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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
A Sensation Promised.

London, May 21.-f the case of Miss
Birdie" Sutherland, the chorus girl
in the Gaiety theater, against the Hon.
Dudley Churchill Majoribanks, eldest
son of Baron Tweedmouth, for breach
of promise ever comes into court it will
be the most sensational trial since
Miss Fortesque, the aortess, won 10, 900
pounds from Lord Garmoyle on a SINH
lar charge. Miss Sutherland is very
handsome, being nearly six feet tall,
and only Is years old. Her real name
is Annie Louise Watkins. She first
met the Hon. Dudley Majoribanks at
the Prince of Wales club. 1t was a
case of love at first sight He proposed
and was accepted. When his parents
learned of the affair they were very
much disturbed. Mr.. Majoribanks
went to Canada with his mother on a
visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, Cover.
nor general of Canada. The young
man did not return with his mother tc
England, but remained in Canada, and
the match was broken off. Miss Suth
erland then placed the case in the
hands of a well-known theatrical
lawyer, who retained in her behalf Sil
Edward Clarke, who defended Oscar
Wilde in his recent trial. @. F. Gill
who appeared against Wilde on behal.
of the treasury, and various other lega
talent have also been retained.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

Oakland, CAL, May 22.-"General"
G. E. Kelly, who led detachment of
Coxey's army to the national capital
last year, has left for Washington, ac-
companied by his wife and two child
rem, in prairie schooner, on what he
considers an important mission. He
believes that a monster petition will
be as likely to obtain recognition from
congress as a crowd of hungry men
camped on the steps of the capitol, and
the purpose of his trip is to obtain
signatures to his prayer for national
help in times of general depression.
Kelly will deliver lectures at all the
places through which he will pass and
after explaining the purposes of his
mission will submit the memorial to
congress.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Americans to Build in Mexico.

Chihuahua, Mex, May 22.-The Nc
Cormick Mower & Reaper Company,
of Chicago, and Enrique Creel, prom
inent banker of this city, have obtained
a concession from the government to
build a railroad from Chihuahua to
the Ocampo mining district. The gov
eminent gives the line cash subsidy
of IS, 900 per mile. Two preliminary
surveys have been made and it must be
completed within two years. The aver
age yield in bullion of the Ocampo dis
trict is $500, 900 in gold and silver per
month. At present the shipments OF
this output are made by mule train to
this city. A mule train from these
mines arrived here few days ago with
bullion valued at $751, 900.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
THE NEW LAND LAW.
The Time for Purchasing TideIands Has
Now Expired.

The Time for Purchasing TideIands Has
Now Expired.
Olympia, May 21.-Many citizens of
this state are evidently laboring under
misapprehension of the new law,
Judging from the number Of applica-
lions to purchase tide lands being re-
ceived by the commissioners of public
lands, even now that the sixty days al
lowed by law for such applica-
lions have expired. These applications
are all based ON the statement that they
are the first legal applicants, after the
preference right to the land and i'm
provement owners have expired. AS a
matter of fact, the law recognizes nc
such second application. Sections 81
and SO, page 500, session laws of 1895,
defines the rights of AUDITING owners,
and section 60 says:
SIN case the person mentioned in sec.
lions 81 and SO of this act do not,
within the time limited, exercise the
right to purchase herein given, Their
said lands shall be open to the public
for sale, as herein provided. The board
of state land commissioners may sell
surveyed and plated tidelands remain
ing unsold at public auction, upon the
following terms and conditions"
The remainder of the section defines
how such sales shall be conducted b,
the commissioner.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
AN old MANS CRIME
A Brutal Murder Committed
Near Grants Pass.
WAS OCCAsIONED BY A QUARREL
u.,d His wife in Three Feet of Water
Until She Drowned In the Pres
ence OF Their Children.

Grants Pass, Or, May 21.-One OF
the most cruel murders of the year was
committed near this city about . +: M.
today. Charles Fiester, man OF 90
years of age, drowned his wife, aged
about 55 years, in hole OF water near
the railroad track. The crime was
committed in the presence OF their
three young children, the eldest Oh
whom was 1Oyears. After the murder
was committed Fiester sent the child
rem to Merlin, four miles further on,
to tell the older boys what had hap
pened. The difficulty grew out OF fam
ily troubles of long standing. Fiester
came to this city later in the evening
and gave himself up to the sherlH ana
is now in the county Jail.
The pair had been separated for a
long time, and when Fiester came to
town he prevailed upon his wife to g.
to Merlin, where he was logging and
keep house for them. The woman con
sented to go for a week, and they
started to Merlin, nine miles distant
with the three small children. Aftel
going about five miles on the way
quarrel came up about her receiving
, letters from some man, and after a no
: quarrel Mrs. Fiester started back TO
Grants Pass, but was soon caught b.
, Fiester and dragged to hole OF water
about three feet deep, near the track
and held her under the water until
r dead. After the woman was dead tn
Il A, triQ
Y himself, but failed, and setting dow
0 on the track, sent the children to Mer
lin to tell the folks what he had done
He remained until the crowd came u
q from Merlin, and then came to Grant
: Pass and gave himself up to Sherii
b Hiatt.
: Coroner Kremer at once went to tn
d scene, and the corpse was taken
: Merlin. The inquest will be held he1
a tomorrow.
d Fiester talked freely about the maj
a ter to everyone, and says he is ready
i die. He has resided in Merlin for
number of years, and always seemed
s be good citizen. A great many rel'
e tives reside in the neighborhood (
l. Grants Pass and Kerby. About a yes
e ago his daughter, Jet Black, was mike
IS up in killing scrape in this city,
g which Jess Rice, of Lebanon, was kille
!. by the woman's husband, Sam Blacl
The latter is now in the penitentiar.
People who are we'll acquainted wit
Fiester do not think that it was insal
ity at all, but simply that he was a
gered, wanted to kill his wife and d
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Earth Still Ouaking.

Florence, May 21.-The eartl
which occurred here at 8 o'clocH
evening, has proved more serious
it seemed at first. Thousands d
pie passed Saturday night d
streets, and a second shock at lid
increased a thousand-fold the
alarm. Similar events occurs
Baris, near here. The casualties
included four deaths and many I'M
Numbers of houses were badly On
Other villages in the vicinity 81
still worse damage. At Grassinl
houses were wrecked. At La
several buildings fell and three
were entombed. The church
MARITIME was destroyed while !
worshipers. Several persons
crushed to death in the ruins
villages of Gallezzo and Gambin
badly damaged. The prince Of
and corps of engineers have 8
these villages to aid in the "
rescue
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Claim for Reparation.

Washington, May 24.-At the in
stance of Patterson Spriggs, lawyer
of San Diego, Acting Secretary Uhl has
brought to the attention of the Next
can government the claim for repara-
ton of Charles Oberlander of San
Diego. Oberlander was deputy
marshal in California at the time the
Chinese exclusion act went into effect.
He was employed ON the Mexican Dor.
der preventing the smuggling of Chi.
nese. His statement is that while thus
engaged he was kidnapped May 30,
1892, by Mexican officers, forcibly car
ried out of the United States and KEEP
in confinement in a Mexican prison
without warrant of law. All the Mex
leans implicated are named in Ober
lander's statement.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
THAT FLORIDA LYNCHING.
The Three Negroes Were Played Alive
and Then Burned.


Madison, Fla, May 22.-There is no
longer any doubt that Sam Echols,
Sim Crowley and John Brooks, the me-
groes who outraged and murdered Miss
Armstrong, in Lafayette county, were
fiayed and burned. A man who has
Just reached here from Lafayette coun-
ty says the belief is general that the
negroes were tortured to death. One
man who ventured into the swamp into
which the negores were carried asserts
that he found the place where the me-
groes were put to death. He says that
it was evident that the negroes were
tied to trees and the skin stripped from
them with knives. Then wood was
heaped about the bleeding forms, the
match applied and the wretches were
soon dead. This man says that he
found some strips of skin about the
place, which bears out the assertion
that they were fiayed. Everything il
quiet in Lafayette county, and there
is no fear of trouble between the races
The better class of negroes denounct
the outrage and murder of Miss Arm
strong as bitterly as the whites. Twelve
negroes have now been lynched in si1
months, and it would seem that thu
horrible fate of the last three should
prevent further attacks upon whit,
women. The whites have formed .
band and are determined to protect thei
wives and daughters.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

San Francisco, May BE. Al
ley, the matress-maker, who o
all the way from Port Angeles, Y
to San Francisco in a house.v
looking for work, which he fall
find, is camped on the sand lot q
enth and Mission streets, awaitlnl
recovery of his wife, who gave bl
a son in the house on wheels Sal
morning. The entire family hss
pied the rolling home since !
last, and have experienced raths
times. There are three childre
sides the newcomer, and the only
of support they have had was Q
from the sale of a pamphlet dess
the trip from the north.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
a TRAGEDY IN IDAHO.
one Person Dead and Two Others
Il Seriously Wounded.

/
81 Seriously Wounded.
lewiston, Idaho, May 22.-A trag-
|axly with few parallels in the annals OF
|oyime in this state has been enacted
here. John Siers, known as Buena,
on account of his valor at the battle OF
Buena Vista, is dead, with two bullet
wounds in his back; M. +. Ward, one
of his assailants, is probably fatally
wounded from Winchester bullets IN
his stomach, and Mrs. Goddard, who
killed Siers, is in custody awaiting the
action of the coroner's jury. Inc trou-
BILE is the outcome of feud OF long
standing.
Ten years ago the firm of Schissler q
Siers was one of the wealthlest III
North,Idaho. Six years ago Schissler
died. The firms property was disposed
of and farm at Waha, fifteen miles
from here, was sold to M. F. Ward,
Mrs. Goddard's son-in-law, for $40,
OO0. The money was to have been paid
to Siers. Ward has never paid up.
Recently Fred Piper, a son OF Judge
w. G. Piper, of Moscow, was APP
pointed receiver.
Mrs. Goddard's brother, named
Mott, close friend of Siers, has beer
living on the Waha place. He recently
became ill. Trouble arose between
him and his sister; he was put out OF
the house and forced to take quarters
in barn. Siers wished to call on hi
friend. He also made an appointment
to meet Receiver Piper at the Wahs
place.
Yesterday with three friends h
drove to the farm. Anticipating trou
BILE, he took Winchester rifle and {
revolver. He leaned his rifle on thu
fence, and then started for the door
Ward, who was in ambush, opened fir
on him with a revolver. AS he wa
trying to locate his assailant, Mrs
: Goddard came up behind and fired tw
shots with revolver into Sier's back
{ AS the dying man sank to the ground
Ward rushed up and dubbed him owe
4 the head with revolver.
a The fusilade happened SO quickl
s that Sier's friends in the road had n
: time to interfere, but when Ward wa
beating the dying man, one OF tneul
Shorthill, grabbed Sier's rifle from tn
fence and began to shoot at Sier's as
q sailants. He sent Ward to earth wit
0 two bullets in his stomach, and shat
T tered the pistol hand of Mrs. Goddar
q at the wrist Mrs. Goddard's 13-yeal
IS old son rushed from the house with
9 Winchester and revolver and chase
/ Shorthill three miles, to Lake house,
it summer resort where the latter es
70 capped.
n The two wounded assailants of Siel
and the body of their victim wei
g brought to town. Mott, Mrs. Goo
l. dard's brother, denounces the who
affair as a cold blooded murder. Sic
d was unmarried and wealthy, havin
n large cattle interests in Montana. Mr.
9 Goddard is a widow.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
ENGLISH YACHTING SEAS
These Races Will Decide Which
will Come to America.


London, May 21.-The yachdnl
son in British waters was opened
Thames yesterday with matches
the auspices of the Thames Yacht
and was continued with races
under the auspices of the RoyalTI
Yacht Club. The races, there Isl
to believe, will be the most inte1
for many years past. The contez
tween the Ailss, Britannia and il
Valkyrie Ill, naturally, form The
ing attraction, in view Of the cha
for the American cup, but immel
terest is likewise being taken
twenty -raters owing to the appe
of Herreshoff's new cracks, Mag
Isolde, which are expected to
matters warm in this class. tt
portance of the match in the Lev
class more especially, would
small, but for the fact that the
ings of the Ailsa and the ValkV
will decide which shall be the
contest in the American cup De
A well-known devotee of the sp
Gently said the American cup is
the reach of either the Ailsa ont
kyrie III. Herreshoff's boat,
clares, will outsail either Waits
Flies creation.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
The Publication Indecent

Ann Arbor, Mich, May ~
man Cameron, a law student y
class of 1895 in the university
correspondent for the Detroit
was expelled from the uniyersl'
night by the law faculty for SEND
his paper report about medioa
dent eating a human sausage
faculty admitted the truth OF the
but by a vote of 8 to 1 expelled y
respondent on the ground that Cd
LEGATION of it was indecent and
aging to the university.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
TESTS OF ARMOR.


At InulAn E1edus
Washington, May 23.-At nearly all
the tests made at Indian head and other
places where experiments are conduct
ed upon armor, shells and guns, officers
of foreign navies and arms have been
admitted. Objection has been made to
this by the branches of the service, on
the grounds that the United States is
expanding many millions in making
war materials, and that foreign govern
ments have been enabled to procure in
formation concerning these materials
without expense. 1t has been pointed
out that foreign governments are in
the habit of guarding very jealousy
their own experiments of this kind, so
as to prevent other nations from profit
ing at their expense. Last week, for
the first time, the navy department
adopted a new rule. The ordnance
officers were making some most inter-
esting experiments to determine the
question as to whether bursting shell
could be shot through an armor plate
representing the sides of one of the best
Of the modern battle-ships. AS usual,
applications were made by the mill
tary attaches of the French and Ger
man governments for permission tc
witness the experiments, but Assistant
Secretary McAdoo was obliged to deny
the applications as courteously as pos
SLIDE, and hereafter these officers will
be obliged to acquire information as to
the results of experimental tests from
the recommendations which the ord
nance officials think prudent to make
public.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

Washington, May 24.-Consul Hol-
lis, of Mozambique, reports to the state
department that ON the 21st of March
the French steamer Franchois Arago
laid the shore end of submarine cable
to be constructed between that port and
Majunga, Madagascar. A deep sea
cable is now being laid from the latter
port to Mozambique.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
A Reward for HerOism.

Liverpool, May 23.-The officers and
crew of the steamship Teutonic today
received the reward presented by Presi-
dent Cleveland for the rescue of the
fishing schooner Josie Reeves in De-
cember last. Mr.. Bruce Ismay, of the
White Star line, made the presenta-
ton. He expresses regret that the
British government is SO tardy in max
ing rewards to those who render such
service.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
THE INCOME TAX DECISION.
Declaration That 1t Has Also Killed the
Internal Revenue Laws.

Declaration That 1t Has Also Killed the
Internal Revenue Laws.
Knoxville, Tenn, May "a. - The
startling announcement is made by
Colonel Noble Smithson, a Knoxville
attorney, who has much practice before
the United States supreme court, that
the decision ON the income tax has also
killed the internal revenues laws. In
carefully prepared opinion, Colonel
Smithson says:
Justice Fuller in his opinion says
the constitution divides federal taxa
ton into two classes. First, direct
taxes; second, imposts and excises-and
that direct taxes must be apportioned
among the several states in proportion
to their representation in the house OF
representatives. Apparently the logi-
cal result of this opinion is that all fed
eral taxes, except duties on imports
(that is to say, taxes collected under
tariff laws) must be apportioned among
the states according to their representa-
ton in the house of representatives
An act of August 81, 1894 (the Wilson
BILLY, section 4S, provides there shall be
levied and collected ON all distilled
spirits, etc., a tax of 81 on each proof
gallon; the statutes of the United
States levy tax of cents pound on
tobacco, etc. 1t seems clear, accord
ing to this opinion of the chief JUS
tice, that these are direct taxes on per
sonal property, and not being appor
toned among the several states ac'
cording to their representation, they
are unconstitutional and void.
''If this view is correct, the supreme
court has not only wiped out the in
come tax but has practically repealed
the internal revenue as it affects tobac
co, whisky, brandy, etc. If this con
struction of the opinion be correct, al
direct taxes, including these on rea
and personal property, must be leviet
according to representation, so that the
rich people of New York, Massachusetts
and other Eastern states will pay Ii,
more tax per capita than the poor PEG
pie of the Western and Southern states
OF course, this is not to be thought of
The result would be that practically al
revenues for the support of the govern
ment must be raised by duties on i'm
ports, and instead of reducing the tar
iff it will necessarily increase it ma
terially.n
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

Huron. s. D., May 4 Il
Altgeld, Of Illinois, has tnieI
in the Benedict affair that
much interest in South Dali
ernor Sheldon received from
telegram saying he had heard
sedict, for whose extradition
granted a requisition on the
larceny, had been acquitted
ground, and was about TO il
charge of conspiracy to al
state, and calling the attentI
| governor to the fact that he
believed this would be d Mil
the laws governing extradif
ernor Sheldon has replied n
ting forth all the facts q
connection with the defaultinr 4
Taylor; his presence with the
the bank in Chicago when the
was drawn, etc.; the CONVEX,
Taylor to Benedict of large d
property for the consideration
and the various other points
out in the course of the inyes1
also the fact that officials Of I
believed Benedict to have been
spiracy with Taylor, and adds
"In the absence Of a decisit
justifies clearly the action Of
in this case, can it be possible
state can be stopped from arres
trying a person of this kind?
} the rights of an individual be
ously guarded, and is the stat
: den to protect itself simply b
is a state?"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
DIR. Gibson Receives Offers.

San Francisco, May 2S.-Rev. J. g.
Gibson, pastor of Emanuel Baptist
church, in which Theodore Durrant is
supposed to have murdered Blanche
Lamont and Minnie Williams, has re-
ceived two offers to go on lecturing
tours through the East. Both offers
have been refused.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
The Payment Suspended.

Washington, May 24.-By order of
the president, the payment of claims of
the Nez Perez Indians, amounting to
5000, 900, has been held up. The claims
were in process Of examination by the
auditor of the interior department when
a brief order was received for suspen-
sion Of the work. At the treasury de-
partment it is supposed this order is
due to some recommendations from the
secretary of the interior.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
The French Defeat the Hovs'

Paris, May 21.-A dispatch
Majanga, Madagascar, says inc
battalion of the Colonial regimen
sharp fight with a large pc
Hovas near Marovoay. The Hos'
at the point of the bayonet, -
sixty dead and wounded. Thefs
thirteen of the French wounded.
French then occupied the HoTa
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mental Road.
SEQ, May 24.-Within a
& another transcontinental

the Union Pacific system
viii nave terminus on the bay of San
Francisco. This will break railroad
monopoly that has held the city in an
iron grip ever since the first railroad
reached this section of the Pacific coast.
After years of patient efforts and many
disappointments, the Union Pacific sys-
tenn has effected an arrangement by
which it can reach San Francisco bay.
Tiburon will be its terminal, and an
increased ferry service between this
city and that point will be one OF the
benefits to this part Of the state.
This will be accomplished by con-
Meeting link, the Oregon Central q
Eastern railway, formerly the Oregon
Pacific, uniting the Union with the
San Francisco g North Pacific railway
commonly called the Donahue broad
gauge line. The latter is to extend its
line from Uliah to Covelo. The Ore
gon road now extends to Corvallis ant
Yaquina bay, by that state. The con
Meeting road will follow down the coast
and join the Donahue system.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

Washington, May 23.-Controller
Eckels today received a telegram stat
ing the Merchants National bank OF
Seattle, Wash, had suspended. Ex-
aminer Carson was put in charge. The
banks capital was 5000, 900, and at the
last report had assets amounting to
$3.50, 900 and surplus Of $25, 900. II
is understood one of the causes of the
banks failure was too great holdings
of real estate and securities upon which
it did not realize.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Killed the Baby Instead

San Francisco, May 21.-Nl'.
Genotti, cobbler. while crazeo
drink, struck at his wife with
of iron pipe. The woman avolor
blow, but it fell with crushing iu'
the head of her young son, who v
her arms. The skull was fraos
and he will probably die. Gene"
arrested.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Reorganization of the whisky Trust.

Chicago, May 23.-The reorganiza-
ton committee of the whisky trust to-
day took action which will probably
end the receivership within short
time. Resolutions were adopted pro-
viding for the sale of trust properties,
either by the courts or by the board of
directors.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Receiver for an Insurance Company.

New York, May 23.-J. G. McAdam
in the superior court special term
granted an order today for the appoint
ment of temporary receiver for the
New York Bowery Fire Insurance
Company, and temporary injunction
restraining the directors from further
interference with the management of
the company. A petition sets forth
that the stock, effects and other prop
erty are not sufficient to pay all its de-
mands.