The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-03-05
Notes From Abroad.

Notes From Abroad.
Pope Plus x. is said to be losing his
sight.
Increased tension between the porte
and Bulgaria yer Macedonian re-
forms is noticeable.
There has been change of senti-
ment in M%ontevideo, and there is now
no fear Of an attack on the city.
Sixto Lopez, the well-known Fill
| Pine agitator, has refused to take the
oath of allegiance at Manila. He will
be deported.
The management of the UAzzi gal
lery at Florence, Italy, has discovered
eight cartoons, on which are a score
| of sketches and studies by Michael
Angelo.
BY a decision at Victoria. B. c.,
Edna Wallace Hopper is defeated in
her efforts to break the will Of her
step-father, Alexander Dunsmuir, and
to secure a portion of the Dunsmuir
millions.
The Canadian Press association
passed a resolution asking the gov
eminent to cancel the present pos
tai arrangements regarding American
publications. This would mean that
all papers coming from the United
States would be charged at the rate
of 8 cents a pound, and would imply
a S-nout v.ofo NJ, 1offoro .
Otherwise.
Prof. w. F. Arthur of the University
of Illinois, a famous chemist. is dead.
Andre Mat:eson, once editor of the
Chicago Times, died at Highland Park,
Ill.
Adolph w. Scvhwarzman, one of the
founders. and editor-in-chief of Puck,
Is dead.
James B. Colgate, prominent finan-
cier and philanthropist, is dead at
Yonkers, N. Y.
The 1roquois theater will be opened
under the name of the Northwest.
Projected repairs will cost $4,000.
According to an opinion given by
the appellate court, the city Of Chi
cago has no power to license auto
mobiles. g.? .s7 ~
A. Birmingham, Johnson, formerly Of
Denver but now a resident of Manila,
is building a fifty.mile electric road
through that city. =.
w. j. Bryan has announced. that he
will build and equip a public library
at Salem, ILL.,, alta cost of $4,000, in
memory of his parents.
Clinton A. Gilbaith, associate Justice
Of the supreme court of the Territory
of Hawaii. has announced his inten-
ton of retiring from Office at the ex-
piration of his term in June. sa
Members of the. Modern Woodmen
of America will supply three and one
half square feet Of cuticle to be graft
ed upon the body Of C. M. 'schfnsler
of Los Angeles. who was burned "
Miss Elizabeth Vanderbilt, eighty
{ seven years old. daughter of Oliver
Vanderbilt, who founded the first
ferry between Staten Island and New
York. a relative Of Commodore. Van
derbilt. is dead. ,a 4 ~.
- The ofacial call for the prohibition
convention to meet in indianapolis
June %. shows that Minnesota IL en-
titled to ~ delegates. Montana g.,
North Dakota g., South Dakota u.
Wisconsin IS, Iowa g..
There Is no sign that the Common
wealth Trust company, as successor
to the Trust Company of the Repub-
lie, will take q position in accord with
the new plan Of reorganization for the
United States Shipbuilding company,
put on by the new organization and
assented to by Samuel Untemeyer OF
behalf of the bondholders' protective
committee.
Hanlan Ten Eyck. former, amateur
sculling champion Of the United
States and Canada, has accepted the
offer made by the Philadelphia Barge
club to act asa coach. His decision.
to become q professional was a crest
surprise
After searching for f~ortysseyen
years for lei; brother, George Jumont,
who disappeared from his home "a De-
troit when ten years Of age, he has
at last been located by, Mrs. Lucy
Clark Of Detroit on his farm in Brecks-
Vile, Ohio. where he Is living a quiet
and retired life, ! bent and aged man.
I, lTrc Annie. n Moore .formorlv =
teacher in the Altoona high school
and who died recently, left $4,000 out
right to the Tuskegee institute Of Ala
hama. After other bequests have been
paid, the, residue Ii to be divided, be-
tween Tuskegee and the Lincoln uni-
versity.