Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-17

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BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE,
approac ching trial until the last few,
days during which he has shown signs
of anxiety. tits said there is a strong
case against the three men concerned
Attorney M. A. Hildreth Of Fargo will
defend Clinic. $, g.ee j s Ss45 55;..5 I, I.
Railroad Extension--A trainload of
material for the extension of the 500
road from Und north passed
through the city last week. The off,
GERS Of the 500 line say that if it had
not been for wet weather and delay on
the Winnipeg branch they would have
built Is miles Of the addition north of
Underwood this season. They now
have two surveying parties in the
field and are preparing to build early
in the spring and begin upon the ex-
tension of the road. There will be
considerable railroad building in Nc
Lean county next year according to
present indications and no one knows
yet just where the great railroad CEN
ter of the county will be. 49,.
DriscoIl Wreck Aftermath-Dickin-
son Press: A. G. Elstrom is back
from Chicago. He was in the Driscoll
stock train wreck and Is thankful
every hour of his life that he got out
alive. He was next to the last man in
getting out Of the caboose and as he
leaped from the platform the car was
struck. It was an awful crash. Mr..
Elstrom says that Geo. Davis (Alex-
ander Punt) was the person on the
coal box instead of Smith Dobson as
reported by the conductor. He says
that Mr.. Suits strehlow, who was the
first man out after the conductor had
given the warning, was sitting at the
rear of the caboose and was engaged
in conversation with Mr.. Dobson, and
he does not know why the latter failed
to make his escape.
Heavy RainfaII-There was an un'
usually heavy precipitation last night
in an October shower that began at
about o'clock and continued inter:
mittently for several hours. The total
precipitation during the storm was LII
inches. The heaviest precipitation
was from 6:25 to $3.50. in which five
minutes quarter Of an inch of rain
fell. From 500 to $50, ten minutes
.43 Of an inch of rain fell and from
6:20 to $3.50, thirty minutes, .9S of an
inch of rain fell. The storm was &C
companied by vivid and continuous
flashes of lightning. The rain ended
at about ten o'clock. Cutters ant
drains were filled to overflowing from
the rapidity and volume of the rai1
fall and great lakes of water stoot
along Fourth street. Along the streets
4 upon which grading has been done the
side cutters carried off the water nice
ly and the heavy fall of water die
little damage to the streets by wash
ing.
Improvement of Among
the outside ladies who will be present
at the Bismarck meeting of the fedora
ton Of women's clubs is Mrs. Lydia
Phillips Williams, ex-president of thu
| Minnesota Federation, who will, OF
Wednesday evening deliver an address!
4 on Forestry. OF this gifted lady the
Club Women's Magazine says: min
nesota women desired ardently tina
Mrs. Williams continue to hold thu
Office Of president but they were no
, permitted to have their way. Thu
/ good fight that Mrs. Williams tough
for forestry is matter of public record
4 There Is not lumberman in thu
Northwest who has not good reason tt
know Mrs. Lydia Phillips Williams
for, though Minnesota was the forestr!
battle-ground, there was Ivelv e:.irm
ishing throughout the land. In tn
color discussion, Mrs. Williams demon
strated her ability to make peace. Ii
/ the forestry question she evinced "a
! equal abality to make good fight TO
a righteous cause. Possessed Of thes
4 abilities and imbued with the geniu
4 Of the general federation, Mrs. Wi
liams' influence in the club world /
the sequence of logic
Il g@>5 Federation Meets This Week.
This week sees the session of tn