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I urg :fe in 'r* HE WlATHM&^hk Possibly snow tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature tonight Max. 9, zero. Special Meeting—The Masonic Blue lodge •will work in thw?,«,ent^rij|l apprentice -degree toni«bt.J^^ -, No. A Late—N. P. east bow^ train No. I to ^xshednled to set here t: 43' tonight No. 2 due here at 1 a. did not gei here until 6 a. in. 'Militia Me^ng members of Company Ai will1., armory 'tonight at eight.' o'clock aharp. JJW1J*: -and ^^ribu^n^. tif -Clothing ?aiid eqfulj«x»n(t. .: !&-•< dap*.-" A. Boiling, rofflmandta®!^ A Collected $100,000—County Treason er Sperry odliacted! tWihiandfiome' at^n! •of |MK,($9.3$ foe February .taxes .'Of all kinds. "jkhte to :the: biggest la the history'- ji the office and^ooght to push the countyahead a Tefr. 5~| St 4 Suing the Property Owner—The '•city' of Jkmestown -W bringing suit against t&e owner of- the property in front of %ht£h{' EjHen»$lyke-*waa to-, jured by a faH on a defective slde^ Lwalk, to compel them to recoup the" ty for the $5,000 damages awarded) Miss Pyke.4 From this it would appelr there a-rs lawyers ,who think some responsibility for dafnagelies V^tb tfoe' ploperty owner os'well as ^vltto tike ifity. Therefore everybody -should teeV interested la keeping l®ie "walks ih repair, -y-r-fi ""f'alsV "^rSfemiea^-A. man. named & 'Charles Williams from Sou&h Dakota, 1# 'but traveling under the name of W. isst- Brown, was ^arrested 'Saturday !|j| evening on the charge of obtaining -Jsoods under false pretenseis. He rep- '#X -resented to a 'local business mail that -'K-JQHe bad a farm and' plenty of «tock ip. this county and had aome work done on the strength m& »this, 'Jbtti,' ^irhen' cornered admitted that he had j^thinj? "but hie gall to back him" 'up, andi "hence the arre&t i., j|j|^ Land Contest—A long ^rawn "xttt ^contest for a'good piece of land to on at the landi office. It began* Saturday -and is likely to last some time. ,-The ^pase is that o£ Sever Mtmson ||toHold, P. N^eon for the S% NBVi, «nd' lota 1 and) 2, 6-143-78. The charge Urn abandonment and Mlure to comply *With the land laws. vmkm ~K.wgj- 'Agp$Kfgri'ff. Good Work—lflvan^elist Jones was "-over from Manoftn this morning to see friends a®tt Teports vefry gratifying ':^?3«e8uitg 'of the revival meetings over 4"- "~4jie way. He saya the gooft ^peopie iver there would like to "return the .^%frisit made by the Btomanok people «oinetLme this week if a meetlng hefre v®ouffid! be a»ranged,' aa it probably wiH ^e. Mr. Jones retuhied on th© noon Strain. l^ate OrganlzaWon—JSeoretary F. L. »klin ie 'in receipt of an invitiatlo&j tjie CbimnerctaJ t6 wiWi the various msanleationj like i^sajjt^C! in jftwtnia^/a'stati 'aMeratlan of business men'»" olube! i« prooabie favorable aetAoa will Jbakec by th^cltib here. The furniture ^fcnr tfee «ew p^maierclai i6iub room J» t'^ere and the room ia jeedy for oocu-. fe5ijkanoy, but the etlrway'iii. the boiI^iij9r (Continued on page 4.) NOT YET iity Council Still UnaMe to Decide Ifiether ItWanls More Aldermen TSn7*Ja^i 4 41f aJLucy member of the council will be present. A3 an "entertaining curtain raiser to the tneetlng AMermen McGttiis an'd Tatley had a spirited The mayor then, announced that the redistjriictjng ordinance wa» before the council f9r action, and a prayerful ^1 ence of several miiwtes followed. The mayor then verituareid' the statement 4ha.t he supposed the members of the council had come to some conclusion in the matter, ..to which case it was in order-to do something.. Alderman E. G. Patterson said he wouldi like to have a full attendance of the ieouncll before the matter wa« flnadly disposed of'-(Aldermen A. T. Patterson and1 Horner were absent) nastd moved adjournment to Monday in which Alderman. MoGlllis agreed, and the tatter «aid: he would then hsave sworn affldavits to show that the pro posed -division of the wards was fair as to population, so the meeting ad journed, and the question i^r^fln^lljr be disposed of this evening COUNT SHOWS 158 PEOPLE IN^SIXTH WARD This morning Alderman McGillis made a thorough canvass of the pro posed new Sixtflk ward—that territory bounded by Broadway on the «yuth, ESfth street on the west, the townushlp line on the north, and the city limits on tfhe east,""with the result that he located 168 voters there Instead of the 50 alleged to be all the ward-: icould show uip by a person intervlewedj by the Tribune laet "Saturday-* ?. TMs afternoon Mr. McGillis la going over the proposed Second? wand, or, all that territory between- the township line and .Broadway, west of vr 1 Tihe city- fathers- ,®iad6 another futile attempt ^uhir^ay nlgfat to set tle 'the matter of redlstrictlng the city Into six' wards* but nothing was done t'f^k Xinton ^quarries, but as. atid ari' adsfdnrtunent was taken to U^ate'::-iBr: !of i6' the 'ttumbet df »otera -lltt--te:?^poB6dl wards east and west of FifthSsfireet between Broadway and the' township lluV (Bossed street).: The ttem in the ^rjibune' of that day regardliig this qfU«aeoh, wh«rein it was there ypoaddi jbe 150 v»tfei»: In diatrlob west 'of "Mfbll atdMt.'Vfilief^ east of th&t llne wo\iti hanrfe but- W, liai# atfaneii the1!mtl 6f tiiie dioug^hty ^deribaaS 'ttf "the' TaW'" waed and) he *'tb tha MeeCy^' Vit&r a H&l of r^sfefents idlstrtct. which- shewed about 130 pMple ten^t he' daldl he could prove they were there:- T^tto contention -was opposed by Alderman! Tkt|ey SSd lie' co^ici! iii'eellilfe-::: dd«ly«d S&M lui' £oiaf while 'tlfie &ei M^n thVeshied the mattefr .out, with: the reBOlt." t^r: "bath ^ere of ttie Satoe opiftion: stlll."^^ After the reading and approval of the minutes the bilte of'-W£ M. Cook, E. G. Taylor, and B. ^earcteley aie sewer (assessment oomml^ioners, andt oi'Walter Skelton, city! engineer, iter |13Q eax^t, for work on jthe seweir las cessment were. committee. Flfthf street In gpeaklng of the matter Aldeirmani MoGlllis s^d: don't want, to he unfair in t&te matter of ward houmd aries. All I want to that the popular tlon shall be' divided a» equally aa possii^e and In order to dO 'tSat am convinced th»t Fifth street ehoul4 'be oome ."Bie north ntioa* 0oa& 4lvl41ns Mn« It"will" notrdnly make a. plain 'divtoion of the city. Ml win'otft iJhe popubftiCHi more evenly than' apjr ctwSdv "t have BI8MARCK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONO AY, MARCH 12, 1906. NEIOHBORHOOD POTPODW v-1 8tr«ck Bock. *4« -..l- 3.-, Mandaii"- Pioneer: EJastern tots took poe^esgdon of "the stock of Allen & Spitz lajst wjeek and the 9f~ fairs have ~$lnoe been arranged 8o that Mr. Ailen wdll shave charge of t|^ bualiiess. 1 5 5 Good Stone. Linton Advodate: The oonddtliob of the «wtd» ha nEW*r® this evening^ wbbn it to (hoped every thfiar.*ver before* uflite a number nnaettled atoppesd stone wiBl*takeB out this' sea- ofJ men^ will "be 'employed, /1- ,, ,i,. "1T!C' Big Cows.^ XJniderwood vTalk' about ^BWKSjdnL' Fraak Vig4!' «blffi one to local botcher the Ottt^r day 'at n€ft %e!ght of l25b lbs. An^ oriather of owe ^^iMimit farmei^ says he has Ave head! of cows that will weigh 6v«r 1600 poimdA. McLean County Fair. A spedM m^ing^ County Fair' ttBBonliiBu£icn£ TJiider^ ^rood M®ch a£': whfei:i''the: arti&es df incoirporsttlon ]repai%d ooimmit tee were adopted ^^signed up by the ibo^r3i of dtroctom: aAid "wllli he filed with the aecretaa-y of state. & '•••Zkir-'gaiS Fine' Home. _V,y .'.j',y r. -V Mandan Pioneer:' 'Oontractor Free burg closed a- contract last Saturday with Dr. 'Bunting for the oonstructioni d?1a ^ISjOOb1 r^aldeiioe Which1 will be ^ect^d''oil the .^^HT 3. Tavis' residence. T&e plans are very elabor ate and when completed! wijl be one of the finest in tiie city.* '. f~-' /.. Hanging Matter. Mandan Pioneer: Leslie Harring ton Wtetived' examination at his pre liminary hearing 'before Justice Noyes test Saturday «nid"waa bound over 'to the district coiirt in the sum of $500. Harrington is charged with stealing horses from Thos. Rodman. He failed) to secure bondsmen. 7 Good Town. Jtlie' nai^es of aiV.the people living In the' territory In' .'.'jMiefr $ii» TH bune can print if it wishes, so that aH may see for tbemaeives an4 he Convinosd that aH to open and £bave howra^ ^ai matter of -j^poia-. thi 4uestl»|i rests entlre-i ly as to^ whether the cenems law1 is: In force or i^ wally the quee tlon before the cotincil. whioh tonigjht wiH have to take one or the-other fctfm of the dnetosha, 'i«it!wtot will be jdorife mbrfe Undenwood Miner: last Monday w§ counted thirty-one teams tiedl up to the hitching poets on Main street. _Our merchants are' doing a rushing business this spring, especially in farm machinery, aa hardly a fanner leaves town vithout taking with him a drill, plow, wagon or other .farm Implement. Badly Scalded. Hazelton Republican: -"Word comes •from Bismarck that "Dan" MoGatti gan, well known here. Is in the hps pifcaj at TO^|n«.rck, Quite badly scalded and hruleeft by the breaking of a hose he was h^bdling while performing Ms1 duties as a fireman on the Soo. Had 'iwt the accident occurred Dan would now be'firing on a passenger run on the Soo. License for Cousins. Ashley Tribune: A young man and lady came to town one day last week expecting to procure ia marriage Hcense amd get married atvonce, but Judge Breltling refused to \ssue the license, as the parties were cousins. The parties went north on the train, a day or two later, and it is supposed that they 'will-endeavor to secure a license In another state. Burned Hfs Teeth. •Dawson Leader: l.a«t (Week, F. W. Benjamin, tJWj popidar clerk at the Sibley hotel, had the misfortune to lose Ms -set of teeth whWh he had in hto vest pocket ai the time.' it was early in the morning alidf #. had not thought of using hto ieeCh. He wient down in the haa^ineiit to put some coal in. -the: fwnace. In eoine way hto -artificial emasfctcators were pocilt«£- mlt feU in tEe coal-1 bfa£* ^Wbeii ifihe neit 'Shovel of Hgnlte slid into "She furnace a lower expected. No doubt they made a very ®6^of fire fodf it w»h pilte wairm thene ft^ a whij^1 As^a odoseowe^ce* of the aoddent he was obttged to take tike first traln for JameMown for the pur i^nwr Iml 'He1 re-, turned Saturday evening oci No. -1, happy In ^oaBesslon of a newly (upholstered) Jaw. A New Combination.^ w:' HSaielt'CW Republioan:|g| Etamons ooiinty to 'to hiave li oltgar flactory added to her otftttr ibd^tHee. Meyers BraB.«*go«Mt ll«rt-of Austin, Minnv,- fiiira. tafien hjomeBteads 8o*uti^: west of :twrar*n(d «rrhredi She first fa»et. weefc-4a-*»reot buildings and be^o are proctlcaj iri 'ih iiirf tape can bemsnged with TJnole boslneeji in LoatIir*eaoae with' them audi wiUt iwcr»aif%teujefe '^Itefe^aKead By LI Stetatack Through the late centenary com memoration of Xewis and darkV ex pedltion hy the Exposition -at Port land, Oregon, the gfeneral interest to the early history of o*tr-state, closely connects with their exploration of our country, lis* vividly aroused. 'Our mind Is led back to the timed, when the prairies, now -bearing cultivated crops, were dotted' with the herds of the (buffalo and with abundant game of every kind natural to our region. We think of the wild free people* who claimed this vast dominion once their own, undistuxhed by the tread of the pale face. Urged on hy the srtirtvine spirit off civilized' men, our- thoughts dwell with curiosity on the subject of the greatest interest, now before us, and we become desirous of learning more distinct facts about the past, of our predecessors Qf the country and the nations we have conquered "hy the continuous incessant advance of civil to&tion Among the many Questions to he- answered, one of the foremost to "The origin of the Mandan In dians," which is shrouded in mystery. Hlstorlans of our times are puzzled over the solution of the riddle, and no: facts have been constituted through ages, no certainty to arrived' at We of North (Dakota hold- the last end of the thread of the life of that peculiar trlbe of Mandans and may praise =us lwcky, envied1 by many, to "be able to trace part of its history, by the signs' and tokens left behind' -them hy its «mdent remains we find hy researches iwithln our own boundaries.' Further- we can not unless intruding on other states' privileges But now the question arises, "Where did the Mandans come from, where and how did they orig inate?" There is the puzzle and there is afield of exploration 'before the zealous historians, ethnologists and archaeologists of other neighbor ing and farther states, which task may ask of a man more of his pains, than he is disposed to give. And after all—mystery-still may prevail. The Mandans were a distinctly and vastly different tribe from all other tribes of Indians in the Northwest. Thanks to Geo. Catlln's minute descriptions of the Mandans, co whom in preference he devotes a predomi nantly large share of his reports, we learn with safety the visible difference in their exterior as well, as In their intelligence above their neighbors. They were fairer in complexion, had hair of all European shades, save red and auiburn, had eyes gray, blue and hazel, some wore beards, and their features were finer. Brackenridge (1811) tells us in his travels of "She-he-ke", the Mandan chief, who had accompanied Lewis and Clark to Washington, 'D/ C., thus: "He is a fine looking Indian and very intelligent, his complexion is fair, very little different from that of a white man much exposed to the sun" and "His wife has a good complexion and agreeable features." "What sound reason to there to discredit the state ment of eye witnesses, of men like Catlin, Brackenridge and other ex plorers, beyond the general doubt that always to-attached to what is new and strang$ to us? iBut now, wnere and what -to the cause of that immense difference of the type of this tribe, surroundted by and in the midst' of their 'brown, black haired and black eyed, high eheel£ honed,. swarthy neighbors? The Mandans had not sprung up on a sudden. Trappers or traders could not effectuate such a general and thorough change in aboriginal character. Centuries of intermarriage with white people must have created a new and peculiarly difrtlnct race or nation. The Misaidans wandered northward, till they finally perished and conse quently they mast have come from the south.' Geo. XJatlin. has traced their remains to the head, waters of the Ohio river, consequently they came from the southeast, and as their story goes* "trom the big water/' There i« an historical fact related" of a- WWsh, prince Madoc having sailed ahbnt 1140 A. O. to the eastern coast of North Anierica, after touch ing Ireland* hrin^ng with him a num ber of adventurers and Immigrants from W«^e« and Jrom Ireland. JThe»e atayed in America and in all" possibili ty took Indian wlvea. The origin of the Mandaas Is l8«rgely asca1bed tb this lot of white people and often .flailed "Walsh-Indiana," dld 4hey- not stay In th^r «tons. the cpast? Th#re seems to nie .mom plausihle a very different sto#. couhtQr WhU^ people were living In North America .long, loog, ago, ceatarita 1$ fore. -the Viklnga (about 1000 A. D^, Priac© Madoc (U4$). oc' Oolumbws 1^)' fee# sat toot "on American sofi. (Kd miumttr^ts lsi lceland, reports at eiMunicw, the "Skwxdinavian Sagas" Dtesenfiadt, there (][iuot« extrajcta ftomJ a very Interesting- oommunlcatioc cf Xwm I »wyer to "The Irish World" V&k toy- Feb. .if, inform" of jlafWKjf Xiifb otoploaaHiM t&« Mbrth American coast, especially of iSt.©rendan'a voyage l4 j^ A- D., aiad of his 'colonization oT Iceland, fftiva'' Sootia 'aid Hhfe1 ari&i of landf, what is now Florida, CtiioUna, Vlr- m«|Bh of «elibol glnia and as far as Mexico, which .1906^ domftltt -Wa®1calied •"St. vBrenidan'a Laiid"''^Sr^at Ireland" or' by the~ fife dians "White Man's Land." The •Skandinsviati Sa®(» term It "Ireland it--'iiKb^?f'(Qreat.: XMiiaii^.*p For cen turtes fixwn 6th: to 11th jl these Irish 'colonies existed and frequent Sailing took place during this period between Old" and "Great" Ireland, till finally the Vikings arrived- as pirates and destroyers. One of the Sagas tells of a Norse prince Arimarson being blown by a tempest from Iceland to the American coast, to "Great Ireland," wag baptized there a Christian. An other tells of people bearing (church) banners on poles and singing (hymns) clad in white robes (vest merits). Ancient lri processions. Bertha Breoaln says the very ancient Irlph book of IJsmore contains' the story of St. BrOslilSan'e eseveri year®' voyage on -the se&s west Of Ireland in Latin, called *-Navigato," of which copies are to be gfefeh in the libraries of the Vaticah, iiarl^ and other prominent libraries. Gen. Ban But terfield of the dvil war found thirteen! co^itei of *-Navigatio"-ln the National Library at Faito FwuH5fe.v} De Rod 00 American)4 in his "The History of America before Columbus," -De Costa (American) in his '"Pre Columbian Discoveries" Mcosmueller (German) in- his lEhiropeaihs In A'mericp. before Columbus" and other, historians testify to the genuineness, and credibility of these old Skandina ians Sagas. Old maps exist of "St. Brendans Land" or "Great Ireland/" or ''White man's Land," for instance one ih the g| library of Twin Holy made in the' 10th century £ridther map by HIoriorius Autum in 1130 another "fher World's Image," by Robert d' Auxeirre ih 1265 arid dthers among which one of the inost reriiakable may he noted as that made- by the Arabian geographer Bdrisi in the 11th century, who calls "Great Ireland" "ifelarido el Kibarah." All these iriaps show "St. Brendans Land." Ferdinand St. Denise (quoted by MoritelambeTt) tells us that Columbus himself, who knew of the former "Great Ireland," wrote .before his dis cover,: "The land of St. Brendan is the ILand of the Blessed' towards the West, which -no one can reach ex cept by the power: of God." (Gulf stream?) The historians and explor ers Rensch, Von Humboldt, Gravier and Beauvois testify that the Irish mrist have visited the American conti up to the" 8th century, Lord Mund nent up to the 8th century, Lord Mund ral mounds, "Celtic ornamentation of ancient utensils, Celtic lapidary in scriptions found at Grave Mound, Marshall county, Virginia, in 1839, assured hy Schoolcraft (American) and Hafn (Dane), which must have been done before 901 A. D. Under the weight of all this authen tic testimony is there space" for any reasonable" doubt left to the wise or even to th© sceptic question, viz, that Irish priests discovered America and Christianity and with it, as an in separable coinpariion, colonized it hoddo (Scotch) cited "Celtic sepulch tlon was spread by the Irish, a mighty and seafaring nation in their time of glory and splendor, over the north ern islands arid over the .southern and central part of the American conti nent In buildings and in cities with their organization, in artifacts of all kinds, as vessels, ornaments, imple ments, images, etc., etc., the Spaln ards at their raids were surprised to find such culture. Is it not very likely that the Man dan really originated from communi cation and "intercourse witfe these early Irish settlers? That theory seems to me just as acceptable, if not more, than the Madoc story. The Irish settlements were destroy-^ ed by the Vikings about 1000 A. D., and prcfcably the half white Indians and offspring of the Irish, become fugitive, were driven inland, gradual ly whipped further and further by hostile hands, not *»oa«ni*ed ite, wad upon, till finally they retreated up the Missouri river decimated, demoralized, daring centnriea, though etiU superior and Instinctively friendly to the white toen. to their red brethren, to die an inglorious death, by the small pox epideBri© of im, brought to the Maa (tons/ 'fche Arikaras, the Aisslnibrines s^ad ottor tribe^ hy the American Fur Cojnpany boat St. Peter vi. The |^p|ito: had tradlUoris and wUms^tftmly remlmding og christian1 tieachln^s, but it wo«M lead too ftur present to speak of them* •j I wfll trade a new stove or nng&i and take yo*r ^14 4oa la partial pay-! *ent at W l»te One vm to sciec* from. Doot forget the place to changed to 116 and 118 Fourth street*-kImm I witt-be hawy to «how yo« my new Une of household goods itt^'cj^ew paiats em, PUiSUC SCHOOL REPORT^, The followtng to the enroltoeot end attettteec^ by grades^ Sb^ 'the €th wwWnS -o. 'j Totafl dnroltanent ..£i.. Present enrollment Avwa®e datiy: enrollment Average daily attendance Attendance percent Oases-of ltodinese ...t |fot ah«^ntmor-tardy figMh -Orade.^ 'Boys'«rpdatotf Girls enrolled .... .... Total ^enrolMient Present enrollment .... ... Average attendance ,.^ Attend^ice per cent .v tiasee of tardiness .... N either'ahsent nor tardy vfh February 23, I^-4 High School. Boys enrolled .... .... Girls enrolled f... S' ... 4S Grade. Boys enrolled .V /2 Gfffe «Mo4led 24 Totai jentfcdlment .... .... ..i 40 Present enrollment .... 35 Average ^batty enrollment 35 Average attendance ...i 33 Ati.eodiance pa- cerit .... .... 96 •'i' Caires of tardinesii ".... :... 1 NA abeent w*-^terdy -....... 20 6 Boys etoofled 20 Gl^Is enrolled ..,. ... 27 Toted enrollment 47 ^^enteftrollment .... 42 Average dally enroliment 40 Average daily attendance ,.. 38 Attendance .per c6ut .. 95 Cases of tardiness T. '7 Not absent, nor tardy ... ... 22 Fifth Grade. Boys enrolled ....". 30 Girls enrolled .... 34 Total enrollment ........ .. 64 Present enrollment S7 Average dally:enrollment ... 57 Average daily attendance ... 52 Per cent of attendance 92 Cases of tardiness .... ..... 1 Not absent nor tardy 24 Boys enrolled .... 27 Girls enrolled .... .... .... 18 Total enrollment .... .... 55 Present enrollment ...:.. .. 43 Average daily enroHment 41 Average attendance ..... 37 Attendance per cent .... .£ 90 Cases of^tardinesB .... .... *,'• 4 Not absent nor tardy .... ... 15 Third' Grade, -j. I Boys enrolled .^ 35 Girls enrolled 31 Total bjj- 5fl SPDLU Tobal enrolled 66 Present enrollment I ft* 65 Average enrollment 63 Average attendance 59 Attendance per cent 93 Cases of tardiness •. »9 Not absent nor tardy 29 Second Grade. 34 Girls enrolled 43 Total enrolled 77 Present enrollment .... 72 Averaige enrollment 61 Average attendance 59 Attendance per cent 96 Cases of tardiness 22 •Not absent nor tardy 29 First Grade. Boys enrolled Girls enrolled Total enrolled Preset-enrollment Average enrollment Average attendance Attendance per cent Oases of tardiness Not absent nor tardy 50 48 98 79 79 72 92" 38 26 Summary. Boys enrolled Girls enrolled Enrolled twice Net total enrollment ...... Present enrollment Average dally enrollment A verage daily attendance Attendance per cent daises of Tardiness Not absent nor tardy ,. Pupils at high scftfeoi tod1®.,... 4*upite at O. H. WW Strayed 272 332 3 601 562 527 492 94 88 236 $92 S09 A hrlndJe -eow "ftodt-'-'Af- place on 14th street, liberal reward for in formation. Frank Stuttagor. To become a Gordon Hat to ompn [ats. wea ,:Jf¥Puto,onty h&y& wear a Gordon V? '7"V 3V Tost^y ~at ft-" AO IJ.OO