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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
FORTY LIVES LOST
LOADED TROLLEY CAR JUMPS
FROM A TRESTLE.
Into tho Pond Below. Over
turning Completely and Cp-end-
ing - Four-t0n Motor and Heavy
Truck Crush Into the Car, In
stantly killing Many Of the Pas
sengers-Impossible to State Ac-
curately the Number on BOard-
Only Two Are Known to Have
Escaped Unframed.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Aug. s. Nearly
forty persons were killed by an acct
dent on the Stratford extension of the
Shelton Street Railway company at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon when a
loaded trolley a went off the trestle
over Peck's mill pond at Oronoque,
about six miles north Of Bridgeport,
and sank in the flats forty feet below.
Thus ar hirty-siX people are known
to he dead and several more injured.
Only two persons are known to have
escaped unhurt. 1t is believed that
there We're forty-three passengers on
the car, but the indicator was removed
by the conductor of another car and
spirited away, SO that at present it is
impossible to state accurately the num-
Der on board. The scene OF the acct
dent is midway between Shelton and
Bridgeport. The car was north bound,
running toward Shelton.
The trestle is 44O feet long, made of
iron, with stone foundations, and was
not protected by guard rails. South Of
the trestle is an incline down which
the a raj at a high rate of speed. 1t
ran on to the trestle for about ten feet,
when the trucks left the rails, and
then the car continued on the ties for
about seventy-five feet when it
Went on the Trestle
and dropped into the pond below, over
turning completely and Impending.
When the car struck the four-ton mo-
tor and the heavy trucks crashed into
it, instantly killing many of the pas
sengers. Three physicians who were
passengers on a a a short distance
behind arrived quickly on the scene
and rendered all possible assistance to
the injured. Word was sent to Bridge
port and three ambulances and a police
wagon were hurried to the scene and
the injured were taken to the Bridge
port general hospital. A morgue was
imDrovised in the main room of the
town hall at Stratford, and in a very
short time twenty-three bodies were
laid out to await Identification.
The accident was witnessed by Miss
Frances Peck, who resides about 400
feet from the bridge. She was up
stars at her home as the car was pass
ing and she says it was running at, an
unusually fast rate.
Frank Cramer, who was bathing
near the bridge, states that the pAssen-
gers were all singing and in the most
joyful mood al they passed him. The
road, which is practically controlled by
the Bridgeport Traction company, was
opened for traffic last Thursday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
MIR. TRIP RETURNS.

American and German Samoan Com.
mfssioners Arrive at San Fran.
cisco.
San Francisco, Aug. S.-The United
States Badger, with two of the Samo-
an commissioners, arrived yesterday,
eight days from Honolulu and nine
teen days from Apia. United States
Commissioner Bartlett Trip and the
representative of Germany, Baron
Sternberg, made the trip from Samoa
without their conferee, q. H. Eliot, the
commissioner for Great Britain, who
sailed from Apia to New Zealand, in
tending to proceed by way of Aus
tralia to London to report to his gov
eminent, not returning for the present
to the United States. Samoan Com
m%issioners Trip and Sternberg were
landed before the Badger locked and
proceeded at once to their hotel. Their
voyage from Honolulu was %unevent-
full. The commissioners will remain
here until tonight, when they will de-
part for Washington on the overland
train.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
DO n TO GOMEZ.

Cubans to the Number of $4,000 Pay
Their Respects to the General.
Havana, Aug. S.-A mass meeting in
honor of Gen. Maxine Gomez and his
wife was held yesterday morning,
some 5000 persons attending. In three
parts a procession started from Cen.
trail Park and arrived at the house of
Gomez before shutdown. The general
and Sonora Gomez stood in the door,
way to review the parade. Francesca
Gonzales, who made the address,
characterized the presence of Sonora
Gomez as q Symbol of peace" He
touched upon the death Of their son,
who died a martyr with Gen. Antonio
Maceo. Gen. Gomez, in his reply,
said he loved all the people of Cuba,
black and white alike, and the Span
iards among them. He referred to
his wife's coming as a "sign of peace"
and said he was ready to serve Cuba
whenever the Cubans wanted him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in o Com
denAed Form.

Overflow From the Wires in q Com
densed Form.
Herr Vonderlasa, a German diplo-
matist and celebrated chess player, IL
dead.
The Society Of the Army Of the Ten
nessee will hold its next annual meet
ing in Chicago, Oct. 8, 10 and IL.
Leonard Gould of Chicago dropped
dead on the Spring house piazza Mt
Block Island, r. l., Of heart trouble.
W. r. Dunkinson. operator Of the AZ
ISOLATED Press m the Galveston (Tex.)
News, was drowned while in bathing.
Col. Azor Smith Marvin, for many
years president Of the Marvin Safe
company, is dead ut his home in Brook
Ign, aged seventy-four years.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Postmasters will
be held in Washington Nov. Z to 10, in
stead of the earlier date originally
fixed upon.
Mrs. Benjamin Grosscup, mother of
Judge z. S. Grosscup of Chicago, died
at Ashland, Ohio. She was seventy
eight years of age and had been mar
ried fifty-sevcn years.
Rev. George w. Pepper. D. D., died
at his home in Cleveland. Ohio. DIR.
Pepper has been in i'll health for sew
eral months. He was ordained a Meth
Odist minister in 1850 and has been
prominent in that church in Ohio.
After lying beneath wreckage for
nearly eight months. the body of Annie
Hanson. who lost her life in the fire
which destroyed the Melroe fiat build
ing at Chicago last December, was
found by employees Of a salvage COM
pany who were working on the ruins.
Official figures show that Kansas Is
making n steady, healthy advance in
population. The enumerating made by
assessors for March, 1899. compiled by
the state board Of agriculture, gives a
total of 1,425,112 inhabitants, which is
a net increase owe 1898 of 34.143, or
2.5 per cent. or the net increase, II
per cent has been made in twenty
counties.
The United States transport Leola-
nav, which arrived from Manila at
San Francisco, had as passengers six
ty-einght FiliDinos who came here to
be residents of a Filipino village which
is to be a feature Of the Mechanics
fair which opens in San Francisco this
month. They brought with them sew
eral water buffalo and ponies trained
for exhibition purposes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
MOVE.
Great Britain Increases Her Militia
FOrces ON h Pacific.

Great Britain increases Her Military
Forces on the Pacific.
Chicago, Aug. S. A special to the
Record from Victoria, B. c., says: The
imperial government and the dominion
authorities have decided to increase
both the regular. military and militia
forces on this station, the Pacific
coast depot of the British army and
navy. Coming at a time when the re.
lations between Canada and the Unit.
ed States are acknowledged by Pre-.
mier Laurier to be rather strained over
the Alaskan boundary, it looks as if
Britain and Canada were determined
to assert the claims of Canada in
Alaska by force of arms If it becomes
necessary. Be this as it may the gar:
rison is to be greatly increased. The
barracks on Macauley Point, where
the big forts are situated, whose big
disappearing guns command. this
Straits Of San Juan de Fuca, will 500
be the home of more than treble the
number of engineers, marines, artil.
lery, sappers and other service men
than are now quartered there
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BURNED A
Believed the Insurgents Have ID
str0yed the Saturnus.

Believed h Insurgents Have De.
stroyed h ~Saturnus.
Manila, Aug. s.. = The steamer Sat.
urnus, of the Compania Martina,
coasting under the American flag, was
burned Wednesday and her crew Is
missing. No details Of the affair are
known. The captain of the Saturnus
one obtained possession Of a ship be-
longing to the Martina company, held
nj San Fernando by tine insurgents, by
mooring the Saturnus alongside and
hauling the other vessel away In the.
night.
Aguinaldo has an advisory council
right in Manila, Hong Kong having
been made too hot for the Filipino
junta, through the efforts of United
States Consul General Wildman, the
rebels decided to attempt to establish
their headquarters in Manila. They
were encouraged to try this daring ex.
pertinent by the fact that, under a re-
cent decree Of Gov. Gen. Otis the
Filipino courts are now conducted by
natives. So Crisanto Lichancho. the
treasurer of the junta, went boldly to
Manila and professed friendship for
Gen. Otis. The scheme worked so wall
that the delighted junta has celebrated
Its victory with a grand ball.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
INNOCENT MAN PUNISHED.
Old Man I'm Indiana COnfesseas ia q
Murder. Committed in 1864. =.

Old Man I'm Indiana Confessea to .
Murder. Com mlitted in 1854.
.Greentown, Ind, Aug. 9. A few
months ago an old gentleman, an old
soldier. opened a jewelry repair shop
in this place. He was an entire
stranger in this vicinity. His pc
culiar actions indicated that he was
laboring under a heavy mental strain.
He finally confessed that he had killed
a man by the name of Humphrey in
Virginia in 1864. The crime was
fastened on an innocent man. who
paid the penalty. Tie continued
strain over the unfortunate affair has
wrecked his mind. 1t was arranged
to send him to the soldiers home at
Marion. but he suddenly departed of
his own accord for that place, leav-
ing the doors of his shop unfastened.
The jewelry repairing outfit is of the
finest make.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
HIS WIFE.

Charge Upon Which One wealthy
Man Sues Another.
Chattanooga. Tenn, Aug. 6.-Infor-
nation reached here that Thomas Gill
lespie Of Spring City, Tenn, one of
the wealthiest and most prominent citi-
zens in East Tennessee, filed suit for
$25,O00 against w. S. P. Brown of
Spring City, who is considered one of
the wealthiest men in this section. Mr..
Gillespie charges Mr.. Brown with Sc
ducing his wife and alternating her If
fections. Mrs. Gillespie yesterday filed
a suit for divorce at Dayton against
her husband.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
DEMANDED

the Invasion Of the American
Legation In Haiti.
Port al Prince, Haiti, Aug. 6.-The
affair Of the recent invasion of the
American legation here by armed po-
lice, who were seeking to arrest NJ.
Du vivier, the newspaper man, has
derstood that the American minister,
Mr.. William f. Powell, will demand
full reparation for the outrage. Mr..
Powell, when Intercepted by the cor
respondent Of the Associated Press, de-
clined to 80 into particulars, but said
the situation was serious.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
GAVE KRUGER TINE.
Transvaal Government C0nsfderi
Britain's Latest Proposal.

T~ransvaal Government Considering
Britain's Latest Proposal.
London, Aug. 6. = The stories pub
lished in New York saying that the
secretary Of state for the colonies, Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, had renewed his
warnings to President Kruger and that
the British cabinet had approved such
action, are evidently baseless. Mr.
Chamberlain's proposal for a joint in
quiry as to the effect which the new
franchise proposal Of the T%ransvaal
government will have on the position
Of the Ouitlanders was only presented
to the Transvaal government Wednes-
day, and the latter government is still
considering its acceptance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
ALL ARE

New York City Will Entertain All
the Soldiers WHO Come to the
Dewey Reception. "
New York, Aug. S.-The Dewey re-
ception committee has received a tel
egram from Adjt. Gen. Henry, of the
State of Mississippi, asking If the num-
Der Of troops from outside states ill.,
vited to take part in the land parade is
limited. Secretary Foster replied that
the city would entertain all the SOL
diers that come. Offers from patri-
otto societies asking for places in the
land parade have been received and
accepted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Live stock Centero.
St. Paul, Aug. s. Wheat - No. I
Northern, GS 1-4@69 Lee: No. 2 North
ern. 67M67 1-2c. Corn - No. 3 yellow,
% 1-2M3Oc; No. 2. 29@29 1-2c. Oats
No. 3 white, % 1-4M24c; No. 3. % 800
% 1-2c. Barley and Rye-Feed barley.
31@33c; No. 2 rye, 4S 1-2@49c; No. 8
rye, 49@4S 1-4c.
Duluth. Aug. S.-Wheat-No. 1 hard,
cash, 723-Sc bid; September, 20 $50
bid; December, 20 Lee bid; No. i
Northern, cash, SO 7-8c bid; Septem-
Der, GO 7-Sc bid; December, 50 lie bid;
No. . Northern, 65 7-Sc bid; No. 8
spring, GO 7-Sc: to arrive. No. 1 hard,
oats, % 1-4M22 3-4c; rye. 52c bid; bar
bid; September. 81 lac bid; October,
8 G3.4c bid; corn, SOC bid.
Minneapolis, Aug. S-Wheat-August
closed at Csc; September opened Mt
G6 3-sc and closed at 66 lac; December
opened at IS 1-Sc and closed at Csc.
On track-No. 1 hard. 60 1-2c:: No. I
Northern, 6S 1-2c; No. . Northern,
G. lac.
Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. g.. Flour is
steady. Wheat lower: No. 1 Northern
re; No. 2 Northern. zoe. Oats steady
at 1895 Lee. Rye steady; No. T.,
50 1-2c. Barley quiet; No. 2. 4oc;
Chicago. Aug. 8. - Wheat No. 2
red, 20 1-2M71c: No. 3. GSM7Oc: No. 2
hard, winter, 6G 1-2M67c; No. 3. G5 IL
@66 lie; No. 1 Northern spring, 81 IL
@7Oc; No. 2, 6S 1-2M69 1-2c: No. 4. GIG
IS 1-2c. Corn-No. 2. 3134c; No. 3.
80 1-2@@31c. Oats-No. 9. 2D12O 1-2c;;:
No. 3, 10 3-4c.
Chicago, Aug. S. Hogs - MixeN
and butchers. S4.33M4.S0; good heavy.
S4.5O@4.7j; rough heavy. $4.n3e14.335:
light, $4.5OM4.S5. Cattlp-Berves. $l.5O
@5.75; cows and heifers. S2.:lrnj 10:
Texas steers. $33.7lM5 10: stockcrs ana
feeders. S3.4O64.75. Sheep Natives,
$$2.75@4.75; lambs, eSs3S.5c06.40.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 8. = Hogs =
$4.3OM4.5O. Cattle - Rceyes, $3.50 a
s; cows and bulls. mixed. s2::kia+;
stockers and feeders. S%5OlI4.5Os
calves and yearlings;; $3.7lM4.E,.
South st. Paul, Aug. 8. - Hogs -
$404.65. Cattle =. Cows. s. .773M:;.N5:
bulls, $4,000; steers. 81 ~: stoclers.
$2.65M4; heifers, ss325M"..' calves,
$5.5O@5.75. Sheep, $4.lce.4S lambs
$6.15M6.25.
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Fatal Ftsttc Controversy.

Minneapolis, Aug. 6.-Louis Bierman
was killed in a Minneapolis saloon as
the result of a fist blow administered
by Henry E. Jones, a brakeman. The
two men engaged in an alteration in
Peterson & Lindstrom's saloon. Jones
dealt Bierman a severe blow on the
Jaw and his victim fell to the floor
unconscious. Jones, evidently suppos-
ing Bierman was simply knocked
out" left the saloon and went to st.
Paul. He was subsequently arrested
at his home. Police officers were called
into the saloon when the trouble oc-
CURED. They found Bierman uncon-
scious and had him removed to the
hospital. The mad died in the patrol
wagon en- route to the hospital.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
COMPARING II

italian Legation Actively Interested
i'm h Tallulah Lynching.
Washington, Aug. 6. = Count Vinci,
the Italian charge, called at the state
department to compare notes with
Acting Secretary Adee respecting the
inquiry into the killing of the five Ital-
ians at Tallulah. La. The governor
has stated that the grand jury of the
will meet next week, and it is expected
that the killing will be taken up by
that body Immediately. J.. 4.
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ARMED FOR TROUBLE.

to Be Interesting.
London, Ky, Aug. 6.-Fifteen mount
ed men, heavily armed, passed here
G }ast n esnst1 going %ne1 in a the % d,gssti9n Of
the Griffin faction, and it is supposed
they Joined those who have gone to
Manchester to attend the preliminary
trial Of Green Griffin for the killing Of
Edward Fisher two weeks ago.
Trouble is feared when the factions
meet. rr = '" AZ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Killed bx : binder.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Aug. S.-Chris-
tian Drechsel, a farmer in the town OF
Elizabeth, met with a fatal accident.
His hired man was driving a binder,
when the horses became un;nanagea-
bile and started to run. Drechsel en-
deayored to stop them, but was
Knocked down and run over by the
heavy machine. He was about sixty
years Of age and leaves a family.
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Swimming INSTRUCTOR DrOyvns.
New York, Aug. S.Davis Dalton, a
we'll known swimming instructor, who
has been stopping at Far Rockaway,
was drowned nea Hog island, near
RCckaway. He was. giving exnibi.
lions in swimming when he suddenly
disappeared. 1t was supposed he was
showing how jeng he could remain
under water. After a time boats were
sent out and the. body recovered. 1t
was found that death resulted from
apopleXy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Shot and Fatally Injured.

London, Ky, Aug. Sat East Bern
stadt, this county, Clyde Thompson,
aged eighteen, son of Deputy United
States Marshal George Thompson, was
shot and fatally injured by a young
man named Holt. Thompson, VINO
va leaning against a telegraph pole,
was asked by Holt to stand aside as
he wanted to shoot at the pole. This
Thompson refused to do. Again Holt
told him and again Thompson refused.
Then Holt drew a revolver and fired
Mt the pole. the ball passing through
Thompson's body one inch from the
heart,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Stabbed by Hi. Son.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 8.-Capt.
"A. B. Watkins, a. county official and
well known in Tennessee, was stabbed
to death by his eleven-year-old son,
Clarence. The boy has been arrested.
Watkins was whipping the boy on &C.
count of breach Of family discipline,
when the lad become enraged, pulled
his knife and plunged the blade
through his father's neart.
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Choynxki Wins ON Z. Foul.
Denver, Aug. 6.-Joe Choynski was
given the decision over Mexican Pete
Everett of Cripple Greek in the sew
enth round of a scheduled twenty-five
round bout on a foul before the Ath-
letic club here.
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Yellow Fever Enectually Checked.
Newport News, Val, Aug. There
were no deaths nor new cases of yell
low fever at the soldiers home yester
cay, and the authorities feel satisfied
they have succeeded in effectually
checking the disease. No new cases
nor deaths have been reported in
Phoebus. It is thought now that
quarantine restrictions will be modi-
fled this week and that they will soon
be removed altogether.
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Uneasiness About Two Tugs. i
Mobile, Ala, Aug. .6.-Much concern
Ia felt here for the safety of the tugs
Chief and Dio V0lente and the the
dredge Craghill with scows that left
here Saturday for: Charlotte Harbor,
Fla. and must have been In the center
of the. storm Wednesday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
A BLACK
That's What Universal Suffrage I'm
Cuba Would Mean.

Cuba Would Mean. !"
Havana, Aug. S.-A leading Havana
merchant, a Cuban, having business
connections with most Of the cities Of
the island, and who claims to be well
posted regarding Cuban affairs, said
yesterday that universal suffrage in
Cuba would mean a black republic in
the near future, and that the only
means to prevent it would be the in
corporation of the island as a posses
sion of the United States IS a state,
territory or colony, leading to Ameri-
can immigration. intermarriages, the
enrichment of insular blood and the
improvement of the population. In
his Judgment Cuba it otherwise
doomed to become another Haiti.
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women work IN the FieId..

Women Work In the Fields.
Omaha, Aug. 6.-That section Of the
great cor belt formed by Northwest
ern Iowa, Noreastern Nebraska, South
western Minnesota and Southeastern
South Dakota is witnessing the ex-
traordinary spectacle of hundreds Of
women working in the harvest fields
to ave the small grain. Such a sight
was never seen there before. Men and
even boys are. offered So a day, but
cannot be had.
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Broke Down ir Mid-0cenn.

New York, Aug. S.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer la III, Capt. Pohl-
er, has arrived, sixty hon"s late. was
Obliged to stop in mi.I-ncaan owing to
the breaking of the forward connec-
lions of the main shaft. 1t took thirty
hours to make the repairs.
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Violence and Robbery,

wellsburg, w. Va, Aug. 6. Four
masked burglars forced their way into
the farmhouse Of DR.. Joseph Parkin.
son, and, after blindfolding and bind
ing the inmates, who were all women.
secured government bonds valued at
$1O,5OO and a lot Of silyerware, and
then drove off.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-12
Double Tragedy;

Greentown, Ohio, Aug. s. Ruth
Swartz, aged sixteen, was killed with
a razor by her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Wise. The mother then drowned
herself. The young girl had been in
discreet and the distracted mother had
declared she would find some way to
save her daughter.
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viaduct Gave way.

1aduc Gave
Nashville. Tenn, Aug. GA section
Of the Broad street viaduct gave way
with Q trolley car returning from Glen
dale Park. The car fell twenty feet,
fatally injuring the motorman, James
Bruce, and badly shaking up the con-
ductor and the six passengers aboard.
All OF them were injured, but none
seriously. "
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willie Wally Burned In Emgy.
New York. Aug. 6.-Surrounded by a
hooting, jeering crowd of several hun
bred persons, William Waldorf Aston
was burned in effigy in Longacre
Square. DR.. F. w. Grove, an elderly
physician, who lives in his own hand
some brownstone dwelling at No. 22S
West Forty-ninth street, was the prime
mover in the incident. 2
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n.r-.a A. the Axorcs

Barred at. the Axorcs.
Ponta del Gado, Azores, Aug. S-Ves-
sells from the United States will n0t.ahee
admitted to the Azore islands. They
can only receive provisions under q
rigorous quarantine. /.
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Question Of Bridge Building,

Question Of Bridge Building.
Hudson, Wis.,, Aug. S-A special cleo
ton held in St. Croix county to de-
termine whether or not the county
would rebuild the bridge across Willow
river at New Richmond, destroyed by
the cyclone of June II. The result in
the city and town Of Hudson was I'll
for and 81 against.
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Galesburg, Wis, Aug. 8.-Two Of the
gang OF burglars who went through
the postof1ce ut Black River Falls and
who committed robberies at West
Salem and other points were captured
here by officer Hilton.
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Arurder and Suicide.

Dunsmuir, Cal, Aug. 8. Henry
Brown, a mill sawyer, shot his vile
and then shot himself, both dying I'M
mediately. Mrs, Brown, had left her
husband q year ago., and sf1ce their
separation they had not met until yes
terday. when the shooting took place.