The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-03-02
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending Feb. IS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Feb. Is.
Fire in the business district Of Hot |
Springs. Ark, caused losses estimated
1t $4,000.
Twenty japanese torpedo boats and
= large. warship are on their way to |
Vladivostok.
Rear Admiral George F. Wilde.
u. s. n, has retired from active. duty.
after 43 years service.
Reports from the northern peninsula
of Michigan say that wolves are slaugh-
tering the deer there BY hundreds.
President Roosevelt and Emperor
William received the degree Of doctor Of
laws from the University Of Pennsylva-
mia.
Frederick A. Whittlesey, who was
Judge of the slave court under Will
liam H. Seward, died at Rochester, N.
Y, aged u.
The anti-tipping bill, introduced by DR..
Alorzo Tubbs. was killed in the lower
house of the Missouri legislature by
vote of Is to go.
Word has reached the state depart
ment of the death of John Todd Hill,
United States consul at San Juan del
Norte, Nicaragua.
The news of Gen. Gripenberg's attack
on Gen. Kuropatkin has caused great in
dignation at Russian headquarters at
AG,,1,<lor ond in army circles
The bursting of mill stones in the flour
mill at the Trappist monastery at Okla.
Que, resulted in the death of two monks
and the severe wounding Of an assist
ant -
Former City Treasurer George Hol-
comb is under arrest, charged with en-
bezzlement from the city of Everett,
Wash. while treasurer, of the sum of
$11, 500.
The Indiana house of representa-
ltives passed the Davis anti-pass bill.
which prohibits the issuance of railroad
| masses to any citizen of the state, by q
vote of IS to 9. @
After being out % hours, the jury in
| the case Of Print Cooley, charged with
killing James Smith in What Cheer,
Ia, last October, returned verdict Of
| guilty" as charged.
Maj. Darlington who was convicted at
Manila of falsifying vouchers of the civil
government to the amount Of 81 500, was
sentences To- q total Of 60ysars and five
days imprisonment.
A resolution to adopt state flag con-
sisting of laurel branch in bloom in a
field of white with a border of blue and
yellow, was adopted by the West Vir-
GINA house of delegates.
Rev. Joshua Cooley, minister ofthe
Southern Methodist church, is dead at
Bethel Ridge, KY, aged 90 years. He
had been preacher for 70 years, and
five of his sons are ministers.
Standard Oil stock fell to $500 a
share on the Broad street curb in New
York, representing loss of $41, OOO, 900
in value since the publication of the
presidents order for an Investigation.
Louis NJ. Hardy and wife, aged about
40 years, were found dead in bed at
Homer. Mich. Each had been shot in
the head and once under the heart.
The police are working on a theory Of
murder.
Anthony Huddleson, aged 10l, the first
white settler in Pierce county, is dead at
the home of his grandson near Trim
belle, Wis. Mr.. Huddleson was born in
Virginia His youngest child is 81 years
of age and his Oldest so.
For the first time in the history of the
city, Baltimore is without oysters during
the season. Dealers say lovers of the BIZ
valve must expect to do without them
until a thaw comes, which will enable
the dredgers to get fresh supply.
Fred l.. Grant, an insurance agent,
pleaded guilty at Springfield, ILL.,, to the
embezzlenaent.of 5000 while secretary
Of the Citizens Saving & Loan associa-
ton. He was sentenced to an indeter-
inmate term in Chester penitentiary.
The petition for the pardon of Jesse
Pomeroy, now serving q life sentence
in the Massachusetts, state prison for
the murder of two children in 1874, has
been placed on file by Gov. Douglas.
This means that the pardon will not
be granted.
A comparison between railway acct
dents in the United States and P:us-
STA, showing that derailments are three
times more frequent in the United
States. and collisions three-and one
half times, while the number of per-