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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
North dakota Crops.

The government crop report for
North Dakota is summarized as fol-
lows: while the past week has been
more favorable for harvesting and
threshing than the two preceding ones
still rains have fallen almost daily III
some sections, retarding all work and
causing grain to further deteriorate.
In some sections where there has been
no rain threshing has been going on
with variable results, most OF the
wheat grading low on account of dam
age from wet weather. Harvest may
be said to be finished except of lax,
and OF that all sown early has been
cut, but that sown late is still green
and shows no signs of %ripening, but II
not harmed by frost within the next
two weeks, which seems very 1mproo-
able, will make a good crop.
"Corn and potatoes are ripe and are
being gathered in most sections. Fod-
der crops are being cut, while the ate
rains have caused such a rapid growth
Of grass that in most sections plenty o.
hay will be secured for feed"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

The last public school in Hawaii in
which instruction was given in the
native tongue has been closed, and
English is now the official language
throughout the islands. For
than so years a dual system has been
maintained in court proceedings. All
accused persons having Hawaiian blood
In their veins had to be tried in the
Hawaiian language, even although
they could speak English. In civil
cases where one Of the parties was of
native descent, the jury was half Ha-
waiian and half white. The territorial
act which made the islands United
States territory provides that only
persons who can read. speak, write
and understand English are eligible
for jury duty.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

An agent of the department of agri-
culture has just returned from the Sa-
hara desert. where he went to secure
varieties of date palms for use in
Arizona. 1t is believed that the date
industry in this country will some time
become very important. In the Sa-
hara the dates grow in the GASES which
are formed about wells of water. Since
the French have occupied Algeria they
have. sunk many artesian wells, about
which new GASES have sprung up, much
to the surprise Of the nomads. It is
a striking exhibition Of the interde-
pendence Of the nations that the old
Desert of Sahara is at last furnishing
material to help to complete the agri-
cultural of this new and fer
tile land.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
TAXES r. LEGAL
Even Though the County Was De
clared to Be UnOrGaniked.

Even Though the County Was De-
clared to Be UnOrganfzed.
Several years ago a law was passed
attaching certain unrecognized terri
tory west of the river to Mercer county.
The supreme court afterward held the
law to be unconstitutional, but in the
meantime school districts were created
and taxes levied in the anorganized
territory, and the subsequent legisla-
ture passed u law attempting to cure
the defect in the first law which was
knocked out by the supreme court.
The case of Schaffner VS.. Mercer
County was brought to prevent the
sheriff from levying upon a horse for
taxes in the formerly unorganized ter
ritory. Judge Winchester decided that
the taxes were legal and that public
policy justified the holding of the x
to be legal, and the creation Of school
districts and other corporate organiza-
lions demanded that the law be sus-
tanned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
RESuME :? +. NEWS
Sins and

Sins and Sinners.
Matte Mash fatally shot William
Foster at Des Moines.
John Arthofer killed Antoine Loibi at
Dubuque in a quarrel.
Mrs. Andrew Johnson committed sui
eide at Mason City. Iowa.
Burglars secured $500 from the Citi-
zens' bank at Evanston, III.
Tramps stole $500 from a freight
train caboose at Stevens Point, Wis.
Mrs. Barbara Brash committed sui
eide at Hankinson, N. D., with a re-
volver.
A. ]. Moore has been sentenced, at
Beloit, Wis.,, to two years fr. prison for
forgery. y
Peter Austin has confessed, at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, to the murder of Charles
Brewer.
Burglars secured a large amount OF
gold from O. o. Dorr, a dentist, at Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
Several more indictments are expect
ed at Frankfort, KY, in the Goebel
murder case.
Frank Forest shot and killed Lenora
Lynn NEAR AoAS O"N s~S
committed suicide.
The body of an unknown man VINO
committed suicide was found recently
at Menomonie, Wis.
Amanda Carter, a negro oma at
Riverton, ILL.,, was fatally cut by the
wife Of George Bland. ,
Three tramps beat and cut Charles
CrnSe. a. brakeman on the River d.
vision Of the Milwaukee road.
H. J.. Mannheim was arrested at
Greensboro, KY, charged with stealing
s11, 900 from the National Deposit bank
Pretty Boy and another Indian, at
the Rosebud Agency, were killed by an
Indian policeman, whom they resisted
when he sought to arssst them.
Frederick l.. Headrich Of Fond du
Lac, Wis, was found dead by h sher-
iff, who sought to serve upon him a
court to appear In a divorce
suit instituted by his wife. He had
hanged himself.
Peter Austin, the farmer Of Storm
Vile who has been in jail at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, on suspicion OF having
killed Charles Brewer, his farm hand.
fourteen years ago, has confessed that
he killed Brewer, but says that he DID
It in ~self-defense. The crime was
brought to light through the finding OF
a skeleton in a we'll on a farm formerly
occupied by Austin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

1t looks now as If New York's Per
manent naval arch may never be built.
No contributions Of any account have
been received since last April, and the
whole matter is practically at a stand
still. The original intention was to
raise $ 1000. 900. This has been cut to
$500, 900, and it is doubtful if even so
much will be subscribed. For the last
three months there has not been
enough cash subscribed to pay Office
rent for the committee. The amount
of the subscription to date is $780,
1902 in cash and pledges, with a
great deal more in pledges than in
cash.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
spani.h Pension Applicants.

Spanish Pension Applicants.
The pension board at Fargo had half
a adozen applicants recently, three OF
which were from veterans of the i
war and a like number from soldiers or
the spanish-American scrap The lat
ter were Fred Hansche of Fargo, who
served in Company B, First North Da-
kota: Edward Fay, Moorhead, Com
pany A, same regiment, Inc Q. i. AK.
tel of kindred, who went to the front
with the Wyoming boys.
Hansche's parents reside In Fargo.
While in the Philippines Hansche was
shot in the chest by a Mauser. Fay Is
the son of the ex-postmaster Of Moor
head, and had a severe attack OF
rheumatism.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
SIX Nexroe. Lose Their Lives,

Six Negroes Lose Their Lives.
Savannah, Ca, Sept. 19.-Six negroes
lost their lives here last night because
they would not wait twenty minutes
for a ferry boat. Their names are not
known. They were laborers at the
Seaboard Air Line terminals across
the river from the city. They were In
a hurry to reach the city and en-
barked in a small flat bottomed boat.
When they were in midstream q
steamer passed and a swell capsized
the boat. The men were thrown into
the water, six being drowned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Helen Hay, daughter Of the Hon.
John Hay, will soon publish a collec-
ton of humorous child verse entitled
"The Little Boy Book"

The Hawaiian islands in the Pacific,
recently a native kingdom, now a ter
ritory Of the United States, will appar-
emily have the honor Of being the first
country to establish the Marconi sys-
tenn Of wireless telegraphy on organ
lied official lines. 1t Is to be tested
on a large scale, and If successful, it
will provide a much-needed means Of
quick communication between the is
lands for planters and merchants.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

The United States produces more
honey than any other nation. AS
long as 30 years ago the product was
$4,000, 900 pounds annually. Twenty
years ago 1t had risen to 5000, 900
and ten years ago it was 5 1000, 900
pounds. At the present time Iowa pro-
duces 100000 pounds of honey annu-
ally, and many states including Cali
fornia, produce from 1900, 900 to s.
100000 pounds a year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
WRECK.
Persons Killed and Several Sc
yerely Injured.

Persons Killed and Sc
verely Injured.
Muncie, Ind, Sept. 10. - Near mid
night an east-bound express train on
the Lake Erie & Western ran into an
open switch at Red Key, crashing into
a freight engine. Fireman Mcclellan
of the passenger train was killed and
Engineer Montague. also of the pas
senger, had both legs bbroken. Two
unknown tramps are %pinioned in the
wreckage, one of them was killed and
the other badly hurt. They cannot be
rescued until an engine arrives from
Muncie. The baggage a was wrecked
and many passengers slightly injured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

The principal object Of Maitre La
BORIS lecturing tour of the United
States next winter. it is said, is to re-
cuperate his fortunes, destroyed beyond
repair in France by his connection with
the Dreyfus ase Not only did his
defense Of the prosecuted captain
bring him no return for his services.
but lost for him his expenses, his neg
lected clients, and any prospect Of
professional success in the future on
account of the ~unpopularity of his
success in the ''grande affaire."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Raising the school standard. 9

Raising the School Standard. c
The Fargo board of education has ar
ranged to make the high school course
in Fargo more advanced than ever.
Heretofore high school graduates have
been admitted in the Minnesota uni.
versity and similar institutions with
out examination, but there has been q
slight kick on the deficiency in history.
To remedy this, Supt. Smith has made
,p q new course that will admit gradu-
ates to any university in the country
on certificate. =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
War Service Helped Him.

Three years ago some checKs were
forged at Tower City, In the western
part Of the county, on J. M. Hill.
While an investigation was In progress
Harry Page mysteriously disappeared.
Suspicion attached to him IN a
rant was issued. No trace could pe
found of him until this week. when he
was arrested at Armenia. Owing to the
length Of time that had elapsed no In
eliminating evidence could be secured.
and. as he had served in the army. re-
ceivine wounds at Santiago and Ell
Caney, the states attorney moved q
dismissal Of the case.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Peuple Talked About.


Col. Thomas Turner, formerly a
member of congress, died at his home
in Mount Sterling, Ky.
Mgr. Francois Xavier Gouthe-Sou-
lard, archbishop Of AK, is dead. He
was born at SAINT Jean La Vetre Sept.
], 1920.
Republicans Of the Second Wiscon-
sin congressional district nominated
Herman b. Dahle Of Mount Horeb for
congress.
Thompson Kingsford of Oswego, N.
Y, head of the Kingsford starch works,
boiler works, box factory and Oswego's
leading business man and manufactur-
er, is dead after a brief illness, aged
seventy-three.
DR.. Dennis Bowling Mulcahy, once
an active Fenian agitator, who was
imprisoned in England in the latter
part of the sixties with O'Donovan
Rosa and others, died in Newark, N.
J., aged fifty-three years.
Capt. David F. Stiles, U. S. A.. re-
tired, died at Oklahoma City, o. T., OF
inflammation of the bowels. He was
q Grand Army veteran and was prom
inently connected with the opening of
Oklahoma, being stationed there at
that time.
Miss Grace E. Bradley of Minneapolis
was appointed assistant matron at the
Cheyenne River Indian school in South
Dakota, at $3.50 a year. Miss Minne-
haha Thomas Of Indiana was appoint
ed Kindergarten at the Fort Totten,
N. D., school, at $500 a year..
Mrs. Ferdinand Bischoffsheim, for
merly Miss Mary Payne, is dead in
Paris. She went there from America
when a young girl and figured in the
splendid functions Of Empress Eugene.
being one of the bevy Of young girls, all
Of which married well. M. Bischoff-
SHIN is a Belgian senator.
Rev. Lorenzo Waugh, the Oldest
Methodist minister in the world, died
suddenly in the railroad depot in Will
fans, CAL, just after alighting from a
train. He celebrated his ninety-second
birthday at his old home in Petaluma
Aug. %. and for some time had been
very feeble.
His royal highness, Prince WILMA,
the second son of the emperor Of Korea,
has arrived in Washington with a dis
tinguished suite. He is a young man
Of twenty-five years and comes to the
United States as a graduate of the
Japanese military school, and will
study American economics, CONNER
cial methods and the fundamentals Of
American civilization.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
PRINCE ALBERT DEAD.

Young Nobleman Thrown From His
Carriage and Killed.
Dresden, Sept. 19.-Prince Albert, the
youngest son of Prince George. duke
Of Saxony, and nephew of King Albert,
was killed here by being thrown from
q carriage. He was twenty-five years
old and a captain in two crack Saxony
regiments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Warrington Notes.

Orders have been sent to Gen. Chat
fee to prepare his forces for with
drawal from Picking.
Ex-President Cleveland has declined
President McKinley's appointment as
q member of the international board
Of arbitration under The Hague treaty.
Ex-President, Harrison has accepted
the appointment.
Rear Admiral A. s. Crowninshield,
chief Of the bureau Of navigation, will
recommend to congress that the en-
listed force Of the navy be increased
to 80, 900 men and boys. Should this
recommendation be adopted, it will
mean that the enlisted strength Of the
service will be increased by 10000
men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

Tasmania's Giant Beeches.-In Tas-
mania are large forests OF the Austria
liam beech, a tree which sometimes
measures 80 feet or more in circum-
ference at the base of the trunk. The
wood is employed for purposes SINH
lar to those served by the beech woods
Of northern forests, but it is harder
and heavier. polishes easily, and is
very lasting If not exposed to the
weather.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Diggings Are No Good.

Disgings Are No Good.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. IA special
from Dawson says: Reliable miners
who have returned to Dawson from
the Tanana district. after thoroughly
prospecting and panning on all the dif-
ferent developed creeks, say the dig
gings are no good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Fargo sixth ward Divided.

on a petition Of the residents Of the
ward the county commissioners have
created two precincts in the Sixth ward
OF Fargo. The statute provides that
additional precincts can be created at
any time when the vote exceeds 800.
AZ the last election there were 376 bal
lots cast. Each ward in the city Is en-
titled to two aldermen, and where the
ward IL divided each precinct generally
sends one. Under the new division
both members Of the council from the
Sixth are In the same precinct. /,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
vEsUvIUs GROWS UGLY.

Volcanic Eruption Threatened =
Warning Explosions Occur.
Naples, Sept. 10. Vesuvius again
threatens eruption. Several subter-
ranean explosions have occurred and
there is a red glow about the crater
nightly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
OLD QUARREL IN NEW GU1sE.

Instead of a Line Fence Suit, This
In Over a Farty Wall.
The fight between Ferdinand Luger
and Mrs. Tour over a party wall has
gotten into the courts at Fargo. Mrs.
Tour is erecting a block next door to
Luger, and claims the latter's building
is five inches on her lot. She demands
either the removal of the wall or the
free use of the party wall. Luger
wants a stated sum to permit her to
use the wall. He has asked an injunc-
ton to prevent the contractors from
doing further work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
VICTIMS OF A FIRE
SIX PERSONS ARE sUFFOcATED TO
DEATH.

Rr.nch Nursery of the Salvation Ar
my Burned, Imprisoning the oc-
cupants-Besides Those hiiie
Several Were Seriously Injured
Fire Was Soon Controlled-F1re-
men Rushed Into the bia.ins
building to Rescue an"
About the Burn
ing Building Were
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
GERMAN

Congress Mt Mainz. of Which Herr
Singer Is Elected President.
Mainz, Germany, Sept. 19.-The con-
gress of Social Democrats opened here
yesterday in the town hall. Herr
Singer, the we'll known Socialist lead
err and member of the reichstag, was
elected president, and Herr Ulrich, also
a member of the reichstag, was elected
vice president. Herr Bebel was indis-
posed and was absent from the meet
ing,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

overflow From the Wires In y Con-
densed Form.
Zachary Taylor was nominated for
congress- by the Republicans Of the
Tenth Tennessee district.
Two hundred and fifty laborers en-
Moved by the street a company at
Joliet, ILL.,, in extending it's lines, struck
for an increase in wages from $1.50 t.
s1.75 per day. The officials say the de-.
mand will not be granted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
En- Route to washinston

En- Route to Warrington.
San Diego, Cal, Sept. 19.-The Hero
dot, from Hamburg and ports On the
Southern Pacific coast, came into port
flying the Bolivian flag In honor Of DR..
#. Guachalla, the new Bolivian min
lister. who was a passenger on his way
to Washington.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Tragedy at a Sum Dance.

Fort Meyers, Fla, Sept. ia run--
ner from the Seminole camp at Turtle
Mound reports hat in a big sun dance
four Seminole braves had a bloody
fight, all wanting to marry the chiefs
daughter. All four were killed In the
melee. The girl then drowned herself
from grief for one Of the braves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
Corbett's scheme.

London. Sept. 1s.-James J. Corbett,
the pugilist, who arrived here Satur-
day last from New York, In an inter-
view published in the Echo last even-
ing, says that the principal object OF
his visit here is to try to get hold OF
the National Sporting club and run It
on the same basis Is the American
boxing clubs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

Chicago is congratulating itself
and with good reason-on the steady
Improvement in the health Of its inhab-
itants. Records kept by the board of
health show a constant decrease in the
death rate during the last twenty years,
particularly among children. Out OF
every thousand deaths during the first
quarter Of this twenty-year period, five
hundred and twenty-five were those
Of children under five years of age.
During the last quarter the number
has been only three hundred and thir-
ty-eight. The gain is attributed to the
diligence of the board of health in
spreading a knowledge among the
poorer people of the best way of feed
ing infants during hot weather, and to
the establishment of day nurseries ,ster-
ilized milk depots, floating hospitals,
and other admirable charities.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

The Guelph face was certainly not
IN the. late English poet ~laureate's
mind when he created the phrase "tip-
tilted like the petal Of a flower" to
express a certain type of feature.
Queen Victoria's face, it might be i'm
agfned, was sufficiently familiar to her
subtects-even to those whose souls
cannot rise out Of the fog Of art. It
is. therefore, amusing to find that the
artist who designed one Of the stamps
Of the Mauritius gave her majesty a
~retrousse nose. Was this ignorance.
~carelessness or prsoccupation with the
lace Of another lady:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
BEATIFIcAT1oN OF SAINTS.

Sept. 23 and 80 and Oct. @ Set Apart
for the Celebrations.
London, Sept. 19.-The beatifiction of
the new saints, Giovanna, Delestennac,
Antonio Grassi and Maria Hess. will
take place Sept. %, Sept. 30 and Oct. 6.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
STEAMER SUNK.

UncOnfrmed Report of Loss of Life
ON a River Boat
Columbus, Ca, Sept. 19.-It is report
ed here that the steamer w. c. Brad
lev. one of the finest boats on the Chat
tahoochie river, has sunk with all on
board down the river. 1t is not known
how many persons were aboard. Inc
Bradley left here Thursday o nher reg
ular trip. No confirmation of the re-
port is obtainable.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
WEDDING A TITLE.

Chicago Girl to Marry a Count I'm
Sweden.
Stockholm, Sept. 10. - The newspa-
pers the engagement Of
count Onckarsvard. King Oscars
chamberlain, with Miss Maude Dur
yea. Of Gordon Terrace, Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
BLACK DEATH SCARE.

Five New Cases of BubOnic Plague
Appear in Glasgow.
Glasgow, Sept. 10. Five new cases
of the buhcnic plague have been dis
covered in the heart of the city. and
the scare caused by the appearance Of
the disease in Glasgow has been re-
newed. A hundred and fifteen suspects
have been isolated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22

Democrats Garry Arkansas.
Little Rock. Ark, Sept. 1s.-Complete
returns show that JEFF Davis, DEM. "a
elected governor by a plurality Of ~.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
GENERAL FROST DAMAGE.

North Dakota Was Bitten Badly
This Morning.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 10. - A heavy
frost damaged late corn and fax.
Much of the late flax in the northern
part of the state is said to have been
caught by the cold.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-22
DISSOLVE

Council Fixes the Date of Dissolu-
ton at Sept. 25.
Aberdeen, Sept. 19.-At the meeting
of the council at Balmoral 1t was de-
cided that the dissolution of parlia-
ment is to take place Sept. Is.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-17
VERMONT NEWS.
Bail Refused to Alleged BIgamls,.

A hearing was held at Chelsea Monday
before Assistant Judges II. W. Fits Of
Braintree, and James r, McLam Of Tops
ham, regarding the admission Of bail in the
case of state VS.. j. F. Kimball Of Randolph,
the alleged bigamist recently arrested in
Lynn, Mass, by Boston officers. The mo-
ton was denied.
States attorney II. X. Darling of Chel-
sea, addressed the court and said as the
commitment of the prisoner did not take
place at the regular session of the county
court and as his arrest was not made until
after its adjournment, he was convinced
that the assistant Judges we're not empow-
cred to allow Kimball to go at large on bail.
KimbalPs lawyers, George l.. Stowe Of
Chelsea, and Judge William Nichols of
Randolph asserted that their client had
every right to be admitted TO bail and that
it should not be denied him. The judges
ruled that they had no jurisdiction in the
case.
The next act, it is understood, will be
the instituting Of habeas corpus proceed
ings by Messrs. Stowe and Nichols before
the state supreme court for the release of
their client. Kimball is said to have $4,000
in his possession which he hoped to offer as
security for his bondsmen.