Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-27
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Binding Dec. Fl.

For the Week Ending Dec. FL.
Carl Becker German historical painter.
died. aged 50.
The Bank of cashion, Okla, was robbed
| of So, 400 by burglars.
Mrs. Katherine Spaith. aged los years,
died at Lancaster, Pa.
| Gold & Co.'S bank at Albee, S. D., was
robbed of $3.50 by burglars.
| II. *. Wieser. a bank teller at York.
Pa, is said to be $4,000 short.
| The city council passed a resolution pro-
hibiting prize fights in Chicago.
| An unsuccessful attempt was made to
rob the state treasury at Lincoln. Neb.
collision between freight trains at
South Milwaukee. Wis. killed three men.
Three tramps were killed in the wreck
of Big Four freight train near Muncie.
Ind
East Tennessee. Virginia and North Caro-
lima were shaken by an earthquake Mon
day.
Official returns of the November election
give Mckinley 7,22o,7O7 votes; Bryan,
| 6,357, 431.
medical board in Cuba has discov-
| cred that yellow fever is spread by mos
quitoes.
Secretary of the Navy John d. Long has
Springs, Col.
| David II. Nichols. lieutenant governor Of
COLORADO from 1893 to 1895, died near Boulder
aged "a years.
Lord Salisbury in a speech in London
took gloomy view of the situation in
| South Africa.
The safe of Dicks G. Sally, at Sally. S. c.,
! was blown open with dynamite and robbed
of 81 900 in cash.
Farmers near Waukegan, Ill. who sold
Dowie land for Zion City colony are mi
grating to Utah.
Spain wants to sell to the United States
Cagayan island and other islands of the
Philippine group.
Oswald Ottendorfer, proprietor of the
Stats Zeitung, died at his home in New
York. aged "a years.
Joseph Huffman shot and killed Thomas
! Meeham. rival coal dealer and then killed
himself in Chicago.
A negro named Lewis was hanged by
a mob at Gullport, Miss, for the murder
of w. E. Richardson.
Report of the engineers submitted to
| congress favors 14-foot channel from Lake
Michigan to St. Louis.
Albert MetZeger, at Hopewell, Pa, Lead
ing double life shot and killed an actress
| and committed suicide.
Robert f. Nelson. 40 years old, at one
time worlds champion on the old high
bicycle. died in Boston.
Gov. Pingree, of Michigan. signalized the
| close of his term by a unique dinner in the
| state house al Lansing.
| Mrs. Alice d. Baker. a widow, was mys-
| teriously killed at Rock Island ILL.,, dur
| ing romp with a boy.
James 2. Bellinger, of Alton, ILL.,, who
killed Mrs Hattie Watson, has been con-
| victed of manslaughter
| John Addison Porter, former private sec
rotary to President Mckinley. died at POM
| fret, Conn, aged "A years.
| President Dolphin. of the Order of Rail-
way Photographers. says the strike will
| continue on the Santa Fe.
| Impressive watchnight services in Meth
| odist churches throughout the country will
| mark the end of the century
| dispatch to a London paper says Ger
| mans shot 60 Chinese soldiers and took
200 prisoners in Lung Ching.
| Senator Proctor, Of Vermont has bought
| the Carrara quarries in Italy and will con-
| troll the worlds marble output
| Congress will not legislate on insular af-
| fairs until the supreme court has passed
on the constitutional questions.
Bob Fitzsimmons definitely notified
Champion James ]. Jeffries that he never
would enter the prize ring again.
| The Crane Manufacturing company of
| Chicago is to divide 100000 among its
| 5000 employees as u Christmas gift
| Fire destroyed the big plant of the Brown
| Hosting and Conveying Machine company
| in Cleveland, O.. the loss being $500, 600
| The official vote of Minnesota shows 4
| plurality of 1850 for Mckinley and 2.oo4
for Van SAINT. republican. for governor.
| F. c. Burns. a wealthy ranchman. and
| Staunch Burns and Woody l.itchtield were
killed by a landslide near Chadron. Neb.
| Mirage resulting from unusual atmos-
| pheric conditions caused the Michigan
shore to be seen in Chicago Thursday.
Secretary of War Root has approved
the selection of two farms near Des
post.
The body of Thomas Edmunson farm
err found hanging a wire fence
near Mason City. la. Murder is sus-
| pected
| After a separation of two years John
Snyder. butcher in La Sale. H.. went to
| Chicago and fatally shot his wife ard klled
| himself.
Congressman John ]. Lentz (dem.). de-
| feated for reelection in the Twelfth Ohio
| district by narrow margin. has given
notice of contest.
| Marvin kuhns. the fugitive convict
| from the Ohio penitentiary, is said to be
| enjoying his liberty among his old neigh
| bors in Noble county. Ind.
| The residence of Mrs. David Hewitt at
she and her mother, Mrs Margaret
| Anf,