Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-04
to take out second papers. Over 200
persons applied for citizenship. The
same work Is being done In other dis

persons appltedssfO citizenship. The
anne work Is being done In other dis
tricts.
As letter received in the city yester-
day from former Governor A. H.
Burke expresses regard for all old
time Bismarck friends. Governor
Burke ds engaged with land depart
ment work in California.
The Northern Pacific land sales for
the last fiscal year amounted to S13,-
8O4S,829. 49 The money was used to
pay off general first mortgage bonds.
1t marked the final and complete re-
tirement OF the last interest-bearing
obligations OF the old Northern Paci-
fc Railroad company.
"a. R. Green Of Kansas, government
Inspector OF land Offices, is inspecting
the Bismarck Office. Mr.. Green is ac-
companied by Mr.. Mcmillan who will
succeed to the work of this district.
Mr.. Green has been ordered to Wash
Iington to take a desk in the forestry
department Of the government.
The biennial report of Insurance
Commissioners Harrison has been filed
with the governor. This shows a
total revenue of the insurance depart
ment for the two years Of $7G,49o. 81,
an increase of $4,000 over the precec-
ing biennial period. Insurance Com
missioner Harrison recommends more
stringent legislation for the govern
ment of mutual insurance companies
in the state. Two of these have been
taken in charge by the commissioner
during the two years and receivers APP
pointed for them.
Lucas & O'Hara will occupy the sec
ond floor of their present building to
accommodate their increasing BUSH
ness. The store room on the second
floor will be handsomely finished and
a stairway put in at the inside and
rear. end of their present store. Up
stairs they will put in a well fitted
ladies toilet room. Their millinery
and cloak department and Christmas
stock will also be. upstairs. The store
as then completed will be handsomer
than ever, and credit to the city and
to this enterprising firm of business
men.
The controller OF the currency has
given out an abstract of the reports
of the condition Sept. 5 of the twenty
seven national banks in North Dakota
compared with the returns of June 90,
when there we're twenty-four banks in
the state. 1t shows that the total re-
sources increased from 81, 723,9 S4 to
$S,O46,SS4; loans and discounts in
creased from $5,330,O32 to $5,415, $50,
and cash reserve decreased from 1885,
769 to $375,S 14, of which gold holdings
fell from $15O,4777 TO $146,2OO; indi-
yidual deposits increased from $4,-
SIT ,994 to $5,O15, 9s1 and the average
reserve held advanced from SIT. 80 To
$40. OF per cent.
Fargo Call: Last night as the
Northern Pacific train No. 4 was pull
ing out of Tower City, Rudolph Linke.
a laboring man, who got On at San
born, settled back n his seat and with
a gasp or two, died. A few minutes
before he had been speaking witf J.
j.. Dayey, who sat in the seat next tc
him, and told him that he was awful
sick. His name was Rudolph Linke
and he had been working near Binford
in Griggs county, fifteen miles north
east Of Cooperstown, and was coming
to Fargo for medical treatment. He
had a certificate of deposit on the
First National Bank of Cooperstown
for $$78. 90, and his rough looking
clothes bespoke him to be a laborer.
HI. A. Libby in Fargo Forum: I am
on my: way home ark River from
Bismarck where argued two cases
before the supreme court yesterday
We are going to carry Walsh county
for Mckinley this year; It's wave has
begun to roll and no earthly powe,
can stop it. There is new element