The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-11-24
THE NEWS m BRIEF.

UUe WeWS IN 0WUee.
4sr tire Wssk 1nAiae Nov. 70.
The Losetto academy at Cairo. Ill.
burned, Lon. o90.A0o.
A run on the Berlin national bank a&
Beslins Wis, caused the Institution to !,
close it, doors s =
Fire In the Arcade department. store
and the Decatur hotel at Decatur. Ill.,
caused total loss Of $l25.00O y
James Cooney. ex-congressman Of the
Seventh Missouri district. died at his
home In Marshall, Mo-, of pneumonia. Il
Turkey has ordered 100 new batteries
Of artillery from German. French and
English factories at q cost of SO 100000. z
The malt house Of the Frank Jones !
Brewing company's immense plant at
Portsmouth. N. H., was ruined by fire,
entailing loss of $4,000. IA
State Representative Henry Buzz:
baum was held for the grand jury by
the municipal court In, Boston on ..
charge Of embezzling 81, co.,.
J A dispatch from 8 C0nstantinople
says that negotiations have been rec
sumed for raising the American Legal
ton to The rank of an embassy.
A note just issued thanks those in
America, Great Britain and India whose
good wishes have helped Lady sCurzons
much during her terrible Illness. -
Prince Fushimi, of japan. visited
Mount Vernon. placed wreath ION. the
tomb ofWashington and planted atree,
on the old estate of the first president.
A Santa Fe passenger train jumped the
track IN the yards at Ardmore, Tex
Engineer H. E. Bemis, of Clerburne, was.
caught under the engine and scalded to
death. ~ ] fG VA. ~ go
Burglars wrecked the safe in William
II. Hillard's store at North Stonington.
Conn.,, and obtained booty valued at
nearly $1,000. principally in bonds and
stocks. To -
The Hotel Olympia, at Olympia,
Wash, one Of the largest frame hotel
buildings in the state, has been burned
to the ground. The loss will aggregate
$3.50 900. >:
The entire business district OF the
town Of Dublin, Miss, with the exception
of one building. was wiped out by fire
Wednesday. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. 'A' 80 " Sf i,
Three hundred cottages on the Ur.
bana Chatauqua camp grounds. IL miles
aorth of Springfield. o., we're destroyed
BY fire. Loss, over 500 900. End no In.
surance.
The big freight steamer Mohawk, 'of
the Central Vermont railroads fleet,
burned to the waters edge of Hor-
toms Point in Long Island sound. One,
life was lost. =
w. c. Rugh was arrested at Musko.,
gee, I. T., charged with embezzlement
| of $4,000 four years ago from a pub,
fishing firm for which he was man"
ager at St Louis. ~ !,
The monument erected by the state Of
Maine in memory of its soldiers who died
during the civil-wa in prison at Ander-
sonville, Ca, was unveiled with appro.}
pirate ceremonies.
Taylor Delk. white convict sent;
up for life as a result of one of the
most famous murder trials in the;
state. is dead at the state prison farm
at Milledgeville, Ga. 4
John G. Hecksher, father-in-law Of
Mayor Mcclellan. of New York, was.
knocked down and trampled upon by a,
team of horses during the New York;
horse show. He was badly. hurt -,
Secretary Shaw has announced
call upon national banks holding gov
eminent deposits to the amount of Is,
per cent. of their holdings. This. the.
| secretary estimates, will bring into the
treasury about $25.000.000.
7 With a capital stock of 25.000,0OO a.
company has been incorporated for
the purpose of building a model ORE.
entail city on the bay shore at South.
San Francisco, CAL, and moving the
Chinese quarters to that place. S-- I,
John A. Fagg, former clerk in the.
registry division of the post Office at
Kansas City, Mo-, found guilty Of
| stealing a package containing $4,000.
was sentenced to four years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary.
An automobile plunged over a high
bank at Los Angeles. CAL, and Hum
phrey Praed. assistant general Manager
Of the San Jacinto Land company, OF
Riverside. Cal. was instantly killed and
Miss Nina Rudolph, leading lady of thess
San Toy" opera company. and e. s..
Fry, chauffeur. seriously hurt. ];