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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Criminal Doings.

North Carolina negroes terrorize q
town and come to grief.
A New York woman is murdered
after the ann of Jack the Ripper.
Abe Cohen, a 12-year-old boy. was
strangled to death by an unknown
person at st. Louis.
Huntington, w. Va, toughs tied J.
A. Weedy, a jewellery peddler to a
tree and whipped him numerically.
Officer Painter who killed Arthur
Schneider at Alexandria, Ind, is held
under $4,000 bonds.
Negroes inaugurated a reign of ter
ror at Bath, N. c., by attempting to
gain possession of the town.
James A. Crozier's house at Menom-
inee, Mich, was robbed Of jewelry
worth $50 while the family were at
church.
Two attempts were made to wreck
the Big -Four train known as the
"Court House Flyer" near Benton
Harbor, Mich.
Thomas s. Barden, agent for the
Metacomet and Anawan mills at Fall
River, Con-, is short $4,000 and has
fed.
Adam Long, an inmate of the Ma
tional Military home, jumped from
the Main street bridge in Dayton, O..
and was drowned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Warrington.


Secretary Morton stoutly maintains
that his crop statistics are correct.
Secretary Morton denies that he
had a row with the president on the
silver question.
The nav department has been in
formed Of the arrival of the flagship
San Francisco at Mcrsin, Asia Minor.
The national supreme court decides
an important land cast from Douglas
county, Wis.,in favor of the Northern
Pacific.
Mr.. Eckels, the controller of the cur
rency. has directed Inspector Dooley
to take charge of the First National
bank of Willimantic. Conn.
The president has refused to pardon
Rufus l.. Davis. sentenced to three
years in the penitcntiary in the west
ern district of Missouri for counter
feiting.
An effort is being made by the civil
service commission to extend the pro-
lection Of the classified service over
the steam and electrical engineers en-
ployed in the departments.
The secretary Of agriculture will
o o begin the publication and diStrl-
button of a series of bulletins relative
to the foreign markets for the agri-
cultural products of the United States.
-Four troops of the First cavalry,
with Col. Arnold and Maj. Viele. now
at Fort Grant, Or. have been ordered
to change places with four troops Of
the Seventh cavalry. Col. Sumner and
Maj. Baldwin, now at Fort Riley,
Kansas.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Sir Edward Grey said in the hous

Sir Edward Grey said in the house
of commons a few nights ago that
Great Britain could not appoint q
commission to cooperate with the
Nicaraguan commission appointed by
President Cleveland, except on the
invitation of the United States gov.
eminent. The only invitation England
is likely to get from this country in
regard to American Affairs is one tc
aid in the dissemination Of the Mon
roe doctrine, and 1t will bs forwarded
tf necessary, with some emphatic re
marks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
ON TIE WARPAqH
REPORTED OUTBREAK OF INDIANS
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Fifteen Hundred Reds and Half
Breeds Are Said to be on the
Warpath Near Saint Johns,
N. d., Near the Manitoba
Boundary.
A CALL IS MADE FOR TROOPS.
Soldiers Ordered From Fort Totten
Seven Hundred People In Tents
IN the Prairie.

Winnipeg, April 80. - A Killarney
dispatch to the Free Press says re-
ports come in from st. Johns, N. d.,
just over the Manitoba boundary,
that 1000 Indians and half-breeds are
on the warrath, and that 700 women
and children are in tents on the
prairie. Troops from Fort Totten
are ordered to st. Johns. A man
named Ross, living near the boun-
Diary on the Canadian side, was
chased by Indians and had to flee for
his life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

A committee of reformers in Phila-
delphia who have been looking into
the rate of interest paid by very poor
borrowers in that city, find that there
are two classes OF lenders: Those who
charge from 400 to 500 per cent a
year, and ordinary pawnbrokers,
whose charge is u per cent a year.
The annual payments of interest are
about 100000. The example of New
York will be followed in organizing a
company to loan money in small sums
at low rates.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

A man sued the New York horse
dealing concern known as Tattersalls
because a hunter sent to it by him to
be sold by electric light had been in
adv~ertently put up at auction in broad
daylight, with the result that certain
defects or super1uities in or upon
his legs became easily apparent to pur-
chasers, and he brought only a very
small price. The plaintiff got a YER
dice of $3.50.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
General.

The Elks are expected to settle their
differences soon
Non-union miners in Ohio are driven
from work by strikers.
A colony of veterans of the civil
val is to be located in Georgia.
Joaquin Miller is charged with
having betrayed a young girl in
Hawaii.
Numerous organizations of various
cities join the National Municipal
league.
A national reunion Of veterans of
the civil war will be held in San
Francisco in June.
Democrats Of Illinois from a state
organization to oppose free coinage
of silver.
Negroes who We're induced to leave
Southern states and go to Mexico
are held there in absolute slavery.
Chicago is to h. We a new Democratic
morning paper to be called the En-
quirer.
A new cast of smallpox has appear
ed at Spring Valley, Ill.,, and seventy
houses have been quarantined.
A recent census gives Fort Dodge
Iowa, a population Of S43O, an in
crease of 1900 since 1890.
The Arkansas legislature neglected
to make an appropriation for the main
tenance of the state penitentiary.
The Tacoma sealing schooner Beh-
ring Sea, reported lost with all ON
board, is safe.
The body Of Edwin Forest is to be
removed to q mausoleum at the Ed
win Forrest home near Philadelphia.
The jury in the suit of the Dueber
Watch Case company against the
American Watch company at New
| York was unable to agree.
The Delaware conference of the At
| rican NJ. Il. church has declared that
smoking is a sin and ministers who
use tobacco will be dismissed.
r. b. Armstrong, of Kansas has
| been appointed special agent for the
purchase of lands for the absentee
Wyandotte Indians.
Wyoming state officials are on q
junket inspecting charitable and re-
| foratory institutions in the western
| states.
The rise in the price of beef has
not deferred the workmen in the
| slaughter houses of New York for
calling for increased wages. ,
A California woman will claim
$2OO.WO of the Fair estate on the
ground that the late senator was
the father of her Child.
A resolution is introduced in the
Pennsylvania legislature to in
eestigate Philadelphia municipal
affairs.
President Van Horne, of the
Canadian Pacific. talks about the ex-
tension Of the Duluth & Winnipeg
railway.
Clarence Sampson was appointed re-
ceiver for the dry goods house of
Schmeelea 4 Fitzgerald at st. JOS
eph, Mo. The indebtedness is $780,
! 600.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
si1xer organ for New York.

New York, April 30. The New
York Mercury has been sold to a
syndicate and the new management
is already in possession. Negotiations
have been in progress for months
leading up to the transfer of this prop
erty. The papers were signed on
Thursday. Nothing could be learned
as to the personnel of the purchasing
syndicate beyond the fact that they
are silver men from the West who
will make the paper a silver organ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

Lace is a fabric that can quietly be
made to represent large amounts Of
money. The Astors have been credit
ed with owning lace worth 100000,
and the Vanderbilts value their laces
at $5,OO0,OOO. The pope is said to be
content with only $4,000 representa-
in lace, and the Princess of Wales can
boast of only the modest sum of $780,
OOOO expended in the dainty meshes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

At Elkhorn, w. Va, Deputy United
State Marshal Smith was fired upon
by a cplored desperate named An
drew Dillon. Smith killed. Dillon.
Frank Huffman. the train robber
and desperate who has operated in
Missouri for the past five years, has
been captured at Collins, Mo.
The Nyack. n. V, postotfice was EN-
tered by burglars last night and rob-
bed Of nearly $500 in money and
postage stamps.
At Denver Henry Goloyd. a hostler,
lies in Il critical condition, with bull
let wounds in his thigh and abdomen
inflicted by Walter Scott another host
Ter.
Carl Brown is forced to stay in
Massillon, Ohio. and continue his
prosecution of citizens for riotous con-
duct. He tried to drop the cases and
pay the costs. but the court refused.
"Spooncy' Butler and ]. w. Smith,
the Griswold bank robbers. were con-
victcd at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Reilly
their confederate who shot Deputy
Sheriff O'Brien is still at large
DR.. HIM. Bien a %well-known Jew
ish rabbi Of Vicksburg, Miss, was
found dead from the effects of NOR
phine in his room at the hotel in
birmingham. Ala. He committed
suicide because of dependency.
G.. w. Robinson, John Brasil and
Sam Wilkinson. notorious green-goods
men, We're decoyed to Philadelphia
and arrested. They had a lot of goods
and spurious money. besides 10000
stamped envelopes addressed to per-
sons throughout the country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

New York working girls have just
organized another club for self-im-
provement. Every such club means
a good deal-Would mean a good deal
if it meant nothing more than a will
ingness to study at night after work
ing all day. AS long as men and wom-
en- who work realize their aspirations
for improvement by such practical
methods the world will continue to
move.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Mt.u.e Of the Mails.

Portland, Or, April 3C.-Miss Mary
Berger, the Eugene orr ~dressmaker,
was to-day indicted by the federal
grand jury for sending lewd and las
civious matter through the mails. The
grand jury declared the letters too
vile to be read to the court. 1t is said
Miss Berger was infatuated with DIR.
Mckinney, a prominent physician,
and sent s%candalous letters to him
and others. Some Of them were
signed Mrs. ]. S. Mckinney and in
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
nat, in Northern Minnesota

duluth. Mimi, April 80. A heavy
realm began falling all over his sec
ton of the state to-day and is still In
nroeress. It will extinguish the for
oct fires which have been starting up
throughout the timber region, and
nv filing the small streams enable
the lumbermen to get out their logs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Killed a Criminal.

Pittsburg, Tex, April 30.-News has
reached here to the effect that Con
stable Oliver and posse of three men,
Cooper, Frye and Richie, while en-
route to arrest a man named Belcher,
were waylaid and fired upon by
Belcher and his two friends and two
of the posse killed, while the otheS
two were fatally injured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

Harry HI! ward, the murderer OF
Miss Gin. has been outdone by the
ticnd who bEtchered the two young
ladies in a San Francisco church.
Hayward might profit by this If he
were not convicted and sentenced.
Popular sympathy is a difficult thing
to reckon with.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Murdered by Hoboes.

Mansfield, Ohio, April 30. Fred
erick Boebel, a contractor VINO re-
sides in this city, was murdered ana
robbed while returning to MS nome
from Crestline early TINS morning.
The work was done by hopoes' VINO
secured about $500 in e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

One of England's demands on Ven
ezuela is for possession of the Island
Of Barimas, at the mouth Of the ORR
noco, which would be a fine location
for a great fortress such as England
has created at Halifax and Vancou-
yer. That little island looks insignifi-
cant on the map, but it is the key to
a fourth of the inland trade of South
America.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Rebels

Fee, April 80. - A letter from the
sultan has Geen read in the mosque
here announcing a signal victory over
the rebellious Bahama tribesmen Of
Marrakesha. After the reading of the
letter the heads Of sixteen of the reb-
els were suspended from one of the
gates of the city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

The latest appropriation for new
warships voted by the house of COM
mons is by far the largest ever made
in England, and there was only ~
votes against it. The talk of disarma-
mcnt is having the usual result.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Unfortunate Events.

James Miller's five-year-old son was
killed by a trolley a at Peoria, Ill.
An Alabama cyclone killed three
people.
Fire at Chester, Neb., destroyed the
entire business portion of the town.
Forest fires are causing great dam
age in New Jersey.
Hail storms in Texas caused dam"
age amounting to hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars.
The villa on Prospect Hill, larry
town, N. ". occupied by Josefy, the
pianist, was destroyed by fire.
The two-year-old son of Thomas
Knight was killed by a train at
Adrian, Mich.
l.. H. Key. aged sixty years, a prom
inent railroad official. was instantly
killed by being run over by an engine
at Elkhart, Ind.
While playing with a gun Ernest
Cooper. aged nine years, shot and
killed his five year-old brother Reny
in Wabash township, Ill.
Fred Fenicle, four years of age, fell
into a stream of water at the rear Of
his home in Canton, O., and was
drowned.
While narrowing a field at Ander-
son, Ind, Tom Talmage's team ran
harrow tilted, striking him in the
back. 1t buried itself three inches
and cut II frightful cash. His injuries
are fatal.
Almost the entire business portion
of Duquesneborough, opposite Nc
Keesport. on the Monongahela river,
was destroyed by fire of supposed in.
cendiary origin, which broke out at 4
in the morning. The loss Is v~ariously
estimated ut from $4,000 to $15O,OOO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

The old saying that nobody can tell
what Is law until the supreme court
guesscs at il may be all right, but
the courts latest guess" has not
cleared up all the doubts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

Gen. Fairchild's Daughter a Wife.
Madison, Wis, April 30.-The most
notable wedding Of the year occurred
at Grace church (EpiscopaD, when
Charles NJ. Morris and Miss Mary
Fairchild, daughter of Gen. Lucius
F%airchild, were united by the cere-
mony of the church, administered by
the rector, Rev. F'ayette Durlin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
M Init One Saved.

Toledo, Ohio, April 30.-Capt. Geo.
Hayward and four of the crew OF the
steamer Sadie Shepard, which foun-
dered and sunk just outside OF Maui
NEE bay yesterday afternoon, arrived
in Toledo safe and sound this morn-
ing. One of the crew was drowned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
New Currency scheme,

Detroit. Mich. April 3O.-The Trib-
une Rep) publishes an edltoria! lead,
err which declares in favor OF the So
luton of the present money question
by the issuance of a new dollar COM
posed Of proportional parts OF gold
and silver.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Fire IN n Factor

Chicago, April 80. The furniture
factory of L. NJ. Hamline Il Co. was
destroyed and the plant of Freese 4
Peters, manufacturers of sinks and
refrigerators, was badly damaged by
fire this morning. Loss, $4,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

England has a bigger navy and
army than had Walker, the "gray-eyed
man of destiny" who temporarily over
turned Nicaragua's government forty
years ago. Nevertheless, England is
not likely to erase Nicaragua from
the map. The demonstrance of the
Nicaragua will count for something.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

To Marry a Senator's Daughter.
Troy. N. Y. April 3O.-1t is true that
Hiss Julia Murphy, daughter Of SEN
ator Murphy, will be married to ex-
MAYOR Grant of New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
German geographers have made a

German gcographers have made a
careful estimate OF the population Of
africa and place the total at 163,953,-
600, which is 4o,24O, UOOemore thai the
aggregate population Of North and
South America. Europe and Africa
combined have a population of 52l,-
$50, 600 though their area is no. great
er than that of all America.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

New York's police II is nearly
complete, and an estimate based on
the figures gives the city a popula-
ton of 1855, $50. This indicates the
annual growth to be about 1900, and
probably the surrounding cities add as
many more to the yearly expansion OF
Greater New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

If Spain is wise she will sell Cuba
to the United States for anything
which is offered. Cuba is destined to
be a source Of weakness and not of
strength to Spain IS long as the con-
nection continues. There can never
be any real peace between the two
until separation comes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04

Mclean county ofs hem Ha advantageous nmamms ito @Mn ms famous misunderstanding nm md
npmrag agricultural lands and its own heap md in wood adc COAL All mso fBuldup MaraI eMrhM.
sanhtone good timber an 6sday for bndkmakngc nte found in many lahst mudoutn the county The
avaagdin wheat 2sMhuaMhp raGso OATS SOL bushels per acre. barley Oz4 ISL bushels fax 2ohmhsnr oo-
250h bushels corn, about 4h bushels and ore as and vegetables in the same ponoHmm md to- .nm-.
ooNh here has never been known
ALeanC County, has no railroad INNING directly thwhn but the main Gmof III. na ~..u 49,
northeast corners the Bismarck & Hmkmonb branch ohe 500 line which il radd int R~ L-
thught the untran and spmaaoma ar being mad for completing the road dmng the m oIss4
Theamy hsa eighteen new public hoos all supplied with old and experienced teachers ans
&hoolh mMah thus furnishing ample amaahonda advantages
WASHBURN, the 0my seat of Mclean County, ADMIRABLY located being on h.te,. .-.
"BR Bead" ofhe Missouri River commmdng an excellent view other rive fmawrdm ~s
Mhdtuhdm only 40m niles from Bsmark,t the Capita the STATE ofNothD Dakota M""""a1" o
Wnhhmn 18th atrott a &con of country equal in area that of the M R. ae- u :.
and tmnporahonH lines dvwe rom as and hem himpotutpo to the Bnmau1 wa S@ . Az n mni
Hahn Packet iuaint edh distributing pt for mrM Mail Routes Two eambon.a -s ao eo4
are mg profitable business ""sH",m d
COAL ARBOR auohri mptmtto town. Mnc county hatuahd2 1887 Mr h .w.
htev very heart dthe coal fdds thnt og rd Horaa hotel abaAsmhhd shop audi nMMM-4 ~ o 1oo
hHu1ounddb ~ zone ofe best ghMuha and stocks n gshow mMS State ~~N"n ana
Thcouyh nv very good condition financially its total assets embracing uneMh+.d. -.
courthouse and jail and $4,000 cash on had amnhugt $5o745 ~. $50 ancaongt the
large reduction in taxes VP0"SSe
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-05-04
Foreign.

Spanish troops are whipped in a
fight with Cuban insurgents.
A fire in Paris destroys a large num-
Der of valuable art models.
The Russian government has eXpell,
ed Nine. Modjeska from Russia.
France, Germany and Russia threat
en- to put in their oars in the Jap
Chinese settlement.
Several earthquake shocks have
been felt throughout the Cape Verde
islands during the last few days.
German historians will meet next
month at Frankfort-on-the-Main at
the Deutscher Historikertag.
shakespeare week" at Stratford on
Goldsmith's "She Stops to Conquer"
Alma Tadema's "Glaucus and Ny
dia" was sold for SLIGO at a recent
London sale, and Sir John Millais'
"Pippa' for $1,000.
Two Americans named Thoerher
and Kiogel, who are walking around
the world, have arrived at Monte Car
10.
A mural tablet in honor of the chem
list Pasteur was unveiled at the CEN
tenary celebration of the Ecole Nor
male, the chief college of France.
The Emperor of Japan in an adj
dress congratulating his subjects upon
the victory Owe China, urges them to
continue in the path of civilization.
Owing to the interruption of tele
graphic service, communication be-
tween Capt. Gen. Martinez de Cam
pos and Havana has been cut off.
Sir Robert Hamilton whose death
is announced in London is understood
to have been mainly instrumental in
framing the first home rule bill.
The Anchor line steamer Bolivia,
with LOO emigrants on board, was run
into in the Bay of Naples by the
steamer Cyrenian. The Bolivia was
quite badly damaged, but nobody was
hurt.
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PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. IN
A CONDENSED FORM.

The Latest md Most irapOrtant News
of the World, Cullnu ErOm IL
T.lexrG ph Reports of the Press
.A~sAOciutiOHs.
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DESCRIPTION OF MCLEAN COUNTY,,
The Garden County of North Dakota.
ABDNDANTLY SUPPLIED With GOOD WATER and FUEL

NddeauC omtyms tmtdn north of mHham and caste heA Missouri river having honhgeo 1875 miles,
Nhi hv uyc nro fifth. State 6N forth Dakota and overs Me offs 6O0m miles, de embraces O4oo acres
of the finest qty of farming land including $4,000 acres dtmbr which lies dongt eMmsomnw river There's
sMm this uty1 52OO acres of Nanmnua don oathnmtc capable da cnnm%ahng72 OohmMes
giving each ahomehado of 100 acres tac tfr fMng ont ame Of $AOD
The Northern Pacific Railroad COMPANY own within thee county about &3440a csw which cnbe purchased
apias rangngf from 81 SO acre. land which maybe paid for in thee company peen@S STOCK whhra ranges
hpm rom 25 to IS cents ted dr mh ekmd cnbe bought n1y n' mew allow rate ofhkrst
Ahut 1880 900 acres of hsh land sumhmad with aNmo1p quality GgMeo COAL rngmgf from 1.-TWO ITO twenty
nmtn tMha,a dmn many s the coal crops out 1.-THE surface rndmmgh easy fa@sa the SUPPLY
Th@dn a rh,b black loan will dy Mbol from eighteen inches to three tm dAha and is
cmbh 0fp odingeo rnou rpo of asM and vegetables it also has the finest grazing and meadow lands
ysMn ge mt nuhmsgr grasses mhuhne adh really thee Garden County ofNorhD Dakota.
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February the doctors wife was ar
rested for the offense. Miss Berger
claims to be the victim of a con
sDiracy.