The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-10-23

Rukeyser & Bash, neckwear, failed
for 100000.
Creedon and Mccoy are matched
for a finish fight between Dec 1 and
80.
The firm of Goldberg & Rich of
Nashville, has assigned. Liabilities,
$4,000; assets believed to be far less.
Chief Justice TAFT of Montreal and
former Chief Justice Hagarty of the
Province of Ontario, have been ga
zetted knights. y
An epidemic OF measles prevails at
Webster City, Iowa. The health Of
ficer says ove seventy cases have so
far been reported.
A delegation of Tennessee citizens
called on Secretary Long and present
ed arguments in favor of establishing
an armor plant in that state.
The European edition Of the New
York Herald asserts that the Indian
government declines to reopen the
Indian minis to silver.
Maj. Benjamin H. Rogers, Eighth
infantry, has been retired and Capt.
Casper III. Conrad, Thirteenth in
fantry, was promoted to major.
The charge of lese majestic brought
against the Frankfurter Zeitung for
criticising the alleged cratic course of
Emperor William has been dismissed.
Marcus Daily denies that he has,
with other Anaconda officials, pur-
chased a controlling or any other in
terest in the Butte & Boston property.
At Oakland, Cal, Joe Wheeler made
a new worlds record for four-year-old
pacing geldings by pacing a mile in
2:O7 IL ove q track that vas two Sec
Onds slow.
George F. Lawrence of North Ad.
ans, Mass, has been nominated for
congressman by the Republicans of the
First district to succeed A. B. Wright,
deceased.
Col. Guy V. Henry, who has been
with his old regiment, the Third cay
airy, since his promotion, has been
ordered to join his new regiment, the
Tenth cavalry.
e. C. Stanton, former manager of
the Metropolitan house, New York,
has been declared a bankrupt at Lon,
don, with liabilities amounting to 1926
and no assets.
Maj. Moses p. Handy has secured rs
per cent additional space for the
American exhibits at Paris, making
the space of the United States equal
to that of other big nations.
All but four of the thirty-three sail
ors on the United States venue cut.
ter Perry, at Seattle, WASH, quit be-
cause Of a reduction in wages from
1923 to $50 per month. -.
Oscar Gardner knocked out Johnny
Van Heest in the eleventh round Of
what was to be a twenty-round fight
at 12O pounds before the Navarro Ath-
letic club at Lexington, Ky. il,
pany has brought suit at New York
against the Hudson. River Tunnel
company to %foreclose a first mortgage
deed Of trust amounting to S ,750,OO0.
Lieut.. Henry G. Cabel, Fourteenth
infantry, has been ordered to report
to the governor of Oregon for duty
with the national guard of that state.
relieving Lieut.. Col. James Jackson,
First cavalry. @ h
Two hundred of the 300 employees
of the Bradford mills at Philadelphia,
conducted by John and James Dobson,
manufacturers Of dress goods and
worsted cloth, have gone on a strike
because of a refusal of an increase Of
10 per cen in wages.
The controller of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors of insolvent national banks,
as follows: First National Bank Of
Newport, Ky, Is per cent; National
Bank of North Platte, Neb., 8; Chemi-
cal National Bank Of Chicago, 8.
The local manufacturers at st. Louis
have announced their intention Of
manufacturing smoking tobacco,
thereby developing a new phase in the
bitter fight now raging between the
Western Tobacco companies and the
American Tobacco company.
The wheat trimmers at the terminal
elevator plant at West Superior have
struck for an advance Of 25 cents
over the present wages Of $1.75 per
day. They did not get 1t, the manage.
ment securing new men at the old
wages and resuming work after a few
hours delay.