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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Ransom County Notes..

LISBON, N. D. Aug. 25.-Weatber cool
and fair. Hon. p. H.. Rourke was
badly injured by falling off q scatfold
while working on his new barn, in course
of erection. -. Ransom County's wheat
crop was out of Danger Of Jack Frost
when he called Sunday morning, but
those having cornsay d-n the smudges.
... Sheriff Quinn's barley PANIED out
sixty.five bushels to the acre. Were
in il ~. The new mercantile firm has
enlarged its capital from a Chicago price
list, and now sports two blackboards
and the same old price list. Offers to
order anything from soup to a porous
plaster. "Will call at your residence if
SO desired. ..A young lady from Buff
falo. N. Y, stopping with Mrs. s. @.
Bemis, was seriously injured Sunday.
The rear seat of the buggy tipped over
backward while driving over the rail-
road track, and she struck on her head.
Fears are entertained that she suffered
internal injuries. .. Wanted-a dozen
more threshing machines in this local
ity. . Jesse Rose is reported sick with
mountain fever. %. Note an interview
with w. Weaver, of Class County, yes.
terday; been down to Cakes looking for
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
.HilIsborO News.

H1L1sBoRo, N. D., Aug. 25.-Frost in
this section, from what reports we car
get, did little or no harm at all to crops
the county was completely smudged
Saturday night. 1T is nov reported
that Francis & Southland have pur-
chased the First National Bank build
ing. now occupied as the bank, for their
future Office rooms in Hillsboro. This
is in the best location in the CITY and
the most desirable property, and will
make fine Office rooms for Manager
Plunkett. ...I The wonder of the world
for gall came to our city on the 22d III
the dazzling MONDAY parade of the
Great English Circus. 1t would make
the most infamous patent medicine adj
vertising line in the space that lies be.
tween two eternities blush to a finish on
Markus and Pillsbury rules, to see the
gall, stride, makeup, stampede and
razzle dazzle imposition that they put
off on Riilsboro for q "g4and, dazzling
monday parade" The Oldest inhabit.
ants gall was ruled out, and to avoid
suicide, those who beheld the grand
razzle dazzle monday parade" had to
soothe them mental condition with total
abstinence from further sights.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Bad Circus Follower.

CHEYENNE. WYo., Aug. 24.-During
the street parade of the F~orepaugh
circus here seven burglaries we're
committed by the gang that came
with the show. They confined
their operations to the select resi-
dence quarter. and secured diamonds,
watches, jewelry, plate and sealskins
worth several Thousand dollars. A rail-
road man was set upon by five footpads
and, after q desperate struggle, over
powered and relieved of his gold watch
and 1910. He was then put into q box
car and the car sealed, but he escaped
by the end door and captured one of his
assailants. The police are failing all
suspicious characters, and one man
loaded with skeleton keys has been ar
rested. In all the burglary cases the
locks were picked.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Damage by the storm.

LONDON. Aug. 26.-It is feared the
full tale of the damage done by last
nights storm has not been told, and
there may have been considerable loss
of life off the coasts. This assumption
is to some degree based on the fact that
the telegraph wires are down in many
sections where wrecks are likely to oc.
cur, and that. in the Clyde at least,
a number of yachts r known to have
been driven ashore. 1t now transpires
that four seamen who were thrown into
the water when the steamer pinnace of
h. M. s. Pallas capsized, and who were
supposed drowned, were subsequently
rescued by a boat from one of the other
British wal shipe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
A nIflitfaman lmpa,ed.

FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. 2e.-Hardin
Davis, of Harrodsburg, a member of the
militia company on his way to the regi-
mental enoampment, jumped playfully
into the air for an apple, and in coming
down was impaled on the bayonet of q
comrade. The bayonet caught him be.
hind the right ear and went clear
through his mead, Davis is dying. He
was q member of the Buckler Rifles,
who were waiting for the train.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
THE UNCERTAINTY OVER.
Montana Az n

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-''The CATTLE
men of Montana are more than usually
prosperous this year" said G. M. Kirk
man, of Miles City, at the Metropolitan
mine shipped a trainload Of steers that
averaged $63 per head. If the prices
keep up to this notch, r raj 9h 4Sa will will
raising business, and I predict that be
fore long Montana will have o reputa
tion equal to that of any state in the
Union for producing horses that for
speed and other good qualities will be
unsurpassed"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Judge Ciaord,s Declination.

WATERFOWL, s. D., Aug. 26.-Judge
Clifford authorizes The Journal to say
that under no circumstances will he be
a candidate for congress this year. The
judge further says: II have been a
candidate before the people of South
Dakota every year since 1884, except
1887. L am tired of so much campaign.
ing. I am enjoying myself very much
attending to a little law business and
making garden, and intend to continue
to do So"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
The United States Pen.

GRAFTON. N. D., Aug. 24.-The citi-
ems of this town are somewhat stirred
up by the report that Senator Hans
brough has gone to Washington to get
the United States p~enitentiary, which
Senator Pierce had located here,
changed into a state insane asylum. A
Washington dispatch says that Senator
Hansbrough reports the United States
government appropriated $3.50, 900 for a
~penitentiary and when built it would
be turned over to the state, and that it
was not needed as the present state
~penitentiary at Bismarck was large and
had only a few inmates, while the
jamestown Insane Asylum was running
over with inmates, and he wanted the
institution here changed to an insane
asylum, and the secretary of the in
terror will see if the building can be
changed and the people be satisfied with
the change. The facts are this peniten-
tiary is not to be a state itstitq'
ton; the appropriation Is ff a
United States penitentiary, and
there is need of such a building. The
Northwestern States have for years used
a wing of the prison at Sioux Falls for
this purpose. When the Grafton prison
is completed the United States pris.
oners are to be transferred from Sioux
Falls and the wing turned over to that
State as a part of its p~enitentiary, while
North and South Dakota, Montana,
Minnesota, and perhaps other States,
will send their prisoners here for safe
keeping. The people here look upon
Senator Hansbrough's effort as a scheme
upon his part to defeat the construction
of any institution here. and vigorous
protests will be forwarded Secretary
Noble against any such changes as the
Senator proposes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Logan County Crops.

EDeE1EY, N. D., Aug. 21.-Crops are
promising good here. No hail here yet.
David Hinke lives thirty miles west.
and reports as follows: He threshed by
hand I've bundles of wheat, gotta quarter
of q bushel. Then counted the bundles
on an acre, and figured the yield at
twenty five bushels, but says he is sure
of twenty bushels per acre on forty.ive
acres. This seems to be a fair sample
of crops in Logan County.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Furniture Factory Burned.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Aug. &c.
The Worden Furniture Co.'s factory
took fire this evening and was totally
destroyed, with the exception of the
house. The fire originated in
some excelsior on the second floor. The
loss is $40, 900, chiefly furniture in
insurance, $45, 600.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
North Dakota Prohib. Organize.

JAMESTOWN, Aug. 21.-The organiza-
ton of the prohibition party for North
Dakota was effected here today. A state
central committee was formed with the
following members: 81. FL. Mott, Walsh
County; A. j. McGarver, Benson
County; W. A. Muir, Cass Comfy; M.
ID. Williams, Stutsman County: E. 81.
Wartham, Kidder County; E. E.
Saunders, Cass County; M. Ell. Kiff,
Cass County: Fl. A. Floss, Grand Forks
County; h. B. Richardson, Fulda.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Wheat Not Hurt Mt Devils Lake.

DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Aug. PA
great many reports estimating the
damage done in this county by frost
Saturday night have been exaggerated.
Very little, if any damage, was done;
even the most tender of garden truck
was not bitten. In some instances
house-plants that we're left out over
night were not frosted. It looks like
the bulls were trying to boom the mar
ket.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Tragedy nj Mansfield.

MANSFIELD. Ark, Aug. ga trag-
occurred near Waldron. Scott County,
Lewis Griffin, o constable, shooting to
death G. w. Farmwell. Griffin went to
Farmwell's house to serve attachment
papers and the men quarreled. Both
drew knives but were disarmed. But
Griffin got a pistol and killed Farmwell.
The murderer is in Jail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Gillian Battles Rage.

PARIS, Aug.2e.-The Ohilian legation
here received a telegram from Buenos
Ayres dated yesterday. saying: "a bat
tie was fought at Quintere today. The
congressionalists sustained heavy losses,
being placed between two fires. A de-
cisive battle is expected. B%almaceda's
army occupies advantageous positions. {"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29

thieves; no thieves; said he wa mad.
Will Worden lost q $40 overooat from
the Hotel Headquarters Office. i. John
Schouten, while starting smudges, mar.
rowly escaped burning up q couple of
sections of wheat. AS to the value Of
The Argus al an advertising medium,
nineteen applications out of twenty that
mentioned any paper mentioned The
Argus, but we miss those IS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Irvine Factory for Wahpeton.

WAHPEToN, N. D.. Aug. 2O.-L. Y.
Smith and John Mills of Minneapolis
are here for the purpose of locating q
flax tow mill and binding Irvine factory.
They will organize a company with a
capital of 800, 600, half of which will
be taken by citizens here. 1t will be a
paying Investment, located where the
material is produced, and where the
product will be consumed. Wahpeton
is to be congratulated upon securing it's
location,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Fre.t in Manitoba.

WINNIPEG, Aug. 26.-Frost in many
parts of the province last night, and in
southern Manitoba the mercury dropped
to % at Deloraine. Northwestern
Manitoba was also affected. The dam
age to crops cannot yet be estimated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Erie 4 Western Train Men Resume.

LIMA. o., Aug. 26.-This morningthe
Lake Erie & Western trainmen resumed
work and trains have since been going
out as usual. The men are promised
their overtime, as demanded, but the
company ask until Sept. I to put
the arrangement in force. Should it
not be forthcoming then another strike
is Threatened.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
boundary Survey Contract Approved.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. -Commissioner
Garter of the general land Office has ap.
proved tho contract with Sam Burdick
of Livingstone, Mont, for a survey of
the western boundary of Flathead In
dian reservation. liability. $1,7O0.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29

The court unanimously holds that the
above description is only an attempt at
q description, and that it is insufficient
as a basis of taxation, and that no valid
assessment was or could be made on
such a description. They say that the
description is not expressed in common
language, nor are characters and abbre-
viations employed such as are used by
coryeyancers in describing real estate,
nor do the people generally use such a
combination of words, letters and figures
in referring to or describing land. A
description of real estate is essential TO
is assessment. and there being no sui.
fcient description in this case, there is
no assessment, and consequently no tax.
On the tripl in the court below the in
validity of the tax deed was admitted by
the defendant, but as u condition pre-.
cedent to cancelling the anne and re-
moving the cloud on Powers land he
wanted his money paid for the delir
quent taxes to be refunded with so per
cent interest, The trial court agreed
with him ard rendered judgment &C
cordiugly. This is reversed by the su-
preme court on the ground that there
was no valid tax and it was error to re.
quire q repayment Of q worthless con
siderntiop expressed in the tax deed
Another point of great moment to the
taxpayers of the state wa also passed
upon. In this case it appears that the
board of county commissioners did not
assemble as a board of equalization at
til time required by statute. Judges
Corliss and Wallin hold that this fact
is fatal to the legality of the tax; that
the fact that the board of equalization
convened at a later date does not cure
the omission to meet at the time and
place fixed by law. They say that The
public is not chargeab]e with notice Of
any meeting of the board except that
designated in the statute. Judge
Bartholomew does not agree with this
part of the opinion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29

DR.. PRICES Cream Baking Powder is
reported by all authorities as free
from Ammonia, Alum, Lime or any
other adulterant. In fact, The purity
of this ideal powder has never bssn
questioned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Bottine.u County All Right.

Willow CITY, N. d., Aug. 24.-There
was no frost here, as predicted. Crop
in the southern part of the county nearly
all cut, and we will finish this week.
The crop is splendid. Tires hing viii
commence in about two weeks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Nine hundred viii walk Out.

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Aug. 26.-Nine
hundred men will be out by the strike
tomorrow in the works Of the American
Ak & Tool Go.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Fl NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of Important Events
of the Week in the North
western States.
Rollette County Blind Pig Caught.

RoIIette County Blind Pig Caught.
LAKoTA, Aug. 21.-Assistant Attorney
General Standish had Bush's blind pig
closed at Rolla, Rollette County, today,
and all the liquor seized. This is said
to be but a beginning of the enforce
ment of the law in this section.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29

Election for CANDLES Successor.
PIERRE, 8. d., Aug. 26.-Governor
Mellette has called q special election for
Nov. 9 to elect q successor to the late
Congressman Gamble.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Relief for Fnmilte. of Victims.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Mayor Grant
has appointed o relief committee, and
money for the families of the dead has
commenced coming in. One thousand
dollars has been received from Mrs.
Grain, owner of the building that COL
lapsed. She sends a letter saying she
wished she could give more for the fam.
lies of the dead. The coroner will be-
gin an inquest next Monday. The
mayor this afternoon received a letter
from the widow of Thomas Will
liams., of 1856 Vatick Street, n
of the victims of. the disaster,
in which she says she is too poor to pay
the exranscs of her husbands funeral.
The mayor wrote to the commissioners
of charities directing them to provide a
coffin, hearse and carriage, and to bury
the body in Calvary cemetery. The
announcement that the search was con-
cluaed and the last body taken from the
ruins had it's effect on the crowd, which
with morbid curiosity had slung to the
ropss that formed the lines. The people
went away and the overworked L lice
breathed signs of .relief. Several desc.
Late women, whose dead had not been
found, only remained behind. 1t was a
matter of surprise to all that there WAS
so large a number of missing. who
could not he accounted for. The theory
advanced was that the tierceness of the
flames, which ragsd for several hours,
had caused several of the bodies to be
consumed.
THE UNCERTAINTY OVER.
New YORK, Aug. 2G.-At last the
dreaded uncertainty is over. Every
inch of the black space where once the
fatal building stood has been gone
over, every bit OF the debris removed,
even to the sand under the flooring Of
the sub.cellar. When night approached
and the lights begun to twinkle here
and there, u solitary gas lamp was lit in
the center OF the block almost facing
the now vacant supulchre. Between
was a great pile of bricks, posts and
beams, and perhaps-who will
ever know-the ashes of men
and women lost and not found.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-08-29
Y R. Fl. COPELAND.
supreme Court Decisions.

Bismarck Tribune: Three more de-
sisions have been handed down in the
supreme court. One is the case of Ill
stad VS.. Anderson, on appeal from
Grand Forks County. The judgment
of the trial court is affirmed, the opinion
holding that "an order of reference re-
ferring an action to a referee with the
usual powers, warrants the referee in
making and reporting findings of fact
and conclusion of law"
The next case is Boss VS.. Northern
Pacific Railroad. up from Cass County.
This is a personal injury case, and has
had three trials, and this time the judg-
ment will stand as rendered. The
amount of the recovery is $50, 500.
In the matter of Powers VS.. Larabee,
up from Barnes County, the court has
made a very important decision, and one
that will have a far-reaching effect on
taxation matters in the state. Powers
property in Barnes County was sold for
alleged taxes of 1886, to Larabee. and in
due course of time Larabee received q
tax deed. Prior to the time of his re-
ceiving his deed, and subsequent to the
issuing of the tax sale certificate, Lara
bee paid the taxes assessed for the years
1887 and 1888. The sale for delinquent
taxes was based upon a description on
the assessment roll and tax list, as fol-
l0WR.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01
WHAT Is THE PURPOSE p

When woman twenty years of age
Is taken from house of ill fame and
sentenced to ninety days incarceration
In the House of the Good Shepherd for
having been an inmate of such a place.
what purpose, exactly, has the court in
mind? The report of such case ap-
peared in the GLOBES news columns
yesterday, and suggests the inquiry. Is
it the courts idea to punish her for her
otfense? If it is, why is any one woman
selected for this purpose? There are
many scores Of women equally guilty in
this city, and it does not seem to be any
more reasonable to select one offender
for an example than it would be to sen
tence one highway robber out of a
throng of such criminals who were
standing about. and the evidence of
whose larcenies was just as complete
and accessible.
Or is the purpose the reformation of
the offender? The court could not be
animated by any higher motive than
this. Anything which will count to re-
claim these poor women from the inev-
liable horrors of the traffic in which
they are engaged is worthy of COM
mendation and support. But will in
generation in the House of the Good
Shepherd for ninety days be of any
value to this or any other woman in this
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01

direction? There is no intention here
to pass any criticism on the manage
ment or efficiency of the institution.
But is there an authentic instance on
record of woman's having been in
duced to abandon life of shame by
the fear or the endurance of a term of
Imprisonment under the sentence of
any court? The instruction, the dis
cipline, and the example may all be
calculated to accomplish this. But
very few women continue in this trade
because they want to, whatever may be
their motives for embarking in it. In
generation in the House of the Good
Shepherd will not equip them with the
means of supporting themselves when
they have been discharged, or restore to
them their virtue or their lost names,
without which no avenue of honest in
duStry is open to them.
There are charities and effective agen-
cleS for every other sort of reformation.
But the bridge of signs seems the only
high road for rest, even in this age, for
sinners of this kind who are tired of
their lives.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01
WINTER WHEAT STATES.
Average Condition of the Crops in
This Group.

CHICAGO, March 31.-ThiS weeks
issue OF the Farmers Review will say:
Since our last report March there has
been considerable change in the condi-
ton of the crop throughout the winter
wheat states. This change has been by
no means uniform, the condition having
improved in some states and deterior-
ated in others. The crop has shown
the greatest improvement in Indiana.
Missouri and Kansas and the great
est deterioration in Illinois, where
the condition is 3 per cent
poorer than month ago. The
average condition in the whole
group of states shows a gain of five
ninths of per cent. The summary by
states, the percentage of condition COM
pared with an average, is as follows:
Illinois, Sc per cent; Indiana. 102 per
cent; OHIO, "a per cent: Michigan, 81
per cent; Kentucky, 80 per cent; Wis
conSin, 80 per cent; Iowa, So per cent;
Missouri, % per cent; Kansas, 104 per
cent.
The prospects for spring blowing
show that in Illinois, especially in the
southern part, blowing is progressing
finely, while in the more northern coun-
ties the land will all be ready for the
pillow in few days. In Indiana very
little blowing is being done. A week
of sunshine will set the plows going all
over the state. In Ohio a small amount
of blowing is being done on
the highlands, but the spring
is very backward. In Mich
lgan some blowing is being done in ia
yored localities, but in much of the state
snowbanks are still to be seen. In Ken
lucky blowing is good, although the
ground is i'll poor condition in many
places. In Wisconsin the snow is fast
disappearing, but little can be done be-
fore April Is. In Iowa a few counties
in the southern part of the state will see
the plows moving the first week in April.
In Minnesota and the Dakotas blowing
will be begun all the way from the 10th
of April to the 1St of May. In Kansas
the blowing is being done but snow is
still covering few northern counties.
In Nebraska considerable blowing is
being done. In some sections of Mis-
souri, the sod land is nearly all plowed
and the blowing of the other fields has
commenced
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01
CHEAPER suGAR TODAY

Sugar is to be cheaper to-day. The
trade in this section has adopted eight
cen pounds of granulated sugar for 81
as the present rule. This has come to
stay, so far as the duty is concerned.
No party will replace the tariff on it.
This is the reliance of the MCKINLEY
tariff people to sweeten their dose to the
popular taste. 1t is the feature of the
law that is most meritorious, as it re-
moves tax upon one of the great es-
sentials of life, which is used by all
classes equally. Still, the S60.0OO,OOO of
lost revenue will be made up in an in
direct way. The revenue commissioner
estimates that the sugar bounties this
year will exceed 100000. About
100000 of this will go South to the
cane sugar manufacturers, and the rest
be divided between the producers of
sorghum, beet and maple sugar.