Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-09
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A Wisconsin man drilled we'll and
struck a geyser.
The car shortage in the West be-
cones more serious.
Seven American soldiers We're killed
by bolomen in Samar.
Merger suits have been brought
against several railroads in Ohio.
Bra6street's annual review of trade
says that 1901 is a record-breaker.
Rev. James A. Heath of Kansas City
has been deposed from the ministry.
The conference of governors in Hele-
ma adopted resolutions and adjourned.
A Kentuckian claims to have per-
fected a scheme for wireless telephony.
Prof. Loeb Of Chicago has discovered
a means of arresting the progress OF
death.
The preferred stock of the Northern
Pacific has been redeemed and cam
celed.
South Dakota teachers have adopted
a resolution favCring a national uni
versity.
Receivers have been appointed for
the National Asphalt Company of
America.
An Iowa farmer proposed to ard was
rejected by fifty-six Omaha girls in
two hours.
A boy jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge recently, out of pure bravado,
and survived.
F'ihpinos who accept service under
American rule are prosecuted by their
fellow countrymen.
Judge Lochren dissolved the tempo
rary injunction against the retirement
of Northern Pacific preferred stock.
Owing to an outbreak Of smallpox IN
some of the Philippine islands the civil
commission has prepared an. act for the
compulsory vaccination of all persons
iii the islands.
In accordance with the firms custom
at the close of a prosperous year, ]. P.
Morgan & Co. made cash New Years
gift to the employees of the firm. The
gifts amount to about $1,000
Mrs. Lonce Hanson, who has lived il.
Montgomery, Ala, and who has been
in straitened circumstances for many
years, has been notified by ex-Gov. Jo-
seph Johnson that fortune has been
left her in Germany
Oklahoma farmers say that the high
Cry winds of the past few days have
done greater damage to the winter
wheat crop than all the cold waves
combined. Wheat on the uplands has
suffered greatly.
1t has been learned at Copenhagen
upon the best authority that the treaty
between the United States and Den
mark for the sale of the Danish West
Indies will be signed in spite of the agi
tation against such action.
A great American packing house is
to be established in the State Of
Micheacan, Mex, near the town Of
Uruapam, and will soon be under ac-
tive construction, a capital of s1,600, 900
in gold having been subscribed in Chi
cago
The Milwaukee Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association has made a
tender of banquet to Henry c. Payne
in partial recognition of the honor be-
slowed upon the state ard city by the
appointment of Mr.. Payne as postmas-
ter general.
William Jessup & Sons of Sheffield
have placed contracts for the erection
of new steel works at Washington, Pa
The initial plant will, it is stated. con-
sist of three main buildings, crucible,
smelling shop, a rolling mill and pow
er house.
The Cherokee Indians are to be
given another chance to be enrolled as
citizens in order to secure an equal dis
tribution of the tribal lands and funds.
For this purpose the Dawes commits
sion will sit at Muskogee from Jan. 4
to April 4, 1902.
A package said to contain bones and
dried blood of st. Magnus, a Roman
centurion. and st. Bonosa, a Roman
virgin. who were martyred in the time
of Nero, has arrived at Louisville from
Rome. The relics will be placed under
the altar OF St. Martins Catholic
church.