Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-05-13


about 10000. 900.
The president has decided not to In
terfere In the case Of Joseph Dunlop,
proprietor OF the Chicago Dispatch.
who was sentenced to two years Inn
prisonment for sending obscene matter
through the mails.
Personal Mention.
Charlotte Wolter,. the tragedienne, Is
critically i'll at Vienna.
DR.. Traell Green, an eminent ply.
stefan and famous scientist, 10 dead at
his home in Easton, Pa.
Abraham Sperch, of the editorial
staff Of the New York Stats Zeitung,
died of pneumonia in New York
Judge N. c. Mcfarland, United
States land commissioner under Presi-
dents Garfield and Arthur, died at To-
peka, Kan, aged seventy-five years.
Richard Long. aged thirty-five years,
was found dead in bed at Saratoga, N.
Y. He is survived by wife and two
children, living in Charleston, s. G.
The Century Road club has elected
W. A. Shinkle of Cleveland, president.
A. l.. Mace of st. Paul is centurian for
Minnesota.
The will of the late John W. Foster
Of Boston bequeaths 100000 for the
erection of statue Of William Ellery
Claiming in Boston.
Capt. Otto ]. Paul, formerly of the
Ohio national guard, is organizing a
company to go to Greece. Seventy
hnr
A Richmond, Va, advice says Col. ].
s. Mosby is reported as very much bet
ter and the strongest hopes are enter
tanned of his entire recovery.
Archibald NJ. Marshall, of the Mar
shall-Kennedy Milling company, Pitts
burg, died of apoplexY, aged eighty
three years. He had been prominent
in business circles in Pittsburg for
more than half century.
First Lieut.. Rufus III. Lake, of the
United States cruiser New York, was
married to Miss Gertrude E. Mills at
the home of her parents in Geneva,
Ohio.
Second Lieut.. James T. Moore, Third
infantry, now at Fort Smelling, has
been detailed for two years course
VI luSlIuCtlOu III Tie 4 OIl ASdtcuWOllu
infantry and cavalry school.
Casualties.
Two poys Of Eagle Grove, Iowa,
named Cotton and Hall, aged about
ten, ate wild parsnips found near the
river. Cotton is dead and Hall can
not live.
The traction roads were responsible
for three deaths III Pittsburg in one
day. The victims were John r. Nc
Kelvy, Mrs. Christian Wachter and her
babe.
Joe johnson was coming to Jackson,
Mo-. in q covered wagon, accompanied
by Mrs. Bugg, her five-year-old son
and her baby and Miss Minnie Frazer.
johnson attempted to ford creek and
all were drowned except johnson.
A man and his son digging ditch on
their farm near Warren, Pa. were
blown to pieces by an explosion of
nitro-glycerine. A pick in the hands of
the boy struck q can of the stuff buried
in the ground and it exploded. The
farm was formerly the site Of nitro
glycerlne factory.
Criminal.
. Samuel DayidOv, who has been cut
ting quite a swell in society at Cleve-
land, Ohio, for some time past, has
been arrested on the charge of forgery.
Emil Sohlern, saloonkeeper of Chi
eago, was shot and instantly killed just
before midnight last night by one Of
three men who entered the saloon for
the purpose of robbery.
Two women were murdered and q
man nearly killed near WATERFOWL, n.
Y. The divorced husband of one Of
the women has been arrested, charged
with the murders.
Isador Weber of New York city shot
his four-year-old daughter Josie, Kill
ing her, and then killed himself With
the same weapon. Weber had been
turned out Of doors by his wife.
A bank cashier in Somersworth n.
H., was attacked and killed and the
bank robbed OF several thousand dol
lars. The supposed murderer has been
arrested.
r. Nicholas, president Of the defunct
Bank Of Commerce of New Orleans,
has been convicted Of the embezzle-
ment Of $4,000. The money was
used to purchase the Esperanza sug:s
plantation and was withdrawn with
out obtaining consent of the directors.
Foreign Notes.
The people of Lesser Slave Lake,
n. w. T., are eating horse flesh to
keep them alive.
According to a dispatch to the Lon
don Times from Cape Town the Brit
ish cape squadron will remain in Del
agoa bay until the middle of June.
Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria
and the car were present at bril-
liant review of the troops Of the st.
Petersburg garrison.
The state department has been in
formed that the government of Rou-
mania has prohibited the entry of
Jews into that country.
The Chinese government has de-
cided to establish and fortify a naval
station at Kiaochau, on the south side
Of the Shan Tung pr0montory on the
Yellow sea.
The Chilean squadron has arrived ut
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