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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Owing to the extraordinary expense
of the grand entree in Pekin the other
nations of the earth must be prepared
for g. heavy advance in the price OF
fireworks this year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
Convoy LOOTED.

British 0ficer Il killed ~ Tribes
men in soudan.
Cairo. Feb. IA camel convoy pro-
ceedinR to Rumbek, Eastern Soudan,
has been looted by the Dinka tribesmen.
The British officer In command Of n
n was killed. The Dinkas have
generally been friendly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

In order to escape going to jail a
New jersey man married a woman
from whom he stole. A woman some
times strikes on q fine way of making
the punishment fit the crime.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
" IN STRAITS.

His Last Gun II Captured BIZ the
41 British.
London, Feb. 1.-The British pursuit
Of Gen. Dewet has been successful 70
the extent that his last gun has been
captured, and Commandant Vessels.
one Of his principal l~ieutenants. has
been routed. Lord Kitchener sent the
news in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated
Feb. 4.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Americans needn't lose any sleep
over that threatened European u
toms union. Too many cooks spoil
the broth. The earth is ours and the
fairness thereof.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Since the discoverer of pepsin has
found it necessary to die every dys-
peptic in the land will shed q tear over
his memory.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

II those Canadians who are going
around the world in a canoe are wise
they will carry their relief expedition
along with them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

French scientists want the world to
get its time from Paris, but Connecti-
cut clockmakers will protest against
this.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
TWO Z FOumd.i

Fal.sTiver, Mass. Feb. THE bargess
mystic Bells and Mackeness. which had
been missing since Sunday night, have
arrived here with the tug Cuba f =
barge Antelope had on board when lost
capt. Miller ana thyee others:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

From the way the European coun
tries talk now it is surprising that
they could restrain themselves from
coming over to help us lick Spain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
O.......0
Che news J, ~! J!
.
washington Notes.

Warrington Notes.
Gen. Funston may be assigned to duty
In st. Paul.
General tariff agitation is threatened
In the house.
Monthly statements show that the
financial health Cf the country is excel
lent.
President Roosevelt has decided that
Secretary Hitchcock's Standing Rock
order shall stand. y
President Roosevelt has issued an or
der against employees seeking to secure
legislation in their interests.
Senator Jones Of Arkansas has intro
duced a bill increasing from IS to $l2
per month the pensions of Mexican war
veterans under the act Of Jan. 20, 1857,
who have reached the age Of seventy
years and over.
Secretary Root has sent to congress
resolutions by the American chamber
Of commerce at Manila urging congress
to provide for a Pacific cable, the cable
to be Of American manufacture n
to be laid by ships flying the American
dag.
A cableEram received at the state de-
rartment from United States Minister
Buck at Toxic, is to the effect that tho
Japanese minister Of foreign affairs has
assured him that there would be an Off
cial representation Of Japan at the st.
Louis exposition.
The house committee on coinage has
acted favorably on the bill approprl-
ating 5000, 600 for establishing q branch
mint ut Tacoma. The general purpose
Of this new branch Is to give added
mint facilities for the gold and silver
coming from Alaska.
Prince Henry, during his visit to the
national capital, will stop at the Ger
man embassy. The German ambassa-
doris residence, however. will not ac-
commodate the large array Of attend
ants accompanying the prince, and his
suite will stay at the new Willard hotel,
occupying the entire floor above the
office and lobby.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Must eat only crackers and SKINNED
milk; mustn't drink, mustn't smoke. No
healthy Man With a Hoe" need
covet John D. Rockefeller's billions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

New York has the largest collection
of butterflies in the world. and they
are not all in the Museum of Natural
History, either.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Prince Henry is buying presents to
distribute in this country, but it isn't
likely that he will be able to get away
without sighting a few Of us.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

The man who laid in his winters
supply of coal in the fall does not OBJ
ject to being classed as one Of the has
bins.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Mrs. Astor is changing her citizen.
ship to Rhode Island in the expectation
that her taxes will be small, to match
the state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Cold. hard and other forbidding
qualities. Thus Curtis Brown. London
correspondent, writes about Rudyard
Kipling as his private letters show
him. More than one struggling penny
a-liner can prove that Kipling has one
Of the most brotherly hearts that God
ever put pulse into. And this Is good.
clean, simple truth. which is nor OF
less at the bottom Of things.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

A st. Paul woman is complaining be.
cause her husband threw a dog at her.
Why didn't she lam him with the cat?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

According to unofficial census re-
turns the inhabitants of the prairie
dog towns still number millions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
IA Feat OF Lynching,

Philadelphia. Feb. I. ALBERT West,
the negro who late Saturday night shot
and killed,a policeman ct Chester has
5b~een3brought here to protect him from
being. lynched by friendsEof M ls
man.. sgsssS .a4s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

A ban forbidding Russian students
to form associations Of more than ten
has been removed and the government
hopes for great things from the con-
cession. No wonder Russian students
were always in rebellion when they
were certain to come In conflict with
the police II they formed 9 college
eleven.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
Militarx PRISONERS Escape.

Military PrisOuefs
san Francisco, Feb. Z. Ten Of the
military prisoners confined re e
stockade IN n Of the camps 1.-THE
Preside escaped last night and have
not been traced. They had secretly
constructed q tunnel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

The country is facing a pickle fam
ine. That is not our fault-that Is
sour misfortune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Equipped as he is with a system OF
handy signals, Marconi has no use for
postal cards or messenger boys.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
Ground to Death.

Columbus. Ohio. Feb. Z. August
Koch q laborer. was ground TO death
/ 4 q large hot air fan at the Panhandle
shops yesterday. He had gone into the:
q air chamber to warm and It is sup
posed he was drawn In by the suction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Nicaragua Is being advised to bring
suit against Panama for alternating
Uncle Sans tickle affections.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

The fog will have to lift from Lon
don streets before anybody will buy
tickets for the coronation parade.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
General.

satisfactory.
The public debt decreased S5.7o1,sss
in January.
Indications are that there will be =
rise, rather than a decline, in stocks.
Transatlantic traffic lines have ad.
vanced the VIII sat-carrying rate 80 1-3
per cent. ~
While testifying at a religious meeting
near Warren, Ind, Isaac Wintermute, q
farmer, fell dead.
A searching party has unearthed So
900 in gold. buried by an eccentric resi-
dent of Olivet, Mich.
A coroner's jury in Chicago reprt-
handed the Illinois Steel company for
violation ofslaws relating to fatal acci-
dents.
It is rumored the deal for all coal
mines in New River, w. Va. by the
Pierront Morgan syndicate is on. The
operators refused to take half the PRICE
Of their holdings In stock.
It is said that President Roosevelt
will appoint only sons Of officers Wild
ows to West Point IL future. His de-
cisior will in no way affect the ap-
pointments by representatives Of n
states.
Will Harkins, formerly one Of the
best known railroad contractors Ia
Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, is missing
from his home at Kimberly, Utah, and
it is believed he has persisted in The
sEowstorm. S
The discovery has been made that ev.
cry law enacted by the last Wyoming
legislature, which met q year ago. is In
valid, for the reason that the bills were
not read and recorded properly In the
lower house.
Druggists and capitalists Of Philadel-
phia have combined in the Incorporation
of a stock company. capitalized at $780,
Don, to own and manage retail drug
stores. It is e~xpectedgthat the. company
will soon have 100 drug stores.
There IL a possibility that the crown.
~rrince Of Japan may visit the United
states before long. He has, expressed g
wish to travel in America and Europe.
and has taken the necessary preiirnii-
nary steps CT communicating his desires
to the emperor.
Enforcement. Of the New York anti
standing-room statute has caused great
Icommotion among theatrical manasers.
However. the mandate was obeyed,
practically, to the letter. and thousands
Of persons were turned away from the
leading playhouses.
Recognizing In ~tuberculosls an intec-
tious disease, the physicians OF New
York are demanding. the Isolation of
consunptives Tor the protection Of f the
public, and to the end that the sufferers
may receive better treatment andshaYe
every possible chance OF recovery.
Judge q. q. cluttenden,, Il the circuit
court at Cadillas, Mich. declared the lnN'
state law prohibiting the sale Of 3oleo-
margarine MISUNDERSTANDING, dis7
charged Frank Johnson no was being
prosecuted under that law. State Fooo oa
lcomnaissi0ner Snow Will arr he cass
Ito the supreme court.
The strikeSof the students a. the sta al
IschooIFof Mines II Golden City Golos,
Eaga3ustSswhat they a1sert toSbe sunfaaas
Treatment ~ me faculty, bids faarato
tccntinue indefinitely INA result ~ y l the
IcloslnrsEo 8 that#well ACCOMPLISHMENTS
tfor atIeast M present school yeaAlrs
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15

Now that Ii Hung Chang sleeps with
his fathers China has grown bold
enough to talk real sassy to Russia.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
OF the Week
Grimes ana Criminals

Grimes and Criminals.
Bank Cashier Gould OF Bellwood,
Neb., has confessed to forgeries aggre-
eating $45. 900.
A Kansas City society man, who has
been a fugitive from justice for twelve
years. has surrendered to the police in
Texas.
James d. Corr was arranged in New
York and held for trial, charged with
the larceny Of 1900 from the dry goods
firm Of LIE Boutelier Brothers. where he
was employed as a bookkeeper.
John Murphy, rough rider in the
Spanish-American a was convicted
Of murder in the first degree for stab
bling John English of Newark. N. j., at
Pinto. Nd, where both were working.
Private John Dyke Of the Ninety.
seventh company Of coast artillery.
stationed at Fort Adams, in Newport
Harbor, r. l., was brought to Fort
Wayne from Gaylord, Mich, under ar
rest. He Is charged with desertion.
Ms. Rebecca Evisiser, who would have
been 100 years old March IL, committed
suicide at the home OF ner son. at South
death by stufflng a large handkerchief
Whitley. Ind. She choked herself to
down her throat.
-Four masked men entered the Office Of
Gorg Hill, a contractor of Elizabth-
Fort, N. J., who is constructing car
shops for the Jersey Central railroad.
and. after gagging the Waterman. car
RED off $oc,5OC in money.
Abram Westcrvelf, banker for the
Benton F1arbor (Mich. Modern Wood
men of America, "a held UP and rob-
bed of several hundred dollars Of lodge
funds ny two men who knocked him
senseless with a sandbag.
DR.. Charles A. Peabody, superintend.
ent Of the city hospital at Worcester.
Mass, who confessed the larceny of
$1,000 from the public funds, was ar
saigned in the central court, pleaded not
guilty and was held for trial.
A Michigan Central train coming from.
Mackinaw City was held up at Gray
ling, Mich. for three hours. There was
a case Of smallpox on board, and the
health officer would not allow the train
to proceed until every person on board
had been vaccinated.
The jury in the Chism murder case at
Bloomington, Ill, returned a verdict Of
imprisonment for fifteen years. yMer-
rift Chism, reputed to be worth $250,000.
had been on trial for killing his wife on
Sunday morning, May IL. 1901. The
couple had been married two years. and
lived unhappily.
jeremiah Foley. at n time a pay
master in the British army. and his
wife. were arraigned in Chicago on var
rants sworn out by British Consul Will
wyndham, charging them with
forging army checks amounting to 81
500. The alleged forgeries were COM
mitted in London two. years age. when
Foley was still in the British service.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
wAsHBURN. NORTH DAKOTA.

It is so hard to be good when there
Is nothing by but conscience to smile
approval.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
Foreign Notes.

Foreign Notes. Is
The perennial wife's-sister bill ap-
pears in parliament.
The pope looks for his early demise,
and plans the sad funeral in detail.
Continued gales in the channel are
causing numbers Of shipping casual
ties.
An Englishman will pay the expenses
Of q commission which will study Amer
team industrial methods.
The seals which are alleged to have
belonged to the dowager empress OF
China and to have been looted at Pekin,
Ito which attention was called in the
house of commons in an effort to pre-
vent their sale. were sold at auction for
E3s6.
A tract Of timber land containing $780,
900 acres and situated in the State OF
Chihuahua, Mexico, has been sold to the
American Development Company OF
America by H. c. Smith OF San Fran
cisco and J. r. Davis Of Wisconsin, for
81, 1000, 900 In gold.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
Personal Mention.

Capt. Geo. w. Conrow, who saved the
life Of President Lincoln at the siege Of
Petersburg, Is dead, at the age Of fifty
eight.
A. K. Yanoey. aged seventy-three
years, president Of the Missouri Mill
tary academy, died at Mexico. Mo-, OF
djabetis.
Thomas D. Robertson. a pioneer
banker and lawyer of Northern Illinois,
- dead at Rockford, aged eighty-four.
He was a native Of Edinburg. Scotland.
William Radam, a manufacturer OF
patent medicines. died in New York.
He was only i'll an hour and died with
put medical attendance. He was
thirty-ive years old.
It is reported that "Jack' Ross Of
Montreal and Miss Ethel Matthews OF
Toronto. the principals in a fashionable
wedding in Toronto. Ont. were each
presented with 81, 900 900 a a wedding
gift.
While walking on Bennett avenue IN
Cripple Creek, Colo, M. A. Stevens,
the well known mining engineer, was
stricken with neuralgia of the heart
and died a few minutes later in the
National hotel.
David Adams Warden, n Of the old
est citizens of Philadelphia, is dead. In
his earlier years he raj organist in sew
eral Protestant Episcopal churches, and
composed a book on chants which was
popular in this country and which was
also published in England.
Mrs, Serena Short, aged eighty-one,
the NEST noted woman in the Chickisaw
tribe, is dead at her home in Emmett.
Texas. Sshe had figured prominently In
the work Of civilizing the tribe Of which
she was a member. She was the moth
er Of Mrs. Johnston. wife Of the govern
or.
A. Hanan. said to be the oldest mar in
Eastern Washington, is dead, at the g
Of ninety-two. He was q Kentuckian. a
veteran of the Black Hawk war, and
went to Washington in 1854. He was IN
the Indian war Of 1856. His father en-.
tered Kentucky with Daniel Boone. He
was one Of the wealthiest men in the
county. Z
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05
POLICE BLACKMAH.

Mayor Harrison has declared himself
against what he has been pleased to
term "a system Of petty blackmnir'
and which his honor says has been car
ried on for some time In connection
with certain political entertainments
and the like.
II Is well that the Mayor has woke
up even ut this late hour to u realiza-
ton of some of the grating" systems
which have long been practiced around
the City Hall. but the wonder Is that
he has not been alive to IL before now.
Among the various grating" games
that have long been In course of opera
ton Is that which has been for years
very successfully worked by the 20
liccmen's Benevolent Association. This
organization has from time immemO'
rial been In the habit of making peri.
odical rounds of the city. touching
reputable and disrcputablc citizens
alike for contributions to their funds
The contributions are solicited by offer
| ing for sale tickets to certain balls Ol
| other forms of entertainment gotten
up for the purpose of swelling the funds
of the organization, and the business
mems legs have been pulled In this
way to the tune of thousands of dollars
annually. But this il not all. Ques
tionable resorts, low lodging houses
designation houses, houses of III fame
and disreputable saloons have beer
dragOOned into either making direct
contributions or advertising In the pro
grams of the association.
This is not petty. but wholesale graft
The police officers are paid for thell
services, and they have no right of an!
sort to demand tribute either from thu
business people for doing their dut!
or from the disreputablc element f0
not doing 1t.
Now that the Mayor is hot after thu
grating games perhaps he will taxi
cognizance of this.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05
REOPEN THE KiRDERGARlENS.

There should he no hesitation on the
management and finance in recon-
mending the passage 10y the Board of
Education of Mrs. Isabelle Okeeffc's
resolution for the reopcning of the kin
dcrgartens.
This Is subject To which Mrs.
O'Kecife has given much attention.
and she Is. therefore. probably better
acquainted with the necessity which
exists for the rpopening Of these insti-
buttons than any other member of the
board.
rhe resolution was introduced by
Mrs. O'Kcetfc I'm response To nuncr-
ous petitions received by the board.
1t proposes to provide for the opening
of the kindergartens by taking the
amount needed from the High School
fund. AS Mrs. O'Kecffe well said. 1T
Is the duty of the board to provide
schools for the masses instead of the
| classes
| There il great force I'm the argument
advanced also by Mrs. OKeeffe. that
1.-THE children of the poor leave schoO
in large numbers at the age Of IA. nnt
therefore receive no benefit from th,
advantages offered by the Higl
Schools. BY the abolition of the kin
dergartens he board has deprived Thu
class of two years training which II
invaluable to children of tender age ~
all classes"
| II Is to be hoped the Board of Edtl
cation will lose no time In acting fa
vorably ON Mrs. O'Neefrc's resolution
Meantime the public. and particular!
the poorer classes owe vote of thank
to that lady for her excellent service
In their behalf.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05
THE FALL ELECTIONS.

The following offices as to be filed
by the voters this year:
Sheriff. Salary and perquisites S45,.
600 per year.
County Treasurer. Salary and per
quisites 100000 a year.
County Clerk. Salary and perqusites
$4,000 per year
Clerk of the Probate Court.
Clerk of the Criminal Court.
One member of the Board of Review
Two members of the Board of Assess
ors.
One Judge of the Probate Court.
One Judge of the County Court.
Five Judges of the Superior Court t.
succeed incumbents. Salary, S1O,OOl
each per year.
Three additional Judges of the Su
pcrior Court, salary $4,000 each pei
year.
Three additional Judges of the Cir
cult Court. salary $4,000 each per year
One President of the County Board.
Fifteen County Commissioners.
Ten Congressman.
sixteen state Senators.
Fifty-seven Representative in thu
Legislature.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05

extension of its franchise. Union Trac-
ton officials Just recently announced
that they would obey the time limit
placed Ivy the Council"
The Eagle is not surprised at all of
this. 1t has repeatedly told its readers
that the Mayor was determined to post
ponc the traction question at all haz-
ards in order that it might be used rs
an election issue when next he found
1t necessary to renew his connection
with the city pay roll.
But what can the public think of al
official who is willing to prolong theil
mseries and to impede public improve
ments and public progress In the cit,
in order that he himself may retain his
place at the public crib?
1t remains to be seen whether tn,
new Council will submit as tamcly a.
the last one to the lash of the petit,
dcspot and political schemer who pre-
sides over 1t. For the sake of the pub
| lie IL is to be hoped not.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05
4 WELL.EARNED WC1ORH.

The election of Mr.. George Is.
Schmidt to the City Council by the
people of the Twenty-fourth Ward rc-
fleets crcdi, upon the good judgment
of the voters of that part of town. and
gives to Mr.. Schmidt well earned
compliment.
Mr.. Schmidt's triumph In the Twen-
ty-fourth Ward Is not only u good thing
for his constituents, but also for the
entire community and the cause OF
good municipal government In this
city. Mr.. Schmidt. as his splendid
record an through life shows. can al
ways he relied up to vote on the side
of the people and the peoples interests
He will he one of the best ana most
useful men In the City Council. and !,
would he well for the people of Chi
cngo II that body contained more mel
of the character ana calibcr OF George
X. Schmidt. The Eagle congratulate
Mr.. Schmidt and the people of thu
Twenty.fourth Ward.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05
MAT TOWNSHIP MIDDLE.

The old adnge "lie laughs best who
laughs last" applies with particular
force to the newly elected town officers
whom the public was led To believe had
been treated to Il line April fool joke
on Tuesday last.
1t turns out now that the vote Ia
abolish the different towns In Chicago
Is unconstitutional AMI will only have
the effect of abolishng the duties Of
the town offices without abollShing the
offices themselves. The best of the Joke
lies IN the fact that while there will III
nothing 10 do, the newly elected officers
will draw their salaries just the same
All Of which goes to show what II tint
mess your frolhy professional promoter
Is capable of making of things,