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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
BALLOT CROSS WAS PRINTED.
Law Says the Voter Should Mark
Linton May Lose the County Seat.

Linton is the county seat of En-
mons county, but how long it will re-
main such is mooted question. A
year ago last November a vote was
taken on the question Of removing the
county seat from WilliamspOrt to Lin
ton, and the necessary two-thirds vot-
ed for removal. Some citizens of Will
iamsburg felt that there were some
technicalities that they could take adj
vantage of, and started proceedings in
court to declare the vote not adverse
to Williamsport. One of the reuire-
ments OF the law is that the voter
shall make a mark on his ballot. but
nearly all the ballots that We're cast
had Il printed cross. and the voter him,
self did none of the marking, which,
under the law. would seem to be eS-
sential. Linton is located almost in
the center Of the county. but Williams
porl is only six miles from the rail-
road, whereas Linton is twenty-five
miles from he nearest station.
One rather remarkable feature OF,
the case is that the residents of Linton
have sought delay i'll the trial of the,
case. 1, has been Put over several
terms of court and there is every in-'
coming term. which is to open next
Tuesday. one would have supposed,
that the people Of Linton before they
constructed new houses, stables. ho,
,clS, stores, etc. on the strength Of
having The county seat would like to
knew, for Il certainty. where the coun-
ty seat would stay. 1t is reported on
good authority that the Williamsport
plaintiffs in the suit are determined to
prosecute the case to the end. and as
certain whether some provisions of the
election law are mandatory and others
are optional with the election officials.
1t is very probable that if the vote
of 1898 is sci aside by the courts Lin
ton will lose the county seat for good.
as the increasing population around
Br"GGock would vote tO-lay to return
the seat to Willamsport.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
GOOD CROPS.
Red River Valley Prospects Are
Good. But Hay Promises to BE

Red River Valley Prospects Are
Good. But Hay Promises to BE
Short.
O. A. Webster, the we'll known in.
surance man. who is a very close OBJ
server of crops. has Just returned
from an extended tour, and says:
THE conditions for good crop have
never in my opinion, been better. The
acreage Of land seeded is very great,
the work was better done than ever
knew it to be done beforej, and the
seeding was completed very early. The
ground has been in excellent condition,
and, contrary to the opinion held by
many, I do not believe that the state
has suffered from drouth. l think the
cause for good deal Of the nervous
ness which has been exhibited is the
fact that the season was SO much earll-
er than usual that people have become
confused in their reckoning. In or
binary years trainers are busy seeding
during the first half of May and pray
| ing for dry weather. This year most
Of the wheat seeding was done before
May, and people began praying for
rain. The ground has not been wet,
hut in few places it has been so dry
| that early-sOwn grain has not got 8
good start. The last rain will send It
| right along. Flax seeding, purposely
delayed because this grain should not
be sown early, is just over, and the
rain is just right for it. I think the
only bad effects from the dry weather
! will be in the shortage Of hay and bare
! ness of pasturage. The grass crop is
certainly backward. In fact. the wild
grass has hardly started. This fact
may result in a late crop of beef from
! the ranges. and hay will be hay this
f. fall
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
SENATOR REPORTED.
"WhO IL Looking After Things I'm
Connecticut: Asked Mr.. Sawyer.

"NhO ~ Looking After Th1nR8 In
Connecticut:' Asked Mr.. Sawyer.
Mr.. Sawyer's peculiar ability ap-
peared in politics as well as in legisla-
ton, and a volume of interesting Incl
dents might be told of his political sa-
gacity. He considered himself person.
ally responsible for a Republican ma
jority in Wisconsin. and was quite
sensitive on that subject.
During the Garfield campaign, was
sitting one day in his simple office at
Oshkosh. when gentleman. then un-
known lut now occupying 4 prom
inent position in public affairs, APP
Eearel With a letter of Introduction
from Marshall Jewell of Connecticut,
chairman OF the Republican national
cen nitirp. who stated that the bearer
had been instructed to visit Wisconsin
for the purpose of making a report up
on the political outlook. This pricled
the old mans pride He resented, in
his good-natured way. the invasion OF
his territory and | noticed that his
face flushed as he read the letter.
After looking ont of the window a few
moments he looked at his watch, hand
ed back the letter of Introduction to
the surprised visitor. and remarked,
with deliheration:
"There's Il train leaving here at 5
o'clock that will get you to New York
day after tomorrow morning. and III
send up one of my boys to see that
you get aboard. When you get to New
York YOU tell Jewell that old Sawyer
read tha! letter and said there was
nothing for you to report on. You
might add. however. that old Sawyer
asked you who was looking after
things in Connecticut" Chicago Rec
ord
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
INDIANS EXCITED
WORKED UP BY THE PROPHECY
OF A FANATIC.
Day Dug Guance Claims to Have Had
tiOn of White Men and Indians
Living In Houses Is FOretOld-In-
dinns Take Children From School
and Gather at Squav POint-Sig-
nfficant That the Same Prophecy
Was Made at the Same Time at
White Earth.

st. Paul, June 13 - The Indians at
Walker and White Earth are being
stirred up by fanatics. They profess
to be in great fear Of impending dan
ger from natural sources, and the
white people in the two vicinities are
becoming nervous about what the red
men may do. The government officials
at Walker have arrested Day Dug
Guance, the cause Of the trouble. and
are watching the situation closely.
They are inclined to the opinion that
the disturbance is particularly signifi-
cant, coming as it does Immediately
AFTER the removal of the troops from
the reservation. The soldiers left
May %.
Day Dug Guance. ye::ng Indian,
claims that he had dream in which
Christ appeared to him and revealed
that a terrible cyclone will sweep over
the country ten days after the Fourth
Of July. All Of the white men and all
Indians living in houses, he explained,
will be blown from the face of the
earth. The only place of safety is
SGuaw PoiIt, on the lake near where
the trouble between the soldiers and
Indians occurred two years ago.
Shortly after he had made the
prophecy there was a wind storm at
Walker, and settled all doubt in the
minds of the skeptical members of the
tribe. Last week 152 of them rendez-
voused at Squaw Point, began putting
up their wigwams, digging holes in
the ground for safety and holding
semi-religious gatherings.
The government officials consider it
significant that Red Bow made the
same prediction and at the same time
to the Indians at White Earth. They
consider 1t h part of the plan to get
all the red men aroused to a high
pitch of excitement.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15

London, June 13-Fifty thousand
British troops are within half Il hun.
dred miles of the marauding Bocrs
north of Kroonstad, and they are eX.
pected of course. to make short work
of them. Nevertheless outside Of the
slender war Office telegrams no one
knows what is going Gil. South OF
Krconstad there is Il wide gap. The
railway is only partially defended. and
as Gen. I<elly-Kenny has hurried all
the. available troops northward, the as
sumption is that there is danger of a
second raid The loss of the Derby
shires is estimated at from 400 to 100
men.
Beers Surrender.
dated June IL at S:35 p. m.. says:
''Fifteen hundred Beers surrendered
to Gen. Brlbant to-day in the Ficks-
burg district"
Machadodorp has been officially
proclaimed the capital of the Trans
vail. A I.ourenzo Marques dispatch
says that the village has swollen into
a small city. the majority of the new
coners living in tents. An official
Boer telegram asserts that the British
have been defeated
With Considerable Loss.
at Donkerspoort. in the southern ex-
tremity of the Free State, or Orange
River Colony, ten miles from Norvals-
pont. 1t was thought that this dis
trict had been cleared of Beers and
rebels long ago. The Beers still cling
to Laing's Mex, but Gen. Buffers 8
forces are still working far around in
that direction. Lord Roberts has
wired Cape Town that prior to
Wednesday he liberated 151 officers
and $500 of the rank and file, the
Beers consequently took off only 800.
Mr.. Schreiner, the Cape premier, had
eight supporters out Of forty at a
causus called to consider
The Ministerial Programme.
J. x. Merriman, treasurer. and J. w.
Sauer, commissioner of public works,
have resigned from the cabinet aud
Mr.. Schreiner's own resignation is be-
lieved to be imminent, although he
may reconstruct the ministry with the
aid of the opposition, the British men,
bers. The cabinet situation is so in
teresting that Sir Alfred Milner will
postpone his trip north. Food is
scarce at Mafeking. but the railway
is nearly repaired. Seventy-two rebels
Have Been Arrested
in the vryburg and Mafeking districts.
Sixty-five were marched into Mafeking
by two of their late prisoners at Mos
tia. All of Gen. Harrington's force
had landed at Beira week ago. The
organization to invade the Transvaal
from the north is already far advanced.
A Boer deserter who arrived at Ma
seru yesterday asserts that 1000
Beers participated in the Rookerantz
engagement; that Gen. Olivier was
killed and Gen. De Villiers mortally
wounded.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in a Con-
densed Form.

densed Form.
Seven thousand dock laborers went
on strike at London. alleging the agree
ments with regard to overtime and
meal times had been violated by their
employers.
The large storehouse Of the Inter-
national Paper company. with the
boiler house and an immense quantity
Of wood was burned at Berlin. y. H.
Loss, $4,000.
Coils p. Huntington, president Of
the Pacific Mai! Steamship company,
declares that the report that the COM
rany will issue bonds to meet certain
obligations is not true.
1t is the understanding of the wal
department that Maj. Gen. Macarthur
has sent officers of the army to various
points in China under instructions to
learn Of the fitting out of tilibustering
expeditions.
Lieut.. Col. Carroll Potter. Twenty
second infantry, has been placed on
the retired list on his own request af-
ter more than forty years service. Col.
Potter was formerly a major of the
Fourteenth infantry.
The disinfecting steamer Senator is
at Hampton Roads. on her way to Ha-
| vana. where she will be employed
| during the coming summer. The Sen
| atOr is said to be the most completely
fitted disinfecting steamer atioat.
The exports at the port of Manila,
P. L.. for the first three months of
1900 show an increase of 5000, ,444
over the same period Of 1899. The
notable increase III the value of mer.
chandise during the Month of March
1900, is largely due to the opening OF
numerous ports to the coastwise trade
thus permitting large quantities OF
hemp to be brought to Manila for ex
| port.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
JOHNSON SAYS HE IS INNOCENT.
His Neighbors Also Believe Him Not
Guilty.

Guilty.
AnOka, Minn., June 13.-The prelim-,
mary examination of Ben Johnson,
thought to be implicated in the Wise
murder, has been set for Monday, June
18. Neither the state nor the defend
ant was ready to have the hearing
yesterday. Johnson says his alibi
will be mainly that he left Ihomp-
sons at $50 in the evening and went
directly to his home, on the road that
passes the Curry farm. When he
carle to his home two farmers who
lived above there, were watering their
horses, an dhe engaged in converse
ton with them. He also thinks he can
get witnesses who will testify as to his
riding past their homes in an old bug
gy which ratified and squeaked so that
those who knew it could identify it
without seeing it. Johnson maintains
his innocence, and his old heart
broken father tells each one he meets.
with his voice quivering with emotion,
that Ben is innocent; I know he is
innocent"
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
GOV. SHAW INJURED.
TIVE Passenger Trains Collide at
DeH MOines.

TIVE Passenger Trains Collide at
DeH MOines.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 13.-About
9 o'clock last evening as the regular
passenger train on the Chicago &
Northwestern was pulling out for
Ames it came into collision about three
blocks from the station WITH special
passenger train that was coming in.
Engineer Thomas Smith was killed
but the other engine men jumped and
were not hurt. Both engines were de-
molished, but the rest of the trains
remained on the track and were not
injured. None of the passengers We're
seriously hurt beyond a shaking up.
Gov. Shaw was on the outgoing
train bound for Chicago and Phila-
delphia, and received cut on the
temple and bruised arm, but was
able to go home, and when seen by
reporter he had retired. but said he
would be able to resume his journey
to-day. Mrs. B. F. Jones Of Ames
was also slightly hurt.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
DEMANDS OF RAILROAD MEN.

Wisconsin Central Employees Will
State Their Case.
Milwaukee, June 13.-A secret con.
ference Of the working force Of the
Wisconsin Central railway, consisting
of engineers, firemen. conductors and
brakemen, was held here last night to
formulate demands which will be pre-
sented to the officials of the road to-
day. 1t is understood that the men
will ask for a restoration Of the wage
scale as it was before the road was
placed in the hands Of receivers. 9th
er grievances, such as the method of
handling freight, will also be present
ed. Practically every division of the
road was represented at the meeting.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
slashcd With a Knife.

Bismarck, n. D., June IL. = ri. j.
Burns. cook for the tracklayers OF
the Bismarck, Washburn. Il Great
Falls road, was fearfully carved with
a butcher knife in the hands OF Time
keeper Brumnt, and is in the hospital
with cut through the skull into the
brain and his arm scratched badly.
His condition. is serious. The cutting
occurred as the result Of quarrel be-
tween the two men over breakfast.
Brumm gave himself up and is in Jail.
He is son of ex-Congressman
Brumm.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
Attemnt to Wreck u Train.

Kenosha. Wis. June 13.-An attempt
last night was made by unknown per-
sons to wreck the Northwestern pas
senger train due to arrive in this city
at 9:32 by placing n large number OF
losse ties upon the track. A farmer
boy. Charles Hawes, who lives near
by, watched three men pile the ties,
but was unable to get close enough to
identify them. When the men left
Halves removed the obstruction. and
by working with might and main sue
ceeded few minutes before the train
was due.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP.
Sixty Dollars Secured by Two Men
Armed With q Revolver.

Sixty Dollars Secured by Two Men
Armed With q Revolver.
st. Paul, June 13. - Shortly before
noon yesterday two men held up the
cashier of the Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing company at 300 Chestnut street,
and, at the point of a revolver, relieved
the office safe of about $50 in cash.
The men We're followed by employees of
the brewery and captured after a
struggle with their pursuers and Of
ficer Morse. At the time of the rob-
berry the cashier, Otto T. Bearreau,
was alone in the office with John
Nelson, q clerk. At the station the
men gave the names of George Dixon
and George Ballford. Both are young.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
DANGER OF A RAID
ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS AGAIN
THREATENED.

and Gen. kelly-Kenny Has Hur-
ried All Available Troops North
yvard-Derbyshires Loss Is Esti-
mated at From 400 to 700 Men
1,5OO Beers Surrender to Gen.
Brabant-BOer RumOrs of a Brit
ish Defeat at OnlxerapOOrt-Out-
side of Slender War Office Tele-
grams No One Knows What Is
Going On.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
ASYLUM PHYSICIAN

At the session of the asylum board,
DR.. l.. B. Baldwin Of Cando was elect
ed assistant Physician to succeed DR..
Branch resigned. DR., Branch has en-
gagged in the practice of his profession
at Wheatland. The board let Il num-
Der Of contracts for goods.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
n.nti.t. Elect omcer..

Sioux Falls, s. D., June 13. = The
seventh >nual meeting of the Sioux
Falls district Baptist association held
here has been concluded. The next
annual meeting will be held at Mitch
eli June 8, 1901. The officers elected
for the ensuing year are: Moderator,
Rev. Harry H. Gunderson, Mitchell;
clerk. Miss Lou Hamilton. Sioux Falls;
treasurer, A. NJ. Bowen, Sioux Falls.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
H.n.on Ad,udsed Insane.

Faribault, Mimi, June Ii. = Hans
Hanson. who was last week arrested
on the charge of threatening to kill
his wife, and who attempted to shoot
OFFICER Norton while being arrested,
has been adjudged insane and sent to
the hospital at Rochester.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
Trains Collide.

Marquette, Mich, June ia col
lision between Milwaukee passenger
train and an ore train a few miles be-
low Republic resulted in the fatal In
jury of the engineer. the fireman. the
conductor and the news agent of the
passenger train. and the engineer and
fireman of the ore train.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
plaxue MI Rio Janeiro.

washington, June 13-Surgeon Gen.
eral Wyman has received cable
gram from DR.. Havelburg, the repre-
sentative of the service in Rio Janeiro,
saving that there have been 1O6 cases
there since May 6, and 81 deaths. DR..
Havelburg does not specify the cpl
tlemic to which he refers, hut DR..
Wylnan says he has no doubt that it
is plague.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
INSANE FROM OvERWORK.
Mental Malady Afiicting a North Da-
kOta Official,

kOta Official.
Bismarck, N. D., June 13.-Word has
been received by Gov. Fancher of the
temporary insanity Of W. w. Barrett.
state superintendent of irrigation and
forestry, one of the best known Off
Gals of the state, and a brother of
Minnesota prominent worker in for
estry affairs. George Barrett, son Of
the unfortunate man. will manage the
affairs of his fathers office for a time,
in the hope that his fathers mental
affliction will only be temporary.
There is general regret among state
officials at the news of Mr.. Barrett's
misfortune. Overwork is believed to
be the cause of the trouble.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
New.p.per suffer. From Fire

New York, June ia fire which
started about midnight on the fifth
floor Of the Tribune bunlding dam
aged property to the extent OF 5000.
The fire started in a room occupied by
the summer resort bureau Of the New
York Journal. The contents of this
room was totally destroyed, and the
fire did some damage to two adjoin-
ing rooms occupied by the advertising
department of the Journal.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
KILLED NV a Street Car.

Sioux City, Iowa. June 13.-Samuel
T. Davis, promint lawyer and
capitalist. was struck by street car
and killed last night. He was deaf
and did not see or hear the car.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
ch.,e Elected Captain.

Faribault, Mimi. June 13. - Albert
G. Chase, son of Mayor Chase, has
been chosen captain of Company b,
NJ. N. c.. to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of ]. O. YOtter.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
WRECKED IN A DENSE FOG.
Schooner Goes Ashore in South Man.
itOu Island.

itOu Island.
Manitowoc, Wis. June 13. - The
schooner Jason Parker of Racine,
bound from Racine to Sutton's bay,
light, went ON the South Manitou ISL
and in a dense fog early yesterday
morning and filed with water. She
was manned by Capt. Henry ,Harvig
and his son, John, with Chris John
son and Charles Foster of Racine as
sailors The vessel was becoming
wreck and was stripped of all her val
liable rigging, which was stored in a
fisherman's shanty. The crew was
taken tc' Frankfort via this port.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
CUT TO PIECES.
Ship Carpenter Killed by the Blades 3
of a Revolving Propeller.

Duluth, Mimi. June Ii. - Florien
Morneau, ship carpenter, aged thirty.
seven, met a frightful death, his body
being mangled by the blades of the
propeller wheel of the steamer India,
upon which he was making repairs.
He was in a rowboat. and as the YES
sci backed up the suction from the
screw drew his boat in and the blades
chewed both of them up. His home
was in Quebec and he was single.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
That Boy.

Tommy exclaimed Mrs. Tucker,
where have you been all EVENING"
Been at Barney Hogan's wake an.
swered Tommy.
"Oh. how shocking! You bad boy.
When did lie die?'
''He didn't die. He was out walking
in his sleep."-Chicago Tribune.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1900-06-15
Pats Bronchial Iob

Mrs. Grogan-Pat's got job in the
tube works up on the Bronx.
Mrs. Dugan-Arrah! Olive afteD rid
av thin bronchial tubes.-Judge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-20

Z o'clock. between Athertor's store. on
Lackawanna street, and Barthoid's
store. in Blakcly, a brown seal COL
larette. Finder will please leave same
at the Office of s. J. Evans, OBoyle
building, Lackawanna street.
Croquette social will be held In the
church parlors of the Presbyterian
church Thursday evening. The Olle-
gra Mandolin club. Of Scranton, VIII
render several selections during the
evening Potato crouuettes, minced
ham. pickles. cake AMI cocOa will be
served. Admission. IL cents.
Miss Charity S. Crippen Is quite Ill
at her home on Gravity street.
Mrs. Thomas Harris and Miss Ruth
Harris, of Providence were the guests
of DR.. and Mrs. W. w. jenkins, yes
terday
Miss Kathleen Stone still continues
i'll at her home on Bell street
Miss Jean Thompson. OF pittston, Is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs d. W. Har-
ris, of Delaware street.
Misses Kate Gordon ana May Rar-
rett, Of Scranton, We're visitors IN
town Sunday.
Bonn's band participated in the Open
ing of the Firemen's fair at Peck
Vile last evening.
Miss Lizzie Evans. cf Hyde Park,
visited relatives here Sunday.
Katherine, the little daughter of Mr
and Mrs. j. w. O'Brien, Of the West
End hotel is ill.,