Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-01-19
From, Warrington.

Second Assistant Engineer w. j.
Sedgwick; Of the revenue cutter SER
vice, has been dismissed from govern
ment service by order Of the president.
Senator Morgan offered an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
appropriating O1 ,s 3;s:s ,es41 for the Chero-
kee Indians found due them by ac-
counting officers of the United States.
The senate appropriations committee
has reported the Indian appropriation
bill. 1t contains provision author
izing limited return to the contract
system of Indian schools.
Senator Pettigrew gave notice of an
amendment he will offer to the sundry
civil bill extending the fish laws of
the various states over the forest res
| ervations in the states and making it
the duty of reservation superintend
ents to enforce the laws.
Senator Chandler reported from the
senate committee on naval affairs a
bill to restore to their original status
as to promotion officers of the navy
and marine corps who lost numbers by
reason Of the advancement of other
officers for exceptional and meritori-
GUS service during the wsr with Spain.
Profiting by the experience of the
recent war, Secretary Alger has issued
stringent regulations for the sanitary
inspection, each Saturday, Of all mill
tary camps, including regimental, brig
ade and division hospitals. A special
medical inspection, also, is ordered on
the last Saturday Of each month.
MI. Andrew Carnegie has offered to
give $o50,O00 to erect building for
public library for Washington provid-
ed congress would furnish a site and
provide suitable maintenance, NOT less
than $4,000 per annum. Steps will
be taken at once to secure the needed
legislation.
Senator Teller introduced 2 bill for
the amendment of the war revenue
act so as to provide for tax upon the
actual value or selling prices instead
of the nominal value OF certain stocks:
Tie bill is intended to relieve the
cheaper mining stocks from what is
claimed to be an Onerous burden upon
them.
The Sixty ninth New York regiment
of volunteers will be mustered out of
the service of the United States in
New York, in accordance with deci-
sion reached by Secretary Alger This
action is taken in response to the re-
quest of the citizens of New York and
Gov. Roosevelt who were anxious that
the men should return in Il body and
be accorded the honors due them.
| Otherwise.
The directors of the General Elec-
trio company have declared dividend
of SLIGO on the preferred stock.
1t is understood that the Cincinnati
Northern road has made q longtime
lease Of the Detroit, Toledo & Milwau-
kee, and that Supt. J. e. Flanders of
Toledo will be put in active operation
of both roads.
That the system of gratuitous gov
eminent relief to the poor in Cuba is
not Immediately to be abandoned Is
evidenced by orders issued by the war
department to send the Comal back to
Havana with more supplies as soon as
she can land on reaching New York.
The imports of specie for the week
at New York were $16,38S in gold and
$50, 766 in silver; dry goods and mer-
chandise, $9,S69,259. Exports of gold
and silver from that port to all coun-
tries for the week aggregated $780,
200.
L. l.. Owenthal Sons & Co., whole
sale clothiers at Evansville, Ind, have
failed. Assets are about 100000. The
company refused to give it's liabilities.
1t employed over 100 hand. The cause
Of the assignment was inability to col
lect outstanding debts.
A combination of chewing gum man.
ufacturers of the United States was
practically contaminated at New York
when the last contracts necessary to
amalgamation We're executed. The
capital involved in this combination
amounts to $15,000,0OO.
G. P. Perrin has f1oated bonds for
100000 in the Watts Steel plant at
marlborough, Ky, and the plant win
resume at once. This is the largest
basic steel works in the South, and en-
ploys 100 workmen. 1t was built in
1893 and cost $75O,OOO.
Judge Wheeler, in the United States
circuit court at New York, has entered
demurrer in the suit brought by e.
L. Venner against Louis Fitzgerald
and other members of the reorganiza-
ton committee Of the Union Pacific
railway.
.Advices received at the San Francis
co custom house from officials in the
custom house at Manila, report that
trade in the city has received an i'm
petus since American occupation. The
receipts at the Manila custom house
during November averaged 100000 a
day in gold, and the report states that
shipping is on the increase and that
the possibilities OF commerce are I'M
limited.
The Wilmington Tin Plate company
has been incorporated by Joliet pro-