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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
STEP TOWARD SETTLEMENTS.
Line Up Of the Powers ON I'll
.i.t Nn&0 Is

Is IL 81 e. sH
Line Up of. the Powers ON the
French Note. ~.
Paris, Oct. 13.-Negotiations are pro-
ceeding rapidly on the propositions
contained in the note Of M. iDelcasse.
the minister of foreign affairs, regard
ing China, and, it is said here, the sit
uation is as follows:
Russia, italy and Austria accept the
note Internationally.
Germany has not yet communicated
her reply officially but the French gov
eminent has been given to UNDER
stand that Germany considers that
the note affords basis for negotia-
lions.
Great Britain has also adhered to
the French note, except respecting the
permanent prohibition of the import
Of arms into China, on which it makes
reservations.
The answer Of the United States is
known.
Japan has not replied officially but
is expected to acquiesce.
The French note has so far cleared
the ground and the result is consid-
cred SO satisfactory that M. Delcasse
has instructed the French minister at
Pekin, M. Pichon, to put himself in
communication with the other minis
tiers and has also requested the pow
ers to authorize their representatives
to confer with M. Pichon with the
view Of opening, preliminary negotia-
lions with Ii Hung Chang.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
SHOT AT a DEmR.
hoy Under Arrest Charged With
sSh0Ottn9 Arthur Thomas.

hoy Under Arrest Charged With
Shoottn9 Arthur Thomas.
West Superior, Wis, Oct. IA. -
George Murray, q sixteen-year-old boy.
Il under arrest here, 1t being suspected
that he fired the bullet that killed Arthur
Thomas in the woods Tuesday. The boy
worked at the mine Office Of the Chippewa
Copper company where the former city
engineer was superintendent. What led
to the boys arrest was the fact that he
owned q rifle which used q bullet Of just
the size of the one taken from the body.
It was twenty-five-twenty caliber Win
chester and 1t was known that the boy
was out hunting at the time the accident
occurred. The sheriff placed the boy I'M
der arrest and the story told 1Y him was
about as follows: He was out hunting
and supposed he saw deer, which he adj
mits was in the vicinity of the place
where the body was found. He shot at
the deer, but after looking around and
finding no traces of it supposed that he
had missed the mark. The boy had his
responsible for the finding Of the body.
The funeral for Mr.. Thomas will be held
Saturday morning at 1890 from the West
motel, minneapolis. Inc paHpeaFerS are:
w. J. Conner, j. T. Murphy, G. S. Car
penter, E. c. Kennedy, Thomas B. Wills,
s. T. Norvell.
The Liberty and Loyal, the two boats
now on the stocks in the yards of the
Superior Shipbuilding company here, will
be launched together on next Saturday
afternoon. They are to be through the
Welland canal ready for business on salt
water by Nov. Is. Two 1886 foot steamers
are to be started Immediately after the
others are off the ways. The steamers
are for the Hanna company.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
THEY'RE AFTER HIM.
Pillager Vengeance Visited Upon
Son of Chippewa Chief.

Son of Chippewa Chief.
Duluth, Oct IA. - John Hole-in-
the-Day Woodbury., son Of the celebrated
Chippewa chief who was murdered by
Pillager Indians many years ago, was &C.
quilted of a charge of selling liquor to
Indians to-day by singular defense. He
said that the grudge which cost his IA
nous father his life at the hands of the
Pillagers is still alive, and is now being
used against his son. The charge. he
claimed, was based upon revenge, and
the testimony in the United States court
before Judge Lochren bore it out. John
Hole-in-the-D ayW oodbury is we'll edu-
Gated. He was three years old when
his father was killed, and he was adopted
by Minneapolis family named Wood
bury. He resides on the White Earth
reservation.
The police believe they have a clue
to sensational developments in the case
Of Miss Violet Chandler, sixteen years old,
who. attempted to commit suicide early
this morning by taking poison. The girl
was recently witness against two men
in case in which she figured and the
men were bound over. The girl declines
to talk, but the police are looking for
man who was seen to assist the girl on
street car few hours before the at
tempt succeeded.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
NEWS IN BnIEF.
Overflow From the Wires In Q Col
denaed EOrn.

Overflow From the Wires In O Co1D
densed FOrna.
Rural free delivery postal servi4e;
has been ordered established at Bo4a
cobel, Grant county Wis.
Postofice service has been ordered
discontinued in Iowa at Dixie end
Rock Creek, Mitchell county.
Star POSTAL service has been discon-
tinued from Welton to Falconer, N.
I'd. Special service has been estate
ished at Cable, Grand Forks county.
N. d.
Albert R. Green of the general land
office has been selected as chief OF the
new division of, forestry of the i'm
terror department authorized by the
last congress.
Bud King, colored. of Denver got
the decision over Young Kenny Of
Chicago at the end of the tenth round
at Denver before the Colorado Ath-
letic association.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18

Chicago, Oct. 14.-As the result of
their first quarrel in married life and
the use Of a bogus telegram ANNOUNCE
ing the suicide Of Philip Hardy, Sophie
Hardy, his wife. took her own life.
The message came from New York,
but it is believed Hardy never left
Chicago. Upon receiving the telegram.
the unhappy wife, remorseful over her
part in the domestic strife, prepared
with great elaboration to leave this
world. A beautiful dueling pistol of
ancient pattern was found by the
side of the woman at her home, after
the fatal deed. Romance and the fas-
.tidiousness Of the Gallo race shows
throughout the story of the welded
life of Mrs. Hardy. When she was
Mile. Sophie de Menge, beautiful
young French girl of New York, she
was woed and won by Philip Hardy,
a former London business man.
Matrimonial bliss was ever in the as
cendant for the next two years. in the
course of which they removed to Chi
cago Then came the fateful quarrel.
Nothing better tells Of its effect than
the pathetic letter written to Mrs.
Felice de Mango, Mrs. Hardy's mother,
Just before the suicide, as follows:
"My Darling Mother: When you
will have received: this letter your
daughter will be no more. For two
years Philip and have lived, oh! SO
happy together that when he left me
during our first quarrel my heart be-
came crushed s:rever. cannot live
without him, and as have received
a telegram announcing his suicide, L,
too, will go. Should Philip, by chance,
be still alive all my property and
money in bank and furniture in this
house will be his. Farewell and pray
for your unhappy daughter.
=, Sophie"
The quarrel took place last Wednes-
day. The husband was supposed to
have Immediately left the house and
taken a train for New York. Mrs.
Hardy then made elaborate prepara-
lions for death. The body was taken
to a morgue. In the woman's room
the police found handbook showing
an account of about. $780, and SIS in
money. Mr.. Hardy admits that he
sent the bogus telegram in hopes Of
preventing a suit that his wife had
threatened to institute.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18

Shanghai, Oct. 10. ~ It is reported
mere that the court will return at once
to Pekfn.
There is great excitement here be-
cause the foreign troops have gone
outside the concession limits to drill
and patrol. This action is, deeply re-
scented by the Chinese officials because
there has been no sign Of any trouble.
1t looks as If the foreigners were maxi
ing an attempt to provoke trouble in
Shanghai in the same manner as the
Russians did at New Chwang.
The nikado has sent reply to a
personal letter from Emperor K1ang
su. In this letter the emperor Of
japan urges the emperor Of China 10
dismiss all his bigotet advisers III
shcrt order,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
FRENCH RI FINANCES.
Government Statement for the Cur
rent Year POssesses Satisfactory

Government Statement for the Cur
rent Year Possesses Satisfactory
Features. 5s4
Paris, Oct. IA financial statement
lust issued shows a very satisfactory
state Of affairs for the exposition
year. The revenue for the nine
months ending Oct. II yields a, surplus
OF 100000 francs over the estimate
and an increase Of g. 900, 900 francs
over the similar period Of 1899. This
increase Is In spite Of the fact that
the estimates were fixed at q. 900
francs above 1899 on account Of the
expansion OF revenue lculated TO re-
suit from the exposit ion. The increase
however, will be nearly all swallowed
ny the Chinese credits. which already.
amount to 40. 0OO. 900 francs: But the
government counts pom HEiping out
the latter by the demnity to be
eventually exacted from. China.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
Bland CURES BLIND.
Dr.. laval, Famous Blind Oculist,
Promoted and Decorated.

:Dr. Jayal. Famous Blind Oculist,
Promoted and Decorated.
Paris, Oct. IA. ~ The famous blind
oculist, DR.. laval, a member of the
Paris Academy Of Medicine and d.
rector of the Sorbonne Ophthalmolog-
ical laboratory, has just been stimuli
taneously promoted to the highest
rank in the French Legion Of Honor
and decorated with the German Black
Eagle. DR.. laval who has done so
much to cure blindness, has been to-.
tally blind himself. for twelve years:
Although now sixty years old, he con-
tinues his scientific work, and is
recognized as the foremost eye spe-3
cialist in the world.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 14.-Eight hun
dred and ffty-seven miners, who hold
in their hands the power to end or
continue the anthracite coal miners
strike which has been in progress
more than three weeks, met here for
the purpose of considering the ten
per cent net increase in wages Of
fered by the operators and adjourned
until to-day without taking any ac..
ton on their employers proposition.
Both of the sessions were devoted to
organizing the convention and
speeches by many of the delegates On
the mine owners concession. 1t was
not expected anything would be done
the first day outside of general ex-
preston of views. The convention,
after it was permanently organized,
went into secret session, but it was
learned from authoritative sources
that nothing of a general nature was
submitted that would lead to the So
luton of what was to the miners a
knotty problem. From a number of
delegates it was gathered that the 10
per cent proposition as it now stands
has very little chance of being accept
ed. The delegates seemed, it was
learned, to be almost unanimous that
the operators should first make con-
cessions in the other grievances be-
fore the increase is accepted by the
mineworkers. Great stress was laid
on the necessity of abolishing the slid
ing scale and substituting therefor a
tonnage basis on which to fix the rate
Of wages. The proposition of having
the operators guarantee a fixed time
for paying the advance was also
Thoroughly Discussed,
while not a few delegates said they
would be satisfied with nothing but
a more liberal increase in wages. The
mode of procedure is a matter which
is now occupying the attention Of the
labor leaders. In case the convention
comes to a definite understanding on
some proposition the question has
been asked how the operators will be
advised, in view of the fact that the
latter have repeatedly said they
would not recognize the union. Pres
ident Mitchell would not discuss that
phase of the question and none of the
other labor leaders will venture an
opinion. That the present convention
will not come to a definite conclusion
Is the general opinion. 1t is the opin-
ion of several leaders that the con-
vention as at present constituted is
little unwieldy. There was a move
ment on foot having for it's object the
submission Of the various propositions
as they are suggested by the delegates
to a committee appointed by the con-
vention for consideration, this COM
mittee to report to either this or a
second convention. This movement,
however, did not gain much of a start.
Some of the delegates think that the
whole subject should be left in the
hands of the national officers, as
limited a. by President Mitchell in his
brief remarks just before the conven-
ton went into secret session. Mr..
Mitchell is very popular among the
miners as was shown by the en-
thusiasm displayed as he delivered
his opening address.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
CHALLENGE RECEIVED.
Sir Thomas Lipton's Letter Now B

Sir Thomas Lipton's Letter Now Be-
fore the New. York Yacht Club. :,
New York, Oct 14.-The challenge of,
Sir Thomas Upton for another series
of races for the Americas cup, which
arrived here on board the White Star
line steamer Germanic, was received
by J. S. v. oddie, secretary of the
New York Yacht club. Mr.. Oddie said
the challenge would be considered at
a special meeting Of the club called
for Wednesday evening Of next week,
and that it's text will not be made
public until after, that meeting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
SAVING FOR RAILROAD MEN.
Chicago 6 Alton Will Furnish Its
Employees with Uniforms.

Chicago & Alton Will Furnish Its
Employees With Uniforms.
Chicago Oct. IA. The Chronicle
says: Employees of the Chicago &
Alton road are to be saved much
money yearly hereafter by an order
just issued by the management OF
this company. Officers of the road
have decided that in the future the
company will furnish uniforms to it's
trainlnen free of cost. So far as can
be learned it is the first instance
where uniforms have been furnished
employees gratuitously. The order
from the general superintendent OF
the road states that one uniform a
year will be furnished to all trainmen
who have been in continuous service
of the company for five years, ana
that two new uniforms, spring and
fall, will be given employees who have
been In the service continuously ten
years. Employees who have not
served the minimum period will be
required to buy their own uniforms.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
IN QUEST OF. THE NORTH POLE.
wealthy Citizen of New York Will
G. Fit Out an Expedition.

wealthy Citizen OF New York Will
Fit Out an Expedition.
New York, Oct. 14-William Seigler,
we'll known and wealthy citizen Of
New York city, announced yesterday
that he would purchase two vessels,
fully equip and man them and SEND
them in quest of the North Pole dur
ing the summer Of 1901. The expe-
dition is to be in charge of Evelyn
B. Baldwin, who was companion Of
Lieut.. Peary in his attempts to
reach the pole in 1893 and 1894, and
also member of Walter Wellman's
expedition. 1t is Mr.. seigler's inten-
ton to have one vessel remain in the
Arctic regions while the other re-
turns for supplies. The expedition, 1t
is said, will not be dispatched for the
north earlier than the summer of 1871,
and all the time between this date
and that will be necessary for the
preparation and outfit. Ships may be
purchased, though vessels much
adapted for the work may be built.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
EXPRESS PACKAGE MYSTERY.

II should Have Contained Double
the sum Marked on the Wrapper.
New York, Oct. IA. - Gustaye Eek
stein, New York representa- OF g
Savannah wholesale cotton house. is5
trying to And out what has become Of
S. 900 which he says was in an en-
velope sent by Adams Express marked
S., O00 but which contained double
that sum. on being opened at its
5destination he says. only 5000 was
Forthcoming. q az s5;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
PARDON OF PRESIDENT.

Releases Girl Counterfeiter in In
diana State Reformat0ry. E
Washington, Oct. 14.-President Nc
Kinley has granted a pardon to Jessie
Eva Friend, twenty years old, who is
serving q sentence in the Indiana
State reformatory at Indianapolis for
counterfeiting. She was convicted In
1898 Of connterfeiting and sentenced
to the reformatory until she should
reach the age Of twenty-one years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
yellow Fever Mt Havana.

Havana, Oct. 14.-One hundred and
thirteen new cases of yellow fever
have been officially reported since Oct.
1. There is no longer any doubt that
the disease has attacked Maj. Peter
son, chief commissary, and Frank
Hayes, general manager of the Ha-
vana branch of the North American
Trust company, who were taken i'll
Yesterday Miss Natalie Brown. a
stenograpker in the employ of the
trust company, is also down with the
disease. 4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
indicted for Mnnslaughter.

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 14.-Capt. G. G..
Holmes, who was in charge of the
yacht Idler, which foundered of this
port July I, was indicted for man
slaughter by the federal grand jury.
Holmes is charged with criminal care
lessness in handling the yacht. The
Idler was owned by John and James
Corrigan, the wealthy vessel owners.
Six members Of the Corrigan family
were drowned when the boat foun-
dered in suuall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
SMASHED THE REFEREE.
Incensed Spectators Show Their Dis.
approval of n Decision.

Incensed Spectators Show Their Dis
approval of a Decision.
Chicago Oct, 14-It took half score
of policemen fully ten minutes to
clear the ring at the Athletic club last
night, so incensed had the spectators
become over the decision of Referee
Hogan giving Billy Ryan the decision
over Young Moffatt at the end of the
six-round fight In the scrimmage
Hogan was struck in the face and
knocked down. Sighart, the local
am-weight, tried to hit the. ref
cree and received severe beating for
his pains. The police finally managed
to get the principals in the melee
separated and cleared the hall without
further trouble.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
Navigation Will Soon Close.

Seattle Wash, Oct. 14.-The steamer
City of Seattle has arrived from
Skagway with 2S3 passengers and
$4,000 in treasure. The strike on the
Chilcat river is characterized as some
thing good. While as yet bed rock
has not been reached, the entire dis
trict shows fine prospects. The Seat
tie left Skagway on Oct. s, and at that
time ice was already forming in many
of the streams flowing into the Yukon.
1t is expected that navigation will
close about Oct. 20.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
GRANT HEADS THE LISTS.

Receives NinetyeT,vo Votes in Can
vass for Hall of Fame.
New York, Oct. a. Gen. Ulysses
Simpson Grant, with 90 votes, stands
at the head of the list of those to be
fonored by tablets in the Hall Of
Fame. Those elected yesterday were.
Ulysses S. Grant, John Marshall, jon
athan Edwards, David G. Farragut,
Robert 3. Lee, Henry Ward Beecher,
James Kent, Joseph Story, John
James Audubon, William Ellery
Charming, Gilbert Stuart and Asa
Gray. 60.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
WOULD srARvE TO DEATH.
Girl Who Disappeared From a SAM
:. tnrium Nine Days Ago Is Found.

Girl Who Disappeared From a SAM
.. tnrium Nine Days Ago Is Found.
Milwaukee, Oct. IA. - Miss Lillian
Colcord, whose strange disappearance
from the Riverside sanitarium on Oct. 2
aroused Widespread interest, was found
alive last night hidden away in the attic
of the very institution from which it
was believed that she had fled. The girl
had conceived the idea Of starving her.
self to death, and for nine days and
nights she remained secreted with not
a morsel of food and but a small pitcher
of water, which she had taken with her
on the day she disappeared. Miss Col
cords home is in ST. Louis. She has been
at the sanitarum several weeks under
treatment for melancholy. The physi-
clans say she will recover
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
sYNoD1cAL MISSIONARY.
lev. A, C, Brown of Omaha to Work
nnlS Tn

Rev. A. C. Brown of Omaha to Work
In North Dakota.
Fargo, N. D., Oct. 14.-The Presby-
terrain synod elected Rev. Andrew
'Christy Brown of Omaha, Neb., for
synodical missionary for North Da-
kota. Mr.. Brown has had long ex-
perience in church work in the West,
principally in Iowa, Illinois and Ne
braska One of the features Of the
meeting of the synod was a reminis-
cence meeting conducted by Rev. O..
H. Elmer of st. Paul, who was the
first minister in this part Of the valley,
thirty years ago. His address was full
of historical, church and secular mat
ter
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
Empires. Fredertck's Condition.

Empress Fredertck's Condition.
Berlin, Oct. 14.-Considerable alarm
is felt ct the British eniba ssy over the
condition of Dowager Empress Fred
erick. A fortnight ago it was not ex-
pected she would survive the winter.
Prof Ronvers, who was summoned
suddenly to Kronberg, is q specialist
in kidney diseases, but it is UNDER
stood that the heart is also affected.
Princess Christian of Schleswg-H ol-.
stein was burredly summoned to the
bedside yesterday.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
REBELL1oN IN CHINA.

the TAPPING Affair.
Sheng, taotai, has received tele-
gram from Gen. Su reporting that a
serious rebellion has broken out in the
southwestern part Of Kwang ST prov
ince. that his 10000 troops are made
quate and that he needs at least 100,-
900 to cope with the danger, which is
directed against the Manchus and
threatens to become worse than the
Tapping rebellion. 1t is reported that
the Yang-tse viceroys have sent 90
900 troops to Paoting-Fu to suppress
the rebellion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
schrieher oaptured.

New York, Oct. IA special to the
Herald frcm Summit, N. J.. says: It
is reported here on the best Of au-
thority that William Schrieber, the
notorious clerk who secured the money
of the Elizabethport bank, was caps
tured at New Providence. The village
in which he was captured is about
three miles from here.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
Az. morocco to Pay.

i London, Oct. 1.-THE United States
have renewed their demand upon the
government Of Morocco for $500 al
indemnity to the family Of Marcus
Azzag1li, q naturalized American citl-,t
zen who was murdered by 9 mob at /!
Fec last Jure. e ~
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
FIVE BOYS AT A BIRTH.

Mrs. ST. Charles of La Crosse Bears
sixteen Children I'm Seven Years.
s La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 14.--Mrs. st.
Charles gave birth to five boys. She
has had sixteen children in seven
years. Tripletsa and twins predom-
mate. s. s
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
4 IIilI wants the BRIDGE.

s Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. ~ James j.
sHillS is after the combination bridge
over the Missouri river here which
the Credits Commute tion company is5
TO- place on the mark Get. The bridge,
cost 81. S00, 900. The Union Terminal
company may also try tos secure the
property. a M M n a;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
coNFEssEs OHIO ROBBERY.
Young Man Arrested for;;Forgery in
California. t''

California. t@'
San Francisco, Oct. 14.-Bert Waite,
eighteen years old, WHO. was arrested
at Upper Lake on Wednesday charged,
with forgery by the president of the
First National Bank of Berkeley, has
confessed, it is said, to robbing the
United States Express company at
Ravenna, Ohio, early in August, Of
over $4,000 in money and bank notes.
He went to Berkeley where he became
a hail fellow with the university stu
dents, When his money gave out it
Is charged he was obliged to raise
more on book of express orders in
his possession.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
KEEP OUT THE CHINESE.

Rhodes Does Not Want Them In
5i South Africa & fisgf33
# Cape Town. Oct. he congress
of the South African League has
arlimcusly voted against the intro.
8duction Of Asiatic labor. Mr.. Rhodes,
senpha tically opposed the imp rtations
OF Chinese into South Africa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-10-18
MILLING PLANT BURNED.

Twelve Thousand Dollar Blaze at
Mora, Mimi. S
Mora, Mimi, Oct. 14.--The plant OF
the Mora Milling and Electric Light
company burned. The only thing
saved was the dynamo. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $1,000 Origin of the fire is
not known. The owners will rebuild
at once.