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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
Church struck by Lightning.

Charleston, ILL.,, July 3. = While the
funeral of Miss Emma Mason was be-
ing conducted at the Pleasant Valley
church, lightning struck the building,
causing panic and stampede of the
horses hitched near by. Several per-
sons and horses We're prostrated by the
shock. but no one was killed.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
FIRE IN SIOUX FALLS.
The Leading Hotel Destroyed and
Another Building Badly Damaged.

Sioux Falls, s. D., July 3.-The Cat
aract house, the leading hotel of the
city, was completely burned. The fre
started in w. D. SiEon's bookstore in
the hotel in stock of fireworks. The
explosion blew out the front of the
store and the fire spread, enveloping
the whole building. The Hollister
block was also badly burned. The
Cataract was valued at $4,000. 1t
was owned by Corson Bros, and was
managed by George H. Love. whose
loss is $4,000. The loss in Simon's
bookstore is $S, 500; Buxbaum & Stern,
clothing stock, same building, $3O,OOO;
Sioux Falls Savings bank, In same
block, lost $1,000 on furniture.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
CUT FROM NAPoLEox.s HEAD.

Lock Of Bonaparte'. HAIR. known to
Be Genuine. Sells I'm Paris for
H1,25O.
Paris, July 3.-An authent:cally gen.
uine lock of the first Napoleon's hair,
cut from his head on his deathbed at
st. Helena, has just changed hanus,
the purchaser paying $3.50 for it.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
LonE Distance Phones.

Long Dlsfance 'PhOnes.
Fargo, N. D., July 3.-Beginning yes
terday Fargo was made the exchange
for thirty long distance telephone
wires by the Northwestern telephone
exchange. This will simplify the work
in North Dakota and the northern part
of Minnesota.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
struck bx a sledse Hammer.

Struck by a SledEe Hammer.
Cokato, Mimi, July 81. ]. Sand
berg, a young man, was seriously
hurt last evening while putting down
curbing in a we'll three miles east Of
town. His brother, who was driving
down the curbing with a sledge ham
mer. broke the handle, and the sledge
struck him on the head and fractured
the skull. He is unconscious and the
doctors say there is no hope of re-
cOyery
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
MEN ARE BADLY sCALDED.
'eyeral WOrl<ingmen Terribly In
iured by Encapin& steam.

jured by Escaping Steam.
Park Rapids. Mimi, July 3.-Sandy
Sawyer, shingleman; E. l.. Mckinney,
foreman, and Merwin Clausen. car
riage rider. were terribly scalled by
steam from the boiler Of the PARK
Rapids Lumber company. Clausen
and Sawyer were badly injured, but
It is believed all will recover. The
boiler was total wreck.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
FIFTY DEAD.

Afbsricans Go Scouting I'm Northern
Part of LuxOn.
Manila, July ga weeks scouting
IN Northern Luzon resulted in 80 reb-
ola being killed and 40 wounded; j
American was killed. Troops opera.
ting in North Ilocos have burned 6 OF
the barracks belonging to Gen. Tlno'
forces and captured Tino's correspon'
dence. Gen. Tino, with 200 of his men
armed with rifles, succeeded in escap'
ing.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
TWO BIG FIRES.
One Causes q Loss of &4OO,0OO and
the other $2OO.tbOO.

One Causes a Loss of F4OO,OOO and
the other $20O.OOO.
Buffalo, N. Y, July 8. : The great
lumber yards, covering half a mile
area at Black Rock. a suburb of Buffa-
10, were destroyed by fire. Loss. $4OO,.
600. C. NJ. Belts & Co. lose 1000;
Holland, Mambert & George, 10000;
Erie Railway company, $4,000.
o.
Baltimore, July j. Fire destroyed
the fertilizer factory and warehouse
of Griffith, Boyd & Co., and the factory
and shops of the Elliott Machinery
company at Canton, suburb Of Balti-
more. Loss, 100000.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
NO INDIAN UPRISING.
None Of the Chiefs Have Any Griev-
ances and Are Simply Having
Good Time.

None OF the Ch1e1e have any GrAoV.
ances and Are Simply Having .
Good Time.
Winnipeg, July 8. 4 Indian Agent
Leveque and others wso went to the
Big Grassy river yesterday to investi-
gate the rumors of an Indian uprising,
have returned to Rat Portage. They
report having reached the Indian en-.
cempment in the afternoon and found
there $50 men, women and children
holding a powwow. They were greet
ed with profuse demonstrations OF
friendship The Indian chiefs were
quite indignant over the reports that
they had threatened the settlers on
Rainy river, and gave all such stories
an emphatic denial. There are only
three American Indians in the encamp-
ment, and they came from Warroad,
Minn, and not from Leech Lake. as
reported. None of the chiefs had any
grievances. They simply were having
good time, and a jollier crowd was
never encountered even amongst white
people. There are no fears there Of an
uprising.
Duluth, Minn., July 3.-Company A,
Third regiment, Nj. N. G., left on spe-
cial Duluth & Iron Range train this
morning under orders from Gov. Lind
to proceed to the scene of the Indian
uprising in the Rainy lake region. The
company is in command Of Capt. Eva
and consists of forty-five picked men.
Adjt. Gen. Lambert of st. Paul has
been in the city arranging for trans
nOrtation. ratiOnS and other details.
A quartermaster and surgeon from st.
Paul will accompany the troops. 1t is
not expected that any fighting will oc-
cur. but the men do not expect to re-
turn for a couple of weeks at least.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
Won KETTELER DEAD
REPORTED BUTCHERY OF THE
GERMAN MINISTER CONFIRMED.

Was Attacked by Chinese Soldiers
and Boxers While Riding Along
the Street-Little Hope Enter
main Alive in, the CapitaI-Grave
Doubts Regarding Other Members
of LegatiOns-Outbreak of Boxers
Imminent at Canton Nothing
Known of the Column That Re-
lieved Seymour.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
ICE FORMS IN WISCONSIN.
Places I'm Badger State Visited b!
KILLING Frost.

Barron, Wis. July 3.-Friday night a
killing frost visited many places in this
locality, ice being formed in some
places. Yesterday afternoon the
drouth of weeks was broken by fine
rain which still continues.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
200 LIVES ARE LOST
MOST SHOCKING DISASTER ON
RECORD.

Fire in New York Destroys Three
Costly Ocean Liners and Con-
siderable Other Property, Entail
ing in All a Loss Estimated at
the Docks and Aboard the Vessels
Cut on From Escape HarbOr
Swallows Up Many Who Escape
From Burning Ships.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-07-06
LOST RIGHT TO CUT HIS BEARD.
sInn Dies In Kentucky Who Vowed
Not to Shave If Henry Clay Wa,

Lexington, Ky, July 3.-B. ]. She'd
del died here. aged eighty-three years.
When Henry Clay was a candidate for
president SheGdel vowed if Clay was
defeated lie would never shave. He
had kept his vow and his beard grew
SO long that he was obliged to tie 1t
into knots to keep it out of the way.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-01

ene lc-eIecrion OF Pesident Mckinley
did not finally settle and dispose of
a single issue involved in the camp
align. According to the Post, free
silver was a dead issue before the
nominations were made, and the
money question had been settled by
the adoption Of the gold standard.
Mr.. Brvan's election would not have
changed these results. Opposition
to the trusts did not enter largely
into the campaign, because the
trusts have not yet become heavily
burdensome to the general public.
By what means they shall be held in
restraint remains yet to be deter
mined. The problem of the Philip
pines remains unsolved today, as
when the campaign opened. IT the
Supreme Court should declare, in
its forthcoming decision, that the
constitution does not follow the flag
that the United States may hold
colonies and the President, by au
thority of Congress, may govern
them at his will, the retention of the
Philippines will still remain a ques
ton to be settled by the people
There will not be perfect unity il
favor of the indefinite prolongatior
of a war costing quite $100,000,000
year in money and several thous
and American lives, without any
sort of return upon the investment
The argument of prosperity was the
most potent factor in McKinley's re
election. Times are good, while thu
administration had little to do will
making them so, the memory of thu
hard times OF the Cleveland admin
isIration was to fresh too encourag,
a change. Beyond this, the election
settled nothing.
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The TwlCe-a-W Week Republic.

Every Monday and Thursday a
newspaper as good as a magazine
and better, for it contains the latest
by telegraph as well as interesting
stories-is sent to the subscriber OF
the wice-a- Week Republic, which
is only 81 year.
The man who reads the "Twice-a-
Week" Republic knows all about al
fairs political, domestic and foreign
events; is posted about the markets
and commercial affairs generally.
The woman who reads the Twice
Week" Republic gathers a bit of val
liable information about household
affairs and late fashions and finds
recreation in the bright stories that
come under the head Of fact and nc
ton There is gossip about new
books and a dozen other topics OF
especial interest to The wide awake
man and woman
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cities, having been practically de-
stroyed in 1706, after which she was
laid off in quite an orderly way, in
stead of in the haphazard pattern
adopted by the majority of Europe
an cities | have visited In addition,
Turin has a fine system OF electric
street rallu avs, a competent water
and drainage system, and is well
lighted. Having been the capital of
Italy until within the last thirty
years, the palaces of the king and
queen, still used upon state occas-
ions, are located here. visited the
queens palace, that Of the king be-
ing closed out OF respect for his mem
orv, as he was buried on Thursday
in the Pantheon at Rome. The
queen 5 palace is not as gorgeous as
some royal palaces | have seen, but
it is rich in decoration, sumptuously
furnished, and very sweet and home
like. The late queen, who is now
mourning the cruel assassination Of
her husband, was born here, her
father, the Duke Of Genoa, before the
confederation of the several PROVING
es that now compose the kingdom of
Italy, having lived here. The one
medieval relic of Turin is the Palazr
20 Madame, a castellated structure
that escaped the general destruction
in 1706, and was repaired a dozen
years later by the mother of the then
reigning king. The chief act Of note
in the later centuries, connected with
this building. was the assembly of
mobiles here in 1865 when the fedora
ton of Italy was accomplished. But,
as | have observed on former occas-
ions, care very little for these for
eign cities and their monuments and
royal palaces and picturesque old
ruins. They are very well in their
way, but except as their creators
and successors have been connected
with the vital history ofthe country
they have no particular significance
or interest, except for the rare works
OF art found in many Of them. don't
recall that | mentioned it, but | hap
pcned to do my principal sightseeing
in Edinburgh upon a day mutually
agreed upon by the housewives oI
that good town for wash-day.
shall never forget the impression
made upon me by the actual miles Of
assorted garments hung from queer
little frames from the front and back
windows Of thousands Of Edinburgh
houses. mention this now becaus,
was similarly entertained at Turin
except that the laundresses Of tn,
latter city occupied the shores Of III,
River Pc for the cleaning Of theii
soiled linen, aud hung It out TO dr.,
on sure-cnough clothes lines, in sucl
vast quantities a. 90 create the i'm
preston TINT oil OF nnrthern Itnll
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-01

mountain gorges and narrow, pre-
cipitous valleys, beside turbulent
gray streams of water, past aggre-
cations of crazy-quilt patterned cot
tages built OF gray rock and rooted
with gray slate of irregular size and
shape-cottages that seemed to have
been put together In some great
workshop on the mountain tops
from whence they had toppled in
wild commission only to find themselv-
es hopelessly involved each with the
other and iammed together without
regard to order, in the valley below,
through numherless shorter tunnels,
by sombre monasteries perchcd upon
almost inaccessible heights, with al
ways a fine, wide, solid, perfect turn
pike road in sight, winding its tor
tuous way through the intricate
labyrinth of valley and stream. 1t
has been said in some quarters that
centuries of monarchial tyranny
have eliminated from the breast of
the Italian all desire for liberty, and
in other quarters that he is ripe for
republican government. Be this as
it may, | want to say that the men
and women who wrest precarious
and dangerous living from the I'M
promising and bleak mountain sides
Of the valleys of the Alps arc farmers
who under other and better condi-
ditious should win wealth and ease.
| have spoken of the difficulties at
tending grape culture on the Rhine,
and the Moselle, and upon the shores
Of Lake Geneva, difficulties that
seemed insurmountable, and / have
read in finely illustrated magazine
articles of the hard conditions that
surround the agrieulturist in some
of the New England states, but am
persuaded that the task set before
the Italian who grows wheat upon
a bleak mountain side in isolated
patches that seem about the size al
an ordinary bedroom, reaps it with
a sickle, ties 1t up In great white
cloths, bears it upon his back over
paths that are apparently beyond
the resources Of the mountain goat
and deposits il in rude cart drawn
by diminutive donkey TO be carried
of to his humble rat-hule Of dwell
ing, is infinitely more difficult and
dispiriting. took off my hat tn th'
women of Germany who till thu
fields, gather crops, tend the herds
trim and care for Therapeutics ant
bear children to recruit the ranks o
the Kaiser's armies that he MAJ
win new laurels for the Fatherland
and | take off my hat to the Italian
farmer Of the Alps country who doe
all things under vastly more Difficult
conditions, and asks aud gets moth
ing moro than the most meagre liy
'ing. would like for Arkansas farm
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farms. The driver who
brought us over from Eureka said:
81 bring over many more than |
take away. and while they say all
sorts of things about the rocks, hills
and rough roads they soon decide
that these are only small thorns
among the roses"
The railroad is surely coming. AL
ready the roadhed is completed to
within four miles of Harrison. Day
and night the blasts are heard max
ing the windows rattle. There are
three day forces on the road and an
other for the night, The many land
slides in the tunnel near Eureka
Springs have retarded progress very
much.
Land is very high and finds a
ready safe Many persons owning
farms in the suburbs arehaving them
laid off in lots which find ready pur-
chasers.
There is not so much work at the
mines, neither such quantities of ore
as has been represented by some, the
only reason being that there is no
way to dispose oft, Tons beyond
computation will be ready for ship
ment when the railroad reaches Hair
rison.
In almost every house in town twD
families live, many adding two and
three rooms that they may rent a
part of the house. Two rooms bring
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rope has opened my eyes to the enof-
nous advantages possessed by my
own people, and to the opportunities
afforded under popular government.
| do not believe they can properly
appreciate the blessings that are
theirs until they can understand
with intelligence and sympathy the
frightful pail of unrequited toll that
hangs continually over the millions
of their fellow beings on this side of
the Atlantic. But, | have just.got
well into Italy, and should not,
perhaps, jump too quickly to CON
illusions, or presume to form even Il
hastv opinion upon the neagrc i'll
formation thus far acquired | will
write further from Venice, the place
of all places, in Italy, have most
longed to sec, and | hope may be
able to sound a more cheerful note
In the meantime will say that Gen
GA, in addition to being a dirty city,
is queer old place | was at the
Office of the North German-Lloyd
Steamship Co.. this forenoon, and
found it ON the third floor ola grimy,
dingy, ill-smelling building faced on
two sides by streets not over twelve
feet wide, that literally swarmed
with men, women and children in all
stages of pnoleaness, There is abso-
lutely no describing the utter aban.
don of filth in which these people
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it is safe to say. in purely military
document. Many good, If simple
minded, Americans have wondered
why the Filipinos stand together as
one man against our domination,
Various hypothesis have been adj
yanced. 1t has been said, in homely
phrase, that the reason is blood is
thicker than water, that raee-ties are
strong, that the cry "the Philippines
for Filipinos' is as taking in the
way as the cry America for Ameri-
cans But see how Gen. Macarthur
puts all these theorists 10 the blush.
He has discovered the source and
the fountain of the trouble. 1t lies
IN the fact that the adhesive princi-
pie" among the Filipinos comes
from chronological homegenity."
Command ef600, 900 men is glori-
Gus, but command of such vocabu-
larry is alone title to fame.
In the non-faneiful part of Gen Nc
Arthur's report the outstanding
features are the tacit acknowledge
ment that American civil rule in the
Philippines is failure, and that
rigorous military regime must be
continued indefinitely Hes officially
confirms the assertion, so often made
in press dispatches, that the natives
who apparently accept American
sovereignty and take Office under
American rule, "act secretly IN @bS
half of the Insurgents Re aa7-
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ers to see how these Italians convert
the rocky Businesses OF the Alps into
fruitful fields. | apprehend that no
thoughtful one of them would ever
again seold Outrageous fortune" foo
not having smiled upon them more
hountifully. And then, the burdens o
taxation fall upon these sons of Ital
ly with infinitely greater hardship
than is the case with us. The cost
of many wars. the extravaganeies Of
many princes and mobiles have to be
borne by them, and constitute aeon
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presently to be sculled in to the
shd.e and delivered to the line OF
cart that were hauling it away for
thos who had contracted for it;
hundeds of workingmen, probably
engaged in street cleaning, or build
ing-blt of this | cannot be surely
ing asfep at the edges of the side
walks on populous streets, and un-
der theIshadow Of tall build ,ngs in
convenRnt side streets-these consti-
tute the principal clements in the
picture | have in my mind of Turin.
After leaving AK les Bains, the
popular French watering place,
where we stopped for the night and
where we inspected the baths and
were entertained more or less, by the
customs prevailing there N the care
of those who for real or imaginary
us natronize the thermal waters, n
nnonat anoth-
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Descriptive Literature.

The Frisco Line has recently is
sued for free distribution a number
of pamphlets containing carefully
selected photo-engravings of scenery
together with reliable and up-to-
date information concerning the re-
sources and great possibilities Of the
country trayersed by the Frisco
Line. Write for a copy of any of the
following publications; Ozark Up
lift" Feathers and Fins on the
Frisco" The Top of the 0zarks,"
Something to see along the Frisco
Line" "The Missouri and Ar
kansas Farmer and Fruitman,"
Fruit Farming along the Frisco"
oklahoma" or the Frisco Line
Magazine" They can be obtained
from any agent of the company, or
upon application to Bryan Snyder,
G. p. A., St. Louis,
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ier-like composure awaiting the COM
ings out and comings in of their oc-
cupants. 1t is singular that while
yesterday was washdaY in Turin, to-
day is washday in Genoa. But this
seems to be the case, for everywhere
| went in the crowded, crooked, mar
row, dirty streets the family wash
futtered in the breeze, suspended by
various devices from window, wall
and parapet. | saw here, too, for
the first time the good-natured
young rascal so delightfully."- describ-
ed by Howells, who ascertaining from
your looks that you are trying to
find your way to a particular spot,
nimbly runs before you, murmuring
something softly, watching you
closely the meanwhile, until when he
finally ascertains that you have
found the address you are looking
for darts quickly forward, points
out the dirty, dark stairway by
which you ascend and then pulls off
his cap and holds it out to you for
soldi, as il he had performed for you
the most prodigious service. ] had
steeled myself against his wiles; but
for this ! should have rewarded him
for the entertainment his exhibition
of diplomacy afforded me. also
saw here at Genoa the graceful girl,
with easy. swinging gait, described
by the same author,-her feet encas-
ed in sort of sandal, the toe
is sharp. the heel placed under the
middle of the foot, threatening at
every step to drop off but never do.
ing so. How she manages it | can
not say. visited the Campo Santo,
one of the most celebrated burying
places III Italy. 1t is an immense OBJ
long space enclosed by a high wall
upon the inside of which arc two
rows of arcades in the marble walls
of which are buried many notable
Genoese. The peculiar form taken by
the sculpture in this curious city o
the dead | cannot now describe o
course the reader knows that Chris
TOPPER Columbus was born at Genoa
| If he knows 1t, will uudeceive him
for the great navigator was not born
here at all, but at small villag,
near here. A very handsome monu
ment TO his memory stands in thu
pretty square just to the right o
window, and he lived at one time, @
so the story goes,-in house tina
stood where my hotel is located
There are some fine marble palaces
in Genoa, the remains of an old Ro
man wall, an aqucduct built unde
the FIRST Napoleon, aud other show
features. go to Milan tonight
and then TO Venice. w. Nj. NEAL
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---~.poseu from without,
but also because it is reeking with
corruption in nearly all gifts brach-
es. On the strictly military side of
the problem, Gen. Macarthur brushes
away vast number of campaign
lies by saying tersely,' at present
and for many years to come the NEG
essity of a large American, military
and nayalforce is too apparent to adj
nit of discussion"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-01
The Sweetest Music in Town

Plays all the time at our store.
What is it? Prices. Prices talk at
our store. Every article on which
any reduction can be made has been
reduced. All competitors have been
entirely knocked out They don't
pretend to meet us on wall paper,
paints, oils or any thing except pat
cnt medicines which are the same
price anywhere. Come, see us and
be convinced. We also sell jewelry
from % to so per cent from old pric-
es. WATKINS & COLEMAN.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-12-01

THERE isn't much romance left in-
the world nowadays. A Virginia
Judge has decided that a woman may
be the head Of the house il she ioots
tine bills, and Chicago judge has
held that presents given under the
influence Of loves young dream must
be returned when Cupid halts and
Hymen blows out his torch.