Griggs courier., 1893-07-14


A CYCLONE swept the beach at Bath,
N. Y, doing great damage.
AT q meeting in Chicago Of the Ma
tional Columbian commission President
Palmer said that the opening of the
gates of the fair ON Sunday was in viola
tion Of faith, was done without warrant
of law and had injured the good name
of the commission, and asked for the
adoption of resolution declaring that
the gates were open in defiance of rule
of the commission. The matter was
postponed until the next meeting.
The copper plant of the Pueblo (Col.)
Smelling company was destroyed by
fire, inflicting loss of $3.50. 900.
A CYCLONE in Iowa did great damage
in the counties of Calhoun, Cherokee,
Buena Vista, Ida, Sac and Pocahontas.
The village of Pomeroy was almost en-
tirely swept away and over fifty per-
sons were reported killed. At Quimby
two aged women were killed, and at
Aurelia over dozen persons lost their
lives Manson was half destroyed and
several persons were killed, and at
Fonda ten or more lives were lost. In
addition to the above scores of persons
were injured. The property loss was
enormous.
A CYCLONE passed over the central
part o. Rogers county, Neb., destroy
ing barns, houses, windmills and fruit
trees. Several persons were injured.
1T costs about $4,000 day to carry
on the Worlds Columbian exposition.
JOSEPH ID. CURTIS, ex-sheriff of Brooke
county. w. Va. who recently disap-
peared, was said to be short in his ac-
counts to the amount of SAC, 900.
A YACHT capsized in Gravesend bay,
near New York, and seven persons were
drowned.
THE worlds 2-mile race record (4:4s11j
for trotters was broken at Salem, Ore,
by the stallion Blonde, who made the
distance in 4:4s.
The entire business portion of Rus
siaville, Ind, was swept away by fire.
A POWDER mill was struck by light
ming and demolished near Kingston, n.
Y, and several buildings were destroyed
and nine persons injured.
DURING June forty-six deaths oc-
Cured at Ironwood, Mich, from typhoid
fever.
MIR. CLEvELAND's message will be all
that the extra session of congress will
be called upon to consider.
THE proposed meeting of anarchists
IN New York to celebrate Gov. Altgeld's
pardon of the Chicago anarchists
Schwab, Neebe and Fielden was
stopped by order of Superintendent of
Police Byrnes.
THE New Jersey Sheep & Wool COM
pany, doing business at Jersey City,
failed for $780, ZOO.
ANTON FALLS and Ida johnson, a
young couple soon to be married, were
killed by the cars at Galesville, Wis.
N. B. PLUMMER shot and killed Miss
Sadie Fisher at Birds Points, Mo-, be-
cause she refused to marry him and
then shot himself fatally.
The Washington national bank at
Spokane which suspended several
weeks ago has resumed.
| IT was said that conductors and engi-
neers on the Queen & Crescent railroad
had robbed the company of goods
valued at 100000.
The American Bankers association
will convene in Chicago September
FIRE in the oil town of Mcdonald,
Pa, destroyed ten buildings, causing a
loss of 100000.
| THERE were 324 business failures re-
ported in the United States during the
seven days ended on the 7th. In the
week preceding there were 234, and dur
ing the corresponding time in 1899 the
number was 100.
TRAIN robbers near Palestine, Tex,
secured $500 from the Pacific Express
company and overlooked s25, 900.
DURING the week ended on the
7th leading clearing houses in the
United States reported exchanges
amounting to s1,051, 4O2, ,ss2, against
1896, III, 1887 the previous week. AS COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1892 the increase was &c.
THE total available stock of wheat in
the country is 100 per cent. more than
last year.
THERE were seventy-four people dead,
at least five more to die, and over 100
injured as result of the cyclone that
made its start at Quimby, Ia. south of
Cherokee, and ended at Pomeroy. The
property loss was immense, many per-
sons were homeless and destitute, and
the governor issued an appeal for aid.
DURING a drunken fight at Woodbine,
KY, City Marshal Morrissy, Bud Smith
and Jim Francis were killed and four
others were wounded.
GEORGE CARROLL, a miller, was
drowned at Terre Haute, Ind, while
trying to save the life of his young
nephew.
SEAY ]. MILLER, the negro charged
with the outrage and murder of Mary
and Ruby Ray at Bardwell. Ky, was
hanged by mob and the body burned
after being horribly mutilated.
EIGHT persons were injured, three
probably fatally, during fire in Chica-
60 III the Lincoln hotel
| A REVIEW of the trade situation shows
. perceptible improvement in tone il
business circles.
d. S. KRIEDER, wife and four children
were butchered at Cando, N. D., by
Albert Baumberger, nephew of
krieder. A dispute over wages was the