The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-12-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


For the Week Enalng Nee. n.
The London press blames Germans
for sinking Venezuelan warships.
The December wheat crop estimate
assumes an almost perfect condition.
DIR. Adolf Deucher has been chosen
president Of the Swiss confederacy.
Andrew Carnegie, wife and daugh-
ter reached New York from Europe.
The weekly trade review reports
brisk business throughout the coun-
try.
Six men were reported killed in q
Northern Pacific wreck at Fridley,
MINI.
Mrs. Elizabeth strickler, who lived
near Decatur, Ind, died at the age of
103 years.
A rumor has reached Alden, Arabia,
of the assassination of the Mad Null
lahyin Somaliland. 81 -s
Harry Pulliam, Of Pittsburg, has,
been elected to the presidency of the
National Baseball league.
An attempt to lay the shore end Of
the Pacific cable at San francisco
failed because of high tide s.s ~
The new Wooster university build
ings, costing over 500. 1000, at
Wooster. o., have been dedicated.
John D. Rockefeller will give pos
sibly 500, O0O, 1000 to establish a nation-
al educational institution al; Washing
ton. ~ e',afiissfS's5f{ ss43.s.4ft93
For the first time in history Amer
lean capitalists have bought large
holdingssin. the stock of Canadian
bank. ~ .s.s4.sz I'll; 81 s.ss,:.segzai Alb
The total value. of crops in Iowa the
past year is placed at $215, 722, 1879, or
$6o, 200, 900 less than the value Of crops
Of 1901. Y.
The National Civil Service Reform
league convention in Philadelphia
elected Daniel c. Gilman, Of Balti-
more, president. i .41idss4s'i ~.
Bogota is to be informed that the
! United States will not tolerate any
further delay in negotiating isthmian
canal treaties. ,.a.. ..,..zr ge,;.
Former President Cleveland pre-.
sided at a meeting in Philadelphia in
| aid Of the Berean Manual Training
School for Negroes. 's'3 ~
| A dispatch. from Dublin says the.
Irish people are united for self-gov-
eminent, but do not seek separation
from Great Britain. 'e'N = s. 2.s-
A committee of the Federation of
Women's Clubs found distressing con-
ditions in factories in Chicago where
children are employed. zs4#2
| Diplomatists in Washington deplore
the attitude of Britain and Germany
toward Venezuela, which. has no
money to pay their claims. .
A reciprocity treaty between Cuba
and the United States has been
signed in Havana by Gen. Bliss and
Secretaries Zaldo and Monies.
"A new counterfeit $50 gold certi.
ficate, act July 12, 1882, check letter c,
Lyons register, Roberts treasurer,
portrait of Garfield, has been dis
covered.
The senate committee on education
and labor concluded the taking Of
testimony on the eight-hour bill and
intends to act on the measure at an
early date. ~ =
An iron and wooden toy trust, with
$10,00O,000 capital, will be organized
January to eliminate wholesalers.
Prices have already advanced five to
ten per cent.
The house committee on judiciary
shelved three joint resolutions pro.
posing an amendment to- the consti.
tuition disqualifying polygamists from
holding office.
Three thousand Chicago union
cigar makers have decided to post
pone their increased wage demand
one year TO help: manufacturers fight
the tobacco trust.
James j. Hill thinks the era of pros.
perity has reached it's height and
thatsa downward tendency will soon
be apparent, with diminished indus.
trial activity and tighter money.
President Baer, Of the Reading rail-
road, in speech in New York, declared
that .tinkering politicians who try to
override the federal constitution will
be checked by the supreme court.
The coroner's investigation of the
Lincoln hotel fire, in Chicago, where
IA persons were killed, disclosed
that six rooms had no outside vim
dows, and that rooms leading to the
fire escape were filed with guests
and the doors locked. 9.
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