The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-02-12
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Jim Wakely of New York says lie is
willing to back Mccoy against Choyn-
ski to the extent Of $4,000.
Marie Corelli has dramatiZed her
novel, "Barabbas." The play will bc
performed in the United States.
Commodore John A. Howell left
New York for Genoa to assume COM
mand of the American squadron Of
warships on the European station.
A former professor of the Utah uni
verSity, Joseph McAustin Komney, has
been adjudged insane and ordered sent
to the state hospital at Asnews.
Empress Augusta Victoria is almost
completely restored to health. but will
remain in her residence at Potsdam
as a measure of precaution.
The directors of the Pullman Pal
ace Car company have declared the
regular quarterly dividend of 2'per
cent. payable Feb. 10.
The department. of taxes and as
seSSments of New York city has is
sued it's reQuisition and notice Of tax
alton on foreign corporations.
Three carloads of pecans, amounting
to 100000 pounds. have been shipped
from Mckinney, Tex, and the trees of
Northern Texas are still loaded with
nuts.
Michael Ringrosc. Il well-to-dO land
owner near New Orleans, La. became
insane recently at the news that his
brother in New York had died and left
him $4,000.
William Rockefeller has paid John
Burragc S25O.OOO as legal fees and
commission for his services in the re-
cent sale of the BroOkline and Boston
gas companies to Henry ID. Whitney,
Tie Commercial Club of West SUI
perior will appoint a committee to ill.,
vestigate the copper properties near
Superior. Money is being raised local
ly to develop these properties.
\ certificate has been filed in the
secretary of states office at Trenton,
of the Atlantic Transportation COM
pany from 100000 to $3,OOO,OO
DR.. Jackson has cabled the war de-
partment from Norway that he has
secured the services Of 125 natives to
drive reindeer on the Klondike relief
expedition.
Eddie Santry. the Chicago boxer,
and Tommy Dixon OF Rochester, have
been matched to box twenty rounds at
Toronto, Feb. "a. Both men have
agreed to meet at 124 pounds.
Tie Peoria Qll.) water works were
sold under decree of court to the
bondholders' committee for 81, 0,OOO.
Secret societies in Denver are wag-
ing war on department stores.
Dawson City has received no regu-
lar mail since last August. Both Ca
madam and American miners there be-
lieye their respective governments
have forgotten them as far as mail IA
ciliticS are concerned.
Jimmy Michael says it will never do
to limit the size of pacing machines to
quads. There is little reason to be-
lieve that Eck's suggestion will be
followed and the size of machines re-
stricted.
Consignnents of 500 silver certiti-
Gates are being received daily at the
treasury department at Washington,
but so far the number of new counter
feits is surprisingly small. Up to this
time only eighteen have been reported
from all sources.
G. w. Vosmer of San Francisco is
planning to go to the Klondike by bal
loon. He proposes to use the big bal
loon made for the Chicago Worlds
fair, where it vas held captive, and
lie will be accompanied by two expert
enced aeronautS.
James Jackson has arrived at San
Francisco from Boston with a number
of carrier pigeons whose homing in
stincts he hopes to utilize in the work
of establishing regular communication
between Dawson CITY and St. MichaelS
next winter.
The firm Of Macy & Pendleton,
bankers and brokers Of New York.
has made an assignment to Harold 6.
Cortis. This firm has three offices in
New York and membership in the
New York stock, produce, cotton and
coffee exchanges.
]. Il. Draper & Co.. who failed re-
Gently at Ashland, n. f.. for Si1O.-
600. have settled with creditors salts
factOrily and Il new corporation 4
been formed. The factory, which
makes gloves of all kinds, has started
up with 100 hands.
Five thousand Socialist workmen
made a. demonstration at Vienna in
front Of the %rathhaus, because Dr.
Leuger, the burgomaster, had forbid
den them to hold a meeting in the
building. The police dispersed them
and made several arrests.
1t is an indication of friendliness be-
tween France and Germany that the
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
of France has just been conferred on
Count Won Munster, the German am
bassador at Paris, upon the occasion
of the ratification OF the FrancO-Ger-
man Niger convention.
Municipal ownership Of the water
works will be proposed at the APP
preaching city election at Dubuque,
Iowa. The plan is to buy the present
system from the estate of the late
Selah Chamberlain of Cleveland and
construct n supplemental n for fire
and boiler purposes.
Senator Daniel will be the orator at
the coming celebration Of Gen. Lees
birthday in Atlanta on Feb. 10. Sen
ator Daniel accepted the invitation on
the condition that an admission fee
would be charged and the proceeds
given to the Confederate Veterans as
sociatiop.
There has been introduced i'll the
New York senate a good roads bill
which provides for the construction
through each of the counties Of the
state of q macadam highway, which
| shall follow the leading market and
travel routes. The expense is to be
borne by the state.
A large tract of land on Gushing
| Hill. Mass, has been sold by Charles