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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
Attack on The Officers.

Tney dred on the officers. and then
hurled az them rocks and clubs The
oFdcers nred at the crowd. and then
retreated into the superintea5ent'G
house. The attack upon these officers
while in the s1rerintendent's house.
continued IRON u-S9 a m. 20 2 n.
The coIored men engaged In this at
TACK numbered about seventy. onS %
the most prominent in tie crowd be-
ing Jones. The officers. between the
above hours. and while ire mob was
assaiilng them. made various PROPOSE
lions 10 the colored men 20 desisf an
Of Uhich were refused and in reply
The mos ared az them. and Euried
rocks and dynamite at the house. AID
cried out KIN the - Give uz
Macs meaning James Nahon.
About . .. IL Henry Jones and
others broke mo or entered ere maya
zine. and were seen 40 be carving
away from the magazine MY
pound can 81 dynamite and fuse and
caps. The officers. seeing this and be-
fsving they Intended 10 blow Up The
house. concluded e leave Il. They did
So. and as they left the crowd pur-
sued them. yelling ~iIiI chem Vow
we have got them. etc. ana threw
rocks and dvna mi-e ar them The Or.
frers when anus assaiied separated
ans ran. They were pursued. and each
fC,nti-rras Or Ss0o-6 pa~~a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03

AFTER this happensd, the whole force
az the laborers woe,Sing Ia the mines.
some ff>y men. left the
nines and started tor the super.n-
tsndent'a heuaa. a naIlR and q half
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03

other criminals Who suffered for
their deeds In Navassa- bur they
have all been disposed Of. OF the
rioters, three-George s. keH q (
ward smith. and Jones-we-e
fenced TO death. Eighteen in
were tried. the other fifteen beng
convicted and sentenced 20 various
terms
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
Fire Wbite Men ID.

Strange things happened there
decade ago. Ignorant black labor
era tOiled long days IN the mall
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03

fled away 81 The big stone building
on K street
The scene Of the story is laid on
an island down IN the blue Csrib-
bean Sea. where the tropic sun
scorches by day. and the miasmatic
mists rise at night in steaming
clouds from the Tank vegetatioz
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tcontHnsd On Second Para1
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
AEROP| Lane
OF Wilbur Wright Does Great
Stunt Of Flying in
France

/ Lemans, France. Aug. S.-Wilbur
Wright of Dayton, O., made a fight
of 1-2 kilometres (2.17 milesl
with his aeroplane here this after
noon in three minutes and five sec
,onds.
Throughout the fight Mr.. Wright
had perfect control of the machine.
No attempt was made for a dis
lance record, the only object of the
fight being to try out the aeroplane.
While flying through the air, Wright
demopstrated, or SO it appeared to
the spectators, that he was absolute
master Of the ship, first soaring, then
shooting gracefully downward and
then mounting again at viii until
fially, after completing two circles,
he came down easily to the earth.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

fifty feet In width, stored with all
manner of inf1amables, was in mo-
ment in a seething furnace. Across
the narrow alley was the row Of BRIG
blocks on the right of way of the
Northern Pacific road. The windows
in the rear OF these buildings were
shattered by the heat, and tongues of
flame entered and licked up the inte-
ricr Of the Daily Tribune building,
Hare's hardware store and adjoining
buildings. The fury of the flames was
such that almost before efforts could
be made Ito check them, the entire
row of buildings had melted into
heaps of brick, twisted Orders
and white hot machinery From the
south side of Main street, on which
these buildings were, the intense heat
was communicated to the handsome
brick structures on the north side of
the street, and the noise of shattered
glass mingled with the crash of fall
ing walls. The Central block, a three
story brick, the frame buildings on
the west, and the magnificent First
National Bank building, b1azed forth
lurid masses Of flame, and the hand
some walls of the brick structures
melted down and faded away with
almost the rapidity of a kaleidoscope,
and business men and merchants had
barely time after they realized the
doom of their establishments to es-
cape with their books and money
| there was in their cash drawers. In
a trice-what seemed barely more
than the twinkling of an eye-the
block of brick buildings on the north
side of the street had joined those on
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

the south side, in a desolate aspect of
gaunt walls, masses of debris and
piles of smoking ruins.
The wind continued south, and the
swept northward with an impetus that
was irresistible From Main street
the fire leaped over to Broadway. The
Merchants block, another handsome
brick, succumbed to the resistless
violence of the. flames, and the post
office building was soon engulfed in
the frey torrent. The intermediate
frame structures all added their share
to the extent of the conflagration, and
two solid blocks Of business buildings
had faded into ruins. .. -.~
The wind veered slightly to the
southwest, and the fire swept on to
the residence portion, of the city. The
Mellen Bank block (where the Trib-
une block now stands) and the adj
joining buildings were swallowed up,
with the mercantile establishments
and residences on the west side of
Fourth street. The Kupitz grocery,
one of the handsomest in the city,
burst into flames and was speedily
destroyed. But by this time the
| flames, having reached the frame por-
tion of the city, the heat was less
intense, and at midnight or shortly
before, the confiagration had ceased,
except for the gradually wasting ruins
of the Quilted structures, which blazed
and set forth fitful showers of sparks
and firebrands. .s. H.. .-
| The Northern Pacific telegraph Of
fee was one of the first to be de.
stroyed. Communication by that
means was impossible. In few mo-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
DOVER
MAKES SWITCH
as Secretary Repub.
National Committee and
Is Made Secretary of the
Advi:oryC Committee, Made
Up of Business Men

New York, N. Y, Aug. S.--Elmer
E. Dover of Ohio, has resigned his
position as secretary OF the advisory
committee which is to work with
Geo. r. Sheldon, treasurer of the
national COMMITTEES. VIM. Hayward
of Nebraska, City Neb., who has
been Republican chairman in his
state for a number OF years, has
been appointed secretary Of the ma
tional committee and will be given
charge of the western headquarters
at Chicago in the absence of Mr..
Hitchcock. This reorganization and
several other important announce
ments We're made tonight by Mr..
Hitchcock.
The advisory committee which is
to have charge Of the ways and
means for the campaign and win
work with Mr.. sheldon, viii consist
of nine members The men who are
to be named win be prominent bust
ness en- and fnanciers from farious
sections of the country. and win
not be drawn from the ranks Of Tho
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

in Judge Connolly's court Saturday
afternoon. G.. TX ~.
They were charged with assault
and battery on Mary Michel. 1t seems
that Mrs. Michel had taken up two
of their horses for going on her field
and destroying her grain. The men
went over to take the horses away.
Mrs, Michel fired shot from a re-
yolver into the air to brighten them.
One of the young men attacked her,
took the revolver away, an it is
claimed hit her with his fists.
After hearing all the testimony the
court found the defendants guilty, and
fined each Of them $40. The fine was
paid and the defendants released.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
ah hFO hH

E. G. Patterson was mayor and e.
S. Allen states attorney.
Attorney Stambaugh Of Fargo wired
Jewell, expressing sympathy and en-
couraging him to rebuild the Tribune
better than ever.
The Valley City Times-Record saio:
"Mr. Jewell of the Tribune lost the
best printing office in North Dakota,
and the Times-Record hopes times
will improve SO that the most just
and liberal employer of printers in
the state will be. able to recoup his
lcsses.'
One of the greatest losses from an
historical view was the files of the
Bismarck Tribune from 1873, it being
the oldest newspaper in the state.
Governor Briggs died the night of
the fire.
Fred bennett, then Senator Hans
brough's secretary, now commissioner
of the general land office, sent express
! sions Of sympathy.
There was some politics then, as
now. Col w H. Robinson was chair
man of the state Republican central
committee and NJ. H. Jewell, secre-
| tary.
The U. S. land office lost some rec
ords, but records of all filings but
four were saved. Clerk Hutchinson
went to Fargo for a new supply Of
blanks.
The Masonic lodge lost heavily.
Among other things, the first lodge
charter issued in the state.
Col. Little lost six buildings be-
sides the magnificent three-story bank
building.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

ments the Western Union office fol-
lowed. At the bottom of the ruins
of the First National Bank building
a message to Mandan for assistance
was sent, but owing to the sudden de-
struction of telegraphic 'communica-
ton, was not received there. But the
immense glare of the flames ap-
praised the residents of Mandan that
a vast fire was in progress, and the
department there reached the city on
a special, after the main business
blocks had been destroyed. Good
work was done by the Mandan fire.
men in checking the further advance
of the flames after the fire had reach
ed the next block, as the local firemen
were almost exhausted by their SUI
perhuman endeavors, although they
still fought like demons.
When the fire had reached its
, height, flames broke out in the north
ern portion of the city from the vast
shower 5of sparks which were car
ried through the air upon the wind.
The barn at General Hughes resi-
dence, half dozen blocks from the
nearest fire, was soon in flames, and
was destroyed. The Webb residence
| was also in flames, but was saved by
"a NH,
barn was consumed. The residence
of Judge Bartholomew seemed at one
time fated to destruction, but sud
den shifting of the wind saved it
With the destruction of the smaller
barns in! the neighborhood the confla
| grafton there ceased.
| Soon after the flames were discov
cred, series of rending explosions
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

followed upon the ignition Of powder
stored in sonic of the blazing build
ings Simultaneous with an eXplo-
sion in the freight warehouse, an i'm
mense section of roof was lifted hieh
into the air, and the flames which had
been checked for a time, leaped forth
with renewed vigor and fury. With
the burning of the buildings on South
Main street.. it was seen that the
north side must go, and efforts were
made to save some of the records in
the land office and the surveyor gen.
erals office, but although few were
saved, the greater number were de-
stroyed.
1t Was Ten Years Ago.
The above is the account of the
great fire which appeared in a one
sheet issue of the Tribune August 9,
1898. The loss was about half mil
lion dollars, and there was about
100000 of insurance. The disaster
was a blessing in disguise, for the
citizens went to work at once to re-
build the destroyed section. They
| were clearing away the debris be-
fore the ruins were cool.
By winter many of the buildings
were rebuilt. Since that time the
progress of the city's growth has been
steady and beyond the expectation of
the most sanguine.
| Notes.
The files of the Tribune following
the fire contain many interesting
items The Tribune issued a half
sheet from the Settler office.
The Tribune's loss was about $40,
| 900; insured for 81 200.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

In less than three hours last night
a whirlWind of flames RACED to the
ground the handsome business por-
ton of the city of Bismarck. For the
same length OF time firemen fought
frenziedly and desperately against the
advances of an enemy which attack
ed them from dozen sides at once,
and threatened at one time to over
whelm them and wipe out the entire
city. Tt was furious combat, that
with the roaring, binding, sitting and
advancing flames. In an hour from
the discovery Of the flames, immense
brick buildings melted away like chaff
before the wind, and the crash Of fall
ing walls. added to the grandeur Of
the destruction brought by the spread
ing, Ieaping and rolling flames, whose
red tongues shot high into the heav-
ems and illuminated the whole city as
might the sun at noon.
The fire was discovered at shortly
Derore y CLOCK, Wnen names ana
smoke issued from the freight ware.
house of the Northern Pacific road.
Before an alarm had been given the
interior of the building was in flames.
So vast a volume of smoke poured
forth that in ten minutes Main street
was a sitting, binding atmosphere in
which it was difficult for firemen to
breathe A slight wind, which had
been in progress when the first alarm
was given, freshened and carried
dense clouds Of smoke and vast show
ers Of sparks and firebrands north
ward into the principal business por.
tions of the city. The freight ware.
house, hundred feet in length and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
new OFFICE BUILDING
FOR M'LEAN COUNTY

The authorities OF Mclean county
are advertising see advertisement in
another column flor bids for the con-
struction of an office building for the
use OF the officers of the county. The
present county building is entirely in
adequate, and some Of the officers are
in rented quarters,
The history Of Mclean county is
one of economical management, at
least so Gar as expense Of county
buildings Is concerned.
II 1889 a small court house and Jail
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
CANT GUARAN
TEE DEPOSITS
National Banks in Oklahoma
Must Ignore the
State Law

washington, D. c.. Aug. s.-Act-
ing comptroller of the currency
Kane has oficially notified all the
national banks In the state Of Okla
homa Of the opinion rendered by
the atsnrney general and that It is
illegal FOR the officers Of any nation
al bank to enter into such agree
ment as Is contemplated by section
four OF the Oklahoma statute rela-
tive to guaranteeing bank deposits
and that persistent and Wilfull action
to this effect on the part Of such
bank will be just cause for a for
feiture Of it's charter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
BARNEY HIT The FENCE
oLDFiElD WAS GOING MILE A
MINUTE WHEN TIRE BURST,
THROWING HIM THROUGH A
FENcE-WAS ONLY BRUISED.

Lexington, KY, Aug. S.-Barney
Oldf1eld, the famous automobile racer,
late yesterday almost had his career
terminated on the trotting track here
where he will race against the world 5
records Monday. He had new tires
on his racing car, save on the left front
wheel. While making mile in about
SIS seconds, the tire exploded and
hurled 0ldfield through a fence. Old
field was not hurt aside from bruises.
He went half mile in 20 seconds.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
SIR MARTIN
Wins Saratoga Special for 2
Yeaf-Olds...Is Champion
for That AGE

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. s.-Before a
crowd of 10000 persons, ]. E. Mad
denis Sir Martin won the Saratoga
special for two-year-olds here today,
defeating Wedding Bells, from the
Keene stables, after one of the hard
est stratches seen here this year.
Mediant was third.
Sir Martin demonstrated that he
is the best two-year-old OF the year
by his victory today, for he met and
defeated the best in the east. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

which served the county over twenty
years, when new and commodious
jail was erected, and after fire con-
sumed the old court house it was re-
built with the insurance money.
The county has vastly outgrown the
quarters, and the safety of the rec
ords and convenience of the officials
demand new quarters The county
building fund is ample to pay for the
structure and bonding is unnecessary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
EDITOR PROMOTED.

Linton Advocate: w. P. Thurston,
formerly editor and proprietor of the
Hazelton Republican. has accepted a
position on the road with the Inter-
national Harvester company. and viii
make his headquarters at Bismarck
for the present. Mr.. Thurston will
doubtless prove to be valuable man.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
ELEVATORS BUILDING AT.
LINTON.

Linton, N. d, Aug. s.--I'wo new
elevators are now in course OF CON
struction here, and work Is being
pushed So as to have them completed
by the time the farmers begin haul
ing their grainone il for the Linton
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
DUTCH BUILD PUBLIC
WORKS TO HELP POOR

Willemstad. Aug. s,-To furnish
labor for numerous persons who are
out of employment and In pressing
neef as s result of the suspension Of
trade relations between Curacao and
Vehezuela, the colonial government
has decided to spend $4,000 on pub
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
HUNDRED ARE
BURIED BY A
FALLEN HOUSE

II Szegedin, Hun, Aug. S.-During a
hurricane this afternoon, large fac
tory collapsed and hundred work
men were buried In the ruins. Four
corpses and fourteen persons severe
ly hurt have been recovered from
tbs debris. Seventy persons are
still missing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09
ELEVATORS CHANGE HANDS.

Wilton, N. d, Aug. .-R. g. Dodge
Of Minneapolis has closed a deal
whereby his company comes into pos
session Of the elevators at Baldwin,
Underwood and Wilton belonging to
the washburn Elevator company. Mr..
Bartron has been retained as man.
ager Of the Wilton elevator.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-09

THEY MALTREATED A WOMAN.
Mandan Pioneer: The case Of the
state OF North Dakota against Michael
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-01-24
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-01-24
"Fire's Out" They Said.

being lulled to sleep by the therapeutic
effects of the Acknowledgements
rays. when the cry of fire reused the
house. Miss Svelte screamed.
DR.. Schmolke rushed to the door
and was gone in second. kfremen
arrived, dragged lines of hose up the
stairway outside, an ambulance
changed in the street and throng of
curious folks gathered.
Miss Svelte kicked a hole in the
red lights, the green lights and the
yellow lights, and tried to stove
hole in the bottom of the cabinet so
she could use it for a barrel and es-
cape. The cabinet of the raputic eff
fects held fast. Firemen attracted by
screams burst into the osteopath's Of
flee and found the handsome Miss
Svelte, head only visible, crying
"Help!"
The firemen began to unfasten the
cabinet, and to their amazement her
screams redoubled. She nodded with
her head to her clothes that lay on
chairs, and the firemen vanished like
shadows.
Fires out" they said.
Soon Dr. Schmokle came back. He
was very sorry that Miss Sveyte had
kicked holes in his chiromatotherop-
tics, and was quite sure all the good
effects of the red and green lights had
been lost in her fright.
81 was outside guarding you all the
time" he said.
Brown, rescued from the top floor.
had narrow escape. He awoke to
find the room in flames, and tried to
run out with the mattress as a shield,
fellow boarder, found him and rescued
him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-01-24
CHORUS LADY IN SAD
PLIGHT DURING FIRE
UNcLoTHED, HER HEAD ONLY
PRoTRuDlNG, SHE WAS HELD
FAST IN A CABINET.

New York.-There was a fire OF
real flames on the top floor of the
rooming house on East Twenty eighth
street the other night, and at the
same time there was a fire from in
dignation on the bottom floor. On the
top floor young Charles L. Bronn had
fallen asleep smoking a cigarette, and
he was rescued just as the ravenous
flames were-but listen to what hap
pened on the first floor:
On the first floor is DR.. Arthur c.
Schmokle, osteopath, blue-ray expert
and acknowledgements. Miss Mamie
Svelte, chorus lady, disrobed, and
inclosed in a cabinet, the inside of
which spouted vari-colored lights, was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-01-24
BURIED ALIVE FOR SIX DAYS.
Wife Finally Rescued from Living
Tomb and Lives Short Time.

London.-An extraordinary case of
intentional live burial is reported in a
medical publication. 1t occurred in
the Betul district, G. P.
A man named Dana was tried for
the murder of Indro, his wife. She
had been suffering from chronic dyson
terry, and the husband took her and
the family to another village. Here
he appeared to have abandoned his
wife and returned with the children
to his own village. He said that he
had left the woman with an exorcist
for treatment.
The village authorities sent for the
man, however, and the wife was made
over to him. But he came back the
same day, saying that the woman had
died on the way and that he has buried
her.
Six days later villager saw some
thing move in the jungle, and his cat
tie SHE'D when they went near the
place. A search was made by the
authorities, and they found a grave
with the leg Of woman clearly WIS.,
ible. They heard her say: II am not
dead" and she also said that her hus-
band had buried her.
After being lifted out of the grave
and given food, the woman was sent
to the Badnur hospital and lived IL
days longer. The accused man was
sentenced to transportation for life.
The extraordinary part of the story,
apart from the callousness of the hus-
band, adds the medical paper, Is the
fact that the woman must have lain
in the shallow grave, covered with
leaves and branches, for six or seven
days without food or water, and then
survived IL days longer.