Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-27

Mr. Foley of the Tribune, attended
the meeting of the humorists and poets
of America in Baltimore last week 1t
ms iirst visit east of Chicago and
his impressions of the capital city of
the nation ard .ho ~n--+n thereto are
Interesting. A few extracts from a
private letter will. under the circum-
stances, be allowable:
Washington, d. c. May II, 1909
Reached Washington this afternoon
| and had fine broUed Holsters at Fritz
Reuters as an appetizer before bed
time. Took trolley ride tonight along
Pennsylvania avenue, from George
| town to the navy yard. the vista in
Guiding the capitol, library. white
house. department buildings. to say
nothing of dnlly little stone house,
where, the conductor assured us,
George Washington kept headquarters
in 1880 or 1890. 1t is now paint
shop, and sign on the weatherbeaten
outside says Draining Neatly EXecut-
ed Tough on Graining, but if he
had to be executed. am glad it was
done neatly
| Washin gton is beautiful just now
the foliage luXurient. and everything
is fresh with springs beauty and radi-
ance. Washington lays over Chicago
in many things. notably the politeness
and Difference of the employees of its
public utilities. Street car conductors
are actually polite and willing to ex-
plain things In Chicago it is all
"Umpty umpty" street, and if you
don't get off where you should you
can pay another fare back if you've
got the price.
BY the way. there is laundry strike
in Chicago All off duty but the Chi
nese. About all the dirty linen in
town is in the wash. and the sewing
circles and charitable societies are
working overtime. 1t has it's ludicrous
as we'll as its serious side. At tn.
restaurants and cafes they serve yo,
with paper napkins over a worn ant
stained table cloth, and apologeticall
allude to the laundry strike. Some O
the finer hotels have been buying ney
linen for each meal. but that has it
disadvantages. The Auditorium has
five years supply of dirty linen no,
on hand, and it is still piling up. TIL
bloods send their dress shirts out {
: town to be laundered
> Bismarck friends of DR.. c. A. Ba
lard will be interested to know tha
: he is prospering as treasurer and on
of the heavy stockholders of the Ma:
netic Equipment Company with pal;
tial Offices on the twelfth floor of tn
q Merchants Loan & Trust buildn.
Doc got in on the ground floor of tn
S concern, which controls a patente
n device, by which all transportation e,
/ pense will be greatly lessened IT 1
the application of magnetism to th
u ordinary motor, either electrical o
:. steam Up above his office he has
/ miniature trolley car, built to scale
: There is also a railroad-or rather
n trolley track-with AZ per cen
e grade With the ordinary power tn
car stops short at the foot of tn
: grade; and the wheels spin in vai
:, in an effort to climb the hill "Click
goes an electric switch, the magnet
attachment is applied and the ca
climbs the steep grade bravely, and
safely controlled at any point on tn
r incline. The device is soon to b
tested on the c. NJ & ST. p engine!
and with satisfactory results. wi
mean that Doc has both hands
coin up to the elbows. Stock is no
5 selling rapidly, and the receipts of til
u stock sales are 5000 to s1.500 an
e more a day. 1t is better than fol
e townships of land on the Cannonba
. river and you can tell John that J
,, will make a ten strike by closing o.
the copper mine and getting bio
!. of Magnetic Equipment stock. In
personal yein-Doc looks well, wor
I flari. and tbiJis fair to wind TIP OH i
.e side of Easy Avenue, where the s.
DR. always shines and the flowers gre
in profusion. We came down frt
N Chicago over the Chesapeake & Oh
iy- big Four" Fine road bed. beauti
20, trains, elegant dining car service a
ion all the traveller could ask in the v
,ed of comfort At daylight this morn
act struck the Allegheny mountains ;
ag. for about five hours were among