Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-27
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Se6A tyr tt46hN has introduced bill
maEinga tsaiM fbhbery in the United
States and its territories punishable
with death.
The statement. that Gen. Horace
sPoff2r, the .VhtSd States ambassador
ito France. Intends resigning, Is de-
clared fabrication.
The senate has agreed to give Its
adhesion to the convention to regulate
the importation of intoxicating liquors
sinto certain regions Of Africa
:, The house resolution authorizing the
appointment of Congressman Charles
NJ. Boutelle of Maine as captain on
the retired list of.,the- navy has been
adopted bysfhe ,FeaHe. s =:
:: si Il Observation-Disclosures the Re-
publican national committee held
nSeefiTsh in Wa shinYton and formally
xdked fbN6pptt Perry as, Heath as
permanent secretary and maintain
Aeadaaexter3 in Washington
1RsfpiTsssssentativeS! i Sutherland ssqt Ne
braska introduced a resolution for the
appointment of special committee OF
seven to investigate the whole subject
of government ownership of railways
in Enrope as well as in this country
with a view to further action upon
this subject.
The National Live Stock association
will make an effort to defeat the Grout
ssesmeEs s e.|k wE!9As he fssens,
in. the. senate. 1t is claimed that If 1t
should become a law the stockmen of
the West will hose from. So. to 81 on
every steer, they market They also
claim that the only people interested
directly in the law is the butter trust.
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Knoxville Tenn, had slight EARTH
quake shock recently go 80
An immense tanhery plant at'sheboy-
gan, Wis, was destroyed by fire. 81
The steamer;i.Alpha foundered off
Victoria island, land all on board were
drowned. = 80 u - ::
Two thousand shops and houses We're
burned at. Canton. China, and forty:
natives persisted. e,,.c
A railroad wreck was caused at AL
Itoona, Pa, BY the engineer. running
past, a; red block light. .. d. ,.,. :
Miles Novotky and H. B. Gibbons
were 'aaspphiyyxiated. by gas, in a New
York, city. boarding house. ~ =, d.
g The construction department build
ing at the Norfolk (Va.) navy yard was
RECENTLY destroyed by fire.. - ~
IL The. German training ship Gneisnau
was wrecked and her commander and
many of the cadets were drowned.
/; Charles Plantz a member of the Ba-
tayia Qll.) high School; is dead, .as a
result Of injuries Teceived:'in football
game four weeks ago. = =!
wi1kesbarre pier, at East Providence,
r. T.. the property of the New YORK
New Haven &, Hartford ,Railroad com:
paany, as.-burned and 1000 tons OF coal
destroyed, causing a loss of s2oo.peo.::
:. The at. James hotel, at Fall River,
Mass, was completely destroyed by
fire, causing a loss Of about 100000.
There were about. thirty guests in the,
hotel;sell It lost their persona! effects: :,
's' ''1 re III 4a ,iI About. .....
Moses Kicker, a we'll known citizen
of Waterloo; iowa; is dead. 81 s,''.'
wv. H: e. Folsom, the distinguished
minnesota pioneer. died at Tay1ors
Fahs"' r.. .srsa.:, e:i! -,::..:.:. ..-s,.si 81
in Collin county, Coli: Allison Was
born III North Carolina On Sept. 70,
1910. ,.,4.i ;.,i.s.':,: .s,.:.e's'..S+s Il,
Charles c. Beamans general counsel
of, the .Wiconsin Central railway, died
Suddenly. ..,.., ~. 80.
Charles Stuart Baron Blantyre,
Scotch representative: peer from lS!o 70
1852; :iss deaa...!He was; born in: 1873. ~.
S'.PE Prince Gustayus. ,Adolphus; eldest
son OF the crown prince of Norway
and. Sweden, is. III with diphn Pit :.
Rev, Alfred Cave, principal and PRO-
fessor} Of theology at iaGkey ,Aqllegei
I1ndon, is. dead. He. was born Aug.
20, 1S47, and was. the author. Of .num;7
Der of theological works. :: :, ,,..: :;
Col. D. R.: Allison,i veteran Of" two
wars. and ;the oldest member of the
Masonic fnsternttyE'tn eTexass,shavins
been: in good standing the order 'fo1-
nfty-seven years, is dead at his 'heHae
si b: Henry Barton Feiiowis,, former.
dean of the HtIiahnemaIii Medical eo1-
-lege, and for thirty Years: a. professor
in that institution, died IN Chicago re-
Gently. DR.. Fellows was in his sixty
fourth and had hesaa ilin&rfor
some time:
s ~ e. O. a ~ 3d. N 81 Cd - Il:
Two thousand shops and hgnses WYfee
9 gisas' fs r :natiSss psFishss:: ~.
During the year 1900 800 vessels fsof
445,ooo tons were built on the Clyde.
This output breaks all recofas.
BY a vote of III to .1os.-t hks Spanish
chamber Of deputies rejected.the gov
ernment's scheme for Increasing the
navy. "a