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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
A Curious Case.

SUPERIOR, Wis, Maarh 6.-Isaac Nc
Michael, superintendent for the Eighth
district Of the Western Union Telegraph
company, o. @. Greene, superintendent
of telegraph for the Northern Pacific,
and H. G. Hope, superintendent of tele-
graph for the Omaha road, are here to
testify in the suit Of A. J. Angus against
the Western Union Telegraph company.
The company formerly had an Office in
Mi. Angus hotel at Pike Lake. and
when the instruments were removed he
claims the wires were not disconnected.
Last summer Mr.. Angus receiveda stroke
Of lightning, which he claimed was trans
mitted to his house by these wires. The
case has attracted much attention in tel
egraphic circles throughout the country
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
A B~loodthirsty Maniac.

CHICAGO, March 1l.-George Rlttham-
mel, who during a fit of temporary in
sanity shot and severely wounded his
wife and son several months ago, made
another attempt to kill his wife to-day.
They have been living apart and seeing
him approach her house Mrs. Rittham-
mel hurriedly barred the doors. The
husband fired q number of bullets
through the panels and then finding
himself baf1ed put the weapon to his eye
and sent a bullet into his brain. The
maniac fingered until tonight in great
agony.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
A Lone Hiehwaymsn.

REDD1Na, Cal, March THE eddinR
4 Weaverville stage was held up by q
lone highwayman tonight q few miles
from here. Express Messenger Ward
attempted to shoot the robber, but his
gun missed fire. The robber then shot
the driver, Edward Graham, in the right
side with Q revolver. Messenger Ward
fired q shot from his revolver at the rob-
Der, but the stage horses ran away and
it is not known If the shot took effect.
The stage had q large amount Of treasure
on board, but the robber got nothing.
Grahsm's wound 10 not fatal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
In Regard to Disarming Indians.

LII 1t6SNFu ~ D11dEulAuS IuuA0ISs
WASHINGTON, March 7.-Recently Cen
eral Morgan, commissioner of Indian af-
fairs, was requested by the secretary of
the interior to give an expression of his
views upon the communication of the
governor of South Dakota, urging the
disarming of Indians in that state. In
his reply General Morgan states: To dis
arm the Indians generally and leave the
whole body OF Sioux smarting under the
sense of hopelessness and wrong, would
tend to produce among them a wide
spread feeling of irritation, unrest and
distrust, disastrous not only to the peace
and prosperity Ct the Indians. but liable
in j self to bring about the very danger
which disarming is intended to prevent.
For, should the arms that they now
possess be forcibly taken from
them there is nothing either in the law
or in the habits of the people surround
ing them to prevent them from arming
themselves anew at the earliest oppor-
tunity by purchasing from the whites all
the arms and ammunition which they
are able to pay for. The prevention Of
future trouble lies, it seems to me, first,
in treating them justly and kindly; Sec
ond, in maintaining among them q we'll
disciplined, suitably paid, vigilant Indian
police force, and lastly, in keeping at OK
posed points q small garrison of,stroops,
sufficient in case of great emergency, of
maintaining order and protecting both
Indians and whites. In view of these
s sfsa;Ssd to sd1 therefore, sgs;ns ! ts feel general s =
disarming of Indians.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
A s~inRle-Handed Robbery.

KANSAS Cry, Mar. Another bold
robbery, the fourteenth of a like nature
within the month, occurred here to-day.
The victim was Mrs. j. Cook, the wife
of a working man. The robber burst in
the door after the woman's husband had
gone to work, forced the woman at the
point of q revolver to deliver over to
him all the valuables in the house,
and then made her serve him breakfast.
He escaped, and the police have no
clue.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Railroad Men Stealing Furs.

M1ssou1A, Mont, March 6.-Rost,
Tracey and Sheffelburger, three ex-brake-
men of the Northern Pacific railroad,
were arraigned and pleaded not guilty
to indictments charging them, in con-
junction with Conductor j. E. Lamb,
who has broken jail and for whom the
sheriff has offered a reward Of 900,
with burglsrizing freight cars and steal
$500. These furs were traced to st.
Paul where they we're disposed Of by the
men indicted, who were arrested as q re-
suit of an investigation made by detect
ives. They will be tried March 18th.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
agony.
Offer.

New YORK, March THE following
letter which has not yet been made pub
lie has been submitted to the Sherman
statue committee:
The letter has been unanimously ap-
proved by the committee, and the offer
of Mr. Emo was accepted. A resolution
was adopted by the committee that any
surplus subscriptions received for the
erection Of a statue shall be given to the
generals family.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
The six-Days' Bicycle Race.

DETROIT, Mar. THE six.days'
bicycle race, eight hours per day, ter
minated tonight. Ashinger and Read
ing came in neck and neck as the gong
sounded. The following are the totals:
Ashlnger, 733 miles and one lap; Read
ing, 733 miles; Martin, $50; Shock, Cos;
CLARK, 40. The best previous record
for 48 hours work is III miles, Ash
niger thus breaking the record by some
thing over 16 miles.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Tho Thayer-Boyd Contest.

LINCOLN, Neb., Mar. 6.-The supreme
court to-day overruled the demurrer in
the Thayer-Boy contest, and fixed Tues
day, the 10th, az the day for Boyd to
answer and show cause whyhe is entitled
to hold the Office of governor. Boyd's
attorney, it is related, will proceed to
Washington and endeavor to have the
case removed, to the supreme court OF
the United States on the ground that his
citizenship or non-citizenship involves
q federal question.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Miss Diehl's Friends Indignant.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Mar. 5.-The republi-
can incumbent still holds the Office Of
register of deeds contrary to the decision
of the court that Cora Diehl, farmers
alliance candidate, was legally elected
and is entitled to the Office. The far
mers' alliance men are very indignant,
and threaten to storm the Office and
force the vaults il peaceable possession
Of the Office is not given to Miss
Diehl.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Mrs. Bangs Dies in st. Paul.

ST. PAUL, March 11.-Mrs. George A.
Bangs, 20 years old, died in Minneapolis
last night, at the Northwestern hospital,
Of consumption. She came here q week
ago from her home in Grand Forks, N.
d., for treatment, and her husband is q
business man in that town. The body
was shipped to Grand Forks to-day. The
lady was born and reared at La Crosse,
VIII.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Senator Dubois ON the PAY Roll.

WASHINGTON, March Gan important
step has been taken in the settlement of
the contest over the seat of Senator Du-
bois of Idaho. His name has been put
on the roll of senators, and he will re-
ceive his pay as q duly elected United
States senator from that state. Senator
Edmunds says the law and it's preced-
ents sustain this action.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
What Congress has Done.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The total ap-
preparation for this congress will prob
ably reach a billion dollars. During the
Fiftieth congress 161 bills were vetoed,
and during the Fifty-frst congress IA.
Among the bills which have become laws
are these: The copyright bill, private
land court bill, postal subsidy bill, In
dian depfedations claim bill, timber and
pre-emption law repeal bill, customs adj
ministration bill, general land forfeiture
bill, bill to relieve the supreme court by
establishing intermediate circuit courts
of appeal, United States judges salaries
bill, Worlds fair bill, Wyoming and
Idaho admission bills, lottery and anti
trust bills, re-apportionment bill, immi-
grafton bills, bill to ratify agreements
with various Indian tribes and to pay
friendly Sioux 100000, to reduce the
fees of pension agents, to pay the French
spoliation claims, meat inspection bill,
bill to prevent importation Of adulterated
food and drink, live cattle and hog in
spection bill, bill appropriating 100000
for the improvement Of the
Mississippi river, to permit
alcohol without payment Of taxes; tor
relief of settlers on the Northern Pacific
railroad indemnity lands; to applly the
proceeds of the sales of public lands and
receipts from certain railroad land grants
to the support Of agricultural and indus
trial colleges; to amend the interstate
commerce act 80 as to give the commis-
sioners fuller powers in respect to max
ing inquiries; providing that applications
to purchase forfeited railroad lands shall
begin to run from the date of the restora-
ton Of the lands to settlement and sale;
to extend the time Of payment for public
lands in cases Of the failure Of crops; to
issue 1000 stands Of arms to North and
South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and
Nebraska; to enable the postmaster-gen.
eral to expend $4,000 to test the free
delivery system in small towns to create
customs districts Of North and South
Dakota and Puget Sound.
ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 6-The following
il an approximate statement Of the sp-
propriations made at both sessions OF
the Fifty-Arst congress, prepared by the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Two Wheeling Doctors Have q Long
Expected Encounter on
the Streets.
One Shoots the Other, Who Quietly
Walked into q Store
and Died.
The Murderer Walked to the Near.
est Policeman and Gave
Himself up.
A Cool, Deliberate Murder.

WHEELING, w. Va, March IA trag-
edy which has been long predicted oc-
Cured on Eleventh street to-day when
DR.. George Baird, one of the Oldest ply
sicians of Wheeling, and a man very
prominent in local politics and municipal
government matters, wa shot twice and
almost instantly killed by DR.. George I.
Garrison. The latter is a member of the
state board of health. The murder was
the outgrowth of a fued of more than a
years standing. Many threats of lynch
ing were made against the murderer.
The men met at the Second ward market,
and had some words. They separated.
Later DR.. Baird drove past
DR.. Garrison, who was standing
at Market and Eleventh streets. As DR..
Baird passed DR.. Garrison, he said to a
friend: "There is going to be trouble"
He then walked up Eleventh street and
stopped DR.. Baird at the corner of an
alley. The two talked for a moment and
DR.. Baird drove on about fifty feet and
alighted to see a patient. As DR.. Garri-
son cam up, he had a revolver in his
hand and said: "Take that back, Doctor"
DR.. Baird replied; IT don't have to take
it back, you n~iggaratied." Dr.. Garrison
then fred, and as DR.. Baird slowly
turned squarely toward him, Gar
rison fred q second time. The
ball took effect in Baird's left
eye, the first shot having entered
behind the right ear. DR.. Baird walked
into a store, and said DR.. Garrison had
shot him, took off his gloves and was
dead in ten minutes. DR.. Garrison
walked down the street, holding a re-
%volver, until he met a policeman, to
whom he surrendered. The men we're
on the best of terms until eighteen
months ago, WHEEL Garrison IA elected
health officer. Baird performed the
duties of the office, allowing Garrison
to draw the pay, and attend the lectures
in Baltimore. On being elected to the
second term, beating DR.. Baird's son,
there was a falling out, and Garrison
had Baird arrested for violating, the
health ordinance. This led to
q personal encounter last
knocked down. Since then Garrison
has threatened to kill Baird. DR..
Baird graduated in James G. Blaine's
class at Washington and Jefferson
college.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Fire at q Forks.

GRAND Forks, N. D., March 6.-An
incendiary fire early this morning de-
stroyed the Northwest News building,
the Iowa hotel and SINNERS blacksmith
shop, with almost their entire contents.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, 5000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
The Duluth Herald to be Sold.

DULUTH, March THE sheriff took
possession to-day of the Herald Office
and will sell the entire plant and fran
chises March 18th to the highest bidder
TO satisfy q $4,000 mortgage. The pa
per will be issued right along.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
A Brave Woman.

HALIFAX, N. s., Mar. 1.-The house
of John Babcock, Of Bay Roberts, N. F.,
was burned to-day. Mrs. Babcock went
through the flames six times for her
children, rescuing one each time, and
then had to leave one to it's fate and
jump, breaking one of her legs. She
and several OF the rescued children
were severely burned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Provinces.
Total.


xOL6l....... ......: AS
Thus giving the conservatives a majority
of "A. There are five constituencies to hear
from vet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
HON. JERRY SIMPSON


Tells a Farmers' Alliance Meeting What
He Knows.
EAsToN, Md, March 5.-The meeting
of the Talbot, Dorchester and Caroline
branches of the farmers alliance brought
many people to Easton to-day. Hon.
Jerry Simpson of Kansas spoke. He
said the alliance had fought and sue,
ceeded in beating Ingalls,. the man who
had kept the republicans in Kansas to-
Rether by pleading s%ectionalism. The
district Simpson will represent in the
next congress has 10000 voters. In the
convention that nominated him
there was no lawyer, only
two men with white collars
and nine with white shirts. Such q
convention in Kansas is close to heaven.
They had broken up the republican
party so that nothing was left Of it
barrel could not be built. He said
that there is not gold enough in the
world to fill the teeth of the people,
much less to furnish an adequate circu-
lating medium, which should not be
less thai $5U per cap1ta. IL may
be true that the farmers a buy as
much now with a gold dollar as ever,
it cost him, at least, three times
more of his product to get q
dollar than it ever did before
Last year Kansas corn, which cost p
cents q bushel to raise, sold for 13H
cents. It was cheaper than coal, al
though the coal miners we're starving
for bread. Simpson advocated govern:
ment control of the railroads. He said
the alliance members in the Kansas leg
islature had been offered from 5000 to
$4,000 apiece to vote for Ingalls,, but
not one could be corrupted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Ballotine in California.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 1O-The
first ballot in the state senate for Unit
ed States senator resulted as follows:
M. N. Estee, IL; Charles N. FELTON,, 2;
M. H. DeYoung, 4; D. Ostrom, (dem) 10;
scattering z.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
IN THE AssEMB1

SACRAMENTO, Gal, March 1O.-In the
assembly the vote for senator resulted:
belong 10, Estel 10, Blanchard 9, Eel
ton 6, Ostrom (dem.) Is, scattering ,16.
As there was no choice in either branch
Of the legislature, both houses will meet
in Joint session tomorrow.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
Tho Train County Records.

FARGO, March 6.-Judge Mcconnell
to-day dissolved the Injunction restrain
ing the removal of the Trail county rec
ords from Caledonia to Hillsboro.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-03-14
ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS.

WASHINGTON. MAJ. 6-The following
il an approximate statement Of the APP
preparations made Ut both sessions OF
the Fifty-Arst congress, prepared by the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-05-23
BreVitIeS.

A friend of Chambers told the JOUR
NAL few days ago that "John be-
longs to the young crowd" from which
it is presumed John has joined the
Bowery team, or is preparing to wear
the uniform of some lawn tennis club
a blazer and two boyish-looking russell
shoes.
The impression seems to be extant
among Frcstburg painters that the
Catholic church spire job, going to
a Cincinnati man, is a case of under
bidding. "And," they might add, of
cover climbing too"
The JOURNAL went down street
Wednesday with Homecoming parcel
looking verify like a large volume.
John Chambers mlstook the great
paper for a book agent canvassing for
the sale of the Life of Mr.. Pink
Whiskers, of Pocahontas," and wanted
copy at once for each ex-member of
the late Frank Brown club.
Thomas M. Wilson, of this place,
was struck on the nose by a car IN
Borden mine Wednesday, and he says
it was a square knock-down for the
car. The wound will likely leave a
scar
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-05-23
Great Missionary Effort.

An Ohio editor traded his paper for a
mule. There are other so-called editors not
thousand miles away who might follow his
example with advantage to themselves and
the public Homecoming Star.
This, of course, refers to the Reoieeo.
But there was drove (Which is a
collective noun although it does not
terminate with S, nor the sound of So
of mules which passed through Frost
burg the other day.
1t (the drove) was at first taken by
some misguided citizens to be a batch
(Which is also a collective noun of
fractional import, not ending in S, nor
the sound of So of Homecoming Star
subscribers.
1t turned out finally that the drove,
turning out Bowery and over and down
Welsh Hill, was going to the Iona
coming Star office to teach school.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-05-23
A Reliable Cooler.

Harry Robinson, meat merchant,
has lately put in his establishment an
equipment that every similar place
ought to have. 1t is what is called
the "Stevens Cooling Room" huge
oak chest whose exterior measurement
is by feet and feet inches high.
Besides its value as useful article it
is handsome piece of furniture for Il
shop. The walls are t inches thick
and constructed for non-conduct of
heat and cold. The storage space for
meat is about by 5 feet, and 6 feet
high. The attic is the ice-space, the
bottom of which is so arranged that
the temperature of the apartment can
be regulated at will. A large window
sash with perpendicular slide opens
at the OPERATORS hand, who need
not go inside whenever he wants
piece of meat. The room" not
only preserves perfectly the meat
it contains, but is very slow con-
sumner of ice-an item Of saying which
butchers value very highly. Selling
only the best of meats at all times,
Mr.. Robinson's latest addition to his
establishment ought to inspire all who
deal with him with renewed confidence
in his care for his patrons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-05-23
"A Daring Painter.

The JOURNAL has been in SILVER
all week looking at Clarence E. Ward,
of Cincinnati, painting the spire of St.
Michael's church. Monday afternoon
he went up into the highest interior
point, broke through the slate roofing,
fastened one end of his rope to the
timbers inside and threw the other out
side. He came down and by block
and tackle deyice drew himself up
and further secured his safety by
throwing a rope around the base of
the lofty cross, climbed over the last
projection, assembled to the summit of
the cross, took off the tip of the light
ning-rod and brought the latter to
earth as trophy of his skill and
daring. The tip, once struck by
lightning--a stroke which the JOUR
NAL witnessed, is dulled and bent.
showing that the electric fluid had
fallen with great force.
Tuesday and Wednesday Mr.. Ward
was engaged painting the pretty
windows which jut out from the spire.
The suspended seat upon which he
sits is easily managed, its occupant
being able to move around the tower
as he wills at any height. When at
his greatest attitudes he sings and APP
pears to be amused at the apprehen-
sion manifested by the hundreds OF
uplifted eyes which look at his lofty
gyrations from all over town.
He expects finally to gild the cross
and to replace the rod with new tip.
The summit Of the cross is It's feet
from the ground.
Ward is man of medium weight
and pleasant address. He says this is
the 474th spire he has assembled and
worked upon. The highest is in Gin,
cinnati-2S7 feet, or 100 feet higher
than st. Michaels. OF this he ha.
a photograph-himself standing or
the pinnacle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-05-23
Personal.

Gus. VIM. Zeller, the barber, is out
again after spell which scared his
friends, and he will soon be in full
charge of a tonsorial establishment
which makes speciality of clean
towels.
Postmaster Walker went to Parkers-
burg, W. Va Monday night and re-
turned Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Walker returned with him after
several weeks stay with their daughter,
Mrs. Eva NJ. Dis. While there Mr..
Walker was compelled to send her
several instruments of Frostburg water,
the Ohio river product not agreeing
with her. Others out there tried it
also, and it has come to pass that
Frostbulg water has gained quite a
name for health-glving properties in
the region roundabout.
LIZ. Sadler, baker and confectoner,
is recovering from protracted attack
OF jaundice.
C. o. Towles, Lonaconing's popular
photographer and an all-round clever
man man who cannot get along with
out the JOURNAL, was in this office
Thursday and "read his title clear" to
another years reading of the great
paper.
Misses Belle and Emma White, of
Cumberland, spent last Sunday with
Mrs A. F. Parker.
David Sloan, of Homecoming, was
in town "Wednesday.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-05-23

The experience of the people OF
Frostburg during the current drought
ought to teach the necessity Of sprink.
ling the streets. With water to do il
with it is almost criminal folly to sub,
nit to the annoyance. damage and
disaster of dust. 1t can be easily and
cheaply prevented. A man, a sprink-
ling cart and team can keep down a
dust storm.
Why not test the Feasibility of the
scheme to get a sprinkler
Now is good time--the best time
in fact.