Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-11-22
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Nov. ~


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Fire destroyed 100 bales of cotton at
Montgomery, Ala.
Beers tore up railway in 20 places north
of the Orange river
The popula ton of Idaho is l6l,..o m
crease OF 1887 since 1890
James Jetfries and Tom Sharkey arc
matched to fight next May
Colorado has a population of 539. 100. an
increase Of l27,502 in ten years.
Mai! service in the Philippines earned a
surplus of $l9,G2S in the fiscal year
European rumors say the Russian cars
illness may be the result of poison.
Appleton machinery works near Geneva,
III. was destroyed by fire; loss, 5000
Ten persons were injured in u collision
between trains near Kalamazoo. Mich.
Adolph Pichler the famous Tyrolese poet,
died at innsbruck, Tyrol. aged 81 years.
Capt. John y. Hart, the noted fiibuSter
in the Cuban rebellion died at Philadelphia.
The corner stone of the new state normal
school building was laid in Cedar Falls. Ia.
John Carter and Oliver Moody killed each
other in a duel over girl near Barlow, Fla.
The republicans have majority of four
on joint ballot in the Nebraska legislature.
Great Britain's expenses for the South
African campaign are estimated at $500, Co.,
600.
The census gives kentucky population
of 2,147,174, an increase oil oSS, $50 in ten
years.
Carnegie will spend S. GOO, coo on polytech-
mic school and library extension al Pitts
burgh Pa.
On account of protracted drought there
is great suffering in the mountain counties
in Kentucky.
Former Gov. George A. Ramsdell of New
l;.l 80. k,,.,
aged Is years.
The Peruvian minister to France and IL
others We're killed in a railroad accident
near I3ayonne.
Lieut.. Col Russell B. Harrison. son of the
ex-presdent has been honoraby discharged
from the army.
The board of inquiry at Phila delphia has
decided that Dowes lacemakers must re-
turn to England.
Thomas and William Holdeman were exc
ecuted at Tombstone. Ariz., for the Kill.
ing of Ted Moore.
The schooner Myra B. Weaver was
wrecked in Vineyard sound. off Boston, ard
six lives were lost
Radical revision of the Episcopalian
creed is proposed TO prohibit the marriage
of divorced persons.
Mrs Zeralda James, widow of Jesse
James, the noted southwestern bandit. died
in Kansas City, Mo.
The annual report of the life saving serv-
ice shows 2.6O7 persons saved and IS lost
on wrecked vessels.
Mrs. Russell Christopher, aged lG. gave
birth to four boys near Irvine. Ky. and
mother and children all died.
Col. James L. Potter. paymaster United
States army retired. died at Kingston Hin.
r. I. He was 50 years of age.
Grant Bros. New York brokers. made an
assignment The defalcation OF $3.50, 100 by
an employe caused the failure.
Harry G. Moore, of Rochester, n. V. was
killed in cane rush at the Massachusetts
institute of technology, Boston.
A general increase IN wages has been
granted engineers and firemen of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee e. ST. Paul system.
Frederick w. Royce. widely known as an
inventor, electrician and veteran telegraph
opera tor, dropped dead in Washington
The Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see in session in Detroit reelected Gran.
Vile M. Dodge. of New York, president.
Iowa's election is said by attorneys 70
have been illegal as TO all officers except
electors. judges and those to fill vacancies.
Work has begun at New London, Conn.
on two of the largest ships in the world
for the Great Northern railways oriental
trade.
w imam ouilINdH lIle IIluIhtIeI vi SpeN.
Ger Gaylard. the Waterman Of Tuolumne
county gold mine, was hanged at San
Quentin. Cal.
Apache Indians from Arizona attacked
Pecheco. Mormon settlement in Mexico.
and IL Indians and six Mormons were killed
in the fracas.
Eben c. Jayne. head of the firm of David
Jayne & Son. manufacturers of patent
medicines. died a his home In Ph!la de!phia.
aged 10 years.
The state department has been informed
that r. A. Moseley. Jr. consul general OF
the United States at Singapore died at Yo-
kohama Japan.
A demented woman threw a small ak at
Emperor William of Germany as he was
driving through the streets of Breslau in
an open carriage
Isaac Barrioo. barber. who burned his
wife to death in Blossburg. Pa, in July. 1899.
was hanged in the Jail yard at Wellsboro,
Pa, for his crime
Bertha and Albert Nagel. children OF
William Eagel of Clinton. la. were fatally
burned by the explosion of a lamp. Other
members of the family were injured and the
house destroyed.
The censorship at Manila was removed
Thursday. Gen. Macarthur however. has
issued directions to the ca BILE compa MES or
dering them to furnish him with copy Of
all press dispatches.
The small town of Piedmont. west of Pop
lar Bluff. Mo. was visited by a fire which
nearly wiped it out of existence A dozen
stores. including the post Office ard nu.
merous dwelling houses were burned.