Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-11-15
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Nov. 10.

south africa,
The aunboat vicksburg sailed from Bos-
Mrs David Morse died in Roselle. y j..
aged l0i years.
Charity Jane Robinson died in Fond du
Lac. Wis, aged l02 years.
Fire wiped out l3 stores and the Courier
newspaper office at Houma, La.
New York city will erect a monument TO
the memory of heroes OF the Maine
The Georgia Legislature reelected O O.
Bacon (dem) United States senator
The torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence
was launched at Weymouth. Mass.
John a. Blacks bank at Barboursvi!le.
Ky. was robbed by burglars of over 5000.
Maj. Gen Otis has arrived in Chicago u
take command of the department of the
lakes.
Edwin o. Gillet aged Ii, died at his home
in Chicago from injuries received in foot
ball game
Secret service officials arrested four wom-
en- engaged in making counterfeit money in
Philadelphia
C. M. Harding killed his wife and himself
at Reynoldsville, Pa. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
The rebellion in Colombia gains ground
and the government is on the verge of be-
ing overthrown.
Joseph Freitag. a piano polisher. killed
MS Vile ana himself IN New OTk Jeol-
ousy was the cause.
Massachusetts has 2,S05,346 inhabitants:
increase. 252 per cent Maine has GA, lGs;
| increase. five per cent.
Lit Majors (colored) was hanged by
mob near Coahoma, Mis-, for killing j. l..
Holcomb. white man.
In a railway collision at Bellevue O..
Conductor John Oatman and Engineer
Henry Hall were killed.
treaty conveying two additional islands
in the Philippines from Spain to the United
States has been signed.
In fight over politics at Caseyville. Ind.
Wallace Graves was killed and eight
other men were wounded.
| The Island Paper company's mills at Car
thage, N. Y. were almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is s25000o.
| The office of the Press Knickerbocker-
Express, the oldest established paper in
| Albany N. Y, was destroyed by fire.
| The nine months strike of the $500
cigarmakers in New York ended by the
men resuming work on the old terms.
In prize fight at Detroit, Mich Mi
chael Goldman received blow from
Bernard Carroll that caused his death.
Gov. Tanner has issued proclamation
designating Thursday. November %, as a
| day of public thanksgiving and praise in
Illinois.
The steamer City of Vienna was sunk in
the English channel by collision with an
unknown vessel and 10 of her crew We're
| drowned.
Elbridge T. Gerry has resigned the presi-
dency of the New York Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children, which he
founded 81 years ago.
City Marshal Newman killed Monroe
Jones at Benton. H., while attempting
to arrest him, but Jones shot Newman
fatally before he died
American soldiers prevented Russians
from tearing down British flag in China,
Friction among troops of different nations
was causing frequent shootings.
Flipinos are pleased with the work Of
the civil commission and the fact that
they are given an opportunity to express
their views on proposed measures.
F. NJ. Smith (whte) aged 60. was hanged
at Nacogdoches. Tex. for the murder of
Mrs. Waters. kinswoman. in July. There
was no known cause for the murder.
Peter Vogler, wealthy farmer living Il
miles northwest of kewanee, H., had both
arms caught in a corn fodder shredding
machine. Amputation was necessary.
Loren Wolcott. aged 100 years, months
and 10 days. died at his home in Sparta
Wis. 1t had been his ambition to live long
enough to learn the result of the elections
Mike DAILY, young man from North
La Crosse. Wis. was sentenced to two years
in the penitentary Friday for the theft
of 81 so from the person OF a sawmill en-
ploye.
Legislation by the Philippine commission
appropriating 100000 for roads anc
bridges is intended to facilitate the paciti
cation of the islands and give worthy ma
tives employment.
a semiof.icial statement from Nome
bankers gives the gold output of that dis
trict as S., 900 900 for the past season. a:
compared with $4,000 00 for 1899. Most O
the gold was from few claims on Anvil
creek.
One man was killed, five others proba b.,
fatally injured and 20 others more or les!
seriously injured in an explosion of gas
the Buck Mountain (Pa.) colliery Frida,
about two miles from here. The dead maj
was James Griffith
Secretary Root requested the state de
, partment to call Great Rritain's attention
to the fact that insurgent military opera
: tons in the Philippines are being directes
. from HongKong. and to ask the British
government to break up the junta.
The bodies of Nels Is. Nelson and Franl
Ref, lighthousekeepers at Cape Platter.
light on the Washington coast. who at
tempted to go ashore in a small boat dur
ing the storm of October p. have bcel
> found on the Vancouver island beach
Frank w Funk was hanged at the dis
2 trict Jail at Washington for the murde
of William Brooks on June %, 1898 III
robbed his victim of all his savings. abou
$4,000, and also murderously assaulted tn
latters wife. His victims were aged pee
pie. ---