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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
KILLED THE GANGS LEADER.
An Attempt to Hold Up Train ON the
Southern Pacific.

Deming, N. NJ, Dec. ll.-An attempt
to rob the west-bound Southern Pacific
passenger train at STEMS pass, 90 miles
west of this place, at o'clock Thursday
night, was foiled by the prompt action of
the armed guards in the express car, who
succeeded in killing one of the hold-ups.
Four men rode up to the station a short
time before the train was due, and after
robbing Agent st. John and Section Fore
man McMullen, cut the telegraph wires
and waited for the train. When the pas
senger pulled into the station one of the
bandits covered the engineer and fireman
with Winchester while the others pre-
pared to attack the express car.
Express Guardes Thatcher and Jen-
nings, who were on board the car, at once
opened fire, and the leader of the robbers
fell with bullet in his brain. His COM
panions Immediately mounted their horses
and rode away. The body of the dead
robber was placed on the train, which pro-
ceeded to Tucson. The name of the dead
robber has been ascertained to be John
Sandy Collins. Collins until recently has
been employed as cowboy in the San
Simon valley ranges in eastern Arizona,
and his companions, instead of being the
'Black Jack" gang, as originally suppos-
ed, are now known to have been a band
of cowboys organized for the single pur-
pose of the robbery which was attempted.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
The Overland.

The Overland near old Montana City,
Mont, has made new strike on the SoV-
foot level of the mine, in the west DRIFT,
a chute of ore being encountered 10 feet IN
width, large portion of it being thickiy
studded with the single standard metal
The discovery was made soon after COM
mencing work on the drift, and where the
high grade was supposedly all taken out
last summer No particular search was
made, orders were simply given to COM
mence work on the drift at the 300 level
and the discovery was made. The ell
feet of the strike will be far reaching on
the great gold lode. The Overland peo'
pie are fixing to sink below the water,
witch it was found impossible to do with
the present machinery on the mine A
new 6O-horse power boiler and No. y
Cameron sinking pump is now being
laced in position when the Overland will
be opened to greater depth.
Secured a Bond.
r, j. Mckenzie has bonded the Enter
prise, Anchor and Lake View properties,
in Long Lake camp, b. O., from A. Cam
eron and D. R. Campbell, for $4,000. By
the terms of the bond no money was paid
down, and the payments extend over one
year with provision that development
must be prosecuted continuously on the
properties.
AItheton Claim Bonded.
An English syndicate has bonded the
Athelton claim, in Wellington camp, b
c., from Mack brothers, for $4,000, pay
ing 10 per cent in cash, the balance to be
in payments extending over year. The
Athelton is high grade property, sit
uated close to the Golden Grown mine
English Syndicate.
The English syndicate which is develop
ing the group of claims at the head Of
Woodbury. creek, near Nelson, B. c., will
employ force of rs men this winter
There are number of men at work
building trail to the properties.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
JUMP IN DECEMBER WHEAT.
by the Bull Clique in
Chicago to Ship by AIl-Rail.

Chicago, Dec. l0.-Not since August,
1891, has any months delivery of wheat
sold as high as December did yesterday.
1t rose from $l.0l3 at the opening to
$l.09, but in irregular fashion. 1t had
many sudden backward slide, but in
the end it rested at $l.07, or the not in
considerable improvement of 81 cents for
the day. January was a good second,
winding up with gain of 8 cents. May
was less demonstrative in its bullishness.
Its advance was IL cents per bushel
Other grain and provision markets were
more or less influenced by the, advance
in wheat. Corn and oats closed at 4 of a
cent higher each, and provisions SOFA
cents higher.
Wheat was nervous at the start. The
shorts were evidently alarmed by the an
nouneement that the bull clique had made
arrangements to ship by all-rail all the
wheat delivered to them on December
contracts, and had also made advantag.
eous storage contracts in the east. The
consequence was there was host of buy
ing orders for December at the opening
mostly of moderate lots, it is true, but
they had the same effect on the already
strained market as if they were for mil.
lions. There was no wheat for sale.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
LAST APPEALS ARE DISMISSED.
Durrant's Efforts to Escape Hang
ing Are Again Blocked.

San Francisco, Dec. 9.-The supreme
court has dispelled the last hope of w.
HI. T. Durrant, the murderer of Blanche
Lamont and Minnie ..iiams, by dispos-
ing in summary manner Of his two APP
peals.
In written opinion from the pen of
Justice Beatty, which is concurred in by
all but one of his colleagues, the court
affirms the judgment of Judge Bahrs in
remanding the prisoner to San Quentin
until the time set for his execution, but
reverses that resentencing Durrant to be
hanged on November IL. and remands
the case to the superior court with in
structions to proceed according to law.
As the remittitur was ordered issued
forthwith, and the court holds that execu-
ton can only be stayed now by the is
suance Of certificate of probable cause,
it only remains to resentence the con-
demned murderer.
Justice Garoutte alone dissented from
this opinion, maintaining that Durants
appeals should have been dismissed, as
the time required by law for their perfec-
ton had been allowed to lapse.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat Quotations, Wool Figures
and the Prices of Produce.

Spokane, Dec. l3.-Following are the
wholesale prices, unless otherwise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse Country
points: Club, bulk Sale, sacked Sic; blue
stem, bulk SHE, sacked 60c; At Spokane:
Club, bulk sec, sacked soc; bluestem,
bulk sole, sacked 62c.
Oats-At Spokane, f. o. b., $l6@l7 per
ton.
Barley = Country points, 6O@62c per
cwt.
Rye-Country points, 70@75c per cwt.
Produce-Creamery butter, so and 60-lb
tubs, 2sc per Id; 5, 10 and 2O-lb tubs, zoe
per lb; prints, 29c per Id; eastern butter,
24@27c per Id; country butter in rolls,
l7@25c; cheese, twin, full cream, 1870 l4c;
cheese, twin, skim milk, 9@l0c; eastern
eggs, $6.40@6.50; ranch eggs, $7.25@7.50;
honey, white comb, l4@l6c per lb.
VegetaBles-Turnips, 81 per cwt; beets,
ST per cwt; onions, $l.25@l.35 per cwt;
beans, 3-4@2c per Id; potatoes, 35@4Oc
per cwt; MERGED sweet optatoes, $2.75 per
cwt; Sacramento sweet potatoes, So per
cwt; cabbage, lc per ID; squash, $3.50 per
dozen.
Fruit-Caiifornia lemons, $3.50@4 per
box; navel oranges, fancy 81 per box
choice 1915; seedlings, $3.35@3.5O; cook
ing apples, 90@$l 10 per box; eating alp.
Piles, $l.l5@l.25; pears, 90c@$l; Concord
grades, 25c per basket; California, $l.25
@l.30; cranberries, $950@l0 per barrel
bananas, $l.75@2.25.
Poultry-Old chickens, live weight
S@9c per Id; dressed, Zoe per lib; spring
chickens, $3.OO@3.5O per doz; dressed
lOc per Id; spring turkeys, live, o l-2@
lOc per lib; dressed, ll@l2c; ducks, $3.50
GA live; dressed, lOc per Id; geese, Ga
lOc live, dressed, ll@l2c per lb.
Eggs-Ranch, $7.25@775 per case.
Meats - Beef COWS, live, $2@2.25 pei
cwt; dressed, $4@4.75; steers, live, $2.50@
2.75; dressed, $5@5.25; hogs, live, $3.4O@
$50; dressed, $5@5.lo; mutton, liv,
weight, l-4@4 lie; dressed, s3-4@9,
per Id; dressed lambs, DC; dressed veal, |
@7c.
ColfaX, Dec. l3.-Wheat: Some dealers
are quoting Coo, but the general quota
tions are 5Sc sacked in the warehouse.
Walla Walla, Dee. l3.-Wheat: TIL,
ruling price is &c for club and 65c fo
bluestem.
Portland, Dec. l3.-Wheat: Walla Wal
la, 73c; valley and bluestem, 75@76c pc
bushel
Tacoma, Dec. l3.-Wheat: No. | blue
stem 75c, No. club re
Silver.
Bar silver $50. Copper quiet; brokers
price $l0.l2A. Lead quiet; brokers' SO sc
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
HER GOLDEN WINGS OPEN.
Miss Josephine Drexel. the Heiress.
Has Entered Society.

New York, Dec. Is. = Miss Josephine
Drexel, who with Miss Ethel Stokes
shares the dazzling honor of being the
richest debutante of the season, was pre-.
scented to society Saturday. Her coming
out reception was given by her mother at
lO3 Madison avenue Mrs. John vinton
Dahlgren, sister of the debutante, assist.
ed at the function.
Miss Drexel is the fourth daughter Of
the late banker, Joseph Drexel Of Phila.
delphia, and she has fortune of about
SIS 100000 all her own. She is very young
and handsome. She is only II years old,
but is strong, athletic looking girl, with
merry brown eyes and an abundance Of
dark brown hair. Miss Drexel has spent
much of her life abroad. She is an ex-
pert with the whip and is devoted TO
horses. She has three sisters, all of whom
are married. Two of her sisters married
brothers, and both are living here in New
| York.
Lucy Drexel, the eldest child, married
Brice b. Dahlgren, and Elizabeth Drexel
married John Vinton Dahlgren. Another
sister is now the wife of DIR. Penrose Of
Philadelphia. Miss Josephine is talent
ed pianist.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
GOING BY LANo TO YUKON.
warmole's Expedition Has Reached
Fort Resolution.

Calgary, N. w. T., Dec. l3.--L. War
moles of Chicago, leader of the Warmoles
overland expedition to the Yukon, accom-
panied by Edward Book, has arrived here
from Fort Resolution on Great Slave lake,
1900 miles north of Calgary, where the
rest of the party, IL in number, are camp
ed for the winter in a substantial build
ing belonging to the Hudson Bay Com
pany. The .Warmoles expedition left
Chicago on August 25 and reached Fort
Resolution October Is. Warmoles and
Book are returning to Chicago, where
they will remain until spring, when they
will return with Warmoles' three small
children and additional supplies to join
their friends at Fort Resolution, whom
they report to be happy and well, with
plenty OF provisions, fresh moose meat
and the best of white fish. When told
that derogatory reports had appeared in
Chicago regarding the Edmonton route
Warmoles and Book were indignant. They
say that any man who condemns the Ed
monitor route does not base his remarks
on facts.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
DUBOIS ON ANNEXATION.
Says That Acquisition of the Ha-
waifan Islands Would BE Ex-
pensfve.

Blackfoot, Idaho, Dec. l4.-Former SEN
ator Dubois, who has just returned home
after an extended visit to China, Japan
and Hawaii, says the United States will
not annex the islands against the bitter
opposition of the natives. He says there
are less than 1900 male Americans on the
island over 81 years of age and nearly
or all of them are opposed to annexation,
while nearly all the balance of population
are against it. Nothing but the support
of the United States government" said
Mr.. Dubois, "keeps the present oligarchy
that is named republic in power. They
could not sustain themselves a day if the
United States should withdraw it's sup
port. 1t will require large armed force
constantly to maintain any government
the United States may establish there.
The natives will never consent the de-
struction of their national life"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
SHOT HIM FROM BEHIND.
Unknown Man Assassinated 8. D
Mullen i'm an Amite City Hotel.

Amite City, Ia, Dec. l3.-Another as
sassination, the second in week, has been
added to the record for Tangipahoa par
ish. Last evening in the full glare Of the
hotel lights, S. b. Mullen, stranger, was
shot to death. He was standing on the
hotel gallery and the assassin shot him
from behind. There were two shots fired,
one of which penetrated the brain. I'M.
mediately large crowd gathered and
the greatest excitement prevailed. Sheriff
Edwards was notified and organized a
posse. As soon as the moon rose blood
hounds took up the trail of the guilty
parties. Why Mullen was shot is as yet
mystery. He is an entire stranger here
and could hardly have had any connection
with any of the murders hereabouts. Some
people are under the impression that the
man had enemies at his home. who fol-
lowed him here and murdered him. 9th.
ers are of the opinion that the man was
detective and had come here for ~ pur
pose of working up some case.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

road company to pay its takes in Koo
tenai county for 1897. Assessor Calais
received the company's check for AS .,''
3349S, which is the total OF its taxes e.
this year. Several school districts thro,na
which that line runs get large slices X r.
way of special school taxes. District n,
40 gets $500, No. $l092 and No. Ia s7l5
British Columbia.
/ A company is about to devotion the eoo,
mines at the north end of Vaneouvor
island.
A couple of enterprising victorians
have expeditions out visiting Indian vi.
lagos along the coast, buying such Alaska
dogs as they can find to supply to men
fitting out in this city for the Klondike
At the next sitting of the proyinc;a,
legislature John Cobaldick, mine owna,
and capitalist, will apply for an act "a
incorporate company to develop and
turn to commercial use the rich iron a..
posits on the coast lines of British a..
lumbia. The company proposes to con.
struct blast furnaces and rolling mills.
| The entire line of the Crows Nest paes
road with the exception of little piece
near Goat river has been finally located.
Work on the Kootenay lake end Of the
road is fairly under way and contracts
for 70 miles of the road from Goat river
east will be given as soon as Contractor
Armstrong can sublet the work. He is
finding no little trouble in getting men
who will accept sub-contracts from him,
as it is stipulated that the men shall he
paid only 81 so per day.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
washington People Reticent.
PRINCIPALLY TO GIVE UNCLE SAM.
Loan Item Is the Largest Ever Car
rted by New York Banks.

New York, Dec. 12.-The Financier says
that the Union Pacific reorganization
committee last week made. an additional
payment of $s,5OO.OOO on account, and
this sum, passing into depository banks,
has increased the averages of the clearing
house institutions no less than 50 ,OOO, 900
in deposits. The increase in loans is con-
neeted with the same transaction, but it
has swelled the total loan item to $6O7,-
725,0O0, which is by far the largest ever
carried by the New York banks The eff
feet of the transfer of the Union Pacific TO
the new purchasers may be traced in the
expansion of the loan item of the banks
during the past five weeks. On Novem-
Der Is last loans stood at $575, 800 900, as
compared with $780,, 725, 900 December IL.
The loan increase, therefore, has been
over $32,000,000. In the same time depos-
its have increased $40,OOOOOO and cash
reserves 100000.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
MANaED By DYNAMITE.
TWO MINERS KILLED AT GEM.
Unfortunate Men Lost Their Lives
just Before Coming on Shift at
the Helena-Frisco Mine and There
Were No spectators-Frisco Shut
Down Until After the Funeral.


Gem, Idaho, Dec. 9.-An explosion in
the Helena-Frisco mine yesterday morn
ing instantly killed Joseph Mcnamara
and Joseph G. Bowes. The accident hap
pened just before coming off shift. and
left no living witnesses. Both men were
frightfully mangled, one being entirely
unacceptable and the other had only
one side of his face left intact.
Nothing could be learned regarding
their antecedents. Bowes is said to have
wife in San Francisco. Mcnamara was
native of New York state, but nothing
is known of his relatives. Both were
young men, rs years old or under.
The remains were taken TO Wallace
for interment. The Frisco has shut down
until after the funeral.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
LOSS NEARLY 100000.
Fire More Extensive
Than Was First Estimated.

Philadelphia, Dec. 13.-The damage re
sulting from Saturday nights fire at Johr
and James Dobson's wholesale and retail
salesroom, 800 and 81 Chestnut street
will reach larger sum than was at first
estimated. Over 100000 went up il
and stock went up in smoke and fire
which was fully covered by insurance.
The losses are divided as follows: Dobso,
building, 100000; stock, 100000; Sharp
less Bros, adjoining Dobson on the east
100000 on building and stock; Common
wealth Title Insurance & Trust COMPANY
adjoining Dobson's on the west, 100000
and W. H. Hoskins, stationery and fame,
goods, sos Chestnut street, $25, 900. SHARP
less Bros. and the Commonwealth com
pany were principally damaged by fall
ing walls and water. Hoskins' loss wa,
by water.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
las eEeN RoeeEp OF 100000.
New York POstOffice Said to Have
Lost That Amount From Reg
istered Letters.

New York, Dec. ll.--It has just been
learned that one of the biggest robberies
in the history of the New York postoffice
occurred on November 8. The amount in
volved is said to be in the neighborhood
of $l00,000 and was taken from registered
letters in the railroad mail service ON that
section of the Central railway of New
Jersey known as the New York, Somer-
vile & Eastern branch. On November 8,
it is stated, two packages containing $780,
600 were taken. How long the defalca-
tons had gone on before has not been as
certained. Major Charles F. Lewis of the
Philadelphia branch of the government
railroad service has been in this city in
vestigating the robbery, which has been
kept secret until now by the postal au-
thorities.
Washington People Reticent.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE postal off
Gals here have admitted that there had
been a number of losses of registered mail
matter reported by the railroad referred
to, but said that the amount would not
reach as much as 100000.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
PopuIists of Oregon.

Portland, Ore, Dec. l4.-The executive
committee of the populist state central
committee held a meeting and issued a
call for the populist state convention to
meet in this city on March 30 next. An
address to the public was prepared. On
the question of fusion it says: "There
can be no united action with the peoples
party under the banner of the democratic
party and its terms of capitulation, nor
under. the so-ealled union bimetallie par.
ty."
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
NO SURRENDER FOR THEM.
Cuban Insurgents Near Havana Have
Awed Even the Business Men.

Havana, Dee. l3.-The plans of the in
surgents to strike blow near the city
have been checked, according to the Off
cial account, but the concentration OF
their forces is such as to make it unlikely
that the insurgent bands will surrender,
as the Spanish authorities have been hop
ing. The business concerns of the city are
much discouraged by the actual situation
They do not now look forward to speedy
end of the revolution. All say they have
abandoned the hope that the insurgents
will surrender or accept the conditions OF
autonomy
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
death Of Mr.. McKinIev.

Canton, Ohio, Dec. l3.-Mrs. Nancy AL
lison Mckinley passed away from life at
few minutes past 2 o'clock this morn
ing, with all her children and other i'm
mediate relatives at her bedside She
did not suffer any in her last hours, but
gradually passed from the deep, palsied
sleep in which she has rested almost con-
stantly for the past 10 days to the sleep
of death,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
RECORD OF THE MINES
BIG SHIPMENTS FROM KAsLo.
A Glance Over the Camp at Florence
Trail of Dead Horses From
skaguay to the Lakes-British CO.
lumbia Properties Bonded.

November was big month with the
shipping mines and the records of all
previous Novembers have been complete
" laid in the shade at Kaslo, B. c. A
number of new shippers have joined the
list and the old ones are keeping up the
pace.
The following is list of the mines Of
the SLOGAN that shipped over the X. &
8. through Kaslo during the month, with
tho amount of tba;,. sl,;n,,,onts,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Wife Murderer. Fate.

bakersfield, Cal, Dec. IA. = David Da-
wilson, the Randsburg wife murderer, has
been convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, with the penalty of life imrrisou-
ment He is said to be the son OF a
prominent St Louis physician. The de.
Tense was insanity, and during the trial
Davidson appeared oblivious to his sur
roundings, but experts declared that he
was shamming.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

Geneva, N. Y, Dec. l3.-Prof. William
X Brooks of Smith university, reports the
observation of great group of sun spots
approaching the center of the suns disc.
The group is visible to the naked eye
through smoked glass and may be well
defined with small telescopes Measure
ments made by Prof. Brooks show this
vast solar disturbance to be 100000 miles
in length.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The Mormon church in Utah shows u
membership of l27 ,294, being $4,000 lam
lilies. The church has IL apostles, 90 pa
triarchs, 1885 seventies, 1853 high priests
1000 elders, 1900 bishops and 44oo dea'
cons, being an official for each six per
sons.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Kidne. a Costly organ.

Kansas City, Dee. l2.-Lenna Winslow,
who sued the Knights of the Maccabees
for $4,000 for dislocating one of his kid
neys while initiating nm into the local
order four years ago. was yesterday
awarded $4,000 by jury in Judge Gates
division of the circuit court.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Klondiker. From New Hampshire.

Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. IL. = The
schooner Concord sailed from this port
yesterday bound for Alaska with party
of gold-seekers. Captain Mcleod. in
command, expects to reach Alaska in
April, and win at once proceed to the
Klondike region.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Gardiner G. Hub.ara i. peaa.

Washington, Dec. IL. = Gardiner G.
Hubbard, director in the Bell Telephone
Company, well known to public men, sci
entists and financiers, died at Twin Oaks,
his suburban residence, yesterday. Death
was due TO complication of diseases and
to age.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

Paris, Dec. l3.-M. Rehmler, judge d IN
struction, who had charge of the pan
American scandal investigation, has COM
mitted suicide in sudden attack OF in
sanity by throwing himself from WIN
daw
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Fire I'm chicaso.

Chicago, Dee. l3.-At a fire at Nos. loo
liz Wabash avenue. the Sargent Drug
Company suffered loss of $27 900. Losses
TO other tenants and damages to the build
ing bring the total up to $4,000, fully
insured.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The total amount of taxes levied in
King county for the year 1897 is $LOl7.-
1884. The average rate of taxation is %
mills.