Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-02-01

burlington n quincy Stfuck Il DoWllel
near Ferryville. Wis. and rolled down
Il bluff. Sixteen freight ears Were
wrecked and traffic was stopped. The
crew escaped.
Dr. Howard Kelly. professor of gy
theology in the medical school OF
Johns Hopkins university. was bitten
on the right hand by Il large rattle
snake. which he was exhibiting to
Illustrate lecture. The doctor sucked
tinued his lecture for nearly an houl
after the occurrence. No serious TO-
suits are anticipated.
PERSONAL.
Andrew Carnegie has given S3O.hat
to East Orange. y. j.. for Il public IL
bra,y.
Richard d. Blakemore. tic novelist.
died i'll London. He WAS born at
Longworth. BcrlS. i'll 1928.
Alfred Watts, the inventor of crystal
gold, which is used in dentistry. died
at his home in Brooklyn Of old age.
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
present York. Pa, With $4,000 for the
erection of Il public library building.
William Sonntay. The artist, died at
his home in New York. aged seventy
eight years He WAS born near Pitts
burg
Rev. DR.. j. Henry Sharpe. Il promi-
nent Presbyterian clergyman, died at
his home in Philadelphia aged fifty
nine.
\. ]. Nanlantllgllam. commissioner
of the St Louis Traffic bureau. died
ut his residence in st. Louis of heart
disease.
Collector of Customs Ovey of Alaska
has resigned. his resignation to take
etfec, upon appointment and uuallnca-
tion of his successor.
sherwood Kerr. former proprietor OF
1h" Commercial hotel at Muscatire.
lnwn. and one Of the most widely
known landlords in the West, died OF
quick consumption.
Theodore Bacon. one of the most
prominent lawyers of Western New
York. who was an independent candl
date for government against rheo
deere Roosevelt in 1898, died at Rorh
ester. y. ". aged SiNty-live years.
\ complete report of the vital statls-
tics of Havana for 1888 has just been
issued. The deaths show an apparent
excess over the births of about 1000.
Gen. Ludlow says. however. that Il
great many birth were moi recorded.
Criminal Record.
Another street car ut Springfield. ILL.,.
was wrecked With dynamite.
Three Italians were killed in an i'll
1cr-family fight in Il New York telle'
ment house.
Frank \. Sears AMI George ii. Hess
members of tine Omaha board OF edu
cation. have been held on the clllrg.
of receiving brides i'll connection witl
the letting of contracts for Schoo
work.
J. Edgar Walton, the Augusta. Me.
foryrr. was arrested at Chicago as nc
wHS attempting to escape from the
Chicago National Bank He had near
ly 2GU blan: checks on various banks
in his possession.
Guy bennett, aged twcnty-onc years
Il nephew OF President Dole of Hawaii
attempted suicide at Denver by cuttin!
his wrist With knife in a roomin:
house. He was out of money and lie
spontlrnt He will probably recover.
General.
Icwa'S amended inheritance law ha!
been upheld by the courts.
Dartmouth college will have Il Schoo
of administration and finance.
East Orange. y. j.. may refuse Car
llegie's offer of $4,000 for library.
American ties and sleepers are 1,
be used on Il North China railway.
Thirty men who attempted to fornt
Il colony in Cuba have returned HON,
bankrupt.
The Lawrence Scientific School o.
Harvard will have Il course in lnHd
scapc architecture.
The Prohibitionist nominating con
vention has been called to meet il
! Chicago June 81.
A bill has been introduced in TIL,
Iowa legislature providing for three
! additional normal schools.
A New York man has invented F:
/ relay system which doubles the carry
ing power of II telephone line.
The Oregon Democratic state com
mittce has decided to hold the stat,
convention III Portland, April u.
President Eliot of Harvard and Iii
opposition to Jesuit colleges is baset
on theil low standard of scholarship.
Tile supreme court reversed the de
cree of the South Dakota court ant
held that state legislation on lailwa.
rates is void.
A device invented by II Boston doc
tor is said to rob chloroform anas
thesia of its dangers by mixing al
with the inhaled drug.
Congress will be asked to take con
troll Of the Chicago drainage canal AM
convert It into ship canal to c0nnec
the great lakes and the mississippi.