Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-29
General.

Admiral Dewey expects no trouble
with the Filipinos.
While at Macon, Ga. recently, Pres
ident Mckinley was presented with Il
Confederate badge.
Wise seers predict that the United
States will soon become the banker Of
the world.
The Federation of Labor has decided
the bring the eight-hour day question
to climax in 1900.
The Canadian commission will prob
ably agree upon a treaty covering ev
erything but reciprocity.
1t is proposed to completely change
the present mode of taxation in Mont-
ana.
Ex-Queen "I4il" of Hawaii has sent
protest to the senate against the APP
preparation of crown lands by the
United States.
George c. Larson. corporal Company
A. Utah artillery. and James Healy,
private Company l, Eighteenth infant
~, are dead in MANILA.
The Annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Sheep Breeders association oc-
Cured at Toledo. Ohio About
100 delegates We're in attendance.
The Colorado & Southern Railway
company, owner of the reorgaSized
Gulf & South Park lires, were incorpo-
rated at Denver. The capital stock Of
tie new company is $4,000, }.
Princeton. n. j.. is threatened with
an epidemic Of diphtheria, and there is
possibility Of the Christmas holidays
at the village being extended beyond
the customary two weeks.
The directors of the Atclison rail.
road have declared a dividend of one
per cent on the preferred stock. the
first since the reorganization of the
company. The directors and officers
were reelected.
Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin. one
of the few Western Democrats in that
body, says that the indications are
that large number of the Democratic
senators will vote to ratify the Paris
peace treaty.
The coroner of Waterloo, Iowa re-
plevined the body of Bert Howard.
who had no relatives, which an under
taker refused to give UP. The coroner
wanted the body for scientific Dur-
poses
The United States arn.ored cruiser
Brooklyn, Capt. Francis Cook, which
left Old Point Comfort on Dec. IL, has
arrived at Havana. The United States
transport Saratoga. from Charleston,
Dec II, has also arrived.
Gen. Green has approved eX-Chief
McCullaugh's plan to organize police
force in Havana of Il thousand men.
on the model of the New York system.
formerly under McCullaughs superin
tendency.
The board of directors of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail
road have declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of / II per cent. The
surplus after providing for the pay
ment Of this dividend is $780, 900, an
increase Of $325,OOO over the surplus
OH Dec. 81 last year.
The Denver City Gable railway WAS
sold at auction, under foreclosure Of q
Z ortgage for S4.O0O.0OO. II. T., Rogers,
as agent fro Frederick =. Olco;t Of
New York, chairman of the reOrganiZ-
alton committee, secured the property
for 100000, the minimum bid allowed.
A sensation in cattle circles occurred
at EmpOria, Kas, when it was learned
that J. w. Jones had skipped out. He
was wealthy citizen. At one time he
was worth nearly 100000 Lately he
has been dealing in cattle and has
been doing big mortgage business
Innocen Of the crime of which he
had been convicted, Mike O'Donnell
has stepped from behind prison bars
lis sentence Of thirty for robbery. lie
was convicted on circumstantial eyi.
dence.
The Atchison, Topeka d Santa Re
has established its Oriental line, and
has announced to the people of thu.
Orient. according to recent udvices
from there. that the steamer Belgian
king will be the first steamer to snil
from the other side. rlIc steamer will
proceed ~ Snn Diego, Cal. which Will
be- II" terminus OF The Vad,