Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-19

want the caucus held while lie is alb
sent.
School at Mandan has been resumed
the diphtheria scare having subsidized.
Louis Goeschel, jr., of Mandan. fell
and broke his thigh while playing IL
game of ball at Mandan a day or two
ago.
\ colored youth confined on Il charge
of burglary, escaped from the county
Jail al Mandan. \ reward of $50 is
offered for his capture.
Mayor Johnson has ordered the Far
go chief Of police to remove I'LL slot
machines. Recently Il number Of
crimes had been committed through. Il
chimes and the mayors edict in line
with popular sentiment.
Dickinson Press: \ large transfer
was made this week in the sale Of J.
Il. Williams ranch and Hereford stock
to Gus Elfstrom of Valley City. The
consideration was something like $15,-
600. Mr.. Williams will continue in
the cattle business. having another
ranch farther out in the Bad Lands.
At the term of court in jamestown
Agent Hunter Of Kensal was given
ninety days in the county Jail for forg-
cry in the fourth degree. The sen
tencc is Il light and will give him
an opportunity to get to work again
as soon us the warm weather comes.
The security company were very easy
m him IIn hnc 81 &rifn in INu,p,1
c. Il. Rainey OF COurtenay was fined
$500 for running Il gambling house.
Joe Miller's cast was continued to the
July term. bond being fixed mt $1,000.
He is hopeful that he can secure the
bonds.
\ Washington dispatch says: The
news comes from Minor that the post
master ut that town. Jay II. Maltby,
has been removed. though no successor
has been appointed. Some say that
Maltby has resigned to head off re-
moval. The story is that Maltby is
short in his accounts, and that he was
removed upon the recommendation Of
the postottice inspector who recently
visited Minor. If Maltby is short in
his accounts his bOndsmen know moth
ing about it, no demand having been
made upon them to square the def
cheney. Maltby is editor Of the Sar-
gent County Teller.
At Hallock. MIMI, Judge Watts SEN
fenced John Smith to pay Il fine of
$1,000, with the alternative of spending
two years in the penitentiary. The
fine was promptly paid. Smith kept
Il saloon at st. Vincent, and Georg &c
Bates vas found one night Il year ago
lying in front of the place. He was
picked up by the authorities, taken to
his home in Pembina, n. d.. across the
river, and was discovered dead on the
floor of his house next morning. Smith
was charged with being accountable
for Bates death. and was convicted of
manslaughter in the second degree.
The caSe was taken to the supreme
court on questions of law and fact. and
that body affirmed the conviction late
in December.
At the meeting OF the directors of
the Alliance Hail Company ut James,
town it was found that the total re-
ceipts, including amount on hand
January 1. 1899, were $G2, 10. OF
this sol 400. CD were paid for losses,
S~1O,914.4O for expenses, commission.
adjustments. etc.. leaving a balance of
ST.. 80 with 500 due on officers salary.
The general expression was the people
would stand by the company in view
of the fact that other hail companies
had raised rates. The reduction of
liability to- about Il fourth was consid-
cred as equivalent to raising the rate
and was regarded as Il good plan to
insure payments in full without being
a burden to policy holders.
Mandan Pioneer: The eagerness of
certain Mandan individuals to rush into
print and wash dirty linen through
the columns Of newspapers in the east
ern part of the state is having a tend
ency to unite the law abiding forces
and cause Il firm and determined effort
to drive the saloons from Mandan.
These correspondents have claimed to
he friends of the saloon keepers and
in their efforts to bolster up that side
or the issue they are bringing about
a condition that may result in Il per-
manent closing. No more foolish
piece of business could have been done,
to the cause of license, than the publ
cation of those repeated and untruth-
full charges that have found their way
into the columns Of the Fargo Forum
during the past two weeks.
Grand Forks Herald: The ending
Of the life of a poor cat last night in
which two women figured as the exc
cutiOners, more cOmmOtion than
Il colored hanging bee would in Ken
lucky. The murderess figured that
the chloroform route would he the most
feasible and the least bloody. Procur-
ing the bottle Of chloroform they tied
Il cloth saturated with it to the cats
tail and put the beast under Il tub, and
for fear the poor kitty might escape
and chloroform them all, sat down on.
the tub and proceeded to await the
cats finish. The cat, however, in
stead of dying like a w%ell-bred, re-
spectacle cat should, proceeded to go
into a series Of fits and yOwled and
scratched till the plotting women were
frightened nearly out Of their wits,
but We're afraid to get off the tub lest
the cat should get out. A passer-by
was attracted by the hubbub and came
rushing in. The tub, cat and all were
dragged to the door and kicked into