The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-02-02
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| 1t is reported in German circles at
| Tien-tsin that unless the peace nego-
tiations are satisfactorily considered
early next month, an expedition will be
formed to bring Emperor Kwang Su
and Prince Tuan to Pekin.
u. G. Lake, who was at mi time
one of the most prominent solicitors in
Great Britain, and who was accused Of
misappropriating trust funds to the
amount Of $685.. 900, vas found guilty
and sentenced to twelve years penal
servitude. Il.
During an address by the president ir.
the Hungarian chamber in honor of
Queen Victoria a number of members
Of the independent party refused to
rise. They took this action in order to
demonstrate their sympathy with the
| Beers.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
the car has definitely decided h a the
czarina shall proceed to Moscow to
await her acouchment in order that
the child shall be an out-and-out Rus
sian. Moscow is more of a Russian
city than st. Petersburg.
A dispatch to the Havas agency from
Pekin says $4,000 Chinese regulars have
reassembled near Chan-in-fu, a days
march from the French troops. Gen.
Veyron is closely watching them and
M. Pichon, the French minister, has
ene1getically requested their immediate
dispersal.
Russia has voluntarily exempted
American investors from the payment
Of any income tax charges levied on he
basis Of Russian bond holdings. This
affects a large number of holders who
purchased, several months ago, when
several million dollars worth were
placed in the United States.
Casualty.
The town Of Ellsworth, Mich, was
wiped out by a fire that started in the
postoffice building.
Fire in Montreal destroyed over a
dozen big wholesale establishments,
causing a loss of several million dollars.
McAlister, Death and Campbell were
convicted Of murder in the second de-
gree for the murder of Jennie Boss.
cheiter.
A hurricane swept over the Suea
canal. Several steamers are detained.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer China IL
aground and %obstructing navigation.
While testing a filtering tank at Car.
negie's Thirty-third street mill in Pitts
burg a hot water pipe burst and six
men were terribly scalded. Engineer
Dickerson was thrown into another hot
water tank and will probably die.
Martin Wright, late Socialist candi
date for governor of Utah, who was en-
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two small children, was accidentally
killed by a revolver which accidentally
fell from his pocket while he was pre-
pairing dinner at the camp.
Wendell Jordan, proprietor Of the
Livermore brewery at Livermore, Cal,
met a horrible death. In his berwery
was a large vat of boiling water which
was about to be used. Jordan was
walking along the edge of h vat
when he slipped and fell into the water
He was instantly boiled to death.
John Wiser and John Marsh of MI
agara Falls, N. Y, attempted to cross
Niagara river above the falls. They
lost control of their boat and were car
ried into the rapids. Wiser, who was
unable to swim, raj swept over the
falls and drowned. Marsh, after a des-
perate struggle in the icy water. was
rescued. ~
Two persons were seriously injured
yesterday and thirty-five others slight
ly hurt in a fire which destroyed the
Stewart hotel, a two-story frame struc-
ture in st. Louis. Forty guests. lost
their clothing. S. W. Carr and l..
Blake, master bridge builders of the
Wabash railroad system, were h most
seriously hurt.