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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
FIRST RAIN FOR WEEKS.

Came just in Time to Prevent "a
Complete Failure of Crops.
Hammond. Wis, June 3O.-At noon
yesterday the first rain which this Sec
ton has had in many weeks fell. For
several weeks past every one around
hero has been worrying about the
.drouth, which has caused a total loss
Of the hay crop and greatly damaged
everything. Pastures are gone. The
rain was accompanied by quite fall
of hail, which did little damage to the
crops. The rain continued about an
hour, and then Il little later we got q
good solid rainstorm. lasting about an
other hour. The oldest settlers cannot
remember the time when it was as
dry as the past few weeks have been,
but all have taken heart again. The
rain came just in time to save a COM
plete failure Of the crops.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Storm Docs Great Damage.

Pittsburg, June 3O.-A brilliant and
destructive electrical storm centered in
this section last night. doing thousands
er Allegheny the Orthodox Greek
church and the engine house next door
were struck by lightning and many
roofs in the vicinity were torn off by
the wind. All over Pittsburg damage
was done by the high wind, but the
heaviest loss was by water in the Soho
district, where tons Of earth We're
washed from the hill, clogging the
sewers, the overflow flooding many
cellars.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Found II LIGHTED Bomb.

Paris, June 80. - A lighted bomb,
charged with powder and pieces Of
lead, was found last evening shortly
before midnight by the police in front
of the entrance door of the residence
of NJ. Bulot, procurator of the republic,
No. % Rue de Galvani. 1t was at the
house Of NJ. Bulot, in Rue de Clichy,
that occurred the terrible bomb eXplo-
sion in March, 1892, the author of
which was the notorious anarchist
Ravachol.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Terrorized by Negroes.

Metropolis, ILL.,, June 3O.-At a late
hour last night a crowd of fifty negro
ruftians from Paducah came to Me-
tropolis on steamboat excursion and
attempted to take the town. They
were armed and half drunk. The po-
lice force here engaged them in a regu-
lar pitched battle at the waters edge
in which over a hundred shots We're
fired. Three of the negroes were ia
tally wounded The officers escaped
injury.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
FARMERS WIFE ELoPEs.
Took Her Children and Went Away
With q NciGhbOr.

With a Neighbour.
Huron. S. D., June 3O.-The wife of
Gus Schultz. a well-to-do farmer of
this county. mysteriously disappeared
a week or more ago, as dis also three
of her four children. About the same
time a man named Alex Radisty, who
had been living in the neighborhood
Of the Schultz farm, was no longer to
be seen. Search for the missing wo-
man and children was instituted by
the husband and investigation devel-
oped a full. grown elopement. The
trail of the offending parties lead
westward. and a day or two since they
were located at point in the Black
Hills, and later telegram from Rapid
City told of their arrest at that place.
Sheriff Medbery has gone to Rapid
City to bring them to this city.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Steamer Ashore.

San Francisco, June 3O.-The steam
err Portland, which arrived from Cape
Nome reports that the steamer Rose
Grams, formerly the transport Missouri
has gone aground about sixty miles
south Of Cape Nome. While her situa-
ton is not considered perilous. it is
she will have considerable diff
ficulty in getting off.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
SULTAN PRESSED by CAR.

Russian Ambassador Will Take En-
ergetfc Measures Against Turkey.
Constantinople, June 3O.-The Rus
sian ambassador has been directed to
inaugurate energetic measures to conn
pei the sultan to settle the undecided
question of the presence in Russia Of
INDECENT Armenian refugees and also
the financial question at issue between
the two nations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Suicide bx HANGING.

Pugh. eX-city clerk. was found dead,
hanging in an apple orchard on his
fathers farm in Illinois. He had been
in poor health for some time, which af
fected his reason. On this account he
resigned the city clerkship about a
month ago. His aged parents and one
brother survive him,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
GIVE AID TO INDIA.

Proclamation by Gov. Thomas to the
People of Colorado.
Denver. June 3O.-Gov. Thomas has
issued a proclamation urging the peo-
famine sufferers Of India. A. D. Wier
of Omaha is here as the representative
of the India relief commission and will
make a canvass of the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
POSSE MUsTERED OUT.

st. Louis People Are Afraid to Ride
ON Street Cars.
ST, Louis, June 29.--Many thousand
persons, because of the boycott and
through sympathy for the street rail
way strikers, patronize wagons and
BUSES manned by eX-street railway
employees. The remainder Of the
SSrce of Sheriff Pohlmann's posse.
Rbout 600 men. were mustered out or
1aryice yesterday. The board OF po-
llco commissioners have decided they
were no longer needed
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Drauth In Arixnna-

Phoenix, Ariz., June 80. - The pro-
longed drouth In Salt river valley has
done many thousand dollars worth of
damage and threatens the grain and
fruit crops not harvested. Cattle are
in bad condition and many ranchers
are sdisposing Of their stock as quickly
as nossible,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Good Temp1ars Elcct omcer..

=
WATERFOWL. s. D., June 3O-The SEES.
sion of the grand lodge of the Inde-
pendent order of Good Templars has
closed after electing the following of
ficers: Grand templar, G. w. Carpen-
ter, Watertown; grand counsellor, Mrs.
Steele, Goodwin; grand secretary, Miss
Eva Williams. Watertown; treasurer,
w. w. Harper, Milbank; vice templar,
Florence Alquire, Sioux Falls. The
grand lodge is now out Of debt
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
GOES TO VAN SAINT
NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR OF
MINNESOTA.

state Convention Meets
at st. Paul and Names a Ticket
Senator Carter of Montana Makes
an Address-All Nominations but
Secretary of State and Railroad
Commfssioners Are Made by Ac-
characteristic Resolutions In
dOrse the Platform of the Bhflas-
de.phia Convention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Gold standard In Haiti.

Washington, June 30. - The depart
ment Of state is adviced by Minister
Powell, at Port au Prince, that he had
been informed that the government Of
Haiti had adopted the gold standard.
and that the unit of value is the Amer.
lean gold dollar.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Father of Eight Goes to Prison.

La Crosse, Wis. June 80. = In the
circuit court, Judge Dinwiddie presid-
ing. Frank Sluga of Chimney Rock,
Trempealeau county, aged forty-one,
pleaded guilty to assaulting his daugh-
ter, aged fourteen, and was sentenced
to eight years. He has eight children,
the youngest seven weeks old. His
plea in mitigation was that he was
drunk,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
government order. Guns.

Bethlehem. Pa, June 3O.-The gov
eminent has placed an order with the
Bethlehem Steel company for guns, in
Guiding, it is said. seven ten-inch and
four twelev-inch breech-loading rifles
and fourteen twelve-inch breech-load.
ing mortars and other smaller ones for
immediate dispatch to the Orient.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Killed by Lightning.

Hamilton, Ohio, June 3O.-A terrific
thunderstorm swept over this city just
after noon. Frank Leugers, a molder
was killed by lightning on the street
while going to dinner Four compan-
ions were shocked but will survive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
FAIR GROUNDS DAMAGED.

Biggest Item of Loss in Black River
Falls Tornado.
Black River Falls, Wis, June So
The most serious financial damage by
the tornado here Wednesday was at
the fair grounds, where twenty-five
rods of stables, the fine arts building
and band stand are entirely demol-
ished. Shade trees ard fences suffered
badly. The three young men hurt are
improving.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Black Diphtherin.

Prairie du Chen. Wis, June 80. =
During the past week two deaths have
occurred from black diphtheria. Not
until yesterday was quarantine estab-
lished. Numbers of grown people and
children have been exposed, the first
corpse having been taken to church be-
fore burial. Two mere cases are re-
nO,.tpd
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
FORMER HUSBAND RETURNS.
He Finds His Wife Has Married-ShC
Obtains n Divorce.

Sioux Falls. S. D., June 3O-Several
years ago Il man named Smith disap-
peared from Roberts county and was
afterward reported to have died in
California. His widow. believing there
was no question of his death. married
Robert Kennedy and lived with him
until couple of weeks ago, when
Smith unexpectedly appeared on the
scene. His former wife applied for Il
divorce from him, which was granted,
and she has now been remarked to
Kennedy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
Girl Suicides i'm River

Neche, N. D., June 3O.-Lettie Brock,
an eighteen-year-old domestic of Hav-
erlock. Ont. and for the past six
months employed at the United States
hotel at this place, suicided by drown
ing in the Pembina river. The body
was recovered. Dependency occa-
stoned by the loss of her situation is
believed to have been the motive for
the deed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05

Oaxaca, Mex, June 3O.-A number of
prominent people have died OF yellow
fever here. They contracted the fever
ut Tehuantepec. Among them is dis
trIct Judge Ortega, The fever Is Of .
ylrulsnt typs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
GRAIN TOTALLY DESTROYED.
Heavy Wind and Hail Storm Passe
Over n Section of Wisconsin,.

Over n Section of Wisconsin,.
Mcmillan, Wis, June 30.-One of the
most heavy wind and hail storms thai
has visited this county for years
passed over this place. Hail fell the
size of walnuts. and for half an hour
the storm continued. West of here
grain was leveled to the ground; shade
trees were uprooted and delayed traf-
fc, several large barns were blown
fiat and in one of these three persons
are supposed to be- Grain in some
places is supposed TO be totally de-
stroyed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-05
sympathy for Boer..

Grand Rapids, Mich, June 3O.-The
Christian Reformed Church Synod Of
America adopted resolutions of sympa-
thy for the Beers in their conflict with
Great Britain. A copy will be sent to
President Kruger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
INDIANA OBITUARY.
John Nutter, One of the Organizers OF
Upton County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINDFALL, Ind. Jan. 13.-John Nutter,
one of the pioneers and most prominent
citizens of the county, after an illness of
several years, died at his home, at this
place, this morning at o'clock. of Bright's
disease He was a native Of West Vir-
ginia and was born Aug. Is, 1917, and in
the fall Of 1910 located in Boone county,
in this State, coming to Upton the year
following. John Nutter was the fifth set
tier of this CWildcaD township. he was
present at the organization of the town
ship and served as one of the judges OF
the election. He erected the first hewed
low house in this township and also built
its first brick residence. He served as grand
jury bailiff at the first term of the grand
jury of the county; he prepared and cir
culated the petition for the first highway
In the township and was appointed super
visor to cut the road: he served as one
of the county commissioners OF this cotn-
ty six years. Mr.. Nutter took out the Sec
ond marriage license issued in Upton coun-
ty and married Miss Martha Pritchard
Of Johnson county, in 1S45. She died in the
year 1856. Two children by the first wife,
James w. Nutter and Mrs. d. 3. Vice, of
this place, one child by the second WIFE,
Mrs. y. F. Vice, Of Upton, and his third
wife survive him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
The Elder SOthern's Little Joke.
hi1o deIphia Times

Mrs. John Wood appeared with the elder
Sothern in the same company for several
seasons. On one occasion, while the COM
pany was playing in Birmingham, Mrs.
monger's shop, when he shook hands with
her and bade her good morning.
Would you mind going in here with me?
want to make some small purchases" he
said.
She accompanied him.
He went up to the counter and said: II
want some 'Macauley's History of Erg.
land.
The assistant said: 1--WE do not sell
books. sir. This is an iron monger's shop"
well 1 am not particular said Sothern.
pretending to be deaf II don't care wheth-
er 1t is bound in calf or Russia"
But this is not booksellers shouted
the assistant.
"All right" said sothern. wrap IT up
neatly. Want to have IT sent down to the
hotel. It's for a present wish to make to
relative. Put it up nicely"
I'VE don't keep it,. shouted the assist
ant, getting red in. the face, while Mrs.
another part Of the shop. almost overcome
with suppressed laughter at the cheerful,
| frank expression on Sothern's face and
| the mad. puzzled look on the shopkeep-
er's assistant.
do it up as II 1t were for your own
mother. I don't want anything better than
| that said Sothern. Il would like to write
my name on the fly leaf"
''Sirv bawled the assistant at the top of
| his voice, 1--WE do not keep books
Very WE'LL said the actor, quite un-
disturbed 81 will wait for it,
| Under the impression that his customer
was either stone deaf or a lunatic the as
sistant bounced off to the lower end of the
shop and asked his master to come. say
| ing: "I can do nothing with the man.
| think he must be off his head" Where
upon the principal marched up to the
spot where Sothern was standing and
| asked very loudly: What is 1t sir? What
! do you desire?''
| "I want to buy file," returned Sothern
| quietly. "a plain file about four or Ave
inches in length
| Certainly" said the principal. with q
! whitening look at his assistant, and pro-
] ducing at once the article which had been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
PLENTY OF PROFIT.
Polar Exploration Merely as a Busi-
ness Proposition.
k A. Cook, in Scribner's.

Frederick A. Cook, in Scribner's./
I must beg leave to differ with the pre-
vailing opinion regarding polar exploration
that there is no commercial or material re-
ward commensurate with the expenditure
of time and money. In the Antarctic there
are several prospective industries, and
much of the future work has direct bear
ing upon commerce. There are seals, PEN
gums and whales in abundance around the
circumpolar area. Fur seals are nearly eX-
tinct. The various varieties of Antarctic
seals have a coarse coat of single hair,
which is useless fur: but the skin and
oil are of considerable value. There is no
reason why a profitable fishery could not be
prosecuted. like that off the coast of Lab
rador and Greenland. The penguins are
not widely known to commerce, but their
countless millions will surely attract en-
terprise and yield some useful product.
Already they are being taken at the Falk-
land islands for the oil they possess. We
must abandon the hope that right or black
whales, possessing the priced whalebone.
exist here in numbers sufficient to warrant
a promise of future whaling. Ross reports
having seen right whales, but diligent
search since has failed to establish this
report. From the Belgica We saw no
whales of this variety; but finback and bot
tle-nose whales were seen in great num-
bers These are small whales having no
bone of commercial value, and some
what inferior quality of oil. But the hunt
for a similar variety of whales in Norway
has given profitable employment to thou
sands of men in the past ten years Whal-
ing and sealing in the Antarctic cannot,
however, be made to pay the enormous ex-
pense Of fitting out from Europe or North
America for so distant a hunting ground
To make these industries successful perma-
nent bases must be established either in the
Antarctic, on the sub-Antarctic islands. or
in the Southern ports of South America or
Australia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
THE LEADERS ALL LOSE
SOME BIG SURPRISES IN THE
WEEKS BOWLING CONTESTS.
A General Change I'm the Positions as
q Notwithstanding and Aver
ages-AIley Gossip.

and Marion County bowling leagues all re-
ceived a taste of defeat last week. The
Blue Labels first dropped two games to
the Standards, and then the Marions lost
two to the Washingtons. The Turner's
were defeated twice by the Lyras. Friday
night the Oneida team, which has enjoyed
such smooth sailing in the Marion county
league, went UP against the Nonpareils and
the latter team won the first game. There
were several changes in the standing of the
respective clubs of the four leagues las.
week. Some Of the supposedly stronger
teams were given a severe setback by their
alleged weaker opponents, and as result
there was a general change in the positions
of the various clubs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
With the BOwlers.

Orm made the 4-10 split last week.
The Lencx boys have struck their gait
and are sailing toward the top.
Bernard OConnor is making great rep
utation as split spare bowler.
The majority of the bowlers think the
Marion alleys are the fastest in the city.
AL Myers is now captain Of the Column
bias and he says that he Will be In the
fight from now on.
Jeup, Of the City team, made the 6-7-lo
spare on the Independent Turner alleys
last Thursday night.
The Marions suffered their first double
defeat of the season at the hands or the
Washingtons last Thursday night.
In the Ten-pin League last week. the fol-
lowing difficult spares were made: Strobe,
6-7-10; Peterson, 81; B. O'Connor, 6-7-9 and
5-1O.
The following 200 or more scores were
made in the Marion County Bowling
League last week: Pat Bryan, III and zOV;
Elliott, 200.
Five double centuries were made in the
Tenpin League last week as follows:
Good, PIP; Taylor, 246; Card, 2OS; f. Noting.
I'll; Kroeckel, 2O6.
Brown Of the Oneida club, was unusually
steady last week. He raised his average
one point and now has a good lead over
the rest of them.
The Stone Palace team is headed toward
the top of the ladder in the Marion County
League race. That team has been bowling
excellent ball lately.
White, of the Meteors, and Book, Of the
United States team, each made the Sc
split Friday night. Roller, United States,
made 81, and Martin, Of the same club.
the 2-7.
Captain Havelick missed an easy chance
for the high score In the Indianapolis
Bowling League last week. Getting three
pins on a double and ''six ALL took away
his chances.
Captain Bogardus, of the Nonpareils, is
something of a prophet. Friday evening
he predicted a victory for the Nonpareils
against the Oneida team, and made 1t good
by taking the first game.
The Oneida players had the idea that
there was not a team in the league able
to beat them. but now they don't think
they are the whole thing and have
learned that they have to bowl hard to
win, even in the Marion County League.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
CREES MAY MAKE WAR
INDIANS IN ASSINIBOIA AND ALDER
ia PREPARING TO RISE.
Adventures Telling Them the Brit
ish Are Attempting to Steal the
Land Of the Beers.

MONTREAL, Quebec. Jan. 13.-There is
fear of,the Canadian Indians in the North
west rising owing to the withdrawal of
some of tie mounted ponce for the Trans
vaal. The conultion is considered serious.
Clifford o4Ilon, minister of the interior and
commissioner, has telegraphed the Indian
agents TO warn the Indians that miscon-
duct on their part will mean a stoppage of
the government bounty and any outbreak
will be suppressed by force. The white
men and half-breeds who have been doing
their best TO foment trouble will be made
to leave the country.
The Department of the Interior was in
formed by cipher telegram that serious
state of affairs exists in the northern por-
ton of Assiniboia and Alberta. along the
Saskatchewan. The Indians of the north
ern districts. principally the Crees. it ap-
pears, have been taking a great interest
I'm the South African war and have been
most anxious to get every scrap Of news
concerning Ii. At first their anxiety to get
news seemed to be merely that of members
OF a fighting race who took an interest in
any trouble anywhere, but within the past
fortnight affairs have taken on dangerous
aspect. White men, Adventures,
OF most undesirable type,
fish government is doing exactly what the
Indians believe the Canadian government
did in 1SS5-that is. attempting to steal
from the Beers the lands upon which their
fathers lived and which belong to them
Just as much as IN the belief of the Cree
braves of a decade and a half ago the
whole Northwest belonged TO the red men.
The Indian agents and the mounted police
have found the CreeS to be excited by these
tales and in some cases the agents have
gone to the trouble of trying to counterfeit
the reports by getting the aborigines to-
prefher
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
TOLEDO SHOW IN PERIL.
Citizens Unwilling to Subscribe the
Necessary Funds.

TOLEDO, o., Jan. 1S.-Directors of the
Ohio Centennial Company announced to-
day that unless s33s.0OO stock subscriptions
are forthcoming from the public within one
week they will abandon the project of cele-
brating the one hundredth anniversary of
the admission of Ohio into the Union in
1902. The directors of the enterprise have
been trying for nearly year to raise $780,
000 which amount is necessary before gov
eminent and State appropriations are
available. 1t is thought that If the pres
ent company abandons the centennial prof.
ect that a new company will be formed
here, or that the centennial may go to
Cleveland or some other Ohio city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
Other Deaths.

ELKHART, Ind, Jan. 13.-News Of the
death of Prof. T. p. Lhamon, formerly head
of the commercial department of the Elk
hart Institute, has just been received here.
Professor Lhamon was originally from
Adams county, Indiana, and came here
from a Chicago college five years ago.
Three years later he was compelled to quit
work because of the inroads on his health
by consumption, and he went TO New Mex
leo for a time, but the trip did him no
good. He was thirty years old and left
widow and two children. The interment
took place in Adams county.
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 13.-Phillip Shin
kle, of North Anderson, died at his home
here to-day. He was in his eighty-fifth
year and has been a resident of Anderson
for the past sixty-three years, having
married the wife who survives him ard re-
moved to Anderson from Ohio that many
years ago. He was well-to-do and had been
closely identified with the development of
the village, town and city of Anderson.
James Shinkle and Margaret Gray, his only
children, survive him.