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Connecticut western news., 1901-12-19
Method With Him.

 Crawford-What induced you to buy such small turkey for Christmas! Crabshaw-lSo there wouldn't be any left to warm over for the next day."-Judge.
 The Christmas Spirit. Josephine always looks so gloomy at Christmas time" "Yes; l wonder what ails her. ''I think she is vexed with her brothers and sisters because they have so many children. Detroit Free Press.
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 Her View. "lt isn't always what Christmas present costs," said her friend, "tkat makes it ap. preciated."
 "Oh, mol" replied Mrs. Bargain Hunter; very often it is what people think it cost" Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1901-12-19

Within we ma K c ready to welcome it's coming, and without
 we strive to let its overflow touch hearts
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
I ORNERED BY AN INFURlATED
MOB, HE LETS LOOSE WITH
A KNIFE.
TWO KILLED AND ONE BADLY CUT
Negro Was Charged With Affronting
a White Woman and the Mob
Was Bent ON Netting Out Summary
lJustice-Capture.l and Hurried to
Jail to Avoid Vengeance of Pop
ulace.

Panther, w. Va, June 80. = Peter
Price, a negro charged with affronting
white woman, was last night cornered
in a house at lager by band of in
furiatcd citizens bent on melting out
summary justice. Price, in his desper-
ate efforts to escape, cut and killed
George Hooks and F. M. McGrann and
seriously cut Charles Davis. lager is
small town five miles south of here.
Price, on seeing his pursuers, took ref
uge in small room in the rear of
saloon. The mob battered down the
door and as they entered the room
Phice threw himself at them with the
fury of tiger, with knife in each
hand. Hooks and McGrann fell to the
floor and two revolvers in the crowd
were discharged at Price, inflicting but
two slight wounds. With desperate
swing of his knife he laid open Davis
abdomen and then leaped from the
window. He was pursued and captured
by officers who hurriedly sent him to
Jail at WEIGH to avoid the vengeance of
the populace. Hooks and McGrann
were we'll known citizens.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
SEVERAL BOER LAAGERs HAVE
BEEN CAPTURED DURING PAST
FEW WEEKS.
SUCCESSFUL WORK OF SCOUTS
Kitchener's Fighting Scouts Have
Been Doing Considerable BUSH
ness in the Northern Transvaal-
Many Prisoners and q Great
Quantity of Arms and Ammuni-
ton Captured.

Durham. Natal, June %. ~ Details
have been received here Of the highly
successful engagements of Kitchener's
fighting scouts in the Northern Trans
vaal during the past few weeks.
On May 9 they captured Command
ant Louis Trichard and 300 men and
women, Krupp gun, 1000 shells, 3d.
900 rounds of small arm ammunition
and considerable stock. On May 10
they captured Venter's lager Of 60
men, rs wagons, 1900 head of stock and
considerable arms and ammunition,
and on the 21st small lager of eleven
wagons.
/. On May % Commandments Van Rens-
burg and Dupreez surrendered to Gen.
Grenfell, who brought in 20 wagons and
large quantity of army accompani-
ments.
June the scouts captured 240 men
and women, 80 wagons, 100 rifles, a
Maxim gun taken from DR.. Jameson
during the raid, $4,000 rounds of small
arm ammunition and a large supply Of
stock On June the Beers left dead
on the field and abandoned wagons
and 800 head Of stock. Up to last re-
ports the scouts had only one man
killed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
TO FREE THE - rNGERs.
A Mammoth Petition for Their Par
don Is Presented.

Mammoth Petition for Their Par
don II Presented.
st. Paul, June S0.-The state board of
pardons will meet at the capitol July
s. The calendar will contain twenty
five or thirty cases, but the most i'm
portant matter of the session will be
the consideration of the paroling of the
famous Younger brothers. Great
pressure is being brought to bear to
have the paroles granted. Yesterday
the governor was called upon by George
M. Bennett of Minneapolis, who urged
the granting of the Younger applica-
ton. Mr.. Bennett has petition which
he will present to the board which con-
tains long list of names of prominent
men who ask for leniency for the for
mer bandits. The petition is signed by
such men as the late Senator c. K.
Davis, the late Bishop M. N. Gilbert,
Bishop Whipple and Hon Alexander
Ramsey. The latest addition to the
list was made Thurs lay, When Arch
bishop Ireland added lis name, to the
document.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

A weak point in the graded school
system is that clever pupils are held
back to the general level of the class,
or dull pupils are discouraged and
crushed" by the advancement of their
mates. The board Of education in Ba-
tavia, New York, seems to have
remedied this difficulty by providing
larger grade-rooms in which twice the
usual number of children can be as
sembled under two teachers, one teach
ier to conduct the classes and the
Dther to give all her time to helping
the slower scholars. "The effect of the
change was instantaneous" writes the
president of the board, Gin putting
confidence into the laggards, in max
fng them the equals of their brighter
neighbors, in giving an onward move
ment to the grades, in relieving the
teachers of all strain, and in ending
tafter-school drudgery and home work"
TO attain any one of these results
would warrant pretty radical meas
lures.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

A comprehensive plan for the work
of the naval war college during the
summer months is being considered by
the officials of the navy department.
The plan contemplated entails the dis
cussion of several problems and one of
them, of considerable interest, con-
Germs the defense of the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of this country through
the use of the Nicaragua canal, which,
for the purpose of the problem, is to
he supposed to be in existence. An
other problem relates to the defense Of
the coasts with the Straits of Magellan
as the connecting link between the At
!lantic and Pacific oceans. The third
problem concerns operations of an
American fleet against European ma.
ton Of superior strength.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

Two new uses have been found for
the camera, both of which are helps
in detecting violations of law. One is
the photographing of cases of cruelty
to animals, or the results of cruelty.
This serves a double purpose. A pho
tograph is the best evidence that can
be produced in court, and it arouses
public sympathy as nothing else, ex-
Scept the scene itself, could do. The
other application is in making pictures
of the smoke nuisance. Many cities
have ordinances against the use of
soft coal, or restrictions on the time
during which it may be used; but vio-
sfations are frequent. Here again the
Testimony of photograph is hard to
contradict. The name first given to
the hand cameras now so common.
seems to have been an appropriate
one. They were called detectives.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
WRECKED DURING FOG.
Steamer With 300 Passengers Goe
ON a Reef-No Casualties.

Steamer With 300 Passengers Goes
ON a Reef-No Casualties.
T. st. Johns N. F.. June 2S.-The ORR
ent Steam Navigation company's
steamer Lusitania, Capt. Mckay, from
Liverpool, June 10. for Montreal, hav-
ing 800 passengers on board, was
wrecked Tuesday night off Cape Boil
lard. The Lusitania was bound round
Cape Race for Montreal. She mistook
her course in a dense fog and went
ashore. The ship ran over reef and
hangs against cliff. The passengers,
who are mostly emigrants, were panic
stricken. They stampeded and fought
for the boats. but were overcome by
the officers and crew, who secured
them after great trouble and a pro-
longed struggle with the rougher ele-
ment among the passengers, who used
knives. The crew stood by the ship.
A heavy sea was running, but at latest
advices the steamer was holding her
own. 1t is thought, however, she will
prove total wreck.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
ENDS IN MARRIAGE.

Happy elimination of Threatened
Tragedy.
Fergus, Falls. Mimi. June 80. - The
happy elimination Of WHIT happened to
be serious tragedy took place at Peli-
can rapids this week in the marriage
of Bernt L. Ophus and Miss Tilla Sjo-
gren. Two years ago the young lady
wished to break off the engagement
and returned Mr.. Ophus a ring which
he had given her. The two were at
tending Fourth of July picnic at the
time. and the young man, feeling that
life was not worth living, retired to a
secluded spot and endeavored to COM
nit suicide. He shot himself in the
breast, but the bullet struck a rib and
glanced off. The crowd rushed to his
rescue, but he stood it off and sent an
other bullet into his body and fell I'M
conscious. Medical aid restored him to
health, the young lady repented of her
refusal and the wedding followed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
BRITISH FLAG PULLED DOWN BY
AN AMERICAN An SKAG-
WAY.
FEELING AGAINST CANADIANS
Canadian Collector of Customs
Raises British Customs Flag
Over His Office in Skagwny, hut
1T IL Promptly Hauled Down by
an American-Cnnadinn Guilty of
EncrOnchments.

Vancouver, B. c., June 30.-The Brit
tsh flag recently raised over the Cana
dian customs building at Skagway has
been hauled down by an American and
has caused a great deal of excitement
and i'll feeling at the American gateway
to the Klondike. The steamship ISL
ander, which arrived yesterday with
the news brings the official statement
point. 1t reads as follows:
On Saturday morning at $3.50 NJ. E..
Busby, Canadian supervisor of customs,
acting on instructions from the Can
adam department of customs, hoisted
the official customs flag over his Office.
The flag was no sooner up than Mr..
Andrews, the United States collector at
Ekagway, called on Mr.. Busby and de-
manded by what right he
Raised the Flag
without the Stars and Stripes being
raised above. Mr.. Busby replied that it
was rot a national emblem, but the
customs flag placed as the usage all
over the world to indicate to the public
where the office was situated. Mr.. An
drews appeared to be satisfied with the
explanation, but a man named Miller,
an attorney from Eugene, Or, and
brother of Joaquin Miller, crossed the
street, where he had been talking to
Judge Selbrede, United States commits
sioner, and hauled down the flag. Mr..
Busby followed Miller and asked him
by what right he had hauled down the
flag and threatened him with arrest i'll
the presence of Mr.. Andrews and de-
manded his name. Miller handed Busby
his card, whcreupon Mr.. Busby
Reported the Matter
to Capt. jerks, in command of the
United States, troops at Skagway.
Miller left town that afternoon. While
many agree that there was nothing I'M
usual in raising the flag, the majority
Of citizens sympathize with Miller. On
Monday the flag was again raised, but
Mr.. Busby was Informed by Judge Sell
ubrede and Capt. jerks, deputy United
States marshal, that they would not be
responsible for the violence of mob
unless the flag was taken down again
pending instructions from Washington.
The flag was again taken down. but as
the flag was raised by order of the
Canadian government Canadians in
Skagway feel that Mr.. Busby should
be backed up by the federal authors
ties
The Canadians are accused of being
guilty of many encroachments on the
little strip of land held by the United
States since 1867. kilograms were sent
to Ottawa and Washington yesterday,
and the result is awaited with much
anxiety.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
RATES FOR VETERANS.
Usual Trouble Between Railroads IL
Threatened.

Usual Trouble between NQ1lrO0uH 1S
Threatened.
Chicago, June 80. - The usual trouble
over the rates to the G.. A. R. encamp-
nent again threatens to disturb the peace
Of the railroads. AS IN previous years
the Western roads have agreed to rate
Of one fare for the round trip, or about
~ cents a mile. This is not a sufficient
reduction to satisfy the veterans, how
ever, and they are trying to secure
rate of cent a mile.
The roads say they would be willing to
make the 1-cent- mile fare if it were
confined to the G. A. r. veterans; but the
trouble lies in the fact that the old SOL
:1iers form only portion of the great
numbars who take advantage of the low
cate. Thsy say the number of veterans
who make the annual pilgrimage is grow
ing less and less each year, and the num-
Ger of outsiders is growing equally larger
At the same time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
PASTOR FORCED TO LEAVE TOWN..
Suspected of Intimacy With the Sex
toms Daughter.


toms Daughter.
Bridgeton, N. j., June 2S.-Rev. G. E..
Ford, the popular pastor of the Metho-
dist Protestant church, left sorrow-
ing wife and eight children, the young
est mere babe, at home to follow him
later when he hurriedly left Bridgeton
yesterday morning. His leave taking
was the result of developments Tues
day evening, when an excited crowd Of
men and boys surrounded the church,.
where they suspected the pastor was
hiding. Sixteen-year-o Florence
Thomas, daughter of the sexton, came
out of the church first, and, unmolest-
cd. proceeded to her home. After a
long search Pastor Ford was found in
the coal cellar. He had been hiding in
one of the big pipes leading up from
the boiler, and was black with coal
dust and dirt. Angry threats We're
made against him, but Trustee Charles
Miller escorted him in safety to his
homo. There a sad scene ensued. The
pastor asserted his innocence, and de-
clared he had never maintained any,
thing but friendly relations with the
young woman. He was advised to
leave town.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

Fall River easily leads all other cot
ton manufacturing centres in America.
1t has about one-ffth of all the cotton
spindles in the United States, and more
than twice as many as any other in
dustrial centre in America. 1t makes
843, 100000 yards of cloth annually.
Every working day its mills weave
more than 1.500 miles of CLOTH If
|hll the mills could be run on one piece
the fastest express train could not
travel fast enough to carry off the
piece as it is woven, since the product
rs more than two miles minute.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
DOUBLE TRACK.
Entire Illinois Central System From
Chicago to New Orleans.

Entire Illinois Central System From
Chicago to New Orleans.
Chicago, June 80. - The Chronicle
says that within comparative
ly short time the entire length of the
illinois Central system between Chicago
and New Orleans will be double tracked.
Nearly $1,5OO,OGO is being expended by
the company in second main line and
branch track south of the Ohio river. A
line sixty miles in length from Lake Cor
morant to Tutwiler, Miss. is now under
construction and another stretch of twen-
ty-five milas from Jackson to Crystalline
in the same state is near completion.
The road is now largely double tracked
from Chicago to the Ohio river and there
is finished a second track from East
Cairo to Fulton. There is also considera-
BILE double track just north Of New Or
leans.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

"A has relief of Clodion, representing
lawns, nymphs and cupids at play, has
been discovered in a Paris nunnery
The relief was carved for the Princess
Louise of Condo, in the eighteenth cen
fury, and when she became nun the
Mgures were covered with plaster. A
Prussian cannon ball at the time of the
siege Of Paris Clipped off the plaster,
showing the sculpture beneath. A
French antiquarian society intends to
present it to the Carnavalet Museum,
though the price asked for it is $4U, 900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
SENSATIONAL STORY.
Wfnona Shooting Affair Becomes
Somewhat Tangled.

Wfnona Shooting Affair Becomes
Somewhat Tangled.
Winona, Mimi, June 80. - w. M.
Campbell. brother Of Joe Campbell,
who is charged with having shot Will
lam Grundman and then himself here
on Wednesday afternoon, both Of whom
are now lying at the hospital. has
sprung sensational story in connec-
ton with the shooting. He says that
last spring Grundman threatened that
there would be blood if Campbell did
not keep away from his place. AS no
one saw the shooting. it is now limited
that Grun6man may have done it him
self, although the lacation of the
wounds hardly permits this theory.
Both men were better yesterday and
there are now hopes for their recovery.
The story which was sprung yesterday
will complicate the case when it comes
up for trial.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

Count E. de .Keratry informs the
Paris Matin that his grandfather was
horn in 1893, and his father in 1863,
he himself being born in 1882, so that
three generations have lived in the
seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. The Keratry
family numbers only twelve genera
lions from 1897 to the present time,
an average of two generations to a
century.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
KILLED BY MOLTEN METAL.

Bursting of n .Cupo1n Causes Serious
Injury to Several.
Chicago, June %. One man was
killed, two fatally injured and several
seriously injured by the bursting OF
one Of the huge cupolas in the plant Of
the American Car and Foundry COM
pany. The accident happened at 4
o'clock just as the day shift was "tak-
ing off" the molten metal from the
blasting heat. There was seventeen
tons of the molten metal in the cupola
when the structure burst and coll
lapsed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
OPERA SINGER IN A RUNAWAY.

Nine. Schumann-Heinl< Rewards Her
Rescuer With II Kiss.
New York, June 30-Mme. Schumann-
Heink, the famed opera singer, had an
exciting experience in a runaway on
Thursday. She was saved from proba-
BILE death by Edward Mullehill, bag
gagemaster of the Metropolitan Opera
company, and, having reached the ferry
just in time to catch the steamer for
Europe after her adventure, she kissed
Mullehill for his heroisn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
SAD FATE OF A HERO.
After Rescuing Young Girl From
Drowning He Sinks From Exhaus-

After Rescuing Young Girl From
Drowning He Sinks From Exhaus-
ton.
Knoxville, Tenn, June 20. - Samuel
Logan, son of Judge S. T. Logan, was
drowned in the Tennessee river last
evening after rescuing Miss Guion OF
New Orleans from the same fate. A
crowd of young society people had
gone to the river for boating. In at
tempting to ride the waves behind a
stern wheel steamboat the yawl dipped
and Miss Guion. thinking the boat was
overturring, leaped into the river. Lo-
gan followed and kept her from sink
ing. After hard struggle in the tur-
bulent waves he got Miss Guion to the
boat. AS she was being pulled into
the boat and before help could be Sc
cured, young Logan sank from sheer
exhaustion and drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
Nancy Hanks Monument.

Springfield. ILL.,, June 29.-Gov. Durbin
of Indiana was yesterday notified by
Col. ]. S. Culver of this city that the
monument over the grave Of Nancy
Hanks Lincoln, the mother of Abraham
Lincoln, at Lincoln City, Ind, is COM
pleted. 1t is now ready to be turned
over to the Indiana State commission
recently appointed, and they will Sc
lect the date for its dedication. The
monument is made from granite from
the Lincoln monument here
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

Quarrel Ends in a Fail Shooting.
Joplin, Mo-, June 29.-Will Moore, Of
the S. G. Henderson Grocery company
of this city, and one of the most prom
inent young business men in Southwest
Missouri. was shot in the back and per-
haps fatally wounded by William Tay-
lor, son of one Of the wealthiest mine
owners of the city. The young men
had been quarrelihg for an hour in
saloon over a local racing matter. Both
had been drinking.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

Mr.. Edison, who has been partially
deaf since childhood, was recently
told by specialist that an operation
might restore his hearing. "Give up"
laughed the inventor, IAN advantage
that enables me to think on undis-
furbed by noise or conversation? No,
hndeed!" The exclamation emphasizes,
in the opinion of the Electrical Re-
view, the strong need, by the thinking
part of humanity, of earlids as we'll as
eyelids.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

IS Baron Benvenuto d'Alessandro, an
ITALIAN, has invented means of check
Ing the force of waves by means of
nets made Of waterproof hemp. One
recently tried with success at Havre
was 800 feet long by so feet wide. with
meshes IL inches apart. The nets will
break the waves at sea, and will also
de a bulwark for hydraulic works
against heavy surf.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04

Amid all the demands of the public
purse the Salvation Army has succeed
ed in making remarkable collection
as result of it's self-denial week. Last
year the week" produced s42,S45;
this year it has raised 947,1S1. Scot
land increased its subscription by
9165. Ireland by s23s, while London
slums collected s765, as compared
with s645 a year ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
CRAZY ENGINEER.
Creates a Sensation by Runnl

Creates a Sensation by Running
Away With an Engine.
Evansville. Ind, June 30.-Dan Hen
yon, an engineer running between here
and Louisville on the Texas road, went
insane from the excessive heat and ran
away with his engine. He jumped on
his engine in the yard below town two
miles, and made the run here unac-
companied. He tore up switches and
came near running into a passenger
train. The engineer on the passenger
train saw the engine coming, and, real
izing something was wrong, took to a
switch. When Kenyon was taken from
the cab he was a raving maniac.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
Founder of Dawson City Dead.

Founder of Dawson City Dead.
Plattsburg, N. Y. June 29.-Joseph
Ladue, the founder of Dawson City, in
the Klondike, died Wednesday evening
at his home in Schuyler Falls. Mr..
Ladue had not been we'll since his re-
turn from Alaska, and spent last win
ter at Colorado Springs in a vain
search for health. He finally fell a
victim to consumption. He is survived
by a wife and one sin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
WOULD DESTROY ALL RATS.

Japanese Government Asks United
States to Aid in determination.
Washington, June 29.-The Japanese
government has asked the marine hos
pital of the United States to cooperate
in the destruction of all the rats in the
world. Rats carry the bubonic plague
and are doing such a good job that the
plague victims are appearing in many
of the civilized ports Of the world.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
DOWN ELEVATOR HOLE.
Fatal Injuries Sustained by Fargo
Man.

Fargo, N. D.. June 80. - William
Scherrer, an employee Of the Geiser
Manufacturing company, sustained
probably fatal injuries by falling down
an elevator shaft. He had fitted up
sleeping apartments on the second floor
and is supposed to have walked into
the elevator hole in an attemp to reach
the stairway. His upper teeth We're
driven into his upper jaw. His lower
jaw is broken in two places and his
skull fractured. The unfortunate man
came from Davenport, this county, and
is thirty years of age. He has been
employed by the company about six
weeks
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
ovERRUN by REBELS.

Province of Sheng-kiag in Revolt
Rebels Pillagins: and Burning.
London, June so. - A dispatch from
Chefu reports the entire province Of
Sheng-king in revolt. The rebels are
said to be overrunning the country, pill.
Laying and burning. 1t is reported that
in the vicinity Of Mukden all the viii
lagos are being burned and hundreds of
inha are being killed. The dis
patch says the Russian forces are not
sufficient to maintain order.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-04
THE POPE NOT ILL.

But ON the Contrary Enjoying Good
Health and Receiving -Ambassa-
doris.
Rome, June3o.-The report published
in Paris that the pope is seriously ill,
and that DR.. Lapponi, his attending
physician, does not leave the pontiff's
side, is entirely unfounded. The pope is
in good health, and yesterday received
in audience the Austrian ambassador
to the Vatican and number of other
persons.