Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-28
TIE NEWS IN BRIEE.
For the week E.dins FEB. ..

For the week Esding Feb. -.
Fire caused the loss OF $4,000 At Allan.
ia, Ga.
Pope Leo has been on the pontihcai
The Citizens bank at Lacysne. Kan.
closed itS doors.
The business portion Of Woodruff. Wis.
was wiped out by fire.
A s.x-year-old girl at Stephenson. Mich.
killed her baby sister.
John Hoefer and his wife died OF starva-
ton In Milwaukee. Wis.
Gen. Otis has assumed charge OF the de.
partment Of the Dakotas.
Imitators Of Carrie Nation smashed vim
dows In three Chicago saloons.
The Spanish cabinet reports that tram
guilty again prevails In Madrid. Is
Twenty-eight Russian students have been
sentenced to service in the army.
Washington's birthday was generally OBJ
served throughout the country.
Thomas Robinson died at Rock Falls.
Ill. aged 100 years and one month.
Consuls for Italy and Uruguay at Manila
are accused Of aiding the insurgents.
The new state normal school building at
DIiuth. Mimi. was destroyed by fire.
Two new British cruisers. the largest OF
their class. were launched in the Clyde.
]. D. Rockefeller promised to give an
other $250,000 present to Brown university.
Southern manufacturers of fertilizers
have formed trust. with $4,000. 600 cap
ital.
Chaos rules in the province of Pechili.
China. and thousands are starving in Pee
lslng.
Five Italians were caught on a railroad
bridge at Sharon. Pa, by train and
killed.
The building of the Milwaukee (Wis)
Heroid and the entire plant was destroyed
by fire.
J. G. A. Lieshman. United States minis
ter to Switzerland. has been transferred to
Turkey.
A class of q cadets was graduated from
West Point and win soon go into active
service.
The revolt in Venezuela is growing and
several British steamers have been de-
stroyed.
Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender. is
said to have abdicated in favor of his son.
Don Jaime.
Gov. Odell has signed the bill providing
for single-headed police commission in
New York city.
Hugo c. Schultze, banished from Ger
many for criticising Bismarck, died in pow
erty in Chicago. e.
Salvatore di Giovanni, prominent In 1tal-
ian circles. was ambushed and killed in an
alley in Chicago.
Silk thread manufacturers of the United
States are said to have consolidated with
Sill. 600 capital.
Ex-United States Senator Stephen NJ.
White died at his residence In Los Angeles.
CAL. aged 4S years.
ing has occurred in Yemen. Arabia against
Turkish authority. I ~
The National Buttermakers' convention
awarded a silk banner to Kansas for the
highest state average.
The Cuban charter has been signed by
all the delegates to the convention except
ex-President Cisneros.
Col NJ. c. Murphy. president OF the
health board, has been appointed chief
of police of New York.
A. B. Leicester, of Manhattan. Kan. has
been commissioned as captain in the Britt
ish South African army.
Maj. Gen. Otis has issued an order for re.
cruits to the Twenty-ntnth regular infan.
try for service In Manila.
]. e. German mayor of Kenosha, Wis.
was married to Miss Maria Rosa Moeller
after courtshtp of 20 years.
A. NJ. Hartle died at Marseilles, o., and
shortly after the funeral his widow. who
was Frustrated by grief, died.
n
ing at Hartford university was made public
at the New York alumni dinner.
Capt Robley D. Evans. Of the navy. was
presented with teweled sword by the
chamber Of commerce of Des Moines. la.
George B. Harris has been elected to the
presidency of the Chicago. Burlington s.
Quincy. to succeed c. E. Perkins. resigned.
Internal Revenue Commissioners Yerkes
has decided that shipments and sales Of
t,,nr $aA do n.
legal.
The old cadets at Kenyon military acad-
envy in Ohio have signed pledge against
any form Of haztng or annoying fellow
cadet.
Pat Grove in a letter to E. A. Cudahy
declared his innocence of the kidnapping Of
the latter's son. and offered to give him.
self up.
Indians Of White Rock agency have
been excited by prophet. who promises to
give them possession Of the old hunting
grounds.
The American Newspaper Publishers as.
ISOLATION in session in New York elected
as president 8. II. Kaufman, OF the Wash.
ington Star.
The Delaware legislature passed bill
providing a penalty OF death or imprison-
ment for life at the discretion of the court
for kidnapping.
Harvard college observatory announced
that new star, observed February %. Is
the brightest one discovered In three cen.
turtles. 1t is in the constellation Perseus.
DR.. Mayo G. Smith. the companion Of
Mark Twain and the inspiration Of the
novelist's doctor in "Innocents Abroad"
died at Colorado Springs. Col. aged IS
years.
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