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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-07-19
VILLAGE OFFICERS.
AFA1AL ACCIDENT, }!

Last Sunday morning there oc- &c;
Cured in Washburn an accident.
in which a well-known young man
of this place lost his life,
William Carter, well-known to
all. and mate on the Steamer
Washburn, was badly crushed
last Sunday about six O'Clock
in the morning, and died at half
past six o'clock p. NJ, having sur
viyed the accident only twelve
hours. .,5.S. .ss. As " III (
The. accident. occurred on the. the.
Stea mer Washburn after the boat
had left the dock. The steamer
had pulled out into the channel,
and was loaded heavily for Mann.
haven and other, points, and the
rudder had become entangled in a.
log and Mr.. Carter had gone back
to the wheel anG had discovered
what the trouble was, and sald
that he would getea pole and a. re- re
move the obstruction. The steamer
was IN not moving but the swift
4 current would move the wheel.
Mr.. Garter was not seen to go out
again but he had gone and had
crawled under the heavy propeller
shaft and was trying to dislodge
the obstruction. He was lying on
some timbers right underneath the
shaft when discovered by Captain
King and who observed the posi-
ton Mr.. Carter was in and
the wheel was slowly revolving
and the shaft was slowly crush
ing the young man. The cap
tain yelled at Carter.and told him
to get out of there as quickly as
possible, but It was impossible for
him to get out as the space in
which he was lying was very
small one and escape was impossl-
BILE. The huge shaft slowly Dc Dc
4 n sscended, crushing the young man
beneath it's heavy weight. No
bones were broken and there was V
nothing h,1su but a slow crush. Captain
J King, Z as L . soon as he observed the
perilous position, ordered the engi-
neer to turn on tie 'I steam ~ which bl''.
I was done at once, or the young
I man would have been cut'in two.
! Dr. Dillonsw hastily summon
ed and who saw upon 81 examine I 111 lli
1 ton that there was no hope for
3 the lils young han / II = ~ y he was injured
internally, ri, l,ll1l, Mr. Carter was hastily
s., removed ,,,la I fo the hotel and all that
medical science could do was
done for the injured man, but
ia vain, and he, passed peacefully
away at half past six in the even
INC. He never lost. console iouslnlpegsf y e
until. 5 few moments before his
death and greeted his many friends
with his old time cheerffu 4 fulness, neg no
realizing that death was so near
a special came up from Bls E'
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-07-19
TELEPHONE.

TELEPHONE.
The, telephone line has beenc9mplete;d 10 10
Washburn and is thrown open to the pubic lor
business. Patrons can use the wire for CONVEX
sations or send messages as preferred;
Connection with the Western Union lcleerapn1
10 at bismarck enables messages to lie sent
or received to or from all points reached ny
telegraph or cable lines. .+,,o
Rates may be had on application to any OF IN 5he
marck. or by addressing Mr.. E: II: Walker,
Tratfic Manager Is. w. &G. +. Ry. Co.. Bismarck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-07-19

Hello there Say we'll it yourself and how it
Sounds.
O! that sounds like John Olgney the bow-legged
us that you John eyes sir, this is What do you
want?" just want to call your attention to the fact
that sell Harness and Saddles anything line at the
price of any mail order house for cash Please
Remember that will give you better grade of goods
and better work and the fire light, What more
do you want?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08
Congressman Scott Calls Down
Washington Post.
Made a Blunder About Presi-
dent Washington.
BOOST FOR THOMPSON.
His Work i'm Bureau of Animal
Industry Commended.
Gossip From Washington of In
terest to KanSanS.

Washington, d. c., March S.-Con-
gresham Scott recently sent to the
Washington Post the following COM
munication, which shows that Mr.. Scott
knows some facts of history which are
pertinent to the times;
I'm the course of an editorial in the
Post of Friday morning 1 notice the fol-
lowing paragraph:
. If we be not mistaken, as far back
as 1776, when Massachusetts did not
have any state house worth mentioning
and when etiquette was in chronic
deshabille, stout old Governor Hancock
refused to pay the first call on George
Washington, commander-in-chief of the
patriot armies. George Washington was
a pretty big man in those days too,
and considerably more important to the
European prince can possibly be to the
same official today. John Hancock
however, was on his native heath the
ruler of the Commonwealth, and he
made Washington toe the mark
Twenty years experience as a
writer for newspapers has taught me so
well how easy ii is to make mistak eS
that 1 am never disposed to criticise
harshly even the most palpa BILE of blum
ders. But for the peace of the soul of
the Father of his Country, which must
have been rudely disturbed by the sug-
geSt1on that during his lifetime here on
earth anybody made him toe the mark
I beg to suggest: First, that John Ham
cock was not governor of Massach
In 1496; second, that when, many years
later, the celebrated question of ETH
Quette arose between them it was Gov.
Hancock, and. not President Washing
ton, who was made to toe the mark
In 1776, as of course your writer will
remember upon reflection, John Han
cock was spending his time as president
of the continental congress, to which
Office he had been chosen the year be-
fore. 1t was not until 1850 that ne was
elected governor of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, which office. with an
intermissiOn of two years, he held until
his death in 1888 It was in 17S9. when
Washington, as the first president of
the United States, was making the first
presidential swing around the circle
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Beers capture two guns from Lord
KitchenerS force southwest of K1erkS-
dOrp.
Cunard Liner Etruria loses propeller
at sea. and is towed to the Azores.
Austrian legation at Washington is
raised to the rank of an embassy.
French officer is killed by Chinese
rebels in the vicinity of Tung-chow.
Chinese rebellion inKwang 5iprovince
spreading rapidly. Propaganda in
cludes overthrow of Manchu dynasty.
Floods at Paterson, N. J., subside. The
number of lives lost reaches 25.
Charles Broadway RousS, the blind
millionaire who offered 81 900, 600 for the
restoration of his sight, dies in New
York.
DR.. Orville s. Burnett of Chicago, de-
Mrs Charlotte S. Nichols and his pun
ishment fixed at fifteen years imprison-
ment.
Wolmarans and Vessels. the Boer
representatives, hold conferences with
President Roosevelt concerning inter-
vention in the Boer war and are told
that United States will not interfere.
Follower of Prince Kara gerogevich,
pretender to the Servian throne, killed
at Shabats in a daring attempt to start
a revolution in favor of the prince
Floods in the Mohawk Valley in New
York and Passaic River Valley. New
Jersey, do great damage. Six hundred
families driven from their homes at
Paterson. Many towns along the New
Ork Central road under water ana
bridges washed away.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica repudiate
protocols negotiated last spring con-
corning the Nicaragua Canal.
Souvenir hunters who visit the En-
peror's yacht Hohenzo1lern at New York
stole plates and saucers and ruined val
liable tapestries by cutting pieces from
them.
Shortage of s32, 900 discovered in the
accounts of the State Bank of Elkhart,
Elkhart. ILL.,, and Cashier Frank Cottle
commits suicide by shooting.
Prince Henry visits Lookout Noun
tain and views famous battle-ground
He arrives in Chicago and attends his
first ball in America, given in his honor
al the Auditorium. He visits Boston
ahd receives the honorary degree of
doctor of laws.
The Red Star line steamer Waesland
sinks in collision with British steamer
Harmonides off Holyhead. A man and
girl drown.
A passenger train on Galveston, Har-
risburg & San Antonio rs miles from
Sanderson, Tex, is wrecked and burn
ed Fatalities number Is, and SO are in
jured.
LOCAL SUMMARY.
Bailey secured &c out of 15S delegates
elected Saturday. for governor.
David Patterson appointed division mas
ter mechanic for New Mexico and Rio
Grande divisions of the Santa Fe.
Ministerial union tables resolution COM
mending DR.. Fisk and Washburn college.
Laundry employees in Topeka form a
union
City council votes to accept no new pc
titions for paving this year.
Boom started for Edwin Taylor for gov
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EXPECTS TO LOSE
Mayor Parker Thinks Park
Bond Issue Won't Carry.
Does Not Tell Why He Thinks
So.
PLAN AS MAPPED OUT.
Would Provide For Those Who
Get Benefit to Pay.
Park Commissioners Plan to
Save Money to City.

II do not believe that proposed bond
issue of $4,000 for improving the parks
of Topeka will carry even if the council
decide to submit it to a vote of the peo-
pie" said Mayor Parker this morning,
in speaking of the action of the ways
and means committee of the council
The ways and means committee de-
cided to recommend favorably to the
council the proposal of the park COM
missioners that sac, 900 in bonds be is
sued, with which to improve the parks.
But the committee in its report made it
as strong as possible that this action
CON mlSS1OnerS. I'VE want the park
commissioners to shoulder their share of
the responsibility for this action said
one of the members of the committee
The meeting was attended by several
members of the park commission Those
members of the committee present were
j. S. Warner, w. S. CLANCY, d. S. My
ers and Geo. Neil. James A Troutman
and S. c. Miller were absent.
The report of the park commissioners.
which was printed in full in last Tues
days State Journal was carefully con-
sidered by the committee.
1t is the plan of the park commission
erS that the proposal to issue $45, 900 of
20 year 4 per cent bonds be voted on at
the city election to be held on April 1.
For that reason a special meeting of the
city council is to be held Monday even
ing, at which time the question of
whether or not the proposition will be
submitted to the voters will be finally
decided.
1t seems to be the plan to issue the
park bonds without providing a definite
sinking fund for the payment of them
at the end of 20 years. This will make
it necessary to refund the bonds twenty
years hence. BY this method it is
thought that the cost of the improve
ment of the parks will be borne by
rr-rr L. H.. 49,,
namely, the people who are living in
Topeka twenty years from now. In the
meantime, the city will be paying less
instead of paying $1,000 a year in the
shape of a special levy for park pur-
poses. The park commissioners argue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08
PROF. HANEY SELECTED.
He Will Have Charge of Fort Hays
Experim ents.

| Prof, j. G. Haney, who is now taking
postgraduate work in seed breeding at
| the Minnesota Agricultural college, will
have charge of the experimental farm
work ON the Fort Hays military reser-
| walton under the direction of the re-
| gents of the Kansas Agricultural COL
| lege, if he will accept the place. He
was chosen for the work at a meeting
| of the regents at Manhattan yesterday.
| Prof. Haney is a Kansas man. His
! home is in Republic county. He took
| the course at the State Agricultural
college several years ago, and was for
a number of years Prof. Cottrells as
1 SiStant at the college. Then he went to
| Mexico and was there for year as the
1 agricultural man of a. Mexican railway
| company. He returned to the United
States a few months ago to perfect
| himself in seed breeding, and is now at
| the Minnesota Agricultural college TAX
| ing instruction of Prof. w. NJ. Hays,
who is regarded as the greatest author
| ity on seed breeding in the United
| States.
1t is by no means certain that Prof
Haney will accept, for it is understood
that the Minnesota experiment station
wishes to retain him there, and it may
be that he has already accepted posi-
tion in Minnesota. The Kansas board
offers him a salary of 81 200 a year to
take charge of the work at Fort Hays.
Secretary Coburn, who is vice preSi-
dent of the board of regents of the Ag-
ricultural college, has just returned
from meeting of the board at Man
haitian. He says the board wishes to
begin work on the Fort HAYS reserva-
ton just as soon as Attorney General
GODDARD gives his decision regarding to
the validity of the title and possession
of the land.
1.-THE board has So, 900 which it can ex-
pend between now and the first of
July said Mr.. Coburn today, land we
would like to begin next Monday if it
We're possible turning over the snd and
getting the land in shape for expert
he w
and other crops
Incidentally Mr.. Coburn has been at
tending the meeting of the State Dairy
association which is in session this
week al Manhattan. In connection with
the meeting there was a parade of
dairy cattle Wednesday, in which the
Agricultural college herd appeared.
There are now 40 pedigreed cattle on the
Agricultural college farm, taking in ten
different breeds. Twelve months ago
the only pedgreed animal on the agri-
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is informed that within two weeks in
spectors will report upon the ADVISABLE
ty of establishing them in that place
Congressman Scott has presented in
the house a bill from the committee on
mines and mining which provides for
the endowment, support, and main
tenance of schools or departments of
mining and metallurgy in the several
states and territories" The bill a pro-
PIRATES $4,000 for the first year, which
is increased by $1,000 each year until
the amount is $4,000, and thereafter it
remains at that figure.
Chas. L Sampson. of Salina. who was
a member of the Twentieth Kansas, is
here looking after his appointment as
lieutenant in the regular army. Senator
Burton and Congressman Calderhead
are lending their influence w H
Bishop, of Salina, who was major in
the Twentieth was appointed a first
lieutenant several months ago, but de-
clined the appointment for the reason
that he had accepted the office of police
judge of Manila.
1t is stated that the Russian ambas-
sador, Count Cassini, has smoked 425,-
600 cigarettes during the past five
years, and if these were placed end to
end they would form line fifteen miles
long.
George NJ. Sternberg, although he has
been surgeon general of the army for
many years, is still Kansas man; and
Kansans will be glad to learn that he
has just been chosen president of the
board of managers of the citizens relief
association of Washington. This as
ISOLATION handles many thousands of
dollars every winter for charitable pur-
poses.
Gen. Israel w. Stone, of Lawrence,
just out of the office of commander of
the Department of the Potomac G.. A
A. r., is on the executive committee
which has in charge the preparations
for the national encampment, which
meets in this city next October.
Congressman BoWerSOck having
heard that his political fences We're out
of repair in some parts of his district
has gone home to attend to them.
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in our history, that the question of pre-
cedence TO which the Post alludeS arose.
Standing upon his dignity as governor
of sovereign state. MIR. Hancock failed
to meet Washington on his arrival at
the capital, and Washington thereupon
did not dine with the governor as he
had agreed to do. The governors dig
nifty lasted somewhat less than twenty
four hours, and in the end he addressed
note to the president apologiZing for
not calling before, and asking if he
might call in half an hour, even though
it was at the hazard of his health.
Washington answered at once, express
ing the pleasure at the prospect of see
ing his excellency, but begging him,
with a touch of irony not to do any
thing to endanger his health; and with
in the half hour Hancock appeared,
borne upstairs on mems shoulders,
swathed in fiannels, and then and there
toed the mark settling for all time the
question of precedence ENtween the
president of the United States and the
governor of a state A most amusing
description of this episode may be found
by those who wish to look it up in de-
tail in volume of Henry Cabot Lodges
Washington"
Washington Times: "Mr. George F.
Thompson, the editorial clerk of the
bureau of animal industry, department
of agriculture, has been very busy at
work recently on his new report of the
Angora goat industry in this country.
Mr. Thompson is newspaper man, and
view. His work in connection with
publications on animal industry has be-
come very well known throughout the
country and his report of 1900 on the
subject on which he is again at work
was most interesting and beneficial to
the public, especially to the people of
the northwestern and western sec
lions. who carry on Angora goat
| breeding in large scale. 1t will be sur
prising to the general public to know TO
what a great extent this business has
taken root and grown in the United
States in the last few years. Great
ranches are being solely and profitably
run in the prairie and mountainous
lands of the country and these beauti-
full white-feeced animals are being
raised by the thousands for steadily
increasing market. Mr.. ThompSon'S
bulletin, which viii be gotten out in a
short time, will cover the subject fully
lustrated with about twenty-seven coll
ored and engraved plates and will
doubtless be most interesting reading
The pension committee had another
field day in the House Friday. Elizabeth
p. Searcy, of Muscotah, upon a bill in
troduced by Mr.. Curtis, is to get So
per month Another ore of Mr.. Curtis's
which passed was that of Richard
Owen. a Mexican war claim; another one
Tor Jno- b kurth, AtchiSon, for $50.
Mr. Calderhead got one through for
Capt VIM. Larzalere. of Minneap polls.
Susan H. Stevens for SO. Mr. Miller
passed one for VIM. H Shaffer for $40.
Mr.. Scott obtained an increase to $50
Tor VIM Eastin, of Louisburg.
Congressman Scott secured promo
ton Friday for Sidney A. Shipman of
hutchinson, clerk in the pension Of
f1ce, from $1,000 to s.. 400 per annun. Mr.
Scott also succeeded in getting the mat
ter of the establishment of rural routes
at Arkansas City made special and he
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ernor by fusion forces
School board refuses to consider any
new measures in Lowman Hill color line
situation.
Nordica sings to 1920 people at Topeka
Auditorium
William J. jerks commits suicide by
shooting because of dependency.
The Republican city primary makes the
following nominations: CouncImen-S. c.
Miller, George Elliott, c. V. Wolf, w. F.
Weber, Samuel T. Howe and Geo. Tincher;
Members of board of education-Russell
Barber. f. E. Mallory, Edward Wilder, A.
A Rodgers, E. E. Keith and E. E. Roude-
bush.
People excited over defeat of Mr.. Snat-
finger for council in Third ward by a
still hunt
Frank J. Devlin killed in a drunken
fight by a blow on the head and Luke
Heery seriously stabbed.
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Tammany's New Chief.

So Lewis Nixon is to step into the
shoes of Croker! There is much spec
ulation as to how the shoes will fit, but
no voice is heard to say that whether or
not Mr.. Nixon is fit for Croker's job it
is a pity to divert his useful and album
dant energies from a job in which his
rare capacity has been demonstrated.
Mr.. Nixon designed the Oregon. What
has man who can design ships like the
Oregon to do with such work as being
boss of Tammany? 1t is like making
Rudyard Kipling a cabinet minister.
No one is allowed to be ignorant that
Mr.. Kipling has ideas about the admin
iStratiOn of government, and especially
about war, but we should all grumble
if he were called to office. We grumble
as it is, because his poems have so much
politics in them. We want Mr.. Kipling
to write books. Just so we want Mr.
Nixon to build ships. Look what his
training has been. He graduated at the
naval academy in 1882, at the head OF
his class, and was sent by the naval
academy to the Royal Navy college at
Greenwich, England, for further in
struction. In 1884 he was transferred to
the construction corps of the navy. In
1890, after designing the Oregon. Indiana
and Massachusetts, he resigned from
the navy and became experimenting
constructor at the Cramp ship yard at
Philadelphia. In 1895 he set up a ship
yard of his own at Elizabeth, New Jer-
sey, where he has since built many
ships. But he got interested in Tam
many politics, and Mayor Van Wyck
appointed him president of the new East
River bridge commission. That was
well enough as a supplementary task.
for which he was well equipped. But
it will be hard to make the leadership
of Tammany a supplementary task. Mr..
Nixon is very able, and Tammany,
doubtless, needed him, but he didn't
that Tammany has got him.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08
BUDGET is ENORMOUS.
Mayor Lows Will Be $1OO,OOO,OOO
More Than Tammany's.

New York, March S-Comptroller
Circuit admitted today that the first
budget to be made out by Mayor Lows
board of estimate may exceed the
budget prepared by former Mayor Van
Wyck's board. He said at a session
of the sinking fund commission:
IF ali the expenses demanded by the
heads of departments for this year are
allowed the expenses of the city will
amount to more than $100.O00,000.''
The comptroller was talking to Dock
Commissioner Hawkes.. who wished to
spend s., 100000 on docks during the pres
ent year. 1t is probable that this amount
will be allowed and a great deal more by
special requisition upon the board of al
dermen.
Both Mr. Grout and Mayor Low are
alarmed at the increasing needs of heads
of departments. The comptroller declares
that all bond issues will be exhausted and
the debt limit wiped out If he yields to all
requests.
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Congressman Scott secured a promo
ton Friday for Sidney A. Shipman, of
Hutchinson, a clerk in the pension Of
nee, from 1,200 to 81, 400 per annum. Mr..
Scott also succeeded in getting the mat
ter OF the esta blishment of rural routes
at Arkansas City made special and he
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pepntation to See choate.

New York March s.-Ambassador
Choate Will today be waited upon by a
deputation of musical copyright owners
who seek to induce the United States
government to bring the matter of song
piracy to the notice of the government
here, says a Herald dispatch from Lon
don. Many members of parliament are
expressing sympathy for the unfort
nate victims of song piracy, as 1t is
timated that about 1900 honest mt
sellers are suffering severely thro'
the INSCRIPTIONS operations of the ?
pirates
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cultural college grounds was a st. Ber-
nard dog which was given Mrs II. NJ
Cottrell, by Mrs Levi p Morton, wife
of the ex-vice president. Prof CottrelI
was superintendent of Vice President
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08

with considerable weight that this is
the present, but also puts the burden
of expense for improving the parks
where it really belongs, on those who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08

The best cook in Atchison is said -
be a woman of 30, who is unnlarrie !.
She is unmarried because she has been
kept too busy in life learning how to
cook to go around with sugar in her
hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-08

learns that the hero was a disappoint
ment, and acted like a common. plug
man, it occurs to her in a duh. aching
sort of way that her own Ideal acted
in the same way.
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is informed that within two weeks in
spectors will report upon the ADVISABLE
ty of establishing them in that place.