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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
TAKES CHARGE SEPT. i.
Taft Commission VIII Have Charge
of PhiliDDfneO.

x0xt DOMINATION WILL have C00xBS
Of Philippines.
Manila, Aug. Ton Sept. 1 the COM
mission headed by Judge Taft will be-
come the executive body Of the Phil
ippines,' with power to take and ap-
propriate insular moneys, to establish
judicial and educational systems and
to make and pass all laws. No money
will be permitted to be drawn from the
~insular funds except by authorization
Of the commission. Judge Taft and
his colleagues will also exercise certain
executive functions. For instance, they
will appoint Judges, officials in the ed
ucational departments and officers of
municipalities which the commission
establish pending elections. Gen. Mac"
Arthur will be The executive head to
enforce the laws of the commission.
and he will conduct the government in
accordance with the same until the
commission recommends to President
Mckinley the appointment Of a civil
governor.
There has been an increase Of insur-
gent activity during the last three
weeks. especially in the way of am
sushes and attacks upon small parties.
First Lieut.. Alstetter, of the engineer
corps, with an escort Of fifteen men,
raj taken in ambush in the province
of Nueva Ecija, Luzon, by a large
force. The Americans fought until
their ammunition was gone, and as
they were surrounded there was Moth
ing to do but surrender. One man was
killed and three wounded. Gen. Lau-
cana, who was in command Of the in
surgents, returned the wounded with
a letter promising to treat the prison.
ers well. Lieut.. Bocton Hulesburg was
ambushed and killed near Santa Cruz,
province Of Laguana. Five men Of the
Twenty-fifth infantry were captured
in Nueva Ecija, but sergt. Schmidt. Of
the Twelfth infantry, with sever men,
trailed the captors and killed five.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Taken by Russians.
GEORGIA TO FOLLOW SUIT.

Constitutional Amendment Proposed
That Will Disfranchise the Negro.
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. lowing to the
result of the recent election in North
Carolina in which white supremacy
was engrafted on the state. Represen-
tative Hardwick will introduce in the
next session of the Georgia legislature
a bill providing for a constitutional
amendment enforcing a property and
educational qualification on suffrage.
which practically disfranchises the ne
groes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Ranchers in all directions have s,f.
lered from prairie fires The asst ten
days. Fires north of Dickinson have
burned considerable range, but there is
plenty left. South the damage has been
great. Thousands of acres of grass
nave been burned, buildings destroyed.
IN a few cases animals have been
burned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
INVESTIGATING ANARCHISTS.
New Jersey Looking Into h Allega-
tiona That Plots Were Hatched

New Jersey Looking Into h Allega-
tiona That Plots Were Hatched
There.
New York, Aug. S. Gov. voorhees,
admitted yesterday at his home in
Elizabeth, N. j., hat steps had been
taken to investigate the allegations
that the plot to kill King Humbert and
other monarchs had been hatcheed IN
New Jersey. If the evidence can be
procured, and there are still some OF
those concerned living in the state.
they will be prosecuted. The investi-
CATION is not complete and probably
will not be until information from Italy
enables it to be conducted minutely.
The governor does not consider the sit
uation at either Paterson or West
Hoboken as serious. He does not
think the anarchists at either place
would do anything locally which would
bring them into prominence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
The storming of Peking
LII ONLY -DEsPoNDENT.
Report That He Had Committed Sui
cIIe

Report That He Had Committed Sui
eide U~nfounded.
Shanghai, Aug. 1.-THE report that
Ii Hung Chang had committed sui
eide is without foundation. He Is only
in a very respondent state.
Communication Unrestricted.
Paris, Aug. 7.-Sheng, director gen.
eral of railways and ~telegraphs, has
just communicated to the consuls at
Shanghai, according to a special to the
Temps, dated Aug. 5, an imperial de-
cree, dated Aug. 2, authorizing the for
eign ministers in Peking to commune
cate without restriction with their
governments and ordering their de-
parture for Tien-tsin under a good es-
cort.
Taken by Russians.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-THE Russian
war Office has received a dispatch from
Gen. Gredekoff, dated Khabarovsk,
Aug. s, announcing that Aguin had
been taken by the Russians after a
stubborn fight, and that the Chinese
were being pursued in the direction OF
Tschikar.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
MESSAGE FROM CONGER.
Says No Fighting Since the Sixteenth
by Agreement.

Says No Fighting Since the Sixteenth
by Agreement.
Washington, Aug. IA belated mes
sage from Minister Conger was re-
ceived yesterday at the state DEPART
ment. 1t came through Consul Gen.
eral Goodnow at Shanghai, who trans
mitted messages received by MI. Rags
dale. United States consul at Tien-tsln,
from MI. Conger and Mr.. Squires, sec
rotary of the United States legation at
Picking. In effect. the advices are the
same as those received a day or W
ago by the state department from Con-
sui Porter at Chefu. MI. Goodnow's
message was transmitted. to President
Mckinley at Canton, and Mr.. Adee,
acting secretary of state. later In the
dav issued the following statement
concerning its:
consul General Goodnow, in a ca
blegram, dated Shanghai, Aug. 5.
which was received at the department
of state at 4 o'clock Sunday morning,
Reports the Receipt
by Consul Ragsdale at Tien-tsin Of
messages from Minister Conger and
the secretary of the legation, Mr..
suuires, dated July 81, to the following
effect: All well. No fighting since
the 10th by agreement. Enough pro-
visions. Hope for speedy relief
"Mr. Goodnow adds that the director
Of posts, sheng, had on the 9Th COM
municated to him an imperial edict,
dated July 30, ordering Chung Ii to
provide an escort for the ministers to
Tien-tsin when the ministers fixed a
date. The edict says the ministers can
receive messages not in cipher; but,
Notwithstanding this, plain messages
were returned to some consuls on Aug.
L."
While the messages from Minister
Conger and Secretary squires bear
date Of July q,
The Relief Founded
not only upon them, but also upon coll
lateral and later information is that
the legationers IRE yet safe from at
least Immediate harm. At present
there is no means Of knowing whether
the ministers will ascept the offer Of
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Word aof a serious stabbing at
fair on Four-Mile creek, near Cannon
Ball. Bob Marshall, a half-breed ranch
er, was stabbed in the face and breast
with q large pocket knife. It has not
beer definitely ascertained who did the
work. Marshall may die. No arrests
have been made. Whisky was the in
citing cause. Marshall lay on the prai-
RE severe hours before he vas found.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
AN OFFICER IN DISGRACE.

Second Lieut.. e. H. Martin Dismissed
From the Army.
Washington, Aug. 7-Second Lieut..
E. H. Martin, Fifth artillery, has been
dismissed from the army by direction
of the president, in conformity with a
sentence of a general court martial by
which he was tried and convicted OF
making false, fictitious and fraudu-
lent statements of claims and receipts
in the accounts of the post exchange
at Fort Hancock, N. Y"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

The controller of the currency has
gwen out an abstract Of the reports of
the condition on June 26 Of the twenty
Tour national banks in North Dakotu,
1t shows total resources of 81, 723, 1884:
loans and discounts amounting to S.
Sao,oS2 n cash reserve to 1916, 769, Of
which s1s0,4T was gold. Individual de-
posits were 1851, 1894 and the average
reserve held was 1920 per cent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Some unknown party set fire to q.
skauge's barn and n of his granartes
at Christine. Tom Skauge and Alb
Hensvold came home at a late hour
ana the buildings burning. After
q hard struggle they saved the bar
nut the granary on the other side Of
the river burned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
wounded were Not Shot.

WOUnded Were Not Shot.
San Francisco, Aug. z. - DR.. 6. r.
Smith, who was in the allies hospital
at Tien-tsin until July 5, has arrived
here on the City Of Pekin from China
and absolutely denies the story Of the
shooting Of wounded soldiers by Ad-
miral Seymour on the retreat from
Tier-tsin. The doctor states that he
was present when Admiral Seymour's
column arrived and that the wounded
were with him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
King Alexander Wed.

htDR We0N. . ~.
Belgrade, Aug. 2. = King Alexander
Yesterday welded Nine. Draga Mas
chin. the ceremony being performed
with great pomp. In honor Of the
event the king granted amnesty, to-
gether with numerous political par,
dons. Including the former Radical
premier, Tauschanovich. I
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Pot.oned nj. Own Rather,

Fresno, Cal, Aug. o. Fred Hines,
thirteen years old, has confessed that
he poisoned his father, who is lying
dangerously Ill at the county hospital.
The boy said that his father treated
him cruelty, and had refused to let
him drive his team. He concluded to
kill him. He and his younger brother
bought the poison, which Fred put In
his fathers coffee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Wrecked by an Explosfon,

wrecked by an Explosion.
Scranton, Pa, Aug. 1.-TWO buildings
on Lackawanna. avenue, the Merchants
and Mechanics bank and Phillipps'
estate furniture store, were wrecked
by an explosion Of escaping gas.
About fifteen persons were injured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
IRELAND WARMLY GREETED.

Pope Leo Presents Archbishop With
Gold Medal.
Rome, Aug. z. - Archbishop Ireland
visited Cardinal Rampolla and the
other cardinals. afterward obtaining
an audience with the pope. He was
received and granted and audience.
He was received everywhere with "
dences of warmest affection. It was
said that his work in France is highly
appreciated, as was shown by Pope
Leo presenting him with a solid gold
medal in token Of his esteem and at
lection. <.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Fatal Fire nt Cleveland.

Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. a. - Fire de-
stroyed one Of the mills of the Cuya-
hoga Lumber company, causing a loss
estimated at 100000. John Zahm, an
employee, was unable to leave the build
ing in time to escape and was so bad
ly burned that he will probably die.
The origin Of the fire is supposed to
have been incendiary.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

An Indian woman at Fort Yates va.
recently bitten by a poisonous snake
known as a blue racer. The Indians
nserted a sharp stick in the wound.
cut the flesh out with a knife and
poured kerosene oil on it. The woman
is as we'll as ever again.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Miss Viola Codding of Valley city
writes from Cape Nome and mentions
q number OF North Dakotans who are
seeking their fortunes in Alaska. br.
benson she reports to be in Cape Nome
Inc owner of a number Of claims.
MISS Coddtng is a s~tenographer and re.
ports little work in that line at present.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
De.troyed by Forest Fire

st. johns, N. f., Aug. ga forest
fire at sopp's Arm, White Bay. has de-
stroyed a large sawmill, several million
fett Of lumber and a settlement of 12O
houses. The whole place was wiped
out. A schooner that happened to be
landing coal for the use of mail steam.
ers. took the residents to a place Of
safety.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Charged with Criminal Assault.
Chippewa Falls. Wis, Aug. 5.-Jerry
q. Bromly, a resident Of Ingram, was
arrested on a warrant sworn out by
Mrs. Ellen ingalls,, charging him with
criminal assault upon the person Of her
daughter, aged fourteen years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Pen soup KILLS Two

I~rwinsville, Ca, Aug. 1.-TWO chill
.dren Of the family Of Lewis Connor
are dead and Mrs. Conner and a third
child are critically i'll as the result Of
eating pea soup cooked in a tin vessel.
Physicians say the poison was metallic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Old Title May Be Dropped.

Old Title May BE Dropped.
New York, Aug. 2. = Some Of the
railroads are considering the advisa-
bility Of abandoning the time-honored
title of brakeman OF passenger trains
and calling him assistant conductor.
The brakes on passenger trains are no
longer worked by hand, but by air. and
it is argued that the old title is a mis-
homer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Anarchista Arrestcd.

Chicago, Aug. Lucy Parsons and
five other anarchists were arrested
here yesterday while attempting to
hold a meeting. The police had been
informed Of the gathering in advance
and arrested the principals as soon az
they appeared on the platform. A con-
siderable amount of incendiary litera-
ture was confiscated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Bowden was the scene of a scrap be-
tween white caps and some boys VII
were peacefully" enjoying a key of
Deer in a blacksmith shop-of which the
end is not yet. .NA s1.e
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

workmen Thrown Ont Of Jobs.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. z. ~ Three
hundred employees OF the Republic Iron
ana steel company were yesterday no-
tined that their services win not be
required. They were advised to secure
other pcsitions.s %8
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Drowned Whfle Fi.hfnc

DrOWned While FfshfnK.
Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. Max KATE.
eighteen years old. was drowned In the
river while fishing. He was a gradu-
ate OF the high school and was pre-,
pairing to enter into business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
FIGHT AT TIEN-TsIN
CHINESE MAKE AN ATTACK ON THE
ALLIED FORCES.

By q Series of Brilliant Charges the
Enemy Were Driven From Their
Positions - Native City still Den-
ant-Advance Upon Peking Began
Last Thursday - Imperial Edict
Ordering Gen. Lung YIN to Gather
SUFFICIENT Number OF Picked
Troops to Escort Foreign Minis
ters to Tfen-tsin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Arrestinr Anarchists

Berlin, Aug. 5.--The police through
out Germany are arresting anarchist
suspects. Among them is Prof. stahly.
an Italian, who has recently lectured
the subject Of the Malta in South
Germany.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
Killed In ! Pistol Duel.

MA1Aeu IN NHst91
Carrollton, KY, Aug. lin a pistol
duel last night, between Policeman
James T. Martin and William Herzog,
two Of whose horses the policeman was
about to impound, MartinsWas; killed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
BOLDLY ROB A TRAIN
TWO Masked MEN DO THE JOB In
COLORADO.

An Elderly Man Resists the Robbers
and IL Shot, Dying Almost In
800 in Cash and q Number Of
Gold Watches and Other Pieces Of
Hold a Bag While the Robbers
Relieved the Passengers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11
GIGANTIC PLOT
CROWNED HEADS OF THE WORLD
WERE DOOMED.

Indisputable Proof in the Hands OF
the New York Police and Italian
Authoritiex- Gigantic Plot Was
Hatched at New York and Patcr-
son for the determination Of the
Crowned Heads Of the World
Those Who Went Forth to XIII
Were Formed in Companies.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-08-11

Reports to r. O.. Dun G Co. show
commercial failures in July x;era 7aa "a
number. With liabilities Of -, IA, US.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-09
Personal.

"A. J. Balfour, the well-known English
politician, recently made speech at the
opening of a charity bazaar at Dundee
and devoted the whole of his remarks to
the praise of golf of which he is 50 earn
est a devotee
Senator Chandler Of New Hampshire,
while al his home in Concord, is an en-
thusiastic mountain-ciimber and may be
met almost any fine afternoon on one or
the other of the many peaks within ten
or fifteen miles Of the town,
Sir Herbert Maxwell, a member of the
Ho Sc of Commons, is a direct de SC andant
Of the Sir Herbert Maxwell who sat in
the Parliament of Scone in 1884, and is
the only member Of the Commons who can
claim any distinction of that nature.
Frederick Winkelman, who has been
blind all his life, was last week selected
by the New York city Board of Educa-
ton to deliver lectures on music in the
schools, and he will begin next fall. He
is "a years old and an excellent musician,
his skill as plan ST being espec. ally rec
ognized.
Among the graduates from Yae this
year was Miss Seichi Yamaguchi of To-
kio, Japan, who won the degree Of bache-
Tor of arts. The dark little woman re-
ceived her diploma tarehcaded and in her
native COSTUME, her black hair lying
smooth and shiny, fastened by colossal
st.ckpin, while her shawl and broad sash,
flung gracefully about her plump little fig
ure, made her look like some small Yum
Yum" just out OF school.
-Viscount Doneraile, grand senior war
den of the English Free Masons, is the
lineal descendant of the only lady who
was ever made a Free Mason. His ances-
tress Elizabeth ST. Leger, the wife of
Col. Richard Aldworth and the mother OF
the first Viscount Doneraile, who assumed
the name of St. Leger. hid in a recess in
a room in Doneraile court, County Cork,
during the holding in that room of a
NEE ing of a Masonic lodge. Size was $
covered and Immediately initiated into
the Masonic mysteries.
-Abbas II, the Khedive of Egypt, who
is visiting in England, is splendid lin
guist, speaking English French, German
and Italian in addition TO Turkish and
Arabic. The Khedive Is a hard worker,
and his Gay usually begins at $50 in the
morning. A story is told which Illustrate
this side of his character. His brother,
Mehemet Ali, and himself had the same
tutor in their childhood, but Prince Me-
hemet was very incident A task was set
them. but the younger brother shirked it.
Come, Prince" said the teacher; I'll
must be done"
prince indeedn exclaimed Abbas. my
brother is no Prince when idle; he is only
Fellah"'
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-09

The noble English ship Forrest Hall,
Capt Scott, from San Francisco, which
has arrived at DEVICES Yard, Long Island
City, had black and woody ghost which
manifested its presence by the refusal OF
the ships bell to strike.
Second Mate Todd. the son OF a ships
usband (Ivatchmam, in the service OF the
White Star Line, at San Francisco, was
disposed to be superstitious. In the crew
of the Forrest Hall are eight apprentice
boys and sixteen sailors. including old
Bill" Williams. a white-haired Irishman
of IS, so tough and well preserved that no
man or hoy can beat him TO the footrope
of the main skysal yard.
Off Cape Horn the young second mate
approached the bell which hung at the
break of the poop to strike eight bells of
the middle watch. II was a dark night
The lookout would then have sung from
the TO csle head. THE lights are burn
ing bright and all lis well. sir" while one
of the hands would have called the watch
below.
The second mate pulled the lanyard, but
the bell did not strike. Again he gave
the ciapper a more vigorous yank. There
was nothing but silence. The young man
inclined to believe in various forms Of
witchcraft, retreated in horror and, COM
municating his failure and fears TO the
able seaman at the wheel, requested that
courageous man to ring the bell. The
musical sound of the clapper was then
heard plainly.
That bell refused TO ring whenever Todd
pulled the lanyard at night. a seaman
always struck the bell in Todd's place.
The second mate said lie believed the For
rest Hall to be haunted, because on the
previous voyage the wheel had kick ed
sailor over the spokes and killed him
upon the quarterback.
From the Horn to this side of the line
the bell never rang for Todd. At length
Todd caught one of the apprentices tieIns
some dark object to the clapper. 1t was
a muller of black wool. which had been
cleverly and quickly attached and detach-
ed by some one Of the boys or white
headed BIZ whenever Mr.. Todd was IN
charge of the deck
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-09
Story Caused HIM TrouhIe.

H. Rider Haggard tells, according TO
Success, how his early writing got him
into trouble and nearly caused war in
South Africa
Il was then serving on the staff of Sir
Theophilus Shepstone and the article.
signed with my initials, reached South
Africa in its printed form shortly after
the annexation of the Transvaal Young
men with pens in their hands are pro-
verbally indiscreet, and in this instance
was no exception. In the course of my
article l had described the TransyaaI
Boer at home with a fidelity that should
be avoided by members of a diplomatic
mission, and had even gone the length Of
saying that most of the Dutch women
were fat Needless 20 say, my remarks
were translated into the Afrikander pa
pers, and somewhat extensively read. es-
pecially by the ladies in question and
their male relatives; nor did the editors
of those papers forbear to comment on
them in leading articles. Shortly after
ward there was a great and stormy meet
ing of Beers at Pretoria. AS matters be-
gan to look serious, somebody ventured
among them TO ascertain the exciting
cause, and returned with the pleasing in
teliigence that they were all talking about
what the Englishman had written about
the physical proportions of their woman
kind, and domestic habits and threaten
ing TO take up arms to avenge it.
"Of my feelings on learning this news
[ will not discourse, but they were I'M
comfortable, to say the least. Happily
in the end, the gathering broke up with
out war being declared, but when the
late Sir Bartle F'rere came to Pretoria
some months afterward he administered
10 me a sound and well-deserved lecture
on my indiscretion. I excused myself by
saying that / had set down nothing which
was not strictly true, and he replied TO
the effect that herein lay my fault. I
quite agree with him. indeed, there is lit
tie doubt that the bald statements of fact
as 90 the stoutness of the Transvaal
'fraus' and the lack of cleanliness in their
homes, came near precipiratng a result
that as it CHANGED. was postponed for
several weeks. Well, it is all done with
now, and l take this opportunity of apol-
ogizing 20 such of the ladies in question
as may still be living"