The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-30
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending June Is.

For the Week Ending June Is.
A strike of $4,000 persons employed
in New York in the clothing trades
has been called to take effect at once.
The Texas democratic convention
instructed its delegates to vote for the
nomination of Parker as q candidate
for president
The convention Of the International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders censured
President Roosevelt for his action In
the Miller case
Secretary Taft issued an order maxi
ing the terms Of the Dingley act as to
tariff rates applicable to the canal
strip on the Isthmus of Panama.
A Lima, o., street car and a Western
Ohio special suburban car came together
while both were entering a switch.
Twelve or more passengers were hurt.
The one hundred and twenty-ninth
anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill was celebrated in Boston, Lynn.
and in many other New England cities.
Mary Jane Sked. indicted at Free
port, ILL.,, for causing the death of her
four-year-old nephew, James Dayton
Remington, was found guilty of man.
slaughter.
Judge j. Soule Smith, attorney, jur-
list and perhaps the best informed
mason in the United States, dropped
dead at his home in Lexington, KY.
Of heart disease.
John 4. Sullivan, for Is years one of
the most popular American actors.
died at his hotel in New York city.
from rheumatism which finally at
tackled his heart.
Prof. w. ]. Hussey, of the Univer-
sity of California ASTRONOMICAL de-
partment at Lick observatory, has
just announced his discovery of 100
new double stars.
F. r. Chaffee, who claimed to be q
relative of Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee, shot
himself through the head at Houston,
Tex. dying instantly. The cause OF
the act is not clear.
At Bloomington, ILL.,, The jury In the
case of Mrs. Annie Cotton Works. of
Helena. Mont, charged with the MUIR
der of her husband. Michael Cotton. IN
Bloomington, in 1897, disagreed.
Seth Ellis, at one time the union re-
form candidate for president. and master
of the National and Ohio oranges. fell
from a cherry tree at his farm at
Waynesville, O., and died Of his injuries.
Heavy rain, wind and hail seriously
damaged the wheat crop in the central
portion of Kansas. Large fields OF
wheat have been fattened out by the
storm. The harvest was about to be-
gin.
An explosion, presumably OF gaso-
line, in the grocery store Of the w. E.
Reid company, in St. Louis, caused the
collapse of the two-story brick build
ing and injured IL persons. none seri-
ously.
The memory OF Nathaniel Hawthorne
was honored by citizens of Salem, Mass.
the place of his birth, 100 years ago
July 4 next. Addresses were delivered
and q permanent family organization
was formed.
Frederick Field Billiard, we'll
known organist and musical composer,
died in Boston of pneumonia. His best
known compositions are "The Stein
Song" 1.-THE Sword of Ferrara" and
1.-THE Nottingham Hunt"
Frank Shannon, bartender, be-
cause his persistent proposals Of mar
rage to Mrs. Bridget Lee, q widow
and proprietress Of q saloon in Brook
Ign, were refused. shot and killed her.
He then blew out his brains with tho
same revolver.
Fro practically destroyed % entire
square in the business section OF San
dusky, o. Among the big buildings
destroyed was the plant Of A. Booth &
Co., fish dealers. Several lumber yards
were also burned. The total loss Is es-
timated at 100000.
The secret service announces the dis
covery of a new counterfeit five dollar
silver certificate, Lyons register. Rob-
erts treasurer. It Is poor lithograph-
ic imitation of the genuine, printed on
heavy paper. with red and blue Ink
lines to represent silk fiber
Charles H. Netcher, president and
treasurer of the Boston store. Chicago.
who with a career begun as cash
boy" in dry goods store became tho
owner Of downtown business property
in Chicago said to be worth $9,O0O,0O0.
diad no thu vosu1t of an OperatiOn for