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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

The recent appointment Of General
Chaffee as major-general is the first
instance of a private attaining that
rank in the regular army of the Unit
ed States. Il should know that Chat
fee was not educated at West Point"
commented a military visitor at the
review of American troops in China
last summer. "He is so unused to full
dress uniform that he has his sash owe
the wrong shoulder" 1t vas true.
and all the more honor to him for his
success. i
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
Ktlled BIZ a Deputy sheriff.

NfTIeq D DEPUTY Sner1n.
Wallace, idaho, April 16.-Jack Pow
ell was shot and killed at Mullen Sat
urday night by Deputy Sheriff Will
Jams. Three men fired from ambush
at Deputy sheriffs Rose and Williams
about midnight, wounding Rose twice
in the right arm and once in the right
thigh. Deputy Williams fired six or
seven shots in the direction Of the
flashes and fatally wounded Jack Pow
ell. Powell was seen running away
after the shooting and his body was
not found until yesterday morning.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
General.

uCAACHAAAs
Colorado Springs, Denver and Pu-
eblo will be Joined by a trolley line to
cost 81, SOC, 900.
In the opinion of a good many PEG.
pie a strike of engineers and firemen
is imminent on the Central New Jersey
system.
Bishop Henry M. Turner Of the Al
rican Methodist church advocates the
Punishment of negro criminals to AT.
.ica.
The demand for tin and terne plates
is unusually heavy. and next week will
find every plant of the American Tin
Plate company in full operation.
Charles Dewitt, driver for a Kansas
City laundry, called on the police and
asked for aid in hunting up his parents.
He thinks he is Charley Ross.
A bill has been introduced in the Ha.
waiian house for an income and land
tax, and another bill to levy a tax of
81 per ton on all sugar produced on the
island.
Nothing is known in America of g
report current in London of a move
ment looking to q consolidation Of all
the great packing interests in Chicago,
Omaha and Kansas City.
The journeyman painters ana decorat-
ors compromised on their strike, and 1t
is announced that all the men will re-
turn to work. They demanded IS cents
an hour, but agreed to accept 81 Ia
cents.
BY the will of Mrs. Ella Mcpherson
the greater part of the fortune ac-
cumulated by the late Senator John r.
Mcpherson, estimated at about $1,000
900, is eventually to go to Yale univer-
sity. ....-.
Firemen Of the entire system Of the
Lake Shore railroad have been granted
a material increase in wages and the
action taken by the management q
averted what threatened to cause seri-
Gus trouble . .IE
All the miners in the Springfield Il.j
subdistrict have resumed operations.
with the exception of the North shaft.
where the drivers refused to work be-
cause they were not furnished cotton
and oil free. .
Bishop Henry M. Turner, Of the Al.
rican Methodist church. who is con-
Quoting services among the negro
churches at Macon. Ca. openly advo-
Gates the Punishment Of negro Grim.
inals to Africa. A
A syndicate has been formed to con:
troll the five leading wire grass compa~
MES In the United States. The COM
bined capital Of the companies repre-
sents ST. 500. 900. It will be known as
the Mississippi Grass company.
The torpedo boat Perry, built by the
Union Iron Works Of San Francisco,
failed to meet contract speed require
ments on her recent official trip. The
vessel will probably be accepted, sub
ject to a slight deduction from the con-
tract price.
The failure Of the torpedo boat de-.
stroyer Perry to attain the contract
speed OF twenty-nine knots an hour
has led the Union Iron works to post
pone changes In the design Of the four
similalrl vessels now in the course OF
construction. Il
The United States court Of claims
has rendered a judgment In favor Of
Admiral Sampson for =, 1880 ~ . bounty
growing out Of the ENGAGEMENTS at
Manxanilla and Nipa BAY. Cuba, dur
ing the Spanish war. The court also
rendered q Judgment IN favor IF: Fleet
Capt. Chadwick, who participated ~
those! engagements: sEs H
5sasGE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
Famous Bandit Killed.

Silver City, N. Mex, April 16.-Red
Weaver, a we'll known border charac-
ter and a reputed member of the
famous BLACK Jack" gang Of bandits,
has been killed at Alma, a mining
camp seventy miles northeast of here.
Weaver had threatened to kill. Tod
Holman who had previously called him
to account for certain remarks against
a young woman's character. Later
they met again and fired at each other
simultaneously. Weaver fell dead
with a bullet through his head. Eoli-
man was .exonerated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

The name Of Sing Sing. so far as
tba New York village is concerned, Is
no more, having been changed e
ns,n,np. Manufacturers brought about
this change. the impression having
zone abroad that all goods turned out
IN the village were prison-made. The
vi,,aee showed q decrease In the last
Census Of 1913 in population, though
sa,.hhorine places showed uniform.in-
crease. Sing Sing was incorporated
n 1s13 and the prison was erected
eleven years later, The prison y stu
.fthin the village boundary lines.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

One Of the most prominent Baptist
preachers in the vicinity of New York
has made it a practice in all his pas
torates to write his resignation within
a week of his entrance upon a new
field, sign, seal and deliver it to the
proper official with the remark:
There. now! Never ask me for my
resignation. Whenever you want me
to 60 just break open the envelope,
write in a date to the document and
offer it to the congregation"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

Quite az remarkable as the wrecking
of the Pacific Mail line steamship Rio
de Janeiro just at the entrance to San
Francisco harbor on Feb. % is the to-
tai disappearance of the wreck. Divers
have explored large areas of the bot
tom Of the sea at the point where the
wreck is supposed to have occurred,
but not the slightest trace of the i'll
*ated ship has been found.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
Peun1e Talked About.

William Fl. Krane denies that he is
afflicted with cancer of the tongue.
Emanuel Lasker, the chess player.
will sail for the United States April II.
William Mooney, aged sixty, a we'll
known lawyer and a former member
of the Illinois legislature, died at Joliet
of paresis.
John M. B. Sill, minister resident ana
consul general for the United States to
Korea from 1893 to 1897, died at De.
troit, Mich.
John Baker, brother of the famous
trapper and companion of Kit Carson,
is dead in Cheyenne, Wyo., of cancer of
the stomach.
sum, where he will stay for some time.
The burgomaster of Utrecht and a big
crowd babe him farewell at the rail.
laad station.
Mr. Clarisse j. Huyler, wife Of John
j. Huy.or and who succeeded Miss De
Bar as Lns. er R.. Marsh's favorite me-
dunn, is dead at Middletown, N. Y. She
was sixty-two yocrs old.
Judge John A. >Warth, aged ninety
years, died at Charleston, w. Va. He
was a senator of Virginia in 1857 and
1853, and a member of 1she constitution
al convention of West Virginia il. 1872.
Augustus Ryram. n of ire pioneer
mining operators Of the Far West, *
dead at his Michigan avenue home in
Chicago. He was seventy-eight years
of age, and had not been actively en-
gagged in business for nearly thirty
years.
Col. Robert Wallace is dead in Jersey
City, after "a prolonged illness. Col.
Wallace was born in Easton, Pa, in
1921. He served as captain in the
United States army in the Mexican
war, and was made colonel of a West
ern regiment in the Union army in the
civil war.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
M conl Combination.

Springfield, Mass, April 10. ~ Lewis
r. Newman Of this city has successful
ty engineered q big coal combination
with a capital Of 100000 o0. The COM
pany will control $4,000 acres Of unde-
veloped coal land In southeastern Ohio.
George d. Duy, New York. city. has
nled an attachment Of $4,000 against
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis r. Newman in an
action Of contract to recover a claim
for alleged services in connection with
the coal combination.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
WAS A BLOODY BATTLE.
Two Killed and Four Wounded a

Two Killed and Four Wounded at
Boone's Fork, KY. Fight.
Whitesburg, KY, April 16.-Further
particulars of the big battle between
Sheriff John Wright and his posse and
the outlaws headed by Greed Potter
and John Reynolds at Boone's Fork
last Thursday, were received and an
other fight is anticipated in a few days.
In the encounter Thursday Willie
Wright and Isaac Willard, members Of
the posse, were killed outright, and
four others, two on each side, were
wounded.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

Among the ruins of Pompeii have
been found chatting dishes Of exquisite
workmanship, which give u~ndisputed
proof Of their use in the city. which
contained villas Of many wealthy Ro-
mans.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

Northern Indiana farmers are ex-
p%erimenting in the domestication Of
quail. During the winter the birds are
:.ed regularly, and on some Of the farms
,shey have become so tame that they
roost with the barnyard fowls.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20

The watchfulness of members OF con-
gress is not always rewarded in a way
anticipated. Two resolutions recently
offered in the house requested the pres
ident to return to that body two pri-
vate pension bills. A member of in
quiring mind wished to know what
was the defect in the bills. There is
no defect" was the reply. "The bene-
fciaries are dead"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
TO succeed Fava.

Rome, April 16.-Marquis G. Carbon
ara al Malaspina, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to the
Argentine Republic. has been offered
[gthe post Of italian ambassador az
Washington, to succeed Baron Fava.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
washinrton.

8 Washington.
Attorney General Knox was formally
presented to the United States supreme
court. The ceremony was both brief
and simple, consisting Of little more
than Introduction.
Naval Constructor Richmond p. Hob
son has been assigned to special duty
in the bureau of construction and re-
pair, navy department. He will as
sumo his new duties next Tuesday.
Information has been received by the
state department in Washington h a a
gigantic linen trust has been formed In
Europe, in which every large spinning
concern on the continent is interested.
The president has appointed Col.
Wallace Randolph chief Of the artillery
corps, under the provisions Of the army
reorganization act. He was formerly
colonel Of the First artillery, and was
stationed at Sullivan's Island, South
Carolina.
The Spanish claims commission. APP
pointed to carry into effect the stipula-
lions Of Article z Of the treaty between
the United States and Spain at the
conclusion of the late war, met in
Washington recently and adopted rules
Of procedure.
Commander E. s. Prime has been as
signed to command the gunboat Pc
trel, to take the place of Lieut.. Com.
J.. H. Roper, who lost his life while at
tempting to rescue some Of the men OF
his ship who had been overcome by a
fire in the sailroom Of The vessel.
The Mexican ambassador at Wash
ington has received from the secretary
of state a draft for $4,000, paid out of
humane consideration and without ref
erence to the question of liability, as
full indemnity to the heirs Of Florsnti-
no Suaste, a Mexican citizen, who was
lynched in La Sale county, Texas, In
1895.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
Casualty.

The transport Rawlins, loaded with
forage for United States cavalry horses
in Cuba, was partially destroyed by
fire at New York. The damage to the
transport is estimated at $50, 900. and to
the cargo $4,000.
At Henderson, KY, fire destroyed the
large factory of the Gallaher company.
limited, two new residences and the
grocery store of Charles Kriel, the loss
a~ggregating $4,000. covered by insur-
ance.
The wholesale drug house Of Gilpin,
Langdon & Co., Baltimore, was totally
destroyed by fire. The roof of the ma
chinery establishment of Thomas Ba-
shor & Co. was also burned and the
contents of the latter badly damaged
by water. Losses, 100000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
Sim. md

Tw%enty-nine Cinnamon were arrested
on the Canadian line north Of Malone,
N. Y, trying to make their way into
the United States.
Supt. e. F. Smith, of the Sandusky
county Ohio infirmary, was stabbed
by an epileptic patient named Winters,
and will probably die.
Linus Clawson, Jr., principal of the
public schools of Lindewald, a suburb
of Hamilton, Ohio, hanged himself to a
rafter in the barn. The deed. was
caused by ill-health.
Mrs. s. r. Lyons, wife of the presi-
| dent Of the Monmouth Gll.) college,.
committed suicide by hanging herself
in the attic of her home. She had been
an invalid for some time, but there was
no suspicion Of suicidal intent.
Jesse Way, one of the most notorious
| counterfeiters in the country, died in
the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio. of
old age. He was eighty-three years OF,
age, and had served nearly half a GEN.
fury {" his life behind prison bars.
Rev. c. w. Pritchett,. pastor of the
| Christian church at Van1Alstyne, Tex.
was found dead from a gunshot wound
in the neck. He had been suffering
from grip for two months, and is be-
lieved to have taken his w life..
T. L. Arlington, a we'll known young
man of Somerville, Ga, shot and killed
Miss Mamie Cleghorn, a prominent
young lady of hat town, and then
killed himself. Arlington had been en-
gagged to the young lady. but. because
Of parental objections the engagement
had been broken.
John III. Wilson who, as a boy OF
eighteen. held up a train in Arkansas
with a glass pistol loaded with candy,
has had his sentence Of twenty-four
years. imprisonment committed to ten
years by President Mckinley, so that
he will be able to leave the Kings coun-
ty IN. " ~penitentiary, where he now
is, Nov. 81, 1908.
The body of Willie Grossman, a four
teen-year-old Chicago boy, was found
by his mother hanging from a bed-post
in his room. The Grossman parents
were very poor, and dependency over
this fact, which prevented him from
pursuing his studies in painting and
drawing, for which he had considerable
natural ability, is supposed to have
driven the boy to suicide.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-20
wAsHBuRN, NORTH DAKOTA.

The United Kingdom hal colonies
and possessions whose area is equal
TO more than twenty-seven times her
wi size.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-02
CUBAN OPPOSITION
TO PLATT AMENDMENT
Is FADING AWAY

New York, July 2.-Gonzale Jerrin, a
lawyer of Havana, Cuba, is spending
few days in this city on his way to the
Pan American exposition in Buffalo,
where he proposes to remain for three
n.tnths as a special representative OF
his native island. He said in the course
of an interview about Cuba:
''The itical situation could not be
better. All the representative parties
of the island have accepted the decision
OF the constitutional convention, and in
perfect peace and harmony with the
American government the Cuban people
will endeavor to lay the foundations Of
their future republic.
The opposition manifested to the
Eiatt amendment at first was the result
of misapprehension. Because the op-
position was violent you may take it for
granted that the Cuban people never
dissrmble.
They speak out freely, and if now
they are on excellent terms with the
Americans it is because they really feel
gratitude and respect toward their great
neighbor and protector"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-02
CENSURE AND PRAISE
FOR AMERICAN TROOPS
IN PARKWAY CHINA
By Associated Press.)

Washington, July 2.-This extract is
made from review of the military op-
erations in China, now being prepared
by the bureau of military information a,
the war department.:
''Looting-Tien Tsin-Mostly by na-
tives, and joined in by many Europeans;
was on the first day entirely unrestric.-
ed; later the allied commanders, as soon
as attention could be given to it, adopt
ed severe repressive measures to put Il
stop to it. and the scandal was soon dis
continued.
''The Japanese, on account of the al-
mirable discipline under which their SOL
diers are held. are said to have done the
least looting. Strict orders from OIL:
officers, and American training and in.
stinct, prevented our men from engaging
in this orgie of thievery and outlaw
The foregoing reference is based upon
reports of American officers. The Amer
lean soldier is criticized freely in the re-
view. For efficiency and fighting he is
held to be the equal of any and supero,
to many. The fault found with the
American soldiers is their "slovenly ar
pearance off duty"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-02
NO CESSATION OF THE TORRIO
WAVE SWEEPING THE
EAST. :
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FALL VICTIMS TO SUMS
FURY,
WEATHER BUREAU SEES NO
PROSPECT OF SPEEDY
CHANGE,
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, July 3.-The weather bu-
reau has issued the following special
bulletin:
There are no present indications Of
a permanent break in the warm wave
which covers the country generally east
of the Rocky mountains Local rains
and thunderstorms will furnish tempo-
rary relief in the lower lake region, the
upper Ohio valley and in the mountain
districts of Pennsylvania, Maryland,
West Virginia and Virginia and there
is a possibility that these local rains
may occur intimated a rise in Atlantic
coast states.''
New York, July 2.-The police depart
ment lists show that uD to this morning
a total of 50 deaths had been reported
in Greater New York. All were adults.
They We're SO numerous that it was inn
possible to get an accurate list of them.
So many horses have been killed or dis
abled by the heat that deliveries of pro-
adding to the discomfort and suffering.
Philadelphia, July 2.-The hot weather
continued today with unabated intensi-
ty. Cramps shipyard began operations
at 4 o'clock this morning, and closed
at noon. Before 10 o'clock dozen am
bulance calls had been sent from the
plant and many Of the employees We're
compelled to leave their work.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-02
SELLING OF POOLS NOT GAMBLING,
SAYS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

so far as gambling is concerned The
officials are making strong fight there,
and l believe propose to enact city
ordinance covering the various kinds Of
gambling, including pool selling, but this
Office is informed that not even nri-
vate game is permitted in Butte.
This certainly looks as though some
thing was being accomplished"
There was a report in circulation to-
day that a party of Butte. gamblers
had come to Helena to negotiate with the
attorney generals Office with view to
ending the crusade. Nothing had been
heard of the matter at that officials Of
flee, except a rumor of an intended visit.
1t was intimated there that the attor-
ney general and his assistants have had
nothing more to do with the matter than
to see that county attorneys did their
uuty, and could not interfere with these
officers any further than to urge them to
activity in enforcing the laws.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-02
SAMUEL MIX X D OLE BERG
SUFF0CATED while TRY
ING TO ESCAPE.

ately slid down an electric wire from
the third story. Her injuries We're con-
fined to blisters on the hands and scorch-
about the feet from the flames.
William Camp, who also roomed at
the Pullman, and William W. Murphy
next appeared at an upper window. Both
jumped to the ground. distance Of 20
feet. Neither man was seriously injured
although Camps bruises We're painful
enough to necessltate his going to a
nearby rooming house.
William Ryan, a prize fighter, held to
his position on window sill until the
flames began scorching his back and
singeng his hair Realizing that Il
chance for life existed only in despe--
ate leap from the building, Ryan re-
leased his grasp and fell.
Down the man came, turning COM
pletely over in his flight. He struck
squarely on his head, and it was though.
he had surely met death. An examina-
tion, however, showed that life existed,
and an ambulance conveyed Ryan to the
st. Paul hospital. His injuries prove l
serious, but not dangerous.
Policeman Mcdonald, who did good
work during the fire, remained in the
burning building until he had satisfied
himself that all who could possibly
escape We're out of the lodging house.
In his search through the rooms.
Chief Sanger discovered Mix near the
door Of Room No. 8. The dead man had
some Of his clothing partially on, and it
was apparent he had been dressing
when overcome by the dense smoke.
The fire chief rushed to the lower floor
and into the open air With Mix in his
arms. Every effort failed to revive the
man. Chief Sanger afterwards found
Burg dead on the floor below.
The chief stated that the fire started
from 4 gasoline stove in the rooms Of a
man named Bergman. This building il
owned by J. A. Nadeau.
Samuel Mix came to Butte few days
ago from Missoula, where his brother
conducts restaurant. Mix had only
| been working two days.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-02
TWO LIVES ARE LOST IN A SMALL /IREI
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED
DURING A BLAZE IN PULL
MAN LODGING HOUSE.

With roaring, cracking flames splitting
forth dense clouds of smoke and liter.
ally encircling their bed chambers as If
stretching the grasp of death, Samuel
Mix. a waiter in Whatley's restaurant,
and Ole Burg, a carpenter, were aroused
from their sleep in the Pullman lodging
| block. Dakota and Galena streets, at 1905
this morning.
In less than ten minutes both men had
perished from suffocation, and number
| OF others sustained severe injuries by
attempting to escape from the building.
Although the walls Of the lodging
house were left intact. the inside fittings
| and furniture were considerably dam.
| aged. The loss to the building amounts
! to $4,000. while the furniture. owned by
Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall, was damaged
to an equal amount. The building car
ried insurance, but that On the furniture
expired but a few days ago.
| Chief Sanger of the fire department
+! stated that at last nights fire the wo-
men We're much cooler and more daring
when confronted by death than were tie
| liicu. he cLleI lOlu OF women Occu.
pants of the lodging house descending
fire escapes, wires and iron pipes.
While these brave women were doing
their best to escape from the scorchlng
flames, men We're calling for help" said
he, "and one big fellow climbe dto the
top of the building and cried like a
baby"
The fire department made a quick run
to the scene of the disaster, and only by
energetic work We're more lives spared
and the building saved from total de-
struction. The fire was fierce, and, hav-
ing good headway, considerable trouble
was experienced in getting it under con-
| troll.
Hardly had the fire chief concluded
that all of the occupants of the lodging
house were safe when number Of forms
appeared at windows and upper doors,
shouting for aid. Frantically they cried