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The National tribune., 1901-02-21

AN Italian physician thinks that he has
discovered that garlic is a specific for con
sumption. Our grandmothers knew that
onions were sovereign things for bad colds
and it is possible that garlic may have
great curative value. Consumption Ger
tainly does not seem to rage among gar
lic-eaters, though everybody wishes that
something would carry them off-about
100 miles.
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

IT would seem that for a year or two
we might adyantageously replace the mis-
sionaries sent to Hindcstan by men expert
with the rife, and of Teddy Roosevelt s
fondness for hunting large game. In 1899
leOpards and tigers killed 1896 people and
SO, 23S cattle in India.
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

THE General Executive Committee of
the United Confederate Veterans Encamp-
ment at Memphis, have adopted resolu-
tions declaring that they made a mistake
in joining with the municipal authorities
in the invitation to President Mckinley,
that they had no authority to do SO, and
that if he comes he will be the guest only
of the City of Memphis. They recognize
distinctly that the Presidents having
served in the Union army makes him non
0rnfG
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

WE want 10 take pensions out Of poll
tics, by the establishment of Court of
Pension Appeals, which will lay down and
enforce sound legal principles for the ad-
judicatiOn of pensions, instead of the
whims and yagaries of the man who hap
pens to be Commissioner of Pensions, and
who wants-to carry out some policy"
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

No matter whether Evans goes or stays,
we should have the Court of Pension Ap-
peaIs as Il matter of principle, to assure
the people that pensions are granted in
accordance with law.
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

KING EDWARD VII. is carrying out very
successfully about the only policy he can
have-that of getting up and conducting
great, snowy, public functions. So far he
has been giving the London people their
ill of these affairs, much to the delight
of the shopkeepers, who complained that
the Queen went into persistent mourning
after her husbands death, and led in as
little as possible to bring people to the
city
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

JUDGE JESSE J. PHILLIPS, of the Su-
preme Court of Illinois. and one of the
very ablest lawyers in the State, died
at Hillsboro, H., Feb. 10. He went out
in the 9th ILL.,, as Captain, and rose to be
Lieutenant-C Colonel and brevet Brigadier-
General
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

SNAKES killed 24.621 people in India
last year. A good antidote for snake
bites ought to bring bigger fortune than
Col. Mulberry Sellers dreamed of from
his famous Asiatic eyc-water.
The National tribune., 1901-02-21
once: 500 Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.

IT WILL not do for Congress and the
public to reproach the veterans with the
number of private pension bills. The q.
4. +. does not want these. We want a
proper execution of the laws at present on
the statute books, in which all shall fare
alike. Private pension bills are political
favoritism. too often employed by Senators
and Representatives in repairing their
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

TIE Indians of the Territory are be-
coming so civilized that no matter how
poor man may be when he is elected to
the Territorial Council he always retires
from it rich
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

Importance following the construction of
the Nicaragua Canal. We certainly did
not free Cuba to allow her To be used
against us by our rivals and possible enc
mics
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

WHY should not the veteran be entitled
TO the same judicial hearing for his pen
sion claim that he enjoys as TO the owner
ship of dog, or some other triHing piece
Of nropprtVi
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

De WET seems 10 be very fair repro
duction of John Morgan and Forrest, with
out the British developing any competent
Kautz or A. j. Smith to handle him.
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

The Department of the Potomac. G.. A.
r.. has unanimously indorsed Comrade
John McElroy for Senior Vice Command
erin Chief
The National tribune., 1901-02-21

THE constant succession of crop fail
ures and famincs in Russia goes far to
dispel the fear that she is TO be a crush
ing competitor to our wheat-raisers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
FOrtfgn Notes.

The secretary of Mr.. Kruger says the
statements about Mr.. Kruger being i'll
are inventions. His health, he adds
is very satisfactory.
The sultan has cut the gordian knot
of diplomatic difficulties in Belgium
and Switzerland by abolshing his le-
cations in those countries
The trial, at Goerlitz. Germany, of
Mueller and his son, bankrupt bankers.
has resulted in sentences for both to
ten years imprisonment in peniten-
tiary.
Two emtiezzlements We're recently
reported in Berlin, the NIitteldeutsche
Kredit bank losing 100000 marks and
Herr Chkretshmar, the banker, $4,000
marks.
From the Prussian diet budget it
appears that now Emperor William
owns eighty-three estates in Prussia.
aggregating 94,641 hectares, and yield
ing Cpl, 500 marks.
The German government continues
to pay no attention to the Venezuelan
affair. The German second-class cruis.
err Vineta, now in West Indian waters,
will not go to Venezuela until March l..
There is not the slightest foundation
for the report, the Associated Press is
officially informed, that Lord Salisbury
will resign. The most cordial feeling
prevails between him and King Ed
ward.
The N1ilitair Wochenblatt, the Prus-
sian official military organ, announces
that Emperor William has appointed
It ND
late Victorias dragon regiment OF the
guard.
The honors bestowed in connection
with the birthday of Emperor William
include the appointment of Baron Won
Richthoven, secretary of foreign at
fairs, as a privy councillor, with the
title Of Thiellench.
1t is learned that on the last occasion
that the Queen worshipped at Osborne
Chapel, Jan. 10, she asked that the two
hymns be sung, Nearer, MY Cod to
Thee" and "Abide With Me, Fast Falls
the Eventide."
The Austrian Hungarian minister at
The Hague has presented to Queen
Wilhelnina the grand cross of the
EliZabethan order accompanied by an
autograph letter from Emperor Francis
Joseph felicitating her majesty on her
approaching marriage.
supplement of the Gazette in Lon
don announces that it is not desired
that the public wear deep mourning
after March 6, but that half mourning
should be worn until April II. There
has been strong cutlery from manu-
facturers and merchi hts at prolonged
period of mourning.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
Criminal.

Jennie Bosscheiter's four murderers
were given the full limit of imprison-
ment.
John A. Gomaltis, librarian of the
branch of the Chicago library. was ar
rested, charged with having assaulted
two little girls in his private Office in
the building.
At the Old Bailey in London, Julian
T. B. Arnold, son of Sir Edwin Arnold,
who was ordered extradited from San
Francisco in October last, charged with
misappropriating trust funds, was sen.
fenced to ten years penal servitude.
Martin Sickle was hanged at Kala>
ma, Wash, for the murder of w. r..
Shanklin, near Kelso, in 1899. He had
confessed the crime and, also. that he
killed Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Knapp,
Nov. 90. His motive was robbery.
J. T. Patterson of Atlanta, Ca. has
asked the police to find his son. Alonzo
Patterson, a thirteen-year-old boy
who disappeared from his home last
Tuesday. Mr.. Patterson believes the
boy has been kidnapped. The family
of Bass Fraser. who was kidnapped
two weeks ago from the Georgia school
of technology, have given up hope Of
ever seeing him again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires In a Con.
s~ denscd Form.

Overflow From the Wires In a Con-
T. denscd Form.
John Ruffin was legally executed at
Burlington, N. c., for criminal assault.
The house committee on territories
has reported favorably the Knox bill
allowing Alaska delegate in the
house.
7 A general advance in the price Of
wines is announced at San Jose. Cal.
Sweet wines especially have been adj
vanced.
The house committee has decided to-
leave for the next congress the in
vestigation of negro disfranchisement
in the South.
The court theater at Dresden has
accepted the new opera OF Ignace
Padedewski and the work will have
it's premiere in May.
Eads jetties, at the mouth of the
Mississippi river, have passed from
private control into the hands of the
United States government.
The custom house receipts in Cuba
during the calendar year 1900 were
SIG, oS4,376; in 1890, s14,S54,261; an in-
crease of s1,2SO,115, or over s per cent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
Che neWS
Washington Notes.

Warrington Notes.
The appropriations of the present
congress promise to reach $3.50, 000,-
OOO
That there will be an extra session of
congress is regarded as foregone cons
clusion.
Official figures show that since the
opening of the last century our COM
merce with the rest of the world has
increased more than twelve-fold.
The consular and diplomatic appro-
priation bill, carrying something over
$1,700,000 was reported by the house
committee on foreign affairs. 1t pro-
vides $4,000 for purchasing land at Pc
kin for the United States legation
there.
Mr.. Choate will have new credentials.
His old credentials accredited him to
the queen. He will now be accredited
as United States ambassador to the
court Of Edward VII. Lord Paunce-
fote, it is said, will receive new creden-
tials as ambassador to the United
States, his present commission being
signed by the queen.
Capt o. j. Humphrey Of San Fran
cisco visited the executive mansion as
the special envoy of California Com
mandery No. 1, Knights Tenplar of
San Francisco, to personally present to
President Mckinley an invitation from
the commandery to meet with it upon
his visit to the Pacific coast the coming
spring. The president will doubtless
accept.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
A DAM SITE.

Location Not Vet Determined for
Coon Creek Power.
Anoka, Mimi, Feb. 81. G. Ames of
the Twin City Rapid Transit COM
pany has found that the maximum
horse power used in Anola is IT'S and
the minimum 44S. This includes the
Lincoln mill, which part of the time
uses water, and the starch factories,
which run about four months in the
year. The location of the dam has
yet to be decided. One location is at
the Coon creek rapids, the other at
Fridley, five miles below. At Fridley
there is a greater head of water, but
at Coon creek the high banks save an
enormous sum for tlowage rights.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
EDITOR M'BRIDE DEAD.

INN Who Gained Notoriety Mt Mitch
ell Dies In Poverty and Alone.
Mitchell, S. d., Feb. 3.-Robert H.
Mcbride. once famous as war cor
respondent and newspaper man.
dropped dead here yesterday after
noon. He married a Mrs. Dousman,
who was worth million. She intro
auced him into the best society Of New
York, and he fell into habits which
led to divorce. He blamed John d.
Lawler. a banker at Mitchell and
brother-in-law of his wife. and de-
voted his paper, the Mail. to abuse of
Lawler, driving him to his grave.
Citizens wrecked the Mail office. Nc
Bride sued for $4,000 and got $500. He
died i'll poverty and alone.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

Washington, Feb 2. - The shipping
bill was kept Steadily at the front in
the senate yesterday, and in order to
further expedite its progress a motion
was agreed to for session beginning
at II a. m. to-day. Senators Rawlins
of Utah and Berry of Arkansas occu-
pied most of the time yesterday in
speeches of vigorous opposition. To-
ward the close of the day a spirited
discussion was precipitated by an
amendment offered by Mr.. Clay of
Georgia, proposing to link the Mic
bill. The proposition was strongly OPP
posed by Mr.. Frye and Mr.. Chandler.
as calculated to embarrass and delay
the shipping bill. Mr.. Frye appealed
to senators to permit the majority, at
ter fair debate, to assume it's respop-
sibilities, as a majority, of passing the
shipping bill. Messrs. Jones of Ar
kansas and Teller of Colorado took a
hand in the discussion, insisting that
there should be no limitation of debate.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama, in charge Of
the Nicaragua canal bill, expressed dis,
approval of the plan for linking the
canal measure with the shipping bill,
saying each should stand on it's own
merit.
In the House.
The house yesterday passed an ON
nibus bill carrying 191 claims for
stores and, supplies taken by the
Union army during the rebellion. The
claims were passed on by the court
of claims and aggregated sS44,4sO.
Practically all the beneficiaries reside
in the South. Considerable opposition
to the bill was displayed early in the
day under the leadership of Mr.. Cam
non, the chairman of the appropria-
lions committee, but it tlattened out
later and the bill finally was passed
without division. The bill to amend
the Chinese exclusion act with view
to preventing the entry of Chinese
into the United States was passed, as
were several other bills of minor i'm
portaDce.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

Forty-fve thousand dollars in gov
eminent bonds, with the coupons still
attached and running back for thirty
years, were found recently in a chest
in hut occupied by Hermit Ypsilanti
Smith, who died few years ago. He
had lived near Fletcher, Miami coun-
ty, o., for forty years, and was not
known to have a cent. His mind was
deranged years ago by the death of his
wife. Pension vouchers untouched for
years We're also found, amounting to
about $500.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
Casunlitits.

The stores of D. A. Mcpherson. w.
4. Johnson and Nicholas Pitt in Mon
treal, We're burned. together With their
contents. The buildings We're stocked
with butter and cheese. Loss, $3.50, coo.
house of the Walkerville (Ont.) Mattel.
company, which resulted in the death
of William Brindle and George Phil
lips, employees. Several others We're in
jured. Loss by fire, $4,000.
A blizzard, with snow piled six to
eight feet in the mountain passes, has
caused great delay to railroad traffic
near Shamokin, Pa. Telegraph and
telephone communication is interrupted
and most of the coal mines are idle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
OF the Week
Pcuplc Talked About.

Verdi, TIE great composer, is dead.
Nicomte Henri de Borier,sthe French
poet and author is dead.
Russian Field Marshal Count Gour.
ko died on his estate at Scharow, neal
Iver
Count Tolstoi. the eminent Russian
novelist and social reformer, is agar
seriously i'll.
The United States consul general al
Rome reports the death there of AL.
bert Bird Brady of Welpulo, Iowa.
j. I. Gordon, the great Canadian cat.
tie exporter, has been elected mem.
Der of parliament for South Winnipeg
unopposed.
NJ. Waldecl>-Rousseau. president OF
the French council of ministers, is suf,
fering from Il slight attack of la
grippe.
A. N. Spencer, one of the best-known
railroad contractors in the West. died
at his home in Kansas City, aged fifty
seven years.
Cardinal Sebastino Galeati, archbish-
op of Ravenna, Italy, is dead. He was
born in 1922 and was raised to the car
dlnalate in 1890.
James Bashford, a brother of Coles
Bashford, governor of Wisconsin in
lS55-1So7, died at Lyons, N. Y, aged
ninety-seven years.
Col. Andrew McGonnigle, U. S. A.,
retired. died at Asheville, N. c. Col.
McGonnigle was distinguished army
officer during the Civil war.
Judge r. N. Austin, for half cent
ury a resident of Milwaukee, is dead,
aged seventy-nine years. Judge Aus
tin was we'll known in the law profess
sion throughout the state.
Joseph Wright. NJ. A. PHI D., c.. L..
deputy professor of comparative phi
lology at Oxford university, succeeds
the late Prof. Max Muller as corpus
professor of comparative philology at
that university.
Prof. Pettyjohn. medical commissions
er for Michigan, is in London inspect
ing the hospitals and other medical in
situations. He will visit all the coun-
tries of Europe before returning to
America.
The Rev. DR.. Philetus B. Spear
treasurer of Colgate university from
1864 to 1899, died at Hamilton, N. Y,
aged ninety. Two sons, r. Is. and j.
w. Spear, reside at Marquette, Mich.
and daughter, Mrs. H. H. Keith, at
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

Contractors Bid for Raising the
Wreck of the Maine.

Contractors Bid for Raising the
Wreck of the Maine.
Havana, Feb. 3. - Bids for raising
the wreck of the United States battle
ship Maine were opened yesterday.
There were twelve bidders, whose Of
fers ranged from sS67,O0O, the bid Of
the Swartz Foundry of New Orleans,
to the proposal of Chamberlain & Co.
of Chicago to remove the wreck for
nothing and to. give the government 8
per cent on the sales of the material
in the form of souvenirs. The variety
of plans for raising the wreck is no
less astonishing than the difference in
the bids. One contractor proposed to
raise it by the use of balloon. Sew
eral proposed novel schemes, involving
Golfer dams, and others named pom
toons and air bags as lifting con-
trivances.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

At Sheboygan, Wis, the other day,
a Maltese cat took a long ride inside
the rim of a fywheel. The animal
jumped into the wheel at the Plymouth
Refrigerator company's plant, and re-
AS the wheel is about thirty eight feet
in circumference, and makes eighty
seven revolutions in minute, the cat
Travelled at distance of about ninety
three miles. When the engines were
stopped pussy was alive and we'll ex-
cept for a little lameness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
WILL DESTROY HIS BOOZE.

Druggist Concludes That 1t Is Sinful
to Sell the Stuff.
Hiawatha, Kan, Feb. 8. e. J.
Eicholtz, a local druggist, has made
public his determination to destroy all
the liquor in his store. Yesterday af-
ternoor he emptied barrel of whisky
into the sewer and announced that OH
Saturday he will publicly destroy the
remainder of his supply of liquors, in
Guiding several barrels of wines and
whiskies. The affair will be made one
of rejoicing, the local ministers and
public having been invited to attend.
The druggist has concluded that to
sell liquor for any purpose is wrong.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
TOWNE GETS A JOB.
General Solicitor for the New York
Liquid Air Company.

General Solicitor for the New York
Liquid Air Company.
Duluth, Mimi, Feb. st is reported,
from an authentic source that exS
Senator Charles A. Towne has accept
ed the position of general counsel of the
New York Liquid Air Company of New
York City, and that S. H. Moer, re-
Gently judge Of the district court of
st. Louis county, will do detail work.
Judge Moer removed to New York
about three weeks ago and has opened
up a law office there. 1t us said Sen
ator Towne accepted the place with
the understanding that he would re-
tain his residence in Minnesota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

The largest tree in Switzerland is
to be found in the Melchthal, perched
on the mountain side, at height OF
$50 feet. At it's base it measures in
circumference forty feet. The cir
conference of its trunk, six feet from
the ground, is twentysix feet, and one
of its branches is four feet in thick
ness. The diameter at the top is
eighty-four feet This mighty giant of
the forest shows great signs of age,
but is in perfectly healthy condition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

One of the most wonderful fish sto-
ries of the century is told in the New
York Press of DR.. Ralph Smith, a
noted surgeon of Jacksonville. While
in bathing in surf about up to his
waist over on the east coast, big
shark swan between his legs, forcing
him to sitting posture and swimming
out to sea with its burden astride. The
sensation nearly cost the doctor his
hair and whiskers. He declares he was
on the sharks back fully half a min
ute. When the monster got in deep
water he slid off.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

Modern science is extremely exact
The engineers who have been consid-
eTing the problems arising out of the
proposed Nicaragua canal provide for
a waterway nine inches deeper than the
draft of large ocean steamships. The
reason is that as fresh water is not
so dense as the water of the sea, YES
sci will sink deeper when it enters the
canal
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

In the House the other day, Repre-
sentative Dalzell, referring to the
French chamber of deputies, said that
''if there were more disgraceful and
Infamous parliamentary body in exist
ence he would like to know where it
was" If we are to be world power"
our statesmen will have to learn that
one Of the essentials of that position is
official good manners toward the other
members of world-power society.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
DEATH OF A TOWN.
Unpaid Bills for WattrwOrls All
That's Left of Merritt.

Unpaid Bills for Wnt6rworlxs All
That's Left of Merritt.
Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 8. - The last
building of the first village on the
Mesaba range is being removed. At
one time Merritt had 1900 people: next
week there will not be one board upon
another to mark it's site. All there is
left is the village debt for a water
works plant put in seven or eight years
ago. Merritt was at the late Cincin-
natl and Kanawha mines, but these
did not amount to much and the rival
village Of Biwabik, a mile away, drew
all the business. Most of the houses
were moved some time ago, but the
Svea hotel remained until now.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
Suicide. mt BrninerI

Brainerd, Mimi, Feb. g. - Edward
Gunshannon, a bartender, committed
suicide by stabbing himself in the
throat and through the heart with his
pocketknife. He was about thirty-five
years of age and a brother-in-law Of
P. f. McCabe, proprietor of the Call
ifornia wine house. Temporary insan-
ity
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
CHINESE CONFERENCE.

British Minister Will Waive Inxis-
tence Oh Death Penalty.
New York, Feb. "a dispatch to the
Herald from Pekin says At a meet
ing of the ministers a conference with
the Chinese plenipotentiaries. which is
to take place next week, and to which
the punishments demanded will be YER
bally communicated, was arranged.
Sir Ernest Satow, the British minister.
informed his colleagues that he had
received instructions giving him dis
erection to waive his insistance on the
death penalty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

KILLED AT HOCKEY.

Bankers Son. Struck Below the
Heart, Dies Instantly.
Winnipeg, Feb. 3-F'ritz w. Barron,
a popular young banker aged twenty
three, SON Of Judge Barron of STRAIT
ford, Ont, was almost instantly killed
while playing a game of hockey at
the Auditorium rink. He was struck
by the puck just below the heart and
expired in a few minutes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
Removal CONTEMPLATED.

Mason City, Iowa, Feb. 3.-Negotia-
tons are under way for the removal
of the Verney Organ company's plant
from this place to Sioux City. If the
change is made the plant will be en-
larged and additional stock will be
taken by Sioux City capitalists. The
now has contracts for s32, 900
worth of work this year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07
FIVE OF A KIND.

Number of Similar Crimes Punished
by One Court in One Week.
New York, Feb. g. - Max Lebowitz.
aged thirty-f1ye years, was sent to
state prison for ten years for GRIM
inally assaulting little girl. He is
the fifth man to receive that sentence
for the same cine, in the same court,
during the last week.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-07

Many of the purchases made by the
Shah of Persia last summer in Eu-
rope, as we'll as some of the presents
made to him, went to the bottom OF
the Caspian sea by the sinking of the
steamship Vera in a storm. Among
them were the eighteen carriages
bought in Paris. There is no chance
of recovering anything, as the Vera
went down in 500 fathoms.