Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-08-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending August 4.

Fire completely wiped out the village OF
SoppS Arm, n. +.
President Mckinley has returned to Can
ton. o. from Washington.
The police throughout Germany were ar
resting anarchist suspects.
A large part of the business section Of
Convoy, o.. was destroyed by fire.
The population of Milwaukee, Wis, is
,S5, 3l5. gain of so.S47 in ten years.
The whole of the Tntic mining district
in Utah was shaken by an earthquake.
The town of Gilman, Col. was burned.
making homeless upward of 200 people.
Crop reports from the western grain belt
indicate that the harvest will be large.
W. Irwin Shaw. United States consul at
Barranquilla, Colombia, died of cholera.
The Chicago police raided nine alleged
bucket shops and arrested nearly 400 in
mates
Cora and Ruby Townsend twin sisters.
and Pearl F'lack were drowned near Saltil-
10. Tex.
James Byrd. 40 years old. was hanged at
Greenyille Miss, for the murder of his
mistress.
Middle-of -the-road populsts in Iowa will
hold their state convention in Dies MoineS
August IS.
Robert Dunlap. head of the big hat man
ufacturins firm, is dead at Monmouth
Beach, N. j.
Amos b Smith (colored) was hanged at
Baltimore, Nd for killing Sadie James.
his mistress.
Nikola Tesla has discovered an electric
cure for consumption which meets remark
able success.
A mail pouch in transit from the gen.
eral post Office to a substation in New y ork
was robbed of $4,000
Sir William Vernon Harcourt estimates
the cost of the South African war as APP
proximately $500. 900 900.
Smokers Of cigarettes will not be en-
| ployed henceforth in the packing house of
Swift g. Co. in Chicago.
| A cloudburst flooded canyons and valleys
| and caused disaster along the banks of
many rivers in Arizona.
President Mckinley and the king of Port
ugal exchanged congratulatory messages
| over the new direct cable.
Johnny Nelson a Chicago cyclist defeat
ed Jimmy Michael in a 20-mile race in Bos.
ton by five yards. Time 80 :O3l-5.
North German Lloyd steamers running to
New York have been chartered by Ger
many to convey troops to China.
The wife and two children of j. a. Nor.
| ris died from eating toadstools in mis-.
take for mushrooms near Harvey, H.
The census Office Thursday announced
the population of Louisville. Ky. at 2o4. 49,
an increase of 1902 over the census of 1890
a big rise in the price OF brooms is sale
| to have resulted from the action of a com
bination controlling the broomcorn supply
Statistics compiled by the Railway Age
show that 2S companies control 14l,uD miles
Of railroad in the United States and Canada
Receipts of klondike gold at Pacific coas
points SO far this season are about $500,
900. against $500 900 at the same time las
year.
Over 5000 Roumanian Jews are en- rout'
to Canada. The majority are penniless
Their ultimate destination is the United
| States.
John McCurdy. an old resident of Chi
cago and Well known in business. musica
and masonic circles, died at his home, age,
IS years.
Col. John Mason Looms. civil war vet
eran. and for 50 years a leading lumbe
merchant of Chicago, died at the age o
IS years.
One million dollars is the amount secure,
by F. l.. Swazey. the absconding Kansa
City cattleman, before he started for Soutl
America
Secretary of War Root has ordered al
election of delegates in Cuba and name
November as the date of the constitu
tional convention.
The census Office Tuesday morning mad
public the population of the city of Gin
cinnati. O. 1t is S25 .9O2. an increase owe
the last census Of 1894.
Col. Henry c. Cochrane. commandant o
the marine barracks at Boston. has bee
ordered to China to take command of tn
marine forces in that country.
Indiana democrats nominated Alfred T
Owens for congress in the First distrc
and the prohibitionists nominated Natha
Johnson in the Eleventh district.
Extra precautions have been taken I
preserve President Mckinley from a,
: lacks of cranks and criminals He was nc
consulted about the arrangements