The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-10-19

Certain prudish washingtonians af.
feet to be shocked tnat little Ethel
Roosevelt rides a diamond frame bicyA
Gle. Although she is a youngster Of
ten in the shortest of circular skirts,
she mounts astride and causes a gaso
of establishment throughout the circle
of mothers who pet and coddle their
children.
General. :
The stockholders of the Edison Elec-
trio Illuminating company held their
annual meeting and voted to issue
$750,0 900 additional stock.
Joe Cans of Baltimore knocked GU,
timore in the third round Of a bout
scheduled to go eight rounds.
Members of the steel trust are be.
hind an electric railway which will run
from Benton Harbor to Grand Rapids,
Mich, bisecting the richest fruit u
try of Western Michigan.
A gold medal has been presented to
Former Mayor Abram S. Hewitt by
the New York Chamber of Commerce,
in recognition Of his services In the
cause of underground rapid transit.
The strike at the Wilkesbarre, Pa.
lace mills. has been settled. Both sides
made concessions. The discharged en-
ployes were reinstated. The mills have
resumed operations in all departments.
A call has been issued by Mayor Phe-
Ian of San Francisco for a state con-
vention, to be held in that city Nov. Il,
for the purpose of memorializing con-
gress to ~re-enact the Chinese exclusion
act, which will expire next May. ~
There was a notable gathering OF
Catholic clergy and .laity recently at
GAINESVILLE, o., to witness the confer
ring of the degree Of doctor of sacred
theology on Very Rev. L. F.. Kearney,
provincial of the Dominican order.
w. A. HUMPHREYS of Waco. Tex,
Marcus and G.. M. T. HUMPHREYS OF
Admission, Ala, and their relatives
nave begun suit for the possession of
the Oil fields at Beaumont, Tex, upon
which are situated fourteen Oil wells.
Robert Fitzsimmons, the pugifist, mas
made application in New Jersey for his
final naturalization papers. The form
er champion OF. the ring was born IN
Australia. He took cut his first citt-
zenship papers three years ago In New
Orleans. ~ -
The presbytery of West Chester, N
Y, has accepted Rev. DR.. George f.
Pentecost's resignation of the pastor
ate of the First Presbyterian church
of Yonkers. DR.. Pentecost has under
taken Presbyterian mission work In
the Philippine islands.
All records for the collection Of taxes
in New York have been broken, $15.-
900, 00U0 being paid into the city treas
ury the first day. The first sum to be
recorded was the tax on the Wander
bilt estate. This was for 1915, 900, paid
in five separate checks.
mark Twain,'' It is learned, may
take the stump for Seth Low. That he
will do so cannot be positively stated,
because the fusion leaders were not
aware that Mr.. Clemens was a resident
of New York. Such, however, MI.
Clemens now considers himself.
An immense gold discovery is report
ed in the Gallurio mountains, seventy
miles north of Tucson, Ariz. An ore
vein over 200 feet wide has been found.
1t is cut by a box canyon 200 feet deep,
exposing an immense ore body esti'
mated to be worth ove $7,000,00O.
The Russian universities have re-
sulned work quietly. There are nc
crescent indications Of fermentation,
though the more stringent enforcement
of the exceptional restriction of the at
tendance Of Jewish youths in the inter-
mediate schools. the universities ant
the other higher educational institu-
tons is causing much heart-hurning.
The German Ievant line, according
to a .disratch to the Frankfurter Eel
tung from Constantinople, has made q
provisional contract for the purchase
of the vessels Of the Aegean Steamship
company, the Curtgi line for G15O.WD
(Turkisl,.l The Curtgi line operates
between ports Oh the Black and Aegean
seas.
Another aggressive move has beer,
made by the American Sugar Reinins
company, in the campaign 1t a begun
against the beet sugar industry. The
cut in the price Of graduated sugar TO
all Missouri river points. which was
announced last week, has been followed
by a reduction in the price of beet and
cane sugar in all states from Colorado
to California.
Much interest has been excited II
Berlin by the rumor that 1t is the en-
p,eror s intention to challenge for the
Americas cup, but nothing definite Is
known on the subject. For two years
the emperor has been anxious to chal-
lerge for the cup. but his advisers dts
euaded him from trying until some
finality was attained regarding the
building OF the yacht necessary.
France is disturbed at present over g
deficient wheattnarvest, asdeficiencys ~ n
tho worse as the grain isg OF I'M erior
Quality. Wheat has risen 4sscenta PEI
100 kilograms {220.46a poundsl, and TN
rr.ce Of "a q~uarter-loaf OF bread has
been advanced from l2.5 GEMS 70 ls:'
ceists. 5 (
Reports received from Cape Gesrba
|Ispain saysadvices received there from
various points along tfle frontier shogs
tIsat the carltst preparation aIesnea
III completed. They have accunlulatesa,
through sn1ugglers. 10000 srifles sana
uniforms have been made sat5 Psrpigs
nan. France. NJ
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