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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
SMALLPOX Il PARis.

a. Epiaenaie ~ the Di&ease lnS the
French Capital.
Paris Nov s-Ann#epiidemnic5 Of SMALL
Spoxhas broken olt here, due prob
ably ~ Messing Arabs ands,othz-s
|sr peolpollAeS from the East during the
sexhibition. Notloeshay bsensSposted;
HE police Warnins$s&sp erssoanusl awha
ave pots 4 within six
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
ROssEAU SAFE.

Vote of Confidence in the French
Government.
Paris, Nov. 9. = At the close Of a long
session to-day eliminating in several ex-
citing discussions. the chamber of dep
uties adopted a resolution Of confidence
in the Walaeck-Rousseau government
$50 to. 90 The chamber had previously
adopted a resolution expressing regret
that the government had surrendered
sipido, the assailant Of the prince Of
Wales, to Belgium.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
MANY ARE ENGULFEEjD
STEAMER FOUNDERS on r1IRs
ROCKS DURING a STORM.
Un.eaworthy Vessel Puts to Sea In
a Furiou. Gale and csa .,in'
weather the sorm-Forty-six OF
the Passengers and Crew Lose
Their ~Iiyes-Only Four Are Saved
Goes Down at the Month Of the
Nay OF Fundy Within Four Miles
Of Her Destination.

Halifax, N. S., Nov. 13.-The worst
marine disaster in the long list OF
steamers wrecked among he rocks
and shoals at the entrance OF the Bay
of Fundy occurred Saturday morning
when the ,side-wheel steamer City OF
Monticello. bound from st. John to
Yarmouth, was overwhelmed by the
mountainous seas only four miles
f,on, her destination and. engulfed
with forty.six Of her passengers and
crew. A heavy gale was raging at the
time and there was q TREMENDOUS sea.
The place where the Monticello struck
is at the mouth of the Bay Of fundy,
where the waters Of the bay join those
of the Atlantic. There are many
reefs and shoals at this spot, theE
currents are many and changeape, 1t
being one of the most dangerous
n,aces on the coast. The gale Friday
NIGHT kicked up a tremendous sea, and
at the time the vessel struck the
waves were beating upon the rocks
and sending spray for hundreds of
feet over the land. The Monticello
wac on her way from st. John to var
mouth with a full freight and q fairly
large passenger list. Just
Before She Foundered
an attempt was made to reach the
land in a small boat in charge Of the
ouartcrmaster, and containing Third
officer Flemming, a stewardess named
smith ard three passengers. The,
boat was smashed on a huge combe',
the occupants being hurled higs upon
the beach at Pembroke, uninjured. It
is believed these gre the only sur
vivors. One of the passengers in this
boat was Capt. A. N. Smith OF The
steamer Pharsalia. The City OF Mon
ticello was used in the coastwise SER.
vice between Halifax, Yarmouth and!
St. Johns She was an iron side
wheel boat of about 1000 tons gross,
and was commanded by Capt. Hard
ing of Yarmouth. where most of her
crew of thirty-seven men belong. n
was formally called the City Of Nor
folk, and was built at Wilmington,
Del, in 1866. When she received Brit
ish register her name was changed
She was valued at $500 and was
partially insured. The vessel had,
been rebuilt within the last fifteen
years, but was not regarded as safe
in an exceptionally heavy sea.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

The gold output Of the Australian
mines Including those in New Zeal
and) for the first six months Of the
current year aggregate in value $685.
303,9sS, an increase Of $279,334 over
the figures for the same period last
year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

One Of the many narrow escapes o,
being shot dead in the war occurred
when Colonel Stoves train was held
UP by Theron, near Kroonstad, the
other week. Mr.. J.. e. Sharp shared
the saloon with Colonel Stowe. They
were awakened by Theron's Mauser
volley at twenty-five yards range. Mr..
Sharp sustained a wound through his
foot But for the mistake of a servant
making up the bunk the wrong way
about he would undoubtedly have had
the bullet through his head.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
TO SUPPRESS THE Jrxr!A.

Formal Complaint liz Made to Am
basnad0r Paucef0te.
Washington, Nov. - The steps
necessary. for the suppression OF the
Filipino ujnta in Hongkong have been
taken by the state department. and 1t
now remains for the British govern
ment to determine whether the COM
ploint against the insurrectionary COM
mission is well founded. Lord Paunce-
fote, the British ambassador, called on
Secretary Hay this morning. and it is
understood that the complaint of the
United States against the junta was
made.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

"A muddy river betokens one of the
greatest Of national losses. 1t means
that the rich soil. which Jack Frost
and other natural agencies have been
ages in forming. is washing away
into the ocean. Tillers Of the land
could do much to prevent the loss by
keeping the ground on hillsides COW
cred with trees or with sod. It is
the cultivated field on a slant which
washes away most rapidly. It is con-
trary to public policy. or at least to
the welfare Of the future, that the top
soil of such land should be sent down
to the ocean when it might be yield
ing grass crops. Many rivers that are
now muddy were clear before the COM
Ing to this continent Of civilized man,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
KRUGER WANTS REST.

sends word That He Doe. Not Dc.
a. sire Any Ofaclal Receptions.
London, Nov. 10.-A dispatch to the
Standard from Brussels says that the
Transvaal agency has received a long
cablegram from ex-President Kruger,
in which he intilnates his desire for a
prolonged rest after his arrival ut
Marseilles. He refused all official re-
ceptions in Europe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
Fire starts in Iceho...,

- sueur. Man., Nov. 10. = IA nrA
originating in an old icehouse was soors
communicable the lumber sheds -
the STANDARD. Lumber company. m.
Prompt arrival Of the fire comma ~,
prevented q severe loss. Three b,,n,
sdred dollars win probably corar s..
losS. s#S8{ 8tIs9I' ssSsSsS "A LIS LIS
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
Carlist Rising Crv.h.s

v 1911 1S1S5nX CfU66eO.
Madrid, Nov. 3.-At a cabinet council
held to-day under the presidency Of the
queen regent. Gen. A~zcarrago; the pre.
imier. said there was now no Carlist mn
der arms in Spain and that the rising had
failed completely. In order, however. Ia
destroy the entire Carlist organization N
the country. he said, the suspension az
the constitutional guarantees would be
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

Norfolk Par ov..sl3.-lIllesca r sneaSgs
and electric plant 4 hessNortclk SNa1lss
way and Limiting sscpnapany@annS$iatsula lssa
;5tArsyiAe, suburb ofSS1NprsOlkssA wersa
totally destroyed L1ossgg4 lb011gs
100, consYsrsd by tnslsaneasE u
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

There are th}rty-1Our scno0i Qlstr1cte
In Ramsey county.
j. W. Wilson, a wealthy farmer OF
Courtenay, is dead.
DR.. Mcnamara OF New Rockford may
locate at McHenry.
A hotel fire at Harvey started the
guests out in scanty attire.
A boy. at Harvey was kicked by q
horse and his skull fractured.
Grand Forks bike riders don't turn
to the right, and accidents are nunler-
ous.
Henry Watson Of Cavalier county
reports that his fax crop brought him
4$31.20 per acre.
! Under the new time card the North
ern Pacific run a daylight train from
Jamestown to Cakes.
At the velva stock yards seven head
Of cattle We're trampled to death in q
stampede.
Hans Tumi Of Eddy county lost two
stacks of wheat, and James Thomas a
separator by fire.
Cakes is getting metropolitan now,
and will prosecute people who dump
ashes on the street.
Mart Martinson of Wilton was shot
in the thigh by the accidental dis
charge of a shot gun.
Insurance rates at Hoople were re-
duced because Of the purchase Of new
fre-fighting apparatus.
H. Florh Of wimbledon stepped off a
side track too quickly, breaking two
ribs and injuring his back.
The people along the jamestown &
Northern will be satisfied with q star
mail route-just SO It is q daily.
A traction engine is said to have
broken through the bridge across the
the Red river at Abercrombie.
The new town Of Valentine. on the
C:sselton-D ickey extension Of the
Northern4Pacif is growing rapidly.
At Bismarck some Of the brick ma
sons were laid off because mortar mix
ers and laborers could not be secured.
Ralph Maxwell has succeeded so well
with his creamery at Lidgerwood that
he is planning to start n at Hankin-
SOL. 5G&
At Cando a train load of twenty-six
car loads of flax was made up. There
were $4,000 bushels, valued at nearly
$685. 900.
Two Larimore men attended "a tur-
key rattle, and had such q good time
that they drove another mans team
home.
The Catholic ladies Of jamestown
cleared 5000. Miss Schmidt won the
diamond ring as the most popular
young lady.
Kenmare stockmen shipped AGO head
Of two-year-old sters to Iowa to be
markets.
Two Russians in Benson county
fought over t~respassing so fercely that
the services of a physician were re-
quired to patch up the countenances OF
the sluggers.
Register of Deeds Chisholm of Penn
bina county has undergone a success
full operation for cancer. in Chicago.
and his friends hope his cure will be
permanent.
President Won Media, of the National
Land company, assures jamestown
people that the beet-sugar factory is a
go If the proper efforts are made by
Jamestown people.
At Niles a skunk was carried up into
an elevator and came down with the
wheat that was being lowered into q
car It is said the whole car load re-
quired fumigatfon.
An Emmons county man got his
house on his neighbours claim. and
there was trouble about it until half a
hundred people came and moved the
building across the line.
Johr. schnor Of Emmons county
handed a pitchfork to a man on a load
of hay. The latter dropped 1t. and one
OF the tines entered Schnor's face near
the eye, penetrating the flesh to a con-
siderable depth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

TL EEA d.
One Of the most novel exhibits a,
the Paris exhibition is the complete
Get of bed hangings from Madagascar.
manufactured from the silk Of the
haiabe. The halabe is an enormous
and ferocious female. spider, which,
although it has a way Of eating the
males which come near it, and feed
ing on the weaker members Of its own
sex, has been most efectually dealt
with by n. Nogue, the head of the
Antanarivo Technical school. He has
Invented . neat arrangement for. wind
ing on the brilliant golden-colored
thread. and each spider yields from
800 to 400 yards of silk. which, Al
Though finer than that Of the silk
worm. possesses remarkable strength.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17

us: sea.oeI BBsildias Bnrn.d.
ysnsatla an D., Nov. 0.-The h,Xhs
enc building was totally: d%estrovsdS
ngssnFs. Loss -sos $500, lnsurance. & ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-17
The hospital is a good place for a
homeless man to be i'll, but he would
doubtless rather be we'll out Of it.

Zangwill insists that he finds the
highest form of truth in fiction, and
in this he seems to be telling some os
IL
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
MY Half SISTER
xxx BY ELTON HARRIS SxS

been standing biting his nails gloom
lily, in direful dismay. 1T is well to
pay court to the heiress, but she has
protection. T."
He paused uneasily, yet Reggie had
only stopped to pick up the riding
whip which he had dropped, and then
looked at him. But it was enough
he said no more, while madame, GO
ing shade paler as she watched the
two young men. fastened to ciose the
interview.
When Reggie left things were only
what he had expected. Madame alb
solutely refused her consent, and de-
clined to see him at Chalfont again.
SO far losing her temper as to utter
innuendoes and insults, which she
could say with impunity, as woman,
but which would certainly have
brought Reggie's whip across the
shoulders of her adored son.
Reggie, for his part, courteously re-
peated that the engagement was fact,
and would be known all over Rever-
ton; he was sorry for her decision, but
it would alter nothing, only cause a
little delay. Then, after a few words
with Mollie, he reluctantly tore him
self away, and she heard the gate clang
behind him and watched him down
the road until she was blinded by her
tears.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
CARoLAN,s BARN.
sumptuous Quarters IN which Formo,
Chicago Girl Entertnins.

Sumptuous Quarters In which Former
Chicago Girl Entortains.
The new stable of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Carolan, at Burlingame, near
San Francisco, Is not palace for tho
horses and barn for the hostlers. So
fine are these new quarters that the
owner has reserved for his own use
large room In n corner of one of the
buildings, which surpass those owned
George Vanderbilt at Blltmore, while
extraordinary attention has been paid
to the comfort of the servants who
have their quarters therein. There are
kitchens and pantries, n room for stor-
age Of provisions, u sick room, and sit
ting rooms. The opening of such a
stable was worth celebrating, and the
celebration, In the unanimous vote OF
coast society, was worth remembering.
The ball was held In the stable and
coach house, and the scene, with cleo
trio lights, and the vari-colored cos
tunes. 10 said to have been one never
to be forgotten by those fortunate
enough to witness It. The buildings
are entirely OF wood, and resemble the
low, rambling manor houses Of Nor
mandy and Brittany. There Is
large court 148 feet long and 90 feet
wide, and this court Is surrounded by
covered porches into which every room
opens and In which the horses can DO
exercised In rainy weather. A cupola
towers 4 feet above the court over the
coach house, which has no windows
and Is lighted from the cupola. The
smart set In San Francisco society was
present at this ball, ut which some
beautiful costumes were worn. Mrs.
Carolan Is daughter OF the late
George M. Pullman. Under the will.
which cut off her brothers with in
comes OF $4,000 year, Mrs. Carolan
received $1,000,000 outright, besides
her portion of the large residuary
estate.--New York Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
UNIQUE CHARITY.
The Boston Plan Known as the Farm

The Boston Plan Known as tho Farm
ors' Fruit Offering.
Boston has a unique charity which.
might we'll be patterned after by 9TH
er large cities. 1t Is known as the
farmers fruit Offering and the idea
originated with Edward Everett Hale.
In the year in which the scheme was
put into operations the farmers In
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
as well as those In Massachusetts,, sent
to Boston as gift the surplus Of their
fruit crop, and this was distributed
among the very poor. people OF the city.
A great many families were thus pro-
vlded with fruit who never before had
such luxury in quantity. 1t was even
said that large number of children
tasted fruit for the first time In their
lives when they received that gift
from the farmers. This year there Ia
again tremendous crop OF apples, one
that las made the fruit drug In the
market, unless 1t is OF the best quality.
That surplus is now being shipped to
Boston for distribution through char.
liable organization that works without
pay. The railroads bring the stuff to
the city without cost. This year. In
addition to apples, there are coming
considerable quantities of onions. tur
nips, squash, some pears, and few
potatoes, The shortage OF the latter
crop keeps the offerings of that sort
down to the lowest. A few farmers
who were lucky enough to get good
crop In this dry season are willing to
give away their surplus potatoes rath.
or than sell them, as they easily could.
These gifts will aggregate several
thousand bushels, mostly appies. APP
pie parties are organized to visit or
chards when a farmer writes that ho
will give the fruit to the society IL
they will send men to pick and pack 1t.
The young people who join these par
ties have u jolly time while engaged
in this practical charitable work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
Invention of tho Gnlllntino.

Some years before the terrible
French revolution OF 1893 learned
Partisan physician, DR.. Guillotin, turn
ed his attention to deyising mode Of
executing criminals that would ba
more humane than hanging. He waa
a man of note In the scientific world
OF his time, having introduced i'm
proved systems of ventilation and
other sanitary blessings much needed
in that period. So, when the French
national assembly convened in 1888 1t
gave willing ear to his description OF
a decapitating machine that would
"whisk off ones head In an instant,
quite without pain" Other matters
were pressing, however; there was no
money in the national treasury. and
the assembly took no action upon DR..
Guillotin's plan. The matter seemed
quite forgotten until the reign OF
terror" began. Then machine made
after the doctors idea suddenly ap-
peared and was put into Immediate
use. Its novelty caught the fancy of
the mobs who attended the daily exc
cutions, and 1t was quickly named ia
guillotin," after the man who had pro-
posed 1t. DR.. Guillotin, who had never
made working model of his inven-
ton and who had thought 1t quite for
gotten, was so heartbroken by the ter
rible use to which his plan had beer
put that he left France.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22

but that goes for nothing with such as
you. You have only yourself to blame
that have taken the law into my own
hands. / would die thousand times
rather than that you should expose my
boy. Now you cannot say word, and
| take the proofs of his guilt and burn
them!'
She went through the motions
phantomwise, yet strangely real--oi
taking papers and thrusting them into
the CRATE, apparently holding them
down with the weapon she thought she
held, doing 1t all in strange, dull
calm, which her twitching face belied.
For some minutes she crouched over
the empty crate moaning and wiring
ing her hands; then, when she evl-
IDENTIFY thought the papers and weapons
destroyed. she rose, appeared to drag
what was on the chair to the window
which she threw wide open-and,
before Mollie could move, she came
swiftly out of the room, and, lamp IN
hand. went towards the kitchen.
To describe the feelings of the hor-
ror-stricken girl watching her would
be impossible AS one act after an
other of this terrible drama was played
out before her she felt powerless to
move, almost to think All her senses
were bound up in the effort to keep
her trembling knees from giving way
under her, for well she knew that to
make the least sound might cost her
her life! No need to ask again who
killed Leonard Barlowe. She had been
how 1t was done; she had seen every
thing-knew it was by his own sisters
hand that the blow was struck.
Yet frightened as she was Mollie's
courage did not desert her She de-
termined to see what took this wretch
ed woman. whom she felt persuaded
was mad, to the kitchen; so, with chat
tering teeth, she gathered her skirts
together, and crept silently through
the dark passages after her.
The lamplight guided her to the but.
ler's pantry, and there stood madame,
holding her hands under tap which
she had not turned on, and mutterine
necessarily to herself. AS she wrung
the imaginary water off them and
rubbed them on her skirt. 1t occurred
to Mollie, with cold chill Of fear, that
she was action by action following out
just what she must have done that
terrible night-that it was she whom
the servants took for a ghost, who had
frightened Kate by brushing past her
in the dark. Suddenly madame's glance
fell upon some knives lying on a table,
and a CLEAN like fire flashed into her
eyes, CLEAN that had neither reason
nor sanity in it, only cunning and
fierce exultation.
"Why not kill them both?" she NUT.
tered, standing still with a meditativs
look. "They are no use to Henri: the
girl will not marry him; the child had
better follow her father. Yes, yes;
that will be best!"
... (To be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
DISPOSAL OF IDIOTS.
Society Cannot Shirk It's Responsible,
. ....E. for Criminals.

.a. for Criminals.
Now, of course 1t Is the easiest
thing in the world to pick out indi,
vidual cases where, this highly effect,
i've and economical plan would seem
justifiable, but the obstacle which
must everlastingly keep all such OBJ.
stacles out in the realm of purely Wis,
ionary and impossible propositions Is
the fact that no man, or group of men
no, nor that of angels, probably
could ever be trusted to decide that
such and such a person could not be
crux of the whole matter. That little
word every" which is supposed to de,
scribe the kind of vicious and crimi,
nal persons who are to be gently and
painlessly' assisted out Of this world,
contains the whole range of subtle
unknown and unfathomable qualities
of character upon whose possibilities
no human wisdom is competent to pass
the final word. With DR.. McKim de.
claring, for example, that John Jones,
dSeu Unity, Whohi nc has CdIeluliy
examined, is incorrigible and should
be executed, and John Jones' mother
who, presumably, also knows some,
thing about him, declaring that there
is that within the boy which, bad az
he is, can and may reclaim him to
useful manhood-where is the judge O,
jury that would venture to pass upon
the awful issue? Oh, no! Society has
long since passed the point where. II
can shirk its share Of original respon,
sibility for it's criminals and imbeciles
by killing them-no matter IL doing II
age forefathers' custom of stranglng
female babies because they were an
incumbrance to the tribe.-Gunton's
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
Versions of the Bib'e.

The oldest copies OF the Old and New
Testaments in Greek are the Codex
Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus.
both of which were written in the
fourth century. Next in age comes the
Alexandrian manuscript and the Codex
Ephraeim, both OF which are referred
to the fifth century. All of these were
originally complete Bibles, with the
Old as well as the New Testament. In
the history of the old Latin version al
most nothing is certain, save that 1t
originated in Africa, probably in the
second century, and that 1t assumed
such different forms in the hands Of
transcribers that 1t Is to this day un-
certain whether several distinct YER
sions are not included in the general
name of the Old Latin. In the fourth
century the text OF the Old Latin had
become so confused that at the in
stance Of Damascus, Bishop of Rome, a
revision was undertaken by Jerome,
the most learned of the western doc
tors. Jerome began with the New
Testament. and completed the Gospels
about 1888, and the whole Testament
soon after. This revision Is the pres
ent text of the Vulgate. In the Old
Testament he first made several re-
visions, but finally rendered 1t direct
ly from the Hebrew. This translation
occupied him fifteen years, from 800 to
405 A. ID.