The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
Resume 81 the newS.
accidental Happenings.

Accidental Happeninss.
An expert swimmer was OWE at
Rockaway Beach while giving an ex.
kibition.
Johnny Nelson, the -cyclist, was seri-
ously injured in a rae recently, aud
may never ride egaiI.
Cleveland, Ohio, was recently flooded
by q rainstorm and 100000 worth OF
property was destroyed.
The wife of Congressman Barney of
Milwaukee and companion were In
stantly killed on 3 railroad crossing.
Two miners, Joseph Josiski and Chas.
gag while at work in No. 8 shaft of the
Lehigh & W1lkesbarre Coal company at
Pittsburg.
Fire at South Lake, linden, Mich,
caused a loss OF $4,000. The lire pro-
lection was inadequate. and 1t was an
hour and a half before the flames could
be put under control.
The Powder mills at Kreb's Station,
Pa, were totally destroyed By a ter
rife explosion ard two men were killed.
They are Ira Rupert and Richard
Houser, both Of Kreb's Station.
At Menomonie, Mich, the matsh
block factory Of A. w. Clark & Co., and
q swrnill and sh1ngle mill, were de-
stroyed by fire. The estimated loss Is
$4,000: partly covered by Insurance.
Vesta G., one of the fastest Of the
New FORK Speedway trotters, with a
record of 2:09 1-2, wa killed as the re-
suit OF a collision with a street car.
The mare ran away with h owner,
DR.. David Randall
The planning mil, sh1r gle and sash
factory of n. McGrath & Son at Lake
side, Muskegon, Mich, was burned, to-
Eether with the final ed stock Loss,
$4,000; Insurance.! about half. Tha
fire caught from sparks from a passing
freight engine.
A series of heavy rain storms caused
considerable damage to farm property
inc roads around Cumberlen nd, M.
Traffic has been suspended on the West
Virginia Central railway by a big wash
cut near Rawlins, and OF h Baltimore
& Ohio railway by a heavy landslide
near Magnolia.
John Elliott, an e1even-yesr-old lad,
who occupied a place on a float in the
labor parade at Atlanta, Ca, was
thrown from the wagon after the pro-
ccssion disbanded, and crushed to
death. He was the son OF the chief
electrician of the Atlanta Rail, -ay and
Power company.
The Logan Square terminal Of the
Metropolitan Elevated road in Chicago,
was practically destroyed by fire. The
ticket agent narrowly escaped death in
the fire, which destroyed about a dozen
cars, a train shed. rerair shops and
other railroad property. A motorman,
waiting for his train, saw the flames,
and pulled about eighty car out OF
the yards before the flames reached
him. The estimated loss is $4,000.
Otherwise.
Gov. Shaw declares that he is not .
candidate for presidential honors. q
Dun,s weekly trade review say the
commercial sky is practically clear.
It is proposed to turn hogs Into the
alleys of Chicago to eat the garbage.
j. J. Hill is determined to fight the
southern Pacific and the Union Paclfcl
Arthur Howard, the American de;
serter in the Philippines, has been cap
tured.
Residents of Zapata county. Texas.
are in a bad way ON account of the pro-
longed drouth.
The Fond On Lac Indians have made
a request for permission to sell their
timber lands. ~
Civil Governor Nunez suppressed q
play in Havana as berg an insult to
the American people.
A Chicago woman had her husband
arrested because he allowed her only o
cents a day for household expenses.
A man who started, May 1, to walk
from New York. to Sioux Falls, COM
pleted his journey and wins 5000.
All bituminous coal companies Of six
of the leading coai-producing states are
to be combined into one big corpora
ton.
It is officially announced that the
trackmen's strike on the Canadian Pa
cif1c railway has been settled.
President Lindblom, of the Chicago
Civil Service commission, announces
that a sweeping inve. tigation Of h
detective bureau will begin about Sept.
10.
It is reported in San Francisco that
Consul General He Vow will be APP
pointed to succeed Minister We Tins
Fang, If the latter is transferred to
London.
The steamer Hosmer a arrived at
San Francisco from the Pribylof is
lands with 22,872 seal skins, a large.
number Of fox skins and y quantity OF
whalebone. The catck of seals is re-
ported small.
One hundred skilled butchers and Il
500 unskilled laborers, employed in the
packing houses Of South Omaha, have
demanded an increase in wages, AMI
have given the packers Until Monday to
sign the scale.
Cleveland neighbors OF Senator Han
ma have formed a club. the avowed obs
ject Of which is to boom him for the
presidency. Many Of the members Of
the club have been his neighbcrs for
years. and some Of them are close per-
sonal friends.
Many Bostonians are not enjoying
their customary rapast Of beans. bel
cause the scarcity Of this staple food
amounts almost to a famine. About;
100000 bushels OF beans ere annually
consumed In Boston, and. not in twenty
years has the price exceeded $1.6oS per
bushel.i
In the annual report Of the Massa-y
chusetts State Board OF Health. Secre-5
stary s. w. Abbott says that during the