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is I il i'rv Trt*' *hi-, & l| |P? ». JStK TOp* -.4 13A latest comet, which is now re never got nearer the eartli tfejH S4000,000 miles. Comets are in -tertMng objects, but the chances of coOjaion with one does not warrant much excitement. The Italian army in Abyssinia made forced march and attacked when it inld have retreated. This is a warn to Gen. Weyler, but there has been ^Vindication that he stands in need of It*?.'. Jotor Mexico grows, in proportion, more kpldly than Canada, the increase in .Southern neighbor in four years having been 900,000, or about 8 per |f cent. A republican' form of govern |||OK»n* is the first clement of American 1[i|prosperity. Professional hunters who hunt and ilirap among the mountains along tlieN Snake and Grand Bonde rivers iqj -Washington say that the weather has. Srbeen so mild in that region all winter "that the beats never once went int* ijjflwipter quarters, Jpedo the end of the present year Eng- |land' will have under construction or PSlwwly completed thirteen battle ships, ^lhii?ty-slx cruisers and sixty-eight tor- boat destroyers. This appears to be the real British opinion of arb'tra f£?j»tlon.- W A 'French scientist says he has dis-. ^covered a method of applying the forays to bombs so as to disclose their! -contents. It would be more to the pur-, pj-pose to go ahead with brain radiogra i.* Phy and keep tinder inspection the rman who is thinking bombs. _________ Gen. Weyler's latest proclamation i1 demands the surrender of the teachers of divinity who are giving aid and' comfort to the revolution. His busy^ jmd ferocious pen will probably next, be directed against the insurgent chambermaids. All Turkey rings with acclaim be cause the sultan has kissed the mantle, of the prophet. This means that the murder of heretics has the national ap proval and that there will be no change in the. ancient attitude ot the Turk toward Christian subjects. Tramps applying hereafter for relief In Manchester, Eng., will be required to perform one day's full work before continuing on their journey. On the second application, four days' work will be exacted. Tramps are likely to become scarce in that corner of Eng land. Large schools of fur seals have ap peared on the coast near Santa Cruz, Cal., this month, and unprecedented catches have been made. The total catch since the seals appeared is said, b- about 5(H). and tLe seals are much larger than those caught in pre vious years. A number of whales have also been seen off the coast lately. Tennessee will take another year to prepare for its centennial interna tional exposition, which will open at Nashville from May 1,1897, to Nov. 1., Among the seven large buildings, one will be a reproduction of the Parthe non at Athens. The immense native resources of Tennessee will be belter understood after the gates of this big show are opened. A commuter at New York has sued railway company for $30,000 dam ages for ejection from a train because' lie was overburdened with packages. Perhaps he was trying to remove his household effects, for a commuter orj suburbanite is accustomed to travel with six or eight packages, and looks' bewildered when he linds himself with none. It is promised that the Grant monu ineut, at Riverside Park, New York, will be completed on the anniversary of the general's birth, April 27, of next year. The fund amounts to $529,• 031.91, of which three-fifths has been expended. New York has been slow jSiv^in this undertaking, but it is hoped that the date now fixed will not be subject to further change. There is. apparently a keen rivalry bfcTWeen New York and Chicago as to. which can establish the worst police record. In the former city the crooks ore in'almost complete command of the situation, while in Chicago there are not only holdups and burglaries of daily occurrence, but train robbers make their plans to operate in the very heart of the city. Too much energy is wasted on petty offenders and politics has entirely too much to do with the running of the department*. I .ft* A NORTH DAKOTA ih» trill withdraw fro® Cab*1etore tlia insurgents moko it herAbfrsttila. The. beleetion of five scientific men to outQipai a forestry policy for this countty it not an exciting event, but there may be billions in it for the Anetena of the future. 'X Xk THE NEWS EESUMK '. 'V'V4.'' DIGEST OF THE NEWSEl PARTS OP THE WORLD. CoMpreheailTe Review of the Important Happea)*!^ of the Put Week Called Vrwik-tln Tel r(»ph Reports—The Notable Event* at Hoac aai Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. The Nation's Capital. The president has approved the bill gmnting the right of way to the Co lumbia & Red Mountain through the Colvillc reservation. Washington. Geo. W. H. Penrose, commander at Fort Douglas, Utah, has been retired, after thirty-live years' 'service in the military department of the govern ment. The house committee of elections No. 2) has divided to teport that the last congressional election lieeld in the Fifth Louisiana district was null and void on account of fraud and intimida tion. The sitting member for that district is Charles J. Boatner, a Demo crat. People Talked About. Archbishop Kenrick was buried with imposing ceremonies at St. Louis. Martin Van Brochlin, a well known engineer, onci Capt. Ends' right-hand man. died in North Platte, Neb. Mrs. Cccilia Baker, wife of George C. Baker, and director in the Tuesday Musical club, died at Denver from the rupture of a blood vessel in her brain. Aaron Beans, who had ten children, twenty-live grandchildren and thirty nine gieat-gRtndchildron. all of whom are living except two, died at Akron, Ohio, aged ninety-nine years. Chief Justice Charles Doe, of the su preme court of New Hampshire, was stricken with paralysis in the depot ut ltollinsford, N. H., and died almost in stantly. Nathan Tampkiue. aged ninety years, died at Galesburg, Mich., on a farm he purchased from the government in 1S30. Andrew Jackson signed tho deed. Mrs. Chattncey Ives Filley, wife of Ihe prominent Republican leader, died in St. Louis, after an illness of one week, of pneumonia. She was sixty five years of age, the couple having cel ebrated their forty-first wedding anni versary. Edgar Wilson Nye's will has been admitted to probate. It is very short, being written on two sheets of note paper in his own handwriting, signed, sealed and properly witnessed. He leaves all his property to his wife, in fee simple, and she is made executrix of tlie will. The value of the estate is jii »t estimated. Accidental Happening*. Electric ears in St. Louis collided with fatal consequences. Fire started in the Coopcr-Hagues Furniture company's store in Denver last evening, causing damage to stock and building estimated at $45,000. Five workmen employed by the Standard Oil company at Bayonne, N. J., were severely burned by the over flow of boiling tar from a tank. The residence of ex-Congressman D. C. Giddings at Breham, Tex., burned. Col. Giddings was badly scorched about the head and face. The building was valued at $50,000, partly Insured. The crews of Incoming vessels at Baltimore report great hardships at sea during the past month and several serious accidents as a result of heavy weather. The three children of James Beau soliel were left locked In the house near Penetangulshene, Ont., while the parents went to see a nelgnnor. The house took fire and before assistance could be given the children were burn ed to death. A daughter of John Hahn, a prosper ous farmer of the Choctaw-Hatchee valley, Geneva county, Ala., was burn ed to death while burning brush. Her brother and sister attempted to save her. but their clothing became ignited and both were fatally burned. Crimes and Criminal*. Mrs. John Kclfer, an insane woman •if Decatur, Xxicli., slashed her bus band*s throat. He will die. Henry Irvin, collector at Presque Isle. Me., is reported missing, and his accounts are said to be short several thousand dollars. Edward Davicco, an Inventor, who conducted bis business under the title of the Eureka Fuel Economizer com pany, committed suicide at New York. George Boetz, aged 16, shot and kill ed himself in Floral Park, Union Hill, N. J., because he had been accused by his stepfather of stealing two rings and selling them. Stephen Powell, a merchant of Hempstead, L. I., was murdered with in a few feet of his own door. It is thought robbery was the object of the murder. Fidel Trltchler, aged 34 years, a prominent baker and a member of se lect council of AUentown, Pa., mur dered his wife and then fired two bul lets Into his own brain. He cannot recover. Warren Burns, an Ottumwa, Iowa, druggist took an opiate for his nerves. It produced delirium and he attempted suicide by cutting the arteries in his arm and neck. Physicians were sum moned in time to save his life. Charles Montgomery, said to be the leader of a gang which robbed the Santa Fe passenger train near Hutch inson, Kan., a year ago, has been ar rested and placed in jail at Perry. O. T. A school bouse twelve miles from Oklahoma City, In which several scores of colored people were holding a con cert, has been blown up with dyna mite and several of the occupants cligbtly hurt. The San Francisco authorities are awaiting Instructions from Washing ton for-entering proceeding* against Mayor Sutro for sending defamatory matter relating to Collis P. Hunting ton through the malls. Carl Feigelbaufn was resentenced in New York by Justice Smytbe to be electrocuted during the week of April 27. iie was convicted ojf the murder Vi ofMrs. Hoffman Aug.31,18Mi court of appeals denied him trial. The body of WUHam EtUagei Center county -desperado, who us dered Constable John Barnea er than submit to arrest, and.then his brains out, was stolen frame grave at Bellfonte, Pa. It is an It was removed by students, William G. Watson, superlnt nt of the Hudson River division le West Shore road, died at New k. Death was the result of a plftc ot wound inflicted by ex-Detecttv Id-] ward Clifford at Weehawkeh, J. Clifford pleads to temporary int :y. Gavan Moorer and William Fd, students at the agricultural colllof Evergreen, Ala., disputed over soin* significant matter and Moorer a silt ed Boyd with a knife. -Boyd pie a scantling and crushed Moorer'sili, producing instant death. Boyd fa tally cut. .an unknown man snatched a tint jewelry In which were forty dlan s, valued at $5,000, from a show w1 in Gotte8lebel's jewelry store at i ver. He was fired upon by clerk several bystanders. The thief ret the fire, slightly wounding Georg^h seen. He escaped. Margaret Henry was sent tde county jail for three months at den, N. J., having been convicti the charge of being a common Margaret's reputation as a talkei such that the court decided to her sentence a severe one. This viction was found under the provi of an old law. Foreign Goaslp. Italy li?s a new cabiuet .with It at the bead. A state of siege has been dec lu Valencia, Spain, to put an end auti-Aincrican demonstrations. The French Radicals and Soci are nncry that the cross of the of Honor should have been best I upon Prince Henry of Orleans, aa matter Will be debated in the cha of deputies at the earliest opportt, Leading bankers, manufacturer! merchants of the foreign colon! for Mexico will give a conipiiincfttarjf voHey^and' Sheriff^DBPwrt* uer to President Diaz and presew through the Ihhm with a massive eold nlate with a ii: memorative inscription, worth $Si The testimonial is an exhibit of tu?e the protection his admin tion has given to all foreign inte Gen. Booth, of the Salvation arrived In London unexpectedly came overland from Brindisi ii sposse to urgent appeals from quarters r»*£-j'rdipg the American ation. The general did not go to quartn-s, but was closeted with well Booth. The espionage trial at Le which has attracted much attei was ended with the scnteucin Schoren. a Luxemburger. and the defendant, to seven years 'impi incut. Pfeiffcr was sentenced to years ,aml Ringbaucr to one year' prisoumcut. Otherwise. An enthusiastic state iinmigr convention was held at Helena, Revivals at Anderson, Ind., ir.ade some of the converts Insane Perrine's comet goes out of never to return. Ground has been brokfcn foi Methodist university at \VJ*hing Debs' case was nolled in the I States court in Chicago. The National Reform party wr gauized at Pittsburg. The age of consent bill, ft tin I age at 15 years, has passed ilvj legislature. President Van Horn, of the Can 1 Pacific, denies that his road is sc an independent entrance to New The common counctl of New has granted a franchise to the E L' Telephone company, the object to secuie cheaper rates. The Rev. Dr. Brown was una attend the trial before the Con tional trial of San Francisco, ai attorney announced that he wa ri ously ill, and it is feared his bi if affected. It is proposed in Nebraska tv the Democratic voters settle the ei question at a primary electioml have the delegates to the nation veution instructed according to re suit. The official crop bulletin for ret says that Michigan wheat Is iirst class condition, having "wlnteri ex ceptionally well. Considering tb ior hay crop of last season, live it also wintering remarkably wel The Pacific Mail Steamship cc any has also been reduced. An organization known as 1 tional Association of Embalm had Its birth at Pittsburg. On principal objects is to force takers to raise prices for eml ning and to keep their prices uniln al' over the country. David K. Watson was nomii id bj the Republicans for congress th Twelfth Ohio district which i« luallj Democratic, Mr. Watson brea thf record by defeating Mr. Oi wait? during the political landslide t^ yean ago. has announced a rate of $G per foil, gunboat was 'lying off thfcjagt in the shipment of certain classes rain wait for the Bermuda, hieh is and fruit from San Francisco Sew {thought to have started *rt?*ni!rs York via Panama. The rate vine I Point with a Cuban expedl^. He l.af I tte# iidcr Ballington Booth and his wfc have 7 begun active work In their n^ rellg I Massachusetts has nothing in lous movement formally laui ted aJ I shape of armament yet on boardi the big meeting at Cooper uni Theii1 headquarters were opened in 3 Bibli bouse. Mr. and Mrs. Booth plan ning a tour of the leading citl of the country. The general fund, of Yale Iverslty schenTe' last week whereby the will be increased by $200,0C a sum that was set aside in the of the late Thomas B. Sloane of Nw York. Mr. Sloane left hi« .Battery his wife on condition that sbuld she, marry again the property wc id revert to Yale. The announcement her en. gagement to Mr. Barclay, an that the wedding will take place soo will de prive her oi the use of the operty. An old tax case, involving te owner ship of Maguire'sl opera imvse at Butte, Mont., valued at $7 000, was decided by Judge McHatto in favor of Manager Johu Maguirc on tl'o ground that the taxes of 183, the yeaf for which the property wai sold, h«d been illegally levied. Thed rislon also affects other property valu^l at many hundred thousand dollars. j, tfu, CALIFORNIA BANDIT BETRAYS HIS PALS, le Give* Oflceri a Tip, and a« a R«. anlt There la a light, la Which a Train Rober la Killed and Two OMcera Are Wonnded, One of fW" Probably Fatally—Several Arrests Are Made. Tulare, Cal., March 21.—Two officers Were shot and a train robber named Daniel McCole was killed in an at teinpt to hold up the south-bound New Orleans express near here at 3 o'clock Ihls morning. The attempted robbery was one of the most daring that has token place in California, and prob ably would have succeeded if it had hot been for the perfidy of one of the robbers. Last night the officers in this wty were informed thnt an attempt would be made early this morning to hold up the Sunset limited. The man Who gave the information gave the details of the plot, and said that at llrst he intended to take part in it. Under Sheriff Earl Daggeit and Con stable Reed, armed with shotguns Xyent to the place at which the robbery was to take place and awaited the aji proach of the robbers. The robbers changed their plans, however, and de cided to hold up the New Orleans ex press. Three bandits boarded the train at Sclma, two climbing on the roar of the baggage car and the other one on tender. As the train pulled out of Goshen the robber who had be trayed his companions left the train without their knowing it, rushed into the telegraph office and told the ope rator to tell the sheriff and his party that the robbers had changed their plans. The sheriff hastened back to meet the train and boarded it at Ta gus. The robbers did not intend to make their presence known until the train had pulled out from the station, but the officers saw the men and 8... 8Ust»lning wiui a massne goia piate, witn a that will probably prove fatal. Cou ntable Reed was shot in the shoulder. McCole, who is believed to have been one of the Dalton gang, was killed a wound The other robber escaped. Officers arrested Louern, keeper of a notorious deadfall, ind also Charles Ardell, a barkeeper. John Haynes, a member of the Salvation Army, sup posed to be a member of the gang, was also arrested. Other members of the giuig are still at large. MARKET REPORTS: LntrM Quotation* From Grain and live Stock Centera. Chicago. March 21.—Wheat—March, G0 7-8c May. G23-8c June, (323-4c: July, 62 7-8c. Corn—March, 2S3-Se May, 293-4c July, 30 5-8c September, J13-4c. Oats—March, 19c May, 201-4c July, 201-2c September, JO 3-4c. Pork—March, $9 May, $9.15 July, $9.35. Lard—March, $5.15 May, $5.30 July, $5.45. Ribs—March, $4.80 May, $4.95 July, $5.05. Chicago, March 21.—Hogs Market averaging SalOc lower light, $3.80a 4.05 mixed, $3.80a3.95 heavy, $3.70a 3.95 rough, $3.70a3.85. Cattle—Mar ket steady beeves, $3.40a4.50 cows and helfet^^uoiasu Twrnna S3a4* stoekera and feeders -^. Minneapolis, March 21. Wheat. March closed at 58c May opened at 581 -2c and closed a^ 58c July opened at 593-4c and closd at 593-8c. On track—No„ 1 hard, 5ft No. 1 Northern, 58c No. 2 Northern.57 l-4c. Milwaukee, March Flour quiet Wheat lower and w«k No. 2 spring, til l-4c No. 1 Northeta, 63 l-2c May, 0214c. Corn quiet tad steady No. 3, 27 l-2c. Oats quietVnd steady No. 2 white. 203-8c No. aVliite, 20c. Bai ley nominal No. 2, 32ciample, 2(ia32c, Rye steady No. 1, 3i Provisions lower pork, $9.20 lardSS.lo. St. Paul, March V».—Vgs slow and .5c lower quality good\«t loads run heavy. Cattle slow fat demand for good butcher cattle and\od stackers undesirable cattle draggi SCARED THE SPA\ARD. Fairy Talc Told by an Oyatcr Scho nptnln of r. Wilmiugton, Del., Marcel.—Capt. Steele, of an oyster scliodr now at Atlautic City, told a story Vday Df a one-sided encounter off thaast yes terday between a Spanish gboat and the American battleship ViSMiehu setts. The captain said tbfyhlle.in Atlantic City, he heard tlia .. Jpanlsh resolved to see the meeting ny oc curred. The captain said heW out in his boat for about twenties, where he saw the Spanish l^with flags Hying. Shortly after* tj,0 Massachusetts, which had beeping near the cape, waiting f%i)i0 weather for her builders' t»rip( hove in sight. According to tUp 1ain the officers of the Spanis„n. boat must have thought war day. li£u declared, for immediately uponta. ingtlie Massachusetts she' pulle%n her flag and ran away. Meai|e the Massachusetts continued iie coast at a clipping gait. TheU amusing part of the story is thiW Snapected ot Wlre-Tapplns, Chicago, March 21.—William H. Nutt was arrested to-day on suspli of being implicated in the wire-tap] rooms in the city were nun od were defrauded^?.^ £2 Nettie had won the last race of Fire nt Barneavllle. Barnesville, Minn., March 21. Groat Northern freight depot was burned this morning. Loss, $1,500. Naval Estimates Passed. Berlin, March 21.—The reichstag to day passed the naval estimates. i' OMAT Kite ITALY, Strengthen Kxpedltlan the Threne. Borne, March 21.~The Itklla to^lay, Commenting upon the Britiah-Egyptlan adyauce up the Mile,. says "Thoi Bgyptlan advance on Dongola Is a' great advantage to Italy. Italy, how ever, has been of great service to Great Britain in affording her a pre text for showing Europe that the time to speak of the evacuation of Egypt has not yet arrived." The statement of the Italia seems to contain the political sltuatlou In a nutshell. The British, advance has also solidified the drlebund, even If it has not cemented a quadruple alliance (which Is most seriously discussed here.) It has strengthened the badly impaired credit of Italy, and has,en abled her to assume her place among the powers at a time when ,her ene mies were predicting that the drel bund would be dissolved and that Italy would be deserted.' It is an open, secret that the recent rioting consti tuted a series of clear demonstrations against King Humbert, if not against the monarchy itself. The king had contemplated abdicating in favor of the crown prince, Victor Emanuel. In fact, It is believed that the cabinets of Berlin, Vienna and London were sounded on this subject. Canon Spoke Too Freely. London, March 20.—There are indi cations to-day that the government is not prepared to accept to the full, at least, one phrase contained in the statement made in the house of com mons by Mr. Curzon, the under sec retary for foreign affairs, to which especial significance has been at tached. In speaking of the Anglo Egyptian advance in the upper Nile region, Mr. Curzon alluded to the Ital ians as "our staunch allies." The words quoted do not appear in the Times' parliamentary report to-day, having, it is alleged, been omitted by request of the government, which, seemingly, is not prepared to accept the sentiment they express at its face value. The first lord of the treasurv, Mr. Balfour, announced In the house of commons to-day that cable replies had been received from Austria, Italy and Germany in regard to the proposed British-Egyptian expedition up the ?nd nKreeing to the withdrawal of £o00,000 from the Egyptian surplus in order to defray the expenses of th'e expedition. Mr. Balfour added that SILVER AND TARIFF. The meeting resulted froin a cor respondence between Mr. Wilhelin and Senators Teller of Colorado, Dulrnls of Idaho. Carter and Mantle of Montana* SSJ^t-Pteh and Jones of Nevada. rn«e senators-were an^reseut at to days meeting, as was .also Represent atives Hartman of Montana, Allen of Utah and Wilson of Idaho, and a num ber of representatives of manufactur ing interests. Brief speeches were made bv all the senators present. They defined their position In such a manner as to make it plain to the manufacturers that there could be no protective tariff leg islation either at this session of con gress or the next without the rehabili tation of silver, and that, bimetallism and protection as regarded front their standpoint, constituted an indivisible Issue before the country. Some of the manufacturers them selves indorsed this position as being the logic of the country's necessities and political conditions. Others de clared themselves in favor of the res toration of silver, but thought that the cause of bimetallism was not ad vanced by the defeat of the revenue measure. Senators expressed the opinion that this was the first note of warning against the adoption of a single gold standard plank in the St. Louis plat form or the nomination of a gold standard man on a straddle plank. Many letters In harmony with the pur poses of the meeting were received from. manufacturers throughout the country. Senator Cameron's name was men tioned incidentally in connection with the presidency dvHng the meeting and met with evident approval by many present SEEDS WANTED. Secretary Morton la Aildnc for Ten Million Packet*. Washington, March 21.—The secre tary of agriculture, in accordance with the mandate of congress, has pre pared a circular letter, to be sent Im mediately to all reputable growers of and dealers in seeds throughout the United States, asking them to fur nish at reasonable' prices to the de partment 10,000,000 packets of garden, field and flower seeds, beginning with asparagus and ending with wheat. This number of packets will give each member and delegate in the house of representatives and to each United 8enator xuifc, New Orleans race track that RojCm0unt in accordance with iho ioi perty to ""iculture. 1 France and Russia had not reDTied'to I eouuty organized for Im Great Britain's representations on this subject. tnusiasm. Banker E. P. Wells and wife of Jamestown celebrated their silver wed ding. .• F: Arc Dcclarcd to bo an Indlvlalble laane. Washington, Maj-ch 21. A confer ence was held here to-day between the Republican silver senators who voted against the consideration of the house tariff bill in the senate and a number of manufacturers, principally of Penn sylvania, for the purpose of, if possi ble, arriving at an understanding on which the silver advocates and the protectionists can unite. The confer ence was preliminary to others which will probably be held, and while it re sulted in no joint declaration, those present expressed themselves as satis fied that the result would be to pro mote both interests and that an im portant step had been takeu in bring ing them nearer together. "W00 Packets for dls- Cbatfleld Minn"*^Mawb 21.-SilsbeLarig t7ft"AhnmhAr n* Tkurbcr to^O W to-dAy the minister of'foreigu I leave little ashes but tbey'do chaudise, haveassign^toC. W. DouE,rg he expedition, as that campaign Id mean the indefinite occupation The ^*ypt by England. Amnesty for Insnrarents. itantinople, March 21. General ity for the Insurgents on the lsl jf Crete, including common law !tw, has been proclaimed by or the sultan. ife *j DAKQTAi *ew» Items iPram Farts the «tat*. Grafton reports more snow than for thirty years. Billings county still pays $3 for wolf scalps. Herbert Benjamin of Adrian gets an increase of pension. With ita good lire department Larl morc wants insurance reduced. North Dakota will have twelve dele gates in the national Populist conven tion. The farm house of T. A. Fitzgerald, in Richland county, was burned. Loss SI,800 Incendiarism Is suspected. Nicholas Marxsen of Hurricane Lake Is missing and anxious relatives fear foul play. A playful pup got away with $75 worth of blooded fowls for a Dickev county man. All the steel work on the new Great Northern bridge at Fargo will be com pleted this week. w,th Kich,nnd A Dickey county man fired at a jack Habit from his carriage and succeeded. in hitting one of the horses he was driving, tearing a piece from his flank,. The engagement of Supt. Moore, of the Jamestown asylum, and Miss Ma bel Archibald, daughter of the deposed superintendent, has been announced.. The Jamestown city election on the proposition to incorporate under the general laws of the state carried by 8 votes. Col. Tuller, cf the N. D. N. G.. savs that arrangements have been made for the encampment of the state militia to be held at Devils Lake in July. An Emmons county hog went sev enty-four days without food or water and was alive when discovered, buried in a straw stack. The state enforcement league meets at Grand Forks March 24 and 25. The league is strong and working hard Very few blind pigs are running open ly in the state. A divorce was granted by Judge Templeton to Dewell Odell of Grnudr Forks from his wife, Marie L. L. B. Odell, on grounds of cruelty and in human treatment. The parties were prominent residents of Quebec. Architect Hancock closed a contract for a throe-story and basement brick blpck at Fargo, to be built by a Chi cago capitalist for occupancy by Hunt er, ltcineicke & Quirk, wholesale gro cers. The Grand Forks Bicycle elub or ganized independent of the L. A. W with thirty members. The sentiment Is in favor of holding a tournament next summer. F. B. Fcetham is presi dent and .T. A. Canniff secretary. At a special meeting of the Grand fcorks Business Men's union the North ern Pacific was petitioned to reduce rotes to those granted by the Great Northern last week. The business men's unions of towns throughout the state are doing good work. A man who gave his name as John Peterson was arrested at Fargo on a charge of robbing the postoffice at Saunders Station, on the Milwaukee road, and robbing the home of J. s. Reltan,, near Fargo, of a purse of money and a number of valuable arti cles. He was bound over to the dis trict court. raving improvements for 189G have been inaugurated by the Fargo citv council, which has ordered the paving of Broadway from Fourth avenue north to Twelfth avenue north. The pavement is to be of cedar blocks, thirty-six feet wide, and work will be commenced as soon as spring opens. Maj. E. G. Baldwin of Oakes Is mak ing a series of experiments with po tatoes as fuel, and thus far is highly pleased with results.. Used: as fuel agk£f^ I {blacken the ialnri*™ wi* (blacken the isinglass badly. It takes only two and one-half scuttles of po tatoes to equal one scuttle of coal. The North Dakota board of agri culture met at Grand Forks and elect ed J. J. Dow president C. A. Sanford. -vice president A. J. Cole, treasurer: J. G. Hamilton, secretary. Owing to no Appropriation the fair this year will jbe abandoned. The board will com mence work at once to arrange for one I next year of huge proportions. •II Mlphewatiksn may get a big two* story hall this summer. The house and contcnta of WiUtamC Stroebel of Fessenden were burned. I pig papers wero More anti-blind served at Grafton. Mayvllle has licensed Its saloons—* $200 per year. The postoffice at Osago, in Nelson county, lias been discontinued. Nine of a Fargo herd of cows were killed. Tuberculosis. The state medical association will meet at Wahpeton March 22. Carl Muller slipped on a Grand Forks sidewalk and broke a leg. Towner county has an increase of seventy-seven school houses in '95. A New Rockford man wants $5,000 damages from the Northern Pacific for being struck by a snow plow. Congress fixes the salary of the United States district attorney in North Dakota at $3,500. North Dakota has lots of wealth producing power in its sixteen cream eries and tweny-six cheese factories. William E. Doyle of Drayton was. sentenced to fourteen months in the pen for seduction. county en- The residence of Thomas Lewis,: the May term of court at Fargo their guilt is doubtful. One Zwang, a North Dakota trav eler for the Standard Oil company,, has fallen heir to $75,000 and gone. East to let it take possession of him. Pembina has organized a business men's union and? is after a free ferry or pontoon bridge between that city and St. Vincent. Many dwellings and other buildings will go up at Devils Lake this year and prospects are generally bright there. North Dakota, though still young, employes 1,847 hands in her factories and sends out every year $5,028,107. worth of product.