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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in q Con-
densed Form. 4'

Overflow From the Wires in o Con-
densed Form. r
Thomas Martin and his three chill
dren persisted in a fire at his residence
ut Marion. Va.
The torpedo boats Fox and Farra-
gut have had their final trials and:
have been accepted by the depart
ment.
Will Mcclure. a. negro. was lynched
at Glen, Ga. for attempting assault
on Mrs. George Moore, wife Of a farm
err Of Carroll county.
j. The Italian minister. has asked the
tsung Ii yamen for n railway conces-
sion to an Italian syndicate. The re-
quest will probably be refused. as It,
ally has lost prestige since the San
Nun affair.
The announcement of the closing Of
Philippine ports caused great excite
ment in the London market. Manila
hemp. which rose 80 shillings per ton,
touched $50 (S195,, the highest figure
reached in the history Of the market.
An automobile gun carriage upon
which Il Colts automatic rapid-firing
gun will be mounted, is now being
constructed at Peoria. 1t is being
made to the order Of Maj. Davidson,
Of the Highland Park Military Acad-
envy.
The treasury department has sus-
tanned the views Of Mr.. Chamberlain,
commissioner of navigation, as ex-
pressed in his decision denying Ameri-
can regiSary to vessels which were
purchased abroad for the navy and af-
terward sold to private citizens.
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FRIENDLY.
Emperor Does Not Believe Dewey
Used Words Attributed to Him.

Emperor Does Not Believe Dewey
Used Word Attributed to Him.
Berlin, Aug. Il. - According to the
Berlinger Tageblatt, Emperor William
received Congressman George Edmund
Foss of Illinois and United States Ma
val Attache Behler on board the i'm
perlal yacht Hohenzollern last Wednes-
day at Kiel. granting them an audi
ence of three quarters of an hour.
His majesty began the conversation
by expressing a belief that Admiral
Dewey had not used the words attrib.
uted to him suggesting the possibility
Of a war between the United States
and Germany.
Mr.. Foss replied that he had just
talks with Admiral Dewey, who had
shown no hostility towards Germany.
The emperor then declared his con-
viction that Communications wculd
always remain friendly. Germans in
America, he said, would be peaceful
towards Germany. Germany lad in
the past preserved the peace of Eu-
rope, but the future of nations lay in
the ocean. The increase of the Ger.
man fleet involved no threat to any
other power, for the stronger a nation
is at sea the more others will hesitate
to begin hostilities. The increase of
navies, therefore, is in reality the best
peace conference.
The Tageblattt does not vOuch for
verbal accuracy for the foregoing, but
asserts that it is a faithful reproduc.
ton of the gist Of the emperor's re
marks.
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GENEROUS NEY WORKERS. /.
Quic kto Answer the Cry of ID
Aroaaod pnnkn nioans

Quic. kto Answer the Cry of Dis
tressed Porto Ricans.
New York, Aug. 15.-The response Of
the citizens Of New York to the APP
peals for assistance to the stricken
Porto Ricans will be generous. Mis-
cellaneous contributions have already
been received at the army headqnar-
ters' pier at the foot of, Pacific street,
Brooklyn. The government stevedoers
loaded the supplies on the transport
Mcpherson last night. The 'McPher-
son sails for the hurricane-affected
ports Of Porto Rico to-day: Beside the
private contributions she will take
away $50 tons of. other supplies, in
Guiding 100000 pounds Of rice, 100000
pounds Of beans, some general cargo
for San Juan and $4,000 feet of lum-
.'
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PACIFIC

II Hoped for by Sir Alfred Miner,
Governor of Cape Colony.
Cape Town, Aug. 1.-THE Transvaa.
government has not forwarded to Sir
Alfred Miner, British high commits
sioner for South Africa and governor
of Cape Colony. its reply to Mr.. Cham.
berlain's prol'os 1 Of a joint commits.
sion of inquiry into the effect upon the
Outlanders of the new franchise legis.
lation, but Sir Alfred still hopes for a
pacific settlement. 1t is reported that
a movement is on foot among the
burghers to send petitions urging the
volksraad to make further concessions
The Liverpool regiment sailed fol
Natal yesterday. While the transport
was leaving the bay the crew of the
United States transport Chicago, Rear
Admiral Howison's flagship, loudly
cheered the troops, who replied vigor.
Ously for several minutes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

Farmers in the vicinity Of Bath. s.
D., take the lead in the matter of
shipping their own grain. A few have
uade q practice of it for quite q num-
Der of years, and as others become
aware of the financial benefits Of the
system they take up the idea and fall
iii line. So far the past season about
forty car loads Of wheat have been
shipped by farmers from Bath Station,
and the number would have been larg-
er but for the shortage Of cars during
the threshing season, which forced con-
siderable wheat into the elevators
which otherwise would not have gone
Eject of shipments....
there 1t is a fact worthy Of note that
since q considerable number of farm
ers have done their own shipping, the
elevators have been buying up a con-
siderable smaller margin, to say moth
ing about improved weights and dock
age. So the shipping done by part Of
the farmers has been q direct benefit
to all.
Talking about weights, it is a fact
not generally known by farmers that
when they ship their grain to Minueap-
plis or Duluth it is weighed by a state
official, a a not interested one way
Or the other in the sale of the grain be-
ing weighed, on scales tested every
Day, and a load is weighed Mt one
draft. A large share Of the wheat is
unloaded and weighed in n large hop
per, O a load at a time, and part of it
weighed on track scales, under cover,
The grain unloaded and the a
scales. The fee for inspecting and
weighed back before it has left the
weighing a car, both done by state Off
eials, is only Is cents. AS most farm
Frs know, the weighing is done on an
altogether different plan in the local
elevators, the grain being weighed by
the wagon load, ten to twenty drafts
TO the car load. And by a disinterest-
ell weigher? Not much! But by an
employee of the elevator company, who
il under bonds to make his weights
aold out.
Mr.. Farmer, you who have never
shipped out any of your own grain,
which do you consider the fairer way
VI having your grain weighed? Then,
why don't you sell your grain where a
aisinterested party does the weighing.
The following press dispatch indi-
rates how some elevators work the
farmers:
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killed. ny a Policeman,

Omaha, Aug. Is. =, James Smith, a
colored man, well known as a concert
hall singer, was killed in the corridor
of the city Jail and Policeman linda is
held on the charge of murder. The Of
ficer says he found Smith INDUCING in
boisterous conduct and placed hir, I'M
der arrest. In the Jail corridor Smith
made an effort to. break free and at
tempted to strike his captor. linda re-
turned the blow, telling the negro to
the stone floor. He died two hours
later.
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TWO MISSING BOATS.
Others From the Wrecked Munobal
Mnru Are narf Snfe.

Others From the Wrecked MunObaki
Mnru Are Reported Snfe.
Victoria, B. c., Aug. 1.-THE steam.
CIR Empress Of China brings meager
details of the wreck of the steamer
Munobaki Maru on the Barren islands
July 21. Just before the Empress of
China left Yokohama one boat load
containing survivors reached Yoko-
hama. Another boat containing twen-
ty persons was reported safe. A third
boat with thirteen of the crew was
picked up by the steamer Kiukat.
Another boat containing second officer
and seven men was towed into Mole
by a coaster of. the Blue Funnel line
on July "a. Two boat loads were lost.
1t is not known how many were in tile
two missing boats. ,
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PIRATES NICE HAUL.
They wouldn't Dtsgorge and Thel,
Place Yves Destroyed.

They wouldn't Disgorge and Their
Place Wes Destroyed.
Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 1.-THE EN-.
press of Japan brings news that q
British cargo boat on the Canton river
was boarded by pirates, who carried
away cargo worth $4,000. The com.
mander Of the Sand Pipes, an admi.
rally launch Eailt last year at Hong
kong for protection If trade oh the riv.
er, steamed after the pirates, who sue.
cecded, however, in landing their goods
near a village called Kamchkat. The
commander of the Sand Pipes asked
that the pirates lie delivered to him
and the goods restored. No satisfac.
ton was given him and he shelled the
place, which was entirely destroyed.
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Editors Are Determined.

Washington, Aug. 13.-The editors OF
tile Havana newspaper, the Reconcen-
trado, which was recently suppressed
by the United States military authOri-
ties in Cuba, have employed an attor-
aey in Washington to present their
claim to the secretary of a They
probably will ask for damages, and
also that their rights shall be deter
mined in the civil courts.
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Gen. kitchener Coming to America.
New York, Aug. 14.-Ihe Times says
that Gen.sLord Kitchener Of Khartum,
in conversation with Capt. Dewitt
Clinton, of the United States, at a
banquet in London, announced his in
tention Of visiting New York and 9th
er cities Of this country as soon rs the
important military mission upon
which he.i now engaged is accom-
Olisned.
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REVOLVER AND RATCHET.
Episode of" Cleveland Strike Which
Two Men Will Remember.

Episode Of Cleveland Strike Which
Two Men Will Remember.
Cleveland, Aug. 13-William L. Ca
PIE, a ncn-union motcrman on the Cen
trail averue line Of the Big CONSOLE
dated company. fired two shots at Will.
lam Little, a teamster. both bullets;
taking effect. In return, Little picked
up a Ratchet lying in his wagon and
hurled it at Caple, striking the motor
man in the head and making a ! fright
full wound. The latter claims that,
Little called him a 'scab' as his car
was passing the wagon. This tine
teamster denies. The motorman is in
Jail upon the charge of shooting with
intent to kill. Neither man is fatally
injured.
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SERIOUS
Railroad Commissioners Charge Elc-
vator Companies With Fraud.

Railroad Commissioners Charge Elc-
vator Companies With Fraud.
Pierre, S. D.-The railroad commits
,ioners have had C.. Crandall travelling
ever the state for some time inspecting
warehouse scales. He has just made
ais report. showing that he has in
spected 167 scales. OF these, 65, he
lays, We're found out Of balance and
weighed short from five to fifteen
pounds. Three were ordered closed,
since which time their owners have
been using the city scales. Five were
ordered repaired, and certificates with
aeld pending compliance with the or
der. The inspector reports that he
found not a single scale used for
&eighing coal which was weighing
light. but in every instance they were
weighing at least 10 per cent too
aeavy. 'sThis condition. the inspect
-s,r reports, in conclusion, twas without
exception where two sets of scales
were used, one set for grain and the
,ther for coal."' In other words, where
Elevators were selling coal, their coal
scale was found to weigh in their ia
aor. as well as their grain scales.
5 The charges for handling wheat
&hipped to Minneapolis arc us follows:
freight, 1O.2 cents per bushel; commits
sion. 1 cent per bushel; switching,
f1.5O per car; inspection and weigh
ing, Is cents per car; internal reve-
auc. 4 to 8 cents per car, making, on a
email car, about 11.6 cents per bushel,
md on q large car aatrife less. These
charges are paid OF the other end, af-
eos Tho ~ro IN 10 cold ond rooI not IN
paid when the car is loaded. BY look
ing up the cash sales made at the
chamber of commerce, published by all
he city papers. OF mailed ON request
~ any commission firm, the farmer
tan readily see what his grain Is worth.
Farmers Experiences.
Some of the farmers who have ship
ped one or more cart Of wheat the past
gear, have obtained the following re-
suits:
Eli Harrington cleared 4 cents per
sushel, or about $18 on a small A
farmer having wheat to sell, by load
ng It into a car, can get enough more
e.or It to pay for a frst-class ticket to
Minneapolis and back, a trip Of nearly
100 miles.
Roberts Bros. cleared $42 on one car,
die first they ever shipped. It will not
! the last. They are wondering why
they did not start long ago. This snug
little sum would pay q farmers coal
oils for a good many months.
Will Chalcraft gained 8 cents a BUSH
Il by shipping q car, and George Gro
gan came out $14 ahead, while William
knie received $3.50 more by shipping
4 car than he otherwise woultl.
A o1oraf n waa hnnnf7fpi tn the exc.
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POSITION FOR mAncHAND.

French Government Desiring to
Honor the Hero Of FashOdn. &
Paris Aug. 1.-THE Evenment says
that It understands that Maj. Mar
chand has been Offered the post Of
governor of the French settlement on
the Somall coast. and envoy extraord-
mary to King Menellk of Abyssinia.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
Declared q Draw.

New York, Aug. 13.-George Dixon,
the feather weight champion, and Ed
die Santry Of Chicago. met last night
before the Broadway Athletic club for
twentyrounds at 125 pounds. and Ref
cree johnny White declared the bout
q draw. The clubhouse was GRO, ded
to its utmost limit, nearly five thou
sand persons being present. Dixon
put, up a game exhibition and Santry
showed wonderful Improvement since
he appeared here last.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
WINS.
In the Most Unaattsfnctory Race Yet
Sailed.

!
New Bedford. Mass. Aug. 13.-The
run Of the New York Yacht club fleet
from Vineyard Haven to this port
proved the most, unsatisfactory Of the
cruise. and as far rs racin. was con-
cerned was well nigh n fiZz!o. All day
the yachts wrestled with typical dog
day conditions, winds from all quar-
tiers and at all velocities intcrspersed
with calns, rail-, sunshine and fog,
and it was the boat carrying a mascot
who won in her class. Columbia was
one Of these, aad for the second time
in the cruise shn beat Defender by
many miles because of the shifting
breezes and Gains; in fact, so far
ahead was the new boat at tine finish
that Defender gave up entirely and did
not round one of the marks-.the Vine
yard sound ligh;ship.
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Wheeler. n Hor

wheeler. at Honolulu. g
Honolulu, Aug. 8 (via Victoria, B. c.,
Aug. 13).-1,he transport Tartar, With
Gen. Wheeler aboard, arrived here
Aug. / and sailed Aug. 3. Gen. Wheel
er was handsomely entertained during
IFS stay here.
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The Thirty-Fir.t Is Ready.

Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. 13.-The ThirL
ty-irst regiment is o practically
full. One company is made up Of the
fighting feudists from Clay county,
Ky. These men are not only hardy,
but fine marksmen and they soon be-
come we'll drilled. Maj. Elijah j. Hal.
ford of Atlanta. quartermaster of the
department of the Gulf, arrived with
$4,000 and paid off the Thirty-frst
regiment and the regulars at Fort
Thomas. Ky.
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SOUGHT TO END HIS LIFE.

Ensign Coleman Overcome by Dis
grace of COurt-Martial.
San Francisco. Aug. 13.-W. L. Cole
man, an ensign on the battleship Iowa,
who was to have been court-martialed
on a charge of having been intoxicated.
while the vessel was at the Puget:
sound naval station, attempted suicide
by shooting with n revolver. The ball
only grazed his skull. He had written.
several letters to his family and rela-
tives in Syracuse, N. Y. Coleman, who
is about twenty-six years of age, is Il
recent graduate of the Annapolis naval
academy.
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THOUSANDS DEAD
REPORTS OF THE HURRICANE DID
NOT TELL HALF.

Island of Porto Rico Are Totally
Destroyed and Their Owners Are
Without Shelter or Food Crops
Were Completely Destroyed -
Deaths Number More Than a
Thousand and May BE Several
Times This Number - Gen. Davis
Makes a Strong Plea Tor Provis-
ions.
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TOOK SAN MATE0
TROOPS UNDER YOUNG OCCUPY THE
TOWN.

The Capture Resulted from a Re-
cOnnatsance to Discover the
Whereabouts of the Enemy
American Loss Was Three Killed
and Thirteen WOundcd-Twenty-
Three of the Enemy Are known
to Have Been Killed-COnditiOn OF
the Country Interferes Greatly
Troops.
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watching the Bubonic Plague.
Lisbon, Aug. is. - Arrivals from
Oporto are submitted to inspection
owing to the report of the appearance
at that place Of the bubonic plague.
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HOY Darn Burned.

Black River Falls, wis, Aug. H.
Lightning totally destroyed a large
hay barn belonging to "A. 8. Trow.. six
miles east Of here, with $50 tons Of
hay. (, There Is small insurance. The
storm was the worst Of the season.
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roreixn Famine Ayertea.

London, Aug. 10. Specials from /
Bombay report rain In Allahabad.
Madras, the Deccan and Bengal and
showers in Bombay. The govern
ment's anxiety in regard to q famine
is therefore relieved.
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cItx Ca.h Taken,

4, Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 15.-Albert q.
Davis. former clerk in the water works
department under the McKisson adj
sministratiOn. has been arrested on
charge ;of defrauding the city out Of
$1,000. "
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NAMED BY
New York Delegates to the Confer
eMce IN Trusts.

Albany, n. u, Aug. 13.-Gov. Roose-
welt has appointed the following dele
gates to the conference on trusts, to
be held in Chicago. beginning on the
18th of September next: Hon. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, Hon. John G. Carlisle,
DIR. Albert Shaw. Hon. w. BOurke
Cochran, George Gunton, +. b. Thur
Der and Henry White. 1t is possible
that this list may be added tt at q
later, day.
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La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 15.-Ellis p
Humphrey. an, aged resident Of this
city, was Killed by a; Burlington train
while crossing q trestle. Being old,
deaf and feeble, he sat down on the
trastle and was struck down.
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nrovned m Lake Michirnn.

Chicago, Aug. b. In the storm
which swept this city friday night
THOMAS Edwards was drowned. 8. ID.
McGraw, his companion, was rescued
from their overturned sailboat q mile
out In Lake Michigan. -5
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SHIPPING WHEAT.
FARMERS PROFIT BY DOING THEIR
OWN SHIPPING.

A. the Financial Benefits of the sys-
tenn Become known to Farmers
They Fall Rapidly Into Line-Dif-
ference Equal to Reduction of .45
Per Cent in the Freight-Forces
Elevators to Buy on a Consider
able Smaller Margin to Say Moth
ing of Improved Weights AMI
Dockage = Farmers Give Their
Experience.
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.Chfnese Crew On 3 Strike,

Tacoma, WASH. Aug. 1.-THE Chi:
nese crew OF the steamship Victoria
struck because the ship has been
turned into q transport to carry troops
to Manila. IA white crew was "a en-.
gagged after several hours, de]s-
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Feet.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 15.-Because o
girl dared him William Grove bor-
. rowed a bathing suit and dived ninety
feet from the railroad bridge into the
river below. He expresses O willing
ness to repeat the performance. !.
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.Committed suicide.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 15:-Erness
l.. Grub, an employe of the: Nashville
& Chattanooga railway committed
suicide here. No cause is given for his
self obstruction.
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RI TROUBLES.
A British Torpedo Sos Fires ON a
French Fishing Vessel, Killing

A British Torpedo Boat Fires on a
French Fishing VESSEL. killing
One.
Folkestone, Eng, Aug. II. - The
British torpedo gunboat Leda found
a French fishing boat, the Etoille de
Mer, fishing within the three-mile
limit. The fishermen attempted to
escape and did not stop when a blank
shot was fired. The Leila then fired a
shot which disabled the Etoille de
mer and killed her helmsman. The
fishing boat was afterward towed to
this port with the body Of the dead
helmsman on deck. The arrival of the
fishing boat caused much excitement,
and it is hoped the regrettable incident
will draw attention to the serious in
roads made by foreign fishermen in
British waters. The admiralty au-
thorities express extreme surprise at
the fact that the fishing boat disre.
garded the Leta's signal to heave to
and, in the absence of the official re.
port, they assume that the command.
er of the Leda only resorted to drastic
measures when other means were in.
e%tfectual. The captain of the Etoille
de Mer has been arrested.
London, Aug. 11.-All the papers ex-
press regret at the lamentable acct.
dent to the Leda, which was wholly
due to an %infraction Of law by the
French fishermen. 1t is thought the
French government will not make the
matter an international affair.
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The following press dispatch indi-
rates how some elevators work the
farmers: