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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

ecting upon different points of her i'm
mense territory numerous and important
arsenals, workshops and foundries, which
change completely the national character
European sense. The city of Han Yang,
an insignificant little place Il short time
ago, has now become, in less than I, year.
Il military post of the first order, which is
destined III the future to.outs.rip all of th.
others. It is the centre of great works
and gigantic boundaries. worHshops,b brick
yards and rifle factories.
From Han Yang. which is the central
and strategic point OF the empire, Il rail
way is about to be built which will join
Pekin to the North and Canton.
All the material for the manufacture Of
small arms is at Han Yang. 1t forms le
model which the Chinese will rapidly lea"
to copy from. They will very soon be in
position to dispense entirely with the
services Of their European teachers.
The arsenal ut Nankin, which l was per
mitted to inspect. is a vast construction,
entirly modern. 1t is supplied with all the
modern material for the manufacture of
engines Of war; and from this place guns
and rifles are ;.bundantly supplied to the
army. The rifles that are made at Nan
kin are something new. They are like
our duck guns. very heavy, and are han
died by two men. But their range is
extremely long. [ have procured some of
the cartridges of these guns. They are
furnished with metallic cases.
This Nankin arsenal provides for every
thing. There are models for shells of all
sizes and forms. and one large section OF
the building is devoted entirely to the con-
structlon of the artillery of the fleet. [
found there guns of the Hotchkiss, Max
i'm and Nordenfeld patterns.
But it is not necessary to enter into fur
ther details and to multiply examples
What have seen in the centre Of China
exists in the north and in the south.
Throughout the empire the manufacture
of arms goes on with feverish activity.
China is working for war, and the time
will soon come when she will be supplied
with armanents equal in quantity and in
number to those Of the greatest of Eu-
ropean nations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Death of Auditor Wells,

Although it was pretty well known here
that Auditor Wells of this county, has
been very sick man at the Lamborn
hospital, Bismarck, for some time, the re-
port of his death at the hospital last
Friday evening was Shock to our com
munlty. He died about 7'clock that even
ing.
On Monday friends of the family as
sembed at the Presbyterian church, Bis
marck, where the funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Durrie. after which the
| remains were taken in charge by the
Mcpherson Post and inferred i'll FAIR
view cemetry.
Frank 3. Wells was born IN. Neyhnrpsq
New York, and at the time of his death
was 56 years of age. He has been
II teacher for thirty years. He came
into this section about ten years ago,
when he was sent up by the government
to organize and take charge of the Fort
Stevenson Indian school, which is still in
successful operation. He afterward took
charge of a school in the Indian Territory
but on account of bad health, moved
back into Mclean county when he taught
the Coal Harbor school until elected
county auditor in 1890 aud reelected last
year. During the war he served in tho
army, and was ponsioner at the time Of
his death.
Mr.. Wells made'a good conscientious
county official, and left a clean record.
He leaves behind him his wife
and the children, Annie, Walter and Will
lard, who have the sympathy of this com
munity in their bereavement.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
The Safe All Right.

On Monday evening Merchant Cassel-
man in the presence of several of our
citizens, went to the huge ash heap, the
remains of the fine store of Robinson e.
Casselman's, and proceeded to undo the
combination and open the safe.
On the morning of the fire this huge
block of iron seelned ill that was left OF
store or contents, save piles of ashes and
some fragments of the large coal stove,
SO com plete had the fire tiend done it
work. The great heat had warped the.
strong iron girdle out Of. shape, and all
hnnds then at the place lent their aid to
remove it from the great hot furnace, but
with mental reservation by many that
it was useless, as the safes contents would
be but parched cinders.
Judge then the surprise of all hands at
the opening of the safe that the hooks
and papers were found all right save that
their covers were somewhat scorched. The
postage stamps we're matted by heat ane
destroyed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
CHINA PREPARING Eo1c WAR.

NJ. Henri Bryos, the correspondent OF
tie Figaro of Paris, at present travelling
in China. gives the following account OF
the navel and military preparations which
are going on in the Celestial empire:
A fact of the highest Importance, which
for all that has escaped the notice of dip
lomatiats. consuls, and my English con
frercs of the East, have just come to light
in China. mean the sudden transforma-
tion of the old and childish method OF
warfare SO long in use in that country
The Chinese art of war has become thor
oughly moGernized, and tends to rival
that of the Western nations. The iliustra
US man who has Brought about this radi-
cal transformation is the Viceroy LlHonk
Tchang. 1t is at Tientsin that he is op-
Grating. Tientsin is the industrial centre
of war material, where the agents of Can
ct, Krupp and the Armstrong; enter into
mpetition for the acceptance of their
deadly wares. In the tournament OF the
rivals the Germans hvae almost always
carried OF the prizes. At Port Arthur,
III the province of Petchil, there are
splendid cruisers. battle-ships and gun
boats, built with all the recent improve
ments of naval science. 1t is note worthy
that a regular fleet has been created here
in less than six years.
Since the last Franco Chinese war the
Celes,lals have opened their eyes. That
great sleepy people has become aroused
Iii Hong Tchang has rudely shaken of
their night covering. Ho has undertaken
the task of waking them up thoroughly
He can claim the honor of having created
genuine soldiers, organized in European
style, and armed with the improved mod
ern rifles.
On visiting the Imperial Military
school at Tientsin, had a chance to see
the soldiers maneuvering. Thoir exercis;
es had he trademarck OF their training
Their movements, stiff and sturdy, and
UuC1I HCtiVH ouO AOAey AlttlCAs VIVA uuVO
matte precision, clearly indicated that
German instructors had been there. L
Hong Tchang has reformed the army o1
China.
A German artillery officer, Major vor
Ritcher, has been commissioned by tn.
vlceroy to organize the new army of th'
North, that is to say, in the province o
Petchill. Another officer from Berlin il
installed at the arsenal at Tikou, not fa
from the forts that command the entranc'
of the Pei Ho. Under his direction Chi
nese workmen turn out enormous quaint
ties of shot, shell and shrapnel. Th
Krupp establishment supplies the fort
and ramparts with guns of the latest pat
tern.
Such is the progress IN China. The des
tructive industry is booming m tina
country. China is arming, and armin
formidably, and her present aim is to fin
within herself the military resources an
the war material that she was formerl
obliged to procure elsewhere. She is o
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Gen. Lew Wallace the author of Ben
Hur, the most noted and fastest selling
book of the day, and some other good
works, says that few persons have any
idea of the amount Of work, aside from
the actual writing, which goes into Il
book. The patient research, the persc,
verance necessary to establish date or
confirm fact, seems Incredible to one
who has never tried like labor. He has
taken long journeys, resting neither day
nor night, merely to satisfy himself upon
Il point of which he was in doubt, and
make his history authentic. The thread
of his story is always with him, always
working itself out. a man may carry his
mind about with him very much as lie
does his watch. But both the mind and
the watch must be kept wound up and in
good order.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Russian Cactus.

There seems to be no stopping the
spread of tho Russian cactus. It is at
present thickest in the southern part of
the state and spreading toward the north
carried by the south winds.
The Russian thistle is like tumble
weed in it's propagating movements, be-
ing cut OFF every year by the frost, and
blowing along the ground until it finds
some obstruction when the seeds lodge
and .sprout in the spring. In the early
spring the thistle is tender and greatly
relished by cattle. The railroad embank-
ment west of the Bismarck bridge. on the
Missouri. has caught great many of these
Russian thistle seeds and an observer who
recently was there, states that great
many of the thistles are to he seen in that
vicinity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Helps for Hard Times.

Christmas presents for nothing-hand-
some and valuable ones, too.
This sounds good these hard times and
the problem seems to have been solved
by the Weekly Pioneer Press, of St. Paul,
MINI. An examination of their extensive
premium settlement, just issued, shows I:
large and tempting assortment of elegant
premiums offered to subscribers.
The premiums are oil sent post paid and
are guaranteed to be as represented.
The Pioneer Press is one of the best
weekly papers in the country and has a
large circulation.
Send postal card for free sample copy
and premium supplement, to the Pioneer
Press, st. Paul. Mimi.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Default existing in % mortgage executed by
Olaf Olson and lnga Olson his wife to Elena G
Carpenter, dated January 3ru 1855, recorded Jan
Mortgages, at pages 52s to 532, OH the soutl-cas;
q,larter0f section fourteen, !4) in township one
li.nllred and forty-four., (14D north, Of rams f
eighty-one SsD west in Mclean county. h"rr,
is $4,000. Said mortgage will be forclose;l anl
said promises will he sold to tine highest bidder
for cash, at the front door of the court house o
said Mclean county, by the sheriff of s:tlt
county, November 9th 1so3 lit two O'Clock y. III.
to satisfy said debt and costs including an attor
ney fee of $1,000.
Dated September 18th. 1893.
" ELENA G. CARPENTER, Mortgage.
BOUCHER Il PnILERICll, Att'ys, for Mortgage
sap.S
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Notice of Contest-Timber-culture
U. S. Land Office at Bismarck, N. d.,

Complaint having been entered at this oillcc,
nS for failure to comply Will! law as 70 timber-cl
ture entry No. 1874, dated July g 1885, upon tl!e
northeast quarter Of section 8, township 145,
to tie cancellation of said entry; contestant al!eg.
Ing that claimant has for two years or more last
past abandoned said claim. and that priorto said
said land as reqired by law; that the said tract Is
now grown up to weeds and GRASS, the said par
ties are hereby summoned to appear ~ the o1iice
Mel can county n D., at Wasburn, N. D., on the
25th day of September, 1893, at o'clock p. M, 70
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged failure. Hearing at tlis office on Oct. 8.
1893 ut u, IN. l.. S. NEAL, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Walter La Roy, of Weller, dined at the
Merchants Thursday.
F.. Nordquest, of Ingersoll, was in town
Wednesday.
Samuel Fairman in company with Will
lard and Walter Wells came up from Bis
marck, Tuesday evening.
A spit of snow fell from the flying
clouds around Washburn on Wednesday
morning.
John Lowe, of the Fort Stevens IN
school. passed through Washburn on his
way to Bismarck to meet his family.
Professor Ra nard, has had several at
tacks of chllls, aiidSso severe were they
that he has been compelled to give up
teaching for few days.
Dan Tjanstrom. farmer and deerslayer
from the Turtle creek divide, was busy
hauling in his wheat to one of the ware
houses at the landing this week.
According to weather prophet Foster,
a warm wave passes over this section to-
day to be followed by storm and then d
cold wave about the 18th.
Tuesday was business day in Wash
burn. Fine autumn weather brought in
the farmers and their loaded wheat teams
by the score. and the two steamers, Cas-
talia and Bachelor unloading freight for
our merchants, and reloading with wheat
for Bismarck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL PROOF.

Land Office at Bismarck. n d.. Oct. 4th 1893
Notice is hereby given that the followln,, named
settler has filed notice nt his intention to make
tna proof in support of his rlaim and that said
proof ilhc made before the Judge and eN-ntii,o
clerk of the county court. at Waslburn N. d.,
on Nov. 18Th, 1S,3 viz:
JAMES A. LAND,
for the nell see. 80 township TAG. range 49,
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF said
laurence Casselman, of Washburn, n: d.,
John j. Robinson. Henry II! Rohrcr and Albert
OctT E. S. NEAL, Register
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Notice Of Election.

Notice is hereby given that on the First
Tuesday after the First Monday being
the 7th Gay of November next, at
the Coal Harbor school house, in
Precinct No. @, Ill the county of
Mclean. an election will be held for
:he electing OF a County Commissioner
for District Two; which election will be
opened at S'clock in the morning and will
continue open until 5'clock in the alter
noon of the same day.
Dated this 2nd day of October, 1898.
FRANK 3. WELLS, Co. Auditor.
BY LAURENCE CAssELMAN. Deputy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Notice Of Homestead Final Proof.

Land Office at Bismarck, N. d., Oct, 4t',, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the judge and eS-
offcio clerk OF the county court, ut Washbuln,
~ d., on Nov. 18th. 1893, viz:
LEWIS HOUSE,
for the n,s sell and So neA of section 12, town
ship 147, ranges.
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of said
John G. staley, Charles staley Marion Lacy,
James BurtrOn, ST., all of Coal i!arbor, y: y.
lny6 L. s. NEAL. Register
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Special Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that there
will be a special meeting Of
County Commissioners for Mclean
County at Washburn. Monday 10th. at 2
o'clock p. H., for the purpose Of appoint
ing Il County Auditor for said Mclean
County, North Dakota. to fill the unex
pired term of Frank 3. Wells, deceased.
Witness my hand this 18th, day of Oc-
tober, 1898. l.. CAssELMAN.
Deputy Auditor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Fargo Argus: The 500 railroad is fast
gaining footholi in North Dakota and
it is only question of a very short time
until there is the greatest railroad rate
war in the northwest, that could be i'm
agined. The people of the state will state
will lose nothing, probably.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

President Angel of the Boston Humane
society says that Prof. Louis Agassiz, the
American contenant, was firm believer
i'll the Immortality of dumb animals.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

4 A full-blooded North Carolina Indian,
Joseph s. Maytubby, has helped to prove
the worthiness of his race by winning the
prize for defamation at Trinity college
this year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

The matrimonial record has been beaten
by a women in Vanlue, Ohio. She has
buried her sixth husband, and has Just
consoed herself by taking seventh. A
New York company refused to insure his
life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

We understand that Il term OF court for
McLeau county will be held on the 18th
next Wednesday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

? A new Gatling gun just patented can
a small electric moter. 1000 shots.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Odell Type w ritter Co..
35a-s64 Dearborn ST.. CHICAGO. Ill,

Stage Of the Washburn and Turtle Lake
Mail Line leave Merchants Hotel, Tues.
days. THURSDAYS and Saturdays ut 7.15
A. NJ; arrives at Turtle Lake at ~ N.
Leaves Turtle Lake Post Office mt p. NJ,
arrives at the Merchants Hotel, Washburr
5.45, Pm. B. McG1slIY, Prop
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

to Spokane and Coulec City. thence hy snort
stage ride.
For tourist matter desrrlp.v" Of .bis spot,
address, CHaS. =. FEE.
GEM Pass. aud Ikt AYfnt
ST. r.EL, &IAN.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Nelse Herrod, was in town Thursday.
Louis Berquist, of Ingersoll, was IN
Washburn, Wednesday,.
j. D. Carlson, of Weller, was in Wash
burn Friday.
Martin Hanson, of Weller, was in town
Friday.
slr' M. Westmlller was in Washbgrn last
Saturday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
ran MAIL SERVICE.
Tho Connections with the Ohio Side Just
now are Inndaqnnte.

Tho Connections with the Ohio Side just
now are Inadequate.
There might be less satisfactory
mail service between this city and the
towns over the river than has Just gone
into effect, but it would take genius to
devise it, There is no mail for over
the river except by the Terminal road,
which does not connect with the early
train on the Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh
road. Tho Wheeling newspapers have
been forced to make arrangements tenn
porarily with Burns 4 Church to take
their papers to the early train. All
other mail must also suffer the inCon-
venience OF delay for this reason.
The department invited bids for
transferring the mails from Wheeling
to Bridgeport, There arc seven or eight
trips necessary each day. Burns &
Church offered to do the work for g q
day, but the department at Washington
refused, calling that ian extortionate
price," The officials there did not know,
probably, the distance to Bridgeport,
or the fact that the toll is ten cents each
way.
There is only one consolation about
the present botched and entirely in.
adequate arrangement, and that is that
1t is Temporary"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
Al Clcrls Moolps once.

Fannie A. Milligau was on Saturday
appointed oxecutrlx OF tho will OF Goo.
@. Millivan, deceased. Bond $1,000, j.
W. Milligan and William Erskino, sure.
ties. Henry Koch was appointed ad-
minstrator OF the estate OF Frederick
Koch, deceased. Bond, Sl,2OOj John
Arbonz, surety,
Tho Wills oil George @. Mllligan and
Charles Nicholas were admitted to pro.
bate and ordered TO DO recorded. Pro.
bate was refused the will OF Isabella D.
Wassaman there being no witnesses
numOs signed to II.
4 marriage license was issued to
Henry Herbert Smith, u native Of New.
port, o., aged 90, and Phoebe Soamon, q
native Of Wheeling, agod "a,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
The C. A. RS Preparations Complet
Saturday Evening,

The C. A. RS Preparations Completed
Saturday Evening.
AT q meeting Of the G. A. R. posts
Saturday evening the arrangements fol
the Observance OF Memorial Day, May
80, were completed. A committee was
appointed to endeayor to induce the
board OF education to give the public
school children at least half-holiday
on that day, SO that as many Of them as
cared to might witness the celebration
in the different cemeteries, which will
occur in the afternoon. Such services
form an object lesson OF much value to
the young, who should BIO encouraged
to attend them.
The formal celebration OF the united
posts will take place in the evening un.
der the auspices OF Stephens post, and
they will be held in one Of the South
Side halls, though which one has not
yet been determined.
Flowers bid fair to be plenty this
year, us the season is much more adj
vanced than last.
The usual memorial sermon to the
order will be preached in the Fourth
street NJ. l. church on the Sabbath
evening next before Decoration Day by
DR.. A. B. Riker, and both the posts, the
Woman's Relief Corps and Sons Of Vet
Grams will attend.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
RuN oyER AND KI1LEp.
A Connellsyille, Pa, Man Found Dead
near Mt, de ChaHtal.

A Connellsville, Pa, Man Found Dead
near Mt, dc Chantal.
Yesterday morning the dead body
man was found near Mt, de ChaptaI
station. on the Baltimore & Ohio road
just east Of the Hempaeld tunnel. The
left foot had been cut of, the right leg
was broken, and the skull badly crushed
in the back OF the head, while there was
also bad confusion on the forehead.
Coroner Schultze was notified, and
went out and made an examination.
Papers in the pockets OF the dead man
showed that he was Owen Connors. OF
Connellsville, Pa, a coke worker. He
had note in his pocket showing that
he boarded with Mrs. u. Courtney at
Connellsville, and that last week he
drew considerable sum OF money, but
he had only twenty-seven cents in his
pockets, The coroner concluded that
he had fallen oil train while intoxi-
Gated, and been run over.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
In tho Circuit Court.

In Judge PaulPs court Saturday in
the case OF the city vs.. Charles Otto, for
driving on the sidewalk on the Island,
there was verdict for defendant.
In the case Of james Jordan, etc, by
his next irend, We. John J. Kain, ex-
eCutor, an order alleging no filing OF an
answer was made.
In tho matter Of the petition OF Es-
tella May Tomlinson, b, S. Allison was
appointed u special commissioner to
convey the interest OF Joseph Tomlin-
son, IN insane person, in certain prop
erty
Before Judge Campbell, in tho case Of
p. BNchman 4 %. Vs. the Wheeling
Bakery Company, a motion by detcnd-
ant to exclude two questions In the
cro's.oxamination OF NJ. Merhel was
ovorrulOd,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
A enid Poisoned,

A sad affair occurred over at Etna-
vile Saturday. A child named Albert
Delbrugge got hold OF some ammonia
which his mother had procured to use
in cleaning, and drank so large quaint
ity OF it that in spite Of all that physi-
clans could do for him, he died in the
afternoon. His father was at the time
on the road from Pittsburgh to Buffalo,
having left home Friday, and word OF
the terrible occurrence could not reach
him till he arrived in ButIalo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
"Endlcss Variety"

We have tho largest assortment Of
Ladies' Oxford ties in the state to select
from. Here are few OF the special
ones for your consideration:
Ladies' Genuine Goat Dondola Patent
Leather Tip Oxford, hand turn, for 81 90.
Ladies' Tan and Chocolate Goat Tip
Oxfords, elegant goods, at 81 70.
Ladies' Cincinnati Custom Made
Prince Alberts, very stylish, at 50 90.
Ladies' Bootee Black Cloth Top Pat
ent Leather Tip Oxiords, very nice, ut
81 20. j. Ii. LOCKE SHOE Co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
An Isnst Wheellng EIght.

There was an exciting scene on East
Eighteenth street yesterday afternoon
between 3 and o'clock. Two boys OF
eighteen or nineteen, John Woodward
and Charles Jackson, got into fight
and each was badly punished, the com.
batants using stones. About 40Opeople
gathered, and the women screamed
adding to tho excitement. There was
no interference until jackson had one
side OF his face nearly beaten of.
Later Officer Daum arrested both, and
they gave security for their appearance
in police court this morning.