Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-02
People Talked About.

States consul general at Annoy, China,
under Abraham Lincoln. died at his
country residence, "Buttonwood,'
near Newcastle, Pa.
Sir Tatton Sykes. before leaving
London for Mexico with his nephew,
Reginald G. Sykes, Il fortnight ago,
made handsome provision for Lady
Sykes, to continue during her life
time.
Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery. one of
the most prolific playwrights OF the
century, is dead at Paris. aged eighty
eight. He was best known in America
as one of the two authors of "a Cele-
brated Case" He had written hun
dreds Of plays
General.
The Northern Pacific has been al
lowed by the master in chancery
claims aggregating $751;, 100000.
So clean did the spaniards pluck the
Havana treasury that money must be
borrowed to carry out the work Of san
itation.
Four battalions of the First Maine
regiment, which had disembarked from
the transport OLDHAM at Havana, re-
embarked because they Gid not know
where to go.
Maj. Gen. Shafter was given a public
reception by the citizens Of San Fran
cisco at the Palace hotel. The affair
was under the auspices of Il committee
of 100 citizens headed by Mayor Phe-
Ian.
The date for the tenth session of the
Trans mississippi Commercial congress
been fixed for May 81. The conven-
ton will continue four days.
The Spanish minister of war has de-
cided to abolish the military marShals,
to retire half of the unattached gener
ais and to greatly reduce the number
of officers on the active list.
At Ingleside, near Washington. the
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes, Miss Miranda Noyes. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby Noyes. became
the wife of George Washington Boyd
of Philadelphia.
With the arrival in Boston Of the
steamer Cyntriana, from Manchester,
the fleet of belated trans Atlantic lin
ers has been cleared up. She was ten
days overdue. Although storm-tossed
and beaten by fearful seas, she sus,
tanned scarcely any damage.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York from Havana on board
the Ward line steamer City Of Wash
ington, We're Gen. Emeliio NuneZ, who
carried many expeditions to Cuba dur
ING thp inSI1rrpctiOn
Alaskan mail facilities will be great
~ extended by contract made by the
government with the Pacific Steam
Whaling company, which provides for
a postal service to the Aleutian ISL
ands.
Hundreds of cattlemen from all di-
rections arrived at Denver on the early
trains, and it is evident that there will
be a large attendance at the second an
nual convention of the National Live
Stock association.
The NIoon-Anchors Consolidated
Mines, Qimited) of London, has pur-
chased the Moon-Anchors Gold Hill
properties at Cripple Greek for $780,
600, ana other interests, including So
600 shares. valued at $25O,000. The
stock will be sold in London markets.
The United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn appeared off st. Thomas D.
w. l., recently, from Cuba, but left i'm
mediately for that island, after having
been notified that the health regula-
lions provided that she would be quar-
antined for fourteen days.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, in command of
Havana province has ordered the men
Of his corps, at the request of the chief
surgeon. not to keep human skulls and
bones in their tents. The soldiers have
been taking skulls and cross bones
from the piles near uemados and Co
Ion cemeteries, the Cuban custom be-
ing to rent a grave for a year OF so
from the managers of the cemeteries.
and then dig up the bones and pile
them outside.
Col. Lee, chief quartermaster of the
Department of the Lakes, has invited
proposals for the erection Of a large re-
frigerating plant at Manila, for the use
of the commissary department of the
United States army in the Philippines.
The plant, as designed, will be one OF
the largest of it's kind ever built. The
estimated cost of manufacturing the
different parts of the apparatus in this
country and shipping them to Manila.
where they will be put together piece
by piece, is about 100000.
A reduction of per cent in wages
has been ordered at the st. Stephen
cotton mills, at Calais, Me. The card
ers. who refuse to accept the cut, have
struck. The mills have been import
ing large quantities of yarn, and, it is
said, will be able to run with one-thiru
the usual number of carders.
The union depot system of street
railways in st. Louis has been sold to
Brown Bros. of New York, who re-
Gently bought the Lindell and Missou-
ri systems. Persons in q position to
know say the selling price was about
$4,1O0.OO0. 49,