Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-15
SEEKERS AFTER AMERICAN CIT
izENsHIP At WAsHBuRN KNOW
/. FEW STATESMEN sss, %#
DID NOT KNOW WHO WAS Cow
ERNoR SAID RosENFELD
s. WAS PRESIDENT &
PIGGERs PLEAD GUiLTY AND
BENCH WARRANTS ARE Is-
SUED FOR OTHERS
GAMBLER or MAX is FINED 500
-WfELDER OF BEER BOT
VICE. TILE GOES FREE

~ p H. NeES TFaEs =
" For three long days and nights the
court has been besieged by hordes
of mid-uropeans clamoring for the in
estimable privilege of American citi-I
zenshdp. At first one by one and af- 1
terwards in platoons OF Elk OF eight,
were they brought to the altar before
which they raised their hands and,
with solemnity, declared their ever
lasting troth to Our Country. A mot
Hey crowd it was, as many as two
hundred, probably, who sought that
lconsnmation, Germans, Russians. Aus
TRANS, Roumanians. jews, Norweg-
ians, Swedes and syrians what old
historic race was not represented
there?
/ Fifty there were who, through some
defects in their proofs, were refused
admission The government was rep
resented in the person of John G..
Sweet, the newly appointed natural
lization special agent, who hiss charge
OF this work in three or four states.
He largely conducted the examination.
Many questions regarding our form
i and system OF government and our.
irepublieanf institutions were asked,
1 and few there were who could intel
4 ligently answer them.
/ According to certain part Of Nc
Il Leans population, one Theodore or
4 Teddy Resented" is our president.
il One man absolutely didn't know our
4 strenuous president, another said it
Il was Mckinley. .: .zA. 5s &.
Il Few there were who knew that
i John Burke was governor Of North
q Dakota not did not know the name
! i of the Judge of this, Sixth judicial
district. Talk about virgin fields
in the matter of the science of civil
government. Wide, barren acres lay
before some self-sacrifcing enthusiasts
in Mclean and other counties, wait
ing to be cultivated.
Thursday morning the criminal cal
endar was taken up and jury wal
secured in the case OF the state
against George Gun, charged with as
} sanlt and battery with a dangeroui
{ weapon on the person Of one Fret
/ Bergquist. BY evening the testimon.
was all In and the case had gone Il
I the jury This case arose out OF al
i affray at Wilton last October and tlit
3 weapon used was a beer bottle. Tn.
5 complaining Witness was knocked In
4 sensible and remained so for fou,
< days, but has fully recovered nov
j The crowd had been drinking and
Il scrimmage or two had occurred be
d fore the beer bottle episode. AS on
/ of the witnesses puts 1t, 'hep wer
I all feeling jolly. r The defense wa
q, self-defense. Verdict of the jury
6 Not guilty.
Il A number of the other defendant
have already pleaded guilty Gothic
a Loffelbein DC Martin, Mike Doughert
d iof Max, Henry Bradley OF ThrtI
Z Lake, have admitted that on Sunda
til and divers occasions they dispense
at their respective places Of business
the stuff that Isl We've with abho
renee BY the pfohibitionist, VINE
pleas Of guilty are entered In thi
{ class of cases 1t is unual to infiict I'd
3 minimum sentence 90 days la ia
and a 5000 fine. .s
Il One defendant was charged wifi
9 public gambling at the town Of Ma,
He was known ia the information i
: p. Kelly, but when arraigned gas
his true name as Isaac Eugene Hal
old. Upon pleading guilty the couj
1 made inquiry as to his history ain
q habits and after careful considerable
i gave the young man lecture al
9 assessed q fine Of 800 with NO ia
s sentence. The court said that b
was In receipt Of some strong letter
asking leniency tn this case and fla
been visited by q number of Peep
lwho knew young Hanold and int