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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
3
Chiia Hob Jorn a 24 year old prescription clerk formerly with Proctor and Fish drug store was found dead in Dr. Andersons barn. Authorities suspect suicide after a day of drinking. Jorn a native of Norway had no relatives in the United States. An inquest will be held.
A cluttered page promotes Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and One Minute Cough Cure while listing unclaimed letters at Bismarck post office. It mentions a central power plant plan in Kell, Egyptian tourist arrivals, and a timber culture notice with dates and names. The grainy OCR preserves scattered names like Hertha Benson and Beardsley.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to describe a land survey or registration item with section and township references, potential names, and terms like cultivation. The readable parts suggest a property or plats record, but the content is garbled and lacks coherent facts to state a definite event.
Washington reports a Manila telegraph stating Gen McArthur sent orders to rescue an ambushed party from the 1st Regiment and hospital corpsman at Santa Cruz Marinduque. Capt. Devereaux Shields feared captured with many killed or wounded. Col Anderson and gunboats move to Marinduque to pursue and recover the missing unit.
Mandan fair directors extended the event to Saturday despite heavy losses and likely debt. Premiums will be paid after the ledger is finalized, with possible borrowing. Weather and low trotting turnout affected profits. Indians participated in pony races as usual, and running events drew decent crowds. Grand Forks Herald reports a Galveston flood survivor Milton Elford narrowly escaped drowning after his hotel collapsed. he clung to debris until rescue. Mandan Times notes the gramophone debate in Morton county as a political spectacle with Bryanite rhetoric read aloud to voters.
Governor Roosevelt spoke to a large audience in Victor Colorado on September 27. A gang of toughs attempted to mob him after the address, but a company of Rough Riders serving as guard of honor kept him safe. The incident followed rumors of a planned disturbance during the event.
A mob attack left several Rough Riders seriously injured as missiles struck them and one man was struck in the chest by a club. The assault occurred as the Riders were surrounded by a looming mob, with many others sustaining injuries.
Dan del Storms, a former patient and business figure, sues Eastern Illinois Insane Hospital for 825,000 alleging brutal treatment and improper discharge rights. He claims ribs broken and 85 bites suffered due to attendants neglect. cites lack of skilled psychiatrists as core fault. Also reports Fargo Morum note on an A C team practice game accident injuring Ernest Scholander, with leg fractures, during a 18 to victory by the Agricultural college.
W J Leach of Fergus Falls Minnesota describes chronic back and kidney pain from heavy pipe laying. He bought Doan's Kidney Pills at a day store, found relief, and offers his testimonial to the remedy. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents, remember the name Doan's.
Grand Forks Herald reports official records show North Dakota farm stock values by year with totals as 28,902,388 for cattle and 485,257 for other cattle, rising to 1.815 billion dollars overall. notes a 7,748,000 increase and hints at hardship for farmers easing.
An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Ten as a cure for sick headaches and overworked women. It promises blood purification and tone, with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. Price 25 cents and 56 cents, Beardsley Druggist, Fourth St.
B L Craw of Grand Rapids says lignite coal on the Missouri slope will become widely used as rail rates improve. He and A C Stewart and M Leiterman of Monarch Elevator examined fields and may contract for 75,44 tons annually. The venture, linked to Edison’s associate, centers on a new briquetting process to reduce fuel costs and boost regional mining wealth.
S Ogden Edison of East Orange, N J, visiting Grand Forks to advance an election for a plant at McCanna to manufacture a fuel product from straw and fibrous matter. He claims his process can, in ten hours, achieve what nature took centuries to do and that the product can replace wood or coal for forge furnace boiler and other uses with satisfactory results and low cost.
A long testimonial extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion constipation dyspepsia biliousness nervousness and malaria fever and ague. It claims the medicine has no equal in stomach disorders and urges trials with a private revenue stamp on the bottle neck.
Max Wipperman, fusion candidate for governor, delivered a concise, statesmanlike appeal to Democratic delegates in Devils Lake. He praised Ramsey County and urged support for a ticket likely to win in November, noting he had traveled 440 miles to address the convention.
Devils Lake North Dakota reports the annual W C T U convention selecting state officers for the coming year. Elizabeth Preston of Tower City is president, Janette Hill Koox of Wahpeton is vice president, Carrie Allen of Grand Forks is corresponding secretary, Addie Carr of Northwood is treasurer, Emma Vail of Wanda declines the post due to ill health.
Grand Forks September 27 attendance at the university opening shows a six percent rise over last year’s opening, defying expectations that crop disappointments would cut enrollment. The law school reports several new students with most returning students anticipated.
Rugby North Dakota September 27 delegates met for the republican judicial convention for the Second district. Hon John F Cowan was unanimously nominated by acclamation for judge. D D Comstock elected chairman and A James secretary with ninety of ninety nine delegates present.
Chicago reports indications point to the immigration of more than fifty thousand persons from eastern and central states to North Dakota Washington and Montana within the next year. Peak movement will be January fifteenth to May fifth as northern railroads prepare to meet demand likely to tax immigrant carrying capacity.
Jamestown reports Engineer Pettigrew urging a Merit electric railway from the railroad to the asylum boiler house to deliver coal directly from mines. He claims savings of about 40 to 50 cents per ton and a quick payback, with two-year fuel costs and a potential shortfall in legislative funding highlighted.
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