The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week rndinr Tarch II.

For the Week Ending Tarch II.
Frank Il. Hitchcock. Of Massachu.
sets. has been selected for first assist
ant postmaster general.
George u. CortelyOu took the oath -
postmaster general. The other MEM
bers of the cabinet also qualified.
The Flov;lla, Ca, bank was burglar
lied and the vaults wrecked with nitro
glycerin. The robbers secured $1,000
in cash
Henry NJ Lewis. OF Berwick, H.. 4
member of the Thirty-first general as
sembly of Illinois, is dead. He was 81
years old.
The wholesale grocery house of Will
hanson, Hallsell. Frazer company at
Chickasaw. l. T., was destroyed by fire.
Loss, 100000
The United States treasury depart
ment will realize over $500. 900 net re-
ceipts from duties paid on foreign ex-
hibits at the worlds fair at ST. Louis.
James lnce, at Danville, Ark. con-
fessed the murder of his wife and three
children, because 1t seemed impossible
for him to make living for his FAM
lily.
Mount Vesuvius. which has never been
completely inactive. has become more
agitated. lncandescent lava, accom-
panied by flashes of light, was thrown
out.
As the result Of a furnace explosion at
the Cambria Steel company's works at
Johnstown, Pa. three men. foreigners.
were killed Their bodies were horribly
burned.
A fire which started in the general
store of A. S. Leyman 4 Co. burned
out over half dozen OF the principal
business buildings of Stanford Ill.
Loss, $4,000.
Dan Shepherd. charged with murder.
was found guilty OF manslaughter after
trial Of three weeks, at Fairfield, la.
Shepherd was accused OF having nnlr-
dered an aged German.
A west-bound passenger train on tina
Baltimore & Ohio railroad collided with
an east bound freight train at Mark
Center, Ind. Harry Cummins, fireman
of the passenger engine, was instantly
killed. #5
Robbers set fire to warehouse at
Muncy, Pa. and the structure, together
with the stores Of jacob Per and Lewis
Smith 4 Sons and two dwellings was
destroyed The total loss is placed At
$4,000.
The three upper floors of the seven
story building at No 1904 Filbert
street, Philadelphia. Pa, were destroyed
by fire, entailing loss to the owners
and tenants of the structure Of about
100000.
While seven men were being hoisted
in the carriage in the Clear Spring col
!iery at West Pitson, Pa, the rope
broke and the men were hurled to the
bottom, distance OF $50 feet. All
were killed.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
with the CLERK Of the United States dis
trict court at Springfield, Ill.,, by Tere
A. Clark, mining promoter of Quin-
cy: Ill. He scheduled his liabilities at
1854 800, and assets at $50.
An explosion of gas at Granger, Utah,
in the basement of the Ward meeting
house of the Mormon church. wrecked
the structure. Miss Nellie Mackey, the
organist, was killed and 26 other young
persons Were severely injured.
In a decision handed down by the
supreme court at Hartford, Conn. the
superior court is upheld in declaring
that the sealed letter In the Philo S.
Bennett will containing a bequest Of
$4,000 to William J. Bryan is not q
part of the Bennett will.
Mrs. Isaac Abrams, aged so years, was
beaten to death. and Mrs. Sadie Chat
ham, aged 80 years. her daughter, was
fatally injured by the younger woman's
husband, John r. Chatham, IS years old.
a prominent druggist of Chester, Pa.
The murderer killed himself. @
Although the local leaders are con-
tinuing the fight despite the fact that
the national leaders have repudiated
their action in calling the men out, the
strike on the subway and elevated rail-
way systems in New York has passed the
acute stage, and trains are running with
little delay.
The big new steamship James C.
Wallace, building at the American
Shipbuilding company's yards, was sue
cussfully launched at Lorain. O. The
steamer is one of the largest on the
lakes, and will have a capacity OF TO-
ono tons She is $50 feet over all 523