Griggs courier., 1894-05-18

PATRIOTIC women unveiled mono.
lith to the memory of Mary Washing
ton at Fredericksburg. Va. President
Cleveland made an address.
CHIEF HAzEN, of the secret service,
will wage active war on firms counter
feiting worlds fair medals and di-
plomas for advertising purposes.
OFFICIAL figures show that nearly
one-fourth Of the old corn crop of Illi-
nois is yet in the hands of the pro-
ducers.
CoAMoNwEALERs at Elkhart, Ind.
seized Lake Shore train and started
east.
SEVEN men armed with Winchesters
robbed the bank in Southwest City, Mo-,
of e4,00O, and shot four citizens.
MAJ. j. w. POWELL, at the head Of
the government geological survey, has
resigned, owing to failing health.
The total number of Chinese that
registered throughout tho country un-
der the exclusion act was 105,S12 The
total Chinese population by the census
of 1890 was l07.4se.
The freight depot Of the Pennsyl-'
vania Railway company at Columbus,
O., was burned, the loss being $1oo. 600.
WOMEN of the Ashland district In
Kentucky have determined to petition
Breckinridge to withdraw from tho
congressional race.
THE exchanges ut tho leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the, week ended on the 11th aggre-
gated >oos, 2s5, 545. against so55, 2lo. 4ss
the previous week. The decrease, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1898. was S42
Two CoxEYITEs were shot and 100
captured in q fight with officers at
North Yakima, Wash.
THERE were EOS business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 11th, against 23S the week
previous and 2b7 in the corresponding
time in 1893
Tip" the ferocious elephant in Cen
trail park, New York. who has de-
stroyed eight men, was killed by poi
son by the authorities.
In accordance with resolution
adopted by the general grievance COM
mittee 8, 500 operators at the Pullman
car works in Chicago went on a strike.
GEORGE DUNLAP, crazy from alcohol
ism and confined in the bridewell in
Chicago, beat his cellmate, James
Maher, to death with bucket
P. j. OCoNNoR was elected president
Of the National Ancient Order Ct Hiber
mans at the Omaha meeting.
Gus MEEKs. his wife and two chill
dren were murdered at Browning, Mo-,
by men against whom they were to be
called as witnesses.
MRS KATE BRADFORD, who secured
100000 from gullible New York peo-
pie. has disappeared. The money was
lost on Wall street.
CHARLES D. WALcoTT. of New York,
has. lseen appointed to succeed Mai.
Powell as director of the United States
geological survey.
AT the session in Philadelphia of the
general federation of ,women's clubs
Mrs. Charles Henrotin. of Chicago. was
elected president.
New YORK men have commenced ac-
ton to secure possession of lands in
Lyon county, 1a.. valued at $3.50, 200.
INQUIRY into the affairs of the North
ern Pacific railroad at New York shows
that a transaction for over eS, 900, 600
was not recorded on the books.
Ten business blocks at Red Jacket,
Mich, were destroyed by fire.
CHARLES WH1rTLE. aged rs, son Of
Maj. Whittle. the evangelist, was killed
by a train at Wheaton, Ill. He was
riding a bicycle between the rails amt
failed to see the train approaching.
JAMES EBERT MOORE, one of the best
known fnanciers of the northwest,
shot himself dead at his residence in
St Paul because of financial reverses.
JUDGE WoRTH1NGToN. in the princi-
pal circuit court at Peoria, ILL.,, granted
twenty-seven DEGREES of divorce in one
day.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the national league for the week
ended on the 1eth were: Cleveland, .765;
Baltimore, 1884; Pittsburgh. .6e7; Phila-
delphia, .632; Boston, .611; New York,
1856; St Louis, All; Cincinnati, .467;
Brooklyn. .ss9; Louisville, .S1s; Chi
cago, .267; Washington, .150.
TALMAGE's Brooklyn tabernacle and
the Hotel Regent were destroyed by
IA uuu unuy OVAcE VuAAu1uKS were
damaged. The total loss was put at
81, ,O00, 200.
CHIEF JUSTICE RANEY, Of the Florida
supreme court, has resigned.
SALT LAKE commonwealers stole a
Union Pacific train, but were brought
to stop at Provo, U. T., where their
leader was placed under arrest for de-
laying the mails.
AT Half Moon Bay, Cal. Joseph Cam
tano in a fit of jealousy gave strych-
nine to his wife and himself and both
died.
TWENTY THOUSAND persons witnessed
the launching of the torpedo boat
Ericsson at Dubuque, Ia
ORDERED by the authorities to aban-
don its camp in Washington, Coxeys
army moved to Bladensburg, Nd, 8
miles away.
In the midst of sermon on the un-
certainty of life in Emanuel Methodist
church in Philadelphia Rev. J. w.
Langley was stricken with paralysis
A TANK of benzine exploded during a
fire in Bradford, Pa, and at least thirty
persons were burned by the flaming OF!
FORTY canary birds added to the in.