The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-10-20
NEWS m BRIEF.

Overflow EroM the Wires macon
ensed Forn.
I Charles Fargo, second Vice presi-
dent OF the American Express ON
pany and an old resident Of Chicago.
10 dead.
King Leopold OF Belgium has arr
rived In Parisstt to visit the exposition.
but to the disappointment of the
Parisians he will remain %incognito.
The members OF the Chilean cabinet
! have resigned owing to a political
! cause. It is believed that the crisis
is OF short duration. No alarm is
felt, Il
The members OF the United states
supreme court called as a body upon
the president. as is usual on the an
nual r~eassembling of the court. to pay
their respects.
James L. Rankin, prominent In the
American Tin Plate company, was In
stantly killed in Pittsburg by a street
car while riding his horse along
Forbes venue
A minor official. Of the Vatican has
been arrested on the charge of giving
the thieves access to the room from.
which the sum OF. about $4,000 lire
was recently stolen.
Vanity Fair says 1t is believed that
Lord Curzon of KedIeston will resign
his position as viceroy of India owing
to the i'll health Of his wife, who was
formerly Miss Letter Of Chicago.
The president will recommend to
congress the payment Of an indemnity
to the families Of the four Italians
who were the victims Of q mob at
Tallaluh, La, about two years ago.
A dozen leading merchants of Ard
more, Ind. T., were arrested and their
places of business closed by Capt
Ellis. and a squad of Indian police for
refusal to pay the Indian tribal tax.
The Shah Of Persia while in Buda-
pest consulted an eminent specialist
and was informed that he was affect
ed with heart trouble and that the
condition of his kidneys would grow
serious unless strict dieting was b
served. 4tff ;s$t
Capt. Reiter, who will command the
battleship Wisconsin when h IL
placed in commission, telegraphed the
navy department that the vessel
would probably not be completed and,
ready to go into commission before
Dec. Is. e3 %
Coal and gas in paying quantities
were found cas- Of st. Joseph, Mossata.
depth of a little more than 1,00O6feet-,
The gas will be piped to the cityasAts
once IL the supply holds out as 1t pronnas-.
ises to. A vein of GAL that may reach
two feet in thickness vas found &c
John H. Lawrence, formerly OF
Cleveland, Ohio. was shot and killed
at Brighton, Colo. by Henry Dillmon.
Dillmon was taken to the, Arapahoe
county Jail in Denver to save him
from l%ynching. Lawrence was once
mayor Of Brighton and a G. A. r..
veteran. % !
Moses Fowler Chase, the young
millionaire of Lafayette, Ind, has dis
appeared. from the private insane
asylum near Paris. where he had
=. been placed by his aunt. Mrs. Duhme
of Cincinnati. The family dispute over
the young mans sanity has rearisen
and will probably go to the courts.
Most of the members of the Ameri-
| can coloky in Paris attended a mat
inee at the Folies Marignay theater
for the benefit of the Galveston suf-
IererS. A COmIOrtaDle -SuIH was Iedl-
| lied. The artists who gave their
services Included Ellen Beach Yaw,
Olga Nethersole, Nine. Rejane and
Jane Harding.
Conan Doyle. 1t seems, was defeated
for parliament through a false poster.
spread broadcast throughout Edin-,'
burg on the morning of election. The
poster, which was printed In large
letters, declared that Doyle was nots
only a Roman Catholic. but a JesuitF
in disguise, and was also scheminR to-
undermine. the Church of Scotland.
Rev. Father William Fl. Ketcham Of
Ant1ers. Ind. T., has been appointed and
will soon take charge Of the entire
Catholic Indian missions of the United
States with headquarters at Washing
ton. Father Ketcham vas for three
years pastor Of the Catholic congrega--s
ton at Muscogee, and also had charge
Of the mission work at this place and
all Of the Cherokee Nation and the
EQuapaw agency.
Arrests for ILLEGAL R~eRlatrati0n t