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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Polish Women in Mourning.

The women of Poland, from the
princess to the peasant, will wear
nothing but black during 1892, in
order to commemorate the centennial
OF the loss of Poland's independence
as a nation. All the large dry goods
firms in Warsaw, Wilma, Lemberg, and
Cracow, says the Rural Collaboration,
have sent back to Vienna and other
cities, according to previous under
standing, the goods they had instock,
and have received black materials in
stead. Bonnets, gloves, dresses, furs
and jewelry are are all to be black. A
lovely mourning cloak was seen at
Worth's, in Paris, the other day. 1t
was made for a princess and was of
black matelasse silk front and black,
lined with gray silk. The sleeves
fluted on the shoulders in plain vel
outline. There was q bonnet with soft
crown in brocaded silk, encircled with
a plush brim; trimmed with a cluster
of ostrich tips, with a bow in narrow
gray velvet and d TUT OF gray flowers
at the back.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
TELEGRAMS.

Prof. August Wilhelm Holman, the distin
euisheo German chemist, is dead.
The Democrats OF the Second Iowa congress
eional district have nominated Walter l. Hayes
for q fourth term.
N. Very. who was injured in the terrible explo-
sion in his restaurant i'll Paris on the night of
April 25. is dead.
Thomas b. Morgan. ST., has been nominated
for congress in the Eighteenth gov. Mcklnley's
district) after o hard fight.
The Republicans OF the Thirteenth Indiana
district have nominated Hon. james S. Dodge
for congress on the first ballot.
A pearl button industry is being established
at the Chester. ILL.,. penitentiary, which will give
employment to about 100 convicts.
Lamperti, the famous singing master. has
lust died in Milan. Among his pupils were NINE.
Abba, Hiss Van Zandt and Campanini.
The Michigan Salt company has reduced the
price of salt 10 cents - barrel at all Western
agencies, including Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Louis.
Marquis iii Rudini. the Italian prime minister,
has rendered to King Humbert the designations
of all the members OF the cabinet, but the resig-
nations have not yet been accepted.
A German soldier OH patrol duty at Thorn.
on the Russian frontier, has captured a Russian
spy in the vicinity of one OF the forts. The man
was disguised as q Prussian military surgeon.
Great excitement prevails in Central Tennes-
see, adjacent to the line Of the Queen s. Crescent
route and bordering OH the Kentucky state line.
owing to the discovery Of vast petroleum fields.
A box containing coin and bonds to the value
of ], 900, 900 francs was stolen i'll Paris yester-
day from = van belonging to the Eastern Rail
road company while me driver was delivering
goods.
Six members OF a family named Nieditz died
at seitz, saxony, from the effects OF some poison
given them in a dumping OF whichthey partook
at dinner. A.servant who is suspected Of pois-
oning has been arrested.
l.. D. Slaughter and Thomas Bailey. the two
negro murderers, were executed at Little Rock,
Ark. yesterday. Slaughter killed his mistress.
Jennie Love. last August, and Bailey murdered
j. F. Hackman, a map peddler.
The anarchist Simon, who with the notorious
dynamiter Ravachol was recently tried, con-
yicted and sentenced for life for participating in
the great dynamite conspiracy. was yesterday
sentenced to five years penal servitude.
At Utica. N. Y, Deputy United States Mar.
shall +. X. Mc1lwane has been arrested on a
bench warrant charged with aiding Bunco.
steerer O'Brien to escape. This is supposed to
be the first fruit Of the work OF the grand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
CALLS lIALSTEAD DOWN.
mother Leaf From tho Endless Volume
of P~ost-Rebellion Controversy.

mother Leaf From tho Endless Volume
of Post-Rebellion Controversy.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-George c. Gorham,
who is editing the letters and papers OF the
late Secretary Stanton and writing a life OF
that distinguished official, has written an
open letter to Murat Halstead in answer to
the one which Halstead wrote to the Gin
cinnat.i Commercial Gazette April %, de"
voted to a defense of the terms agreed on
between Gen. Sherman and the rebel gen
eral Joe Johnston in April, 1866. and which
was brought out by a letter recently ad-
dressed by Gorham to Senator Sherman on
the same subject. In his letter Halstead
said: ''The truth is Mr.. Stanton was wrong
also-excited out of reason. His paper on
the subject of Johnston's surrender shows
that his mind was then more infiam1d
than that OF Senator Sbcrman's." And
again: stanton was imperious II
alarmed and revengeful." MIR. Gorham re-
produces various criticisms made by Hal
stead upon public men and officers in the
wal to show that his judgments of men are
been known to set aside that calm, judicial
frame of mind in which you now censure
Stanton for differing with Gen. Sherman"
The editorials in the Cincinnati CONNER
cial of April "a, %. 1865, upon the Sherman
Johnston terms Of surrender are quoted.
In them Mr.. Hals,ead said: THAT he
(Sherman) committed a mistake in his
peace negotiations is clear enough. lie
ought to lave destroyed Johnston's army
or have forced its surrender on terms SINH
lar to those granted Lee" Halstead's
charge in the Commercial (Dec. II,
1861 that Gen. Sherman had became in
sane. and his letter to secretary Chase (Feb.
10, 1863. in which he denounced Grant as
foolish, drunken and stupid" and asked
Chase if he could not take Lincoln by the
throat and knock his head against a wall
until he is brought to his senses O: the wal
business. Il do not speak wantonly when
l say there are persons who would ieel they
were doing good service to kill him. lift
were not feared that Hamlin is a bigger TOOL
than he is, is quoted to sustain Mr.. Cor
hams closing paragraphs: 1.-The worlds
opinion does not concern these expressions
of your opinion concerning either Lincoln
or Grant. 1t is just as likely to dissent
from your opinion concerning Edwin NJ.
Stanton"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
klLLED BY TERROR.
Since Then the Old Quaker Has
Never Been Seen to Smile.

Since Then the Old Quaker Has
Never Been Seen to Smile.
There is q white-haired old friend
living in Chester County, whose face
wears an expression OF deep sorrow
that seems craven there. Friends who
have known him for twenty-five years
have the first smile to. see on his
broad, furrowed face. He is wonder
fully benevolent and kindly old Quak-
er, especially to the colored people,
who come to him from miles around
for counsel and assistance.
There is a shadow on the old mans
life, of which few OF his friends have
any idea. 1t was cast away back in
war times. His home had been q sta
ton on the underground railway"
and to his home one bleak night came
II bright-eyed, ebony-skinned little
runaway OF about IA years. He
was such q quick-witted, clipper little
chap that the kind-hearted Quaker
concluded to keep him to run errands
and do chores about the farm, especi-
ally as he pleaded so hard to be al
lowed to stay. 1t was not long, how
ever, until he developed into the most
incorrigibly mischievous little "dar-
ky" that ever came out OF slavery.
Pleadings, lectures and seedlings
had no more effect on him than tho
whistling of the wind through the
trees. A good birch switch would
hold him in check for an hour or
two, but his reformation would dis
appear with the sting. One day the
Quaker went on a railway journey
and took the little colored lad with
him. On the road was a long tunnel,
and before they reached it it occurred
to the Friend that its terrors might
be utilized in bringing about a refor-
nation to the black bundle of mis-
chief beside him. So he eaid:
Caesar, l have tried to befriend
thee, and you give me only disobed-
fence and trouble in return. Ingrat-
itude is q black sin, and now l fear
thee must answer for it,"
Just before they reached the tunnel
he rose and said, gravely: "Ceasar,
leave thee to thy punishment"
The train dashed into the black
ness OF the tunnel, with a shrek from
the locomotive like a triumphant
tiend, and when it emerged into the
light Caesar was lying in a heap on
the floor between the seats. They
picked him up tenderly.
The mischievous little darby was
dead.-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
DAKOTA,

Judge Templeton announced his de-
cision in the cases ofthe gamblers, Murray
and Dahl, CHARGED with Karl Nelson in
robbing the Union National Bank at Grand
Forks. Murray was discharged and Dahl
held at 49, 900 bail.
The state board ofthe Worlds Fair man.
ayers held a meeting at Grand Forks to ar
range for a public meeting to be held be-
fore the delegates to the state convention
leave the city, for the purpose of getting an
expression of public sentiment regarding
Worlds Fair matters.
l.. +. Hamilton was elected city attorney
Of jamestown by the council. The electric
light committee received a report from the
committee sent to South Dakota cities to
investigate the subject Of producing power
for light by artesian wells and decided to
experiment with the same.
Fire broke out in the Office of Attorney
~Serumgard, in the room over the basement
occupied by the Devils Lake News in the
First National Bank Building. 1t caught
from fire working through fire brick and
cement in the fireplace to a wooden sill
and eating its way along the same to the
wall. The fire was discovered and ex-
tinguished by the fire company. Damage
about $3.50.
One-hali of the townsite of Conductor,
on the west line of the Great Northern
railway, has been sold to a syndicate of
Kansas capitalists for $1,000 cash. The
company will expend $40, 600 in improving
the property and erecting buildings. The
syndicate is also buying land for . colony
of Kansas farmers who will arrive about
the 18th inst.
1t Is an exploded theory that no sale of
school lands could be made this year. The
statue provides that a sale should be made
in 1890. The constitution provides that
sales can be made at any time the board
thinks proper. The sales this year are SIM
ply all adjournment ofthe last ones made.
Thu attorney general has not rendered any
official opinion.
The Republican state central committe e
has issued q call for a convention for the
nomination of state officers, which will be
held at Fargo, August 2. The representa-
ton is fixed al one delegate at large and
one additional delegate for every seventy
five votes polled in the laat election, ascer-
tanned by taking. the average vote for the
first ten candidates on the ticket.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
BOGUS NEWS"
What the Lottery Will Do and Will
Not Do,

What the Lottery Will Do and Will
Not Do.
The new fakirs having tired OF setting up
imaginary lottery schemes in Nicaragua
changed their field of operation. Inc III
lowing was recently sent over the countlyi
other papers the Brooklyn
Union giving it publication:
oNDUR REJECTS THE LOTTERY.
NEW ORLEANS, March 8.-The Picayune,s
CITY of Mexico special says: Honduras mas
refused concessions to the Louisiana ota;e
Lottery. Gen. Jesus Tolego died mere tnis
morning. Forty-seven Mexican generals
have died since February Z: w4
On being shown the above, fresioe a5
Paul Conrad, somewhat Indignantly anu
yery emphatically declared: ut IS hot
true that the Louisiana State Lottery Com-
pany has made application to Honduras OF
to any other foreign country. TOT lotteay
privileges, nor has any such overture been
made on behalf OF this company, us sAaie
holders or managers. Lao;
1--WE shall continue to q our DuSi.
ness here until the present charter OF the
Louisiana State Lottery Company expires
in 1895. Simply that and nothing more:
POSTMASTER Eaton's statement IN the
Globe Democrat, that this company accepts
the situation as defined by the courts Aa IN
good faith, is absolutely correct-Ne"
Orleans La. City Item.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
CHAOS IN CHINA.
It Pervades the Inner Circles to a BE.
wildering Extent.

It Pervades the Inner Circles to = Be-
wi!dering Extent.
SAN Francisco, May 9.-The Shanghai
correspondent of the Japan Weekly Ga
zette says: "Chaos ami disruption
of diplomatic ties are the principal
features in inner circles here. For.ign
ministers cannot agree about anything,
least of all about the imperial audience.
The new Russian minister, Count Cassini,
has declared heis irresponsible Tor the fol-
lies OF the past and that lie will AXE his W
course for the future without reference to
the corps. The British minister has also
rcvolted. The representative OF France
was never quite loyal to the diplomatic
concert, but was always secretly tratticking
in commercial contracts. In short, the
bundle OF sticks is loose once more"
Senator Stanford to Resign.
SAN FEANcisco. May 9.-The Examiner
prints a story, apparently well authcnti-
Gated, that Senator Stanford will resign
early next year should a l,cpub.
iican legislature be elected this
fall. He told several intimate
friends of his determination before he went
East. lncipient apoplexy threatens Stan
ford and his physicians nave warned him
that absolute rest all. freedom from excite
ment is required in his present condition.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
n.a a..r. W.aok.d

ASHLAND, Wis, Special. May 10.-Four
cars of an outgoing empty ore train were
wrecked on the lake shore Just outside the
ward limits here to-day. A brake beam
dropped and threw them off the track,
smashing all badly and tearing up the track
for some distance. Passenger train were
somewhat DELAYED.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
More Serious.

BuDA PEsrH, May 9.-lt transpires that
the recent sword duel between Herr Hor-
varth and Lieut. Ovary resulted more seri-
ously than the first report indicated. Hor.
vartl wa wounded. although the frs t &C
count of the duel had it that q slight scalp
wound inflicted OF Ovary was the worst
injury received by either combatant.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Fire i'm u Mine.

HELENA, May lo.-Flames broke out in
the Dr%um-Lummond mine. Marysville,
Sunday. The fire is supposed to be in the
5O0-foot level. If so, it will delay opera
tons for a time, but will not result seri-
ously to the workings, as there is not much
timber available Tor combustion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Where Is lie:

EAU CLAIRE. Wis, Special, May 10.-Drag-
ging ofthe lake and canal for William An
derson's body revealed nothing. There is
scarcely u link missing in the evidence
showing that he did hot leave town on any
railroad. He is not in the woods. The
whole country in this vicinity has been
searched, and the relatives are at their wits
on1
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Ocean Travel.

L~ondon-sighted: Helvetia. New York: Mes
torian, Philadelphia. Arrived: British King,
Baltimore.
Havre-Arrived: Touraine, New York.
Observation-Disclosures: Alaska. New York.
New ~York-Arrived: Servia, Liverpool: Bour.
sogne. Havre; America. Bremen; Britannia.
Shields; Belgenladd, Antwerp; Anchoria, Glas.
gov.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Four Corp.e. Taken Out.

LONDON, May 9.-Scott's Oyster bar in
Coventry street, London, was burned to.
night. -Four corpses have been taken from
the ruins, and it is feared there are more
under the debris.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Fjy. Were Killed.

ANTHONY. ka:., May 1O.-Williams Will
kins, colored. his vie and five children en-
tered their cyclone cave last night. tearing
a cyclone. The heavy rains of the past
three days washed away the foundation Of
the roof, aud during the nigh the roof fell
in. buryil,g the family: Wilkins and wife
were Killed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Special. May 10-Mar-
tin G. Hanson. a resident OF Barron county,
was locked up here tonight on a charge of
stealing certificates of deposit amountingto
$500 at Rice Lake.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
IONA

Andy Brown shot a fellow gambler, at
Sioux City whose name could not be ascer-
tanned. The wound is not dangerous. The
trouble arose over craps.
]. P. Rogers, a merchant of Covington,
is mysteriously missing. He came to &C.
dar Rapids, but has not been seen since.
Foul play is suspected.
Christian Nelson, a Dane living near
Denmark, nearly killed his wife by beating
her over the head with a club. He was
locked up III the F.. Madison Jail to await
his trial.
AtStorm Lake while narrowing pota-
toes, an S-ycar-old son of A. Gustafson fell
on a knife which entered his eye and PEN
etrated the brain. His death followed in a
ew hours.
Cornelious o. Reagan, an old resident o
Dubuque, was fatally injured by being
thrown from n wagon loaded with brick.
which he was driving. The wheels passed
over his body, crushing in his chest.
The section men on the illinois Central
Ut Ft. Dodge are on a strike for highe
wages. They have been receiving $1.25 pei
day and want $1.5o. The demand has beer
refused and the company are endeavorinl
20 secure new men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
WISCONSIN.

August Trap, a farmer near Hartland,
accidently ran over and killed his 2-year-
old child with a loaded wagon.
An Elkhorn special says: Prairie wolves
have been committing ravagesi in this coun-
ty, and seven head were broughtin by local
hunters who were paid $40, the state and
county bounty being that sum.
The Ashland Lighting Company sAled
the suits of J. Pennerbecker and wife for
injuries sustained in The gas explosion a
year ago by paying $lS, 600. The plaintiffs
agreed to drop the action.
Burglars entered Will Caldwells store at
Hudson and carried off about 5000 worth
of dress goods and notions. No clew. A
reward will probably be offered for The
capture of the burglars.
The residence of Michael Conner, six
miles north Of Downcy was destroyed by
fire; house and contents a total loss. Two
small children narrowly escaped sufoca-
ton.
Joseph Kramer, an old employee of the
Empire Lumber Company, while greasing
machinery i'll a saw mill at Eau Claire,
was caught in a belt. He was terribly
crushed and died in Is minutes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14

Stick to It.!
Sometimes you may have to wait.
The troubles that have been years
in gathering can't always be cleared
away in a day. For all the diseases
and disorders peculiar to woman
hood, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
C iption is the surest and speediest
remedy. You can depend upon that
but if yous case is obstinate, give
it reasonable time.
It's an in~vigorating, restorative
tonic, a soothing and strengthen
ing nervine, and a positive specific
for female weaknesses and ailments.
All functional disturbances, painful
Irregularities and arrangements are
corrected and cured by it. All unnat-
ural discharges, bearing-down sensa-
tons, weak back, accompanied with
are corrected. In every case for
which it's recommended, "Favorite
Prescription" is guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or the money is re-
funded. No other medicine for
women is sold on such terms. That
proves that nothing else offered by
the dealer IAN be just as good"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Condensation Of a Three-Volume
Novel,

beautiful silken hair" Philip MUIR
INJURED, fondly, toying lovingly with
one OF her nut.brown tresses; "soft as
the plumage OF an angels wing; light
as the thistledown that dances on
the summer air; the simmer OF sun
set, the glimmer of yellow gold, the
rich red-brown OF autumnal forests,
blend in enhancing beauty in
its"
just then her hair came off in his
hands, and he forgot what to say
next. There was a moment of pro-
found silence, and then Aurelia took
it from him, and went out of the
room with it. When Aurelia came
back he was gone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Thoughtful b

Calino had been dining at a friends
house when q violent storm broke
loose. His host offered him shelter for
the night, which he accepted, but aft
EDWARDS disappeared. He returned an
hour later, wet to the skin.
"Where have you been in that
state?" his friend inquired.
II have Just been home to tell my
wife l wasn't coming home tonight"
was the reply.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
What the Warden Had.

One of the %penitentiary guards
had a felon on his hand and as he
was whimpering around the warden
overheard him.
"What's the NATTER" he asked.
"Got a felon on thy hand"
"How manyf"
Gone"
'Only one?"
"Only one? Good Lord, man, how
many would you expect a fellow. to
have?" and he groaned painfully.
swell, judging from the way you
take it, I should supposeyou ought to
have a thousand or two. I've got
500 felons or my hands and you
don't hear me kicking about it, do
your"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
Arrested tor ~etealtnr.

'o OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: Ohio, L~iyerpool.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14

kEoKuK, Iowa. Nav 1O-The Mississippi
river continues TO fall. No further damage
has resulted. The st. Louis, Keokuk &
Northwestern trains resumed running be-
tween keokuk INC Quincy to-day.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 10-The situation
here in regard to 'he flood is a little better.
The river has fallen about three inches, and
it is believed the worst is over.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-02
A GREAT EVENT.
The Day Of Conversion Always a Bright
spot IN the Pioneers Life.

The Day of Conversion Always a Bright
spot IN the Pioneers Life.
In one Of the oldest institutions of
learning in this country, college in
which hundreds of penniless boys have
been gratuitously fed, clothed and fit
ted for honorable careers, there is a
little room in which are preserved the
humble belongings of its first founder;
the rough settle which stood in his
cabin, the iron pot in which he cooked
his corn, the heavy wooden platter from
which he ate.
"Wooden platters," says an old
chronicle of colonial days, ARE to be
preferred to tin, because, as our meat is
tough as leather, it is necessary to
fasten it with the fork down to the
wood in order to cut it."
Probably not one of the lads who now
receive the bounty of an education from
the long-dead hand of the founder look
into the little room without pity for the
bare, hard lives of the pioneers In this
country. Which of their descendants
would choose to be shut into cabin by
vast and gloomy wildernesses, to pillow
and dig all day, and to eat leathery
meat from wooden platters?
But in all the accounts of the lives Of
these men which have been preserved
there is one great event always ire
corded: the time when they were con
verified" as it was technically called;
the time when the man resolved to for
sake sin and to serve God.
Was life bare which had even that
in it?
What did the coarse food or wooden
platters matter if man found God, and
talked to Him in the bush?
Now, in these latter days, we do not
often enough think of the day when we
shall finally turn away from the old
life, in which God is not recognized,
and take Him as our Friend.
Can it be that our richly decorated
habit of living, the dainty food, the
costly service, the beauty and luxury OF
civilization, which seem necessities to
us, come between our souls and the one
thing needful for them?-Youths' Com.
panion.