Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-10
Accidents and Crimes All Over the
WOrld-Business Affairs and PO-
IiticaI Considera tfOns-variet of
Items.

Dc Hhtue. IHc Captain SeutIdl Will aP
point directly full acting cabinet, and
with them will have at~hand the means
for fully equipped executive govern
ment, which will last only till the cleo
tons shall have resulted in the choice of
a new government.
A large portion of the business center
of the town of Carberry, Manitoba, has
been destroyed by fire. The loss is over
$4,000.
Bank clearings in Spokane for the
month of November were $3.50, 456.
This is the heaviest clearings for any
month during the past five years, accord
ing to the record of the local Bradstreet
agency.
The jury in New York in the case of
Martin Thorn, accused of the murder of
William Guldensuppe, returned ver-
dict finding Thorn guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Six hundred sick, wounded and other
wise invaded soldiers have just left Gu
ba for Spain.
Judge Day, now assistant secretary of
state, will soon retire from public life, to
resume the practice of law at Canton,
Ohio.
The government of Japan has just sent
an order to the locomotive builders in
Jersey city for Is locomotives for use on
heavy trains.
The interest bearing debt of the United
States is now $847 1865 1929. Debt on which
interest has ceased since maturity, 81 $751;
$50. Debt bearing no interest, 1881, 1885,
1923. Total, 81 ,229, SCOOPS.
f. o. Sawyer & Co.'s five story paper
factory in st. Louis was destroyed by
fire. Several adjoining buildings were
badly damaged, and the total loss is es-
timated at 100000.
The stock of the American Biscuit
Company, the New York Biscuit Com
pany and the United States Biscuit Com
pany will be pooled and new company
with a capital stock of $55 100000 form
ed.
Justice Stephen j. Field of the United
States supreme court the first of the
month surrendered the commission which
he received from Abraham Lincoln, laid
aside his black gown of office and retired
to private life.
Gus Rubin, the giant heavyweight of
Akron, Ohio, defeated "Tut" Ryan of
Australia, at the Tulane Athletic Club at
New Orleans in a l0-round fight, John
Duffy being the referee.
1t is announced in official dispatches
from Manila, the capital of the Philip
pine islands, that the Spanish troops
have defeated band of insurgents with
loss of 81 men killed, including the in
surgent leader. The Spaniards had six
men killed and II wounded.
A dispatch from Montevideo says that
an attempt was made there to stab Senior
Jose Cuestas, president ad interim of Ur-
uguay. 1t was unsuccessful, the bystand-
ers warding off the would-be assassin. The
man was formerly member of the Mon
tevideo police force. News of the outrage
spread. rapidly and caused great excite
ment, but the city is under martial law
and there has been no outbreak.
A policy of using wherever possible
American made goods in the supplies of
the postal service is announced in let
ter addressed by First Assistant Post
master General Heath to NJ. w. Lewis, SUI
perintendent of the division of postoffice
supplies.
A dispatch from Shanghai says large
reinforcements of Japanese troops have
arrived at the island of Formosa. The
Japanese army now occupying the island
numbers $4,000 men.
The death is announced of General Mel
son G. Williams at his home in Brooklyn.
N. Y. He was classmate of U. S. Grant
at West Point. At the battle of Shiloh he
had horse shot under him and the ex-
plosion of shell rendered him totally
deaf. For 80 years he had been in charge
of the public stores in New York City.
Great excitement has been caused in
the village of Monistrol, Catalonia, 81
miles northwest of Barcelona, Spain, by
the explosion of four bombs. No damage
was done.
Prince Won Hohenlohe, the imperial
chancellor, will give a parliamentary din
ner on December IA, at which Emperor
William will be present. The object is to
presumably influence the party leaders
in favor of the naval bill
There are only two disengaged wheat
ships in port at San Francisco, the Heath
bank and Spoke, and their agents are
holding out for a 35s freight. The ton
mage on the way is $4,000 tons less than
it was at this time in 1896.
New York's weekly bank statement
shows: Surplus reserve, decrease, $437,-
975; loans, increase, $3,475,5OO; specie,
increase, $685., 800; legal tenders, increase,
1927, 900; deposits, increase, $6,4ls,l 100;
circulation, decrease, $93,l0O The banks
now hold $22, $50 in excess of legal
requirements
A mob of over 1000 persons at Bran
nau, Bohemia, last evening attacked the
houses of Czeehs and, in spite of the eff
forts of the gen d'armes, smashed win
dows and did other damage. Quiet was
not restored until midnight. In Prague
the military patrol was fired upon, but
none were injured.