Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-12-14

now attending school. Cape Will 60
over next month. He has extensive
foreign interests in the Ionoline type
setting or casting nachine-a close
rival of the Mergenthaler. -
And speaking of Governor Burke-he
is here on a vacation to visit his fam
ily-the first time in two years. He
is special agent in the land depart
ment and has been out on the Pacific
coast during the greater part of the
last twenty-four months. In some
departments the special agents are
frequently called to Washington for
consultation but in the department
of Binger Herman, never
met Ralph Wheelock of the Mime
aplls Tribune on the street today. He's
here for a week visiting his sister,
Mrs. Chas. Dubois, and incidentally
making a little medicine-political.
Mr.. Wheelock's splendid work in the
South Dakota campaign last year as
special representative of the republican
national committee ought to bear fruit
for Wheeloclx, as lit did for the party.
Major Hamilton and Judge Bennett
are a couple of royal good fellows who
are ever on the alert to make life in
Washington pleasant for fellow North
Dakotans who may pass this way,
l learn that Gen. Harrison Allen,
who is now holding down $4,000 job
in the postoffice department, was mar
ried ito an estimable Washington lady
about six months ago, and the matter
has been kept so quiet the North Da-
kota push here are quite disgusted and
bill of arraignment will soon be
drawn up and served on the General,
citing him to appear before the North
Dakota contingent and answer-in a
manner satisfactory to the jury.
Of matters congressional will have
something to say later but really Jerry
Jermane and the correspondents OF the
other twin city papers are so alert and
cover the news field so thoroughly
there's little around the capitol or de-
partments that escapes them.
The house committees were an
nounced today and Congressman Mar
shall is we'll treated-got just what he
had hoped for. He is well up on the
committee on Indian affairs, and is a
member of the committee on Pacific
railroads, also a very important COM
mittee. He is also a member of the
committee on Private Land Claims.
The congressman and Mrs Marshall
are at home to all North Dakota friends
at the Cochrane Hotel and it is need
less to add that all constituents are
made to feel the most sincere welcome.
In the senate yesterday Senator
Hansbrough reintroduced the bill
granting an increase of pension to
Dennis Hannifin. This bill passed the
last senate but didn't get out of the
house committee. The senator also
introduced a pension bill for John
OLeary and the bill that .Spalding in
troduced to increase the pension to
Mrs. Slaughter. An effort is also be-
ing made in behalf of Thomas MCGEE,
who has claim pending in the depart
ment; also for Wash Burson, Mai.
Rhodes and scores of other old vet
Grams, deserving and needy. There
are so many thousands of claims pend
ing Of this nature it is doubtful if ap-
plicants can even in a small degree ap-
preciate the difficulty to secure speedy
action on the part of the department.
| didn't intend to extend this semi
personal letter to such length, but in
the absence of crowded advertising
columns it will do for film.
M. H. J.