Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
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Ine cruiser Newark has arrived at
luulque. en- route to San Francisco.
The cruiser Yosemite has arrived at
Cavite
The Alabama Consolidated Coal and
iron company was incorporated at
Trenton, N. j., with capital of 3d.
100000.
An upper leather combine has been
formed at New York with capital OF
S7O,WO,OCO. Thirty of the leading tan
ners will be represented.
The Philadelphia Baseball club has
offered prize of $4,000 to the players
If they win the pennant this year, and
$4,000 if they finish second.
The Scott street plant of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire company of Joliet,
ILL.,, has started up after several weeks
ana about 100 men are at work.
Canadian Pacific railway earnings
Tor the week ended July ii were $751;
600; same period last year, $4,000;
increase, ISL 900.
There are 2,11O womens clubs in the
United States, having a membership
of 132,O23. Minnesota has eighty-three
with membership of 3,516.
The Columbus lOhio) city council. by
a vote of Is to g. impeached and re-
moved from office Joseph w. Dusen-
berry, director of public safety
During the past year APPLICATIONS for
patents. trade marks, etc. to the num-
Der of II $50 were made. The commits
sioner asks for a new building at
Washington.
Flour dropped 20 cents barrel in
Chicago and is now cheaper than for
some time. The drop is said to be
due to the steady decline in the price
of wheat.
Gen. D. S. Stanley. acting president
of the Society of the Army of the Cum
berland. announces the next annual re-
union of the society at Detroit, Sept.
2G and q.
An application for charter to build
wireless telegraph from Lake Ben
nett, Alaska. to the Canadian Pacific
railway in British Columbia has been
made at Victoria, B. G..
An injunction has been issued at
Fort Scott. Kan, restraining union
miners from interfering with or boy
cottng non-union men engaged in the
mines in Southeast Kansas
The third annual convention of the
Priests Eucharistic league. which was
to have taken place this summer. has
been postponed to Oct. IS and 10 next,
and will be held at Philadelphia.
The New York circuit court Of ap-
DealS has decided against the Westng-
house Air Brake company in it's suit
against the New York Air Brake COM
pany for alleged infringement of pat
entS.
The steamship Olympia arrived at
San Francisco with eases of bubOnic
plague on board. and brought news
that the German infantry had killed
nine peasants who had attacked the
railway near Kiachou.
Former Gov. Campbell Of Ohio and
his faction were defeated in their at
tempt to control the Democratic sena-
torial convention. Mr.. Campbell will
probably try to rc-entcr congress from
his old district.
Gov. Roosevelt's committee, which
investigated the alleged canal frauds.
eXOnerateS the state engineer and
superintendent of public works and
r. ports there are no grounds for pro,
&C cdings at law against either official.
A scheme to draw trade away from
al! the big jobbing centcrs west of the
Allegheny mountains in favor Of BoS-
ton has been discovered by agents Of
the railroads running east from Chi
cago. Free railroad tickets figure in
| it.
The Pressed Steel Car Company of
Pittsburg has contracted with the Car
negie Steel company for 10000 tons of
steel plates monthly for Il period of ten
years. This is the largest steel con-
| tract ever awarded to one firm and
amounts to about $15O0O0.O00.
Eleven of the principal chain manu-
| facturcrs met at Pittsburg and decided
to advance the price of standard 3-S
| size from / Lie to 4 | 2c per pound.
1t was agreed to meet in New York in
| general convention on Sept. l, with the
| purpose in view of forming comblna-
| ton of the entire trade.
The city council of st. Louis adopted
thc resolution authorizing the city adj
| ministrution to take whatever action
| If might see fit to stop the opening or
the Chicago drainage canal. The reso-
luton provides that any action brought
| against the canal shall be brought in
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