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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

According to the st. Petersburg cor
respondent Of the London Daily Mail
the Russian government has intro
drced a. compulsory passport system
:or Tai-ien-wan and Port Arthur, pre-
venting. %Englishmen and Americana
rom travelling there.
According to the Rome correspondent
If the London Standard, the pope is
about to send a letter to the bishops OF
the Netherlands protesting against the
exclusion Of the Vatican from the
Hague conference, and the refusal of
permission to the pope to give adhesion
to the protocols Of the conference.
Premier Steen opened the inter-par.
Elementary peace conference at Christi.
ana, Norway, recently, with a speech,
In which he claimed that the Hague
conference was partly the fruit Of the
work Of the inter-parliamentary confer.
ence. John Lund, president of the lag.
thing, was elected president Of the con.
terence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
INTERSTATE FREIGHT RATES.

Next Will BE Asked to Pro.
vide for the Fixing of Them.
Chicago. Aug. 9.-The Record says:
If present plans are carried out the
next congress will be asked to provide
for the making and maintenance Of all
interstate freight rates. At their an
nual convention to be held in Denver
Thursday the members. of. the Nation
al Association of Railroad and Ware
house commissioners will prepare a
petition to the national legislators
praying that the interstate commerce
law he so revised as to authorize some
legally constituted body such as the
Interstate commission, to create rates
and enforce their maintenance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

4! The insular commission in declaring
that Porto Rico and the Philippines
are not legally American territories,
seems to have arrived at this queer
decision by a confusion of national
and international law. AS a matter OF
fac.., the commission probably under
stood that such a decision would be
convenient for various reasons and
therefore fitted the law to the facts
rather than the facts to the law.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

The French bureau of agriculture
shows in a recent report that Spain is
more entitled to be called sunny"
than is Italy. About three thousand
hours Of sunshine bless Spain each
year, while Italy is favored with sew
eral hundred fewer hours Of the sweet
ness and light in which Spain rejoices.
But much depends on the men upon
whom the sun shines. Misty and shad-
owy England, for example, and not
radiant Spain. is a controlling force In
the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

Foreign.

English papers advocate a compro-
mise Of the Alaskan boundary dispute.
(. The Dreyfus matter is responsible for
another riot in France, this time In
Rennes.
Great Britain will relinquish the
town Of San Chuen, China, which 1t
occupied in May.
Z Vice President Figuero has taken the
oath Of Office to serve ont the remainder
Of Gen. Heau reaux's term as president
Of Santo Domingo.
Five newspapers Of Vienna were con-
hscated as punishment for their pro
test against the exercise by the crown
Of parliamentary ~prerogatives.
The Samoan commission abolish the
kingship and provide for an admits
tration with q legislative council Of
three tripartite nominees.
Emperor Nicholas has conferred
upon NJ. Leon Bourgeois, the head Of
the Frerch delegation to the inter1Aa.
tional peace conference, the decoration
of the Order Of st. Alexander Newsky
Tor services rendered ct The Hague,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

The Choctaw Indian, untamed and
only half-civilized though he may be,
has some qualities that stand out
strongly by contrast with the actions OF
his white brethren. For instance, 9
Choctaw who was under sentence OF
death was released on bail, showed up
on punctual time at the execution
ground and was duly disposed Of. &C
cording to Choctaw law, while a Chi
cage politician, out under $15,OOo
bonds. has not been seen since his case
was called for trial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
No New Cases and No Deaths n
Hampton.

No New Cases and No Deaths at
Hampton.
Washington, Aug. 9.-Advices to the
surgeon general of the Marine hospital
service state that there have been no
new cases of yellow fever Mt Hampton
Or points in that vicinity and no deaths
from that disease. The yellow fever
scare at Hampton may delay the CON-
Fiction of some of the warships now
building at Newport News. The navy
department has been advised that
many of the workmen had fed with
the appearance of the fever, and the
builders have notified the department
of the delay to work Of construction
which would necessarily result. The
ships building at Newport News ore
the Illinois, Kearsarge, Kentucky and
Arkansas.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
W
The Admiral Says It Is Not Very
Good.

Admiral Says It IL Not Very
Good.
Philadelphia, Aug. 8. - Mayor Ash
bridge received from Admiral Dewey
a letter in which he regrets his ina
bility to definitely accept a reception
on the part of this city. In his letter
Admiral Dewey says: 1t is with re.
greet that 1 cannot at this time accept
the offer of q reception as I do not feel
it would be prudent to make any en-
gagements for the future. Ny health
has not been very good, and. besides,
the Philippine commission, Of which l
am still a member, will probably meet
in Washington shortly after my re-
turn. In that case I should feel bound
to break all engagements.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

1t is rare that a statue is placed
where it suggests SO much in life Of
the person commemorated as that of
FRANKLIN, recently unveiled in Phila-
delphia. The statue stands in front OF
the postomce building, and Franklin
was postmaster Of Philadelphia. On
the site Of this postoface once stood the
university which Franklin founded.
The fed where he new his kite is hard
nv. md Independence hall Ii not far
sway. To those who know the history
ofthe1dcality. the statue n eminently
lesmnbts.uatic Of the many,,tdedness Of
khaluau. III 81 r.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
RETURN OF VOLUNTEERS.

The New Executive Committee to
Meet ON the 18th Instant.
Fargo, N. D., Aug. 9.-The executive
committee appointed to look after the
North Dakota regiment will hold an
other meeting Aug. IA, at which the
transportation and other subcommit-
tees will report. In case the plan to
get the boys home by state aid fails,
some of the towns will return their
companies, though the whole regiment
may not be brought. in that way.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
OUR FORCE IN MANILA
will Number About 10000 by DC.
tOber 22.

Will Number About 10000 by &C.
tOber 22.
Washington, Aug, g. A statements
prepared at the war department shows
that by Oct. % there will be at Ma
Mia or on the way to the Philippines
10000 men. They will all reach the
islands before the beginning Of the dry
season. The troops to be sent from
this country are ten regiments Of vol
unteers, amounting to 1900 men; re-
cruits for skeleton regiments organized
in the Philippines, 1900; recruits for
regulars, 500; eight troops of cavalry,
965; marines, 400. Beginning today,
and up to Oct. %, there will sail from
the Pacific. coast seventeen transports
with Il carrying capacity Of 693 officers
and 1870 men, which will include
nearly all the organizations above
named.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
I~ncendiary

Pierre, s. D.. Aug. GA large barn
full of machinery and supplies was
burned on the ranch Of A. E. Rich on
Cheyenne river. He places his loss at
5000. On the Saturday night before
shfs' house and contents were burned.
causing a loss of 5000. Both fires
are said to have been of incendiary
origin. There was no insurance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

Investigation Of the subject of the
distribution of terrestrial magnetism
has led to the conclusion that b seat
of the abnormal magnetization Is
within the layer Of the earth's crust,
which is subject to temperature var1a-
lions, and that the layer is thin In
deed. To arrive at q clearer ,concep-
ton Of the causes Of unsymmetrtcal
distribution Of the earth's magnetism.
the earth is supposed to be. in the first
instance, a uniformly magnetized
sphere, and then it is proposed to de-
duct the theoretical magnetization
from the actual magnetization at :
responding points on the earth's sur
face. The chart obtained reveals the
existence Of three residual magnetic
north poles and three south poles. The
strongest of the north poles is situated
to the east Of Patagonia. the others
being in China and the United States.
The strongest residual south pole is in
the French Congo. and the others are
in the Bering Sea and near Tasmania.
The most important result obtained Is
the determination that this distribu-
ton of the magnetic Irregularities has
some connection with the abnormal
distribution of temperature.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
MACARTHUR FOR COMMANDER.

Said to BE h Presidents Choice for
Head of the Army in the Philip
pines.
Chicago, Aug. 9.-The Record. says:
According to a regular army officer
who passed through Chicago on his
way to the Philippines service, Gen.
Macarthur is President McKinley's
choice for field commander of the
Luzon islands campaign at the end Of
the rainy season.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

Tod Sloan paid $1,000 for the privi
lege of cracking that waiter over the
head with a champagne bottle. In the
future Tod will probably confine him
self to the pastime Of cracking cold
bottles.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

AS between shc-t skirts and clean
streets the Women's club of Baltimore
has decided in favor of the latter. The
wearing of long skirts on the streets
by women is a material addition to the
city's sweeping forces, therefore the
action of the Baltimore women Is
thoroughly consistent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Torn BIZ Wolves.

Laredo, Tex, Aug. 8. The badly
mutilated body of Rev. VICENTE J.
Rubin, said to be the son of q New
York millionaire has been found near
New Laredo, Mex. He was married
to! Miss Dunlap, Of a prominent At
lanta. Ca. family. The body had been
torn by wolves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
smau Boy,s Long ,Journev.

" Small Boys Long Journey.
New York, Aug. 9.-Axel Wester, six
years old, Of Wasa, Finland, who mr.
rived on the steamship Cymric Sun
day. appeared at the barge Office yes
terday. He was tagged to John West
er, Whit. Polk county. Wis" Wester
is his uncle. He carried with him an
open letter signed by his father and
mother asking all to be kind to their
son. The boy was kindly treated and
taken to a train.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
General.

A woman died near Neillsville, WIS,
at the age of 1O7 years.
Towns on the Gulf Of Mexico are
wrecked by a storm.
The YaQui Indians, in Mexico, are re-
ported to be killing both Americans
and Mexicans.
H. s. Mack. clothing dealer of New
York, failed, with liabilities Of 1891, 800
and no assets.
Northern Pacific lands in North Da-
kota, aggregating 224,OO0 acres, were
sold to the reorganization committee. .
Preliminary steps nave been taken to-
ward tie founding Of an oil exchange
in San Francisco.
The Standard Oil company has
bought up competitors in Mexico. and
now has a monopoly there.
Gov. Roosevelt will not permit the
Rough Riders to parade in New York
at the time of Dewey's reception.
The anniversary Of the annexation o.
the Hawaiian islands to the United
States will be celebrated Aug. IL.
A mass meeting. to bring about abso-
lutte independence for Cuba, was held
at Havana.
The Atlas liner, Altai was quaran-
tined at New York because of the
death of q saloon passenger from yell
low fever.
Ohio posts Of the G. A. r. are at log
gerheads with the railroads over stop
over privileges, and will not attend the
national encampment.
The S~chwarzchild & Sulzberger pack
ing plant, at Kansas City, Mo-, was re
onened. the company having agreed to
take the union men back. AIN.
A tornado with a velocity Of eighty
miles an hour and a width Of three
blocks. passed through Elizabeth. n.
j., doing damage estimated at $S5, GOO.
The employees Of five big collieries in
the anthracite region in Pennsylvania
have gone on strike. The main griev-
ance Is alleged excessive d0ckage. 1t
IL estimated that nearly 2,5OO men are
idle.
The sixteen Filipino actors who have
been detained at San Francisco for
some time, pending the settlement Of
the question Of their right toland, have
been released and permitted to c0nttn-
ue their journey to Omaha.
There is war in the executive board
Of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees
II ternational alliance and the Bartend-
ers' International League OF America,
ard tits said an effort will be made to
GUST General Secretary Fred e. Dres--
lar. 4eze &
Notice has been given at the state
department In Harrisburg, Pa, that
an application for q charter forhathe
AmericanaIron and Steel M~anufactur-
ing company will be made on Aug. ~.
the capital will be $3O,O00,O00 I
LieutgsCol. Oswald q. Ernst, engines
CORPS, us. Alas sailed for Europe,
81 his capacity az member Of theatsth'
im,ian canal commission, to lookintoth
records of. the Panama canal project.
He will be followed next week,sby 40.
iniralsWalker, Prof. Bur-, Of Goluanbia
university, and George 7. Morrison,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Desperate Attempt at Suicide.

Desperate Attempt at Suicide.
,Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. g.. = s. u.
Hunnell, a carpenter, undertook to
commit suicide at his home by shoot
ing. His son undertook to wrest his
revolver from him and in the scrim-
mage was shot through the heart.
Iunnell stood off a score of men and
then slashed himself with a knife be-
fore the police arrested him. He will
probably recove and is undoubtedly
insane. 0sa
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

1t is suspected that certain con-
gressmen would look upon tlat plan
for an American Monte Carlo thirty
miles from Washington as a capital
thing-capital capital.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
safe nlowers At

Cakes, n. D., Aug. o. The safe of
william locke. q machinery dealer,
was blown at 8 O'Clock. Several citi..
Gems heard the explosion. but there IL
no clue to the burglars. The, burglars
rot nothing: #S
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Russia Thre.tens china.

Peking. Aug. 8. - N. de Giers, the
Russian minister, has addressed q note
to the tsung Ii yamen warning that
body that the conclusion of an alliance
with Japan4would give great ofense
to Russia md that the consequences
to China would. be most serious.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Cold From Ala.ka.

Vancouver, B. G., Aug. 8. = The
steamer Rosalie brings in the neigh
borhood Of 100000 in gold and $50
passengers. The Canadian gold CON-
missioner estimates the output this
year at $4,000 600 in the Klondike.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Build = Peace Chapel.

The Hague, Aug. 9.-The American.
delegates to the recent peace confer
ence have offered on behalf Of the
United states to erect near the Eng
fish church a peace chapel, with
stone to commemorate the conference.
The; offer has been gratefully accepted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Baker IL Not Guilty.

Barbourville, Ky, Aug. 9-The Jury
in the case dgainst James Baker for
the murder of Wilson Howard re-
turned a verdict of not guilty on the
first ballot. There was a general
Handwriting when the verdict was an
nounced. The Bakers will not return
to Clay and they say the feudf Is over
on their part.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Dealing With Assessments.

Pierre. S. d., Aug. 9. The state
board of assessment and equalization
met and organized and will proceed
with the equalization of other property
in the state before taking up corpora
ton property for assessment and es-
tahlish a basis on which to TX value
Of such property before setting an as
Sessment value.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
H NEWS RESUME
EVENTS OF THE FAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

General Resume of the Most Inn.
portant News Of the Week From
All Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged In Con.
venient Form for Rapid Perusal
ny Busy People. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

The freak pounded to death in a
moment of rage by a South Dakota
Snowman may have been half human
as claimed, but no n will argue that
for the brutal wretch who killed 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Bridge Material for India.

Bridge Materi0I Tor india. n
Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 9.-The Penn:
sylvania Steel company has shipped
about 1000 tons Of material to be used
in construction of the great bridge at
Gakleik, India. Sixty-three car loads
of steel have thus far been forwarded
and eighteen more will go this week.
The company is three months ahead
Of it's contract.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

The count Of Castellane and the
prince Of Monaco are completely es-
tranged. Still, somehow or other the
world will peg along.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Teach Them to Shoot.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Gen. Miles is
anxious that the new regiments being
raised for service in the Philippines
shall be especially efficient with small
arms, and an order was sent to the
commander Of each regiment direct
ing that target practice be the chief
feature of the instruction given the
soldiers. ~ '
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Crimes and Criminals.

Crimes and Criminals.
An important arrest is made in on
nection with the Cleveland riots.
Two murderers were killed by elec-
tricity in Sing Sing prison.
A two-year-old child Of Mrs. A. Hage-
man Of South Bend, Ind, was kidnapped
by gipsies.
The ten-year-old son of Charles Ruel-
lie Of Houghton. Mich, is missing. The
father fears the boy is being held for q
ransom.
A Brsoklyn trolley car, loaded with
.7omen and children, was held up by
robbers. The conductor was beaten
nearly to death and robbed Of all the
money in his possession.
Louis Billow, who is under arrest at
:Elensburg, Wash, for murder, has
confessed that because Miss Hess Of
Fremont, Ohio, refused to marry him,
he blew up her house with dynamite
and shot her father dead.
F. J. Curran, a discharged employe Of
the Second Avenue Electric railroad in
New York, was arrested. A dynamite
plant, ready for operation, was found
in his rooms, and a stick Of dynamite
specially prepared for use on a car
track, was taken from him at the time
of his arrest.
William Randolph, eighteen years Of
age, residing near Clarksburg, Ind,
shot his s%tepfather, Wesley Beckoverp
in the left breast. Young Randolph
then placed the muzzle Of the revolver
to his temple and fired a bullet into his
brain. He died instantly. Beckover's
condition is critical.
MIS-. John Thornton was arrested at
Webb City, New, on the charge Of kill
engineer, whose body was found Sun
day two miles southeast of that place,
with his head nearly severed from his
body. Mrs. Thornton left her husband
q year ago, and had threatened to kill
him. Once she shot at him on the
street.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

A man who insulted the flag was
fined 500 and costs. Those who COM
NIT this offense. would get the stripes
ii some people had their way.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Love, Murder and suiciae.

Colorado Springs. Colo, Aug. e.
william Borden shot and fatally
wounded Miss Mabel McKenna; on the
street because she refused to marry
him. Size was taken to the hospital.
Later Borden. shot himself.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

Lots Of people will never make any
preparation for the better land until
they see an excursion advertised.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

Too many people resemble a ball of
twine-they are completely wrapped
up in themselves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
From washinston,

From
The first act performed by Secretary
Root on appearing at mis- post for the
eal control of affairs, was to call upon
Zen. Miles, commander Of the army.
Friends Of Gen. Miles expect that the
1ew secretary of war will restore him
% duty as the ranking army officer.
The public debt increased $5,267,436
n July.
Capt. G. F. Goodrich has been de-
:ached from command of the cruiser
Newark and ordered to assume COM
nand Of the Iowa on Sept. l, relieving
Capt. Terry, who is ordered home on
waiting orders.
A. I. Atkinson, an editor on the Hon.
olulu Star, has been designated by
Census Director Merriam as special
agent in charge Of the Hawaiian cen
sus. He had charge of the Hawaiian
census in 1896.
Assistant Controller Mitchell has de-
cided that men who enlisted in the
temporary force Of the navy during
The war with Spain for m year and
subsequently had their enlistments
changed to three years general service,
are not entitled to the extra pay PRO-
vided for by the act Of March, 1883.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12

An adherent of the faith cure says
the red lights in q drug store are dan
ger signals. ~.