Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-06-13
TIE NEWS IN BRIEE.
For the Week E.dias june g.

TILE NEWS IN BklEF.
For the Week Fading june 9.
Four men were killed in a street duel at
Dallas. Tex.
Japan Is said to be preparing for war
with Russia.
The business portion of Fennsville, Mich,
was wiped out by fire.
Twenty-three houses were destroyed by
IRE in Lexington. ny.
Fire at Antwerp. Belgium. destroyed
property worth $l0.000.000.
The entire business portion of W!llets.
Cal. was destroyed by fire.
There was no material change in this
condition Of Mrs. Mckinley.
The Pabst Brewing company suffered
loss Of $780, 900 by fire in Milwaukee.
The State bank Of Indiana at lndianap::
Armour institute in Chicago will bar girl
students after the present term ends.
Twenty tons of powder we're destroyed
by fire at the Mare island navy yard.
Fire in Picking destroyed temple in the
sacred city. with records and archives.
Lawyers will get $4,000 fees in settle.
ment Of the Fair estate in San Francisco.
Ninety Indiana coal operators. CONTROLS
ing l29 mines. are preparing to consolidate.
Five French fishing boats were reported
lost In Iceland with their crews OF III men.
Gov. Heber NJ. Wells. of Utah. and Miss
Emily Katx were married at Salt Lake
City.
E. E. Plane. heir to large estate at In
dependence. Ia. committed suicide In CHI
cago.
John D. Rockefeller has founded three
scholarships for negroes at Columbia uni
versity.
The gunboat Mayfiower has been ordered
to Venezuela to look after American In
terests.
r. E. Burke. who served four terms In
congress from Texas. cied In Dallas. aged
"a years.
Andrew Carnegie has turned over to IS
trustees Sl0.000.0o0 for the benefit of Scotch
universities.
Fire at Pollock. La, destroyed nearly all
the business houses. churches. the post
Office and hotels.
James A. Herne. the well-known actor
and playwright. died at his home In New
York. aged g years.
Prof. Tubbs. Of Wesleyan college at Sa-
lima. Kan. was refused reelection because
of his heretical Views.
A. number of officers Of the Brazilian
navy, in full uniform. called upon the presi-
dent at the white house.
In session in Minneapolis the National
Woman's Suffrage association elected Mrs.
Carrie c. Gait president.
Army transports plying between New
York and West Indian ports are to be re-
tanned by the government.
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan left London for
the United States to take up the evangelist
work of Dwight l.. Moody.
Hugh Tevis. the California millionaire.
who was married in April. died in Japan
while on his wedding trip.
Two West Point cadets have been dis
missed for making false statements to get
permission to leave the post.
The lock and key to the gate Of the sacred
city at Picking has been sent to the ma
ttonal museum in Washington.
Sarah Bernhard and Maude Adams have
contracted to play Romeo and Juliet" l0l
nights In America and England.
Five hundred Of the leading member RS
of the London bar gave dinner to Labori.
the lawyer who defended Dreyfus.
One-fourth Of the candidates for the new
class at West Point military academy
failed to pass physical examination.
A Chicago photographer has invented a
nickel-in-the-slot machine which takes,
prints and delivers picture in 20 seconds.
The American Museum Of Natural His
tory Is to send an expedition to China to
study the life and customs of the Chinese.
Mrs.. Mary Ashland Townsend whose
pen name was Xariffa. well-known south
ern poet and writer, died in Galveston, Tex.
the inventor of device used in gambling
cannot collect damages for Its infringe-
ment.
Commencement at Lombard college,
Galesburg, ILL.,. marked the fftieth anni-
versary Of the establishment of that insti-
tuition.
The financial statement for the forty.
second year of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad shows net earnings Of nearly
S, 100000.
Senator M. A. Hanna has been appointed
a colonel on the official STAFF of Gen. Ras-
sieur. commander in chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Maj. George Arthur. assistant paymas-
ter of the United States army, who recent
ly returned from the Philippines. died In
Cleveland, o., aged 43 years.
Baroness Won Ketteler, widow of the Ger.
man envoy murdered In China, was re.
ceived by Emperor William at Berlin. She
told of her experience during the siege
Of Picking.
A steamer line on the Hudson between
New York and Nyack is to be established
which is expected to beat the time Of the
express trains. Boats running AZ miles an
hour are to be used.
Col. Robert T. Lincoln. son of the mar
tyred president. fears that the remains of
his father are unsafe In their present Local
ton, and Illinois state officials contem.
plate their removal.
A jury at Yonkers. N. T.. not only de-
clared a man arrested for playing golf on
Sunday not guilty. but recommended re-
peal of Sunday law so as not to interfere
with innocent amusements.
The state department is aroused by the
report that Turkey had paid claims Of
France to the amount of 100000 The
American envoy at Constantinople has
been directed to make formal demand for
the settlement of American claims.
THE MARKETS.
New York. June 8.