The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-12
"a, a stringent prohibition bill, framed
nm fhat now in force in Iowa.

"a, a stringent prohibition bill, framed
on that now in force in Iowa.
O. P. Huntington writes to a man in
Texas refusing to build any railroads in
that state because of the hostile policy
adopted toward railroads there.
AT Menominee, Wis, & Ole Fossum.
q prominent citizen, has been arrested
for irving to falsely obtain So, 600 from
the Odd Fellows Mutual Company.
The st. Paul convention hustlers are
doing active work in Washington and it
| is conceded on all sides that the SANITY
| City stands q good show in securing the
prize.
Indians at the Cheyenne Agency
have notified the agent that they in.
tended to make an attack on the set ilerc,
tect the whites.
Dennis Hannain, of Bismarck, while
walking down a st. Paul street on Mon.
day evening, slipped and sustained q
fracture of the leg. He was removed to
the city hospital.
Luther 8. Dixon, ex-chief %jvstice of
the supreme court of Wisconsin, and
one of the most eminent attorneys in
| the history of Wisconsin, died at his
home in Milwaukee yesterday.
Oscar Weirauch was arrested in New
York yesterday for sending a letter to
Conrad Harris, a retired merchant,
threatening to kill him if he did not give
him $500. Weiranch is insane.
William Dean Howells will retire
from Harpar's Magazine on the first day
of January and take editorial control Of
| The Cosmopolitan Magazine conformity
with John Brisbane Walker.
Prof. W. b. McCubbins, a prominent
citizen of Maysville, Ark, last night
shot and killed his wife and then turned
the pistol on himself with fatal results.
The double tragedy was on account of
jealousy.
It is asserted that Rev. J. II. Oech-
tering, rector of st. Mary's Catholic
Church at Fort Wayne, Ind, has been
! selected as bishop of the diocese of La
Crosse, Wis, to succeed the late Bishop
Flasch.
The Union Pacific Railroad 90.
took active steps in the courts Saturday
| to recover some of the securities placed
by it in the hands of Field. Lindley,
| Wiechers & Co., and rehypothecated by
that firm.
The United States supreme court has
postponed until the second Monday in
January the hearing of the cases Of
Fielden and Schwab, the Chicago
anarchists now imprisoned at Joliet,
Ill for completely in the Haymarket
riots.
Returns have been issued by the Ga.
~olSor no~oSrs1n 4rav ~ opt oh@wn~~
the total debt of the dominion on the
revenue declined $105. 400 last month
owing to the removal of the sugar du.
ties.
The centenary of the death of Mozart,
the composer, was observed throughout
Austria Sunday. Many musical festi.
walls marked the day. A performance
of Mozart's opera, Don JUAN" was
given at the Imperial opera house in
Vienna,
Adolph A Pier. q resident of San
Francisco, is reported missing. He left
New York Sept. 80, and a letter dated
Philadelphia was received from him
shortly after. saying he was going to
Chicago. Since then nothing has been
heard from him.
The exports of specie from the port of
New York during the week amounted to
$619, 119, of which 1897, 600 was gold and
1857, 819 was silver. The imports of
specie during the week amounted to
$532, 43l, of which $5O3, 294 was gold
and $29, 1877 silver.
B. 8. Barrett, the ex.piano dealer of
Cleveland, O., who disappeared more
than q year ago leaving behind him
about 81, 900 worth of forged promis-
sorry notes, which he had used as COL
lateral, and who was recently captured
in West Virginia, was sentenced yester-
day to six months in the penitentiary.
It is understood that Tom Lowry and
ex-senator Pierce have been pushing
Judge Coon of Minneapolis for the
Northwestern vacancy on the inter-
state commerce commission. Min
neapolis is already the home of can
didates for several federal positions Of
Importance, and it is thought that
Judge Coon's chances are slim. General
Grant is being pressed for promotion
from assistant secretary of war to be
secretary, and Prof. O. V. Tousley Ia
being pressed for the position Of civil
service commissioner,