Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-03
He is supposed to be insane and may
have escaped from some asylum.
From, Foreign shor,

! From Foreign shores.
The waring factions in Samoa reach
an armisticc.
A new Panama canal company Is be.
ing organized in Paris.
| Peru is in the hands Of two presi-
dents and dictator.
Enslishmen discuss the advisa nifty
of anneXing Samoa.
The distress in the province Of An
dalusia, Spain, is acute and serio1e
rioting has resulted.
The Parncllites hold a convention In
Dublin and declare against the Rose
berry government.
The cabinet crisis in Chile has ended
and new ministry composed Of Radi-
calls and Liberals has been formed.
1t is said Germany intends to issue a
loan Of 1OT,OOO,OOO marks, the money to
be devoted to the extra expenses of the
ARMY and navy.
An imperial decree has been issued
announcing that henceforth Austria and
Russia will accord each other the
most favored nation" treatment.
NJ. de Rurlet, the new Belgium pre-
mier. announced to the chamber of rep
rcsentatives that the bill providing for
proportionate representation had been
Withdrawn, and intimated that the gov
eminent intended to increase the i'm
port duties on cereals.
The Boring sea award bill. as remod-
eled by the attorney general, Sir
Charles Russell. has been printed 1t
provides for the seizure by English or
American naval officers Of sealers
found infringing the provisions of the
award.
The international sanitary convention
was signed at Paris. The United States
and Great Britain made reservations
as to mionr details. 1t is believed that
II the decisions Of the convention are
carried out they will prove an effectual
cheek To the importation Of cholera
into Europe and into the United States.
The official Messenger dEurope Of st.
Petersburg publishes Z communique
which says that the council of the en-
pire regards the conclusion of the Rus
so-German commercial treaty as fresh
pledge OF European peace. The COM
munlcation also says that the treaty is
desirable from political standpoint
and equally advantageous from an eco
uOullC pOlllC OF view.
In the Far West.
Many Navajo Indians in New Mexico
are SO near starvation that they are
compelled to kill ranchmen's stock as
matter Of self preservation.
Fruita, in the Grand Valley, Col,
boasts OF man who located there with
% cents as his capital six years ago,
who has just cleaned up $4,000 from
the sale of ninety acres of fruit land
which he took up and planted in Or
chards. He has supported family
while making this little start in life.
Ten thousand elk are said to have
come out from the mountains and foot
hills on the plains between Fort Wash
axle and Wind River, Wyo.. to escape
the deep snow. They are very tame,
there being no one but cowboys in that
section. Indian agents Will not permit
the Indians to kill them
Two mountain lions were killed by
stoc..snlen riding in the hills along
Grand Ronde river, a short distance i
above where it's waters mingle with.
these of Snake river in Washington.
There was great rejoicing at the indian
village. as the lions We're credited with
making a meal off of three dogs the
night previous.
At Carson, New, the home of Johnny
Crow, the boy who saved six children
from drowning in the Carson river JAN
Ia, was burned to the, ground. The
family. consisting of nine children and
the mother and father, We're asleep
when the fire broke out. Johnny
awakened and promptly aroused the
others. IIe opened the windows and
helped tc &c. the children out of dan
ger.
Otherwise.
The Illinois supreme court affirmed
the validity of the railway rate law.
A good season in the Black Hills gold