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

WASHBUkN LEADER.
BY r. H. COPELAND.
WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA
NUBS OF NE VS..
Prince Jerome Napoleon is sinking
fast.
The Canadian parliament opens Thurs
day, April 30.
The nationalists have nominated a
state ticket in Rhode Island.
Robert Bonner says he will breed
Maud s. to his stallion Ansel (2:2O.)
Simmons, the New York bank wreck
or, was convicted of embezzling $622,OW.
General Gordon, a United States SEN
ator, joined the farmers alliance at At
lsnta Friday.
The Minnesota senate has passed a bill
authorizing the town Of Moorhead to Gre
ate a sinking fund.
Snow storms throughout New England
ragged Wednesday night, the fall varying
from 10 to 16 inches.
Under the Australian ballot system
Burlington, VT, has elected the first
democratic mayor in twenty years.
At Nashville, Tenn, the river contin-
ues to rise slowly. About 500 families
have been driven from their homes.
The senatorial contest in California
promises to be prolonged, and finally
narrow down to Estee and DeYoung.
: The trial of Horace Russell for the
murder of DR.. Bahnsen began at Crooks
ton, Mimi, Monday. A jury has not yet
been secured.
At Albany, N. Y, Peter Hecker, 63
years old, cut his wife to death with q
razor, intlicting twenty slashes. He then
killed himself.
At Racine, Wis, Ernest Klinkert's
brewery was partially destroyed by fire
Tuesday and 5000 barrels of beer ruined.
Loss $4,000; insured.
BY q vote of 25 to "a the Minnesota
senate voted to retain the present usury
law a q feature Of the interest bill,
which that body is now considering.
The long strike of the coal miners Of
the Monongahela Valley has ended in a
complete victory for the men-an adj
vance in the mining rate of half a cent
per bushel.
The starch house and sugar refinery
of the Peoria Grape Sugar company at
Peoria, Ill, burned Tuesday night. Loss
100000; fully insured. One employe
was fatally burned.
Mrs. o. G. Hansen of Pelican Rapids,
Mimi, hanged herself and her one-year-
old child Tuesday; unknown. Ran-
sen became a raving maniac when in
formed of the tragedy.
At New Limerick, Me-, the house &C.
cupied by George White took fire during
the temporary absence of Mrs. White,
Friday, and two children, aged n and
three, burned to death.
At st. Paul Tuesday the house passed
the senate bill authorizing the city of
Crookston to issue $4,000 bonds to aid in
the construction of the Crookst0n, Rainy
Lake & Pacific railway.
William Helm, of Wisconsin, clerk in
the office of POstotfice Inspector King,
with headquarters in Washington, has
been appointed assistant superintendent
of the free delivery service.
DR.. M. II. Kerwin, the first physician
in the Northwest to visit Berlin to secure
and administer the Koch lymph, died at
Milwaukee suddenly Saturday of peri
tonitis. He was 30 years of age.
Governor Mellette has approved all
bills passed by the South Dakota legisla-
ture but two-the soldiers home and the
bill compelling railroad companies to
construct aqueducts over railroads.
At Lyons, Iowa, Taylor Bros foundry
and machine shops burned Monday.
Loss 5000; insurance $4,000. The body
Of Watchman T. L. Taggert was found
face downward in the ruins. Foul play
10 suspected.
Negotiations are in progress for q close
traffic arrangement between the Chicago,
st. Paul & Kansas City and the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railway, the object being
to establish an air line from st. Paul via
Kansas City to Galveston.
Thomas Ecker and his three-year-old
boy Of Ellsworth, Wis, burned to death
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fire in the absence of his wife, and Eek
or, who was very i'll, was unable to move.
Two other children escaped.
Lena Cunningham of Rochester, N. Y,
aged 80, threw vitriol in the face Of her
sister Matilda, aged p, while the latter
wa asleep. The girls face was horribly
burned. Lena was jealous of her sisters
success in getting employment.
Bloodshed is threatened because of
an attempt of the boomers to settle on
the mile square on the reservation OPP
posite Pierre, s. D. A hundred men,
with guns, are waiting for them. South
Fort Pierre is under military rule.
The Weldon, Germania bank and
Chamber of Commerce buildings at
Pittsburg, Pa, burned Wednesday night.
Loss nearly half q million dollars. The
goods of numerous firms was destroyed.
The fire was caused by a gas explosion.
A terrific blizzard prevails throughout
the southwest portion of England, the
~severest on record in that part Of the
country. Many small vessels have been
wrecked of the coast. Loss of live stock
IL also reported to be heavy. Hundreds