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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Pe6ula in Print.

Lord Winchelsea is about to found q
weekly paper in England, which is to
be the organ of the movement for q
union Of all classes Of agriculturists.
J. II. Meriwcther (colored), a clerk in
the treasury department, recently re-
signed. He is reputed to be worth $780,
600. He was born in Kentucky forty
FIVE years ago..
Mrs. Wistar of Germantown, Pa, the
we'll known translator of German fiction,
is a daughter of the late Mrs. Frances
Kemble- Butler, much better known, OF
course, as Fannie Kemble.
The birthday of Gen. Grant-April q
will be celebrated on a large scale
at Galena, Ill. The idea of a celebration
originated with H. H. Kohlsaat, of the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, who two years ago
presented the city of Galena a bronze
statue of Grant.
The youngest man who can write his
name as governor is John E. Osborne,
the chief executive of. Wyoming. He
is only thirty-four, a doctor by pro-
fession, very good looking, Of pleasing
address, and came to the West from
Vermont some fourteen years ago, though
a native of New York.
Patrick A. Collins, appointed consul ut
London, wal in the early sixties a la.
borer in a coal mine in Perry county,
Ohio, ran a stationary engine for q
time, did farm labor, drove oxen, and
otherwise roughed it. He afterwards
returned to Boston and learned the up
holstery trade.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Mrs. Barnaby's Murderer.

Providence, r. l., April s.-The contest
over the will Of Mrs. Josephine E. Bnrnaby.
the widow of the former clothing merchant
in Providence and Boston. has come to an
abrupt ending. John H. Conrad, the son-in-
lay, having decided upon this course. The
entry Of withdrawal was made in the SUI
preme court to-day, and a certificate OF the
case was sent at once to the probate court.
The will gave $4,000 to the family of Ed
ward w: d nnett, the Adirondack mountain
Worrall Of Chester, Pa. and $4,000 to Or.
J. Thatcher Graves. the Providence physi-
clan who was Sentenced to death at Denver.
Col, but who is now to have a new trial.
The Benefits and Worralls have been set
tied with, but no offer of e settlement has
ever been made with DR.. Graves, who was
Widows will. The matter now having been
sent back to the probate court. Judge Sphinx
viii decide whether Graves Is a proper per,
will contest from the supreme court in
dicates that the prosecution Of the murder
doubtedlY be dropped; This is the belief
and when the time for the retrial. May %,
Is reached, the doctor ia expected to go
frap.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Sinful Doines.

Friends Of a Kentucky young man
who was compelled to marry a girl fatal
" shot the girl and her father.
Miss Annie Hart, daughter of a
wealthy farmer living near Posey, ILL.,,
committed suicide by drowning.
Constable Charles E. Fate of Menifee,
Ark, was fatally shot while attempting
to arrest q negro. The murderer will
be lynched if caught.
One Joe Kelley was arrested in Mime
apolis, charged with completely in the
murder of a policeman at Helena, Mont,
in May, 1892.
Mrs. e. G. Lloyd was shot and fatally
wounded by her husband at Atlanta,
Ga, while attempting to prevent the
killing of her brother.
James Marlin was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary for attempt
ing to murder David Quincy at Peru,
Ind.
A negr desperate named Charles Nor
gan was lynched by a mob of his color
at Graham, Va. Morgan murdered a
law-abiding negro.
Charles Norton and Stella Jones, both
colored, were arrested at Manitou, Colo,
for stealing $3.50 from J. A. Petri Of
Phillipsburg, N. ].
A, II. Sutton, under arrest Mt Louis
vile for forging whisky certificates, has
made IN assignment. He places his lia-
bilities at 100000.
AT a dance at Atlanta, Ga, Anna
Wooden shot and killed Matte Moon,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
WAsHBURN, . NORTH DAKOTA

Thars what Spring Appears to he.
jamestown, N. D., Special, April g.
jamestown was visited this afternoon
by q severe hail and rain storm, which
was soon followed by a binding snow
stom. The indications are that the storm
will continue throughout the night.
Northcote, Mimi, Special, April s.
Twelve hours of snow to-day will delay
seeding until after the middle of the
mouth.
Rapid City. s. d., April S.-For six
hours last night a remarkable wind storm
from the southwest swept this region.
The velocity was sixty-four miles per
hour. The electrical manifestations
were so strong that few people IN the city
were able to sleep.
Rockford, Ill.,, April S.-A severe wind
storm passed over the city last night,
l~evcling trees and fences. At Cherry
Valley the brick fronts of three store
buildings were blown in and the build
ings badly torn. Two freight cars stand
ing on the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way were blown off the track and
wrecked.
South Haven, Mich, April S.-Thc
wo.st wind storm on record in this yicin-
ity struck South Haven this morning
about 1 o'clock. The cover of the water
works standpipe was blown off and Chin
neys were blown down. There was an
immense fall of rain. South of the town
great damage was done to farm buildings.
Many barns We're levelcd, roofs were
torn off, a school house was wrecked
and several buildings were struck by
lightning. "
Chicago, April S.-A huge wave this
morning swept suddenly into the mouth
of the Chicago river. tearing Il number
of vessels from their mornings and tenn
porarily grounding the steamer City OF
Venice and the schooner Mabel Wilson:
Chicago, April S.-HepOrts from South
of here indicate that a gale, almost ap-
preaching q cyclone in severity, is sweep
ing Southern illinois, Iowa and Missouri,
and that much damage has been done.
The wind has in a great measure pros
trated the telegraph wires and full re-
ports are not obtainable. 1t is feared
that in remote sections there may have
been loss of life, although SO fas none
has been reported.
Detroit, April 8.-A special from St.
Joseph, Mich. to the Free Press says: A
tremendous tidal wave, the first known
here for several years, swept in over the
beach from Lake Michigan about 9
O'Clock this morning, extending back
over the sand a distance of 600 OF 700
feet. The water in the river rose to the
height of four or five feet above the nor
NAL stage. The big wave swept away
every movable thing before it. The wave
receded within a few minutes after it
clean. A remarkable feature of the
phenomenon was the absence of heavy
weather on the lake, and tehre wa very
little wind.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
General News.

Corbett and Mitchell are to fight in
New York for a purse of 100000.
Joseph Jefferson will rebuild his Buz'
yards Bay cottage, Crows Nest, which
was destroyed by fire.
G.. FL. Hamilton of Chicago has made
an 1,SNO-mile journey across Upper Alas
ka on snow shoes.
w. Il. Vanderbilt, Ogden Goelet and
James Gordon Bennett purpose visiting
India in their steam yachts next fall.
7. 7ge Kicks, in the United States court
at Toledo, decided against the Ann Ar.
boz railway strikers, holding a boycott
to be a conspiracy. L
A curious feature of the railroad J.
hibit at the Chicago fair will be a neatly
arranged collection of railroad and steam
bort passes once owned by Jay Gould.
A slight earthquake of short duration
was felt at Los Angeles, San Bernardino,
San Diego and other Southern California
points recently.
A big meeting will be held in New
York BY Irish Americans soon to give
emphasis to the demand that England
shall release Irish dynamiters, now i1
English prisons.
The United States & Brazil Mail
Steamship company's steamers Alliance,
Vigilance and Advance were sold at
auction at New York. b. H. Ludlow
bia in the vessels.
The national committee of the Single
Tax League of the United States has
called q national single "a conference
to meet in Chicago Aug. 20. This will
be the second national conference of the
believers in Henry Georges theory.
Several hundred sports witnessed !
sensational glove contest at Maple Bay.
N. Y, between ABE" Dunfee of syro
use and Dan" Donovan of Cleveland,
Ohio. In the seventh round the fight
was abruptly terminated by q Knockout
blow delivered by the Syracuse man.
Donovan fell limp and senseless, and be
remained in a comatose condition fol
several hours, when he died. Dunfee
and Referee p. ]. Donahue were AT.
rested.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
who had told stories ~derogatory to her

who had told stories %derogatory to her
character.
Lawyers at Portland and Salem, Or,
Chinese into this country from Vancou-
yer, B. c. Sensational revelations are
promised.
The romantic details of the escape Of
William Sharkey from the Tombs in
woman's clothes which had been passed
into his cell by his sweetheart, Maggie
Jordan, will be rehearsed in a suit which
will be tried in the New York supreme
court.
Jesse Anton met his wife on the street
at Chadron, Neb., and deliberately shot
her through the head, killing her in
stantly. He then fired at his own head,
falling dead beside his wife's corpse.
She had refused to live with her hus-
band.
The amount A. r. Sutton obtained by
his forgeries at Louisville, KY, continues
to grow. The latest figures are $780,
600. A draft Sutton drew on Il. J. Sem
mes & Co. of Memphis for 81, 700 has
been returned with the word forgery
across it's face. A number of forged
acceptances have come to light, and some
think the forgeries will reach $4,000.
In a squalid little room in the rear Of
No. 22O Walnut street, st. Louis, was
found the body of Frederick Gille, an
army veteran, f%fty-three years old. He
had been lured into the room, strangled
to death and robbed of what money he
had. The means used were exactly SINH
lar to those of the French garroters. =.
Sheriff Condo and five deputies attempt
ed to arrest Thomas, George and Will
lam Mccarthy, bank robbers, at their res
idence twelve miles from Baker City,
Or. The sheriff was covered with rifles
in the hands of William and Thomas Nc
Carthy, who disarmed the sheriff and
made their escape.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Casualty.

A Canadian Pacific train rolled into
a deep gorge and four men were killed.
Bernard Grillet was instantly killed
in Syndicate Mine No. 10 at Brazil, Ind.
A 100000 distillery fire occurred at
Louisville.
An empty whisky barrel exploded at
Austin, Tex, killing a small child.
Thomas Hogan was killed by light
ming ut Macomb, ILL.,, during a thunder
storm.
A shanty in which two Italians were
sleeping burned heal Scranton, Pa, and
the men were burned to death.
The bodies of four tramps were found
in the ruins of a Darn burned ut May
wood, N. ].
Lubin Astell, a printer, persisted in q
fire at San Francisco which destroyed
q row of frame tenement buildings.
Frederick Brown was thrown from a
train near Eftinsham, ILL.,, and killed
by tramps, who first picked his pockets.
G. l.. Hamn, a st. Louis attorney,
dropped a bottle containing an explosive
in the street. A dozen persons were
burned by the explosion.
In a roller coaster collision ut Raleigh,
N. c., eleven young ladies were injured,
Miss Mabel Green of Fayetteville and
Miss Florence Boylen of Raleigh fatally.
The plant of the Granite Paper Mills
company at Salt Lake was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $1OO,OOO; insur-
ance, $4,000.
The car house of the Newark & Or
ange electric railway at Roseville, N.
j., was burned to the ground. The loss
will reach $15O,O00.
The Temple opera house at Elizabeth,
N. j., was entirely destroyed by fire,
which started from an explosion of gas
in the property room. The loss is $685.
600; insurance, 100000.
Among the children hurt at the SWITCH
back accident at Raleigh, N. c., was
Francis Hodgson, niece of Francis Hodg-
son Burnett. She, as we'll as others, is
better. No deaths have yet occurred.
Some amputations will probably be made.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
The Foreign Budget.

Fred Fern, the mysterious American
who took a leading part in the Cara
revolution, has been captured in Texas.
Prof. King, chief astronomer of the
dominion interior department, chosen as
the British commissioner to determine
the boundary line between the dominion
and Alaska, has left Ottawa for Victoria,
B. G. His party numbers about 100.
The republic of Columbia had extend
ed for a period of twenty months the con-
cession of the Panama Canal company
for the construction of the canal.
A fire at Podhaiezyki, lear Sombor,
in Galicia, destroyed 100 buildings, in
Guiding the school house, and three per-
sons persisted in the flames.
A dispatch from Sofia states that o
Russian church ut Gudria, in the Can
cad, collapsed during a terrible storm,
and that more than 100 wo%rshipers were
killed.
The yacht of the sultan of Turkey
was sunk recently as the result of a
plot against the monarch's life, it is said,
and many members of his household
and guests were drowned.
An annexation leader in Canada is
sued ar appeal to Canadian residents in
the United States to assist in the work
of effecting a union of the two coun-
tries.
Italy, following the example of Eng
land and France, will raise its legation
at Washington to the dignity of an en-
bassy.
Freihere Won Meyer-Hohenberg, of the
German navy, killed himself in a rail-
road carriage near Brescia, after having
lost all his money at the Monte Carlo
casino.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
IN A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News Of the World. Cuped
From the Telegraph Re-
ports OF the Press
Associations.
The Capital.

IT'S S0pICdIs
The public debt decreased $1,956,172
in March.
The president nominated Bartlett Trip
of South Dakota to be minister to Aus
tria, and m new ministers to Greece
and Switzerland.
The old case of the United States
against Adam Badeau to recover SIS, 0i4
fees, alleged to have been unlawfully
retained by him while consul at Ha-
wanna, has been settled by the payment
of $1,000 as n compromise.
An order was issued at the war de-
partment transferring Troop X, Ninth
cavalry, from Fort Lcavenworth to the
department of the Platte and transfer
ring Troop F, Sixth cavalry, from the de-
partment of the Platte to Fort Leaven-
worth.
The department of state was informed
from San Francisco, on authority Of dis
patches by rhe steamer Australia, of the
arrival of Commissioner Blount ut Homo
lulu on the Doth of March. AS the
steamer left port just after the revenue
cutter Rush arrived there was nothing
in the dispatch beyond the mere fact of
his arrival.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
1cr,Es LIGHTED BY BALLOONS.
Details of a Plan Which win Be
Tested nj the Worlds Fair.

Detail, of a Plan Which VIII Be
Tested at the Worlds Fair.
A balloon with electric lights at
tached to it for lighting cities is the
latest idea of turning the light Of
lights to q practical use. This idea
NAV seem very visionary, but G. A.
Smith, n Of San Francisco's invent
ors. has sufficient confidence in the
scheme to commence operations Of
constructing a balloon for that purpose.
This balloon will not be of the ordi-
nary silk-bag pattern, but will be made
of aluminium in the shape OF a cigar,
pointed at both ends. 1t will be about
forty feet long and fifteen feet in
diameter at its largest point, and will
contain sufficient gas to sustain it in
the toughest weather. Fans win be
constructed so as to hold it point up
to the wind and keep it from dipping,
and in calm weather it will be so
balanced that it will remain perfectly
level. A cable containing the electric
wires will hold it at a sufficient efeva-
ton, SO that the light will be spread
over the area to be Illuminated to the
best advantage. The balloon will sus-
tain six arc lights, or it can be so made
as to be covered with t~ncandescent
lights, each n of which Will be en-
closed with q reflector, so as to con-
centrate the rays Of the light and
throw them downward. An appliance
will be provided for hauling the balloon
to the earth for trimming the light or
making any repairs that might become
necessary, or raising or lowering it so
that the light may be advantageously
distributed.
The inventor claims that, counting
the first cost of the balloons and their
maintenance, the total cost Of lighting
q city the size of San Francisco will
be reduced considerably, as n balloon
will suffice for from four to six blocks.
At the same time the tangle of deadly
and unsightly wires from the streets
will be removed and danger from fires
reduced. Mr.. Smith, in addition to the
lights, has invented an arrangement Of
mirrors, which will be placed on the
under side of the balloon, so that a
pcISOu Ou OuC SllCCC SuA SCC WAdO II
t%ranspiring on the next, even though
blocks of buildings intervene, and this
mirror arrangement, the inventor says,
will be of great service to the fire de-
partment, as the location Of flames
car be easily ascertained should they
break out from a building.
Perhaps the best use to which this
system of lighting would be turned
would be to harbors." said Mr.. Smith
to a Call reporter. Three or four Of
these balloons placed I've San Fran
cisco bay would make the harbor as
light as day. The members Of the San
Francisco Electric association have dis
cussed my scheme pretty thoroughly,
and they claim that it is not only pos
sible, but one that would be very use
full as a system of city lighting. I have
enough faith in it. to secure space at
the worlds fair to place it on exhibit
ton, and my attention from now until
the fair opens will be directed toward
&C constructing q balloon and having it
in perfect working order"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Railroad World.

1t is rumored that the Willard man
agement of the Northern Pacific is to
step down and out. III
The estimated gross earnings of the
Rock Island, both east and west of the
Missouri river, for the month of March
are $1,55S,6G7.77 "a. against $1,713,947.S2
for the same month last year.
AT the meeting of the stockholders of
the Chicago & Alton, held in Chicago,
the three retiring directors, j. G. Mullin,
J. A. Stewart and A. s. Prague, were
each reelected for a term of three years
The old board Of officers was also re-
elected for the ensuing year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
A Ptpe Manufactures Fails.

New York, April S.-Frederick Kalden-
burg, one of the leading men in the
meerchaum pipe trade, made an assign
ment to-day. He is also the president
and principal owner of the F. J. Kalden-
burg company, of East Thirty-third
street. which manufactured the goods he
sold. The factory il valued at $4,000
and is e%nculnbered by a $4,000 mort
gage. 1t was currently reported that his
contingent liabilities as endcrser would
probably amount to $250,O00. His nf-
fairs are involved 20 much with those
Of the company that it will require some
time to straightcn them out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
.rhc C;n. Went ont.

Chicago, April S.-Last night the gas went
out without warning all over Ravenswood.
q suburban village of Chicago. A few mo-
ments' later 1t was turned on and the town
was threatened with asphyxiation. An
alarm committee was hastily organized oy
r. w. Bassctt and Charles Truax, who
started out on bicycles to warn the sleep
ing inhabitants. They succeeded well. but
Mrs. Agness and a servant employed by II.
II. Anderson, two of the many persons ~.
burning all night, are In o serious condition
aud may not recover.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Five Appointments

Washington, April s.--The president TO-
day sent the following nominations to the
senate: Caleb w. West. to be governor OF
Utah; Dominick Murphy Of WASHINGTON:
n. O.. to te FIRST deputy commissioner Of
pensions; Au,h7ose w. Lyman Of Montana,
to be controller Of internal revenue for the
district Of Montana; David G.. Browne OF
Montana. to be collector Of customs 1or
the district of Montana aad Idaho.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
A Bruding Collnpscs.

Chicago. April s.-Another big building In
the worlds fair district collapsed with sur
prising suddenness this afternoon. ~ Is
what il known as the Panorma building,
lust outside the exposition grounds ut the
corner Of Fjfty-seventh street and Stony
island avenue. The building Vas erected ~, up
in iifs contradiction had just knocked on for
lunch when q sudden gust Of wind caused
the complete collapse OF the structure, leav:
ing only q tangled mass OF beams ana
blanks on its site.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
The lIeckla sighted.

New York, April s.-The disabled Thing
yalla line steamship Hekla. from oCpen-
hagen and Christiansand. with about 1000
cabin and steerage passengers, was again
heard from yesterday. She was passed
about G25 miles east Of New York by the
M Veendam, which arrived last
evening, The Kekla was coming slowly
westward. She showed no signals, which
would Indicate that she needed no assist
Ance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Tn. First Bont Up.

La Crosse, Wis, Special, April s.
The Reindeer went up ut noon for a raft
at Minneiska, the first boat up this sea-
sor. The river registers ten feet, and il
steadily rising. The Onalaska boom il
open, and the logs are running out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15
Labor Items.

The difference between the Quincy
Coal company and its striking miners
at Colchester, ILL.,, has been settled.
The strike to take place at the granite
quarries at Barrie, VT, did not begin,
and it is thought there will be no trouble
until May 1. The quarry men say If
the dealers do not ask them to return
to the ten-hour system there will be no
trouble, but if such demand is made
there will be q strike.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-04-15

NJ. Rossignol, the well known Paris
Ian police officer, has just compiled q
list Of some of the extraordinary
trades" exercised in Paris, of which.
the following is a selection: Ratters,
who capture living rats and sell them
to exhibitors Of curious beasts; collect
ors, who gather sewer grease and seize
the corks and shoppers at the Suresnes
sewer grating; stampers, who beg
bread crusts, which they sell again;
ant-egg collectors, who take their gath
erings on Sundays to the bird mar
kets; bird professors" who offer their
services at that market as trainers
OF blackbirds, canaries and parrots;
senators" who are none other than
the commissionaires of the flower mar
ket; and merchants for the sale Of
n~ight-shelter numbers, who stand In Q
line and resell their tickets to their
more fortunate brethren.-Pal Mall
Budget.