The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-10-12
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Warrington Notes.
Acting Secretary Spaulding OF the
treasury has approved a plan for q yell
low fever institute within the marine
Ihospita:: service, whose object VIII be to
collect facts and make Investigations OF
the subject of yellow fever.
Warrants were drawn recently at the
treasury department in settlement OF
the salary due the late president at the
time of his death. The amount was
81, S56.SS. Warrants also were drawn
covering Mr.. Roosevelt's salary to Oct.
1, or seventeen days, aggregating 325-
BOOTS.
Ambassador Choate has applied to
the state department at Washington
for leave Of absence, and proposes to
scil for New York in a week from next
Saturday. It is believed Mr.. Chcate's
visit to Washington is inspired mainly
by his desire to obtain an agreement
on the canal treaty.
DIR. Silva, the Colombian minister t.
Washington, has received a personal
message from Bogota, announcing a
cabinet crisis there. The dispatch ia
from his brother-in-law, MI. Miguel
Abadia Mendez, who announces that
the crisis has resulted In his appoint
ment as minister of foreign affairs.
The Japanese government has been
informed, courteously, that the United
States officials had no intention to dis
criminate on account of race in MAX
ing the personal examinations In quar-
antine at San Francisco and Honolulu,
which have led to the filing Of remon-
strances by the former government.
BY direction of the president certain
lands along the northern and south
ern boundaries of the military reser-
walton at Fort Sill, Okla, and located
on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
reservations, have been added to the
Fort Sill reservation for the use n
benefit Of Apache prisoners of war.
BY direction Of the secretary of war,
The Sixtieth, sixty-first, Sixty-second,
Sixty third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-ffth,
Sixty-eighth, Seventieth and Seventy
first companies of coast artillery have
been relieved from duty in the division
of the Philippines and ordered TO pro-
coed to San Francisco by the first avail
able transport.
Orders will be issued 500 by Lieut..
Gen. Miles, commanding the army, to
provide for the addition of ten COM
panies Of coast artillery. The ma
terial for these companies has already
been secured, but the issuance Of the
formal order is withheld until arrange
ments can be made to receive the men
1T the stations they will occupy.
The official estimate for the fiscal
gear beginning July 1, 1902. which Post
master General Smith will submit to
congress at the opening session, calls
for an aggregate of S.. $50, 900 for rural
free delivery service throughout the
country. This is an increase of ST.
ESQ, 900 over the expenses of that rapid
ly-growing service for the current year.
Accidental Happenings.
The pork packing establishment OF
Henry Muhs, at Passiac, N. j., was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss Is estimated
at $4,000.
The upper floors Of the Pennsylvania
Door and Sash company's plant at
were completely burned out.
The stock destroyed was principally
door and window frames. The loss will
reach $50, coo; we'll insured.
In a fire which destroyed a barn on
the farm of Peter Vrenderburg, near
ILL.,, are race horses Cutting
and Lillian Brook were burned to
death. Cutting has a record Of 2:1S,
and MI. vrendenburg has refused s4,-
600 for him.
Criminal.
Homer Fite Of Georgetown shot ana
beat his wife until she will die, and
then shot himself. Mrs. Fite said he
shot and beat her after a quarrel. He
then went to the mill where he was m
ployed ard shot himself dead.
William Hoepprer. a former conf
Dental bookkeeper for the A. w. Fa'
Der company of New York city. who
June 10 last, after having,
it is alleged, em5ezzled between $4,000
and $40, 900 from the firm, has been ar
rested at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Re-
public.
The Indictments against Fire Com
missioner ]. j. Scanned and William j..
Markham of New York, for alleged If.
Irregularities in the purchase Of depart.
ment supplies were dismissed by Judge
Gildersleeve in TIE superior court. Per-
mission was given the district attorney
to resubmit the ase to the grand jury.
In casting up the body Of an un-
known woman at the foot Of Grace
land avenue, Chicago, the waves OF
Lake Michigan have thrown a mystery
into the hands of the police. Aside
from the battered skull, a severed left
ear and a severe cash below it, a small
hole in the left temple Of the woman's.
head may lead to the discovery Of q
brutal murder.
Foreign Gossip.
Herr Krupp, the gunmaker, has pur-
chased a ralatial residence in Berlin.
It is said the British government
contemplates calling upon the colonies
for more troops for South Africa.
A submarine boat Of the Holland
type built by vickers, Sons & Maxim,
was launched at Narrow, England.
William waldorf Aston has given
10000 to the fund for erecting the new
premises Of the National Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
DR.. Leuger, chief burgomaster OF
Berlin. was recently challenged to fight
a duel by Herr Hofer meir, q lawyer,
whom he had called q HsmaleyOlent