The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-31
OF the Week
Crimes ana 5~crininaIs.

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An Indiana burglar had a battle With
q burglar and captured him.
Two women killed q Jew peddler who
IL alleged to have assaulted theEn.,
Near Whitesboro, Texas. q negro
murderer was burned to death by 9
mob.
A. North Dakota farm hand killed a
girl because She rejected him, and then
killed himself.
Fraudulent practices IT. the importa-
ton Of Japanese silks have been re-
vealed in New York.
The treasurer Of the New York house
Of Swift & Co. is allesed to be 9 de-
faulter in a large sum.
A battle occurred in a Mississippi
court room in which three men were
probably fatally wounded. +
A Chicago girl says that, by the use
Of a revolver and drugs she was forcea
to suhn.it to a marriage ceremony.
j. The manager OF a German concern,
who is alleged to have skipped with the
funds of the company, has been cap
tnred at Milwaukee.
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Mauck of Ohio swore out q war; ant for
the arrest of j. a. Blodt, late secretary
of-the Guaranty Savings and Loan as
ISOLATION Of Cleveland. upon the charge
of embezzling funds from the latter. in
stitution. III, 9s.$s.
David Damon. at English. Ind. IA
tally shot Ernest Faulkenburg with q
shotgun, the. trouble originating over
the boundary line of a fence. Faux
enburg is a noted character, and there
has been a grudge existing between the
principals for some, time. 4,
AS a result Of the recent exposure Of
alleged frauds in the New York Gus
toms service, several oftthe big whole.
sale dry goods firms Of Chicago have
filed claims with the board Of apprais-
ers asking for sums a~ggregating hum
dreds of thousands of dallars as re-
bates. So .4i5tf Z,
James McCulloch Of Altoona. Pa, a
fugitive from justice since last fall,
when he is alleged to have embezzled
about $500 Of taxes, in his capacity
Of county and state tax receiver for
Altoona, has been arrested ut Balti-
more. where he was in the grocery
business. ~
james G. Rankin, ex-sheriff Of Car
bon county, Wyoming, is of the opinion
that the. Great Northern train robbers
are in Wyoming. Rankin believes the
three robbers are now In hiding at a
rendezvous southso of Rawlins. and the
detective is positive the three men We're
in Cheyenne last Tuesday.
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General.
Alfred Gilbert, the sculptor, has been
declared bankrupt. His liabilities ara
revealed.
TThe resignation Of Chas. M. schwab
as president of the United States Stsel
corporation is confidently predicted and
as confidently denied.
The twenty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of the Order of the Scottish Clans be-
gan at Pittsburg with $50 delegates in
attendance from the United States and
Canada. 4,
~ Justice lSraus, In the New York SUI
preme court, appointed receivers for
the Muskoka Lumber company and the
Chequassett Lumber company of North
.Yorawanda. "a fsfey tta
The second, Of the new submarine
beats for the navy was launched at
Elizabeth, N. j. The vessel was named
the Moccasin by Miss Grace Day OF
Virginia. sistcr-in-law Of Senator Mar
TN Of that state.
&Besiaes the dramatization. Of Mon
sieur Beaucaire," which Booth Tark-
ington has written for Richard Mans
AI, - -s .~,>~l. 4nE o~NfNa,
drama, which he has just completed.
It is called 1.-THE Man on Horseback.
IA. r. Marvin, Louisville manager 81
the Mutual Mercantile. agency, has Is
sued a circular to subscribers notifying
them Of the company's suspension be-
cause Of financial difficulties. Tie con
Germ was organized in 1899 with $1,000
900 capital.
DIR. Malloy, the young inferno at the
National Soldiers Home hospital mt
Marion, Tnd., whose mistake in;giying
the wrong medicine Is said to have
5csaused the death OF two inmates. Geo.
resigned voluntarily:
From 100 to $500 @beeves will be
whipped to Dawson from Seattle, ard
Vancouver toward the close Of the sea
scn. Hundreds Of cattle are being
shipped in for summer suEe. but 200 or
1900 head5wilI be needed to supply the
winter demand aM4 ss5 IN
BY an invention Of the American
Metal Casket company, at present the
strongest foe OF the comm trust. the
company claims IT was4shown in Chi
cago, during q test OF an alright met
al case, that the human body can b
preserved for countless ages. sf &
Juege ThonassR r. Gordon of Louis,
Vile has been engaged as counsel for
Jim Howard; whotis TO be tried onSthe
charge Of numbering Gov. Goebel.Sss Il
I ssrun1ored that g prominent Democrat.
ic lawyer OF Frankfort will also act
with Judge Gordon In conducting The shp
9SdefeEse.
Prof. George. H. French. curatortof
the Normal university at Carbondale,I
Ill. has cured Mrs. +, Il Crane n
sTamaroa ~ epilepsy, after three Weeks
treatment. Prof. French ayear ago.
announced that he had discoveredsa
neMaparaste which ~ claimed, pre-
duced ssepillepsely. Sss@ sfs Is &s
American agentssare busysintB elgi-
nm recruiting Belgian glass blowers
fofSseryice IA the United states.Jap-
sahsse agents afs atso oiierihgs nigh
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