The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-25
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The Cape Colony assembly, after 4
heated discussion, voted to grant a
leave Of absence to Hon. Cecil Rhodes.
NJ. C%alvignac. the Socialist mayor Of
CarmauX. France. has been arrested
on the charge of acting against the
government.
Complete returns from the election
for members of the chamber OF repre-
scntativcs in Belgium show that there
were 195 Clericals. IS Liberals and 20
Socialists chosen. This gives the Cler-
icals in the chamber a majority OF %
votes.
The Japanese government has eStab-
lisled Il silk%-inspcction port ut Hioga.
and a meeting Of the Japanese silk
manufacturers has been called at
Kobe to effect the diversion to that
port of the silk export trade now CEN
tered at Yokohama.
a portion of Woodsvorth's library,
1000 volumes of which We're sold in
1850. will be put up at auction soon in
London. 1t contains many presenta-
ton copies. one of them Matthew Ar
nold's "Strayed Eeveller, 1S49," a very
scarce book.
There are 2.9S7 students at the uni
versity af Athens. and the number in
creases yearly. OF these. 6O4 are for
eigners. chiefly Greeks who are Turkish
subjects. The number of professional
men turned out is far in excess OF the
needs of the country.
A dispatch received at Athens from
the island of Crete says that the Turk
ish authorities there are gradually ex-
tending the military zone and occupy
ing new positions daily. Many OK
cesscs arc being comn tilted by the
Turks.
A Monthyon prize has been awarded
by the French academy to Capt. Dan
rit. author of ia Guerre de Demain."
Il book which. wien it first appeared,
caused it's author to he put under ar
rest for thirty days. as his superior
officers did not like the book.
Westminster has been closed to the
public. except when under surveil-
lance. since the dynamite explosions.
eleven years ago. The st. James ia
Zettc suggests that it is time to- take
away the policemen, and let visitors
enter the hall freely.
An association of tradesmen who are
formally allowed to use tie royal arms
as an advertisement, has been formed
in England. in order to prosecute peo-
pie who put UP the signs, under royal
patronage" and display the lion and
the unicorn, with no warrant to show
for it.
The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend of % per cent i'll
favor of the creditors of the Farmers
National bank of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. A. r. Rhinebart, an enthusias-
tic wheelwoman of Denver, has won
distinction by riding ten centuries in
ten days.
Joshua Reman Of MeEtone. Ind. shot
himself in the foot while intoxicated.
Blood-poisoning set in and he died in Il
few hours.
J. Edward Addlcks. the gas king of
Delaware. is to head the corporation to
work for gold in the gravel beds Of the
CariboO.
The belief is growing stronger at
Tacoma that the Vanderbilts will con-
troll the reorganized Northern Pacific
railroad and make it the final link OF q
NiulcIU1I SNSlChA W S-AeSAN AAOAA
ocean to ocean,.
Mrs. Catherine Calf, wife of Thomas
a. Gait, president of the keystone
Manufacturing company, died at Ster-
ling, ILL.,, of blood-pOisonirg, the result
OF an injury to II of her feet several
weeks ago.
Admiral Beardslee. commanding the
Pacific station. called from San Fran
cisco on his flagship. the Philadelphia.
for Port Angeles, Wash. This place
has been fixed upon for the basis of.
operations for the Pacific squadron
during the drills.
The railroad from Tokao to Wallace
and Burke, in the Occur d'Alenes, has
been sold ut foreclosure sale to Messrs.
A. Marvins, Charles S. Fairchild and
Charles A. Beaman of New York, the
purchasing committee of the reorgan-
ization committee of the Oregon Rail-
way ard Navigation company.
NJ. A. Schram, a Chicago travelling
man, and representative of a house in
which he is n stakeholder, was bella
bored over the head with an umbrella
at Cleveland by Mrs. John FrOwlin,
whom, it is alleged. he insulted. Five
hundred people witnessed the specta-
Gle.
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