Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-01-21
NEWS IN DRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in a Com.
Iensed Form.

Overflow From the Wires in a Con,
densed Form.
The Dominion Savings Bank of Var
mouth has been closed by order of the
government.
Patrick Donohue, who was married a
week ago, has been arrested for the
m''rder Of his wife.
Gen. Medarto Aifaro has been elect
/ ed constitutional president of the re-
public Of Ecuador by 53 votes.
The spanish legation ut Washington
has received no information regarding
the proposed reforms in Cuba.
William Roe was hanged at Napa,
Cal, for the crime of numbering Mrs.
John l. Greenwood in February, 1891.
The fi1ibuster Shere Annie run out Of
the harbor at Jacksonville, Fla, and
was chased in vain by the cutter Col
fax.
The Tennessee senate has passed a
bill requiring contestants of gubcrna-
torial elections to put up bonds for the
costs.
The body of an unknown man has
been found on the Harris farm, near
Minor, n. d. He persisted during the
late storm.
Hon. Hugh John Macdonald's cleo
ton as member of parliament for Win
nipeg was voided on admission Of
bribery by agents.
a bill fixing the age for the retire
ment from the classified civil service
was introduced by Representative
Gillett of Massachusetts.
Chief Engineer s. B. Burnap, of the
Olympia, and fleet engineer of the
Chinese station, has broken down
physically and been sent home.
The maharajah of Durbanagh has
RENTED eight lakhs of rupees of his
/ revenue and will eXpend a similar
amount in the famine relief work.
c. o. Krone got verdict at Helena,
| Mont, for $4,000 in the United States
court against the Northern Pacific for
the loss of both legs at Livingston.
Word is received from New York to
| the effect that the Joint Tariff associa-
zion has decided to reduce the freight
rate on grain between Chicago and
| New York from 20 to Is cents per hum
dred.
The house committee on commerce
voted to report favorably bill author
| izing the Sierra Madre Construction
company to construct or acquire a
bridge across the Rio Grande at Eel
| Paso, Tex.
| Daniel O'Hearn. ST., was shot at
Fort Dodge, Iowa. His son had load
ed his gun and was passing out Of
the door when the gun was discharged,
the load striking O'Hearn and tearing
it's way through his lungs.
Fire destroyed the famous old stone
| barn at Narberth, Pa, which has been
familiar landmark for more than a
century. Gen. Washington's troops
were Quartered there Oh one occasion
during the Revolutionary war. i.
| David J. Hcnnessy's will was filed
! at Dubuque. His estate, consisting
largely of ST. Paul real estate. is given
to his brother, Archbishop Hennessy,
| except that he makes small bequeStS
to his other brothers and sisters.
The London Times says that as 4
result of Russo French protests the
sultan has offered Marshal Fuad
Pasha an acceptable post instead Of
| ordering him into practical exile at
Bagdad for his efforts to prevent mas
sacres.
| The Cuban junta has received let
! ter from Gen. Maxine Gomez. In it
! Gomez tells of the receipt of arms, am
munition and other supplies. He
sends his thanks for the promptness
| with which the cargoes have been for
warded.
The Bannocks and Shoshone Indian
| delegation from Idaho had an inter-
view with the commissioner of Indian
affairs. They were sent on by their
tribe to inquire about the proposition
Of the government looking to a DISPOSE
| ton of their surplus lands.
The Great Lakes Fire Insurance of
Milwaukee. Lloyd association, has
been forbidden to issue policies in Wis
consin. the attorney general having
rendered a decision that the law does
| not authorize such associations to issue
policies of general fire insurance.