Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-05

creditors, although every dollar IS now
ready.
Personal Mention.
Father John. for twenty years mis-
siorary among the Chippewas in Wis
cOnsin, is dead.
The old home, in Niles, Ohio, in
which President Mckinley was born.
was sold last week to w. G. Allison, a
relative Of the president.
Clara Novello, the well known Eng
lish oratorio singer, who in private life
Is the Countess Giglieucci, has just
entered upon her eightieth year.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has set to music
the "Recessional," Rudyard Kipling's
latest poem, composed in honor Of the
queens jubilee.
Commodore Robert L. Pythian, sup
erirtendent Of the naval observatory,
has been placed on the retired list of
the navy. He entered the navy from
Kentucky in 1858.
EX-Secretary of the Navy Richard
W. Thompson has just celebrated his
eighty-eighth birthday quietly at his
home in Terre Haute, Ind. He is in
good health, and continues to take
much interest in public affairs.
Chief Justice Fuller said, in his ad-
dress at the centennial celebration in
Augusta, Me-, WadLe sday: '"Fhe past
teaches us that our fathers knew not
only how to command, but how to
obey, and that true freedom fourishes
best when self-restrained." ;,taa1aq
Baron Faya, the Italian, minister,
and Nine. Fava will spend the SUM
meg in, Italy. Il It. is, their9intenti6n to
have the, remains, Of their: son, Rene
Fava, now lying In vault at Naples,
inferred, and the spot marked BY a
tomb, the. work Of Amateis, the famous
Italian sculptor. ..r
Us! ;,a.,ai. lii e Casualties. i;qiuGa div :
In ]. f., Babcock, inventor ofFthe Are
se.xtinguisher, is dead at ,Gost !oql aged
All Assyrian woman naanh :" named ca Msahry
Joseph was run over and killed In the
yards Of the milwaukee, at La Crosses.
She was fruit peddler. ~, ,.5..t.a!fI
Maj. William Mahoney, one of the
most popular veterans of Wisconsin,
is dead at1Wausau. He was formerly
deputy collector of internal revenue,
and under the, Peck administration
was assistant quartermaster general.
A succession Of terrible electrical
storms, with heavy rainfall, have
passed over Marion, Ohio and vicin-
ity. George Stout, while driving q
moving machine, was killed by light
ming. -Four men near Radburn, fif-
teen miles from Marion, were killed.
fhcsFh 49, Peso ne
electric car at Cambridge, Mass, forty
panic ensued, as the car suddenly
broke out into flames underneath! s As
It VAS, four pei sons were i.seNerely
p rrlnleedQ;@oI 1nyq@ 4f7 40 z!9,it sdf It's
cr1minal.M ID 4-ae ne;
f. Sarah p. Hamilton, nineteen years
months!old babe at Saginaw, Mich,
p Dependency caused by her betrayal,
was the cause. Yad Hin an .ssIaW ~
A mob Of Infatuated citizens of Goosa
county, Alabama, shot, to death James
Daniel. q negro, who had attempted an
assault on Mrs. John Baker, The wife
of a white farmer gloIA hynno IGB
g joseph Berkenhagen,oa a. farmer lIof
North Greenfield, Wis, who {, was
awaiting trial for attempting to kill
several nefghbors,, committed suicide
by hanging In his barn. alqm0o ID .tU
lMRicardo de Reanesous, !principalf con-
| spirator in the plot to food Costa Rira
with counterfeit bank bills, who, is
now in jail awaiting trial, has made a
written confession. 70 This confession
duplicates three wealthy coffee plant
ga fSst a9d t6g present minister Of wan Of
ftsxilq smseso l!..HQTEssT T s9.es.l. sh sN
1sfha PanfA{g9 Fikardl faslnhn6Glncsess nfthha,
, Pffdte ESD; 1sab bfief IL OfleaHS Is sk61tly
20 hHf bhtrethed to fIrin6 AlbertJi Of
Belgium. snGoI IIGmI I0f lenom
l6dg fbbft6mlhdsht ii f oSSde6, Is engaged
fto-be-ntnnied-to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ducal family Of Hamilton.
kseEh0sa1alesH-oEsHap63tasENas.N
ried quietly Tuesday morning at Rel.
sf eoaa }soee{{tsaEh5l b bfGafasE eftl$ is
ssirlJshn Ehanries BadkhiA, ole 3he
founders OF the volunteer movement
OF 1855, is dead at London. He las
~! big 5eightieth year. Z
In honor of the conclusion of Ahe
treaty Of friendship between Peru and
Spain the queen regent has conferred
upon President cPierola the Crosse OF
Isabelle Catolica. {
A violent earthquake occurred in fhe
Island of Stromboli, one of the LinhrI
group, of the north coast OF SicilyEon
Saturday! The shock was followedsby
an. active eruption Of the volcanos OF
| Stromboli.
+ AT the meeting OF the French cabi.
tnet, q. Lebon, minister Of the colonies
announced that force 81 French
cavalry from Timbuctoo, while pur.
suing a band of robbers, met with q
serious disaster. B
/ In the house of commons GeorgesN
4 urzon, under secretary Of foreign DIT.
fairs, replying, to Michael Davitt, anti.
itParnellite, isaid the government was