Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires In Con-
dlenHesi Form.
Tobacco men have protested against
| the ? cents extra tax.
The Liberty party of Ohio has named
John Richardson for governor.
The Hambleton Milling Company of
Keokuk, Iowa has assigned. The liza
bilities are $4,000 and assets $4,000.
Fire at Chicago, destroyed the Will
lam Fl. Bunge vinegar factory. one Of
the largest in the West. Loss, $175,-
600.
The reichstag has adopted a credit
of 3O,OOO,OOO marks for the purpose of
rearming the German artillery with
improved field pieces.
At meeting of miners at Streator,
ILL.,, 1t was decided to go to work at the
scale offered by the operators of the
Northern Illinois district
Civil Engineer r. E. Peary has been
detached from duty at the New York
navy yard and granted five years
leave of absence for arctic exploring.
Two boys. aged sixteen and four
teen. broke into NJ. Lapidu's fruit store
at Fond du Lac, Wis. One will be
sent to the reform school The other
is left at home pending good behavior.
The Princess Ingeborg Charlotte
Frederick, second daughter of Crown
Prince Christian Of Denmark, is be-
trOthed to Prince Carl, duke of Wester-
gotland. third son of King Oscar II. Of
Norway and Sweden.
| J. Winslow Jones, sixty years OF age
Who kept a small restaurant at Pitts
burg. Pa, has been arrested by Dep
uty United States Marshal Joseph E.
Irons, charged with attempting to de-
fraud national bank.
Mrs. Elsie Neu.niller of Milwaukee,
craZed by domestic trouble, gave her
eight-year-old son carbolic acid and
then took dose herself. She is dead
but the boy may recover, as he re-
iected portion Of the dose when it
was given him.
The United States civil service COM
mission will hold an examination in
all the large cities of the country on
June 2G to establish a register Of eli
gibles for the position of inspector Of
wOolens in the quartermasters depart
ment. U. S. A.
Rev. Father Bigham, pastor of st.
Rridget's church, Pittsburg, Pa, is
dead Of pneumonia, contracted while
at Baltimore Sunday, the 18th inst,
attending the conservation of Dr. AL
len, bishop Of Mobile. Father Bigham
| was quite prominent member OF this
diocese.
Rev. James Hoskins, preacher Of
the Free Thinker faith, who has been
holding forth on the streets of Atlanta,
has been tried in the police court and
fined. His arrest was caused by the
vicious terms with which he character
lied Christ, denouncing him as hypo-
crit, liar and a pretender.
William Fitzpatrick, a section fore
man living at Autrain, Mich, made q
desperate attempt to commit suicide.
He walked away from his crew a lit
tie distance and pulling out his pocket
knife, slashed himself several times
across the throat. the last time cutting
the windpipe. He will die.
While Moyor Granger Of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, recently secured the arrest and
fine Of severay young men for fast
drivin, last night the mayor rode a
bicycle on the sidewalk and it cost
him $40. The young men caused
his arrest for violating the city ordi-
nance, and he pleaded guilty.
Trainers of prize fighters cannot
look to the courts to assist them in
the collection of training fees. Judge
Seawell Of San Francisco has so de-
cided in the suit Of j. J. Rauer against
Thomas Sharkey. The plaintiff sued
for balance of $500 alleged to be
due William Smith for training
Sharkey.
The correspondent Of the London
Times at st. Petersburg says an i'm
portant and far-reaching new law for
bids the carrying Of trade by sea in
foreign, vessels and under any but the
Russian flag between all Russian ports
of the Baltic and the Black sea and the
Pacific coast The law will not go
into operation until 1900
George A. Duey, who has been con-
nected with the Associated Press at
Cincinnati and at Denver and other
places for many years, was killed at
Cincinnati in d most peculiar manner
by Policeman Amos Booth. An alarm
burglars was given. calling Booth to
the place. Duey was en- route home
at the time and refused to halt, when
the officer shot him dead, installing
him for one Of the burglars, who made
| their escape.