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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03
A Fortunate Disc every.

The calico fnisher is in luck for cleo
stricians, while working in q specific
rection, have stumbled on to q discoY-
cry for which he has long and vainly
striven. Siemens and Halske of Berlin,
the world renowned electrical engin-
GERS, have great faith in the future
production Of ozone in large. quantities
by electricity, and, incidentally, in it's
extensive utilization In the bleaching OF
potato starch for ommercial purposes,
and they have given much attention to
the construction and improvement Of
apparatus for this purpo poses An ex-
pert has pronounced the starch made
by this apparatus possessed ofEa great
er thickening power than ordinary po-
tato starch of the best quality The
ozone not only makes the starch per
fectly white, but has an extraordinaIy
effect on the characteristics it exhibits
when brought into use. It appears that
the .thickening'' made from this starch
does not lose it's consistency on stand
ing, as starch emulsion usually doess
1t is this quality that is Of special value
to the calico printer, who has long been;
at a loss to know how to prevent his
pastes from turning SOUR and useless
so quickly. It is said that the dextrines,
turned out by the same plant are Of q
better color than most varieties Of
British gum obtained by acid OF by the
Old-fashioned roasting proc ess.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03
\ soMETEA SECRETS.

GrAsen or Black Varieties Produced
Gf VIII From the Same Species Of
N Rlant.
Ewing to the jealousy Of the Chinese
sgoxeInment, prev enting foreigners frt m
Whiting the districts where tea is
gr6Wn, and the information derived
from the Chinese merchants at the
shiNping ports, scanty as it was, not
being depended on with any certainty,
much mystery and confusion for long
I $tiI4e existed regarding the species
yielding the varieties known to the
trade as green and black teas, by which
mines they are best known to the pub
1ic444many authorities claiming that the
former were produced exclusively from
tho green tea plant and the latter sole
sly from the black tea variety, while
again.it was held by others that both
commercial varieties We're produced
from single species, the difference
in color, flavor, and effect being due
entirely to a disparity in the soil, eli
mate, age, and process employed in
curing the leaves for market, also that
kFGHu tleuS WeIG SIOWu 1lOlu pAdulS
cultivated on the plains OF low lands,
n5son enriched by manure, and black
teas from plants grown on hillsides
or mountain slopes.
u Later and more careful investigations,
however, disDrove all these opinions,
says the Household News, is being now
admitted even by the Chinese them
selves, that the green and black teas
of commerce may be and are prepared
lit will from either and both species of
Tie tea plant, different methods being
pursued in the processes of curing from
the nfSt stage, green teas being only
dist tingsdished from the black from the
fact ahat the former are not fermented
lii lie process Of curing or tonefed as
high or as often by exc .ssiye heat
as the latter in the firing process to
which they are subjected before being
tWi6ted or curled.
ri s IEHas also commonly received opin-
ION I'D one time that the distinctive col
or SM teas was impaired to them by
being fired in copper pans. For this
belisf there is not the slightest founda-
ton ln fact, as copper is never used in
the process of firing leaves, repeated ex-
periments by unerring tests having con-
clustvely proved that in not a single
case has any trace of that metal been
detected, the only difference lying in
the taifferent methods Of preparation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03
SNorveeian Contrasts.

Tho men Of large. frame, muscular,
fair.haired and hardy; the brute crea-
toni Sstubbed, stocky, understood and
tough. The horses have short, stout
legs, short bodies, thick necks, Dig
heaSiE shaggy names and tails ana
comieal expressions In the face. While
the cattle are meek little sh-ivelled-up
things that invoke your pity. There
II only one thing that mars the hospi-
talltI! and civility Of everybody and
ever ithing In Norway. This Is the
miaeiable mongrel dog that Is about
athe frst thing you see at every typical
M IA cottage in thr fishing
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03
somE,EoNG BALooN TRIPS.

a Vain Effort TO Cross the NIediter-
rnnenn-Voynsing From England
+ to Germany.
The longest balloon voyage on record
was one undertaken in 1888, in which
the distance Travelled was little more
than 1900 miles. Three voyagers on
\ that occasion, says Harrison's Maya
zine made an ascent in France, with
the intention ofacrossing the Mediter-
ranean, and landing in Algeria. The
wind, however, proving unfaYorable,
carried them toward Corsica. When
they were near that island the balloon
descended toward the water, and for a
time their lives were in great jeopardy.
BY throwing all their apparatus they
succeeded in getting the balloon to rise
tosa height of between two and three
thousand feet, and, travelling on to
italy, they safely descended in that
country at "a little village near Bres-
oia. Another balloon voyage Of nearly
: the same length was undertaken in No
vember, 1886. On the 7th Of that
month, Charles Green, with two friends
ascended near London in, a balloon,
crossed the channel from Dover to Cal
ais, and, passing over France and Bel
gium, found themselves next morning
over the Rhine. Proceeding further
they arrived at Viborg, where they de-
scended about 8 a. M, on the 9Th Of
November. A recent balloon voyage of
m. Mallet, The French aeronaut, lasted
tt1irty-six and half hours and would
have been the longest on record IL he
had not landed in the middle Of it. He
left villette on the .23rd of October at
g %. m.. and next morning landed at
Ottonville, in Alsace, to clear the SNOW
from the balloon. At the end of twenty
five minutes he started again and land
ed near Coblenh at g p. m. An i hour
and a half later he landed once more in
valley on Tauna Mountains, and a.
nally on the 25th of s0ctober, at a. m.
I at Walben, in Hesse. Two or three
aeronauts have proposed to cross the
Atlantic in a balloon, sbut SO far it has
begun and ended in talk only.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03

Dur also IN lay circles, anu was promp.
ly noticed by newspapers throughout
the country. DR.. G. e. emery, an emf
nent engineer replied to the article
by series Of figures and statistics
which went to show that Messrs.
Houston and Kennedy had overesi-
mated some of the points on which
their conclusions were based, and un-
derestimated others. For instance, the
Houston Kennedy estimate regarding
the cost Of the hydraulic works is ST.
60 per horse power, as against DR..
Emery's $14O per horse power. The
former quotes Prof. Forbes, the elec-
trical engineer of the Cataract Com
pany, as testifying that 'tthere can be.
little doubt that the efficiency of our
dynamos may reach, at least, SO per
cent" and they commit themselves to.
SO per cent. DR.. Emery holds that the.
efficiency Of the 5000 generators will
be only 80 per cent. HI. also makes an
estimate which puts the cost Of opera.
tion higher and the efficiency Of trans
mission much lower than those Of the.
first estimate. He does not believe, in
fact, that power can be economically
transmitted to Buffalo in the present:
state of electrical engineering. He,
says: mills, paper manufactures, ETC.,
requiring power for twenty-four hours,
can best be located directly at Niagara,
Falls and secure the undoubted low.
rates that will obtain there.
1t is thought that the first,
transmission installation, which
will naturally be Tor Buffalo,
will cost even more than estimated
aboye, as time and some tentative,
work will be required before the appli-
cation becomes general The estimate
makes no provisions for subways,
which must be constructed to all points
reached The costs may rise so high
that even the transmission to Buffalo,
will pay ony a small percentage On
the cost, and conditions better than
those assumed must be found before
there will be much Of q market else
where" To this Messrs. Houston s.
Kennedy have replied that their fig
ures are correct from first to last, and
they mean to stick to them. In regard
to the efficiency Of the 5000 horse pow
er generator, they say their own fig
ures ofS96 per cent is unjustifably low
and that the efficiency Of the Frank
furtIauffen plant, where power is
transmitted over the conductors to a
distance of 100 miles, is 95.4 per cent,
and the dynamo used in that calcula-
tion was only about one-twentieth Of
the capacity Of those used at Niagara.
Another eombatant has appeared in
Francis B. Crocker, Of Columbia Col
lege, who calls in question the Houston
Kennedy figures both In the matter of
percentage Tor annual interest, depre-
citation and repairs, and the cost Of
generators, motors and transformers,
all Of which he says are remarkably
low. He thinks the estimates are not
Conservative" as they are claimed to
be, and that not enough margin has
been allowed all around, and lie ques-
tions whether "the cause Of long dis
tance power transmission will be help.
ed by assuming the owest possible
costs and expenses and the highest
possible etiiciencies. 1t is proverbial
that estimates should always be made
with amnle margin. and IN nine cases
outot ten, II ia absolutely required.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03
Too Much Luck for One man.
- 1,,o1y,y ~ n ~

Too Much Luck for One man.
.That Spiegelmuller is q lucky man. /"
e"How SOP
"Well, one day there was fire next
his place and his goods all got wet.
Then cyclone came along and blew
his store down. When he got it built
up again fire broke out and burned 1t
up"
II don't see anything lucky about
that"
What! If it isn't lucky to have a
water sale and cyclone sale and fire
sale all in six months, don't know the
frst principles Of business. Harper's
Bazaar.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03
Repulsed.

He would have caught her in his
arms, but her imperious gestures Of
depreciation transtixed him motlonless.
Back" she cried.
He shrank away.
Back"
His heart was like leld In his bosom.
Don't"
She spoke decislyely.
"--be gay with me until I can get out
of this hammock" 4a
The exigencies Of the occasion were
manifest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-03

Anl so the fight is wa Z ASlh II such
authorities as these take opposite sides
the question in hand is likely to be sift.
ed down pretty thoroughly. and inai,.
probability before the works at Nyiils
cara are in actual operation the theos
retical status, at all events, of the long
distance transmission Of power electri-
cally will have been accurately deter
mined. b
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
The Northern Pacific Decision
Likely to Lead to Their
Retirement.
of Others Favor
able to the Ives Interest
a Possibility.
Hills Position Strengthened
81 and the Willard Influence
Destroyed.

New YORK, Sept. 5.-Careful observ
ers of Northern Pacific affairs Were not
surprised at Judge Hanford's decision
at Seattle. 1t was known that both he
and Judge Gilbert held a strong neutral
position, and that personal considera
tions would have no weight III Their
court. In general the decision has TAX.
ell Wall street by surprise. Some tinan.
ciers are thunderstruck at its sweeping
character. Its logical sequence will be
the speedy removal of the three receiv.
ers and the appointment of others that
Will be friendly to the Ives interest and
;rtagonistic to Willard, OakeS and the
rest. The decision OF Judges Gilbert
and Hanford paralyzes the present re-
ceiyership, and, in the opinion Of people
here, may lead to the resignation of Re-
ceiver Oakes and his associates, despite
the vigorous demand of ex-senator
SpOoner for longer time. They have
been allowed only Il month 10 answer
the charges made by President Ives.
This indicates that Judge Hanford Ii
disposed to act promptly and put new
men in charge at the first opportunity.
Strengthens HiIrs Position.
The effects Of the Seattle decision are
far reaching and sensational. 1t weak
ems, if it does not destroy, Villald's in
fluence in Northern Pacific affairs. 1t
ought to strengthen Mr.. Hills position
III some respects and weaken it i'll
others. 1t eliminates the Adams COM
mittee, which, as stated, has opposed
him stealthily as well as openly IN re-
cent days. On the other hand ii makes
stronger the Ives element, which at
present is opposed to union. The de-
cision has comic aspects. 1t shows that
three men have had control for nearly
two years of great railroad and ham
died over S32 100000 without genuine
authority. Holders OF receivers GER
tificates may feel uncomfortable, but
the validity of such may be good, OF
course, i'll some form or other. The
validity of the Oakes receivership may
be carried TO the United States supreme
court. but at present its actual extinc-
tion is deemed inevitable.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
MANlTOBANS lNCENSEp.
appointment OF Patterson as Governor
Not to Their Liking.


WINNIPEG, Sept. 5.-Sir John Schultz,
who for several years has been governor
of Manitoba, has received an official dis
patch that Hon. J. G. Patterson, until
recently minister Of militia in the do
minion cabinet, had been sworn in as
his successor and that he will proceed at
once to Winnipeg. This appointment
is made by the dominion authorities in
the face Of the most determined opposi-
tion of the people of Manitoba, who in
sist on the appointment of local man.
Following the order Of the Dominion
government, demanding the immediate
restoration of Catholic parochial schools,
this latest act has caused much bitter
ness of feeling. 1t has been limited that
there will be hostile demonstration
when Mr.. Patterson arrives, but wiser
counsels will no doubt prevail.
Premier Greenway has announced
that his government will cut off all pro-
vinCial moneys that have heretofore been
appropriated for the maintenance of
the government house when the new
governor enters. Hon. Mr.. Patterson
will therefore have to worry along on
the Dominion allowance Of $4,000 a
year, which goes with the office.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
SWINDLER FRAKER TALKS.
Tells His story of the Alleged Drowning
and Subsequent Travels.

and Subsequent Travels.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 5.-George W.
Traker, the insurance Swlndler, passed
through here during the evening. To
Il reporter, who met the train in Iowa,
the doctor talked freely Of his case. His
answers to questions, however, We're
given III an absent minded way. 81 did
fall into the river the night we were
fishing" he said, land came near be-
ing drowned. However, there was drift
wood floating in the stream, and l caught
Il log and tioated down the river for a
considerable distance. FINALLY / found
a place where ] could touch bottom, and
waded out to land. ] laid there all that
night and the next day. [ was
in no condition to 20 back to the
Springs aud accordingly came TO Kan
slis City. Because Of my appearance |
went to a cheap roominghouse on Grand
avenue. / stayed there four days. On
the following day ! shaved off all my
beard. Then | went to Chicago. From
Chicago | went to Milwaukee and
STAYED most of the fall of that year. BY
that time the name of Fraker had been
too much advertised and / told my room
mate | was from Denver and my name
was William Schnell. | -svent by the
name OF Schnell and have lived i'll Wis
COnsin and Minnesota ever since
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
Years Production 100, O,OOO,-
900 Bushels More Than
Ever Before.
No Probability of Frost DAM
age, as the Crop Is Well
i Advanced.
Total Yield Of Wheat ESti-
mated at 4OO,OoO,OOO
Bushels.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-The September
crop report of The Prairie Farmer shows
condition of corn 80, against condi-
ton last year of co., The present is,
with one exception, the highest condi-
tional average reported at this date
since 1888. During the month there
was some loss Of condition i'll the Ohio
valley and heavy drop III Nebraska.
The crop is well advanced and there is
little probability Of any frost damage.
1t is safe to assume final product eX-
ceeding any previous crop by l00, 100000
bushels or more. Condition of all
wheat shows some Improvement, as
there is evidence that the crop is yield
ing better than was anticipated. South
ern Illinois and Missouri are especially
yielding above expectations, while
threshing i'll Minnesota and the Da-
kotas is showing about all that has been
claimed. Ihreshing, so far as done,
points to a crop about 25,OOO,0OO bushels
Larger Than Was Expected
earlier in the season. The condition of
oats is practically unchanged, standing
at SIC and indicating moderate pro-
ductiOn. The September crop report Of
The Orange Judd Farmer shows de
cline since August of three points III the
condition Of the corn crop. The decline
is mainly in the surplus states the result
Of droughty conditions. The condition
Of all wheat when harvested is 1916. 1t
is now evident that the rate of yield Of
winter wheat will be from s 70 10 per
cent higher than previous conditions in
dlcated The principal increase is found
IN Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. The
figures returned indicate approximately
8O,OO0,0OO bushels OF winter wheat and
LO,OOO,O0O bushels of spring, total of
about 45O,000,O00. Potato conditions
indicate crop exceeding 2O0,000,000
bushels
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
Daughter of a Wealthy New
Yorker Arrested on a Sc
riouS Charge.
Income From a Large Estate
the Motive Alleged for
the Crime.
Escorted to the Victims Fu-
neral by a Trio of De-
teCtiveS.

New YORK, Sept. 5.-The funeral of
Mrs. Evalina Bliss, wealthy lady who
died last Friday, was held during the
morning, and Immediately afterward
the daughter Of the dead woman, Mrs.
Alice Fleming, was arrested at the Co
lonial hotel on charge that she muir
dered her mother by poison.
The case is mysterious one, and in
some respects Il sensational one, as the
death Of Mrs. Bliss gives to her daugh-
ter the income from an estate Of $780,
90 -vIt b. Robert swift Livingstone,
who was the first husband OF Mrs.
Bliss. To DR.. Bullman, who was sum-
moned TO her bedside Friday night,
Mrs. Bliss said that she had been
Poisoned by Relatives
who would be financially benefited by
her death. Suspicion pointed to Mrs
Fleming. Detectives called for her and
escorted her to the funeral, and, although
she was the chief mourner, three Of
them rode with her to Greenwood Gem
etery. They returned with her, and
then formally placed her under arrest at
her home. She was taken before Mag
iStrate Sims, where she smiled and
seemed entirely unworried, and the
magistrate remanded her TO the custody
Of the coroner TO await the result Of the
inuuPSt
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05

Nearly all the Greenland glaciers
and tongues from the internal ice cap
terminate in vertical faces from 100 to
1000 feet high, presenting facilities for
investigation. The vertical faces reveal
pronounced stratitication on the basal
ice, even earth materials i'll the bases
carried by the ice being arranged III
LAYERS. Fine laminations were seen IL
or 20 to an inch. The layers are some
times twisted and contorted and even
"shoved" over each other. The glacier
movement OF the ice border is loot
Der day to o foot per week. Science
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
MILLIONS MATCHED.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and Mr.. Moses
Taylor VIII Marry.

NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. 5.-The en-
gagement of Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt
and Mr.. Moses Taylor, though not
formally announced, is now announced
by their friends. The attachment is
most natural one. Mr.. Taylor was the
special friend Of the late William II.
Vanderbilt, the brother of his fancee
and the families have long been on terms
of intimate friendship.
The great fortune of Miss Vanderbilt
is almost matched by the millions of
Mr.. Taylor. He is the second son Of
Henry A. G. Taylor, and his inheritance
came from his grandfather, Moses Tay-
lor, one Of the most successful and re-
spected of the old time merchants.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
BIG ATTENDANCE PROMISED.
Preparations for the Chickamausa Deii,
cation Going Forward.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. o.
Preparations are going forward vigor-
ouSly for the dedication of the Chicka-
mauga-C Chattanooga National park. In
dcations are already abundant that
there will be from $4,000 TO 10000
present. Provision has already been
made in hotels and private houses TO
take care Of 1900 and temporary build
lngs for from 10000 to $4,000 more.
The governors of % states and their
STATS have already reserved quarters
during the three days. The first de-
tachment of United States regular
troops has arrived from the Columbus
CO., barracks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
PROCLAIMED A CONSTITUTION.
Cuban Insurgents Elect Marquis Santa
Lucia President.

LONDON, Sept. "a Havana dis
patch to The Times says that meeting
of insurgent delegates at Najasa pro-
claimed constitution for the republic
OH federal basis of five states. They
also elected the Marquis of Santa Lucia
president, and appointed various Off
GERS. A resolution was adopted per-
mitting farmers to sell their produce in
the towns on the payment of 20 per
cent ad valorem duty.
The autonomist party intend TO peti-
ton Spain for self government on Can
adian lines. Gomez is inclined to ac-
cept conditional autonomy, but Maceo
declines any compromise.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
THAT FOX RIVER AFFAIR.".
Congress VIII BE Asked to Permit the
Use OF the Water Power.

GREEN BAY, Wis, Sept. 5.-The
meeting of the Fox Valley manufactur-
ing and navigation interests, at which
Governor Upham and several members
Of congress were present, was held here
to discuss plans for the relief Of the
manufacturing industries Of the valley.
AT present about 5000 persons are idle
because of an order of the war depart
ment prohibiting the use of the waters
OF Fox river for the operation Cf mills.
A resolution was adopted for the APP
polntment of Il committee of two from
each city on the river to prepare resolu
lions to congress asking Legislation that
will permit the use of the river by both
the navigation and milling interests.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
CAPITOL PLANS.
The Minnesota Commission VIII Have
Many to Choose From.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 5.-New sets of plans
for the new capitol Will lie received by
the capitol commission next Monday.
The competition will close Monday
night. 1t is evident from the notifica-
tiOns received by the commission that
large number of architects of high stand
ing will enter the competition who did
not submit plans at the first contest.
The commission has been notified Of at
least 40 sets of plans that will
be submitted. There may be and prob
ably will be, greater number than
this, but as many as 40 have already
responded to the request Of the commits
sion TO send i'll notification Of their in
tentiOn to enter the competition. The
request was made in order that the conf
missiOners might know how much room
would be required for the public eXhibi-
ton Of the different plans submitted
which is required by law.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-05
ALL Is QUIET.
The Soldiers Are Still at Ishpeming, but |
the Strikers Go.

The Soldiers Are Still at Ishpemins, but
the Strikers Go.
IsHPEMING, Mich, Sept. 5.-Every-
thing is quiet The shovels are work
ing, and the South Shore trains are pre-
pairing to remove the ore to Marquette.
There are very few strikers around the
shovels or near the camping grounds.
One of the military companies stationed
here will probably be transferred to Ne.
gaunee, as the shovel men there have
refused to work unless protected by the
soldiers.
Thirty-five of the strikers left Monday
night for other districts,a and many more
are preparing to leave.
Notwithstanding the vote Of the min
ers' union TO stay out, a big majority of
the union men want TO go back and can
not be held in line longer than the end
Of the current week. "E.