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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
H IN CORN
PRICE ron NOVEMBER REACHES
F1FTY CENTS.
Makes Good His Promise to
Ran Cor. Zip to Fifty Cents-An
Advance OF Almost Fifteen Gents
In Eoar Weeks-Throush. 1t All
the Brilliant Young Spectator
Keeps HIS Head-Has His Corner
ciacAea and Is In No Danser of
Being Sq.eesed.

Chicago, Nov. as. November corn
touched so cents yesterday. 1t made
an advance Of 5 cents for the day, Of
10 cents a bhshel for the week, and
almost Is cents within four weeks.
Young Mr.. Phillips sold what corn
changed hands at :that point: shorts
did the bying that advanced the mar
ket to the 50-cent quotation.
The s cents advance over the close =
last week made the day the notable
one so far of h campaign. A roar
and a cheer gave notice Of the half
dollar achievement, and there was a
flocking toward The already crowded
corn pit from all over the floor. The
tip-top figure was made in the first
hour. November starting at As cents,
selling between 46 and so cents, and
closing at 40 cents. The slight final
recession was, like the others which
have been experienced, brought about
by selling by the bull leader.
The man with the corner IN the hol-
low of his hand Is apparently not
ready to let it get away from him. He
has watched the speculative careers Of
other men with and believes
the most of them lost because of their
greed to extort the last penny. All the
morning the little corn king stood on
the edge of the pit and watched the
ebb and flow of the battle. Whenever
the clamorous shorts howled up the
price in the face Of unresponsive takers
ne pushed to the front of the line and
let out more corn. .
Fooled the Dealers.
Some of the dealers thought the
notwithstanding Spectator was in
straits and was running to wind up
his string. They jumped on the mar
ket and tried to sell corn at A 1-2.
Phillips turned instantly from seller to
up every man who was offering to
shade the price that he was making.
The decline stopped at once. Phillips
showed to the corn pit that he was its
MASTER: that he could regulate it at
will. The fellows who tried to get
some of the corn kings money In the
delusion that he was weakening are
now wondering where they will get on
on Friday. The closing price was 40
cents, a reaction due to Phillips buy
ing.
Phillips conduct won him great
praise. Few men have been able to
keep a cool head under like circum-
stances. He parted with 10000 BUSH
els, about one-tenth of his holdings.
He bought 100, 900 when the bears tried
to drag him of his pedestal. He made
$4,000. Apparently he is going to
keep the settling price around 80
cents. II the shorts are meditating a
coup on the last day they may wake
up and find that Phillips has closed
out his lire. He claims now that he
cannot be squeezed whatever may hap
pen. So long as he geeps on selling
more than he buys and holds the mar
ket down to so cents he is seemingly
too ninlhle to be crowded off the mar
ket with his corner.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

According to the results of studies by
Prof. A. E. Verrill the beautiful Bet.
muda Islands are merely the remnant
of an island, very much larger than
the present entire group, but which
has sunk in the ocean The original
island had an area of 300 or 400 square
miles. whereas the Bermudas today are
only about twenty square miles in
ares. Within a comparatively recent
period, says Prof. Verrill, the Bermu-
das have subsidized at least 80 or 100
feet; Their base is the summit Of On,
ancient volcano. WINE .n..4 su1.aee
Is composed of shell sand drdfted into
hills by the wind and consolidated by
arbitration.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

The Census Bureau has made public
the returns of the population in Ala
hama. The population of the state in
1900 is 1,82S,697, as against 1.513,017
in 1890, representing al increase since
1880 Of 315,6s0, or 20.8 per cent. This
rate Of increase is slightly greater than
that for the decade from 1880 to 1880
when 1t was 1913 per cent The popu-
lation In 1900 is more than fourteen
times as large rs that given for 1920.
the hrst census taken after its organi-
ntion 4 9 q state. in 1919. The total
land surface Of Alabama 10 approx
mately 51.540 square miles, the aver
age number Of persons to the square
mile at the censnses Of 1880 and 1900
being 2s.3 In 1890 and 35.4 In 1900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

Captain s.. P. Emmerson, who haA
1ust died in Denver, was distinguished
rs the leader of a company of irregular
Confederate forces, commonly known
rs guerrillas, who hoped to capture or
destroy Chicago. Captain Emmerson
escaped capture on that occasion by
stealing a horse and riding away.
Many of the exploits Of his command
were as daring as those of the Guam
trell, Morgan or Moseby raiders. He
was once captured in Kentucky, but
escaped by cutting a hole in the rooa
Of his prison. Captain Emmerson was
a warm friend to the James boys, He
never recovered from the grief caused
BY the fall of the C~onfederacy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
From w.shinxton.

From Washington.
Postmaster General Smith has con-
cluded a parcels post, convention with
Venezuela
The collections Of internal revenue for
October aggregate $27, 464, 495, against
SIG, IA, 44s for the same month last year.
Postmaster General Smith gave an
unqualified denial to q public report
that he intended to resign next month
President. Mckinley has taken under
consideration the appeal of Lieut.. Col
Russell Harrison to he allowed to re-
main in the army.
The postoffices al Eagle Bend and
Elbow Lake, In Minnesota, have been
assigned to the presidential lass and
the salaries increased t os$1.0 900 a year.
The secretary Of the United States
legation at Lima, Peru, has sent to
lation of a monetary law passed
by the Peruvian government.
Maj. William G.. Taylor, Sixth infan-
try, appeared before the retiring board
in Washington. He had been under
orders for Manila, but that assignment
has been revoked and he will go upon
the retired list. y
The United States supreme court has
rendered a decision in the case OF
William Austin VS.. the State of Texas.
upholding the validity of the state law
regulating the sale OF cigarettes. The
law was attacked as an infringement
Of the right of congress ts regulate
interstate commerce.
The navy department has received q
report from Commander B. F. Tilley.
the commandant of the naval station at
Page Page, on the Island of Tutila,
Samoa. Peace and quietness, says
Commander Tilley, prevail everywhere
amor the natives, and they are ODE
.dient, tractable and Industrious
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

Prof. Kolthof Of Sweden, who .
Gently returned from Greenland with
q pair Of musk oxen. one of the OBJ
jects of his travels, believes these in
.teresting animals can be acclimatized
in the north of Sweden. In matter. OF
food, he says, they are as easily
pleased a the American goat that d.
gests oyster cans. A full-grown OK
will weigh between 1,400 and $500
pounds, and its flesh is good eating.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Rloter. Go to Pri.on.

Akron, Ohio, Nov. 28.-Judge Kohler
sentenced five of the Akron rioters
who have been convicted. Harvey
Earl, Frank Sickles, David Davis and
oliver Morgan were sent to the Ohio
-eformatcry for indefinite periods and
James McClelland to the p~enitentiary
Tor one year. Thomas Ryan, charged
with attempting to bribe a witness in
the Eppley case, attempted suicide by
hanging in the Jail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
neuple Talked About

Former Gov. George A. Ramsdell Of
New Hampshire, died of apoplex1, aged
sixty-six years.
Gen. Schalkburger. acting president
of the T%ransvall, died of wounds re-
ceiyed in battle.
Baron Oran1nore and Browne, a rep.
resentative peer for Ireland since 1869
is dead He was born June 8. 1919.
Mrs. Serosina C. Patterson, widow
Of the late Admiral Patterson, U. s. n.
is dead at her home on Staten Island.
Frederick w. Royce. widely knouH
as an inventor, electrician and veteran
telegraph operator, dropped dead fro1a
apoplexy in Washington.
Robert C. Briskeil. ex- chief justice OF
Alabama and for many years one of the
most prominent jurists of the South.
died after a short ilinessJ
Capt. Peter Everett, who served un-
der Gen. Morgan, Confederate. in the
Civil war, is dying of e~rysipelas in the
insane asylum at Lexington, Ky.
Mrs. Annie Dunmire, formerly wife
of Charles ]. Guiteau. the assassin of
President Garfield, took out a license
in Chicago to marry Enoch Allen.
Rev. David Walker Dresser, d. D..
st. D.. rector Of Emmanuel Episcopal
church. Champaign, and senior priest
of the diocese of Springfield, ILL.,, is
dead.
Attorney General Griggs, upon his re.
tirement from the cabinet, will open a
law office in New York. 1t is said that
he will also have an Office in Washing
ton.
Col. Charles Caughlin, who was a
member Of Commander-in-Chie f Van
dervoort's staff, and has been editor of
the Toledo Blade thirty-six years, is
dead.
William George, a farmer living near
Wooster, No.. died of hydrophobia.
foaming al the mouth and swapping
at his attendants. He was bitten in
the hand last September by a terrier.
Lieut.. Francis Joy Haeseler, u. s. N.
died at the naval hospital in New York
of typhoid fever. Lieut.. Haeseler was
eminent as an electrician and was an
expert in the application of compressed
air in mechanics.
Charles R. Tyler, the oldest letter
carrier in the United States, died of
heart disease in Brooklyn. Mr.. Tyler,
who was born eighty years ago., had
been in the employ of the postoffice de-
pa:!ment about fifty years.
Father Rosario Nasca Of Milwaukee.
who became generally known in con-
nection with the Italian colonization in
Louisiana, Hawaii, Central America
and other countries. died in New Or
leans. He recently visited Alabama and
vas preparing for a trip to Spanish
Honduras.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
De.tb sentence Commuted.

Boise, Idaho. Nov. 2S.-The board of
pardons ccmmuted the sentence of a
Chipaman named zee Wee, sentenced
to be hanged for murder, whose con-
viction was brought about by a written
statement trs nslated in court as a con-
fession. His attorney subsequently
had the Chinese legation at Washing
ton translate the statement which
placed a different construction upon it
and saved him from the gallows.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

An electric railway is to be con-
structed between Liverpool and Man
chester, intended especially for the
swift transportation of passengers. 1t
is said that the system adopted will be
that OF the single elevated rail, the
cars being suspended from the rail.
The projectors talk of sending trains
from one city to the other, a distance
of about Twenty-Five miles, in fifteen
minues, or at the rate Of lis miles an
hour.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Break In the Erie Canal.

Rome. N. Y, Nov. 2S.-A break oc-
Cured In the sixty-mile. level of the
Erie canal four miles west Of here.
One hundred feet Of bank went out
and the water rushed down on the
flats The water is swiftly going out
and all boats on the canal will be
grounded where they are.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
TELEPHONE DECLINED.

Offer Made to the Municipality OF
Moscow Not Well Received.
st. Petersburg, Nov. ga Swedish
telephone company has offered to give
the Moscow municipality &C telephone
system, but the municipality has de-
clined, the subscription price. - rubles,
being~considered too low,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Damaeed During Initiation.

NdS VU DUIHH8
Clinton, Iowa. Nov. %. Joseph
Burke of this city a begun an &C
ton which contemplates damages for
injuries alleged to have been received
on the evening of Dec. Is. 1898. when
he was initiated into the Modern
Woodman camp at Charlotte. In his
petition Mr.. Burke makes no reference
to the Modern Woodman camp, but,
instead. brings the suit against Chas.
w. Beeby, Martin Dolan and Michael
Hines. who, it is understood. are menu
bers of the Charlotte Woodman camp
and took part in the initiatory cere-
monies.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
LOSS OF LIFE By FLOOD.

Addition Fatalities Reported From
Flooded Portion of South.
Memphis, Tenn, Nov. Is. - Several
additional lives are reported lost as a
result of the flood following the recent
tornado. Near D%yersburg a woman
and two children were thrown into the
stream by the collapse of the levee,
and were drowned. A colored man was
drowned in the Forked Deer river n
a mail carrier lost his life In Caney
Creek,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

Kerschdorf, near Heidelberg, has q
lively ninety-one-year-old blacksmith
and church warden who recently
climbed to the top of the chnrch
.eteeple and tied a new rope to the bell
after the younger men in the village
had refused to risk themselves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

Recent improvements in telephoto
cameras are said to have obviated the
old difficulty which required long ex-
posures. and have rendered it possible
to take pictures with such cameras as
quickly as with those of ordinary con-
struction. The Improvement has been
effected by placing a tube, containing
q positive lens at one end and a mega
tive at the other, in front of the or
binary lens of the camera.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
LACE WORKERS CAN STAY.

Decision OF the Treasury Depart
nent as to Dowie's Colony
Washington, Nov. 2S.-The treasury
department decided to admit h lace
workers and their families who were
brought to this country by DR.. J. A.
Dowie, the 4divine healer" and the
founder of a religious order. h Is a
reversal of the order of the Philadel-
phia immigration officials, who had de-
cided that the lacemakers should not
be admitted to this country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Otherwise.

A.a
Statistics show thai the manufacture
of oleomargarine is increasing. y
Intense cold prevails in the State Of
Washington and British Columbia.
An enthusiastic welcome was given
the returning members of the Chicago
Boer ambulance corps recently.
Portland, Maine. was selected by the
National Grange, Patrons Of Husband
~, as the place for the next conven-
tion.
It is said that the British gunboat
Pheasant has been sent to Colombia
to see about the seizure Of the steamer
Taboga for a transport.
Benjamin ]. Hamm, formerly a prom
inent commission merchant and known
as the Turkey King" of South Water
street, Chicago. has become insane.
Tobert J.. Stell, treasurer of the Nor
adnock Land and Investment company
of Chicago has disappeared. It is said
his books show a shortage of $4,000.
The dividends on the preferred stock
of the American Linseed Oil company
has been passed, and the concern. It is
said. is to be "amicably" reorganized.
All efforts to purchase the Rogers
locomotive works at Paterson. N. J.,
have failed. n the plant is not sold By
Dec. 4 Mr.. Rogers says he will close It
Chicago is facing.a coal famine. The
early closing of lake traffic and the
: shortage OF cars on the railroads
threaten to reduce the fuel supply t.
49, ~Nfnk% Et@-E5-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Greek. ana Catholic. Fight.

Tacoma. Wash. Nov. ga fight be-
tween a Roman Catholic and q Greek
at Wilkeson developed into a pitched
battle with 200 Greeks against as
many Roman Catholics. the fighters
on both sides being coal miners. Clubs
and iron bars were used and several
heads were broken. Finally %revolvers
We're brought into use and bullets
caused the mob to flee. No one was
killed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Phy.lclan Murdered.

Marysville, Ohio, Nov. 2S.-Dr. H. A.
Hamilton, a prominent physician Of
this place, was shot to death. Alfred
Ain, who had accused the doctor of
causing the separation of Ain and his
wife, is under arrest. No one saw the
shot fired and the doctor died without
making any statement.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
~cRREMATED.

Mothers Attempt to save Re-
suited In Fatal narns.
Longfellow. Tex, Nov.a26s--sTWo small
children Of Prof. James Reynolds OF
Longfellow were burned to death.
They fell ,headlong into the fire. The
mother in attempting & save the chill
dren was fatally burned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
4L .gasfs5.a %5 1900 y $50 - Tst9C y
COUNT ALL or NOTHING.
Chairnnn. Rosln9's Scheme ior
Partial Ree0unt In Minnesota De-

ChAirRnn. ROslnR's Bcnena ~ 49,
Partial Reeount In
clined.
ing's proposition, made last frluay,
for a recount of the gubernatorial Vots
in eight counties, was considered .yesr
terday at an informal meeting Of the
executive committee of h
state central committee. Secretary
whitney notified Mr.. Rosing maj. y
Gov. Lind desires to contest Gov eiec.
Van SAINTS title title toFthe once 70
which he has been regularly and duiy
elected, no technical objection VIII pe
raised by the committee, but that .ne
committee will have nothing to 90 Will
his scheme for a partial recount.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Gasoline TANK Explode..

Gasoline Tank Expl0des.
Pittsburg, Nov. 2s.-At 1 o'clock this
morning a gasoline tank in the West
inghouse foundry. Allegheny, exploded,
forcing a heavy casting through the
roof, partially demolisbing the >wan
and badly burning four workmen. w.
I. :Hillcry was SO seriously burned that
he cannot recover.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Dead on the Prairie.

Broken Bow. Neb., Nov. %. - The
lifeless body Of w. H. Fullhart, an ec-
centric, well-to-do ranchman living
near Anselmo, was found on the
prairie yesterday. Fullhart had been
murdered. Mis- skull was crushed a;
mile from his home. His hired man is
missing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Almost wiped Out.

Saston, Pa. Nov. %. - Fire almost
completely wiped out the extensive
cement plant Of Grouse & Cramp Of
Philadelphia, located at Martins Fer
ry. The loss will amount to 500, 900;
insured for half that amount.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
WILL CLIMB

Intrepid E~nglishman win Explore
Pacific Coast Peaks.
Vancouver, B. c.. Nov. 2s.-Edward
Whymper, gold medalist of the Royal
Geographical Society Of London and q
celebrated mountain climber. is pre-
pairing to ascend all the notable peaks
Of the Pacific coast hitherto unex-
plored.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

No matter how poor a native OF the
Hawaiian islands may be, he is never
seen begging. The only beggars
sthere, are chiefly the impoverished
Portuguese residents.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

Owing to the big vintage and the
scarcity Of casks wine is selling at n
cent a quart at many vineyards in the
Bordeaux district of France.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

Prof. Emil Yung, of Geneva, Swift
erland, has counted the ants in five
nests Their numbers were 53,018, g.
40, 1888, 1854, 47.S29.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

New York city has 1922 polling
places, only 81 less than the whole
state Of Nebraska, and 9 more than
there are in North Carolina
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Floodea Town.

Athens, Ca. Nov. eS.-As q result 81
the heavy rains the reservoir near
Chauncey burst and flooded the town;
a mile away. The reservoir covered
three acres and was twenty feet deep.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
wAsHBuRN, NORTH DAKOTA.
II q man has chronic dyspepsia It b
hard to convince him that the world
- growing better.

IN 1889, by an act Of Parliament, the
use of dogs in London to draw carts
as beasts Of burden was abolished.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
sAMoLls' uPRIsE.
CommlssIoner Jenner Reported M1r-
lered by Thea

coum ..ioner Jenner Reported Mr.
aered by Then.
Zanzibar, Nov. g Four thousand
Somalis have, risen against the govern.
mert in Jubaland. British East Africa.
Colonies Ternan and Hatch, with 500
men. are proceeding against them from
Nombasa to Kismayn, and the British
cruiser Magicienne a also sailed lor
the latter place. A party headed oy
Subcommissioner Jenner, who IL IN the
interior, is said to be In danger.
o
London, Nov. 2S.--The foreign ONCE
has been informed that Commissioners
Jenner has been murdered by the
Somalis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01

"A man usually laughs when he Is
amused; a woman usually laughs when
she thinks other people think she
ought to laugh.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
FortiEn Netes.

The Congo Free State boundary. dis
pute has been settled In favor of Ger
many.
The reichstag at Berlin contemplates
Increasing duties OF imports Q b
United States.
The Italian government has opened
another prosecution for selling works
of art to foreigners.
The Russian budget for h first seven
amonths Of 1900 shows an i~ncreasesof
q, 100000 roubles IN ordinary receipts
over 1899.
An oficial= OF the German foreign
Office says that punitive expeditions
against the Chinese will soon and.
no other beside the present one would
be ordered. Sss
Even those who synpathize with the
movement that led to the Htspano-3
American4congress say digpatch,.
from Madrid. will not Ne satis1eds with,
the results OF the congresss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
Slna AMI Sinners.

William and Thomas Halderman.
brothers. were hanged in Tombstone,
Ariz., for the murder of Ted Moore.
William Sullivan, the murderer OF
Spencer Gaylord, the Waterman OF q
Tuolon1e county gold mine. was hanged
at San Quetin, Cal. 4.
Three convicts made q dash for liber-
ty at the kansas penitentiary recent
". One was killed and two escaped.
but are being pursued by a posse.
The stories of a wholesale graveyard
robbery in Spring Brook cemetery. Ne
WACO county, Mich. prove to be utter
" false. The officials deny all know
ledge OF the robbery.
r. E harrington vas arrested In
Chicago on the charge of obtaining
money on false pretenses from 7. J..
Gist Of Falls City, Neb. harrington
for ten years was q broker in Falls
City.
In the United States district court in
Chicago John r. Roney pleaded guilty
to charges Of extensive frauds in the
sale of oleomargarine. Roney has been
conducting a lucrative business for
years.
A gang Of robbers and hold-up men.
composed principally of ex-convicts.
whom the police believe nave e re-
sponsible for the reign Of crime on the
| North Side. Chicago. was captured by
the police after a lively fight.