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WTE ^OIRKLLS FCTFLRAU*.
Thos. B. Husley,
Publisher.
BOWBELLS, Ward Co. N. IX
nun bamboo tubes are fastened
to
carrier pigeons in China to protect
them from birds of prey. When the
bird is in motion the action of the air
through the tubes causes
a
whistling
sound, which alarms predaceous birds,
and keeps them at a respectable dis
tance.
Competent authorities assert that
South America has greater undevel
oped resources than any other portion
of the world. Any crop grown else
where can be duplicated there and the
country abounds in mines of coal, sil
ver and gold, most of which have been
only slightly developed.
Lord Cureon has just sanctioned a
considerable outlay on an experi
mental indiarubber plantation near the
Tenasserim coast No fewer than 10.
000 acres are to be thus cultivated, and
carefully framed estimates show that
when the trees reach maturity the
plantation should yield handsome
profits.
A Mauser bullet entered the brain of
Jeremiah O'Leary, a British soldier, at
the battle of Colenso. An expert sur
geon removed the bullet, and with it a
small portion of the man's brain. Since
then his memory is slightly impaired,!
and he detests the *taste of beer, al
though he had been very fond of it
previous to receiving the wound.
The growth of eiectrie railway street
systems in the principal countries of
Europe during the last four years is
shown in a tab'.e in a recent issue of
L'Electricien. Germany leads with
250 miles in 2S&*. which had increased
in 1S&& to 2.150. Austria-Hungary is
next with 45 miles :n 1SS5 and 600 in
1S5S. The United Kingdom is third
with €7 miles in 1S&6 and 600 in 1S99,
and the other countries follow in this
order: Italy, France, Switzerland,
Hussia, Belgium, etc.
Order and method are the conjur
ers by whose aid a man of very aver
age abilities may, if he chooses, se
cure to himself the blessing of never
being hurried. Only arrange properly
the quantum of work which is to be
got through in a day or week, or in
any fixed period, and a enari margin
over and above the bai« space abso
lutely needed for each part of it. and
that margin will be available for the
chance distractions for which people
complain that they have no time.
Xot long ago a young man in Pcrt
Sasd, Me_, bought an old army mus.
iet to celebrate. A little later he was
giving the weapon an overhauling,
when he noticed some scratches on the
stock that looked like writing. After
giving tie stock a good cleaning. It
-aras found that the scratches foraed
the name "Samuel E. Gammon." As
•"Sam" Gammon is one of the Port
land G. A. R. veterans whom every
body knows, the young man was nat
urally very much surprised at finding
his name on the old gun. When the
musket was shown Mr. Gammon he at
once recognized it as the cne he had
returned to the government when he
was mustered out of service thirty
five years or more ago.
In speaking of the possibility of an
alliance between Peru. Bolivia and the
Argentine Republic, with a view to war
with Chile, an American, who has
lived in Chile" for a number of years,
says: "Peru and Bolivia know very
well that they cannot whip Chile, and
the outcome of a war. in the event ot
the alliance I have named, would be
the same. The Chileans can and will
fight. We can put 275,000 men in the
field, for 10 per cent cf the population
can be counted upon in the event of
war. We have ample modern arms,
and I have no fear as to the outcome.
Should the Queen of England decide
against Peru in the boundary arbitra
tion, a war may result, though I am of
the opinion that it can be avoided."
The bicycle, according to a recent
decision of the full bench of the Mas
sachusetts supreme court, is not a
"carriage," within the meaning of that
term as used in the statutes. Cities
and towns are consequently not bound
by law to keep their roads in such a
state of repair and smoothness that a
bicycle-rider can go over them in
safety. This decision was called forth
by an action brought against a certain
Massachusetts town, because of per
sonal. injuries incurred by the plain
tiff while riding her bicycle on one of
the roads. The court held that a bi
cycle is more properly a machine than
a "carriage," as legally defined, and
that bicycle-riders, injured from acci
dents arising from defects in the high
ways of cities and towns, have not a
valid claim for damages. The deci
sion will not prevent them from con
tinuing the agitation for good and safe
roads.
One of the most fascinating exhibits
at the Paris Exhibition is that contrib
uted by the Pasteur Institute. In the
Pavilion of Hygiene are many neatly
labeled bottles, securely corked, one
hopes, containing an army of bacilii
and parasites. The ravages of the mi
crobes are further demonstrated in its
attache on the raw materials of silk,
of beer, and of wine whilst hard by
another case illustrates the experi
ments whereby the great researcher
exploded his own belief in the theory
at spontaneous generation.
IS IT TREASONABLE?
LETTER WRT1TEX BT DR. MOX
TAGCE R. LETVBRSOJT.
The War Department Makes Public
the Filipino Correspondence Cap
tared Seme Months As* by Gen.
Fuitos'i Command la liiioa Dr.
Leverson Sugtsts a Plan Upon
Which He Advises the Filipinos
to Act—If He Was Xot an Old Man
He Sara He Would Aid ta Their
Jut Defense.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The war de
partment has made public the Filipino
correspondence captured some months
ago by Gen. Funston's command in
Luzon. It was translated from Span
ish under the direction of Capt John
R_ M. Taylor of the Fourteenth in
fantry, who Is in charge of insurgent
records. There is a letter from Dr.
Montague H. Leverson, dated at Fort
Hamilton, X. Y., July IT, 1S99, and ad
dressed to Senor G. Apacible. It says:
The Letter.
"Dear Sir and Brother: Our friend,
Albert S. Parson of Lexington, gave
me your name as one to whom I should
write as a representative Filipino. I
»m a member of the Anti-imperialist
League of Boston, of which George S.
Boutwell is president and Ervin Wins
low is secretary. I have published
many articles and letters denouncing
the piratical war carried on by Presi
dent McKinley against your people. He
and Gen. Otis and all his troops are
pirates upon the territory of the na
tives. OUT presidents are not in the
position of kings. Our presidents are
not in the least authorized to make
war without the consent of congress,
as McKinley is doing, and all persons
compromised in this war are pirates.
Sannu a Plan.
"I would like to suggest a plan to
you. It is this: "You should seize
some official of rank in the service of
the United States and then inform the
foreign consuls that he was to be
brought before a council of war for
piracy, and write to said consuls to
have representatives present at said
council of war to see that it is legal.
Piracy would be shown by conducting
a war In violation of the usages of civi
lized war, and the proof would consist
in the fact of the consent to killing
defenseless prisoners and noncombat
ants, men. women and children, in cold
blood, and in robbery by officers and
soldiers from noncc-mbatants. If I
were not an old man of mere than
sixty-nine years I would
Willingly Aid Ton
in your just defense. I also suggest
that the Filipino congress address an
appeal to the people cf the United
States. I shall not give you the heads
of this appeal. I merely point out the
things which will especially influence
the p*eor-Ie. For example, a reference
to tie Declaration of Independence
must be inserted, but I believe it is
also necessary for you to mentirn in
your appeal the points I have made
above to show that this war is practi
cally using them to bring out the
Christian feeling of the soldiers. Yon
must show that McKinley keeps the
people of the United States in igno
rance of the true facts .and that he
and the members cf his cabinet have
Deliberately- Lied
to secure the ratification of the treaty
of peace with Spain without a clause
which would have assurei the liberty
of the Philippines that they deliberate
ly lied when they said that Agoncfllo
advised Aeuinaldo to fight and that a
telegram stating the opposite was in
tercepted. The war was advised from
Washington to secure the passage of
the treaty. Do not fail to dwell upon
the atrocities before mentioned. espe
cially the assassination In cold blood
Of women and children, and the sack
of property of noncombatants perpe
trated by oSeers and soldiers, especi
ally by a captain named Otis, who is
believed to be a relative of the genera),
who not only took no steps for the pun
ishment of the assassins, but who did
not even reprimand them. If you can
prove that
'Women Hare Been Violated,
put that also in your statement. You
should offer to prove all these atroci
ties before a commission composed of
three Americans named by the con
gress of the United States and three
Filipinos named by the Filipino con
gress, and presided over by a person
of some other nationality chosen by
the United States—he must not be an
Englishman, for they are all associ
ated in the crime. If the publication
©f any portion of this letter would be
of any service to you you cjtn use it,
but I think it would be more prudent
to keep it secret. Do not forget to
speak of the American squadron which
blockaked your coasts, bombarding
them
Wlthont Warning
te the noncombatants, and peaceful
towns, where war would never have
been thought of, but now where the
greater part of the inhabitants, who
formerly were friends of the United
States, have taken up arms to avenge
the deaths of their wives and sons.
Speak of the refusal of the United
States and Great Britain to renounce
the use of explosive bullets, which was
decided upon at the conference of the
commissioners at The Hague, and
which the United States are now using,
although their use is denounced as bar
barous by the other commissioners at
The Hague. Ask the people of the
United States if they think they are
Christians, and ask them how they can
reconcile their pretended religion with
their present conduct toward McKin
ley and his war."
Tis a Horrible Xlshtmare.
"This horrible war Is a nightmare
before roe. It may be folly for me to
permit myself to be affected by it but
Its horror, the eternal infamy of it for
nay country, whose people are prepar
ing a state of slavery for another. I
can say nothing more when it is known
steps are being taken to introduce mili
tarism into the United States, some in
stances of which can be found in the
conduct of Gen. Merriam in Idaho.
Very sincerely,
—"Montague E. Leverson."
lertTMi Says He Wrote It.
New York. Aug. 17.—Dr. Montague R.
Leverson was see nat his residence at
Fort Hamilton by a representative of
the Associated Pk«««. He said that he
was a regular correspondent with Fill
plno agents in this country and had
written the letter to Senor C. Apacibls.
I part of which was published to-day.
"The published portion of my letter Is
substantially what I wroti. with the
exception of a few ver'.sal inaccuracies,
which may be accounted for by the
double translation of the contents.
GOLD XOVEXEVr.
Secretary Gare Says It Is Perfectly
KaturaL, and \ot Prejudicial to
Treasury Interests.
Washington, Aug. 17.—Secretary Gage
was asked by a representative of the
Associated Press if the outward gold
movement was adversely affecting
treasury interests or was likely to
trouble or impair the gold reserve. The
secretary replied that he was suffering
no anxiety at all on that score.
"The movement," he said ."is en
tirely natural, and nature always tends
to establish just equilibriums. The al
lotment on this side of so large a part
of the English loan fully explains the
movement We have gold to spare and
ft will go and ought to go where it can
be most profitably employed. At the
moment the place of most need appears
to be Great Britain and the continent
We have a large supply of yellow
metal, an increasing supply when our
domestic production is considered.
"Besides this, we are buying at our
assay offices on the Pacific coast almost
the entire product of the British Klon
dike region. With our great resources
we can, as long as we maintain the
gold standard and keep the public
credit good, retain for our own use
all the gold we need."
SEVE5 ARE KILLED.
An Operator's Blnnder Canses a
Head-On Collision.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 17.—The
most terrible wreck in the history of
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
occurred at Pierson, twenty-nine miles
north of Grand Rapids. The north
bound Northland express collided head
on with Passenger Train Xo. 2. Seven
lives were lost and many passengers
were injured, some severely. Both en
gines and the baggage cars were en
tirely demolished.
According to the railway officials the
accident was the fault of the operator
at Mill Creek, four miles north of this
city. The trains usually meet at Sand
Lake, two miles south of Pierson. An
order was issued that they meet at
Woodstock, four miles north of Pier
son. Later the operator was asked if
the express had passed his station. He
answered "Xo," and, according to the
officials, orders which were then sent
for the trains to meet at Sand Lake
miscarried because Train Xo. 5 had al
ready passed Mill Creek.
WISCOXSDf BA\KER5.
Annul Convention Sow in Session
at Milwankre.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 17.—About one
hundred bankers from all parts of the
state were present at the opening of
the seventh annual convention of the
Wisconsin Bankers' association yester
day. President Frank G. Bigelow of
the association delivered the annual
address, and was followed by F. W.
Haynes of Detroit Mich., who deliv
ered a paper on "Clearing House Ob
Jects, Rules and Regulations," on which
there was a general discussion. The
reports of officers, the appointment of
committees on nominations and reso
lutions and miscellaneous business con
eluded the forenoon session.
At the afternoon session George W.
Burton of La Crosse. Wis., read a pa.
per on "Further Financial Legislation."
CTRFEW
ORDrXAXCE.
Children at La Crosse Mnst Get OC
the Streets Earlj-.
La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 17.—At the
meeting c-f the common council last
night a curfew ordinance requiring
children under sixteen years of age to
be off the streets by 9 o'clock was
passed by a vote of 12 to 5. The ordi
nance takes effect immediately an 5 will
be enforced by the police department
The curfew law is the result of active
eorts on the part of the humane soci
ety to have one passed.
Hoboes' Jail Delivery.
Woonsocket S. D., Aug. 17.—Six
weeks ago John Gere, a section hand,
was knocked down and robbed in broad
daylight The crime was committed
by, or at least in the presence of. four
"hoboes," who sought safety in flight
A posse of citizens, armed with shot
guns and revolvers, overtook them
about a mile from the city, and. as a
result of the preliminary hearing, the
one guilty of the overt act was bound
over to await the action of the circuit
court But Sunday night he made his
escape. It seems that when his meala
were brought he managed to secrete a
couple of table knives, by means of
which two of the three-quarter-inch
iron bars In the east window were
sawed in two. He managed to conceal
his work from day to day by ingeni
ously removing paint from obscure
parts and applying it about the sawed
portion of the bars. The knives, kn'cked
In the form of saw teeth, were found
to the Jail when the sheriff brought the
prisoner his breakfast Monday morn
ing. As yet no news has been received
of his recapture.
Wlseoasia Militia Encampment.
La Crosse, Wis.. Aug. 17.—The head
quarters of the Third regiment will be
moved to Camp Douglas Saturday next,
when the members of and of the
national guard go into camp at Camp
Harnden. Col. Holway and Lieut Col.
Kirchies are making preparations to
go down. The soldiers from this sec
tion will be taken in a special train,
leaving here at 7 o'clock and arriving
at 10, picking up the other companies
of the regiment on the way. They win
have six coaches and two baggage cars
for horses and equipment
HIS BROTHER FIRED CROPS.
So Tom Welsh Fired a Gin at the
Incendiary.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 17.—Tom
"Welsh, a farmer living six miles east of
Jefferson, S. D_, pursued his brother,
George Welsh, ten miles during a thun
derstorm after midnight with a shot
gun, and when he had overtaken him
•hot him. the ball taking effect in the
leg. George Welsh had set fire to six
teen stacks of grain In the field of his
brother, burning up his entire crop and
entailing a loss of WW. George Welsh,
although wounded, made his way tS
Sioux City, where he was arrested.
NORTH DAKOTA
STATE
V NEWS.
Bishop Shanley will be at Will
1st on
Aug. 19.
Wild ducks are said to be very thick
around Velva.
Last week was the hottest in seven
years at Williston.
Eight new school houses will be built
in Stutson county this year.
Fingal will incorporate and secure
some form of Are protection.
The Xews wants a wholesale gro
cery house established at Hankinson.
Potatoes and late corn is said to be
growing faster than anything else.
The team stolen from Keenan's livery
bam at Larlmore was found at Wheat
land.
Stockmen out west are having a hard
time to get sufficient water for their
herds.
The Missouri River is changing it»
bed at Williston and cutting into the
bank.
The Minneapolis Cold Storage Co.
will establish a branch house at Hank
inson.
Ramsey County has 2,600 school
children, an increase of 290 for the past
year.
Recent rains have put out western
prairie fires, which is a big thing for
stockmen.
Railroad representatives are on hand
at the meeting of the state board of
equalization.
There will be no grand jury at the
October term of the United States court
at Devils .Lake.
Wm. Buswell Xf Tower City was
thrown from a rig and suffered a dislo
cated shoulder.
The friends of J. R. Cruff of Lucca
are urging Mm to become a candidate
for clerk of court of Barnes County.
A Stutsman County man is sowing
turnip seed and expects a good crop
now that the rains have commenced.
A cigarette fiend started a fire at
Brand ranch, near Kulm. The big
barns, granary and a stallion were
burned.
Wimbledon isn't satisfied with the
waterworks, electric light and other evi
dences of metropolitian, but wants
a new park.
It is thought George Glover who fell
forty-five feet from a railroad bridge at
Grand Forks, and smashed a few rib^
on a pile of rocks, will recover.
Tom Thompson was arrested at
Grand Forks on the charge of being
the father of an illegitimate child. He
settled the matter by paying *400.
T. D. Harrold of Wheatland shipped
a car load of wheat of his own raising
that yielded ten bushels to the acre and
went 61 pounds to the bushel of Xo. 1
hard.
Up at Balfour Herman Gierke is con
testing the claim of Christian Olson,
deceased, and later developments show
that the dead man has a widow and two
children at Hills bo ro.
Three Colgate boys rode down to
francas on their wheels to help har
vest the big crop and were disgusted
when the ylearned the farmers were
paying only a dollar a day.
Postmasters throughout the state
have been notified that a military pos
tal station has been established in
China. Uncle Sam is getting postof
fices all over the world.
Ed Ditman was shot and severely
wounded at Reva, S. D., by officers
who attempted to arrest him. He is
the young ttipti who stole a horse at
Oakes, which he left at Eureka in ex
change for another.
Col. Lounsberry has been driving
through Ramsey county and says that
they will have nearly a full crop of
flax and a half-crop of wheat up there.
But that was before the rain.
A Wahp-eton man went to his hay
claim near Velva and found some one
bad cut and cooked his hay. He se
cured a team and hauled it into town
and was that much ahead.
Wm. Garlow af Hankinson, whose
wife was recently burned to death
while attempting to light a fire by
kersosene, received a letter announcing
the death of his brother by drowning.
Farmers along the Xorthem Pacific
main line intercept men bound west for
railroad work, and parties of railroad
laborers grow smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less the further west they
go.
Russians in Stutsman county ar*
ffimirig to American ways of thinking
and four school houses are to be built
In a Russian settlement For a long
time the Russians have refused to edu-s
cate their children, but they have come
to see their error.
Bismarck's big fire was two years
ago Wednesday, and the best business
portion of the city was at that tirr.e
wiped out Since that time BismarCS
hag played the Fhoenix to perfection,
and is to-day a thriving city, the cen
ter of what will in a very short time
be a populous and wealthy region.
The resignation of George Aula, as
captain of Company K, of Dickinson,
has been accepted by the department
Adjutant General Miller placed Lieu
tenant Oscar Skeen in charge of the
company. The company will be re
cruited to the full number allowed by
the department and in due time the
members will elect their own captain.
Captain Auld stands well with the men
and the whole volunteer army of the
state.
George Hughes is pushing the electric
light plant at Dickinson to completion.
The wires and lights are in place and
all awaits the arrival of engine and
generator. The plant has a capacity
for 2,090 lights. The Hughes company
will also put in a telephone exchange,
the outfit being ordered so with electric
light phones, brick and tile works,
coal mines, wool and stock industry,
brass band and first class fire appartos
Dickinson is in the front rank of Dako
ta cities.
A new settler at Edmonds who came
from jMst spring died of con
sumption.
G. W. Osgood has opened a new store
at Bisbee.
Rev. Green will erect a dwelling soon
at Fairmount
Quite a number of cattllenre being
picked up around Lisbon.
Hatton denies that there was a de
structive hail storm there.
Mergen Bros, of Fairmount will erect
a two-story brick building.
A. J. Burnett a former Dicknlson at
torney, died in Texas recently.
Late fla-r is said to be visibly im
proved by the recent heavy rains.
Plums, cherries and high-bush cran
berries are plentiful around Pembina.
There is plenty of help to care for the
crop in the northern part of the state.
Three colts belonging to Peter Mathe
son of Milton, were killed by lightning.
According to the Williston Herald,
George Marelius is importing Shetland
ponies.
•The heavy rains have delayed the
construction of the ne wopera house at
Casselton.
President Worst expects to go to Col
orado Springs to invite the Farmers'
national congress.
Peter Quady, the young boy who lost
a leg by being run over at Harvey, is
able to be up again.
Harvey had a pair of fights and
three runaways last week, and is as
suming metropolitan airs.
A farmer at Wales, Cavalier county,
is charged by his nephew with destroy
ing his domestic happiness.
The new town of Doyan, six miles
east of Crary, Ramsey county, is said
to be a hustling little place.
An educated Jap at Williston robbed
some laborers of $200. He seems to be
learning American ways.
Farmers -who had wheat good enough
to harvest are now losing it, as the re
cent rains sprout the grain in the sheck.
There was a woman at the bottom of
the shooting scrape at Valley City,
where two young men were filled with
buckshot
Treasurer R. McBride reports $52,
SS1.22 on hand in Pembina county June
30. Pembina always has a balance on
the right side.
Harry King, a sixteen-year-old boy
living near Valley City, was caught in
a mower and had his leg broken and
foot badly crushed.
E. Perry, an employe on the Midgely
farm at Wheatland, fell under the
wheels of a wagon and was run over,
his shoulder being dislocated.
Mrs. Frank Bieber of Casselton was
called to Watertown. Wis., by the seri
ous illness of her mother, which ter
minated in death on Wednesday even
ing.
Lewis Pond, the progressive young
farmer of Church's Ferry, lost his crop
by hail, but as he has a diversified
farm, he was dependent upion the
wheat crop.
Xepthalie Tracy, a tree p^eddler. is
under arrest at Langdon. charged with
attempted assault upon Mrs. J. Brad
bury. wife of a farmer living east of
that town.
According to a corresponednt of the
Argus, a lady barber in Augusviile was
visited by a Chinaman, who claimei to
be her husband. He broke all her ra
zors and bought her a ticket for Grand
Forks.
Commissioner Barrett writes the Bis
marck Tribune of the benefits of tree
planting as a means of equalizing rain
fall and preventing storms. Commis
sioner Barrett never iosrs an opportu
nity tho promote tree-culture.
An epidemic of diphtheria has broken
out in the vicinity of Valley City.
There are a number of well-drfined
eases, but as yet there has teen but
one fatality, Mrs. Julia Woodford,
housekeeper at the Lester farm, near
Valley City.
On June 20. Dr. Ridlaub of Fargo
purchased a horse of R. Humphrey,
paying J17T. and receivin ga guarantee
of the animai's soundness. On July 21
the horse died of pneumonia, and the
doctor has just won a suit for the pur
chase price of the horse. He gets $l&5
and costs.
A brute down in LaMoure county is'
said to have left his cow tied in
yard two days without water or food
and to have recently left his team in
the stable nearly three d^vs without
anything to eat. About a~eek be
ing tied to a stake in the sun without'
either food or water might help him
some.
A curious feature is to be noticed in
many of the wheat field sthis year.
This is a second growth of wheat from
t"ie crown of the old plant after the
original crop has been cut. On may
fields the growth is six to esight inches
high. In many cases there is a new
growth from seed which failed to germ
inate in the spring, but which has been
started by the later rains.
Ward county is so large that county
division is a popular move. Minot will
be continued as the old county seat
and there is a hot rivalry between
Bow bells and Kenmare for the head
quarters for the proposed new county.
One reason urged for division is the
size of Ward, which is so large fhat,
great expense is attached to the. ad
ministration of its affairs.
I/ea Wright of Jamestown, as an old
stockman, says it will always be no
ticed that when nature provides a sec
ond crop in the fall, as now, it means
a hard winter to follow. There was
little gmwth in the early part of the
season, but it is rapid now after the
heavy rains. Some good hay has been
spoiled by too early cutting and some,
who thought it wasn't going to rain,
cut down all the hay they could and
the showers caught it
The Freeman shooting case took on a
new phase in Valley City when Free
man, the man who did the shooting on
Saturday evening, wounding Howard
Hittsman and Thomas Liene, was ar
rested on a charge c-i manslaughter.
Freeman waived examination until af
ter the preliminary examination on the
original case. Excitement is intense
regarding this case, although opinions
are not freely expressed. The outcome
will be watched with interest Free
man. it is said, will he able to furnish
bail in any reasonable amount
LOOKED HOPELESS
gEVEVTEEH RE FIG EES ATTACKED
BY THREE HCXDBED CHI5KSE.
A Party o* Missionaries Fram Ho
nanko, China, Arrive
namen.
rive im Qk
a Tale
Francisco and Tell
Miraculous Escape From Chinese
Boxers-Only Five Men and Three
Revolvers In the Party Battle
With Three Hundred Wild Chi­
San Francisco, Aug. 19.—A number of
refugee's have arrived here from China
on the steamer Hongkong Maru.
Among them are Dr. P. C. Leslie of
Montreal, Dr. C. H. Denman of Siam,
Mrs. L. Dursteller of Japan ana Dr.
and Mrs. Malcom and two children,
Mrs. William McClure and three chil
dren, Mrs. Partickler and child. Dr.
and Mrs. Welcome and Dr. Helpner
from China. Dr. Leslie tells the fol
lowing story:
"When the news was received from
the north by a special messenger that
the various consuls had ordered all
their pepole out of China immediately,
the following party started from the
mission in Honanko: Mr. and Mrs.
McKenzie and child, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Goforth and four children, Mr. J. Grif
fith, Mr. T. C. Hood, Miss M. J- Mc
intosh, Miss Dr. J. J. Dow, Miss M. A.
Pike, Dr. and Mrs. P. W. Leslie and
myself.
"About the tenth day of our journey^
we were suddenly attacked by two op
three hundred yelling Chinese robbers.
Among us five there were only three
revolvers. We fought like demons to
protect the women and children, and
several Chinese were laid low in death
and several were wounded before the
weapons were knocked out of our
hands by stones and sword cuts.
"Most fortunately for our hard
pressed party, just as things were be
ginning to look hopeless for us some
of the Chinese pounced upon our valu
ables. They fell to fighting among
themselves and robbed us of every
thing we had.
"I have fifteen wounds as a result of
my encounter with the Chinese. For
tunately my wife received no serious
Injuries in the fight—a few sligh%
bruises, that is all—and the other la-'
dies also escaped without injury.
TESTTSG HOME FUEL.
Fargo
to Do Some Practical Work
With Lignite.
Fargo, X. D., Aug. 19.—Special tests
of the lignite coal from the mines along
the new Washburn road between Bis
marck and Wilton are to be made in
Fargo next week. Three cars will be
sent here for use in the furnaces of
the Fargo Edison company. The coal
is said to be the finest ever mined in
the state and it is claimed the new
road will open up the business to such
a degree that .the effects of the coal
trust will be minimized to a degree
in Xorth Dakota. It is claimed that
the coal can be laid down in Fargo in i
car load lots at $2.50 per ton, and it is'
of such grade that it can be used in
ordinary heating stoves without trou
ble. Of course its greatest value will
lie in its use in the furnaces. The sale
will be pushed in Fargo.
Kansas City Takes the Bnn.
Paris, Aug. 19.—The preliminary con
test in the international exhibition of
fire apparatus came off at Vincennes.
Some five thousand firemen, represent
ing many nationalities, participated.
The American representatives. Chief
George Hale cf Kansas City, and the
men of the Kansas City fire brigade,
caused great wonderment by their
quick harnessing and running, togeth
er with their method of life saving}
They received an ovation and by com*
mon consent were assigned the first
place. The contests will be continued
to-morrow.
Riot on Internrban Car.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.. Aug. 19.—A
small sized riot took place on an in
terurban car leaving this city, bound
for Eau Claire. A party of railroad
men assaulted Conductor Schussler, se
riously injuring him. There were about
twenty ladies in the car, and in the
scramble to reach a place of safety
a number were injured. One of the
railroad men was hit in the head with
a coupling pin, rendering him uncon
scious for several hours.
Receives Small Fortune.
Black River Falls, Wis., Aug. 19.—
Ruben Wescott of this place has just
fallen heir to $7,000. which is his share
of his mother's fortune, who died re
cently in Toronto, Canada. He went
to the local bank yesterday and drew
his $7,000 in a bundle. He Is fifty-four
years eld and has lived on the rig^t
bank of Town creek for twenty-five
years, always working hard to get
along.
Former Winona Girl.
Winona, Aug. 19.—The young woman
who claims to have been assaulted at
Mankato by three men in a hack on
the night of Aug. 3. and who gave her
name as Edith Watson, is Lillian
Welch, formerly of this city. Her
father was at one time an officer of the
police force here.
Soldiers From Cnha.
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Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 19.—Com^
paries E, F, and H, and the regi
mental band of the First infantry. Col.
A. A. Harock commanding, have ar
rived at Fort Leavenworth from Cuba
and gone into quarters. After a thor
ough rest the regiment will be sent to
China.
A«sa«lted by a Xefro.
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 19.—Charles
Grant, a negro, assaulted Mart Howe
in the pavilion at the reunion grounds.
He struck Howe with the heavy end
of a billiard cue. Howe has not yet
regained consciousness. Mr.' Howe* i»
a prominent politician and a Grand
Army man. Grant was arrested.
Hottest of the Tear.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 19.—Yesterday
was the hottest of the year, the gor
ernment thermometer registering 96
degrees and some on the streets -a
high as 1M in the «had«.