Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-11-30
people falxea ABOUT.

Daniel s. kidder OF FlOrlda mas
been appointed consul at Algiers, AT
RIGA, vice G. I, Grellet. ...
! Miss Eliza Works, known as the old
est resident Of Monroe county, N. T..
died at her home in Henrietta. aged
1O5 years 10 months and 10 days.
From a diary found among her ef-
fects. it is learned that the death of
Mrs. Evelyn Adams, authoress, at New
York, was mainly due to starvation.
Thomas w. Bracher, inventor Of thir
ty different pieces of machinery and
articles connected with the hatters'
trade, is dead at his home in New
York, aged fifty-six years.
MI. Thomas Henry 1smay, the foun
der and chairman Of the board Of di-
rectOrs Of the White Star Line Steam
ship company, died suddenly at Liv
erpool. He was born jan. Z, 1887.
Mrs. Ben. G. Humphreys, honorable
president Of the Mississippi chapter.
Daughters Of the Confederacy. died at
her home in Greenwaad. Miss, aged
seventy-threc years. She was the wife
of the late Ben. G. Humphreys, the
| war governor Of Mississippi.
Maj. William J. Volkmar, assistant
adjutant general. has applied for re-
tirement, thereby causing one of the
most desirable vacancies that has oc
cured in the staff of the army for a
long time. Maj, Volkmar is now at
| tached to the headquarters of the de-
partn.ent OF the lakes a. Chicago.
General.
There is a shortage at the head OF
the lakes of 5000 tons of soft coal.
Isthmian canal commission is not
likely to report for two or three years
Congressman Boutell wishes to force.
prompt action Oil pension claims.
Senator Allison says there will he
early and adequate financial legislatioH.
What was callel Dewey arch", in
New. York is to be known as nav
arch"
The gas wells of Indiana are rapidly
| failing and coal is being substituted in
| factories.
The public schools at Bethany. ILL.,.
! have been closed during an epidemic
of scarlet fever.
Sister Maur of ST. Marys. La Sale,
ILL.,, inherited IL fortune, denounced her
vows and married.
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse made a
record Of days, II hours and q min
utes from Cherbourg.
John H. Havlin of New York has
acquired half interest i'll the Grand
opera house ut st. Louis.
Miners at New Athens. ILL.,, made q
demand for state scale OF wages, and,
being refused. struck.
| Admiral Dewey favors the plan of
the Philadelphia Times to bring home
the body of John Paul Jones.
Nearly all the glass workers in Rich
,nond, Va, have gone into the unic1;
formed in that city recently.
Shirt factories in Delaware report
| the busiest season in their history,
with shortage in operatives.
Tremendous business has been trans
acted in WOOL the sales of the week
aggregating 100000 pounds.
! The National Bottle Manufacturers
association has decided to advance the
price of their product 10 per cent.
Fifty -four apprentices and five filters
Joined the striking employees ol
Cramps Philadelphia shipyards.
The Continental Sugar Company Of
Cleveland. Ohio, was incorporated iii
Ohio with a capital stock of S5O0,OOO.
Nearly eight inches Of rain has fallen
at Ell Reno. 0. T., since Saturday All
wires are down and traffic is blocked.
The Women's and Young Women's
Christian association will hold its next
biennial conference at Cleveland, Ohio
A mad dog at Plattville. ILL.,, has
caused the abandonment of beef as 6
| table diet. Many cattle have been bit.
j ten.
At st. Joseph. Mo-, the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Chautauqua considered dates
and attractions for next years assem-
blies.
An American League club will be
located in Chicago next spring and
Charles Comiskey will be owner and
manager
The Republican League of Pennsyl
vania has started out to have the next
national Republican convention held in
Philadelphia.
At Marion. ILL.,. armed guards have
DeGu pOStcu w arrest dli petSollS On
posed to smallpox, which exists III
Williamson county.
At Buffalo, n. Y, the strike of the
building trades was terminated, as was
the strike of the machiEists of the
Lehigh Valley shops.
St. Louis is struggling with typhoid
! fever epidemic In this connection II
may be we'll to state that the Chicago
drainage canal is not vet in operation.
More than 400 machinists and helpers
] of locomotive works Of the New York
Central railroad at DepeH. n. Y, quit
work because union men were dis.
charged.
Iowa will present Speaker-to-bc Hen.
derson With rosewood gavel, made
from wood taken from Admiral
NIontejo's flagship. sunk by Dewey in
Manila bay.
Typhoid fever at the state normal
and Industrial college at Greensboro
N. c., has made necessary the closing
of the school until Jan. l. Eighty of
the girl students are ILL.,
| Norton g. Co New York bankers