Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-11-29
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Nov. "a.


The torpedo boat Blakely was launched
at Boston.
The official vote of Arkansas gives Bryan
plurality of &c. 4A2.
The official vote of New Hampshire gives
Mckinley plurality of $1,000.
The census gives South Carolina pop
ulation of l,30,3l6 gain of lS9.i61
The official vote for president in Ala
bama gives Bryan plurality of 37.496.
Five people were killed near Santa Bar
bara. Cal. by the upsetting of stage.
The official vote of the state of Pennsyl-
vania gives Mckinley a plurality of 252. no.
The secretary of the interior will ask
congress for $25O,0OO for irrigation surveys.
The past seasons Klondike output of gold
is placed at $4,000, 900. against sl7 coo. 600 in
Charlemagne Tower. American amhassa-
dor to Russia. denies report that he will
resign.
Trinity college, a Catholic school for WON.
en-. was dedicated at Washington. d. c..
Thursday.
Gold democrats in New York have de-
cided to fight Tammany in the municipal
campaign.
Sixteen families were driven from their
beds by fire in the University building
in Chicago
Frank B. Noyes, Of the Washing ton Star,
has been elected president of the Assoc-
ated Press.
For the fourth consecutive time Mrs.
Henry Wager gave birth to twins in Syra-
cuse. N. Y.
Rear Admiral Roger N. Stembe. retired.
died Of pneumonia in New York. aged near
ly 80 years.
wife at Dunbar. Pa. on August IL. 1899.
was hanged.
The Colombian rebels are reported to
have captured the principal seaports OF
the republic.
Secretary Long has entered into con-
tracts involving Sl6.376. 700 for armor plate
for war craft
Gov. j. e. w. Beckham. of Kentucky.
was married to Miss Jean Raphael Fuqua
at OwenSboro.
The irrigation congress sent a message
to the president urging the preservation
OF the forests.
The state board of transportation Of Me-
braska has been abolished by the supreme
court as illegal.
DR.. Bob" Acton. Harvards famous foot
ball player. died In New York of an over
dose of morphine.
Ambassador Choate has asked the Brit
ish foreign office to put the Filipino junta
out OF Hong Kong
Homeopathic physicians will appeal TO
congress to get places in the medical corps
in the army and navy.
Capt Edward T. Strong has been placed
on the retired list of the navy with the
rank OF rear admiral.
Miss Helena Zimmerman. of Cincinnati.
O.. and the duke of Manchester We're mar
ried privately in London.
The estimates of the department of agr-
culture for appropriations for the next tis-
cal year aggregate S4,G59. $50
Storm caused numerous disasters on the
great lakes, several vessels being sunk
driven ashore or badly crippled
The Union Pacific railroad has adopted
the plan of putting armed guards on trains
that carry large sums Of money.
Drs. Stiles and Howard. OF the govern
ment service. say mosquitoes cause ma J
and advise the killing of the pests.
Capt. w. NJ. Meredith. OF Chicago, has
been appointed chief of the bureau OF ou-
craving and printing in Washington.
Frederick w Royce. widely known as an
inventor. electrician and veteran tclegra oh
operator. dropped dead in Washington.
Robert c. Briskell ex-chief ius,ic9 OF
Alabama and one Of the most promine mt
Jurlsts in the south died at Huntsville, Ala.
Miss Frances Cunningham was awarded
$4,000 damages for injuries received in Chi
cago by falling from an Illinois Central
train.
The Pere Marquette tMich) railroad will
put carrier pigeons on its lake vessels to
carry news OF delay ashore during winter
navigation.
The Illinois Federation of Labor resolved
not TO accept in future any unions which
are not in good standing with the American
Federation of Labor.
The annual report of ex-President Sam
ford B. Dole. governor of Hawaii says the
total valuation of real and personal prop
erty in Hawaii is s97. l9l 5S4
Henry w. Phillips. the first minister to
the United States from the new South
American republic of Acre, registered at
Denver. Col. from Arleopolis.
w. +. Meilick. d wealthy cattleman be-
came violently insane. as a result of being
sandbagged in Chicago He was sent to an
asylum at Morris Plains. n. j.
Arthur Kinney. who was a gunner on tho
Marblehead when the Spanish cable was
cut at Cardenas. committed suicide at
Waverly. N. Y. while temporarily uabal-
anced.
A detail OF company G. Iowa national
guard, was called to Abba, Ia, TO assist
In preventing the lynching OF .Alva Booker.
negro charged with attacking Mrs. Sarah
Howell.