The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
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lensed Form.
Henry. e.. Hoyt, q pioneer of lAala.
mazoo, Mich, died, aged s~eventy-two.
Mai. L. r. S. Viele, aged seventy
years, died at Prairie du Chen, Wis,
Of heart failure.
4 Prof. Wilfred w. Greasy, dean of the
mems department. Of Oberlin COht0?
university, died ut Las Vegas, N. Mex.
Two girls escaped from the state In
dustrial school at Adrian, Mich. but
were caught after travelling twelve
miles
The Joseph Oranges company, New
York, dealers in furniture, has as
signed for the benefit Of creditors
The amount involved is about 100000
A massmeeting held at Antlers, Ind
r.. selected delegates to the TERRITORIAL
convention to be held at South McAl-
ester to ask congress for territorial
aid.
The attorneys in the promised suit
Of III. G. Frick against the Carnegie
Steel company and Andrew Carnegie
will make no move in the matter Until
next week.
A report from Perry. Okla, says that
Bear Chief, the oldest chief of Pe-ta-'
how-eh-rat. band of Pawnee Indians.
Is dead. He was one of the most i'll
teligent men Of his tribe.
Stanley b. Parkinson, son of Vice
President Parkinson, Of tie Wiscon-,
sin State university, died suddenly Mt
Livermore, CAL, While reading a book
He was manager of n ranch.
A number of the members of ihe as
sembly at Sacramento, Cal. organized
the California State League for the
Election of United States Senator by
Direct Vote of the People,
An understanding has been reached
by the Pittsburg Plate Glass company
company by which business will he di-
vided and prices maintained.
At a meeting of the board of trustees
of Eureka college. Eureka. ILL.,, Prof.
Robert Il. H%cirenymus was chosen
president to succeed DR.. J. III. Hardin
whose resignation is to take effect in
June. e".
Benton G.. Boone. attorney general
Of the state in 1884. and formerly q
member Of the legislature. died ut his
AAOlAc dt OllulOI, VIZ. " lSIlt ulSCllOCe-
He was born in 1873 in Galloway III
ty, Mo.
Admiral Hichborne's statement OF
the condition Of naval construction at
the beginning the present month.
shows that all of the eight battlesllips
so far authorized are already under
construction.
The extra session of the California;
T. --- No..
the purpose of electing a United States
senator to succeed Senator White and
to enact certain legislation for" the
state, has adjourned sine die.
Charges of rate cutting in passenger
business, and deliberate violations OF:
the recently promulgated agreement
to stop the payment of commission to-
third parties to influence business is
being freely circulated among general.
passenger agents in Chicago.
Anthony W.. Dimock, Twenty-Five
years ago a famous stock OPERATOR.
Co., bankers and brokers. Wall street..
New York. has filed n petition in bank
rlptcy. His liabilities are set down at
1922, 1876, his assets at $50.
At Cherry Station. Tenn. Jim Cor
uOlI, ii IcSIo 1dllI lIitlIu. CllIttSCu UC>
cause Mrs. George Rollins, white. re-
fused to give him money. cut her
throat. Her husband shot the negro
twice and beat out his brains with the .
gun. Mrs. Rollins died in Il few min
utes.
The war department is looking for
Tilden Hayes, late q private Of Com
pany G, Sixth United States cavalry,
whose last address was Portsmouth,
Scioto county, Ohio. He has been
awarded a certificate of merit for GAL
lantry at Santiago, bat cannot be
found.
The Spanish government insists on
making Il cabinet question Of the adop-
ton by the chamber of the bill author
izing the octroi duties. 1t is consid-
cred that, owing to this discussion,
many deputies who abstained from
voting at stormy sittings will vote in
favor of the government. . -.
Regarding the intention of the Meth
odist Episcopal church Of this country
to collect S2O,NOOyOOO as the "rwenti-
eth century thanks Offering fund.-" Dr.
Thomas Filben stated that the work:
was progressing smoothly and that;
the entire sum will doubtless be OBJ
tanned by the end Of 1901.
France refuses to lower the duties on
Brazilian coffee, and the negotiations
on the subject are broken off. A cable
message just received in Rio Janeiro
from Paris affirms that the French
government will ,retaliate against the
Brazilian law. doubling duties Oh
French goods. The negotiations with
Italy, Spain and Germany are pro-
crossing favorably. L
The Ontario cabinet has been inter-
viewed by a strong %deputation which
asked that the government prohibit
the expectation of tan bark cut on
crown lands. The premier assured the,
deputation of his intention to protect
as far as possible the use and manu-
facture in the province Of its native
raw materials. 1t is learned the gov
eminent has practically decided to
prohibit the expectation Of hemlock
bark.