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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14

paper ever enjoyed in this section.
But the time has come when it should
find place in every home in this to-
bacco district, among people who
have trade intercourse with the city
of Clarksville. It should at least
double its present subscription list,
and with view to accomplish this
end, and hoping to increase our list to
ten thousand subscribers, we enter
this exciting campaign year with one
of the most attractive programs that
has ever been presented by a local
journal, offering splendid induce
ments to both agents and subscribers.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14

Bloch Bros. stock of ladies' Low
Shoes will comprise many new ana
attractive styles and we solicit an
early inspection. mZ2d&wt
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14
W. W. BARKsDALE. PROPRIETOR.

Some of the Memphis butchers are
feeding their customers on tainted
meat, we suppose, for the purpose of
preparing their stomachs for an able
dish of crow.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14
TOBACCO LEAF-CHR0NICLE SENDS GREETING
To the People of the GAINESVILLE Tobacco District:

The steady increase in the circu-
lation Of the TOBACCO LEAF
CHRONICLE is proof of it's popular
ity with the people in the surround
ingIcountry. 1t has gained it's popu-
larity by it's conservatism, steady ad-
herence to principle, and it's devotion
to the best interests of agriculture
munity-a local journal that serves
the wants of the GAINESVILLE tobacco
growing district as no other paper has
ever done. In the consolidation of
the two old papers in March, 1889, it
gained the largest circulation that any
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14

We wish it understood that the
F-CHRONICLE has a heart for
the girls, who have always manifested
a warm friendship for the paper, and
therefore all our handsome rewards
to agents are for the young ladies.
We wish to interest the young ladies to
the following attractive rewards:
To the young lady who sends in
the largest list of subscribers between
now and Nov. 5, 1892, PAID UP FOR
ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE, we will
present her as a reward for her efforts
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
GRAND FORKS NEWS.

Latest News Around and Abont Dakota's
Second City.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., March 9.-The
state convention of the prohibition
party for the election of delegates to at
tend the presidential convention to be
held at st. Louis June 81, which con.
vened in this city today, resulted in q
split in the ranks. the members Of the
farmers alliance Withdrawing.
Rev. e. E. Saunders. chairman of the
executive committee, presided. Aprayer
was offered by Rev. O. A. McNamara.
After the reading of the call the chair
man announced that owing to the lack
of organization throughout the state
the convention had been called as a mass
convention. and that the credentials en-
titling delegates to seats would consist
in signing the declaration of principles,
declaring for the prohibition Of the man
ufacture, import and sale of in.
toxicating liquors the paramount
issue before the American peo-
pie. and pledging their support
to the national prohibition party and
use their influence for an extension of
its principles. This declaration all al
lance men refused to sign. Afterfght-
ing an hour in a vain endeavor to show
what they yer there for, the alliance
independent men withdrew. A com.
mittee was then appointed which. after
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
They VIII Drink

Dies MONIES, March S.-The Iowa
prohibition law was practically wiped
out of existence today. The senate this
afternoon by q vote of ~ to % adopted
the Catch bill, which allows county OPP.
ton, each community being given the
right to settle the liquor question for
itself by elections to take place not
oftener than every fveyears. The matter
can be brought up only on the petition
of one.6fth of the legal voters. Three
republican senators this afternoon voted
with a number of democrats in passing
the bill. There is little doubt the
measure will receive the APP
prevail of Governor Boies and
become q statute. An acrimonious
debate preceded the final roll call, the
question at issue being Is to where
rested the political responsibility of the
bill. The announcement of the vote
was received quietly but with signs of
relief by the big audience present.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Jealous of His Wife.

LOWELL, Mass, March Cat
o'clock this afternoon the room of Edga,
g. Drew and wife in Hows' lodging
house, "a Elliot street, was broken into
after repeated attempts to talk to Drew.
Mrs. Drew was found dead in bed, hav-
ing been shot through the forehead,
while her husband lay beside her with 9
bullet hole in his head. Drew was con-
scious but protested lack of knowledge
al to how his wife was shot. He told
conflicting stories. A thirty-two caliber
five shot revolver was found in
the bed, four chambers of
which were empty. Drew claimed
there has been no trouble between him.
self and wife. Neither had been seen
before or since Friday. Dr.. Irish said
the woman had been dead several hours.
It has been learned that two years ago
when she was Is years old. Mrs. Drew
whose maiden name was CLARA Bergeron
ran away and married Drew in Suncook,
n. FL. Her mother became crazy over
the marriage and is now at the Wilton
IN. H. town farm. Drew is about Is
years old; is reported to have been jeal.
GUS of his wife and to have threatened
her with q razor. Doctors say he can.
not live.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
TRIPLES.

CYCLE show will be held in st. Louis
during March.
SLAvlN offers to bet 5000 that he IAN
stop Corbett in six rounds.
JAKE K1LRAIN was whipped in q rough
and tumble go in his saloon recently.
Bob F~ITZsIMMoNs is saih to have invested
$4,000 in property i'll San francisco.
FITzslMMoNs has expressed his willing
ness to fight Jim Hall eight weeks after
March 2.
Tel PR1rcHARD, the English pugilist, is
now "doing" a months hard labor in
prison.
1T will be very amusing if Dominick
Mccartney again goes i'll front of Corbett
to test the latter.
A CINCINNATI paper states that that city
can boast ola woman bicycle rider sixty
years old.
WALLACE Ross is building q boat i'll which
he will row from Boston to New York some
time during the summer.
New ORLEANS seems to be the Mecca OF
busted pugs, as the place is said to be full
of penniless opponents of the manly art.
THEcoming bench show of the Washing
ton City Kennel Club is already IN assured
success. Everything is progressing favor
ably and at least one thousand fine animals
will be OH exhibition.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
AROUND q GLOBE
A Record Of the Weeks Happenings
That are Now Part 0fthe Worlds
History.
The More IMPORTANT Foreign and
Domestic Events Arranged for
Rapid Reading.
WASHINGTON.

COMMISSIONER CARTER makes . decision
regarding the Dayton lands in South OAK
Ota.
Il BILL making radical changes in the
naturalization laws will be favorably re-
ported to the house.
SENATOR WAsHBURN will amend his
option bill so as to make its meaning
clear.
ANOTHER investigation of Pension Com
missioner Raum is begun by a house COM
~rnittee.
The house committee on Indian affairs
heard further arguments or the bill pro-
posing to nov the Ute Indians from Col
oradc to Southern Utah.
SECRETARY NOBLE received a notification
from the sergcant-at-arms ofthe house to
appear as a witness before the special COM
mittee OH appropriation to investigate the
pension bureau.
The comptroller ofthe currency has de-
clarcd q first dividend of 80 per cent in IA
vor OF the creditors of the Cory national
Bank OF Cory, Pa, on claims amounting
to s51S, O69.
Delegate Smith, of Arizona, introduced
u bill from the house territories committee
to ratify All act of the Arizona legislature
authorizing the issue of bonds to the tx
tent of $50, 600 to enable the territory to
be properly represented at the Worlds
Fair,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Peel Room Raid.

CHICAGO. March Tone Of the most
extensive raids organized by the Ohica-
go police department in years was made
this afternoon when Chief Of Detectives
Shea and twenty-five officers surround
ed the premises at 1858 and 289 CLARK
street. and placed $50 men who were in
the establishment under arrest. The
place was a full Aedged pool room run
by Frank N. Shaw, the st. Paul plunger.
Sid MoHoe and others, who are said to
be members of the Chicago gamblers
trust. Books were being made on the
races at Gloucester ami Gutenberg and
q rushing business was in progress, the
smallest bet being $500. Instead of
buying the regulation pool ticket the
better ostensibly sent a dispatch
through the Mercantile Telegraph
company" to st. Paul, where the bet
was supposed to be consumated. the
Chicago end of the business being
spoken of as conducted in q branch Of
fee. The alleged interstate arrang-
ment, the proprietors protested to be.
lieve, left no room for prosecution under
the Illinois anti-pool selling laws.
The eager spectators caught in the
raid were from all walks OF life.
AS soon as the captain had thoroughly
surrounded the rooms he sent for 9
dozen patrol wagons from the nearest
stations and then stepped inside
and announced that everyone in
the place was under arrest.
| There was a. general stampede
for the doors but officers barred the way
and refused to allow any one to pass
until the arrival of the patrol wagons.
When the wagons arrived the men we're
loaded in and the sight of the long pro-
cessjon of loaded patrol wagons which
went circling through the streets at
tracted immense crowds.
The $50 prisoners were spared the
ignomy of being put behind the bars.
All were released on bonds signed by
Proprietor McHoe and ex-State Senator
McNally, aggregating $50. 900.
Frank Shaw was absent in st. Paul
and escaped arrest. Hearing in court
was set for March 16.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
The wolfHunter

FERGUS FALLS, March THE wolf
drive which occurs next Friday has Gre
ated a greater interest than any event
for a long time. Parties are being Or
ganized in all the villages in the county
to join in the drive. Fergus Falls is 60
ing to send fifty men. The boundary
line of the territory is about forty miles
They are counting on 1900 men and
boys, which will make the men but 200
feet apart at the start, and as they ap
proaoh the center they will he nearer.
No guns will be- allowed. Pitchforks
and clubs will be the weapons. The
wolves are reported very thick in the
section where the drive is to OCCUR, aud
BE- beers na are rel. frequently seen: 1t Il promises ans tss
noise will give the appearance Of al
ancient battle,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

CONSIDERABLE loss of life at sea attends
the gales in Great Britain.
ELEVEN men were killed and five injured
by an explosion at a quarry near the royal
palace, Ajudah, Spain.
FIRE at San Antonio. Tex, burned over
two acres, several stores being destroyed.
Loss, $3.50. 600; insurance $40, 600.
The bark Colorado, supposed to have
been lost at sea, was towed into Victoria,
b. g.
The celebration of Washington's birth
day by the students of Wabash college,
Charlottesville, Ind, eliminated at mid
night Ill the outbuildings on the campus
being blown up with dynamite.
AS the outcome ola difference as to tenn
perance in the little town Of Newport,
Tenn, dynamite was used as a 1orcible ar
gument. A saloon was blown open and
incidentally two stores adjoining were de-
stroyed. So lar there is no clue to the ex-
plosive tiends
THE man found dead beside the railroad
track at Bradwood, ILL.,, prove to be AL
bert NJ. Howard, of Schenectady, N. Y. He
was on his way to Colorado Springs. At
the inquest it was shown that lie was blown
rom the train while going from the sleeper
to the. dining car. Howard was a post COM
mander, and prelate of Brown post, G.. A.
R., of Schenectady. to which place his body
was sent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
They Had a Gay Time.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 6-New-
tjnville. Spencer county. is all excite.
melt over q riot and cutting ARRAY
which occurred last night. The quar-
rel, which began some days ago between
Joseph Sherrell and one of q party
drinking in a SALOON, was renewed and
the men finally came to blows and
eventually knives were drawn. All
took a hand and q bloody
fight ensued in which chairs, tables and
clubs took a prominent part. When the
row ended it was found that Joseph
Sherreil Was fatally wounded in the baok
with a knife and lay in a pool of blood;
Jim Sherreli had h1s skall fractured ani
was unconscious pud George Hill was
stabbed in the left breast They will
die. None Of the others wer seriously
wounded.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Dismissed the Appeal.

ST. CLOUD, March S.-Judge Baxte,
today made an order Diminishing the ap-
peal from an order Of the probate court
appointing Mary E. Riley, widow Of
William Riles, deceased. administrative
Of the lstter's estate. In the petition
for letters of administration it was set
forth that deceased was q resident OF
Montana under which laws Riley. leav.
ing no will. not one-half of the personal
property would revert to the widow;
whereas il he was proven q resident oil
Minnesota the widow received all the
personal property which amounted to
over $40, 600. The action was brought
by the father of the deceased but has
finally been settled by the widow max
ing liberal concessions. $
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
adjournment, reported the following

delegates to the national conventions:
O.. A. Mcnamara, M. H. KIN, q. j.. Omland, H.
R. Mott, A. NJ. Barnum, b. A. Foss.
Alter nates-E. Z. Saunders, J. r. JONES, {. Fl.
Gordon. z. g. Fait, E. H. Teal, T. +. Hove.
Fol Members Of the State Executive Commit
tee-H. H. Mott. Al. Carver. A. M. Barnum.
Vivian Morgan, william sawyer, c. H. Gordon,
at large; b. A. Foss. N. H. Kin. g. j. Omland.
Presidential Electors-H. A. Foss, A. M. Bar
mum. g. 3. Baskerville.
The chairmen of fourteen county COM
mittees were announced.
Resolutions were adopted re.afirm-
ing the declaration of principles
adopted by the prohibition convention
held in Grand Forks Sept. 20. 1890
The convention then adjourned.
The alliance held a secret session four
hours but will divulge nothing Of the
proceeding except the statement that
the business %pertained to q discussion of
plans for o political campaign and the
preparation for q Call for an independ.
ent alliance state convention.
The result of the alliance bolt from
the prohibition convention will probably
be that the third party prohibitionists
will vote for such republican candidates
for state officers as are satisfactory to
them personally.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Tue National 1sish League Of America

TaE National Irish League OF A0&aoe
issues an appeal for aid.
Mn. Deacon, behind prison bars, talks OF
his marital troubles. He is charged by his
wife with winking at her intrigue.
TIE revolt in Guatemala led by Enriques
has been suppressed and Enriquez has re-
signed.
THE Kreuz Zeitung says that Prince Bis
marck will attend the coming session otthe
upper house at the Prussian diet.
THE Duchess of Hamilton, while riding
with the hounds recently, was thrown from
her horse, suffering a dislocation of the
shoulder.
EXCEPT for legacies to his chiefemployes,
the late William Henry Smiths fortune
goes to members OF his family. His estates
are cntailed in the main line of descend
ants.
TIE Russian imperial prohibition ofthe
expectation of grain is aboutto be suspend-
| ed in lnvor of the owners of 10, 900, OO0poods
(abuIt 1873, 100 tons) OF oats now lying at
Baltic ports awaiting shipment.
Count Tolstoi, who has been relieving
sufferers in the famine districts of Russia is
ordered home by the government, which
holds that q letter credited to him, pub
lishcd in London, is unpatriotic.
The czar in a ukasc grants a subsidy of
GOO. W0 roubies yearly to promoters OF the
voluntary fleet. The subsidy is coupled
with the condition that recipients must
bull, ntcn years four fast cruisers of over
5000 tonnage. and two transports. =.
THE Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfort and
Knighburg relief committee will meet
shortly to consider therefusal Of America
to receive Russian Jew emigrants from the
North German. Lloyd steamers.
AspEc1AL committee of the cabinet dis
cussed the draft of the Irish local govern
ment bill. 1t is stated that the, COMMITTEES
decided to carry the bill through the com
mittee stage will not be possible until after
Easter.
A JEwELRY traveller. hailing from Mont
real, named G%eldbloom, left Winnipeg a
few days ago to sell watches among. men in
the lumber camps west. His valise con
tanning 100 watches, valued at over $1,000,
was stolen from his sleigh. There is no
clue to the thief.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12

Miss ELLA HAGa1N is married in New
York to an Austrian count.
Ex-senator BLAIR of New Hampshire
announces himself as a candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination.
PROF. HARRY GILBERT, the aeronaut, died
in Brooklyn of heart failure. He was we'll
known under the name of Henry Denier.
DAVID NJ. KING, aged ~forty-ive years, at
one time q we'll known newspaper writer,
died recently in New York.
LILLE LEHMAN, the pri,na donna, is dan
gerously i'll in New York ofan affection of
the heart combined with grippe.
THE French portrait painter Healey, with
his wife and dauhgter, has sailed for
America. They will spend most of their
time in Chicago.
RI. REV. WILLIAM ]. FROST, archdeacon
of the Alton diocese. died at his home at
Carlisle, Ill, at the age OF eighty years, OF
paralysis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
RAILROAD RuMRLlNGs.

The st. Paul Marking society will meet.
The session will doubtless be of consider
able length.
ASSISTANT GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT
AUSTIN. of the Northern Pacific, returned
rom atr:p to the East.
REPORT that the Milwaukee, the North,
western and the Burlington have agreed up
on a new lumber tariff from Eau Claire to
the Missouri river is denied.
AT a meeting Of the stockholders of the
Chesapeake g. Ohio the officers were author
lied to issue $50, 900, 900 worth of bonds for
improvements, double tracks, etc.
TIE action brought by the Missouri,
Kansas Il Texas to restrain the organiza-
ton o. the International e. Great Northern
has been discontinued by the consent ofthe
parties.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
LAB K CIRCLE.

Two thousand men are now affected by
the tanners strike in Milwaukee %inaugur-
ated by the whiteners quitting work some
weeks ago.
A RIOT is created in Berlin by thousands
of unemployed w%orkingmen. They are
dispersed by the police, who seriously in
jured scores OF the rioters.
THE Rio Grande Western railroad is said
to have discharged tour or five operators
for belonging to the Order of Railway Tele-
graper>, and all Investigation will be made
by Chief Ramsey. and i. such is the case
that company will be asked to reinstate
the men. 1t is probable that the trouble
will be amicably settled and a strike avoid
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Destroy ed BY Flames.

BISMARCK, N. d., March 1.-TWO res
licences went up in flames this morning.
The house of Col. q. B. Little, presi.
dent OF the Capitol National bank, was
discovered OH fire about 2 o'clock. The
fire department got stuck in the mud
and were half an hour in getting water
on the fire. Most of the furniture down
stairs was saved. Loss estimated at
%, Don; fully covered by insurance.
Shortly afterward r. w. Drummond's
house was fired by a kerosene lamp ex-
plosion, caused by a broken cellar
stairs. The fire spread so rapidly that
nothing was saved but q piano and two
trunks. Loss $3. 600; insured for 81, SEQ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Sad case of Suicide.

CHICAGO, March IA more than
ordinary distressing suicide is laid by
the dead mans friends at the door of the
National Cordsge company and its
monopolistic methods. This evening
Farmer Reed Williams shot himself
through the heart in the presence OF
his wife at their home. Two ysars ago
Williams invented the method
of making paper Irvine and solo
to the Deerlng company the right to
use his invention for the manufacture
of binding Irvine. 1t is alleged that
Williams then endeavored to form q
stock company for the manufacture Of
Irvine for other purposes. but was con-
tinually harassed and circumvented in
his efforts by agents of the National Cor.
dage company, who, it is said, succeeded
in breaking up every plan he formed
for the establishment of the Irvine man.
ufacturing plant. For two years Viii.
liams fought against overwhelming odds
and gradually grew more and more de-
s%pondent, until during the last few days
he has been the victim of melancholia.
which rapidly secured a firm hold on
him, until tonight he was almost o raw
ing maniac.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12

unsuspecting victim of q woman's smiles
when, at an early age, he undertook the
responsibilities of q husband. MI.
Blaine has q large contract on his hands,
and it is presumed that his wife has I'M.
limited confidence in his powers to con
vince. The other mother -in-law is al
earnest and fluent champion of her
daughters case She was the daughter
of Governor Medary of Ohio, and when
about 18 was riding with an admirer.
While crossing q deep stream her horse
lay down and she would have been
drowned but for the efforts of her COM
panion. He was Colonel Nevins, who
afterward became her husband.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
Blaine Versus Neyins.

The lady wearing a bonnet is the wife
of the secretary of state, Mrs. James G.
Blaine; the one without q bonnet is
Mrs. Nevins, mother of Mrs. Mary
Nevins Blaine, who has succeeded in
procuring q divorce from her husband,
James G. Blaine. jr. A family difficulty,
cline. has become q subject Of national
interest and gossip now that no less a
man than Secretary Blaine undertakes
to show that his youngest son was the