Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-28

tainment In the Bismarck course will
be tonight IN ss the Atheneum-The
Columbian Male Quartette Of Chicago,
accompanied by Miss Fisher shipp, q
dramatic reader. Doors open at Z: As
Concert begins At s:15. Admission 75
cents and 80 cents. :8.S S.Ss
= Blockade Raised After several
days blockade the trains from the west
got, into service again little before
noon today several Of the delayed
trains il running ten minutes apart.
Last night q train was made up at
Mandan and went east. The track
which was blocked with snow at
Richardton was cleared this morning.
Miners Strike off-Wilton News:
The miners strike has been declared
of since our last issue officially. I'm
officially It has been of most of, the
time since the beginning. Some Of
the miners went back to work, but
most Of them have left town. The
company are now running q full force
and getting out all the coal needed.
Change In System fhe local tele-
phone company is changing its system
OF return current and will have a
common wire for the return oil. current
instead Of an Individual wire return
ing from each connection as now.
This will do away with a large num-
Der of the wires on telephone poles.
reducing the amount Of wire necessary
and the weight on the poles.
|. Five Engines in the Ditch-Five
engines were in the ditch at Antelope
the past few days and this has helped
blockade the east bound trains that
come through today. Four engines
behind a Russell snow plow struck a
bunch Of cattle at Antelope and all
went into the ditch together. One
engineer suffered broken leg and a
number of cattle were killed.
Probable FIoods-High water will
;; likely make record mark TIN.
spring as soon as the creeks and
coulees begin to fill with water from
the melting SHOWS. Trouble is also
feared along the Missouri river from
the great amount of water that will
pour down from the creeks and other
streams. West of the river there If
heavier snow than here and all water
courses will be booming in few days
Got the $5,000-Fargo Forum: One
of the young limbs of the law who
was successful in passing the exami
nation by the committee appointed BY
the supreme court, succeeded in pass
ing satisfactorily and after the oatl
! was taken, tainted. He was carried
out and hack ordered, It is reported
that an aunt promised him $4,000 if h'
would pass the examination and be
come full fledged lawyer, so he hal
more at stake than some Of the res
4 Of the boys. ~
Economy the Watchword- Sine
Howard Elliott became president G
the Northern Pacific he has shown
vigorous policy Of economy. He ha
instituted many changes and it is Q,
ipected that others will result from
tour Of inspection of the Minnesot
| land North Dakota lines, begun yeste
i \ day with j. M. ,Hannaford, vice pres
dent; III. J. Horn, general manager
]. Thomas Cooper, general land commits
sioner; F. w. Gilbert, general superb
tendent. Two high-priced places HAY
been dispensed with. The Office (
general manager of the Minnesota
International has been combined wit
that of presidents secretary, and Il
management Of coal properties in tVg
states has been put under controltF
division superintendent, doing awe
with the position Of general manag
Of the coal properties Of the Mort
western Improvement co. y -.
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Millinery opening at Webb Brother
Wednesday and Thursday. 81