Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-03-27


posed to be recovering.
Robert tombstone, one of the Oldest
actors in America, died at the hospital
of the state soldiers home at Bath, N.
Y. aged seventy-five years. He claimed
that he played with Junius Brutus
Booth. Forrest, Macready and other
prominent actors of their day.
Otherwise.
Two wealthy insane women at Cam
ton, Ohio, starve themselves.
Roclsefeller's money and men win out
in the North Tarrytown election.
Preliminary hearings in John Powers
suit have been begun in New York.
Frank Erne knocked out Curley Sup
pies in the sixth round at Fort Erie.
Tommy Ryan knocked out Billy
Smith in the fourth round at Kansas
City.
A Boston preachers refusal of Chi.
cago call was returned unopened, as a.
rebuke.
A St. Joseph (Mich.) alderman held a
drowning man up with his teeth until
help arrived.
Jack Clifford of California knocked
out Jack Wade Of Montana in the tenth,
round at Salt Lake.
A Chicago judge RENTED half the
fines of two bad boys providing their
parents whipped them.
The Duluth, Virginia & Rainy Lake
road will be the most important log
ging road in the country.
Outside the New England strike area.
the NEST sanguine expectations regard
ing spring trade are being realized.
The proposition has been advanced
that by a per diem charge for freight
cars, a saving of 5000, 100000 would ac-
crue.
The Nebraska Republican state cen.
trail committee has selected Lincoln as
the place for holding the state conven-
ton June Is.
Tommy Ryan has accepted PROPOSE
ton to box Johnny German of New
York before the National Sporting
club of London, for $4,000 a side, Coro-
nation week.
The striking paperhangcrs in Pitts.
burg are gradually returning to work,
fifteen firms having agreed to pay the
increased wages, $3.50 per day for eight
hours work.
Two hundred dressmakers from Chi.
cago and the surrounding states met
at Chicago and organized the National
Dressmakers association for mutual
protection and trade advancement.
Hundreds of farmers in the Ozark
hills of Southern Missouri and North
ern Arkansas, whose crops failed dur
ing last summers drouth, are living in
a desperately poor way on short ra-
lions.
The strike of the 300 employees Of L
Kiper 6; Sons IF Chicago, manufacture
ers of harness, which has been in
progress month, has been amicably
settled and the men will return 70
work.
Frank Erne of Buffalo and George
McFadden of New York have signed
Athletic Club of Louisville on April IA
for the lightweight championship OF
the world.
The G. II. Hammond company has
decided to abandon it's big packing
plant at Hammond, Ind, and establish
a new one at the Chicago stock yards
10 empty "'oVu Hlel. LIE PAM WA
cost ST. 500, 900.
Retaliation in kind against Aneri.
cans in China, in case congress passes O
more stringent exclusion law against
Cinnamon than is now on the statute
book. is the request of a petition being
circulated among the Chinese mer-
chants of the West and East
At the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. G
L. Schwartz, a lumber dealer OF Paper.
Vile, ILL.,, there was born to them twin
boys. who are being raised in AZ: tncu-
bator A common chicken incubator is
being Used. and 1t has so far proved
successful. The twins are perfectly
healthy. and weigh four and half and
Ave pounds. respectively.