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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
Eluded the Posses.

Gunnison, Colo, July 2O.-The Mar
shall Pass train robbers have eluded the
posses and 1t is now believed they are
from twenty to fifty miles ahead OF the
officers with good chance OF making
their escape.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
PIGEONS ARE SET FREE.

Wreck of Santa Fe Train Iiberntcs
Flock of HOmfnE Birds.
Keokuk, Iowa, July 20-A flock OIL
hon1ing pigeons being expressed south
ward for a long distance race was lib
Grated yesterday morning by the wreck
of a Santa Fe west-bound fast mail at
Ponusac, III. The engine. mail and
three express cars were ditched. but
the coaches kept the roadbed. Nobody
was hurt. The pigeons started for home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

While we are on the subject of stat
ues and monuments it may be well 10
note the fact that many of the graves
of our notable men are unmarked and
almost unknown
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

The philanthropist who thinks it is
necessary to teach youth the art OF
play probably hasn't had the expe-
rience of trying to keep a small boys
knee trousers and ribbed stockings
in an unperforated condition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

A man who had married the heiress
to s17,000,000 died suddenly in Boston
the other day. Even if he has gone to
mansions in the skies how can he be
expected to find it much of an i'm.
provement?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
CROPS DESTROYED.
Terrific Storm of Hail Near Webster

Terrific Storm of Hail Near Webster
City.
Webster City, Iowa, July 20.-A large
strip of country south of this city was
visited with a terrific storm of hail last
night. Corn is stripped and small
grains are all down. The hailstones N
many places were as large as walnuts.
Crops in the stricken district. which is
about ten miles across, will be fail
ure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

The Moorish representative ex.
claimed on leaving England for his
own country, II am glad l am return
ing to civilization again." Which once
more emphasizes the fact that it's all
in the point @. view.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
Gets seven Years in Pen.

Pierre, S. D.. July 2O.-The jury in
the case of Robert Adams for the kill
ing of Mexican Ed Sanches brought in
a verdict of manslaughter and Adams
has received n sentence of seven years
in the penitentiary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
HEsAvY RAIN AT JOLIET.
Many Streets and Yards Are Over
flowed.

Joliet, ILL.,, July 2O-A rainfall of near
ly four inches last night has caused
another flood in Joliet, overlooking
streets and yards adjacent to Spring
and Hickory creeks. and creating alarm
among hundreds Of families. Several
manufacturing plants have been COM
PEELED to close by high water. The I'LL
nois river is rising rapidly at this point
and Farmers along the lowlands are
again anticipating damaging floods.
The river has gone up a foot and is in
creasing each hour.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

If seaman's hail caused trouble in
Venice, what would be the result of
good, live yankee college yell?-New
York Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

Science is doing the world GOOD
turn every day. The newest discovery
is that the ashes of the West Indian
volcanoes are not good for fertilizing
purposes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
Farmer Commits Suicide.

Miller. S. D., July 20.-Reuben Rob-
inson. a single man twenty-eight years
old living northeast of here. committed
suicide by hanging lie lived with his
mother on the farm
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

At first it was thought that the
Kansas wheat crop would be fail.
ure. Now there is not enough binding
Irvine to tie it up.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

When a man sits in the shade ano
watches those at work in the sun, he
prefers being called critic" to loaf
er.'-Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

The report that Andrew Carnegie
has a pseudonym for use on his stock
certificates proves that there may be
millions in a name.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

In employing an Italian composer
to work on his libretto Emperor Will
liam may have hoped to set the dre:'
bund to music,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Proper End of a Man Whose Incli-
nations Were to Kill.

nations We're to XIII.
Waukesha, Wis. July 20. - August
Amend, who was tried and acquitted OF
the murder of William Erdman at the
May term of the circuit court, commit
ted suicide by taking poison. after try
ing to poison his wife. Amend and his
wife had not been living together since
he was arrested on the murder charge.
Yesterday he went to her home and
tried to get her to- return to him. She
refused, and he put strychnine in the
sugar bowl. She was made critically
i'll, but will recover. Amend subse-
quently committed suicide at Hasss!er's
saloon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

There is no limit to the possibilities
of country that can have snow
storms in June and sunstrokes in
January.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

America will have to hustle around
and develop a case of perityphlitis. 1t
will not do to be behind Great Britain
in this respect. ,...
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

If the trusts had made coal as CHEAP
as they have made matches there
would be far less antipathy for them
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

A Kentucky man who proposed to q
girl in joke few days ago has been
accepted. Serves him right.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

The young king of Spain appears to
be quite sensible child. He is per-
hitting the old men to keep on run.
1ing things.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

That Russian prince who has been
sued by his butler has bumped up
bard against the hired-girl problem.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

When the steel trust advanced the
wages of its workmen voluntarily it
gave the anthracite coal trust dread.
tul shock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

Some one has named a cigar after
Mary MacLane. 1t emits a blue flame
and sulphurous smoke.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

The fellow who stands on his dig.
nifty may discover that dignity is just
as slippery as banana skin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

Mr.. Schwab, having money to burn
gave $4,000 of it to Pittsburg for
fireworks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

Sweet may be the uses of adversely,
but sour are the uses of prosperity.
Vide pickle trust.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

1t is Sir Charles Wyndham now. 1t
is pretty safe to guess that this actor
will never play one knight stands
again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

Mrs. Langtry is now mother-in.
law. The world is no longer at her
feet.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
Resume 81 the newS.
Accidental Happenings.

Accidental Happenings.
lightning struck some storage tanks
at Jennings. La, spreading oil over a
large territory and endangering the en-
tire oil field.
While the United States steamer
Michigan lay at her dock at Erie, Pa.
the NJ. B. Grover freighter drove into
her. causing $4,000 damage.
at New York fell. aid charged the
structures and even the streets below
to such an extent that many We're pros
trated.
Lightning struck the storehouse of j.
X. Craven, about ten miles southwest
of Carthage, Tex, and killed two men
named Fields and Ponder and seriously
injured Mr.. Graves.
\ dynamite explosion occurred in
Mine No. 80 of the BerwynWhite Coal
company, at Windberg, Pa, while
blasting. -Four men We're injured, Rog-
er Hardy fatally.
Congressman Frank c. Wachter OF
Baltimore. Md. was badly bitten on
both hands. while endeavoring to de-
fvnd his little daughter Hattie from an
attack by a large Newfoundland dog.
The daughter was also badly bitten.
Lena Rohmer. aged twenty-five, OF
Gretna, Neb., jumped in front of a
Union Pacific train, evidently with the
intention of committing suicide. Both
her legs We're cut off. and she will die.
Miss Rohmer was EN- route to Glenwood
Springs for her health.
Two boys. Anthony Rukhanp, aged
sixteen, and Adolph Burelier. eighteen.
residents of Detroit. were drowned in
Cass lake, a small body of water about
twenty-five miles from there. In COM
pany With May Weisler. they were row.
ing. The boat began leaking, and cap
sized before they could reach the shore.
The girl was saved, but both boys sank,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
Infants burned to Death.

Wala WalIa. Wash. July 90. - The
two infant sons of John Smith were
burned TO death yesterday In n barn
near here.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

Germany, Austria and Italy assert
that the triple alliance is still of MN
quality.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24

The man in the moon must have
had oceans of trouble with his canals
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-07-24
Washington Notes.


Consul Meade cables from Canton
that over 10000 persons have died of
cholera in Wwelian.
The Spanish war veterans, now num-
oering $4,000. meet in Detroit Sept. o.
%. The president will address them.
The government has decided to con-
si9er the appeal of Bolivia for arbitra-
ton between that country and Brazil
over the territory of Acre.
Indian Commissioner Jones will re-
turn to Washington the latter part Of
the month, after an extended tour on
the Pacific coast and among the agen-
cles and Indian schools of the West.
The secretary of war has directed the
appointment of an army retiring board
of army officers, With Gen. kobbe as
chairman. to meet at St. Paul to exam
inc such officers as may be ordered be-
fore it.
AS soon as Gen. Macarthur takes hold
at New York it is expected that he viii
cooperate with Rear Admiral Higgin-
son in drawing up complete and def
mite plan for the game of war between
the army and navy. which begins the
latter part of August.
The navy has pressing need of more
regular surgeons than the law allows,
SO Secretary Moody has had recourse to
an old law. permitting him, in such
cases. to make temporary use of acting
assistant surgeons, not to exceed twen-
ty-tive in number. He has appointed,
among others, William S. Rucker Of
Wisconsin.
Personal.
]. n. Faithorn has been elected vice
president of the Chicago & Alton Rail-
road company.
C. w. Curl of Chicago will remarry
his former wife. from whom he was re-
Gently divorced on account Of NJ. w.
Kirk.
Mrs. Maria ]. c. Mason, the nearest
descendant of Thomas Jefferson. died
suddenly at Alto, a., aged seventy-sev-
Ell years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Daily, aged seventy
three, the mother of Dan DAILY, Lucy
Daily Ward. Marguerite Daily Vokes
and Capt. Billy Daily, is dead at Revere,
Mass.
William Heath Lyon. for many years
a leading merchant of New York, is
dead at his home in Brooklyn. He is
said to have been the first American
merchant to enter paris after the rev.
olution of 1S4S.
Rev. Joseph Eisner, Jewish rabbi,
and prominently associated with High
street synagogue, left Baltimore re-
panied by his wife, where they expect
to end their days.
Col George c. Tichenor, for ten years
a sufferer from locomotor ataxia, is
dead at Orange, N. j., aged sixty-three.
Gen. T. J.. A. Morgan. commissioner
of Indian ahairs under President Har-
r:son is dead in New York, aged sixty
Two. ,...: :,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03
MORE MILLIONS OF MONEY.

Secretary Cages report Cf the condition Of the national
treasury contains startling figures and of fg-
The receipts of money in OF expenditures
the last year amounted hundred millions OF dollars
In order put the money circulation bought
w about sixty millions OF outstanding bonds paying
entywo millions for them at market price Mr. Gage
Comparing the situation il is today with April l.
1897 the result is gratifying On the latter day the
treasury held money all OF s250S7S
GEO. including s000OOO0O gold reserve leaving there
fore s150000000 cash balance Today money of all
the treasury s296659o COO and deduct the
S50000000 held gold the balance stands
s1460O0000 81 100000 it was April 1897
viii be seen therefore substantial equilibrium
maintained.
There has been material increase in the volume
of money in circulation since March l. 1897 as well
the per capita The volume money date
outside the treasury was $685. per
capita 1914 On the first day of December last the
amount Of money outside the treasury 29O
and the per capita s23 The increase in the
amount therefore S57456 27 and the increase per
capita $3.50.
The of gold gold certificates in circu
laton increased from 1888 March l. 1897.
SS94,3000S9 December 1. 1901 Every other kind of
money in circulation is greater in than in
March 1897 with the single exception of treasury
act July A. 1890 amount of these in
circulation December 1901 was only s40O12 622 as
against sS5,546621 March l. 1897. This reduction
volume grows of the operation of the act Of
July IA, 1890, and the act of March Il, 1900
THE increase in the amount national bank in
circulation during the period in question sS21S27S1
This increase is mainly attributable act March
IA 1900"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03
THE CUBAN RECIPROCITY RELATIONS.

CUBA is of more Importance to this country CONNER
oaly than politically That is the things which most per-
pick congress touching Cuba business interests
The American is nothing not business The Of
people view the question sentiment orig
inal impulse which led Cuba an oppressor
but the sugar and tobacco opposed
alton Of free with Cuba for natural business
Just labor organizations oppose the admission
Of Chinese into this because they fear the
tion of cheap labor tobacco and sugar look with
dsfavor any plan which will bring about the
trance Of Cuban sugar and tobacco This is the
cal view.
On the other hand large share Of the Cuban senti
ment in favor of annexation may be attributed Cuban
planters who desire better opportunity sell in
Under the order of things the trade of Cuba
with Germany and England is increasing; that with the
United diminishing The reason is said TO rest
in the more elastic credit facilities allowed by
peans reciprocity treaty would doubtless bring the
Cuban trade this country is urged by many
definitely interested in the Cuban products that breaking
down Of the present tariff wall would bring country
general commercial benefit which would than compen
losses Of the sugar and tobacco for should
sell in Cuba we'll as buy from her
Some observers maintain that the sugar and tobacco
OF country they succeed in defeating the reel
procy PLAN will simply enven the question of annexation
thus breaking ground for the free trade which they
easy And said that many persons who take
political view opposing reciprocity with the
very idea of bringing about annexation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03
Daily - aaale
PRESIDENT WALpEN WAS MIsREPREsENTEp.
IN. "a. MURDOCH. editor

PRESIDENT WALDEN WAS MiSREPRESENTED.
The president of the Kansas City Livestock Exchange
in responding at the late Chicago livestock
position took Kansas his He probably Kan
sas as illustration because he believes the state
the most Of the West because ne eseems sun1ower
dom as the whole thing In his speech pic
lures of the state. of them is in
seasonable glory the other scorched
of green gone. Both pictures highly wrought. The
secretary of the State Board Agriculture number
of papers, taking Waldens drouth picture alone or
If he had drawn only the one jumped him rough
shod, saying hard if unwarrantable things. We
just read the speech in full as there
little criticize praise of the state certainly
high, it. indeed, it is extravagant IT, when had
to the question Of drouth depicted
ity the disaster coming livestock of whered grasses
and sunburned corn throughout the whole,
probably would have thought Of challenging the
truthfuness Of his picture While it that Mis-
souri, suffered from summers dry spell than did
Kansas, it from the that Kansas was not
depending wholly grasses Still no one will
deny that far livestock provender is concerned Kan
badly scoched last season The speech as whole
fattering to Kansas His mistake that didn't
apply the picture drouth conditions the entire trans
Mississippi However Mr. Walden is booked for talk
to the cattlemen of the West next an
nual meet in Wichita, in February.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03
is KANSAS WITHIN THE SUGAR ggLT7

According TO the returns made the auditor
bounty beets reported the Topeka Journal Kan
produced upward 1900 tons of sugar beets
which available for sugar purposes last
year The secretary of Board of Agriculture
has certified the auditor seventyfve approved
claims for the bounty by the last legislature for
sugar beets which verified He stn has few other
claims which he verify certify to the state auditor
before night date on which all claims must
be The claims Of these sevenhye farmers aggregate
s1746.36.
The bounty offered by the legislature one dollar
ton to five thousand there has been more than
that offered this year. the $4,000 would have been
urorated.
The law provides that all claims be in by Deem
Der 81 and the appropriation available on January
No money be paid until the claims are in
that it be ascertained whether not it will be
necessary to prorate them.
The force in the state auditors Office will make the
warrants for the sugar beet rasers Immediately after Jan
and they viii be to them at once Some
Of the viii aggregate considerable sum while
others VIII much but it is all clean gain
and viii doubtless greatly increase the sugar production
in the Arkansas valley next year.
According to the terms Of the law providing for the
beet bounty $4,000 available this year $4,000
next year. Out that part OF TINS years appropriation which
is not used this year will still be year As
there less than $500 used this year there will be avail
able for years bounes in addition to the So 600
appropriated for year or enough for bounty on 5000
tons Of beets five times this years crop
is quite possible that nearly quite all Of that
viii be utilized year The most of those who
raised the beets this following directions given
by the factory made such success that they are pre-
greatly increased
The great difficulty which Kansas farmers en-
counter in raising beets to raise them small
enough scale so that they properly care for them Men
who used raising hundred three hundred acres
Of alfalfa and grazing cattle range thousand or
cannot down idea of cutivating five
ten or fifteen and doing very carefully This
is an essential in raising bees but seems to most
farmers much ike gardening The net returns
from ten of beets however may great as from
forty acres Of wheat and the labor is not as great
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03

which to repent At the end of that time they still re-
fused German. Then the government inter
fered and severe punishmnt prescribed-imprson-
and fogging-but without effect One girl of thirteen
only refused to in German but touch
a German book She was hogged numerically. Her
father appealed to the German emperor without avail
Finally, in May last the whole school placed under
and the pupils divided into patches and logged
girl being whipped until she fell fanting the feet
of the teacher. This caused revolt the part of the
parents of the children during which the school house
wrecked. Nearly all the rioters arrested, most
Of them being sent prison AS indication of the faith
of these people in the language OF their fathers is only
necessary to refer part of the examination OF
Of the prisoners What language did Jesus Christ
speak he was asked Of course Polish was the answer
given with the utmost simplicity.
The wrongs of Poland have been subject of song
and story for century more that the poor
people Of that country still pitied. as
they hundred years ago when Napoleon tried to
free them from Russian oppression Still there is hope
for them In spite Of the appeal Of Prince Radzw the
chancellor of Germany has declared that he will oppose
al efforts to set back the wheels OF history"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

Senator Burton win attend the Kan
sas Day club the last OF this month
Alexander Gum. Of Harrington. died
the other day. he claimed 10 he ii6 years
old.
It is limited that Farmer smith may
break into the race for governor this
year.
Everyone in Kansas is hoping that
1872 VIII be little fsirer with the corn
than 1901 was.
1t is said that Nike Sutton has saved
his entire salary as revenue collector in
the last four years.
Leavenworth wants the bill providing
for sittings OF the United States court at
Kansas City, Kansas, killed.
In 1851 Kansas, for its government.
spent $4,000. Last year its disbursements
were three million and half
Lit Crum and Harry Richter were the
only two Kansas politicians who showed
up at Copeland county New Years day
The Jewell Republican roars because
old Father Time is never around With
his scythe when the alfalfa IS ready 70
cut.
The next Republican state convention
VIII be held ia one Of the four cities
Topeka, Wichita. Fort Scott OF Hutch;n-
SON
The county attorney Of Bourbon has
been asked &c interfere with a colony
near Fort Scott that is practicing free
love
The Democrats Of Kansas are not par
ticularly anxious for the Populists to Join
the Democratic party until after the
nominations are made
The Kansas dalrymen are writing let
ters To kansas congressman asking for
the passage ~ the crout BILL which pro-
vides FOR q tax on oleomargarine.
The thing which really wounded Platt
in VIII Whites biography of BIN. accord
Ing 10 the Washington POST was That ia
his youth piatt played the meIodeon.
Biiy Morgan brings home from wash
iugton the leEs thar President Roosevelt
understands that lit Crurl name VII
not be presented Ter United states mar
shall
Susan p Anthony recently wrote -
woman who nnarries r. man and finds that
he is q druuiraTd or a wicked man. 81
committing one of the worst sirs against
society ID size continues 20 Use with thar
man. one - the greatest crimes a q
bring Children irto the world under such
circumstances The - euau sh0ui1 ref
divorce ard see n q that sire soss n1t
rush into another such alli4rce-
Freaouia Ctizen. IN the primary
grades the- are required g. give a short
recitation ca1e Q month Recently q bash
tri KID wee Gales upon zs us raue
came around. ara 30 sleaEt1 ~ - IRE
platform with the knowledge thaf De
knew only three ilrez 81 MS piece. bas
that ildl feaze Airu. gfe trzce1 himself
and stltlersl eul ire lnIDEluE
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-03
YOUNG PATRIOTS OF POLAND.

It is only few days since the American newspapers
published the impaoned speech Of Prince Radziwi one
Of the Polish representatives in the German reichstag pro
testing against the governments policy With respect to
the teaching Of the German language the schools OF
German Poland
In recent issue OF the PAN Man Gazette was state
n from Pole with respect TO this matter which Illus
The severity Of the method adopted to crush out
aatana-tg as well as the intense patriotism Of the
ers i the public schools
Fl tAis it decided 10 teach The
laa5reD che elementary schools at Wresolen
% German AT llst only scrptusal lessons
sead 10 them. At the end three weeks The teach
began to asS the children questions German Not ore
Of them would answer Punishment administered and
another three weeks period given Tie little cnes in