The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-08-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending July Sc

1oA ZIG week GAu4nS July oO.
The commercial treaty between Ger
many and Russia has been signed.
Fire in an immoral resort at NASH
walk, on the Minnesota iron range.
burned three persons to death.
Twelve business houses were de-
stroyed by fire at Mora, Mimi, causing
loss estimated at about $4,000. '2f
DR.. Henry G. Green, of Atlanta, Ca,
is dead as the result of being run
down by street car near the worlds
fair at ST. Louis.
Albert F. Dawson, private secretary
to United States Senator Allison, was
nominated for congress by republicans
OF the Second Iowa district
The house OF John Harper, at New
Haven, in Hamilton county, o., burned.
and Mr.. Harper and his wife, both over
81 years old. We're burned to death.
During heavy rain at Elizabeth, N.
j., Patrick Meckeesey, 60 years old en-
ployed by the city, was drowned in q
sewer which he was engaged in cleaning.
Andrew anderson and Charles F.
johnson We're killed by lightning near
Rock Rapids, Ia, while fishing. Search
ing parties found their bodies side by
side.
| Rear Admiral George A. Converse
has been appointed chief of the bu-
reau OF navigation, navy department.,
to succeed the late Rear Admiral H.
G. Taylor
The Pacific Mail company's steamer
Korea, which it was rumored had been
captured by the Russian Vladivostok
squadron, has arrived at her destina-
ton safely
\ The death Of John Rogers, sculptor
and designer Of the famous Rogers
groups" of statuary. is announced. II
occurred at his summer home in New
Canaan, Conn. -
Henry r. Hodges. his wife and three
children, living about six miles FROM
Statesboro, have been killed and their
home burned Robbery is supposed to
have been the cause Of the crime.
The;cotton mill strike in EaIl River.
Mass, has tied up the mills so complete
ly that by noon Tuesday not wheel was
| Jaw us IA lAC Oh 1aGlS " iOAuStLOA
of 12lla per cent. in wages has taken
place.
j. H. Murley, of Denison Tex, .
freight train brakeman, who recently
inherited 100000, and who was max
ing his last trip as brakeman, fell I'M
der the wheels of his train and was
killed. 81" 81
The comptroller Of the currency has
appointed E. B. Shaw, national bank
examiner, as receiver of the First ma
tional bank, of Grinnell, Ia, whose
doors were closed by the directors
Tuesday
Samuel H. Cordell, an insurance
agent, of Dallas, Tex, shot and killed
his wife while she was asleep. Cordell
then shot himself through the head.
dying instantly. Jealousy is given as
the cause. .st
There We're 70 passengers and $40
employees of railroads killed and $50
passengers and 10,S54 employees in
jured In accidents on railroads in tbs
United States during the quarter end
ed March 81, 1904.
zen. Leonard Wood, commanding
the department of Mindanao, Philip
pines, has taken steps to have SWIM
ming taught the soldiers of his COM
mand as the result of numerous acci-
dents in the water. n
| After voting for three days and
nights. having cast COZ ballots with.
out change, the deadlocked Fourth
I Missouri district congressional con-
vention, in session at St Joseph, took
recess until August 8. Il
Gov. Peabody, of Colorado, has issued
proclamation calling off military rule
in Teller county and placing the Cripple
Creek district in charge of the civil au-
thorities. Military rule was proclaimed
in Teller county on June 8. =
The coal pocket at the Portsmouth IN.
H. navy, yard was completely destroyed
by fire, together with 5000 tons of coal.
causing an estimated loss of SIPS, 900.
The cause of the fire is believed to have
i been spontaneousI combustion, u
4 Capt. Van !. scllatck and Federal
Steamboat Inspector Fleming and
Former Inspector Lundberg were in
/ dicted I'm New York by the federal
Y grand fury in connection with the dis.
aster to the General Slocum on jung
\ Is last when nearly 1000 lives were