Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-06
Masons will participate.

! District court-The condemnation
case is still on the boards in the dis
trict court, before a jury. Today has
been taken up in hearing testimony
as to the value Of tile land desired Nv,
the railroad company for reservoir
This afternoon the plain
tiff rested, when the defense moved
to dismiss on the ground that the
plaintiff had failed to establish the
public necessity for the condemna-
ton and on the further ground that
the whole action was In private inter-
est, which motion was taken under
advisement. The defense is now hav-
ing its inning. The plaintiff is repre-
sented by J. S. Watson of Ball, Wat
son & McClay, Fargo, and Judge New
ton, and the defense by Messrs. Miller
and Patterson. E :
Land Contests-Two hard fought
land contests are on in the u. s. land
office today, 10th being prosecuted by
the same man.; They are H. Frericks
VS.. Adolph Johnson, for the SEA 10
1928, and same VS.. Carl S. Johnson,
for the sWA 10-142-73. Contests are
coming in lively at the land Office,
there being from five to six set every
day for the Office and as many more
for the same days at outside points,
so that from this it can be seen that
land is getting scarce and that it be-
hooves settlers to live up to the re-
quirements of the land laws if they
wish to hold their land. The work in
the land Office is now all up to date
and the many vexations delays that
have bothered people both in and out
side the office are a thing Of the past
for the present, anyway.
More Particulars-S. NJ. Pye this
morning received letter from a Mrs.
Fanny Brent, dated Hermosil1o, Mex,
March !, adding few details of the
death of Alfred Won Steiger. From
the letter it appears that Won Steiger,
two other Americans and a guard
were attacked February %, in the
Sonora mountains by the Yaqui In.
dams while the party was on the way
to some mines in the interior Won
steiger was wounded at the first fire
and died soon after. The Indians
were driven off by the rest Of the
party, which brought Won Steiger's
body to Ures, Mex, from which place
the party had started to the noun
tains, and buried it the next day. Mrs
Won Steiger, the writer said, had re
NAMED at Hermosillo and had only
been told that her husband had been
desperately wounded, which news
had so Frustrated her that she had
not yet been told the entire truth. II
is to be regretted that fuller details
of the awful calamity are not at hand
| ! Horrible Death-Sheriff Welsh and
Coroner Gilbert; returned from Wilton
last night and report the following as
the cause of the death OF Mike
Heiben: Thursday night "a newly mar
ried couple in Heiben's neighborhood
was chiviaried and Heiben was !one
Of the party. Considerable liquid re
freshment1 was served out and it was
necessary for neighbors to take
Heiben home. Heiben would not lei
his friends put him to bed, SO they
set him in a chair and left him near &
table with lighted lamp upon it.. II
Is supposed he fell asleep, rolled OF
the chair, upsetting the lamp as hi
did SO, and setting Are to the floor
Under the table stood, five gallor
can Of Oil that was found with thu
top of. SO It is presumed this ex
ploded covering him with oil an,
burning him to death. His lower ex
tremities, which were toward til,
table, were burned to a crisp. H,
was found lying face down IN th,
place he would naturally be IL he hal
fallen Off the chair, and it is probabl,
that he never moved or regainet
consciousness after falling. The
house is a sod affair with a Iow-lyin,
board roof, SO the appearance Of til,
house after the fire. was not material
" changed and consequently RENAME,
unno ticed by the neighbors until on
OF them in passing near Saturda,
afternoon noticed smoke, investigate
and gave the alarm Under the eli
cumstances an inquest was not cor
sidered necessary BY the coroner.
1 Casey The Empire burlesquer
which will be the next attraction t
appear at the Athenetm. next weel
Is indeed radical change from II