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The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Otherwise.

A mutiny occurs OH the United States
cruiser Panther
Natives of the Southern Philippines
desire American rule.
A call for meeting Of the national
July 20, at the Sherman house, Chica-
to each member.
The Cunard liner Campania, sailing
from Liverpool for New York, will
have among her passengers, Mrs. Will
lam Astor, Chauncey NJ. Depew, his
son, Chauncey M. Depey, Jr., and the
earl of Donoughmore.
Capt. James A. Simpson, U. S. A.,
retired, died at Prescott, A. r., after
short illness. He went through
many Indian campaigns in Arizona
with Gen. Crook. He was retired on
account Of physical disability a few
years ago.
Humphrey Lynch, a young man on
his way from Melrose, Iowa, to New
York, became insane on Nickel Plate
train at Cleveland, Ohio and is now in
the county Jail. The authorities have
been unable to learn anything about
Lynch.
The Fourteenth Battalion, Prince Of
Wales Own Rifles, from Kingston, the
Fifteenth battalion, Argyle light in
fantry, from Belleville, and the Col
borne Royal dragons, marched with
American troops in the Fourth OF July
parade at Rochester N. Y.
A private cablegram received at
Omaha announces that the First Ne
braska volunteers have sailed from
Manila for home. Gov. Poynter has
issued proclamation calling upon the
people in the state to give the regiment
u fitting welcome.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
An Important Deci.ion

Fargo, N. D.--The supreme court has
handed down a decision upholding the
validity of tax titles in this state in a
Fargo case that promises to be one OF
the most important rulings Of the court
in some time. Heretofore their valid
ity has frequently been tested, and the
court has permitted the widest lati-
tude; but the recent decision restricts
the bearing on the case and affords q
much easier opportunity to quiet title
to those kind of cases.
Herbert Carlson, a Fargo boy, who
was working on the Cooperstown ex-
tension of the Northern Pacific, started
home to celebrate the Fourth, and was
shot and robbed by a comrade. He was
found unconscious alongside the rail-
road by q farmer. His assailant es-
cared. -.
George E. Nichols, ex-state treasurer,
has withdrawn from thaa
swell hostelry, and Manager Mathews
will have exclusive control of the in
stitution in the future.
The second land appraisement In this
county has been completed, at the re-
quest Of the state land commission,
and the report will be fled this week.
at Bismarck. ,a
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
FEWER DIVORCES.
North Dakota Hereafter to BE Less
of a Mecca.

North Dakota Hereafter to BE Less
of q Mecca.
Fargo, N. D.-The curtain has been
rung down on the North Dakota dt-
vorce law. All cases instituted in fu-
ture will require residence of one
year in the state. Prior to the last Of
March there was q rush of Eastern di-
vorce-seekers into the state. to take
advantage Of the ninety-day law. All
those who arrived before that date
were able to institute their suits by. to-
day, and their residence is now COM
plete. There have been new arrivals
since. For the last two weeks the
centes have been kept busy filing the
final papers, generally little else than
the title Of the suit, to make the case a
matter of record. The majority have
attempted to observe all the secresy
possible, and, in many instances, the
address was not given, and as nothing
was filed as to the charges, very little
formation can be secured. For some
months the Fargo attorneys have been
taking their cases to other districts, on
account Of Judge Pollock's supposed
antagonism to divorces, and many OF
the cases which promise to be at oil
racy have been taken to towns in which
there are no daily papers. Publicity
will be avoided. Judge Pollock has
been out Of the city during the past
week, and no divorces have been grant
ed in the local courts. The cases now
on file will be heard as quickly as pos
sible. Those in which there are bitter
contests may require some months, but
the majority will be on the calendar in
a week.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15

The total value of the gifts at a re-
cent New York wedding amounted to
over two million dollars, representing
an income of over one hundred thou
sand dollars year. Since custom de-
crees that these gifts be reciprocated
at future weddings in the donors fami-
lies, the pecuniary consideration is
doubled. Marriage laws in Puerto Rico
have recently been reformed by this
government, and the onerous fees
which often prevented marriage abol-
ished. Is there not room for a reform
In our own marriage customs, when
the gifts at wedding set the pace for
a mode of life which most young cou-
pies are quite unable to continue with
out financial disaster?
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
IN NORTH DAKOTA
NICE LITTLE FIGHT.
Two Citixens Of Jamest0wn Go After
the Same Plum.

Two Citizens of Jamestown Go After
the Same Plum.
jamestown. N. DIT has been stat.
ed. and with some truth, too, that
jamestown and Stutsman county would
be the storm center Of North Dakota
politics, as far as the Republican party
is concerned, for the next two years.
At the present time the fight is going
on over the appointment Of deputy rev.
enue collector. Some time ago ID. w.
Mcmillan, who resides in the northern
portion Of the state, resigned. John
Thompson was aware of the fact that
Mcmillan was about to resign, and be-
gan to work quietly to secure the ap-
pojntment. He secured the indorse-
ment Of State Senator Bailey Fuller or
Stutsman county, and, through Sen
>ator Fullers influence, he secured the
Endorsement of Congressman Spalding,
United States Marshal Haggart and
Senator McCumber. 1t has also been
stated that Senator Hansbrough ex-
p' essed himself as favorable to the ap-
pointment, but this is considered doubt
full by many. 1t seemed settled that
Thompson would be named.
Of late, however, opposition to the
appointment of Thompson has devel-
oped. Mack Sinclair, also a resident Of
jamestown, has been decided upon as
& rival candidate, and it is stated that
lie is the choice of Gov. Fancher.
Hansbrough's doubtful position Is TAX
en- by some to mean that he will not
oppose the governor In the matter.
So far, the present states representa-
tivaS in WASHINGTON have settled nm
pointments in a manner apparently sat
isfactory to all parties concerned; but
it is believed that a more than usually
vigorous fight will be carried on in the
present instance. There is an under
current of state and Stutsman county
fractional politics in the deal which
overshadows the value Of the appoint
ment and adds greatly to the interest.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Casualties.

Nine persons were injured In an accl-
dent on the Denver & Rio Grande,
caused by broken rail.
In street car collision at Pittsburg,
Penn, o. G. Obscon and w. H. Kirk
land were killed, while fifteen others
were injured, four of them seriously.
J. j. Weldon's large grocery, four
story brick structure Mt Pittsburg, was
totally destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of between SEQ, 900 and $S5, 900 on
stock and $4,000 on the building. Dur
ing the blaze three firemen were in
jured.
An extraordinary accident resulted in
the mortal injury Of Mrs. Sylvester ].
O'Sullivan at Plainfeld N. j. While
shopping in New York dry goods
store she stepped upon friction
match Instantly the blaze ignited her
gown. and before aid could reach her
she was ablaze from head to heels.
Many persons were injured in rail-
road accident at Wirsford, near Crewe,
in Ckestershire, England. A freight
train collided with the wreckage and
caused partial fall of a railroad
bridge. Then q crowded excursion
train ran into the others. Upward Of
fifty cars were wrecked.
At Canada Lake, a summer resort
sixteen miles northwest of Johnstown,
N. Y, Lafayette Vanderpool, former
supervisor of the town of Caroga, and
his adopted daughter, Miss Morey,
were drowned Tuesday. Vanderpool
endeavored to save Miss Morey, who
was in bathing, and had gone beyond
ler depth.
A triple drowning accident occurred
in Saco bay, Maine, by which Philip
Picard, aged twenty-five, an operative
in the New York corporation, his wife
and Mrs. Joseph Thompson lost their
lives. Two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Picard and Vital Lestair, who were in
the boat, were saved by Nelson Nor
wood. lobster fisherman. The boat
was overloaded.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
OUTLINED BY BRYAN.
Nebraska orator Speaks About
Democratic Platform of 1000.

Nebraska Orator Speaks About the
Democratic Platform of 1000.
Colorado Springs, Colo, July II. -
William ]. Bryan spoke before an au-
dience of 5000 people at the opera
house last evening and hundreds were
turned away. He said the Democratic
platform of 1900 on the silver question
and income tax would be the same as
in 1896. Several new issues had come
before the public, namely, trusts, 3ims
perialism and expansion. He outlined,
the Democratic platform ofgrooo as OPP
posing imperialism and trusts; inn
perialism for the reason that it is not
in harmony with the declaration of in
dependence and the views of free
people.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15

Secretary Wilson Of the Department
OF Agriculture has been in South Car
olina recently, and from his study of
local conditions in that state gives
an interesting account of the oppor,
tunities for its development. The tea
plant, for example. he says, is as prom
Using to the latitude of South Carolina
as the sugar beet is to the northwest,
where many millions of dollars have
been invested in its culture. There
Is already one tea farm in South Car
olina. Its proprietor does not at
tempt to compete with the cheaper
teas Of the Orient but rather with teas
Of superior quality. Last year he made
thirty-five hundred pounds of black
tea, which retailed at about one dollar
a pound.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
People Talked About.

David Williams of Webster, s. d.,
has been appointed census supervisor
for the Eastern district of South DakO-
ia
Charles Victor Cherbuliez, novelist,
literary and art critic and member of
the French academy, died at Paris in
his SEVENTEEN year.
Merritt o. Chance Of Mount Vernon,
ILL.,. has been appointed chief clerk Of
the fourth assistant postmaster gen.
erals Office.
]. o. Jones, the oldest citizen of
Terre Haute, having come from Yer.
mont with the founders of the city in
1916, is dead, aged eighty-seven years.
Norwich university ha sconferred the
honorary degree Of master Of military
science upon Capt. Charles Z. Clark,
formerly Of the Oregon.
Lieut.. Col. Henry Wagner, Fourth
cavalry, having reached the age of
sixty-two years, has been placed on the
retired list.
John r. Mclean is credited with an
ambition to secure the Democratic
nomination for governor of Ohio, by
way Of securing, later. the Democratic
nomination for president.
Charles r. Pope, United States con-
sui at Toronto under the Harrison ad-
ministration, and formerly wealthy
citizen of st. Louis, died at his home
In New York.
Rev. I. Brownson, the venerable pas
ter Of the First Presbyterian church of
Washington, and one of the most noted
i1ivines and prominent educators in
the United States, ia dead, aged eighty
two years.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15

The records of comparative meteor
ology show that in the United States
there are in year 500 hours more Of
sunshine than in fair-skied Italy, and
that Spain gets more than we. But
such general statements hide many par
ticulars. since hardly any two localities
are alike, the atmospheric conditions
being affected by every mountain, val
ley, lake or plain, and coast climates
are modified by the ocean and its cur
rents. In southern California the an
nual rainfall rarely exceeds twelve
inches; at San Francisco 1t reaches
twenty-five; farther north 1t increases
till in Oregon and Washington it
amounts to seventy or eighty. and the
Inhabitants are jokingly said to be
web footed. s3S \,
. r 3
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
A. 1t Looked to Him.

"1t's very singular" said the observ-
ant boarder, "that plenty Of girls but
no men are getting married this year"
"What do you mean?' demanded the
cross-eyed boarder. "A woman can't
get married unless there's q man to
marry her."
well, don't read all the details Of
the weddings in the society columns,
but l know that the headlines speak
about June brides. while haven't seen
the first mention of June bridegroom.
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Going to Rome.

Cleveland, Ohio, July 12.-Prof. SAM
uel Bell Plattner, the head of the Latin
department in Western Reserve uni
versity, has been granted a leave of alb
sence for the coming year, that he may
become professor in the school Of
archaeology in Rome, for that period,
school which he was largely instru-
mental in founding.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Crimes and Criminals.

William Kelly of Lowell, Mass, shot
and killed his wife while she was pass
ing along the street. Kelly then ran
away.
William Ludwick, aged twenty-fou
a rejected suitor, killed Bertha Whele-
side. aged twenty, ard then committed
suicide at Des Moines, Iowa.
Two young storekeepers, j. NJ. Rog-
ers and Clinton D. Wingfield, were
murdered at Camp Verde, forty miles
east of Prescott, Ore, by masked mid
night robbers.
Jonathan Baker, sixty years old, and
his wife, who lived alone on a ranch
near Angels Camp, Cal.,, nine miles
from Molinas' Camp, were found MUIR
dered. A nephew named Biggs is
charged with the crime. A posse is
him.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
WATKINS TAKES THE BLAME.
Wreck of the Paris Due to an Errol
, ON His Daet.

Wreck of the Paris Due to an Error
b ON His part.
New York. July 12-The report Of
Capt Watkins OF the stranding of the
American liner Paris was made public
yesterday by the local board of steam
boat inspectors. Capt. Watkins makes
no attempt to evade responsibility for
the accident, but, on the contrary, says
frankly that the stranding of the ship
was the result of an unaccountable error
on his part. The accident, he says, was
not due to any want of thought or
anxiety about his vessel, but resulted
from a mistake he made in calculating
the position of the ship. The local in
spectors have suspended Capt. Watkins
license as master of ocean steamers for
two years. Capt. Watkins is still in
charge of the Paris and is acting in the
interest of the underwriters, to whom
the ship was turned over by the Ameri-
ian line officials.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
DEWEY CELEBRATION.
New York Will Throw Itself for
Two Days.


New York, July IL. = Plans for the
Dewey celebration were outlined at a
meeting of the committee on plans and
scope yesterday. 1t has been decided
practically that there shall be two
day celebration, with both land and
naval parade. Admiral Dewey will
pass under large triumphal arch to be
constructed either in City Hall Park
or Madison Square Park at cost of
$4,000. ]. Q. A. Ward, representing
the sculpture society, sent a commune
cation to the committee offering to
submit free designs for the arch and
his offer was accepted. 1t was decided
also to have two large civic floats in
the naval parade, one typifying victory
and the other peace. The German sing
ing societies, including the Arion,
Liedeikranz and Mannerchor, will be
invited to fill these floats with their
members to sing hymn of welcome to
the admiral in the lower bay.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
vanant Cuban whose blood r

: A vaAant Cuban whose blood re-
belled against the American occupation
assembled himself the other day and
went up and down the highways of
Santiago province. seeking warriors to
join him in a tremendous insurrection.
After weeks travel, having found
not one hostile in the province, he
came in, surrendered his rifle, took his
SIS. and asked and obtained a job at
working on the road for 81 day. The
late insurgents are evidently showing
good sense and sound judgment ali
along the line.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15

1t is evidently no easy matter to dis
tinguish between the friendly and the
hostile Filipinos. Possibly, a little OF
what we have been accustomed to call
british brutality" would have good
effect in the Philippines.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
MURDER IN CHURCH.
disappointed School Employe Kills
the PrfnCinal.

Houston, Tex, July IL. - A special
from Dallas, Tex, says: At o:3o last
night one of the most startling trage-
dies Dallas has ever known occurred
in the First Christian church.. In the
midst of protracted service John
Carlisle arose from his seat, walked to
where Prof w. Lipscomb, principal of
the high school, was seated. and shot
him without word of warning. Car
Isle was seized and taken to the coun-
ty Jail. Prof. Lipscomb was reported
dead at I: 40 a. m. Carlisle had been
chief janitor at the high school, but
failed to be reappointed by the school
board. He attributed his defeat to re-
appointment to the professors inAu-
ence, and this is said to be the cause
of the murder. Carlisle is cousin of
Former Secretary OF the Treasury John
C. Carlisle.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Robber Gets S1,4OO.

Peoria, ILL.,, July 12.-Bert Meadows,
recently released from the Chester
penitentiary, held up James Mettler in
his store at Ivoryville, suburb, and
secured $1,4oo from the safe. In max
ing his escape he ran into Officer Her.
man Damn, who arrested him. After
being arrested the robber drew a re-
volver and shot the officer through the
neck. By this time aid had arrived and
the prisoner was locked up. The po-
licelnan is seriously wounded.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Refuse to Arbitrate.

Vienna, July lathe United States
government has declined the proposal
Of the government of Austria Hungary
to arbitrate the claims for damages ar
ising from the death OF Austria Hun
garian subjects during the rioting at
Hazelton, Pa, in September, 1897.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
ENDEAvoRERs QUIT.
international Convention Comes to
an End.

lnfernatf0n01 COnveMtfOm COm66 10
an End.
Detroit, Mich, July IL. = The eigh-
teenth international convention of
Christian Endeavorers closed last night
amid scenes of impressive solemnity at
tending the utteramces of 'the last
word" by the president and secretary in
each of the great tents respectively, fol-
lowing responses from each state and
country represented, and last exhorta-
tons from M. E. Bishop Vincent of
Kansas and Evangelist Chapman of
New York Greetings were sent to
President Mckinley. Lord Mimic, gov
ernor general of Canada and Queen
Victoria.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15

A neat thing was accomplished the
other day in the reichstag. The states
men side-tracked the emperor's bill
restricting or practically prohibiting
labor unions, and then, to show it's
good will, gave three cheers for the
kaiser and adjourned until Nov. IA.
Emperor Wilhelm can hardly find fault
with members who loyalty adjourn 20
the ringing sound of "Hoch der Kali
ser!"
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Lonr-Delayed vengeance.

James, said the old man, feebly,
"will you cut my hair? It's getting too
long"
"At last!" exclaimed the patriarch's
eldest son. under his breath.
And the haircut he gave his aged
father was a job Of masterly haggling
that had within it the concentrated re-
venge for dozens Of compulsory shear
ings inflicted by the parental hand a
third of a century hcfore.-Chicago
News.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Cautious.

"Why don't you begin:" inquired the
excited prize-fight patron.
1.-The police!" said the manager,
hoarsely.
81 don't see any Of them here. You're
not afraid Of them. are you?"
mot afraid? Why, they'd never for
give me If I started this show up be-
fore they got here. They want to see
the whole business" ."-Washingt
Star. o.,7
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Jones win Not Resign.

New York, July r. - x-Gov. VIII
lam j. Stone Of Missouri, who has been
for some time the controlling figure in
the Democratic national committee,
SAYS there is no truth in the report that
Senator j. X. Jones of Arkansas in
tends to resign the Craftsmanship OF the
committee and, that Senator Martin Of
Virginia is likely to succeed him..
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Foreign Notes.

The rival Samoan chiefs clasp hands
and peace is declared.
The obnoxious electoral bill of the
Belgian government is practically
withdrawn.
The son Of Garibaldi speaks of an
alliance between the italian RepuDll-
cans and the Catholics for the over.
throw Of the moiiarchy. y
An alleged descendant Of Charlie
magne is said to be organizing a party
in Cuba to make the island moll-
archy with himself as king.
Last week more than a thousand
tons of war material and fodder was
forwarded from the Woolwich dock
yard, England, to South Africa.
The Spanish minister of war, after
a long conference with the premier,
consented to reduce the budget esti.
mate Of the strength Of the active
army from 1O7, 600 to $4,000 men.
Robert Grant Webster, who had rep
Pancras, London, in the Conservative
interest in the house of commons since
1886. has accepted the Chiltern Hun
dreds, thus resigning his seat.
The Canadian house of commons d.
vided on the question Of mismanage-
ment in the Yukon country. The
amendment of Sir Charles HILBERT
Tupper, censuring the government,
was defeated by 80 for to 80 against,
a majority Of so for the government.
The naval arsenal at Talcahunao,
eight miles northwest Of Conception,
Chile, was burned Friday. The loss is
more than $4,000. 1t is suspected that
the fire was the work of an incendi-
ary, with view of covering defalca-
tions by government officials.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Sporting Items.

Mrs. Irene Bush of Brooklyn made a
4O0-mile run on bicycle in forty Eight
hours.
]. Fred Powers Of Worcester Mass,
wins the amateur all-arOund athletic
championship Of America.
Don Palmer, of the Seattle Athlete
club, established q new pols vaulting
record at the amateur field and track
games at Seattle. He cleared the bar
at ten feet eight inches.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
Troopp Needed, /,

Windsor, Ont, July 12.-Forty local
militiamen have gone to London in re-
Spouse to a call for troops to aid in
7auelling the street car riots there. It IS
believed the presence Of troops will hold
the rioters in check without fighting.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
sentenced to BE Shot.

Durant, Ind. T., July I2. News is
received from Alikichi, thirty-fve
miles east of Goodland, that William
Going, Choctaw, has been, sentenced
to be shot on Thursday. He killed his
uncle, deputy sheriff. X
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
POOR DEBT coLLEcToR.'
Physician Who Used Force Must
Stand q Damage Suit.

Physician Who Used Force Must
Stand q Damage Suit.
jamestown, n. Done of the most
important cases to come before the dis
trict court at the present term is that
of T. w. Hagen against DIR. Il. q. Du-
Puy, for S., 900. Hagen alleges that the
doctor became angry while collecting a
bill, and, in his rage, he grasped his
debtor by the throat, throwing him
over a plow and causing internal injur-
les, from which the plaintiff says he
has not recovered. Hagen was in poor
health at the time the alleged assault
occurred, having passed through an op-
Grafton short time before.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
scorchinR.

SIT says here" said the boarder who
reads the war news, "that the Chinese
in the Philippines are going to the
front, with shooting irons."
.Well," remarked the bachelor board
er. ashe ruefully surveyed his scorched
bosom, ''there amt any change here.
The Chinese of Chicago are still going
to the front with burning irons."--Chi-
cago News. fla
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15

A report comes from the Philippines
to the effect that species of black ant
there eats our paper money, SO that
only coin is acceptable. One peculiar
dty about the fighting now going on
there is that it eats up united States
money of all kinds, gold, silver and
paper.
The Washburn leader., 1899-07-15
BURNED TO DEATH.
Terrible Results Follow an ExplO-
sion of Turpentfne.

sion of Turpentfne.
New York, July 12.-Abraham Fink
e1stein was probably fatally burned by
ers' supply and wall paper store in this
city, and his wife and son were burned
to death. A can of turpentine that he
was using near a gas stove exploded
and bespattered him with flames. His
wife seized him by the arm and dragged
him into the hall. It. is supposed they
became confused there with the smoke
and darkness and he happened to run
in the right direction while the woman
went back and fell at the foot of the
stairs, where she and the child, to which
she clung, were burned.