Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-08

time in that vicinity and had bitten a.
young school boy. The chief in his
rounds found the dog and shot him.
Hereafter persons owning dogs must
inform the chief as he has started on
q dog war. t. i. i5 ".
Beautiful Aurora Wednesday night
the ll e aurora borealis gave one Of its
most beautiful displays and the per-
formance continued until dawn.
Across the northern heavens an enor-
nous bow of bright light was
stretched, the lower side as even as lie
cut with a knife, while the upper edge
famed up to the zenith in coronas Of
brilliant green, red, white and yellow.
| Every now and then a wave Of light
passed back and forth along the en-
tire arch with a weired and ghostly
effect. The night was clear and still
and the waning moon in the southern
skies was dimmed BY the brilliance
In the north. S:5
Large Express BiIls--Ye sterday the
second consignment Of freight since
the first Of January arrived in Bis
marck and the Tribune's paper
famine is partially relieved. During
the last fifteen days it has been neces-
sary to have from half ton to ton
Of paper shipped daily by express to
supply the Tribune's requirements
the shipment from st. Paul January
7th by freight arriving yesterday.
Bowe, the contractor, has also had a
little experience. Yesterday he re-
ceived 5000 pounds Of metal ceiling
by express. All these things knock
profits but the pay rolls Of labor con
tinue Just the same no. risk in bust
ness except with the contractor.
Is8s Montaville Flowers Snowbour1d-A
telegram was received last night by
the entertainment bureau to- the effect
that Montaville Flowers is snowbound
enroute to this city and cannot be
here to fill his engagement at the
I Presbyterian church tonight. This
news is q grevious disappointment to
news Is grevious disappointment to
which will be shared by great
many others, but all may be com
fftorted in the thought that this
especially good entertainment is sim
ply postponed and that ticketholders
viii VII have an opportunity to hear Mr..
Flowers at a later date, but at what
time the committee is not now pre-
pared to state. No one knows where
| MT. Flowers is. the telegram simply
being from the Lyceum bureau and
stated only that the reader was snow
bound and could not possibly be here
at this time. /. # }5s Mi III: 3@$s
Rush for Coal yesterday morn
Ing, after reading in the Tribune that
there would be one or more traf,,
loads OF coal arrive from Wilton.
those short Of black diamonds filled
the coal Office with applications and
one man was busy answering orders
by phone. and all this on top of the
many orders that had been on file for.
several days. The coal company,s
drawing facilities being entirely over
taxed, the entire drayage forces Of
the city were drawn on by the people
TO hasten delivery, and not only were
the regular drays put into commits
sion but every vehicle that could be
requisitioned for hauling purposes.
AT one time eighteen loads Of coal
were weighed out Of the coal yard III
i've minutes. Twenty -eight cars of
coal were received during the night
and last night there was not pound
ct Ignite left for sale in the city. The
500. however, expected to have an an,
other train load down sometime last
night or this morning.
The Sultan Was All Right George
AIDES Sultan Of sulu'' was the at
traction at the Atheneum last night.
The show was good, as the applause
Of the audience evidenced. The III.
dividual participation OF the actors
characterized but mediocre talent.
In 1893, when the United States
government took possession Of the
sulan archipelago and made a military
government Of this group OF islands, 4
regiment OF kakai-clad soldiers was
put IN command Of the group. The