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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
NUBBINs OF NEWS.
Items of General Inherent placed IN
Few Ines.

y+om. NJ General Inherent Placed In
. Few Lines.
To-day's statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balances, $248,s13,977; gold reserve
$125, 2GS,GS2.
The controller has appointed Will
lam A. Douglass of Buffalo, N. L., IT,
ceiver Of the First National BANK VI
Springville, N. Y.
Gen. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison,
who have been staying in New YORK
for the past two weeks. left town To"
day for the South and West.
Henry Bryan Reed, conservative
member Of the British parliament 1of
the eastern division of Bradford and a
we'll known lecturer and speaker on
church and political subjects, is dead.
The controller of the currency has
received a telegram announcing the
failure of the First National Bank OF
Mount Pleasant, Mich. The bank ut
the date Of it's last report owed its de-
positors $4,000.
Vice Consul General Washington,
writing to the department of state
from Cairo on the prospects of the cot
ton crop of Egypt, says that b pres
cnt seasons crop promises 10 surpass
all previous years in quality.
The trouble which has been brewing
for some months. between the full-
bloods and squaw men of the ChoctaW
Nation has broken out more violently
than ever, and unless indications rail-
there will be serious bloodshed.
The mysterious johnson charged
by Alfred Bercham with being the
principal in a tobacco smuggling
scheme uncovered in Detroit ON June 2
last, was arrested by Special Agent o.
f. E. Wood and taken to Detroit.
Consent has been given by the Chi
nese government for the building of a
branch Of the Silesian railway across
Northern Manchurian with a pre-emp-
ton clause giving China the right Of
purchasing this branch after thirty
years.
Forest fires are raging OH the noun
tains near Pasadena, Cal, and only
strong efforts prevented the fire from
crossing Dark canon and sweeping the
whole front range on which the Echo
Mountain hotel and Mount Howe rail
way are located.
Frank Boyce, 4 notorious bank
swindler under sentence to the peni-
Tertiary and in Jail awaiting an ap-
peal to the supreme court, and John
Searna and William Baker, charged
with horse stealing, escaped from Jail
at South Enid, Okla, last night.
While raising a barn on the farm Of
Daniel Vile, near West Canaan, Ohio,
the framework broke just as the men
had roof timbers in place, letting the
heavy mass of oak timber fall upon
twenty men engaged in the work. All
of them received serious injuries, six
Of them having limbs broken.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
GETTING TOGETHER
AMERICA AND ENGLAND ON VEiY
FRIENDLY TERMS.
Notes Arc Being Exchanged Regard
nm Agreement Will Probably
Soon Be Reached by Which Flu
ture Disputes Will BE Settled by
Means of Arbitration.

Washington, Oct. T. Secretary o.
ney has returned to Washington from
his summer home at Falmouth, Mass,
and has resumed the duties of his Of
flee. He brought with him a mass Of
papers relating to official business
which has engaged his attention dur
ing his absence from the city, and
spent the morning principally in con-
sultation with the assistant secretaries
and other officials of the state depart
ment touching the public business.
Matters are said to be in better shape
than usual at the department at the
beginning of the winter session, there
being fewer issues Of great Importance
pending, and these are in less acute
stages than is generally the case. The
Venezuelan controversy has pro-
crossed slowly, but in the main salts
f~actorily during the past summer, and
a couple of notes have been exchanged
between Secretary Olney and Lord
Salisbury since the publication of the
last batch of correspondence. They
are understood to be purely argumenta-
tive in tone, and while they do not
by any means Of themselves bring the
negotiations up to the closing point,
they mark fair progress toward clear
ing away mutual misunderstanding,
and tend to simplify the efforts max
ing on both sides, not only to adjust
the Venezuelan issue itself satisfac-
torily, but to effect an agreement at
least upon q general set Of principles
that shall govern the settlement of
future disputes between the United
States and Great Britain by means Of
arbitration.
The other open issue before the de-
partmert is the Cuban question, but
so far as can be gathered the admins
tration as yet has found no reason to
change the attitude it has adopted to-
ward the contestants in the island,
though it is admitted that it's policy
is, subject to alteration according to
the development of the campaign.
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People in Print.

Gen. Euclid Borland, treasurer of
the city of New Orleans, died in Nor
folk. Va.
Paul Kalligas, a celebrated jurist,
and at II time a minister OF the Gre
clan government, is dead.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett earns
a larger income than any other woman
writer in the world.
James NJ. Sperry, prominently identi-
fed with the business interests of the
San Joaquin valley, died at Stockton,
Cal.
clan Maclaren" says that the Ser
mon on the Mount twas Christ's man.
lfesto and the constitution Of Christian
ity."
Miss Mary Taylor, who is said to
have been the heroine of the poem,
"A1ary Had a Little Lamb" died re-
Gently at Somerville, Mass.
Ex-Commodore Z. D.. Morgan is re-
ported to have sold his yacht, the May,
to Mrs. J. II. Fell of Philadelphia,
who this year chartered the Barracon-
tn.
DR.. S. A. baltimore, of the depart
ment of chemistry of the University Of
Rochester, will be acting president
until a president is secured. Irof.
Wheeler Of Cornell university las been
elected, but has not yet signified his
acceptance.
John Lee spohn, a Cincinnati photos..
raphcr, claims to be the fifth earl OF
Ludlow, ~viscount Preston and baron OF
Ludlow of Ardsalla, in the pcerage OF
Ireland, and baron Ludlow in that OF
the United Kingdom. His brother has
gone to Shropshire, Wales. to claim
the rights and titles of the elder broth
er.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
Fire I'M a Printinr House

Detroit, Oct. THE five-story build
ing at the corner of Larned and Shelby
streets, formerly occupied by the Free
Press, was completely Quilted by fire
to-day. The occupants were the job
printing departments of the Free Press
company and the Cliff & Higgins book
bindely. The fire was caused by a
small explosion of a lighted gas stove
In an electrotyping room on the fourth
floor, the flames communicating thence
with some parafine and spreading
amazingly. The total losssis estimated
Mt 100000. with insurance about half.
The Free Press company's loss is about
100000, with insurance of $35.OOO. Sew
eral theatrical companies will sustain
considerable loss.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
Accidental Happenings.

-Four lives were lost by the sinking
Of q barge at Milwaukee.
At Aurora, ILL.,, an old building con-
tanning 40 tons of wool was burned;
loss, $4,000.
A reviewing stand at Burlington, Ia,
collapsed, injuring a large number OF
people, including Vice President {
venson and Gov. Drake.
Many towns in Florida were swept
by the cyclone, and at least a nun
dred lives are known to have been
lost.
John J. Ralya, a machine manufac'
turer of indianapolis, while walking
on the Big Four track, was struck by
an engine and instantly killed.
The Little and p~ostoffice block at
Me,rimac. Mass. we're destroyed by
fire. Total loss, $4,000, of which>Sl4
GOO is on the buildings. The insurance
on the block was $4,000. Two 1re'nen
were slightly injured.
A banner across the streets ut Wa
karusa, Ind, was pulled down Ivy boys,
and the rope also pulled down j chin
ney. to which it was fastened. A brick
fell on the head of Jesse Kauf nam, a
merchant, killing him instantly.
Berr'oe, the little daughter of H. j.
Jilberl of Rockford, ILL.,, while visiting
at the home of her grandmother, ate
some bread containing rat poison, and.
after suffering terrible agony for ten
minutes, died.
Mrs. G. Lutz was riding to the sec
ond floor at the B. & Nj. clothing store
in Peoria, ILL.,, with her two boys. when
Oliver J., the elder, was caught be-
tween the elevator and ceiling and in
stantly killed.
James Jones, a pioneer resident of
Kouts, Ind, in getting off u train on
the Panhandle road, was struck on
the head by q mail pouch thrown from
the train, dying shortly after. He was
70 years old.
The British tramp steamer Sirius
met with a serious accident while of
Chester, Pa, and three Of her crew
and an unknown stowaway lost their
lives. The dead are Alfred I. Beche,
first mate; Hans Jaggers, and Fred
Hillner, sailors, and the unknown stow
away.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
EIGHT MORE ExCoMMuN1CATED.
Continued Opposition to Beneficiary
Secret SOcieticS.

Continued Opposition to Beneficiary
Secret Societies.
st. Paul, Oct. z. - Eight more mem-
bers of the First Swedish Lutheran
church were formally communicated
at last Sunday mornings service for
refusing to sever their connection with
beneficiary secret societies. Thus is
continued the agitation which resulted
a few months ago in the excommuni-
cation by Pastor l.. A. Johnson Of
seven members for the same reason.
The last group Of the recalcitrant is
even more prominent than the previ-
Gus contingent. These eight members
include retail merchants, mechanics
and employees of a banking institution.
The secret societies which they re-
fused to quit are the United Workmen,
the Woodmen and the knights Of
Pythias. 1t is reported that in all
there were originally 100 members Of
the church who had Joined sescret So
cieties. Fifteen of these have been ex-
communicated, some others have
abandoned the societies and a number
have voluntarily left the congregation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
Grntn palnce Omen. in Rain.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. THE grain
palace season for 1896 opened last
night in the midst of a rain storm and
generally unfriendly weather condi-
lions. People turned out literally,
however, and the attendance COM
pared we'll with the opening nights in
other years. Clara Louise Thompson
and her talented company of thirty-one
gave the illustrated monologue ""The
Chinook" The Arion Second Regi-
ment band of Oshkosh, Wis, chief
musical attraction, arrived to-day and
will give its first concert tomorrow.
The Masonic male quartet and lady
soloists Of Minneapolis will arrive in
the morning. The exhibits of all kinds,
particularly of stock, surpass those Of
other years. The decorative and cleo
trical effects are also especially good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
MARKET
Latest Quotations From. Grain and

Latest Quotations From. Grain and
Live Stock tqenters.
Chicago, Oct. ..7.-Wheat - October.
G6 1-2c; December, g. 34c; May, II II
all 3-Sc. Corn-October. % 1-2c; De-
cember, "a 1-Sc; May, &c lac. Oats
October, II 1-2c; December, II 7-Sc;
May, 10 7-Sc. Pork - October. $6.4O;
December, $6.45; January, $7.22 IL.
Lard - October, $500 10; December,
1897 10; January, $4.2O. Ribs-Octo.
Der, 1927 10; December, $40; Janu-
ary, $3.55. Flax-Cash N. w. and S.
w, 71a73c; December, 75c; May. 79c.
Timothy - Cash and October. $3.50.
Rye-Cash and October. 81 1-2c;, De-
cember, 3S.1-2c; May, 40c. Barley
Cash. No. 3, 24a225c.
Chicago, Oct. 7.-Hogs-Light. $3.50
a3.27 10; mixed, $2.95a3.4O; heavy,
22.GOa3.3 80; rough, $2.6Oa2.75. Cattle
Rest grades steady; others weak;
beeves, S3.3Oa5.O 5; COWS and heifers,
$1.35a3.SO; Texas steers. $2.5Oa3.2O;
Westerns, $2.95a3.9O; stockers and
feeders. s.. 65a3.90.
Minneapolis, Oct. Wheat - Octo-
Der closed at &c; December opened ut
63 1-2c and closed at GA 1-2c; May
opened at &c and closed at Csc. On
track-No. 1 hard, Csc; No. 1 Northern,
63 Lee; No. 2 Northern, 60 Lie.
Milwaukee, Oct. Flour is quiet.
Wheat lower; No. 2 spring. G6c; No. 1
Northern, Csc; December, CT 3-Sc. Corn
quiet and nominal; No. 3, 23c. Oats
dull and lower; No. 2 white, 20c; No.
3 white, 10 1-2a2Oc. Barley nominal;
No. 2. 35c:: sample, 2Oa35c. Rye steady
at &c 1-2c for No. 3. Provisions high
err: pork, $3.50; lard, $3.50.
South st. Paul. Oct. 7.-fIogs SC low
err; sales at s2.60a3.05. Cattle steady;
fair demand all around. Receipts
mostly Westerns; sales at %$1.4Oa3.1O.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
JUST AN
No Attempt Made to Wreck the
Czar's Train.

Cars Train.
London, Oct. z. - A great deal has
been made out Of little or nothing by
the report circulated in the United
States that a large block of wood was
found lying across the railroad track
at Garstang,, some distance south Of
Lancaster, an hour before the cars
train passed there yesterday morning
on it's way from Ballater to Ports
mouth. The inference evidently in
tended to be drawn from the message
was that an attempt had been made
to wreck the imperial train. Such is
not the case. The obstruction was
quite a natural n in the high wind
prevailing. A mile post was blown
down by the wind on the opposite rail-
way track to the one upon which the
czar travelled, and it was removed half
an hour before the imperial train
passed by the plate layers whose work
it was to watch the tracks during the
stormy weather.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

Ben Tillett, the great English union
ist and dock leader, who was recently
arrested in Belgium for advocating a
dock strike, says the talk of an inter-
national strike of 'longshoremen is
madness. Whether Mr.. Tillett has al
WAYS held this view, or whether 1t is
a result of the failure Of dockmen III
other countries to act with those in
England, is not clear. But as to the
madness of such an international
strike, none will dispute.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
WAN. Kent BE saved.

Fargo, N. d., Oct. 1.-THE attorneys
for Myron r. Kent have finally de-
cided to present the numerous petitions
from almost every town in the state
asking that executive cllemency be ex:
tended and the death penalty COM
muted to life imprisonment to Gov.
Allin. They feel quite confident that
the governor will take favorable &C
ton. Should the governor refuse to
interfere, Sheriff Barnes will Mt once
begin to prepare for the execution,
which is set for Nov. II.
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was filed in the probate court. The
estate is valued at $1,25O,OOO.

was filed in the probate court. The
estate is valued at $1,25O,O0O.
The allied free silver forces have
made public the result of a poll Of The
state, which shows that the Bryan cleo
tors will have $4,000 majority in Kan
sas ~
Judge Allen, in the supreme court in
Boston, appointed Irvington e. Weller
Of Boston, receiver of the Citizens
Gaslight Company of Reading and
StOneham.
At a session Of the brotherhood Of
Carpenters and Joiners at Cleveland it
was decided by an overwhelming ma
jority that party politics must not be
discussed in the local unions.
The United States revenue cutter
Grant has arrived at Seattle, iii days
out from Onna]aska. She Is the first
of the Boring sea fleet to come from
the north this season, and reports all
we'll.
4 man named Fred Nasol, who had
hitherto been known as a respectable
citizen Of Indianapolis, was arrested
for plundering a neighbours house, and
investigation shows that he had been
in the habit Of committing burglary by
night for a number Of years.
Miss Carrie Horner, daughter of
Charles Horner, committed suicide Mt
Westminster, Nd, by taking strych-
nine. She was to have been ,marriea
Mt 1 o'clock, the day previous to the su-
icidc, to William Brock, a grocer, but
he had Tilted her.
w. c.. Wallace, a young man OF
mary aliases and q graduate of Yale,
is in Jail at San Francisco, awaiting
extradition to Fort Worth, Texas,
where he is wanted for forging a draft
for $4,000 on the First National Bank
at that place.
County Treasurer George H. Morri-
son, until now one of the most infiuen-
tial men in Troy, N. Y, n man reputcd
to be worth 100000, is in Jail, charged
with the embezzlement of $25O,OOO, or
all of the money belonging to the coun-
ty that is available at the present time,
except about $3.50.
Detectives arrested George Charpen-
tier and wife ON their arrival in New
York from Paris on La Bretagne, sup
posing them to be clippers. The mar
proved himself to be the French consul
at Mazatlan, Mexico, and the woman
his wife. The Charpentier wanted is
a French artist who recently eloped
with his model.
Thomas German and Matt Carey
were cremated nea Lansing, Iowa.
| Both were single. Carey was living
| alone in a log hut and German was
| stopping over night with him. The gen
| cral impression is that the men quar-
| relied, fatally wounded each other, and
in the scrimmage the lamp was over
turned, setting fire to the building.
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erw

The Massachusetts Republicans have
nominated Roger Wolcott for governor.
Roeliff B%rinkerhoff was reelected
nrasident of the National Prison asso-
citation. ,
w. F. Porter has accepted the nomi-
nation for governor by New YORK Dem
ocrats.
At Galena. ILL.,, Martin Gordon, sup
nosed to be the oldest man In the state,
died at the age of q
The national prison congress met at
Milwaukee. Wis, with 125 members
in attendance.
At Huntington, w. Va, Hon. Thomas
Hawkins, the oldest member OF the
West Virginia legislature, died, aged "a
years.
The Republicans Of the Third dis
trict of Connecticut unanimously re-
nominated Col. Charles A. Russell for
congress.
The situation at Leadville, Colo, is
very quiet at present, but the greatest
precauti0n is taken to prevent u
outbreak. of considerable proportions.
Judge f. o. Mason of Geneva, N.
Y. was nominated for congress by the
National (Gold) Democratic party for
the Twenty-eighth New York district.
At. Buffalo, Iowa, the school board
have passed a resolution to use corn for
fuel this winter, as it is much cheaper
than coal.
Henry Hawk has filed a petition for
4 divorce from his wife, Elzoria Hawk,
It Hillsboro, Ill. He alleges that she
raf,1sed to n his meals for him,
hit him with an iron poker, drove him
from the house with a stick of stQve
wood. pounded him with her fists and
carried a revolver with the avowed pur-
pose of killing r."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

when the inventors succeed in max
ing a dead bird fly, we a begin to
look for a solution of the airship prob
lem. Is it not just as logical to say
that when the inventors succeed In
making q dead horse draw a wagon,
we can expect machinery to do 1T?
There was q good deal Of that sort
of scientific deduction about three
quarters Of a century ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

The queen of Roumania Is said to be
the only living author who has written
opera librettos in four languages, Ger
man, French, Swedish and Roumani-
m. She has just completed an opera
llbretto in French. founded on q Turk
ish subject, for NJ. Jules Massenct.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

Only 900 persons in 100000, accord
ing to medical authority, die from bic
age, while 1900 succumb to govt, 49,
400 to measles, 2,7O0 to apoplexy, 1000
to erysipelas, $500 to consumption,
$4,000 to scarlet fever, $4,000 to whoop-
ing cough, 10000 to typhoid and ty-
phus, and 1000 to rheumatism.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

Tn the trouble between Italy and
Brazil a mountain seems to have been
made out of a mole heap. The Italian.
minister Of foreign affairs says that
..Italy's purpose in sending a cruiser
to Brazil was entirely friendly" while
the Brazilian minister explains the
matter as unimportant and largely
growing out of the foolish conduct Of
an italian consul in Brazil. It is graft
ifying to learn that both governments
regard tho matter as Of little conse-
quence. -
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ronri.t Cnr ta california;.

Tourist Car to California.
An upholstered Pullman Tourist Car Is
run every. Wednesday by the Northern Pa
ciac. This car leaves st. Paul 2:45 p. M.
Minneapolis 3:20 p. M, reaching San Fran
cisco the following Monday morning.
Double berth only Sc. For tickets and
reservations write to J. f. Johnson. Ticket
Agent Northern Pacific Railway company,
Fargo, n. d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

A we'll made fur coat that protects the
face, ears and limbs is necessary to keep
warm in this section. North Star" fur
coats will fill the bill in all respects, and
are guaranteed by the makers, Lanpher.
Finch & Skinner. st. Paul. They are the
oldest and largest exclusive fur coat manu-
fncfurorS
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

Queen victoria's reign has now ex-
ceeded in duration that Of any other
English sovereign. The longest pre-
yious reign was that Of the queens
grandfather, George III, which lasted
fifty-nine years, three months and four
days. June q, 1897 will mark the
completion of the sixtieth year Of Queen
Victoria's reign, and the event will be
appropriately celebrated by her sub
jects. ..
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Found Dead.

Park River, N. D., Oct. THE body
Of Erlander Erlanderson, DIR. Haldor-
sons driver, was found yesterday on
the stubble of a wheat field adjoin-
ing the city. The body was cold when
found. A revolver y:S.s in the right
hand and a cigar in the left. The
reason for. suicide is unknown.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10
Washinrton Talk.

The president has appointed Francis
r. Clausson assayer Of the mint at
New Orleans.
President Cleveland has appointed
William T. Coleman of Rich Hill, Mo-,
and Ivan u. Apologize Of klamath
Falls, Ore, to he commissioners to In
vestigate and determine as to the +
rect location Of the boundary lines Of
the klamath Indian reservation in Or
egon. ana for such other duties us are
provided for in the Indian act Of June
10, 1896.
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Biz Haul MT St :Iobn

Rolla, N. D.. Oct. about - o'clock
last night the general store of H.
Brooks of st. John was broken into
and the safe blown to pieces by dyna-
mite. The robbers obtained $1,4W in
cash and wheat checks. Two sus-
picious looking characters were seen
around st. John Saturday and are
missing now. Sheriff Cane and his
deputies are investigating the matter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

Australia, which was nearly crematcd
with heat last January, is now strug-
Cling with SHOWS that have broken
down all the telegraph lines. The
American climate seems to have an
interesting rival.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

A man was arrested for assault IN
Boston the other day. He pleaded
guilty and was fined one cent. Where
fights are so cheap rs that they ought
to be plentiful.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

1t is evident that England will allow
the Armenians to be ex~terminated
rather than coerce Turkey without the
aid, or at least, the assent, of the pow
ers. England has never declared a
war of principle or risked her sordid
peace in a generous cause.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-10-10

Mrs. Nora Meade Of Hagerstown,
Md, is suing for a divorce. She says
her husband has served four terms IN
Jail, two in the house. of correction,
and is now under arrest for an alleged
attempt to wreck a trolley cal.