Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-12-02
STATE News

The Catholic fair in jamestown
netted about 1,O00-in:x Bismarck
1000. ~
VIM. McKeen has published the San
born Enterprise twenty years without
skipping an issue. A good record.
The place of publication of the Bee
has been changed from Goa to Esmond
and old Dad Clinch is editor.
Old Bill, the Grand Forks elk that
was on display at Buffalo. has been re-
turned to his native haunts ait Grand
Forks
Newt. Tanning is another old time
North Dakota newspaper boy affected
disastrously by the turning down of
Tammany
Some person UP in Donnybrook,
Ward county, has been advising entry
men to sell their relinquishments and
file again. Such representations are
not only fraudulent, but the right to
file again will be denied if the land de-
partnent gets the facts.
De la Mere Mistletoe: The latest
boom for North Dakota is the discovery
Of oil in the western part of the state
With rich coal fields, and being the
bread basket of the world" we may
Justly state that our state is advanc-
ing exceedingly we'll along the line
Seven masked men held UP the house
Of Madame DeLong at Minot and re-
lieved fairies and visitors of all their
cash. The inmates lost $3.50 Nine
men were robbed. Three of them
were from Mayville and lost the money
with which they intended to file on
land in Ward county.
John P. Spencer of Ward county fell
from a wagon while surveying and
suffered a fracture of the collar bone
and dislocation of the shoulder. He
lay in a ranch for four days waiting
for companions to send for a doctor
but they neglected to do SO and he was
finally forced to drive thirty miles in
an open hayrack to have his injuries
attended to.
Sargent County Teller: Congress
man Marshall of Oakes was in Milnor
between trains last Friday, accom-
panied by Mr.. Hammond, secretary of
the railroad commission, Mr.. Mar
shall was on his way to Washington.
During a short conversation with Mr..
Marshall we learned that he desires to
return to Washington as a North Da-
kota congressman and we heartily en-
dorse his wishes.
The authorities of Traill county
have made an official examination of
the mental condition of John Knudson
and decided he was insane He was
committed to the asylum Knudson
is the young Grand Forks county boy,
who shot Andrew Bye early this fall.
Knudson imagines he is being pur-
sued by enemies and murdered Bye
while suffering from an. attack The
shooting occurred in the northern part
Of Trail,
Frank Baker of Lakota, was prob
ably fatally hurt at Leeds. Baker has
been in the employ of Mr.. Pinkerton,
the hardware merchant of Lakota, and
lett that place to stay for a short time
on his claim at Bottineau.~ He was
found lying by the railroad track a.
short distance FROM Leeds in an uncon-
scious condition. 1t is not known
how he was hurt, whether he ATTEMPTED
to board a passing train, or whether
he attempted to jump from one.
Superintendent Moore of the state
asylum has decided to take further
precautions regarding. the property of
patients. Relatives will be required
to swear to statement and report to
the officers OF the institution all prop
cry belonging to patients, whether the
same is incumbered, the amount due
and all facts so that the superintendent
will know who is entitled to be kept
at the states expense and who can
afford to pay his own expenses while
securing treatment.
A Question of Ownership.
"Are you the man who adyertises