The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending June 4.

leacnerS are SO scarce in Chicago the
board has been forced TO advertise
Two state Buildings were dedicated at
the world 8 fairin st. Louis Friday. those
Of Missouri and Indiana
W. H. Pattengall, OF Machias, was
nominated for congress by the demo-
Gratis of the Fourth Maine district.
Robert Steel. a wealthy wholesale
liquor dealer of Philadelphia, was found
dead with his neck broken He had fallen
down stairs.
1t is understood that the price fixed by
the Moorish brisands for the release
from captivity OF Messrs. Perdicars and
Varley is $4,000
Former Lieut.. Gov Benjamin F. Cue.
OF Iowa, died suddenly at Des Moines.
expiring of heart failure while out for
walk near his residence.
|. c. L.. Saylor, Office manager for the
Armour Packing company at South
Omaha. Neb.. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
The Grand Trunk Western railroad has
purchased 1872 acres of land on the out
move its locomotive shops from Port
Huron.
John Hopley, editor of the Bucynes.
o., Journal, is dead. He was SO years old.
Mr.. Hopley was confidential secretary OF
Salmon p. Chase during the war of the
rebellion
Orders have been issued by several
New England cotton mill managers, in
structing agents to curtail production
on account of the depression in the
textile industry.
Thomas H. Wilson, vice president Of
announced that a shortage of $500 has
been discovered in the accounts of an
employe who is missing. ..,
Co. Charles r. Mills. Of Springfield.
ILL.,, has been appointed chief of the
live stock. department of the worlds
fair at st. Louis; to succeed Frank ID.
Coburn, of Kansas, resigned.
A loss of $4,000 through the embez-
element of its funds by trusted en-
ploye, Douglas NJ Smith. is admitted
by the officers of the National Trades
mems bank, sof New Haven, Conn.
Four masked robbers visited the car
barn. of the Delaware County Electric
railway at Clifton Heights. near 'Phila-
delphia. and blew open two safes, secur-
ing $3.50 in cash, and made their escape
When theUnitedsS States supreme court
adjourned Tuesday there remained on
the calender 282 cases. the smallest num-
Der left after any term since 1870 Dur
ing the term 449 cases were disposed Of.
Complaint was made to the worlds
fair police department at St. Louis
that silver and gold nuggets valued at
81 900 had been stolen from the French
! section in the Mines and Metallur&y
building,
The pope has expressed his intention
to hold a consistory June q. His hoA-
ness may take this opportunity to de-
| liver an allocution concerning events
leading up to the recall of the French
ambassador. ~
| The first national convention or con-
ference of young peoples societies OF
the different denominations, called the
young Peoples Missionary Movement"
will be held at Winona Lake. Ind. for ten
days, beginning June II.
As a.result of fight which occurred on
the Sims and Williams plantation. at
Trail Lake, Miss, 30 miles east of here.
John Sims and his manager. named. Cato.
we're killed by negroes and three of the
negroes have been killed, also.
A head-on collision of freight trains
occurred on the Cumberland Valley rail-
road six miles east Of Chambersburg.
Elmer Walck, aged 40 years, an engineer.
was instantly killed, and William Conk-
Ign, a trainman. is believed to be fatally
hurt.
A special train on the Pennsylvania
railroad, bearing the old Liberty bell aud
! an escort of about 60 persons. left Phil
adelphia for the st. Louis exposition.
where the revolutionary relic will be
placed on exhibition in the Pennsylvania
building.
President Roosevelt again made it
clear that he will not permit himself to
be drawn into local political contests. A
delegation of Wisconsin republicans
visited him with reference to the fac
tional fight between republicans OF that
state, but he stated definitely that he
would have nothing to do with the con-