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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
Richard. /. Acauitted.

Fond du Lac, Wis.,. Dec. 9.-Dr. c. e.
Richards was acquitted Of the charge
of shooting a Chinaman last summer
with intent to kill. The defendant ,tes-
titled that his revolver was dis
charged from the blow Of the China
mans club. A small sized riot oc-'
Cured at the time. the period being
during the height Of the trouble in
China.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
FIVE D scALDED.

Explosion of Enxlne In Delaware 4
Lackawnnna Yards at Buaalo.
Buffalo, N. T., Dec. {. Five men
were badly scalded by the explosion
Of a Delaware & Lackawana engine
east Of here this morning. The engine
was pushing a caboose into the yards
when suddenly the front blew out and
knocked the caboose into kindling
wood. The men were scalded by the
escaping steam. They were brought to-
Buffalo on a special train {
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
Damage Claims Settled.

Tacoma, WASH, Dec. II. = All the
damage claims have been settled aris-
ing from the street railway accident
on July 4, whena loaded car plunged
of the Delin street bridge, forty feet
into a gulch, killing forty-five per-
sons and injuring 105 others. The
highest payment was $500, and the
total settlement cost 500, 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
CONVICT NEVILLE DEAD.

Led an Exemplary During His Re-
lease nm Parole.
Winona, Mimi, Dec. 9.-Jesse B. Ne
vile, who was sentenced to the Still
water ~penitentiary for life for the
murder of Nels Paulsen in Winona in
1856, and who a year g last August
was released On parole by the state
board Of pardons, is dead at his home
in Dakota village from typhoid fever.
Since leaving the penitentiary he has
lived an exemplary life, working on
the government quarry at Lamoille
and supporting his aged mother at Da-
kota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
KilIeI l,x. n Runnway.

Alma, Wis, Dec. 9.-Henry Deur-
kopp, a farmer living about six miles
from this city. met with a sad acci-
dent. While driving home on a wood
rack the team became frightened by
e train md a runaway occurred. He
was dragged along for a number Of
blocks and the injuries received rec.
suited in his death. He was fifty
wears old.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
Acquitted but Rcarrested.

AcQU1ttcU Jul 1Vc1EEc0ecUs
Milwaukee. Dec. 11.-Thomas Far
FELL. alias Old Dad Flynn, and William
Harrison, alias Lefty" Fitzgerald,
claimed to be pals Of the notorious
Tornado Jim, were acquitted in the
United States court of the charge Of
robbing the Berlin (Wis.) postof1ice in
February last. The prisoners were
Immediately rearrested. They are sus-
pected of being connected with big
robberies at Galena, ILL.,; Chiffon, Fond
du Lac, Waukesha, Wis, and other
places.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
Compliment to our Troops.

7- COmpliment to Our TFOops.
Pekin, Dec. Sill Hung Chang a
Informed Gen. ChafEee that he and all
the people Of Chill are extremely
pleased and gratifed at the behavior
of the American troops toward the
Chinese. There are many more 7ir:-
liar expressions. From all sections OF.
that portion OF the city under. Alneri-
can protection come words Of praise,
thankfulness and gratitude regarding
the conduct OF the Americana.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
CAMPAIGN FOR STATEHOOD.

Arizona and New Mexico Want to
Be Admitted.
Chicago, Dec. S.-Gov. N. o. Murphy
of Arizona and Gov. M. A. Otero Of
New Mexico held a conference here
and Gov. Murphy has gone to Wash
ington to start a campaign for the adj
hood and the repeal of the clause in
the Shaforth irrigation bill that x
cludes territories from participation in
the proposed irrigation appropriation
Of SO, 900, 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
lshof ma sten.nn.

washington. Ind.,iD Dec. e. William
Cochran; shot his nineteen-year-old
step-son through the lungs. INJECTING
4 mortal wound. He made his escape
hut will doubtless be captured. The
shooting is said to have been unpro-
voked and deliberate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
Presbyterian Statistics.

Sioux Falls. s. D., Dec. 1.-THE sew
enth annual report showing the condi-
ton Of the Presbyterian church in
South Dakota has just been completed
by the secretary, Rev. H. p. Corson.
1t shows the synod to be in excellent
condition, with 129 churches, los min
listers, 5,914 church members and 1900
members of Sabbath schools. The
church property is valued at 1882, 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
ALIEN ~lMs1IGRAxTs.

Nearly Half . Million Of Them Dur
ing the Last Fiscal Year.
Washington, Dec. g. According to
the annual report of Commissioner Of
Emigration Powderly AS. Az alien i'm
migrants came to this country during
the last fiscal year. Mr.. Powderly adj
vised. among other things, that five
years instead Of one be made the term
of probation within which an immi-
grant becoming q public charge may
be deported.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
Evangelist Hunt Dismissed.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 1.-THE re-
Gently inaugurated campaign for
righteousness in Sioux City came to q
sudden end with the unexpected dis
missal of the lawyer evangelist, c. N.
Hunt Of Minneapolis by the associated
charities Of this city. From the very
opening of the meetings there has been
a lack of harmony between the local
preachers and the evangelist.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
strange Fatality i'm Family.

strange IN Fdm1Iy.
Fargo, N. D., Dec. II. - There has
been a rather strange fatality in the
family Of c. NJ. Brown, a local dray-
man. Within six weeks four men,
bers of his family, a sister and three
brothers, have died Of typhoid fever.
They were at different points over the
country, and the illness was not, from
the same immediate cause. Another
member Of the family is i'll.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
GETS HURRY-UP ORDERS.
Admiral Kaut. Ordered to South
America With Two Warships.


Sandfego, CAL, Dec. 9. - Admiral
Kautz received orders to sail for
South America without delay, and in
accordance with these instructions
preparations are now being hurriedly
made for both the Iowa and Phila-
delphia to leave this port to-day. The
Philadelphia, arrived yesterday with
100 men for the Iowa. The cause for
this hurry Is not made public, and
came as a great surprise to the adj
miral and all the naval officers here.
Orders had been given to put 1000 tons
Of coal on board the flagship for the
cruise South, hut this was. cancelled
when only half the order had been de-
liyered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
W.terville,. M.vor Re.irn,

Wateryille's Mayor Resigns.
Waterville. MINI, Decl 1. Mayor
Parsons has resigned his Soflce on the
refusal Of the city council TO hire g
marshal at q salary adequate TO &C.
cure effective service The marshal sis
now paid q salary of III per year ana
the fees Of the ofiice.sg
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
IA Farmer.

winona. Mimi. Dec. 9. - A petition!
in bankruptcy has been filed here BY
frank Everett Ketchum, q farmer re-
siding near Dover. His liabilities are
placed at st,734, and his assets at $50.
all Of which are claimed to be exempt
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
gt. Croix LUMBER yard. Sold.

ST. Croix Lumber Yards Sold.
Aberdeen, s. D., Dec. II. ~ The st.
Croix Lumber company has disposed
Of all Of its yards north and west Of
Aberdeen to the Lamb Lumber COM
pany. The deal includes the yards on
the 500 line west Of Cakes and on the
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul west
of Aberdeen.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
From Cauaes Unknown,

winona, MIMI, Dec. 11.-Mrs. Joseph
Knitter died at the hospital in this
city, and it was believed that death
was caused from injuries alleged to
have been received from her husband
some weeks ago, but the coroner's
jury rendered a verdict that she came
to her death by near unknown.
Knitter is serving a sentence for
drunkenness, 81"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15

SlauEhterSsof standaraHred Herses.
Ames. Iowa.@SaDecAss.s Omaha 4
Chicago fast NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. an
Into drove Otatwsntystanda bred
horses belonging AptheR1pWa AAggricul.-
tnrsi ls eollsEs. kiilinsE Them
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
ADMITS THEFT.

Young Iovan Adnsits stealins From
Express Company's Safe.
Keokuk. Iowa, Dec. Hilary Tay.
Tor. son Of a prominent family. and q
messenger on the Adams express run
from here to Des Moines, was in
dicted, on his confession of the rob-
berry Of the safe Of the express COM
pany here Of $1,000 on the night Of
Sept. "a.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
~ q Hair.

RED wing, MIMI Dec 1l..--William
fgoe escaped death BY a5hair in Wes-9}
tersaI's mill at WEIGH. His clothing
caught An q set-screw and he was
whipped around theishaft half g dozen
times until the cloth ayeway. "A
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
r1.nt NJ. in Mill POND.

Redwood Falls, Mimi, Dec. ia
shipment Of young bass from the Uni
ted States fish commission is expected
to arrive here in a few days. They
will he planted in the millpond. When
the new dam is completed they will be
let into the lake. Work on the dam
win be vigorously prosecuted in the
spring.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
..Poor Health ana Poverty

HHelsena, Mont., Dec. l1.--Mrs. Theo-
sdore Kear1niar, who q only sixteen
& old, shot herself th~rouEhsstheS
body with revolver. She Will prpbsss:
ably die Poor health and poysrtyS
prompted the act
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
s.ntenced 70 !the Penitentiary. 4

Sentenced to the. Penitentiary.
Pierre. s.. D., Dec. 1.-THE jury in
the case Of Tom Condon,s Who shot
Tom Daily several days ago. brought
In a verdict Of guilty. OF a charge Of
assault with intent to kill. and Judge
Gary sentenced Condor TO 3 term Of
seven years in the ~penitentiary.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15

Now that the Prince of Wales is
wearing eyeglasses, he may be able to
see some Of, the things which have
shocked his critics. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
wAsHBuRN, NORTH DAKOTA.
Many q man who gives up his money
freely for foolish whims disputes the
price Of necessities.

When a man firmly believes himself
above his neighbours level he a at
ford to admit that the latter has a level
bead.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15

The steady growth Of the institution
canEot better. be shown than by b
following tabular statement. Y
through the courtdsy Of Secretary WYE.
It shows the growth Of the school by
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
Testing Balls of Steel.

Cast steel balls when made require
to be examined in order that faulty
ones may be cast aside. This exami.
nation involves much time and labor
and even then faulty balls are not al.
ways detected. A German has de.
vised an apparatus for testing them in
accordance with physical laws. The
balls are placed on the top of a cylin-
der in which works a piston rod; each
ball is struck with the same force by
the rod and falls on an inclined sur.
face; at the end of this plane II
strikes against an impact surface. II
ball is perfect it will have enough
elasticity to rebound beyond fixed
barrier, but If it is imperfect it has
an inferior degree of elasticity and
falls short. All balls which do not
pass the barrier may safely be re-
jected as faulty.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
A MAIL CONTRACT
Secured by Stage Line to Protect Il
Bullion Carried.

Secured by q Stage Line to Protect the
Bullion Carried.
"Until very recent years." said q
man who used to live in the west, to
the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
there has always been more or less
scandal connected with the star.
routes of the postal service. Star
routes are those over which mail is
carried by special contract, and. the ex-
pense of keeping up some of them has
certainly been monstrous. In other
cases, however, the price paid has been
ridiculously low. remember one
route in Nevada where the service was
kept UP over distance of about eighty
miles for IS a year, when the actual ex-
pense was S25 trip. How that con-
tract was really made profitable in
wolves curious little story, which l
will tell without mentioning names,
because the parties interested still
have business relations with the de-
partment. The stretch of road to which
I refer lay between two pretty lively
mining camps, and stage line plying
over it did very fair business. Among
other things it frequently carried bull
lion, and holdups were of no uncom-
mon occurrence. The rugged, lonely
character of the country was peculiarly
favorable to that kind of deviltry, and
the stage people were at their wits end
to know what to do to stop it. At last
they had a bright idea, and put in a
bid for carrying the mail, which had
been handled by private contractor, a
cart and mule. They made their bid
IS so as to be certain of getting the
Job, and then had heavy, iron-bound
compartment constructed in the boot
of each of the stages for carrying both
the pouches and their regular express
matter. To break it open would have
taken at least ten or fifteen minutes,
and that meant delaying the mails.
The Western desperate has holy hor-
ror of running foul of Uncle Sam, be-
cause he knows that means relentless
hunting down, with all the resources of
the government behind the pursuit,
and as soon as the stages became mail
carriers they ceased to be molested. So
the five-dollar contract was really a
good business proposition. After the
country became more settled it was
kept up merely as an advertisement. 1t
gave the line certain air of stability,
like the words Government Depos-
itory' on the window of bank"
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
AGE OF NERVES.

1t Is Also an Age of Chatter, Says Lord
Russell.
Lord Russell of Killowen says this
is an age of chatter and that no one
has time to think of anything serious
ly. Our young men talk Of sport, our
girls read nothing deeper than illus
trated magazines; we speak in jerks;
the topics of the day are treated
homeopathically. Without doubt there
is much in what the lord chief justice
of England says, but what would he
have us do? This is part of our mod
ern system Of life; take out one brick
and the entire structure would fall.
Or course. it is regrettable in many
ways that we live in mental as we'll
as physical rush nowadays, but Lord
Russell should realize that we cannot
be wise, grave, thoughtful anti pro-
portionately slow in some things and
slappish, time-saving in others. The
pace is set for us. and we must needs
follow it. Something must suffer as
we rush along, and thus we become
feather-brained chatterboxes with in
different manners and a lamentable
lack of taste. Our only consolation
must be that matters will be worse in
a generation or two, unless the wheel
comes full circle by that time. Apro-
pos of this modern haste which the
lord chief justice deplores, the medical
and scientific world is seriously dis
cussing the chances of our descendants
retaining their sanity. Nervous dis
eases are markedly on the increase,
even the Eskimos. once wholly free
from the diseases and failings of civil
ization, are developing nervous disor-
ders, owing to increased trading op-
erations and the undue consumption
of coffee. In European countries, how
ever, people are outgrowing lunatic
asylums. Obviously, therefore, the
time has come to go backward little.
If only we could stop kilograms, make
it impossible to travel anywhere faster
than thirty miles an hour, have the
sense to curb our pitiful little social
ambitions and live quietly, in the coun-
try, If possible, there might be some
hope for us; as we cannot, or Will not,
the only thing to do is trust to luck.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
WORLD

maximum lift. With this lift made
the stability of the dock will be from
Is to 20 times that of a ship afloat.
Acid or basic open hearth steel is
exclusively used, the timber walling
of 18x12 pine being employed merely
as tenders. The enormous walls serve
primarily to give stability and to reg
ulate the descent when the pontoons
are submerged. They enclose four
watertight compartments, which con-
tain the quarters for the crew and the
pumping apparatus. Each wall has
four pumps, with separate engine for
each pump and separate boiler for
each engine. The piping, however, is
so arranged that any Of the engines
can be supplied with steam from any
of the boilers, an advantage by which,
with only engine boiler and pump, the
dock can still be lifted. The entire
machinery will be managed by means
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
Waltzing Mice.

The japanese have queer little do
mestic pet that is said to waltz
through the greater part of the waking
hours of its life, never growing tired,
even if its feet wear out in the process.
The animal belongs to peculiar breed
of mice-black and white, with pink
eyes. One of their peculiarities is that
when other baby mice are just begin
ing to walk, these are beginning to
waltz. If several mice are put in to-
gether they will often be seen
waltzing in couples, and some
times more than two will
Join in the mad whirl So rapid is
the movement that it is impossible to
tell heads from tails. When the floor
of the cage is not smooth the mice ac-
tually wear out their feet, leaving only
the stumps to whirl on. Waiting
seems to be as necessary for the waltz
ing mouse as mid-air somersaults are
to the tumbling pigeon. An upright
peg for a convenient pivot around
which the mice can whirl, but Natural
Science is the authority for the state
ment that without any such guide they
would not in several minutes cover an
area larger than dinner-plate, and
they easily spin under tumbler.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
3ka

by Nov. 1, and in the event of failure
on the part of the company to COM
plete it by that time 5000 for every
delay of twenty-four hours will be de-
Quoted from the contract price of
$4,000. The work of construction is
now being pushed to finish. Part of
the shipyard has been fenced of, the
foreshore has been scooped to form a
berth and the dredged material ar
ranged SO as to form a cofferdam. A
platform of timbers was laid in the
large hole and two trestles were
erected to carry the tracks for the
travelling cranes employed in placing
the plates. Tracks are laid around
the berth and piping for the COM
pressed air by which the riveting ma
chimes are worked. The complement
to these arrangements is a machine
shop, built expressly for the work in
question.
When the work is completed the cof-
ferdam will be cut through, and the
waters of the Chesapeake, which will
then rush in and float the structure,
will make any preparations for launch
ing unnecessary.
The dock will materially augment
the Importance of the naval station to
which it has been assigned, especially
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10

In China when a woman's husband
dies she has the choice of a second
husband, that is if she can get one, or
NJ a widows arch at her death. A Few
take the ante-death prize, but many OF
Them nrefer the beautifully carved
oa+awav. The accompanying picture
shows a group of American mission
aries standing about one OF these
arches. Dr.. H. N. Kinnear. OF Ashta-
bula, Ohio, is one of the number. HIS
camera took the accompanying picture
hvt q few weeks ago, and he has sent
II to his old home.
a vidow's arch is q very common
.,-ht IN China. It matters not what
psrt Of the Celestial empire one v1s'ts
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
O-l-C

When a preparation has an adver-
hsed reputation that is worldwide, it
means that preparation is meritorious.
II you go into store to buy an article
that has achieved universal popularity
Alike Cascarets Candy Cathartic for ex-
ample, yol feel it has the endorsement
OF the world. The judgment of the
people is infallible because it is i'm
personal. The retailer who wants to
cell you .something else" in place OF
the article you ask for, has an az to
grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's
trying to sell something that is not
what he represents it to be. Why?
Because he expects to derive an ex-
ira profit out of your credulity. Are
you easy? Don't you see through his
little game? The man who will try
and sell you substitute for CASCAR-
ETH is fraud. Beware Of him! He
4asSrying to steal the honestly earned
Dement'S of reputation which another
business man has paid for, and If his
conscience will allow him to go so far,
he will go farther. If he cheats his GUS
toner in one way. he will in another
and 1t is not safe to do business with
him. Beware Of the CASCARET sub
stitutor. Remember CASCARETS are
never sold in bulk but in metal boxes
with he1c1g tailed &C" ON every box
and each tablet stamped G. G. G.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
Chinese Salutations,

By far the greater part Of the 40O,-
100000 Of China have never practiced
kissing. In fact, the kiss is unknown
to the native Chinese. When one Chi
naman greets another, each clasps his
hands in front Of his breast and raises
them to his face, slightly inclining his
head as he asks if the other has eaten
Ace." Or, if the salutation is to be
deeply reverential, he kneels and
bumps his head in the obsequious
'Kow-tow."
Those natives who have seen for
eigners in the familiarity of their own
homes, look upon the kiss which is SO
frequently exchanged, as the most dis
gusting Of the many disgusting and
the many Objectionable habits Of the
foreigners. Even the nurses, who
sometimes attempt the kiss, share this
opin;on.-London Mail.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10
Three Men in q Boat.


Three men went in a mighty hurry
last night from the rotunda of the
Walton into side room and slammed
the door. They looked ferociously at
one another. Then one said: II amt
been with anybody but you two fel-
lows all day. and my pocketbook's S
gone Well, one of you's got it. Hand
it over now, or by the powers -"
He shook his fists and swore dread
fully. "Now it's my turn to talk!"
sneered the second man. my pocket
books been swiped. and. that's the
truth. You're pair of swindlers, and
I'll have that pocketbook back Or"
and he, too, let out all the bad words
he could remember. The third man
said: You're pretty good bluffers,y you
two. Blamed we'll you know you've
swiped my pocketbook. Cough up,
now! Cough up!" Then the three
ragged about the room like wild beasts.
They stripped off their coats finally,
and sent for a policeman to search
them. He came. his search was thor
ough, but not one of the men had a
pocketbook or single cent.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-10

The largest floating dry dock in the
world is now being built for the
United States government by the
Maryland Steel company at it's works
at Sparrow's Point, just below Balti-
more, Md. This dock. when finished,
will be towed down Chesapeake bay
to the Atlantic and through the gulf
of Mexico to the Mississippi, where it
will be stationed for use at the naval
station at Algiers, La.
It must be delivered to Uncle Sam