Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-17
STATE NEWS

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here's hoping "Jim'' lands the plum.
The Edmore Herald News opposes
the candidacy of Geo. w. H. Davis for
reelection to the legislature, and ad,
vocates the election of Homer Resler,
editor of the Starkweather Times.
George H. Piercy of Pingree, who
was speaker of the house during the
last session of the legislature, has
been appointed deputy revenue col
lector Of the southern part of North
Dakota, to succeed James H. Cooper,
who has resigned.
The reports of the prevalence Of
rabies among the dogs of Richland
county has caused considerable anx-
iety down there, and the authorities
have issued strict Instructions that all
dogs running at large must be muz-
zled Or they will be shot.
The risk of carelessly dlsposing of
ashes was shown the other day at
Anamoose, where a painful of ashes
which had been thrown onto a heap
of manure set fire to the stuff, and
had the blaze not been seen by a resi-
dent the whole town might easily
have been reduced to ashes.
An Easter tragedy was the accident
al shooting of boy, 16 years of age,
at Lynchburg, near Casselton, about
II o'clock Sunday morning. Lewis
Waninger, farm hand, working for
William F. Piper, was accidentally
shot and killed. The young man had
been out hunting with another man.
In attempting to climb over a fence
he struck the hammer of the piece,
causing it's discharge. The bullet
entered the body of Waninger near
the lungs killing him instantly.
Harvey Herald: Miss Emma Rauk
met with a serious accident in which
she had both legs broken. Both
bones of the left leg were broken and
the ankle dislocated, and in the right
leg one bone was broken close to the
ankle. She had started to drive to
Martin and in front of the Schatz
home the horses began to kick at
which she took fright, and throwing
down the lines, jumped out of the
buggy. The injuries are such that
she. will be. confined to; her bed fol
several weeks at least. = -.
| The other day the freak election
bet between LaMoures and Edgeley
men was paid. The bet. was on the
result of the bond issue election Il
the bonds carried the Edgeley mar
was to go to LaMoure and wheel the
LaMoure man round a block in g
wheelbarrow, and If the result was
the reverse the ride was to be taker
by the Edgeley man in his home town
with the LaMoure man at the handles
The whole town of Edgeley turned
out to see the fun.
| Hope Pioneer: Ole Seyerson, al
unmarried man, making his home a
Aneta, was found dead in his room a
that place Thursday morning. Sever
son had not been seen in his custom
airy haunts since last Saturday, blu
nothing unusual was suspected unit
4 this morning when the proprietor o
1.-THE building noticed the presence o
la putrid smell which was traced t,
the mans room. The door was force,
and the body was, found in terribl
j condition, death having evidently or
Icurred three or four days ago. N
d evidence of violence was found and
lis probable that death came as re
tsult of too much bad whiskey. Sever
son was heavy drinker. ss: .=
At a meeting of the board of trus
!, tees of the university Of North Dakot
: yesterday, all members We're presen
for the first time in several months
, In order that the main building a
! the university may be kept in service
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: a large number of improvements vii
. be necessary, and the discussion o
these improvements took up cor
+ siderable portion of the time yestel
, day. New woodwork and new plas
: tering will be necessary throughout
| the Offices will be moved to the pres
ent assembly room, and the presen
library quarters will be converted int
an assembly hall, leaving the presen
! Office quarters for class rooms. TIL
building will have to be reroofed, n
painted and the approaches rebuilt
Architect Ross has prepared plans O
the proposed improvements, and it /
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