Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-02
STATE NEWS

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w. P, futile. a reputed Chicago
millionaire, has been arrested at
Steele, on complaint Of Chicago au-
thorities, charged with wife abandon
ment. He was indicted on complaint
of his wife, Louise futile, who claimed
that her husbands estate was valued
at not less than $500 900. futile, on.
the other hand, declared that it was
worth not more than 100000, and re-
fused to make a settlement on the
basis Of his wife's appraisement.
'TroHey Journal: E. G. Portner, a.
thresher, who was running his own en-
CINE, and threshing near Lewis post
Office, was badly scalded and burned
on Tuesday, by steam and hot ashes
being blown in his face, caused by
the crown sheet dropping out of place
in the engine-a new Buffalo Pitts
blowing out both the front and the
rear end Of the boiler, Mr.. Portner be-
ing burned and scalded by the ex-
plosion. 81
Anamoose Progress: Monday even
ing Francis Pifer and one or two
others We're in the rooms at the Nc
Henry county state bank. Pifer was
standing up, having his hand in his
overcoat pockets, his right hands care
lessly fumbling a revolver, when the
weapon was accidentally discharged,
the ball penetrating the feshy part Of
his leg. Pifer did not know or realize
that he had been shot until he dis
covered blood running down on to his
shoe. He won't play with pistol
anymore. g s,. Es, &,
John T. Stewart, the engineer in
charge Of the drainage survey In the
Red river valley, announces that the
work in Cass, Richland, Trail, Grand
Forks and Walsh counties has been
completed and he is now preparing
the charts. -
Forman News: Halvor johnson Of
Gwinner has turned up missing. He
owned heavily mortgaged threshing
outfit, which had been threshfng near
GWinner, but of late had been shut
down owing to bad weather. The crew
had been. staying In Forman and ex-
pected to start threshing again Mon
day Cast week), but HalVor was miss
Ing. The heavily mortgaged condition
OF the outfit and other debts are prob
ably responsible for his sudden dis
appearance. The crew and Others
have stack Of labor liens against the
outfit, most OF which win probably
never be paid s5ss u n.
Devils Lake journal: Last Saturday
evening inst after dusk Ave, Indians
held up the two sons OF NJ. j. Belcher.
north Of the Pelican Point bridge and
took their guns and team. Another
team became frightened, and SHE'D
around the gang, who attempted to.
stop them. and ran away. The young
men went home after the hold-up, pro-
cured a team and recovered the stolen
horses and wagon. They were return
ing from their claims on the reserya-
ton, where they had been with lumber,
when the robbery took place. Five IN
dams, Slim Jim, Adolph GooShouse,
Waukan Yakapi, Thomas Ourboy. and
one named Huebrata, were later ar
rested, charged with the crime, but at
the preliminary hearing, all were dis
charged except " Crooked Jim, who
was held to the district court on a
charge OF grand larceny
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Within the last few days two more
we'll known farmers OF the state have
been found missing. William Barty,
a prominent and well known farmer
residing near Westhope, and Carl
Anderson, a farmer and thresher who
has been in the vicinity Of Lakota, can
not be found.
Two children Of Ernest Landrock
were burned to death In their home
near Kenmare Friday. Cause OF fire
unknown. &, st8
Lakota American: Mayor Fairbanks
had an extremely narrow escape from
terrible accident and undoubted
death on Saturday Of last week. He
was looking over the machinery in the
remodeled MetcaN elevator and had
occasion to go into narrow place