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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
The Crop Outlook

WASHINGTON, May 2.-The weather
during the past week has been especially
favorable for all growing crops through
out the grain regions of the northwest
and central valleys. The excessive SUM-
shine and warm weather favored farm
work, and the early sown wheat in Min
nesota and Dakota is in excellent condi-
ton. The light frosts which occurred
during the week in the central valleys
did not prove injurious. In the winter
wheat region, extending from the Ohio
valley westward to Kansas and south
ward to Tennessee and Arkansas, all the
crops are reported in excellent condition,
wheat and grass growing nicely and
much corn planted. The warm, clear
weather has caused very rapid evapora-
ton, and although there has been an ex-
cess of precipitation during the season,
there are many localities in the central
valleys where additional rain would
prove beneficial, and the indications are
that these rains will occur during the
early part of next week.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

be considered a days labor. He de-
clared that the socialistic party was the
only one to which the workingmen
should owe allegiance The resolutions
were adopted with whoop. and the at-
fair at the main stand was over. On
Broadway and Fourth avenue were
trucks filled with socialist speakers,
who addressed the crowd in various
tongues. Among them was E. Weiss
man, of San Francisco, editor of the To-
bacco Journal. His subject was the COM
mon one of all the speakers of the even
ing, that of 1.-THE Grinding Power of the
Capitalists He spoke in both Ger
man and English. No outbreak occurred,
and the crowd dispersed as soon as the
speaking was ended.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
The Seated Bulls Def.

American papers have had a good laugh
over the recent announcement in a French
paper of the death Of "Mme. Lawrence
Barrett:the celebrated American actress.',5
Another American story done into French
in Science Pour Tous (science for ALI is
now creating unbcunded amusement
1t illustrates the dense ignorance of Ameri
can affairs prevalent on the continent. The
article, which purports to give an account
Of the recent Indian trouble, is as fol-
lows:
1--WE have received some interesting in
formation concerning the incidents which
preceded the recent rising in arms of the
Indians in the west, and one of the first
engagements.
"The Seated Bull, their chieftain, hav-
ing resolved to make known the fact that
the Indians had not received their annui-
ties and certain promised munitions, he
took himself to the capital at Washing
ton.
There he laid before the president OF
the legislative body his complaints of the
governmental agents, who, he declared,
had stolen what was the Indians due. X
"He was informed that his declarations
would De taken under consideration and
he departed. But the promise having re-
NAMED without performance, the Seated
Bull once more came to the capitol.
This time, in the midst of the assem-
blage, the Seated Bull did not utter word.
but drew his tomahawk and dealt with f. a,
terrible blow upon the marble table which
was before him. The table was broken in
| two, and the chiefs tomahawk buried IL
self in the floor beneath. = &
ut was the token of the chiefs decIara.
| tion of war. -
The Seated Bull then left the capitol
him. Returning to his canoe, which he had
tied to one of the piers of the great bridge
across the Potomac river, he paddleri
rapidly back to- his own territory"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
The Bismarck Land Office Making
Arrangements to Transfer to
Minot officials
The Lands Which Will be Embraced
in the New Minot Land
District.
Efforts Being Made to Have the
Fort Bertbold Indians Cpde
100000 Acres.
Land Office Change.

The communication which follows has
been received by the officials of the Bis.
marck land office. The register and re-
ceiver are now busy arranging to make
the transfer of the proper records to the
Minot officers and are daily expecting
them to arrive and make settlement with
regard to territory and records belonging
to the new Office. The notice of the
establishment of the Minot land dis
trict reads as follows:
Notice is hereby given that by an act of
congress, approved September 26, 1890, "all
| that portion Of the state of North Dakota
bounded and described as follows: Com
mencing at the northwest corner of the
state of North Dakota; thence east along
the north boundary of said state to q point
at the intersection of said line with the.
eleventh guide merdian; thence south
| along said meridian to the twelfth stand
| ard parallel; thence west along said paral-
| lei; thence west along said parallel, when
produced, to the western boundary line of
said state OF North Dakota; thence north
along the western boundary line of said
+, state to the place Of beginning be- and is
! hereby, constituted new land district, to
be called the Minot land district.
"SEC g. That the president shall desig-
nate the place in the district at which the
! land office shall be located"
| And by executive order dated the 31st of
October, 1890, pursuant to the second
section of said act, the president has
designated the town OF Minot as the place.
where the land Office for said Minot
! district shall be located.
| Further notice of the precise time when
| the officers at Minot will he in readiness to
receive applications for the lands forming
their district will be given by the register
+! and receiver by publication.
LEWIS A. CROFT,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
| Surveyor-G General Williams expects to
begin operations in the new district in the
! course of six weeks. United States Indian
Inspector B. H. Miller is at Fort Berthold
now. His business is to secure the sigma
| lures of the Indians to ratification of the
| treaty amended by the last congress, where
| by they cede 100000 acres of land to the
government, to be thrown open to settle.
ment, receiving $800.000 therefor, being
| paid at the rate of $4,000 per year for ten
years. This treaty was made in 1876, but
| was not ratified until action was taken by
| the last congress. In case he is successful
the opening of the reservation will await
| the presidents pleasure. The new dis
trict embraces the counties of Renville.
Ward, Mountraille, Flannery, Buford, AL
red, Wallace and parts of Garfield and Sfe
| VenS. " ~ l,4E iayy55i II
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

The United States Interstate COM
merce commission will hold a meeting
IN Fargo next Friday to take evidence
in the case of E. M. Raworth against the
Northern Pacific railroad company.
This action was commenced in Septem-
Der 1889. The facts which led to it's in
stitution are these: Prior to July, 1889,
the rate on sugar from San Francisco to
Fargo was IS cents per hundred pounds.
The rate to Minneapolis and st. Paul
was the same. About this time, at the
instance of the wholesale merchants Of
Minneapolis and st. Paul, the rate to
Fargo was raised to 81 cents, while the
rate to Minneapolis and st. Paul re-
manned unchanged, making a discrimi-
nation against Fargo of 80 cents. The
rate from St. Paul and Minneapolis to
Fargo being 80 cents per hundred
pounds, the reason for this change is
plain to see. The difference between
the rate from San Francisco to Fargo,
and from San Francisco to st. Paul and
Minneapolis is just 80 cents. So under
the new rate it is possible for a
wholesale merchant in st. Paul
or Minneapolis to ship sugar
from San Francisco and then reship it to
Fargo at exactly the same cost as a
wholesale merchant in Fargo could ship
the same article direct from San Francis
co. This discrimination on staple pro-
duct like sugar is absolutely destructive
ofbusiness. It is the rate, however, which
is now in force and has been in force for
nearly two years. It can he justified only
upon the theory that the wholesale mer-
chants of Minneapolis and st, Paul have
an inalienable right to do the wholesale
business of North Dakota. 1t is utterly
unjustifable that a railroad should
charge for transporting carload of SUI
gar from San Francisco through Fargo
to st. Paul and from St. Paul back to
Fargo at exactly the same rate as it
charges for transporting carload of su-
gar from San Francisco to Fargo direct.
This discrimination against North Dako-
to is all the more CALLING in view of the
fact that the towns of South Dakota are
given the came rates on sugar shipped
from the Pacific coast as st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Chicago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
Indemnity for School Lands,

WASHINGTON, April 29.-The secretary
of the Interior has decided that the re-
cent act amending the statutes as to the
school indemnity lands applies to the
lew states of North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana and and Washington, and
takes the place of the provisions relating
to this matter in the enabling act These
states are, therefore, entitled to 1ndemni-
ty for sections 16 and 36 when those Sec
tions were settled upon prior to the sur.
vey, are fractional or wanting in town.
ship for any cause.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

The Peoples Bank, of Wahpeton, has
made application to the secretary of state
for charter, stating in their articles
that the capital is $1,000. The provi'
sions of section 6 of the bankruptcy act
which fixes the amount of capital re.
quired, appear to be lacking, in towns
the size of Wahpeton-1,10O inhabitants
The statute reads:
"No association shall be organized
in towns containing 500 inhabitants
So. 600; in towns of over 500 and not over
1000 inhabitants, with less capital than
$4,000; in towns of over 1000 and not over
5000 inhabitants, the capital shall not be
less than 100000"
It appears from this that the act does
not fix what amount of capital banks in
towns from 1000 to 1000 population
should have. The incorporators of the
new Peoples bank evidently tried to
carry out the ratio of thousand dollars
capital for every hundred people. At
torney General Spencer, however, holds
that $4,000 is required, being the next
sum mentioned after $4,000. 1t is evil
dent at glace that the law is defective
in this particular and towns of smaller
population are required to have as much
capital as the larger ones. The theory
of the law seems to be sort of mathe-
NAUTICAL progression of capital in the
ratio of residents, but Wahpeton being
over the thousand limit must skip up to
the two thousand figure. It is strange this
incongruity should have passed two SEES
sions without being fixed, but law is law
and it stands this way and it will for
two years at least.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
BAD FOR KANSAS.

The Growing Wheat is Turning Yellow
and Will be Partial or Total Fail
ure.
KANSAS CRY, May 2.-Reports were
received here to-day from sixteen of the
principal wheatgrowing counties of
Kansas. Brown, Dickinson, Boston,
Sumner, Salire, Lincoln and Ford coun-
ties report that the wheat is turning yell
low from some unknown cause. The re-
port says those counties will not yield
more than from half to two-thlrds of a
full crop. Reno county reports many
fields unfit to cut. A ssnew bug" appears
in several counties where the wheat is
turning yellow. Several counties report
damage from drought.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
Sold to the Rothchilds.

BUTTE, Mont, April 2S.-It was re-
ported here tonight that the Anaconda
mines have been sold to the Rothchilds
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
BUTTE, Mont, April 2S.-The story is
that VIM. Neyser, president of the Balti-
more Copper company will sail from
New York for Europe May 6, to transfer
the Anaconda mine to syndicate repre-
sented by the Rothchilds. The deal, it
is said, has been in progress for some
time. The price reported to have been
agreed upon for the mines is $25, 100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
The Jersey Forest Fires

MAYS LANDING. N. j., May q Three
forest tires are raging in this vicinity to-
day. Fires in this locality the past week
have done $4,000 damage. Some Of the
finest timber land in south jersey. Ia
Gated near Weymouth, caught fire last.
night and burned over about three miles
OF the finest standing timber ia AZ
iantlc county. Senator Gardner has
iost several hundred acres Of valuable
!lmber. One of the worst fires known
IN thus section for years threatened Rich-
iand last night. It was started by tramps
DeIween vlneland and Richland, and 4;
Drlsk wind carried it to within one mile
OF auckland. It was got under con-
trol after several hours Of hard fiuht;nu
by the residents Of that place.
a belt OF pines known as the Sonth
Jersey deer woods, consisting Of several
Thousand acres OF the finest pine in Nav
Jersey stretching over eighteen miles il y,
the Atlantic coast, has been totally AZ,
stroyed. The residents Of q small
hamlet and charcoal colony in the m;dstE
OF these pines fed for their lives. laau;,,rr
everything. The valuable cedar swamy es
owned by Thos. j. Smallwood. 81 this
place, situated near Athen. was dastroyo .is
All forest fires in the vicinity at M;liv;iia.s
y. =. are ont. Joseph Mayhem AZ RmcI {
shntem, who had 500 acres burned nua sr
IN Bear swamp, says the loss there Nil; IN
reach $4,000. The damage dina Y ~ =
( Tour other fires thereabouts viii -rap 81
about $35, 900. ~ u 5. 7 sasa
Miners in the Pittahnrg a;st y; u, s N
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
The Coke strikers Reio,c,n \,

scoTrDALE. Pa, May 2.-The strikers
are rather celebrating tonight over the
withdrawal Of at least 500 men from the
various plants. They acknowledge this
was brought about by the free disburse-
ment of money Their funds are inn
proving. The operators are not idle,
however, and labor is being steadily i'm.
ported, to take the places Of the desert.
ers. Tomorrow mass meeting will be
held, to argue with the imported labor.
Aside from 9 severe pounding inflicted
on Officer Gay and q Hungarian, affairs
were serene to-day. i@f
Terrible Forest Fires.
PhEAssANTyHLE, N. j., April sc. The
.fercest and most disastrous ferost FIRE on
record in Atlanta county for many years
is raging tonight in the vicinity Of Como
vertowD and Port Republic, and the
heavens are illuminated like MONDAY.
The little hamlet OF Conovertown was
burned. Already 500, 600 worth OF tim
Der has been destroyed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
A DISASTROUS STRIKE,
1t is Probable That the st. Louis Carpen
tiers Will Go Out Monday.

1t is Probable That the st. Louis Carpen-
ters Will Go Out Monday.
ST. LOUIS, May PA bombshell was
thrown into the camp of the Brotherhood
OF Carpenters and Joiners this evening
by the announcement at the meeting Of
the Master Builders association this af-
ternoon that the organization had repu-
dated their concessions to the demand
OF the carpenters for 40 cents
per hour and an eight.hour day
and had passed resolution declaring
that they would pay but SO per day for
eight Eours' work. The master builders
declare this resolution final, and as the
carpenters will not accept it, it is proba-
BILE that Monday will see one Of the most
disastrous strikes in the building trade
that has ever occurred in this city.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
New York's Demonstration.

New YORK, May 1.--Small armies of men
marching to the tune of Marsellaise and
other airs carrying aloft red flags and
transparencies, the latter denouncing all
monopolies, approached Union square
tonight to participate in the great eight
hour labor demonstration held under the
auspices of he Central Labor declarations
and socialistic labor party. It was esti-
mated that there were 5000 people in
the Park aud in front of the plaza and at
the side stands on Broadway and on
Fourth avenue. The police arrange
ments consisted of about seventy-five
footmen, twenty-five mounted, lot of
detectives and central office men in citi-
zens dress were also scattered through
the great crowd in case of any emerg-
ency. The main speakers stand was at
cottage on the plaza on Seventeenth
street. Here English speakers talked
while speeches we're delivered in German
and Hebrew from the stands on Broad
way and on Fourth avenue. Many
women were crowded in the throng. AS
each union or delegation arrived on the
scene flags and banners carried by the
leaders were ranged about the cottage.
Flaring torches and red flags of social
istic bodies, upturned faces of thous-
ands of wage workers, made a picturesque
and fearsome sort of a sight. Shortly
after 8 o'clock the meeting was called to
order by Chairman Lucien Laniel.
While the chairman was addressing the
crowd, socialistic labor unions continued
to arrive in small and large bodies,
marching to the meeting. One of the
socialistic bodies carried red flag with
the union down. Laniel, when he had a
chance to speak, said that he hoped the
hearts of the working people would be
as stout as their lungs during the con-
flict for eight hours. The universal
motto of labor is
I'VE WIN, WE SHALL; WE MUST"
1t was high time after century of ad-
vancelnent that labor had it's due. Labor
was entitled to share of it's products.
It was time to unite and get it. The first
step to be accomplished was reduction
in the hours Of labor. As men, they
should stand together, not as citizens Of
the United States, but as workers of the
whole world against plutocracy. After
other local speakers had addressed the
crowd, a long preamble and series of de-.
mandatory resolutions were read at the
main stand. Features of this deliverance
were: Endorsement Of the demands Of
the Paris convention; demands for con-
solidation against capital; statutory es-
tablishment Of an eight-hour day; resort
to political action to attain the ends de-
sired, and allegiance to the socialistic
party. After resolutions were read, FL.
G. Wiltshire, wealthy socialist from
Los Angeles. CAL, addressed the meet
ing. His talk was short, but to the point.
He said the workman earned more in
four hours for bis employer than he was
paid for wording twelve hours, and pre-
dicted that agitation for an eight-hour
law was only the forrunner to q
! demand that fouf hours should
10 ~ T.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

The impression prevails that no pre-
emption entries can now be made. This
is incorrect. The general land Office has
ruled that persons who commenced set
Element on land prior to March 8. 1891,
when the new law passed, are entitled to
the ninety days time granted under the
old law in which to make presumption
filing, or until the Sd of June.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
the Chicago Mining Exchange.

CHICAGO, April q. The Chicago Min
ing Stock exchange was formally opened
this afternoon. Besides some hundreds
OF Chicagoans present, there were visit
ing brokers from San Francisco, Helena,
Butte, st. Louis and other cities. The
nrst call on the floor Of the new exchange
Will take place tomorrow morning.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

the Chicago mayoralty fight, and has
concluded to be in politics yet awhile.
The republicans of that city are thank
ing their stars that he was on hand cleo
ton day, as without his aid Hampstead
Washburne would still be private citi-
zen. The friends of Washbnrne should
remember Carter in their prayers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

The government has authorized the
president Of the Fargo agricultural col
lege to establish twenty observing sta
lions in North Dakota and appoint OBJ
servers. There will be no pay attached
to the position, but the instruments will
be furnished free.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

RANSOM county sends out Will that
they have 5000 feeces to clip soon and
no professional manipulation of the
shears. A job is offered one who under
stands his biz.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

The tract for supplying the James
town asylum with coal the ensuing year
was awarded to the Gull River Lumber
Co. Quite number of bidders we're
present.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
(Slgned)
gnedJ Two K STRIKES.
Mark.

Lieutenant bravo, who wrote the let
ter from dictation adds: "Two Strikes
had me write this letter to you from
him. He appears much worried by
these false rumors going about concern
ing his intentions. I believe the old
man is sincere. To-day he brought in
his son and nephew to enlist and to-day
they are both soldiers in troop L Sixth
cavalry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
rnHY ru1Nx OF F4RM1yG.
Two strike Says the Indians Have Had
All the War They Want.

| Two strike Says the Indians Have Had
All the War They Want.
WASHINGTON, April 29-Captain R. II.
Pratt, of the Tenth cavalry, superintend-
emit of the Carlisle Indian school, recently
received and forwarded to Secretary
Proctor an interesting letter from the old
chief, Two Strike, who, figured very
prominently in last winters campaign in
South Dakota. The letter is dated
April 18th, at Rosebud agency, and is as
follows, having been dictated to an army
officer:
"Friend Captain: You wrote me about
the Indians here making more trouble.
There is no intention here OF having
trouble. If we were going to make
trouble, why would we enlist our young
men as soldiers for the great father, as
we are now doing? We see that this is
very good chance for our young men to
do something for themselves and make
men of themselves, and we let them en-
list. There was young man from
Standing Rock came here and asked me
the same question as you did, and 1 told
him that we have no thought of making
any more trouble; that we had one
trouble at Wounded Knee; that we our
selves did not have anything to do with
it, but that it gave us lesson. We did
not want to fight in the first place, but
somebody called for troops. All we
think about now is to farm. I
received a letter about the same
matter from Lower Brule agency, and I
told them that we were not going to
make any more trouble and that they
must not pay any attention to such talk.
This talk gives me much trouble and I
did not like it. do not want to tell my
officer friends any lies, for know they
are here from the great father.
His
(Slgne6 Two x STRIKES"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

CARTER HARR1soN has reconsidered
his announcement, made at the close Of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

"Old Hutch is said to he thoroughly
solvent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
ONLY THREE KILLED.

BALTIMORE, April 28-Engineer Elliot
was married only short time ago. En-
gineer Golf was not killed, he Nas re-
moved to Baltimore and walked from that
station to his home, making only three
killed and three wounded.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
Duluth Market

.. DuLUTH. May4.
Closing; May. sl.0s, July, sla2; No. 4 North
/ srn. cash, i.o7,st No. e Northern cs4h, s1.ola,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

Miners in the Pittsburg district viii
I 1sa. g work on Monday, their WAGES,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
Minneapolis Market.

MmneapOlts Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 4. i;
Closing: No. hard, May. sl.0a; on track,
Sl.0se9l.Oshs; No. 4 Northern, on track, sl.os@
s1.06A; No. 2 Northern, on track. 81 OK.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
An Express Runs Into a Freight Train
On the Il. s. O..

An Express Runs Into Freight Train
On the Il. s. o.
WASHINGTON, April 28.-An accident in
which four persons were killed and sew
eral injured, occurred this afternoon on
the Metropolitan branch of the B. & o.
railroad, about one mile this side of
Gaithersburg. The train was the Gin
cinnati express which left Washington at
$3.50 and ran into a freight train which
was at standstill at a small station
called Warrengs; Engineer Curtis Ell
lott of the express; Henry Golf, Fire.
man Murphy of the freight, and postal
clerk S. G. Burdett were killed. Postal
clerk Peacock and Fireman M. G. Miller,
of the express, we're seriously injured.
None Of the passengers were dangerous
ly hurt. The western mails were par
TALLY destroyed by fire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

THE MARKETS BIZ TELEGRAPH.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. May A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-14

WHEAT NO. 2.