The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-07
oraminal Record.

Criminal Record.
Night Waterman John Craig was
shot dead atsSturgte, Mich, by4an@un-
known tramp he was trying to arrest.
A. P. Stephenson, a prominent and
wealthy merchant of Pittsburg, tried
to kill his wife and afterward commit
ted suicide.
George and Albert Derkes and JOE
Thompson were arrested at Murphys-
Eoro, ILL.,, for making and passing
counterfeit money.
Three men held up the stage coach
running between WestfaN and Ontario,
Idaho, and robbed mail bags of regis
tered packages containing considerable
money. ,.,s lnrr}
Knezevie, convicted of the attempt
cd assassination of King Milan, was
publicly shot. Paistich, one Of the
leaders of the conspiracy, has been par
doned by King Alexander.
DIR. Herman Wadsworth Hadley,
thirty-five years old, instructor of Lat
in in Wesleyan university, and a men,
Der Of the faculty, was found dead In
his room in the United States hotel in
Boston. with his throat cut. He had
committed suicide.
Jim Hall, colored, was executed at
Blakely, Ga, by hanging. Hall COM
mftted rape on a white woman IN July.
James Brooks, the founder Of New
London, the oldest town in Howard
county, Ind, committed suicide by
jumping from a three-story house at
the county hospital.
Peter Hanes, a well-to-do negro at
Hacriston, Miss, had a quarrel with
his wife and threw a lamp, which ex-
ploded, enveloping the helpless woman
in flames, which in a few minutes
burned her to death. The negro made
a fruitless effort. to smother the flames
and was himself fatally burned.
Crime committed in youth, an escape
from imprisonment in Tennessee equal
almost to a death sentence, five years
Of righteous living with a wife who
knew nothing Of his past, and final be-
trayal by a supposed friend, Is the life
story Of Edward Cole, a quiet-man-
nered negro arrested in Chicago. His
arrest was brought about by a pretend
ed friend, who was anxious to shine as
a detective. He Swallowed Cole, and
finally reported his suspicious to the
police.
Otherwise.
A Cincinnati firm has options on
twenty-five coal mines in West Vir-
ginia.
H. J.. Schloss, manufacturer of CLOTH
ing, filed a petition in bankruptcy in
New York. Liabilities $7735,1G2; no as
sets. % .-.4+ D. = t. ~.
Since July 4. 563 couples from Chi
cago and 200 couples from other cities
have secured. marriage licenses from
the county clerk at st. Joseph, Mich.
The bodies Of seventeen unknown
Union soldiers were found buried on
the western slope Of Culp's hill, a por-
ton Of the Gettysburg battle field.
The Paris Gaulois intimates that M.
Jules Cambon,. French ambassador to
the United States, is likely to be trans
ferred to Berne, Switzerland, as he
finds the American climate unfavor-
able. tw sF o.
The assessment of $1,45O,O00 spread
by the board of assessors on the per-
sonal property Of the Pullman Palace
Car company at Chicago, was adj
vanced to $S,9OO,OOO by the board OF
review.
The financial projectors of the Amer
lean Window Glass company have al
lotted the stock Of the new combtna-
ton. The capitalization is $17,O00,OOO,
and the indications are that the stock
is eversubscribed.
A special to the Denver News from
Santa Fe, N. Mex, says 10000 acres Of
coal land in Santa Fee county have
been sold by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa F'e road to the Colorado Iron and
Fuel, company for 81, 600.
The wages of 10000 men employed
or the vessels of the Great Lakes were
raised from 10 to 20 per cent, beginning
Oct. 1. Instead Of the 1912 per cent
asked for by the engineers, they will
receive an advance of 20 per cent.
Archbishop Charpelle Of New Or
leans has received a commission from
the pope as apostolic delegate for the
Philippines. He is already apostolic
delegate for Cuba and Porto Rico be-
sides being archbishop of New Orleans.
Ed Butler, who built the Standard
theater at st. Louis, has purchased
property at Twelfth and Central
streets, Kansas City, upon which he
expects to build a play house that will
exceed in seating capacity the largest
house in Kansas City.
Early in October a ship will sail from
New Orleans for Natal, with 5000 pack
and draft mules for the British army.
The British purchasing agent states
that he will also employ from 300 to
400 drivers, giving preference to men
who served in Cuba.
The feeling that prevails among the
friends Of Gov. Diaz regarding his in
vitation to visit Chicago is, possibly, a
reflection, of his own, that the invita-
ton should have been to visit Washing
ton first and then Chicago, accompa-
MED by President Mckinley.
The athletic association Of the Mid
dletown, Conn.,, high school has passed
a resolution that no more football
games Shall be played this season. ow-
ing to the death Of Thomas Kelly, a
member of the football team, from in
juries received in a recent game. J
The Rogers ranch in~Beaver county,
Okla, and the ssChiire ranch in the
panhandle of Tex8s, containing s20O,-
600 acres and uDOn which 100000 cat