Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-08-25
DONE VERY QUIETLY.
No Ceremony Attending the InauEu-
ration of Gov. Dcvine.


No Ceremony Attending the InauEu-.
ration of Gov. Dcvine.
Bismarck, N. D.~The Inauguration
Of Lieut.. Gov. Dcvlne rs governor Of
the state, to fill the uncXpircd term Of
the late Gov. Briggs, was without GER
emony of any kind, the oath of office
being taken privately and the new
governor sworn to his duties. The law
of the state makes the lieutenant gov
death of the governor, to the executive
chair. His oath Of Office as lieutenant
governor anticipates the possibility of
his services as governor. The success
sion to tho governorShip In case Of the
death of the lieutenant governor would.
be the secretary OF state. This Is the.
farthest the state laws go in the pro-
visions for succession. Should the lieu
tenant governor and the secretary Of
state both die, the state would be with.
out II governor. Nor could Il special
election be called to elect one. for there.
would be no executive to call one. The
recession to the secretary of state has.
only existed for Il few years, and was
created by Il law passed by the legis-
laturc, when there was n discussion Of
the matter some years ago, and 1t was
claimed tEat the succession lay in the
preSiGt1;t Of the senate, who is select
cd from among the members of that
body. JEd La Moure was at that time
president Of t.c senate, ami 1t was ar
gued that III case of the death of the
governor AID lieutenant governor, he
would become governor.
Gov. Briggs, although under a con-
tinuafly heavy expense for the past
two or three years, left his wife and
daughter fairly well provided for as
far as wCai,E goes in this state. The
governor carT:2t. about $4,000 in life
insurance and a sum III cash and Sc
curitics this. wiz! equal or exceed that
amount. Mrs. Briggs has made no
plans for the f:tl:::'v, .:i.af and prostra-
ton ut the dc@,:, .: i'c: husband hav-
ing excluded ary othe: consideration.
Gov. Devjne is one Sf the prominent
educators of the state and Il lecturer
of prominence. He has served as SUI
perintendent Of schools of La Moure
county, and, as lieutenant governor,
was presiding officer of the last state
senate. He has been lecturer before
the teachers Institutes ever since his.
connection with educational work in
the state, and will make number Of
addresses to teachers Institutes that
We're billed before his accession to the
govcrnorship. He is ore of the most
popular ;;i.t.:,;ers in the state.
chief t:Siy Jobp ono oe tbo nl1nst
AricEa"oe Indians on the Fort Berth
old !ildar reservation, has died at the
agency. He was the first enlisted
scout at Fort Stevenson, and served
continuously from 1867 to 1SS. He
lost leg in the service of the govern
ment in the latter year, and has since
been a pensioncr. His widow was the
daughter of kip, the trader of the
American Eur company, who was at
old Fort Clark when the Mautlan ma
ton was nearly destroyed by SMALL
poX some fifty or sixty years ago.
Charles KuptZ, j. G. SWEET. Il. S.
Beardsley and a t.uiubrr of other mer-
chants who We're burned out. have new
stores located and arc receiving new
stocks Of goods. The Insurance adj
jusicrS hav: settled With Il large num-
HCl I'll lllc lJStlS. lllt ISScS Doing lotil
in tie majority of cases.
The Burlcigh summer school is in
progress. with fifty teachers in attend
ance. and is doing good work.
The safes in the old land office were
not tre-proof. and, as a result. Il large
number of the records of the office are
destroyed wholly or in part. Some OF
them can be Transcribed With great Ia
Dor, and others are lost beyond rncov-
cry.
Col. Il. G. Cooper, chairman of the
Republican state central committee in
the last campaign. has been in the city
adjusting losses for the st. Paul Fire
and Marine Insurance company. He
went to Fargo to attend the meeting
Of the state central committee. Mr..
Cooper says the state campaign will
begin about Sept. Is.