Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-20
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NEWS II 1hrEF. 4.
Overflow From the wires In Con-
I'd a doused SEUTta. q
The steel beam pool has collapsed.
John w. Eehols Of Georgia is made
president of the A. p. "A. 81 G. s s.
Christian 1Ioerlein, one Of the pioneer
brewers Of Cincinnati, IS dead, aged
eighty-four. f IS
The Rockford, Ind. National bank
has been authorized to begin business;
capital, $4,000
D. G. McWatters, district passenger
agent Of the Pennsylvania line west of
Pittsburg, has resigned.
Hon. A. p. Edgerton, ex-United
States civil service commissioner. is
dead at Hicksville, Ind.
Max Maretz, the we'll known operate
manager, is dead at his home on Stat
en- Island, aged seyenty-six years.
A severe shock of earthquake was
felt at Reno, New, lasting several mo-
ments. The vibration was from north
to south.
Manufacturers of wire nails. wire and
rods are about to form grand COM
bination to control the market for all
these products.
The Butte, Mont. j. reduction works,
owned by w. o. Clark, have been al
most entirely destroyed by fire. The
damage was $4,000.
Fred Hoffman, alias Hartman, was
hanged in the Jail in Paxton, ILL.,, in
the presence Of about fifty witnesses
for the killing Of Mrs. Geddes.
Judge John Lowell. the distinguished
line Mass. Judge Lowell was i'll for
some time and death had been ex-
pected for several days.
I. B. Youtz, late cashier Of the New
port National bank, was summoned by
telephone before Judge Barr at Gin
cinnati and arrested on warrant
charging him with Incorporating
the banks funds.
The obsequies Of the late Duchess
d'Alencon took place in the Church Of
ST. Philips du Role, in the Rue du
Fauburg st. Honore, Paris. Cardinal
Richard, the archbishop of Paris, pro-
nOunced the absolution.
The Cincinnati chamber of commerce
and other organizations have appoint
ed committee of ten. headed by Gen.
Andrew HickenlooDer to go to Buffalo
to secure the location of the next ma
tional encampment of the G. A. r.
The Hope gold mine at Basin Mont,
owned principally by United States
Senator Carter. closed down because
wages due the miners. An effort is be-
IN MI fha rfry
with the aid Of Chicago capitalists.
According to dispatch to the Lon
don Times from Melbourne, all four
of the daily newspapers in Sydney
have been fined $500 each for contempt
of court, consisting in improper COM
ment upon the trial of Frank Butler,
the murderer, which is now pending.
President Woodmansee has issued
call for meeting of the executive
committee Of the National Republican
league at the Auditorium hotel, Chi
cago. Thursday, May 81. Final ar
engagements will be made at this meet
ing for the Detroit convention July
Excellent authority states that Judge
Morrow, now on the United States dis
trict bench in California, has been de-
cided upon to succeed Attorney Cen
eral McKenna as judge of the Ninth
circuit court of appeals. 1t is under
stood that Judge Waymore will sue
coed Judge Morrow.
Senator Mills has received letter
from Minister Terrell who says that
all the talk Of the Turks expelling Mis-
sionary Knapp from Turkey is untrue
He says that Knapp was frightened
into leaving his post at Bitlis, near the
Russian border. He was told that the
Turks could not protect him against
the Kurds
Rev. DR.. Sutherland, Canadian sup
erintendent Of the Methodist missions,
has received word that he has been Sc
lected by the theological faculty of the
Vanderbilt university at Nashville,
Tenn, to deliver the next course Of lee
lures on the "Cole Foundation" This
IS the first time that q Canadian has
ever had the appointment.