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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
General.

A consolidation of the First national
banks in number of cite. is reported.
The Republicans Of the Sixteenth
Illinois district unanimously renomi-
mated Joseph V. Graft of Pekin.
Discharged employees say the Unior.
Traction company Of Chicago has de-
tcrmined to stop the agitation for
union.
Over two dozen vessels will sail from
Tacoma and Seattle in May and June.
They will carry from 1000 to 200
miners and prospectors.
1t is learned from reliable sources
that the shipping brewers of the United
States are considering the ACCESSIBILITY
Of raising the price of beer 40 cents per
barrel.
Instead OF a settlement, a wider
breach than ever exists between strik-
ing tugmen and the Great Lakes Tow
ing company at Cleveland. general
strike is threatened.
The report that all negotiations be-
tween Carter and Mccoy have been
called off is mistake, says the latter's
manager Mccoy will Fight Carter at
Philadelphia on May 16.
The hosting engineers of the Ameri.
can Copper company's mines at Butte
have declared the strike off. The men
failed to obtain the support Of the Sill
yer Bow Trades and Labor assembly,
and this is supposed TO have influenced
their action.
Mrs Thomas Wilson of La Crosse is
dead, her friends say, from broken
heart, but her physician says her death
resulted from injuries received by her
in fan she suffered a year ago, when
she tainted on hearing that her hus-
band had blown Ills head off with u
shot gun.
Three hundred members Of the Loyal
Legion met at Delmonico's in New York
recently. and, after electing officers. had
a dinner, followed by speech making.
Gen. G.. NJ. Dodge, Col. r. c. Hens
street, Gen. Burnett. Sanford B. Dole,
governor Of Hawaii, and Rev. N. ID.
Hills were the speakers. YES,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

In Kansas they are killing prairie
dogs by turning jets of steam into their
holes. In these days of electricity
this method seems extremely cumber-
some and old fashioned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

A jealous lover wrecked house will
dynamite in Ohio the other day.
Strange to say, even that heroic meas
are did not cause the lady to love him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Mntl wn. Destroyed.

Washington. May 10.-The report !"
the postoilice departments shows NAV
in the railroad wreck near Flhgsth''
Ariz., on the Santa Fe road, the cn'l''
mail carried In the wrecked train WA
destroyed. =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Yale's new launch, the Elihu Yale
has been tried and found to be all
right. Perhaps launch race between
the Elihu Yale and the John Harvard
would be interesting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Count Boni de Castellane's new son
and heir will bear the name of Jay,
presumably in honor CT both his father
and grandfather.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

In Germany they are now making
sugar from beets and gasoline from po-
tatoes. They have not as yet been
able, however, to get blood out Of q
turnip.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Any fellow who has invented a new
kind of striped summer shirt now
thinks he is a bigger man than the
president.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

: Luckily for the good health of the
rest of the community, the story ovei
which a New York doctor laughed
himself to death is not being repeated
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

There is a man in New Hampshire.
who boasts that he lives on sixty-nine
cents a week. There's a fellow who
can snap his fingers at the beef trust
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

This is the season when men go
home carrying enthusiasm and spade,
and come down in the morning with a
backache.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

King Alfonso is about to come into
possession of his majority, but how
long will it be before the majority will
have possession of Alfonso?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

An Ohio man has run away from
home to escape from people who want
to thrust a public office on him. Major
Pond'll get him if he doesn't watch
out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

A London paper says ]. Pierpont
Morgan wants to control English rail-
road. Well, if Pierp. wants them
they are practically his.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

A New York publication asserts tina,
death can be postponed. 1t can in
some parts of Texas by never refusing
an invitation to take a drink.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Count Boni Castellane has a son,
If he is chip of the old block, Count
Boni may as we'll begin to economic
without delay.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

A baseball umpire out in Lincoln.
Neb., hit player so hard that he
went home and died. The rules are
TO be strictly enforced this year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Prince Henry assures his country
men that we are not nation of mere
dollar-hunters." The prince found us
pretty good dollar spenders as we'll.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
ARBITRATION PROPOSED.
trfke Situation Hangs ON Answers
From EmnlAYerA.

Strike SftuatfOn HRnEH On NHS"e'
From Employers.
Scranton. Pa. May 10.-The SITUATION
in the threatened miners strike hangs
on answers that are expected to come
to a proposal Of arbitration emanatihs
from yesterday mornings session oi
the miners committee. This proposal
was evidently agreed upon informally
during the night. for it was only forty
five minutes from the time the meeting
convened until adjournment was had.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Counterfeit postal cards are being
found in the mails. This fact proves
that the meanest man in the United
States is still at large.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
Eirc Gauge. xlnn. OOO Dnmnr..

Chicago. May H. - The plant of the
German Produce company In the stocn-
yards, was damaged by fire last nig.it
to the extent Of 100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Many housewives are discovering
that their sons who can win prize cups
in golfng contests have not enough
strength to beat a 2x4 Smyrna rug.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

A Boston paper says the lobster is
going backward 1t will have to hus.
tie to keep up with Boston.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

On the other hand if beef were only
two or three cents pound hardly
anybody would take the trouble to eat
Ct
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Carnegie fears that the steel trust
may lose money and he would hate to
have to foreclose and go into the BUSH
ness again himself.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

People who think they would like to
be vegetarians might find this prof
table time to try it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
ENTERTAINING CAsTxc.
Venezuelan President Dimes at the
United states Legation.

U"'t'd state" 1;f."t'0".
New York, May 11.-Prcsi6ent Castro
OF Venezuela and his wife have been
entertained az dinner. says a Caracas
States Minister Herbert W. Bowen ana
Mrs. Bowen. 1t was the first time that
President Castro had dned. at any le.
CATION. The event Is significant and
the consequences 1t Is believed may be
very important.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Chicago has trust for cleaning
windows, but it has not yet developed
into a habit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Now that we happen to think of it.
what has become of the dreaded kiss.
ing bug?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15
OF the Week

The Wells elevator, situated on Buff
falo river, at Buffalo, was destroyed by
fire at midnight. A large quantity of
grain had been placed in the elevator
during the past week, and the loss on
the building and contents is estimated
at ss25.O00
Edward Shiega. son of New York
millionaire; Howard Bennett, son of
Representative j. H. Bennett of Sau-
gus. Mass, and Howard Marden, fellow
stud ents at the Lowell technical school,
We're fined $500 es CHI for desecrating the
South Nashua IN. HI cemetery. They
tipped over twenty-one grave stones
and one ole monument. besides carry
ing of several OF the stones.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-05-15

Still. it is hardly believed Dom Paul
will attend the coronation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
british War A9air..

London, Jan. 1.-THE British war Of
fee is confronted with a most serious
condition Of affairs. It's call for volun-
tecrs to relieve the regiments at the
frcnt has, so far, met with absolutely
no response and has served to inten-
sify the widespread indignation exist
ing among all the volunteer regiments
In the first place, volunteers answer
ing tine call would only receive a shil-
lD.g day, while the yeomanr,, in
which many volunteers have already
enlisted, receive five shillings a day.
Tie only solution of the deadlock ap-
l'ears to be for the war Office to intro
duce CONSUMPTION or withdraw the new
regulations. These have stirred I'D
strife to an extent which has not exist
ed for many year between the gov
eminent officials and the voluntary
arm of the service and, according to
riany high officials, will bankrupt
majority of the regiments. According
to the new rules every regiment must
go into camp for one week each year
and the government grant will be re-
duced in proportion to the number of
atsentees from the camp. The volun
teer commanders say it is impossible
to get more than 40 per cent of the
n,en together in the same week, so diff.
ferent are the occupations Of the vol
unteers.
In addition the war office refuses
to recognize drills which are not at
tended by percentage OF men, which
it has hitherto been found quite in!
possible to attain, and imposes bat
TALON parades of such strength that
there is no drill hall or drive ground
in London large enough to enable the
battalions to maneuver. Among those
who condemn the new regulations is
Colonel Balfour, a brother of the cab
met minister, A. ]. Balfour, who COM
mands the London Scots.
The matter will be brought to the
attention of parliament and if the or.
Ger of the secretary, Mr.. Broderick, is
rot amended the volunteer force, so
the colonel of one Of London's strong
est regiments says, will dwindle to
nothing. In the meantime the war Of
fee is still waiting anxiously for an
answer to the call for troops for SER
vice in South Africa
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
IDAHO cLEANINGs.

The Mackay Publishing company,
Ltd a newspaper at Mackay' has been
incorporated.
The Lewiston schools have an en-
,ollment of 675, an increase over any
previous year of so.
The Genesee Exchange pank mas
,,rchased a controlling interest in the
First National bank of Cotton.
In Washington county the election
inst held resulted favorably to the FOR
nation of an irrigation district. There
was but little opposition.
A regular Northern Pacific freignt
from Spokane was ditched two miles
east of Joel last week. two FURNITURE
oore loaded with lumber jumping the
track.
The Moscow Flour Mill management
has been engaged during the pass
week making improvements. BESIDES
adding new machinery a new shed mas
been built.
William Commit dropped dead in
Wallace last week. presumably from
boart disease. He was about 40 years
Of age, and has lived in Montana for
the past 81 years. His mother lives
in Bitter Root valley.
Since December 1 over SlO0,0OO mas
been paid out at Moscow by the timber
companies and private individuals for
the purchase of white pine lands in
the Collins neighborhood. The number
of these deeds filed for record with the
CT unity recorder was %.
Farmers throughout the Nez Perce
country are agitating the question OF
contracting the fax crops of the future
aid a number of meetings have been
called for the purpose of discouraging
and if possible preventing the con-
tracing of the 1902 crop.
SURVEYOR General Perrault has re-
ceived information that the interior
department has approved the last o.
the contracts in the Fort Hall land
case. The report of the appraisers
has been approved by the department
and all. that remains to open the res
ervation tC settlement IS an agreement
Of the manner in which the coded
lands should be located upon.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
TRADE REPORT.

Bradstreet's report on condition oil
trade during last week says:
Trade advances, as reflected in tele-
grams to Bradstreet's exhibit some IT.
regularity, caused by weather condI
lions or proceeding from the early
stage Of the season. That consider
able spring business has already been
booked Is indicated by the heavy
shipments Of merchandise. Specul..
tlcn is likewise exhibiting a broaden
ing tendency but here also some irreg.
ularity is manifested on account OF
counter currents and technical market
conditions, The growing ease Of mon
ey is q growing reflection OF previous
ly reported condition of the foreign
trade In the last months OF the year.
Iron and steel production is active
beyond precedent at this season of
the year. So full of orders are Ameri-
can rail mills that contract Cor 1885,
90 tons for Mexico went to England
this week, no American bids being re.
ceived. New business reported, chief
" for the second half of the year. is
OF good volume, and in addition some
large sales of foreign iron are
reported.
The feature in cereals has been the
Inquestionable growth of speculative
feeling as reflected in improved out
size or commission buying of wheat,
corn and oats. while flour has also i'm
proved in general demand. Crop dam
age in the southwest and reports of
exceptional activity at st. Louis have
been stimulating factors, but all
through the week realizing has been
the restraining feature. sufficient in
the eyes of corn, aided by freer couu-
Try offerings to bring about slight de-
cline. Exporters are still declared to
be out of the market in this cereal,
and in wheat, despite good cables from
abroad, the advance in domestic mar
kets has been SO pronounced as to in
duce talk Of reshipments of American
wheat from Liverpool.
Wheat including flour. exports for
the week aggregate S,567710 bushels.
as against 4,s13.475 bushels last week
end 5.901, 095 bushels in this week last
year.
Wheat exports July to date (2s
weeks) aggregate 15s.314,271 bushels,
as against 1O2. 1927, $40 bushels last sea-
son.
Business failures for the week are
S46 in the United States as against
40 last week. 222 in this week last
year. 295 in 1900. S04 in 1899 and 1928
in 1898.
Failures in Canada for the week
number 80, as against rs last week. 36
IN this week a year ago. 20 in 1900, AS
in 1899 and 81 in 1898.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
.R|CHHARD CROKER R[T|RES
LEADER OF TAMMANY HALL
Announcement Made at Executive
Committee Meeting-Lewis Nixon
Was Chosen Croker's Successor ms
Chairman of Finance Committee
Cookers Address to the Meeting.

New York, Jan. 14.-Richard Croker
has announced his retirement from the
formal leadership of Tammany hall
The announcement ives made at the
meeting of the executive committee
at which the plan Of organization for
the year 1902 was agreed upon. Lewis
Nixon was chosen Mr. Croker's sue.
cessor as chairman of the finance com
mjttee. This position, by long usage,
carries with it the leadership of the
organization.
| In announcing the name of Mr. Nix
on for the craftsmanship of the finance
committee George Van Hoessen, pres
ident of the organization, said steps
were taken at the desire of Mr.. Croker
himself. Mr.. Croker, however, did not
express himself until all the business
hefore the meeting had been trans
acted, when he arose and addressed
the chair. There was distinct rustic
Of expectancy in the crowded room
when he did SO. He spoke in his habit
nal quiet manner, but such a stiffness
prevailed that every word he uttered
was clearly heard by all. His tone was
conversational one. but there was
something of tremor in his voice.
In the beginning he said that the ap-
pointment of Mr., Nixon to the chair
manship of the finance committee had
his full approval and he hoped that
Mr.. Nixon would receive the same con-
sideration and good will which had
been extended to himself. He added:
Il know the young man we'll, and
believe that he will restore confidence
in the organization and bring back to
its support the army of democrats
that we lost at the last election. /
hope that you will give him the Same
confidence that have enjoyed. l am
continually receiving letters from
young men anxious to join this organ.
llation who do not now how to Join
and hope that means will be found
TO bring more young men in. The peo-
pie who left us for reasons of their
own can never build an organization
up against yours, upon patronage re
ceived from the republican party. /
think it is your duty to strengthen
yourselves and to stand on principles,
rot on patronage. You know this or
ganization generally polls the largest
vote when it has no patronage. I have
been in the organization 35 years and
during that period it has polled a larg-
or vote proportionally in years when it
rad no patronage. So you need never
fear the efforts of men who leave us
because they wish TO get positions. Il
is neglect of yourself and distrust of
your leaoer which will hurt you. If
you conduct this organization honestly
and comply with the laws, you cannot
he beaten at any time
Mr.. Nixon, the new leader, rose as
soon as Mr.. Croker had sat down, and
briefly thanked the committee for the
honor done him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
Saved Chinaman,s Necl..

Baker City, Ore, Jan. IA human
sacriticial offering was prevented by the
timely arrival of some of the Sisters OF
Charity upon the scene in this city. Hy
Wong, a paralytic Chinaman, who has
been county charge, was returned to
the care of his countrymen in Chinatown.
While he was an inmate of the county
hospital his queue had been Gu. off. On
this account the Chinese made prepare
lions to offer him as sacrifice to JOSS.
lily Wong managed to get message to
the sisters at the hospital and they seeur-
ed him before his life, like his queue, was
cut short 1t is claimed that all prepa-
rations for Hy Wong's execution had
been completed when the sisters arrived
at the joss house.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
Puget sound CoaIing station.

Washington, Jan. l4.-Three hundred
thousand dollars is the estimated cost of
the proposed coaling station to be erected
at the Puget sound navy yard, plans for
which have been completed. The bureau
OF yards and docks has in its possession
the sum of $l2S,000 toward the construc-
ton of the coaling station. That bureau
proposes to enter into contract for the
erection of coaling shed and appurten-
ances, to cost about $ll2,5OO, and for
dredging to cost $l5,50O. 1t is the
purpose of the bureau to have two coal
ing sheds and wharf $50 feet in length,
and to have coal handling machinery of
the highest grade. The capacity of this APP
pliance win be 60 tons per hour.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
Jail Break at PocatelIo.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. IA special from
Pocatello says:
John Lee, John Mccall, Bert Crawford
and James Burns, four county prisoners
awaiting trial at the district court, over.
powered and bound Night Jailer John
Priest, unlocked the outer door, donned
the overeoats of Sheriff Rice, Deputy
George Griffiths and Jailer Priest and sue
cessfully escaped. They had sawed
through the bars of an interior cell and
induced Priest to enter the Jail on the
ruse that sick prisoner was dying. Five
United States prisoners, including three
Indians, declined to avail themselves of
the chance for freedom.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-17
MINING NEWS.

The boring for oil on the Sanford
Stout ranch, 10 miles south of Pen
dleton, has ceased and the drilling ma
{ inery with all the apparatus has
been moved away.
The shipments of ore from tho
Occur d'Alene mines for the year 1901
were 14S,S90 tons as compared with
Ill, 412 for the preceding year, a re-
duction of Is per cent.
| Active work is to begin on the Prin-
cess Maud, in the Republic camp, on O.,
anout Feb. l. This announcement is
made in the circular sent out to the
shareholders of the company.
Edgar Boiling, who has large hold
ings in the Meteor camp on the Col
vile reservation, says: "The begin
ing of the new year finds Meteor camp
in fiourishing condition. A postof-
fee has been established at the town,
6. w. Heron has been appointed
postmaster.
Word has been received from tn
Hewitt mine. in the SLOGAN district,
tnat new ore bodies had been run into
on the second and third levels. The
finds are richer than the old deposits
and the ore will assay about 70 ounces.
before, on these levels, the men have
h2en working on 40 ounce ore.
The management of the Snowshoe
Gold & Copper Mines, limited, operat-
ing the Snowshce group in Phoenix
camp, has decided to sink a shaft.
which will at once be put down to a
cepth of 300 feet. The property has
heretofore been worked through the
original incline prospecting shaft and
through the Railway tunnel.
A gold nugget that weighed 821s
ounces, troy weight, was melted at the
United States assay office at Helena.
montana recently. 1t was the largest
piece OF virgin gold ever received at
mat assay Office of the government.
It's value is estimated at about S14OO
Inc nugget was brought to the ASSAY
once by Thomas Raymond. who in
formed Assayer B. H. Tatem that he
had taken it out of the diggings in
Alder gulch. An effort was made hv
local bank to buy it for exhibition
p fposes, but an agreement could not
u had been asseyed.
A large reduction plant to cost about
aloO'ooo will probably be put in nv the
Badger people near susanyille Orc
this spring. Many thousand tons n
ore are now on the dump and If is
found almost impossible to make shin.
menus because of freignting expenses
ga freight rates. At present the com.
bany is shipping chiefly concentrates
me air compressor for the Amador
at iron Mountain Montana. has ar
rived and will be taken I'D to the mino
soon, the road being in readiness for
It, one carload of ore was Skinned
several weeks ago and with the in
stallatlon Of the compressor other shin.
!uehts will follow, although it is tho
Intention at present to 'confine CO.
a'ions principally TO dcvclonme,,+
work. iopInerC