The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-04-28

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tersville, KY, cursing and brandishing
a pistol. He broke a white mans
skull with a coupling pin. Boone was
killed and his body thrown from the
train.
J. Clements, an employee at the in
sane hospital at Fergus Fails. attempt
ed to commit suicide by hanging him
self at his home ON Lincoln avenue
Fergus Falls, Monday night. He was
discovered and cut down before life
was extinct. and is being examined al
to his sanity.
Otherwise. -
The Illinois flag law has been de
clared unconstitutional. -
Northern Indiana will have 10000,
600 acres in sugar beets.
The Trans-M Mississippi congress was
held in Houston. Texas, last week.
The Blackstone National Bank of
Boston will go into voluntary liquida.
ton.
A woman who had starved to death
| was found in the pew Of a New York
church recently.
New York police commissioners re-
fuse to issue any more boxing licenses
under any circumstances.
Union carpenters of Chicago will ask
Dewey to refuse to review the parade
from any stand not built by them.
The customs receipts in the Philip,
pines for the months of January, Feb
ruary and March, 1900, were $1,669,379.
So far as possible Gen. Wood is
placing Cubans in Office and the policy
Of educating islanders is progressing.
Hoke Smith has sold his interest in
the Atlanta Journal to HI. NJ. Atkinson,
Moses Brandon and j. r. Gray Of At
lanta.
The %prcshytery Of Northumberland at
Danville. Pa, adopted an overture to
the general assembly, asking a reform
in the creed. .
Congressman Henry D. Loudenslager
was unanimously renominated by the
Republicans of the First New Jersey
district.
The broom factories Of Ohio an
nounce an advance Of 25 cents per doz-
en-. following an advance Of SO cents
in February.
Mrs. Mary ]. Furman, Nashville.
Tenn. has bequeathed her estate, yak
ued at $4,000 to $25O,OOO, to Vander-
bilt university.
Men who returned from the Philip
pines on the transport Tartar, now in
San Francisco, report that the islands
are rich in gold.
Coal miners and operators met at
Brazil. Ind. and agreed to the semi
monthly pay day. Three thousand men
returned to work.
Az the result Of a conference 400
iourneymen tailors who have been on
a strike in Chicago for several weeks
will go back to work.
A general strike of carpenters was or
dered at Davenport, Iowa. The men
demand an eight-hour day and 25 cents
per Lour minimum wage. re-.
Mrs. Leslie Carter scored great sue
cess in CARA" at London, although the
play itself did not receive the enthusi'
astic reception anticipated.
Bertha Warnken of Cincinnati, who
married julius Moyse, the bogus Capt.
Clark, at New Orleans, has entered
suit against her husband for divorce.
Mrs. James T. Dunn of New Haven.
Conn. formerly Miss Elizabeth Cowry
Of Chicago, was granted q divorce on
account of her husbands drunkenness.
At the auction sale Of Hereford cat.
tie at Chicago fifty head sold for $780,
600. One bull brought $500. One and
tw~O-year-old heifers went for $1,000
each.
At Philadelphia the Cambria Iron ana
Steel company, at its regular quarterly
meeting Wednesday. declared a divi-
dend of 80 cents per share, payable
May Is.
A distinguished authority On c0nsti-
tutional law at New York gave out
facts in several cases, which appear to
prove that in Hawaii q virtual state of
slavery exists.
Gen. John G. Gilmore. chief of Gen.
Miles staff. continues critically i'll at
his residence in Washington, as the re-
suit of his participation in the Porto
Rican campaign.
At a meeting Of the Pittsburg cham.
Der of commerce a resolution wa
adopted petitioning Secretary Long to
give the name Of PlttSDurg 10 one OF
the new armored cruisers.
The passenger lists of European
steamships out Of New York show that,
in spite Of the reports of scarcity Of &C.
commodations. few Of them carried
| anything like a full quota of passen-
gers.
Gen. Joe Wheeler, Of the Eighth Con
g%ressional district. Alabama, has re-
quested Gov. Johnston to call a special
election to fill the vacancy caused by
his resignation as q member Of con-
gress.
The postof1ice. at Lake City, s. c., has
| been re-established, and Mrs. eDefia.D
Carter. white, appointed postmistress.
There has been no postofice Mt Lake
City since the colored postmaster there
was killed by a mob two years ago.
The members Of the Masonic lodge
:! at Wheaton have purchased q site on
the main business street and begun the
| erection Of a handsome building. 4OKS0
! feet. two stories high. The ground
floor will be finished of for an opera
house. and the second floor will be
: used for lodge rooms. The building
when completed will cost about 5000