Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-26
STATE NEWS

Anton Bolte, a farmer living near
Dickinson, was burned out last spring.
He rebuilt and got into shape again,
and this spring he has been burned
out again.
The citizens of Beach are organic
! ing commercial club with the object
of working jointly for the interests of
that community. The move is time
ly one and will no doubt result in
creating an increased interest in the
welfare of that city which has always
existed but not in a material form
| The provision in the Indian appro-
priation bill restoring to the Sisseton
Indians the annuities cut off in 1862
was the subject of debate in the SEN
ate Tuesday, following point of
order made by Senator Kean. After
some discussion it was agreed to re-
tain the provision in the bill. There
is about two million dollars due the
Indians, 1900 of whom are in Sisse-
! ton, S. D., and 500 at Devils Lake,
N. D.
Bert Johnson, who carried off first
honors in the spelling match at Velya,
is native of Norway and came to
this country eighteen months ago. At
that time he did not understand the
English language, but he went to
work, entered school and is now ready
to graduate. During this time he has
paid his own way by working last
summer and paying his board while
going to school by doing chores and
odd jobs.
Fire destroyed the barn on the J. M.
Lowe residence property in the west
ern suburb of Bowbells, and it was
only by hard work that the residence
house on the same property was
saved. The fire was caused by neigh.
boring children playing in the hay
loft when one of them, a boy seven
years, lighted match which caught
In the hay which started the blaze,
1t took but a few minutes for the fire
to consume the frame structure. and
1t was a narrow escape that the
children were not also burned.
There is one booze fighter in this
city, says the Keumare Journal. who
has sworn off from indiscriminate
, drinking, l. e., he will be sure that il
, is booze and not something more
poisonous. Last week N. C. Jack
WIZ had a certain painter working in
his store, doing some decorating. The
party was recovering from nro
tracted spree. One morning, while
the clerk was busily engaged with
some customers in the front part Of
the store, a severe thirst attracted the
painter and imagining that the time
: was opportune for big drink, hi
4 rushed down cellar and drew some
liquid from a barrel thinking If wa.
e Whlskey. He hastily swallowed th,
e liquid only to find he had made al
e error and had swallowed a large dos,
G. OF formaldehyde. He lost no time i,
J. getting up stairs and giving the alarm
IN no uncertain manner Physician
s. were Immediately called and tn,
i poisonous liquid pumped from hi
stomach. He is little the worse OF
f Tor the experience. 1t is hoped tina
e the disinfectant may have had hi
r thirst for booze SO thoroughly disin
O fected that the germ is killed.
d M. j. Hicks, an engineer, who wa
n IN Mlnot seeking work, created a sti
e late Monday night in that city b
l. jumping from a second story windoz
s. or the Tompkin's block. He lande
j. on the awning, which was up, and fel
G through to the stone sidewalk below
IS All the time he was begging the pee
q PIE about him not to kill him. RI
d was but slightly injured from the fall
He was picked up and as he SCENE
:, to be insane he was taken to the cour
l. ty Jail. Yesterday morning he mad
e an attempt at hanging himself in hi
t, CELL He had torn a strip from hi
g bed blanket and tied it to the electri
I Light wire which is suspended in til
it center Of the cell. But the wire wa
If not strong enough for the purpose an
IA before he could finish the arrang,
ments the baliff found him and pr,
e vented any further attempts. It a.
s pears that he Is subject to thes
II spells, the cause being due to
e fractured skull. In a railroad wrec
e several years ago his skull was ser
e olisly fractured and the doctors too