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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

The British congress on tuberculosis
will be held in London next month,
Ito exchange the information and ex-
perience gained throughout the world
as to methods available for stamping
out this disease" 1t is expected to
adopt practical resolutions which will
Indicate the public and private meas
ures best adapted for the suppression
OF tuberculosis" The means of sup
pressing it are gradually becoming
known. When the general public shares
this knowledge and seriously acts
upon it. consumption will cease to be
the universal scourge it is.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

The recent panic in Wall street was
relieved by one delightful incident. A
countryman who heard of the excite
ment and had evidently read of the
scenes, wanted to see the stock ex-
change. Some one directed him to the
old building, which is in process OF
demolition. "Plumb wrecked! Clean
destroyed! Well, we'll, that beats mel"
was his comment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
IN a DEMENTED CONDITION.
Miss Helen FiieId Thought to nc
Wandering Ahout In Chicago.

Miss Helen Fiield Thought to DC
Wandering About In Chicago.
Chicago, June 23.-Mystery still sur
rounds the disappearance of Miss Hell
en- Fif1eld, the nineteenyear-old
daughter of Aid. and Mrs. Frank FL
field Of GAINESVILLE, Wis. However, clues
have been obtained that lead the po-
lice to believe that the girl is wander
ing about Chicago in demented con-
dition. She is known to have boarded
train bound for South Chicago Thurs
day morning, but the fact that she
was only partially dressed leads her
friends to believe that she was not re-,
sponsible for her actions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

In Hawaii enormous quantities of
ducks are raised by the Chinese upon
the edges of the ocean. Twice a day,
within restricted areas, they are per-
m;tted to eat the young fish which
swim in the inclosed coves. Fish are
reported to be growing scarcer every
year, and by some this diminution is
attributed to the wholesale destruction
OF the young fry by the Chinese.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
DAMAGE BY TORNADO.
.occupant. Of . Hon.er have Marrow

Occupants of a House Have Narrow
EacaUe.
Rapid City, S. D., June ga tornado.
did heavy damage several miles west
Of this city yesterday. completely de-
molishing 3 house on the Little Ranch
occupied by r. N. Allen and family.
The occupants reached a cellar in time
to escape death. Trees We're torn up
and carried many yards. The storm
overlook the mail carrier and lady
passenger coming from Silver City.
The buggy was demolished and the
two had q miraculous escape. The
horses have not yet been found. This
city was visited by heavy storm ana
several hundred dollars worth of dam
age was done to window glass;.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
RATTLE of ARMS Al FORT.

Eighth Infantry Pursues Two Els
capped Prisoners.
st. Paul, June 23.-The escape of two
military prisoners at o'clock yester-
day afternoon at Fort Smelling caused
"a general "call to arms" The whole
garrison took part in the exciting
chase and the prisoners might have
escaped but for accident. Private Well
mer got lost in the woods of the Min
nesota river bottoms, and in trying to
locate himself, he saw the two fugitives
up tree. He took aim at them with
his rifle, but they begged him not to
shoot. They were marched back to the
fort
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
wABAsHA,s SHERIFF

Has Been Suspended on Advice of
Gen. Pope.
st. Paul, June 23.-G. G. Dickman of
wabasha, county sheriff, has been sus-
pended for failing to make returns to
the county commissioners on the per-
sunal property tax Of 1899, and delin-
quent March 1. 1900. On his return
from Buffalo the governor will appoint
a commission to give Dickman hear
ing. The suspension was made on the
advice of Public examiner Pope.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
TO JOIN HIS REGIMENT.
Capt. Mercer to BE Relieved as In
dian Agent.

Capt. Mercer to BE Relieved as IN
dian Agent.
Washington, June 23.-There are In
dications that Capt. w. A. Mercer will
soon be relieved from his position as
Indian agent at Leech Lake. and that
he will join his regiment. While 1t is
probable that the change will not be
made until after Capt. Mercer COM
pletes his report on the logging opera
lions of the past winter on the Chippe-
wa reservations. 1t appears from the
gossip around the war and interior de-
partments that the captain is soon to
have his wish in the matter of being
allowed to rejoin his regiment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Otherwise.

OtherW1He.
The National Packing house at
Mexico City burned. Loss. 100000.
Dun's weekly trade review says
business of all kinds has a tone Of
greater confidence.
The supreme lodge, Knights of Hon.
or, in session. at Milwaukee, selected
Cleveland as next years meeting place.
81 am not candidate, nor do pro-
pose to be a candidate for the presi-
dency of the United States" says May
or Harrison of Chicago.
c. BONNER, a Salix, Iowa, banker, in
removing some wood from his back
yard discovered half-decayed human
head. There is no clew to the mystery.
The annual report Of the London
oxygen hospital claims that remark
able success has attended the oxygen
treatment for lupus ulces and wounds.
OfFcials of the trackmens union in
Montreal announce that between 5000
and $500 of the Canadian Pacific track
men have struck for an increase of pay.
The best we'll drilled in the Hancock
field for many years was "shot" on the
Isham Davis farm recently. The we'll
IS eSllI1Gteu u piOOuCS OVSA ouV U1II
per day.
The Yukon is open from end to end,
according to news brought down by the
steamer Dolphin, Which arrived at Sc
attic. She brought down $4,000 in gold
dust.
The steamship Hawaiian, recently ar
rived at San Francisco from Honolulu,
brought the largest cargo of sugar ever
sent out of the Hawaiian islands. It
consisted Of $500 tons, valued at $780,
900.
The Mississippi Good Roads associa-
ton has been organized at Jackson.
Miss, as result of the good roads
convention. The legislature will be
lnemorialized to compel counties to
adopt the contract system.
Mexico's building on the Pan-Ameri-
can grounds was formerly opened and
dedicated last week. The especially in
yited guests We're Don Emanuel Aspi-
rez amba ssador to the United States
from Mexico, and John Hay. secretary
of state, both of whom made speeches.
Capt. Farrand Sayres, commanding
officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, acting
under orders from the war department,
has started with forty cavalrymen to
clear Wichita Mountain land Of unlaw-
full intruders, preparatory TO the open
ing of the kiowa and Comanche reser-
walton
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Rov Acauuitted of murder,

Winfield, Kan. June 23.-The jury in
the case Of Charles Belts, the thirteen
year-old boy charged with killing c. L.
Wiltberger, a farmer, for his money,
yesterday afternoon returned verdict
of not guilty. Wiltberger was shot
from behind on April 10 last while re-
turning from town after having sold a
load Of grain. The Jury was out for
thirty hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Oconomowos wtns Rnce.

Elkhorn, Wis, June ga drenching
rain interfered seriously with the
tournament closing program yester-
day. The feature Of the day was the
relay race of one-half-mile. four relays.
Entries were made by Oconomowoc,
Reedsburg. Horizon, Delaware, Monroe
and Hartford Oconomowoc came in
first, Reedsburg second. Time, 1929 rs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
PERPETUAL MOTION.

WiscOnsin Man Has n Machine That
Will Run Indefinitely.
Kenosha, Wis, June 23-James Hall
er, a Dane living in the town of Son.
ers, claims that he has solved the prob
lem of perpetual motion. Thirty years
ago he began work on machine to
solve the question, and yesterday he
sent a model to the patent Office, seek
ing patent. Haller claims for his
machine that it is impossible for it to
stop. Eight months ago the machine
was started, and the people who have
watched it carefully claim that it has
never lost a second.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
WISCONSIN Man Missing.

Ellsworth, Wis, June 22.-The mys-
FERROUS disappearance of Harry Ken
dali, a we'll known Pierce county man,
has greatly excited Ellsworth and COM
munity. Some days ago he went camp
ing with some companions near the
Mississippi river. During one Of the
recent severe electrical storms his COM
panions discovered that he was miss
ing. No trace of him has been found.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Raided hx Police.

Louisville. KY, June ga raid was
made yesterday by sixty policemen on
nine places where lotteries were al
iegod to be in. operation and .thirty-nine
arrests were made. OF those arrested
eight were white men
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
srGREGGoR GRAND MASTER.

Elected Head of the Odd Fellows of
Minnesota. t
st. Paul. June 22.-William McGregor
of Minneapolis was yesterday elected
grand master of the Minnesota Odd
Fellows. Two ballots We're taken. On
the first Mr.. McGregor received 1879; S.
A Farnsworth of st. Paul, 1875, and G.
A. Fosnes of Montevideo, 50. Mr.. Fos-
nes withdrew and the contest was be-
tween Farnsworth and McGregor on
the next ballot. The latter received 2e5
votes and the former IA.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
OF the Weck
People Talked About.

Ex-Gov. Hazen S. Pingree died in
London, after a brief illness.
Jane Harriet Hamlin, sister Of Win
field Scott Stratton, the Colorado MIL
lionaire is dead at her home in JEFF
fersonville, Ind.
Ebert A. Young Of st. Paul was
elected president of the National AS
ISOLATION of Credit Men, which will
meet at Louisville next year.
F. c. Osborn, treasurer of Princeton
university since 1885, died in Princeton,
N. j., from apoplexy. Mr.. Osborne was
to have been married in a few days.
A cahlegram received at Haddam,
Conn.,, announces the death, in London.
England. of Charles T. Russell, United
States consul general at Liverpool from
1885 to 1889.
Col. NJ. Bryant, U. S. A., retired, died
at his home in Wichita, Kan. Col. Bry-
ant entered the army in 1857. He was
in command Of the Thirteenth infantry
at Fort Sill when he retired.
Gen. Frederick Knaf1er, who was
colonel of the famous Seventy ninth
Indiana regiment in the Civil war, died
at Indianapolis. He was one of the
most prominent men in Indiana.
Prof. Richard Cecil Hughes, president
of Tabor Qowa) college. has resigned.
He will, it is stated, accept more lu-
crative position. Prof. Hughes has been
connected with the college for ten
years.
Conrad Edebvard, q member of an
ancient Russian family and a direct
descendant of one of the governors Of
Finland, was sent TO the Jefferson
asylum after an examination in court
at Chicago. He has delusion that he
is the Messiah.
Former Gov. P. c.. Cheney of Man
chester, n. H., is dead. He was seven
ty-three years of age. Besides having
been governor of New Hampshire, Mr..
Cheney has served as United States
senator and as United States minister
to Switzerland under President Har-
rison.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Farmer,s My.terfous Death.

sheboygan,. Wis, June %. = Ernest
Urner, a farmer of the town OF She
boygan, was found dead under circum-
stances which denote foul play Urner
was hanging out of a wagon, his head
under a wheel and his neck broken.
The lines attached to the horses were
cut. The district attorney will investt-
gate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
schoolrou.e burned.

Sioux City, Iowa. June %. = The
schoolhouse at McCook Lake, S. D.,
was burned down last night after a
hard fought school election, and the
fire is believed to have been of an in
cendiary origin. The matter will be-
investigated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Golden and diamond weddings were
celebrated by GA couples in Prussia
hast year, and the state contributed
medals to each husband and wife.

Mr.. Morrill,, ex-governor of Kansas,
IS preparing in Kansas an orchard that
will be the largest in the world. He
Is planting $4,000 apple trees in the
orchard, which is $50 acres in extent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Merchnnts s,vindled.

Cedar Lake. Wis. June 23.-Several
Of eur merchants were victims of q
bogus check man last week. Three
merchants were defrauded out of $4150.
The man was q stranger sad used
checks on the Rust-Ow Lumber COM
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
VIII Fight Paving Ordinance.

Adrian, Mimi, June 22.-The village
council has adopted an ordinance con-
demning the plank sidewalks on Main
avenue and ordering the construction
Of ten-foot walks of Portland cement.
Philip Lynch Of st. Paul, who owns
property abutting on Main avenue.
will fight the ordinance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
AN unexp1ained NIurd,r.

washburn, Wis, June 22-The sher-
iff left for Bibon, where Stephen Merri-
gan, a well-known hotel and saloon
keeper, was murdered. Suspicion points
to couple of negroes, but the object
Of the murder is a mystery, as robbery
could hardly have been the purpose.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Fourteen Horses Perish.

Muscatine, Iowa, June %. = A barn
belonging to d. H. Westbrook, prom
inent stockman near Lettsville, was
struck by lightning and fourteen
horses burned to death. Loss, $4,000;
insured for about one-half.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Boy. Feet Are Cut or.

st. Paul, June 23-Edward Lincoln.
seventeen years old, living with hts
parents at 595 Olive street. had both g
his legs cut off yesterday afternoon
While trying to board Chicago G-sat
Western train. He cannot live.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
....,..,, co,s CTR.

Another Gold Strike.
Helena, Mont, June 22-An unusually
large strike has just been made at
Landuslsy, Mont. The lead is 200 feet
wide and two miles long, and runs So
to SIS per ton gold.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Dog Stealing Conspiracy.

La Crosse. Wis, June PA sang Of
dog thieves has been located near Stod-
dard who have been stealing valuable
hunting dogs and selling them in Min
nesota and Dakota. This clears up the
mystery Of the disappearance of scores
of valuable dogs here last fall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

The soil in Dawn, Mo-, seems to be
prolific of surprises. A farmer there,
who recently struck a natural gas we'll
while boring for water, has now found
a three-foot vein of coal fifty feet
away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
FORMALLY MUSTERED OUT.

Fourth Regiment Of Militia Not
Even a Legal Fiction.
st. Paul, June 23.-Adjt. Gen. =. D.
Libbey issued an order for the muster
ing out of the field and staff officers
OF the old Fourth regiment of the ma
tiona1 guard, which regiment has now
practically passed out Of existence.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Queer Pair of Twins.

Belle Fourche, S. D., June 23-Twin
colts were born on farm near this
city this week. One was a mule and the
other a horse colt. Both are strong
and healthy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
WAS MENTALLY UNBALANCED.
Young Man Hangs Himself I'm His
k4 Fathers Barn.

st. Paul, June 22.-The body of julius
William Henninger, twenty five years
old, was found at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning hanging from a rope in the
barn in the rear of his fathers home.
Henninger was mentally affected. He
was twice committed to the Rochester
asylum. He went to the Philippines as
a hospital nurse, and was there at
tackled by the old disease and sent to
st. Elizabeth's hospital in Washington.
He was discharged from that institu-
ton month ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Che news ~:
From Warrington.

Postal officials are surprised at the
rapid growth of the rural free delivery
service.
Consul Goodnow says our trade with
China is larger than that of any other
country.
Secretary Hay has returned to Wash
ington from Buffalo and resumed his
duties at the state department.
The Porto Rico revenue law has
proven itself able to raise sufficient
money to meet the expenses of the
island.
Commissioner Jones is finding some
trouble in obtaining funds to carry on
the timber investigations on White
Earth reservation.
Brig. Gen. John c. Bates who recent
ly returned from the Philippines, has
been ordered to command the depart
ment of Missouri, with headquarters at
Omaha.
The postoffice department has allow
ed Postmaster Coyne Of Chicago 100
additional clerks,and also granted him
500 promotions among lower grade
clerks.
Special ASSuI XII VI IIlC AAaAhAA w
partment says the illegal cutting OF
green timber on the reservations will
be pushed to a finish, no matter who
is involved.
Capt. Reuben B. Turner, quarter
masters department, has been ordered
to Des Moines, Iowa, to assume charge
of construction. of public buildings for
the military post to be established at
that city under recent act of congress.
Rear Admiral r. D. Evans president
of the naval board, has informed the
navy department that the tidal correc-
lions made for the trial of the battle
ship Illinois gave her an Increase OF
IA knots speed, making the official rec
ord 17:45 an hour.
The state department has been in
formed by Deputy Consul General
Hanauer of Frankfort, Germany, that
steps are being taken for the creation
of federal bureau of technics in the
empire. He also reports that the es-
tablishnent of American banks In
Berlin and London is contemplated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Elevator Sold.

Luverne, Mimi, June %. - The D.
Rothschild company elevator on the
Burlington railroad track was sold to
W. J. Kline of this place. The con-
sideratioE is not announced.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
National Bank for Argyle.

National Bank for Argyle.
Argyle, Mimi, June %. - The First,
National bank will be opened here
about July 1, with J. F. Thompson,
president, and N. S. Hegnes, cashier,
both of Iona. The capital stock will
be $25,000. !.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Royal Young Sailor sensicl<.

Berlin, June %. - Kaiser Wilhelm's
third son, Adelbert, designed for the
navy, has become so seasick on board
the training ship that he is confined to
his bunk. He may be sent to the army
and his younger brother substituted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
state building Construction.

& Aberdeen, S. D., June 22.-The state
board of regents is now advertising for
bids for the construction Of the state
norma! and Industrial school building
at Aberdeen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
chtld Drowned in a MIX pa,1.

Plankinton, S. D., June 23.--A twen-
ty-mcnths'-o child of the Neese FAM
lily. while playing about the house.
climbed upon a bench and fell Off into
n pail partly filed with milk and was
drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Crime. ana Criminals.

George r. Downs of Chicago, the all
legged gentleman horse thief recently
arrested at Monmouth, ILL.,, was held
for trial in the court at Kenosha, Wis.
Two czechs named Orsovie and Zaros
have been arrested at Prague, Bo-
hemia on the charge of being impli-
Gated in a plot against Francis Joseph.
In Omaha, James Callahan was held
for trial in the district court on a
charge of perjury alleged to have been
committed in one of the Cudahy cases.
Mrs. Cora Campbell, an eighteen
year-old bride, is now in Columbus,
Ohio, awaiting a hearing. The young
woman is charged with raising money
orders.
The police of Mexico City are said to
have discovered the house where so
many American dollars have been
ccunterfeited. The criminals have hid.
den their dies and tools.
]. w. Burton, alias RED Hoyle, a
hotel thief and all round crook known
throughout the country, was given a
three-year sentence in the criminal
court at Memphis, Tenn, for burglary.
Archibald McLaren, formerly nation
al treasurer of the Order of Scotch
Clans, who has been awaiting trial at
Cleveland, Ohio, under indictment on
the charge of having embezzled about
$4,000 of the funds of the ORDER has
been declared insane.
John Hassell, policeman Of Mahan-
oy City, Pa, was shot and fatally
wounded by burglars. Hassell saw a
light in Swift's warehouse, and, peering
through a window, saw burglars at
work at the SAFE He attempted to en-
ter and was shot down. The burglars
ESCAPED.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Foreign.

Foreign.
Andes Dewet, the Boer leader, says
he is coming to the United States in
July to lecture.
The young King Alfonso XIII. at
tended his first bull fight Sunday. He
received an enthusiastic ovation.
The steamer Ophir, with the duke and
duchess OF Cornwall and York on
board, has arrived at wellington, N. u.
Reports from the chief cities of the
continent chonicle the return of semi
winter weather, which has a serious
effect upon crops.
The Rome Tribune says two Italian
anarchists have left New York for
Italy for the purpose of dealing blow
to constitutional authority.
The I4okal Anzeiger of Berlin says a
big review will take place at Mayence,
Aug. IA, in the presence of Emperor
William, King Edward and the car.
The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily News says the government
is discussing the question of increas-
ing the reace estimate of the army by
$4,000 men. +
Crown Prince Frederick William, who
has been visiting the Dowager Empress
Frederick at Cronburg, has returned to
Bonnie. DR.. Renvers has been with the
dowager empress at Cronburg.
An explosion in a cartridge factory In
a suburb of LIE Mol:neaux, France, re-
suited in a loss of fifteen lives and the
injuring Of about twenty persons. A
majority of those injured were women.
Gen. Prudencio Cab, who has been in
command of the Maya Indians in their
present revolt against the Mexican gov
eminent, is dead. He was wounded in
an enga cement near Chan Santa Cruz
several weeks ago.
Labor disorders have been renewed
n st. Petersburg. Strikers from the
Baltic navy yards Joined forces with
the men from the Gvozdilnana works
and attacked the latter with such fe-
rocity that the military were obliged to
use their arms to suppress the rioters.
Earl Russell was arrested recently in
London on charge Of having con-
tracted a bigamous marriage in the
United States. The earl was met at
the railway station upon his arrival
. from the country by detectives with a
warrant. and was taken. to the Bow
street police court where he was FORM
ally charged.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Casualties.

The National packing house of MeX1-
co City burned. Loss, $780, 900.
Fire at La Sale, ILL.,, destroyed the
with loss of $4,000.
The Leyland line steamer Assyrian,
ashore off Cape Race, went to pieces
and is total wreck.
C. w. McCurren, head animal keeper
at Lincoln Park. Chicago, was severe
ly injured in a fight with an eagle.
John F. Dupont, young man of st.
Joseph, Mo-, was drowned while BATH
ing at Lake Contrary, near that city.
John F. Dupont, society young man
Of st. Joseph, was drowned while bath
ing at Lake Contrary, near that city.
Fire at Conroe, Tex, destroyed twen-
ty-two business houses, comprising
nearly all of the stores of the town.
Loss, 100000.
Noah Trissel of st. Louis was found
dead in his room in a Milwaukee hotel.
An autopsy will be held to determine
the cause of death.
A torpedo engine in the torpedo
works at Friedrichsort, near Kiel, Ger
many, has exploded, killing an engi-
neer and wounding number of per-
sons.
The American ship Henry B. Hyde,
laden with coal which had alrnost been
given up as lost, has arrived at San
Francisco, 1853 days from Baltimore.
Bad weather caused the delay
The passengers and crew of the
steamer Hero had a narrow escape
from being burned to death in the de-
struction of that vessel by fire at Bell
vile, Ont. The passengers We're asleep
as were most of the crew. Some jump
ed into the water, but all were finally
rescued z