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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-10-25
h CONVENTION.

The Mclean County Mail, without q
single exception in the state, is the most
deliberate lying sheet published. In its
issue of two weeks ago it claimed that a
convention was held on Saturday to elect
delegates to oppose satterlund. In its last
issue it says that it was a mistake, that the
convention was held on Monday. Does the
Mail take the voters in this district for
fools and idiots, that it attempts to force
on them such stuff? 1t admits that a call
was published in both Mclean county pa
pers for a convention on the Monday be-
fore. We all know that convention was
hold and elected delegates favorable to
John Satterlund. 1t was the only conven-
ton regularly called and was the only re-
publican convention held. That a few sore
heads consisting of Casselman, LANCE, Pc
terson and q few others met in conlave in
an Office in the court house and determin-
ed at all hazards to bolt that convention
and fight John Satterlund, we do not doubt,
and the outcome proves that they did.
After Reishus sent Havrevold to Mclean
county to mako a combination with Sat
terlund, and was refused, then these sore
heads decided to attempt to saddle that
little private meeting on to the people as
q convention and were urged on by the
Reishus faction who were prepared to
make any deal to get before the people.
For the Mail to claim that it made a mis-
take in the day, is too thin IN excuse for
an honest voter to swallow, and will thor
oughly convince them that u version of
the alleged convention is the true one.
In another long-winded article in this
brazen sheet it raises a big cry about mon
archism and says that John Satterlund has
attempted to force James johnson down
the throats of the majority of voters in
Ward county. This is another give-away
in the hand the Mail attempts to play. If
the man who wrote that article was posted
in Ward county politics he would be a.
shamed to ever show his face in this COM
munity after making such a ridiculous as
sertion. James johnson carried Ward
county by the largest vote ever cast for a
candidate at the polls last fall, and he car
ried the legislative convention by a vote of
% to II this fall after every fraudulent
scheme had been resorted to to defeat him
in the caucuses. 1t is fact only too well
known in this city that four of James john
sons votes were brought after the conven-
ton had assembled. If ever a man was
the choice of the people that man is James
johnson. If ever desperate, dirty under
handed work was done to defeat a man, it
was done to defeat james johnson. Ward
county, by her vote this fall, will snow In
der the opposing faction 80 deep that moth
ing but the stencil of their remains will re-
mind the people that James johnson and
John satterlund had oppsition.-Minot
Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-10-25

Emmons Co. Record: Public opinion in
this county appears to be almost unani-
NOUS in favor of the return of Senator
Pierce. And the Record will not dispute
the fact that opposition to him on the part
of, any inhibitant of the slope must be
greatly tinged with ingratitude. Had it
not been for Gov. Pierce's veto the capital
Of the territory would have gone to Pierre.
Then after division and admission, we
would have had the same kind of a capital
fight that South Dakota is now having,
with all its bitterness and attempts at
Wholesale bribery. Nor is it strange that
Senator Pierce should be particularly
strong in this county. A large number of
our settlers reside on the Fort Rice reser-
walton. Many of them lived there before
the county was organized and have we'll
stocked farms and comfortable homes.
For years they had waited for the govern
ment to make entry and final proof, but
their patience was unrewarded. Then SEN
ator Pierce was asked to take the matter
in hand, and through his efforts those liv-
inr on the old Rice reservation have at last
been placed on On equality with other set
tiers as regard fling and proof. Faithful
public service and its resultant prominence
will-at least until the millennium ap-
:ypears-provoke jealousy and opposition.
But before any resident of the slope allows
his heart to grow bad towards the slopes
representative at Washington, peruse the
congressional record, study the list of
North Dakota appropriations, and then
pull Of his coat and work for the only man
from the Missouri Valley who stands any
show Of success-a man who, had the Unit
Cd States senate respected the wish OF his
constituents, would not now be put to the
trouble Of fighting for a re-electisn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-10-25

When Messrs. Gregory and McGahan
visited Mclean county, Casselman, the pro-
prietor of the Mail, came to them and said:
"If Havrevold makes a combination with
Satterlund, I want to go in with you fell
lows and put another ticket in the field, as I
am going to beat Satterlund. Dare Cassel-
man deny thiss Did he say that a boiling
convention had been held? No. But II"
don't like Satterlund and don't care how so
long as ne is downed. This alone is sufa-
Gent proof that no boiling convention was
held, and this conversation took place on
the Wednesday following.-Minot Journal.
Minot journal: Definition of Practical
is lamentable, but nevertheless true; nor
can there be any change for the better m
til people rise up in their might and abso-
lutely will it. Reishus was bound to get
before the people in some and has
succeeded. The people will show him that
they can deliver themselves from such ma
chine politicians as Havrevold who is con-
Quoting his campaign.
Bro. Copeland of the Washburn LEADER
in last weeks issue gives the inside facts
of the bolter's convention and nails the lies
that are being circulated by that mongrel
sheet known as the Mclean County Mail.
The show-up is mighty interesting reading
for those who understand the political sit
uation in this district. Cope gives the gang
all there is in it, as there was no occasion
for the holding of such a farcical conven-
tion.-Minot journal.
Towner News and Stockman: John Sat-
terlund of Washburn, received the republi-
can nomination for representative for
Ward and Mclean counties. James John
sol of Minot, was nominated for senator.
These are men who will add strength to the
republican ticket in that district.
Minot journal: The Washburn Mail is
trying to catch votes for Elder Reishus, ct
al, by working the old soldier racket. Say,
ME. MIL, Gudt WOut WOIA uoIos AoAonuS
had hardly left his mothers breast when
the war began.
Nearly every voter in the county received
a Mclean County Mail this week-paid for
by the bank, it is said. This is an iniic-
ton on honest people that should not be
tolerated-yet these papers all can be used
in a proper place.-Minot Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-10-25
Mclean County.

MLcl1ean County.
The Paradhe OF North Dakota A Half Minion Acreso OF Fertile Asteuhural Lands
stn open to ssthement and all undalad~ with imnnens veins Of Coal.
MCLEAN COUNTY isl situated OF the Missouri river, and adjoins Buleigh county
on the north. 1t coversa N area o. 1928 square miles, and contains 614120 acres of the
fnetq quality off farming land. The sol lis rich black loan, from eighteen inches 10
three feet in depth, with clay subsol, and is capable Of producing enormous crops Of
cereals and vegetables; it also has fine grazing and meadow lands, oking nuhdNous
abundance. 8#&
WASHBURN, the county seat admirably located, being on a beautiful plateau at
the big Bend" of the Mssour river and commanding al excellent view of the river
for sW1alm miles in each direction. Several mail and transportation lines divmge
from here, and it is the most important point IN the Bismarck, washburn 4 Coal
Harbor st@m-Packet Line. It is also the terminal point of the projected Aberdeen,
veyed the line ant securedt the right of way to Washburn. %
All kinds of building material excellent blue sandstone, good timber, and ne cMy
for brckmaking, can bel found lin the immediate vicinity of Washburn, and have been
used extensively by the citizens oft the county An excellent quality If brick, as we'll
as the best of lime, ARE manufactured o the outskirts o the town.
Washburn has! ga me courthouse n jail, two large hotels q substantially built
5nbarre flour MILL three general stores, q blacksmith and wagon shop and a number
of substantial residences. @ $500
OUR COAL FIELDS. A
Mclean county is noted for its extensive ooalf fields which underies nearly it's IN
tire area. n fact here coale enough IN Mclean county lone % supply the state
of North Dakota with fuel for half a century tits found in all parts in stratas vary
ing in thickness from three to fifteen feet and til is a matero of but a short time when
this coal will yield al immense revenue o III enmrpriang owners of the land.
wood M ooalo Of Mclean county offer the greatest Inducements &c settlers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-10-25

Minot journal: The Washburn Mail is
trying to catch votes for Elder Reishus, ct
al, by working the old soldier racket. Say,
Mr.. Mail, that won't work here. Reishus
had hardly left his mothers breast when
the war began.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

words New Jersey. The soldier thus
friends say that the artist has faithfully.
reproduced the celebrated soldier Gem:
eral Phil Kearney, who fell at the bat-i
tie Of Chantilly, Va, September 8, 1862.
He had made q great reputation as AM
Indian fighter before the civil war COM
menced, and his loss was severely felt
by the Union armies. One of the most
striking figures in the hall is marble.
statue, heroic size, of James A. Garfield,
contributed by the State of Ohio. At
the base of the artistic representation
Of the famous soldier, scholar and
statesman is bronze sword lying across
holsters. One of the finest pieces Of
sculpture, however, is contributed by
the State of New York, and represents
Robert Fulton, in sitting posture, with
q model of q steamboat in his hands.
His features seem to be intensely
wrought with thought concerning his
great invention and his eyes are riveted
upon the model before him.
The marble columns which surround
the room are made of Potomac marble,
and are oontributory to the wonder
land portion of the edifice. The guides
Of the Capitol have studied them and dis
covered outlined upon them, by nature,
the faces of some of the distinguished
men of our country. The wonderful
thing about it is that these faces are
discovered in the natural marble, and
are as unaccountable as the peculiar
echoes. Eli, the watchman in the room.
will show you a perfect image of Len
F. Butler in the column back of tho Full
ton statue. In another marble column,
near the statue of Garfield, there is the
semtlance of robed priest, joining q
man and woman in matrimony. There
are also in various portions Of the hall
the faces of Blaine, Lincoln, Conkling,
Banks and other celebrities. You may
presume or assume that these faces ap-
pear by the aid of lead pencils or other
artificial appliances, but it is not so.
just as the marble was cut in the quar-
ries, rounded and polished, these faces
stand forth, startlingly strange, and
with their presence wholly unaccount-
able.
When you come to Washington you
must see statuary Hall. 1t will be
wise for you to employ Capitol guide,
for you will be unable to see one hum
dredth part of the important things in
the Capitol without their aid; but you
will not need to ask your guide to show
you this wonderful hall. Almost the
first thing shown by the authorized
guides is Statuary Hall. There are many
wonderful things in the Capitol to
strangers, but after you have seen the
Senate and House, the great paintings
in the rotunda, the marble room, the
Presidents room and other gorgeous
things; after your mind has been filled
with sightseeing and your memory
surcharged with wonderful things to
tell the folks at home; you will find
that you dwell mainly upon the eighth
wonder of the world, Statuary Hall,
with its echoes, statues, telephone,
marble pictures, and the block where
the great statesman, Adams, fell, after
answering his name, during call Of the
House, "Here," on duty to the very last
day and hour Of his patriotic life.
SMITH d. FKY.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
MAY YET BE FREE,

A Writ of Error Granted in tho Case Of
Fielden and Schwab-Important Oues-
tion Raised.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 7.-Chief-Jus
tice Shope, of the Illinois Supreme
Court, has granted writ of error in the
case of Fielden and Schwab, the i'm
question of the right of the condemned
men to be personally present in court
when the decision of the State Supreme
Court was rendered may be determined.
The granting of the writ is duty de-
volving upon the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the State, and he
does so not because he is convinced the
rulings of the State court are incorrect,
but because he is not prepared to say q
Federal question is not involved, aid
because he desires to relieve the State
court of the odium of standing in the
way of allowing justice to be done.
This question has never before been
raised in the annals of the country, and
hence the action of the United States
Supreme Court will be eagerly awaited.
Should it decide that the right exists
to prisoners to be present in the
State Supreme Court when final judg-
ment is passed, then not only Fielden,
Schwab and Neebe get a new trial, but
Spies, Parsons, Fischer and Engel ille-
gally suffered the death penalty, and
every inmate of the prisons of the State
whose case has received an affirmative
judgment in the State court without the
prisoner being present in person has
been illegally imprisoned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
IA GRIPPE.

The secretary Of the Illinois State Board
OF Health Tells AL About the Grip
Boston suffered Most Heavily, But Chi
cago Underwent Disastrous Visitation.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. z.-Dr. John
A. Rauch, secretary of the State Board
of Health, has issued his quarterly
report and annual summary. DR..
Kauch says the epidemic of So
called influenza" was first recognized
in Boston December II, reaching Chi
cago about December %, and has ex-
tended from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and as far south as Mexico and Central
America, practically spreading over Eu-
ropeand large portion of North Amer
ica within ninety days; extending over a
greater area and with greater rapidity
than any epidemic of which there is
record. The secretary expresses the
belief that q careful study of the
history of the disease will discover
some communication incident to its
spread.
From the week ending December %
to the week ending February l 1,2OS
deaths in Chicago may be attributed to
this malady.
The course of the disease in New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Cincinnati and st. Louis is
followed and compared with Chi
cago, and the report says it is at this
time prevalent Throughout Illi-
nois. 1t has made it's appearance
at Charleston, S. c., but not at New
Orleans. The per cent. of the increase In
the death rate Of principal cities from
the time the disease manifested itself to
February 1 is given as follows: Bos-
ton, 2o7; Chicago, 1.12; New York, Isl;
Baltimore, 2.63; Cincinnati, $50; Wash
ington, .2os; Philadelphia, 1.02. A close
estimate of the mortality in the North
ern States from the disease of influenza,
50 far, is given as 10, 900 deaths.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
NINE KILLED OUTRIGHT,
Details of Sundays Horrible Railroad A.
cident Near Cascade, Ore.

Details of Sundays Horrible Railroad Ac-
cident Near Cascade, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 7.-The follow
ing particulars of the railroad accident
on the Union Pacific near Cascade Sun
day, in which nine men were killed and
eighteen wounded, have been received.
The train consisted of the engine, tender
and caboose, and had on board about
thirty-five laborers who were on the
way to clear the track. When the en-
gine had almost cleared the trestle,
which was about fifty feet in length. the
underpinning, supporting, and the Sec
ond and third bents were washed away
by the roaring torrent underneath, and
the tender, with the caboose and its oc-
cupants, we're hurled into the ravine
forty feet below. Engineer George,
when he felt that something
was wrong, looked back, and when
he saw the caboose swaying he
pulled the throttle wide open and
just succeeded in reaching the end
of the trestle, with his two back driv-
ingwheels hanging clear of the track,
as the caboose and tender went crush
ing to the bottom Of the ravtne. All Of
the men were killed instantly, and were
mutilated almost beyond recognition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
That Unusual Noise.

A.-What is the matter with you this
morning?
B.-I didn't sleep we'll last night.
There was an unusual noise in my room.
"Did it wake you up?"
eyes; any unusual noise wakes me
up" .
"What was the unusual noise?"
"Well, you see my wife never scolds
during the day, but stores up all her re-
sentiment, like this stored electricity"
"But you were speaking of an unusual
noise during the night"
"Just so. I'm coming to that. You
see I'm 50 used to her scolding that 1t
acts upon me like an opiate. As long ~
she jaws sleep like top"
"But what was the unusual noise?''
"Well, she began jawing and I.fell
asleep as usual, and would have slept
all right IL 1t had not been for the un-
usual noise"
s.What unusual noise?"
s'She quit talking. "-Texas Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
DEATH IN THE PIT.
Horrible Mining Disaster in an English
Colliery.

Horrible Mining Disaster in an English
Colliery.
LONDON, Feb. IA terrible explosion
occurred Thursday in colliery at
Abersychan, in Monmouthshire, by
which it is estimated $50 miners
lost their lives. Three hundred
miners were in the mine at the
time of the explosion, and no
communication could be had with them
for several hours. The first party
Of rescuers organized endeavored to PEN
citrate the pit through the old work.
ings. They got far enough to be able
to see groups of the dead, but they could
not reach them and were compelled to
retreat by the suffocating volumes
of sI1oke that rose in that direc-
ton. Upon the first appearance Of .
diminution in the volume of smoke reg
cuera went down the main shaft and
reached the scene of the catastrophe.
They rescued large number of miners
yet alive, but all very badly burned, and
they brought out sixty dead bodies near
ly all so mutilated that recognition was
impossible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
CAPITAL LETTER.
Statuary Hail. q Curious as Wen
as Historical Room.
Its Marvellous Properties ~ IN Echo
Chamber-Where j. @. Adams Died
and Clay and Webster Made
Great Speeches.
lSpeclal Correspondence

tSpecial Correspondence
Upon a white marble block in the
tiled floor of Statuary Hall, in the Cap
ttol, the eye of the visitor rests; atten-
ton being drawn to it by the unusual
sight of a brass circular plate embedded
in the stone. Upon the brass are the
raised words: "John Quincy Adams,
1S48. HERE"
After having served his country in
various elective Offices, including the
Chief Magistracy, John Quincy Adams
entered the House of Representatives
and there won the greatest and most en-
during fame of his life as the champion
of the right of petition" As men,
Der Of the House, his desk and chair
were located where now the marble tile
and brazen inscription mark the spot.
He died in the harness, having been
stricken upon this very spot, and carried
thence to the room of the Speaker,
where he died.
Statuary Hall was for many years oo-
cupied by the House of Representatives
previous to the completion Of the great
south wing of the Capitol where the
Representatives now meet annually. It
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
ENTERPRISING PAGES.
Little Fellows in the House and Son

Little Fellows in the House and SenatA
Who Make Money Collecting and Sell
ing statesmen's Autographs.
The pages Of the Senate and House
at Washington, are again doing thriv-
ing autograph album business. Hun
dreds of albums of all sorts and sizes are
being prepared for the seasons work.
These boys make twenty-five or more
dollars extra every month by getting
the autographs of statesmen. They
have albums of different styles every
day, and 60 from man to man asking
their autographs ''for my sisters al
bum," or for "lady who is visiting my
MOTHER" or for some other object.
The statesmen hastily scrawl their
names on the pages open before them,
and the boys sell their albums for q
round sum-say ten dollars for an al
bum containing the autographs Of the
members of the House and five dollars
for an album containing those of the
members of the Senate. These albums
are we'll worth the money which the
boys demand for them, too. 1t is inter
esting to study the characteristics of the
men from their chirography. John G..
Carlisle writes careful hand, like that
Of school-boy. 1t shows what manner
of man he is, for his character is delib-
erative and careful. Mr.. Holman, of In
diana, is an awkward, ungraceful man,
in external appearance, but his auto
graph is as neat and pretty as q woman
could make it. Senator Allison, Of
Iowa, always uses violet ink, and signs
his name as plainly and painstakingly
as though each letter were worth several
times its weight in gold, and not .
quirlicue must be lost.
Senator Edmunds writes E-s, all
the letters between the initial "E' and
the final 's' being condensed into q
quivering scrawl; but the capital "E"
and the final "s" are 50 perfectly made
that the on-looker can't help feeling
that Senator Edmunds is personally
careless and Intentionally SO in writing
his name. Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
is SO good writer that one wonders how
he ever became the great lawyer that he
Is, because great lawyers are prcverbi-
ally bad writers, from Choate down to
Fuller. Congressman Payson, of Illi-
nois, must have been q writing teacher
some time in his life, for he writes his
name in good Spencerian copy-book
style. There is character in every sig
nature, and the albums are worth buy
ing. S. D. F.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

FREDERICK II. PAGE says in the An
dover Review that the newspaper is the
cheapest thing in the world for value
received. and that modern society has
no class which, can not afford to come
under the influence of newspapers. Mr..
Page makes no pretentions to being
prophet, or the son of a prophet, but he
hits the nail pretty squarely on the head.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

A GREAT discovery is heralded from
Vienna. 1t is that the origin of the in
fluenza has been traced to germ to
which has been given the name of the
''bishop of bactlli" Many experiments
have been made with this object in view,
but up to this time with no success, and
the manner in which the disease was
communicated has never been satisfac-
tOrilY eXnlained
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13

Mr.. MERCER, member of the Cana
dian Parliament was believed to be
joking when awhile ago he offered bill
giving one hundred acres of land to
every father of twelve children who re-
sides in the dominion. But he got the
measure. passed, and it is now law to
be treated as seriously as any other of
the Canadian statutes. Fathers that
come under the provisions of the act
are already reporting in considerable
numbers, and, while there is no such
fecundity in Canada, perhaps, as pre-
walls in the tropics the Government is
likely to give away good many acres
of its public lands.