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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
AWFUL

NORTH DAKOTA BOY WHO WAS
IN THE FOURTEENTH IMAM
TRY DESCRIBES THE FIGHTING
IN CHINA.
John S. johnson of Sargent county,
who is a private in the Fourteenth in
fantry, which was recently on service
in China, writes his relatives at Mil
nor of his experience, as follows:
On the morning of the 9th of August
one column started out about 6 O'Clock
across the the river to make a swing
to the right of a town that was known
to be we'll fortified. When we got to
about two miles outside of the town,
shells and shrapnels commenced to
fall close to us, so the order was given
''by skirmishers march," We marched
in three, lines Of skirmishers under
heavy shell and shrapnel fire until
within about 400 yards of the enemy
when we got orders to Elk bayonets,"
and charge the enemy" We then
drove the enemy across the railroad
and the Russian cavalry then followed
them up as they were retreating. I
had three close calls in that fight, but
on the 9th of August l never thought
of being afraid. l was with the first
II up to the railroad, shooting after
the %retreating Chinese. The first close
call I had was early in the fight when
a shell Dursted right in front of me
and almost throwed me over, but it
didn't hurt me so I went right on: the
second. close call l had was when a
s%hlapnel bursted and pieces flew all
around me, and a piece of it went
through the a on the left Of me
over the heart; the next close call 1
had was when a bullet went through
my canteen. The bullets were COM
ing terrible close to, our heads when
about fifteen of us were sticking our
heads. over the railroad to shoot after
the Chinese who were %retreating, when
a poor fellow on the right Of me got
it through the head and tumbled down
the railroad embankment into the
ditch where he laid doubled up and
dead for some time before anyone took
him away. There were SO wounded
and nine killed in the fight of the 9th
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
LEGS CRUSHED.
CAR REPAIRER MEETS WITH A
PAINFUL ACCIDENT AT FARGO.

CAR REPAIRER MEETS WITH A
PAINFUL ACCIDENT AT FARGO.
Fargo, Nov. 17.-Michael Corrigan,
aged nearly 60 years, who has been a
car repairer in the employ Of the
Northern Pacific for the past y years,
had his right leg crushed at 3 o'clock
this morning.
Corrigan and two other men were
engaged in making repairs on a box
car located in the yards about half
way between the passenger station
and the freight office. Engineer Jen-
nings was called for a freight run
about 3 O'Clock and ran his engine
down from the round house and into
the car. 1t is claimed that the men
had neglected to put out a danger
light and the engineer knew nothing
of the men being at work there. Mr..
Corrigan was under the car at the
time of the collision and his right leg
was run over, about half way between
the knee and ankle. Before the en-
CINE was stopped the car had been
showed a full length. Another work.
man was on the break beam at the
time and he escaped without injury,
crawling out after the car had been
stopped.
Dr.. Wheeler was called and made
the injured man as easily as possible
and he was taken to the Brainerd hos
pital on the morning train by his son.
There is no chance of saving the limb
and it will probably be amputated just
below the knee.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
READ ALL OF THIS.
You Never Know the Moment When
this Information May Prove of
Infinite Value.

1t is worth considerable to any
reader of this paper to know the value
and use Of a medicine, for if there is
no occasion to employ it in the mean
time, frail humanity is subjected to so
many influences and unforeseen con-
tingencies that the wisest are totally
unable to gauge the future. Know
then, that Doan's Ointment will cure
any case Of hemorrhoids. commonly
known as piles, or any disease of the
cuticle or skin, generally termed &C.
m One application convinces-a
continuation cures. Read this proof.
Mrs. 7. P. Ross, guest of the Fargo
House on North Front street, Fargo,
N. D., says: my husband suffered
intensely from itching hemorrhoids.
He tried physicians treatment, ONT
ments innumerable, everything he
could think about and everything ad-
vised by friends and acquaintance to
rid himself of the intolerable annoy
ance, but until he tried Doan's Oint-
ment all his efforts were futile. He
used the ointment faithfully for three
weeks, and the itching was completely
allayed. The hemorrhoids shruul1
gradually away until they disap.
peared. The pleasure of such a result
can only be understood by those who
suffer similarly. To share in this
pleasure there is only one course to
pursue if at all troubled with hemorr-
holds, that course is, buy Doan's Oint-
ment and the results will follow"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Mailed by Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States. Remember the name
Doan's and take no otner.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The pro-
prietors of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds,
have given away over ten million trial
bottles of this great medicine; and
have the satisfaction of knowing it has
absolutely cured thousands of hope
less cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the throat
chest and lungs are surely cured by it
Call on P. G. Remington, druggist
and get a free trial bottle. Regular size
so cents and 81. Every bottle guar
anteed, or price refunded.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
M. Tavlik, double store building and
shoe shop, $1,000.

M. Tavlik, double store building and
shoe shop, $1,000.
Theodore Bells, barber, $3.50.
Krlngler & Larson owned the build
ing occupied by the p~ostonice anu
Townes' confectionery store. They
also owned "a two-story building, the
upper floor of which was used for
Offices. and the lower for a blacksmith
shop, $1,000.
In addition to the loss of his con-
f%ectionery stock Editor TONNES LOST
his entire newspaper outfit, by which
the Buffalo Express was printed, and
his building, occupied by the paper
making him a total loss of about
$4,000.
The fire switched around and burned
age was done.
Ole Larson's blacksmith shop, $500.
Quirk's furniture warehouse caught
on fire two or three times but the
flames were extinguished before dam
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
BUFFALO FIRE.

CASS COUNTY TOWN PRETTY
WE'LL CLEANED OUT BY THE
FLAMES-A BLOCK OF PROP
ERTY DESTROYED.
Buffalo, N. D., Nov. 2O.-Fire here
did damage estimated at $4,000. An
entire block was the exception Of T.
A. Quirk's store was burned. Every
thing east of the place went up in
smoke. The losses were:
The Bank of Buffalo, building and
bank owned by S. G.. More, $500.
Haliday's drugstore, building owned
by S. G. More, $1,000.
Haliday's stock, $500.
W. ]. Newlove's harness stock in
the building, $1,000.
Henry Baker, building and meat
market, $3.50.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23

of August. After the fight of the 9th
of August we did not have any fight
until we took the walls of Pekin, but
we had some marching that was ter
rible. We marched through cane fields
almost all the way and dust clouds
were so thick at times that we could
not see the company ahead, and the
burning sun shining overhead all the
time, and net the least bit of a breeze.
The 9th, 10th and 18th were three so
terrible days that no pen can picture
it out S bad as it was. l would
rather go through the biggest battle
that ever was fought than to expert
cnce n Of those days again. There
were over 200 men that fell out every
day during those three days; and out
Of the Fourteenth regiment there
were soldiers lying all along the road
who were so completely exhausted
that they could not stand on their feet.
l saw some terrible things on that
marcn, things that make me shiver to
write about. 1 saw a number of men
get so crazy chat it took five and six
men to hold them. saw at one time
when we came to a well a man fall
dead when he saw the water. l saw
men try to kill themselves. l saw
men offer a handful of gold and silver
money for a drink of water. There
were ten of us who had to fall out by
a tree, because we had become COM
pletely exhausted. We had laid there
but a moment when one of the boys
got up and said: ''Oh! this is terrible,
boys!" Then he took something out
of his pocket which we did not see, but
which was a razor, and then he said:
well, good bye boys!" and then
walked out in the middle of the road
and cut his own throat.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
TO MAKE FUEL.
COUSIN OF INVENTOR EDISON
HAS A SCHEME OF FUEL MAN.

UFACTURE.
St. Paul, Nov. 16.-S. O.. Edison, a
cousin of the "Wizard,' Thomas Edi-
son, has built a manufacturing plant
at McCanna, N. D., in which he pro-
poses to make fuel out Of hay and
straw that will equal in heating prop
critics any coal on the market.
j. B. Streeter of Larimore, N. D., who
is at the Merchants hotel, says that he
has seen the fuel and used it, and that
it has proved entirely satisfactory. Its
capacity for generating steam is as
great as that of coal, and it can be
used in any place that wood or coal is
burned.
McCanna is a little town in Grand
Forks county, just eight miles from
Larimore. It is in the center of a
great wheat-raising country, and Mr..
Edison can get plenty of straw, after
the threshing is completed, to run his
plant for several months if not for
the entire year. The farmers have
heretofore, at the end of the threshing
season, set fire to the big stacks Of
straw, and have consequently derived
no benefit from them. They are as
anxious as Mr.. Edison for the success
of the plant, as it will furnish them a
market for their straw.
The straw, when it is being manu-
featured into fuel, is first boiled to a
pulp much the same as in making
straw paper. 1t is then treated with
chemicals and placed in presses and
nodded into hollow cylinders which
are dried and placed on the market
ready for use. The cylinders are
made in stove or in furnace lengths.
Mr.. Edison claims that he can place
it on the market at one-half the price
of coal. If the fuel is as cheap as he
promises, for it has already been
proved to be satisfactory, it will prove
a godsend to the farmers of the north
west. Mr.. Edison intends to estab-
fish plants, similar to the one at Nc
Gamma, in several places throughout
the northwest, as soon as he has de-
monstrated the value of his invention.
Mr.. Streeter says that the immigra-
ton in North Dakota during the pres
ent year has gone away ahead of n
previous year. Large numbers Of
people have gone there from Iowa,
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, and the
farm lands are being rapidly taken up.
The extraordinary influx of desirable
population has caused the price of land
to advance materially. Good farming
lands are now bringing as high prices
as at any time in the history of the
country.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
MEASURING BOX.

MEASURING BON,
fused in connection with distribution from small,
reservoir
with clay loan or a mixture Of clay
with the local soil will make the res
ervoir hold water, but a lining Of
cement or asphaltum will be better
where there is not frost enough to
break up such materials. In California
well constructed small reservoirs, with
concrete bottom and walls thoroughly
plastered with pure cement, are fire.
quent and very satisfactory, though ex-
pensive. Probably a small reservoir
which is most generally attainable and
is easily homemade is a tank Of dirt
e. j. Wickson, California.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23

plant.l
a short time, with the best results to
the land and the owner, the water
must be had with Il certain volume, or
"head," as it is usually termed in IT.
rigated regions. a little rill from a
spring which, If left to its course,
might make only a little sedgy strip
across a field or a marshy spot in Il
corner a be led to n small water
tight reservoir, and it will accumulate
until it has a volume which can be
spread over a considerable area Of
ground and possibly increase produc-
ton the first year because Of the irri-
cation more than enough to pay the
cost Of the reservoir which collected it.
Yet millions Of such springs are allow
ed not only to waste themselves, but
destroy much good land unless drain
age intervene and the water only be
lost. Only people who, have learned
the value Of irrigation can appreciate
the value Of this waste and the ease
with which it can be turned to profit.
A little spring which runs a gallon a
minute yields 14,4O0 gallons in ten
days. This is water enough, if kept
from leakage and evaporation, to cover
half an acre Of ground to the depth of
one inch, and the same volume flowing
continuously would he equal to m an
nual rainfall Of 36H inches for the
same area. Thus a trickling stream
from a spring becomes a measurable
factor in production, and from this
minimum flow and acreage one can
easily calculate what large flows will
amount to, whether they come from
spring or windmill or other source.
Simply collect the water into n recepta.
Gle Of known capacity and note the
time required to fill it, and calculation
as to. reservoir capacity needed and
the area which may be covered in tho
distribution are easy. Allowance must
be made for approximate evaporation
from the surface Of the water in the
reservoir. Further allowance must be
made for loss by leakage, which will
vary with the nature of the soil in
which the reservoir is constructed and
the Of construction.
An Inch over the whole surface irri.
gated once in ten days or three inches
once a month, according to the dept,
Il the receptive character of the soil,
Will insure against drought and in,
crease production even in a humid eli,
mate, while in the arid region it will
establish an oasis of fruits and vesc-
tables in succession through the dry
season.
Obviously the small receiving and
distributing reservoir should be above
the highest point of the land to be ir-
rlgated and below the source of the
water except with pumping outfits. The
first thought in small affairs in hilly
regions is to initiate large undertake
1ngs and dam the natural channel and
back the water in the small ravine
whence the stream flows. This is often
wise perhaps, but it is also difficult to
escape loss of seepage and to get suf1-
cient capacity without too high a dam,
and there is such great danger Of
washouts by excess of storm water
that a reservoir out Of the course Of
the stream to which water may be
conducted is better. In q coarse soil
thorough pudding Of bottom and sides
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
SUICIDE.

NEW YORK MAN SUICIDES AFTER
ENDEAVORING TO KILL HIS
FAMILY.
New York, Nov. 15.-Lascar Dorm,
aged GO, killed himself last night with
carbolic acid. and tried to induce his
wife to join him. She refused and his
daughters Anna and Sophia assisted
their mother in the struggles. Dorm
threw acid in their faces. Anna lost
the sight of one eye and Sophia was
badly burned about the head. Dorm
had been drinking.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
If the Baby is Cutting Teeth

Be sure to use that old and we'll tried
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sylap
for children teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wind collie and is the best remedy
for d%iarrhoea; 25 cents a bottle.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23

STATEMENT OF PUNISHMENT TO
BE INFLICTED ON BOXER LEAD

- "A I2HA4 vi ~
BE INFLICTED ON BOXER LEAD
ERS.
Washington, Nov. 1G.-Minister WI
called at the state department this
morning and handed Secretary Hay a
telegram of Nov. Is from Director
General Sheng TO the following effect:
can imperial edict of the 18th deprives
Prince Tuan and Prince Chawang of
their rank as officers and orders them
imprisoned for life. Prince Yih and
secondary Prince Ying are imprisoned
and secondary Prince Lien deprived
of his rank. Duke Ian and Wing Men
will be degraded in rank. Yang vi
being dead NJ penalty can beimposed.
Chao Sen Chiao will be degraded but
retained in Office and Yu Hrien will be
exiled to the farthest boundary.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
Phosphates of Lime.

Phosphates of lime are used extern
sively in agriculture, being furnished
through the medium of bone. South
Carolina, Florida and Tennessee phos-
plate rock, Stag phosphates and varl-
GUS guanos. These are really used for
their phosphoric acid rather than for
lime.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
WORKING NIGHT AND DAY,

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar
coated globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness
into energy, brainfag into mental
power. They're wonderful in building
up the health. Only % cents per box.
Sold by p. G.. Remington. druggist.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
RED HOT FROM THE GUN.

Was the ball that hit G.. B. Stead
mar of Newark, Mich, in the civil war.
1t caused horrible ulcers that no treat
ment helped for twenty years. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him.
Cures cuts, bruises, burns, boils, fell
ons, corns, skin eruptions. Best pile
cure on earth, 25 cents a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by P. c. Remington,
druggist.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23

A Ramsey county man bought 100
acres for $1,5OO. From half the land
he got 1900 bushels Of fax which he
sold for 81 SO a bushel.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23

STORAGE OF T
SMALL Irrigation Reservoirs Used by
Western Fruit Growers,

Western Fruit Growers,
While the large reservoir involves
great problems, the small reservoir
which will yield value n h%undredfoll
Its cost to n farm or IL small group Of
farms perhaps and be a perpetual sure
ty Of profitable production is neither
expensive nor difficult to secure The
small distributing reservoir is really
the key to the. satisfactory use Of small
sources of water. 10 distribute water
satisfactorily, which involves even
spreading over n considerable area in
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
NEW BANKS.

The report of the comptroller of the
currency shows a number of new
banks organized in North Dakota as
national banks under the law permit
ting less than $4,000 capital. The list
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
SHE GOT
BRIDE OF TODAY is SHOWERED
WITH PRICELESS WEDDING


New York, Nov. 15.-Louisa Pier
pont Morgan, the bride of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, whose marriage
took place at $3.50 this afternoon, is
richer today by the receipt from her
father of bonds worth a million, and
a summer home on the Hudson, a dia-
mond tiara, a collar of diamonds. A
diamond corsage ornament and many
other expensive gifts were received
from John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Willie X. Wander:
bilt and Chauncey Depew. The we'd
ding was elaborate. Six thousand in
vitations were issued for the church.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
THE USUAL CROP

Alert: The Red river is also freez-
ing over and the usual drowning of
skaters may be expected most n
time.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-23
POISONED.
REPORTED THE GEAR OF RUSSIA
is SUFFERING FROM POISON

is SUFFERING FROM POISON
ING.
Vienna, Nov. 15.-According from
dispatches from Sebastopol to the
newspaper Kuryer Swowski Of Sem
burg, Austria, the cars illness is due
to poisoning. Nihilists, says the re-
port, obtained access to the imperial
kitchen and mixed poison with the
food. How they succeeded in their
scheme is a mystery as all the SER
wants in the cars household are under
supervision of the secret service.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-09-13

the Yankee" Another struck me blow
on my right arm which made 1t fall to my
side as il broken. then threw up my left
hand and surrendered. but they still
yelled, Kill him. l got another blow ON
my left shoulder, ard one OF them fired
his pistol almost into my face, but he was
going SO fast the ball just missed my head.
Il must soon have been killed but for
friendly ball that struck my horse in
the head, and he fell, quick as a fash. l
was so stunned that fell like log, bruis-
Ing the other side Of my head and render
ing me unconscious. The rebels charged
over me, and | knew no more until l
found myself marching through the woods
with n rebel punching me with sabcr to
make me walk faster.
The fight was still raging furioIsly.
and | was hurried on some distance before
/ got my head dressed. / carried my arm
in sling for four days before | could use
1t in the least, and | suffered &erribly
from the many bruises l received. from
saberS and the rebel horses as they passed
over me. l was bruised all over. and
with all that | had to walk from ~ TO
30 miles day without little to eat. |
was marched with others 49, miles with
out days rest. | arrived here from
Richmond on the oath of July. Cav
ALRYMAN, Portland. Me.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-09-13

built fence OF logs around it. Two pri-
Yates OF our company were missing. We
never knew what became of them.
For days six mule teams We're hauling
great Government wagons loaded with
rebel dead. -Four hundred were buried i'll
one trench near our camp.
In one OF our tents the boys cared FOR
an IriShman (rcbcD who was wounded in
the foot. We found mere boy. lying
wounded, shot through tic side. Some
one had thrown n mattress over HIM.
placed n canteen of water near him. he
would follow us around with his eyes, as
if he expected us TO bayonet him.
HEAVY LOSS.
The regiment went in with 200 men and
lost 81. ! saw one company, III, believe,
come on parade with ore man and Lieu
tenant. who would dress up his com
pany with loud commands. rs if there was
the usual number in attendance. 1t was
pitiful. The battlefield for four miles one
way and two miles the other was strcwn
with cannon, caissons. broken wagons,
dead men, dead horses, muSkctS-many of
them broken. In places there were piles
of cartridge boxes. Belts and other equip
mentS had been cut from the bodies of
dead soldiers. All this material was lost
and much of it was left on tho field. The
rebels were poorly armed, so when they
came across one of our bright muSkets
they would throw theirs down and thus
supply themselves with better ones of
same caliber. Many Of their cantecns con-
tanned whisky and gun-powder.
Serg't Shaw was now i'll command of
the company, and as we We're SO few We
began to fear lest we should lose our rcgi-
mental number and be consolidated with
some other regiment.
On the 9th we broke camp and marched
out about two miles, and began construct
ing breastworks, using logs and poles as
a framework, the earth 10 cover and ill,
leaving a ditch to stand in.
We were very cautiously advancing on
Corinth with an immense army. Beaurc-
gard was known to be ahead with a very
large force. Again and again we marched
a few miles and intrcnchcd. We moved
some of the heavy siege guns 10 the front.
We had a review of our brigade. All
were in fine spirits and ready for battle.
We kept up the building of breast
works, advancing, building again, also do
ing outpost duty, with more or less firing
every day, until the rebels evacuated Co
riDth, on May 80.