Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-17


pected that the former at least will
be able to attend.
King Leopold is again missing, and
the Belgians are wondering where he
will turn up next. A few days ago
Leopold II. left Brussels so suddenly
that even his court chronicler was not
aware Of 1t. and the next the world
heard about the royal parsonage he
was in Sheffield, Eng Then he went
to Glasgow, but has disappeared from
there.
General.
A sugar beet syndicate has been
formed in Colorado.
The National Wallpaper company
won suit at New York involving $685.
100000 Of its securities.
Frank slavin lasted just two min
utes in his fight with Jim Butler of
Philadelphia before the California
Athletic Club of San Francisco.
Texas is harvesting the largest grain
crop in its history. Conservative esti-
mates place the wheat yield at from
twenty to twenty-five million bushels.
The Illinois senate has passed the
house bill appropriating $1,000 for the
painting Of a portrait Of ex-Gov. Alt
geld.
G. c. Smith. the Black Thunderbolt,
knocked out Jim Delaney Of Portland,
Or, in thirty seconds of the second
round at the Maple Avenue Athletic
club ut Elmira. N. Y.
A new treatment for lock-jaw has
just been successfully tried at the
German hospital at Sanfrancisco under
the direction of DR.. Conrad We'll. It
consists Of injections of tetanus
anti-toxin Of diphtheria.
Because Of some boys pranks twen-
ty-three students of Parsons college
Of Fairfield, Iowa. all belonging to the
Orio club, have been suspended till
fall Three are seniors. The rest will
all escape examinations.
The citizens of Logansport, Ind,
have completed the subscription Of
100000 necessary to the reorganiza-
ton of the recently failed State Ma
tional bank and restore the impaired
capital and the bank will be reorgan-
lied.
The International art exhibition was
opened at Munich by Prince Regent
I.uitpold in the presence Of the court
dignitaries, ministers, members of the
diplomatic corps and the civil and
military authorities. There are many
American exhibits.
The West Burlington, Iowa, shops
of the Burlington railroad has began
working full time with q full force.
An increase Of $4,000 per month in
wages will result. Additional men
are now being employed over the en-
tire Burlington system.
Libby prison at Chicago will soon be
closed. The Appomattox table, the
first oil portrait of Grant and all the
other pictures, documents, canon,
rifles, shot and shell forming the col
lection of American war relics will
probably find resting place in Wash
ingtcn.
At the National Sporting club in
London the twenty-round match for
$1,000 between Dick Burge and Tom
Causer was brought off before q large
crowd. Burge was warm favorite.
He made some clever points during the
first five rounds but in the sixth he
was cautioned twice for hitting too
low, and in the seventh was disQuali-
fed for foul
Attorney General Boyle Of Kansas
in the investigation of charges by the
Kansas City Stock Yards company,
Will take the testimony Of President
Charles Francis Adams, Treasurer
Charles Merriam and others and try to
get at the original stock books in Bos-
ton. The Kansas officials hope to SUBJ
stantiate the claim that the company's
stock has been ;watered.
Loretta NJ. Kane Of Chicago has
brought suit for $4,000 against Sher-
if Phillips Of Dubuque county, Iowa,
and Mercy hospital She was q teach
er in q Chicago public school and had
some trouble with the board Of edu-
cation. She alleges that on June IL,
1896. she was imprisoned in Mercy
hospital for ten days. Her arrest was
due to 4 charge Of insanity. Later she
was examined. reported not insane,
pnd discharged.
kentucky silverites have placed an
other woman in the field as q candi-
date for an elective Office, Miss Mary
G. Anderson. having been nominated
in Montgomery county for superintend-
ent Of schools. The Louisville Courier
Journal Gays that she has handsome
plurality over several opponents, be-
longs to one Of the best families of the
county. has taught several schools &C.
ceptably, and is talented and refined
young woman.
1t is believed that no more crews
from Yale will be allowed to enter re-
gattas away from home. The expert
ence Of the scrub eight, composed Of
candidates for the class crews and one
or two former substitutes for the
varsity Mt the Harlem regatta on Mon
day was very unsatisfactory. They
were advertised everywhere as the
Yale varsity crew. The eight that
rowed at Harlem contained no oars.
man that has rowed In Yale varsity
race.