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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
NORTH DAKOTA CROPS.
Wheat Is Practically All Gone-Fla1
Shares the Same Fate.

Wheat Is Practically All One-Fla
Shares the Same Fate.
The government weather bureau at
Bismarck issued the following sum-
mary Of the crop conditions:
Light to heavy showers fell in the
southeastern portion of the state, with
heavy ones in the Missouri valley and
light ones at scattered places, during
the fore part Of last week, as a general
thing not heavy enough to do any
good in the ,grain-producing section,
followed by temperatures ranging
from 80 to 100 degrees each day from
Wednesday to date.
There is little doubt that the greater
portion of the wheat crop has been al
most totally destroyed; the only hope
lies in getting sufficient rain to revive
and bring forward that sown late, as
that put in early is almost beyond re-
cOvery; all reports agree that II the
prevailing drouth continues a week
longer there will be little left to har-
vest. What little early wheat is left
is heading out, very short, so much SO
that it can not be cut by ordinary
methods, and hundreds of acres are
burned up. Flax seems to be doing
the best Of all grain. but it is poor and
Is beginning to suffef. anu II is proDa-
BILE that considerable damage has been
done the tender plant by the heat OF
the past week. Corn is doing fairly
well, but is very backward. Gardens
are almost a total failure in all sec
lions, and it is feared that the potato
crop has shared the fate of the early
wheat.
Another seriou sdificulty is the en-
tire failure Of the grass crop. there not
being any left in the eastern part OF
the. state, while in the western portion
it will be unusually shert, and but lit
tie hay can be put up. In the eastern
portion fields are being plowed up and
sown to fodder crops. in the hope OF
getting enough to feed stock, which Is
now reported as starving in some sec
lions.
Two small hail storms. one in Cass
and one in Riclland county, did some
damage to what vegetation a there.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07

was to a single cabelgram from Ad.
miral Kemph, and the preparation of
instructions to Gen. Chaffee, set out
nothing calculated to strengthen the
hopes Of the friends Of the foreign
ministers and the missionaries who
have now been silent for fully two
weeks. Kempfs cablegram was q
disappointment in his confession that
he knew nothing Of the whereabouts Of
h Missing People,
and there are many expressions Of
wonder that neither that officer nor
any Of the foreign naval commanders
at Taku have been ingenious enough
to establish some system of spying so
as to learn within two weeks what has
taken place at Picking. Relative to the
interesting story that an international
accord has been arrived at as to the
pro7tempore settlement of the Chinese
trouble, state department officials say
that while the United States is not a
party to such an agreement, if the
European powers and Japan have
come to an understanding on the basis
set out the results should be welcomed
by all who have no selfish designs to
satisfy. d
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
g. A. R. IN NORTH DAKOTA.
State Encampn,ent at Grand Forks
Well Attended.

.H vVCAA AktV1ucus
The state encampment of the G. A.
R., held in Grand Forks last week, was
attended by the greatest number Of
veterans ever assembled in the state.
State encampments have, as a rule,
been held in the smaller towns, and
the fixing upon Grand Forks as the
meeting place was in response to a
very general desire on the part Of the
first occasion on which the veterans OF
had an opportunity to meet in this
state with the veterans of 1861, and
this added materially to the interest
Of the occasion.
The city was handsomely decorated
in honor Of the visiting veterans, and
everything was done to make their
visit all enjoyable one.
The first session was held in the
where the veterans visited and
headed by the City band, they
marched to the court house, where a
session was held of the council of adj
ministration. The business was trans
acted behind closed doors. There were
IAAu1Ay 1CAAiaLA 40 "
the. people of Grand Forks for the
manner in which the city was dec
Grated, the designs in some of the
larger windows being very neat and
attractive.
The closing business of the three
days session was the election of Off
GERS, which resulted as follows: Com
mander, Freeman circuit, Wahpeton;
senior vice, George A. Wheeler, ST..
Grand Forks; Junior vice, George d.
Vallandingham, Valley City; medical
director, DR.. Johnson, Lisbon; chap
lain, David Hoople, Grafton; delegates
to national encampment, A. w. Ed
wards, Fargo, and A. S. Patteer,
Devils Lake.
. The relief corps officers are: Presi-
dent, Emma NJ. Sprague, Grand Forks;
senior vice, Emma B. Falconer. Bis
marck; Junior vice, Fannie Walker.
Wahpeton; chaplain, Elizabeth Plum
mer, Reynolds national delegates, Mar.
celia D. Johnson, Valley City, and
Charlotte Heart, Larimore.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
ALI IS BUsTLE AT NOME.

surpasses Activity at Dawson Dur
ing Klondike Excitement.
Portland, Ore, July 1.-The steam
er George w. Elder arrived yesterday
morning, nine days from Cape Nome.
Everything is hustle at Nome and the
activity at Dawson during the height
of the Klondike excitement is sur
passed.
Purser Hayward describes the scenes
at Nome as of unparalleled activity.
He saws the beach claims have been.
worked over three OF four times, but
ia of the opinion that the creeks near
Nome are rich. He thinks the popula-
ton of Nome may reach $4,000 before
the rush subsidies.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
TIMBER

They Have Been More Than Doubled
by st. Louis County Authorities.
Duluth, Mimi, July 1.-The county
authorities have made a raise of over
100 per cent in valuations Of standing
timber in this county. The valuations
of this property have not been ad-
justed in many years, though values
have tripled in the past two years.
The only reports in so far are from
unorganized towns, where the in
crease is from S4.5OO,OO0 to $9,4OO.OOO.
AS cut-over lands have been reduced
considerably. this means that valua-
lions on standing timber have been
more than doubled.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
CAN ACT AS SHE rLEAsEs.

Dramatist Gilbert Fails to Get In
junction Against Actress Steer.
London, July 1. - The. chancery
court has refused to grant the injunc-
ton applied for by Mr.. w. s. Gilbert,
the dramatist, to restrain Janette
Steer, the American actress, from con-
tinuing the production at the Comedy
theater Of the formers play Of "Pyg-
malion and Galatea," on the ground
that she had materially altered the
business as arranged by him, and as 1t
had been played under his direction in
other places and by other actresses.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
FROST IN RED RIVER VALLEY.
Flax Slightly Damaged hut Wheat
Could Not be Hurt.

Grand Forks. N. D., July 1. - The
temperature dropped below freezing
point in many places in the valley and
tender vegetables in exposed places
were injured and some grain fields
show signs of frost. The evidences or
injury are confined in the case OF
wheat to the edges Of the leaves ana
the outer layer of chaff, and even this
is not general. The frost is generally
viewed with Indifference. as little hope
is now entertained for the wheat crop.
Flax is said to have been somewhat
damaged. but farmers who have re-
ported say that the damage has not
reached the main stalk Of the plant.
A light shower Thursday morning is
the only rain which has fallen in this
section since the hot winds Of last
week, and the situation in the North
west looks desperate except in a few
favorite localities.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
easy FOR RYAN.
He Gets the Decision. Over Mahoney
in Six Rounds.

He Gets the Decision. Over Mahoney
in Six Rounds.
Chicago, July 1.-''Syracuse Tom
nv" Ryan easily gained the verdict
over young" Mahoney of Philadelphia
before the Fort Dearborn Athletic club
last night after six rounds Of rather
slow work. Ryan, who. was in splen.
did condition, completely o%utclassed
the Philadelphia boy, whose work,
though clever, looked amateurish in
front of Ryan. Ryan, however, evil
IDENTIFY did not try for a Knockout, but
contented himself with tying Mahoney
in krots and outpointing him. The
crowd showed it's disapproval by boot
ing the men at times. Mahoney
weighed about 146 pounds and Ryan
in the neighborhood of 15O.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
PRACTICE AND PREcEpr.

President Seth Low Of Columbia
UnivSrsity Believes i'm Eieht-Hour
Law.
New York, June 30.-In looking over
the accounts Of Columbia university q
few days ago Seth Low, the president,
discovered that twenty-four men EN-.
ployed in the boiler rooms and electri-
cal departments were working in
twelve-ho.r shifts. He gave orders at
once to put the men ON eight-hour
shifts, without reducing their pay, and
to employ one-third more men. II am
q firm believer in the eight-hour day.
President Low said, '.and I know Of no
better way than to put ones profession
into practice where one has the pow
err"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
FEadALE

women Fined for AssaultinE q St.
Louis street Car Passengers.
st. Louis, July 1. ~ Mrs. Maggie,
iHyams and Mrs. Ruth Henry We're
convicted Of assaulting and practically
disrobing Julia Ray, colored, as she
stepped from a a at Tenth and
Brooklyn streets last Friday night.
Each was fined $40 and costs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
INDIAN OUTBREAK
10 cared at Rainy River, MIMI
Settlers Are LeaVinR.

SettIeFH Are LeaV1AG.
Winnipeg, July /. - A Rat Portage
special says that the steamer Keenora
has just arrived there with 100 women
and children, refugees from Rainy
River, Mimi, who are leaving the dis
trict owing to expected Indian
troubles. The residents Of Koocho-
ching, MIMI, are deserving everything
and moving across the river to Fort
Francis, Ont. for protection. The In
dams of the district, numbering 1000,
have divided into two hostile bands.
The captain of the Keenora says that
all the remaining women and children
of the district are to be down on the
next steamer, and arms are urgently
besought by the settlers. The excite
ment is intense.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Feed store Burned.

st. Paul, July l.; For the third
time within the past year the feed
store of jameson & Hevener, 181 East
Sixth street, was. damaged by nre
yesterday afternoon. The loss on
stock and building will be $4,000,
covered by insurance. 1t was un-
doubtedly of incendiary origin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07

London, July i, 8 a. m. The ad-
ventures and hard fighting of the allies
under Admiral Seymour, their reaching
Anting, twelve miles from Picking, the
decision to retreat, the capture Of rice
and immense stores of modern arms
and ammunition, affording material
for a strenuous deferse until relieved,
all this is told in a dispatch from Ad-
miral Seymour, received by the 'ad-
miralty at midnight, which runs as fol-
lows:
'Tien-tsin, June q, via Chefu, June
Zee, 1850 p. m.-Have returned to Tien-
tsin with the forces, having been I'M
able to reach Peking by rail. On June
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
LAwLEssNEss AND GAMBLING.

Steamer Portland Arrives in Frisco
With Reports of DoinEs at Nome.
San Francisco, July l.. = The steam
err Portland arrived from Nome with q
confirmation of the reports of claim
jumping and lawlessness. Nearly TO-
600 idle men are at Nome waiting for
something to turn up" Gambling is In
full swing. The Portland's arrival at
Nome relieved the coal famine. The
price has been SIT a sack. f.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
peci.ion on a Foul.

New York, July lat the Broad
way Athletic club last night Jimmy
Handler of Newark was awarded the
decision on a foul over Mysterious
Billy Smith of New York in the four
teenth round of what was to have been
a twenty-five round bout at 148 pounds.
It was a vicious battle, and another
punch by either man would have
brought it to n conclusion without the
referees interference when the foul
was committed, as both men were o
bling from the effect of right-hand
smashes on the jaw.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
T

Two Runaway Resulting in
Deaths.
Spring Valley, Wis, July 1. Mrs.
Peter Smith was killed in a runaway
Yesterday. being thrown out of a wag-
on onto a sharp stump, which COM
pletely disembowled her. She leaves
two small children.
Dexter. Mimi, June 3O.-Nels Olson,
a farmer living near Elkton, was In
stantly killed by being thrown a
wagon. He was tifty-fve years old
and leaves a small family.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
FIGHT DECLARED OFF.

JeTries VIII Not Waste Time With
Sharkey, but Will Meet Rubin.
New York, July 1. - The match be.
tween Jeffries and Sharkey, scheduled
for the latter part of August, has been
declared off. When the match, was
made it was agreed that should either
man be defeated the other could call
the. contest off. Rubin defeated Shar-
key and Jeffries has called everything
of. Jeffries says he will meet Rubin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
A A CYCLONE.

Cuts a Path Thirty Rods Wide and
Causes Considerable Damage.
Plainfield, Wis, July IA cyclone
passed over a small strip of country
in Pine Grove, seven miles north OF
here. The path of the storm was only
about thirty rods wide, but fences
were lcvelcd. trees broken down and,
uprooted, and q large hay barracks on
the farm of Charles Ellis was COM
pletely demolished. 1t is the first
"twister" in many years in this vtcin-
itv.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
1t Is Not LeprOsy.

Cumberland, Wis, July 1. - Health
Officer Garrett, who has been invests
eating the lelrosy scare near this city.
has submitted tine case to the state
board of health. who has decided that
it is not a case of leprosy. The patient
is Mrs. John LindstrOm. who has SUBJ
mitted %cheerfully to all investigation
in order that the truth might be
known. 1t has proved simply a case
Of scrOfula.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
NEW TELErHoNE HEADQUARTERS.

Northwestern Company Prepares Its
Plans for . BUILDING Mt Fargo.
The plans for the Northwestern Tel
ephone building in Fargo have been
completed. The structure will be built
on lots recently purchased on the cor
ner Of First avenue and Fifth street
North. II win be a substantial build
ing 6Ox75 feet, two stories high, with
Placement. As soon as the new place
Is ready for occupancy the company
WIN begin to put its wires under.
ground.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Creamery burned.

Fort Dodge, Iowa. July /. = The
Rockwell City creamery. the largest
creamery in this part Of Iowa, was
burned. Some of the valuable equip
ment was saved, but the greater part
Of It was totally destroyed with the
building. The creamery belonged to
Andrew Wood & Co.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
woLsELEY WAS pEss1M1sr1c.

English Commander-in-Chief Sce
Many Clouds in English Skies.
London, July lat a banquet CIV
Ell last night in commemoration Of the
anniversary Of the queens first review
Of volunteers in 1860, Field Marshal
Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief of
her majesty's forces, declared that the
present outlook was not agreeable to
the world generally. He said that
never had there been a time since the
downfall of Napoleon when so many
clouds were hanging yer Great Brit
ain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07

A mass meeting was bold at May
"A Great Northern trai" vi Leeds raa
into q horse and carriage. the buggy
containing Mrs. Urness apd three chill
dren. The horse was killed, and the
skull Of the smallest child war so frac-
tured it is feared 1t will not survive.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
LONE RoBBER HOLDS Up TRAIN.

Pullman Passengers Yield but 800
Bold Bad Man Escaped.
Lincoln, Neb., June 80. - The Pull
man passengers on the st. Louis-Port-
lend express On the Burlington were
held up by a masked robber near
Bradshaw. The robber secured about
800, pulled the cord. jumped from the
train and escaped. An armed posse
with hloodhounds left here at 4 o'clock
on a special train to hunt down the
.robber. It Is thought that a passenger
IN the chair car who was missed after
- train stopped, did the work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Emergency Take. i'm Austria.

Emergency Taxes I'm Aqstria.
Vienna, July las an outcome OF
q parliamentary impasse an imperial
decree has been issued authorizing the
government. in virtue of the emergency
clause of the constitution to continue
levying taxes to meet the state ex-
penditure until the close of 1900. The
minister of finance was also emp0W-
cred to, raise in case OF need 5O,OOO,OOO
kronen to cover the most urgent ex-
p%enditures.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
oner. to Surrender.

Salt Lake, Utah, July 1. = Desert
News prints n story to the effect that
Butch Cassiday, for whose arrest there
is a reward of $500 offered by the
state, is now in Salt Lake and will
give himself up provided the governor
win agree not to honor requisition pa
pers from Colorado, where he is want
ed for iafl breaking.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
CLOSE SEVENTY ELEVATORS.
.areill Company Will Call i'm Its
BuYerk for the SeaMOn.

CargiT1 Company VIII Gail IN Itb
Buyers for the Season.
La Crosse. Wis. July /. The w.
W. Cargill Elevator company, which
runs an extensive line of elevators
through the wheat region, announces
that, owing to the prospective wheat
crop shortage all of their elevators
north of the Litchfield line will not be
opened this. year. This affects seventy
of this company's elevators. They
will retain all persons employed by
them at these elevators, at an ex-
pense of nearly $4,000. =,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Big Plant Destroyed.

Solomonville, July /. At noon yes
terday the reduction works of the De-
troit Copper company at Mono caught
IRE and the entire plant was con-
eumed. The works consisted of a $50
ton concentrator, smelter, furnaces AMI
%conyerters. The fire will throw q.
large number Of men temporarily out
Of employment.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
suicide at Winnipeg,

Suicide ut WInMtpeG.
Winnipeg, July 4. - Mrs. George
Simpson, wife of the chief elerksOf the
department OF public works; COM
mitted suicide. She had been Ill for
some time and her mind was tempo
rarily upset. She used q razor. B
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Colonial Wars.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 1. The
annual meeting Of the Iowa Society Of
Colonial Wars was held here yester-
day. The following officers were elect
ed: President, Judson Keith Deming,
Dubuque; secretary, John E. Brady,
Dubuque; historian, Benjamin Dudley
Wheeler, Des Moines. An address
was made ut the banquet last night by
President George Mclean, Of the Iowa
State university.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
AST0LDB SEYMOUR
STORY OF THE ATTEMPT TO REACH
PICKING.

and Hard Fighting Of
the Allies-They Arrived Within
Twelve Miles Of Pekinix but Ex-
tensive Destruction of the Rail-
road. N~ecessitated Retreat-No Au-
thentic Word as to the Where.
abouts Of the Foreign Ministers-
The President Thinks the situa-
ton Has Improved.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
w. G. T. u. Electton of omcer..

Hastings, Mimi, July 1. At yester-
days session of the twelfth annual
convention of the Seventh District
Woman's Christian Temperance union
the following officers we're elected:
President. Mrs. j.. A. Clifford, North
field; vice president, Mrs. NJ. j. Rust,
Hastings; secretary. Miss Ethel #.
Taylor. Cannon Falls: treasurer, MIRA
S. d. Conley. Cannon Falls.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
FIREMAN

Several others Injured While Work
ing at q Fire in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, July lone fireman was
killed and eleven others injured int
nearly $500, 600 worth of property de-
stroyed in a fire that broke out in the
machine shop of the Best Manufactur-
ing company on Bwenty-ffth street.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
l.anell Hanxed.

Washington, July benjamin Hill
Smell, forty-four years old, formerly a
clerk in the pension Office, was hanged
at the District Jail fol. the murder OF
thirteen-year-old Lizzie Wiesenberger,
with whom he was infatuated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
natr.ctsd Tor IN Follette.

~Inktructed for La Toilette.
west Superior, Wis, July L. Two,
conventions, giving seventeen votes for
"a Toilette, were unanimous In I'M
STRUGGLING for him yesterday. Kerby
Thomas and "A. q. Titus head the dele
cations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Button Caters strtk,

Prairie du, Chen. Wis, July IA
strike occurred at the, Prairie du Chen
Button company's plant owing to a re-
duction CT one-half cent per Q to
button cutters. T~liirty-eight cutters
have already gone u
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
B0ERS HARD AT. 1T
GUERRILLA OPER ATOMS REPORT
ED FROM SEVERAL PLACES.

Lord Roberts Reports q Number Of
Small engagements in Which the
British Suffered L0sses-Methuen
Pursues a Body of Beers and Cap
lures 5000 Sheep and 500 Head
of Cattle Beers Report Capture
Of q British Convoy-Bcliel That
1t Will Take From Three to Six
Months to s1bdue the Beers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Death.

New Hampton, Iowa, July IL News
comes that I. M. Weed. a prominent at
torney of, West Union, Iowa, died sud-
denly from hemorrhage of the stom-
ach. For twenty-five years he had
been in business in West Union.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07
Relieved
CHINESE FORCES DRIVEN 0FF
AFTER A BRISK FIGHT.

Party Found the Admiral
of Chinese-They Had Made o
Brilliant Remittance, Never Fail
ing In Courage for Fifteen Days
of Continuous Fighting-Fate of
tery-American Marines Do Good
Work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-07

MaJ. Cen. 4. r.. Chance,
Ordered to Take Command of American Land
Forces ins China.
10 two attacks on the advanced guard
were made by the Boxers, who were
repulsed with considerable loss to
them and none on our side. On June
~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

On Lincoln day. 1900. William Nc
Kinley sent the following congratu-
latory dispatch TO the Chicago i'm
perialists:
Each succeeding year our citizens
have seen with clear vision how great
was Lincoln's contribution TO the
forces which make for the welfare
and perpctuity of the nation. and ev-
cry occasion which commemorate his
life is an incentive to patriotic serv-
ice. Accept my best wishes for q
most successful and inspiring meet
ing this evening.