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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
FARGO IS HEADQUARTERS.
North Dakota Populists and Demo
Gratis Make the Selection.

North Dakota Populists and Demo-
Gratis Make the Selection.
The meeting of the Populist and
Democratic state central committees
resulted in the official selection Of Far
go as the headquarters of the fusion
lists for the campaign. The selection
of Tom Kleinogle for chairman had
been announced some time ago. At the
meeting E. c. Carruth was made secre-
tary. Kleinogle and Carruth held SIM
ilar positions two years age, and the
f%usionists were we'll pleased with the
manner in which they did their work.
At the meeting an effort was made by
l.. Stavnheim of Fargo to withdraw as
one Of the candidates for railroa4 COM
missioner, but the party leaders would
not consent. Stavnheim is editor Of
the leading Scandinavian paper of the
state, the Fran, and is an enthusiastic
f%usionist. He felt he could do better
work for the party as a private than as
a candidate for Office, but the commit
tee wanted a man from his part of the
state, and a Scandinavian, especially,
SO Mr. Stavnheim will stick.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
NORTH DAKOTA WHEAT.
Answers Received by q Twin City
Firm Regarding the Prospect.

HeCe1vc0 ~ y twin lily
Firm Regarding the Prospect.
Following is a summary of COMPARE
sons of the North Dakota wheat crop
with the crop Of 1899, and estimates OF
yield. The compilation is made from
reliable sources. The inquiry made
was: How will the crop of 1900 in
your locality, compare with h crop Of
1892" Dayton, 6S per cent of last
years crop; Hillsboro. Is per cent; st.
Thomas, 65 per cent; Bathgate, 80 per
cent; Park River, Is per cent, 8 BUSH
els per acre; Henzel, so per cent, If
conditions are favorable; Hamilton, SO
per cent, very spotted; Pittsburg, 60
per cent, badly spotted; Glover, Is per
cent, 3 bushels per acre; Fargo, 80 per
cent; Mapleton, SO per cent; North
wood, Is per cent, poor quality; Gran
din, so per cent; Arvilla, will only
raise seed; Kempton, Is per cent; Wei
BILE, so per cent, possibly; Marvel, go
per cent; Blanchard, Is per cen of
last years crop o. remaining acreage;
Emerado, half plowed under, balance,
4 bushels; Cummings, wheat, total
failure, from hail and drought; Hank
inson, average acreage not lost, 5 BUSH
els, rage DdFley Though LUZ Seeo,
Minnewaukan, Is per cen plowed un-
der, balance, S bushels; Landon. two
thirds crop on land not plowed under;
Cathay, If seed is returned will be in
luck; Bisbee, 10 to so per cent; Car
rington, 5 bushels per acre; Dawson, 2
to 8 bushels, only 1900 acres left to
cut; Cooperstown, 3 bushels per acre;
Sanborn, 20 per cent Of last years
crop; jamestown, will not raise seed;
Harvey, not enough wheat for seed;
Eldredge, will have to ship in seed;
Mandan, about s bushels; Hebron,
enough for seed. Another report says
Hebron will not produce a bushel of
wheat above seed, and may have to
import. Sims, IL per cent of, last years
yield; Dickinson, crops a total fail
ure; Edgely, will not raise enough for
seed; one farmer, who a. his yield is
a fair sample Of wheat, will probably
get 100 bushels from 1000 acres; Wick
IN, 10 per cent Of last years crop.
some get nothing, some get 10 bushels
per acre; Kuhn, no crop in this vicin-
ity; another report says "ou crop is
all gone-completely dried up" Bath
gate, one-third of a crop.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

The excavations Of Mantoche.
Haute-Saone, upon the site of a Gallo
Roman town, have brought to light the
remains of a Roman villa. The work
men first came upon a beautiful hall,
eight metres wide by fifteen metres
long, paved with mosaic, and with
walls covered with %frescoes. some of
which had preserved their original
freshness Of color. On each side Of the
hall were passages opening upon small
sleeping chambers or cubicles. Two
other portions of the villa have yet to
be uncovered; and it is added that the
researches give proofs that this local
ity was occupied a long time previous
to the Gallo-Roman era.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

Six arrests we're made in Toledo
within a single recent week for the
offense of docking horses tails. The
hearings ELECTED the fact that so cruel
Is the process that owners Of the horses
are never allowed to witness 1t. Com
pulsory attendance upon such scenes of
torture by all advocates of locked
tails might hasten the end Of the bar
barous custom.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
Warrington Notes.

The gunboat Bancroft Is getting
ready for active service at Boston.
The government estimate Of the
stock Of gold in this country is to be
reduced.
The postofice department has or
dere0 rural free delivery service estab-
lished at Delavan, Mimi, and Tomah3
wis.
The quarterinaster's department has
chartered the steamer Argyle to carry
grain from Portland, Or, to China and
Manila.
The secretary Of the interior denied
the motion for review in the case OF
the Hastings & Dakota railway, in
volving land In the Marshall, Mimi,
land district ,4A 49,. &H H.
The p~ostofice. 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.
Secretary Root said that the latest
reports from Gen. Macarthur showed
that the sickness in the army In the
Philippines was 8 per cent, which was
considered a remarkably good show
ing.
The steamship Argyle, which has
been chartered at Portland, Or, by the
government to carry mail and supplies
from Portland to China and Manila.
will change her register from British
to American. 49, 80 ~ q
The postofice department has or
dered that rural free delivery service
be established on Aug. Is at Wakonda,
S. D., and Wilton, Wis, and additional
service at West Salem, Wis, and Alma
Center, Wis.
The naval board of engineers ap-
pointed to report pom the ~advisabflity
of the location of a dry dock at the
mouth of the Columbia river has re-
ported to the navy department against
the project under present conditions.
The controller of the treasury has
decided that officers and enlisted men
of the volunteer forces authorized by
the act approved March 2, 1899, except
such officers Of the regular army as
were transferred and commissioned in
the volunteer forces, are not entitled
on muster out to the two months extra
pay provided by the act Of Jan. IL, 1899.
A letter has been received at the
treasury department at Washington
from a former employe, now at Cape
Nome, Alaska, which says that reports
Of disease and death that have been
sent to the States are untruthful. The
smallpox scare is all over. AS yet there
has been no typhoid fever, but the
season has been dry, which probably
accounts for it's absence.
. 1t is stated at the interior depart
ment that Secretary Hitchcock has
i%nterposed objections to the participa-
ton by Tams Bixby Of Minnesota.
member Of the Dawes commission. in
the campaign this year. Mr.. BiSby
went to New York to confer with the
secretary on the subject, but Mr..
Hitchcock's we'll known disposition to
stick to his guns may cause Mr..
Bixby some difficulty in getting the
secretary's approval for a leave Of alb
sence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
Otherwise.

A new gold field causes excitement in
Alaska.
Smallpox is spreading among Turtle
mountain Indians.
The raisin crop is small. in California.
Red spider the cause.
Milwaukee's population, according to
the census, is 2S5,S15.
The Canadian Pacific machinists and
boilermakers are on a strike.
The Bessemer association decides to
bank all it's furnaces but two.
George D. Sweetzer of Sweetzer,
Pembroke county, N. Y, is dead.
Evangelical Lutheran synodical con-
ference opened at Bay City. Mich.
The Southern car combine signed a
wage scale for all it's mills in the South.
A new cable line has been put in
United States.
Frank L. French of Sparta, Wis.,, has
beer promoted to the rank of major in
the Philippines.
The fourteenth annual conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church opened
at Helena, Mont.
The total acreage under cultivation
in Cass county, N. D., is 31,792 acres
less than last year.
The annual encampment of Forty
ninth Iowa national guard opened at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
gineers opened it's first annual conven-
gineers opened it's firts annual conven
ton in Des Moines.
Rev. Fred D. Tucker of Morris, ILL.,,
was chosen principal of the Minnesota
agricultural college.
Seven photographs of the newly dis
covered comet were taken by Prof.
Wendell at Harvard.
Over 81. 0o0, 900 has been distributed
to stockholders of the Glucose Sugar
Refining company, New York.
The Eyre-Cragin syndicate announces
an intention to begin the construction
of an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua
under its contract.
Sweets Steel Company of Syracuse,
N. Y, has made a cut in wages aver
aging about IL per cent. Depression in
The steamship Sonoma was launched
at Philadelphia. Excepting the st.
Louis and st. Paul she is the largest
merchantmen ever built on the Della
ware.
A mortgage was recorded at La
Crosse, Wis, for $165, 600, 900. given by
the Chicago & Northwestern to the
United States Trust Company of New
York.
Miss Ella M. Plat. a Washington
artist who tweaked the nose Of dow.
Beaver Of Pennsylvania, sued Maj.
George A. Armes for alleged breach Of
promise. >.
Rev. ]. L. Milligan, secretary Of the
National Prison association, has an.
nounced that the ANNUAL meeting will
be held in Cleveland from Sept. 20 to 26
inclusive.
Sophie Neil of Shelbyville, Tenn, a
daughter Of the distinguished colonel
in the Confederate army, is thought to
be Assassin Bressi's wife.
Extensive sanitary improvements at
the Presidio general hospital at San
Francisco will be completed in a few
days and will make it one Of the best
equipped military HOSPITALS in the
United States.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

A fat citizen of the e coast town
Of Lubec, Me-, went down a ladder at
the side of a schooner to get a ham
mer that he had dropped overheard.
He inserted his body between the
rungs of the ladder that he might
reach down and get the hammer from
the shoal water, and became stuck
there. The tide was rising. and he
was rescued three hours afterward,
just in time to save him from drown
ing, the water having reached within
two inches Of his mouth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

A couple Of thoughtful Christians,
aware of the trouble the brethren have
of changing American money into the
coinage Of their native land. put a
couple Of Chinese coins ON the contri-
button plate in a Biddeford (Maine)
church. The collection, it was an
nounced, was for the foreign missions.
At the same service two brass beer
checks helped to swell the offering.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

"Fungshui," according to a super
stition prevalent among the Chinese,
are certain spiritual influences acting
in particular places, which may be
friendly to one person and hostile to
another. Hence to a Chinaman it is
the greatest importance that his home,
and more especially his burial-place,
shall be in that particular locality
where the "fungshui" are most favor
ably disposed toward him. This super
s%tition, or sentiment, is scarcely cher
ished among the Chinese, and the dis
regard of it shown by foreign en-
gineers and railway promoters in run
ming their lines through places thus
venerated is one of the reasons given
In explanation of the present frightful
condition Of affairs in China. OF
course, it only explains; it excuses
none Of the atrocities that have ex-
cited the horror of tie whole world.
The Dean Of Ely was credited with
the remark that he had nor than
once detected the presence Of Ameri-
"a women in the close at Ely by their
beautiful voices" He suggests that
he was misunderstood. The adjective
he used al Courageous" The change
is not a complimentary one. but the
dean does his best to make it SO by
saying that courage is a trait Of the
American girl. Nevertheless, there are
better ways Of proclaiming ones cour-
age than by q voice which reminds one
Of III you don't rec what you want. ask
Tor It."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

The largest balloon ever constructed
and capable Of lifting over six tons.
will ascend from Berlin shortly to
make meteorological observations. It
will be supplied with provisions for
several weeks and with two beds.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

While hunting on his farm, Isaac
Martin. a farmer. Of Knox County,
Indiana, was attracted by what ap-
peared to be a recent excavation near
a large sycamore tree, and, upon in
vestigation, three feet under ground
he found two silver bricks. He took
them to Vincennes and a jeweler test
ed them and pronounced them silver,
with a slight alloy of lead. One of
the bricks weighs 10 pounds and the
other Is pounds 9 ounces. The small
er brick bears the letters u. b." but
beyond this there was nothing to
serve as an Identification mark. The
find has created great excitement, as
it is thought there may be other
buried treasures in the neighborhood
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
NORTH DAKOTA DRUGGISTS.
Meet at Fargo and Elect once,

Meet at Fargo and Elect Omcers.
The fifth annual meeting of the
the North Dakota Pharmaceutical
association was held at Fargo. There
was a large attendance. The follow
ing officers were elected: President, J.
M. s. Wilson, Fargo; first vice presi-
dent, A. G. Grant, st. Thomas; second
Vice president, Walter Master, Willow
CITY; secretary and treasurer, W. a
Parker, Lisbon. Executive committee.
p. G. Remington, Bismarck; c. r. Mer-
rideth, Casselton; d. F. Siegfried, San.
born. Grand Forks was chosen al the
place for the next annual meeting, to
be held Aug. 1.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

Doubtless in one respect the Amer.
fcan stands on a superior footing.
Thanks to the perfection of shoemak-
ing machinery, the American-made
shoe has become noted throughout the
world for it's beauty, comfort and in
exp~ensiveness. Over three million dol
lars worth of shoes were exported last
year, and German, French, Austrian
and English manufacturers make imi-
tation American shoes and sell them
under that name. Two travellers re-
Gently sent. n from Paris and the
other from Berlin, to a store in a lit
tie Ohio town, for shoes. my SYM
pathy for Marie Antoinette." wrote
one, "has notably increased since l
read that she wore two new pairs of
French shoes every week. On such
conditions what American would ever
consent to be a queen?"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18

The buckwheat cake, Is not so much
admired as it was. Notwithstanding
the great increase of population, the
amount of buckwheat now raised IN
this country is only about what it was
thirty-five years ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
Crime. and Criminals.

Postmaster Noble of Dickinson, N.
D., was held up and robbed Of $40.
A gold-b brick swindler was arrested
at Malone, N. Y. He had made $780,
900.
Five men were killed and M fatally
wounded in a Missouri shooting at:
fray.
A pitched battle between moonshin-
ers and deputy marshals occurred re-
Gently in Indian Territory.
A Philadelphia man and wife were
killed, and it Is regarded as a case OF
mutual suicide or murder and suicide.
Lora Leeper of Fulton county, Illi-
nois, a nephew of Senator Cullom,
while crazed by heat, attempted sui
eide.
Edward Spencer, a farmer at Tren-
ton, N. j., was arrested for beating his
wife. He quoted Scripture to justify
his action.
Evidence is said to have been found
hat anarchists plotted in New York
and Paterson, N. J., to kill the crowned
heads of Europe. and went on their
mission in companies.
Two Isl mel held up Pullman
passenger on the Union Pacific train.
ninety miles EAST of Denver, killed W:
]. Fay, a Californian, who resisted;
and escaped with 500, jewels and
watches.
Harvey Bouse, charged with forging
the names of two prominent farmers
to a note for $3.50. was arrested and
Jailed at Warsaw, Ind. The forgery
was discovered when Bouse attempted
to get the note cashed at the Lake
City Bank Of Warsaw.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
Deus $ IL @0GGK
Casualities.

O00U011t1e8s
Two firemen were killed on ]. j. Hills
yacht Wacouta.
A man named Furgeson was drowned
at Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Joseph Bancroft of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
was severely injured by a street car.
A large raft owned by Knapp, Stout
& Co. went to pieces at Louisiana, Mo.
A Milwaukee motorman's celluloid
collar ignited by the electric current.
He may die.
Henry Blene and Theodore Gosline
were buried in a gravel pit at Marsh
field, Wis. Blene died.
A landslide descended on the house
Of Mrs. John Hendricks at lie Mars,
Iowa. The family was unharmed.
A ~million-dollar lumber fire occurred
at Ashland, Wis, and dynamite was
used to save the mills. Four lives were
lost.
In a rear-end collision on the Cotton
Belt road at Aurich, Ark, c. A. Ganey,
a brakeman, was killed and three men
injured. Five cars were demolished.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-18
In a Personal Vein.

new LII. SSIuS I1dIIllAlOu, Illc tSI.
eran missionary to Turkey and profess
sor Of Roberts college at Harpoot, died
at Portland, Me.
Sergt. Maj. Bergman Ross, Thirty
fifth volunteers, now in the Philip
pines, has been appointed second lieu
tenant in that regiment.
Maj. E. A. Consegney of Avoca, Ioa,
past department commander of the G.
A. R., prominent business man and
Republican politician, is dead.
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 al
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.
Mrs. Margaret Brown Oliver, mother
Of George T. oliver, proprietor If the
Pittsburg Conmercial-G Gazette, and Of
Hon. Henry w. oliver, the well known
steel manufacturer, died at Pittsburg,
aged n%inety-one years.
Luke Prior, former United States
senator and representative in congress,
died at his home in Athens, Ala. Sem
ator Pryor was a native Of Alabama,
and was born near the birthplace Of
Senator Pettus of that state.
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.
Foreign.
The stokers' strike is spreading in
France, traffic at Havre being stopped.
The Peruvian congress has declared
full amnesty for all political offenders.
More than $25, 900 has been disallowed
in the accounts Of ex-Director of Gu.
ban Posts Rathbone.
Gen. Alejandrino, Filipino command
er, is negotiating for surrender under
the amnesty proclamation.
Max. J. Beihr, recently appointed
United States consul at Magdeburg,
Germany, has received his exequatur.
The eighteenth annual astronomical
| congress opened at Heidelberg, Ger
many, recently. Sixty delegates were
present.
Vienna anarchists, for approving Of
the assassination of King Humbert,
| were sentenced to imprisonment and
expatriation.
The statement of the London board
of trade for the month of July shows
increases Of e32S,0o0 in imports and
91,254,6 600 in exports.
There was an imposing demonstra-
tion at Buenos Ayres on Sunday, the
anniversary of the revolution of 1890.
Twenty thousand persons took part.
Rigorous protests were made against
President Roca.
The sun., 1900-12-14
DUG INTO A MOUSD BUILDERs GRAVE.
skeleton with Copper AIss In the Hands
-supposed to Bs 1000 Tears Old.

MARIETTA. Ohio. Dec. i3.--While excavat-
Ing yesterday for cellar 400 yards from tho
famous Mound Cemetery. workmen dug into
mound builders grave supposed to be more
than 1000 years old The grave was covered
with three layers OF heavy stone with three
inches OF fine white sand between each layer
when the third stone was raised the bones OF
q large man were discovered In the bones
OF each hand were two solid copper axes.
When exposed To the air the bones crumblcd
and within half an hour the entire mass was
In small fragments. The axes we're secured
by Dr. T.. X Bales. an antiquarian. who found
them to be of solid copper and eSceediSSiy
hard They have a shrill ring to them, and
are imperfect In form. being similar 10 the
common axe OF to-day.
Large bits OF charcoal were also found
IN the grave as were the bones OF Wild animals
supposed to have been deer. The grave
was walled In on all sides. the top and bottom
with heavy stones. The body OF the mound
builder sat In an upright position with the
hands in a position as II supporting the body,
The head had fallen over on the ribs, nj was
almost twice the size OF the present day man.
The axes had peculiar marks on them and
weighed about two pounds each
The grave was two and half feet wide by
three and half long. and Ave feet deep and
tine stones surrounding II were easily broken
with the nngers, being soft. The experts
say the copper axes are from the Lake
Superior region and at least ?. 600 years old.
The sun., 1900-12-14
FIVE NEv SMALLPOX CASES.
One Walk ed Into Dr. Blsuvelt's once Two
Ha. Refused Vaccination.

Joseph Mazzea Of 500 West sixty-ninth
street. accompanied by an Italian interpreter.
visited yesterday the office OF DR.. Blauvelt,
chief Of the Bureau Of Contagious Diseases.
The Interpreter told DR.. Blauvelt that Mazzea
wanted to see a doctor. Mazzea pushed back
.l,ss hat from his forehead and Dr. Blauveit
saw at onoe that he had smallpox. The in err
prefer was vaccnated on the spot. and Mazaea
was sent 10 the Willard Parker Reception
Hospital in q carriage and from there 20 North
Brother Island. Dr. Blauvelt said his in
.pectors reported that Mazzea had been lods-
ing in the basement of "A West 81 ty-ntnth
street house and had been cooking in n restau
rant. He sent inspectors to find the restau-
mt
These smallpox victims wer" taken from
their houses yesterday by the Health Depart
ul"nt Inspectors to North Brother Island:
James Nel son. 81 years old. Of 5l1 West Forty
and George Manar. Il years old. both OF $50
Nc-t SlNty-eghth street, and Mary Bratton.
g2 wears old of 8l3 West Seventeenth street.
pr Blauvelt and sanitary Superintendent
Dillingham; said they were not surprised al
having 50 many new cases. That was Just
what they had expected. .
The cases OF George Menier and Edith
Mitchell" said Dr. Dillingham, ARE very
eNasperatinS. They ar" brother and sister
and wcr. in th" same rooms with James
mitchell, the kndergdrten lanitor, who was
removed on THANKSGIVING DGy. Nv ins &c
thnlu hut they were English ant.-VgCciua-
tiuni.ts and wouldn't be- Inuculated II they
had been they wouldn't have got the disease
or at least would have had II in mild form