Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-26
Crime. and Criminals.

at Lima. Ohio.
J. w. Decker's store and postofhce at
| Sister Lakes, Mich, was robbed OF S3'.
Rev. Edward Burrows is in Jail at
| Camden. n. ]. He has four wives ana
cannot secure bail.
| Three prisoners have escaped from
| the county Jail Mt Webster City, Iowa.
! All are horse thieves.
| A mob, enraged at the news from
China, completely demolished Chi
nese laundry at Virden, ILL.,
A Kansas City crowd attempted to
avenge the Boxer atrocities by stonlng
Ah Sing, local Celestial, and his
laundry.
Charles Finley, eX-secretary OF state
of Kentucky. says that he will go back
and stand trial for completely in the
Goebel murder.
Mrs. Dora Titus, aged nineteen. shot
her husband dead at Des NIoines, Iowa
| because he struck her in quarrel
| She is in Jail.
| Ike Murphy of Greentown, Ind, was
arrested at I\okomo on the charge OF
! robbing the postotfice at Silver Lake
| and Paw Paw. Mich.
| 11tEEN Ni.IIlliSlOll, ii manu- va -
agent, with headquarters at ST. Louis,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, committed
| suicide at Quincy, ILL.,, by taking NOR
| phire.
Superintendent of Streets Heck. at
Rock Island, H.. was fined So for CON
tempt of court, for refusing to accept
custody of prisoners sentenced to work
on the streets. He will appeal.
The suicide Of Charles NJ. Eskridge
editor of the Republican. at Emporla
Kas.. was the second death directly
traceable to the failure. in 1897. of the
First National Bank of that city.
j. D. Casselberry of Memphis, Tenn.
a lawyer, is under arrest at Bolivar
Tenn, under a charge of securing un
claimed funds from the Shelby county
chancery court by means Of orders salc
to have been forged.
Domestic.
Much restitution prevails at Cape
Nome.
The National Wall Paper company
voted to dissolve.
Iowa farmers have turned from Cal
rying to beef raising.
| INV lapol l''iiliNti Ith'J A.N' ~.
brought out in Montana.
Rains continue to improve the crol
conditions in the Northwest.
The Montana Republicans will non'
mate a state ticket Sept. 5.
The recruiting station at Kansas Cit.
is enlisting men for the Orient.
Reports from trade centers show
satisfactory condition Of affairs.
Kentucky Republicans nominatei
Hon. John w. Yerkes for governor
Hawaiians express their thanks fo
the liberal laws granted by congress.
John Chapman was reelected presi
| dent of the Baptist Young People:
union.
Iowa gives promise Of finishing thu
century with the banner crop of it's his
tory.
A mechanical device is being used a
Providence, r. l., which dispenses will
telephone girls.
William Barnie. manager Of th'
Hartford (Conn.) base ball team, il
dead in that city.
The Fourth Pennsylvania district Re
publican convention nominated r. NJ
Jolly for congress.
There is great excitement at L;
Crosse. Wis, over recent finds Of pearl
in fresh water CLAIMS.
The hoboes of the United States will
hold their second annual convention a
Britt, Iowa, next month.
When the war with South Africa i
over, it is said, 10000 Beers will cmi
| rroto IN thn TTnitp6 STATES
The rains in North Dakota have i'm
proved the late grain and grass, bu
came too late to help the wheat.
An unpleasant difference has arise1
, between members of the Society of til
American Revolution, now in Paris.
} CASTOR Kahn, French consul genera
to China. has arrived in New York. bu
refuses to talk about Chinese matters
The big steel plant of the Fedora
Steel company at Lorain, Ohio. ha
been closed, throwing 1000 men out O
employment.
Capt NJ. A. Healy, of the Unitet
States revenue cutter N1cCulloch, ha
been adiudged insane at Port Towns
end, Wash.
Gen. Scurrey states that Texas i
ASe'NJ W Lux lllSu any uuOLt VI troop
the government may ask for the wa
with China.
Perry Heath is chosen secretary O
the national Republican committee
The personnel Of the executive commit
tee is announced.
: Arbucllle has advanced the price O
coffee half cent a pound. 1t is ex
pected that the Woolsop Spice mill will
take like action.
The imports of specie at New Yorl
the past week were $36,553 gold an(
$154,629 silver. Exports were $685., Az
silver and $500 gold
The delegates of the Cook county De
mocracy will go to Milwaukee Sept 8
to attend the opening of the nationa
campaign in Wisconsin.
Judge HALEY of the municipal cour
of West Superior, Wiss., has decided
that dog-catchers must not trespass OF
private property to corral dogs
The Western Union and Postal Tele
graph companies, unable to agree will
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