The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-10-06
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The locomotive firernen reelected
Grand Master Sargent. =
The British have occupied Komati-
poort without opposition. (
The wages Of 5000 glass chimney
workers have been advanced.
Normal school graduates will be sent
to the Philippines to teach school.
A heavy snowfall was experienced at
various points in the Rocky mountains.
The California prune crop is selling
at stronger prices than for many yeors
past. '@SsA 81 20 FS
A submarine volcano has been dis
covered at the mouth of the Gulf of
Mexico :
Carl Frederick William Rose of Sag
inaw, Mich, aged ninety, has inherited
a big fortune in Germany.
A sample of plate for the
cruisers Chattanooga and Cleveland
failed to stand the test.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
mel decided In convention at Des
Moines to e next year at Chatta-
nooga. .
Threshers made a record on the farm
of Harris Bros. at Prescott, Wis, by
%threshing 443 bushels of fax in Ave
hours. go -
The United States flax crop is so per
cent larger than last year, IL. 600 BUSH
els Of the increase coming from North
Dakota. ........ . ,,...
The South Pennsylvania Oil company
struck a great oil well in Lewis county,
w. Va. the capacity of which is $500
barrels per day.
President Theodore C. Schaffer Of the
Amalgamated Association of Irof and
Steel Workers, resigned at Youngs-i
town, Ohio. because Of criticisms.
Gov. Stone Of Pennsylvania has APP
pointed William p. Potter of Pittsburg
to the supreme court vacancy caused
by the death Of the late. Justice H.
Green. ,-, ~.
officials of the Western Union Pos.
tai Telegraph and the Telegraph and
Telephone Company of America deny
the report Of a contemplated consolida-
ton, and say that there is no prospect
of such an event.
Owing partly to the scarcity of Nova
Scotia coal in Halifax an order for
1000 tons of steam coal has been placed
in Virginia for immediate delivery for
the use of the British warships making
their headquarters in Halifax.
Dispatches from various points in the
been a heavy snowfall. At Red Noun
<n{n 10 -40 0,,~4xv ~ Co1~ B. --~rr l-E -
ported three feet deep. At Leadville
there is about TIVE inches of snow on
the level.
Miss Viola Allen. scoreqea hit at the
National theater al Washington as
Dona Maria Dolores de Mendoza in
.'In the Palace of the King" It was
the opening of Miss Aliens season In
Stoddard's dramatization. Of Marion
Crawford's novel.
Lawrence Urbaniack. an inmate Of
the La Sale IND county almshouse,
has brought suit against the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific railroad COM
pany for $4,000 for the loss of both
legs above the knees in an accident at
Peru some months ago.
0SOA6 IL = AdAACAS "a G1AlW no
appointed secretary of the Wisconsin
grand commandery Of the Knights
Templar. to succeed the late John w.
Latin. The appointment was made by
I. A. Bishop Of Fond sdu Lac. the head
Of the state jurisdiction.
DR.. 2. BENJAMIN Andrews. formerly
president Of Brown university, later at
the head Of the Chicago public schools,
formally inaugurated chancellor
Of the University Of Nebraska before
a crowd of $500 people. Chancellor
Andrews made an, extended address.
The Seventh battalion OF marines
now being organized In the East tor
service in the Philippines will b com-I
manded by Lieut.. Col GoodrelI. II will
consist Of 200 men. who probably VIII
be sent to San Francisco In detach-
mlents Of 100 each between now iandSths
18th prOx.
The Inheritance tar on Coils !.
FIuntinston,s estate VIII amount .
more than 32e0p..Ooo. llrsaansestln1te pre-
pared . Controller u aIdsSgHb1mtt
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