Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-16
General.

The new whisky trust will have $780,
100000 capital.
The district judge at Topeka. Kas..
sustained the legality of the sDecla!
legislative session in every particular.
War officials are looking for Lieut.. j.
r. Everett, Company \, Fourth WIS
consin.
A family consisting OF five persons
has been wiped out in the little town of
Bowman, Ark. within two days. all
dying within a few hours of pneumo-
mia.
Gov. Richards has written Russell
Mason. who is trying to locate the
next Sharkey fight in Wyoming. that
he proposes to rigidly enforce the law
if the attempt is made to pull Off the
fight in that state.
Despite reports to the contrary. no
conclusion has been reached by the
high joint commission for giving Can
ada seaport or right of way on or
from the Alaska seacoast to the Cana
dian--Alaskan border line.
G. G. Gillett. the cattle plungar. has
decided to locate in chihuahua. Mex.
will make his home there. With his
wife. he expects to return to Kansas
soon. temporarily, 70 straishten out his
tangled affairs.
The big Swedish paper mills. known
as the Munksjo Paper company. at
Jonkoping, Sweden, enc Of the largest
and most important of the European
mills. with a worldwide market. has
decided to establish mills in America,
probably in the Eastern States.
Forty Dallas (Texas) lawyers were
placed under arrest for failure to pay
city occupation taxes. They are going
to fight the constitutionality OF the
law, but the police department insists
upon each giving bond before being re-
leased. The prisoners are contemplate
ing habeas corpus proceedings.
News has reached Cincinnati of the
purchase of the United States Cast
Iron and Foundry company by the
Addison Pipe and Steel company. for
$500. 900. spot cash. Cincinnati cap
ital;sts have subscribed for $SuO.OGO OF
the stock to be issued on this new ac-
QUESTION.
The cold weather Of the past few
days over the entire Pacific Northwest
still continues. Reports from Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Washington show
that the thermometer ranged from 10
to 20 degrees below zero. West of the
Cascade mountains the thermometer
was 10 above zero.
A Philadelphia company has placed
Il large order with Il Reading iron
plant for the manufacture of mosquito
bars. The Philadelphia concern has IL
contract With the government to pro-
vide the bars, which will be used to
support netting for the soldiers doing
garrison duty in the new island pos
sessions. The orders for the bars are
placed in 1900 lots at time.
Cadets Beander and Lace of the sec
ond class, the formerly Of Moberly,
Mo-. and the latter of keosauga. Iowa,
sent in their designations and left the
military academy at West Point sud
denly. The cause of their premature
leave-taking is known only by the au-
thorities, who decline to say anything
about the matter. Baender was val
liable member of the academy football
team, playing right end in the games
last fall. Both young men would have
graduated next year.
j. H. Miles, president of the Fremont
Hot Springs company of Wyoming,
has gone East to press his offer OF
$4,000 for the key-F'itZsimmons
fight.
The keelcf the new baltlesh1p Maine.
the contract for the construction OF
which was, few months ago, awarded
10 the Cramp Ship Building company
of Philadelphia, will probably be laid
Oh Feb. Is. This date will be the ami
versary of the date of the explosion III
Havana harbor Of the ship OF that
name.