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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
GERMANY,s HORSES.
Those Not Yet Shipped From Calf
t;s, fOrnia to BE Held There.


Those Not Yet Shipped From Calf.
fOrnia to BE Held There.
San Francisco, Oct. 2S.-The opera.
lions of the German commission sent
to California to purchase horses and
supplies for troops in China have
come to close, and under Instructions
from the home government the COM
mission will leave San Francisco on
Friday next. OF the large number OF
horses purchased only part have been
shipped, and the 1850 animals ac-
copied and ready for shipment, will
not be sent. The Frankfort, which
has been specially fitted up for re-
ceiving horses, sailed yesterday with
out them, and the Verona, which was
under charter, has been released.
What will be done with the horses
has not yet been decided upon. In
f1uenza has broken out among them,
and this is given as one of the reasons
why the horses are not to be sent at
the present time. a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Peuple Talked About

Charles Dudley died suddenly at
Hartford, Conn.
Rev. DR.. J. N. Craig of Atlanta, Ga,
dropped dead in the pulpit at Newport
News while addressing the Presby-
terrain synod of Virginia.
Horatio N. Marsh, veteran news
paper man, historian and scholar, died
at his home in Joliet, Ill. He had held
several public Offices including that Of
postmaster.
Capt. John B. Adams of Lynn, Mass,
past communicated of the G. A.
r., dropped dead in Boston. Death was
due to heart failure. He was fifty
nine years of age.
Lieut.. James Weir Graydon of the
United States navy writes to the Lon
don Star that he is at the point of star
walton and without shelter, although
he is the inventor of the great wheel at
Earls court, dynamite gun and a
device for advertising on the clouds
which belongs to the United States
navy.
A cablegram was received in New
York last night announcing the death
in London of Sir Roderick D. Cameron
the famous financier. He was born in
Glengary county, Canada, July %, 1925,
and, although he never renowned his
allegiance to the British crown, he was
in every other respect a thorough
American. He was Union volunteer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
DESPERATE FIGHT
AMERICANS TACKLE A SUPERIOR
M FORCE OF FILIPINOs.
americana Forced to Retire After
Desperate Fighting, Which Was
Most Creditable to the Force En-
gaged-Thirty-third Infantry and
Third Cavalry Engaged-Insurs-
ents' Loss Is Estimated at About
One Hundred and Fifty-Our Loss
Five killed, Ten Wounded and
Four Missing.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-The war depart
ment to-day received dispatch from
Gen. Macarthur, giving an account Oh
fight in whichIa. small detachment of the
American troops attacked much superior
force of Filipinos. The dispatch follows:
.Manila, Oct. 26-Adutant General,
Washington: Oct. "a First Lieut.. Febiger.
forty men, Company H., Thirty-third regi-
ment, United States infantry volunteers,
and Second Lieut. Grayson v. Heidi, fifty
men, Troop L, Third cavalry, attacked
insurgents fourteen miles east of Harvi-
can, Ilocos, Province Luzon, engaged
strong position occupied by about 500 rifle
men, 1000 bolomen, under command OF
Juan Viilamor subordinate of Tinos. Des-
perate fight ensued, which was most cred
liable to force engaged, though under
heavy pressure of overwhelming number.
Our troops compelled to return to Harvi-
can, which was accomplished in tactical,
orderly manner. Acting Assistant Sur
geon and civilian teamster captured early
in the fight were released by Villamor.
According to their accounts insurgents
much stronger than reported herein, ana
their losses, moderate estimate, over 100.
Our loss:
"Killed-First Lieut.. George l.. Febiger,
Charles A. Lindenberg, William +. Will
son, Company II, Thirty-third regiment,
United States volunteer infantry; Andrew
T. johnson, Farrier Guy e. McClintock,
Troop l., Third regiment United States
cavalry.
"wounded-Company II. Thirtythird
volunteer infantry, Floyd w. Mcpherson,
hip, slight; John w. Grace, face, slight;
Floyd Fl. Heard cheek, slight; Harry E.
Johnson, knee, serious; Troop X, Third
United States cavalry, Corporal Adam X.
Waehs, arm, slightly; Alfred Downer. lip,
head, slight; Charles w. Martin, thigh,
slight, Oscar O. Bradford, foot, slight;
William E. Hunder, leg below knee slight;
"Missing-Company H, Thirty-third reg
iment, John ]. Boyd, Samuel p. Harris;
Troop L, Third cavalry, Samuel Davis,
Ferd schwed; twenty-nine horses missing,
some known killed. Macarthur"
Lieut.. George L. Febinger was one of
the youngest officers of the army, being in
his twenty-fourth year. He was native
of New Orleans, and served as first lieu
tenant and afterward as captain of the
Ninth volunteer infantry during the Span
ish war. In the following July he was
appointed to lieutenancy in the Thirty
third volunteer infantry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
From Warrington.

From Washington. :
It has been decided to remove the
wreck Of the Maine from Havana har-
Dor.
Denmark offers to sell the Danish
West Indies to the United States for
100000.
Currency shipments by the subtreas-
ury to various points West and South
west from the latter part Of August,
when the movement began, to Saturday
last, when it practically terminated,
amounted to $14,726, 900.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood in Wash
ington made statement as to the con-
tents of his civil report as governor
general of Cuba. 1t will fully outline
all the various improvements made in
Cuba under his administration.
The secret service bureau of the
treasury department has discovered a
new Indian head IS counterfeit. The
note is of the series of 1899, check let
ter B, face plate No. 20, back plate No.
%, j. w. Lyons register and Ellis H.
Roberts treasurer.
Secretary Long has ordered that
there be no further proceedings in the
case of Capt. Wilde of the Oregon, who
was Investigated by a court of inquiry
to determine the responsibility for the
grounding Of the battleship in the Gulf
of Pechili last summer. The action
finally disposes of the matter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Casualitieg.

The business portion of Dunavant,
Kan, was burned; loss $4,000.
An infant of Thomas Dobson was
burned to death at Beloit, Wis, by
pulling over lighted lamp.
Bert Emerson and Arthur Linloken
of La Crosse were killed in a railroad
wreck at Pocatello, Idaho.
Mr.. Meiklejohn, assistant secretary
of war, was caught in a cloudburst in
Nebraska and nearly lost his life
The Watauga and Doe rivers over
flowed their banks at Elizabethton,
Pa, and greatly damaged property.
fatally-by the wrecking of a Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern excursion
train in Chicago.
Fifty persons were killed and many
others terribly scalded by a boiler ex-
plosion on board the steamer Eugenia,
running between Tomak and Barnaul,
Russia.
The French steamer Faldherbe was
sunk In collision with the French
steamer Mitidja, which was seriously
damaged, but succeeded in reaching
Alicante. The Mitidja rescued eight of
the crew of the Faldherbe, but twenty
four other members of the crew of that
vessel were drowned.
Five hundred men and girls were
thrown into a panic by fire that
damaged the second story of the Nc
Cormick Harvester company's Irvine
warehouse on Blue Island avenue
near Oakley avenue, Chicago. The
property loss was 100000. Timothy
Cronin. Peter Paxton and three other
firemen We're seriously injured by
smoke. and several girls tainted,
though none were hurt. Cronin may
not recover.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
sw1NDLERs ARRESTED.
Railroad Companies md scnIpers
Extensively lYarlxeil.

Railroad Companies md ScnIpers
Extensively Worked.
Chicago, Oct. 2S-Two alleged swim
oilers, who, by means of clever forger-
les and bogus passes are thought to
have within the past three years Sc
cured thousands of dollars from rail-
road companies and scalpers in all
parts of the United States, were ar
rested here last night. G. G. Rosen-
berg and E. P. Ashby are the names
given by the prisoners. They We're ar
rested at the Dearborn street station
as they were about to board train
for Cincinnati. In two valises which
they carried were found hundreds of
passes bearing names Of railroad Of
f1cials, all of which are thought to
be forgeries, together with many rub
Der stamps and letters containing sig
natures from which they were made.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Domestic.

Supt. Wainwright, of the naval
academy, has issued an official order
against hazing.
Natural gas has been discovered Oh
Pine creek thirty-five miles southwest
of Spokane, Wash.
The miners strike at Middlesboro
KY, has been declared off. Eight hun
dred men will resume work at once.
The population of California, as Of
ficially announced, is 1,485, 053, against
1,2O8130 in 1890, an increase of 276, 1923,
or 22.9 per cent.
At Montgomery, Ala, Naval Con-
loving cup by the people of Alabama.
sentation address.
The Paramount Coal Mining compa-
ny was organized at Pittsburg re-
Gently, by operators representing
thirty-nine of the largest mining
plants in Pennsylvania.
The New York has been detached
from the North Atlantic squadron and
is ordered out of commission. Rear
Admiral Farquhar will shift his flag
to the new battleship Kearsarge.
The Chicago Drainage and Ship
canal trustees have sold S2,375,OO0
worth of 4 per cent currency bonds of
the drainage board to the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank, at a premium of
$500.
At joint meeting Of building and
ways and means committees of the
Toledo Yachting association, it was
decided to hold there in 1902, the big
gest interstate regatta ever held in
America.
There are eighty-nine cases of yell
low fever in Havana. Sixty-six of the
patients are spaniards. OF the eleven
most recent cases reported, eight are
month on the island.
Articles of Incorporation were FLED
at Santa Fe, N. NJ, for the Ell Paso
Pecos Valley & Eastern Railway, ex-
tending from Roswell to Ell Paso, Tex,
a distance of ITS miles. J. J. Hager-
man Of Colorado Springs is president.
James T.. Gates of Milwaukee has
arranged with $50 Russian families at
Odessa to locate on lands in Chippewa
county, Wis. This means about 1000
people, and they will be located near
the new town of Ladysmith, on the
500 road.
There are sixty cases Of small pox in
Calumet, Lake Linden. Hancock and
Houghton, Mich, and the various
boards of health will endeavor to se-
cure a general vaccination. Forum
ately, the disease is Of mild type, and
so far but one death has resulted.
The report that petition has been
circulated by the young women Of
Prof. Thatcher's class at the UNIVERSE
ty OF Chicago asking MIN to abstain
from using slang In his lectures. IL un-
founded. While the professor Is liber-i
al In the use Of slang. the students
have not objected 30 far.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
NEWS m BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires insa Oen.
densed Form.

densed Form. e.
Commodore Ledyard has assured;
the members Of the New York Yacht
club that new cup defender win b,
built to meet Thomas Lipton's Sham
rock II. X $o 4.
Julian Ralph, who has left the SER
vice Of the London Daily Mail, IL In
tending to deliver a series Of lectures:
on the South African war as it ap-
peared through Yankee glasses.
Harry Gudgen, eighteen years old,
at Chillicothe, Ohio, shot and killed,
Matte Nichols, aged forty-six, and
then committed suicide. Jealousy is;
supposed to have been the cause.
The government is preparing to.
relieve the suffering of the drouth-
stricken Indians on the Sacaton reser-,
walton in Arizona. Several car loads:
of rations will leave Phoenix in a few
DAYS and will be distributed among
the destitute.
The Berliner Tageblatt publishes a
dispatch from Brussels which says:
that the Austrian heir apparent, Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, will shortly
renounce the succession to the throne.
in favor of his brother Otto and the.
latter's son, Archduke Charles.
The Bavarian government has Or,
dered the rebuilding of the tombs Of
the ancient German emperors in the,
cathedral of spires. The Hohenztauf-
fenH and the rulers of the Salic dy-
nasty will rest in a fine new crypt in
suitable sarcophagi.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Criminal.

Joseph Chessar was assassinated by
an unknown man at Norton, Va.
Registered packages containing $4,000
were stolen from the Vancouver post
Office.
George Reynolds was arrested at Chi
cago for burglary committed at Osh-
kosh, Wis.
Leonard Bromley was arrested at
Frankfort, KY, charged with killing
his brother.
George McCaskville, a wealthy planter
of Rayville, Iowa, was shot and killed
by Malcolm Mcintosh.
John sollenson was killed by sentry
at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, for re-
fusing to answer challenge.
Theodore steffens was sentenced at
Davenport, Iowa, to life imprisonment
for assaulting an eight-year-o girl.
President D. r. steuger Of the Cleve-
land council was Jailed for contempt
in refusing to testify in aldermanic
bribery cases.
All the seven convict patient pa
tients who escaped from the Matte
wan sospital at Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
have been captured.
b.. r. Lewis. former banker at
Urbana, Ohio, who was convicted sew
eral years ago of extensive bond for
geries but pardoned on account OF III
health. is dead.
F. Wayland Brown, Frank H. Smiley
and DIR. August M. Unger, charged
with conspiracy to defraud insurance
companies through the death OF Marie
Defenbach.sw were indicted by the grand
Jury In Chicago
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
PART OF BRITISH EMPIRE.

Trnnsvaal So Constituted by Proc
lRmatiOn.
Pretoria, Oct %. = The Transvaal
was yesterday proclaimed a part Of
the British empire, the proclamation
being attended with impressive cere-
monies The royal standard was
hoisted in the main square of the city,
the grenadiers presented arms,
massed bands played the national an
them. Sir Alfred Miner read the proc
lamatior and $500 troops representing
Great Britain and her colonies,
marched past.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Shot From Ambush.

Appleton, Mimi, Oct 28.-This coun-
ty has another shooting ARRAY which
will probably result in murder. Martin
McAndrew, a prominent and highly
respected farmer of the town of Tara,
while returning from town was shot
from the side of the road, the first
shot passing through his head back Of
the eyes. destroying the sight, the
second passing through the elbow and
a third through his hand. Patrick
Darlington, brother-in-law with
whom he had some difficulty, was
charged with the crime, brought be-
fore Judge Countryman and COM
mitted to Jail to await the result Of
the injuries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
NoN-UN1oN MEN AssA1LED.
Strikers Throw Cobblcstones and
Cause Much Disorder.

Strikers Throw CObblcstOnes and
Cause Much Disorder.
Shamokin, Pa, Oct. %. - Fifteen
hundred angry men, women and chill
dren assembled in the Cameron COL
liery and as the non-union men left
for home they were assailed by vol
leys of cobblestones. Although every
one of the workmen had been sworn
in as special policemen and were
armed, they did not shoot into the
mob, which was led by four women
carrying American flags. In escort
ing Paul fklinger, the breaker boss,
from the mine, his brother, Constable
Joseph Iklinger, fired one shot at a
crowd on a bridge because they hurled
rocks at the pair as they traversed a
railroad. Following the shot, part of
the mob chased the brothers into the
city limits.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

A remarkable engineering feat is
soon to be attempted in Boston-the
moving of six-story brick and stone
hotel building from one site to an
other without taking it apart. The
ground upon which the building now
stands is of swampy character, ald
$50 piles will have to be driven around
the foundations of the structure to
support the 1000 jacks upon which it
will be raised from it's foundation prior
to it's removal. 1t will be transported
to it's new location, AZ feet distant, on
steel rollers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

According to a report published by
the Home Office in London, showing
the mineral productions of the world
for the last year, the United States
easily leads all it's rivals in this form
of wealth. Great Britain ranks sec
ond, but far behind the leader, to to-
tai product of the United States having
been about s720, 100000, while that of
Great Britain was s400,000,000. Ger
many stands third, with nearly $780,
100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
GRAIN RATES ADVANCE.

Another Cent Bushel ON Shipments
From Buffalo to New York.
New York, Oct %. = Grain mer-
chants in New York were formally no
titled that after Nov. rates on grain
shipped from Buffalo to New York
would be advanced i cent a bushel.
Along with this announcement ship
pers who offered grain for shipment
between now and Nov. were in
formed that the railroads would not
contract for any further tonnage until
the date named.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

The movement which has brought
the non-conformist churches of Great
Britain into federation continues to
extend, and is one of the promising
features of church life on the TIRES
hold of the twentieth century. The
fifth annual council has been held in
Sheffield, and was attended by nearly
1000 delegates. They represented
more than 600 councils, A of which
had been organized in the past year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

The Lake Shore Railroad company is
devising a pension scheme for the
benefit of employees of long standing,
who have reached an age Of retire
ment. 1t will be similar to that now
in force on the Pennsylvania railroad,
the company giving lump sum as
the nucleus of pension fund to be
enlarged and maintained by one per
cent assessment on the monthly wages
of employees.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
JAcoBsDAL NOT CAPTURED.

Beers Were Unsuccessful in Their
Attack.
London, Oct. %. - 1t now appears
that Jacobsdal was not captured by
the Beers. Advices received from
Cape Town shortly after midnight
say:
Later news from Jacobsdal show
that 200 Beers unsussessfully attacked
the garrison The Highlanders had
four killed and twenty wounded"
Durham, Oct. 81. - The Beers are
raiding in the, northern part of Natal.
They have burned the railway station
at Waschbank and blown up culvert.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

The city council of Denver is con-
sidering a bill for the destruction of
germs in railroad cars passing through
that city. 1t calls for the thorough
fumigation and disinfection of all
sleeping cars passing through Den
yer. 1t is thought that this will les
sen the chances of contagion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
MOUNTAINS AND SNOW.
Delaying Construction of the T.
graph Line tn Dawson

Delaying Construction of the Te1e-
graph Line to Dawson.
Vancouver, B. c., Oct. %. The
steamer Alpha has arrived from the
North. Her passengers say there is
now little possibility of the completion
Of the Dawson telegraph line this
winter. Very bad weather has been
encountered and seventy miles of the
wires have been overlapped. Between
the two ends there is high range of
mountains over which there is several
feet Of snow and it is impossible to
get through this in the winter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Robin to BE Premier.

Winnipeg, Oct 2S.-Hugh John Mac
donald resigns the premiership on
Monday, and r. P. Robin will be
sworn in. Robin, in speech, de-
nounced GreenWay in red-hot terms,
and said there would be no secret
railway deals under his government.
Hon. James johnson is withdrawing
from the cabinet and Robert Rogers
will take his place as minister with
out portfolio.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
slIER,1AN's WILL.

The Estate Said to Aggregate About
Three Million Dollars.
Mansfield. Ohio, Oct. 2S.-The will of
the. late John Sherman is to be filed
for probate here. The estate, it is un-
derstood, consists of bonds, securi-
ties and real estate here and in
Washington, and will aggregate about
100000. There was a large number
Of requests to relatives.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the National Association of
Street Railway Employees. held at De-
troit, Mich, the president was in
stfucted to draw up a plan by which
local unions are to be assessed in or
der to raise a fund with which to pur-
chase automobiles for use by the
street railway men in the cities where
strikes are in progress.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. %. - William
Mas of Webster has filed petition.
in voluntary bankruptcy. His liabili-
has been engaged in the agricultural
implement business.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
oHAMBERLA1N.s TRIP.

British Colonial Secretary to visit
the Governor of Malta.
London, Oct. 20. 60 Joseph Chamber
lain, secretary Of state for the colonies,
and his son, John Austen Chamber
lain, civil lord of the admiralty, have
sailed for Gibraltar, whence they will
proceed to Malta to visit Sir Francis
Wallace Grenfell, the governor OF
Malta.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
DYNAM1TED THE SAFE.

Burglars Get Away With $4,000
Worth of Plunder.
Lawrenceville, ILL.,, Oct. 20. - Bur
glars entered the store of Seeds
Brothers, who do a general merchan-
disc and banking business at Bridge
port, this county, and after exploding
three charges of dynamite succeeded
in blowing open the safe and secur-
ing about $1,000 in money, notes and
jewelry. e.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Twenty-Round Draw,

Waterbury. Conn.,. Oct %. Referee
Charley White, at the auditorium be-
fore q crowd numbering 1000 In the
twenty round event between Whining y
ton Jack Daily and Jack O'Brien Of
New York declared the contest q draw.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
Harris Gets the Decision,

Chicago, Oct. Is. Harry Harris Of
Chicago vas given the decision over
Johnny Reagan of Brooklyn at the
star theater after six rounds OF fast
clever fighting. Reagan forced the
fighting from the start. a a;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

No man undertakes a trade he has
net learned, even the meanest, yet
every one thinks himself sufficiently
qualified for the hardest of all trades
that of government
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01
PORTER IS ILL.

Presidents Former Secretary, 1t Is
Feared, Cannot Recover.
Putnam, Conn.,, Oct. 2S.-John Addi-
son Porter, former secretary to Pres
ident Mckinley, is dangerously i'll at
his country home in Pomfret, four
miles from here, and his life is
despaired of. It is understood that
he underwent on Wednesday a most
delicate and dangerous surgical ope-
ration
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-11-01

The witty cynicism of the modern
Frenchman is displayed in the follow
ing unique advertisement in Partisan
paper: "a young man of agreeable
presence, and DESTROYS of getting
married, would like to make the ac-
quaintance of an aged and experienced
gentleman who could dissaude him
from taking the fatal step"