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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
ADRIFT ON TIE LAKE.
Nine Men Mt Milwaukee Have Proba.
bly, PeriAhcd.

NINE Men ut Milwaukee Have Proba.
bly, Perishcd.
milwaukee, Feb. 9.-Somewhere ONT
IN the lake nine men are supposed to
DC adrift in two yawl boats that left
the North Point pumping stanton iaat
night. The first yawl boat was manned
ny TOUR men who came in from the
crlD 1or supplies in the afternoon ana
started back with provisions at S
o'clock. 1t is supposed that this boat
iailed to reach the crib, and that It
drlfted out toward mid-lake with it's
occupants At Z o'clock second yawI
boat, manned by five volunteers, went
CUT to the crib in answer to distress
Signals. This boat also has not been
neard from again, and it is supposed
tnat 1t also failed to reach the lake end
OF the intake tunnel. The fire boat
foley.. having in two a crew of yolun-
teers Ill the surf boat, left the harbor.
and was seen to communicate with ts,e
men on the crib, and then steamed ont
Ia tilc lake in a southeasterly direc-
,ioh: The supposition is that the fire
poat IS out i'll search of the two yawl
boats and their occupants, but it has
not returned to this port If the men in
the yawls failed to hand ut the crib.
tiley We're probably frozen to death
rs the thermometer was 20 deg. below
zero Oh the lake, and some of the men
were scantily dressed. The names IF
,lle men adrift, as nearly as could be
learned, arc - Allen, "Gov." Rar.
ret.' James Cabin, Barry. John
Daiey' Jeremiah Fallen, "Slim" Welsh
ana two unknown men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Unfortunate Events.

Mrs. Frances William was struck by a
Wabash locomotive at Burrows, Ind,
and fatally injured.
A man named Reuter-, living near
Charles City, Iowa, was frozen to
death and was found sitting in a chair.
| The Agar old child of Mrs. Hattie
Jones Of Marion, Ind, was fatally
burned while playing about crate.
The new coal shaft at Mascoutah.
Ill.,. was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by qnicksaEd.
The bodies of the crews lost from the
sarges wrecked off Port Judith have
come ashore.
Eight coasters were seriously injured
and one was killed in collision be-
tween bobsled and a cable Cur in st.
louis.
Trainmen on the Memphis route re-.
port two men frozen to death near the
railway track six miles from Hoxie,
Ark.
The farm residence of William
Pance, OH the Owen Lovejoy home
stead, of underground railroad fame,
2ne mile east Of Princeton, Ind. was
destroyed by fire, together with the
contents.
Fire Chief John Redell. who went
from Chicago to assume charge Of the
Omaha department the first of the year
probably was permanently crippled at
I fire. He slipped and suffered concus-
zion Of the spine and is in a serious
condition.
At Iacatecas, Mex, DR.. John Pow
Eli, physician of Pennsylvania, who
came to Mexico a few months ago to
Jake Il position as surgeon and ply.
;ician for an American mining com.
?any, was accidently shot and killed
~ d companion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Trnins SnoMedIn

Quincy, H., Feb. 9.-The mercury
was below zero all day, with a north
west Dllzzald blowing, and the ther-
mometer now registers 10 below. All
roads except the Burlington are suffer-
ing. A train which left here yesterday
on the Vuln y, Omaha & Kansas City
road is still stuck in a snow drift ten
miles from Humphreys. The passcn-
gers are melting snow to fill the boilers
ana with ,'hic'. to apprasc their thirst.
ana are being fed by neighboring farm.
"is. Three other trains on the same
me are stalled near Edna anu Kinks
vile.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Foreign.

The National Sporting club OF Lon
don has declined to promote q match
between jackson and Mitchell.
The triple alliance will be renewed
this We =. ,,iler with special mill
tary convention.
The German warship Stein, concern
ing the safety of which some anxiety
was fsit has arrived safely at Trieste.
A Guatemalan envoy is reported to
be endeavoring to negotiate agsecret
alliance with Honduras and Nicaragua.
The partisans of ex-President Pcix-
OTTO of Brazil are making manifesto
lions daily and threaten to cause seri-
GUS trouble.
The first step has been taken by the
Due d'Orleans toward recovering his
throne; hereafter Paris tailors only
are to make his clothes.
Molnenti, the painter, died recently
III Venice aged Is, and was buried In
the Church Of the Frari, Immediately
under Titans Madonna.
During 1894. twenty-thrce members
of the house of lords, died, sixteen of
them being seventy or over, and Only
two members of the commons.
Prof. George J. Brush, of the Shelf
field Scientific school Of Yale univer-
sity. has just been elected a foreign
member OF the Royal Geological socie-
ty.
The action of sea water is reported
to have SO lcosened the joints Of the
aluminium torpedo boat recently made
for the French navy that it is in dan
ger OF falling to pieces.
The Turkish government has inform
ed the British embassy that no report
ers will be allowed to visit Sassoun
until the Armenian commission shall
have made its report. @
Telegraph lines throughout the world
aggregate 1.O69,123 miles; of these
America has more than half, 54S.S22
miles; Europe. 3S2,937; Asia, G7,S75;
Australia, 1882, and Africa, ,6S7
miles. SE
Ludwig 2ietsch, the well-known il
illustrator and art critic of the Vossis-
che Zeieung received the honorary title
Of professor from Emperor William on
his 10th birthday. which came on
Christmas day. 1t is the first time the
title has been conferred on a Journal
list.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

The English are reported to have Civ
en- friendly intimation" to Japan tina
the British feet will rot permit Japan
ese war-ships to enter the river leading
to Nankin. One trouble about opening
up communication with Mars is that
the planet would probably be found
to be within the sphere Of British in.
uence.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

John A. Logan, Jr., has offered to do
nate tract of 100 acres west Of
Youngstown, Ohio, to the Junior Order
Of United American Mechanics for 4
site for the orders national home for
widows and orphans.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Otherwise.


Henry Meyers of Dixon, ILL.,, was CIV
en- verdict of $4,000 for injuries in an
Illinois Central railroad wreck.
Possession of II. r. Jacobs theater
at Cleveland, Ohio, was taken for non
payment of rent.
7. S, Coxey was sued for $5.464 in
Cleveland by Harmon u Irawley, al
legged to be due on a restaurant
The petrifed body Of man twenty
feet in length was found on Thomas
Bankers farm, near Abba, Iowa.
A reduction in Chicago-New York
grain rates ordered at tho cleveland
meeting is {. needed to be inadequate.
All Of Brooklyn's warehouse inter-
ests with a single exception are now
consolidated into one. The deal was
executed to-day.
Mayor Caldwell of Cincinnati in an
Interview to-day said that any profes-
sional prize fighter coming here would
be sent to the workhouse.
Mrs. Sarah Spencer of San Francisco
was awarded $4,000 at Little Rock
for injuries received in a wreck on the
Iron Mountain railroad. s
At Birmingham Ala, Wiley Glenn
ents and Joshua Hughes. mine BOSSES
were this morning fatally wounded by
Bud Jones, negro miner.
A bill has passed the North Carolina
senate to prevent prize fighting or bet
ting on anything of that nature in
North Carolina.
At Alton. ILL.,, the Illinois Glass COM
Dany has shut down a continuous tank
furnace, throwing out Of employment
1925 hands. This is owing to the action
Of the child labor law.
Miss Ada Wolfe of Mount Pleasant,
Mich, has brought suit against Mark
Sweet of Eden, Ohio, for alleged
breach Of promise, claiming $4,000
damages. ~,
Coal miners in Rutland, ILL.,, are suf
fering because of the suspension of
the Northern Illinois Coal company,
which, before that occurrence. had not
paid many OF teen for month.
Chief Arthur of the brotherhood Of
Engineers has gone to the Pacific coast
to consult with men there on the re-
auctions pronoscd in the new Southern
Pacific schedule.
The sensational divorce suit Ut Mrs.
Victoria weaver against CualAes Wea-
yer at Brazil Ind. has been decided.
Mrs. Weaver was given divorce and
the custody of their two children.
NJ. A. Eddy, farmer living near
Sycamore, ILL.,, read in his farm paper
that soft coal ground fine, was good
thing to mix with feed for hogs. He
tried it yesterday and has sixty dead
hogs
The last of the horde of gamblers
and lottery fakirs who have for years
infested Kansas City, Kan. practically
unmolested by the authorities. have at
last moved out. This ends Ae crusade
against them.
The Pacific Coast Steamship CON-
pany Of San Francisco has announced
that it will continue the rate-cutting
to Puget sound ports as long as the
opposition lines continue to run steam-
ers.
Henry Pressy. Il farmer, died at
Copenhagen. Ont, OF smallpox. He
contracted the disease handling money
which hud been III the possession OF Il
smallpox victim.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

James 3. Church of Tiverton, R. l.,
a man fifty-two years old, bathed in
the river near his home on January 3
at o'clock in the morning. He likes
that sort of thing and does it fire.
uuently,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Berlin: Hamburg, Trieste and Vienna
were connected by telephone over 0OU
miles Of wire few weeks ago, and Co.
circuit. AS the Danish capital already
telephones to Northern Sweden, SOC
miles distant, the conversational pos
sibilitics in Europe arc becoming in
tereSting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Felix Alder Of the New York Ethical
society, recently speaking on tho sub
ject of the Public Schools" said the
school was the child Of democracy.
Education in the past was for the
few, not for the many.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

The salary Of the president of France
is $1,000 per day, Sundays included.
We would just like to see the cabinet
or the window, either-that could jolt
US out of such an Office as that!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Joseph Cook has taken up the sub
ject of the Armenian massacres, and
his powerful relation of the facts in
the case will intensity the feeling Of
horror in all just and humane minds
aroused by the barbarity and cruelty
of the Turks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

From the manner in which the New
York newspapers describe the reeking,
filthy tenement houses In that city and
the vile disease-soaked abodes of vice
and squalor, it is evident that fierce
and extensive confagration is about as
badly needed as better government
Desperate cases require desperate rem
dies, and fire is a great purifier.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

BY the death of NJ. De Giers Russia
has lost one of its ablest statesmen.
For a long time he took a prominent
part in conducting the foreign affairs
of Russia, and it may be said that the
wise management of foreign matters
during the reign of Alexander the
III was due in the main to him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Col. j. Eugene Jarnigan Of South
Carolina has been appointed United
States consul at Ruatan. Honduras.
It is difficult to understand how he
succeeded in keeping that name out Of
congress.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

The Cook gang recently held up an
editor and after robbing him of 81,
made him promise not to print any
thing about them in his paper This
distinct invasion OF the rights Of the
press involves constitutional issues
and justifies the calling orr OF federal
troops. We. as profession. don't
mind the 81 but we will not be die
tatcd 10.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Germany's young emperor may be all
right when he speaks of My army"
but his reputation for modesty would
be improved on this side of the Allan
tic if he would take the German ma
ton into partnership.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

The other evening while Miss Han
nah Green was at a party she paused
in the midst Of a dance She had tried
TO speak to her partner, but found that
she could not utter a word. She has
been unable to speak since. A few
days ago Miss Mollie Tindolph, cous-
in of Miss Green, suddenly lost all use
Of her lower limbs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

1t was mentioned at the reunion of
the Mosby men in Virginia last Week
that their commander invented his
own tactics, and that the only formal
order he ever gave was $50 for 'em.'
In spite of these defects Mosby was
considered q military nuisance by the
men in blue.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Casimir- Perier's mother a we'll pre-
served lady Of sc years Of age, takes a
very active interest in French politics
She has been closely connected witt.
the leading events in France for sew :
al generations. and her mind is stor i.
with facts and incidents of great val, q
TO the historian. She disapproved of
her sons resignation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Mrs. Newell Case of Battle Creek,
Mich, has twins born in different
years. One came into the world at
11:55 p. m, December 81. 1894, and
the other at 1905 a. M, January l.,
1895.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
THE HAYWARD TRIAL
THE GING MURDER TRIAL ON AT
MINNEAPOLIS.

Charles nllxt, the sclf-Confesscd
Slayer of the Girl, Takes the stand
and Goes Into Details of the Crime.
Bllxt Breaks Down and SoAs Like
CHA.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
LhNGDONcouRIER- DEMOCRAT
A. 1. KGHnsrrDr. Proprietor.
LANGDoN, NORTH DAKOTA.

Thomas A. Edison says he would be
happy if he could break himself OF
smoking. He might quit for awhile
and see how that would work.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
AROUND THE GLOBE
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

All Important Occurrences of the
Past Week, Boiled Down and ARR
nnged for Rapid RcndinE. From
Home and Abroad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Minneapolis, Feb. SIT was evident
at the cross-examination of Claus
Blixt proceeded to-day. that Erwin
had determined on different line of
attack from that attempted yesterday
which had so signally failed. He
threatened and browbeat the witness
Mr.. Erwin took up each discrepancy
between BliXt's testimony yesterday
and the first confession he mad ;.
wherein he asserted that Hayward
had done the actual shooting, and
asked the witness the reason for it.
Blixt's invariablc reply was that he
was confused at the time, and his rec
objection was not clear. He had
thought it over every day since thea.
and all the details had come back to
him. Oftcntimes the efforts of the
lawyer to entrap him were foilcd by
the stolidity and simplicity of the
witness.
Mrs. Dlixt Tcstihes.
Blixt was taken i'll with headache
and excused until tomorrow.
Mrs. Blixt was next called. Julia
Ellen BliXt is a plain little woman
with pale face, reddish gold hair
drawn straight back and dressed l.:
black with q sailor hat of the same
color. They were married two years
ago and went to the Ozark fats April
IA. Mrs. Blixt's brother, Charles An.
derson, was ut the flats the latter
part OF the time and was cmploycd
during November to fire IN from ! to
z. Mrs. BliXt knew Harry HAYWARD
He was III the basement every niphi
Tor three weeks or 4 month before tho
murder. He always talked with Blixt
whch uiey We're alone. They talked
for hours, often talking till late. Mrs
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

down and asked me IL l ever heard OF
people getting killed in elevators. !
said had. He said he would get IN
the elevator with her and strike her on
the head, and then put her on the floor
go that when the elevator started II
would
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-14
EAST PROVIDENCE,

Yesterday Mr.. t. Mcclellan. wife and three
boys arrived here from Kansas City. and they
are the guests OF Il. {. Ray. Mrs Mcclellan
is sister TO Mrs. Ray. Mrs. +. Williams, whose
husband keeps the hardware store at Broad
way, is another sister, and Mr.. Norton, who
keeps the Cash Grocery in the same building,
Is brother. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams came
here from San Francisco Cal, and Mr.. and
Mrs Norton came from Kansas City. Mrs.
Mcclellan has been in poor health for several
years, and as her sisters and brothers had inn
proved so much in health since residing In the
East she has come here 90 see IL the climate
will agree with her. Mr.. Mcclellan said that
they had not reached New York before he
was surprised 10 hear his wife say she was
hungry" something ho had not heard her
say in several years. Mr.. Mcclellan Is a real
estate dealer in Kansas City and vicinity, and
also extensively interested in several silver
and gold mines.
Netop Council O. U. A. NJ. held a very in
: resting meeting last evening. There was a
good number of the members present
There were visitors from the city councils, in.
cluding committee from the Mechanics
Building Association i'm the interest Of the
building fund. They are trying to raise
money among the members of the order TO
make another payment on the building which
the association has purchased on Washington
street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-14
BRISTOL.

Joseph Trudell's horse became fright
ened and unmanageable yesterday after
noon and came dashing along Wood
street at frightful gait, endangering the
| lives OF many of the operatives OF the Rub
Der Works who were returning home. AL.
fred M. Pierce at the risk OF his own life
stopped the horse.
| The King Philip Steam Fire Engine
company have taken a very decided
stand as regards the invitation rendered
them by the Fourth Of July committee.
Ihey voted to lay the whole matter upon
The Cranston Worsted Mills are running
night and day in order to fill back orders.
Efforts are being made to have Michael
Sharillo released from custody. He has
peen confined for several days for threat
ening TO kill Raffaelo Finello, who was
charged with attempting to commit rape
upon his daughter. Since his confinement
ne has been unable TO procure bonds.
Mr.. Agustus Bennett and Robert Bliss,
VINO are stopping at the Bristol Ferry
House, came In here on Thursday and
showed the first striped bass caught this
season with hook and line.
What Is very much needed at the pres
ent time Is watering cart upon the pub
TIC streets. The town owns one, but IL is
100 good TO be used, so they are going to
place II In the procession on the Fourth,
WITH the stone crusher, after which it will
bo pIhCed lu-tne MemoflaI building with
the rest OF the ourios.
The Bristol Hotel, under its new man
agement, Is doing a thriving business,
proprietor Bennett says that he has a
house full constantly and is compelled to
refuse permanent boarders in order to
take care OF the transient. On Sunday he
expects an excursion party to dinner and
is making great preparations.
Ihe steel Rail Gun Club, consisting of
employees upon the railroad, are doing fine
work In their practice games, a number
OF them are breaking 20 clay pigeons out
of possible %.
Mr.. M. S. Sullivan, attorney at law,
accompanied by his wife, of New Bedford,
Is In town making arrangements TO dis
pose OF the property upon the corner of
Franklin and Wood streets.
stephen w. Church, who was appointed
aominlstrator upon the estate OF John
Connery, has given bonds and COM
menced MS duties with the appraisers OF
taxing an inventory OF the entire stock,
after which he will dispose of il at auc-
tion.
The officers of the graduating class OF
the Bristol High School are: President,
Edward Z. Church, Jr.; vice. president,
FRANK ii. Hamill; secretary, Miss Edna
wood; treasurer, Miss Louise +. Chad
Wick. Miss Edna Wood is the valedicto-
rian OF the class.
Ihere are more summer visitors in town
at the present time than in any previous
year, and a number more are to arrive
who have engaged cottages.
young lad by the name OF Joseph Rey-
nolds, employed in the Nsmquit mill, fell
I his morning, striking his head against a
loom ana cutting an ugly wound. He was
taken to the cloth room and his wounds
dressed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-14

Association, which will remain in ses-
son all day, and tomorrow the execu-
tive committee of the Worlds Women's
Christian Temperance Union will also
hold three sessions. Both gatherings will
be held in Memorial Hall, a fine large build
ing, which was formerly a church, on
harrington street, and is very conven-
lent district of the British capitol
Sunday afternoon and evening the
Worlds Union will conduct divine wor-
ship in two hundred churches and
chapels throughout the city. All the
preachers, speakers and singers will be
drawn from feminine members OF the
convention.
There will be all-day councils on Mon
day and Tuesday, under the auspices OF
the British Women's National Council,
and on Wednesday an all-day meeting,
under the auspices OF the Worlds Con-
gress.
There will be n great demonstration
and mass meeting on Thursday at Albert
Hall, Kensington, the largest edifice of
its sort in the world. The monster poly
glot petition, which contains many hun
dreds of thousand OF signatures, will be
exhibited, and there will be a procession
composed of the different delegations,
large choirs, societies in regaIia and one
or more bands of music Each delega-
tion is to enter the hall separately, and
will be received with the national air of
the country from which it comes. 1t is
figured that over twenty thousand per-
sons will take part in the event
Lady SOMERSET, OH Friday, will enter
tain all the members of the convention
at her country seat in Reigate, near Lon
don, and on Saturday the delegates sepa-
rate. About one-third of the American
delegation returns by the steamers sailing
on that date, and the rest will either stay
in England or join in any one OF the
series of tours to Switzerland, Italy and
France which the British Women's
Council has in charge.
Rhode Island is represented in the con-
7ention by party in charge of Rev. Mr..
DOCKING OF the Olneyville Tabernacle.
We expect, at an early date, to give our
eaders interesting accounts of their ex-
'eriences in the columns of The NEWS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-14
W. c. 7. U. OF THE WORLD.

Today the largest convention OF
women ever held in the history OF the
world opens In London, in Memorial
Hall, Farrington street, where the World s
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
which consists OF the W. c. t. US OF
the United States, Canada, Australia and
hfty other countries, and the British
Women's Temperance Association. opens
Its biennial congress or council II will
be in session for week and day.
This tremendous organization. the w.
{. i. L., had its inception I'm Ohio and
Illinois 2l years ago. 1t was simply a small
chain OF local societies which took up the
work OF the cold water clubs, the Good
Templars, Prohibition clubs and sucb
differing, however, from these in that II
was composed exclusively OF women. and
was non-sectarian, non.partisan. non-sec-
tional, and introduced new and novel
methods of work, ecclesiastical and politi.
cal with the religious spirit, gentleness
kindness, and the sentiment of good fel.
lowship strong factors. Fortunate IN
enlisting early the services Of such womon
a. Miss FRANCES T.. WILLARD. Mrs. Lor,sr
ROUNDS, then and now OF Chicago. Mrs
MARY CLEMENT LEAvIrr, of Boston.
Mrs. MARY T. BURT OF New York; Mrs
J. ELLEN FOSTER of Washington; Miss
JULIA COLEMAN OF New York; Mrs
LILLIAN NJ n. STEVENS OF Dover Mo
Mrs. MARY A. B. wooDSRIpoE of
Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. GEORGE CARprN.
TER and Mrs. HENRIETTA L. MONROE all
women OF exceptional education, earnest.
ness and enterprise.
Today the mammoth convention opened
with meeting OF the Executive Com.
pittse Of the National British women,s