The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Per the Week eaAisg nasoA d.
The Venezuelan congress assemblsA
It Caracas.
Mrs. Ely Knudsen died In Chicago,
aged nearly lo2 years.
The Mississippi river Aood q Menu
phis broke all records.
The Buffalo IN. Y.) Racing associa-
ton has been declared insolvent.
The first Cuban consulate general in
France has been inaugurated q Mar
settles.
An earthquake shock ct Helena,
Mont. did serious damage to the new
statehouse.
Gov. Dockery has signed the anti
cigarette bill passed by the Missouri
legislature.
Hentsch's bonded warehouse was
burned at Sydney, N. 8. W., the los.
being $2,5oo. 900.
Justice Charles v. Barden, Of the
Wisconsin supreme court, died in Madi-
son. aged 50 years. d
The president has reappointed DR..
w. D. Crum (coloref collector Of Gus
toms at Charleston, sc. +
Former President Cleveland cele.
brated his sixty-sixth birthday at his
home in Princeton, N. j.
Charles Godfrey Leland, well.
known American author, died in Flor.
ence, Italy, aged 70 years. /
Weekly reviews report trade brisk.
especially in the west. Fear Of strikes
is the only disturbing element. !.
The Clarendon hotel at Grand Rap
ids, Mich. was destroyed by fire and
William G. Hawkins was killed
James S. Harlan, attorney general
to Porto Rico, has resigned, and will
resume his law practice in Chicago.
President Roosevelt appointed S. N.
d. North director of the census to sue.
coed William r. Merriam, resigned.
The post Office safe at Wilmington.
H., was blown open with dynamite and
robbed of 500 in money and stamps.
Gov. Odell, Of New York, has been
threatened by an assassin, and a de-
tective has been hired to guard him.
c. Moench 4 Sons company and
Moench, Fischer & Gaensslen, Co
wanda IN. W tanners, failed for ST.
$4,000.
By vote Of PA to LOT the New
Hampshire house Of representatives
put itself on record in favor Of q Ii.
cense law.
William P. Wood. chief Of the secret
service division under Lincoln and
johnson, died in Washington ut the age
of so years.
Rev. P. M. Weddell, one of the oldest
Baptist ministers in the middle
west, died suddenly at Piqua, o., at the
age of 81 years.
The twenty>seconds session of the leg
islature of Arizona has closed. Gov.
Brodie vetoed, the bill for granting suf-
frage to women. Il
lingo. the largest elephant in cap
tivity, died aboard the steamer
Georgia, en- route to New York, and
was buried at sea.
The grand jury at Charleston, w. Va,
indicted $50 miners accused of partici.
pating in BATTLE with deputy mar.
shals at Stamford.
Officials of the Mormon church will
appeal to Gov. Odell for the pardon Of
William Hooper Young, now serving q
life sentence in Sing Sing.
James H. Pound, Detroit lawyer,
has been chosen by the Michigan
democratic committee for the SUI
preme bench, Judge Yaple having de.
clined.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Of
Great Britain, was entertained by
lord mayor of London and says that
the Beers will be loyal to the British
empire.
Jose Estrada Palma, son of tho
Cuban president, was privately mar
ried to Miss Mabel Jacobs, daughter
of New York tobacco importer, ON
February II.
The chief of Buffalo police force
sticks to first theory, that woman
killed Burdick, and says he continues
to suspect the same woman whom no
suspected ut first.
Ole Oleson was hanged at Aitkin,
Mimi, for numbering his daughter.
James Rufiin and jay Green (col-
ored) were hanged at Sioux City, Ark.
for the murder Of Don McGhee. Al
Moultrie, Ca, ]. H. Bryant (coloredI