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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
TO BE F1TT1NGLY OBSERVED.

National Celebration of the Estab-
lishment of the Seat of Govern
ment In the District of Columbia.
Washington, Nov. SIN accordance
with an act to provide for an appropri-
ate national celebration Of the estab-
lishn. ent of the seat Of government in
the District Of Columbia, approved
Feb. %, 1899, the president yesterday
appointed the governors Of all the
states of the Union as members of the
committee from the committee at large
to act with committees to be appointed
by the two houses Of congress and the
committee to be appointed by the citi-
zens of the District of Columbia. to
prepare plans for an appropriate ma
tional celebration in the year 1900 OF
the first session of the district and the
establishment of the seat Of govern
ment therein"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
THE MARKETA
Latest Quotations From Grain an
1.-Two stock Centers.

latest Quotations ROE Grain and
1.-Two stock Centers.
st. Paul, Nov. 8. Wheat - No. 1
Northern, 65 1-4@66 lie; No. 2 North
ern, 62 1904 1-2c. Corn-No. 3 yellow,
30 1-2@31c; No. 3, 30@30 1-2c. Oats
No. 3 white, % 14@23 1-2c; No. g.,
% 34@23c. Barley and Rye = Feed
barley, 3s14O 1-2c; No. 2 rye, SIC; No.
3 rye, 50 1-2c.
Dulrah, Nov. S.-Wheat-No. 1 hard,
cash, g. 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, &C 7-8c;
No. 2 Northern, 63 7-sc; No. 3 spring,
6S 3-Sc; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 81 7-Sc;
No. 1 Northern, &c Use; December,
No. 1 Northern, 66 sac; May, No. 1
Northern, 7O5-8c; oats, % 34@23c;
rye, SO 1-2c; barley, 34@4Sc; flax. to
arrive, $1.23 II; December, $1.22 ii;
May, $1.26 ii; corn, 29c.
Minneapolis, Nov. 8. - Wheat De
cember opened at Ga 1-2c and closed at
Csc; May opened at Is 5-Sc and closed
at SO 1-4c. On track No. 1 hard,
81 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 65 1-2c; No. 2
Northern, CSC.
Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 8. Flour is
steady. Wheat higher; No. 1 Northern,
6 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 65@66c. Rye
firm; No. 1, 81 1-2@55c. Barley lower;
sample, 3s@44c; No. 2, acc. Oats steady
at 24@25 1-2c.
Chicago, Nov. S.-Wheat-No. 2 red,
69@7O 1-2c; No. 3, 66@69c; No. 2 hard
winter, 65@66c; No. 3, 61@65c; No. 1
northern spring, 69@71c; No. 2, ESQ
Tic; No. 3, 63@71c. Corn-No. 2, 3134
@32c; No. 3, 80 3-4@31 3-4c. Oats-No.
2, 23c; No. 3, % 1-2c.
Chicago, Nov. 8. Hogs - Mixed
and butchers, S 3.95@4.25; good heavy.
$4.1O@4.27; rough heavy, $3.75 @ 4;
light, $3.95f4.22. Cattle-Beeves, $3.50
@6.6O; cows and heifers, $1.75@5;
Texas steers, $3.5O@4.1O; stockers and
feeders, So q AIS. Sheep - Natives,
$8@4.5O; lambs, $4@5.35.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 8. = Cattle
Beeves, $3.50 q 5; cows and bulls,
mixed, $2@3.5O; stockers and feeders,
$3.5O@4.25; calves and yearlings, 1925
@4.9O. Hogs-Market weak; selling,
1904; bully, 5 3.9ON@3.92 IL.
South st. Paul, Nov. 8. - Hogs -
$3.SO@3.9O. Cattle-Heifers, $2.75 a
1926; bulls, s2@2.s5; steers, $3.75;
calves, SIS; cows. $2.4O@3.75; stockers,
$4,000. Sheep. $3.5o@4.10; lambs,
$4.25@4.9O.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
NEW COURT HOUSE AT ADA

The county commissioners have taken
preliminary steps toward building q
new court house in Ada next year. The
new court house at Hallock was In
spected by the board recently.
Work is progressing rapidly on an
extension of the sewer system into
the residence district on the East side
at Ada.
Unless good weather holds cut some
farmers will be unable to thresh this
fall. Considerable fax is still out In
the fields in shock.
w. 81. Matthews, the Ada banker, Is
erecting a brick block at Gary and will
start bank there. s5
w. II. Stiles, pastor Of the Ada Con-
eregational church, was ordained this
week. a large number Of prominent
clargynnen were present.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE
KANSAS CITY HAS THE WORST
FIRE IN ITS HISTORY.
Half u Million Dollars' Worth of
Property Goes Up In smoke-Bie
Department Store Completely De.
stroyed, Nothing Remaining of
the Building but the Foundation
Fire Spreads With Remarkable
Rapidly, Defying the Efforts Of
the Firemen - Narrow E.c.ne
From Falling Walls.

Kansas City, Nov. 7.-Half a million
dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed by fire after midnight, starting
IN Jones Bros big department store,
North Main and Sixth streets, and
spread to half a block Of other build
ings on Main and Walnut streets. The
aggregate insurance is estimated at
S365,OOO. The heaviest losers are
Jones Bros, who estimate their stock,
which was totally destroyed, as worth
100000. The insurance carried by
this firm amounted to 80 per cent Of
the loss. 1t is the most destructive
fire that has ever visited the uptown
business district.
The fire started in the building occu-
pied by Jones Bros. shortly after mid
night, and it's inflammahle contents
burned with remarkable rapidity. In
twenty minutes the entire six stories
were a mass of flames and burning
embers were being carried by a stiff
breeze in all directions. Twenty min
utes later part of the main street wall
fell with a terrific crash. Within a
short time the south wall tottered and
fell, crashing into the Humboldt build
ing, a five-story structure across Sixth
SllcCl, liz NADW11 d pau vi t1AC A0C-
ter building. In a little more than an
hour after the fire started the Jones
stock was entirely destroyed and moth
ing was left of the building but the
foundation. In the meantime the fire
had spread south to the Humboldt
building, north to the Jones n and
Quinn's grocery, all ive-story build
ings. and flying embers had caught the
old st. James hotel, five stories high,
half q block north on Walnut street,
the next street east. The hotel was
partially saved, but the walls are bulg-
ing out and the building will have to
be torn down. Absolutely nothing Of
the stock of the Emerich Dry Goods
company was saved. and their building
is a total wreck. Two stories of the
Quinn building were burned and
Quinn's stock was ruined. The other
losses were caused principally by
water and smoke. Every fire company
in the city was called to the scene and
help was sent by Kansas City, Kan.
Firemen had many narrow escapes
from falling walls. Dan Donovan fell
thirty feet through a skylight at the
st. James hotel and was seriously hurt
but will recover.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
wAsH1NGToN's DEATH.
One Hundredth Anniversary to
FittinEly Observed.

One Hundrcdth Anniversary to Be
Fittingly Observed. .
Washington, Nov. Z. The George
Washington memorial association is
e%ndeavoring to procure a general OBJ
servance of Dec. IA, the one hundreth
anniversary of Washington's death.
Exercises will be held in many states
under the supervision of the state
chairman of the association, but it is
deemed eminently fitting that a COM
memoration Of especial solemnity and
importance should take place at the
national capital, and the chief officers
Of the association L now actively at
work by means Of correspondence and
personal interviews with many public
men, shaping arrangements to that
end.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
PORTO RICAN COMPLAINT.
Merchants Protest Against Free Adj
mission of Certain -Articles.

Merchants Protest Against Free Adj
mission of Certain Articles.
Washington, Nov. S.-A number OF
Porto Rican merchants have lodged
with the secretary of war a protest
against the action Of the department
in promulgating, without notice, an or
der placing pork, flour, bacon and cod
fish on the free list when imported into
Porto Rico. The order was issued on
the 25th ult., to take effect at once,
and it is claimed the effect has been to
we'll nigh ruin a number of merchants
who had recently put in heavy fall
stocks. They had paid the current
duty thereon under an understanding
conveyed through the American au-
thorities in Porto Rico that there
would be no change in the tariff pend
ing the action Of the United States
congress. What is now desired is that
the department authorize q refund of
duty on the articles specified which
were imported before the promulga-
ton Of the order.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
ALFALFA IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY.

Alfalfa was known more than two
thousand years ago. The Greeks and
Ron ans greatly appreciated it's merits,
and since that time it has increased In
value, until now, it is almost a necess1-
ty, and is raised in every part ct tho
world where it is possible for it to
thrive. At the time of the Spanish
conquest it was introduced into Me1i-
co, thence into South America, Chile,
and in 1854 California and Washington
made its acquaintance.
The climate and soil in the Yakima
valley, Washington, are especially ad-
apted for the successful growing OF
this plant, closely allied to the clover
family as it is, hut serving as a finer
fodder. One of the most attractive
features Of the Yakima, from April to
December, inclusive, is the beautiful,
dark, rich green of the alfalfa fields.
Five dollars an acre will usually cover
the cost of seeding, while it Is sold at
$500 q ton for feed, and $500 when
baled, and, as the atmosphere is so
dry and warm, barns are unnecessary
for storage.
II, after each cutting, the fields
r irrigated, "a crop Of from two
to three tons per acre may be har-
vested every Elk weeks during the
summer. Usually it is 81 arranged
that a sixty-acre field can keep
a haying outfit busy during the entire
season, as one part Of the field will be
in blossom while another is being cut,
and still another part growing up. The
cause for this rapid succession Of crops
is that the roots grow to be several
inches in circumference, and extend
downward almost indefinitely until wa
ter is reached. Thus a porous and
deep soil, such as is found in the Yaki-
ma, they will sometimes sink to a
depth of twenty-five feet or more. Some
almost fabulous tales are told Of min
ers coming across old alfalfa roots
which have supposedly extended down.
wards hundreds of feet. Nevertheless,
alfalfa, on account Of its rapid growth,
and the small cost of originally start
ing a field and ever afterwards, har-
vesting form the first seeding, has be-
come one Of the most popular, II not
the most popular branch Of farming In
the great and fertile Yakima Valley.
Write to Cha.s s. Fee, General Pas
senger Agent, Northern Pacific Rail.
way, st. Paul, MIMI, for pamphlets.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
LABOR IS SCARCE.
r.umbermen Cannot Find EnougA
Men for Logging.

,,h>rmen Cannot Find Enough
Men for Logging.
The lumbermen around Bemidji are
hov,np some difficulty in procuring Ia
horers for the woods. NOT nou lnen
have returned from the DAKOTA ~
ing fields and the Montana rallway
work to make a surplus f0r the WoOus,
and every train is diligently canvassso
bv the competing loggers to eaten tne
chopper and driver as he comes ihto
the country. s. G. Bagley, the oluest
active logger in Northern Minnesota,
keens an employment agency at work
here constantly, and is diligently str1v-
ING to get his camps under way. he
viii cut 2O.OOO,OOO feet for y. + WaiK-
or Hammers Bros. & O'Brten, who
are logging on the Clearwater, Keep
agents on the trains between mere anu
Grand Forks, and are succeeding falr-
" we'll in getting men. None of the
]1ooeers are offering extravaganza wages,
nc their contracts were taken on a
hard-times basis, and prosperity prices
rother surprise them. However, every
1s,.eat Northern train from the West
brings in from fifty to n hundreu
men. and it is fair to anticipate a 1air'
sunnly by the time chopping actually
begins. ..4 +ho,o
is comparatively little government or
homestead land in the section OF coun-
try around Bemidji, settlers commune
to pour in from all parts OF Minnesota
and Iowa, and are now taxing up the'
cut-over white pine lands OF Northern
Hubbard and Southern Beltramf
ties. for which local men are agents:
T,hese lands are, many Of them, OF
irst-class quality, and are sold at, low
nrices and on long time. Those of IN
ferior quality will probably be donated
bv their owners to the state for park
purposes, under the forestry act OF
1899, as the poorer lands T covered
with a growth Of young Norway pine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
NEGROES D1sFRANCH1sED.
Eject Will BE Noticeable in the New
Orleans Election.

Effect Will BE Noticeable in the New
Orleans Election.
New Orleans, Nov. S.-To-day will be
election day in New Orleans and a le-
gal holiday. 1t will be the first city
election held in November, the new
constitution having separated state
and municipal elections. A bitter can
vass has been in progress for several
weeks.~nnd 9O'to 50 per cent Of the
registered vote will be polled. There
arAtwo tickets in the field, one hea:ed
by Mayor Flower and supported by
the Citizens league and the Jackson
Democratic association, and the other
headed by Paul Capdeville, and sup
ported by the regular Democratic Or
g%anization. Under the new constitu-
ton 1900 negroes are d~isfrachised,
and there are only 1900 of them reg
istered. The total registered vote is
3 8,5OO. Both sides claim the election.
The result will have q material effect
on the coming state fight and the cleo
ton of two senators to succeed Caffery
and McEnery.
Close in Ohi0.
Cincinnati, Nov. 8. - There are six
candidates for governor to be voted
for in Ohio to-day. Three Of them
claim their election is sure, but no one
except Mayor Samuel M. Jones and
his most Jealous supporters make any
such claim as that Of the election OF
Jones. The Jones vote will reduce the
vote of all others, including the Pro-
hibitionists, the Union Reform and the
Social Labor tickets. And the result
depends very naturally on where the
most of the Jones vote will come from.
1t is certain that either George Nash,
Rep., or John r. Mclean, Dem, will
be elected.
Warm Campaign In lows.
Des Moines. Iowa, Nov. 1.-THE cam
paign has been warmly waged by
both the leading parties, and the chair
men Of both state committees express
confidence in polling a comparatively
full vote for an off year, and believe
that the contest Of ballots will result
in victories for their respective candi-
dates. The three minor parties in the
field do not hope to more than main
tain their organization.
VIII BE Close In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.-The Nebraska
campaign closed last night with rallies
in q number Of the larger towns. There
was a thinning out at committee head
quarters during the day, but much ac-
tivity in the way of sending Out final
instructions to precinct workers. Es-
Inmates of the chairmen at Republican
and Populist headquarters do not vary
greatly, and conservative men of both
sides believe the result will be close.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
P1PEsToNE,s NEW ED1FrCn.
Contract Let by Presbyterian for .
$4,000 Church. W.

Contract Let by Presbyterian for .
$4,000 Church.
The contract for erecting the new
Presbyterian church building at Pipe
stone was let to Pass & Schippel of
Mankato. The structure win be err
tirely Of stone and the inside furnish
ing will be the handsomest in this Sec
ton. The total cost will be upward Of
$4,000. It is probable that the work
will progress no farther this fan than
getting stone on the grounds. The con-
tract calls for the completion Of the
work by July i, 1900.
Jay Needham OF Pipestone, who has
several times before been confined for
short terms in the insane asylum at st.
Peter, was taken there again. He was
adjudged insane by the examining
board and his case is now considered
incurable. At the depot he offered des-
perate resistance and was with diff
Guilty placed aboard the train.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
INSURGENTS COMPLETELY ROUTED

Government Forces Do q Brilliant
Piece of Work In Peru.
Lima. Peru. Nov. Z. - The govern
ment received official dispatches yes
terday announcing the complete de-
feat and route Of the %insurgent COM
mander, Gen. Durand at Huanuco,
capital of the department of that name,
100 miles northeast of Lima. The in
surgents lost many in killed and
wounded, as we'll as a large quantity Of
arms and ammunition and many
horses. The number of prisoners
taken by the government force was
large. Gen. Durand- and his brothers
managed to escape. but their defeat Is
regarded as a death blow to the revo-
lutionary movement.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
NOT lei HUSBAND.
Illinois Woman Buries n Stranger
and Collects I~nnurancc.

Illinois Woman Buries a Stranger
and Collects Insurance.
La Sale, ILL.,. Nov. 1.-THE body of a
man was found in a pasture north Of
Peru about ten days ago and identified
by Mrs. John Roberts as her husband.
The coroner's jury brought in a verdict
Of death from exposure and exhaus-
ton. The body was inferred by Mrs.
Roberts in the family burying ground.
Roberts insurance in the Metropolitan
Lift Insurance company was collected
by Mrs. Roberts. She has just received
a letter from her husband, from which
It o he is in the county poor
house at Ottawa, where he had been
sent by the supervisors. The affair has
created a sensation here. The aus
thorities are investigating the case.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
CONDITION.
His Physician Says His Recovery IL
ImpOsalble.


Paterson, N. j., Nov. S.-The condi-
ton Of Vice President Hobart is little
changed. He spent a fairly comforta-
bic day and slept through the night.
DIR. Newton was asked what he
thought were the chances of MI. Ho-
bart to survive during the week, and
replied that it was impossible to give
an intelligent guess, rs his patient
might die at any minute, or might sur
vive for several weeks, though his re-
covery was impossible.
He spent a comfortable day and sat
up in bed propped up by pillows for a
long time. The news of the day was
read to him, but he was not allowed to
enter into discussion. He made COM
ments, but when he began to talk at
length on anything his attention was
called to something else. He saw no
one during the day ard sent his regrets
to callers. kilograms were received
from. the trustees of Rutgers college,
Of which Mr.. Hobart is II graduate,
Senator Morgan, Levi T. Morton ana
j. II. Marley of Maine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
BY MoRGANAT1C MARRIAGE,
Heir Presumptive Of Austria-Hu
gary Will Thus Wed a Countess

Heir Presunlptive Of Austria-Hun.
gary Will Thus Wed a Countess. :
Vienra, Nov. Sit is said here that
Emperor Francis Joseph has consent
ed to a morganatic marriage between
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, o
of the late Archduke Charles Louis,
and heir presumptive to the throne OF
Austria-H Hungary, and the Countess
Sophia Chotek on the condition that
there be a years delay. The countess
was formerly a maid of honor of the
Archduchess Isabella. Lawyers hold.
that the marriage will not affect the
archduke's succession to the throne,
but Ills children by the marriage are
excluded.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Dead Man ON the Pilot.

Bonner Springs, Kan, Nov. 8.-When
the east-bound passenger train on the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific reached
here last night there was a dead man
on the pilot Of the engine, the body
badly mangled. At the coroners in
quest it developed that the man was
G. w. Edgerton, aged fifty-ive years,
and that he had been struck by the
train at Lenape, six miles east of Bon
ner Springs, while crossing the track.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Good Money for sheep.

st. Vincent, Mimi, Nov. TT. Har.
bon Of Northcote, this county, deliv
cred a flock of sheep at Emerson,
Man., which he had sold to Elias
walker, a representative of the Uttrite
colony at Dominion City. Mr.. Har-
born received q draft of Sligo for the
flock.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Robbinr the Mails.

Washington, Nov. Z. - Postofice in
~spectors arrested William III. Marshall,
a letter carrier Of this city. on the
charge Of robbing the. mails. Three
special delivery letters are said to have
BEEN found in Marshalrs possession.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Thtrteen Men 1njured.

Ellisville. Miss. Nov. 8.-A collision
occurred on the Laurel branch of the
Gulf & Ship Island railway. An en-
CINE drawing a car containing a large
number of mill hands ran into a log
ging train engine. The engine was
completely wrecked and thirteen men
were badly injured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
TO ExpELL RELIGIOUS ORDERS.

Bill Said to BE I'm Contemplation for
Presentation to the French Parlia-
men
Paris. Nov. 7.-As soon as the cham
Der of deputies meets a bill will be in
troduced. it is said, and backed by the
powerful Republican group, to expel
from France the Jesuit and all other
religious congregations. male and fe-
male. excepting the Little Sisters OF
the Poor and the nuns in the hospitals.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Can't. Dreyfus III,

Paris, Nov. IA dispatch from Car
penteras, department of vactus, to
which place Capt. Dreyfus went after
the conclusion Of his trial. says that
Dreyfus is confined to his bed by ILL
ness. the result Of q cold.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
N VICTIM DEAD,

And Wing Keeps People Awake
with His Lamentations.
Albert Lea, MIMI, Nov. 8. j. j.
Randall, the special policeman who
was assaulted by c. b. Wing while en-
deayoring to enforce quarantine regu-
lations, died as q result of his injuries.
Randall never regained consciousness
after going into the 'comatose state
Saturday evening. His assailant is in
jail and is said to have kept every
body in the vicinity Of the building
awake with his wailings and moan.
ings.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Mn Further Outhreak,

Macon, Mo-, Nov. 8. - The trouble
with the negro miners at Bevier con
tinues, although there had been NC
further outbreak up to noo yesterday.
The mayor of Bevier has gathered to-
gether all the Winchesters in tow
and extra force of guards were sta
toned around the town. last night.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
BOTH BADLY
steamer Collides With . Schooner
on Long Branch.

Steamer COlltdes With chOOneF
on Long Branch.
New York, Nov. THE steamer Tai
lahasseet returned to her pier at mid
night yesterday. Capt. Askins reports
that when of Long Branch at $40 p.
IN. his steamer collided with the four
masted schooner Senator S1ivan,
which struck on the forward port
bows, the jib boom going through the
plates on the main deck in the fore
castle. The bowsprit then struck the
ship about fifteen feet further aft and
ten feet lower down. about five feet
from the water line. Each hole is
from four to six feet square. The Sui
Ivan was towed here badly damaged.
She lost her jibboom, bowsprit, cut
water and had all her head gear car-
ried away. vNr N.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
Jim Jenries Arrested.

New York, Nov. Slim Jeffries, the
prize fighter, and his brother John,
were arrested after they had finished
q boxing exhibition on a stage Of this
city. Bail was furnished. The arrest
was made for the purpose of testing
the Horton law.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-11
adl on samoa.

Lopdon, Nov. THE Berlin CORE
spondent of the Standard says:
The Samoan negotiations have
reached q deadlock. Germany does not
consider that the Gilbert and Solomon
islands would adequately compensate
her for releasing the German claims.
however, would be easily
reached If Great Britain would cede in
addition, her portions of New Guinea.