The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-05-19
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Mrs. Ernest Meyer of LIE Mars, Iowa.
is insane. IT.
A cas- of smallpox has developed at
Sioux City, Iowa.
The truck drivers in Detroit have
gone out on a strike.
Iowa farmers are in great fear Of q
threshers' combine. a..
Admiral Dewey was given a rousing
reception at Memphis.
The weekly trade review shows that
business is increasing.
The plumbers strike at La Crosse.
Wis, has been settled.
st. Joseph's hospital at Sioux City,
Iowa, has been dedicated.
The strike on the Montana Central
railroad has been settled.
Great benefit has been done to crops
in Iowa by thunder storms.
Democrats show gains at municipal
elections in Indiana towns.
The treasury department will gather
statistics of lake commerce.
low water at West Superior makes
a gloomy outlook for log drivers.
Admiral Dewey was presented with
a silver punch bowl in, st. Louis.
The steel trust mill at Terre Haute,
Ind, will close indefinitely June I.
Col. Jack Chinn has withdrawn his
libel suit against Mrs. Kate Banta.
A bankers and cattlemen's associa,
ton has been formed at Kansas City.
Adam Geizler, aged fifty-five, was
found dead near his barn at ArcOla,
Ill.
A monument in honor of Admiral
Farragut is to be erected at Knoxville,
Tenn.
Everything will be in readiness for
the Democratic convention in Kansas
City.
The Republicans of West Virginia
held their state convention at Fair
mont.
Nellie e. Hoyle, an actress, was
found to be suffering from smallpox in
Chicago.
The railway systems in New York
may he connected by underground
passages.
Illinois Republicans nominated a
ticket headed by Richard Yates for
Samuel Gompers Of New York OBJ
jects to an injunction against the
cigarmakers.
Porto Rican planters need loans OF
at least $1O,000,000 to put their plan
tations in order.
Ex-vice Consul Wildman says, that
hn 11A~~o <hot vof~~ - $owN00 Aviof0
in the Philippines.
1t has been definitely decided that
Gov. Roosevelt will not be nominated
for vice president.
Joe Walcott was given the decision
over Mysterious Billy Smith after
twenty-five rounds.
Gen. Wheeler is not a candidate for
the position in congress made. vacant
by his resignation.
The colored speople at Columbus,
Ohio, claim that the Beers have
abused their people.
Methodists in conference at Chicago
declare it unnecessary to kneel when
offering. prayer.
Many important changes are to be
made in the wage scale Of metal work
ers at Pittsburg, Pa.
The city council Of Atlanta has asked
Mayor woodward to resign because
of his personal habits.
The African Methodist Episcopal
conference at Columbus, Ohio, has re.
yised the book Of discipline.
The labor war in Chicago seems
likely soon to end in q complete VIC
tory for the wOrkingMen.
A United States, naval officer has
produced q shell that will revolution.
lie naval construction.
supt. Frederick w. Atkinson Of
Springfield, Mass, has formed his edu.,
cational plans for Manila's schools.
The telegraph operators at Atlanta,
Ca, lost their strike.
Two influential directors of the
American Steel and Wire company
have resigned because Chairman Gates
does not retire.
The rush to Cape Nome exceeds the
KlonAike stampede Of two years ago.
The Great Northern railway will seal
its employees 10000 absres q stock q
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