The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-02-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


For the Week. nding Feb. Z.
Annie stAnni shot ara Gkilied her lover,
Johs Davis n vaughn: ". va. Jealousy
g said tohays been the cause.
= Charles Martin gas killed in the Hec.
la branch u the Caidnet & Hecla mine
at Calumet, Mich. by falling rock.
Postmaster James M. Hobson, father
Of Capt. Richmond p. Hobson, died at
his home in Greensboro, Ala, at the age
of 68.
The Excelsior rolling mills at Marys-
vile, Kan. were destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at $3.50 900; insurance,
$4,000. - s,
Frank Barrett, aged 75syears the old
est printer in actiyeEservtce in central
Illinois, died at Peoria, Ill, from heart
trouble.
L One person was killed and five wound-
ed as the result ola feud over a line fence
near Rhine, seven milesswest of Abbe-
will, Ga. & sS q q
In fight at Dunloop,W. Va, William
Hamlet was shot and killed and three
other men wounded. Three men were
arrested. ........-
Rev. James Henry Darlington, d. D.,
rector of Christ church, Brooklyn, was
elected bishop of the diocese of Har-
risburg, Pa. "a 0
The sanitary authorities of the Pana-
ma canal zone government have UNDER
taken the sanitation of the cities of Pa
mama and Colon.
Thomas NJ. Exley, Of New Hampshire.
chief clerk Of the paymaster general for
many years, died in Washington from a
complication of diseases.
John B. Hale, ex-congressman from
Missouri, and for many years a leading
member of the bar, died suddenly at
Carrollton, aged "a years.
The attorney has rendered an
opinion in which he holds that draw
backs may be allowed on exported Hour
made in part from imported wheat.
James Sebery, one of four men caught
In the act Of robbing the Brooklyn navy
yard, was shot and instantly killed by
Private Laurence T. Milton. a sentry.
Two children were burned to death,
and William McCarrer sustained burns
which will prove fatal in a fire which de-
stroyed his home at Parkersburg, w.
Va.
The sawmill of Anton Brucken, six
miles from Madisonyille, KY, was blown
up by the explosion Of the boiler, and
James Hendricks, aged 20, was instantly
killed. -s~....
Escaping coal gas from stove in the
cabin Of the Lehigh Valley railroad barge
Aetna, lying at North river pier, New
York, asphyxieted Mrs. Sarah L. Van
Brunt.
The Gasconade county courthouse, one
OF the finest county buildings in the state,
was burned at Herman, Mo-, causing a
loss of $4,000. All the county records
were saved.
Robert E. Armstrong, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury, has rendered his
resignation to President Roosevelt to
take effect on March next, and it has
been accepted.
In the presence of number of promi-
nent members Of the bar, Hon Robert
W. Tayler was Installed at Cleveland, o..
as Judge of the federal court for the dis
trict of northern Ohio ga .ss ,s... q..
Representative w. I:sNolan, Of Mime.
apolis, introduced in the lower house Of
the Minnesota legislature law estab-
fishing the whipping post as means Of
punishment for .wifeb eaters. -
Announcement Of the gift Of 81, 1O0,-
600 to Union theological seminary was
made in New York By Dr. Charles Cuth-
bert Hall, president Of the faculty, who
declined 70. reveal the name of the
donor. % ~ N III @ NJ 81
Fifteen. stores, were destroyed by fire
at Stafford, Kan. Total loss, $4,000.
The town was saved by sacrifice made
by ]. L. Ball, who permitted back fire
to be started in his building on which
no insurance was carried.
s Mrs. Walter McCaslantl and infant
child were burned at Mount Vernon, Ind.
by the mothers clothing catching fire
from an open crate. In her struggles
the clothes OF the child were set afire.
Each lived but few hours ~s'-a.-.&
The pupils Of many public and private
schools met in Warsaw and decided to
demand the introduction of the Polish
language, or otherwise they will not re-
turn to school. This is significant as
indicating the Introduction of the ma
tionalist movement into the economic
agitation. N
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SHEEP ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4 % q Is
l'LOUR-Minn. Patents 80. 80 20 T.
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