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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
Peuple Talked About.

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Moses Kicker, a we'll known citizen
of Waterloo, Iowa. is dead.
W. H. c. Folsom, the distinguished
Minnesota pioneer. died at Taylors
Falls.
in Collin county. Col. Allison was
horn In North Carolina on Sept. %,
1910. H.,
Charles G.. Beaman, general counsel
of the Wiconsin Central railway. died
suddenly.
Charles Stuart, Baron Blantyre,
Scotch representative peer from 1850 to
1892, Is dead. He was born In 1873.
Prince Gustavus Adolphus. eldest
son of the crown prince of Norway
and Sweden. is i'll with diphtheria.
Rev. Alfred Cave, principal and pro-
lessor of theology at Hackey college,
London, is. dead. He was born Aug.
20, 1S47, and was the author OF q num-
Der of theological works.
Col. d. r. Allison, veteran Of two
wars and the oldest member of the
Masonic fraternity in Texas. having
been in good standing in the d foi'
ffty-seven years. is dead at his home
DR.. Henry Barton Fellows. former
dean of the Hahnemann Medical coll
lege, and for thirty years a professor
in that institution, died in Chicago re-
Gently. DR.. Fellows was In his sixty
fourth veal and had been ailing for
some time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

The longest electric railway in the
world is to be built in Montana. The
proposed line is from Billings to Great
Falls, some 200 miles. and the plan Il
to operate it entirely by electric power,
which is to be supplied from general
ing stations on the Missouri AID Vel
lowstone rivers. The road would have
a considerable traffic in coal, ores. and
other heavy freight, and would be the
first line with such traffic to be worked
by electricity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

A young man named R. A. Russell,
of Birmingham, Ala, accompanied by
a friend, were fishing with the aid of
dynamite, which was used to stun the
fish and force them to the surface.
Each held in his hand a stick Of dyna-
mite. with the fuse lighted. 1t was
their intention to throw them into the
water when the fuses had burned close.
Russell, watching his friend, forgot
his own burning fuse, and the explo-
sive took fire and blew him into frag.
ments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
IOWA BOY KIDNAPPED.

SON Of Mr. and Mrs. Tonhose the
Victim.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 23.-The nine
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Tonhose of Judd, a small town near
here, was kidnapped on Tuesday. AL
though the father of the boy has had
detectives and the police on the case
who have made a diligent search, moth
ing has been heard of him. 1t is ex-
pected that a proposition will bo re-
ceived from the kidnapers in a day or
so as to the matter of ransom. Mr..
Tonhose offers a reward of $500 for the
return Of the boy or 81, 900 for the APP
p~rehension of the abductors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
SENATOR rRYE,s WIFE DEAD.

Heart Trouble Causes Sudden De
mise of Maine Statesman's spouse.
Washington, Dec 23.-Mrs William
p. Frye, wife Of the president pro tenn
Of the serate. died suddenly yesterday
at the Hamilton hotel. Mrs. Frye on
Tuesday last suffered an acute attack
i Of Indigestion and had since been Ill.
| When she arose yesterday morning she
was apparently much improved and
partook OF breakfast. Shortly after
leaving the table the end came without
the slightest warning, heart failure
! causing death. The body was taken to
Lewiston, Me-, the home of Senator
Frye.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

At the coming session Of the South
Dakota legislature a bill will be intro
duced setting aside a sum for the col
lection of documentg, relics, etc., bear
ing on the early history of the terri
tory 10Y embraced by the state and
for the furnishing of suitable quarters
for preserving the same. The first
legislature of Dakota territory, which
met in 1862, incorporated a historical
society, which included among its
members many prominent pioneers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

Juan Valera, the Spanish novelist
and statesman, has started . magazine
at Madrid with the name Genie Vieja
"Old Folks" It is intended as a pro-
test against the eccentricities and self
advertisement Of the young school,"
and will uphold the established stand
ards Of art and language. Editors and
contributors will all be over IS years
Of age.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

The heavy Spanish immigration to
Cuba now taking place is a great COM
pliment to 'the American occupation"
Of that island. Spaniards are going
there faster than when it was under
their own government; they ind the
advantage Of similarity Of language,
without the abuses Of the old Spanish
regime. 1t is to be hoped that indie
pendent Cuba will prove equally at
tractive to European immigrants.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRIA.

Bartlett Trip May BE Returned to
His Former Post.
Washington, Dec. 23.-Bartlett Trip
Of South Dakota, brother-in-law OF the
late Senator Davis, is believed to be
slated for the vacant Enthusiastically
at Vienna. Mr.. Trip has been re-
quested by President Mckinley to re-
main in Washington a few days longer.
His friends interpret this to mean that
the president will name him for the
Vienna post. Mr.. Trip was minister
to Vienna under President Cleveland.
He became q Republican in 1893.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
INAUGURAL BALL.

Big Social Event at Washington to
BE Held In the Pension Building.
Washington, Dec. q. Secretary
Hitchcock has granted the inaugural
committee permission to hold the ball
and entertainments incident to the
coming Inauguration of President Nc
kinley in the pension building. The
spacious court Of the pension office,
with its architectural beauty and enor-
nous proportions, is we'll fitted for the
inaugural ball. 1t has been used on
former occasions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

1nere Is Z lack OF uniformity IN the
thickness Of a Bank Of England note.
1t Is thicker in the lefthand corner
than in any other part, to enable 1t
to receive q sharper impression of tho
vignette there. This unevenness aids
in the discovery Of counterfeits, as the
latter are invariably Of one thickness.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
hoy Accidentally Killed.

Durand, Wis, Dec. 23.-James Dud-
vrey of Stops. Wis.,, aged fourteen
years, was found dead at the foot Of
Sand hill, about a mile from here. The
lad was hauling a load Of lumber, and
it is supposed that he was thrown or
fell from the Dad and a wheel a over
his head, as his skull was crushed. His
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

Osakis Creamery Re-cstnbliShed.
Osakis, Mimi, Dec. %. = The old
creamery association that operated a
creamery for many years one-half
mile west Of town failed q few weeks
ago on account Of disagreement of the
members, and the machinery and build
ing was bought in by two of the MEM
bers and moved into town and a new
plant located on the lake shore. It is
now in operation with Erickson & Lane
as the prcprietors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

Next will come the contests over the
election Of United States senators. The
legislatures of most Of the thirty
states by which members OF the sena-
torial class Of 1907 are to be chosen
will assemble soon after New Years.
II there should be a special session OF
the senate called, as is usual after an
inauguration, these men would thus
begin to act as senators soon after
their election, whereas the members
elect Of! the house Of Representatives
must walt thirteen months before their
election and their entry upon congress
sionaI duty. Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
otherwise

War between the national base bal
league magnates and the players Is
threatened.
John D. Rockefeller, has given ar
additional ST. 500, 900 to the University
Of Chicago.
The gold production of the United
States in 1899 was the greatest in the
history of the country.
A. seat in the New York Stock ex-
change was recently sold for $4,000
the highest price on record. T.
The cruiser Dorothea has been do.
mated by Secretary of the Navy Long
to the Chicago naval militia, for use as
a training ship.
In the Porto Rican house of repre-
sentatives. Nj. De Bescara introduced
a bill giving women the franchise on
the same terms as men.
Miss Viola Jackson, an actress OF
the Abel Brinker stock company, died
at Newark, N. J., Of p%eritonitis. Her
home was in San Francisco.
Robert D. Wrenn, once the tennis
champion and long prominent in the
dl1llSIAC WOAAuS AdS PNASAAooS0 SS~
in the New York Stock exchange.
Marshal K. Nelson. the famous scout
of the late Gen. Lawton, has been sum-
moned by Gen. Wood Of Cuba for SER
vices under secret instructions.
A rich discovery Of gold has just
been discovered in Cherokee county,
Ca, about thirty miles south Of Chat
ko~~~ro Tho oro ooCor we e116 IN the
ton.
Standard Oil interests are behind the
50, 900, 900 glucose refining plant now be-
ing erected at Shady Side, N. J. The
plant is to compete with the glucose
trust.
The supreme court at Jefferson City,
Mo-, has denied the application Of the
st. Louis Star for a writ to force the
Associated Press to furnish the Sta.
with its service.
The q. A. r. encampment will not bl
held at Denver, and the COMMITTEES
will meet again JAM 81 to select 9
place. The committee is not satisfied
with the railroad rate.
Standard Oil interests are behind the
$4,000 900 glucose refining plant now
being erected on the North river al
Shady Side, N. j. The plant Is t.
compete with the glucose trust.
The annual banquet Gf the Bryan
league Of Chicago, In observance Of
Jackson Day" will be held Jan. 8
Mayor Harrison will. preside, and W
j. Bryan win be the guest OF honor.
Negotiations are on; foot for the
formation Of q pool by fourteen Of thu
largest steel plate manufacturing es.
adjustments In the United States. i
affects the domestic markets alone.
Records In the prices Of New Yorl
stock exchange seats have beer
smashed. s5o.5oo having Just been paid
for a membership. This compares will
$13,6o0. the low record, made In 1898
and 81, 5OO.s the old high record, made
few weeks ago.
The annual banquet Of the Bryar
league In observance sof Jackson Day
will be held at the Sherman house ii
Chicago on an Mayor Harrison
will preside and MI. Bryan will be tie
guest of honor. He has already ac!
scepted the Invitation to attend and
speak. ss ss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
Decision Favor. the Dana.

UeCIBHUA 0WSVKU TIC O8ksAs
Redwood Falls, MIMI, Dec. 23.-Judge
Weber has rendered O decision in the
Redwood river dam ase as John Clark
VS.. A. G. Burmeister, whic his favor
able to the defense. Work on the con-
struction of the dam will be taken up
and pushed vigorously, which will give
Redwood Falls one of the finest lakes
and water power in Minnesota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29

Sins and sinner..

sln and Sinners.
Milwaukee.
Harry Love was fatally stabbed by
tcnghs at Webster City, Iowa.
Fifteen convictions have been Sc
cured in the trial Of rioters at Akron,
Ohio.
Mrs. Joseph Cheney has been par
doned from life imprisonment at Mad.
ison, Wis.
Batiste GARNER, a famous scout, was
fatally shot in q saloon brawl at
Crawford, Neb.
A riot was caused at Pittsburg by
William Zeller (white) marrying Jen-
ME Nancy (colored.)
John Fireman Of E%sterville, Iowa.
has been arrested, suspected of burn
ing his wife In their home.
Two negroes, who had committed e.
murder for purposes of robbery, were
lynched at Rockport, Ind.
A. G. Metzger shot and killed q wo
man passing as hts wife,, at Hunting
ton, Pa, and them committed suicide.
wv 40OuTI V1 1IuId1Id d111Oul1CC6
his intention to punish the Rockport
lynchers to the full extent Of the Law.
C. H. Rowe, the absconding .treasur-
er Of Poweshiek county, Iowa, has
been released from Belem prison, City
of Mexico, after six years Of servftude.
Count William Won Zodlitz was ar
rested in Chicago, charged with the
swindling Of nearly a hundred people
with fraudulent life insurance policies.
A Wisconsin man named Ray Hen
derson has been arrested in New Or
leans on suspicion Of being the robbel
who held up an Illinois Central mail
train.
Kennedy's bank at Hope. Ind, was
b~urglarized by three men, who de-
stroyed the vault with a heavy charge
Of nitro-glycerine, and secured, it is
stated, $4,000.
At Dougherty, I. T., unknown per.
o n smashed the Santa Fe station
windows with stones and fired on the
new operator. Marshals who were
protecting the buildin exchanged sew
eral shots with the miscreants, but no
one was hurt.
William HALEY, better known to
border fame as BILL" HALEY, of the
noted guerilla Quantrell band, who,
during the early part Of the Civil war,
burned and sacked Lawrence, Kas.,
and butchered most of the inhabitants,
died at st. Joseph. Mo-, aged fifty
nine.
All Herkimer county IN. " is
aroused over a crime which culminat-
ed in the death, at Little Falls. of Miss
Margaret Jennings, the victim OF a
dose of Knockout drops. The case is,
in many respects. similar to the Jennie
Bosschieter ease at Paterson, N. j.
No arrests have been made. 1,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
Unusual Fatality.

Blue Earth. Mimi, Dec. q. Mrs.
iRedheard, aged about seventy-five.
fell while going .down cellar in her
daughters house here, and q few
hours afterward died while apparently
sleeping peacefully. It ID believed she
received internal injuries from the
fall.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
rax Ferret. Hard Hit,

Tax EerretS Hard Hat.
Atlantic, Iowa, Dec. 23.-The tax fer.
rets have received a blow from Judge
Thornell, who has issued an injunction
restraining the board Of supervisors
from paying them over is per cent as
commission, and also from paying them
any more money until the collections
shall balance the books Of the auditor.
figured on the Is per cent basis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
STAGE. First Match works.

States First Match WOKE.
st. Paul, Dec. %. = Minnesota's first
match factory filed articles of incorpor-
alton with the secretary Of state. The
Duluth Match Company of Duluth has
a capital of $15O,ooo. The promoters
are L. E. Ewing of Grand Rapids,
Mich, who is president, and H. Smith,
o. H. Simonds, Il. M. Alwarth, Victor
Stearns, T. w. Heimick and W. D.
Bailey of Duluth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
charged with Horse Theft.

CHARGED With Horse Theft.
Albert Lea, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-Ell Rey-
nolds. who ia charged with the theft Of
a span Of horses, harness and buggy
from q man at Clear Lake, Iowa, was
arrested here by Deputy Sheriff Gus
lawson. Reynolds is now in the county
1aiI and will remain there until the
Iowa officers arrive for him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
charged with Murder.

Muscatine, Iowa. Dec. q. !. e a.
Moore; was arrested by the sherift Of
Rock Island county. charged with at
tempting sto murder his stepfather, AZ.
!. Shelly, who was aInbusheds and shot
atshi door Wednesday, night. He was
Identified sby tracks left near the scene
sc the shooting: sss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
Double Tragedy.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. q. Mrs.
Henry G. Mullan died in q hospital
here after: q serious operation. Her
son Ivan, injured by the accidental dis
charge OF q revolver, Is also dead.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
Casualitits,


Knoxville, Tenn, had a slight earth
quake shock recently.
An immense tannery plant at Sheboy-
gan, Wis, was destroyed by fire.
The steamer Alpha foundered or
Victoria island, and all on board We're
drowned.
Two thousand shops and houses were
burned at Canton, China, and forty
natives persisted.
A railroad wreck vas caused at AL
toona, Pa, by the engineer n
past a red block light.
Miles Novotky and H. B.. Gibbons
were esphyxiated by gas in a New
York city boarding house.
The construction department build
ing at the Norfolk (Va.) navy yard was
recently destroyed by fire.
The German training ship Gneisnau
was wrecked and her commander II
many of the cadets were drowned.
Charles Plantz, a member of the Ba-
tavia Oily high school, is dead, as a
result Of injuries received IN a 1ootoaii
game foul weeks ago.
wilkesbarre pier, at East Providence,
r.. l., the property of the New YORK
New Haven & Hartford Railroad COM
pany. was burned and 1000 o of coal
destroyed, causing a loss of $2Oo,Ooo.
The st. James hotel. at Fall River,
Mass, was completely DESTROYED by
fire, causing a loss of about 500. 600.
There were about thirty guests In the
hotel. all of lost their personal effects.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
- a n. K. Dre.hock Dead.

Dodge Center, Mimi; Dec. s2s.-Lester
Dresbock, son Of Hon. N. K. Dress
book, died Of typhoid fever after an
Illness Of about three weeks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-29
WaShingtOIx

WashinEtoi.
Senator Hoar has introduced a bill
making train robbery in the United
with death.
The statement that Gen. Horace
Porter, the United States ambassador
to France, intends resigning. is de-
clared a fabrication. g.
The senate he's agreed to give its
adhesion to the convention to regulate
the importation of intoxicating liquors
into certain regions Of Africa.
The house resolution authorizing the
appointment Of Congressman Charles
M. Boutelle Of Maine as a captain on
adopted by the senate. l.
The executive committee Of the Re
publican national committee held g.
meeting in Washington and formally
voted to continue Perry s. Heath as
permanent secretary and maintain
headquarters in Washington.
Representative Sutherland OF Me-
braska introduced q resolution for the
appointment Of q special committee OF
seven to investigate the whole subject
of government ownership Of railways
in Europe as well as in this country
with q view to further action upon
this subject.
The National Live Stock association
will make an effort to defeat the Circuit
oleomargarine bill which has recently
passed the house and is now pending
in the senate. It is claimed that II 1t
should become a law the stockmen OF
the West will lose from 50 to 81 on
every steer they market. They also
claim that the only people interested
directly In the law is the butter trust.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-16
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
Special Dispatch Describes the Battle
at Ladyhmith.

Special Dispatch Describes the Battle
at Ladysmith.
LONDON, Jan. 16.-A special dispatch
from the Hoofd laager at Ladysmith,
dated Jan. 9, describing the assault on
Jan. upon Ladysmith, says:
''The British made no attempt to hold
the first line of breastworks, but made
an exceedingly stubborn resistance at
the next row. Every inch was stub
bornly contested and conspicuous brav-
cry was displayed on both sides.
"After 10 o'clock the British artillery
fire slackened and terrible individual
contest ensued among the rifemen for
the possession of Plat-Rand ridge. At
noon a heavy thunder storm inter-
rupted the battle, lasting for two
hours.
although the burghers succeeded
in ultimately gaining possession Of
most of the British positions on the
western side Of the Plat Rand, they
were finally obliged to retire from most
of the ground they occupied. The Brit
ish were most strongly entrenched,
their redoubts skillfully loopholed and
the combatants were so close that rifles
were frequently fired at arms length.
It was hand to hand encounter. The
men on both sides fought like demons
and the horror and bewilderment of
the scene could scarcely be realized"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-16
OCCUPIED BY THE FRENCH.
warships Take Possession of Kwong
F. H-'1.5 Chau Wan Bay.

warships Take Possession of Kwong
t.''.# Chau Wan Bay.
TACOMA, WASH, Jan. 16.-The
steamer Elm Branch brings news from
Shanghai that French warships have
taken possession of Kwong Chau Wan
bay, where boundary dispute has been
pending for several months.
The French commenced operations
by seizing two Chinese gunboats, de-
stroying their guns and ammunition
and taking the officers aboard the
French ship as prisoners. The war
ships. then shelled 20 Chinese villages.
compelling the Chinese troops to move
back,
A four hours battle took place at
Vegluoe, in which the French lost four
killed and 2S wounded. The Chinese
loss was heavier. After the Chinese
retreated the French forces were di-
vided into four expeditions, which
pillaged and burned many villages on
their march back to the seashore.
Several mandarins surrendered to pre-
vent the burning of their towns. They
are held as hostages to prevent retail
alton by the natives }'z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-16
= ~ y " - - - y = s1l''sE7S
Frost Comes to the Rescue Of
People of Idaho and Wash
ington,
Checking What Promised to Be
Exceedingly Disastrous
Floods.
Large Amounto Of Railroad Track
Washed Out---ToWns in
Danger.

SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 16.-Tbe floods
in the Potlatch and Clear Water rivers
are receding. The wires to the Ken
drick and Julietta districts are down,
hence meager information comes from
there, but enough to show that no
further damage has been done. Lewis
ton has mail for the first time in three
days. All travelling in that vicinity is.
by wagons. Trains are everywhere
tied up in the valleys. The line of road
from Kendrick to Lewiston on the
Northern Pacific is obliterated in many
places, and no trains will run for two
weeks on that portion of the branch.
The weather in Eastern Washington is
cooler, and all danger from further
foods is believed to be passed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-16
DEED OF A LONE RoBBER.

Held Up Two Restaurants in the Heart
of Kansas City. s@'.e
KANSAS Cry, Jan. 16.-In true West
ern fashion, a lone robber, masked and
armed, cleaned out two restaurants in
the center of the city at a. m. under
the glare Of an electric light. In Lewis
restaurant at 1910 Walnut street, he
pointed a pistol at the cashier and
tapped the register, while he ke,t his
revolver in plain view of the customers
eating nearby. Skipping across the
street to the restaurant of Robert Nc
Clintock the robber covered the cashier
there and commanded two walters and
three customers to hold up their hands.
They complied promptly and the rob-
Der emptied the register in twinkling.
He pocketed the entire contents, $146,
and backing ont of the door escaped.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-01-16
DISPATCH. FROM ROBERTS.

COMMANDMENTS. Chief Reports No Change
in tho Situation.
LONDON, Jan. 16.-The war Office has
issued dispatch from Field Marshal
Roberts, saying:
"There is no change in the situation" I"
The war Office simultaneously issued
the following:
"Methuen's cavalry reconnaissance
returned on Jan. II. Went 25 miles
into Free State. Country clear of en-
envy, except patrols. =. vs.. .=
"Allquiet at Modder River. -.
"French reconnoitred around the en-
emy's left flank on Jan. 10. Advanced
from Slugger's farm on Jan. II, with
cavalry and horse artillery to lombard
Boer lager east of Colesberg Junction,
but & was unable to outfank the enemy.
"Gatacre reports no change.
Gall well on Dec. 20 at Mafeking."