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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
HOUSEKEEPING CASES.
r,.ree of Some Interest Before tn
Commissioners at Alandan.

Three of Some Interest Before h
Commissioner at Mandan.
United States Commissioner Shaw OF
Mandan has had his hands full with
horse-stealing cases. The first was
against Gardner L. Farnsworth. whit
was charged with stealing two colts OF
the value Of $40. He waived examina-
ton and was bound over. He has been
unable to secure bail, and is I'm jail.
The second case was against George
clifford, better known as George Rist.
He il charged with stealing . mare and
colt from an Indian by the name OF
Pine. The case was continued. and
WIN come up March 20. The case
AGAINST Fred Moran was dismissed for
lack Of evidence.
twelve Minnesota land Spectators
were at Mandan looking over farm
lands. They purchased . tract OF TO-
900 acres.
Mandan has held its second market
day. The streets were crowded with
farmers and stockmen. Owing to the
high prices for horses and the abund-
ance of these animals In the vicinity.
there were large numbers on hand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Judge Kneeshaw is trying u cases
at Grafton.
The spring building boom has hit
Wilton, hard.
Sargent county will get many new
settlers this spring.
Mayor Patterson Of Bismarck is laid
up with rheumatism.
Jamestown has a new furniture COM
pany, Just organized.
Dickinson claims a better and larger
telephone service than Mandan.
Many farms around Buxton have
CHANGED hands, at high prices.
A Park River man purchased a car
load Of fine horses at Glendale.
The star mail route on the Rugby
B%ottineau line has changed time.
H. E. Crandall, who has been in BUSH
ness in Colfax so long, will retire.
The Farmers Mill and Grain compa-
ny of Minor is doing a nice business.
A LaNIoure man is said to have died
as a result Of drinking wood alcohol.
It is said that a Kidder county ranch
with 700 head Of cattle ran out of hay.
The Ward county commissioners may
assist needy farmers to secure seed
grain.
N. J. Olson Is building a new elevator
at Sanborn, to replace the n recently
burned.
washburn is proud of its excellent
steamboat landing, good for high or
low water.
Jos. A. Bennett and Lou Docking
nave purchased the Garner elevator at
Bathgate.
Dan, Laxdahl promises that the Cav
alier base ball team will be better than
yer this year.
A Minnewaukan lad ran away and
started for Dickinson, but was over
hauled at New Rockford
The Sheldon flax fiber mill, which has
been closed for some time, started up
the other day, and the people down
there all wear broad smiles.
Brakeman Barney, who was making
his first trip on the way freight to st.
Vincent the other day. let a 500-pound
box drop on his foot, and had several
toes badly crushed. ~
It seems q race between the Morton.
and Sargent county people Tor nrst
honers IN the creamery matter. Sever.
al new ones are going up in each, ana
pickey county is getting in the game.
DR.. g. A. Danford. the new Methodist
minister ct jamestown, II meeting with
great success in that field. Every de-
partment of the church is reported as
growing and new members are con-
stantly being. added.
II the Devils Lake real estate mel.
DO not send many copies Of their home
papers to prospective settlers in the
East, they are overlooking some good
bets. Few papers publish more good
stun about their section OF the state.
Little attention Il raid to the faw On,
vital statistics and comparatively few
& births are reported to b proper om
ctals. A provision 10 made for inffict-
Ting . Anel on doctors. mldwives and pa
rents who neglect to make proper re-
+.Dofto.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

-HilH introduced Providing o Con.
test of Election Of State Officers.
st. Paul, April 2.-Senator Daily In
troduced a bill which provides a meth
cd for contesting the election of state
officers. At present there is no such
provision in the statutes.
The Halvorsen anti cigarette bill has
been r~eintroduced, Minor changes
have. been made to avoid the bar
against the introduction. Of bills identi-
cal with defeated bills.
Minnesota may have a third state
asylum for the insane, established on
the cottage plan, at Grand Rapids. in
it's northern pine woods. A bill from
Senator Mccarthy sets aside $4,000 for
the purpose.
The fiurd resolution requesting the
president to name one of the new bat
tleships Minnesota" passed the senate
under suspension of the rules.
Senator Horizons bill codifying the
insurance laws Of the state was passed
by the senate.
After q sharp debate the McGill bill
providing for teachers retirement fund
was voted down, then reconsidered and
finally placed at the head Of general
orders for amendment.
In the House.
Representative Ofthsun Of Pope in
troduced in the house a, bin arbitrarily
to fix the maximum rates railroads
may charge for the transportation Of
cereals. potatoes and coal within the
state.
Yesterday was the last day for the
Introduction OF bills. The last bill re-
'ceived by the house was No. 732. In
troduced by Representative Sweet OF
Hennepin. The bill provides that cities
authorized to maintain sinking funds
may invest such funds in their own
city bonds Il 2 rate Of 3l-2 per cent
may be insured.
The governors veto Of the Sweet
bill for q uniform system Of accounting
was yesterdayl received by the. hpuse.
angd.,so motion o. Mr.. Rnberts, laid on
the q table, pending an inYestiEation a.
TO 4 allle.ged eonfiict between the pro-
Y q q the Sweet Inland the, board
u control bin. agassf5 N n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS.
They Are P.sn..i.E for spri'

They Are Prepa1inE for sprins
" Planting.
Unless the weather conditions during
the next few weeks should be unusu-
ally bad, the farmers Of North Dakota
will begin the season Of 1901 with bet
ter prospects than they have enjoyed
for several years. In the wheat belt
h snow fall has been unusually light,
and the fields are now bare throughout
the greater part Of the valley. This
condition existed a year ago.. but AZ
that time not only was the surface
dry, but the subsoil had not been
soaked for q year. In he remarkably
dry spring Of last ear not enough rain
fell to terminate the seed, and the
fierce heat of midsummer hurried the
grain that had got q start to an early
and imperfect maturity. To cap the
climax, we had floods Of water In the
fail, when the threshing should have
been done. These fall rains, while dis
astrous as far as the crop Of 1900 were
concerned, filled the soil with q supply
Of moisture which will enable the grain
this year to dispense with heavy rains
until it is well along. The ground 10
so Thoroughly soaked that water IN
shallow surface wells reached last fall
to within three feet Of the surface. In
the absence of heavy snow the frost
penetrated six or eve feet, and until
this immense body of ice IL all thawed
there will be a constant ascent OF
moisture to the surface to supply tho
needs of the young plants.
Fall blowing was interrupted by late
rains, and a less area was turned over
than usual. On the other hand, thou
sands of acres were turned over early
in the season, on account Of crop fail
ure, and there is a greater area OF
summer-fallowed land than eve be-
fore. There is little water on h sur
face, and unless the weather Is bad
from now on seeding will be early.
The surface has been frozen n
thawed so often during the winter that
1t will form a fine and mellow seed bed.
Feed is scarce, and farmers who are
able are laying in big supplies from
the East. Cracked corn Is being sent
in in large quantities. A popularity
noticed this year is the avo into
which corn a sprung, both an q Tor
age and a grain crop. A few years ago
it was considered impracticable to
raise corn in North Dakota. This
spring one local retail dealer has solo
over 1000 bushels OF corr for seed.
One real estate dealer has included In
his contracts a clause requiring the
man who buys on time or rents, to
ulant at least twenty acres of corn
each year the crop to be retained en-
tire by the farmer, instead Of being d.
vided, as other crops are. The real
estate man thinks he will be more
than repaid in the ultimate increase IN
the productiveness of the lands. and
that his customers will be better able
to pay the rents or installments.
There is also a growing interest In
dairy1ng and in the preservation OF
fodder by means Of silos. The silos
already built have proved to be paying
Investments, and many more will be
put in this season.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
uAYv11Lvs 1aBnARr.

AAaitional Ala May De Voted. IUnaeR
o New Law
The annual city election for Mayville
win be held on Monday, April I. Four
aldermen will be elected. The follow
ing have been placed upon the ballots
Nv p~etition:.@ William Ely, for alder
man In the First ward; q. p. Bum. IN
the Second; J. J. Boyum and M. ?.
Borden, In the Third. One Of b aid-
ermen in the THIRD will be elected TO
All the vacancy caused BY the resigna.
uouaaf n skarison. .@r
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
scAREs THE SULTAN

Earthquake Causes q Psnic. at a
Ceremony ut CouStantinople.
Constantinople, April 3.-Yesterday's
earthquake was felt in the Dolm-
abagtsche palace at the moment of the
Bairan ceremony, when the high Of
ficials were passing before the sultan's
throne. A panic, resulted. particularly
among the diplomatic corps in the gal
lery. Pieces of plaster fell from the
ceiling and portions of the chandeliers
were broken. The sultan rose from
his throne and took a few steps, but
after a moments hesitation he reseat-
ed himself upon the throne and or
dered the ceremony to proceed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06

Barrymore H~opelessly Insane.
New York, April 3.-Doctors Stewart,
Wildman and Fitch made an examina-
ton of Maurice Barrymore, now a pa
tient in Bellevue hospital. At the con-
clusion of the examination DIR. Stewart
announced that the patient was hope
lessly insane. 1t was also given out
that he viii be taken to Rivercrest
asylum at Astoria.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
AT MANILA
oFFIciEa.s OFF THb coAM,ssAnr
DEpARrMENr ARRESTED.


Manila, April 2.-Interest in the can
ture and fat of Aguinaldo is well nigh
overshadowed in Manila by sensational
developments, present and prospective.
Of frauds in the commissary depart.
ment. How widely these extend has:
rot yet been ascertained, but enough
IL already known to justify, the, belief
that they are far reaching. Capt. Fred
J. Barrows. of the Thirtieth volunteer
infantry, quartermaster Of the depart
ment Of Southern Luzon, together with
seven commissary sergeants, several
civilian clerks, q prominent govern
ment contractor, the assistant mana
ger of the Hotel Orient, the proprietors
Of three Of the largest bakeries in
Manila, a number Of 4storekeepers and
other persons have been arrested. The
investigation has scarcely begun, but
thousands Of sacks of flour, a quantity
Of bacon and. wagon loads Of other
goods, all bearing government marks,
unauthorized persons.
1t is alleged that the contractor in
question, who has been doing a busi-
ness approximating $10o,00 0 per month,
has spent huge sums in entertaining
officers. A prominent commissary Of
flcer is accused of leading a scandalous-
" immoral life. 1t is asserted that
large quantities Of stores have been
lost or stolen in transit and also that
there is a shortage in the commissary
depot.
New scandals are developed daily.
Illicit transactions have been traced
back to June, 1900, and it is possible
that there are others of earlier date.
The exorbitant tariff on provisions
makes the surreptitious sale of supplies
immensely profitable. It is IN lerstood
that other United States officers may
be arrested. Lieut.. Philip K. Sweet, of
the Forty-sixth volunteer infantry, is
prosecuting the investigation under the
direction Of Col. Wilder, chief Of police.
90
Capt. ,Barrows, mentioned in the
above dispatch, is from Minneapolis,
where he is we'll known and prominent
ly connected. His father was state OH
inspector under Goov. Clough. Capt.
Barrows was appointed a lieutenant in
the Fifteenth Minnesota when that
regiment was organized. He was pro-
NOTED a captain on the death Of Col.
Shandrew. When the Fifteenth was
mustered out be was given a COM
mission as captain in the Thirtieth
United States volunteers.
Aguinaldo Is Pleased.
Aguinaldo continues to express him.
self as pleased with and impressed by
the courteous treatment accorded him
by Gen. Macarthur. II am a prison.
err" said he, 'but I am treated like a
guest"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
BLOWN OVER A PREo1rIcE.
Woman Falls Three Hundred Feet
and ID Killed.

Woman Falls Three Hundred Feet
and ID Killed.
Cold Springs, N. T., April 2. - Mrs.
Daniel Patterson, accompanied by her
husband and a party Of friends yester-
day visited Table Rock" q plateau
800 feet above .tidewater on Bull Hill
mountain at this place. When they ar
rived there the wind was blowing at
the rate of. forty miles an hour. Mrs.
Patterson was lifted from her feet and
carried over the Gprecipice and fellsa
distance of 800 feet before she struck
among the rocks. When her husband
reached her she was unconscious and
just breathing her last. She died with
in q few moments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
Election In Wfnon.

Election in WinOna.
Winona, Mimi, April 3.-Yesterday's
city election was the most warmly con.
tested for years. The Democrats elect
ed the mayor by 500 majority. The re.
mainder of the ticket with the excep-
ton of W aldermen went Republican.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06

One Little Girl With Smallpox.
Faribault, MIMI, April 3.-Dr. Brack.
en- secretary Of the state board Of
health, las visited the state schools
here and pronounces the case of the
little girl at the school for the deaf,
smallpox. She is in strict quarantine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
FINDS A BABY,s HEAD.

Wrapped In q Newspaper ON a Chi
cago D0orstep.
Chicago, April 3.-An Infants head,
severed from the body close to the
chin, was found by A. w. johnson Of
Isl West Monroe street, wrapped in a
newspaper, lying on the steps Of his
home. The police believe that the
child was murdered, and that 1t may
have been preserved in alcohol pend
ing an opportunity to dispose of it.
The head is that of a child several
weeks ole. E
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06

lBotha and Dewct Join Forces.
London, April 8. - Dispatches from
Cape Town and Brussels talk of Gen.
Botha and Gen. Dewet joining a gath
ering of 1900 men for operations
against French in the Transvaal. Two
hundred Beers have appeared near
Richmond, Cape Colony, and the town
guard has been called out to defend
the place. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
TO RESCUE THE EMPEROR.

Moral Support of Powers Asked in;
Expedition Against Reaction
ariOS.
Londsa, April "a Globe dispatch
from Shanghai says that 100000 troops
will be sent from Shangtung province
to Sinanfu to rescue the emperor from
the hand OF the reactionaries and es-
cort him home to Pekin, If the powers
promise their moral support.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
HEAD PARnE,R.s LUCK.

Bright Silver Dollar Hi. Reward
for. Finding f23.OOO.
st. Louis, April 3.-While On his way
to business George Giesebel. head bar
Der at the Lindell hotel, picked up $685.
600. in Endorsed checks, lost by G. G..
Taylor, cashier Of the Continental To-
bacco company. Mr.. Taylor, as a re-
ward, offered Giesebel a bright silver
dollar, which was refused.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
Roe. raymond Sentenced.

Roes Raymond Sentenced.
New York, April 3.-Ross Raymond,
alias James E. Sandys, a former news
paper man who pleaded guilty last
week of getting $500 froudulently from
Henry F. Clarke, paying teller Of the
Lincoln National bank on January %,
last, was sentenced to four years in
prison. '
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
FUNSTON ~ THE G. A. r..

Connecticut Post Makes. Him nm
Honorary Member.
New Haven, Conn.,, April 3. - Gen.
Fred Funston was elected to an hon
orary membership in Admiral Foote
Post. G. A. R., for his bravery in the
capture Of Aguinaldo. The post is the
largest in Connecticut and one of the
best known in New England.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
Woman Surgeon Honcrtd.

Woman SURGEON d.
London, April 3.-Miss Marion Ross,
who is twenty-seven years old, has
been appointed Junior surgeon of the
Maccle sfield infirmary. She took high
horrors at Glasgow university.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
Ex-volunteer Attempts suicid.

Ex-volunteer Attempts Suicide.
washburn, Wis, April 3.-Paul lie
Clair, a soldier in Company K, Fourth
Wisconsin, during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war and an old resident Of Wash
burn. made an effort at suicide by cut
ting his throat with a razor. He was
discovered Immediately after perform
ing the act and the physicians are
hopeful that his life may be saved. No
cause is assigned.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
VIEW JERSEY FOREST FIRES:
Men, Women and Children Fight Il.
Flames.

Flames.
Hammonton, N. T., April 3.-An ex-
tensive forest fire is raging in the big
woods north Of this city. WinsloW
was threatened but men, women n
children, by back-firing, turned. the
flames. While the mel threw up
trenches women and children carried
their household goods to places OF
safety. Several frame buildings; about
I, 200 acres Of big timber and thousands
of cords of wood have been consumed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
q...rse1nt Gcneral s.rreaders.

qB8uRgent CMer11 9afrendero.
Manila, April 3.-The recent surren-
ders include Gen. Gonzales. eleven Of
icers and forty-four men with forty
i've rifles at Malabon, and Col. Her
rara, three officers and twenty-five
men with rifles at Laguna, and Col-
onels Pablo. Tecson and sibula at
Bulacan. ...s.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
cHdNA,s REFUSAL.

Til Court VIII Not Ratify the Man
churiAn Agreement.
New York, April ga dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: Dis
patches from Shanghai report that an
imperial edict will be issued announc-
ing the decision Of the Chinese court to
refuse ratification on the Manchuria
agreement. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
New Commercial

New Commercial Treaty.
Madrid, April 8. - Spain and Japan
have exchanged ratifications of the
commercial treaty between those two
countries.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
aliNE DISASTER.

Many Men -ThouRht to Have Been
Killed In New Mexico.
Albuquerque. N. Mex. April 2.-AAA
explosion occurred Friday night in the
Weaver mine at GaAup, operated by
the Colorado Fuel andaIren company.
Three are known to have been killed
outright. and many others who we're
cut. on in the mine are believed 70 have
died from s~uffocation. &
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
MOTHER OF

virxipia wonaan Has Given Birth to
Four Pairs of Twins.
Richmond, Va, April 8.-Mrs. James
r. Smith. who lives near Matinsville,
Va,. has given birth to twins. She has
given birth to eighteen children, SIX
teen Of whom are living. This Ii the
fourth pair Of twins.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
Killed. His Wife.

New York, April 3.-Axel Douglass.
a janitor, shot and killed his wife and
then turned the weapon on himself.
He is in the hospital, where 1t is said
he will die.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
1t Is Real OIL.

1t Is Real OH.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 3.-A spec
cial from Spencer, Iowa, confirms. the
rumor that. oil has been discovered
near Greenville, Clay county. This is
the first oil discovered in Iowa.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
Enrlfsh aceliiers strlke.

|. London. April ). Thirty thousand
golfers and colliery engine men IN
L~anarkshtre have struck for an eight.
hour day. The trouble y spreading.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-06
I, WCEROYS win OUT
THEIR ATTITUDE DEFEATS MAN
cHURIAN AGREEMENT.

rhey Inform the Court That They
Would Refuse to Recognise the
Convention, Even If signed
Their Emphatic Declaration Car
ried the Day-Declsion of the
Throne IL I~rrevocable and the
Convention, Cannot BE Signed
Russia Appears to, Hesitate.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-20
GONZALES NEWS NOTES.
Hpecial venirc Cnsrr Have Bccn set
for Trial.

Gonzales. Texas, January l9.--Cotton
receipts TO date here amount to 1890
bales, To this date last year 20,70l bales.
Eighty eight halee were received yester-
day. Public Weighor Potts thinks he viii
get about 1900 babes more for the season,
The Jury in tho case of Juan CARA vs.
the Gonzales City Electric Light Com
pany failed TO agree aud were discharged.
Damages to the amount OF $25Oo were
asked on account of burns received from
coming in contact with u live wire.
Court adjourned yesterday evening un-
Oil Monday when the criminal docket VIII
be taken up, The special venIre case OF
George Houston. for the killing of I. II.
Boothe, has been set for January 30.
There are five other special venire caSes.
Ed Jones, colored whose case is SGT for
February G, is very sick In jail with
pneumonia.
Three DEGREES OF divorce have been
granted at this term OF coure. All parties
colored.
y. H. Pickens, colored man from DO
Witt county has made application in the
district court here for license TO practice
law
Representative J, S. Conway, who came
home last Sunday sick. is able TO be up
and expects TO return TO Austin tomor-
row.
La grippe has been prevalent mere for
some time, but is disappearing Other
wise the health OF the city Is good