Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-11-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Eudinx Nev.a.

The Paris exposition has been .pr olouged
until November J..
Letters from pr.vates say. German troops
give no quarter TO natives in CHINA
The first message was sent over the gov
errment cable from ST Michael to Nome
Thieves carried away the entire stock OF
West side shoe dealer i'll Chicago
Abs! p Cpham a tea tester in Chicago.
was driven to suicide by excessive use OK
tea.
Men of the Memorial Baptist church in
Chicago. cooked and served dinner LOT 'yo
persons.
Railroads cen,ering i'm ST, Louis ask their
employees to work or the proposes '&po>i-
lion il 1906
Gen. d. NJ. Frost. for 81 Years orc OF the
best known residents OF ST. Louis, Mo, Is
dead, aged a.
The military department of Cuba mas
been established, with Gen. Leonard Wood
as commander.
Australian advices indicate the selection
of .albury. n. $ w, as the capital vi iet-
Grated Australia.
The business portion of Shelby, Neh..
was almost entirely wiped out by fire
started by burglars.
Chinese viceroys memorialized the throne
to punish Boxer leaders ailG save the ,nl-
pre from disruption.
The India famine is gradually di>appea'-
ing. At the present time only levt,OvV per-
sons receiving aid.
The civil service act ADOPTED by the Phil
ipplne commission is rot liked by the army
officials in the ISLANDS.
The transport sherman sailed iron San
Francisco for Manila with -5s solo!srs ana
big cargo of supplies.
George ]. Frey was robbed OF $3.50 while
waiting 10 make a deposit in the Flst
national bank in Chicago.
The transport Idaho. with the home
coming Canadian soldiers from South Al
RIGA. arrived al Halifax n S.
1t is reported in Russia that Spain is
alarmed by the Carst revolt and Will de-
| clare martial Law in all Catalonia
joseph Bir.r, aged %, Gied at Peru, lrd.
1t was his boast that he saw the great Ma
| poleon Gu his retreat from Moscow
Prince Christian Victor. aged 80. OF
Schlesw ig -lloste!n. grandson OF queen
Victoria. died III Pretoria of fever
\ New York court has decided That ieaN-
ing personal property IN seat in raliEoau
| car entities passenger lo possession.
Elsie Smith, d stenogra. h,r. killed her.
| self in t'hca GO through pr..e, being III need
and ashs.me d to sel.d hos..- ior money
James Buchanan. a CO.'S gresham from
| New Jersey from 1880 10 !sd died suddenly
at his home in Trenton, ICED 81 years.
EVANGELIST Wyatt. missing from Chicago
| since May %, is "A prisoner III Manchester
| England. charged with killing his father.
| G. T. Jones' a valet. cCAf. ssed and put
The burden o. Millionaire Eice's muider
in N,w York or LawNe. Albert I Pat
rick.
Coy Roosevelt e,.dfd his campaign OF
eish, weeks in which he tY.,Ne leo 2,-t9 l.1!lt
and made G13 speeches. 4 record newer
/ equaled
one hun(iard ana five students have been
sllspeEcie.l from the tu.v.r Military acad-
envy. near Terse llaH,e. I.d. for nzuho.-
dilation
Gen l.. S OTIS has beer assigned to co'.!-
mand thu department OF The lakes an" Gen,
Fitzhugh Lee 10 the department. OF the
M!ssour!
DR. Louis w Reed. aged - years, died
suddenly at NorrlstoNM. Pa He "..s sur
geon general of lhc PCnrs ItvaL!a guard
for 25 years
Henry Il Proctor treasurer of kert
county and republican ..om!nce Tor tbs.
state senate committed suicide liz Grand
Rapids. Mich
Fred. rico De setal ,rep). OF San Juan.
has been elected tie first delegate TO con-
gress from the island O. Porto Rico to tho
United States.
VINCE reso Disalvo. an Italian labore-
living in Chicago. tell into the hahds OF
confidence men and lost $25A-the savins )
of his lifetime.
a pile of ties placed on the Baltimore &:
Ohio tracks near Tif!in. O.. to wreck a train.
was discovered a few minutes before tho
train came along
A steamer loaded at Duluth. Mimi. with
26o 900 bushels OF naxseed, valued at s4Gs
ono, is the most valuable cargo ever shippe u
on the great lakes
The steamship St Pau! arrived at Se-
attic. Wash, from Nome with III p2sss II
gers and SC0.OcV in treasure The steamer
left Nome on october -
5 The United States fis. commission steam
err A.batross returned to San Francisco
from a II months cruise. Most OF the
time she has been in tie Pacific.
The will of Frank Williams. late OF
Johnstou'n. Pa. makes bequest OF $500,
, coo To the Iehish u:!vlrsity. az South
Bethlehem. Pa. Tor the benefit of worthy
students
Prof Hi.p,echt Of the University OF
! PENIS yivan!a. has returned from Mesopo-
r tanlia and tells of The discovery OF an an
Gent B:,bvloEian library iii the temple Ut
. Nippur which sheds new light On TIE
world $ history.