Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-09-07
STATE NEWS

STATE NEWS
Hon. J. H. Bosard of Gand Forks was
appointed a member of the general
council of the American Bar associa-
ton which held its twenty-third an
.nual meeting at Saratoga, N. Y, on
Wednesday.
H. G. Katzemeyer, the financial Sec
rotary Of the Grand Forks lodge of the
Independent Order of Foresters, who
disappeared from the city owe a week
ago with 5000 of the funds in his pos
session, was arrested by the sheriff of
Great Falls, Mont.
Masked robbers entered the Great
Northern express Office at l4arim0re.
They made the agent open the safe and
took sos in cash. The officers are pur-
suing. The entire affair is involved
in mystery and the officials Of the ex-
press company are Investigating.
E. c. Tourtelot, who for the, past few
years has been a resident Of Grand
Forks as receiver of the Crane Forks
National Bank, has rendered his 'resig-
nation as receiver of that institution
and will leave in about three weeks
fer Chicago. 4
The Fargo electro-medical institute
seems to be in hot water. DR.. Char
est has arrested DR.. Borns for criminal
libel and brought suit against him for
$4,000 damages, all because of a letter
'Borns wrote for the papers telling what
he thought of the other man. Char
est is the candidate for congress on the
social-labor ticket.
The affairs of the Second National
bank Of Grand Forks will be closed the
latter part of this month. There are
now but three or four insolvent nation
al banks in the northwest not yet
closed out under a ~receivership. The
bank closed it's doors December 81,
1896, and within the four years had de-
clared dividends amounting to 60 pes
cent. 1t is possible that from 80 to 10
per cent more will be paid to deposit
tors.
Grafton News and Times: jeff NJ.
Myers. has retired from the judicial
race in the Seventh judicial district,
owing to the fact that his name could
not be placed on the ballot. If Mr..
Myers wanted to run he would ave to
he put on the ballot by petition and
his name would be placed in. an Oh
scure corner, so he has decided to with
draw. We also understand that Mr..
Spencer has Withdrawn, but will he a
candidate before the new Judicial con
vention, the call for which appears IN
this issue. Mr.. Myers will 10 be a
candidate.
mysterious looking box which had been
received as baggage at the N. P. bag
gage room was giving forth an effulvia
that would make the lee side Of a tan
yard smell like Jockey club in COM
parison. Thinking that the box con-
tanned game which had outlived its
usefulness, the box was investigated,
When the lid was pried off a huge rat
tlesnake poked his uncomely head out
of the crack and a threatening rattle
from the depths of the box caused a
mild panic for a few minutes. When
the ugly head disappeared the lid was
fastened with some good sized nails
and the box avoided. The box be-
longed to Prof. Zeno, the snake charm
er, and contained a score of live rattle.
snakes.
That wheat options are a gambling
debt wa again decided by Judge Pol
lock of the district court at Fargo
August 5, 1893, r. E. Fleming OF Fargo
gave Greenleaf & Tenny notes for ST.
1872. 70 to cover losses on options. Thi
notes were transferred to the State
Finance Company of Minneapolis. Sui
was brought against Fleming to re
cover, but he put up a claim that thu
matter was a gambling debt. A com
promise was finally effected and a not
for $3.50 given to cover actual losses
The plaintiffs claim that Flemin,
signed an agreement not to put in tn
plea that the last note was a gambling
debt. Recently action was begun OF
the $3.50 note, which with the interest
amounted to $431. 95. The defendan
set up answer that the notes wer