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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
A CTR us APPEAL.
st. Iau! Pioneer ('less.

The latest development of the Roosevelt
enforcement of New York's excise law is
an outcry by the organH of the opposition
to the effect that numerous small saloon 8
will be obliged to close entirely OF &C
count of the loss entailcd on them. II
seems that a good many of these smaller
concerns are heavily mortgagcd to the
large breweries. the latter apprOpriating
the Sunday receipts and leaving tho week
~ income to the saloon itself. Now that
the Sunday receipts are minus, it does not
pay the brewing companies to maintain
the saloons aud they are proceeding TO
foreclose their mortgages. Naturally tho
saloon keepers feel the law to DO a hard
ship and, il they are not driven into other
Zines Of business before the opportunity
rccurs they will undoubtedly throw every
particle of strength towards its repeal.
This resentment OH the part Of the sa
loon men themselves is PERFECTLY e1p!ica-
BILE, and, 3 0 long as they do not manifest
it towards the wrong parties, it is in a
sense Unstable. But that any sane and
presumably decent paper should take up
their cause md work it into a pathetic
appeal on behalf of the liquor traffic, Is
ridiculous. The saloon keepers are the
victims OF one of those cyclonic disturb
ances which take places when conflicting
moral forces come together. They are
the victims Of the long continued lsxity
on the part of the guardians of the law.
which allowed them to go on violating it
without opposition and with only helevy-
of a secret tribute. They are not the vic
Tins of the law itself, for they nave never
import aud validity. So far as their pres
elt condition uf %pecuniary loss is con-
cerned they are in NO worse plight than
we're thousands of people engaged in leg
'''"iate business when the panic OF 1850
came on. They have the same opPorsnnl
ty that the bankrupt merchant always has
of starting in on n sOnnder basis or In
some other business. Their families are
al least no more to be commiserated than
the families OF the men whom they have
helped to ruin III the past. Finally. the
loss to general business which is involved
III the downfall of several saloons is of
slight Importance compared with the
gains To tho community in the shape of
saved or we'll spent earnings. Every work
ing man who is n dollar richer on Monday
by reason of Sunday closing has reason
to be thankful that his so-called "opres-
laws ia beng enforced. 1t does
not seem improbable that by the time
the people Of New York have had Il year
ur SO Of Sunday closing they may refuse
To repeal the law. But whether they do or
not, tho failure Of n score or so OF saloons
is not Il reason for allowing it to be viola
tod.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
Land of Irrigation.

Land of Irrigation.
Extends over a wide area in the west. II
is the coming farming empire of thi.
country. Do you know anything about it
Send me four cents in stamps and yo.
will know-CHAs. S. FEE, Genl Pr. Az
Agent. Northern Pacific Railroad, st. Par
Minnesota
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14

A bad prairie vas raging west of tn
Missouri last week and much valuable
grazing ground burned over on the
ranges Mt the headwaters Of the Grand
and Heart rivers and extending as far
north AZ Knife river in Mercer county.
The grass is very dry now, and the time
OF year that changeable md violent winds
accur without much forwarning. Camp
ers and others should exercise great care
from this time until the snow flies.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14

Col. Lounsberry's magazine tho Record.
c ntain|, in two different Numbers a re-
print from the Denver Republican of tw.
entertaining sketches from Mrs. Jennie
Smith on Dakota life. Mrs. Smith is a
graceful writer and has u blending OF the
rr"''sti' and romantic in her compositions
which make Us wish we could have access
to more Of her literary productions. In
The sketch OF her entertainment of the
noted Sioux chief Sitting Bull near Far
60 in the winter Of 1928, we are afraid
the lady draws too freely on imagery
The situation Is plausable; the take-oT in
indian characteristics are true enough to
life. but We are afraid the Sitting Bull OF
the repast was q hungry Indian from the
Fort Wadsworth reservation and not the
1"ttd U"cpapa Sioux chief Sitting Bull.
~h" hn,lt ny his reputation among his
people on account of his intense hatred
of Hhite people and their ways. 1t was
s:,tting Bulls consistency in refusing to
W. "Snsy W any mace
with the Government that drew about him
the 80 lodges OF kindred spirits from all
the Northwestern tribes that ranged along
the Upper Missouri and lower Yellow
stone rivers between 1869 and 1876. At
the time MIRA. Smith was entertaining he,
Sitting Bull to dinner ut Fargo the Sitting
Rull of historical reputation was cracking
bnf'aio marrow bones and munching penn.
mican ut the mouth of Powder river on
ths lower Yellowstone; and instead Of
seeking the good offices of the Washing
ton authorities, he was counciling with his
band how best stay the tide of white in.
undation, and save the buffalo. AMI,
during all the years of the seventies, be-
fore dinner or after dinner,-night or
morning-he repeated the hostile Teton
pharapEzase: ..Wnh-sechu see.che wah.
locka"- {wAite people bad to look at).
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
She Was Tired Of Making Up.

-
Lizzie and Ferdinand Schiess Of St.
Louis seem to have broken the matri-
monial record. No divorce petition is
remembered in which SO many separa-
tions and reconciliations are catalogued
as in hat filed by Lizzie Sohiess, born
Hambrecht. She has been deserted in
nearly every large city in the United
States, but she never failed to put faith
in her husbands professions of repent
anoe for past misconduct and promises
Of future good conduct.
She kissed and made up. every time.
letting bygones be bygones. until July
II, 1894, the fifth anniversary Of their
marriage, when Schiess gave her a ticket
to st. Louis. Since then, she says, he has
not written % her.-St. Louis Republic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
Single aud Doubls..

Wesley Anderson Of vevay, Ind, has
On his farm q freak Of nature in the
form of o double tree which bears be-
sides single apples q large number Of
double ones. These apples have two
blossoms aud two stems, which grow
together as they near the branch.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MCLEAN co.

Regular measurement of tho water vol
ume ut Sioux City. Iowa, is convincing
the savants dow that way that the Mis-
souri, river there is gradually drying
up. The artisan wells in South Dakota,
are blamed AS primnrlly-the cause of the
phenomena.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
THE ROADT0WEALTH
SOME MEN THINK THEY HAVE FOUND
SUCH \ HIGHWAY.

Discovery Of an Ancient Roadway Leading
to the Summit of a California Mountain.
Finders Believe It Leads to Immensely
Rich Gold Mines.
A huntsman, who has been cunning
in the territory lying south Of Sweet
water dam and along the north slopes of
San Miguel mountain in California,
has returned to San Diego with a story
of more than usual interest. While there
he came across Heman G.. Cooke of San
Diego, who has a geological if not a
real mining inclination, and another
man. They are at work on what has al
ready proved to be something of a sur
prise, and which may eventually prove
to be a very large sized sensation.
It appears that in some way Cooke
learned that an ancient road had been
discovered leading from the river level
ON the north side to a point near the
summit of San Miguel. He decided to
investigate, but chiefly for entertain
ment at first. He took a pick and SHOW
81, established a camp and prepared to
make a thorough job Of it. As he pro-
crossed his interest increased, for he
soon discovered that below the shifting
: surface Of the mountain side and under
the debris of vegetation solid roadbed,
we'll defined aud thoroughly built, ex-
listed. In places We're large trees, indi-
eating its great age. This road was fol-
lowed well up into the mountains, and
on the way several branch roads, lead
ing to different spurs, were easily traced.
All along these roads in places Cooke
found pieces Of broken rock, which have
given what he believes is the clew to
the construction Of the road. He has
some specimens crushed which assayed
we'll in gold and silver.
This was also supported by the fact
that several implements Of manifestly
ancient make have been found which
are believed to be mining tools. Cooke
thinks he has traced the road to the end,
and at that point has found q mound
which he believes is tho dump from q
shaft or tunnel, and his present work is
to find the opening which will lead to
the mine. He believes its discovery Is
not far distant, as he has narrowed it
down to possible space Of about 900
feet square.
The conclusion is that this is an an
cient and rich mine, or the road would
have been made. The discoveries are
said to be more interesting to Cooke boz
cause more than once he has dreamed
Of discovering o mountain Of gold and
silver, with tools all at hand for taking
ont the metal-San Francisco Exam
liner.
Happy and content Is a nome with the Ro
chester alamp with the light Of the taorninr.
- tsfsAass s',ifs RefAAsks,x ssst Co. Asw Nrs1.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
NOTICE or FINAL PROOF.

NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF.
n OFFICE AT E1sM ARCK, n. d., Aug. II, 1855
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice to make final
proof in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Judge and Ex-oficio
clerk of county court of Mclean County, n. d..
at Washhurn, n. d., on September 2ist, 1895: viz:
NELS NELSON.
for the 5 u Of the NV Il, and n :. of s w a
Of Section 80. Township lss, n, Range so, W. 9th
y. m.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
L. j. Erit,on. Henry Bartells, Peter Miller, and
W~illiamkeuter, all of Turtle Luke. y. ID.
-. A. LANR, Rece i've
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
ad.y cause Some Brushes.

My V1uS0 OU"0 11tUsu0ss
This years corn crop Of 400,0O0.000
hushels should make every Kansas girl
blush for shame who can't make corn
Observation-Disclosures Globe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-09-14
Write or call on Il. ". Grambs, of .,is.
narck, for prices on Wlnd.nilis.

1t NLljs77rlse you what q lot of money
you can save by grinding your own feed
with ols~I the Aerimoters soid by II. W.
Grambs.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

ON the 10th the steamer Turkestan reached Cardiff, Wales, in a damaged condition, as result of her col lision with the steamer Edam. having on board some of the passengers and crew of the latter vessel, picked up after the accident.
 ON the 18th a dedication ot Sl9, 800 on the part of the receiving and pay ing tellers of the National Bank of Illinois at Chicago, was admitted by the officers of that institution. The shortage was made good, and it is un- derstood there will be no prosecution.
 ON the 18th Ross c. Van Bokl1elen, receiving teller of the Merchants Loan and Trust Go. of Chicago, was report ed missing as was also about $50, GOO of the money belonging to the institu- tion. Van Bokkelen is supposed to be in Mexico.
 ON the 10th building in course of construction in Klosterstrasse, Goben, in Brandenburg, collapsed, burying sixteen worllmen in the ruins. Nine of them were killed, and the others se- verely injured.
 Ar midnight of the 18th the Spanish war ship Sanchez Barcaiztegui. with Admiral Delgade Parejo on board, was struck by the incoming coasting steam CT Mortera. in front of Morro castle. Havana, and sank almost instantly. Admiral Parejo and thirty four of the crew of the war ship, including Capt. Ybauez and three other officers, were drowned The remainder of the crew. ll6 in number, were saved.
 MRS. W. M THOMPSON, acting secre- tary of the West Virginia State His torical and Antiquarian society, on the goth, fell from the third floor of the state house at Charleston to the bottom of the elevator shaft, crushing her skull and killing her instantly. She leaves six children.
 ON the goth, while crossing a bridge on the North Pennsylvania road near Ogontz, Mrs. Wm. Moorhead, of Oak Lane, Pa, and her 16-year-old daughter were struck by an express train and hurled from the bridge. The mother was instantly killed and the daughter fatally injured.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27
Day of Exs scution Fixed.

FORT SMITH. ARK, Septem Der 26.- Rufus Buck, Louie Davis, Sam Samp- son, Naomi July and Lucky Davis. all mem bers of the Buck Gang, were brought into court yesterday morning and sentenced to hang Thursday, Octo. Der 3l. The crime for which they were sentenced was an assault upon Mrs. Hastings, near Okmulgee, Creek na. tion, on the 7th day of last August Two other charges of the same nature were preferred against them but trial upon these was unnecessary All of the condemned men are Uchee Indians with the exception of Lucky Davis who is negro. When asked by Judge Par ker if they had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon them, all with the exception of Lucky Davis replied that they had not Davis remarked that he wanted his case to go to the supreme court" It is not likely that an appeal to the supreme court will be taken as the evidence against them was so plain and convinc. ing that the case was submitted to the jury without argument. Louie Davis and Lucky Davis are also convicted of murder.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

DISPATCHES from Madagascar state that Gen. Duchesne, with a force of French troops, surprised 5000 Hovas in a defile near Spahinodri. After a short engagement the Hovas fled, leaving eighty dead. On the French side no one was killed and only three were wounded.
 IN accordance with a resolution adopted by the Chicago Union League club, arrangements were made for a big mass meeting to be held in Central Music hall in that city, on the evening of the 30th, in the interest of the cause of the Cuban struggle for liberty
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR SMITH has recommended to the attorney-general that action be taken against the Lit tie Rock & Fort Smith Railroad Co. for an accounting to the government looking to the recovery of 5000 acres of land inadvertently granted in ex- cess to that road.
 ON the morning of the 23d heavy frost prevailed at Denver, Col. the thermometer falling to 30 degrees, which was fatal to all truck gardens.
 ON the 2Sd the trial of the alleged Cuban filibusters at Wilmington, Del. resulted in the acquittal of the &C., cused, and they were discharged amid general rejoicing in the court room, which spread, with the news, all over the city. On the same day, at Will mington, x. C., the case against the captain and crew of the steamship Commodore, also alleged filibusters, was dismissed.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

OS the goth the steamers Constantine and Trevethick collided eff the en- trance to the River Tyne. The Con- was run ashore to prevent laundering. The crew were rescued by means of lifeline rockets.
 A BOILER at the county infimary, about miles west of Dayton, O., ex- ploded on the 2lst, smashing the walls of the engine room and killing Paul Butterhorn, the engineer, and Albert Rude, an inmate. Four other inmates were badly injured.
 TIosA, Ind, was partially destroyed by fire on the 23d. A sawmill. lumber yard, five stores, an elevator and a number of shops were burned The fire started in a burning pile of saw dust.
 OS the 22d Martin Burke, a Milwau- kee coal beaver. was picked up by the wind and carried half block and let down in front of moving train, un- der the wheels of which he was in- stantly killed.
 ON the 22d seven persons were drowned in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. by the sinking of a yacht run down by steamer.
 ON the 23d Herman W. Mudgett. alias H. II. Holmes. was arraigned in the Philadelphia court of oyer and terminer, on the indictment charging him with the murder of Benj. F. Piet- gel in that city on September 2. 1894. Upon the advice of his counsel the prisoner pleaded not guilty.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

ACCORDING to circular recently is sned by one of the fidelity assurance companies, it appears that the defalca- tions of trusted employees for 1893 amounted to over Sl9, 1000, GOO, and in 1894 to more than Sa5, GOO. .000 Includ- ing the very small losses which were not recorded it is estimated that the total sum of money misappropriated by faithless custodians of other peo- ple's funds during the last year was not less than $50, GOO, ,O0O, most of which could have been prevented by the use of simple safeguards
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

IN reply to an inquiry as to whose duty it is to raise and lower the United States flag over school houses, under the new flag law, Assistant Attorney General Newell of Illinois renders an opinion that the board of directors have the right to make rule requir- ing the teacher to hoist the flag in the morning and lower it in the afternoon, as provided by the law. Why not or ganize color guard at each school? There's enough patriotic American boys to man the halyards and glory in the duty
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27
Penitentiary Sewer Com,,etca

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Septem Der 26.- Auditor Mills has issued the final war rant in payment of the bill for building the penitentiary sewer. The total bill for the work was Sl3 O6l, which ex- ceeds the appropriation by s56l, but as the work was done by the state with convicts and as the bill for this labor amounts to Ss, 196. s7 there is no proba- bility that the balance will ever be paid. The sewer has been examined and approved by the city sewer com missioner and Superinte ndent Laven- dar has filed his report.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

GERMANY's reward for joining in with Russia and France to limit Ja- pans demands upon China is to be the island of Chusan. according to the latest report. The island is fertile strip, twenty miles long, at the mouth of the Yang -Tse- Kiang river, which is navigable for more than fifteen hun dred miles With Chusan for a mili- would have an important foothold in the east
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

HE greatest exposition in the his tory of the south is now in progress at Atlanta, Georgia. The Cotton States and International exposition of 1895 promises to surpass the Worlds fair at New York city in the sos. the Inter- national exposition at New Orleans ten years ago and the Midwinter fair at San Francisco in 1s93-4 It will com pare favorably in many respects with the worlds fair at Vienna in 1873. with the earlier expositions at Paris and London, and with our own worlds fair at Philadelphia in 1876.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

A DISTINGUISHED London physician has written an article to prove that Sir Walter Scott was an imbecile dur ing his last illness. No doubt the Scotch literary wizard suffered from brain exhaustion toward the end of his great labors, but it will be a glori- ous day for the world when it can pay homage to such another genius, even If he becomes a magnificent ruin in old age
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

PRELIMINARY 10 the rOrmai dedlca- tion of the Chickamauga National park the various states that were in readiness dedicated their monuments, on the 18th, and turned them over to the park commission. The various ceremonies were of very interesting character.
 Two TRAINS collided on the Lookout Mountain Crenn. railway, on the night of the goth, with mild crash. Several persons became frightened and jumped, one of whom was Senator Peffer, of Kansas. His whiskers were uninjured, but his face was badly cut.
 WM C. CURTIS, recently returned from the orient, says the Japanese cab inet has practically decided to have structed in the United States.
 IT is stated that Miss Consuela Van derbilt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt, will. before the end of the year, become, by marriage, the duchess of Marlborough.
 SECRETARY CARLISLE has reversed the ruling of the auditor of the treasury NCA NhN SthNt dli utCtutu that A. M. Ransom, United States min- ister to Mexico, may draw his salary as such under his present appoint ment.
 MENoTTI GARIBALDI, son of Gen. Giuseppe Garibaldi. and a member of the Italian chamber. of deputies, has announced that he will no longer ba A. Der, inasmuch as it has refused to grant complete amnesty to political prisoners.
 lT is announced that the 'Sound Money" committee of the New York chamber of commerce, of which ex- Congressman Joseph C. Hendricks is the head. has made poll of the next house of representatives on the money question. Its list records sS members for free silver, 2l6 opposed to free sil- yer and 52 whose views are not known.
 REV. DR. W. II. THOMAS, of Chi cago, has caused somewhat of a sensa- tion by declaring from his pulpit that the time had come for America to say that the oppression of Cuba by Spain must come to an end. There was large attendance of the best people in the city, and the speaker was frequently interrupted by outbursts of applause.
 TIE president has appointed John +. Baker, of Minnesota. secretary of legation at Managua, Nicaragua.
 THE mother of Mrs Florence May brick, Baroness de Roque, who is now at Roux, Belgium, is said to have com municated with her solicitors in Lon don in regard to new and important evidence in the May brick murder case, which will be submitted to the home secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, who has promised to review the case.
 B. HAMILTON SMITH, said to repre- sent an English American syndicate backed by the Rothschilds, is in Butte, Mont, for the purpose of examining the copper properties in that district.
 MONETARY, the English anarchist, who came to this country for the pur- pose of teaching his doctrine of a red flag and no government, was stopped in the middle of a speech at Belmont park, Chicago, by the police, on the 22d, and at a point where he was de- nouncing the Stars and Stripes
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

GEN. BoYNToN says that the percent age of casualties at Chickamauga ex- ceeded that of Napoleon's most noted battles, as well as of the later great European battles. The Third Vest phalian regiment became famous by reason of losing forty per cent. of it's strength in battle during the Franco Prussian war; but at Chickamauga there were more than twenty regi- ments that sustained a greater loss than this
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

IN New England, according to the recent state censuses. the cities are growing rapidly at the expense of the country. The six states now have ten cities with over 60. 900 inhabitants, and all of them are climbing up at a steady pace. But if the Yankees prefer to go into manufacturing they need have no fear that their food supply will fail in other parts of the country.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27

THE city of Charleston, S. C.. though 1t has been through earthquakes and terrible storms, has share in the southern prosperity that is increasing year by year. The trade of the city showed gain last year in cotton, rice and lumber, the total reaching S67,- 900, 900. The harbor improvement nts are going forward and ships of deep draught now reach the city.
The Forrest City times., 1895-09-27
New Railroad Completed.

SOUTH MCALEsTER, L T., Septem Der 20 yesterday about o'clock the last spike was driven in the Choctaw, Okla homa X Gulf railroad. which com mpletes the connection between Mister, I. T., and Fl Reno, Okla. distance of 2i0 miles The first train to pass over the line will be coal train, followed by one hundred cars of lum ber Double passenger trains daily will be put on the 18th of next month.