Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-14
Stories Of CurbStODe and
Corridor

the town will capitulate. There's
nothing to it," declared the big buck
Elk in conversation today. 'Mandan
has been largely reinforced from Fort
Berthold and Broncho, but her forces
are disorganized and at the first sound
Of conflict they will take to the hills
Brigadier General Fry is in command
OF the Dickinson forces an" Captain
, C?abbe is in charge OF Fargo
supply train. The moment 0. ZEN
der the prisoners will be civ, no
quarters Judge Nuchol and Chief
Justice Dorslly have been in con
ference with me all day. They offer
70 sacrifice the people TO purchase
immunity, but it is no go: Spies
! have been dispatched in al directions
and Lieutenant E. J. Conrad mada
MS way into our lines this afternoon
from the opposing army. When not
editing the News this gentleman de-
10 preaching disarmament He is
opposed TO war and says an armistice
should be arranged until council of
! the radical and liberal leaders can be
! had His advice is ignored. how
ever. and Mandan falls tonight The
| town is divided One half is purple
with rage while the other is white
with fear and between stalks the in
yading chieftains redhanded. The
massacre begins about 8 o'clock and
will hold until the last candidate pays
the penalty. A lovely night for a
killing" says Col. Whitehead. The
Bismarck forces will travel under the
protection Of the Red Cross society.
1t will be great time for Mandan
and for Elkdom.
Dad Leonard. the North Dakota
representative of the American Wire
company, was here to help out the
travelling men and opened headquar-
tiers at the Mckenzie He has big
display at the exposition and spent
ten days in a booth which is one of
the most attractive in the big build
ing. Dad is strong with the farmers
and he has contracted wire fencing
enough to inclose hundred thou
sand acres in the next ten weeks.
One day last week an old man came
to his booth and opened up, con-
versation. He was a pessimistic old
fellow and predicted all manner Of
calamities This set Pa Leonard to
thinking and he jotted down his
thoughts with the following result:
81 like to sit an prophesy,
An pass the time away,
TO tell of trouble DRAWN nigh
The country day by day.
allus have forebodings elum,
And il We dodge the blow,
jes' keep still. If hard times come,
| say Il told you So
With comfort mighty few.
A money panic is about
The easiest thing do.
like to see the people quake;
For gain do not try;
! do it all for glory's sake,
love to prophesy."
.
Henry Tatley, proprietor of the
Grand Pacific, was visiting with sew
eral friends in the lobby of his hotel
last night when the question of carry
ing revolver came up. Mr.. Tatley
had just been reading an account of
tragedy in an eastern city. A man
!, tit of jealousy procured a pistol
+ . pawnshop, blew out his wife's
rain, and then turned the weapon
non himself with fatal results
MAX, it felony for any dealer to
ell a d. eadly weapon to any person
,batsoeye without the presentation Of
dulv ce, titled license to buy the
anne" said the speaker, ISSUED by
legallv est, ablished authority, such
S a Judge of { curt, the chief of police
r some other & 'fficial of high respons-
bility. Pistol l. ,ws that aim at the
Individual weapon carrier are practi-
ally futile, for the can operate only
fter possession is obtained and the
nan becomes a pote initial slayer. A
egal obstacle intersR 'sed lnterposed
etwaen the would-be .'uyer and the
upply shuts off the sour ce to all who
annot demonstrate a legl innate need
UGH as warrants them in obtaining,
;eeping or carrying weal ION. The
aalous husband, as in this latest case,
would have difficulty in GETTING a per-
nit to buy if the law were properly
He might, of course, go
nto another jurisdiction with less
igid regulation of this traffic aud
the wherewithal Of killing, but
he chances of this are remote. The
,verage gun that takes life is bought
n passion, under the impulse OF
ome strong stress Of feeling or the
influence of drink. II the stocks OF
leadly weapons were removed from
hop windows and the suggestion they
10 pointedly convey destroyed there
would be much less work for the cor
,ner and the courts
Tom Hughes of the Pioneer Life
Insurance company of Fargo is here
ollying the drummers. Tom says the
only thing lacking today was an aero
plane flight. He would like to enjoy :
he sensation of going up. This called
'or the remark that going up was easy (
enough, but it was the coming down
which caused all the trouble. {
They say that any one can learn
The art of lofty flight:
Just one more task | now discern,
How do you learn to light?"
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