Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
CITY AND COUNTY.
Thursday.

Thursday.
Judge Fort returned on the noon
train from a trip east.
Hon. David Bartlett of Cooperstown
was greeting friends in the city yes
terday.
Robbins Anderson came in from the
east on the noon train to visit with his
friend Leonard Bell.
Mr.. w. H. Newark of Hinckley,
Mimi, came in from the east on the
noon train today to visit for a few
days with his sister.
j. D. Mcdonald has bought some
blooded cattle in Morton county and
will improve his grades. An espe-
cially fine bull is among the animals
purchased.
Commissioner Harrison writes from
Lisbon that it's a girl-arrived Sun
day-and all is we'll at the Harrison
home-with the insurance commits
sioner stepping perhaps a little higher
than usual.
The senate Indian committee decided
to make al increase in the a%ppropria-
ton for the survey of the lands in the
Pine Ridge and Standing Rock agen-
cies. The present provision is for
SD 900, but Representative Gamble
urged that the amount be increased
to $4,000.
Sheriff Severn of Stutsman county
and Warden Catron OF the Walla Wal
la, Wash, penitentiary, passed through
the city with the prisoner Livingston,
who was captured at jamestown, at
tempting to escape a parole from the
Washington institution. Livingston
went back without eXtraditiOn papers.
He will have to serve out the remain
der of his full term, about twelve
years.
About thirty members of Mandan
Chapter, r. A. NJ, attended the chapter
meeting from this city last night.
There were two teams of candidates,
Messrs. Boucher, Falley and Ballard
from this city. and the comforting of
the degrees lasted until a late hour.
After the regular work was completed
an excellent banquet was spread and
the evening very pleasantly passed by
all who attended.
B. Il. Spencer, a carpenter of the
crew of Frank ingalls, of the Northern
Pacific, met with a serious accident at
Fargo. While at work repairing at
the round house he fell from a staging
twenty-five feet to the floor and was
struck by a heavy block and tackle
in the fall. Several ribs were broken,
his hip dislOcated and he is believed
to have suffered a fracture of the skull.
He is a widower and has a daughter
living in jamestown.
A Rochester, Mimi, dispatch says:
The largest funeral ever held in Roch-
ester was that of Clarence L.. Moves,
the soldier boy, who was buried under
military honors. The First M. E..
church was packed and about 500 per-
sons could not gain entrance. Rev.
Frank Doran officiated. The casket
and pulpit were decorated with
flowers. Custer Post, G. A. R., and
Company D, N. G. S. NJ, were present
in a body and escorted the remains,
headed by the Queen City band, to
lakewood cemetery.
The Grand Forks Herald says: Fred
H%oisington, general appraiser of aban-
aoned military reservations, spent yes
terday in the city in consultation with
the land Office officials. This morning
he will leave for the Pembina military
reservation, when he will appraise.
The government buildings on this re-
serve were appraised some time ago
and several of them sold. Those re-
manning unsold were appraised too
high 70 be sold in their present con-
dltion. The land. consisting of three
sections, two of prairie and one of tim
Der, will also be appraised, and build
ings and land sold at auction by the
land officials some time this summer.
Mr.. Hoisington says the next reserva-
ton to be appraised and sold in this
section will be the Fort Buford reser-
walton, a tract 80 miles square.
Writing from Manila of the death
of F. w. Summerield, a former mem
Der of Company K, who distinguished
himself as a scout, Lieutenant Fred
e. Smith writes: Frank Summer
field was killed when out riding
with two others. They ran in
to an ambush. Summerfield was
killed at the second volley. The other
two were obliged to retreat leaving
Ii body of Summerfield behind them.
They lost all their horses and saddles,
The two who escaped made their way
under cover of darkness back to town
and gave the alarm. I left with the
company at , a. m. January q, and
after a good deal of hard marching
managed to find the scene of the con
fiict, at a little after daylight. Here
we found the dead body lying in the
ditch from which the party had been
fired upon, but could find no trace of
the insurgents. We brought the body
back to town and gave him a military
funeral in the afternoon. Summer
field was formerly a member of Com