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WASHBURN LEADER.
By JOHN SATTERLUND.
WASHBURN, N. DAKOTA.
Gladstone al tin* is liiiiKliig
an attempt to learn the Basque lan
guage, a dialect that has long been
a puzzle to philologists.
Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh is so youth
ful In appearance that the Home cor
respondents recently spoke of her as
the ambassador's daughter.
In Holland the peasant girls who are
swaiuless at fair time hire young men
for the occasion. A handsome man
who is a good dancer has a high value,
so much so that three girls have to
club together to hire the fiwaln.
Miss Peel, a granddaughter of the
great Sir Robert Peel, has recently
published an addition to arctic liter
ature in a volume entitled "Polar
Gleams." It is a journal of her experi
ences on a yacht voyage around the
northern coasts of Norway and Si
beria.
Foreign papers say that about 18,
000,000 taels. or $15,000,000, have been
collected in China for the celebration
of the sixtieth anniversary of the birth
of the dowager empress of that coun
try. This sum, however, is not con
sidered sufficient and efforts will be
made to collect $10,000,000 more.
A French physician has devised a vi
brating helmet for the cure of nervous
headache. It is constructed of strips
of steel put in vibration by a small elec
tric motor. The sensation produces
drowsiness, the patient falls .'isleep un
der its influence, and awakes free from
pain.
Englishmen will perhaps be more
amused than grateful at learning that
the municipal council of Hyeres has
refused to sanction the erection of a
statue of Joan of Arc, on the ground
that it might wound the susceptibili
ties of the Anglo-Saxon visitors who
contribute so much to the prosperity of
the town.
The Paris Figaro pronounces Mr. Cor
bett "unique and marvelous." That's
about the way he struck Mr. Mitchell.
Mark Twain is making good use of
his 2,000-year-old jumping frog story
in his after dinner speeches in Eng
land. The English have to have the
gentle hand of time laid upon their
wine and their jokes.
Mrs. Pickard, of Paris, Texas, was
alone in the house the other day when
a tramp demanded dinner and a cash
contribution. He was found some dis
tance away from the house a little
later trying to fix up several holes Mrs.
Pickard punched in him with her scis
sors, and she is now a heroine in her
neighborhood.
Sacher Masoch, the celebrated Gal
ician writer, has just died at his resi
dence in Lindheim, in Hesse. He was
the author of numerous works portray
ing peasant life in Gelicia which have
been translated into most European
languages. On the occasion of bis lit
erary jubilee in 1883 Masoch was nam
ed knight of the Legion of Honor. He
was 61 years of age.
There is some dissatisfaction among
the miners at the terms of settlement
agreed upon at the Columbus confer
ence, but there will be a general acqui
escence among all classes. The few
who still hold will be poweress to
create discontent, and will eventually
be compelled to fall into line with their
more sensible fellow workmen. Al
though business may not be completely
resumed for a week or two, no more
disorder may be anticipated.
The appointment of John Patton t£
the senate by the governor of Michi
gan makes five members of the same
Yale class in public life in Washing
ton. Four of these are members of
the senate—Wolcott, of Colorado Hig
gins, of Delaware Dubois, of Idaho
and Paton. The other is Frank Jones,
assitant postmaster general. They
propose to hold reunions from this time
on, and Wolcott has been chosen presi
dent of their organization.
The novelist Barrie is 34 years old,
but so boyish as to look younger. His
figure is slight and small his face pale,
thin and sensitive und his bead rather
too large for his body. On the small
desk at which he writes the pipe cele
brated in "My Lady Nicotine" usually
lies ready for use. "I fully intend mar
rying some day," he told an American
visitor, 'If only to have the convenience
of UBing ray wife's hairpins to dean out
my pipes."
Prof. Zakbarin of Moscow, the czar's
physician, is very eccentric. When he
is called to attend to a patient all dogs
must be kept out of the way, all clocks
stopped, and all tfite doors must be
thrown wide open. He Insists on per
fect silence in the sick-room excepting
answering his questions, when only
"yea" or "nay" is allowed. His ec
centricities, however, cease at the bed
side of his patient, where he is cour
teous and considerate.
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALl
PARTS OP THC STATE.
A Contleimed Record of the Impor
tant Happenings of the Week In
Korth Dnkotn, Arranged for Rnplii
Reading.
Wcdncndny, June SO.
While lmtlii'iK, John Aekernian, a
farm hand, working for Nick Simon of
Thompson, was drowned.
A. McIIench is a member of the
executive board of the Alliance, and
Devils Lake w. :s selected as the next
place of meeting.
Memorial services in honor of State
Judge O'Jtrien, formerly municipal
judge of St. J'aul, and prior to his
death appointed raited States attorney
for North Dakota, was held in the court
room at Devils Lake.
ThurHdny, Jnne 21.
Devils Lake school children sent 16,
431 stamps to Mollie Gundersou.
Gov. Shortridge has offered a prize
to the best drilled member of company
of the state militia at Jamestown.
airs. Thomas Barry, living near Dun
seith, suicided by hanging herself to a
beam in the barn.
Jerry Frowley, of the Cavalier
Chronicle, has assumed the manage
ment of the Pembina County Demo
crat, published at Bathgate. It is un
derstood that he will remove the
Chronicle plant from Cavalier, and,
uniting with tne Democrat, will use the
combined forces for the support of the
Populistic candidates.
Friday, June 22*
The Ransom County Independent is
a new populist paxei' published at En
derlin.
The wind blew the roof off Little
field's store at Millard. A very heavy
rain fell.
The Devils Lake Chatauqua associa
tion has prepared an excellent literary
program for the seasoi which begins
June 20.
The High court of Foresters of North
Dakota will hold its meeting in Fargo
on Thursday, Jtiiy 19, in the Masonic
temple.
A special term of court, with Judge
Campbell of Aberdeen oil i!ie bench,
is in session at Clear Lake to try the
whisky cases.
At the school election hat Kulm
J. M. Devine received eig'H.v-one votes
for superintendent of schools and Da
vid Dallas 5.
A heavy rain visited this part of the
state recently, says a Kulm special.
Wheat and flax look exeeptionably fine
and never were in better conditon for
a good crop at this time of year.
Ti'is secretary of the interior has ap
proval a list of 15,095 acres of land in
Devils Lake land district, selected by
the board ol" university and school
lands for different state institutions.
Sntnrday, Jnne 23.
C. A. Nichols has been elected school
superintendent in Dickey County.
Doniel Murray of Guelpli, Dickey
County was thrown from his buggy
and killed.
The committee on military affairs in
the senate has reported favorably a bill
granting to the state of North Dakota
a portion of the old Fort Totters reser
vation on Devils Lake for an encamp
ment ground for the state malitia.
Complete returns from every precinct
in Sargent County give A. M. Simp
son, republican, twenty-lour majority
over E. W. Bowen, populist for super
intendent of schools. The fight has
ben a bitter one and one fought large
ly on party lines
The jury in the damage suit of Wil
liams against the Great Northern Rail
way company which has occupied the
attention of the court at Grand Forks
after being out all nii?Ut, came into
court and announced that there was
no possible chance of an agreement
and were discharged.
Sunday, Jane 24.
Hillsboro has laid the corner stone
for a new court house.
A. W. Smith and Reuben Noble get
the Devils Lake land offices.
Senator Roach's sons have taken
prizes at Georgetown college.
Willie Moor was shot and killed
while out hunting near LIdgerwood.
Congressman Johnson's wife is com
ing back to the state to remain until
fall.
The only female Coxeyite In th coun
try is in Fargo, and she wears dia
monds.
Dr. Pierce of Hillsboro, has been
elected president of the State Dental
association which has adjourned fts
meeting.
It is rumored that the Populists' can
didate for supreme court justice, Judge
Newton, will withdraw from the tick
et.
Adjutant General Topping says the
report that Col. Tuller was suspended
pending court martial trial, is not ex
actly correct, as although he was sus
pended, it is hardly likely that charges
will be preferred against him.
Monday, Jane 2S.
Detective Black is again in the em
ploy of the Great Northern.
Silk worms are eating the leaves off
the trees In the vicinity of Fairmount.
Returns from Cass county indicate
tht Supt. Callahan was defeated for
re-election by Wm. Butler.
Acocrding to a special census recent
ly completed, Hillsboro has a popula
tion of 1,308.
The coroner's Jury at Fargo held
Emil Wendlund for the murder of
Louis Johnson.
J. A. Delaney, of Grafton, threatens
to start a liquor, opium and tobacco
cure establishment in several towns in
the state.
Miss Henrietta Paulson, who gradu
ated from the State university last
week, has been elected as a teacher in
the Grafton schools.
Folding fan* were Invented In Japan,
and were suggested by the waj In which
bat cloaea its wings.
T1IOSH AI:MOH fLATSS.
Informer Churlex CrulK Tell* Hla
tftnry,
Wrxhingten, June .—In. the armor
pli'te hm.-.-.tigation to-day Informer C.
H. t'liiiK was on the .stand upon many
collateral matters relating to the Carne
gie works He denied -.hat he had ap
proached Friek in the role of black
mailer as the latter claimed, and said that
lie lisid gone to Friek iter leaving to 1
ell
him iibout the frsuids boii'g carried on in
the works "i-V.K endeavored to im
press upon mo that he knew nothing
abo 11'- s! frauds,"' said Ccaig Witness
said Unit at this time Craig knew of the
plan to lay before the secretary of the
navy uin! liiid consulted with Sill and
ether.-, but hrd not made nj. his i^ind
whether :o meke affidavit or not. He had
received $1,300 from the government fo.
his information. He ntver offered to
sell cut to Fridk as Sill had charged,
nor received any offer from Friek. When
utked what Lad been his motive in going
to Friek, Craig declined to i-nswer, for
private reasons, as he [••aid. Seven men
had received rewards from the secretary
of the navy, five receiving $35,000 to di
vide among Sill, Perry, Smith the law
yer, Riley and James. Attorney Jenks
tm in for $2,000. One Williams md
witness each received $1,350 and two
en, L. A. Craig and KdwarB Harsler,
eech $178.
CHILDREN IN LOVE.
Manly Yanng Fourteen Elopes with
Sweet Ml»» Thirteen.
Bryant, S. D., June 'JO.—A very sensa
tioi al elopement occurred here Thursday.
Frank Eastling, aged fourteen, -ind his
cci sin, Lizzie Eastling, aged thirteen, be
er ir-e fully convinced that they ought to
cast their lots together, just like big folks.
Accordingly they packed their worldly
effects departed for climes unknown.
On fc'riday !rs. Henry Eastling made
ccir(iia:N.t .-iii.iinst Norman Craig, who
las been intimate with the Eastling girl
of late, charging him with complicity in
the abduction of her daughter Lizzie. He
was arrested and discharged, no wit
nesses appearing against him. The only
clew to the whereabouts of the youthful
lovers is a rumor afloat to-day that they
had been seen two n.iles east of Estel
line. The parents and relatives of the
couple are very indignant, and will make
it interesting for them when they are lo
cated. Both children are large and well
developed for their years, and could
easily pass amocg strangers for people
eighteen or twenty years old.
THE TEMPLARS' CONCLAVE.
Knighta of Minnenota Grand Com
mandery In Seamlon In St. Paal.
St. Paul, June 26.—One hundjed and
f.fty Knights were pr -sent at the twenty
ninth annual conclave of the griud coni
mand-r.v of Knirlits Templar at Ma
sonic hall yesterday. The principal busi
pess of the day was the election of of
ficers, as follows: Right eminent grand
cowwander, W. H. S. Wright, St. Paul
right etni.ent deputy gra'id commander,
H. £3. Whitney, Fariba lit eminent grand
gt i. eralissinc.0, J. Fred Smith, Minneapo
lis eminent grand captain general, Otis
Staples, Stillwater eminent prelate,
Gecrge H. Davis, Braincrd eminent
grand senior werden, B. F. Farmer,
Spring Valley eminent grand junior
warden, J. C. Chase, Fergus Falls em
inent gran I treasurer J. Mcharlane,
Minneapolis eminent grand recorder,
Thomas Montgomery, St. Paul eminent
grtnd standard bearer, E. H. Milham,
St. Paul eminent grand swordbearer, J.
C. Monroe. St. Cloud eminent grand
warden, William E. Richardson, Duluth.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
An Unknown Man Morders a Woman
and Kills Himself.
Cl.ieai-o June 20.—Mrs. Ci rrie Iteid, who
was employed as a bookkeeper in rn office
at Blackhawk street aud Cherry avenue,
was shot f-.d killed by an unknown
man who immediately after shot and
fci'led himself. The murderer rushed into
the office \vbe.e Mrs. Itf id was at work,
an- ca .ing lis victim outside the office,
a short artl excited nversation ensued.
The m«n suddenly fired five shots at
Mi* )t-.*id, killing her instantly, and then
sei two bullets into his brain, falling
dead on the woman's body. The oidy
clew to his identity is the name Hunt,
found on his underclothing, and the fact
that Mrs. Reid called him Fred. Mrs.
Reid's husband, who is said to be a
fugitive from justice and a defaulter for
about $20,000, is now, the police think,
in Bismarck, N. D.
Hognnitea Afloat.
Chamberlain, S. D., June 26. The
floating squadron of Hoganites is expect
ed here from up river to-day. To pre
vent the men from molesting railroad or
other property, United States Marshal
Peemiller decided to be present during the
sojourn of the army, and has arrived
here prepared to deal promptly with any
attempt at lawlessness. Two or three
days' rations htve been provided for the
men on their arrival. It is generally be
lieved that the Hoganites will be quiet
and orderly while in this vicinity.
A DentUt Takea a Trip.
Bozeman, Mont., Jnne 26. Sheriff
Daidis of Hortonville, Wis., has started
back with Dr. C. H. McComb, the young
dentist of this city who is charged with
having deserted his wife and child over
two years ago. The doctor had posed as
a single man here, and bis friends were
very uuch surprised at his arrest. HA
has many friends here, and all of them
believe that he is not to blame in the
matter. Dr. McComb expects to arrange
natters with his wife and get baeJc here
in a few weeks.
Editor and Burglar.
Wichita, Kan., June 26.—K. B. Stotts,
editor of a Populist paper at Garden City,
Kan., and former partner of ex-Adjt.
Gen. Artz, was arrested to-day at Gar
den City on a charge of'burglary. Last
Febivary the store of William Inge was
birglarized. To-day Inge went into a
pawn shop to buy a revolver, and recog
nized one as having been stolen from
his store. The pawn shop record showed
that Stotts bad pawned the weapon. He
claims to have received it in payment
for an advertisement.
Slate Factory Destroyed.
Bethlehem, Pa., June 26. The Hitt
School Slate factory at Bangor was de
stroyed by fire to-day. The loss will reach
980,000 insurance, $50,000. Thre° hun
dred workmen have been thrown out of
en.plo) ment.
Will Die Proa Neglect.
Red Wing, Minn., June 26.—'The six
year old daughter of John Peper, in Bel
videre, was horribly burned two months
ago, and has been neglected until dis
covered by the authorities Saturday. The
child will probably die.
MERCER
OLIVER
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EXCURSIONISTS LOST
A NEW YOIIK FISHING PARTY
HCETS WITH A DlSiSTE I.
A TUB Goes Down, uiid of the Seven
ty-Five Peonle ou llourd Only Pll
ty-Fonr Are Accounted for—The
Others Probnbly Lo«t.
New York, June 25.—The tug James D.
Nicbol with sixty-three excursionists and
a cr«'W numbering t»»n or twelve sunk
yottrday some three miles off the High
lands. Fifty-four of those
011
board have
been accounted for, but three of those
rue dead and the rest nit-re probably
drenned. The tug left Fifth street and
East, river at 7:30 in the morning,
tombed at Pier 3, East river, and then
went on to the fishing grounds. She had,
it is said, a li^nse to crrry fifty pas
ptngtiH, but sixty-three tickets were sold.
There was a bar and a lunch counter
on board, whose attendants brought, with
the rew, the whole number on board up
to ecventy-fi ve. The tug reached the
banks on time, but the fishing was poor
and the s?a too rough for comfort, and
stout noon she started back. When
nltoiit three miles ear.t of the Highlands
and about four miles south of Scotland
lightship the waves began to break heavi
ly over her starboard rail. To dodge the
wuttr and wind the passengers began to
run around to the port side and to climb
on top of the deck house. The boat ea
rn ned alai:ningly to port and the waior
frvept in over the rail. The terror
stricken men rushed back to starboard
.-•nd the tug swung deeply down on that
8:de. At the same moment three henvy
breakers struck the boat iii quick suc
ce*eion. The captain, Wi liam Hyatt,
stuck .to his post and sounded the whistle
in a prolonged scream for help. Even
at he did so the tug filled with water
that poured into her from both sides
and sank out of sight in the water. She
went down like a stone, carrying many
of her passengers with her. The water
choked the cry of the whistle, but not
before it had been heard and heeded, and
several tugs and steamers came to the
rescue. Fifty-qne passengers were res­
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF flcLEAN COUNTY
The Garden Countv of Noith Dakota..
1,152,000 Acres of Free Government Land, Adapted to Agricultural
Pursuits and Stock Raising.
ABUNDANTLY SUPPLIED WITH GOOD WATER AND FUFL
McLean County is situated north of Burleigh and east of the Missouri river haying a frontage of 125
dating 7,200 families giving each a homestead of 160 acres, at a cost for filing on the same, of $14,00.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company own within the county about 253,440 acres, which can be purchased
at prices ranging from $4 to $6 per acre, and which may be paid for in the company's preferred stock, which ran
ges in price from 25 to 35 cents on the dollar, or the land can bought on six years' time with a low rate of in
terest. About 1,536,000 acres of this land is underlayed with a superior quality of lignite coal, ranging irom two
to twenty-six feet in thickness, and in many places the coal crops out at the surface, rendering it easy of access,
and the supply is inexhoustable. The soil is a rich blach loam, with clay subsoil, from eighteen inches to three
feet in depth, and is capable of producing enormous crops of cereals and vegetables it also has the finest grazing
and meadow lands, yielding the most nutritious grasses in abundance, and is really the Garden County of
North Dakota.
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DEWEY
f9r
McLean County offers the most advantageous inducements to settlers in its famous stock-raising ranges, and
superior aricultural Idnds, and its own cheap fuel in wood and coal. AH kinds of Building Material, excellent
blue sand-stone, good timber and fine clay for brick-making, can be found in many localities throughout the
county. The productiveness of the soil of McLean County will be readily appreciated when it is stated that the
crop yield of 1892, averaged, in wheat 28%bushels per acre oats, 50 bushels per acre barley, over 45 bushels flax,
20 bushels potatoes, 250 bushels corn, about 40 bushels, and other cereals and vegetables in the same propor
tion, and that a failure of corps here has never been known.
McLean County has no railroad running directly through it, but the main line of the Soo road crosses the
northeast corner and the Bismarck & Hankinson branch of the Soo line, which is graded into Bismarck, has been
surveyed through the county, and preparations are being made for completing the road during the season of
1894. The county has eighteen new public schools all supplied with old and experienced teachers, and neatly
constructed school houses, thus furnishing ample educational advantages.
WASHBURN, the county seat of McLean County, is admirably located,being on a beautiful plateau at the
"Big Bend" of the Missouri River, commanding an excellant view of the river for several miles in each direction,
and it is situated only 40 miles from Bismark, the Capital of the State of North Dakota.
Washburn is the entreport to a section country equal in area to that of the New England States. All mail
and transportion lines diverge from here, and is the most important point on the Bismarek, Washburn and Coal
Harbor Packet Lines in the distributing point for four Mail Routes. Two steamboats are plying on the river
and are doing a profitable busines.
COAL HARBOR, another important town in the county, is situated 25 miles north of Washbnru and is
located in the very heart of the coal fields. It has two general stores, a hotel, a blacksmith shop, and an excell
ent school, and is surrounded by one of the best agricultural and stock grazing sections in the state.
The county is in very good condition financially,its total assets, embracing uncollected taxes, and including
the courthouse and jail, and $5,000 cash on hand, amounting to $50,745. The increased area o: the county
promises a iarge reduction in taxes,
cued and three bodies recovered. The oth
er people are undoubtedly lost.
TAR AND FEATHERS.
Therein Colorndo'H Adjutant
General Arrayed.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Junj 25—Thers
is the utmost excitement at Colorado
Springs over a daring outrage perpetrated
by masked men. Adjt. Gen. Tarsney
Lad been in the city several days acting
as counsel for the arrested Uull Hill
strikers. He was stopping at the Alamo
hotel. Saturday night a telephone
i»ng and a call came for Tarsney. A
porter notified him nnd Le responded.
WLilc atandiug at the telephone seven
nrpfiked men appeared outuide and in
v: rious parts of the hotel, overawed the
persons in the vicinity, took Tarsney
out, forced him into a hack, drove rapidly
north, three miles into one of the
suburbs, rtripped, tarred and feathered
him, and left him lying
0:1
the prairie,
before the police, who were at. once joti
fied. could overtake them on horseback.
When the job was finished, according to
the hackdrivcr's story, they left Tarsney
1} ing on the prairie with an injunction
to get out of El Paso county, as he was
neither wanted in Colorado Springs nor
Cripple Creek, and if he returned he
would meet worse treatment than al
rerdy given. It is believed the outrage
was perpetrated by deputy sheriffs.
SAT DOWN AND DIED.
Sodden Death of an Old Man at
Maple Plain.
Minneapolis, June 25.—Deputy Coroner
Nipptrt was called to Maple Plain yes
terday to ii'Acstigatc the death of John
Brtwn. The latter was an old resident
of that place, and was found dead by his
ne'glbors yesterdsy. He had been liv
ing alone for the last two months, his
wife living with fcer daughter in Minne
apolis. He had been under treatment of
a physician for a few days. The night
before his death his neighbor heard him
chopping wood, but in the morning when
one of them happened to be passing the
house he saw the old man stretched out
on the grass dead. The deputy coroner
made an examination of the body, but
fevnd nothing to indicate that death had
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been caused" by anything but natural
cruses. The oid man evidently sat down
on the bank lieside his house and died.
COL. WHEELER DEAD.
A Minnesota Pioneer Panel Away
in Montana.
Helena, Mont., June 25.—Col.-William
F. Wheeler, for many years librarian of
the state historical society, died at his
home last evening. Col. Wheeler came
to Montana in 18(51) as United States
marshal, which position be held under
three administrations. Largely through
his efforts touch valuable historical data
concerning early Montana days has been
collected and will be of great use. He
was a native of New York, but moved to
St. Paul in 1S57, and was territorial li
brarian and private secretary to Gov.
Medery. He was continued as private
secietary by the first governor of Mince
seta. In 1858 he located the first tele
graph line ever built in Minnesota, from
St. Paul to Winona. In 1861 he-raised
a company that was a part of the Fourth
Minnesota infantry, being commissioned
first lieutenant, afterward being made
Ci-ptaiu.
Wife Murderer Cunffht.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 25. Frank
Baynor, x.-ho shot his wife in Chicago last~f
Wednesday, was captured by the police
in the bouse of his uncle last night in
this city. He hnd two bullet wounds,
indicted in an attempt ut M'icide. K.nynor
rede to' Cleveland on a freight trsJu.
Milwaukee Aimlirnment. S,
Milwaukee, June 25.—The Enger &
Kress company, pocketbook and leather
goods makers, assigned to-day. All
claims will be paid in full and the com
pany resume at onse.
Hh Lait Bath.
Fairchild, Wis., Jrne 25.—Ole Nelson,
sixteen-year-old boy, was drowned here
lust night while bathing.
Limber Mill Bamed.
Marahfield. Wis., June 23.—The Jchfl
Arpin Lumber company's mill at Arpis
burned to the ground this morning. L0M1
$30,000 insurance, 20,000.