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The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Sargent County: R. A. Oandor, oi
TCogswell, has purchased carload OF
sheep Fred Katchem, near Havana.
has the typhoid fever. !. Much wheat
is being received at Havana Several
cases of.scarlet fever at Forman. 90.
Harlan has Q new paper with I. B. Hur.
lev as editor. ). Green goods circulars
are being received by good many peo'
ple in this county. -. The Item says
that State Senator Haggart will be Q
candidate for Senator Casey's
seet. Mrs. B. Ronning, while picket
ine Q COW at Milnor, became tangled up
in The rope and had both bones in one
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Rolette County: Thomas and George
Hesketh are building joint residence
north of Rolla. There is much com.
plant at Rolla in regard to the delay
Of mails. :. i. Section Master Kyllo started
quite prairie fire while attempting to
burn fire. break on the Great Northern
night of way. The Makee Bros. have
secured q band of $50 sheep. 4. /. The
La France Bros. raised 8. 75O bushels Of
wheat from 1O4 acres, which was sowed
with % bushels of seed.
Griggs County: Cashier Curtis is
having q new hardwood floor laid in the
bank building. .. j. q. Mulroy says
that his wheat averaged 80 bushels to
the acre. Ed Michaels is having Q
story and half barn, 28x48 feet, built
On: his farm. :. Many additions are be.
ing made to residences in Cooperstown
S., There are three commissioners to
be, elected here this fall. !. William
Kingsley cleared 500 per car by ship
ping his wheat, instead of selling it at
5Coopekntown.: -
b Barnes County: Scarcity of men is
putting back threshing !. Mr.. and
Mrs. SHELTON, Of st. Paul, have been
hunting at .Sanborn:. Mrs. Shelton is
said to be quite expert with the rifle
!. Commissioner Hans Oppegard says
! hisS wheat averaged 81 bushels !. Judge
.DObbin has. had o severe attack OF
strangulated hernia, but is now better
. ~, ~. %. g. N. d. N. a. expect to give
. bail Dot. 28. "A. 2. Bunks has been
appointed local agent for the 500 at
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Morton County: Il. r. Lyon secured
an average of 344 bushels of wheat from
his Taylor farm. The First National
Bank Of Mandan has subject to check
$151, 900. One farmer is going to
make thorough test of winter wheat
and winter rye. :. Miss Edith Palmatier
was thrown from horse and had her
shoulder dislocated i. !: The Inter Ocean
Hotel has been sold to Joseph Hagar
and w. 8. Barrows. The average
yield of wheat in the vicinity of New
Salem is said to be thirty two bushels.
3. ). The postal reoeips Of the Mandan
Office were $788 "a for the past quarter,
an increase Of 81 per cent.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Burleigh County: The Bismarck Set
tier says that travelling blind pigs are
frequenting that city. -. The Burleigh
County election booths are being made
of pine. /. The name of Menoken sta
ton has been changed to Burleigh. -.
Captain Gleason, with nine men and
one team, dug and picked up LOO
bushels of potatoes in one day 90. Gerald
Pierce is selling large tracts of land
around the city. :. The Peoples oonven-
ton nominated Captain Morehouse for
commissioner in the Second District. 80.
A son of Mr.. Houghtaling, near Ster:
ling, fell from wagon and had his leg
broken.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24
NORTH DAKOTA.
Interesting Condensed News from
Over the State by
Counties.

Wells County: W. O. Heron has re-
turned home with some fine sheep.
Funds are on hand to redeem Wells
County warrants to No. 566. !. The New
Rockford Roller Mill has been com.
pletely overhauled.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Kidder County: @. 81. Dyer has de-.
cided to return to Steele. Professor
Burnham is editing an educational COL
nmn in The Ozone. The Dawson
Times is publishing some good outs of
county farm buildings. =. Three ears of
hunters have recently been sid lacked
at Dawson. Ill. O. Rhoades secured
800 bushels of fax from 30 acres, and
says he would have got 100 more had it
been cut in time.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Eddy County: The New Rockford
Transcript has put in an engine as we'll
as a power press. /. i. Herman Schmidt
threshed 40 acres of wheat which av.
eraged 80 bushels. .Sheyenne, in this
county, is having a boom. Hunters
are very plenty and securing lots Of
geese.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Ward County: Land Office Inspector
Harland has returned east. Morris
Mayo has been adjudged insane and
sent to the asylum. Star in the West
Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, has passed ap.
propriate resolutions upon the death Of
Ernest G. Triple.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Bottineau County: The Free Lance
tells of sheaf Of oats 81 feet high; the
grain must have been z feet tall before
being cut. james Fleming objects to
the Turtle Mountains being turned
into park. This county elects three
commissioners this fall.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

LaMoure County: The blackleg has
broken out in Leo Wright's herd. near
Red Lake. The new Northern Pacific
wheat warehouse at Edgley has been
completed. W. j. Lewis speaks in the
highest terms of the management of the
Cass County fair.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Stutsman County: Arrangements
are being made to organize an Odd Eel.
lows Encampment at jamestown. :.
Hon. Alfred Diokey is spending q few
days at jamestown. ID. @. Griffin
claims there are five saloons running
openly in Jamestown.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Mcintosh County: Three buffalo
passed within sight of the city of Ash
ley the other day and were chased some
distance by settlers. until it was too
dark to follow them longer. 90. The
heavy rains have damaged wheat and
fax both in shock and stack. "A deer
was seen near Kisslingburg Springs the
other day.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Cavalier County: The Milton Globe
says: '"You don't have to stack or
thresh Sheep. Mr.. and Mrs. D. F.
Humphreys were given a surprise and
two handsome upholstered rocking
,hairs before their departure; the pre-.
.sentation speech was made by Hon.
Fred bennett. Complaint is made
that the sidewalks in Milton have not
yet been laid to the school house.
The Washburn leader., 1891-10-24

Towner County: Cando is complaining
bitterly of poor mail service. 4. Editor
Sibley has been very ill :. .. There was
2,44S. 800 pounds Of freight shipped
from the Cando station in September of
this year against 522. 600 pounds in the
same month last year; the receipts were
1864 600 pounds against 387, last
years. The furniture has arrived for
the new school house at Bisbee.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
Awful Holocaust.
OVER A HUNDRED KILLED
RESULT OF A MINE
EXPLOSION.
There Is Not n Soul Left 10 Tell the
Story--Causcd by the Ignition
Of a Miners OIL Lamp.

At Scottsdale, Pennsylvania, by an ex-
plosion of fire-damp in the Mammoth shaft
of the u. G.. Fricke Coke company IL
sturdy miners were ushered into eternity
and numter seriously injured. The ex-
.plosion occurred shortly after o O'Clock,
and it is supposed was the result of the
ignition of u miners oil lamp. The after
damp, which followed the fre-damp ex-
plosion, suffocated nearly every workman.
A few men realizing the fearful situation,
fell TO the ground, thereby preventing the
gas striking them. There is not
n soul left to tell the story.
The persons not killed are in
such critical condition tnat their deaths
are momentarily expected. Up to this
writing seventy bodies have been recov-
cred, oil without sign of life. The fro
which broke out after the explosion was
soon extinguishod by the immense fans,
which were put in operation. The gas
has about all been driven from the pit and
the work of rescuing the entombed miners
has been commenced.
General Manager Lynch of the H. q.
Fricke Coke company is on the scene help.
ing to devise means TO rescue the persisted
workmen His assistance is invaluable, as
he has many years experience in mining
operations. The mammoth plant en-
braces 500 ovens, one of the largest plants
in the coke region, but it is hard of access.
1t is situated near the United w orks. where
an eyplos on recent y destroyed the entire
shaft
The affair has cast a COON over the en-
tire coke region, and hundreds of miners
are focking to the scene of the disaster
offering assistance. The appalling loss OF
life in the Dunbar disaster is more than
overshadowed by the destruction OF life in
this Mammoth calamity Language is
too weak to describe the scenes at the
mines. Hcrror is piled on horror. The
news spread throughout the entire coke
region with great rapidity and everybody
was awestricken. The collins have already
been ordered from Mount Pleasant under
takers, and it is understood that the Fricke
company, the owners Of the plant, will
bear the expenses of the same. The only
man who escaped from the fatal mine was
Mine Boss Eaton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
A MAN-OF-WAR FOR CHILLI.
The Navy Department Orders the
Charleston TO Go There.

The continual alarming condition Of af-
fairs in Chill has forced our State depart
ment authorities to the conclusion that al
American man-of-war must he sent at
once to those waters for the protection of
our interests. The matter has been al.
lowed to drag along for several days in
the belief that the troubles would calm
down, but the reports Yesterday, showing
that fighting is now going on, put more
serious aspect on the case. 1t Is now high
time that vessel was en- route there, aud,
as it is evident that the San Francisco
cannot get away from the Pacific coast for
at least another month, chiefly because
her ammunition cannot be procured, the
officials have reached the conclusion that
the Charleston is the only vessel available
for this purpose, and the probabilities arc
that she will proceed direct to Chill after
landing the remains of King Kalakaua.
There is also some talk of sending the
Mohican, now at Honolulu, with her, but
this could not well be done until the Iro-
quois had returned there from Samoa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
NOT AFTER RECIPROCITY.
Secretary Blaine Denies Rumors Of
Deals with Canada.

Representative Baker of New York al
dressed the following letter to Secretary
Blaine:
1t is reported in the newspapers in Can
ala and along the northern border of my
State. where my constituents are deeply
interested in the subject, that negotiations
are going on between this country and
Great Britain with a view to partial re-
ciprocity with Canada, including natural
products only and not manufactured; and
it is stated that Sir Charles Upper is ON
his way here as a Commissioner TO nego-
tate for such modification to our tariff. /
would be glad If you would enable me to
answer my constituents.
Secretary Blaine made the following
reply;
Dear Mr.. Baker: authorize you to
contradict the rumors you refer to. There
are no negotiations whatever on foot for
reciprocity with Canada, and you may be
assured that no scheme for reciprocity
with the DominioH confined to natural
products will he entertained by this
government. We know nothing of Sir
Charles Tupper's coming to Washington.
Very truly yours
JAMES g. RIAIxrp
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07

A Columbus, o., secpial says an inves-
tigation into the cause of the shutdown of
the supply OF natural gas in this city being
conducted by the Board of Public Works
shows that the Central Ohio Natural Gas
company, owning the franchise, lost &c.
900 tho year tine lines were in operation,
md that an Investment representing over
81, 000, 900 In the shape of pipes, dry wells,
ETC., was dead loss on account of the loss
of supply. The testimony shows that
there was no scheme behind the advertised
failure Of the gas, and further investiga-
ton will be dropped.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
WHAT MR.. BLAINE WANTS.
The Toronto ''GIobc'' Says he Favors
Unrestricted Trade with Canada.


The Toronto ''GIobc'' Says re Favors
Unrestricted Trade with Canada.
The Toronto Globe publishes the cores
pondence on the reciprocity question be-
tween Secretary Blaine and Mr.. Baker,
and in an article on the subject says:
Reports set ahoat from Ottawa to the
effect that the United States government
had made trade proposal and that the
alleged proposal was only confined to re-
ciprocity in natural products have re-
ceived an effectual quietus. Our Wash
ington correspondent, speaking on good
authority, that, short time ago, Sir Jul
ian Pauncefote, acting as was believed,
at the instance of Sir John Macdonald, be-
gan to throw out feeleis to the State de-
partment at Washington for reciprocity
treaty of some sort. In a purely Informal
manner Mr.. Blaine stated that the United
States government was prepared to treat
with Great Britain for treaty with Can
ada on the basis of unrestricted trade, but
that it was not ready to discuss any prop
osition which fell short of that.
''This is the whole story of the trade
proposal said to have been made by the
United States government and which the
Canadian ministerial journals announced
had been referred to by England. Mr.
Blaine's letter to Mr.. Baker emphasizes
the fact that nothing whatever, formal or
otherwise, is now in progress between the
two governments relating to any trade
relations with the United States, and none
will be entertained by the authorities at
Washington unless it goes beyond natural
products ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
FOUL CRIME IN MICHIGAN.
The Made Body OF n Girl Found IA
Grand River.

As two farmers were crossing Grand river
ten miles south of the city of Landing,
Michigan, they discovered the nude body
of young girl lodged in the branches of
tree which had fallen across the stream.
The body is that of a handsome girl, not
over fourteen years old, of slender
figure and diminutive stature, with
dark brown eyes and hair.
The throat bears marks made by pressure
of fingers, while the body appears as if 1t
had been tightly wrapped in blanket or
quilt. DR.. Hill of Dimondale testified before
the coroner's jury that death was caused
by ,trangulation and that criminal as
sault preceded the murder. He further
testified that death had occurred not to ex-
coed forty eight hours before the discovery
of the body. The spot where the body
was found is some twenty rods from the
highway running between Dimondale and
Mason, the county seat of Ingham county,
and it is believed that it was carried to tho
river from this road.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
AGITATED FINANCIAL CIRCLES,
National Farmers Alliance Statistics
on the Growing Wheat Crop.

National Farmers Alliance Statistics
on the Growing Wheat Crop.
Financial circles are agitated over
report made by q committee of the
National Farmers Alliance to the annual
convention of that order now in session
concerning the consideration of the wheat
crop for 81. The committee was secretly APP
poin ted two months since and instructed to
secure accurate information concerning the
growing crop and the features Of inn
portance thereof. The statistics collected
comprise the wheat crop of California,
Colorado, Washington, North and South
Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Kansas,
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The report estimates the growing crop at
10, coo, 900 bushels less than the govern
ment figures, and asserts it to he in much
less promising condition than represented
by government officials. The information
was obtained at great expense to the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance for the use of the
organization and is positively AZ
clfate
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
TWICE IN THE CABINET.
His Services In the Administrations Of
Presidents Garfield and Harrison.

VIM. Window was born in Belmont Co.,
o., MAY 10, 1927. He received an academic
education and studied law at Mount Yer
non, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in
1850. In 1852 he became prosecuting at
torney for Knox county, but in 1855 he re-
moved to Minnesota, and soon after he
was chosen to Congress from that State
as a Republican, serving from 1889 TIL
$50 In that body he served two terms
as chairman of the committee on Indian
Affairs, and also was at the head of the spe-
cial committee to visit the Western tribes
in 1868, and that on the conduct of the
commissioner of Indian affairs in 1867. In
1870 he was appointed to the United
States Senate to fill the unexpired term OF
Daniel s. Norton, deceased, and he was
subsequently chosen for the term that
ended in 1877. He was reelected for the
one that closed in 1858 and resigned in
1851 to enter the Cabinet of President
Garfield as Secretary of the Treasury, but
retired on the accession of President Ar
thur in the same year and was elected by
the Minnesota Legislature to serve the re-
mainder of his term in the Senate. In
that body Mr.. Window acted as chairman.
of the committee on appropriations. foreign
affairs, and transportation. He was APP
pointed Secretary of the Treasury by Presi
dent Harrison and has since served in that
capacity.
When news of Secretary Windows
death was communicated to the President
he was so shocked and overcome by the
sudden announcement that he was unable
to say anything with respect to the loss
he has suffered
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
AT WINDOWS HOME.
The wife Of the Dead Secretary Pros
trated by Grief.

Flags float at half.mast on the White
House and the departments this morn
ing, and there is an unusual exprc sion
of grief in official as well as in pr-
vate circles over the death of Sccre-
tary Window The President and MEM
bers of the cabinet are here in con-
sultation and the official announcement of
his death viii be issued shortly.
Owing to Mrs, Windows condition due
10 the shock the President and the men-
beers Of the cabinet present concluded that
it would be best to have the remains of
the dead Secretary sent to Washington as
soon as possible, in order to obviate the
necessity of Mrs. Window going to New
York.
The news Of Mr. Windoin's death was
the subject of general conversation us the
House and Senate assembled.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07

SECRETARY "iNpo''' the first OF several
who ran to Mr.. WINDOWS aid. They
found him apparently unconscious. They
lifted him gently and carried him into an
ante-room, where several physicians pro-
ceeded at once to his assistance, but it was
found that he was dead.
The great assemblage at once dissolved
Mr.. Window had been the only speaker,
and the sentiment to which he responded
was; "Our Country's Prosperity Depend
ent Upon Its Instruments of Commerce.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
THE WRIT OF PROHIBITION.
MiIlcr's Reply TO the
Canadian Government


At Washington, d. G. the brief of At.
torney- General Miller in reply to the APP
plication of the Canadian government for
a writ of prohibition in the case of the W.
p. Sayward, libelled for catching seal in
Behiing Sea forty-nine miles from shore
was fled with the Supreme court.
The position of the United States govern
ment is thus stated briefly: The govern
ment of the United States opposes the
filing of the petition for writ of prohi-
bition to tho District conrt of Alaska in
this case for the following reasons
That the Supreme Court has no power
in any case to issue writ of prohibition
to the Sitka court, because it is not a Dis
trict Court of the United States, being
merely territorial court. He argued
further that the question of jurisdiction of
the Alaska court, which the petitioners
seek to present cannot DO raised on the
record of the admiralty proceedings on
file with the Supreme Court; because the
face of these proceedings shows jurisdiction
in the ALASKA court, and after sentence
in such causes, prohibition Twill not
issuen
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
After The michigan Central.

A dispatch from Lansing says the rail
roads were given another whirl in the House
Representative jackson introduced n
bill providing that under the terms of
the charter granted the company in Is46
the State has decided to purchase the
Michigan Central railroad and all its
property and stocks. The governor is
authorized to act for the State in concud-
ing the purchase. In case the State and
the company cannot agree upon the mar
ket value of the stocks the Supreme court
is authorized to fly price.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
ASLEEP FOR MANY WEEKS
Remarkable Trance State of !:
Year-Old Indiana hoy.

At Columbus, Indiana, last March
Jesse Street, aged IL years, fell from
building, receiving spinal injuries which
confined him to his room for several weeks
Eventually he recovered his usual health
Last May his father left for Illinois to en-
gage in work and the lad was much dis
tressed over his departure. The night of
the 2Sth of that month he would not go
to sleep until his mother promised
to wake him up when his father
came. From that hour until
late in June he continued to sleep and
during the interim he swallowed but a few
spoonfuls of food. Several times during
this period no was supposed to be dead,
but when placed In a coffin he would move
and attract the attention of the family.
After recovering consciousness he told his
people that he had been to Heaven and
that he had looked upon his father at work
in Illinois. He described exactly what his
father did there and in many other ways
surprised his attendants by the accuracy
OF his information. After this he continued
In fairly good health until one week ago
when he went into heavy and almost
lifeless slumber. Frequently his breath il
hardly observable and there are indica.
tons Of death. The case is attracting
great deal of attention from the medica
fraternity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
Engine and Caboosc, smashed.

While an engine on the c., d. & Q.
railway was returning from Maxon to AL
bia with five laborers on board 1t collided
with the rear end of a freight train stand
ing ut the Abba depot. All the men on
the engine jumped, and the engine, hav-
ing been reversed, started back, drawing
the crushed cabooso with it. The wild en-
ginc ran to Dudley before the steam gave
out, but fortunately the track was clear.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
COSTLY PICTURES DESTROYED
Collapse Of Omaha's Art Association
RuiIdIng-Ruined Masterpieces.

The building occupied by the Western
Art association in Omaha, Nebraska, as
temporary exhibition hall was wrecked
by the walls giving way. 1t was three
story brick, and the many costly pictures
of the association, numbering some Of the
mo ST. noted works OF art in the world,
were mixed with the debris. The damage
cannot he estimated, but will amount to
many thousands on pictures alone.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07

as the Secretary con-
cluded his speech at
the Board Of Trade
dinner he grew death
~ pale, his eyes shut
and opened spasrnodi-
cally, and he fell inert
on his chair. Thence
he slipped to { h Q
fcor, where he lay
anco II $ cious. The
most intense excite
|ment immediately en-
sued. Judge Arnoux,
.ex-Secretaiy' Bayard,
and Capt. Snow were
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07

Tho Central Lodging house at San
Jose, California, burned. There were
sixteen people In the house John
Foley and Charles Nord were burned to
death, ahd one other person was injured.
Several shops In front Of the house were
destroyed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07
WIN DISCUSS Annrchisn,.

From Bcrne 1t is reported that the
bundesrath, or federal council, has been
officially notified of the intention of the
powers to hold an international congress
here during the present year, when tho
subject Of anarchisn will be fully dis
cussed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-07

The special committee of the I'LL
nois House sent to Columbus, Ohio.
to investigate the charge that Representa-
tive Tau ,eneck of that body was at one
time an inmate of tho Ohio penitcntiary
under the name of Rodgers have com
pleted their investigation. They report
that the evidence proved conclusively that
Taubeneck and Rodgers are not the same
man.