Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-03
Foreign Notes.

Cholera is spreading in the Philip
pines.
Lord Miner has taken his oath as
governor of the TraEsvaal.
A mutiny is reported on the Russian
cruiser Tereth, of the Mediterranean
squadron.
The government report shows $4,000
deaths in India from plague since Its
appearance in 1896.
Twenty-Five were killed and the same
number injured by lightning striking
church at Pinerio. Spain.
Government gunboats have captured
the town OF Aqua Dulce and 300 head
Of cattle from the insurgents.
1t is stated that a papal consistory
will be held in December, at which
Archbishop Ireland will be created a
cardinal.
There is no doubt Of the negotiations
of Judge Taft, governor of the Philip
pine islands, with the Vatican. regard
ing the disposition Of the friars' lands
in those islands, ending in the success
Of the American proposals in all essen
tial points.
The London Times correspondent
says Chinese officials will bleed the
people for many times the amount he-
cessary to pay the agreed indemnity to
the allied powers, pocketing the most
of it, but leading taxpayers to believe 1t
is all to be used legitimately, thus in
censing them against all foreigners.
The emperor and the dowager en-
press Of China received Rear Admiral
Frederick Rodgers, U. S. N, command
er-in-chief of the Asiatic squadron,
and the staff of the United States lega-
ton in audiences. Both the emperor
and the empress requested Rear Adj
miral Rodgers to convey assurances OF
their esteem to President Roosevelt.
General.
dress at the Harvard commencement
exercises.
Three thousand men are needed at
once to save the wheat crop in the
Southwest. Some farmers are paying
Sc per day.
-Four boys were drowned at St. Louis
by the capsizing Of a boat, within
sight of hundreds who were unable to
save them.
Arrivals from Nome state that there
will be a shortage Of water throughout
ance Of snow.
Congressman w. G. Brantley was re-
nominated by the Democratic congress
sional convention of the Eleventh dis
trict of Georgia.
A letter enclosed in a bottle was
thrown into Delaware bay year ago.
and found in a shark caught of the
coast Of Portugal.
The roundhouse of the Southern Pa.
cihc railway at Fresno, Cal. and a
dozen locomotives We're destroyed by
fire. Estimated loss. 100000.
A six-year-old son of oscar Fisk OF
Iron Mountain, Mich..was shot through
the stomach by a bullet from a small
bore rifle, and it is feared he will die.
William c. Brownback and Orville
E. Waters. sons Of prominent business
men of Edinburg. H.. were drowned at
Smiths Mills. on the Sangamon river.
The order of deportation Of Miss
Katherine Dietz. destined for Sleepy
Eve. Mimi, nas been reached and she
will be allowed to proceed to that
point.
The "Big Four" meat concerns OF
Chicago are said to be planning COM
bine similar TO the United States Steel
corporation, with capital of $1,000
600, 900.
Grover Cleveland emphatically de-
MES that he will speak at Tammany
hall July 4. or that he will campaign in
Oiney's interests for the presidential
nomination.
The Chicago packers think they have
an excellent fattening substance In
cassava root. and will experiment with
1t on a large scale In Northern Florida
and Alabama.
The gunboat Manila has arrived AT
San Francisco from Manila. She Is
one of the ships captured from the
Spanish by Admiral Dewey at the bat
tie OF Manila Bay.