The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

.siG@aSl -- sag lfl e
FER the week EnAiae Nov. -. .s,s
Four men and one woman committed
suicide in Chicago on Thanksgiving
day. los4t.I 3ia!s ly.a.,ae e.l,,!, .s.43 I,
The will of Herr Krnpp bequeaths
the big gun factory at Essen to his
eldest daughter. ,4s.3s ...ss,
Duston. Sarvis, a telegraph operator.
shot Miss Jody Burns and committed
suicide at Nichols, S. C.
Three islands of the South sea group
have been annexed for Great Britain
by the warship Sparrow. 80
& Great Britain closed its ports to
live stock shipped from New England
and is in fear of meat famine.
/ Solomon. H. iBethea has been reap
pointed United States district attor-
sneyi for the northern district of Illi-
snois. e.s,5l.8.. i,..5sfi..ts 5.,,5.3 s.
f Many Americans We're winners at the
annual distribution of medals in, the
foreign ecclesiastical colleges OF
Rome. wa '...'psit' 7asl
John {. Sullivan, the former pugil.
list, fled a petition in bankruptcy in
New York to prevent his arrest for
debt in Boston. E} = ~ l3aiisis5
4 The Peoria & Pekin (I1l.) terminal
railroad has granted the demands Of
its employees for ten per cent. in.
crease in wages. ~ ..:s..it s "
I Emperor William presented Ambas-
4sador White with the gold medal Of sci
9ence and art of the German empire at q
farewell audience. =. !.
I a detective XpoSed a plot whereby a
gang at Dallas, Tex, planned to de-
fraud life insurance company out Of
thousands of dollars. iaila tFt8s5 &
/ The Philippines constabulary under
Inspector Crockett killed SO 'ladrones
in Leyte.- Thirteen we're killed by Cor.
poral Montague's force. 49,.el .,sl =
| President Castro will head off q
naval demonstration against vene'
zuela by England and Germany BY
paying claims due their subjects.
Central Pacific stockholders have
sued the C. p. Huntington estate fol
over $l0O,0Oo,000, charging fraud in
manipulation of finances of western
roads. ~
DIR. Adolf Lorenz. the noted Aus
trian surgeon, received the degree
| of doctor of laws from Northwest
ern university in the presence of {
large audience. .s. e.4..,s.e
The state department is handicapped
in preparing, claims of American citi
zens for losses in Samoa by the fact
that it recently specifically denied liz.
bility for such claims. s@''
Fire Chief Edward F. Croker, OF
New York, was found guilty by Com
missioner Sturgis on four of 81,
charges and ordered dismissed from
the service December !. s.a-s..-ae.e.'-.-.-'.a
British merchants in India are
alarmed at a threatened. invasion Of
l:steel industries by American capital
The BengahIron& steetcompany viii
import a plant to .forestall it,
z,sT ,British=AmeEicap Tobaccocom
Epa u, with $s0. oo6, capital, sM saas
ktp bp planning Iah d ang headqussr t 8,
Efpc 4 seh troll ofsstl isssSsetds expoFtss s'5
she ispresid the conssf 4 "a. ~
q s q si j57 snia@ eY
@ssss IN fse 'f pfl s,a i's 8 Ss's q
Berlin, and DR.. Arrhenius, of Stock
hoMR Gsotieceived rewards.
Reports Of II principal nationa
banks Of Chicago show an aggregat,
| decrease of $1a,ooo,ooo in deposit.
since septem RerS ~ a Gontreetfon g
$4,000, 600 in loans and an incrsase b
$1,000 ooo.in cash rfsoureea III aEE
| An attempt TO spass / the Gerrna1
tariff bills without sliscpssings detail
compelled an fad jotlrnlnent If tn,
reichstag. Socialists dragged Her
| GatheinI l(rptlicaD downstairs. am
prevented renewal of his speed
+ when the isessioniW sumed., ! q &
Western Nebraska land frauds. in
volsing 3,s52.e44s acres. ARE under; in
vestigation by Col. John s. Mosby a,
President Roosevelt's efnstigation
Cattle baF6ng are sacfuzed Of fencing
public land san I'D paying widows s75 fol
securing it under homestead act.
., The income of Irish families who
rent bogEiand from Ford De EFreynt
Ieestate, averages s4o.75 yearly ,sderiyee
Ffrom labor at 25cents day andthe sal.
of eggs. The produce raised is worth
only $50. while the yearly expenses av
erage $57.25, including $40 for groceries
and ESQ for. elothipgs,S.s u, b.. q, q,
8 THE MARKETS. Y
III haA.# New Yorak, INey 4.
LIVE STOCK Steers. $500 RsG 90
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