Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-10
News of the State

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Fargo. John Warner, who 1t is al.
legged stole a load Of wheat from the
Fleming siding IN Wednesday, was
brought to the city by the county
officers and placed in the county Jail
where he will await preliminary hear
ing.
Portal. Drinking carbolic acid,
Mrs. Dan Stahtis committed suicide.
About two weeks ago she secured
employment on the Chezik farm near
here and seemed entirely contented
and in good spirits. No reason is
known.
Charles Wentz, formerly of Grafton,
renlted to be worth 100000, made in
Canadian real estate and in the lum-
Der business in less than ten years,
has gone with his Canadian regiment
from Saskatoon, Sask., to Ottawa, and
expects shortly to be sent to Europe.
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Aneta. Dan Opstad and Swain
Johnson, employed on a farm near
this city, had marvellous escapes from
death when lightning hit them while
they were standing in the door of a
barn. The clothes were ripped from
both men, and their bodies scared by
the flame, and both were seriously af-
fected.
Devils Lake. John Wise, manager
Of Haslam's store at Toxic and Man.
ager Calvin of the Bovey Shute
branch, prevented what might have
developed into a serious fire at Toxic.
Fire was discovered in a box car. 1t
was near an elevator which is well
filled with wheat, but was extin-
guished.
Minot. Minot officials believe that
C. A. Sundvall, who was run down
by a 500 line express train near here,
was killed by robbers before his body
was hacked up by the train. Sund-
vail, Great Northern forester for this
section, had left his home in the
morning, with a big sum of money on
his person, and no money was found
on his body.
Glendale. Pleading guilty to sell.
ing liquor without a government Ii
cense, Sam BLAIR was sentenced to
pay 5000 and to serve ninety days in
Jail. He arrived here on a morning
train with a telescope grip filled with
bottles of liquor, which he proceeded
to sell to members of a threshing
crew. He admitted his guilt when
taken into custody with the last two
bottles of his stock in his possession.
Grand Forks. Western states are
showing greater progress in the con-
struction of good roads than are the
states of this portion of the North
Ewest, according to DR.. H. R. Brush,
president of the Wonderland Trail as
ISOLATION, who returned recently from
a trip to the Pacific coast, in the in
~1erests of the Duluth to Seattle auto
road. In the Western states, DR..
Brush says much work has been done
on the trail, and it is in very good
| condition. .,
The annual meeting of the North
Dakota State Bar association will be
held in Grand Forks September II.
IS and 10, instead of four days earlier
as originally planned. AS a result OF
| the change of plans it has been de-
| cided to hold the reunion and banquet
Of the alumni of the state law school
the evening of September 49, instead
Of September IS. Similar arrange
ments will probably be made by the
alumni of the Universities of Michi-
gan and Minnesota, who are also
planning to hold reunions.
East Grand Forks. twenty-five
we're arraigned in municipal court
one morning before Judge William
Rasmussen, two being sentenced to
thirty days in the county jail at
Crookston. Pat Ryan was sentenced
on a charge of drunkenness and .Har-
vey Hanson was sent to Jail for vag-
}rancy. Able Sman, Thomas Dunn,
Mike Perry and Axel Johnson were
each fined S. for drunkenness.
The sentences of the other men
were suspended during good behay-
ior. There we're many farm hands IN
the city over Sunday and that was
the main cause for the large number
being taken into court.
Mckenzie. Thos. Koran, a young
bachelor farmer living about eight
miles north of Alexander, came to
town during the night, Tuesday night,
put his horse in the livery barn M
when morning came was found walk
ing the streets suffering from a sort
of dementia. He talked in a rambling,
disconnected way. He was very ner-
vous and depressed and seemed to
think something awful had happened
or was about to happen. The author
tiles were notified and Deputy Sherlft
Clint Randall came over and took the
unfortunate man to Schafer where ne
will no doubt be examined for IN
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