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Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
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Totals

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-Clearings. SOS. S25. S94;
balances, S,516,6S3; New York exchange at
par; foreign exchange unchanged, with
sterling posted at Sass for sixty days and
at SASS for demand.
NEW YORK. Feb. L~.-Clearings, $2S9,369,-
342; balances, 81, $50, 40.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. I-Clearings, S21,-
So, OS6 balances, $2,O6O,447; money, 5 per cent.
BALTIMORE, Feb. I.-Clearlngs, go
ga: balances, Sl6S, 99S; money. s per cent.
BOSTON, Feb. 1.-Clearings, S23,63S ,46i;
balances, S2,O31, 594.
900; money 4d6 per cent and in good do
mand; exchange easy at 25c discount.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. I-Clearings. S6,l22,O4S;
balances, S97G,25i; money, steady, bq6 per
cent; New York exchange, zoe discount.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
EvapOrated Apples and Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, Feb. T.-EVAPORATED
APPLES-The market for ~evaporated APP
Piles is weak under freer offerings. but
prices show no further change. Common
are held at 405c; prime, lsd5kc; choice,
5lzG6Ac: fancy, 7G7kc.
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS-Spot
prunes are a little more active, owing 10 a
betterment in export requirement, and
prices were firm All grades ere quoted at
from 3hd7c. Apricots. unchanged at NO
Toe in boxes and 7hq10c in bags. Peaches
remained unchanged, iSc for peeled and ga
use for unpeeled.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
OIL and ROsin.

OIL CITY. Feb. I-OIL-Credit balances.
$50; certificates. no bid; shipments. 1885
bills average. 74,4SO bbls. runs, 1885 bbls.
average, 81, 343 bbls.
SAVANNAH, Feb. 7.-OIL-Turpentine.
firm, 65c. Rosin. firm; A, B, c, ID, +, +.
$3.50; q. g: II. S2S5; /. $3.50; X. 800; n.
s.. 80: WIG, 1856; WV, S4.25.
NEW YORK, Feb. L-OIL%Cottonseed.
steady: prime crude. nominal. Petroleum,
steady; refined New York, $500; Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, &15. T%urpentine,
eommon 70 good. S2iSa2i5. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
me I'm. I'D Japanese.

The Japanese nave no ear lObes. This
discovery has apparently been made for
of the public hospital in Yoke
hama. Even II he was not the hrst to
discover IL, he is certainly the hrst 70 draw
public attention TO II. The absence OF the
ear lobes, he claims. Is in some respects
the most marked distinction between the
Japanese and Europeans. and he maintains
mat the probable reason why the latter
have lObes n because their ancestors for
many generations wore heavy earrings.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
Kansas City Grain and ProvIsIons.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7-wHEAT-May,
6Skc; July, 66sd66Ac; cash, No. 2 hard, 66
d6I1Ec; No. 3, 6iq66c: No. 4, $685.; re
jected. 5SQ57c; No. . red. 6sg69c; No. 2,
65G66c.
CORN-April, CSC; May, SSsc; July. SSc;
cash. No. : mixed, 39d3s%c; No. 2 white,
4OIRq4lc; No. 5, 4Oc.
OATs-No. 2 white, S6c; No. 2 mixed, S5c.
RYE-No. 2, 45c.
HAY-Timothy, 1880; prairie, $500.
BUTTER-Creamery, 19d23c; dairy, 19c.
IIIGS-Ernah 16c-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
Milwaukee Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE,. Feb. 7.-WHEAT-Market
higher; No. / northern, sic; No. 2 northern,
791RaSOc; May, Sl1kqSlAc bid.
~RYE-Steady; No. l, 51Q52c.
BARLEY-Dull; No. 2. 641scJ sample, IS
~~CoRN-May, 4sNsc bid.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
st. Joseph live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH. Feb. Z-CATTLE-Receipts.
1893 head; natives, 50. 75d6.65; Texas and
Westerns, 50. .S5: cows and heifers, $500
1885,: veaiS $2.50d6.50 bulls and etags, $3.50
ers, S325G4.5O.
HoGS-Receipts, 6,214 head; light and
light mixed, $6S0d6.S5; medium and heavy.
Sc. S5G7.O0.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. 100 head:
Colorado lambs, S6.25; wethers. Sis; ewes,
$40.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
philadelphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.-BUTTER-
Steady, fair demand; extra western cream
cry, 27c; extra nearby prints, Csc.
EGGS-Dull and 1c lower; fresh nearby,
zoe, at mark; fresh western, zoe, at mark;
fresh southwestern. 10000, at mark; fresh
southern 1Sd19c.
CHEESE-Unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
minneapolis Wheat Market.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 7.-wHEAT-May,
77%c; July, nc; on track, No. / hard, 79hc;
No. l northern, 7SAc; No. 2 northern, nc
FLOUR-Steady; first patents, S40044.15;
second patents, $3.9OQ4.OO; first clsars, $3.50;
oecond clears, $2.1OG2.2.
BRAN-In bulk, $14.5Oq14.75 70.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
whisky Market.

CHICAGO. Feb. 7.-wHIsKY-steady at
1870.
CINCINNATI, Feb. L-wHISKY-on the
basis OF high wines, $1.30.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. L-WHISKY-Steady at
$3.50.
Goods 81 20
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
DrY Gooda Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. T.-DRY GOODS-The
market continues firm for all descriptions
OF cotton goods in this market. Print cloths
are quiet, but strong. Cotton yarns are
firm, with fair demand. Wooden, worsteo.
linen and jute yarns are hrm.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

OF New York for this week were valued at
N2.150,2u The total exports Of specie from
the port OF New York were SaS9, f56 silver
and S2iA495 gold. The totaf imports OF
specie at the port Of New York this week
were $, 70O silver AMI 11. 7S5 gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
A Matter of Surprise.

I'm getting old. that's plain 20 see
The signs cam be mistook,
For folks nave started tellin' me
How very young / look.
philadelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
Duluth Grain Market.

DULUTH. Feb. T-WHEAT-Cash No. !
hard, 77%c; No. 2 northern, 74%c; No. /
northern, 7sc; May, 7SAc; July, 7S%c.
OATSAMaY 351bc.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
LEGAL NOTICE.

described real estate. subject 70 all legal
taxes against the same, to-wft:
Lots seven, eight and nine, block four
teen, Dwight b Lyman's Addition to
Omaha.
Lots one. three. four. Eve. six, seven,
eight and nine, ten and eleven. block
twenty-five, Wilcox's Second Addition to
Omaha; lots ten and eleven, block one,
WilcoN's Addition to Omaha, Nebraska.
WILLIAM A. DEBORD,
Receiver Of N. w. Cereal Co.
F-4-d-S-t
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEET
ING
Notice IL hereby given that the regular
annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
South Platte Land Company will be held at
the Office OF said company in Lincoln, Ne
braska, at II o'clock a. m, on the 4th day
of March, A. ID. 1903.
BY order Of the board Of directors.
c. II. MORRILL,, President.
A. =. MINOR Secretary,
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 1. 1903. F3 3Otd
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
STEAMSHIPS.
A0LLRMD.AMERlGA LINE

New lwin-serew steamers OF 1850 Tons.
Sailing Wednesday at 10 A. NJ.
Ryndan ..........Feb. rs statendam ......Aar. Is
Rotterdam ........ Mar. 4lRotterdam ....... Mar. Is
Amsterdam ......Mar. ulNoordam ........ April l
HOlland-Amerfca Line, 30 H'way, n. Y.
Harry Moores. 1901 Farnam st.. J. s. McNally. 1894
Farnam St, n =. Jones. 1902 FarnAm st.. Louis
Neese. First Natl Bk.. p. u. Ftdlz5 : c., lBli
Capitol ave. Chas. Mares. b2 So. 10th st., s. L.
KostoryI. 50s So. 18th St. Omaha. agents.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
Bank C~IearInEs.

OMAHA. Feb. Bank clearings for the
week ending today show an Increase OF
SIS. S76A over those OF the corresponding
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
New York Imports and Exports.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-The total imports
OF merchandise and dry goods at the port
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
NOTICE.

Notice IL hereby given that the under
signed will at ten O'Clock a. m. on the
18th day OF February, 1893. at the east
front door II the Douglas county court
house. In the city OF Omaha. Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

ROCKY MOunIuIn = { u..d bs0U pm q 4;5o Ann
Lincoln, Colo. Springs.
Denver, Pueblo anc
west ............s.-...d l.5O pm q 800 Dm
Colo, Texas, Cal. and
Oklahoma Flyer""...a $40 pm a12:40 pm
81, Louis Cannon Ball.
Express ................a b:1 pm q 500 am
st. LouiE local, Coun-
Gil Bluffs. ".............a 9:15 am alOa30 pm
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

.GGS-Fresh, l6c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
AMEs EXPECTS AcQuiTTAL.
Doctor Says the Fur Will Fly When He
Gets Back to MINNEAPOLIS,

Doctor Says the Fur Will Fly When He
Gets Back to Minneapolis.
Manchester, N. H., March 16. - AS
the time draws near for the departure
of DR.. A. A. Ames. eX-mayor of Mime
apolis, for his home in charge OF Sher-
if Dreger. he grows anxious and eager
for departure. He said last night that
he felt much better and livelier than
usual. He declared that when he re-
turned to Minneapolis the fur would
fly" He said it might be his failure.
but he did not believe it would be. He
said that he did not care to try the
cases in which he was inflicted in the
press in the East, but believed that the
indictments for him to stand trial were
made simply to blacken his reputation.
DR.. Ames attributed his downfall to
the pine land ring of Minnesota" and
declared that "the great majority of
the millionaires of the state made
their piles robbing the government"
DR.. Ames said he would press for trial
when he returned to Minnesota. and
that he felt sure of acquittal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
m,NnesorA's NEW CAPITOL.
Committee Approves the Commissions
Acts.

Committee Approves the Commissions
Acts.
st. Paul, March is. - After most
thorough and lengthy investigation OF
everything done by the board OF capl'
toll commissioners in connection WIN
the construction of the new capitol the
committee of the house of representa-
tives is ready with its report approx
ing in enthusiastic terms of what has
been done The committee co1gratu-
lates the citizens of the state in having
one of the most beautiful buildings in
the country, constructed honestly ana
economically, and recommends the FUR
Their appropriation OF $1.5OOOOO for The
completion Of the interior. adornment
of the grounds and the purchase OF
few additional tracts needed to give 1t
a more suitable approach and 10 en-,
able It's beauties to be better enJoye'
and appreciated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
DROWNED BY RUSH OF WATER
WHICH FLOODED THE
LEVEL.
ONLY FOUR MANAGED TO ESCAPE
DIG THROUGH WALL OF OIL
WORKING WHICH HAD BEEN
FLOODED.

Iron Mountain. Mich. March l6. -
Four men are known to have lost their
lives and four others are missing as
the result of one of the worst fatalities
of recent years in the mining region.
The men were drowned by rush OF
water which flooded the level in which
they were working. The accident oc-
Cured in the fourth level of the cross
cut in the Mile mine, and was caused
by the men working through the wall
of their level into another level. an old
working. which had been flooded. the
water sweeping through the break and
drowning the men like rats in trap.
Twelve miners were at work in the
fourth level, but four managed to es-
cape.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
From Other Shores

A courier from Fee announces the
capture of the pretender
The governor of Chilli province,
china. is beheading Boxers.
A new British naval station on the
North sea has caused some excited
comment in Germany.
The sale in Paris of the library and
pictures belonging to the late Emile
lola attracted few persons.
Vesuvius has again become actAe.
The volcano is throwing up ashes and
Explosive incandescent globes.
Emperor William received President
Francis of the St. Louis exposition in
audience and treated him with great
distinction.
The Rome Tribuna announces that
the German emperor will visit that
city in May and that the car is COM
ing in November.
The French holder of the railroad
concession in China is projecting the
construction of line between KWang
Chau, Canton and the West river.
Two school boys of Vienna fought
duel with pistols over a girl. Neither
Of them was injured. One of the boys
then agreed to commit suicide, but
JAILED.
Over two thousand emigrants left
liverpool recently for Canada. The
months bookings by all the Canadian
steamship lines are the largest for
sorty years.
The practically complete failure of
the rice crop last year has caused
widespread distress in Japan. cul-
minating in famine in the northeast
ern provinces.
The emigration of Greeks, which
1as been very active for some time,
shows no sign of abating. Fourteen
hundred emigrants sailed foD the
United States last week.
United States Minister Powell, hav-
ing brought to an end all the ques-
tions pending between the United
States and the Dominican government,
has gone to Port au Prince.
The Swengi Siangee copper fields,
which extend many miles on both
sides of the border between Sweden
and Norway, have been sold to an
American company for $4,00O,OOO.
Capt. Malcolm McCallum of the
irish Transvaal brigade, who has ar
rived in Paris on his way home to San
Francisco from the British prison at
Ahmednagar, India, complains bitterly
that 300 Beers, including women and
children, are still kept there in close
bonds, ill fed and clothed, simply be-
cause they refuse to make formal
declaration of their acceptance Of
British sovereignty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
Resume 81 the news.
Grimes and Criminals.


William Cozier, editor of the Amer
ican, arrested at Manila for libeling
Gen. Davis, has been convicted.
A special from Sitka, Alaska, says
Homer Bird was legally executed. He
killed two prospecting companions.
Fifty prisoners and much parapher-
MALTA were captured in New York in
raids on two tenderloin gambling
houses.
Alfred Knapp. the multi-murderer.
of Hamilton. Ohio. will plead insanity
caused by the kick of colt when he
was young.
John w. Newman, an alderman
from Oakland, committed suicide at
Ridge Farm, Ill. He had forged notes
and was fugitive.
Mrs. Albert Zorn committed suicide
at Chicago after reading Tolstoi's
Resurrection" She thought she re-
sembled the heroine of the book.
Mrs. Mary Ziemer, the wife of a
wealthy hotel proprietor of New York,
and Renhold Hinricks, with whom she
is said to have eloped, have been ar
rested by Philadelphia detectives.
With the disinterment of three bod
les in Calvary cemetery. New York.
the district attorneys clinched the
case against the graveyard suspects.
The three bodies differed greatly from
the descriptions of the applicants for
insurance.
Warren d. Mead. a merchant and a
deacon in church at Collinville.
Conn.,, was bound over for the second
time on the charge of assaulting Miss
Jennie Barnes, assistant principal of
the high school. Chalk on his coat
j led to his arrest.
The Pittsburg police raided the Key.
stone Development company, closing
the offices and arresting six officers
on a charge of conspiracy to defraud.
The company has been in existence
about two months and has been pro-
noting a scheme to procure homea
upon small monthly payments.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
MISSISSIPPI ONLY 'FouR.TeN7ue,
BELOW HIGHEST WATER
OF 1897,
EWES ARE HOLDING UP wtlt
WEAK SPOTS STRENerHeurn
AND CLOSE WATCH BEING
KEPT,

Vicksburg. Miss. March l6. Tho
flood situation in this section is stead.
lily growing worse. 1t is greatly in.
tensified by the continued heavy rains
A new short levce just north of Lake
Providence is causing much conc, m
On the lower Yazoo several of the
finest plantations in Warren comfy
are submerged.
Specials from Donaldson and Raton
Rouge tell of intense excitement 81
those points, the Arlington levee near
the Louisiana capital is feared to lie in
grave danger. Every able-bodicd man
white and black, is being pressed into
service and rushed to the danger
points.
Warnings Are Sent Out.
Memphis, Tenn, March 16. - The
river gauge is 36.5 feet and rising
This is an advance of nearly font
during the past twenty-four hours
Capt. Lucas, United States engineer
in charge of the First and Second dis.
tricts. has issued notices to steamboat
captains and masters giving list Of
all exposed points along the levees and
urging caution in approaching them.
He has just returned from trip of
inspection down the river and reports
the levees on both sides of the Missis.
sippi in good shape except near Nodoc.
Ark, where serious break occurred
in 1897, and which has never been
completely repaired. All steamers ar
irving yesterday brought in large num-
bers of refugees and much live stock.
Levees in Good Condition.
New Orleans, March 16-Last nights
gauge was 1911, which is only a below
the highest water of 1897. The long
line of levees is in perfect condition
and the weak spots have been
strengthened until they are stronger
than the rest of the chain. Men and
material are everywhere and alarms
are promptly answered. Guards are
kept on duty day and night, not only
to detect dangerous spots, but to pre-
vent any tampering through malice or
fear.
Everybody Ready to Move.
NatcheZ, Miss, March 16.-It will be
impossible to secure further news from
Ashland, where the levee is over
topped by the river. The relief boat
St. Joseph is there now. Everybody in
the southeastern section of Jefferson
county is ready to move.
Dangerous in New England.
Boston, March 16.-The flood si1na-
ton in the parts of Massachusetts, and
New Hampshire traversed by the Mer-
rimac river again has become danger
Gus. At Haverhill and Lowell, this
state. and Concord, N. H., the river is
running at flood height and still rs.as
At Nashua, N. H., the Nashua river is
threatening damage to property along
it's banks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
passenoer Becomes Insane.

Alma, Wis, March 16.-John Long
left the union depot at st. Paul March
II on the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy limited. He acted very queer
all along the line and tried to jump off
the train at every station. At this
place the conductor put him off and
gave him over to the city marshal 1t
took five men to land him in Jail,
where he became violent. Sheriff
Clafhing telegraphed Monmouth, ILL.,,
where his parents live, and they are
expected to-day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
Otherwise.


Rev. Charles Trask Lewis, rector
of st. Paul's Episcopal church at Co
lumbus. Ind. says his residence is
haunted and wants to move.
Heart disease, brought on by seeing
robbers beat her aged father, ter
minated fatally for Julia Boismenue
eighteen years old, of st. Louis.
The sickness on the Anchor line
steamer Karamania is suspected to
have been cholera. Passengers, 733
in number, are held in New York.
A force of men has gone to Mile
Rock, at the entrance to the Golden
Gate, San Francisco, and begun the
work of preparing for the erection OF
a lighthouse on the jagged peak.
Congressman-elect Ollie James OF
the First Kentucky district is suffer
ing from paralysis of the mouth, eyes
and neck and is in a serious condi.
ton.
The Kansas house passed the sen
ate bill prohibiting the use of slot
machines in Kansas. The law makes
the operation of slot machines a
felony.
The right of the city of Helena tc
build and operate its own waterworks
is affirmed in a decision handed down
by the United States circuit court of
appeals.
A resolution was introduced in the
Kansas senate recommending that
when the new battleship Kansas is
launched the christening shall be
made with water.
The portrait of Marie Anne de
Scheedt by Sir Anthony Van Dyck,
which was imported last autumn from
England by T. j. Blakeslee of New
York, has been sold by him to the
Boston art museum. The price paid
is said to be $4,000.
1ncensed by the reflections made by
the Los Angeles Times upon his mo-
tives in seeking the hand of Miss
Maud Belle Daily of Salina, Kan, w.
L. Hardison, president and general
manager of the Herald, administered
a severe castigation to Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, proprietor and editor-in'
chief of the Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
Casualties.


Fire at Williamsport. Pa. destroyed
the old Ulman opera house building,
Michael Lewis clothing house, George
Loder's general store. the armory and
a half-dozen other occupants. Loss,
$4,000.
Fire and water did damage esti-
mated at 100000 to the works of the
Ajax Manufacturing company at
Cleveland, Ohio. Mush of the loss is
to valuable machinery and patterns by
water.
South bound passenger train No. 81.
and north-bound freight train met
in head-on collision on the Louis
Vile & Nashville road at Rankin, KY.
and the engineer, fireman, conductor
and mail clerk were injured.
A collision between passenger train
No. and freight train on the Colo
RADIO & Southern at Beshear, twelve
miles south of Trinidad, resulted in
The death of one man and the injury
Of two more. one of whom will prob
ebly will die
While workmen were endeavoring
TO strengthen defective foundation
at the plant of the Mound City Roof
ing & Thing company at st. Louis. a
section of the wall fell and four of the
men We're seriously injured. Many
1ther workmen had narrow escapes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
PEOPLE Talked About.

James V. Sparks, veteran of the
Black Hawk, Mexican and Civil wars
died at Marysville, Mo-, aged 100.
The Rev. r. j. Campbell has an
nounced his acceptance of the pas
torate of the City Temple in London
in succession to the late DR.. Joseph
Parker
James Stettanor, prominent club
man and financier of Chicago. died in
Denver of poisoning resulting from a
scratch inflicted on his neck while
shaving.
Rev. A. NJ. Collins. aged forty. a
prominent clergyman. mathmetician,
orator and writer of many pamphlets,
died at Shelbyville, Ind, of Bright's
disease.
Hugh HARRISON, formerly secretary
and manager of the Colts Arms CON-
pany, died at Hartford, Conn.,, aged
seventy-two years. He was brother
of Gen. John P. HARRISON.
Moses Sweetzer, who last yeal
gave a tract of land in EliZabethport,
N. j., to the New York Typograph-
ical union as a site for home for
aged and INDECENT printers of the
United States, died at Lynn, Mass,
aged eighty years.
Millionaire Richard P. Stol dropped
dead at his home at Lexington, Ky, as
he entered his room to retire. He was
fiftytwo years of age and had suffered
from apoplexy for several years. Mr..
Stoll was one of the most widely
known whisky manufacturers in the
South.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
COAL HARoNs NOT GUILTY.

The Judge Instructs a Verdict in 'ns
Case Of the Indiana Conspiracy 'r'1"
Chicago, March 16.-Judge Cheela'a
yesterday instructed the jury Ill 'as ~
trial of the Indiana coal operators s.. " y
bring in a verdict of mot guilty. III.
jury was then discharged. me cou's
held that if there was any violation ~
law by the operators it was vlo'a' w.
of the interstate law and not oi ~ ~
statutes of Illinois. Such beng wv
case the offense is one for triai W
federal jury.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
CATTLE ARE THIRSTY.
Not Enough Snow Near Belle Fourche
70 Fill The Streams,

Not Enough Snow Near Belle Fourche
to Fill the Streams.
Belle Fourche S. D.. March 16.-Un-
less snow or rain falls in short time
cattle on the range will suffer serious
ly from thirst There has been scarce
ly any snow during the winter, and,
the streams being frozen over, it is
impossible for stock to get at mois-
ture There is no sign yet of Belle
Fourche river breaking up. There
cannot be much of a breaking up, as
the stream ceased running above the
town before winter began. the only
water remaining being in the pools.
The stream is running to some extent
below town. Redwater creek has
been open all winter and supplying the
Belle Fourche below town.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-19
WASHINGTON Notes.


The Pan-American railway is again
1nder discussion.
Castro's blockade of the Orinoco
river is causing the diplomats worry.
Preparations are being made at the
Indian Office for the annual sale of
logs on the Menominee reservation
in Wisconsin.
Senator Nelson is opposed to the
discontinuance of the White Earth
agency and he will take up the ques-
ton with Commissioner Jones in the
near future.
The general committee of manage
ment of the G. A. r. has sent to Pres
ident Roosevelt an invitation to at
tend the thirty-seventh annual en-
campment of the order. to be held in
San Francisco next August.
Gus Buleau is in Washington with
delegation of ChippewaS from the
Mile Laos reservation in Minnesota
The Indians desire to have their ex-
penses paid to White Earth, where it
is proposed that they shall be given
allotments in exchange for their lands
at Mile Laos.
The findings of the court which &C.
quilted Lieut. Chester Wells of all re-
sponsibility for the accident to the
Leyden. off the New England coast,
resulting in the destruction of the
vessel. have been approved by the
navy department.
The efforts of Wisconsin and Min
nesota members to have q Northwest
ern division of rural delivery created
have not been successful. The new
division authorized by the postoffice
appropriation bill will be composed of
several New Englond states with
headquarters at Boston.