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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
BURIED IN A n
Five Miners Are Entombed hy
Caye.In.

Five Miners Are Entombed by .
Cave-In.
Springfield, Mo-, April 2S.-The Rose
bud minsrat Aurora. cayedin yesterday
and buried five men at a depth OF 110
Feet and seventy feet from the main
shaft. Their names are Grand and FL
mer Bigler, William Shane, John Gill
and Andrew Fuster. At z O'Clock last
night the men were alive. The sound
Of their tapping on the steel ground
rails gave their friends that assurance.
Several hundred men working. in re-
lays are striving to rescue the en-
tombed men, but it will take at least
three days to reach them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

While most of the important armies
of Europe possess an equipment, more
or less complete, Of quick-firing artil-
lery, and Italy is busily occupied in
bringing herself into line, the German
war Office is stated to have succeeded
In procuring a field gun which is not
only a quick firer, but absolutely free
from recoil. So perfect is the mechan-
ism for n%eutralizing the recoil in the
new gun just turned out by Messrs.
Krupp, that a coin placed or one of
the spokes of a wheel is said not to be
disturbed by the discharge. The whole
of the German Aeld artillery is now to
be adapted to the non-recoil mechan-
tsm.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
GEN. ILL.

His Appointment NJ Military Cow
ernOr of Vtxayas IL Revoked.
Manila, April 2s.-owing to his illness
the appointment Of Brig. Gen. William
Ludlow to be military governor Of the
department Of the Vizayas has been
revoked. A surgeon has made an ex-
animation and reports that Gen.
Ludlow suffered from an, attack Of
grip and localized congestion, which
has developed into a dangerous case
Of tuberculosis. Gen. Ludlow will re-
turn to the United States by the first
transport. -- ~.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
SUMMARY.

With this number, the issue of the
weekly crop bulletin, for the season
Of 1901 begins.
The past week, as we'll as the first
part of the month, has been generally
unfavorable for farm work, especially
in the eastern and northern portions
OF the state. Previous to the past week,
some small amount of wheat had been
sown in especially favorable locations,
and preparations for seeding were be-
coming general, when a series of rain
storms, followed by snow, set. in,
closely followed by heavy frosts, which
froze the surface Of the ground, so that
next to no work could be done in the
forenoon in most localities, and in
some places, none in the afternoon.
In the southern part of the state
some wheat that was sown the latter
part of March came up, but has been
frozen down. In the eastern counties
the soil is very wet, and considerable
sunshine is needed to dry it out and
warm it SO that seed will terminate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
WASHINGTON RELICS.

70 BE Returned to Gen. George
Curtis Lee.
Washington, April Ex-senator John
Warwick Daniel Of Virginia several
days g addressed a letter to Presi-
dent Mckinley indorsing the applica-
ton of Gen. George Washington Cur
tbs Lee, submitted by him on behalf Of
Miss Mary Curtis Lee, his sister, for
restoration of the relics Of Gen. George
Washington, of which he (Gen. Lee)
became owner on the death of his
mother, who was the wife Of Gen.
Robert E. Lee. In reply President Nc
Kinley wrote to Senator Daniel grant,
ing the request.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

The servant question in South Africa
Is one Of the minor problems which
must be worked out, war OF no war.
A correspondent Of a daily paper COM
plains Of his experience with his Zulu
houseboy, who had been paid the eve
ming before. At / in the morning the
servant was discovered leaving the
house In heavy marching order, carry
ing his belongings. There had bsen
no disagreement. It simply was a case
OF moving on" from . desire for
change. The Zulu mind seems to have
,egardsd giying notice = superduous
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

President Thwing of the Western
Reserve university at Cleveland says
in noting a marked decrease in the
number Of divinity students that two
influences produce this result-the
larger inducements which commercial
pursuits offer and the unsettling Of
religious beliefs and doubts as to fu-
ture relations between church and So
ciety. Young men, says Mr.. Thwing,
are in doubt, whether the church is to
be a place Of worship or a sort Of club
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

1t is said that Herr Heinrich Ehr-
.hardt, the well-known ammunition
cart and gun manufacturer of Eisen-
ach and Dusseldorf, Germany, intends,
in cooperation with the wealthy Tur-
IN manufacturer, Friedrich Spuhn, to
establish extensive works for the man
ufacture of his %specialties in Italy. The
proposed works will not only be de-
voted to the guns of Ehrhardt's patent,
but also to the manufacture of boiley
tubes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

A disposition to do the fair thing by
home talent has been evinced by q
statesman in the Missouri legislature,
who has introduced a bill into the sen
ate that the 14th day of February be
and is hereby declared to be the only
grounding day In Missouri" 1t ap-
pears that some confusion has arisen
as to the precise festival of his ground
hogship. and legislative enactment is
expected to s%traighten out the tangle.
It is not altogether certain that st. Val
entine will joyously consent to a divl-
sion Of honors with the humble wealth
er prophet, but the crowding Of two
such festal days into one will be glad
~ welcomed by a busy and industrious
people.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

The Paris seamstresses have gone on
a strike for shorter hours and higher
wages, and American dressmakers have
formed a union for effecting prompt
payment for garments delivered. On
the other hand, an American lady has
sued a famous dressmaker of Paris for
wasting her time trying on a gown that
did not fit. Her plea that nine fittings
for one gown was a condition calling
for damages has been sustained by
the French court,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

Ashland's Water supply shut on.
Ashland, Wis, April 24.-The dam at
Mellen was washed out yesterday, COM
pletely shutting of the water supply
and electric light power. It will take
several months to repair the damage.
Wells will have to be relied upon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
Dors Guaranteed.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, April "a. The
way Of protecting the city against in
lection from smallpox, by auarantining
all the dogs of the place. It seems the
one patient now in quarantine owns a
dog that is in the habit Of wandering
over the streets, and it was feared he
would spread the disease.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

Northern Indiana farmers are exper-
1mentiDg in the domestication of quail
anu the results are reported as highly
gratifying. Nearly every farmer in
tina section has from one to three
coVeys on his farm and is giving them
Kind II careful attention. During
the snow season the birds are fed reg
ularly and Oh some of the farms they
have become SO tame that they roost
with the barnyard fowls.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

A station nine miles out from a
great city on one of the oldest railroad
lines In the United States bears the
name Relay" This was because the
horses by which the road was first
operated, were there changed. What's
IN a name? Sometimes a fragment OF
history.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

Henry James was once praising the
work of a fellow author. "You are very
kind to him." said some one present,
for he says very unpleasant things
about your work" "Ah," said Mr..
James, but, then. both Of us may be
wrong"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
ROGUEs' GALLERY.

Portraits Of Card sharps to he Hong
Up i'm Ocean Liners.
New York, April ga rogues' gal
lery Of card sharps is to be provided
by the New York police to be hung in
the card room Of each Of the big trans
Atlantic liners running out Of this
port. This action is the result Of the
alleged swindling Of DR.. Joseph Muir
out Of S, 900 on a recent voyage.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

In the Sella Pass in the Dolomite
mountains, above Bozen, three women
from Fassa lost their way in the snow
storm, and were found frozen together
In a stone-like group. They had to be
laid on a sledge together and dragged
into the valley, and thawed before a
great fire, before they could be sepa-
rated for burial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
THE BEST.
Significant Machinery Exhibit at
the Glasgow Exhibition.

Significant Machinery Exhibit at
the Glasgow Exhibition.
London, April %. A Glasgow cor
respondent, after visiting the uncom-
pleted exhibition to be held there,
writes that America and Germany are
only too we'll represented, especially in
machinery hall, where enough will be
seen to create a painful impression in
the minds Of Englishmen. Americans
and Germans take the most conspicu-
GUS advantage of the opportunities.
There are magnificent English ma
chimes there, solid, powerful and i'm
pressive, but the newer and most in
genious are the American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

The bureau Of engraving and print
Ing has orders from the postoflce de-
partment to print the new Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition stamps, in the follow
Ing Quantities: One-cent, 1000, 900;
two-cent. loo, 600, 900; four-cent. 5,0o0,-
600; five-cent. 5000, 900; eight-cent, g.
100000; ten-cent. 1900. 900; total, 251,-
600. 900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
Ill Health and Suicide.

Luverne, MIMI, April 24.-Sven Hell
ing, seventy-six years old, suicided by
hanging at his home north of town.
After his four children had left to at
tend a dance at a neighbours he went
to the sranary and after attaching a
rope to a bin, jumped off the tanning
mill. The fall broke his neck. Ill health
was the cause
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
Smallest Larceny Charge.

Smallest Larceny Charge.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, April "a. The
smallest amount of which any man was
ever tried in iowa on a criminal charge
was tried at Eldora last week. Max
Buback charged William McFadden
with the larceny Of W. pepper shakers
valued at 2 cents. The defendant de-
manded a jury trial and vas acquitted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
a Try Economy.

winona. MIMI, April "a. - Il Is ex-
pected that at the meeting Of the city
council action will be taken toward
carrying out the policy Of r~etrenchment
suggested by Mayor Stewart in his In
augural message.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
MARTIAL LAW IN PORTUGAL.

Threat If the Anti-Clerical Move
ment Continues.
Madrid, April %. ~ The situation in
Portugal appears to be serious. It is
stated that the government will pro-
claim, martial law IL the anti-clerical
movement continues. The censorship
over telegraph messages is rigorous.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

Died From His 1njuries.
Milton, N. D., April "a. - John Nc.
liver, Jr., aged nineteen, who was in
iured in the Pembina Portland Cement
company's mill last Saturday. has died
OF his injuries.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

Paid the Principal Of the Theft.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, April q. Mrs.
Samuel Robertson Of this city has re-
ceived 50 cents from q lady In the state
goods Of this value from Mrs. Rob-,
srtson's father thirty years aSo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

Sell Half Their OIL Interests.
Des Moines, Iowa, April %. - Gov.
Shaw and his partners, Hardy Harris,
have closed a contract. with Eastern
parties for a h~alf-interest in their oil
lands near Beaumont for $3.50, Ot0.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04

sfichael G. Mulhall, the noted statis-
tictan who died recently in London,
forecasted the twelfth American CEN
sus within $4,000, showing how very
precise and accurate statistical science
can be in skillful hands.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
Negro Charged With Arson.

negro Charged With Afson.
Albert Lea, Mimi, April 24.-The ne
gro who is alleged to have set fire to
and burned the big barn OFT farmer
near Lyle was captured by Sheriff
johnson Of Mower county and brought
to this city. He is a tough looking In
diyidual and was taken to Austin, az
in that county he will have his trial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-04
A IS JERKED OFF.

Noted Desperate Pays the Penalty
of . Long List of Crimes.
Clayton. N. Mex. April 2~s.-Thomas
E. Ketchum, alias "Blaclk jack the
train robber. vas hanged here. The
rope broke, but the fall jerked Ketch-
um's head of.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
HAKING 4RTIFfCTAL WOODS.
From The Philadelphia Post.

from Inc Philadelphia Post
process has just been patented for making
artificial woods out of pulp To initiate
such costly kinds mahogany and rosewood.
Indeed, the inventor claims To be able. 10y tina
help of his machine. To reproduce the appear
ance Of quartered oak. curly maple. birdseye
maple, or practically anything else that grows
in the forest, perfectly to deceive the
trained eye Obviously such achievement
should be of higI commercial value. inasmuct
as the more expensive woods are luXurieS within
reach only of people of means. the rarest OF
them coming from distant tropical countries.
The process does not reproduce the texture
OF woods. but merely their appearance. The
pulp is thrown upon cylinder by air blast
projected through a number of pipes. and
irregular distribution of the PARTICLES is OBJ
tanned by various devices. such varying the
intensity of the blast and causing the pipes To
Vibrate. In this way the knots ana gram or
the natural woods said to be cOunterfeited
with surprising success.
Artificial woods of this kind available for
Use as veneeTS. the employment of which is so
extensive at the present time. Nearly all of
the imported natural woods sold veneers
They cut in extremely thin slices, because
they too costly to be used solidly. MahOg-
any. rosewood curly ash. figured birch satin
wood and Circassian walnut most in de-
mand. and veneers made from them bring from
three cents to cents a foot Some Veneer2
worth twenty cents a foot though mere
ShaVings. and a single log of a wood il
sometimes valued at as much 5000
Doubtless Il principal use is expected to he
found for the counterfeit mahogany aud other
woods in the making OF furniture
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

mnuter examination proved TO be vescular
basaIt, the most distinctive feature OF which was
its porosity and non-cOnductibility, for it was
subsequently found that it could have been
heated red hot at one end while remaining COM
paratively cool at the top. l brought piece of
II TO Washington with me, and there determined
its specific gravity to be O39 its specific heat
o.19 and its COnductivity TO be so extremely
small that one end Of a small fragment could be
held in the hand while the other heated in
definitely in the flame of q bOWpipe almost like
a stick Of sealing wax This partly defeated the
aim Of the experiment (to find the temperature
Of the upper part Of the stone) since only the
mean temperature was found This mean tenn
perature of the hottest stone of the upper layer
as deduced from the above data, about loo
degrees Fahrenheit. but the temperate of the
surface must have been indefinitely lower. The
temperature al which such stone begins to show
a dull red in daylight is, so far as l am aware
not exactly determined but is approximately
1890 TO LOO degrees Fahrenheit
To conclude could entertain doubt that
l had witnessed substantially the scenes de-
scribed by the gentleman cited. and have rea
son TO believe that l saw a very favorable speci-
men of a Fire Walk"
1t sight we'll worth seeing 1t a
most clever and interesting piece of savage
magic but from the evidence | have Just given
l am obliged to say almost regretfully) that ii
not miracle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-12-20
WOULD BE A FOOLISH TRADE.
To Exchange Market of 100000
for Market OF 100000.

One of the chief explanations or he diff
ference between the success of our industries
rs compared with those OF our neighbors is
to be found In the fact that we have the
constant demand Of home market patron
lied by 76,000,0O people, while Canada's
industries are dependent upon home mar
kst of only 5.00c,0 Our Canadian
cousins would naturally like to have these
two markets made common upon equal
terms. but to state the proposition in figures
is to demonstrate the one.sided character OF
the arrangements Americans arc being In
vited to consider.
Fortunately or unfortunately, according
IA one looks from the American or Cana
dian standpoint, we are not without ex-
perience and are not compelled to dwell
merely upon theories regarding the opera
ton of reciprocity treaties with Canada.
According 10 figures republished by our
treasury department last September Cana
da exported to the United States duting
the last year the old treaty of reciprocity
was In force goods to the value Of S4S, 1885,
500, while Canadians took from us in re-
turn not quite half as many goods. or, to be
exact, Imports to the value of S23, 439. rs.
1t is notorious fact that our exports TO
Canada were actually less thai year than
they we're dozen years before during the
fiscal year OF 1854, before reciprocity with
Canada was established, while our i'm
ports from Canada were nearly six times
as great as those of the fiscal year of 1854,
when reciprocity was not in force.
A feet not to be lost sight of by Ameri-
can Legislators is that the imports from
Canada to the United States under recipro-
city were very largely Of natural products,
farm produce and such other commodities
as our people produce in abundance. This
is not the reciprocity that American farm
ers want, certainly, and the same thing is
undoubtedly true Of various other industries
that might be mentioned.
In the light of this experience 1t will be
difficult thing for our Canadian friends to
demonstrate that We should open our mar
kets to their goods on terms that will be &C
ceptable to US and at tie same time benefi-
cal to them burlington, W., Free Press.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-12-20

the publishers. Tomorrow II may lin all
liseinood 1t certainly wid-be the lot OF
every newspaper publisher p fall under the
lash Ct Madden's ambition.
Another publication alludes to:
Mr.. Madden's insane II 1t is not infamous
attempt 10 discriminate In favor of certain
panles under the gauZY pretense OF economy
In the carrying OF second-class matter
lhrough the mails.
The motive? Madden is ambitious.
Madden thinks he would amply I'LL the
chair of the gOvernOrship of Michigan, and
economy Is good introduction to the
Michigan voter. Warrant OF law be does
not need, for the postmaster. general Civ s
him his head, Reason he does not need,
for the publishers of the country are at has
mercy just now.
These charges and inslnuations are not
only false but they are asinlne. But they
will tend to deceive people outside of
Michigan who do not know the third as
sistant postmaster-generaI, and who do not
realize how absolutely abs urd is the alleged
betrayal of Madden's motive.
The singular fact is that the republican
press of the country, which ought to be
applauding this economic reform and hold
ing up Mr.. Madden by its encouragement,
is, with few exceptions, preserving
clammy silence. Mr.. Madden and Post
master General Smith are conducting their,
tight almost alone and against a vast
aggregation of capital ard lobby influence.
In 1904 the republican party must go
before the people once more upon its record
of achievements. Ii 1t can show q re-
duction of letter postage to one cent or a
we'll established system of rural free
delivery, or both, 1t will have one of the
greatest public benefits of all its splendid
achievements to show for its stewardship.
Those things accomplished will make votes
for the party because they will confer
lasting benefit upon all the people. Every
body will be quick to appreciate the benefit
of these privileges, but before they can be
accomplished the private CRAFTS, which
make the postal service losing business,
must be choked of. The republican press
of the country not only shows q lack of
appreciation but q lack OF intelligent
patriotism by remaining silent and per-
hitting the grafters 10 do all the talking.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-12-20
Cuban imports and Exports.

Washington, Dec. l6-A comparative
statement OF the commerce of Cuba for the
fiscal years of 1901 ard 1900, Issued by the
division of insular affairs of The war
department, today, shows that the total
value of merchandise imported during the
fiscal year of 1901, was S65, $50, lao, as
against ST., 6s1,190 for 1900 and the total
value of merchandise exported during 1901
was $e3, rs, $50, as against $45, 22s. $50 for
1900. This is decrease of e.3 per cent In
value of imports and an increase of &c.
per cent in the value of exports.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-12-20
Political Personalities.

Among the men who cit her are new
figures in the political field, or have just
been brought prominently to the front in
new way, are the new civil service Com
missioner, Mr.. Foulke, Governor Cummins,
Of Iowa, Governor Montague, of Virginia,
Governor Murphy, Of New Jersey, Colonel
Partridge, who is to be Police Commits
sioner In New York, and tho Mayors of
Bridgeport and San Francisco, who for diff
ferent reasons have peculiarly interesting
personalities. Sketches and estimates of
these men and others, with full page por-
traits, are contained In the January Maya
Zine Number Of the Outlook.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-12-20
TUB TRUTHS.
Judge and Mrs. Mathew Bush entertained

Judge and Mrs. Mathew Bush entertained
the following Owosso people at . six O'Clock
dinner Friday evening at their home In
C0runns: Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Nc
Caughna, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Carr, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph II. Robbins, Mr.. and Mrs.
George T. Campbell. Mr.. and Mrs. John
T. McCurdy, of Corunna, were also present.
Since the Drebenstedt cases have been
disposed of, Mayor Emery has received two
insulting and threatening letters. So
frequent have anonymous screeds been re-
celved of late, promising the mayor with
sudden death, that he now consigDs all
letters to which no signature Is attached, to
the wastebasket without reading.
DR.. f. j. Whitehead, brother OF John
Whitehead, died at his mothers home ia
Kuaatb, Va, within few DAYS after his
brother mad passed away. DR.. Whitehead
was we'll known and skilliul surgeon of
Columbana, o. He was n nephew OF j. j.
Davis, and cousin of Mrs. s. T.. Van
Dusen and Oliver Davis of this city.
William Small died at his home on South
Shiawassee st. last Friday, after linger-
ing illness. He left wife and three chill
dren: William, Of Detroit, Miss Anna, of
Owosso, and Mrs. Edward PuE..lI, Ct
Toledo. All were present - fpsrpA-,
which took place from st. PaaPs Catholic
church Monday. deceased was a carpen-
Ter by trade, a longtime resident, OF
Ow0sso, and highly respected.