The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
THE NEWS m BR1EF.
For the Week Ending Jun. 10.

For the Week Ending June 10.
The tie-up on the great lakes has been
declared Oh SO far as the masters are con.
cerned.
Gen. Kuropatkin left Laoyang to
assume command OF the army operat-
ing towards Port Arthur.
The comptroller of the currency Is
sued a call for the condition of national
banks at the close of business June 9.
News has been sent to Raisuli
through the sheriff of Bazzan that all
his demands have been complied with.
Joseph Malcomb and David Cox were
killed by fall OF IL feet Of slate in the
karawha Gas & Coal mine at Smithes.
w. Va
Judge E. c. Severance. aged "a,
prominent lawyer and pioneer of Min
nesota, dropped dead as he was about to
take seat in BARRIERS chair.
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.
Maj. Gen. Henry G. Corbin has been
ordered to command the division of the
Philippines succeeding Maj. Gen. j. F.
Wade, the order to take effect in Oc-
tOber.
The Louisiana Purchase exposition
has paid into the United States SUBJ
treasury at St. Louis $195, O57.o4, being
the first payment on the loan of $4,6OO,-
900 made by congress.
William Forrest Hunter, dean of tina
college of law at Ohio State university.
died at his home in Columbus of typhoid
fever. He was one of the Oldest practic-
ing attorneys in the state.
A negro by the name of Jonah Woods.
who lived about Is miles from Lagrange.
Ca, was lynched by other negroes be-
cause he had threatened to report them
to the grand jury for playing craps.
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported for June aggregated
$4.141 ,10S, of which 1854. 762 were in
manufacturing, $1.S79,394 in trading.
and $416,952 in other commercial lines.
Albert Koepping, who murdered John
MARITIME in Port Jervis, N. Y. and Oscar
Mount Kisco, N. Y, were put to death
in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison.
William E. Hermon, city marshal of
Pitkin, Col, and deputy sheriff of
Gunnison county, was shot and in
stantly killed by Tim Sullivan. whom
he was called to arrest for threatening
his wife.
In q collision between two through
passenger trains on the Baltimore e
Ohio railroad at Caseyville, ILL.,, the en-
gineer of the west-bound train was
killed and three passengers were seri-
ously injured.
George H. Adams, a millionaire cattle-
man and owner of the Adams hotel in
Denver, Col, died of heart disease, after
three years illness. aged SO years. He
owned the Baca grant of 100, 900 acres in
the San Luis valley.
The jury in the case of E. D. Con-
ger, manager Of the Herald, in Grand
Rapids, Mich. charged with conspiracy
In connection with the Lake Michigan
water deal, reported a disagreement.
They were discharged.
Funeral services over the remains Of
the late Levi z. Letter, who died at Bar
Harbor, Me-, last week, were held in st.
Johns Episcopal church, Washington.
The body was placed III the receiving
vault at Rock Greek cemetery.
Secretary Cortelyou has placed his
resignation in the hands of President
Roosevelt. 1t will take effect on June
%. or Immediately after Mr.. Cortelyou
has been elected chairman Of the re-
publican national committee.
Miss Amelia Zimmerman, daughter of
Gus Zimmerman, the champion rife
shot, won cup at the national schuet-
zenfest, at Hoboken. N. j., by making
score of 81 out Of possible 60. Miss
Zimmerman had 121 male opponents.
Rear Admiral James A. Greer. re-
tired, U. s., NJ, died at his home in
Washington. He had been i'll about
six months Of ailments consequent on
advanced years. He was 72 years old
and had been on the retired list since
1895.
More than 1900 miles of railroad. It
is said, are to be built in Mexico under the
direct auspices of the Mormon church.
The Mexican government has given the
Mormon church another grant Of 100.-
900 acres Of land in the state of Chthau.
hua.