davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
H NEWS RESUME
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.
A General Resume Of the Most linz
portant News OF the Week From
All Parts Of the Globe. Boiled
Down and Arranged in Com
venicnt Form for Rapid Perusal
ny Busy People.
From washinrton.
ny Busy People.


The commissioner Of Indian affairs
disapproves the establishment of q
medical department for the Indians.
Senator Hansbrough of North Da-
Kota has introduced a bill providing
for the free importation Of seed wheat.
The president has approved the ur-
gent deficiency bill covering the de-
%ficiencies in the army and navy ex-
penditures during the last six months.
The war investigating commission
has decided to make a thorough in
vestigation Of the complaints about the
beef furnished the army in the expe-
1itionary campaign.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill was reported to
the house. 1t carries $23, about
the amount of the last bill and a re-
duction Of $1.135,76S on the estimates.
Secretary Long has completed de-
tailed estimates for congress for the
fifteen new warships he recommended
to be constructed in his annual report.
The figures are for armament and
armor for all the ships, 14,16S,40O, and
for construction and engineering, $780,
100000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

The case of young Miss Marlowe.
who recently died on the stage of a
New York theater during the perform
ance, has called attention to the Pc
culiar strain which attends an actors
life, and which with certain sensitive
temperaments is apt to overstimulate
the heart. To many the profession
is a constant interplay Of excitement
and exhaustion; and often ones en-
gagements must be kept regardless of
depressed or delicate conditions Of
health, for no manager can afford to
depend on substitutes OF, supernumer-
aries. And Of the hundreds who try
to live by histrionics, onlysa few win
an income which permits them to lay
up for repairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

Even yellow fever finds apologies.
Curious stories of the good it inciden-
tally did come from %southerners who
passed through the regent epidemic.
A confirmed dyspeptic AYERS that now
he can eat anything; a man who had
suffered twenty years with asthma
says he is wholly free from that dis
tressing malady; and these and others
declare that, if'yellow fever attacks a
person who has a chronic disease, that
disease goes away when the fever goes.
It seems ft and proper, too. that the
more terrible malady should expel the
less dangerous one; but since the pa
tient may die while this process is
going on, it is probable that yellow
fever will never become a popular cure
for dyspepsia and asthma.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

Secretary Bliss has received some
important official dispatches from the
Indian Territory indicating a change
of sentiment on the part of some Of
the Indian tribes with whom the
Dawes commission has been negotia-
ting treaties. These dispatches state
that the Creek Indian council is to
meet in special session to consider
the holding Of a new election looking
to the adoption Of the Dawes treaty,
which has been once. rejected at the
polls. The dispatches also state that
the Cherokee Nation has just provided
for a commission to treat with the
Dawes commission.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
Personal

The duke of Northumberland is
dead.
Oliver E. Boddington has been ap-
pointed counsel to the United States
embassy at Paris.
Thomas Edward Corrie Burns
Brighten, the comedian, is dead at
London.
Christian Diden, one Of the oldest
members of the German reichstag,
Is dead, in his eighty-ninth year.
Mrs. Lilly Lord Taft, secretary of
the American Association for the Adj
vancement of Women, died at her
home in Buffalo, N. Y.
John Meiner, a millionaire resident
of Ojai valley, died at Ventura, Cal.
The deceased owned much valuable
Milwaukee, Wis. property, having
been a pioneer brewer of that city.
Judge Howard b. Reeder, son Of An
1rew II. Reeder, noted governor of
Kansas during the anti-slavery contro-
versy before the civil war, is dead.
aged fifty-ive.
Gen. Wood, at Santiago, reports, the
following deaths: Private Green Bur-
rell, D, Twenty-third Kansas, dysen-
terry; Frank Paffenlarger, H, Fourth
volunteers, mirasmus, following ty-
phoid.
Nixon & Zimmerman, the theatrical
managers of Philadelphia, have signed
q contract with Francis Wilson by
which they become managers and
lalf- owners in all the comedians ope-
attic business.
Maj. Gen. Henry G. Merriam, who Is
now in San Francisco. in command of
the departments of California and the
Columbia. is to be transferred to the
department of Colorado. His head
quarters will be ut Denver.
Mrs. Mabel $500" Burnett, only
child Of he poet, James Russell Low
ell. died at her home at Elmwood,
Mass, where she was born fifty-One
years g and where she had passed
nearly all her life.
Augustus w. Peters. president Of the
borough Of Manhattan. died suddenly
at his home in New York of heart dis
ease. He was for many years presi-
dent of the Consolidated Exchange and
chairman of the Tammany executive
committee.
A letter from Judge Nathan Golf
says that he is not and does not intend
to be a candidate before the coming
legislature of West Virginia for United
States senator. The leading Republic
an candidates are, therefore, Gov. At
kinson and N. B. Scott.
DR.. William Blackburn, president Of
Huron college. was found dead in his
room in Pierre, S. D. He at one time
held the chair of history of the Nc
Cormick Theological Seminary Of Chi
cago, and was a prominent Presbyteri-
an minister of the city while in that
school.
Daniel La Forte. known by his In
dian name as Te-hes-la, president Of
the Six Nations, died on Sunday at
his farm house on the reservation
near Syracuse, N. Y. He was eighty
six years of age, and is survived by a
widow and grandson, which latter
will succeed as chief of the Six Ma
lions.
= aE' q. TrU. -+'.E .Est QHHta'eH 3Ha
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
DEATHS.

49, Grsb.,y. st2sy8 +. - I.- - No G.P'E.MNtLJAa.A
Trsrr4ble.Accident o.. y Uaf6sSSsssf1l a-
s ~ ~ ciacSina NaIrs94a. H7s /
Sidney, Neh.,s gas!!ss11 T. ogr deaths
and injury t sARenls peepple was caused
~ q wreck: on. the Onion Pacific at
.Sunal; AfteaeInI miles east Of here. An
east-bound ..ptats11gt.higer train had stSp-
ped to take. the addetfack, but: had not
been able to clear the main track when
a; :west-bouHGd splassengerstrain, running
at the ratesof fortysfSEe miles anshour,;
crashed into II. The engines were
piled up in e. mass Of scrap iron and.
the cars which We're broken up i'm
entirely consumed by fire and several.
others were so badly broken up as to
be practically valueless. The three.
engines, which were among the finest
used BY the road, reipractically scrap
Iron. ASS @{.gss1Ss s3
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
DREYFUs DENIES.

Never Confessed His Guilt to Capt.
LIE Brun-Renault.
Paris, Jan. IL. " A telegram from
Cayenne, capital Of French Guiana,
has been communicated to the court OF
cessation embodying the reply Of Drey.
fus to questions put to him by the pub
lie prosecutor there. Dreyfus energet.
ically denies that he ever confessed
that he was guilty to Capt. LIE Brun-
Renault. in whose charge be- was
placed at the Ecole Militairea at the
time Of his Condemnation and degrade
ton, and he protests his innocence,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
MONUMENT AT MANILA.

Proposition Made to Honor the
American Dead.
San Francisco, Jan. 1.-THE Singa-
pore Free Press says that Spencer
Pratt, consul general for the United
States, has sent to Gen. Otis a proposal
that a memorial monument should be
erected at Manila to the memory OF all
Americans who fell in the capture or
died Of disease during the campaign.
The proposal Is that all Americans now
resident in the far East, of whom there.
is q e considerable number, should
be invited to contribute toward this
object.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

In South Dakota an amendment was
adopted in the recent election which
Introduces a modified form of the
Swiss initiative and referendum in the
making of laws. In the future, when
ver five per cent of the voters Of the
state petition for a law on any sub
ject, it will be the duty of the legisla-
ture to pass such a law and submit it
to the voters at the next election for
heir approval. &c..
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

1t will be a bad day for the world at
large when heroism and patriotism and
courage cease to 'be 'honored. The
aspiration after human brotherhood
he wide world lover is not a little
thing or one. to be lightly laughed
lway.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

Generosity is only comparative, but
IT'S reach depends upon the basis Of
comparison chosen. The gentleman
who, hearing much Of the gifts Of a
rich man, computed that, in respect to
their incomes, his own contribution
need be but one cent, might learn q
lesson from persons less expert in
arithmetic. A missionary in Oklahoma
lately begged all the church-members
to try to contribute to the support Of
the church work. Two poor old Indian
women invented a novel method Of
compliance with the request. They
harnessed a horse to an old cart,
roamed all over the prairies, picking
up the bones Of animals which had
died there, drove sixty miles to a rail-
road, sold the bones for three dollars.
drove the sixty miles back, and with
happy hearts gave, not one-tenth. but
every penny to>the little church.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
B. Nmbe1sier Hanr.. Him.elf,

W. z. Nnl0eaxIeF MA &c.,
-yTrenton, N. J.,Jan. 1O-Francis, Brun-
ner, who, was arrested on d charge sof3
embezzlement, committed suicide ina
cell at the Second precinct pjnel4icessSt
ton. Drummer hangeds#lA l6issssik byS aty.
Ing q handkerchief around Ills neck,
and. Fastening It to The Iron bars sof,
the corridor. He was mo- diisr6vsrsesd'
until life was extinct. s ssas i Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

What. HeeG6e. OF EllS Body ssss4.s
st. Paul, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tenson 10 making an 4ttemptssto
cover what sbecame2s0f tie body sSshSf
husband; who died af the city no. f4thSis
Nov. Y. til understood that
mains were gyttyyssntistto assmedical sscoalsg
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
MILLIONS,
Heirs Now Putting In Their Claims
to the Property.

Heir. Now Patting In TheiF CIdinas
to the Property.
Quincy, Ill, JAN. IL. An attorney
representing the heirs Of Thomas a
ter is here pressing their claims 20
property in this city representing mil
lions Of dollars. Back in the early '3Oa
Baxter took up a quarter-section q
land on which are o locates the
postoHice, Dick Bros brewery. the
Empire theater, Turner hall, Collins
pillow works, one planning mill, two.
-four millssand . number Of smaller
factories. Bakers patent to the land
is in evidence, and there is no record
of any answer having been made.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

ARE DEFIANT
THREATEN TO DESTROY THE
WHOLE CITY OF ILoILo.

they WIN Apply the Torch at the
First shot Of Bombardment-Eu-
ropean. Are Taking Refuge ON
the Transport newport Natives
Ridacule the .1des. That compro-
/ mise 1, Possible Americans,
while Guarding . Water Battery,
Are Attacked by Natives and One
IL killed and Another wounded.
- 7-lT DID, Gas. r.. 81 q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

A writer says sleep is conducive to
beauty. Perhaps it is, but we have
seen some rather homely policemen,
nevertheless.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
WORST WRECK
IN MANY YEARS
HRAD-E,ND COLLISION ON THE LIE
HIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.

Persons Were Killed and
More Than TWENTY-FIVE Injured
Accidnt Due to some Terrible
Mistake In Train orders and Also
to Another Accident which DC
CURED Earlier in the Day-suher-
inss Of the Injured and the Panic
That Risned Annons the Passen-
ger. Were Well Nigh Indescrib-
able.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

1t sometimes happens that when a
man is really known by the company
he keeps she prefers to be a sister; to
him, ~. " Y
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

Some peoples prospects are SC fine
that it is almost impossible to lind
them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

F1tzsimmons now has the reputation
Of '"the only honest pugilist." but what
will he do with 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14
Aman Is generous to a fault when he
tails to correct 1t.
Some. people put on airs while others
merely whistle them.
The gathering together Of the dane
Ing fakes results In SNOWFALL.
It's .. wise pedagogue that pours
whale-oil on the troubled waters.

The greatest mystery of some board
ing houses is how the boarders stand
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-01-14

aNsk5 h 1SS4 sSsAs sga aS II
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
THE CEDERSTROMS.
Baron Cederstrom and Adelina Patti Mar
rIed, Amid Public Demonstra-
tIons, at Brecon, Wales.

London. Jan. 26.-Adelina Patti, the
singer, was married at Breeon, Wales,
to Baron Cederstrom, director of the
Health Gymnastic institute here.
Nine. Patti took a train from Craig
y'Nos, her residence, to Brecon, which
was prettily decorated for the occa-
sion. The band of the South Wales
Borderers met the party at the sta
ton and, with the fire brigade and
police, headed by the town banner and
the mace bearers, escorted the we'd
ding party in five landaus to the
Roman Catholic church, which had
been specially decorated. Sir George
Faudel Philips, former lord mayor of
London, gave Patti away. The service
was very short.
Baron and Baroness Cederstrom
emerged from the church at II o'clock,
entered a carriage, the procession was
reformed and the bride and bride
groom proceeded to the railroad sta
tion and started for London. They
received an ovation.
The wedding breakfast was served
on board the train, which was COM
posed of the special corridor cars
built for the prince of Wales
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
"DOoMSDAY BOOK" STOLEN.
The Priceless Treasure Found Among the
Spoils OF Rev james Britain Miller
at New Haven, Conn.

New Haven, Conn, Jan 2G.-Prof.
Day of the Yale theological school re-
Gently complained TO the police that
his copy of Martin Days famous
"DoomsdIy Book had been stolen. The
book was printed in 1913, and only a
few copies are in existence. 1T is one
of the most valuable booL IN Amer
lea.
Sergt. Daily, of the detective bureau.
suggested that perhaps it might be
found in the collection of stolen books
found in the possession of Rev. James
Britain Miller, the Yale theological
school student from psilanti, Mich,
who was arrested last month. A
search revealed the precious volume
lying in pile of French novels on
the floor of the police station. Had
the book never been recovered, the
Yale library would have lost one of
its most valuable possessions.
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
TAKING TESTIMONY.
The Missouri Senate Investigating Com nit
tee Has Begun Taking Testi-
mony at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. 26.-The "Lexow"
committee of the state senate has be-
gun the work of investigating the mu-
nicipal affairs of st. Louis. The com
mittee began taking testimony in pub
lie at the city hall at 1880 a. IN.
Assistant Comptroller Fred Gabel
was the first witness placed on the
stand. The examination was conducted
by Attorney Mcdonald.
The purpose of the examination of
Mr.. .Gabel was to lay the foundation
for a complete inquiry into every Of
flee having to do with the public
funds.
1t is the intention of the committee
to acquaint itself with the working de-
tails of every department of the city
government that handles money in
any way whatever in order to know
what Office offer opportunities for
stealing.
Having secured this information
and become master of the municipal
mechanism, every Office through which
city funds pass will be investigated
regardless of charges preferred.
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
.LEBARONTS CANAL ROUTE.
The Cleveland, O., Engineer Reas-
serts a Statement Published
Few Days Since.
HE COULD SAVE TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS.
Takes Issue with the Published Denial OF .
Member of the Nicaragua Canal Com
mission that He (LeBaron) Had offered
to Go to Washington and Explain His
Route to the Commission.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 26.-F Francis
LeBaron, formerly an engineer con-
neeted with the Nicaragua canal, who
a few days ago announced he had dis
covered a route for the canal which
would cost S22, 900 less than any
proposed, and which he claimed the
commissioners refused to consider, has
written statement in which he says
in part: "My attention has been called
to published denial from a member
of the Nicaragua canal commission of
my assertion that | had offered to go
to Washington and explain my pro-
posed route to the commission. Such
denial coming from a member of the
commission is unaeeountable, and
can only explain it by supposing that
the member to whom | wrote failed to
bring the matter to the attention of
the commission.
WROTE TO PROF. HAUPT.
when the commission was first ap-
pointed | wrote to Prof, Haupt, n
member of the commission, and not
Oily OutIeQ u go To washington 10
explain my proposed line, but to GO to
Nicaragua and point out the line on
the ground.
Moreover, ! have letter in reply
from the member named, asking me
to disclose the location of the line by
letter. to which | replied that | was
unwilling to do this, as | looked on
the matter entirely from profession
al standpoint, and, while | had no
route to sell. and did not ask or ex-
pect the government to pay me any
commission or large bonus, | considered
it more than fair that | should be
paid for my time as an engineer, and
if the commission called me in CONSUL
tation and | was able to indicate a
line straighter and more feasible, and
that would effect a saving in the cost
of constructing the canal, of $22,000,-
900, or even half of it. | would expect
to receive a suitable fee as a consult
ing engineer"
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
asked leave to bring charges against


him.
TOOK HIS CUE FROM GEN. ALGER.
Gen. Alger had replied that under
the presidents order of immunity,
Gen. Miles could not be held RESPONSE
BILE for the language before the COM
mission. The newspapers then took
it up and goaded Gen. Eagan almost
to desperation. He had come to be-
lieve that the press and the country
at large had accepted the accusations
made by Gen. Miles as true, and the
condition of his mind, in consequence,
grew worse and worse, until he was
in a state bordering ON distraction.
The language which Gen. Eagan used
under these circumstances was the
natural outburst of an honest man
suffering under an unjust accusation.
In closing Judge Worthington said
that Gen. Eagan could not be held ac-
countable for his language before any
tribunal in this country. civil or mill
tary and particularly under the presi-
dents order of immunity.
TAKING TESTIMONY.
Mai. S. c. Mills was called to testify
on behalf of the government. He said
he was the recorder of the war investi-
eating commission and was present
and heard Gen. Eagan's testimony be-
fore the commission. The manner of
Gen. Eagan in giving his testimony, he
said, was that of a man laboring under
great excitement, but trying to con-
troll his excitement. Witness was
shown copy of the specifications and
identified the language there quoted
as having been used by Gen. Eagan.
Judge Worthington interrupted to say
that Gen. Eagan did not deny the Ian
guage quoted, and had not the original
statement been destroyed after the OBJ
ieetionable words had been eNpunged
he would willingly produce it here.
Mai.-Gen. McCook. retired, a mem
ber of the war investigating commits
sion, was the next witness. He was
present and heard a part of Gen. Ea-
gans testimony before the commits
sion. "The impression | had" he said
was that Gen. Eagan must be labor
ing under great nervous excitement" :"
lie recalled some of the language used
and it agreed substantially with the
testimony as published. He was shown
a copy of the specifications and identi-
fled some of the language as having
been used by Gen Eagan.
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
AN lRREPARABLE LOSS.
Fire Does Great Damage In the Probat te
Room of the Courthouse at
CarlinyllIc, Ill

Carlinville, H., Jan. 26.-Fire start
ed in the probate room of the large
stone $2,000,000 courthouse in this
city, and before it was subdued had
done inestimable damage to the large
number of wills, notes, mortgages and
estate letters. A large desk in which
dates, seals and records of every de-
scription were stored for 30 years,
was destroyed, and the iron boxes
containing valuable papers are so hot
that they can not be opened TO ascer-
tain the condition of their contents.
The ianitor claims the fire was of
that an attempt was made ten years
ago to burn the same papers.
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28

Washington, Jan. 25.-At the con-
clusion of routine business In the SEN
ate Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, was
recognized to deliver his announced
speech upon the policy of expansion.
Mr. Lodges position ON the foreign
relations committee and his we'll
known antagonism to the views on the
question of expansion and ratification
of the peace treaty entertained by his
distinguished colleague, Mr.. Hoar,
aroused unusual interest in his adj
dress. He spoke in part as follows:
MR.. LODGES SPEECH.
Mr., President: In connection with these
resolutions and others which have been
introduced, two questions have been
raised, one OF constitutional law and one
of public policy. 1t is not my purpose to
enter at any length into the former dis
cussion. The constitutional questions are
many, and the Hypothetical situations
which nave been imagined with much in
genuity as tests of the constitution are
almost countless 1t is an inviting field.
rich in subtle distinctions but | do not
think that | could add to the sum of hui
man information or miSinformation by
attempting its elaborate cultivation.
MY own views as to our constitutional
rights and powers are simple and well
deilneu, and have not been formed with
out some study, both of our constitution
ana our history. | shall content myself
with stating them | believe that the
United States has the undoubted power
which 1t has frequently exercised, to ac-
quire territory and to hold and govern
that action in these directions must be
taken for constitutional purposes, but
The Van Buren press., 1899-01-28
FATAL PRISON COMPETITION.
The Hickory Broom Fiber Company
Forced Into Bankruptcy by
Prison Made Goods.

New York, Jan. 25-A petition in
involuntary bankruptcy has been filed
against the Hickory Broom Fiber Co.
The company was incorporated in No
vember, 1894, and had a factory at
Huntsville, Ala. II. NJ. Liver was pres
ident and j. ID. Miller treasurer. The
company was engaged in extensive
manufacture of brooms, wood ware
and wool fiber materials. 1t was or
ganized for the purpose of supplying
large cities with street cleaning ap-
paratus made from hickory wood and
fiber and the company's trouble was
caused by various state prisons engag-
ing in the manufacture of the same
kind of goods and putting them on the
market, under the convict labor sys-
fem