Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-08-02
North Dakota News.

Fire broke out in the general store
of Childerhose & Gibson in st. Thorn.
as, at 8 O'Clock Tuesday evening,
caused by the explosion of gasoline
lamp. The entire building and con.
tents, estimated at 500, OOO are a total
loss, with the exception of perhaps
$500 salvage. The postotfice building
and First National bank were dam
aged some by water.
A warrant has been issued charging
r. Gallup of Casselton with embezzle-
ing 81, 900 from Ingra Olson. 1t ap-
pears that in 1898 Gallup, acting as
agent for Ingra Olson traded a farm
for tract of land in Otter Tail
county, Minn., and received bonus
of 81, 1000. This amount was never
turned over to his client, and in a
civil action in the district court to re-
cover the same she was awarded a
verdict for 81, 900 and interest for six
years. The judgement has not been
satisfied, and the charge OF embeZzle-
ment grows out of the suit to recover
the 81, 900. Gallup has acted as just
ice of peace at Casselton for many
years and built up quite reputation
as defender of law and order by the
unusual severity with which he dealt
with those brought before him.
Cass county has school population
of over eight Thousand.
A lady teacher of Sheldon lost a
good portion of her salary on the
board of trade-sayS the Enterprise.
The school board got hostile and fired
her-for losing her roll
At Ft. Yates an Indian woman was
recently bitten by poisonous snake,
known as the blue racer. The In
dians inserted a sharp stick in the
wound, cut the flesh out with a sharp
knife and poured kerosene on it. The
woman is as we'll as ever again.
Several bottles of ''nuh-toxO" were
siezed by the enforcement league at
Lakota and while they were taking
the evidence to Grand Forks to be
analyzed, the porter OF the train
threw them out of the window. The
league officers say the porter stood in
with the brewery agent.
Nearly 200 McHenry county Rus
slams are in actual need of help. Two
children have already died of starva-
tion. The county commissioners have
been asked to help the people.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maher of Chicago, a
former resident of Casselton, where
her father kept hotel, is having all
kinds of trouble over an estate left by
her husband, who married her in 1896
and died six weeks later at Hot
Springs, Ark, leaving fortune of
$780, 900. Two other wives appeared
and contested the claim, but as one
was a common law wife and the other
had been divorced the former resident
of CasseltOn won out.
While in the act of killing a coyote
p. f. Breton of Dickinson had the
misfortune to have his gun explode,
blowing his right thumb off and 9TH
erwise damaging the hand.
Steele Ozone: Among the beef stock
taken to st. Paul by Colonel Wood
mansee Vas a COW weighing l.36O
pounds and a two-year old heifer,
bought of c. E. Knapp weight lO3o.
They were right off the grass. The
cow was from Fl. f. Orners herd.
Eight head Of two-year steers aver
aged 1000. How's that for dry grass,
Joe Schlanser of Fargo will be az
rested charged with manslaughter.
Schlanser is held responsible for the
death of A. D. Carroll, who died from
blood poisoning caused by having his
thumb bitten off in fight few days
before. Carroll on his death-bed asked
that Schlanser be not held to account
for his death.
Artist Schreivogel, who recently
painted a $50, 900 picture, is making a
study of Indian life at Fort Yates.