The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-22
People Talked About.

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People Talked About.
Joshua wilbour, United States con-
sui at Dublin, ireland, died at Ruther-
ford. N. ].
Pocolomini, the composer of popular
songs, died pauper in a London luna
| tic asylum.
Representative Hall of Pennsylvania
may be elected chairman of the Demo-
cratic congressional campaign COM
mittee.
Col. Charles A. Adams, a veteran OF
the Civil war and a member of the last
Missouri legislature, died at Chillicothe,
Mo-, aged sixty-five years.
w. ]. Glenn, the doorkeeper of the
house of representatives, died at Wash
ington from pneumonia after an attack
of grip. He was thirty-nine years old.
Leon D. Bancroft. a well known
newspaper man, died at Chicago lest
week from stomach trouble. He was
thirty.thre years old, and was en-
plCyed on the Inter Ocean.
| Henry Bischoff, senior member of the
banking firm Of Henry Bischoff & Co.,
died at his home in New York. He was
born in Baden, Germany. in 1927. He
cams to this country in 1S47
| George Concannon,' jobber in the
Kaffir market, committed suicide in
London by shooting. He had been IN
i'll health and his affairs had been the
subject of discussion in the market for
a month past.
J Col Charles A. Adams. a Civil war
veteran and a member of the last leg
islature of Missouri, died at his home
at Chillicothe, Mo-, aged sixty-five
years. He was major Of the First Yer
mont cavalry in the Civil war
Augustus E. Ayers, vice president
of the Ayers National bank of Jack
sonville, I'LL, and one of the most
prominent and wealthy citizens of
! Morgan county, is dead, aged seventy
| five years.
| w. Fl. Proctor. well known Repub.
lican of Columbia county, Wis, died at
the Kenosha sanitarium, aged seventy
five years. Mr.. Proctor served several
terms in the state legislature and was
a delegate to the national Republican
convention in Philadelphia in 1900.
A movement has been started to
make. Judge A. B. Parker, chief judge
Of the court of appeals Of New York,
the Democratic candidate for governor
Of New York next fall, and, If he is
successful, the Democratic candidate
for president in 1904.
Otherwise.
Illirois Day was observed in the In
ter-State and West Indian exposition
at Charleston recently, and state
building was dedicated to Illinois by
Gov. Yates.
the joint assembly resolution appropri-
Eating $500, 900 for per sions for Confed-
crate veterans, on constitutional and
technical grounds.
The weayers Of the American Wool
en- ccmpany's mills, at Plymouth,
Mass. numbering 200. have struck, in
sympathy with the operatives at Oh
neyville and Manton.
s This American Iron and Steel associa-
/ ton at Philadelphia has received conf
plete statistics of the production of
Bessemer steel ingots and castings in
the United States In 1901.
The coroner's inquest on the death Of
Ahner Case, the sole victim of the Sam
litarium fire Of Feb. 1s. at Battle Creek.
Mich, exonerated the sanitariurn mani
agements from blame.
| Central Passenger associat tion lines
I have granted q rate Of 1 cent per mile
for the round trip to the Grand Army
| National encampment. to be held In
washington. Oct 8 to a.
The executive committee Of the West
ern Association Of Writers met at the
lDen!son, Indianapolis, Ind; and salect-
/ ed Wirona as the place for holding tile
annual meeting Of the assscia alton, on
June q next. d
SChas. NJ. sTutt, Spencer Penrose and
lsCharles M. MacNeill. i onficers OF the
limited States Reductio snd Refining
company. have purchased 81 per cent Of
the stock OF the Granite Mining compa-
~. paying therefor $4oo, ,ooo.
The report, IN four olumes of the
second commit isaion appointed Is revise
and compile laws for Porto Rico. which
was created nv an act sof the insstlaI.
lSlesislature,sw was handed 10 Coy. Hunt
lsJan. 21.g This report Include the civil.
political, penal and criminal codes of
Porto Rico. These codes iths amsnd-
lmentss passed the lei sisiaturs March 4,
and, became laws