The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-11
General.

Thomas Mexican donated 100000 to
the University of Pennsylvania toward
the new law school.
The Mirror and the National Protest,
organs of the Republican colored men
at st. Joseph, will be consolidated.
BILLY Elmer of San Francisco was de-
feated in less than two rounds by Kid
Parker Of Denver, before the Los An
geles Athletic club.
The conference at Joliet between the
Northern Illinois striking coal miners
and the operators has resulted in mutu.
al concessions.
James Fowler and w. G. Ringen
have struck what appears to be q rich
deposit of zinc on the land of James
Cook, cal Sedalia, Mo.
The New York World says an effort
is being made to unite the principal
piano manufacturers Of the United
States.
Plug tobacco manufacturers, includ-
ing the Lorillards, the Liggetts, Paul
Sork 4 Co., have decided to form a
trust. The capital stock will be $12,-
600,
Jerry Marshall of Australia made a
chopping block for two rounds of
Jimmy Obey and then knocked him
out at the Empire Athletic club at
Baltimore before a big crowd of sports.
The central labor council of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, decided to boycott the prod
ucts of the Armour Packing company.
The action is taken because nOn-uniOn
labor is employed by Armour.
1orfnro nv In 0rnnc{%Hor RI fhas
Dawes commission agreement. In
nounced, and Secretary Bliss eulo-
gized for the report he made to the
president in regard to it.
The city council Of Chicago passed
an ordinance which attaches a fine of
not less than SIS o more than 500 to
a bicycle rider who runs into any per-
son and scorches away without leav-
ing his name.
The North German Lloyd Steamship
company and the Hamburg-American
Packet company announce for Sunday,
| Nov. %, and ~thencefOrth, the rate for
| steerage passengers on their lines will
be $50 marks.
The Wisconsin Press association has
an invitation from the Canadian Pa
cific railroad to take a trip over that
road to the Pacific coast. 1t will be
accepted. The trip will probably take
place in July next.
> A carrier pigeon fancier Of San
government eight pairs of his very
best birds to form the nucleus of a car
rier pigeon service between the more
s,nvootn r,ovkionc 0f A10clyo -
Sixty students of Vassar college are
seriously ill, all having taken sick two
days ago from. eating improperly
cooked veal. Drs. Kimball and Tai
berg. of the college, pronounce the
girls out of danger.
Farmers Of Phillips county, Kansas,
are unable to cur the help necessary
to husk their large crop of corn. The
weather has been fine for corn husk-
ing, but, on account Of the scarcity Of
help, not a large amount has been got
ten out.
Dee Northcott, aged fourteen, left
her home at Maryville, Mo.,and her
parents are unable to find her. This is
the third time, she has left home under
similar circumstances. She has re.
Gently had trouble with her parents.
Mrs. Fiore Lillian Van Setback has
started from New York for Chicago to
try to collect the $65,OOO from her IA
ther-in-law, Peter Van Setback, the
millionaire drug man Of Chicago,
awarded her for the alienation of her
husbands affections.
About 800 Indians from the five
tribes are holding q convention at At
Mount Vernon IN. Y. has q p0pula-
ton Of $4,000. Fifteen thousand Of
these had headaches Sunday. 1t all
resulted from the pumping Of unpuri-
lied gas into the mains Of the conpa-
ny's plant. -