The Washburn leader., 1900-08-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Overflow From the Wires I'm o Con~
densed Form.
The postoffice at Fairland, Ind. T..
was robbed Of $165.
Rt. Rev. Augustin Healy, Catholic
bishop Of Maine, died suddenly at Port
land.
Daniel Perry, a farmer living near
Minock, ILL.,, died from the effects Of
the heat.
Past Assistant Surgeon Stoughton, Of
the United States gunboat Castine, was
drowned at Shanghai
Walter Green Of Buffalo committeG
suicide at La Grande, Or. by shooting
himself with a revolver.
! John w. Turner and Miss Bertha
| Motsinger Of Crab Orchard, ILL.,, eloped
| and were married at Harrisburg, III.
William Gilmore Of Hamilton, Ind,
was accidentally killed by bullet from
his brothers rifle They were shooting
at target.
Dutch Fritz" glass engraver at
Findlay, Ohio, committed suicide by
letting an Erie train run over him
while lying across the rails.
Mrs. Carrie N. Walker, supreme
commander of the ladies Of the Maca-
bees, died at her residence in Detroit.
She had been i'll four weeks.
Sweets Steel Company of Syracuse.
N. Y, has made a cut in wages aver
aging about ~ per cent. Depression in
the steel trade was given as the cause.
Rev. ]. L. Milligan. secretary Of the
National Prison association, has an
nounced that the annual meeting will
be held in Cleveland from Sept. % to 26,
inclusive.
The Herald's correspondent at Man.
aqua. Mic, telegraphs that President
Zelaya decides to deal directly with
the United States for the construction
Of the interoceanic canal.
Gen. Zebulon York, one Of the DASH
ing figures of the confederacy died at
his home in Natchez, Miss. He was
colonel of the Fourteenth Louisiana
regiment during the Civil war.
The 'postoffice department has estab:
lished rural free delivery service, to
begin August is, at Oregon, Ill; Nesco-
peck, Pa; Beaver Dam, Wis, and ad-
ditional service at Alma, Mich.
William Clark of Newark, N. J.-
president of the William Clark Thread
company. died suddenly at his home at
Watch Hill, Westerly, r. l., Of heart
failure, which followed a severe attack
Of indigestion.
A report from Vienna says Hans
skramer, described as an American.
tourist, slipped from the Raks noun,
tain and was not discovered until after
thirty hours when he was found with
both legs broken.
Mrs. Margaret Brown oliver, mother
| of George T. oliver, proprietor qf the
Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette, and OF
Hon. Henry w. oliver. tic we'll known
steel manufacturer, died at Pittsburg,
aged ninety-one years.
Luke Prior, former United States
senator and representative in congress,
died at his home in Athens, Ala. Sem
ator Pryor was native Of Alabama,
and was born near the birthplace Of
Senator Pettus of that state.
l. Col. Thomas r. Roberts, who was
provost marshal of Cincinnati during
the last three years Of the Civil war,
| died at his residence at Detroit, Mich,
aged seventy-two years. Col. Roberts
was a prominent member of the Loyal
| Legion.
Victor b. Fay of Washington, con-
nected with the United States bureau
Of forestry. died at the Truelock hotel
at Pine Bluff, Ark. He was with a
party from the bureau who went there
| to make a working plan for the Saw
| yer & Austin timber tract near there.
Seven photographs of the newly dis
covered comet were taken at Harvard
observatory, and at the same time Prof.
Wendell measured the light OF the 105
magnitude star in the comets path.
The passage of the comet only dimin-
ished the stars brightness .03 of the
magnitude.
Judge Hook, Of the United States dis
trict court has ruled against the claim
ants to 100 acres Of land comprising the
principal business portion and 200
home sites, besides valuable railway
yards in the city of Argentine, Kan, q
suburb Of Kansas City. Suit to re-
claim the property was brought in 1895
in the name of William ]. Isaacs, an
Indian.