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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09
THIRTEEN MORE DEATHS.
Asiatic Plague Killing Inhabitants Of
Mazatlan, Mex.

Mazatlan. Mex, Jan. 8.-Thirteen
deaths. all certified officially to have
been due to the plague. took ~place
Tuesday. Thirty-six persons are in the
lazarettos and five persons are in the
observation station. The corpse of
young girl who. while stricken with
the plague. fled from the city, was
found on the outskirts of Mazatlan un-
der a tree. where she had expired with
no one to mitigate her sufferings.
More than 500 persons have received
certificates OF health with a view to
leaving the city, from which already
more than half the population has fed
The merchants are raising a charity
relief The situation is bad and bust
ness is suspended.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09
WITH TERRIBLE FORCE
PASSENGER TRAIN cRAsHes INTO
REAR END OF A FREIGHT
NEAR oUoUEsNE, PA.
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED
Freight Train Had Taken the Switch
to . Siding but the Last Car Failed
to Clear the Main Line-officiaIs Of
the Pennsylvania Road Attribute the
Disaster to the Carelessness of the
Rear Brakeman.

Pittsburg, Jan. S.-Seven men we're
killed and six others injured, one ia
tally, in collision between a pas
senger train and the rear end Of a
freight train on the Monongahela di
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad
during the night at Cochrane Station,
Just above Duquesne.
The dead are c. E. Stroud, c. NJ.
Bonner. John Stewart and four un-
known foreigners.
The West Elizabeth accommodation
train left Pittsburg at 1920 p. m. 1t
was on time and had clear track ac-
ocrding to the signals displayed At
the siding at Cochrane it ran into the
rear car of an extra freight which had
taken the switch, but failed to clear
the main line. The officials of the
road attribute the disaster to the fail
ure OF Patrick Quinn, the rear brake
man of the freight, to see that his train
had fully cleared. UP to late hour
Quinn had not been located When
the passenger train came along, the
caboose of the freight overlapped the
main track enough to catch the tender
| OF the passenger engine, which was
forced back upon the combination bag
gage and smoking car with terrible
force. The thirteen passengers were
jammed against the rear end of the
car in almost solid mass. Three Of
the victims apparently were killed out
right, two Of the other four were liter
ally roasted to death and two who died
on the way to the hospital were so
badly burned that recognition is i'm
possible. Almost Immediately after
the impact fire from the stove in the
smoker communicated to the wreckage
and the imprisoned victims were tor
tured beyond description. All were
badly burned. Conductor Cook was
found unconscious under the charred
body OF Baggagemaster Stroud. He is
so badly hunt that he can hardly live
through the night.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09
FLOODS IN AUSTRIA.
Nineteen Persons Known to Have Lost
Their Lives.

Vienna, Jan. Sat SZolnok floating
ice capsiZed a boat and eight persons
were drowned A washout wrecked a
train at Passau, with the result that
two persons were killed and seven
were injured Nine boys while skat
Ing at Jarkasi were drowned through
the breaking of the ice. The rise in
the Danube has been rapid. At Ybbs
the river rose FIVE feet. The rivers
in South Bohemia have overflowed and
threaten to flooi Budweis and other
towns
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09
FIVE DIE CT CHOLERA.
Disease Attacks Eleventh Infantry on
Island Of Leyte.

Manila, Jan. S-Thc American gar
rison at Oinok, Island of Leyte. has
been attacked by cholera. Nine men
of Company i, Eleventh infantry We're
seized By The disease and five CT them
died The lost al Ormok has been
Quarantined.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09
N. N. JOHNSON.

our state treasury and the reduction
made in our state debt. On January 1,
1901, there was less than $4,000 in
the general fund The accounts
against the state were six months
past due. upon the auditors table
were $4,000 of funding warrants is
sued to pay current expenses and
more than $15O,OO0 of vouchers
awaiting payment This intolerable
condition was not new but the result
of almost continuously since state
hood exceeding our revenues by our
expenditures. It had been a common
practice and usually one of the first
acts, for the legislature each two
years to authorize the issuing of suf
ficient short time warrants to square
accounts. These warrants drew a
high rate of interest, were not con-
sidered good by investors and were
often only sold upon the personal as.
surance of the officers issuing them
that they would be taken care Of
During the past two years $27O.0O0 of
these warrants were issued. 1t gives
me and those who have been associ-
ated with me much pleasure to be
able to report to you that all of these
warrants have been gradually paid off
as they became due, that all other OBJ
legations of the state have been
promptly met and the biennial period
closed with practically all bills paid
and with small balance in the gnn-
eral fund. During the same time by
a special tax $153OOO of asylum
bonds have been paid off and the
bonded debt reduced to that extent
This has been accomplished princi-
pally by reason of increased reve-
nues Our assessed valuation and
tax levy for general purposes has
grown very materially. as shown IN
the following table taken from the
proceedings of the state board cf
eQualizatiOn:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09
Estimate Of Receipts and Expenditures

In estimating the probable receipts
for the coming biennial period l have
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CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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Office expenses railroad COM

Office expenses railroad com.
mission 1000
Expenses state veterinarians 1000
Expenses state board of health 600
Expenses state militia $4,000
Aid to volunteer firemen. .. 1000
Appropriation state fair ...... $500
Weather bureau. u............. 1000
Promoting immigration. .. 1000
Board of pardons. s......... 1900
Geological surveys s 1000
Farmers institutes . 5000
Twine plant certificates, due
1914 75UOO
Unpaid bills and warrants un-
presented .....,........... $4,000
Total ................. $41S,2OO
Second Class.
Expenses of supreme court. -. $4,000
Maintenance of capitol. ..... $4,000
Expenses land department. $4,000
Public printing g........ 10000
Eighth legislative assembly. $4,000
Fire companies. per cent in
Surance tax X.............. 10000
Transportation of cOnvicts pen
itentiary ....... 1000
Transportation OF convicts re-
form school ............. 1000
Transportation patients hos
pital for insane. ne.. 10000
Expenses trustees institutions. $4,000
Expenses executive mansion 900
Conductors and lecturers,
teachers Institutes. . 1000
Expenses state examiner and
deputies 5000
Care and transportation of
blind 1000
Arrest and return of fugitives $500
Rewards for conviction of
horse thieves. s.... 1000
, Rewards 1900
Expense for lists of new tax
able lands. s...... 1000
Burial of deceased soldiers 600
Expenses state board of equal
iZatiOn .............. 300
Expenses district veterinar-
ans Observation-Disclosures. 25O
Expenses attorney general. 500
Care OF convicts at reform
school 10000
Total .................. .$3OS, $50
Total for first and second
classes of expenditures 1921. .O5O /
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09

Total for year. ........$ 552,275.16
General taxes, 1904. ...... 400, ,00O.0 90
Miscellaneous receipts. -. $4,000. 90
Total for the two years 81, ,127,275.16
This amount exceeds somewhat the
collections of the past two years and in
my judgment represents the high limit
and to quite an extent is dependent
upon conditions favorable to the COL
lection of taxes 1t should not under
any consideration be exceeded by your
appropriations and if equalled will ne
cessitate the issuing of large amount
of funding warrants to carry us
through the first year of the period,
that year being called upon to pay, out
side of the ordinary expenses, the ex-
penses of the legislative assembly and
usually many special appropriations.
Expenditures.
Our expenditures are of three
classes.
First. The standing appropriations,
the amounts of which are fixed by law
such as officers salaries, amounts al
lowed for clerk hire and limited an
nual appropriations.
Second. The standing appropria-
tions, the amounts of which are unlim-
tied but depend upon and are governed
by the operation of some law.
Third. The biennial appropriations
of the legislative assembly
The first class can be accurately fig
ured. the second quite accurately esti-
mated and will not vary greatly from
those of the past two years, and the
third will be governed by what you
may deem the methods of the various
institutions and the miscellaneous ap-
prOpriatiOns
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Estimate Of Expenditures.
First Glass.


First Glass.
Salaries of state officers. ...$ 81, 200
Clerk hire state officers. . 5O,50O
Judges of district courts. .. $4,000
District veterinarians. . $4,000
Salary adjutant general. .. 1000 i
Clerk hire adjutant general 1000
Salary public examiner. .. 1000 |
Salaries deputies public ex-
aminer $500
Salary assistant dairy and
food commissioner. .. 1.2OO
Salary state librarian. . 1000
Salary superintendent state
board of health. lth...... 1900
Agent for prevention of cruel
Contingent fund, governor 1000
Expenses dairy and food CON-
missioner .............. 500
Expenses wool market 400
Travelling and educational
library 2.1OO
Aid to high schools ... 5000
! Travelling expenses superin-
tendent public instruction. 1900
Travelling expenses railroad
commission and secretary. 1000
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classes of expenditures. 1927 ,O5O
Third Class.
This class includes the following in
stitutions for whose maintenance ap-
preparations must be made:
State penitentiary.
Soldiers home.
Hospital for insane
Industrial school,
Reform school.
Institution for the feeble minded
Aud the miscellaneous appropria-
tiOns
l have made no estimate for this
class. The reports of the institutions
will be placed upon your desks and
therein are fully set forth their various
needs. Their growth and the in
creased cost of living necessitates in.
creased cost Of maintenance but all
can be well provided for If reasonable
prudence is made in your appropria
| titOns.
New Buildings.
| In the way of new buildings tn,
first and most pressing need is at tn,
Continued on Second Page.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-09

years in the process of equalization
was arbitrarily raised by the state
board more than ten per cent above
the returns of the county boards and
the maximum amount permitted by
law was levied This action was made
necessary in order to come somewhere
near meeting the fixed charges and
the special appropriations made by
the various legislatures.
Our collections of taxes during the
past two years have been extremely
good and amounted for general pur-
poses to 1895. .654.46 and as will be OBJ
served almost equals the total amount
Of the levy of those years. Quite
considerable part of this was from
taxes of prior years that has been
brought in as one of the results of the
activity in the real estate market and
the numerous changes and clearing up
of titles. Our miscellaneous fees, too,
have been unusually large. especially
the insurance tax, land Office, and in
corporation fees. and amounted all told
to something over $15O,00O.
Estimate Of Receipts and Expe nd itures
In estimating the probable receipts
for the coming biennial period l have
taken into consideration the probabl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13
IMPENDING BREAK.
Much Alarm in Vicinity Of the
Arlington Leyee.

Donaldsonville La. March 13.-Great
excitement prevails here because tele-
phone advices tell of an impending
break in the Arlington levee near Baton
Rouge.
Hands are being corralled on all the
plantations across the river and hun
dTeds of them are being sent on a
special train to the scene of trouble.
Should the levee give way all of the
new river section of this parish will be
flooded. The region is populated prin-
cipalIy by poor small farmers
New Orleans, La, March 13.-The abb
sence of news up to this time indicates
that the Arlington levee has not given
way President Leake of the levee
board said today that 20, 600 sacks. ma
terial and men have been hurried to
I the scene. Arlington is an old leVee
] and acknowledged to be unsafe. Con-
tracts were let some months ago for a
new levee behind it, but owing to the
! long season of rainy weather the second
/ leVee has not been completed. Work
! is being done upon it with great vigor
and in the meantime Governor Heard.
the levee board and planters are doing
all in their power to maintain the old
/ embankment
A break al Arlington would flood val
liable sugar lands and interfere with
traffic over the railroads.
There was a decrease in the rise in
the river in the past "A hours the Off
cial gauge today reading 1873, a rise
of one-tenth. The river is now seven
tenths of foot below the record OF
1897. The seriousness of the situation
is increased however by the contin-
uance of rainy weather which is soft
ening the levees along the Louisiana
line. Large forces continue to sack the
city front and the engineers are still
hopeful that the local line of embank-
ments viii stand the strain imposed or
them. Flying gangs were dispatched tC
different points during the night on re
ports which reached the engineers ol
weakening spots. but they were in ev-
cry instance found to be exaggerated
Both banks of the river above the city
are being guarded TO prevent the cut
ting of levees.
Evansville. Ind, March 13.-The rive
marked a feet here today. This shows
that the water is falling and as tn
. weather has cleared another serious
rise is not expected. Farmers are pre-
pairing to return to their homes and tn
worst is believed to be over. The dam
age to winter wheat is heavy. TIL
lOwlands along Pigeon and PotOk;
creeks are still under wat ter. Dispatche
from points along the White and Wa
bash rivers showed an improved condi
( fipD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

me about it. I just had to vote for who
ever 1 pleased. I voted for the man
whose name came second under each
Office
What did you do that for2"
why, Bergundthals name was sec
ond, and ] thought the chances were
that all the law and order men were
second too. Oh, there was one other man
1 voted for-let's see, wasn't his name
Ross2 Yes, Ross-I voted for Ross"
What made you vote for Ross -
Wei, you know there was a little
card lying on the desk where / marked
my ballot and it said Vote for Ross
for something or other, and I thought
probably that advice was better than
none, so I Just hunted up Ross name
and voted for him. Was that right2"
-Oh, yes, that was all right but YOU
weren't entitled to vote for any of those
people in the third column of the ballot
where Ross was Those were the city
court officers, and only the men are
allowed to vote for them"
"Oh, pshawi Isn't that mean. Won't
my ballot be any good then ~
Yes, they'll count all but that col
umn."
Then it's all right I think I guessed
the right ones to vote for pretty well,
because when ] was coming home, L
met the minister. and he told me the
names of three men I ought to vote for
and I had voted for all of them
Wasn't that lucky2''
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HAUGHEY OUTOF IT.
he Didn't Stay Long in Race for
Congress

John Haughey will not make the fight
for the Sumner county congressional
delegation after all The primaries were
set for tomorrow and as he did not get
into the race until Tuesday he concluded
after canVassing the matter that he
could not get around to all the town
ships in time to carry the primaries ana
so he withdrew. He has published the
following card in the Wellington papers.
At the earnest request of many Of
my friends yesterday morning I consent
ed to become candidate for congress
from this district, but after due consid-
Grafton of the matter and a consultation
last night with a number of my friends
and realizing that the primaries had
been called for next Saturday We be-
heve that it would be impossible to get
word to the various townships or make
"a campaign of this county. have
therefore concluded not to be a candidate
for congress. Thanking the many friends
who volunteered their support.
i remain. J. w HAUGHEY .
This VIII help Andy Richards to Sc
cure the Sumner county delegation, al
though the News and his other enemies
are making a fight for an uninstructed
delegation to keep the county ont of the
control of Richards and to keep him
from using it for trading purposes.
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eral months. She will spend the time
in Redlands, Los Angeles and San
Francisco. Miss Leila Purdue of
Wichita who visited Miss Stanley fire.
Quently at the Governors House in
Topeka is touring Cuba.
Mrs c. F. Menninger is in Emporia
where she viii give talk on the
Twelve Great Masterpieces before the
Research club at the home of Mrs
Heustis Warren tonight.
Mrs. Buckles of Hiawatha is the
guest of Mrs. John Z. Moon
Mrs. D. F. LOngnecker of EmpOrla
is the guest of Mrs. ". H. Eastman
Miss Helen McClint0ck was in Law
renee Thursday.
Miss Clough viii spend Sunday with
her brother Mr.. Frank ClOugh, in
Kansas City.
Miss McAdams of Rossville is the
guest of Mrs. Walter Smith today.
Mr. Baylor Triplett Of Kansas City
viii be a guest Of Mrs M. A. Clough
Saturday and Sunday.
judge and Mrs +. Price and their
two children of Ashland have been
guests of Mr. ana Mrs Harry J. Bone
at the Governors House this week and
win return home tonight. Mrs. Bone and
Mrs. Price spent Wednesday in Kansas
City
Mrs y. D. Kelly of Salamanca. New
York. who has been visiting Mrs. j. M
Reeder. leaves Saturday with Mrs
they will visit their sister and brother
Mrs E. g. Holcomb and Mr.. Finley
Lyon
Mr.. George F. Sharitt is in Leaven-
worth for the day.
Mr.. Edward Halteman, who has beer
visiting his sister. Mrs. Hattie Reeve
left for his home in Couhe City Wash.
today accompanied by his niece, Miss
Ida Reeve who viii visit in POmerOy
Wash, Indefinitely
Mrs. Frank Banks is visiting Mr.. an6
Mrs. George Banks in Lawrence.
Mr.. John Cooper of Las Animas, Col.
I is a guest of DR.. G.. J. Mulvane.
Mrs. e. J. Warner has returned to hei
home in Geary, Ok. after a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. w II. Warner
( Mr.. and Mrs James Sherman have
gone to New Orleans and Galveston
/ Texas.
Attend Steinberg' social dance tomor
row evening, largest and best Orchestrs
ever used in the city.
! Social dancing Saturday evening a
Hudson's new dancing academy in tn
Bates building Full orchestra.
! Iaces dyed TO match any shade at tn,
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COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

Browns in Town viii be the attraction
at the new Crawford Sunday night The
action of the farce takes place during one
summers day in the country home of
man supposed to be Mr. Brown but in
reality the young nero. The plot hinges
on the desire of the young man, who mar
Ties at the age of .. against the wishes of
his father. and takes ms bride 70 a c0un-
try place to concOct a scheme whereby he
can break the news to his irate dad he
wishes to be alone, but his friends and
relatives happen in and in trying to keep
his marriage q secret, quite number Of
cornDlications arise Three acts are used
to tell the story the first being morning,
the second afternoon and the thlrd night
Every. season something new" seems to
be the motto of Richards q Pringle's min
strel aggre cation that appears at the new
crawford MONDAY nlght: feftN coloIsu
minstrel and vaudeville ENTERTAINERS are m
ciuded in its roster among whom are:
Kid Langford. Dick Thomas and james
Moore. end men; the Alabama quartette
the HousIey brothers. the novelty act,
THE Black Watch Drill Shields, aerial
ist novel and elaborate first part setting,
entitled THE Realm of the Mikado IN
Producing the entire company in japanese
/ costumes.
.eThe Moonshiner-s Daughter viii lie
/ seen at the new Crawford Tuesday It ls
of five acts and eight scenes a thrilling
play Astounding in clilnaxes ana dramatic
power.
In the drama. pennsylvania" the
interior of a coal mine is shown; the
scenic artists. to get the proper effect Of
! the ascending and descending carria Sc
| loaded with coal were obliged to spend
! two weeks in the mines. it IS said The
( climax Of the third act is an explosion OF
gas which is magnificent scenic effect
Pennsylvania is announced for one week
/ from tomorrow at the new Crawford
The Offering at the new Crawford Mon
day. March % viii be the big operate
comedy THE Chaperons This sumptu-
ously staged production, which was the
show piece at the New York theater lasl
summer. is now conquering new fields anc
unusual success last year It is presented
by Frank L Perley's singing comedians
who include many of the cieyereSt people
of vaudeville. comic opera and farce "Fh'
Chaperons" is the joint work OF seVera
we'll known aut hos. and each contributor
to the score and hbfetto is credited witt
having done something quite out of th'
common
Laa.tnz- Alhart RarrZ- snaciaItX dis;
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HOW SHE VOTED.
The First Experience of One Topeka
Woman.

She had been to vote for the first
time.
So when her husband came home
from town and inquired whether or not
she had done her part toward nominal
ing the law and order candidate for
mayor. she replied joyfully to his in
quiry.
"Oh yes. I've voted" she said Il
voted for BergundthaI. Was there any
body else should have voted for espe-
cially2"
We'll, Bergundthal was the principal
one. Didn't any Of the women there at
the voting place tell you who to vote
No. none Of them said anything to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

st. Louis No. March .13.-August
I<rauss, the wealthy farmer living near
BellefontaiEe. St. Louis county. who
last night killed his wife and six chill
dren with a sledge hammer, died to-
day. After killing his family Kfauss
cut his throat, but did not inJure him
self with the hammer, as first reported.
The coroner will hold an inquest to-
daW
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

DR.. F. A. Rooster. dentist, 515 Kansas
ave. Evening hours, Z to S Phone Ss4-
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washington. March 1S.-The state de-
partment has received cablegram
from United States Charge Russell at
Caracas announcing that the blockade
of the Orinoco river declared by Pres
ident Castro on March has been
I'D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

A household necessity-Dr. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. Heals burns. cuts, wounds
of any sort; cures sore throat, Group,
catarrh, asthma: never fails.
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St Petersburg. March 13.-Prof.
Barula, the zoologist of the Bron Toll
expedition. who left the expeditions
Yacht Sara in May with three others
to engage in scientific research in New
Siberia. has arrived at Irkutsk a city
of eastern Siberia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

Stockholm. March 19.-The famine re
lief committee has received total sub
scriptions mounting to $25S GOO, of
which 49, 600 was sent from America
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Chicago. March IA Chicago &
Eastern Illinois passenger train ran in
to a freight at the Fortieth street cross
ing of the Chicago Junction railway to-
day. Three passengers were slightly in
jured and panic ensued. The engineer
Of the passenger failed to see the sig
nails