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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-01-25
A. S. Riggs Of Waha stayed in

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the NJ, e, church Wednesday
night.
Born.-To the wife Of Joseph
Schoner, Thursday morning, a
boy. A new brewer.
Attorney Ailshie stayed in
town last night on his way to
Portland and Boise.
Jay Rhoades went to the
Weippe country the first Of the
week to look for cattle.
See that new line of shirts at
Goldst ones. All the latest styles |
and just what you want.
J. L. Eekert accompanied by
two cattlemen from Montana
went to Little Salmon river the
first Of the week.
Mike Jones of Freedom stayed
in town Tuesday night on his
way to Lewiston where he will
spend the winter.
Baker Ball returned Wednes-
dav from Knoxville, Tenn,
where he has been selling horses.
He reports a dull market.
This issue is the last number
of Volume II, Of the REPORT.
The outlook was never brighter
than at present, and now is the
time to subscribe.
If you wish to take your best
girl or vile cut riding, call on
! J. W. Gaines and get lis new
swell bottom cutter which is
just large enough for two.
On Thursday evening, Jan.
"a, the genial Allie Vincent col
lected a sleigh load of young
people Of Cottonwood to attend
the dance on the Mountain.
If you are sending us the news
from your community, remem-
Der thai we publish on Friday.
In order to he sure of having
your communication appear it
must be sent in as early as
Wednesday evenings mail,
We are very much pleased
to learn that our townsman, les,
sic NJ. pixon, has been appointed
Deputy by Sheriff Oterman. W.
are glad to announce that W.
| believe Jess will make a gooC
and competant officer, attending
! promptly to any business in
trusted in his hands.
I An old gentleman by tile nam
of Nelson had the misfortun
to get his leg broken by beini
4 thrown from "a horse, near Den
yer one day the first of thi
) week. bum Yandell happene'
to pass aleng the road and foun,
the old man And carried him I
o Denver where he got surgical
II treatment.
The dance at Mrs. Denham'
y Thursday night was we'll attend
ed by the young people of Cot
tonwood and vicinity. tn
e- dancing commenced at s o'cloc
n and continued without any de
n lay until near day light, with tn
n exception of q short recess TO
Y. supper which was serve
,e at II NJ. All present agree i
Y saying that the Denhams, moth
,e er and sons. know full well ho'
d to entertain Jolly crowd {
lie young people.
We are in receipt Of the drai
" of a bill introduced in the legi.
It lature by Wyman, of Ada count
e emitted: An act, to define til
l. manner Of locating lode, quart
J. and placer claims to determin
boundaries theseoi, to proyil
! fnl discovery shafts and cros
!. cuts; to determine the form ,
: location of abandoned claim.
: assessment work and pro,
:. thereof and iot amendment ,
location notices; TO provide fc
& security for surface owner.
y We are also il receipt of apashy
2 bill by Mr.. " "asu entitled: A
n act to proyine- far fba Sr,o;rI
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-01-25
Notice for Homestead Proof
HENRY RISDON, II Il No. 2O08.
Land Office at Lewiston Idaho.
Deem her i7tb 1Sdi

Deem Der 18th, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that tle f,l,
lowing.namei settler has fled notice
OF his intention t. make hnal proof
in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before U S. Land
Office at Lewiston, idaho, on January
the 18th, 1905, VIZ: Henry Risdoa
Tor the lots and ;, Sec > and N i
NE 4 Sec. II, TIP. 81 North Range
2 West, B NJ.
He names, the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation oi, said land
VIZ: William r.. Dixon, William
H. Payne and Cyrus. Smith Of West
Lake, Idaho county, Idaho and Felix
Warren Of Forest Neg Perez county,
Idaho.
b. f. Morris, Register.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-01-25
Weather Record

For the week cIfirg Wodresdry
Jan, 2, 1884.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-01-25

SuMMARY-DECE MBFB.
Highest Temp. Is deg. on Eth.
Lowest 8 deg. on 18th.
Mean q deg.
Precipitation, 2 Oh inches.
Greatest "a con. hours i.05 on Is.
No. of days Clear, 8.
!" " Cloudy, 8.
!" " " Fair, 2s.
No days on which Of or more precipi-
tation fell, 8.
JOHN NORWOOD, Obs.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-01-25
THE
SPOKESMAN REv16
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DAILY AND WEEKI,'
THE

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dant RELIABLE Republican Nesi
paper.
THE LEADING DAILY MORNING Nh
BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS AND pueS
SoUNn, WITHOUT COMPEL Iron Il
AN EXTENSIVE FIELD 400 NuLza
EAST AND WEST MOTH ASu
SOUTH, FROM rnE C.iNADIAH 5
PACIFIC RAtLroAD IN
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THE UNION PAorFIc
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
Arrested for Poisoning.

WELLsBoRo, Pa, Aug. 10.-At 10
o'clock last nignt Mrs. Charlotte
Howell, of Tioga, a good looking wo-
man. about 81 years of age, was lodged
in jail here charged with the murder of
Miss Libbie Knapp at Tioya on May
20 last. Miss Knapp died under mys
FERROUS circumstances. She retired at
night in usual health and awoke in
great pain and died twelve hours later.
She stoutly affirmed before her death
that she had been poisoned, and 80 the
corners jury decided. Miss Knapp had
been living with the Howell's and it is
believed that Mrs. Howell became jea-
lous of her. 1t is said that the detec
tives have some evidence to show that
Howell's first wife died under similar
circumstances few years ago and that
his young son also died suddenly. both
deaths resulting from poisoning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
From Cuba.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 8, VIA
KEY WEST, Fla, Aug. 10.-Marshal
Martenez Compos arrived here on the
eAening of the LIST instant and left the
following day. On his arrival in the
city the Spaniards illuminated their
club house and decorated the windows
and doors with flags.
The sanitary condition of Manzanillo
is so bad that the hospitals could not
hold all the patients and authorities
there were obliged to convert the thea
tire into hospital. 10 this city during
the first fortnight of July there were
211 deaths, SIS of which were caused by
yellow fever. Seyenty-three OF the vie
TINS were officers and soldiers.
The village OF Ti.Arribs, which was
attacked few days ago by Jose Maceo,
has at last been entirely burned by the
rebels. They first set fire to the fort,
containing a garrison, OF one officer aud
one hundred men. The garrison then
took refuge in the church. This being
almost burned they were compelled to
surrender.
The conservative party here is very
much displeased with Martinez Campos
as he does not allow them to do as they
wish. They are most anxious to begin
an era of terror and bloodshed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
The New British Parliament.

LONDON, Aug. 1O.-The result of the
last election-that held in Orkney and
announced to-day. Sir.
L. Lyall, the liberal candidate, who "a
in the last Parliament was elected. The
composition of the new Parliament
which opens Mon day. will be as fol-
lows: Conservatives 33S, liberal unior-
lists 73, liberals III, anti-Parnellites 70,
Parnellites IL. This gives the govern
ment, including liberal unionists, All
seats and the opposition 259, govern
ment majority of 1872. The conserva-
tive majority over any combination of
parties, including liberal unionists, that
might be formed, will be six.
The Queens speech for the opening
of Parliament on August u will be q
bare and formal document unless re-
ference is made in it to foreign affairs.
It is said that the speech will not refer
to Armenia or China, and that if any
foreign affairs are mentioned, they will
be those in connection with Africa,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
ADeliberate Murder.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1O.-An Illinois Cen
trail train ran into an open switch at
117th street yesterday, derailing several
of the coaches. While watching the
operations of the trainmen getting the
cars placed back, the passengers no.
ticed four men walking down the trsck.
When opposite the passengr one ofthe
men drew long knife and deliberate
ly plunged the blade into his COM
panion's neck. The blow severed the
iugular vein and the man sank to the
ground and died without speaking.
The spectators were SO Mortified that
the murderer and one of his compan-
ions made their escape. The other, q
boy, was caught but processes to have
met the men only a few hours before.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
PRINCE WILLIAM NOTES.

A barn and its contents, belonging to
Mr.. 3. B. Reid, near Greenwich, this
county, was burned last Friday night.
The Baptist church of this place will
be dedicated on Sunday next at IL
o'clock, DIR. I. B. Lake, of Upperville,
will preach at II a. M, and s p. m.
Mr.. Joseph R. Reid: has recently
erected saw mill and established g
large lumber yard on bis property near
Potomac City, at which place he owns a
large farm.
Cbas. P. Janney, acting trustee, on
Monday last sold the Cockpit Point"
property on the Potomac river, in this
county, containing 446 acres, for $3.50
per acre. ]. T. Harnsberger, auction
eer. Jos. B. Reid purchaser.-Manas.
sas Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
Cotton.

New YORK. Aug. 1O.-There was
more genuine excitement in cotton
trading this morning than there has
been for the past month, owing to the
government bureau report, which was
given out at IL o'clock to-day. 1t had
been expected that the report would
show general Improvement in the
crop over last year of at least two per
cent, and an improvement also in the
condition of cotton in Texas. In this,
however, the bears were disappointed.
The report was q surprise to even the
bulls, and the result was rapid rise in
prices Immediately after the report was
read. When the bears heard the re-
port they began to cover as rapidly as
possible. The market started up several
points at time beyond the opening
figures and business was brisk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10

WASHINGTON NoTEs.-Mary Caro-.
line Thomas. the three-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. William Thomas, of Bright.
wood Park, died yesterday morning
from swallowing a number of chloride
of potash tablets.
A painful accident, resulting in the
almost instant death of Martin Murphy,
an elevator conductor, took place in
the basement of the State, War and
Navy building yesterday evening.
Murphy was caught between the edge
of the elevator floor and the girder of
the ceiling above, and life was literally
crushed out of him.
Another fatal accident occurred at
the Washington postofice building, in
course of erection, yesterday evening.
Charles Beach. an iron worker, and q
citizen of Baltimore, fell from the
seventh story of the structure and was
dashed to death across an iron beam on
the first floor.
The harbor boat Joe Blackburn will
to-day be taken off the ways where she
has been undergoing considerable re-
pairing on account of the damage done
at the recent fire. During the interval
the commissioners borrowed from the
Fish Commission the use of the boat
Petrol, which will be returned to the
commission to-day with thanks. The
repairs have made the Blackburn as
good as new again. 2
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
SATURDAY EVENING, AUG. 10, 1896
Mr.. ROOSEVELT, the famous blue law

Mr.. ROOSEVELT, the famous blue law
enforcer and civil service reformer. hes
written q magazine article with the
vain object of making everybody else
as enamored of the latter humbug as
he processes to be. And yet Mr..
Roosevelt cannot have forgotten that
under the Harrison administration his
attempt to enforce the civil service
reform law, in the matter of political as
sessments in Washington, was treated
with conspicuous contempt, and that
under the Cleveland administration his
effort to enforce it, in the matter OF ap
pointments in the Baltimore postoffice,
met similar fate. But Mr.. Roosev'l
is now apparently in his natural Gle
ment, judging from his evident enjoy
ment of 1.-THE detection of secret as
signation houses and of Sunday beer
sellers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
LoUDOUN NOTES.

Lucy and Mary, twin daughters of
Harry and Lucy Potts, of Hillsboro,
died with dysentery on Wednesday,
August 7th. Lucy died at 1890 and
Mary at 1;55 p. m. Ages Ia months and
is days.
Mr.. ]. Brad Beverly was in Leesburg
on Monday last. He has leased gran
lite quarry near Salisbury, on the
Southern Railroad, of inexhaustible
quantity and very superior quality.
He has commenced its development.
The demand for granite of that quality
is an increasing one in this county.
On Tuesday evening last as Mr.. Ran.
Rhodes had finished threshing crop
of wheat, on Mrs. Powell's land, near
Leesburg, and when about to start
away with the engine and thresher, q
spark ignited the straw, which result
ed in burning a quantity of oat and
wheat straw, and about IS bushels of
wheat, which had not been removed
Washingtonian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
Two Young Men Killed In a Trolley
Wreck

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 1O.-William G.
Murdaugh, son of Judge Claude w.
Murdaugb, of Portsmouth, and Arthur
R. Gatewood, the youngest son Of Rev.
Robert Gatewood, of this city, were
killed in the trolley car wreck on the
Ocean View Railroad last night. The
motor car and first trailer went over an
embankment into Tanners Creek. Their
bodies were found early this morning
under the front of the trailer. Young
Gatewood attended the Virginia Mill
tary Institute last session and stood at
the head of his class in all of his studies.
Young Murdaugh also attended the in
stitute last session. The young men
were about eighteen years of age.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
TO-DAY'S TELEGRApHIC NEWS
The "Four.Day" Steamship.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 10.-The proba-
bility of four-day steamship to Eu-
rope ever being realized is not given
consideration by those interested in the
steamship building in Philadelphia. 1t
has been rumored that plans and de-
signs for this marine wonder are almost
completed in this city, but the work
must have been done with great secre-
cy, as nobody seems to know anything
about it. Charles II. Cramp, president
of the Cramp Company, says that the
four.day steamship may be posi-
bility, but its realization seemed
long distance off. at is fully
forty..years ago. said he, "sinceI first
heard of the four. day steamship.
and it has not got here yet. I will ad-
NIT that wonderful progress has been
made in the ship building industry
since that time, but it will necessita,e
the accomplishment of enormous
strides in the business before
the ship will be constructed to cross
the Atlantic in four Gays. In fact,
there is scarcely a fortnight during
many years past that have not been in
form I'D of the certainty of a four days
steamship. will not say that it will
never come, but marine architecture
has not advanced to that stage of per-
fiction mp to the present time"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
rELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A bill in equity was filled to-day in
Philadelphia to have an Injunction is-
sued restraining the city from taking
the Liberty Bell to the Atlanta expo
sitiop.
The annual regatta of the Middle
States Regatta Association was COM
menced on the Harlem river at New
York this morning. The entry list
which numbers AZ entries is the largest
in the history of the association.
Lockport, ILL.,, is being destroyed by
fire to- day. The loss 30 far is $50, 900
and the fire is still burning. There are
no facilities for fighting such blaze,
and Joliet has fire of its own and can
send no aid. The village records are
destroyed and the postfice is burning,
A careless oil we'll shooter came
within an ace of blowing up an east
bound passenger train on the Baltimore
& Ohio near Bloomdale, o. He drove
his glycerine wagon with 80 quarts of
he dangerous fluid onto the tract in
front OF the engine. The engine struck
the hind wheels, but did no damage.
There was enough of the stuff to have
blown the train to pieces.
The search for the bodies of the VIC
Tins of the collapse of the interior of
the building at West Broadway and
west Third street, New York continued
affnight long by the light OF gas torches.
1t will be several days before it is
ended. Thus far seven bodies have
been taken from the ruins. Eight men
are still missing. There is scarcely a
doubt but that all of them will be found
In the debris.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10

MUTNY.-Captain sproule, of the
British steamship Capac, who Wednes-
day night landed the survivors of the
Prince Oscar disaster, at Philadelphia,
had another startling story to tell to-
day. 1t concerned the alleged murder
of Captain Peter Steger, OF the Ameri-
can bark Edward Skinner, by four I'M
known seamen near South American
port. The supposed murderers escaped
on stolen vessel, and it is believed,
persisted in a fire which destroyed the
ship near Rio Janeiro.
The Skinner put in at Topmost, q
small port on the western coast of
Peru, on the night of June %. There
were few other foreign and coast
wise vessels in the harbor at the time,
the crews of most of which had gone
ashore. The following day Captain
Steger landed and met the other visit
ing mariners, who were from American,
English, Spanish and Norwegian barks.
A purity, including Capt Steger and
4 seamen, whose names are not known,
left on July for Lake Reyes, to hunt
seals. Three of the men belonged to the
American bark John Grape. After an
absence of three days, the men who
had accompanied the skipper returned
without him. and professed ignorance
of his whereabouts. Subsequently,
however, one of the men, while under
the influence of a narcotic, said that
Captain Steger had fallen overheard
into Lake Reyes and was drowned.
This did not satisfy the missing captains
crew, and searching party was Or
ganized. After much difficulty, they
discovered Steger's mutilated body in
clump of brushwood. 1t was apparent
that he had been murdered, and hasty
return was made to capture the guilty
men. They were too late, for upon
their return it was learned that the
four men had seized the Grape the
night before and put to sea. The mas
ter of the Grape was obliged to embark
On another vessel for more extreme
southern port, and when near Rio ia
metro, the charred hull of the Grape
was discovered in the ocean. 1t had
been burned to the waters edge, either
by accident or design, but there were
mo- signs of life, and it is believed that
the fugisivea psriahsd In the Are.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10
Sad Drowning Accident.

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Marshall I.
Green, president ofthe Chicago Lumbr
Company. was drowned last night te-
gether with his coachman, Soren Sorer-
SON, at Highland Park. The two men
had rowed out in the lake and had
taken q large Newfoundland dog along
for the purpose of giving him BATH.
AS both men leaned over to help the
animal in the boat capsized. The I'M
f,r,nnate coachman was laundering
around and was apparently drowning
when Mr.. Green, who could swim,
went to his assistance and in tryings to
save the servants lite yielded up his
OWL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10

A DISPATCH from London says that
ex.speaker Crisp agrees with ex-Msyor
Grant, who has recently returned from
that city, that the silver question is not
a factor in foreign politics. No, nor
-would it be here, if the people of the
United States were as wise as those OF
the olden countries of Europe; and the
fact that it is, in view of the other fact
that the only people who would be
benefited by free silver coinage would
be the silver mine owners, who would
get silver dollar for every fifty cents
worth of silver they might take to the
minis, is a patent illustration of the
nutility of free schools and cheap
newspapers as means of imparting I'M
Outstanding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10

MAD DoG.-A mad dog scare was &C.
casioned yesterday morning some dis
lance below Oxen Hill, Md. by the ap-
pearance of two large dogs, one a New.
foundland and the other a bulldog.
which emerged from a strip of woods
near that place and began to run q ross
county, foaming at the mouth and snap-
ping and biting one another and at
everything that came near. The word
that mad dogs were about spread
quickly and soon number of men and
boys were in pursuit, armed with clubs
and shot guns. During the run the
rabid animals came in contact with two
dogs owned by John Stump, farmer.
These dogs were bitten and were i'm
mediately shot by Mr.. Stump. Tue
mad dogs were brought to bay before
doing any further damage and were rid
died with shot near Fort Footr.
Whether or not they bit any dogs be-
tore being noticed is not known.
Farmers are keeping close watch upon
their dogs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10

WHETHER THE report that President
Cleveland will advise the democrats O!
Maryland to shake" the mugwumps,
goo.goos and kickers, and rally to the
support ofthe regular democratic ticket
there, be true or not, there is no doubt
of the fact that it would be we'll for the
national democratic party it should
do so, and that, too, whether he be e
candidate for renomination or not. The
disastrous effect of his refusal to do SO
in the case of New York last fall, is a
lesson plain enough for any man to
learn. Mr.. Cleveland advises his par
ty in respect of the currency; why
should he not do SO in respect of party
unity, harmony and loyalty?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-10

ACCORDING TO New York newspapers
General Nelson A. Miles, the COM
mander of the department of the East,
with headquarters in New York, has
stopped making republican speeches.
temporarily at least, and has become a
detective for police commissioner Roose'
welt, who, upon pointers" supplied by
him, recently raided an improper house
for the purpose of obtaining evidence
TO be availed of in divorce case. But
what else could have been expected of
q military officer who, with a distin-
guished old man, sick, physically as well
as mentally as his prisoner in easement
OF a trebly guarded fort, with an armed
sentry at its only exit, had, without
orders, heavy irons rivited upon his
ankle, and chained to the floor?