The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-01-16
Grimes and Criminals.

Grimes and Criminals.
Joseph Koehler Of Buffalo cut his
wife's throat and then shot himself.
Frank and John JAEGER of Chicago,
noted promoters, have been arrested
on a charge of fraud.
Marshall Field of Chicago received
letters threatening him with death un.
less he gives up $50, 900.
A decoy package at St. Joseph, Mo-,
has led to the capture of James Nor
gan, who threatened to blow up the
Burlington, trains unless paid $1,000.
Three negroes entered the store OF
James T. Donnelly at Pittsburg and
shot him dead when he attempted to
drive them away from the cash
drawer.
Karl Dayhle, fifty-six years old, Of
New York, cut his wife's throat with
a clasp knife, and then slit his own
throat from ear to ear. Dayhle died
two hours later, but his wife may re.
cover.
A chicken thief is out $14O and in
five chickens since hiS raid OF Henry
Whites henhouse at Warrensburg,
Mo. The thief dropped a wallet con
the roosts.
]. P. Quinn, under sentence of six
years for swindling, committed suicide
in the Jail at Columbus, Ohio, after a
desperate but unsuccessful attempt to
murder Deputy Sheriff Rogers, firing
two shots at him.
Thomas Evans, a miner. and his
wife and young daughter, have been
arrested and placed in the bull pen at
Cripple Creek. Colo, by the military
authorities for jeering at soldiers and
n%on-union miners.
The Dawes commission has u
earthed a gigantic land fraud involv-
ing the whole of Delaware county, l..
T. A false schedule has been. made
Of every plot of ground in the county.
1t was because of this that the Chero-
kee and Office was closed to stop the
segregation.
Casualties.
Fire on the seventh floor of the
Murray Hill hotel in New York caused
damage of $4,000.
The Tennessee Central railroad
shops in South Nashville burned.
Loss, So $1,000, partly insured.
Fire in the upper stories of tho
woman's wing of the state insane hos
pital at Taunton, Mass, did 100000
damage.
Fire badly damaged the large union
depot of the Lehigh Valley and the
Philadelphia & Reading railways at
Bethlehem, Pa.
Two coal barges carrying nine men
broke away from their tows near New
port News recently and are thought to
have foundered.
Three boys about ten years Of age,
two named Loundberry and the third
named butcher. were frozen.to death
On the bay at Bayport, Mich.
John McCauley, aged nineteen years.
and George McMullen, aged eleven
years, were found dead In bed in Phil
adelphta. They blew out the ga.
The p~ostof1ce and much mail were
destroyed by IRE at Ottawa, Ont, in
tense coul hampering the work of tho
hremen. The thermometer registered
e below.
In the burning Of the Delaware
apartment building in Chicago. $50
persons were rendered homeless and
there were many narrow escapes from
death in the flames.
Foreman Daniel Phalen. was killed
and two other employees were severely
injured in q fire in the factory of the
United States Feather company at Chi
cago. The loss is $50,
The United States gunboat Quiros is
reported aground on a reef of the
coast of Borneo. The Quiros is a sin
| gle screw steamer Of 400 tons and is
commanded by Lieut.. Francis Bouhler.
Otherwise.
Expressions of confidence in future
trade are numerous.
C%hicago's building inspector ordered
the closing of every public hall in the
! city.
Rradstreet renorts 2 ner cent de-