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REcELpT on coMTRIaUTIoNs.
Only About 5000 Received and Pledged
Yesterday

Yesterday.
Boston. October 1.-THE frm OF Kidder,
Peabody 4 Co., which is handling the fund.
kept It's oniCc open today. Late In tho
afternoon a statement Of the days receipts
was made, the total being S4,325I 20, With
500 additional In pledges. AZ the Park
street church Rev. Or Wthcrow presented
the case Of Miss Stone. strongly assuring
his hearers that II the money Is not used
for her ransom It viii be returned to the
donors as the chances are that the United
States government will make the Turkish
government pay heavy indemnity for tina
outrage"
Al the shawmut Congregational church
Rev, w. r. McElwcen said that while he
did not wish Ia discourage the present
movement for Miss stones release, yea
the whole thing appeared to him to sstab-
sh n bad precedent. He thought there
must be some efficacy In frst-clasS battle
ship with decks cleared for action. In bis
opinion the brigsnds were playing a game
Of blum and had no idea Of sssssslERtins
tho prisoner
Rev. Or. Lorimer Mt fremont tempieI
Rev. John GNlbraith. at the Bromnsid
Methodist Episcopal church; Rev. 8. p.
HerrlcR at the Mount Vernon church. also
presented the appeal and similar aetioa
was taken 10 other churches.
Dr. Hcrricks congregation subscribed
si75. but other pastors asked donors ia
send their contributions direct 20 kidders
Peabody co.
The sum OF $500 was given by members
OF the First Congregational church Of chel-
sen. This Is the church OF which Msa
Stone Is member.
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GeneraI Ohservatlons.

Observations taken by the United States
weather bureau at s p m, 18th meridian
time
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Atlanta, Ga, October G.John wyatt
Turner Of Rock Mil, Ala, assistant in
structor IN the cardlng and spinning
branches o. the textile department Of the
Georgia school Of teChuol0El committed
suicide tonight hy taking morphine BE.
fore taking the drug Turner telephoned one
Of his friends that he was about 70 end
his NE, hut help arrived too late.
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SERIES OF MURDeRoUs ASSAULTS.
Pueblo, Colo. Excited Over Repeated
Ouirspes on Women.

Pueblo, Colo, October 6.Jrhis city Is In
great excitement over a series Of murder
Gus assaults upon women and girls. seem
ingly committed hy the same person, q
negro or a very dark white man with his
face blackened. Last night Mrs James p.
HENDERSON was victim. being half killed
with club while alone in her home.
Later a gir in q family named Hamilton
was terribly choked by man who had
forced his way in, Mrs Hickey Was struck
down white riding a bicycle two nights
ago ana II still at the point ~ death Sew
ernl other women have recently been as
sauhed
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more than half way IN these negotiations
without any pledge ar understanding what
socvor as 10 the Alaskan boundary W ANY
oihyr question 10 dispute between the two
nations aud the canal problem was con
sidercd and solved sololy upon It's own
morits.
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Ran INTO Burnlna TrestIe.

Louisville, Ga, October 5.--The eastoound
southern Railway passenger train from Ten
nile 20 Augusta ran Init a burning trestle
one mile from KsysTille early this morn.
Ing. The tralu was wrecked and Enki1eer
James Berry killed, bis fireman aud several
passengers belag injured.
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PLATr plNEp WITH PRESIDENT,
New York Senator Declared He Had
Nothing 10 Say Vet.

Nothing 10 Say Vet.
Washington. October g. Senator Thomas
G, Plat OF New York was guest at din
ner with president and Mrs Roosevelt
tonight The senator rcmaincd at the
White House until after 10 O'Clock. when
be returned to his hotel. Concerning his
conference with the president, the senator
declared he had nothing to say but per
haps would have something to give ont
tomorrow.
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WEATHER INEoRMATloN.
Probabilities

Washington, October g. Eastern Texas
showers Monday, with cooler in northwest
portion, Tuesday fair except showers In
eastern portion fresh southeasterly winds
on the coast
Oklahoma aud Indian Territory Show
ers and cooler Monday; Tuesday fair; south
eastery winds.
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shaHer in MiIwaokes.

Milwaukee. October s-Prssident r. J.
shaffer OF the Amalgnmnted association. n
was learned today, made Tying trip 70
Milwaukee yesterday, remaining only long
enough 10 max a short speech 10 rev
Of the strikers and then took his departure.
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Texans in New York.

lSpccial % Inc FosII
New York, October q. The following rex
ans are registered in New YORK: an.
Uuntsvilic-Nlr S. s. Gibbs, MISS
Inter. Miss sanford Park Avenue.
Kttrvlle Charles Schrlner. HOLLAND.
san Antonio,-Miss Eliza Groos Murray
Hill. 49,. nm
Dallas. III. Fairbanks. Murray Hill.
parig,-Arthnr Lord, Murray HIN.
brownsville. Mrs NJ. II, Noouhouse'
Maud Woodhause, Everett.
Wacn-J r. Nelson, Albert
Tvlcr-A. s. Douglas Albert
Texag.-S. l. Easley, Firth Avenue
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|. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
NOT A PAYING INVESTMENT,
CONGRESSMAN Shairoth Does Not
Believe Retention Profitable.

Denver Col, October q. Congress.
man John A. shafroth. who has been
travelling In china and the Philip
pines for the past four months, has
arrived homo. Speaking VI the con-
dltlons in the Philippines, he said,
81 do not believe. however, that the
retention OF the islands win he prof
liable. as the government viii have
TO cxpend great deal 81 moucy on
them, even In time Of peace. II
costs now between $GcOo0000 ana
S75.ooo,ooo n year to keep the sol.
diors there and even II the number
IS reduced TO 5000 the expense win
SIN bc greater than the prohts from
the islands win warrant. The isl.
ands nre unaucSticnahly rich. hu,
their benefit to the United States
VIII not matcriahge uutll genera,
ton or two has passed ana the need
fog ma army IN the islands has
gone"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
CHECKED The INVASION.

But Lord Kitchener Has Not Sue
ceeied In Expelling the Beers
From Cape Town.
London, Dec. 20. The latest dis
patches from South Africa show that
Lord Kitchener has succeeded in
holding the invading Beers in check,
but he has not been successful In ,ex-
polling them from Cape Colony, where
small commanders continue to display
astonishing daring activity over
wide territory. 1t is questionable
whether his proclamation will have
much effect until Gen. Dewet is cap
tured. The Beers are likely to regard
it as sign Of weakness and to have
wholesome dread of Dewet's ven-
gennce if they surrender. The procla-
nation is approved by the party at
home, which favors conciliatory terms
to the Beers as step toward peace.
On the other hand, Queen Victoria, it
is said, has approved the proposition
to institute q new order Of knighthood
to reward officers who served in South
Africa. The order will probably be
called the Star Of Africa. A dispatch
from Vreyberg, dated Dec. g. says the
Beers in considerable numbers were
then making an unexpected movement
westward. They had $50 wagons. The
superstition is that they were trekking
toward Marael, although the Beers
themselves denied such an intention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
GHOST OF A QUEEN.
Evil Omen in the Tower of London
ON Christmas Day Agitates Eng

Evil Omen In the Tower of London
on Christmas Day Agitates Eng
lishmen.
London, Dec. 29.-The ghost of Mary,
Queen of Scots, which, according to
tradition, appears in the tower of Lon
don before the death of a crowned
head, made itself heard on Christmas
eve. The fact has been concealed from
the queen because of the extreme
grief into which the death of the Dow-
ager Lady, Churchill threw her, but it
has caused the greatest alarm in court
circles. Mary, Queen of Scots, was inn
prisoned by Queen Elizabeth III the
constables' tower, and was led from it
to execution in the tower quadrangle.
Before the death of every king or
queen stree her day her spirit has been
reported as having appeared. An Of
ficer of the guard on duty in the tower
on Christmas eve heard long wall
from the top of the tower. He stopped
to listen and heard it again. Foot
steps followed, and third time the
wall rang out over the fog-bound river
and the sleeping city. He went to search
for the cause, but found none.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

Stories about misers are sometimes
exaggerated, but it has been verified
that a. beggarwoman, named Marie
Leret, who has died at Versailles, left
behind her in gold and bonds about
G8,000s The money Wasefound in an
old cupboard in the hovel wherein the
deceased had lived for over half a CEN
tury. Marie Leret was eighty-three
years old. and was one of the most
successful mendicants of the day. She
begged persistently at church doors,
in the streets, at the railway stations,
and received, moreover. substantial
gifts from charitably-disposed per-
sons, who had no idea that they were
assisting miser. OF the sum found,
nearly $4,000 in gold fell out Of a
long stocking, the remainder being in
various securities, of which the divi-
dend warrants had not been utilized
for eighteen years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

Pekin. Dec. 90. - The continued re-
ceipt of reports of disturbances in the
province of Chill have resulted in the
sending of military forces to the coun.
try east of Pekin. Two companies of
~Gefanens=from Tung Chow. $50 cavalry.
100 infantry and some artillery under
command of Lieut.. Col. Theodore
Whit, U. S. A, from Pellin. and sew
.eral companies of British troops from
Tien-tsin will start to-day to clear
up the country
The, objective of the expeditions is
Lanhow, where last week it was re-
ported that twenty one native Cath
, olics We're killed. Four of them We're
burned to death in a. temple. This is
the neighborhood. Where the Catholics
have been collecting indemnities for
damages sustained during the Boxer
troubles. In addition to money in
den1nity they have demanded the head
of a native for every Christian China
man who was killed.
Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching.
the Chinese peace, commissioners, have
heard from Emperor Kwang Su. The
court objects strenuously to reducing
the forts, and also to allowing perma-
nent legation guards, which it seems
to think could be made sufficiently
large at any time desired to menace
the court itself. 1t was decided to
hold further communication with the
coure before seeing the ministers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

The Austrian government has re-
Gently entrusted particularly valua-
BILE commission to F'raulein Erika
Paulas, this being nothing less than
the erection of residence at Bis
tritz for the official Forest Commits
sioners. This is the twentieth COM
mission the government has given to
Fraulein Paulas, who has not achieved
her success without a struggle and
much opposition from the building
trade, which petitioned, the minister
of public works to prohibit her from
entering for the examinations. Frau
lein Paulyas gained her architects
diploma at Buda-Pesth, after passing
the mason's examination at Klausan-
burg. In England the only two mem
bers, it is said. Of the Royal Institute
of British Architects are tie Misses
Charles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
RACE RIOT IN FLORIDA.
One Man Killed in a Fight Between
Blocks md Whites.

One Man Killed in a Fight Between
Blacks and Whites.
MacLenny, Fla, Dec. 28.-There was
a serious race riot in this place yes
terday afternoon. At o'clock a NUNS
Der of young ladies visited the photo
graph gallery and a negro woman who
was also in the gallery is alleged to
have used obscene language. She was
commanded to keep quiet by a white
man present. A negro man accom-
panying the negro woman, took the
matter, up and it is alleged used in
sulting language to the young ladies.
The negroes retired and in few min
utes a mob of negroes armed with re-
yolvers and rifles assembled. One of
them named Washington shot T. NJ.
Herndon with Winchester rifle. BY
this time crowd of whites advanced
to seize Washington, who ran, firing as
he went. He escaped into the swamp.
There was no more excitement until
midnight, when parties of whites and
blacks met. When the, smoke cleared
away T. NJ. Hunter, negro, was found
dead. The town is well guarded by Of
ficers to prevent further trouble.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
L1NccLN's soN-1N-LAw.
Report That He and His Wife Were
Divorced Proves False.

Divorced Proves False.
Creston, Iowa, Dec. 20. - Warren
Beckwith, son-in-law of Robert T.
Lincoln, has returned from Chicago
and resumed his clerical duties in the
Burlington Office, having spent Christ
mas with his wife in Chicago accord
ing to her desire. Mr.. Beckwith said
that the recent stories of his wife's
divorce We're wholly false and manu-
featured by Mount Pleasant at
torney who hoped thereby to prejudice
the case now in the Henry county
courts of Whitford against the estate
of the late Senator Harlan. Mr.. Beck
with has rented house in Creston and
his wife will be here the last of the
week to make her home. Mr.. Beck
with depiores the frequent publication
of rumors about himself and wife. In
innate friends who know something
about the family relations declare there
is no domestic disturbance between
Mr.. Beckwith and his wife, and that
they are very much attached to each
other.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

How quickly the huge herds of buff
Alo on the American plains were swept
from the face of. the. earth, :. A recent
careful count by a competent person
places the whole number of animals
of the kind living today at at 2 only 1924.
Dr. William r. Hofnaday says in his
book concerning the buffalo that it
would have been as easy to count the
number of leaves in forest as,to cal
culate the number, of buffaloes living
at time during the history of the spe-
cies previous to 1870,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
SHOT BY A BLONDE WOMAN.
Grand Secretary of Ma.on~ of Indi
+ ana Severely Wounded.


ana Severely Wounded.
Indianapolis, Dec. 20. = William H.
Smythe, secretary of the Grand Ma
sonic lodge of the state, was shot in
the head in his office in the Masonic
building. Mr.. Smythe claims a wo-
man .idid the shooting, but the police
have so far been unable to locate her.
1t is thought he cannot live. The
wounded man was in semi-conscious
condition when found, but he was able
at intervals to utter a few coherent
words. The police asked Mr.. Smythe
who did the shooting. lie told them
his son would give them the Informal
ton. He was aL!a to say. however,
that he was seated at his desk when
a blonde woman entered his office and
asked to use the telephone. He said
she had been in several times before
and the last call irritated him and he
refused her request. He claimed that
after he refused her the use of the
telephone she drew a revolver from
the bosom Of her dress and fired.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
WENT TOO FAR.
Dutch Senate Disclnims Respon*l-
bi1fty for the Letter of Its Presi-

Dutch Senate Disclnims RexpOn*i-
bility for the Letter of Its Presi-
dent to Mr.. Kruger.
The Hague, Dec. 80. - On the reas-
sembling of the senate Senator Reng-
ers disclaimed, in behalf of the house,
all responsibility for the letter of the
president of the senate to Mr.. Kruger
Dec. Z. In so doing the senator pointed
out that the senate merely authorized
the president to'express sympathy with
Kruger. In the letter alluded to the
president of the senate of The Neither
lands expressed approval of the noble
purpose" OF Mr.. Kruger in attempting
to put stop to the unjust war forced
on him in such a barbarous Manner"
and expressed the hope that "it will re-
suit in the independence of the repub-
lies being assured forever"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

Mr.. ]. s. Moffat, who has been &C.
lively connected with the country i'm
mediately to the southaof the Zambesi
for over forty years, first as a mis-
sionary and latterly as an, official, is
about to. return to, Rhodesia after a
holiday in Europe, He first went out
under DR.. Livingstone. He was resi-
dent magistrate at Taungs when the
Jameson raid took place. Mr.. Moffat
is now sixty-tive, but he has work left
in him Yet. " ias s'''- I'll 'y'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
POISON IN COFFEE.
Woman Holding Policies ON Her
Husbands and Boarder's Lives Is

Woman Holding Policies ON HeH
Husbands and BOarder's Lives Is
Arrested.
New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. %. = The
police have arrested Mrs. Rathbun.
wife of the man who died of arsenic
poisoning last Friday, when he and
John F. Hart were poisoned by cof-
fee alleged to have been given them for
their lunch by Mrs. Rathbun. She was
found to be holding the life insurance
policies of her husband and of Hart.
who has boarded with the family for
ten years. A pint of the poisoned cof-
fe ewas brought home in Harris dinner
pail after he and Rathbun were pois-
oned. Dr. Klenke, the attending ply
stefan, ordered Mrs. Rathbun not to
destroy the coffee, but she disregarded
his orders and threw it away. The
most sensational disclosure of the day
was when jug Of wine, also poisoned
with arsenic, was found in Mrs. Rath-
buns house.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
Wrecked n Bar Rnnm.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Nation,
president of Barber County w. G.. T.
u. entered the Carey hotel barroom
painting and mirror valued at 500.
Mrs. Nation broke mirrors in two sa-
looms at Kiowa, Kan, some months
ago. She declared there is no law I'M
der which she can be prosecuted. She
was lodged in Jail, charged with ma
licious destruction of property.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
FAMOUS RACE TRACK SOLD.
The Sale Recalls the Many Fas,
Horses There In 1898.

The Sale Recalls the Many Fast
Horses There In 1898.
La Crosse, Wis. Dec. 29.-Attorney
c. L. Hood of this city is now the sole
owner of the once famous Neumeister
race track, farm and homestead four
miles east of the city, having pur-
chased the last 100 acres for s7.34S to
satisfy a judgment. This track was
the scene in 1895 of probably the most
notable gathering of fast horses ever
seen in the Northwest. The track had
just been completed. and William Neu-
meister, the proprietor, spared no
pains nor money to make it the best
race meeting of the year. Exceedingly
large purses We're hung up and in
ducements offered all the big racing
men of the country to bring their
horses here.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

Indianapolis, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Samuel
D. Miller, whose husband is eX-At-
torney General Miller's son, yesterday
kidnapped her little son and fed from
the city.
Mrs. Miller was Miss Karcher Of
New York, and is very beautiful wo-
man. Seven years ago she married
Samuel d. Miller in Washington. The
young couple came to this city, where
Miller occupied a high social position,
and lived here for two years. Mrs.
Miller, however, desired to go back to
New York, and finally induced her
husband to establish himself in the
practice of law in the metropolis. They
lived there for two or three years.
Young Mr.. Miller decided that it would
be to his best interest to return to
Indianapolis and jain his fathers law
firm. His wife refused to accompany
him to this city and continued to re-
side in New York. yhile the young
couple have not been living together
there has never been any talk of d.
filed to that end.
The Abduction.
Two or three days ago Mrs. Miller
came quietly to this city and regis
tered at the Denison hotel. She had
two or three interviews with her hus-
band and seemed to be very anxious to
see her child. She assured her hus-
band that she had no desire or inten-
ton to take the child back to New
York with her.
Yesterday afternoon the boy and
nurce called on Mrs. Miller at the
Denison. She sent the nurse out to
get a check cashed and while the
governess was gone ordered carriage
and made arrangements to leave.
When the governess returned Mrs.
Miller announced they We're going for
drive. They started in close car
riage down South Meridian street, to-
ward the depot The German govern
ess, suspecting foul play jumped out
of the carriage while it was on run.
ran to a telephone and notified the
father and grandfather. Mrs. Miller
Immediately ordered the carriage to
drive to Brightwood, and when the
two Millers arrived at the union sta
ton there was no trace of the woman
and boy. Two hours later they learned
from the hackman when she had gone,
and it is believed she intended to take
the Big Four accommodation train at
Brightwood and then take the Knick-
erbocker train at Anderson of Muncie.
At $40 o'clock the two Millers started
on the Knickerbocker to run her down
before she got out of the state.
Entire Force Employed.
w. H. H. Miller and son returned at
1O:4O last night from points along the
Big Four. No trace of Mrs. Miller and
the stolen boy could be secured From
the ticket agent at Brightwood It was
learned that the woman and boy did
not take train there. The two Millers
were met at the union station on their
return by three detectives and all
went to Mr.. Miller's office. The en-
tire police and detective force of the
city was employed to search the city
Tor the woman and boy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
SUED THE SHERIFF.
Widow Got Five Thousand Dollar
for the Lynching of Her Husband.

Widow Got Five Thousand Dollars
for the Lynching of Her Husband.
Indianapolis, Dec. 29.-On the night
of Sept IA, 1897, a mob broke into the
Ripley county Jail at Versailles and
brutally beat and afterward hung five
of the prisoners, among them being
William Fl. jenkins. His widow went
to Illinois, and there took out letters
of administration, and afterward
brought suit in the federal court here
against Sheriff Bushing for failure to
protect her husband from the mob
and against seventy citizens of the
county, charging each with completely
in her husband s murder yesterday
the suits were all compromised and
withdrawn, the defendants paying Mrs.
jenkins $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
TAKE SCHOOLS OUT of POLITICS.
State Educational Association Sug-
gests Reforms.

State Educational Association Sug-
gests Reforms.
st. Paul. Dec. 20. - The Minnesota
Educational association yesterday put
itself on record as favoring the election
of the state superintendent of schools.
Prof. d. L. Xiehle of the University
of Minnesota offered resolution,
which was unanimously passed, recon-
mending the following changes in the
administration of the state department
of public instruction.: That the state
superintendent of public instruction
be elected, that he be placed on sal
airy and footing equal to that of other
state officers, and that the administra-
ton of the office be under civil service
rules. providing for efficiency and con-
tinuity of service. A number of inter-
esting papers We're read by prominent
educators.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03
Rockefeller's Extradltion Axkcd.

Austin. Tex, Dec. 2s.-Gov. Sayers
has made application to Gov. Roosevelt
of New York for the extradition Of
John d. Rockefeller and other menu
hers of the Standard Oil company to-
answer to the charge Of violation of
the Texas antitrust law pending
against them in the district court Of
McLennan county. Gov. Roosevelt, in
q letter received yesterday, declines to,
grant the application unless it. is shown
conclusively that the alleged fugitive.s
from justice were In Texas at the tlme,
- the oileSed commission of the crime.