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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
W..hi,xt.. Notes.

The United States has refused Libe-
tla's request for an old warship.
House leaders have decided to re-
luce the war taxes at the next session.
The Washington government has
lent another and a more urgent note
b Turkey.
Rations Of brandy may be issued to
preserve the health OF troops in the
ropics.
1t is possible that the Clark case will
Ie permitted to rest during the remain
Ter Of the session.
E. G. Rathbone. director of Cuban
josts, has been suspended, and his ac-
counts will be examined.
Ten seamen of the Texas will be
ried for assault with intent to kill. in
11bordination- mutiny and general dis
obedience during the recent cruise.
Ordnance officers say that strict
construction of the naval appropria-
ion bills armor plate provisions
would delay the ships for ten years.
The United States supreme court has
lecided practically in favor of the Ken
lucky Democrats, by dismissing the
;overnorship case for want of juris-
LECTION.
United States Minister LOOMS. at
Caracas. has Informed the state de-
)artment that an official census places
The population Of Venezuela at 2,223,-
q.
The industrial commits sion has COM
,leted the consideration of it's report
1pon general labor problems. and it
will be printed and transmitted to
congress shortly. No more witnesses
will be heard until early in June.
By direction of the president the
provinces of Morong and Infanta and
Ill that portion of the province of Ma
aila north of the Pasig river. all in the
Sland of Luzon and now a part of the
department. of Southern Luzon. have
been transferred to the department of
Northern LuZon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

Sorrows may crush you if YOU let
them fall on you wrongly, but if you
bend little they fall on the earth
and pack the soil more firmly about
your roots, give you better hold on
earth and irmer lifting of being to-
ward the upper heavens. If branch
is Topped off perhaps it will help you
grow more symmetrical. Pruning and
thinning of fruit make the rest of tho
yield larger and more luscious.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
MEMORIAL FOR MARQUETTE.
Monument Trustees Hold Their First
Meeting.


Chicago. May 27.-rhe officers and
trustees Of the Marquette Monument
association had its first meeting in
Chicago yesterday. coming from all
over the Northwest. Among them are
Franklin MacVeagh, president of the
associations: Gov. Peck Of Milwau-
kee, Peter White of Marquette. Mayor
Maybury of Detroit. Archbishop Ire
land of st. Paul, Bishop Davis of
Michigan. Bishop Foley of Detroit,
James L. Blair of st. Louis. William
J. Onahan AMI Edward o. Brown of
Chicago. the latter being secretary:
The association has been incorporated
under the laws of Michigan and its
object is to build fitting national
memorial to Father Marquette, the
great missionary priest and explorer.
The island of Mackinac has been Sc
lected as the most appropriate place
by various historical bodies and those
most interested.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
New Liberal Party in England

London, May 27.-rhe approach Of
the general election has put into cir
culation strange rumors. Among these
is one regarding new Liberal party.
1t is said there will be a coalition un-
der Lord Rosebary and Nk. Chamber
lain. 1t is said Mr.. Chamberlain's as
perations are to become prime minis
ter. Should the coalition succeed an
exceedingly lively election will occur.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Two Fatally Injured.

: Hopkinsyille. KY. May %. = AS a
crowd of negroes left the circus tent
last night at Bolivar county, KY. num-
erous persons began shooting pistols.
A fusillade followed, about seventy
five shots being fired Mary Bell and
Frank Rives were probably fatally
wounded and Zordie Wills and BUS
ter" Davies severely injured in the
panic which ensued. Several children
were hurt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

We are too apt to underrate the
moral quality of a mans regular vo-
cation, his daily task, his business, to
look somewhere apart from this for
his opportunity for achieving charac-
ter and doing good. But there is moth
ing else that is so determinative of a
mans character, nothing else that
so furnishes hands for his beneticence
and feet to run his errands of good
will.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Carpetbagger. tn Cubn.

New York, May q. = A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
statement from the division Of GUS
toms and insular affairs designed to
show that the number of "carpetbag-
gers" in Cuba had been oyerestimated
so far as the customs service of the
island is concerned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
White for Vice President.

New York, May q. = A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Andrew D. White Of New York. Unit
ed States ambassador to Germany, is
being seriously considered by Repub-
lican leaders as vice presidential
possibility. His name will be further
discussed at meeting of members OF
the national committee in Philadel-
Dhia.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

The training of animals of different
species to act together upon the stage,
or in the ring, is an art especially
fourishing at present in Paris. Horses
and dogs are found to be the most
tractable when trained together. A
trainer at the celebrated Nouveau
Cirque has, after two years of effort,
brought out a horse and four dogs,
which, together with the trainer him.
self, perform serpentine dance to the
sound of music. One dog dances be-
tween the horses fore legs, another
between it's hind legs, and third rides
on it's back, while the horse itself
dances, and the fourth dog dances be-
tween the legs of the dancing trainer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Saw Long Sea Service.

Washington, May 27.-Word was re-
ceived at the navy department yes
terday that Lieut.. w. P. Elliott. died
at Manila yesterday of sunstroke. He
was appointed from Pennsylvania in
September, 1867. His total sea SER
vice covered more than twenty three
years, and exceeded that of nearly
every officer in the navy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

A young couple who had known each
other but week, recently left Omaha
for Chicago to be married. The wo-
mans savings of three years were en-
trusted to the mans keeping. When
the train was rolling over the plains;
the man went into the smoking-car,
and at a junction of roads surrepti-
tiously left the train. BY accident, the
girl had kept fifty dollars in separate
pocketbook, and Herewith she was en-
abled to return home. Elopements and
assertions occur too frequently to in
vite comment. AS the elder Fox said
to the younger, IF you must smash
your new watch, suppose you mus" "
If silly girl will elope with stranger
and give him her money, she probably
will, but let Observation-Disclosures
fifty dollars in separate pocketbook!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

Diphtheria so affected ST. Louis
girl that she is now earning a hand
some salary by doing deep baritone
turn in vaudeville. It's an ill-illness
that doesn't contribute to somebody's
Golfers
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Hawkins Knocked Out.

New York, May 27.-Joe Cans Of
Baltimore knocked out Dial Hawkins
Of California In two rounds OF the
fastest fighting ever seen in the
Broadway Athletic club last night in
two rounds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
silver Plate Tor Cronte.

Moscow, May 27.-The subscription
list to the silver plate to be presented
to Gen. Cronje, the Boer leader now
at st. Helena, includes $1,000 names,
representing 1000 roubles. The testi-
monial will take the form of punch
bowl with twelve ladies'. 1t will not
be presented until after the war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

Admiral Dewey may make a mistake
occasionally, but he has lost none of
his bravery. He stood up at st. Louis
and permitted an amateur elocutionist
to recite an original poem at him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

The censor becomes larger figure
in each succeeding war. The man be-
hind the blue pencil is close rival in
conspicuousness of the man behind the
gun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Crimes and Criminals.

Crimes and Criminals.
John Powers has been released by a
Kentucky judge.
Chicago board Of trade brokers are
acquitted of fraud.
T. W. Murphy of New York commit
ted suicide recently.
Thomas McDermott of San Francis
60 committed suicide
Ethel Long of Chillicothe, Ohio, was
murdered by a colored man.
Arnold Tuchschmidt of st. Louis
was found guilty of embezzlement.
w. Y. Lendgren of New York killed
his sweetheart and then committed su-
icide.
Edward Crosby of Springfield, Ohio.
was shot and fatally wounded in a
saloon at Lima, Ohio.
rdl rdlrdlutt
G. X. Rein, colored, of Denver, has
confessed to triple murder.
Walter Williams deputy coroner of
er and then committed suicide.
The trial of alleged Fenians. charged
with destroying We1land canal locks,
promises sensational disclosures.
In saloon fight at Memphis, Tenn,
Mrs. Mckenna, wife Of the proprietor
Of the saloon, shot and killed Edward
Wilmington and fatally wounded Den.
mis- Brogan.
Four highwaymen bound a Toronto,
Ont. policeman hand and foot ana
threw him In a stable. They then
made an unsuccessful attempt to rob
the Standard Bank.
]. D. Eaton. cotton broker. was
found dead In his Office In Exchange
Place New York. II ID supposed 10
committed suicide. He came from
Nashville. Tenn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

Although the singing apparatus OF
bee is less than quarter of an inch
in length, it leaves red hot impress
sion about a quarter of mile long.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

If you want to be miserable think
about yourself, about what you want,
what you like, what respect people
ought to pay you, and what people
think of you.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
The Drenth broken.

Sacred Heart. MIMI, May Phone
inch Of rain fell Wednesday night.
Farmers are we'll pleased M the
drouth was beginning to tell on the
crops. -. !. .....--s ...-...,., +
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

A married man says this would be an
ideal world to live in if half the peo-
pie were born dumb.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

II you don't want to lose your good
name it is a good plan not to have it
engraved on umbrella handles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
What We lack is not more talents,
but more purpose with those we have.

The miser who is able (but unwil-
ling) to relieve want, is truly miser-
able man.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31
Casualties.

Shaw's tannery. at Rib Lake, Wis,
was destroyed.
John McGovern of Chicago was
.illed by falling platform.
Thomas George Of Calumet, Mich,
was killed at the Franklin mine.
Frank CroDin of Medford, Wis, was
Killed at La Sale, ILL.,, by an express
train.
Summey's Addition to the Town of
Shipshewana. Ind, was destroyed by
Gre. Loss, $4,000.
The Lake Shore engine jumped into
the ditch at Westfield, n. Y, killing
Engineer Reagan and Fireman Leigh
body.
Fire destroyed the Eisenhauser ele.
vator at Dimmick, ILL.,, which con-
lained 10000 bushels of oats and sew
eral thousand bushels of corn. The
loss is $4,000.
Fire at Camden, N. j., destroyed the
Farmers Market house. at Fifth and
Federal streets, ten stores and about
fifty small dwellings. causing loss
estimated at $125OOO, and rendering
homeless about $50 persons.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-31

In connection with the investiga-
lions of commercial trees by the Divis-
ion of Forestry a set of tables has
been prepared for the Adirondack
hardwoods, by which various fnan-
cial calculations can be made accu-
rately and easily If the approximate
number of trees on a given area and
average diameter are known. The most
important tables show: The value of
mature trees at different stumpage
rates; value of immature trees of all
ages at different stumpage rates; in
terest represented by annual growth
trees; and interest represented by an
nual growth in board feet on capital
represented by land. From these Ia
bles the timber owner can find the
exact financial gain in waiting for his
timber to grow to any given diameter.
the interest his forest is earning on
its cost, and similar valuable informa-
ton. The tables are now complete
for the so-called Adirondack hard
woods, including yellow birch, sugar
maple, beech. Eastwood and cherry.
There is reason why the South At
rican war, now in its eighth month,
still "trebly laundering swells the
gale" Briton and Boer are true cous-
ms german; they have in their blood
the same Teutonic germ-cells. They
show the same capacity for resistance
and endurance. the same steadiness
and sturdiness under fire, the same
cpolness under varying fortunes. Both
camps seem to be ruled by the spirit
which made Nelson resolve that tho
enesny .should never know that he
couid fesl sorrow in defeat Or JOY r
stctOry.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
HOUSE. WOULDN'T KNOW 1T
The Senate Committee Makes Many
Changes in Canal Bill.

Washington, AIN. 1.-THE amend
ments made yesterday by the senate
committee on interoceanic canals to the
house Nicaraguan canal bill have been
printed and circulated in the senate.
The amendments prove to be more radi-
cal than at first announced by the
members of the committee. The lang
uage of the measures is practically
changed throughout and several of the
house provisions are entirely omitted.
The most important omissions are the
provisions which are made in the house
bill for the abrogation of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty and for the purchase of
existing concessions from Nicaragua
and Costa Rica, the latter provision in
the house measure carrying an apprO-
priation of So 600, 900. The senate bill
also removed many of the limitations of
the house bill as to the persons to be
employed in the proposed work. The
provision for a commission to act with
the secretary of war is eliminated. The
senate committee also makes specific
provision that the canal shall be of
sufficient size to accommodate vessels
of the largest tonnage and it increases
the appropriation from $4,000, 600 to
$140 600. 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
BRYAN AND EXPANSION.

The New York Journal has hurled
one of its heavy editorials in the di-
rection of Col. William Jennings Bryan.
1t is called forth by that gentleman's
recent utterances on the subject of ter
ritorial expansion, and is as follows:
Mr.. Bryan is moving, and there is
every reason to believe that by the time
the national conventions meet there
viii be no gap between him and the
most advanced opponents of Democ-
raey and progressive Americanisrn.
which are the same thing. In his latest
interview, at Minneapolis he declares
himself thorough going expansionist.
He says: I am a firm believer in the
enlargement and extension of the lin
its Of the republic"
Il don't mean by that" he adds, 1.-The
extension by the addition of contiguous
territory, nor to limit my self to that
Wherever there is a people capable
of having voice and representation in
this government, there the limits Of the
republic may be extended.
The FAipinos are not such a peo-
pie. The Democratic party has ever
favored the extension of the limits of
this republic, but it has never advo-
Gated the acquisition of subject terri
tory to be held under colonial govern
ment."
Mr.. Bryan is on the right track. but
he has not yet quite grasped the true
have never looked about for "a people
capable of having a voice and a rep
resentation in this government" We
have looked for land capable of sup
porting such a people
When we bought Louisiana we did
not ask whether the French and Span
tsh Creoles, Acadians, pirates. fur
hunters, Comanches, Sioux and Potta-
Watomies who inhabited it were ca
pable OF having a voice and a repre-
sentation in this government. We
said: Here are vast plains that can
support millions of American farmers.
who can support towns filed with
workers and thinkers. We will build
cities in the sOltudes of the Missouri
and the Platte, and perhaps in one of
them may grow up some young west
ern DemOsthenes whom the nation NAV
be glad to make its president" And SO
we bought Louisiana, and Nebraska is
one of the results.
There is land in the Philippines that
can be filled with just as good Ameri-
cans as live in Nebraska, and there are
people there who can be turned into
Americans as well as the Soules Pa
cheeos and OterOs we have annexed
in the past.
on November IS, 1898, the editor of
the Journal addressed some remarks
to Mr.. Bryan, in the course of which
he said:
The American who opposes the doc
trine of expansion without imperialism
is false TO the doctrine that has made
this nation respected abroad and happy
at home. When the lines of
boundaries are permanently set, when
everything is surveyed and measured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
DOWIE,s RICE CHEST.


TFrom the Chicago Record1
box said to contain 800, 100000 was pa
raded through the aisleS of DoWie'S Zion
Tabernacle, Sixteenth street and Michi-
gan avenue. early yesterday morning. 1t
aII-night meeting. and bowie had an
nounced at a m, that the location of
according to his teachings, will reside
would be three miles north of Waukegan.
a m, four Of BoWyies i1 most staW WA BODY
guards led by his coachman Carl Strut
three feet long and a foot square. 1t APP
peared to be heavy. In front of the plat
form Gladstone Dowie, the general over
money which would buy the City of Zion.
The bearers of the alleged treasure
walked up and down the aisles showing
the chest. which seemed to have no lock
and yet no place of opening. and all bow
ed as it passed This chest was supposed
to contain the money which Dowie had
solicited from his believers, and which he
said would be used in the ultimate pur-
chase of the land he had previously de-
scribed
Dowie's son closely guarded the box.
aisles on the first floor, ordered the bear
ers to carry 1t to the galleries. This ex~
butors most desired, and after the chest
had passed among them they left the
tabernacle
Two months ago Dowie called for a
Christmas gift of 81, 1000 which he SIM
Ply SAID would be used in the interests
81 the cause. He quoted passages from
the Bible and showed where the Mormon
church demanded and received from its
members a tithing fee of 10 per cent of
all of their earnings. He demanded the
same. A week before Christmas he an
nounced that he was sorry he had not
asked 81 DOC. 900 and then said that the
million would be exhibited New Year S
eve.
Considerable doubt is expressed by the
people of Waukegan and Chicago real es-
tate men as to Dowie's sincerity in the
Zion New Years eve he announced be-
sides the location of the city the fact
that from then he he S+ov
ing on the Mount of Olives He said he
was to start at once on a tour of the
world and would not be back for at least
a year. This plan, in consideration of the
fact that the options on the proposed city
of Zion expire February / is looked upon
with suspicion Only two small tracts of
land We're bought outright by Dowie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17

and governed, there will cease to be an
outlet for the energy and enterprise of
the young men of the country. The
advancement of the American nation
has been entirely due to the fact that
there have always been other American
worlds to conquer. There have always
been states to civilize. deserts to irri-
gate, nomads to subjugate, mountains
to scale, rivers to bridge.
That tremendous work of expansion,
that Titanic work of building railroads,
opening mines. subjugating and level
ing forests, was the task that made the
American of to-day the man he is, in
place of the man he would have been
had the civilization of this country
stopped with the peddling of furs in
Manhattan or the growing of cotton
in Georgia.
Shall we not see to it that our chill
dren have as good forward outlook as
we had?
That is the point, Mr.. Bryan. You
have come forward so well in the past
year that we know you will come the
rest of the way. You will join the
Journal in welcoming the new light
that shines across the Pacific, and in
demanding
Expansion without Imperialism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
A Sociatv Innostar

IFrom the Denver Post.1
In the lodge of Sway Backed Susan,
Leader of the Ute Four Hundred,
All the kings and queens of fashion
That the fragrant tribe could boast of
Gathered for a festal blowout.
There was Dick and Mrs. Bull Elk,
Bulbous-Nose and his best sQuawlet,
Miss The-Girl- ho-Has-N o-SoX-On,
Bessye KnOcks-the-FelloW Silly,
Pollye Ellyn Skins-the- Rabbit,
Sleepy Jim and Chicken Swiper.
Colonel Skunk-That-Spixes-t -Breezes,
Nam sell Don t You-Wish-Y ou- Had-Me,
And a lot of other flyers
FROM the g1lded coop of fashion.
Twas the annual dinner given
By fair Sway-Backed Sue in honor
OF the death of her last husband,
Who was angeliZed quite sudden
BY an expert Quick-shot paleface
Round whose henhouse he was shopping
In the chafing dish the dog meat
From a blooded bull pup simmered,
On the Goals the tripe was brofling.
And the heavenly aroma
Percolating through the WigWam
Started every nose to tWitching
Thrilled with fond anticipation.
Gaily sped the danse du Ventre
To the beating of the tom-tom,
And the beaded perspiration
stood upon the smoke-cured faces
Like the warts upon the hop-toad
Suddenly a Shrek of horror
Marked with streak of indignation
Burst from out of Sway Backed Susan,
And she swatted Messieur Bull Elk
On the ear and swiftly kicked him
Through the portal of the teeDee
Out into the shimmering moonlight
He had claimed to be a blue-blood,
society example
Lacking not a high-fiown feature.
And as such had won her favor,
But she'd then and there discovered
That he was a base imposter,
For to her he had admitted
In a literary confab
That he'd not read David HarumI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-17
CHAPELLEMAKES TROUBLE
Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines
Stirs Up the Menagerie.

Manila, Jan. 17.-7.05 p. m.-The pres
ence here of Archbishop ChapelIe, the
apostolic delegate to the Philippines is
greatly stirring the Catholics of all ma
tionalities. The Filipinos have gained
the impression that Mgr Chapelle came
as the joint agent of President Mckin-
ley and the pope to reinstate the friars
in their former power. One cause of
the excitement is a statement which the
Dominicans furnished to the Spanish
press, that Mgr Chapelle in visiting the
heads of the order, told them he favored
the retention of the brOtherhOOds and
views, which were that IF the friars re-
turned to their parishes they would be
considered elements of good order and
therefore American agents"
Mgr. Chapelle denies the accuracy of
these statements and Catholics of all
sections are petitioning Mgr. Chapelle
and Major General Otis against the
friars returning to their parishes re-
peating the charges of expressions, ex-
tortions and immoralities, which they
assert, caused the revolution of 1886.
The Catholics request that Nhey be
given priests not connected with the
brotherhoods. Delegations from many
of the towns are visiting the provincial
governors for the purpose of making
the same request and prominent Ma
Mia Catholics are cabling the pope on
The subject. The people say the friars
will be driven out II they return to
their parishes and there will be contin-
ual trouble if the administration at
tempts to protect them.
To quell the excitement, Major General
Otis consented to the publication in the
local newspapers of statement which
he had made to a delegation of Filipinos,
follows:
IF the church authorities assign friars
to curacies who are obnoxious to the peo-
pie they will not be compelled to accept
them. The individual liberty guaranteed
by the American constitution will not be
denied the Filipinos. and the government
will not force on them any ecclesiastical
denomination contrary to their Wishes"