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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
FIBER WORKS Sold.
Mnyvillc Company DispOxes of 1ti
~IntereAta t o Fargo Concern.

MnySillc Company DispOses of Its
I%ntereAts to Fargo Concern.
The National Flax Fiber company:
until now owning the flax fiber mill
which has been standing idle for more
than a year at Mayville, has. through
its attorney, Fred Morrill, of Fargo.
sold to the French-Hickman company,
with headquarters in Boston, the mill
and appurtenances, including 1000 tons
of straw flax which has been in stack
near h mill for a year. The GROUNDS
for the mill site n enough land Tor
operating purposes were donated by
citizens of Mayville, as an inducement
to the National Fla company to 10
cate there. A large amount OF fax
straw was also pledged to be delivered
at a small price per ton, and 1t was
duly delivered. Yet, for some reason.
the mill did not begin to turn out tow,
and Mayville citizens wondered. Ma
chinery was placed in the building, but
it was rot set in motion. The French
Hickman company has been for some
months operating a mill in Fargo. un-
der the management Of T. r. Atkin-
son. The National has sold all its mill
interests in. this state, including h
mills at Mayville, Armenia and Shell
don to the company above named ana
the interests of the company are being
locked after by Mr.. Atkinson. 1t IL
expected that the mill here will be
opened for the consumption of the
straw now standing in the stacks
within a short time, and it Is also an
ticipated that the straw on hand Will
be all used before the crop Of this
season will be ready for delivery. The
tow manufactured here will be shipped
to the company's plant ate Niagara
Falls, where the tow is further manu-
featured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
A BED

Cincinnati Woman Die~ a Few Hours
After the Ceremony.
Cincinnati, April 10.-While on her
deathbed here yesterday Miss jeanette
Evans was married to Frederick
Hayes. n Chicago detective. About
six hours after the marriage the bride
breathed her. last in the arms Of her
husband. Miss Evans came to Cincin-
natl from Chicago one week ago to
prepare for the wedding at the resi-
dence Of her sister. She was taken
suddenly and Dangerously. Ill, and Mr.
Hayes was noticed. Heat once came
to Cincinnati, procured q marriage IL
censeEand the ceremony was performed
with the sorrowing family gathered
about the deathbead. After tthe mar
rfage the bride soon began to sing, dy-
ing few hours, later. Up to the time
OF her death Mrs. Hayes. appeared.sto
be perfectly happy and contented, al-
though suffering intense. pain from
..peritonitis. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
JAPAN's HOSTILITY.
1t IL q Menace to the Conclusion Of
Peace. Negotiations.

1t IL q Menace to the Conclusion Of
Peace. Negotiations.
Washington, April 10.-Japan's hos
tile attitude toward Russia is regarded
here as a grave menac to the con
clusion Of peace negotiations in the
Orient. Secretary Hay and diplomats
here who are familiar with the bitter
feeling between Japan and Russia and
the fearless name in which the
former has repealed all assaults against
its recognized rights along the Chinese
coast and Korea make no effort to
conceal their anxiety. Although Rus
sia's proclamation regarding occupa-
ito has been accepted here, unofficial
criticism is directed against the fact
that it is indefinite in Its terms and
makes no pledge Of withdrawing the
Russian troops from Manchuria. The
prospects, therefore, Of an encounter
between Japan and Russia deepened
entirely, in the Judgment of the state
department, upon Russia's compliance
with Japan's demand that orders for
withdrawal Of the troops be issued.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
MOTHER AND CHILD DROWNED.
Frightened Horse PlunEca Over an
Emhankmenf Into the River.

Frightened Horse PlunEca I've an
Embankment into the River.
Milwaukee, April 9. - Mrs. Michael
Hart of the town of /. Lake and her
seven-year-old daughter Mary were
drowned in the Kinnikinnic river at
the Kinnikinnic venue bridge in this
city at an early hour yesterday norm
ing. Mrs.. Hart, accompanied by her
husband and daughter, had been Wis
iting friends and started for home at
about 8 o'clock in a light top buggy
drawn by a young horse. AS
they neared the bridge, which was
closed for repairs, the horse became
frightened by a passing train and ran
away, plunging over the embankment,
dragging the buggy and its occupants
with it. Hart, who had been thrown
out Of the buggy az it went over the
embankment, was saved, a policeman
throwing a rope to him and hauling
him ashore, but the mother and daugh-
ter were caught by the buggy top and
carried to the bottom of the river and
were drowned, as also was the horse.
The bodies have been recovered.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
ROBBERS USE DYNAMITE.
Blow Up q Safe aAd Escape, After 9
Running Fight.

Blow Up q snfe aAd Escape After
Running Fight.
Frankfort, Ind, April S.-Burglars at
Michigantown, east Of this city, early
yesterday morning wrecked the safe IN
a brick building occupied by G. A.
Marshall, a merchant, and after q
desperate running battle with citizens
in which Marshall was slightly wound
ed and one Of the robbers probably ia.
tally shot, escaped with a small
amount of booty. The safe contained
several hundred dollars in cash n
many valuable papers and all was
practically destroyed by the force OF
the explosion. The big steel vault was
blown out and across the room, and q
drawer containing a package OF bank
bills was blown in an opposite d1rec-
ton and the bills torn into a thousand
pieces. It is not thought the obber
succeeded in getting to exceed $50 IN
cash, the other money being so de-
stroyed that it could not be found or
taken. The property damage will prob
ably reach $4,000.
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OF MERR1MAc DESTROYED.

Sunk Mt Santiago to Bottle
I'm Cervera's Fleet Blown Up.
Santiago, Cuba, April 9.-The collier
Merrimac, which was blown up and
sunk in the harbor by Constructor
Hobson while Admiral Cervera's fleet
was inside in 1898, was successfully
destroyed by a ton of dynamite Sat-
urday. Hitherto 1t has been extreme
~ dangerous for vessels to attempt
the narrow entrance to the harbor, but
now that this wreck has been de-
stroyed it is perfectly safe. A great
crowd of people on shore witnessed the
blowing up Of the old hulk.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
WILL BEGIN T~f1REsH1Na.

There is much unth. reshed fax in
the state, and just as soon as the frost
is sufficiently out Of the ground to re-
lease the bundles and the ground dry
enough to permit wagons and threash-
ing machines to be moved across the
fields the job will be finished. A few
farmers doubt the value Of the grain
after the winters exposure, but the
experience Of the farmers who had
unthreashed fax in 1895 is encourage
ing. The winter then was much more
severe than last winter, and the straw
blackened and apparently rotten.
still the seed brought within a few
cents Of the top price at the terminal
markets. The oil contained in the
seed is SO we'll protected by nature
that It received little or no injury from
exposure.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
OI;D-r1ME WESTERN DEsPER ADDE'S
Bad Men Who Go Hunting for TrOu-
bic Find Oahera WlO Shoot.

bile Find O4hers Who Shoot.
The country in the vicinity of Blu.
ford, on the Missouri, has been the
scene of numerous disturbances recent
ly. For many years this region has
been the home of MANI lawless char
acters. The developmeAk of the state
n the incoming rush Of settlers has
brought in men Of another class, and
conflicts Between the orderly and the
lawless element have been numerous.
A letter form Buford gives the details
of a disturbance which recalls the
troubled times a quarter of a century
6 on the f:c.,tier.
Wilson Parks, a recent arrival, hao
filed on a claim and built a house. on
the south side Of the Missouri, nearly
OPP os:te Buford. Last Friday Thomas
Allen, who formerly ran a blind pig at
Williston, and who had a shack near
by, and with A. P. Shaw. who is said
to have been bootlegging at Buford,
and two or three boon companions,
concluded to raid Parks place and
jump his claim. After imbibing freely
Of h e contents of sundry bottles. they
visited Parks house, in his absence.
broke the windows. smashed in the
door and scattered his provisions about
the floor. Parks, who was chopp1ng IN
the woods a short distance away, APP
peared on the scene with an x on his
shoulder. Allen, seeing that he was
discovered, made a break for his own
shack, about 100 yards away. and, get
ting his gun fired two shots at Parks,
neither taking effect. Parks retreated
to the shanty of a neighbor, A. F. No
Die, where he remained all night.
On Saturday, while Noble and Parks
were at Buford, across the river, pre-
pairing to make complaint against AL
len, the latter, with Shaw and a COM
panion named Williams. went to Mo-
ble's place. entered the house, fired
shots promiscuously around he inte-
rior and did great damage. Mobiles
hired man, who was working near by,
heard the shooting, and, mounting b
horse, rode to notify Noble. He met
his employer at the ferry landing, and
was given a rifle to return and look
after things. The ferryman had just
landed him on the south sid OF the
Missouri. when the three men came
out of a clump of willows and de-
manded that they be taken across.
The ferryman a only a small boat,
and, as the men desired to swim their
nOTScS dCIOSS UcIlllu SINC OOol,
fused to carry them over, they being
under the influence of liquor. and
started to row back to- the Buford side,
when Shaw. with an oath, declared
that If he did not ferry hem over he
SHAW would sink the skif. As he
ferryman kept on for the Buford side.
Shaw fired at him. when Capt. Smalley
of Buford. and Noble came to the res
cue and began to fire at Shaw. thus
covering the ferryman's retreat. At
this Shaw dropped his gun, mounted
his horse and disappeared in the brush.
Allen and Williams. on one side, and
Smalley and Noble on the other, kept
up a fusilade for some time. but, as
the distance was about 600 yards, no
one was hurt. Shaw was afterwards
. arrested, but Allen and Williams fed
toward Glendive, Mont, with the on
GERS hot on their trail.
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DIVIDES $4,000 DOODLE FUND.

Treasurer Gives Each County Share
of Mo ney for School Fund.
Helena, Mant., April 9.-The last act
in the history of Montana's famous
$4,000 Doodle fund that grew out of
the Whiteside bribery exposure in the
sixth legislative session was played
Saturday, when, in accordance with
a aw. passed by the late legislature,
State Treasurer Barrett sent a check
to different county treasurers of the
state for amounts m proportion to the
number Of school children in the sew
eral counties. Silver Bow county, on
account of its large population, re-
ceived one-ifth Of the $50, 1000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
sa1NN1. SOFIA .lEG1sLA1vRE.


Attempt. to Censure Representatives
Washburn and jacobson.
st. Paul. April g. Resolutions Of
censure aimed at Representatives
Waskburn and jacobson, who pre-
ferred charges Of bribery In connection
with the gross earnings bill, were in
troduced by Representative Laybourn
Of st. Louis Saturday, but went over
without action of the house under,
notice Of debate by Representative
Allen. MI. Laybourn will, unless the
pressure brought to bear upon him
prevails, force his resolutions to a. vote
to-day. The report Of the investiga-
ton committee. which found that the
charges could not be sustained, laid
over from Friday night, came up be-
fore noon Saturday, and. although e
fight had been expected, was adopted
without a dissenting vote.
The Younger brothers' hopes Of lib
erty after imprisonment for twenty
four years. raised almost, to the point
Of realization by the passage Of the
Deming bill, providing for the parole
Of life prisoners, was suddenly dashed
to earth by the action Of the house in
Indefinitely postponing the bill recalled
from the governor for the purpose Of
correction.
Representative Whitford's memorial
to congress praying for the establish
ment Of a national park in Northern
Minnesota to include the Leech Lake,
Cass Lake. Winnibigoshish and Chip
pewa Indian reservations, was recon-
mended to pass by the house.
In the senate
The debate promised over the pass
are OF the johnson memorial instruct
ing the attorney general to bring acc
ton against the Great Northern to
test title to 271.5ss.M acres Of NorthA
ern Minnesota lands. did not occur In
the senate, and the resolution was
adopted and sent to the house.
Halvorsen's second Anti-cigaretts bill
was killed after short debate. @Sa
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
FOUND IN DEATH CLASP.
Two Cubans Fight Deadly Combs
With Machetes and Knives.

Two Cubans Fight Deadly Co1nbat
With Machetes and Knives.
Santiago, Cuba, April 9.-Stench and
buzzards revealed the bodies of two
Cubans in the mountains sixteen
miles from this city Friday night to a
native coffee train which arrived here
Saturday. The men fought to he
death with machetes and knives. One
mar had his hand on the others
throat; the other man had his knife in
his opponents breast. They were both
terribly mutilated. The men were
recognized by neighboring country
men who we're returning from the city
with mule loads of merchandise. The
fatal quarrel occurred while they were
camped by the side Of the trail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
SHOT BY THE SHERIFF
An Alleged Horse Thief Rounded Up
by n Posse.

An Alleged Horse Thief Rounded Up
by n Posse.
Dickinson, N. D., April 9.-One Nc
Peak, alias Jim Mccartney, an alleged
horse thief, was arrested yesterday
morning by Sheriff John Goodall and
a posse of deputies, and in attempting
to get away was shot. He was brought
here last night. Walter Y. Barnet has
been convicted of horse stealing after
one of the hardest fought trials in
Western North Dakota. Barnet
shipped stolen horses to Lake City.
Iowa, and when detected and arrested
attempted to shield himself with a bill
Of sale purporting to have been given
by some unknown party, but which
the state reasoned was writtened and
signed by himself after his arrest. No
case in court for many years has so
interested stockmen as this one.
Wholesale thieving has been going on
for many months. Barnet will likely
get the maximum sentence of Il
years.
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Little Girl Assaulted and Murdered.
Butte, Mont, April 9. Evelyn
Blewitt, aged nine years, daughter of
Mrs. Blewitt, a widow of Walkerville,
was assaulted and murdered in the
cabin of John Warne, seventy-one
years old, Waterman at the Walker
willie reservoir, and the place is then
believed to have been set on fire with
the purpose Of c%oncealing the evidence
of the crime. Warne is under arrest,
charged with the murder.
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Bostin, April 9. - The intermittent
rains Of the past week will result in
floods in various parts of New Eng
land, where streams of the extensive
watersheds are in freshets higher than
for a number Of years. 1t is not known
yet II there has been any lolss of life
or property, but associated Press re-
ports from various points of New
England indicate great danger. There
is an unusual mount of snow and ice
in the mountains of Vermont and
Maine SO the great rivers that drain
them are overtaxed to carry off the
extra water. The Penobscot river, fed
by manifold tributaries from the great
chain of mountains, the Merrimac
river, fed by it's main arteries (which
find their source in New Hampshire.
and the other great waterway, the
Connecticut, which gathers" together
the waters of about all the rest Of New
England, are all very high.
Haverhill, Mass, April 9.-From the
Pemigswasset valley on the north to
the confluence Of the Merrimac river
with the sea, the freshet reports re-
ceived here last night Indicate that the
N16Il1IlldC river IS likely " OuiSI no
banks at many places with a volume
of water that will exceed that for
many years. The police sounded the
flood alarm lastt night and business
men on the river front began energetic
efforts to protect their property. At a
late hour the levee water was within
21-2 feet Of the street, and as high
tide comes to-day it is expected that
streets On a lever with the levee will
be flooded. All day long communica-
ton was kept up with cities on the
Merrimac and it's tributaries, Plymouth
and Lincoln reporting a rainfall dur
ing the night of 1.73 inches. At Man.
chester the water was 6 feet S inches
on the dam and the rise on the Law
renee dam was S inches hourly. The
more active volume of water which
last night was overfiowing the low
lands at Concord and Manchester, will
not reach here until to-day noon, so
that the greater part of the damage
will not be done until that time. There
were all sorts of reports during the day
of bodies being found in the river, but
none could be intercepted. A woman's
body is known to have floated down
from Lawrence and it was understood
that a mans body and n of an in
fant had been seen below Lowell.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
ACTION 1NFUR1ATEs MOB.

Demonstration Against Russian and
Italian Consulntes mt Geneva.
3 Geneva, Swift, April 9.-A serious
demonstration against the Russian
and Italian consul occurred Friday
evening in connection with the extra.
dition Of Jaffei, an alleged accomplish
OF Gaetano Bresci, the assassin of
King Humbert. The mob tore down
and shattered the coat Of arms at the
Russian consulate, but were prevented
by the police from doing material dam
age elsewhere.
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Logger. Ready for Driving

Lcggers Ready FOR Driving.
Bemidji, Mimi, April s.-The spring
rains have carried away most of the
snow, and the ice is rapidly rotting
away from the lakes and streams. The
loggers are all busy getting ready for
the drive. The logging operations now
being carried on are by the companies
near railroads. The loggers who W
their own horses are making contracts
for their use to the railroaders for the
summer. Many of them will be used
in the construction work on the Min
nesota & International railroad, which
is being extended north Of here.
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Flood Interfcres With Shipments.
Pittsburg, April 9.-From present in.
d%ications the Monongahela and Ale
gheny rivers will be close to a flood
stage to-day, the rain Of yesterday be-
ing general at all points and reports
from various stations are to the effect
that the streams are rising. The
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal
and Coke Company has decided to
postpone the shipping Of coal. until
Tuesday or Wednesday,.
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ATTACKED THE PREACHER.
Drunken Rowdies Raise Cain in q
Church.

Drunken Rowdiea Raise Cain in q
Church.
Elwood, Ind, April 9. - Saturday
night during a convention Of the men,
bers of the Holiness church which is
being held in this city, Rev. Hass, in
the midst of his discourse, was at
tackled by a gang of drunken rowdies,
their ages ranging from seventeen to
twenty years. Rev. Hass was knocked
down and trampled upon in his pulpit.
A general scrimmage took place, the
women and children fainting and
screaming. A. riot cali was sen in
and the police arrested three members
Of the gang. The church after the riot
resembled being struck by a cyclone
instead Of being a house of worship.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
rDR1sHED IN THE FIRE.
W0man's Body Found in the Ruin
Of Her Store.

Woman's Body Found In, the Ruins
Of Her Store.
Ada, MIMI, April 8. - Miss Maggie
Riggers, a milliner and dressmaker
who has operated a millinery estab-
lishment here for a number Of years,
was burned to death yesterday. She
roomed in the back of her store build
ing, a small frame structure on the
principal business street in the VII
lage. All efforts to rescue Miss Rig
gers from the flames were of no avail.
Her charred body was found lying
close to the door opening onto the
street, and the superstition is that when
she reached the door she was overcome
with smoke and heat and swooned
before she was able to unlock the door.
The fire was confined to the one build
ing. The origin is unknown.
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GEN. CLAY BELIEVED SHOT.
Defiant Kentuckian Remains IL
Bnrricaded House.

Bnrricnded House.
Richmond KY, Arril 9.-Hostilities
at Whitehall between Gen. Cassius M.
Clay and the officers whom he resisted
have ceased. The parties who caused
the writ of possession to be issued
against the general have withdrawn
the suit. Deputy Sheriff Collyer, who
had a narrow escape during the fight,
believes some Of the shot he fired
struck Gen. Clay. There is no way to
get reports from the b~arricaded White
hall, as there is danger awaiting any
one who approaches the house to make
inquiries. The deputies arrested a man
of the name of Bowling, one Of Gen.
Clay's armed guards, handcuffed him
and took his gun from him. The gun
is now in possession Of the sheriff.
The officers could have killed Gen.
Clay, but would not DO so.
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After Horse Thieves.

AKteR H0fBe
Sioux Falls, s. D., April 9.-Omcers
are on the track Of what appears to be
a regularly organized band Of horse
thieves who for several months have
been operating In sanborn and adj
Joining counties. It seems to be their
practice to run stolen animals into
North Dakota, where they are disposed
Of. Suspicion strongly points to cer-
tain individuals as being the chief
members :of.4he band, and their arrest
win dosbtless Fellow In q short time.
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REPLIES REJECTED.

Cubans Desire to Send . Commission
t. WasbiugtonA
Havana, April 8. - The convention
held a private session to consider the
proposed replies Of Senores Quilez and
.Giberga to the Plat amendment. Both
were rejected. There was q special
session Saturday night to consider the
question Of sending q commission to
washington to discuss the matter.
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soRTuz DAKOTA ASYLUM TRUSTEE.
John Knauf Appointed 10 Succeed
Harry COrnvwall.

John knAu1 Appointed 10
Harry Cornwall.
Gov. White has appointed Attorney
John Knauf Of jamestown. an asylum
trustee to succeed Harry Cornwall Of
Eldridge, resigned MI. Cornwalll's du-
ties as revenue collector are such as to
make It impossible for him to attend
board meetings. Mr.. Knauf will par
ticipate in the session to be held next
week, when q superintendent and stew
ard are to be chosen.
Rev. v. d. Poole. q recent graduate
of the washington. 8. D., seminary, has
been appointed pastor Of the Free
Methodist church at Jamestown, suc-
ceeding Rev. H. A. spicer, who goes to
Edmunds. Z
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Reduction In Money Order Rate.
Washington, April Sin addition to
the arrangement already effected with
Canada it is expected a reduction of
the postal money order rate between
the United States and both the Philip
pines and Cuba will be put into opera.
ton July L.