The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Fer the week n.al.x Nav p.


Fire practically wiped out the min.
ing town of Thornwood, w. Va.
- The business portion of Qunkirk, O.,
was practically wiped out by fire.
Great damage was done in Ohio at |
Delhi, Home City and Fernbank by q
cloudburst. rF'A *c4
The Masonic temple at Bay City,
Mich, was burned. Loss, $l0o, O0O;' in.
surance, $4,000. iiHa.s i3g. 81 eiHs 1
= One section of Montana is eaten up
by locusts, while another is under
three feet of snow. ga =, f. "a.
20 AT, the confederate reunions in New
! Orleans Gen; Gordon, was, reelected
commander in chief. .a......-.. ,...+
Maxim Cork, the. Russian novelist.
blames Russian society for the fright
full massacre at Kishineff. '':'.
In fit of jealousy Joseph Gutsch
Killed his wife near Milwaukee, Wis,
and then fatally shot himself.- 'iR 8
Two hundred and twenty acres are.
to be added to the United States mills
|'tary reservation at WestlP Point. ia; :.
The ;Seaboard'i; Air Line. railway
shops aiat |; Portsmouth, Na!a were:
burned, the loss being $3.50, 900. f. Z.
The Great Northern Express com.
pany has voluntarily increased the:
wages. gifts messengers laA per cent.
John Dixon .(colored) was driven
from Fremont, o., by'a mob beca use he:
refused to quit work when = strikers
did. = 5'ii:'E.sleies ii ri X.ll:ss.,s .ss.s.1 ::
4 Thomas. A.. Edison ahas been s.ap-:
pointed honorary chief, consulting en-.
gineeri at. the worlds fair: at. St:
Louis t...,s...,,. @.g....+.sq =. :.
Il, Frequent strikes in. Chicago. have
caused the abandonment of many pros.
posed improvements in industrial.
plants. Ii i't'i .''''i i-:t -s''!' ,7'si <.EEt .
Albert Palmer shot and killed Afoll;e
Beck at Bairdstown. Pa, because she
refused to marry him, and then killed.
himself.llEEf -.1i.s..l III sssft't;ltnt -.
Kennedy and Bremner baketieE in
Chicago have been closed because of:
strikes, throwing 5000 employees out
of work. G.ii+llas..ssss i,ss.s E..sss Us
q Tom SSh3arkeys defeated John Pien.
ing, the Graeco-Roman champion, in
catch-as-catch-c can wrestling match:
in New York. .. t.. >, -. -; ',i -
j.. w. Bailey, for the lastil40 years
editor OF the Bureau, County 'Repub.
lican, died atahis home in Princeton,
ILL.,, aged "a years NJ t,. sS ,;.,,,es ''-'
The Louisville t(Ky:) eri Baptistii ors
| phanage has been, given. $500 900 t6sy
the Will Of Cart. W. F. Norton, an e.
centric, millionaire. az !. .t::...:.s +:
H.. William Hopkins, q negro, char sd
| with outraging his nine-year-old step.
daughter, was Shot to death by.a| mob
at White e. Mill, Ca. i. e,.f,s: 5a@i VI.
l@r The: national: bank OF southppRt,
Conn, closed it's doors as d result p1
the ,.eas hieEs, defalca ton. which. isl fis:
\: ported to be about$1s0, 600, ;,.i.lsaM &.
Hugh j. Murdoch, editor o. liz
! United Presbyterian and prominent;;in
church circles, died at his home In
sewicktlley, Pa, aged 20 years '.t5' i
4 = Rev: Henry Storey baptist mil is.
ter, was burned to: death and his Wiz
fatally burned. in 81 fire that destroyed
their heir home IL Richmond, Mich. y
Judge Walter; Evans, in the Unitsd
4 States court at Bowling Green, ky:,
said that postmasters were, respd
I big fof th4fts from their JffficesJ +.
Eleven Nssy My 4 orleans street railway
months qRhiissht iSr:Ijfh III bpt:
i4ihg mall cars during he reeentat iike,
Moses III :hsgt III aeyPps5sdo Jon
Etrial '.at sCpririth,,,.Misk., 4fret1t ab the
fl SIS
~ the, street; and as shot to ldath by
e ~ h,1i aof;z d'I'i! sT'la,.,b 20 it
I. p 81 \ lktoi iadeclarea.s Hat
j thei. Jewish ma sases az .Kisbfntf
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lrBhaa RresbVte piians general asss1h 9ly
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