Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-06-25
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There are terrible forest fires in New
Brunswick.
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Australia has joined the universal po-
stal union.
Gen. John O'Neil dropped dead at st.
Louis Tuesday.
The New Brunswick forest fires are
becoming worse.
The Russian winter wheat yield will be
below the average.
There was a terrific thunder storm at
Montreal Thursday.
The street car strikers in Grand hap
ids, Mich, are rioting.
The British Behring see bill has re-
ceived the royal assent.
Italian immigrants to the number OF
Abs arrived at New York Wednesday,.
Benson J. Losing. the American his
torian, died at Poughkeepsie Thursday.
Disorder is threatened at Buenos
Ayres on account of the financial crlsls'
Rev. Sam. Small is found to be over
$1,000 in arrears to the Utah unlver-
sity.
The Usage river is on high in Mis-
souri, and great loss will be the result to
farms.
Up to Thursday Lord Stanley had not
yet called upon any person to form the
ministry.
It is rumored that General Schofeld
will marry Miss Georgia N. Kiibourne OF
Keokuk, Ia.
There has been great loss of life and
property in the Red river valley, in Tex
as, from floods.
The English monarchy is believed to
have been greatly shaken by the baccarat
trial revelations.
All Michigan railroads are placed
under the same method of taxation by
the law just passed.
At Berlin, lightning killed two sellers,
while being drilled by the emperor, and
badly injured others.
At Iquique the Itata handed over all
the arms she took from San Diego, con.
sisting of 5000 rifles.
Sir William Gorden-C Cumming married
Miss Florence Garner, of New York, at
London, Wednesday.
Samoan islanders are said to be dis
satisfied with the Berlin treaty and want
change in their king.
At the request of Gordon Cumming
the home coming welcome to himself and
bride has been abandoned.
The prince of Wales denies that he re-
vealed the baccarat scandal and is stung
by the criticisms of the press.
Chinese riots against the missionaries
still continue and foreigners have been
compelled to fly for their lives.
The Michigan house passed a bill
placing mining property on the same
basis as other property for taxation.
The southern states have formally in
vited the president to visit the exposition
at Raleigh, N. c., in October.
A st. Louis paper reiterates the state
ment that Secretary Noble will resign
and become minister to Russia.
The new peoples party will meet at
st. Louis June %, to arrange plan of
action for the comming campaign.
President Thayer of the Brandon, YER
mont, National bank had $4,000 sto en-
on the train from Omaha to Chicago
The London Official Gazette an
nounces that the name of Gordon Cum
mings was removed from the army list
June 9th.
The English newspaper comments on
the Prince of Wales connection with
gambling continue severe, and the
Prince is sulking.
Treasurer Bardsley of Philadelphia
plead guilty to every charge in the in
dlctment, the total amount of money in
volved being S673, 1856.
In his speech in the baccarat scandal
trial, Sir Edward Clark created a sensa-
ton by saying 1t would be impossible for
the authorities to fire Gordon Cumming
from the army list unless the Prince Of
Wales went also.
~, A waterspout at Tonala, Mexico,
Thursday, caused great damag e Many
streets were flooded. The government
received telegram announcing that the
large new pier here was totally washed
away: Heavy rains are falling through
out the country.
The president has appointed w, F.
Stone of Colorado, r, G.. Fuller of North
Carolina, w: NJ. Murray of Tennessee
and Henry Q. Sluss of Kansas to be asso-
clate Justices, and J. R. Reed of Iowa to
be chief justice of the court of private
Land claims, and Matthew G. Reynolds of
Missouri United States attorney for the
same court.
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