Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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densed Form.
Ex-Congressman Edward j.. Martin
died ut his home In Seafoul, Del. of
heart disease
"A London Daily Mail dispatch from
Madrid says that In the province OF
Seville bread riots have occurred.
1t is officially announced that the
/. aeatns from the bubonic plague at
BOMBAY for the week number 40.
The Western Association of Paper
BOX Manufacturers adjourned to their
, annual meeting in Chicago next June.
Mr.. Aldrich has introduced bill in
the Delaware state senate abOlishing
the whipping post and pillory in Della
ware.
Committees in aid Of the Indian fam
inc have been instituted by the govern
ors Of st. Petersburg, Moscow and
| Odessa.
The controller of the currency has
appointed Robert A. Courtney receiver
of the German National Bank Of
Louisville, Ky.
An appreciable reduction of the pro-
! ductiOn of cotton cloths and other
goods made by Fall River, Mass, mills
has been agreed upon.
The postoffice department has is
sued lottery order against the South
ern Mutual Investment company ut
! Cincinnati and Louisville.
The senate passed bill extending
the time for building Il railroad
through the Omaha and Winnebago
Indian reservation in Nebraska.
Mrs. Wilberforce Williams, wife of
Paymaster Williams, United States
navy, and mother of Mrs. Walter S.
Hobart, is dead at San Francisco.
The Campbeil-Eaton Crockery COM
pany, one of the largest concerns in
Kansas City. failed. The assets are
$1,000; liabilities estimated at 49,.
600.
Charles Meyer, the man arrested for
running a still near Grand Forks, N
D., says he made the whisky for his
own use and he did not know it was
against the law.
Patrick Mccain was convicted OF
manslaughter in the second degree al
Marinette, Wis.,, for shooting Dennis
Flanagan last August. The defense
moved for new trial.
Knowing that her aged father had
taken poison with suicidal intent, Mel
lie Curran of Oakland, Cal, % years
Of age, went to bed without calling a
physician. The coroner will investi
gate.
The London Times correspondent al
Georgetown, British Guiana, says
Venezuela has paid an indemnity OF
$500 for the uruan outrage. l am I'M
able to say whether this sum repre-
sents the total indemnity.
The president has sent to the senate
| in response to a resolution q report OF
the secretary of state .transmitti lg :
list Of the claims filed in the depart
ment of state by the citizens of thu
United States against Spain for in
demnity.
Silas Crouch, an old and well-to-dt
farmer of CISCO, ILL.,, has hanged him
self. 1t is supposed that unfortunate
speculation on the board of trade il
responsible. He was SIS years old ant
leaves Il widow, six sons and two
daughters. =
Lewis Olsen of Webster City, Iowa
some time ago commenced a transla
ton of the Bible and has over 1.it
sheets of paper closely written. HI
began to show signs of insanity anC
was taken to the asylum at 1ndepend
ence raving maniac.
Bud Greek, sentenced in Arkansas il
1895 to three years Imprisonment fol
selling liquor to Indians, and r. II
Freeman, convicted in Tennessee fol
failing to erase marks on spirit labels
have been pardoned by the president
but six or eight other pardons have
been denied.