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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

The boat instantly dropped back
into the current and then stood out
into the river under her own steam.
She was already out of reach of the
bank when the reverend inspector ap-
peared and wanted to know why they
were off SO early.
1t was about a. m. ooh, the line
parted" replied Capt La Barge, land
it was so near time to start that it
was not worth while to tie up again"
This was little too much for the
agent, who could not understand how
it happened that the boat was so
thoroughly prepared for such an &C.
cident, with steam up, pilot at the
wheel, crew at their places, and all at
so early an hour.
Next day he found that the barrels
consigned to Sarpy were gone, and
saw how completely he had been
duped.
Mortified and indignant, he reported
the company to the authorities, and a
long train of difficulties ensued, with
Intellectual threats of canceling the
company's license.
Meanwhile the alcohol found it's in
tended destination in the stomachs of
the Indians, and the company reaped
the enormous profit which traffic in
hot mi a1o OH x-;n1
AS already noted, when the Nimrod
arrived at the site of the Omaha viii
large, the river was so low that she
could not proceed for several days.
A crew was kept constantly busy
with the yawl, sounding the channel
to detect any favorable changes in the
shifting bed. On one of those sound
ing excursions, when about five miles
from the boat, and under a high cut
bank, La, Barge was surprised and
captured by Pawnee war party on
their way to steal horses from the
Yanktons.
When the captain heard them speak
Pawnee he felt safe, and at once
opened conversation with them In
their own tongue. Although he knew
none OF the Indians personally, he sue
lceaded in inducing them to come t.
the boat and partake of a feast.
Thus the captains knowledge of tht
Pawnee language, acquired in the vii
lages OF that tribe ten years before
stood him in excellent stead.
These Indians might not have killed
him, belonging, as they did. to s
friendly tribe: but war parties. ever
LOT friendly Indians, were 1awless and
desperate. and they would no doubi
have handled the little boat crew pref
Ety. roughly.
Among the crew Of the Nimrot
4 there were two ocean sailors, goot
iman but with 40 river experience
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Pers Of Missouri River Steamboatng In the Good Old Days.


Sire had the alcohol all packed in
barrels of flour.
But he knew that even this device
would not alone be enough, for the
energetic agent would very likely
have the barrels burst open. The
captain therefore had them all
marked as if consigned to Peter A.
Sarpy, the company's agent at Belle
vue, and they were labeled in large
letters Up. "A. S."
The moment the nose of the boat
touched the landing at. Bellevue, the
captain, as was his custom, ordered
the freight for that point placed on
shore, and the barrels were promptly
bowled out upon the bank and carried
into the warehouse.
The agent, never suspecting this
freight, went on board and, after a
most rigid search, found nothing
wrong. The boat was permitted to
proceed, but contrary to it's usual
haste in getting away as soon as the
loading and unloading were complete,
it remained the rest of the day and
gave out that it would not sail until
the following morning.
The extraordinarily good character
of the boat on this occasion, and the
unusually long delay in departing,
reused the suspicious of the agent,
who stationed a man to watch the
boat and whistle if he saw anything
wrong. ,
/ Everything remained quiet until
some time after midnight, except that
full head Of steam was. kept up in
the boilers. Presently there was
great activity on the boat, although
with an ominous silence about 1t all
The pilot, Capt. La Barge. was quiet
ly engineering the .reloading of the
barrels. He had spread tarpaulins on
the deck and gang plank to deaden
the noise, and the full crew Of the
boat were hurrying the barrels bach
4 in a most lively fashion. What does
this mean?n one of the deckhands
asked Of another. I'VE unloaded
these barrels Yesterday 'sWhy
don't you see?" was the brilliant repl,
Of another, they're marked p. A. s.:
they've got to pass The work wal
quickly over and every barrel was OF
j board, when the agents sleepy guart
lawoke to the fact that something wa.
going on. fl. "a.
He uttered his signal. and the agen
made haste to turn out and see Wha
was the matter.
] Ia Barge and Capt. Sire. who knew
4 full well what the whistle meant, dit
not linger to make explanations. Capt
i La Barge seized an Ak and cut th,
4 iine. Get aboard. nenl" he shouted
! the line has parted Z"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

these were the Comte d'Otrante, SON
Of the famous Fouche of France, and
another Frenchman, the Comtei. de
Peindry -, -'~-*
D'Otrante was much liked by the
crew. He was an accomplished gen.
tleman, very wealthy, and had with
him a retinue of servants who had
been reared with him upon the an
cestral domain in France.
He was making the present journey
solely. for the purpose of pleasure. De
Peindry was a different sort OF man.
He and D'Otrante met by accident on
this trip and had little to do with each
other. It was noted that DE Peindry
treated his compatriot with great de-
ference and respect as being his
superior. He was silent and impene-
trable and spent much of his time
hunting. ..v -. .s..,... T..
When leaving the boat on these
hunts he would give directions not to
wait for him if he did not return. He
was repeatedly cautioned that the
boat could not wait for him, but his
invariable reply was: "Do not wait; I
will turn up; If T. do not, it. is no
| matter" q + .*..
| He caused a great deal of uneasi.
ness on several occasions by not get,
| ting back in time, and Capt. Sire, in
| his journal, comments severely upon
| his conduct He was said to be a
] noted duelist, who. for some unknown
cause, had been compelled to leave
Paris. He was very much Of an
enigma to the passengers Of the MIN
1rod. In 1916 he went to California
4 whence the report came a few years
1 later that he had been assassinated.
] In passing the Indian agency al
/ Bellevue this year it was necessary tc
i indulge III some more sharp practice
EtoS get the annual cargo of alcohoI
1 past that point.
The new Indian agent at Bellevue
! was an ex.M ethodist minister Of the
! name Of Joseph Miller~as jealous ii
4 his new role of liquor Inspector as biz
i had ever been In the regular practice
Of his profession.
J It was his boast that no liquor couli
j pass his agency. He runmaged every
I boat from stem to stern, broke oper
* -, 80. Il ~, ii i, Z, - ~, ~.
, chandise, and with q long. slender
pointed rod pierced the bales o
blankets and clothing, lest kegs d
4 alcohol might be rolled up within.
The persistent clergyman put Thu
4 experienced agents Of the company Il
\ their wits, ends, and II was with grea
4 difaculsy that they succeeded in elud
Z Ing his scrdtiny.
The urgency of the problem, how
lever. produced It's own solution Capt
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native revelation Of the humorous,
thrilling and hazardous experience of
the times, that chapter Of Capt. Chit
tenden's book which tells Of "The
Voyage Of. 1874" in the interests Of
the American Fur company will be
found we'll worth reading.
It follows a recital Of Capt. La
Barge's adventures on the steamers
Omega and Trapper, and the Capt.
Sire mentioned in it's course was the
late Capt. Joseph Sire, well-known In
st. Louis, and almost as famous as
Capt. La Barge throughout the Mis-
souri, valley. s34 . IS Z, .. z%s=s.
The story of the voyage Of the
Nimrod up the Missouri, in 1874 reads
as follows: e.. IS En- =: -, I~"s'
In the winter of 1884 the Ameri-
can Fur company built a new boat,
the Nimrod, designed to correct GER
tain defects in the Omega, and in this
boat the voyage of 1914 was, made.
las in the previous year, Captains
Sire and La Barge were master and
pilot. It was In the spring and sum.
mer of this year that occurred the
great food of41S44.a . >. y 1T. E.. Il
This appears to have been the
greatest food in the lower Missouri
and Central Mississippi river, known
before or since. The entire bottoms
| in the vicinity Of st. Louis were
lowered with water to a width Of
several miles.
The flood had the curious effect Of
completely filing up the old bed o.
the river, SO that when it subsidized
the river had to cut out a new chan
incl, and 1T was many years before the
channel was restored to its condition
| before the flood.
| The high water lasted far into the
summer When Capt. La Barge re
turned from his trip to Fort Union he
ran his boat UP Washington avenue Il
Commercial alley, where he made he
i fast through window in ]. u
lWalsh's warehouse at the corner D
those steets. This great food wa.
mostly from the lower country, AMI
3|scarcely at all from the mountains
When the ENimrod reached the Oman;
I villages, d short distance below Thu
modern site of Sioux City, Iowa, sht
found the water 90 low that she wa,
compelled to wait several days for
Irise. This fact ID q noteworthy one
as another rafutation Of the popula
idea that foods iii the Mississippi
hare their origin In the melting snow
4 Of the Rocky mountains. AS matte
4 of TACT they always come from th,
theayy rains of the lower country.
The Nimrod passenger lists lik
THAT Of the Omega the year before. b
d cluded some notable names. ANON
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

Under the alluring title, History Of
Early Steamboat Navigation on the
Missouri River; Life and Adventures
of Joseph La Barge, Pioneer Naviga-
/ tor and Indian Trader, for Fifty Years
\ Identified With the Commerce Of the
Missouri Valley Capt. Hiram Martin
Chittenden, corps Of engineers. United
States Army, has written a two
! volume work of great interest and
picturesqueness. & 3 ...s @..s
#s9 The book in question has for it's
hero the late Capt. La Barge OF st.
Louis, probably the most famous Of
Missouri river steamb oatmen, and the
story Of his life and adventures con-
stitutes both a valuable history and a
dramatic narrative Of absorbing
fascination. N. n N I'll
The recital was dictated by the old
pioneer-riverman himself to Capt.
Chittenden, and was thoroughly re-
yised and corrected BY Capt. La Barge
shortly before his death. !. .=..s
II The typical ancestry of Capt. La
Barge, descended on his fathers side
from Freneh-C Cana dian stock and on
his. mothers side from the Creoles OF
the south, is dWelt upon at some
length by Capt. Ghfttenden as signif-
cantly illustrating the strain Of blood
which took such an imp rtant part in
the exploration, settlement and de.
velopment Of the mississippi and Mis-
J souri, valleys.
" AT the close Of this ancestral re
I view the author appends the follow,
ing interesting acknoWle dgment:
..The data for the sketch here given
OF the ancestry Of the la Barge family
are mainly derived from letters BY DR.
3 Philemon Laberge, sheriff Of the dis
\ trict Of Beauharnois. Quebec,sto Capt
y La Barge.
Dr. Laberge had CHANGED to come
across copy of the st. Louis Repub
I lie Of Jan. 9, 1898. ia which there were
biographical sketch and photograph
OF Capt. Ia Barge.
knowing that there was but one
family Of the name IN America, he SCI
about to trace the rela tionshdp, mt
presently sent to Capt. Ia Barge
complete genealogical table Of the
family from Robert I4aberge down.
The data relating to the materna
line are cleaned from scharff,s His
tory az ST. Louis. Is
There is scarcely page to be founs
ID the two volumes that does not con
tain some record Of peril or adventure
81 bold achievement charactertistic q
lie HE Of that period, and of th'
brave man who DO trinmphantly dare
tie dangers 81 those pioneer days.
Taken almost AT haphazards bl
singularly enlsghtening n its tlluml
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

who had emerged for the trip to see
the interior Of the country.
They were employed practically in
handling the rigging.
One Sunday morning, May 10, while
the boat was still at the Omaha vii
lagos, they set off together with a
single gun to try their luck hunting
They failed to return that day and
likewise the next, when general I'M
easiness began to be felt about them.
Parties were sent after them in all
directions, guns were fired and every
thing done to find them, but to no pur-
pose, and the boat proceeded on her
way without them
The general opinion was that they
had been killed by some vagrant war
party of Indians. Some two weeks
later, as the boat was setting out one
morning, trader by the name Of
Kensler was seen coming down the
river with small boatload of furs.
La Barge ran his boat to shore and
hailed the trader, who promptly hove
to and came on board.
La Barge explained the circun-
stances of these two men having
been lost, gave Kensler some provis-
ions for them, and asked him to stop
at the woodpile, where the boat had
laid up so long, and see if he could
find any trace of the men. He did
so, and actually found them there.
| They had converted the woodpile
;; into rude fortress, with one opening
on the river just large enough to en-
able them to get out for water.
They were almost starved to death,
being reduced to mere skeletons,
scarcely able to crawl back and forth
to the river Kensler took them to
| P. A. Sarpy's trading post at Bellevue,
where the Nimrod found them on her
way back and took them to st. Louis.
They gave La Barge the following
story: On the first day of their hunt
they became confused and lost, and
after much wandering came to the
bank of the river. But they were ut
terly unable to conjecture whether
they were above or below the steam
boat, and in this dilemma resolved to
build a raft and float down the river.
If above the boat they would, of
course, come to where it was; IL be-
How, they would land after having
proven the fact and return on foot.
AS a matter OF fact they were below
1.-THE boat and after drifting some
thirty miles concluded 10 start back.
They were considering the question
Of landing when their raft ran upon
q snag, broke to pieces, precipitated
them into the water and lost taesrr
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

St. Petersburg, Sept. 17.-General
Trepoff died at 6 o'clock Saturday
night. The general had been i'll for
some time and for several days his
condition was desperate. Saturday
night he had stroke of apoplexy
which caused his death.
Trepoff was, without any doubt
whatever, the most hated man in Rus
STA and was made the victim of more
assassinations than anyone in the en-
pire. He succeeded in warding of
these attacks by repressive measures,
lately being appointed commander of
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of Cancellation. His long service in
Cuba and the Philippines and his
wide and strong personal friendship
with patriots in the Palma govern
ment, and with the insurrectionary
leaders, combined with his dash and
daring, his knowledge of guerilla war.
fare and his.fanniliarity with the Span
ish language and customs, seemed to
fit him admirably as one of the trio.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17
GENERAL TREP0Ff DEAD
Contrary to All Expectations This Most Hated Man in
Russia Dies Natural Death.Was Cause
Of Many killings

the Cars palace guard. The awful
nervous strain, however, of the past
few months has been telling on him
and this no doubt was the cause of his
final stroke. -os- B. ~.
There was great rejoicing all over
the country over the demise Of Trep-
off. Little sympathy was expressed
for him outside the royal household.
The car was visib1y affected when
the news was told him, and he also
seems to begin to show signs Of wor-
ry which he has been the victim Of
through recent events.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
jamestown Miller Killed While He
Stood In Mill Window.


jamestown Alert: For the second
time the Russell-Miller mill has been
struck by lightning and a bolt that
fell this morning at $50 o'clock, caus-
ed the loss of human life. Gottleio
Klein, a young man % years of age,
an employee of the mill, went to the
cupola Of. the new addition to the
mill to close a window, and while al
or near the window, received the
stroke of lightning that killed him, as
is supposed, Instantly. He was con
siderably burned about the face an6
on the one leg. He fell about twenty
feet to the floor after the bolt hai
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17
CAN'T GET TOGETHER.

Havana, Sept. lit is not believed
possible for the Cuban government
and the insurgents to come to any
definite arrangement in the matter
Of securing peace before the arrival
in Havana of Secretary Of War Taft
and Assistant Secretary of State
Bacon. This is the way the situation
looks now.
"A violent explosion occurred here
this morning wrecking two brick
buildings. Six persons were killed
land many wounded. The explosion is
thought to have been the work Of
incendiaries Fierce fighting n santi
ago province occurred today.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

struck. No damage was done to the
mill itself. The body of Klein was
taken to an undertaker's where it was
prepared for burial. He must have
received the full force of the dis
charge. The deceased is unmarried
and lived with his mother near the
mill. =.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17
New CORPORATIONS.

York Telephone Co., York, N. D.;
capital $1,000. Incorporators, J. o.
Gulickson, A. D. Cochrane, ]. e. Nc
Carthy, York, N. D.
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Antler, N. D.
Leslie Evangelical Lutheran Men
ighed, Scandea Township, Bottineau
county.
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fl ~
MAN OF THE HOUR.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Brigadier
General Funston, who won his spurs
in Cuba and the Philippines, is on his
way here tonight from Tacoma, as
fast az steam can carry him, under
hurry-up orders to join Secretary of
War TAFT and Assistant Secretary OF
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

in strong position to enforce the
concession when the presidents en-
voys arrive. The. government forces
won a slight victory in one; small bat
tie today in Santa Clara province.
There were few killed or wounded
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17
State Bacon in Cuba.

State bacon IN Cuba.
During the conference with the
president the discussion turned upon
the question as to who should be in
military command in Cuba in case of
armed Intervention. General Funston,
who captured Aguinaldo, was the
favorite. While no positive selection
has been made it was 1ecided to sum.
mon Funston to begin the campaign
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-17

CONTINUED On page 81
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-22
The FUTURE MAN.
He win be an EarIess. Nuseless, Hairless
Creature.

He win be an Earless. Nuseless, Hairless
Creature.
Metronolian Magazine.
In the prehistoric period even, mans
mouth had ceased to be an instrument for
grasping food; il is still growing less pre-
hensile, his front teeth are smaller, his lips
are thinner and less muscular; he has
new organ, a mandible not of irreparable
tissue, but of bone and steel-a knife and
fork. There is no reason why things should
stop at the partial artificial division thus
afforded; there is every reason, on the con-
trary, 70 believe my statement that some
cunning exterior mechanism will presently
masticate and insalivate his dinner, relieve
his diminishing salivary glands and teeth,
and at last altogether abolish them
Then what is not needed disappears
What use is there for external ears, nose
and brow ridges now2 The two latter
once protected the eye from injury in con-
ilict and in falls, but in these days we keep
on our legs and are at peace. Directing
his thoughts in this way. the reader may
presently coniure up dim, strange vision
of the latter-day face" Eyes large, ustrous
beautiful, soulful; above them, no longer
separated by rugged brow ridges, is the
top of the head, a glistening, hairless
nhllitt Ntitkt anu DtAMlllNlf ITO NINEEN
nose rises to disturb by its unmeaning
shadows the symmetry Of that calm face
no vestigial ears project; the mouth is a
small, perfectly round aperture, toothless
and gumless, jawless, unanimal, no futile
emotions disturbing its rounduess as it lies
like the harvest moon or the evening star,
in the wide armament of the face" Such
Is the face the professor beholds in the
future
OF course parallel notifications will also
affect the body and limbs every day
so many hours and so much energy are
required for digestion; a gross torpidity,
carna lethargy, seizes on mortal men
after dinner This may and can be
avoided Mans knowledge Of organic
chemistry widens daily. Already he can
supplement the gastric glands by artificial
devices. Every doctor who administers
physic implies that the bodily functions
may be artiicially superseded We have
pepsine, pancreatine, artificial gastric acid
I know not what like mixtures Why,
then, should not the stomach be ultimate
ly superannuated altogether
"a man who could not only leave his
dinner to be cooked but also leave it to be
masticated and digested, would have vast
social advantages over his food-digesting
fellow. This is, let me remind you, here,
the calmest, most passionless and scientific
working out Of the future forms Of things
from the data Of the present
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-22
DEATH OF A. A. GAPELLE.
He Expired suddenly. at his Residence,
This Morning.

q
This Morning.
Archibald A. Capelle died at 2. 30 o'clock
this morning. of heart trouble, at his resi-
dence, 906 West street. He had been
III for about two years, having sustained
the first attack at Lake Placid, N Y, two
years ago. A second attack came last
summer while Mr. Capelle was at Atlantic
City, n. j., and he bad been confined to
his bed since the day after Christmas. His
death was, however, sudden.
Mr. Capelle was one of the best-known
business men in Wilmington. lie was
born in Red Lion hundred January 2d.
1899 and came to Wilmington 10 years
later After completing a course of study
at the Friends School he engaged in the
agricultural business with Ephraim Wal
ton, under the firm name of Capelle d
Walton. This partnership was formed
in 1864 and in the following year Mr..
Capelle engaged in the hardware business
with his brother, George $. Capelle, Sue
ceeding Mr.. Duncan of the-frm of Capelle
~ Duncan. the new firm becoming Capelle
d Bro. subsequently the Capelle Hard
ware Co. was formed and Mr. Capelle was
thereof until 1891, when he retired.
For several years he was a director of
the Central National Bank and at one
time was its vice-president. At the time
of his death he was director of the Secur-
ity Trust a Safe Deposit Co. with which
he had been actively connected for
some time. He had other business interests
also.
Deceased leaves widow one son,
Archibald A. Capelle, Jr., and a daughter,
Mrs Mabel Capele Brisley of New York
! City. The late Mrs. Margaret F. Capelle
Alaris was also a daughter Two chill
dren survive her. Arrangements have
not been made for Mr. Capelle's funeral.