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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

The candidates to be there nominated are
member of congress, governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary of state, state auditor state
treasurer, superintendent of public instruction,
commissioner of insurance, three commissioners
of railroads, attorney general, commissioner of
agriculture and labor and one judge of the
supreme court.
The State Central Committee will pass upon
the rights of those entitled to participate in the
preliminary organization and will meet for that
purpose at the Hotel Metropole in Fargo at 9
O'Clock in the forenoon on the 18th day of July
1888 to hear all contests Or complaints. The
credentials of all delegates and all notices of
contests or protests must be filed with the
Chairman of the committee on or before Mon
day July 11th 1898 at p, IN. and all protests or
contests must be accompanied by a written
statement of the grounds for the complaint or
contest
Preference in the order of hearing and deter
mining contests will be given according to time
of filing same with the Chairman.
By order of the State Central Committee of
the State of North Dakota.
FRANK j. THOMPSON,
Chairman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

Ed. G. Blanks, of Lewisvi]le, Texas,
writes that one box OF De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve was worth $50 to him. It
cured his piles Of ten years standing and
advises others 10 try it. 1t also cures
eczema, all kinds of skin diseases and
obstinate sores. Sold by ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30
Democratic State Convention.

To THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS OF THE STATE
OF NORTH DAKOTA:
Notice is hereby given to all persons that a
Democratic State Convention, (of delegated re-
presentatives of the Democratic party of the
Opera House, in the City of Fargo State of
North Dakota, on Tuesday, July IL, 1893, ab ten
o'clock in tho forenoon for the purpose of plac-
offices to be voted for at the next general cleo
tion and for the purpose of transacting such
other bus mess as may properly come before it.
The basis of representation, is as follows:
ganized county of the state and one delegate
for each one hundred votes or major fraction
thereof cast in each county for John Burke for
congress in 1896:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30
Independent State Convention.
To THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE STAT
OF NORTH DAKOTA.

Notice is hereby given to all persons that an
representatives of the Independent party Of the
State of North Dakota] will be held in the
Opera M house in the City of Fargo, State Of n.
e py he % @ at Of
nomination candidates for the respective offices
to be voted for at the next general election, and
1er the of such other
:. The basis of representation is as follows
Two delegates at. large for each and every
for each one hundred votes or major fraction
thereof, cast in each county for Hon. r. B.
RICHARDSON for governor in 1895.
will be entitled to the following REPRESENTATION !:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30
Democratic County Convention.

Notice is hereby given that Democratic
County Convention of delegated representatives
North Dakota will be held in the Court House
at the City of Langdon on the afternoon of Fri
day, July sth, 1898, for the purpose of electing
fourteen delegates to attend the Dcmocratic
Fargo, State of North Dakota, on Tuesday July
18th, 1898.
Tho basis of representation from the various
precincts will be one delegate at large and one
delegate for every twenty-five votes, Or major
fraction thereof cast for John Burke for con
gress in 1896; precincts will be entitled to the
following reDrcSc ntatiOn: q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

It is recommended that caucuses for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to attend the above
convention be held on Thursday evening July
7th, 1898 between the hours of ! and o'clock.
Caucuses to be held at the usual voting places
in the various precincts.
F. w. MCLEAN, j. B. BOYD,
Secretary. Chairman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

Or. Donovan has thirty quarter
sections of land in this county for
sale cheap on time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

Win your battles against disease by
acting promptly. One Minute Cough
Cure produces immediate results. When
taken early it prevents consumption, and
in later stages it in all stages furnishes
prompt relief. Sold by ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

DR.. Donovan has thirty quarter Sec
tiOns Of land in this county for sale
cheap on time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-30

Caucuses will be held in the several precincts
for the electing of delegates on Friday, July 8th
at seven o'clock in the evening. Polls to be open
at least one hour. The county central com
mittee will pass upon the rights of those entitled
meet for that purpose in the Court House in
Langdon at l2 go p. m. for the purpose of hear
all contests and complaints.
ROBERT FLEMING, FRANK WRIGHTsoN,
Secretary. Chairman.
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MUST USE PENS.
Typewriters Barred Out of House OF
Commons.

lypeWrltefS barreu Oul Vi iiou"N "
Commons
A rule of the House of Commons,
says the Chicago Record. is that all
petitions must be laid before that body
in written or photographic form, but
recently the Hon. Mr.. Gedge submitted
a memorial from his constituents OF
the town OF Walsall in typewriter
manuscript and created quite a sensa-
ton. The Speaker declined to receive
it on the ground that it was violation
of the rule and an infringement on the
dignity of the House. He contended
that typewriting was neither manu-
script nor photography, although he adj
mitted that the rule was adopted be-
fore the invention of typewriters. Mr..
Gedge gave notice that he would take
the earliest opportunity of moving an
amendment to the rule in order that
modern invention which is of great
convenience and a decided improve
ment over pen and ink manuscript
might be recognized.
The same rule applies to all of the
official departments of the British Gov
ernmnt. All documents that emanate
| from the various branches of the Min
istry are still written in long hand
upon the same kind of paper that has
been in use for several centuries and
is manufactured expressly for them.
No private individual is allowed to
use official paper for any purpose what
ever And quill pens are still the or
| binary instruments of literary labor in
the executive departments, as they are
| in the universities, the courts and in
| the old-fashioned lawyers offices. We
| visited an eXamination-room in one Of
the colleges at Oxford the other day
where a lot of students had just fin
lshed the examination known as the
"Great-go," which comes at the end of
the college year, and upon the table
in the center was large box filled
with several hundred quill pens which
had just been discarded by the stu
dents and were being gathered up by
the janltOrS. 1t was only recently that
steel pens were allowed in the Bank
of England
typewriter communication on Off
cial subjects would not be received
in some of the British offices nor in
the courts, but we in America are al
most as far behind the times, for it
is only since the Harrison Admins
tration that typewriters have been used
in the State Department at Washing
ton. Even now all communications to
the foreign legations of the United
States and the diplomatic representa-
tives of other governments at Wash
;1,rr Loxy h.
Our Ministers abroad are still required
to use the same method in preparing
their dispatches to the Government
Mr. Blaine was the first man to intro
duce the typewriter, and if he had re-
manned in office several years longer
that convenient instrument would have
been furnished to all of the foreign
representatives of the United States.
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the time of demurrage would have haan
increased Is days. Otherwise the YES
sci would have been Obliged 10 dis
charge on the southeast side Of the har-
Dor, and the coal carted around 10 the
railway yard at a cost of 80 cents per
ton on $500 tons. making a total of
Sl,150. The demurrage would have
been 10 days a. SS0.52. or a total of
s1,529,SS. Either case is ruinous to
business, and very detrimental to the
much desired good name of this port.
Messrs. Caste & Cooke, Ltd. and
Messrs. H. Hackfeld & Co.. Ltd. are
pressing us for better accommodation.
We have done all in our power to meet
the demands upon us. and are now
obliged TO say that although we mott
fed the Government on January 4th
last, five months since. and have re-
peatedly called their attention to the
matter, We have thus far been unable
to secure the necessary assistance.
With the hope that the Government
will find it possible to take some steps
without further delay to relieve the
pressure Of the commercial interests
we represent, we remain.
Yours very truly,
OAHU RAILWAY & LAND CO.
(Signed) B. F. DILLINGHAM;,
General Manager
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Copy.
j. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.

Copy.
Honolulu, H. l.. August u, 1897.
JAS. A KING, Esq. Minister of the
Interior
Dear Sir:-Yours of July 2Sth,
acknowledging receipt of our letters of
April 5th, June 10th and Goth, was re-
ceived on the day of its date
Your most extraordinary proposal
to construct a wharf SOC by so feet up
on the property owned in fee by the o.
R. & L. Comany, upon condition that
the said company give without consid-
Grafton, a deed of portion of its most
valuable property, is as a matter of
course, declined.
1t is important, not only to all the
corporations along the line of our road
that necessary wharf facilities be pro-
vided to save them a very heavy haul
ing expense, but l respectfully submit
that it is as much matter of interest
to this Government to encourage in ev-
cry possible way the development of
waste lands on this Island, and thus
increase the employment of people and
capital which will make large returns
to the Government in taxes, as any
other undertaking they may have in
hand.
We do not understand upon what
principle the stockholders of the o. r.
e L. Co. should be expected to deed to
this Government, either in whole or
in part, its property, in exchange for
the use of a dredger purchased with
public funds, fair compensation having
been offered for the use of said ma
chinery.
We feel obliged to do something to
meet the rapidly increasing demands
of newly created business.
AS you practically refuse us the use
of the large dredger, we respectfully
ask that you rent to us the old dredger
at a reasonable rate for each working
day. The dredger to be delivered to us
in good order, and returned in like
good condition, the usual wear and
tear excepted.
AS we are anxious to commence
work Immediately, we beg that you
will grant us a favorable reply at an
early date, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
OAHU RAILWAY & LAND CO..
(SignedD B. F. DILLINGHAM;,
General Manager.
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channel 200 feet wide under railway
for Nuuanu stream within ninety days
the Government to dredge NJ TO the
makai side of the front of such wharf
"a feet deep and ninety feet wide, as
the dredger can be spared from the
Government work, at one-half the cost
of running the same, the Government
10 have the mud; clam-shell dredger
to be at The disposal of the Company
at $50 per day, TO be returned IN as
good condition as it is when received
by the Company. This agreement to be
without prejudice to the legal rights
of both parties.
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TWO CURIOUS MINERALS

Berlin dispatch to the London
Standard says that NJ Czernik tba
well-known Russian chemist, has Az
amined two minerals from the C...a
sus, with very noteworthy resuIts Ons
Of them is a kind Of coal, the sshe. os
which contain a constderab BILE ss..ti.u
of tfe new element hellum, aisne vits
several rare and presious esr.hs ..ed
IN the manufacture Of iasaadsscent
mantels. The other Is called esrtta
and consists mainly OF the new elen,a.s
argon. The most remarkahae thin -
THAI these two new eleN,eptS "a
never before been fosn< an ma,o-.,s
in puse state, But s.ax m cg,e.ni.s1
combination With otfrer eaeso~,~
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Copy.

Honolulu, H l., January 4. 1897.
JAS. A. KING, Esq, Minister of the
Interior, Honolulu. H. l.
Dear Sir:-The increasing business
Of the Oahu Railway and Land Com
pany requires additional wharf facilit-
les.
We propose to build a wharf and a
scow landing, as shown in the annexed
diagram.
The easterly line and the makai end
of the wharf conform to plan of har-
hor improvement made by the Super
intendent of Public Works. The wharf
will be 5Ox300 feet The piles will be
driven at a distance apart of not more
than 10 feet. The top work will be of
the usual construction.
The scow landing will be 14X100 feet,
one line of piles to be driven on the
front line, the rear line being on the
present fill.
Track will be laid on The wharf, and
on the scow landing. connecting with
the present track over rock embank-
ment or pile trestles, or both.
The material excavated by the neces-
sary dredging will be deposited on the
premises of the company.
We respectfully request your APPROX
al of the above plans.
Yours very truly,
OAHU RAILWAY e LAND CO..
(Signed) B. F. DILLINGHAM;,
General Manager
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Copy.
General Manage

Honolulu. H l., June 80, 1897.
JAS. A. KING, Esq, Minister OF the
Interior, Honolulu, H. l.
Dear Sir:-I wrote you last under
date of June 10th, again urging upon
you the pressing necessity for some
thing to be done for the relief of wharf
facilities on the northwest side of the
harbOr. As | have received no acknowl-
edgment Of the receipt of that letter. |
am left to infer that it never reached
you. | will not, however, send in this
a duplicate copy, but respectfully re-
quest that you be good enough to drop
me line and say whether or not the
letter referred to has been received by
you.
[ have just received from Messrs.
Castle & Cooke a letter which will per-
haps emphasize somewhat the repre-
sensations already made to you upon
the matter in question
Kindly lay this letter before the Ad-
ministration, and return the same at
your earliest convenience.
l remain, sir,
Yours respectfully,
OAHU RAILWAY & LAND CO.,
(Signed) B. F. DILLINGHAM;,
General Manager
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Copy.
Honolulu, H. l., June 20, 1897
B. F. DILLINGHAM;, ESQ.,, General
Manager Oahu Railway and Land
Copy.

|
Honolulu, H. l., June 80, 1897
B. F. DILLINGHAM;, ESQ.,, General
| Manager, Oahu Railway and Land
Co., Honolulu, H. l.
Dear Strive wish again to call
your attention to the fact that we are
under heavy expense on account of the
insufficient wharf facilities which you
are now providing for the handling of
the freight Of the Eva Plantation Co.
Your agreement with this company
calls for the delivery of sugars and the
receiving of freight at your wharf. At
the present time we are blocked with
sugar, owing to the inability to get OPP
to take sugar, and unless some relief
on this account is obtained within two
days, we will be forced to shut down
the mill. This will entail very heavy
expense to the Eva Plantation Com
pany which cannot be estimated owing
to the rapid deteriorations of our cane
at this time of the year and cOnse-
quently loss in sugar production. At
the same time we have a coal vessel
in the stream waiting to discharge her
cargo at your wharf and we are now
paying this vessel $50 per day.
We urge upon you the necessity of
providing additional wharf accommo-
dations at the earliest possible moment
because we can see from the present
condition of things, that in a few
months time the jam will be much
worse than it is at present, and the
heavy expense which we are now under
will be a small item as compared with
the greater that will then be entailed.
Very truly yours,
CASTLE & COOKE. LTD,
(Signed) E. D. TENNEY,
Secretary.
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Honolulu, II. l., April 5, 1897.

|
Honolulu, II. l., April 5, 1897.
JAS. 4. KING, ESQ Minister of the
Interior, Honolulu, H. I.
Dear Strive wrote you under date
of January 4th notifying you of our in
tention 10 construct wharf as indi-
Gated upon a map or diagram accom-
panying the letter.
As we have not had the honor TO re-
ceive an acknowledgment of the receipt
of either the letter or diagram, we take
this occasion to inquire if the matter
referred 10 was received.
To meet the pressing demands upon
us for wharf facilities we have ordered
the piles and other materials, and ex-
pect to receive the same very soon.
We understand that the dredger is at
work constantly to prepare the way for
wharves on the southeast side of the
harbor, and that the nature of the ma
terial to be excavated is such that
number of months will be required to
do the necessary derdging before
wharf can be built While we fully APP
preciate the pressing need of more
wharf room in the small harb0r Of Ho
nolulu. and that it is natural that the
| Government should devote all it's time
and use every means at it's command
| for the development of the larger har-
bor,' we respectfully beg to call your
attention to the fact that this company
has been successful in building up bust
ness on this Island during the past
seven years which has increased the
taxes paid over $4,000 per annum; and
when all the enterprises now started
successfully are fully developed, the di
rect taxes therefrom will probably ex
coed $4,000 per annum We therefore
| feel sure that those managing the af-
| fairs of this Government must not on
| ly be willing but anxious to do all in
their power to assist this company in
every possible way in its effort to fur
| Their develop and increase business
which is of vital importance to the ag-
ricultural and commercial prosperity
of this Government and it's people.
In view of all the facts, we beg to
submit the following proposition:
Cd That the Government allow the
dredger to pump out the soft mud
where we wish to build the new wharf.
90 That this company pay all ex-
Ipense, and keep the machinery in order,
and return the dredger in as good con-
dition as when received The time re-
quired would probably not exceed 20
working days, and possibly not more
than three weeks
CD That the dredger begin the work
by the 18th of this month.
ca That this company allow the
Government one days wharfage on
9th sides of the proposed wharf for ev-
cry day the dredger is in use or detain-
ed on the property of this company.
This last proposal is made to show
that this company is willing to make
good in wharfage all that might other
wise be lost to the Government through
the delay in the work on the other side
of the harbor
Very respectfully yours,
OAHU RAILWAY & LAND CO.,
(Signed) B. F. DILLINGHAM;,
General Manager.
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Copy.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
Honolulu, II. T.. July %, 1897.

B. F. DILLINGHAM;, Esq, General
Manager Oahu Railway & Land
Company.
Dear Sir:-Yours of April 5th, June
10th and June Goth. have been receiv-
ed, and the Executive has given care
full consideration to your statements
regarding the urgent necessity for
more wharf accommodation for freight
coming to the Oahu railway and to
your request for the use Of the dredger
to excavate a slip along which a wharf
may be built.
The Government has important work
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Copy.

copy.
Honolulu, H. l., June 10,1S97.
JAS. A. KING, ESQ.,, Minister of the
Interior, Honolulu, H. I.
Dear Sir:-Circumstances compel us
to again call your attention to the
pressing necessity for another wharf
on the northwest side of the harbor Of
Honolulu.
The material for another wharf Or
dered by this company some time since
is here.
We have had A vessels at our wharf
since the 1st of January. Complaints
are strong and frequent from con-
signees of vessels and importers Of ma
chinery and other merchandise requir-
ed to meet the demands of the new en-
terprises which have sprung into exist
ence. along the line of our road, that
our facilities are not adequate to meet
the present demands for wharfage, to
say nothing of the requirements neces-
sary to meet the rapidly increasing
business.
Demands have been made upon Mes
srs. Castle e Cooke, consignees of the
barkentine Ensanda for demurrage
amounting to SS05S per day from Tues
day morning last That vessel hauled
to our wharf on Thursday morning,
June a1, as soon as there was a berth.
She had a cargo of 1 .493 tons of coal
She will be discharged tomorrow. She
had 1872 days allowed by her charter
in which to discharge. The ship which
preceded her at the same berth had
1910 tons of coal for Eva plantation.
Without our coal handling machinery
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WOULD FORM A TRUST.
Piano Manufacturers Asked to Unite
Capital

Piano Manufacturers Asked to Unite
Capital
An exchange says that another great
trust is being formed. 1t is to be COM
posed of the principal piano manufac-
turers of the country and to include by
absorption all of the 200 concerns max
ing instruments. The capitalization
has been placed at $4,000 900
1t is said that matters have proceed
ed so far that two or more leading
bankers in this country and Europe
have given the scheme favorable con-
sideration. Nathan Stetson, one of
the head men Of the Steinway concern
said today that his people had not vet
been approached on the proposition,
and he knew nothing of the plan oplv
what he had heard from non-official
sources.
Hugo Sohmer said he had heard that
the old plan to form a trust had been
revived, but this concern had not been
asked to join. 1--WE would not ioin
such an enterprise. The piano is an
artist production and cannot be treat
ed from trade point of view, as nails
or beer or any other ordinary article
Of commerce"
Some idea of the magnitude of the
proposed enterprise is gained when il ia
known that recently, just after the
death of William Steinway, an English
firm offered 100000 for the Steinway
plant, and was told that the figures
were not high enough.
The Chickering plant in Bosts "a
covers two Of the city blocks and EN-.
ploys enough workers to make a small
city.
Alfred Dodge was the prime mover
in former schemes. He has spent year.
working up the details.
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Copy.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
General Manage

LII All vi IAN IIItioie'
Honolulu, H. l. September 81, 1897.
B. F. DILLINGHAM;, Esq, General
Manager, o. r. e L. Co.
Sir: The Hawaiian Government
hereby notifies the Oahu Railway &
Land Co. of it's intention to take pos
session at the end of 90 days from this
date, of the land lying on the west
side of the Honolulu harbor, demised
to the company by the Government on
the 18th day of March, 1890, by lease
of that date, together with all the i'm
provements on the same, not includ-
ing the coal hosting plant.
The Government estimates the value
of such improvements at S16,560 which
sum it will tender and pay at the end
of such 80 days; or in lieu thereof such
sum as shall be agreed upon; or in de-
fault Of agreement such sum as shall
be named by a Board of Arbitrator,
according to the provisions of the said
lease.
| have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
(SignedD J. A. KING,
Minister Of the Interior