Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-04
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WEATHER FORECAST.
air tonight and probably Saturday.
Warmer in southern portion tonight.
Arbor Day IS being generally observed
through the city.
In. Griffin returned on the noon
train from st. Paul. sss
Judge Winchester returned today from
q trip}doWn the line. 8sl
Y. Wagner came in on the noon
train from Sterling.
Engineer Dixon Of the Washburn road
returned todayfr from Minneapolis.
Allan Osborne IS ii the city, visiting
with his brother-in-law, Fred Conklin.
The county commissioners are in SEES
sion but will finish their work this
afternoon. 2s n
n. D. Bloss of Dickey, formerly of
Braddock and Sterling, is a guest in:
the city today.
Mrs. Frank Lawrence left Yesterday
afternoon for Indiana where she will
|spendthe summer. a sS
The=atotal number of miles of railroad
buntsinyN North Dakota in 1899 was 41.l6,
on two lines Of road.
The local GA. r. post is making ar
engagements fer the proper observance
of Memorial day5this year. Rev. Joss
will make the address. IN
The Baptists have postponed their
musicale one week, which will make the
date Friday evening, May 18. It will be
given in the Methodist church.
DIR. and Mrs. Smyth went east yester-
day afternoon. Mrs. Smyth will visit
her old home at Bloomfield, Iowa, and
the doctor accompanies her to st. Paul.
The military post buildings are now
in charge of a custodian, AT. Weidle, a
soldier in the Thirteenth Minnesota and
formerly Of the regular army. A. x.
Sleeger is assistant. @
o. g. Will and Thos. Fortune re-
turned today from down the line, where
they have been busy with the N. P. tree
planting contract. They expectt to finish
the work next week.
Editor Jewell and Hon. John Satter-
Elund have gone to Wilton and Wash
burn to look oVer some matters in rela-
tionto heternninals of the Washburn
road at the latter place.
Captain Berg 81. Grand Forks has
been ordered to report to Col. Creel for
examination for a promotion to the
majority of the third battalion of the
North Dakota national guard.
The grounds at the capitol have been
much improved this year. Some $50
new trees have been set out on each
side Of the walk, giving a double row
of trees along the walk from the build
ing to the gate. Al
The day trains of the Northern Pa
cific are crowded as usual. Local pas
there is said to be frequently a scarcity
town and Bismarck.
The pension examining board at
Jamestown examined two veterans of the
Spanish-American war, Lieut.. Baldwin
of jamestown and Will Greb of Valley
City, Baldwin was shot through the
knee and Greb was a bugler of Company
EG, who suffered froman illness that re-
suited in permanent spine affection.
A Washington dispatch says: For the
construction of water and sewer system
at the military post at Bismarck, $780,
|Spalding asked for a larger sum, and it
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pendedat Bismarck, as 100000 is made
available for Improvements 1t. military
posts where they may be deemed neces-
sary by the secretary Of war.
Major e. B, Robertson: If n resi-
dents of the city have books and pamph-
lets that they wish to send over to the
Philippines for the benefit of the soldiers
there whose amount Of reading matter is
necessarily small, and will leave what
ever books or magazines they care to
dispose of in that way at the office of
the qu-artermaster in the Baker bank
building, ] will see that they.are packed
and shipped to the Philippines, the
government providing their t%ransporta-
ttion.
Travel on the limited train Of the
Northern Pacific west is picking up.
For the first few days the traffic was
Ilightsbut on the train last night there
Was a fairly large number OF passengers.
The limitedtrafic wilinot reach its maxi-
inum until The. park travel begins, as
IthAstourists tos that place are for the
raests part wealthy people, who Ike the
kind 81 Recommendations the limited has
to uffar TsIlle limited engines d d hot all
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