Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-22

| Loss, SIO,OOO.
| The extensive department store at
indianapolis known as the Star store.
| owned by Effroyson & Wolf, caught
| fire. The stock was badly damaged by
| fire and smoke. Loss, $4,000; fully ill.,
sured.
| Domestic.
| The Alaskan telegraph line is under
way.
Five hundred miners at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, strike. :.
DR.. McGiffert does not withdraw
from the ministry.
Maj. Arthur was indicated Of the
| hospital ship scandal.
Gold Democrats will confer regard.
ing Bryan's candidacy.
Missouri Republicans nominated S,
| w. JCrden for congress.
Typefounders and their employees
have settled on wage scale.
The law excluding premiums in to-
bacco packages is to be enforced.
| Pacific coast roads have agreed that
| there will be no more rate-cutting.
| Miss Florence Reese of Herkimer, N.
Y, has live snake in her stomach.
Gov. Roosevelt speaks in New York
! in favor of improving the Erie canal.
| Chcctaw and Chickasaw Indians will
get a royalty from operators of mines
| Indiana Republicans nominated Geo.
| Cromwer of Muncie, Ind, for congress.
A great Improvement is noted in the
agricultural conditions of the country.
| The total eclipse Of the sun on May
! % will be observed at Wadesboro,
N. G.
| The Canadian Pacific will not come
into the agreement with the Western
roads.
The coroner's jury holds the owner of
| the Red Ash mine responsible for the
| explosion.
Mayor Taggart of indianapolis de-
| governor.
Jose Muniz, vice president of the
Cigarniakers' association, was found
dead in bed.
Junior Order of United American Me-
ckanics cannot collect the Is per cent
per capita tax.
Irvine manufactured at the Kansas
penitentiary is playing havoc with
wholesale prices.
The building council at Chicago will
| not order strike in sympathy with
! the machinists.
The jury sets aside the will Of Mrs.
| Mary Johnson of New York and the
church loses 100000.
Connecticut holds the record Mrs.
Slavery of Bridgeport recently gave
birth to a 24A-po1nd boy.
The Armour Packing company has
taken final steps for Incorporation with
a capital Of $20,00O,0OO.
The San Francisco board of health
has finally decided that that Chinaman
, died of bubonic plague after all.
A gigantic steel and iron plant is to
be built at Hamilton, Ont. The entire
plant will cost nearly $30,OOO,O0O.
The Democratic national committee
is making extensive preparations for
their Kansas City Fourth of July cele.
bration.
The Erie Telegraph and Telephone
company has been acquired by the Tel
egraph, Telephone and Gable company
of America.
At Elkhart, Ind, Rev. +. H. Gwynne
has telephone attached to his pulpit,
and many of his parishioners hear his
sermons by wire.
The Tennessee Democratic state ex-
ecutive committee selected Nashville
as the place and May 10 as the time for
the state convention.
Young Mahony of Philadelphia and
Mysterious Billy Smith fought twenty
five rounds to draw before the Her
cules Athletic club at New York
The bark Nellie Slado, from Rosario,
Argentine republic, in quarantine at
Philadelphia, reports having encoun-
tered furious gales during the voyage.
Students of South Bend, Ind, high
school protest against holding Saturday
classes by erecting black flag with
skull and cross bones on the school
flag staff.
Joe Stelzner was given the decision
over Joe Butler. the colored heavy
weight, at San Francisco on q foul in
the second round of what was to have
been q twentyround contest. Butler
fouled by hitting Steiner after the
gong sounded.
Gen. Nelson "A. Miles has been in.
vited to visit Savannah, Ga, with Adj
miral George Dewey next week, and
his acceptance has brought forth
vigorous protest by several leading
Confederate veterans, because 1t was
he who put Jefferson Davis in irons
during his imprisonment at Richmond.