Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-23
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The total population OF Greater London
Is now 6.s7s.7Sl.
Andrew Carnegie gave socooo tor dis
trict libraries at Glasgow.
An epidemic OF smallpox Is reported at
Sitka and among Alaska Indians.
]. D. Rockefeller will give Oberlin college
100000 If others contribute 100000.
Nine shipwrecked sailors were eaten by
their companions In the Indian seas.
A government line of transports between
New York and Manila 10 to be established.
Mrs. Abigail Pugh. loc years old. died at
the home of her granddaughter in Chicago.
James Hillman and John Fletcher. rival
lovers, killed each other In Springvtlle.
Ky.
Miss Mary Emma Woolley has been In
augurated president Of Mount Holyoke coll
lege.
The Pennsylvania road has acquired con.
troll of the Baltimore & Ohio by purchase OF
stock.
The proposed Root-Carter prize fight at
Oshkosh, Wis, was prevented by the gov
ernor.
The Ohio prohibitionists have nomi-
mated E. ]. Pinney. Of Cleveland. for gov.
ernor.
Fire destroyed 652 houses and shops in
Brest, Russia. causing loss Of 100000
roubles.
Senator Beveridge. of Indiana. has START
ed on trip to Russia to study trade con-
ditions.
Dr.. Charles o. Day, of Boston. has been
elected. president of Andover theological
seminary.
Robbers entered the Hart county deposit
bank in Munfordville, KY, and stole $1,000
in money.
Every gambling house in Montana has
been closed by an order of Attorney Gener.
al Donovan
-Four railway workmen were killed and
one fatally injured in tunnel near
Roanoke. Va.
Robert D. Wagstaif, marine editor of the
Free Press for IL years, died in Detroit.
aged "a years.
The Wisconsin legislature, after the long,
est session On record, l26 days, has adj
journed sine die.
Joseph Bizkowski. lo2i years old. died in
Chicago from injuries received from
horse in a street.
At Wills Point, Tex, T. c. Ellzey, of Ma
comb City. Miss. shot a woman companion
and then killed himself.
The encampment Of the Illinois veterans
at Peoria elected Capt. N. B. Thistlewood.
of Cairo, commander.
Capt. Milton Garrigus. of Kokomo. was
elected commander of the Indiana depart
ment of the G. A. r.
Joseph Hush. living near Mishawaka.
Ind. celebrated his one hundred and
eighth birthday anniversary.
The Alaskan. the largest merchant
steamship ever built on the Pacific coast.
was launched at San Francisco.
Porto Rico exports from January un-
til May l amount to $S,lS0.4oO. of which
IS. 2S4,311 went to the United States.
The war department is seeking to have
the national guard reorganized to permit
their use by the national government
The duke of York thanked President Me-
Ixinley for sending the cruiser Brooklyn
to Australia to help welcome him there.
Judge Baker of Chicago, virtually up
held blacklisting by deciding employers
may agree to refuse to hire certain per-
sons.
Gov. Nash, of Ohio, who went to Cali.
fornia to assist in the launching of the bat
| tleship Ohio, was seriously i'll in San Fran
cisco.
DR.. Rufus G. Burlson. probably the best
known Baptist preacher and educator in
the south, died at his home In Waco. Tex,
aged Is years.
Spectators and investors have rallied
from the recent furry in Wall street and
are quietly buying railroad and other
stocks at current levels.
Thomas Lawson's yacht Independence
has been barred by the New York Yacht
club from competing in the trial races to
select the defender for the Americas cup.
odmuel AdldWdy AGSi6uSO SiAC pASsaS
dency of the New York Central to take the
management Of the American Locomotive
company, the new $50, 000.O 900 cons olidation
Of big concerns.
Harvey B. Young, the famous landscape
artist, died of congestion of the lungs at
his home in Colorado Springs. Col. He was
born at Post Mills. VT. and was IS years OF
age. He leaves a widew and four children.
Secret service men discovered counter
feiting plant in the Moyamensing peniten-
tiary, in Pennsylvania, where spurious $40
bills were being printed and passed out to
confederates who put them into circula-
ton
Great Britain is likely to demand full exc
PLANTATION of the Ewo accident at Picking.
where Germans fired upon British tug,
members of the crew for colliding with q
bridge.
There is mystery in the supposed MUIR
der of James s. Ayres. of Michigan. who
was found dead In the Kenmore hotel,
Washington. An unidentified woman was
seen descending the fire escape in night
clothes.
Edwin H. Conger. minister to China.
speaking at New York banquet, dilated
upon the tremendous opportunities for
American commerce in the orient. and
urged congressional aid for ships and
cable service.
The south enjoys unparalleled prosperity
because Of the high price of cotton and
the sections growing trade. Rapid prog
ress is being made In extending manufac-
turing. an important factor in bringing
about comfort and contentment.
THE MARKETS.