The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-29
OF The Week
People TAXED Aboat.

fe~rsonville. Ind.
Elbert A.. Young Of St. Paul was
elected president Of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Credit Men. which will
meet at Louisville next year. q
E. G. Osborn, treasurer OF Princeton
university since 1885. died In Princeton,
N. j.. from %apoplexy. Mr.. Osborne was
to have been married in a few days.,
A cablegram received at Haddam,
Conn.,, announces the death, in London.
England. Of Charles T.. Russell, United
States consul general at Liverpool from
1885 to 1889. ,g Il
Col. M. Bryant, u. s. A., retired, died,
at his home in Wichita, Kan. Col. Bry-
ant entered the army in 1867. He was
in command Of the Thirteenth infantry
at Fort Sill when he retired.
Gen. Frederick Knafier, who was
colonel of the famous Seventy-ninth
Indiana regiment in the Civil war. died
at Indianapolis. He was one Of the
most prominent men in Indiana.
Prof. Richard Cecil Hughes, president
Of Tabor qowa) college, has resigned.
He will, it is stated, accept q more lu-.
crative position. Prof. Hughes a been
connected with the college for ten
years.
Conrad Edebvard, a member Of an
ancient Russian family and a direct
descendant Of one of the governors of
Finland. was sent to the Jefferson
asylum after an examination In court
at Chicago. He has a delusion that he
is h Messiah. 4
Former Gov. P. G.. Cheney Of Man
oIor%on A. II fe 1ao1 - TIC vyoo oaVQn.
ty-three years Of age. Besides having
been governor Of New Hampshire, Mr..
Cheney has served as United States
senator and as United States minister
to Switzerland under President Har-
rison. .
Crimes and Criminals.
George r. Downs Of Chicago, the all
legged gentleman horse thief recently
arrested at Monmouth, ILL.,, was held
for trial in the cou at Kenosha, WIS.,.
Two czechs named Orsovie and Zaros
have been arrested at Prague, Bo-
hernia, on the charge Of being impli-
Gated in a plot against Francis Joseph.
In Omaha, James Callahan was held
for trial in h district court on a
charge of perjury alleged to ave been
committed in one of the Cudahy cases.
Mrs. Cora Campbell, an eighteen
year-old bride, is now in Columbus,
Ohio, awaiting a hearing. The young
woman is charged with raising money
orders.
The police of Mexico City are said to
have discovered the house where 80
many American dollars have been
ccunterfeited. The criminals have hid.
| den their dies and tools.
J.. w. Burton, alias "Red" Hoyle,, a
hotel thief and all round crook known
throughout the country, was given q
three-year sentence in the criminal
court at, Memphis, Tenn, for burglary.
Archibald McLaren, formerly nation
al treasurer Of the Order Of Scotch
| Clans, who has been awaiting trial at
| Cleveland, Ohio, under Indictment on
the charge Of having embezzled about
$751; 900 of the funds Of the order, has
been declared insane. y,
John Hassell, a policeman OF Mahan-
oy City, Pa, was shot and fatally
wounded by burglars. Hassell saw a
light in Swift's warehouse, and, peering
through a window, saw burglars at
| work at the safe. He attempted to en-
fer and wal shot down. The burglars
escaped.
Otherwise.
The National Packing house at
Mexico City burned. Loss. 100000.
Dun's weekly trade review says
| business of all kinds has q tone OF
greater confidence.
The supreme lodge, knights Of Hon.
or, IN session at Milwaukee. selected
Cleveland as next years meeting place.
ST am not q candidate, nor do I pro-
pose to be a candidate for the presl-
! dency Of the United States" says May
! or Harrison of Chicago.
G. BONNER, a salix, Iowa, banker. in
removing some wood from his bacx'
yard discovered a h~alf-decayed3 human
head. There is no clew. to the mystery.
The annual report OF the london
oxygen hospital claims that q remark
able success has attended the oxygen
treatment for lupus ulces and wounds.
Oficials of. the trackmen's union in
Montreal announce that between 1900
and $500 OF the Canadian Pacific track.
men have struck for an increase Of pay.
The best well drilled In the Hancock
field for many years was shot" on q
Isham Davis farm recently. The well
is estimated to produce over 500 barrels
per day. @
The Yukon ii open from end to END.
according to news brought down by the
steamer Dolphin. which arrived ct Sc
attic. She brought down 10000 ~ eolai
dust. 8.}5s
The steamship Hawaiian, recently ar
rived at San francisco from Honolulu,s
brought the largest cargo Of sugar ever
sent out OF the Hawaiian islands. ~
consisted OF $500 tons valued ct $780,
900. Is &
The Mississippis Good Roads Assaocias
ton has been organized ati Jackson.
Miss.. sas 4 result of the GOOD road
convention. The legislatnre VIII 81 be {
mnemorialized 70 compel counties Sho
adopt the contract systelnnn: S@a II
Mexico'sss building On ythe.Pan-An,ert,,
an grounds was formerly opened y a ing
dedicated last week. Thelespecially i,-ii
I8yited guests were 3 Emanue q spa
srez. ambassadors 80 the United Sst st
from Mexico, ands John Hay Aecref n
81 stats, btothSofs whom apeeslies
capt. Farrrasnd sayrsss, co osspnnir,tlis
onicer III Fort sills. MISREPRESENTATION
under orders rom Il g wara4 departn ass1Nss|