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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
Millionaire Bell Injured.

Millionaire BELL Injured.
Guelph, Ont, Jan. 24.-William Bell.
the millionaire organ and piano manu-
factureer was found unconscious, and,
1t is thought, fatally injured. near the
railway track few miles from here
with severe wounds on the head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
Proceedings Commenced

New York, Jan. 24.-Announcement
is made by the Union Pacific reorsan-
ization committee that 1t has come to
nm agreement with the government,
in accordance with which the latter
has begun foreclosure proceedings OF
IT'S lien upon the Union Pacific lines,
inclusive of the Kansas Pacific line.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
POOR PEOPLE LOOSE.

Where IL Failure Falls With Hard
est Effect.
DeS Moines. Iowa, Jan. 24.-Thc in
terests of the National Life Reserve
association. whose doors we've closed
by the auditor Of state, will be sold to
the high est bidder. None Of the notes
are collectable. and the depositors are
mainly poor people. who will lose all
they had, amounting to many thou
sands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28

Snow Drift Causes an Accident.
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Jan. 24.-As
passenger train No. Ii, of the Mime
apolis & ST. Louis railway, cast-bound,
approached Echo the engine and the
two coaches were thrown off the track
by d snow drift. The engineer and
fireman We're both injured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
,,,r~c Thief In Jail,

Rolln, y. d.. Jan. 24-A noted horse
thief from Manitoba was recently
cop,urr,l hy Sheriff Cain ana confined
In thr United States Jail here.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
y,he Tie Severed.

Hastings, Mimi, Jan. "a. - Judge
Crosby has granted an absolute divorce
to Mrs. Clara L. Thomas Of Lakeville
upon the grounds Of cruel treatment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28

Minnewaukan. N. D., Jan. 2l.-A Sc
we're storm, lasting all night, has COM
plctely blockaded the railroad. Drifts
fill the streets and business Is suspend
ed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
Called AWAY nv sickness,

Washington. Jan. "a. - Secretary
Francis has left for st. Louis. being
called away by the illness of his moth
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-28
SOMETHING WRONG.
LEGISLATORS TO ryvEs.
TIGATE THE CAPITOL ACCOUNT.

Over $4,000 Said to Have Heen Paid
Out for Work That Could BE
Done for $4,OOO-COmmittee APP
pointed to Make IL Thorough In
Architect Ovcrpafd.
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East anl est.

If some millionaire of missionary II olinations were to send 50 or more train loads of New York and Boston people on Q tour of education through the west -the farther west the better-he would perform an invaluable service in the way of installing into their craniums information that would be useful to them. They would say less and think more ever after.
 Their ideas of their own huge supori- ority over the western people and of the general superiority of everything eastern over everything western would vanish like heavy fog before the rising sun. At present their minds are indeed en- veloped in an impenotrablo fog of ig- noranoe and self conceit.
 Hero arc one or two things our tour ists would discover;
 They would find in q certain far west ern city of perhaps 100, 900 inhabitants actually the most perfect, luxurious, convenient and sumptuous hotel on earth, exceeding i'll many respects the best, largest and newest in New York. They would find little cities of 12, 1000 to 15, 900 population provided with i'm proyements and convcniences that New York itself to this day lacks. except to a limited extent. In such Q city they would find asphalt and tile paved streets, trolley cars taking tho placo en- tire1y of tho anticipated stage and horse car and private houses of the middle class people provided throughout with electric lights. The handsome and con Yonient theater buildings, public baths and gymnasiums, free, or nearly so, to the people; the beautiful modern school houses, amply able to accommodate all the children ill the town and architec- turally, artistioally and from the point of sanitary science the exponent of tho best ideas of the up to date human mind would bo a revelation to these New York and Boston people that would be to them in q degree what the famous sun stroke was to St. Paul. They would never again in their lives mention either 'sjays" CT shayseeds "
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EITzaERALp.s HARD HEAD.
s rittsburg Detective with the TougfsG0
 skul Yn She Country.


 "It's the hardest nut in the country" paid Detective Dick Brophy proudly as hs laid his hand on Detective Paddy Fitz- gerald's head.
 It's Il fact, too--at least no ono has coma forward with his own head to disproye the claim When Fitzgerald was a common policeman, none of the Lawrenceville toughs ever thought of hitting him on the head when insisting arrest They always sought vital spot. There is only one head splitting weapon thas he ever lodged, and that was some years ago, when nO- torious bad man who hung out at Four teenth street and Penn avenue aimed 6 blow at him with a baseball bat. Fitz- gerald ducked on that occasion and butted his opponent into insensibility.
 The other nightn policeman walked into headquarters and produced a new hans billy, the finest, he said, ever made. Fitz- gerald reached for it, rapped it on the top of his head Eve times, burst tho leather knob and sent the shot with which it wag loaded flying all over the room. Threa other policemen, who declared that 1t was a put mp job and that the weapon had been dootOred had to buy new hand bil- lies, for Fitzgerald took every one as fast us presented and broke them on his skull
 Matt Weiss, Smithfeld street saloon keeper noted for his hard head beoama jealous some time ago of FitzgeraId's rep utation and challenged him to head test. ing match. The two men grasped each other by the wrists and indulgod in but ting set to- For 8 minute or two there was a sound Rs of husky woodman cut. ting down heavy timber, and Weiss keoled over, vanquiahed. It's remarkable, too. that both men are of gentle disposition. Thoir skulls, though hard, are packed with gray matter, as their success in thoir oceu- pations proves. Matt Weiss has become rich keeping a saloon, and Fitzgerald ia considered one of the most intelligent de- tootiyes on the foFce.-P Pittsburg Letter In New York Smm
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The Methodists.

The Baptists have come and gone, the Methodists are now with us, and what is left of the @yellow legged chickens have taken to the woods
 The Little Rock Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is Tn session in this city and has been since the 1st inst. It's ses- sions have been of an interesting character and largely attended by our citizens.
 Many able and memorable ser mons have been preached, and the cause of Christianity advanced.
 Two weeks ago, at the conclusion of the Baptist convention, nearly all of our population were Baptists; today, with the Methodists among us, athe scene has shifted, 2 and We are temporarily MeJhodists We are in the main what our environ ments make us, which accounts largely for the fekleness of human nature in all things. There is also . disposition on the part of Pine Bluffians to make themselves hospi- table and sociable, which will ae- count for their ready adaptability to. their religious environments. Our people know how to entertain and always exhaust every effort to make theil visitors cosy and com fortable. Therefore, yesterday we were Baptists; today Methodists and tomorrow we may die and no questions will be asked as to which religious denomination we be. longad.
 In behalf of our citizens the GRAPHIC extends the visiting Methodist brethren q cordial well come to our .city, and we hope for them a profitable sesslon and we trust that they will carry away with them pleasant and lasting recollections of Pine Bluff,
 The Methodists compose the largest Protestant denomlnation in the world. According to the latest statistics at hand, there are p, 1000, 900 Metodists in the world; 4,589, 284 in the Utited States, and 123, BIG in the State of Arkansas. The importance of the Methodists in the religious world cannot be over looked, and the assemblage in Pine Bluff of soimportant and influential body of religious workers as the Little Rock Methodist Conference is an event that will be beneficial to our community and long remem- bered by our people.
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Dogs aro well enough in their place. They are admirable and even beautiful sometimes in their place again. But that is not among human beings in din ing rooms, bedrooms and living rooms, where thoy taint with their microby breath the blood of thoir owners and go mad from the unnatural confinement. In the wild stato q dog is an animal that delights to feed on earrion. It nov CT loses this desire and habit entirely in tho domestieatcd state Such q creature, ooopod up in close quarters with human beings, casts out from its breath and body in a short timo efiluvia enough to kill whole family. It is with good reason, therefore, that the people of Par is are awakening to the danger that lurkain tho eonfning of pct dogs in thoir homes
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A City That Owns Gas Wells.

Lancaster, O., is one of the fortunate cities in whose vicinity natural gas has been struck. The town is more lucky than others in the noighborhood of nat uraI gas iu that Lancaster owns the gas wells herself The story of this munich pal ownership is a pleasant one. MT. Mitho1f, a prominent man in the thriy- ing little city. bored for gas on his prop erty thore. Hereaehed au immense flow. Instead of keeping the well for himself, however, he sold it for a mere nominal sum to tho city of Lanseaster out of pure good will to his homo town. The city authorities bored other wells and struck additional gasyeins. None, how ever, equaled the Mithoff well, which is known as the @sOId Man Himself. "
 But altogether there was Iino flow of gas, and tho authorities set about utilizing if. They assumed the manage mont of the town g wells themselves, fixed proper prices for the fuel and sold 1t to manufacturers and private houses
 The result has been most satisfactory, Themouey from the gas supply has been sufficient to pay the expenses of running the Waterworks. 1t has also paid the city debt. Thore is no taxation of the people for city purposes. The steadily aecfuinG money will improve and beau  tify tho city till in time Lancaster will bo q model city.
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CONGRESS convenes today (Mon- day) and the indications are that th. administration will have hard time of it. It is really to be doubted fl the administration will get any of it's pet measures through both branches of Congress. The Presi- dent is said to be in favor of a dilia- tory policy with Spain, yet Congress will be very likely to pass a billreeog- nizing the belligerency of Cuba; the prasiaent is also said to be in favor of retiring the greenbacks, yet s,ch . measure cannot get through the Senate; the President is also said to be in favor of a change in tba revenue laws to cover the de- ficits caused by the D.ngley tariff bill, yet there is no hope for the nassage Of such a measure through the House; the President stands committed to the civil service law, vet the House is elamorous for its repeal. Indeed, if the President had not called an extra. session of Congress immediately after his in auguration, it is to be doubted if the Dingley tariff bill would now be the law. There is no denying tfe fact that Mclxinley's administration has already become impotent.
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English at Heart.

We do not know whether Bishop W 0. Doane of Albany is an American cit izon or not. We judge he is not by the following oxtract from his annual al dress to the clergy of his diocese. l. sounds like the utteraaco of one who is an alien and an Englishman at heart:
 It is unfortunate with us that our public men are by force of our constant political changes untrained either in the arts or ln the language of diplomacy.
 The more mindful mon in England look with a1nazement and astonishment on what some times seems to them the unbridled violence of our partisan newspapers, the feeling of hatred and dislike of England in America. With these extreme expressions of violence tho English government, tho English people and the Eng fish press have been most patient, but unless we como to recognize moro than we do the recIklessnesa of speech, the facility of rousng prejudiees and tho danger of provoking oven the most patient strength we may bring about a state of things infinitely dsgracoful and inf nitoly dangerous to our Christianity and our civilization.
 Would Bishop DOane prefer mon archy in this country, whoro there would not be tho constant political changes that griove him so? But who hates England in this country? When, how and where are given to the winds those sentiments of dislike to England that the bishop sees through his blue glasses? Where are tho violent expros- sions of aversion that ho speaks of ,,,,g,,,e. +Io A,,7o7,iool, 1,eoD1n9 He talks like one of those rabid London news papers whose stock ill trade it is to spread among British tradesmon dislike of the United States We in the United States are too busy minding our own affairs and accommodating for ourselves and our children the belongings of TO- fined civilized life to pay attention to England ono way or the other.
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IF Is announced that the term of Hon. W. R. Morrison. of Illinois. the senior member of the interstate railroad commission, will soon ex- pire, and as the position is one of dignity and influence with a salary of $7 800 q year, there is of course an army of applicants for the place. An effort will be made, however, to have Col. Morrison retained, be- cause of his long experience and trained capacity. Under the law the commission must have on it two representatives of the minori- ty party, and the facti that a Demo cratic member from Ohio will retire in the course of a few months, may induce President Mckinley to re- appoint Col Morrison, who is being supported by a number ot conner cial bodies. On the other hand, however, he is persona non grata to the corporation and political in Guences, and they can be depended upon to oppose his re-appointment, but in view of bis ability and the fact that the commission must have two Democratic members, it is quite probable that the President will heed the requests of the commercial interests of the country and retain Col. Morrison. New Orleans States.
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Az Head nfenev.

Whom Dr. Schliomann was digging as the supposed site of Troy, he uncovered the remains of several ancient cities which had been built one after another on the sumo hill. In the second layer from the bottom ho discovered masses Of silver in the form of axe heads. Dr. Gotze now suggests that theso were intended not for implements, but for money. Bronze axe heads have also been discovered in ancient remains, mingled with metal pieces in the form of rings, in such a manner as to sug- gest that all aliko were inteued to servo as money. After the axe head had disappeared Rs actual money the memory of itwa pre- served in tho coins of Tenedos which bore the figure of an axe head. Dr. Gotzc also suggests that the wedge of gold which Aohnn stole from tho spoils of Jericho and for the stealing of which Joshua had him stoned to death was a specimen of the an- cient axe head money.-San Francisco Ar Conaut.
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PRINCE EsrERHAzY, of Paris, has confessed to having written num- Der of letters containing French State secrets and selling them to the German government. The let ters bore the forged signature Of Alfred Dreyfus, former captain of the French artillery who was court martialed and sentenced to lmpus- onment on Devils Island for selling military secrets. The exculpation of Dreyfus from the charge and his release will be Q great victory for his friends and relatives.
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William of Germany must be happy over the consciousness that all the world is talking about him and his warships just HOW. His marines and ironclads hold possession of the Chinese forts in Kiao-Chau bay, in the Yellow sea; au- other warship demands reparation from Haiti for what William has cooked in- to an insult to German citizen, and 0 third German war vessel has bonn bardod a miserable negro village on the island of New Guinea because the na- tiyes did not liko their German govern or and dispatched him to the next world. It will be observed, however, that Will liam has method in his bullying and confines his bombarding strictly to countries that have no power to bonn bard back
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Tho ounrralaome Robin.

The robin, that "pious" bird, Is very quarrelsome, and it oxaspefates ono to watch him wasting the precious hours of food in hunting another hungry robin up and down and round and round till the sparrows have cleared the board Tha blackbirds, too, arc very annoying in the way that they snatch up lump of bread and fly off with it, only to bo chased about for the rest of the morning by other black birds, while @ sparrow makes a square meal off the morsel fallen meanwhile un- dor shrub, but relentless as they are in pursuit, tho curious fact is that they sel- dom fight. If the pursued turns, the pur- suor stops. perks up his tail. and being promptly charged by tho othor becomes in his turn tho pursued but woo to both whom tho missel thrush comes Ho is pitt less in pursuit, and l have seen them pass my window ti3ne after time in the course of a morning, tho storm cock hard on the "hcelsa of the blaekbird, and when they oFertake them what happensf For myself as l hayo often said before, l believe tho missel thrush is cannihal. Atany rate. l attribute some of the dead blackbirds and thrushos that ono finds about the grounde to his cruel beak. He watches for birds for hours at time, ikea bird of prey, and attacks them like one. l have often stopped n chase which knew could only end one Contemporary Review.
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WHY CALLED TumBLERs.
Curious Origin Os the Name of an Article
 En Daily Use.

Curious Origin Oa the Name of an Article
 Tn Daily Use.
 Every day we drink ont of tumbler. Why is the large glass that holds our milk and water so called? Years ago Professor Max Muller was giving q luncheon at All Souls college, Oxford, to tho Princess Alice, the wife of tho Grand Duke of Hesse- -Darmstadt and tho second daughter of Queen Victoria. phoro wero not dozen guests besides th8 princess and her hus- band, and very agreeable luncheon we had, with talk On all kinds of interesting subjects.
 But what exclaod the curiosity of all strangers present was q set of little round bowls of silver about the size of larga orange. They wep9 brought round filled to the brim with the famous ale hrewe2 In tho college. These, we are told, were tumblers and we Wero speedily shown how they came by thsir namos-a fitting lessoa for the guests of philologist. When Ons of these little 58BE5 was empty, it wsg placed upon she eA5le mouth downward. Instantly, sS perfect was the balance f5 flew haok to sts proper position as if ask ing to be filled again No matter how Ia was troated-trundled along thefloors, bai- anced carefully on it's side, dropped sud- uollly uIoH 1Ae hotts Oalok G'iIGb-up Aa rolled again md settled itson with few gentle shakings and swayings into it's place. like one of those india rubber tum- bling dolls babies delight in.
 This, then, was the origin of our word tumbler, at first made of silver, as are all tbeso All Souls tumblors. Then, whom Rluss became common the round glassea that stood on Q flat base superseded tho OK quisitely balanced silver spheres and stole their names so successfully that you have to go to All Souls to see the real thing Philadelphia Times.
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SHREVEPORT La. retail mer- chants are arrangeing q series of popular excursions on all railroads running into that city. Railroad rates are to be cut one-balf in order 10 give customers an opportunity to make their holiday purchases in Shreveport. Pine Bluff merchants should be on the alert to prevent Shreveport dealers, by their popu- lar excorsions, from absorbing a part of the trade South of this city.
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Dr. Prinzen Goerlings, a government official in Java, has sent to the French academy of sciences the description of a process by which ho claims to turn po- tato starch into the purest and best of sugar If the claim is founded on fact, sugar will become as cheap tho world over as potatoes themselves, and Ireland will be it's greatest producer.
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A Boston woman who died lately lofi the income of $4o0 to feed her dearest friend, parrot She named also 0 trus. teo who will undertake to care for the creature. Parrots live sometimes 206 years The trustee will bo in his grave and have handed the bird down to his children and grandchildren, who in turn will pass to the beyond, and that old parrot will be sereeching still
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Notice to Weekly Subscribers.


 Statements have been mailed this week to all subscribers, rendering n statement of individual Indebtedness to the Semi-Weekly GRAPHIC for sub scriptions. These are sent out an nually in pursuance of a regular bus mess policy, and we hope all state ments will receive q prompt answer and remittance. Should any error occur the same will be rectified upon application to the business office. Prompt attention to these state ments will save time and trouble.
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PRESIDENT MCKINLEY sent his message to Congress yesterday iMondayl afternoon. It is @ very voluminous document, making over ten columns in all. He declares that it is unwise to interfere in Cuba's behalf; devotes considerable space to bimetallism, in which it is intimated that further steps may be made in that direction; favors the annexation of Hawaii; declares that our merchant marine should be im- proved, and urges legislation to ogiye the white man his rights in the Indian Territory. T4e3%% GRAPHIC will make more elaborate mention of the message as soon as we shall have time to peruse the lengthy document
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FORMER United States Senator Walsh and editor of the Chronicle, has been elected Mayor of Augusta, Ga. He was elected on Citizen s ticket over two opponents and was brought into the race by q popular sentiment for municipal reform. :, e
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Iris said that Attorney General McKenna's appointment to the Su- preme Court Bench will be sent in to the Senate soon, where it is ex- pected to run against a snag.
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Those disappointed bettors who quar- reled with Senator Platt for saying that making wagers on the election of Gen eral Tracy to the mayoralty of Greater New York was like picking up money in the street did not understand him. Tho senator merely meant to say that the election of General Tracy was as unlikely as picking up money in the street.
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'PooR POLLY her crackers will hereafter come high. The three big cracker trusts, after long cut-rate war, aveagreed on a treaty of peace and pooled their interests.
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There is m clement of romance in the Dreyfus case that appeals particular ly to the French mind To outsiders, however, it sounds like dime novel story, the statement Of Colonel Ester hazy that three months ago he was warned of what was to come by a veil cd lady who met him in a carriare at midnight and gayo him a paper proving -reyfus to be guilty of the charge of selling war secrets to Germany. No doubt this story is bosh.
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One of tho most unique of the picture poster advertisements shows a huge hand with string wrapped around the forefinger and underneath tho informa- tion that this is reminder to buy only Blank s infallible preparations.