances, but merely
suggested the return of the Emperor
Prince Ching undertook to deliver the
notes. The outcome is matter OF specu-
lation. the doubtful element being the in
fiuence of Prince Tuan and General Tung
Fuh Slang, who may restrain the court.
General Chaffee, discussing the proba bill
ties to-day. said: 81 do not believe that any
European monarch would enter the camp
of his allied enemies, and I doubt that the
Empress dowager will do so. 1t is general
ly conceded that the restoration OF the
Chinese government is essential. l have
favored the withdrawal of the main allied
force to Yang-Tsun and Tien-Tsin leaving
two thousand mixed troops TO guard the
legations"
Mr.. w. Rockhill will leave for Shanghai
on Monday. Sept. "A.
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PROMISES WILL BE KEPT.
Gomez Expresses Faith In Americans
His Ambitions About Realized.

HAVANA, Sept. 27.-Gen- Maxine Gomez
has written letter to friends in Santo Do
mingo. and an extract from 1t appears in
La Lucha to-day.
1.-The fevered state in which Cuba now
is." says the writer. ''is natural, but it will
not last. The flame of war will be extin-
guished once for all in the national conven-
ton. On the benches Of that convention a
great embrace will be given. Only bad
man will not respect the work OF that body.
"In the convention will originate two po-
litical parties, which will focus the views of
all good Cubans. 1 have longed eagerly for
the moment now about to arrive. With the
convention the work of the revolution will
terminate.
Many persons are mortified at the pro-
longation of the American intervention.
Many also view the situation in a pessi-
mistic light. But the Americans are not TO
blame for the delay, as the Cubans have
placed obstacles in their path. No good
man can doubt that the promises of the
United States secretary of war and the
American people will be faithfully kept"
Governor General Wood to-day published
a report covering the history of the mill
tary administration during the last nine
months.
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nence said tonight that he had heard from
only one side of the parties in controversy,
and must decline to discuss the question of
arbitration until all had been heard from.
To those who approached him on the sub
Ject the cardinal said: 'I have received
Overtures from two or three interested
parties. but I shall not act until / hear
more of the matter. have not heard from
both sides"
''WnI you consent TO act IL both sides
do approach your was asked.
I'm that case I shall take the matter
under very serious consideration-very
serious consideration" he added, as If 10
emphasize the remark. Continuing. his
Eminence declared that he would be glad
TO do anything IN his power TO help solve
the problem which so seriously affects 80
many souls.
1t is said on good authority that the car
dinal has practically agreed to arbitrate
the differences. and IL is thought likely that
the various interests concerned will decide
10 leave the settlement Of their disagreement
to the head OF the Catholic Church in the
United States.
Cardinal Gibbons will probably go to
Philadelphia tomorrow or Saturday. and
it is believed this trip will be in connec-
the miners who are concerned in the lock-
out are believed TO be Catholics, and sew
eral high Catholic prelates have been sug-
gested in connection with the settlement Of
the strike.
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KILLED AND ROBBED.
Real Estate Broker Found Dead on
the Sidewalk.

NEW YORK, Sept. N.-Charles F. Peck,
sixty years old. real estate dealer, whose
home is in West Fifty-eighth street, was
found dead to-day on the sidewalk on West
Seventeenth street. Evidence of murder
was visible on the body. When Mr.. Peck
left his Office yesterday 1t was with the in
tention of going by an evening train TO the
Catskills, where his wife is. He had a large
sum of money and handsome gold watch
and chain, all of which were gone when
his body was found.
The manager of a Broadway cafe says
he saw Mr.. Peck enter his place at about
z O'Clock last night. He did not see him
leave but one of the bartenders said Mr..
Peck went out at 1890 He was alone.
Mr. Peck had been in the real-estate bus
iness since 1866, and was a member of the
Real Estate Exchange. He was a member
of the Masonic fraternity. He had no
children Mr.. and Mrs. Peck spent the
about week ago to prepare their apart
rnents for his wife's return, intending TO
bring her home at the end OF the week.
After the autopsy DR.. Weston said that
in his opinion the blow had been inflicted
on Mr. Peck's face with murderous intent
with a sandbag or club. He found an
abrasion three inches long and one inch
wide on the left side of the head which
had fractured the skull, and the blow was
delivered with sufficient force TO knock
the brain TO the other side of the head.
unbalancing II.
Mr.. Peck was at one time In the real
estate business in Rochester. N Y. He
has brother in Wisconsin. who has been
telegraphed for.
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Just Able to Whisper the Word "Burg-
lars" Before Becoming I'm
conscious.
CHARLES F. PECK MURDERED
NEW YORK REAL ESTATE DEALER
FOUND DEAD ON SIDEWALK.
Large Sum of Money and Gold
Watch and Chain Gone-Woman
Dead i'm Her Apartments.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. N.-Charles A.
Collier. one of the most prominent men in
Atlanta and known generally throughout
the South, was found, this morning. lying
at the foot of the stairs in the yard back
of his residence on Richardson street, with
bullet hole in his left side in the region
of the heart. Before lapsing into uncon-
sciousness, Mr. Collier uttered but one
word-"burglars." His condition is re-
garded as critical Mr.. Golfers pistol was
found under the stairs on the ground.
Mr.. Collier was president Of the Cotton
States exposition. held at Atlanta in 1896;
an ex-mayor of Atlanta. one of the twelve
United States commissioners to the Paris
exposition and a member Of the Lawton
Monument Association. He resigned as vice
president of the Capital City Bank few
months ago, and is now chairman OF the
Board of County Commissioners.
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AZ the Same Time He Does Not Want
the Men TO Return to Work
ON Mere Rumors.
BITUMINoUs MINERS WARNED
THEY MUST NOT LOAD COAL FOR
USE IN ANTHRACITE REGION.
EeveraI More Mines Closed Yesterday
cardinal Gibbons Asked to Act
as Arbiter of the Strike.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. a.-The tower

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. N.-The tower
ing feature OF the coal strike situation to-
day, and one which attracted the attention
of all interests involved. was the widely
circulated report that negotiations afs
pending. and rapidly nearing completion,
for an aricable settlement OF the strike.
While the identity of the person or persons
who are said TO be at work endeavoring to
bring about the immediate and peaceful
adjustment of the differences between the
employers and employees has not been dis
closed. 1t was openly admitted in authori-
tativs sources that such endeavor was in
progress President Truesdale. of the Lack
swanns Company. is quoted as making
such admission. but in what manner. or
by whom TREY were being conducted, he
declined to state.
President Mitchell. the head OF the strik-
ing miners organization. expressed the be-
lief that the operators had decided to Of
fer the miners an increase of wages, but
he. too. declined TO admit whether he
possessed any further information on the
subject.
From Scranton tonight came the state
ment that at a conference of coal opera
tors in that section, the opinion was prev
alent that the influences at work were of a
strong political nature and that the opera
tors would be obliged TO offer the men at
least the concession of an increase in
wages. The information upon which the
operators based their conclusion that the
working influences were political could not
be learned tonight.
Coupled with nearly all the reports of
probable early settlement of the trouble
came the announcement that the men
would be offered an increase of pay. but
that the mine owners would decline TO ar
bitrate the differences through President
Mitchell, or to in any manner give recogni-
tion to the United Mine Workers organiza-
tion- This refusal OF recognition, however
would not prove difficult obstacle TO over
come. President Mitchell in his open letter
to the public having expressed his willing
ness to accept a settlement through sep
arate conferences OF committees Of the
employees and their direct employers. If
the railroad presidents and others who con-
troiled the mines would accept this propo-
sition he said he would waive all claim to
recognition Of the union. One condition he
exacted. however. was that these various
conferences should be held the same day
and In the same city.
Matters were quiet throughout the strike
regions to-day, and the strikers forces
were increased by the closing of a few
mines.
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UNExPLAIuED DEATH.
Lffclcss Body of Mrs. Anna l. Gray
Found I'm Her Apartments.

CINCINNATI, o., Sept 27.-The body OF
Mrs. Anna L. Gray, of 1857 Chapel street,
New Haven. Conn, was found I'm her
apartments here last night at III Garfield
place. She came here week ago, accom-
panied by finely-dressed man. She was
about thirty years OF age. Nine years ago
she married Fred Gray. from whom she
was afterward divorced. She was well
dressed and left valuable Jewels. Her
father Is said 20 be Albert j. Dudley. OF
New Haven. An autopsy will be held. fol-
lowed by a coroner's inquest, which alone
can determine the cause OF her death Some
discoloration on the cheek Indicates the
Use OF carbolic acid, but nothing was
found TO corroborate the theory OF death
from that drug.
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Latter's Warships Have Assumed a
Hostile Attitude and Nay BE
Forced to Stay in Harbors.
INVITATION TO THE COURT
EMPEROR AND HIS ENCOURAGE
ASKED TO RETURN TO PEKING.
General Chahee Doubtful Whether
the Notes of the Foreign Minis
ters Will Be Complied With.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 27.-The Rus
sian naval staff announce that it is pro-
posed to blockade all Chinese naval ports
in consequence of the hostile attitude of
the Chinese feet at Shanghai, and to send
fast cruisers from the allied squadrons to
protect their transports.
The general staff announces that Russian
troops are massing around Kirlin, in Man
churia, where there are 5000 Chinese.