The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-10-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending Oct. q.


For the Week Ending Oct. 3.
The new battleship Nebraska wss
launched At Seattle. Wash.
Henry Walker, . wealthy Chicago
man, was killed at Cedar Lake, Ind. By
q passenger train.
The price Of anthracite coal was ad-
vanced Is cents ton by all the re-
tail dealers of Boston
Gov. Bates was renominated by &C.
clamation at the republican state con-
vention held in Boston.
Congressman George p. Lawrence
was renominated by the republicans Of
the First Massachusetts district.
The republicans of the Twelfth Mis-
souri, district have nominated Harry
M. Coudrey, of st. Louis, for congress.
Burglars entered the residence Of
Mr.. John A. Stewart, at Asheville, N.
c.. and secured $4,000 worth of dia-
monds
David w. Matthews, of Rock Island
county, was nominated for congress by
the democrats Of the Fourteenth ILL.
nois district.
The will of Daniel Willard Fiske.
who died at Frankfort on the Main.
Germany, September IL, bequeaths to
Cornell university an aggregate of half
q million dollars.
Fire of incendiary origin caused
loss of $4,000 at Howe, Grayson coun-
ty, Tex. Five buildings were burned
with their contents.
William H. Althoff, editor of the News.
Democrat, at Port Clinton, was nom
mated for congress by the democrats Of
the Ninth Ohio district.
John Howard, q descendant of one Of
the earliest American colonists, and who
claimed to trace his lineage back to the
early English kings, is dead in New
York.
The Benson and St. John elevators
have been destroyed by fire at Heron
Lake. Mimi. Sixteen freight cars were
also consumed. The loss is placed at
$4,000.
The Greek steamer Kelmentink, bound
from the Black sea for Antwerp, found
cred recently % miles northwest OF
Ushant. Seventeen members of the crew
persisted.
The democrats of the Fourteenth
New York congressional district NOM
mated Charles A. Towne, former Unit
ed States senator from Minnesota. for
congress.
The shortage OF cars in the Pittsburg
district Is becoming serious. Sixteen
mines of the Pittsburg Coal company
were compelled to shut down owing to
the shortage.
Prelates from five continents and from
distant islands of the sea participated in
the opening ceremonies of the triennial
general convention Of the Episcopal
church in the United States in Boston. =
John Moore, aged IS. balloonist OF
Charleston, W. Va, fell from a para
chute at Frankfort, KY, breaking both
ankles and an arm and sustaining in
ternal injuries which may cause his
death.
William L. Douglas, of Brocton, for
governor, and John C. Crosby, of
Pittsfield, for lieutenat governor, were
nominated by reclamation by the
Massachusetts democratic state con-
vention.
The democratic convention of New
York county was held in Tammany
hall, New York city, and Victor J.
Bowling was nominated for Justice Of
the supreme court, to succeed Justice
Freedman.
Grief because she shot her husband.
was the cause assigned by physicians
for the death of Mrs. Peter Lewis, at
Leon, la. She recently shot and
killed her husband, whom she mistook
for chicken thief.
Automobiles to the number Of 427
were brought to America through the
port of New York during the nine
months ended October 1. The total
value of the 427 machines was $780,
900, giving an average of about $3.50
for each machine The duty paid on
the machines at As per cent amounted
to 100000.
Mrs. Ema Ewing Palmer. the last Of
the two ''ossifed" sisters, died ct
Sherburne, N. Y, aged So Mrs. Pa
mer had lain motionless upon her
back, totally blind and with every
muscle rigid for the last q years. Her
sister, Miss Stella Ewing, who died
here two years ago, was afflicted in the
same way.