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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

and William Higgins. an oller' Ml.u
four Cubans have arrived here from
Daytona. From the survivors II IL
learned that the men of the Comma
dore left the ship in four boat loads.
Twelve Cubans embarked in the first,
four more in the second. seven Amefl-
cans in the third. and four, including
Capt. Murphy. Craze. higgins . am
Montgomery. in the fourth. Inc ms,
three were life boats and the laSl IL
ten-foot dingy. The men in the ',i'l ~.
boat fingered in the neighbofhoou u
the singing steamer and for some req
son the small boat fOundered ana S;tlh'
The men We're ordered to swim pack 10
the steamer where they implovised Il
raft. This the captain attempted 10
tow to shore. fourteen miles away:
Just as they started it was observed
that IL negro on the raft was ara Wig
himself along the line to the dihsN.
This the captain realized meant de'ili,
to all and he ordered the raft cast
adrift. He shouted to the men to re-
turn to the vessel, which they attempt
ed to do. but when near the Commo-
lOrp, it gave Il lurch. sank. anu the
eight men on the raft were drawn
down in the vortex and did not rise
again.
-Four more men landed from the
wrecked Commodore this morning ut
Port Orange. This accounts for all OF
the twenty-eght men on board.
To Recall Gen. Wcy1er.
New York, Jan. 6-Ncws has been
received by the Cuban junta from
Washington to the effect that the Span
ish government has positively decided
to recall Capt. Gen. Weyler. Gen.
Primo dc Rivera. it is said, will sue
cecd Gen. Wcyler in Cuba. He is
captain general in the Spanish army
and in favor with the Canovas govern
ment. Minister Taylor, it is said. i'll
formed Secretary Olncy several days
ago that the authorities at Madrid
were on the point of relieving Gen.
Weyler of his comm and in Cuba and
of appointing as his successor Capt.
Gen. Rivera.
Porto Rico Reforms.
New York, Jan. Ga special to tie
World from Madrid says the altono-
mist deputation from Porto Rico.
which came here to ask for the prompt
carrying out of promised reforms. is
bitterly disappointed with the govern
ment's action. The deputation had
congratulated Premier CanOvaS when
the announcement was made that ccr-
tain reforms had been granted, but
when the ten royal DEGREES putting
those reforms in force were published
in the Gazette and had been carefully
read the members of tile dcputation
were deeply chagrined and outspoken
in dissent. They say that West In
dian autOnOmiStS want much more.
and cannot accept the government
makeShiltS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

The Wilson line steamship Nolo is Il
total loss ut Wingu. off the coast OF
Sweden. The crew and passengers
were saved.
There was landslid at Ratsmorc,
whelmed. and the man. his wife and
seven children We're buried.
The double-decked ferry boat New
Brunswick, owned by the Pennsylvania
Railway company. was burned to the
waters edge at New York. Loss about
$12O.O0O.
T.. NJ. Johnson. a merchant. was killed
and AlOnzc johnson, colored. seriously
injured by the explosion of soda
fountain in burning building ut Mia
mi. Fla.
Gregor Kerchbaum and his wife were
burned to death in their home ut Johns
ton. X. i. The building was practical
ly consumed by the fire. which resulted
from the explosion of lamp.
Charles Pfcffer. wealthy laundry
man with interests in Allegheny City
and Chicago shot himself while hunting
near Ligonier, Pa, and died before
his companions could reach him.
n lanu slip mas cutlfely ueStioAeu
the village of Santa Ana de P6lago,
Italy. demolishing 11S houses and rem
dering 80 families homeless. There
was no loss Of life.
Forty-four families We're driven out
of their homes when the temperature
was - to II degrees above zero by Il
fire. which started on the third floor
of an apartment house in West FIT
tcenth street. New York.
The large furniture house of Julius
Lansburg on New York avenue ut
Washington was burned. Loss on
building. stock and adjacent structures
damaged will amount to about 10000.
The Burr mansion, where tradition
says that Edgar Allen Poe wrote THE
Rovpn." is separated from the furniture
establishment only by an alley, but
was saved
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Walter Baker & Co. Of Dorchester. Mass,
L. $. A.. have given years OF study to the skill
full preparation of cocoa and chocolate, and have
devised machinery and systems peculiar to their
methods Of treatment. whereby the purity, palata
bility and highest nutrient characteristics re-
tanned. Their preparations known the world
over and have received the highest Endorsements
from the medical practitioner, the nurse and the
intelligent housckrercr and caterer. There is
hardly any food product which may he 50 ext ,n-
sivcly used in the household in combination With
other foods as cocoa and chocolate: but here.
again we urge the Importance Of purity and Cutri-
cnt value, and these important points. we feel
sure. may he relied upon in Bakers Cocoa aud
Chocolate. '-Dietic and Hygienic Gazette
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Ouitc H. ShOrtncc.

Chicago. Jan. q. = Criminal proceed
inys may be instituted against OK.
County Recorder Samuel +. Chase rs
a result of an investigation of the nc.
counts of his office. Experts have
been working on the books for some
time and to-day County Attorney lies
made Il formal report to the finance
committee of the county board confirm.
ing the experts report which showed
a shortage of over $4,000. and rec
omncnding that proceedings be insti-
tutel for its recovery.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
On March Il.

New York. Jan. Cat Jersey City
to-day Bob Fitzsimmons signed Dan
Stuat'S articles to fight Corbett. He
agreed to everything in the articles but
objected to Stuart's having the money
for a picture of the fight offered by the.
kinetoscope company. Stuart agreed
that if the money was received for a
picture it would be equally divided be-
tween FitZSimmols. Corbett and him.
self. The fight will take place on
March Ii for Il purse and Il side bet Of
from $1,000 to S1O.OW.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

/
Six branch canals instead of one big
one will be built at Sault Ste. Marie.
| 1t has been accidentally discovered
| in Mexico that honey and water vii!
cure smallpox.
In n speech at Om:ha, Neb.. Senator
Thurston said he would welcome Il wa!
With SPAIN lit would clear up the
atmosphere" lie added.
The Academy of Medicine at New
York adopted Il resolution that leprosy.
while possibly infectious, is not con-
| tagious in this climate.
Kid Mccoy, the American middle
weight. defeated Billy DoEerty of Aus
tralia. Mt Joha nnesburg i'll nine rounds,
the world.
Gov. Morton has appointed Col. Ash
| ley Cole. his private secretary and a
former New York city newspaper man.
a member of the New York State rail
road commission.
The Lehigh cotton mills at Easton.
Pa. lave shut down. ard will probab-
w remain idle indefinitely. The owners
state that the mills may open about
May 1.
Everett's hotel. one of the Oldest and
best known establishments of its kind
in New York. was closed to-day. Its
proprietor, Samuel H. Everett. has
been in financial trouble for some
time.
The Southern Paper and Wood Man
ufacturing Company OF Memphis,
Tenn, is operated Independently of the
Van Nortwicks. or Western Paper Bag
Company. and is in no way afflicted by
| their failure.
A railway man. formerly of st. 10
seph, but now of Chicago. is authority
for the statement that the Pennsylva-
mia railroad is prepared to spring a
surprise the first of the year i'll the
| form of a new express company.
Passed Assistant Surgeon p. Fl. Bry-
ant. attached to the training ship Con
stellation. now Mt Newport, II. l., died
while sitting Mt the table on board ship.
of cerebral hcmorrhagc. He was aD-
pointed III 1855.
The director of the Butler & Pitts
burg railroad met sit Iittsburs and
passed q resolution in favor of amalGa-
mating with the Pittsburg, Shenango
l. Lake Erie. to form the Pittsburg.
Bessemer T. Lake Erie road. The com
bination will have capital of 100000
600.
For ten days Miss Annie N. Stephens.
stepdaugnter of J. l.. Hodges, deputy
county clerk of Denver has been lying
$; ccchless ard paralyzed. The opinion
nf physicians. supported by circum-
stances of the case. indicate that the
young lady was sandbagged as she was
entering her home.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Chippewa Pine In ntl.,

Washington. Jan. 6.-Indian Inspec-
tor Wright. who has been investigat.
ing the work of the timber estimators
OH the Chippewa Indian lands in Min
nesota. has returned here and will
shortly submit his report to Secretary
Smith. Complaints were made of the
work. alleging inaccuracies and on
ccssive cost. and the work was recent
ly suddenly ordered suspended indeti-
%r11
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Shortage ana Suicide.

Baltimore. Jan. 6. - Richard Cornell
ius, cashier. and for forty-two years
connected with the National Farmers
and Planters bank, of which Enock
Pratt was president up to the time of
his death. was discovered to be short
in his accounts to the amount Of $780,
600 to-day. He was informed of the
discovery and shortly after commit
ted suicide.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

A Madrid statesman advances the
novel view that this country ought not
to quarrel with Spain, because the
Spaniards discovered America and
made iotpis shrdleutahom hmehhmhm
made it possible for the United States
to be. But he neglects to add that it
was not until America got out from
under the rule of Spain that it ever
amounted to anything.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Whether Maceo is pronounced dead
or alive everybody who wants to pro-
nounce the name according to the
Cuban method will say "lah-say-o''
with the accent on the second syllable,
and if he prefers the way it is pro
nounccd in Madrid he will say ''Alah-
tha-yo." With the accent on the second
syllable.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Prior to pouring out the walls Of pop
ular wrath on the Michigan gentleman
who traded his wife for a dog, it might
be we'll to make some inquiry as to
what the wife was like. 1t is an old
saying and a true one, as the evidence
in the divorce courts too often show,
that the case being altered alters the
case.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Not Very High.

Mrs Dash-I thought you said Mrs.
Bolton was prominent in society?
Mrs. Blank-Why, I've been told that
she is.
Mrs. Dash-1t must be a mistake.
She only belongs to four afternoon
card part;es.-Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Rock Springs. Wyo., Jan. 6. - The
Wyoming state general hospital. To-
Gated here. was burned to the ground
this morning. Ten patients were in
the building and were removed, but
one lady died on the way down town
from fright. The building had no
kind Of fire protection. Loss to build
ing about $4,000; insurance. $4,000.
The city hall has been taken posses
sion Of for temporary use as IL hospi-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

The courts of Boston are about to de-
eide the delicate question whether a
flake" scance is religious gathering
Some young men who exposed a me-
dunn have been arrested on the charge
of disturbing a religious meeting. The
resources of the fakir are indicated in
the cause of arrest.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Nothing Lackfnu.

Citizen-Great place. this town of
ours. ain't it? Travellers all seem to
like it.
Visitor enthusiastically should
say so! Why, you've got eighteen lines
OF railroad that a man can get away
from it On!-Boston Traveller.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Even Chinese conservatism yields
sometimes. BY imperial decree schools
for teaching the English language and
modern science are to be established in
all the chief cities of the empire.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Spanfarls in Cuba have no time to
think about bull fights while they are
under orders to fight and kill Cubans.

Kansas robbers, who Use farm hands
and farmers babies as a body guard.
are decidedly originator Kansas
string tiends are extraordinarily clever
liars.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

A Chicago thinker has evolved the
idea that 'the bicycle exists for the
purpose of giving girls an excuse for
wearing boomers ii. winter" Stuff
aud nonsensei Girls who wear bloom
ers are not the kind who beat about
for IN excuse They 'dare do all that
may become a man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Tne pending arbitration treaty De-
tween the United States and Great
Britain is in the interest of peace, Of
course, but as it does not cover diff
culties involving national honor or SOW
ereignty, the things that usually cause
war will still remain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

A German court has decided that
bite of bread is a better foundation
upon which to superimpose swallow
ing of beer than is sip Of brandy:
This is certainly legal, if not a valu-
able, hint to beer-drinkers, as to the
most healthful mode of taking their
favOrite beverage.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

A Chicago hypnotist is Boosting be-
cause he put a policeman to sleep in
four minutes. Possibly if the hypno-
fist had not bothered him the police
man would have gone to sleep i'll two
minutes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

The cost to a travelling monarch Of
what is officially known as a "sover-
eign visit to a foreign court is some
thing enormous, owing to the army Of
persons of all sorts and conditions to
whom costly presents must be made,
besides the huge sum which goes in
tips"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

sister, Mrs. Stewart in Forest City.
After killing the girl Rosa blew out his
own br,ins.7 They had been to dance
Christmas. and Rosa believed he had
not been given proper attention by the
girl. +.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

. Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel
egraph RcpOrts-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Shanghai and Hankow are the only
two points in China proper where
large modern manufacturing plants are
established and in operation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Japan cannot vet successfully COM
pete against tho cheap buttons of Aus
tria and Germany in her own markets,
and imports large quantities.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

There is no bicycle factory in Japan
that has yet turned out II wheel that
an American buyer would even look
at, much less ride.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

An appeal has gone out to the world
for help to the starving vistims Of the
grain famine in India. We can hardly
realize India's calamity at this dis
lance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Town Bnnk FaiIs.

Mason City. Iowa, Jan. 6.-The First
City Bank Of Nora Springs has failed.
An assignment was made to Byron
Gammidge
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Greatest Movement in Por

Greatest Movement in Pork.
Scanlon--What was the largest SHIP
mcnt Of pork in history?
Kavanagh-Give it up.
Scanlon--Whcn Ham was sent by
Noah to the whole of Africa.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
After 81 Long shut Down,

Boston, Jan. 6.-The Standard Cord
age company started up to-day after
q, shutdown Of nearly three years.
This will give employment to 400
hands.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Want More Money

Bellairc, Ohio. Jan. 6. - Two hun
dred and fifty miners at the Maple
Hill and Boggs mines at Barton. near
here. struck this morning for an ad-
vance of & cents.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Or. J: H. RINDLAUB, Specialist,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Fargo, N. Oak.
WHY N0te

ut is fine furnace, and will save at
least one-half of the fuel"
''Indeedv'
Yes: we guarantee it,
'Then I'll take two and save it allw
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
WRECK OF THE COMMODORE.

Eight Men Were Drovned-All the
Survivors Reach Shore.
Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 6.-Capt. Ed
ward Murphy. commander of the list
steamer Commodore; Stephen Crane,
the novelist; Z. f. Montgomery, cook,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
The Nations Capital.
VXTsSv. =, ~ 4 nm

Cuban sympathizers in New York
have sent to Secretary Olney formal
appeal that rhc state department. exert
it's influence in behalf OF Dr. GaSparu;t
Bctanicourt. arrested in Havana on
suspicion Of being an agent OF the Gu
ban junta in New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

'Hoff's German Liniment is Won
derful cure for aches and palms, Ask
your druggist for it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Not Sincere.

ooh, DEAR" she complained. My
teeth have been bothering ME all day,
and am really afraid they are going
to ache"
..rhere seems to be sich a thing"
said her best friend. las initiating ma
ture too closely. New York Evening
Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
A Domestic Note.

IMegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerine.
and Face Cold Sores, &C. c. g. CLARK Co. n Hsyen Ct
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Not in the Four Hundred

Not In the Four Hundred
McCorkle-Noah's family was not an
aristocratic one.
McCrackle tentativcly)-No?
McCorkle-No; they were not in the
SWim.-Harlem Life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
Why She Nm. Sad,

WHY SUe WIS S0U.
Jack Dashing-Why in the world do
you look so melancholy, my dear girl?
Penelope-l'm feeling sorry for you.
Jack. I'm thinking of the life I'm go
ing to lead you after we are married.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
FOREIGN Gossip,

Floods have occurred in the Lavidl;l
district of Greece. They have been ac-
companied by some loss of life.
The Brazilian cruiser Friadentes was
ON fire at Rio Janeiro. The crew ex'
tingushcd the fire before serious dam
age was done. One officer was injured.
\ Spanish court in Cuba sentences
Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen,
to eight years imprisonment for con-
spiracy against the Spanish govern
mcnt
Two of the men convicted of the
murder Of Stambouloff, premier o.
Bulgaria. were sentenced to short
terms of Imprisonment and another ac-
quilted.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii has
left the Parker house at Boston, where
she has been staying during her visit
there, and during the remainder of the
stay she will occupy Il house in Brook
line.
The Epoca of Madrid, the organ of
the Conservative party, now in power,
says: american Intervention in Cuba
is perfectly logical on the grounds of
material interests and national senti-
ment."
The arnored cruiser Rossia. 1880
tons displacement, the largest vessel in
the Russian navy, which ran on sand
bank near Cronstadt in the beginning
of November and has been frozen in
ever since. has been refoated.
There was a large meeting at the
Mansion house, the lord mayor pre-
siding, to protest against the overtax-
alton of ireland as disclosed by the
royal commission on the financial rela-
tions between England and Ireland.
The report showed that Ireland is now
overtaxed TO the amount of f2.150,OOO
annually.
Details have been received of a mas
sacre by Spanish guirillas under Pie
nonto ut small hamlet near Pinar
del Rio. Cuba. Tine inhabitants were
searched for valua bles. and two young
women were numerically dashed for
resisting the soldiers advances. About
twenty men and women and two chill
dren were killed in volley following
an attack by the Inhabitants after the
whipping Of the women.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09

Des Moines, Jan. 6. = The State of
Iowa is in the tolls of Il fierce blizzard.
To-day the temperature has been fall
ing and the loose snow is drifting and
threatens to interfere with railway
travel. Owing to sleet many of the
telegraph and telephone wires are
down.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-23
GOLD COMING.
A Million Dollars on the Way From
Europe.

A Million Dollars on the Way From
Europe.
New York, Sept. 22.-The amount of
gold withdrawn from London for ship
ment to New York to-day was $4,000
These shipments are regarded as the
result of the more stringent money
market in New York. The 900
goes to the National City bank of New
York, which also receives half a million
dollars from Genoa Both shipments
We're made to the bank by it's European
agents the Dsutsche bank CT Berlin an
London.
The New York Evening Post says:
THE appearance of the National City
bank as factor in the foreign ex-
change market on a large scale is a
novel feature in New York National
banking and financial circles.
THE shipments of gold to the Ma
tionaI City bank to-day are in settle
ment of some of the reciprocal business
of that bank with the Deutsche bank
of Berlin, or perhaps, more properly
speaking, are a result of the change In
conditions here. The 100000 gold ship.
ped from Genoa was mostly gathered
Mr.. Stillman said, in Roumania and
Italy. The importations were certainly
not made at a loss, he said, or for any
stock gambling purposes.
'The sterling exchange market was
steady throughout the day, with de.
| mand at 4.84%.''