The Dickinson press., 1906-01-27
STATE NEWS.

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Dakota.
Senat ,r Hansbrough has introdnceda
bill 'or the creation Of a United States
land Office as at Willis,on.
Several cases of diphtheria Of a
malignant form have been found in the
neighborhood of Wilton.
The town in North Dakota highest
above sea level is Sentinel Butte, that
place being 2,7o7 feet. Dickinson
comes next at 2,2o7 feet.
One hundred people were present at
the Cass county New England society
meeting held in Fargo last week. A
good many Vermonters reside in Fargo.
One man at Washburn was sent to
the penitentiary for three and a half
years for perjury in trying to evade the
consequences Of violating the prohibit
ton law.
AT Minot the jury in the case Of Nor
riSon VS.. Lee returned a verdict OF $1,000
in favor of the plaintiff. Ice sold Nor.
rison a mixture of kerosene and gaso-
line, an explosion followed, injuries were.
received-hence the suit.
The Williams County bank will COM
mence business at Williston on March
/. Ex-State Treasurer Dan Mcmillan
will be president of the new bank and
Nick Hayes, one of the present deputy
state bank examiners, will oficiate. as
cashier.
. On February 9Th the voters of La
Moure county will vote on a special
election as.to whether the county shall
be bonded in the sum of $4,000 for a
new. court house and Jail. There is
great need Of a new county building but
considerable opposition has beenaroused
to the plan and a lively campaign is
looked for. - .:'' .
.Lansford, a town OF about FIVE hundred
Inhabitants at the junction Of the G: N.
and the 500, about rs miles north Of
1Minot, in Bottineau county, was nearly
wiped out by FIRE Saturday. Ten build
ings we're burned in the business part
of the city. involving a loss Of about
$4,000. partly insured. The fire started
in a grain elevator and the state bank
and several stores were burned.
i, ,Mandan Republican: Sheriff Nc
Donald returned from: Glen Ullin
yesterday and reports that the diphtheria
situation. is truly serious there, that there
have been IS deaths. all among the
children and that there. are many other
cases. While there he placardeds the
houses Of all the patients and putin
execution, the strictest quarantine, sand
the health authorities hope: BY prompt
and stringent. measures" to stay the con-
tagion. !. j
Bismarck Tribune: Dr.. i. L. Drake,
the dentist, was shot twice and aimos,
instantly killed last night ats O'clock in
the Office Of the 500 hotel at Ashley. by
H. Falkensen, said 10. be 4 tinhorn
gambler. From meagre de,ailsreceived
by wire it is learned the men had been
playing cards when a dispute arose and
the shooting resulted. One OF the balls
passed through Dr.. Brakes liver and
the other through his stomach, either
one being sufficient to cause death.
Falkensen was disarmed and placed
under arrest. DR.. Drake made his head
quarters here and visited towns without
a resident dentist. He formerly prac.
ticed in Minneapolis, coming here about
three months ago.. He was associated
with DR.. Mcbride in the practice of his
profession. A few weeks ago his wife
and four-year.old son arrived from
Minneapolis and have been living at
the Grand Pacific.
J. P. Kenyon, Of Bismarck, is having
a rather novel experience in securing a
pension. In 1880 he applied for a pen
sion and failed through lack of cor
roborative testimony. About a year ago
the pension agent at Washington
through whom he had done business,
sent him some papers to sign, the same
being inquiries as to why he had ceased
to draw his pension. Very much sur
prised be replied he had not been
granted a pension. Further c%orrespon-
dence developed the fact that a man in
Iowa claiming to be J. p. Kenyon had
taken owe K~enyon's ter year army
record. added his own subsequent
service in the army and in 1896 secured
a pension of s24 per month. This he
drew for some years and then quit.
The agent, in running over the records,
discovered these facts, with the result
that Senator McCumber has taken the
matter up with the department (which
has sent a apecial agent to Iowa in
search of the other ]. P. Kenyon) and
will make a further effort to secure a
pension for the Bismarck Kenyon. It
certainly is a strange thing that another