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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
No Need to Hurry.

A former rector Of a certain Lanca-
shire town was walking, n misty
night, through a street in his parish,
when he fell into q deep hole on the
top of tile water pipes which were be-
ing repaired.
There was no ladder by which he
could make his escape, and he began to
cry out for help.
A laborer. passing by. heard the
cries. and. looking down, asked the
rector who he was.
The rector told him. whereupon the
laborer said :
"Well. tina can stop down till OF
COON back: tha'll not be wanted till
Sunday."-Spare Moments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

ASb1Ne091Cs F
Politics is barred from Dewey's Chi.
cago trip.
Barker and. Donnelly were endorsed
by the Georgia Populist party.
Georgia sawmills will reduce the vel.
low pine output fully one-third.
Prof. Selonis Of Greenville, Mich, is
dead from the bite Of q snake.
]. R. Leese Of Monterey, Cal, will
urge a $4,000 claim against Mexico.
A general strike has been ordered at
Houston. Texas. b the Builders Trade
assembly.
/, J. J. Hill will build 20.OOO-ton ships
to compete with the Suez canal for ORR
entail trade.
The marine hospital service has been.
notified that yellow fever Is epidemic
in San Salvador.
@. ID. Lane, Los Angeles, Cal, chair
man Of the national silver committee,
is now a gold miner.
At Sedalia. Mo-, Leslie O'Rear Mar
shall was nominated for congress by
the Seventh district Republican conven-
ton 70
The Lexington. KY, chamber Of
commerce. has sent an invitation to
Admiral Dewey to visit Lexington on
his trip South.
An English syndicate has closed a
deal. for eighty acres of zinc and lead
mineral lands ut Galena. Kan, the con-
sideration. being $4,000.
The Ohio supreme court has handed
down q decision sustaining the law
which prohibits the c0loring Of .0le0-
margarine in imitation Of butter.
The body Of John Coleman Of Shelby
VILE. Ind. VINO disappeared Feb. (, was
found in the river. Mrs. George Rose,
a.medium. directed the search.
(. At. Joliet, ILL.,. the strike Of bricklay-
ers- and stonemasons has been settled.
The men are given. eight hours per day
and so and As cents per hour, respect
lively.
Pope Leo granted an audience to the
officers and crew Of the United States
auxiliary cruiser Dixie and presented
them with q chalice In commemoratioD
Of the visit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
SUITS SETTLED by MARRIAGE.

Damage Suits and Judgments in
sum of $4,000 Further Cupid's
Cause.
shelbyville, ILL.,, April 15.-Recently
a Miss Leefe Suburban obtained a $1O.-
600 verdict against Samuel Norton for
breach Of promise. Wednesday she
commenced a $4,000 libel suit against
him. and followed it with O suit for
$4,000 damages. Last evening every
thing was happily settled by the mar
riage of the parties.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

The director of the Geological Sur
vey has. had an appraisement made
by experts to determine the value of
the specimens of fossil dinosaurs be-
longing to the collection of the late
Prof. o. C. Marsh, which have been
turned over to the National Museum
in Washington. According to this
estimate the skulls of the monster
triceratops, or "three-horned beast"
are worth at least $4,000 apiece, while
other skulls vary in value from $50 to
$3.50. The head and neck of the tri-
ceratops were covered by an enormous
bony helmet seven or eight feet long.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
MOTHER AND DAucHTERs. DEAD.

Girls Suffer Terrible Death bS Fire.
Denver. April 15.-A lamp exploded
in the home Of Mrs. Jennie Simonton
and Mrs. Simonton and twin daughters
were burned to death. Simont0n left
his wife and children sleeping peace
fully when he went to his work as 3
cook in a restaurant at 5 O'clock.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

Population of the four greatest cit
les Of the Russian empire is given as
follows in the figures of the recent
census: st. Petersburg, 1,132,677;
Moscow, with it's two suburbs, 98S,614;
Odessa, 405. 041 "a great increase since
1922, and Warsaw, 626,072. Contrary
to what is observed almost universally
throughout Europe, the men outnum-
Der the women in the three frst-nanl-
ed communities, while in the last,
Warsaw, the proportion Of women is
but slightly superior to that of men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

Among the as yet unexplored spots
IN the earth which arctic be scientific
cally attacked during the coming year
is Sannikon Land, lying north Of the
New Siberia Islands, about 300 miles
from the nearest point on the Siberian
coast. A Norwegian party will try to
reach the place in 1901 from the
mouth of the Lena River, where they
propose to spend hext winter. The
coming summer will be consumed in
fixing the camp on the Lena.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
A scheme OF HI. Own.

Brown-Why on earth have you got
that sign up in your front window,
saying that the house will be vacant
on the first of the month";
Jones-Oh. That's Just a little scheme
Of NINE We want to get the impress;
sion out In the neighborhood that we're
going to move IN that day. We won't
70 Until the day after. you zee. / just
had a curiosity to- know how manygof
the neighb0rs intend to return the
things they've Observation-Disclosures
Sun. & Il.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
unfortunate Happenings.

Fire destroyed eight vessels at Rock
Island.
A million dollar fire occurred at Pitts
burg last week.
Probably fifty lives were lost by a
food in Texas.
Fire in the shipping yards at West
| Superior. Wis, caused q loss OF $2O.OOO.
Damos & Gould's hardware store ut
Fitchburg, Mass, suffered $4,000 by
fire.
J. J. Hills special train met with an
accident in Montana, burt no one was
injured.
A Chicago.electric car was struck by
an. engine. Three persons were In
jured.
The Schultz piano ard organ factory
at. Chicago burned recently. Loss
$4,000.
!. The. Edwardsburg starch works at
CARDINAL, Ont, suffered 100000 loss
by fire.
Reilly Gregory was burned in the
livery barn Of Ward Bros. &tCo., at
Peru, Ind.
The box factory Of Edward 6. Smith
In New York was destroyed by fire.
Loss $250,O0o.
The transportation building on the
Omaha exposition grounds was de
stroyed by fire.
The n. d. Hunt Stamping conpany's
plant in Cleveland was destroyed by
fire. Loss $185,O0O.
j. Ewing. a government mail. agent,
fell from a train and was killed at
Grand Forks, N. D.
L. e. Mcclure. eighty-fpur years old,
was struck and killed By q Chicago Il
Alton train at Dwight, III.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
MklNLEY,s SECRETARY.

John Addison Porter Compelled t.
Resign ON Account IF III Health.
Washington, April u. - The presi-
dent this morning appointed George
Cortelyou his private secretary, vice
John Addison Porter, resigned. Cortel-
you is from New York, and has been
assistant secretary for some time. III
health CT used Mr.. Porter's resignation.
He has been i'll the greater part OF the
time for months.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

1t is curious to note that the last
three theaters burned in Paris have
all been state or, as they are called in
France, Subsidized" houses-the
Opera (1873), the Opera Comique
(1887) and now the Francois. But
whereas twelve years elapsed between
the burning of the Opera Comique and
the rebuilding, the Francois will, it is
said. be .reopened by the middle Of
July.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
DEFY H UNION.

Contractors Say They Will Complete
the Marshall Field Building.
Chicago, April Is. = An open letter
was given out by the contractors in
which it is announced. with special
reference to the strikers and all unions
AFFILIATED with the building trades cOun-
Gil. that the contractors intend to com.
plete the Marshall Field building with
non-Cnion labor. no matter what Diff
ficulties are met.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
CALvE ABOUT TO RETIRE.

Great Singer In Poor Health and Has
Decided to Quit the Stage.
New York, April 15.-Emma Calve.
the greatest Carmen" in the world in
the opinion of lovers Of grand opera,
will probably never be heard again in
America after the close Of the present.
season. Calve has not been In good
health for some years. She is rich and
can afford to retire. and, according to
friends. has decided to do DO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

The Chicago papers are still devot-
ing space to contributors who want to
prove that Rev. Sheldon made a fall
ure. in trying to run the Topeka Daily
Capital "as Christ would probably run
a newspaper" Thus they are demon
strating how the devil runs his news
papers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

A Kansas paper says: Judge Ny
ers pronounced Staynczstraw Baczyn-
ski a citizen last week" If the judge
pronounced Staynczstraw's name at
the same time he ought to go out lee
turing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
'wAsaBURN, : NORTH DAKOTA.

Count de Castellane says the future
Of this country is perilous. The re-
auction of the counts income has fill
ed. him with an alarm that is hardly
justified.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
STOLE RING FROM CORPSE.
Buried
-

Salvation Army Woman Was Buried
without Her WedA,ng RtER.
New Brunswick. ~ j., April IS. =
Mrs. Hannah Buzzee. late captain OF
the local Salvation Army, has been
buried without Ter wedding ring.
While. her friends were absent FROM!
the room where the coffin was some
thief stole the gold band, d~isarranging
the corpse. 80 AK =,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
The Bungler.

She-Sometimes 1 think you love me
for my beauty only, and when that is
gone you will love me no longer"
He-Now. how could you get such a
foolish dea?-Indianapolis Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
suspected Counterfeitera.

Suspected Counterfeitera.
New York, April, l5.-Upon the arr
Sicily. who are suspected of. being:
,counterfeiters. gs@s@x
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
Foreign Gos.ip.

Berlin papers are moi in favor of an.
other Pan-American congress. E.
Colombian advices state that Savan.
lilo is threatened by insurgents.
The imperial court has ordered a new
trial in the Berlin gambling cases.
. The Austrian emperor proposes to
visit Berlin. 1t is a popular projec,.
There is a strong feeling in Denmark
against The sale Of the Danish West
Indies
The French chamber Of deputies has
finally decided to let the army control
the navy.
German advocates of the navy in
rease bill are pleased. The pope may
help them.
Guatemalan political exiles' sins are
forgiven. and they may now return to
that country.
Leon Gaget, the alleged culprit in the
Paris espionage caSe, is a clerk in a
Paris banking house.
Germany is not in the proposed naval
demonstration by the powers at the
port CT Taku. China.
German papers comment on the
bright outlook for future trade between
Germany and America.
Arthur Griswiths. Irish editor ut
Dublin. will go to Jail for fourteen
DAYS for assaulting the proprietor of
the Irish Figaro.
The parents of Jean Baptiste Sipido.
who made the attempt on the life OF
the prince of Wales. have addressed u
petition to Queen Victoria in the. inter-
ests of their son.
IT. is reported from. .Constantinople
that the bubonic plague has appeared
at the Asir district among the Benz
Amer tribes. There have been two
deaths in the village of Lesfa.
The steamer Monmouthshire brings
news that the Commentaries of Japan
are agitating the question of Japan OBJ
tanning a foothold in Foollien province,
in Southern China, opposite Formosa.
The emperor of Austria will proba.
bly, pay a visit to the German court on
the 9th Of May. The occasion of the
visit is the coming age of the German
crown prince. Franz Josef is n of
his godfathers. r
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT ACCEPT.

Rough Rider Cannot Be Prevailed
Upon to Be Mckinley's Running
Nate. i&fte
Washington, April IL. President
Mckinley, after a conference over the
long distance telephone with Gov.
Roosevelt. is satisfied that it will be
impossible to gain the consent of the
governor to accept the vice-presidential
nomination. Word to this effect has
been passed around among Republican
leaders. and as a result they r all at
sea as to MI. McKinley's running mate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21
RGw@ 81 QZ)GGK

Crimes and Criminals.
Five Porto Ricans were garroted AZ
Ponce recently.
A score Of non-union workmen were
badly beaten by union pickets In. CHI
cago.
A clerk in the Decatur p~ostofice has
been arrested for robbing the mails TOT
three years. &' d.
NJ. Bodager, a farmer near Lima,
Ohio. was found dead hanging IN q
neighbours barn. '
A man was arrested in New York ac-
cuSed of completely in the theft OF $l6,'
coo worth of beer stamps.
Mrs. Rudolph Cravens, supposed to
be insane. set fire to a barn at Lapel,
Ind. and persisted In the flames.
Yes Steel was shot and killed by
William Davis near Auburn, Ind. Jeal-
ousy was the cause. Davis was ar
rested.
Six prisoners awaiting trial in United
States and county courts made an in
%cifectual attempt to break Jail ut Mar
uuettt, Mich.
\ non-union plasterer working in the
basement Of the Marshall, Field build
ing. Chicago. was assaulted and seri-
oEsly injured by a union pick Tuesday.
William Busby, a rich farmer. was
found guilty of manslaughter ut Ko-
komo. Ind. He killed Grin Springer,
a hunter, while trespassing on his
farm.
United States secret service officers
from Philadelphia arrested William
Mohlere ut Paterson, N. j., while he
was st work manufacturing counter.
felt money.
w. L. Williams. q retired merchant
Of Columbus, Ohio, disappeared March
:. His body. badly decomposed, was
found in the canal. The police believe
he was murdered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-21

d ii Wtia
Z. Waa
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16

sxo OF the specimens It "a and 7
a5.- we're far superior TO aay ever growE
heFp. they having averaged sucro<e coz
tent Of rs PER esnt- This yieid Is fuuv
Sue-thfri ss Er~sr again As thar OF tb@
canes nov grown IN Cur state and < To
s,e booked at IN the light Of Goi-@sud to
the sugar industry
These nev canes. besides having The
above mentioned characteristics, ara lcrS
Pointed ard very hardy Their roots grow
very deep and stronz. in fact they ars
reported a. being the only canes AZ the
station tnat were 10, blown over By the
heavy wind of September 9Th Besides,
the stnbbIe from them stEains e1eeIIenr
stand and rruws with great vizor.
A. shipments Of these valuable canes
are now being made to the planters
throughout the parishes no one should
fail 70 avail themselves OF the opportunity
Of procuring bundle, which viii he sen,
out on application to DR. W c Stubbs.
Audubon Park New Orleans
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16

These figures show n net aggregate de
crease for the seven counties of 7,131 he
tween 1890 and 1900. or over o per cent
Very aptly the Times says. the ques-
tion at once arises What can possibly
be the cause of such an astonishing diff
ference in the progress of these two
groups of counties during the past decade
on the one hand an increase of over 20
per cent and on the other a decrease OF
nearly 10 per cent? 1t needs but su-
perfcial glance at the conditions prevail
ing in the two sections TO answer this
question. In these seven northern coun-
ties big grain fields predominate over the
orchards. the work on them being done by
gangs of men. mostly unmarried, who
work during the brief plowing and har-
vesting seasons. and then pack their blan-
kots and leave for other parts. To a great
extent the ranchers buy their dairy prod
ucts. fruit. vegetables and other supplies.
of Chinese truck farmers.
On the other hand in the southern
counties small tracts are the rule. aver
aging in size from ten acres TO twenty
acres. on which are raised, by means ot
irrigation. horticultural crops which
WELD handsome return TO the owner
who rs a rule also produces his own fod-
der. and milk. and butter. and eggs. and
vegetables. and even his own firewood
Consequently. his necessary cash outlay
for living expenses is comparatively small,
and a large proportion of the net returns
for his crop can he spent on improve
ments, or for the comforts and luxuries
of life. or be laid by in the bank The diff
ference IS. in brief grain growing versus
fruit growing, large tracts versus small
holdings
1t should be added that this is not
new condition of affairs. The census u
1890 credited more than go per cent of
the increase to the seven southern coun-
ties while several of the grain growing
counties in Northern California showed
decrease for the decade. These striking
statistics of the conditions in California
should not be lost upon the land owners
of Hawaii. 1t is in the home that the
strength of the state is founded. and il is
TO the home builder that this territory
must look to its development in the fu-
ture. Hawaii wants American citizens 10
come here and make homes and TO help
build mp great state. and this can best
be accomplished by the fruit grower and
small farmer.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16
XII GETS FIVE YEARS.
Native Convicted of Burning.
Cane Field at Wainae.

Xii. a native Hawaiian. was yesterday
sentenced TO five years at hard labor for
malicious burning. The trial took place
yesterday before a jury in the circuit
court and was quite brief
Last March Xii set fire to a field of
sugar cane. the property of the Wainae
company, and was arrested and bound
over to the grand jury. That body found
true Indictment against him of two
counts. Besides setting fire to cane
field himself. Xii also commanded and
compelled Nalopi to do a like act and
was held to answer as an accessory be-
fore the crime
The witnesses in the trial were Ma
lopi. Pung Chez. All Lok. Fred Meyers
and Judge kekahuna. The evidence
was all in early in the afternoon and
the jury was out but short time. when
the verdict was returned. after which
Judge Humphreys pronounced the SEN
tenee.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16
Science Aids the Sugar Planter.

Ifrois fkc Sagar Plaasers' Joaral.I
The news has just been given out by
Dr. VIM. G. Stubs. director of the ex-
pertinent station al Audubon. Of his hav-
ing successfully cultivated species of cane
which yield nearly third more of sugar
per ton. besides giving a greater tonnage
to the acre. than does the ordinary va
riety of cane now commonly grown in
Louisiana
Nothing more gratifying TO the sugar
planters of Louisiana could have been
told than this, for while making rapid
strides in the various mechanical devices
for the manufacture of sugar. they felt
that the beet sugar industry had sur
passed them in regard 10 securing q bet
terment of the sucrose content by iu-
dicious seed selection
BY series of experiments covering
period of six years past DIR. Stubs
and his efficient corps has endeayored TO
select from number of Trinidad canes.
planted as experiment. those which were
found TO be best adapted. in growth and
saccharine development. to the climate of
Louisiana After many painstaking COM
psrisons and analyses. ii was found that
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16
MATTERS CONSIDERED
IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

The executive council met yesterday
transacting but little business. The cor,
respondence upon the subject of contest
ing the election of Robert Wilcox as
delegate was read by Attorney General
Dole together with his brief. The mat
ter was not discussed by the other mem
bers of the council.
An application for a dealers liquor
license by Robert Waialeale was refused
The leakage of the sewer system was
discussed by ]. A. McCandless. The
contract allows leakage of not more
than 10 gallons per minute. The present
leakage is 40 gallons per minute. The
system could be legally refused on a
much smaller leakage. The system viii
be much more expensive to the territory
by reason of the extra pumping necessary
TO overcome this heavy leakage. IT was
decided 10 notify the contractors and
allow them to do their best TO remedy
the defects. The subject will be up for
consideration again.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16
Honolulu's Odd Club.

From the Y. Y. Commercial Advertiser
The Hawaiian Womens Club deserves
a word of praise. Ii is unique in more
ways than one Ii is a fiourishing asso-
citation. is not in debt. and its meetings
are characterized by peaceful intercourse
between members. Ii is five years old
and was born in Honolulu. Its founder
was an American school teacher who
formed the habit of inviting young girls
to her home once week for informal
conversation on some topic of current m
terest. These informal meetings crystal
lied into Il club of thirty-four members,
most of them Hawaiians. Several MEM
bers were from the United States. China
and Portugal. This year the president is
Chinese girl who wears her national
costume when she presides at the clubs
meetings.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16
IMPORTANCE OF SMALL FARMS

The Republican has on numerous oc-
casions pointed oat the necessity Of di-
versified farming for the future growth
OF Hawaii. ard shown the profits to be
derived from other crops th2n sugar
Southern California has been given aS an
illustration Of the sdvantagss Of diversi-
fed farming and sFlsn holdings b. ind
vidual owners The Los Angeles Times
Of a neoent date tells most interesting
story Of the results Of small holdings and
diversified industries a. shown By the
census returns of The State Of California
II takes the seven counties of South
ern California and compares them with
seven Of the counties OF the great wheat
growing section Of Northern California
The seven southern counties with their
population Tor 1890 and 1890 Is given as
]
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-16
Egan and Hu.tace Answer.

John ]. Egan and Frank Hustacs
have filed their answer to the amended
complaint of II. X. Hitchcock. ct al,
wherein they are charged with the mis-
appropriation of $4,000 in stock. They
deny the main allegation that the stock
was secretly. fraudalentiy or uniawfully
raade- They set up the claim thar they
are informed and believe thar the plain
tiffs had notice before they became stock
holders that the paid-up stock had been
duly allotted to Egan. Hustace and
Foster.