Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
THE NEWS IN BRIEE.

Fer the Week EnAIng Feb. q.
Mrs. Mary Green was sent to prison for
Wrecktng saloon In Boston.
Two persons were killed In the burning OF
the Hotel Jefferson. New York.
A boys ecarf caught In windmill at
Ashford, Wis., and he was choked to death.
The Indiana senate passed bill ousting
any sheriff who yields prisoner to q mob.
Twenty imitators OF Mrs Nation de-
stroyed saloon at South Sioux City. Neb.
Ton persons were injured by the dttch-
Ing OF train five miles east of Hardin. Col.
The report of the agricultural depart.
ment says winter wheat is in good condi-
ton.
Andrade. former president Of Venezuela,
has Joined q dlibuster expedition to fight
Castro. {.
The Cuban constitutional convention
adopted clause providing for universal
suffrage.
Field Marshal Gourke. famous Rus
sian soldier, died in st. Petersburg. aged
q years.
w. G. whitney. Of New York. bought
Marcus Days famous stallion Hamburg
for $4,000.
A great battle is said to have been
fought IN Abyssinia, In which 1000 men
were killed.
The time for allotment Of lands to In
dams in southern Oklahoma Is extended
to August 6.
Definite announcement is made that Mrs.
Nation will visit Chicago, New York and
Philadelphia.
The Michigan supreme court has sus.
tanned the constitutionality Of the inherit-
ance tax law. No.
A movement has begun in the Philippines
Tor republican party organization on q
peace platform.
Two American soldiers. convicted of rob-
btnE Chinese, have been sentenced to 20
years in prison.
The president has proclaimed the new
extradition treaty between the United
States and Peru.
Deputy City Marshal Cliff slaton and
Otto Ferguson were killed in a street duel
at Madisonville, Ky.
Alexander Beaubien. the first white per.
son born in Chicago, celebrated his sew.
enty-first birthday.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was elected from one
saloon In Topeka and found others bar.
ricaded against her.
Mrs. Mary Palmer Banks. widow of Gen.
Nathaniel p. Banks died at Waltham.
Mass. aged 50 years.
r. w. Wilcox, congressional delegate
from Hawaii. is accused Of treason in of-
fering aid to Filipinos.
child were killed by a tree failing on their
home near Middlesboro, KY.
The governor Of Tennessee has signed
the bill prohibiting the manufacture or
sale Of cigarettes in the state.
In a railway collision at Wallace juno
ton, Pa, Conductor Peter Donahue was
killed and 20 passengers injured.
Rev. Hans Valdez. the first Scandina-
Wan Baptist minister in America. died IN
Newburg, Mimi, aged s. years.
Naval officers look for war with Ger
many. Admiral Dewey Is said to have pre-.
dicted conflict within two years.
Secretary Long. in a letter to the house
naval committee, says there is no need for
investigation Of hazing at Annapolis.
Assistant Secretary vanderlip. of tho
treasury department., says he is not
alarmed at q letter threatening his life.
The italian government has been advised
OF the departure Of an anarchist from the
United States to assassinate King Victor.
The Illinois legislature has passed bill
appropriating $4,000 for state building
at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo.
The plant Of the Indianapolis Und.) Sun.
an evening paper. was Quilted by fire early
Tuesday. The loss is $4,000: insurance.
$4,000.
France appears ready to disrupt the pow.
crs' concert, rather than allow Germany
to share protectorate over Catholics in
China.
A speech on the death Of Queen Victoria
by the president Of the Austrian reichs.
rath was interrupted by cheers for the
Beers.
Wichita CKan.) saloon men have planned,
in the event of another raid by women, to
tie them hand and foot and turn them over
to the officers.
During the seven months of the present
fiscal year the government receipts exceed
ed those for the corresponding months last
year by $l0,240.O00
The war department has issued orders for
the transportation Of $500 regular troops
to the Philippines to replace an equal NUM-
Der OF returning volunteers.
Helen Gould has given 100000 toward
the erection of a new home for the naval
branch of the Young Mems Christian as.
ISOLATION in Brooklyn, N. 7.
J. Provost Mason. an embezzling teller
Of the Continental national bank, New
York, shot and killed himself few hours
before the time set for his trial.
The Virginia legislature has passed bill
to punish by death or imprisonment for
life. in the discretion of the jury. any per-
son in the state guilty of kidnapping.
Charles F. w. Nicely. the former chief
Of the bureau of finance of the Cuban post
ONCE department, who is charged with
embezzling $4,000. is in Jail in Havana.
The Hundred Year club. Of New York.
has located the worlds Oldest man in Izal
Rodofslky. Moscow. aged 136. and the old