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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
A LENGTHY DOCUMENT.
Brief and AssiRnmcn4 of Errors I
the Kent Case About Ready.

Brief aid Assignment Of errors In
the Kent Case About Ready.
The brief and assignment of errors in
the Kent murder cas- appeal will be
served on States Attorney Voss Of
Morton county soon. The brief, which
will cover about 100 typewriter
pages. is said to be one Of the most ex-
haustive and complete ever presented
in a criminal case, every particle Of
evidence Of any Importance having
been carefully considered. The assign
ment of errors contains 130 different
points. being forty-six more than was
presented in the supreme court when
defense feel quite confident that
enough fatal errors have been cited to
reverse the case without trouble.
Although Attorney aildreth will not
give out any Of the grounds on which
he proposes t oask the new trial, be-
fore the brief is served, it is under
stood a strong point is to be made on
the remoteness of some of the evil
dence. The letters which were intro
duced IN evidence. which were written
a great many years prior to Kent's
meeting his second wife. and In which
great stress was laid on a chance ex-
preston, will, it Is said, be attacked,
on the ground that they failed to con-
meet the defendant with the crime, and
were introduced solely for the purpose
Of prejudicing the minds Of the jury.
1t is rumored that one Of the most
prominent attorneys in the state has
asked permission Of the defense to ar
gue this point before the supreme
court. The court will sit at Bismarck
on April Z, and it is understood the
Kent case will be one Of the first con.
sidered.
There has been some conjecture at
Fargo as to what bearing the sentcnc-
ing of Sw'densky will have on the ap-
peal. A prominent attorney stated
this afternoon that after a prisoner is
delivered to the warden. the latter, I'M
der the new code, would not have the
power to permit the convict outside the
walls Of the penitentiary until the ex
piration Of his sentence, even If or
dered to do so by the court. This
would mean. in event that Kent was
granted a new trial. that Swidensky
could not testify unless granted an un-
conditional pardon. Whether this
would have any weight with the ST.
preme court in considering a new trial
Is extremely doubtful. but without Swi-
densky the case of the state would not
be very strong.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
. brilliant pixer.ion.

v. A. Harrison was the successful
suesser in the embarrassing contest
at r. w. Toolnb's hardware store at
Grand Forks. and won the SIS banquet
lamp. The day before Christmas q
mammoth wax candle was lighted in
the store window. and a SIS lamp was
offered to the person who could guess
to the nearest the time that it would
take to consume. A book was kept for
the purpose Of registering the time
that the candle was burning. as Mr..
Toombs did not care to leave 1t burn
ing through the night for fear of fire.
The candle burned out some days ago,
hut owing to Mr.. Toombs illness. he
was not able to figure the matter out.
THE candle was burned for twenty-six
days and two hours exactly, and v. A.
Harrison Al the nearest guesser, as
he guessed twenty-seven days and elev.
hours.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
SURRENDERS ITS CHARTER.
Fargo Odd Fellows Take This Meth.
Cd of Settling a Difficulty.

Fargo d Fellows Take This Meth.
OF of Settling a Difficulty.
Northern Light Lodge, I. o. o. F. OF
Fargo, held its last meeting the other
night, after which fits charter was
turned over to Grand Master McCon-
Vile. This action arose out of the ac-
ton o out Of the order of the su-
preme lodge to pay back $1,000, al
legged to have been Illegally used from
the funds contributed after the big fire
Of 1892, by Odd Fellows all over the
United States. The supreme lodge de-
manded payment of $500 this year
and security for the balance. The
lodge offered to pay 10 per cent annu-
ally. which offer was refused. The
members put the, lodge property in
the hands of q receiver and decided to
throw up the charter. The result will
be closely watched. as the members
now stand suspended.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Voluntary Liquidation.

Raraboo. Wis. March 4.-The Bara-
boo Savings bank, which was first or
ganized here by r. T. Brewster in
1889, has gone into voluntary liquida-
ton, and has notified all it's depositors
to draw their money before April 1.
The bank closed it's doors during the
panic of 1893. A few weeks later it
was again opened under a new a
agement. but the bank has not done
a profitable business, and It was de-
cided by the principal stakeholder. ].
M. jerks of Minneapolis, to wind up
Its affairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Alleged blind I'ieaer Acquitted

Alleged blind ptREer Acquitted.
The enforcement league has been
after the blind pigs Of Grafton, and its
detectives infol med ON Robert Shop
pard. who has served n term for VIC
iating the law. While the informants
stoutly protested they had received
beer at Sheppard's place, seventeen cit
teens testified that they had received
only malt from the same faucet. one
German saying he drank a gallon,
which had no effect whatever.
Judge Swiggrem dismissed the a
IN the ground of insufficient evidence
that beer had been sold. States At
torney Spencer had some of the malt
analysed. which proved to contain 2
per cent Of alcohol: hence the offender
expects. through this means. together
with known leniency, to escape punish
ment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
OBSCENE LITERATURE.
P%ostofice Inspector Clement Has
Victim

P%ostofice Inspector Clement Has q
Victim.
Edward n. Clark. a former resident
of North Dakota, has been brought
back to Fargo by Deputy Marshal
Daggett. He will be tried at the next
term of the court for the crime of mail
ing obscene literature. The prisoner,
who is sixty years Of age. mailed OBJ
jectionable letters to Ethel L. Hast
ing. a ten-year-old girl living OF the
reservation. in which. it Is alleged. in.
decent proposals were made. CLARK
was arrested in Chicago at the in
stance of Postoffice Inspector Clement,
and was held for trial by a commits
sioner there in the sun of 5000. He
Is said to be highly connected and has
a son prominent in Chicago real estate
circles.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

James G. Blainc's old saddle horse,
DenInan, died the other day Mt a farm
ear Trenton, Me-, at the ripe age of
twenty-five years. After Mr.. Blaine's
death. Mrs. Blaine sent the horse to
the farm and paid a liberal allowance
annually for his support.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

Monroe. Miri.. March News wos
received today Of the cremation Of a
boy aged four and two girls. aged
two years and ten months ~respectivr.
~, In Bradford township last Sntur.
day. They We're children of Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Theodore Rose, whose home
containing the little ones. burned
while the parents had gone awav
leaving the doors locked.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

The importation into the United
Statos Of plants from China and Jap
an is forbidden on account of the
prevalence Of cholera in the ASiatic
countries. Nothing holds the germs
Of diease as we'll as the soil in which
the plants are shipped.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
D.ep Interest In Immigration.

From all parts o. the state comes .
report of deep interest taken In immi-
grafton to North Dakota. There have
already been umerou transfers in
real estate and money raised to influ-
ence immigration this way. The great
cr0p of 1895. the cheapness Of land, the
healthful climate and the interest tax
en- In educational matters have all CON
tributed to the admiration of our beau
tiful state by the Inhabitants Of sister
states. Those who have sought q more
rorgenial climate have again turned
their faces to North Dakota, all agree
ny that Il b good enough.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

A morning justice in Chicago recent
~ fined a "fresh" young man for kiss
Ing Il pretty girl on the North Side.
The item soon after appeared in q
Rochester paper, since which time tho
guy and festive youths of that city
have been anxiously trying to find out
which is the north side Of q Chicago
girl
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Compete with the Combine.

st. Louis. March At a conference
held to-day between representatives
Of tobacco firms not members of the
American Tobacco company 1t vas
decided to follow in the footsteps Of
the Drummond Tobacco company and
Ligsett & Meyers Tobacco company
Of this city and manufacture cigar
cites in competition with the big East
ern combine. There were present p.
Portland, Jr., of Lorillard & Co, Jer-
sey City, N. j.; +. H. Ray, Middleton.
Ohio; F.. ]. Sorg, of Middleton, Ohio:
Col. w. G. Wetmore, Of the Liggett &
Meyers company and John Drum
mond. Of the Drummond company.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

An Illinois Judge denounced in un-
measured terms the recent lynching
disgrace In that state, which had no
excuse whatever, as the victim was
certain to be tried and the case
against him was by no means clear ut
best. He maintained his innocence to
the last. and sentiment in the COM
munity Ia still divided as TO his guilt.
The Illinois authorities owe 1t to them
selves to punish the ~lynchers, IL they
en- possibly b identified.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

Albany, Ca. has a quaint advertis-
er. whose speciality Is r%oof-fxing. and
whose style is shown in this parn-
graph: "INts Of men would be up
stucken and biggety when everybody
praised their work, but I am not that
way. ] speak just as politely to a
poor man as I do to one who owns a
metal roof. That's my way"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

A bridegroom Of ninety was married
to a bride Of sixty-eight at Mer-
hen, Conn.,, last week. Each had been
married twice before. A good deal Of
interest was evinced in the match,
aud the contracting parties made pub
ceremony. They were married a few
hours earlier, and got safely and quiz
stly away.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

Prussia is keeping the diplomats of
the world guessing. 1t is conceded
that She has the upper hand Of Eng
land in Turkey, and 1t now looks as
though the car was deliberately
planning to gain such a foothold in
Corea as will enable him to establish
q pr0tectOrate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

There would be no objection to Eng
land appointing a commission to try
and find the true boundary line he
tween Venezuela aud British Guiana.
The very fact Of such an appointment
would I've an acknowledgment that
England had begun at the wrong end
In handling this matter, for she be-
gan by claiming what she comedies to
be In ..oubt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

State pride is playing an important
part in the building Of the new state
capital ut Olympia, Wash. No mate
rial except that produced in the state
% used in its construction. In the
matter Of lumber, for whatever pur-
pose. only such as is grown in Wash
ingtOn Is to be used.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

A curious lake has been found In
the island Of Kildine, in the North sea.
II Is separated from the ocean by q
1arrow strip Of land, and contains salt
water under the surface, in which
sponges. goldfish and other marine AMI
mails flourish. The surface Of the wa
tor, however, 10 perfectly fresh, and
supports daphnias and other fresh
water. creatures.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Mrs. Cody. Boax rou,a.

Tacoma. WASH. March l.-The body
Of Mrs. A. r. Cody, who has been
missing for a month, and for whom
the whole coast has been searching.
was found to-day in the brush In the
outskirts Of the city. The body was
found in q knee]ing posture with q
bullet hole in the right temple and 3
revolver In the right hand. Her hus-
band gave up the search Friday aud
started for his home in Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

In the New Years procession at
Konisberg. in 1883, a BOLOGNA saus-
age exhibited by the "butchermen"
vas GO feet in length, and was car
sied on the shoulders Of sixty-seven
men and boys. The one exhibited in
the same city In the year 1888 was
ever 1.tOO feet In length, and weighed
484 pounds.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

Three car loads of excellent horses
apiece. They have been shipped all
the way from Walla Walla, Wash.
The. horses, were of fine stock, and,
but a short time since, would have
brought at least 500 apiece in the
same market.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

Two ponltrykeepers in Bronson,
Mich, kept tally last year on the
number Of eggs laid by Il certain num-
Der of hens. One man had 800 hens.
which laid 3o.7S2 eggs during tn:
year. The other got 1887 eggs from
go hens.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
A Double suicfde

Whitehall, Wis, March 4.-Ole An
derson Aga, a Scandinavian thirty
i've years old, committed suicide this
morning at his home in the town Of
Pigeon. He cut his throat and-after-
ward hanged himself in his barn.
Sickness was the cause
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

hansen having found the north pole,
Manson, and a Chicago syndicate has
been organized for that laudable pur-
pose.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
wAsHBURM. T. OAK.

Chicago people .... nv..
q y tO convince them that there is
something In their drinking water.
They feel 1t wriggling rs it goes down.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Upri.inx oil Faaatics.

Madras. India. March Am -uprs-
Ing OF Moplan fanatics has assumed
serious proportions. The British at
tackled a large party of them yester.
day and killed a hundl g
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
To Expel M-i.,ionarie,

Berlin, March "A dispatch to the
Lokalanzeiger says that at Russfa's
request. the porte intends to expcl
from Asia Minor all English and
American missionaries.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

Washington, Feb. GA stirring
speech by Mr.. Vest in behalf of Cuba
was the event of the day in the senate.
1t came unexpectedly. as MI. Vest sci.
dom announces his speeches or makes
preparations. The senate had agreed
that the inAl vote on the Cuban res
olution would be taken at 4 p. IN. to-
morrow, and the debate was proceed
ing. .dr. White of California, and MIR.
Gray Of Delaware, contending as a
legal proposition that the United
STATES conld not at this time recognize
Cuba's independence. This aroused
MI. Vest, first for questions, then for
remonstrAncc, and then to one of the
bursts OF eloquence with which he at
times electriies the senate. He spoke
Of Spain al the toothless old wolf
who had Lest one by one all her litter
and VAS still clipging to this single
remaining cub. He pictured Spain as
the impotent giant Of Despair in the
Pilgrims progress, gazing ON defeat.
In inlpassioned words, be. made an
apctheosis to liberty Of rare beauty
ard fervor, cdding with ringing en-
phasls that the Cuban patriots would
never, never, never again become the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Observation-Disclosures Cubau..


PHILADELPHIA. March 4. - The ami
versary Of the uprising of the Cuban
patriots was made the occasion last
night of a large and enthusiastic mass
meeting of native Cubans and Amcri-
cans in Warner hall. The enthusiasm
was further intensified by the .actioni
Of the house of representatives in ac-t
cording the insurgents belligerent
rights. On the stage were pictures
Of George Washington and Jose Marti.
while the American flag and the flag
Of Cuba We're lovingly interviewer.
The meeting was presided over by
DIR. Guiteras, president Of the United
Cuban clubs of this city. The speeches
were for the most part given in Span
ish. in which Spain was denounced,
the American government commended
and the early independence of Cuba
DrOUhecicd.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
THE A
Choice of Clevelnnd-No Third
Term Possibility.

The Choice of Cleveland-NO Third
Term Possibility.
New York. March "A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says:
A member If the cabinet who talked
with the president a fe" days ago
makes the following statement:
president Cleveland would not ac-
cent another nomination for the pres
idency even il it We're possible for
him to have an absolute guaranty of
his election. You may assert this as
positive and emphatic as you please"
"Nho is his candidate to be?"
":John 4. Carlisle of Kentucky" re-
piled the informant. There is no
doubt about that. Secretary Olney
has been mentioned as the admins
rration candidate. There is moth ny
in that. Personally and politically,
Mr.. Carlisle is the choice of the pres
ident. and has been for months"
REBELS ARE ROUTED.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07
Five Hundred Men Out of One Thous-
and Are Killed or Wounded.

and Are Killed or Wounded.
Menagua. Mic, March 4.-After six
hours fighting at Matcaris and Nag
arolo the government forces under
Generals raiz and Estrada have ccm-
pletely routed the rebels under Gen.
Ortiz, and have captured a portion of
the rebel artillery. These towns were
recently captured by the government
forces and occupied, pending the ad-
vance of the main body Of the presi-
dents army. The enemy's force con-
sisted of about 1000 men, and the
two towns mentioned were held by
about an. equal number Of government
troops. The fire of the government
troops was so directed that 500 rebels
were killed or wounded. The loss OF
the government was considerably less.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-18
BlMETALLISM IN FRANCE.
So Long as She Desired tho Parity Wa
Easily Maintained.


The situation in France and tho ma
ture and theory of the bimetallic adjust
ment are admirably set forth i'll the fol-
lowing eloquent words of Cernuschi in
the monetary conference of 1881:
Until 1874 clear and sonorous
voice was always heard resounding from
the banks of the Seine 1t said: i am
France, rich in gold and rich in silver.
can arrange that i'll the entire world
the two metals form but one money.
Peoples and nations, bring to Paris all
the gold and silver you like. / take it
all. For hundrcdweight of gold, or
for 1915 hundredweights Of silver, /
will always give you the same quantity
of francs. Let the production Of one
metal or the other be more or less
abundant, more or less costly. it will be
immaterial to me. Peoples and nations.
do you want gold? Bring silver. Doyou
want silver? Bring gold. AS bimetallists
the French have no preference for one
metal or the other. They will always
mako exchange for you, if you know
how to ask it, of one metal for the other
Oh the basis Of 151a, and in the two
hemispheres the relative value of the
two metals will always and everywhere
be the same ;"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-18
panI. Failures and silxsr.

The Boston Traveller points to bank
troubles which have occurred in Para
quay since the silver basis was adopted,
II years ago. 1t only mentions two
banks and attributes their failure to the
silver standard.
During the samc period in the United
States several hundred banks have
failed.
II the failure Of two Paraguay banks
is charged TO The silver standard we
must charge the failure Of several hun
dred banks in. the United States to the
gold standard.
When IL comes, TO failures, the gold
standard has record so black that any
silver standard record appears immacu-
late, --Omaha World-IIcrald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-18
prMocrArrc srArr rLArronM.

We, the Democrats Of Ohio. in convention ns.
sembled, hold that tho money que tion Is the
vital and paramount isiuo now before the
people Of this country, and that its early and
correct settlement is necessary to the vi, al
OF business and the return of prosperity; tho o
fore,
RESOLVED. That wo arc unaltcrably opposed
TO the single gold standard, and demand an
Immediate return TO the constitutional money
OF gold and silver by the the restoration by
this government, independent OF other ma
tions, OF tho unrestricted coinage Of both gold
pnd silver into standard money at the ratio OF
10 to 1, and upon the terms OF exact equality
existing prior TO 1873; such silver coin to bo
full legal tonder, equally with gold coin, for
all debts and dues public and private.
RESOLVED, That the de1egatcs-at'large, this
day chosen by this convention, and tho dolo-
gates to the national convention and from tho
several congressional districts, be and they
are hereby instructed to use all hoiorall3
means TO secure the adoption of the principles
contained in the foregoing resolution by the
national Democratic convention, to 10 he'd at
Chicago, July z, and to vote only for candi.
dates for president and vice president who are
known to be in full accord Herewith, and to
accomplish those ends to o,st the votes from
tho state Of Ohio as q unit, as 9 majority may
determine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-18
For Silver was James G. Blaine.

The .fotiowing is an ertract from
the speech Of James &. Blaine in
the senate Of 1880:
son tie much UeTed and tong.
m0oted question as to 6imeiallic
STANDARDS my OUH UieWS are SuH-
ciently indtcdted in tie remarkS /
hare made. / 6elieue the Struggie
now going on in this country and in
other countries for a single gold
standard acould, DsucceS$ftl, pro-
d"ce WtdeSpredd disaster in and
throughout tie commercial World.
The destruction OF Silrer as money,
and establishing gold as q sole untt
Of value, must hare q ruiRous effect
on all forms Of property except
those Investments Which yieM q fr-
ed return in money. Those Wouid
be enormously enhanced in uaiue
and l0ould giUe dispropOrtion0te
and unfair adUantdge OUer eCery
other species of property. II, as
the most relidbie st Hstics affirm
there are nearly S7,00O,000 ,O0O Of
coin or bullion in tie WOrld, Uery
equally diOided 6etUeeR 00M and
sftcer, IL is impossible TO strike sill
ger out of eriStdnce as money with-
out results that ,oW proCe distress
ing TO millions and utterly disas-
trous 10 tens of thousands. 81 be- |
HeUe gold and silUer coin to be the
monsy of the Constitution; indeed. |
The money of the american people |
anterior TO the Constitution, Which |
the gre1t O"gdnfc lap recognized as
quite independent of its O,cn eris.
tence. No POiOer aCdS con ferret on |
congress TO declare either metal
should not be money. Congress has
therefore, in mn judqement, no pow-
er TO demOnetfze either. II, there
fore, siloer has been demOnetiged, I
nm IN faU0r of remoRetiziug IL. ri
Us coinage has been prohibited, i
mn in faoor of ordering IL to be ne.
sunled, i am IN favor Of hapiag IL
,nldrgedp
JAMES q. BLAINE.