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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
SILVER AND BANK OF ENGLAND.
On Condition That the French Mint
Is Opened to Free Coinage.

London, Sept. l7.-At the semi-annual
meeting of the Bank of England yester-
day the governor said:
"You are probably aware of the pro-
posals laid before the government in
the past summer by the United States
and France whereby the country might
increase its use of silver as contribution
to an international agreement, which,
while not affecting our gold standard
might enable the minis os France and
America to resume free coinage. Among
the proposals was one asking this bank
to hold the amount Of silver permissible
under the act of 1874 as against its
notes"
The governor then read letter dated
July 30, addressed to the chancellor OF
the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach
1t was as follows:
Referring to our conversation, we beg
to say that the bank is prepared to carry
out what is laid down as permissible in
the bank charter, viz: To hold one-fiftl
OF its note issue in silver, provided al
ways that the French mint is again
opened to the free coinage of silver, and
that the price at which silver Is procur
able and saleable are satisfactory"
Replying to questions, the governor
said the bank had not any negotiation:
with the United States monetary commits
sioners, adding: 1--WE have bought ne
silver. All we have done is to agree, un
der certain circumstances, to carry out
what is permissible under the act o.
1874"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
RAIDS BY AMERICAN BuccANEERs
They Are Said to he Operating IN
the Queen Charlotte Hands,

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. Is. - Complaint
comes from the Pacific ocean of raids by
American buccaneers upon the Queen
Charlotte islands. Using their own har.
bors for refuge, it is alleged they have
been making raids upon the territories
and fishing grounds of British subjects.
1t is said that they have pillaged settle
ments while the people were away.
Swindling is also reported to be carried
on with impunity, and quantities Of
American goods are being taken in with
out payment of duty. They have gone
so far as to kill cattle owned by Cana.
dams and dispose of them in the markets
of Juneau and Sitka.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
HlGHWAYMEN AT WORK.
Robbed n POstOfflce in Nebraska in
Broad Daylight.

Denver, Sept. Is. - A special to the
News from Chadron, Neb., says: Three
masked highwaymen entered the postof-
flee at Belmont, this county, and by the
liberal display of six-shooters compelled
the postmaster to deliver up $500 of post
office funds. They made their escape, but
two were apprehended in Crawford, after
a lively fight, in which one of the robbers
was MORALLY wounded by Marshal Spear
man of Crawford. The robber drew a
gun when accosted by the officer, but was
shot in the arm before he could raise the
weapon. Though severely wounded, he
emptied the contents of the six-shooter,
but without effect. and was finally
brought down with bullet in the neck.
The men are portion of the gang which
has been terrorizing the Black hills.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
YELLOW FEVER VICTIMS.
New Orleans Is More HOpefuI-FataI
Cases Mt Biloxi and Mobile.


New Orleans, Sept. ls.-A brighter out
look for New Orleans is evident so lar
as the fever situation is concerned The
reports to the board were of most en-
couraging nature yesterday. Instead Of
20 cases requiring investigation, there
were only 10 to be looked into today
and of these only three were pronounced
suspicious, and one declared yellow fever
The doctors have been unable to deter
mine the origin of the other suspicious
cases reported today.
A fatal case of genuine yellow fever de.
veloped in the very heart of Biloxi. There
have been altogether % cases of yellow
fever in Biloxi, with only one death
that of today.
The board of health has officially de,
clared the suspicious case of fever on st.
Andrew street to be yellow fever. This
makes total of 10 cases to date.
Situation at Jackson,
jackson, Miss, Sept. II. - Hon. J. l.
Redfield, mayor of Edwards, telegraphed
the Associated Press yesterday as follows:
There are eight cases of yellow fever in
the town and three in the country; no
deaths. All the patients are doing well.''
Death at Mobile.
Mobile, Sept. l7.-Anotone Hagnan, the
first yellow fever case, died yesterday,
There is one new case.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
EXPELLED DR.. C. A. S. PROSSER.
Feature of the Closing Session O1
the Idaho Medical Society,

Boise, Idaho, Sept. Is. - The Idaho
state medical society has expelled C. A. S
Prosser OF Boise from membership. He
was suspended a year ago for one year
Tor unprofessional conduct. Owing to
his abuse of the society it was decided
to expel him.
The next meeting will be held on the
first Tuesday of September, 1898. Off,
GERS were elected as follows: President
c, A. Hoover of Montpelier; vice presi.
dent, R. c. Coffey of Moscow; secretary,
treasurer, E. E. Maxey of Caldwell; board
CT trustees, S. L. Gritman of Moscow, E
F. Guyon of Montpelier and j. w. Owens
of Blackfoot.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
Belt Miners Union.

Nelhart, Mont, Sept. lS.-At the semi
annual election of officers of Belt Miners
union the following officers were elected:
President, M. j. Paisley; vice president,
u +. Coggswell; financial secretary, Hi
ram Willis; recording secretary, Charles
Bonner; treasurer, E. j. Sanford; conduc-
tor' ID. j. Martinoli; warden, H. P. Fitz-
patrick; finance committee, James Gam,
John Pierce, A. Bernier; trustees, Peter
hush' Pat Killeen, Mike Steils, John Hag-
gerty, B. E. Marquis.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
THE DEATH OF AN OLD TIMER,
w. C. Moore Found Hanging in .
Barn on the Big Hole.

Anaconda, Sept l7.-Postmaster Law.
renee of Bowen brings word to this city
that w. c. Moore, an old-timer in the
Big Hole, was found hanging by his
neck in Nels Johnson's barn about seven
miles from Wisdom. Mr.. johnson had
been away from home for some days and
made the discovery upon returning to his
home Sunday afternoon. Moore was be-
tween 60 and 70 years of age and an old
timer in Deer Lodge county. At one time
he was well fixed and owned ranch and
large bunch of cattle.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24

reports that he has admitted during the
past ak days 10 persons, and today AZ
persons, and some are expected from
Mobile tomorrow.
The Tennessee board of health has or
dered quarantine (which includes all per-
sons and baggage) against the entire
state of Mississippi.
At FOuntainbleau Camp.
Ocean Springs, Sept. 20. = DIR. Kells
wires DR.. Dunn from Scranton reporting
three new cases of mild fever, no deaths
and all cases doing well. Surgeon Muir
ray went out to Fontainbleau detention
camp yesterday. Forty-three persons en-,
tered camp and seven went to Ocean
Springs. No new cases have been re-
ported and the sick are all doing well. A
refreshing shower fell today.
Bulletin From Mobile.
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 20.-The official bull
letin for the last "a hours shows ii new
cases of yellow fever, as follows: j. w
Carlisle, j. w. Bourne. David Myrton
George Mayfeld, Lettie jackson, f. s
Shannenberg and wife, Frank Collier
Willie Charpin, Eugene Rencher and
Miss Altman. The total cases to date
are 20, total deaths 3.
There was small shower about
o'clock today, accompanied by a coo
wind that was most refreshing after the
intense sultriness of the past two weeks
Yellow Fever mt Mobile.
Cairo, ILL.,, Sept. 20.-Dr. Guiteras, the
yellow fever expert, who came here from
Mobile, has pronounced the two suspi
cious cases at the marine hospital to b.
yellow fever in mild form. Owing t.
the prompt measures taken there is nj
danger of it spreading. The hospita
building is well guarded. DR.. Egan ha
issued an order addressed to every rail
road entering the state from the south
instructing quarantine against the state
of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
NEAREST ROUTE TO THE YUKON.
Engineers Leave Victoria to Plan a
Road to Lake Teslin.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. ls.-A party of
engineers under Edward Wilkinson has
just left here to make a survey of the
nearest route to the Yukon. 1t is pro-
posed to run a line of road from the head
OF Douglass channel, on the northern
coast of British Columbia, to Hazelton
the head of navigation on the Skeena
river, and from there to Teslin lake. With
the exception of a portion of the route
between the coast and Hazelton the line
will run through fiat country. 1t is
stated that d. Mann, a railroad contrac-
tor OF Montreal, is interested in a scheme
OF building a railroad along this route.
1t will open up large area of mining
and quartz mining land in British Column
bia.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
NEW TRIAL FOR SYMES.
Lower Court Erred in Setting Aside
the Verdict of the Jury,

Olympia, Wash, Sept. Is. = The SUI
prcme court has reversed Judgment in the
case of the state, respondent, VS.. Alfred
j. Symes, appellant. Symes was convict
ed of murder in the second degree in Ad-
ans county. This appeal was taken from
Judgment denying a new trial, mo-
ton for which was founded principally
upon the fact that the trial Judge set
aside the verdict of the jury for convic-
ton of murder in the first degree, and
entered an order that the defendant was
guilty of murder in the second degree.
The supreme court is of the opinion that
the lower court exceeded its authority in
entering a Judgment for murder in the
second degree.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING.
ii. II. Brown and j. +. Wardner
Struggle I'm kOOtenai River.

Kalispell, Mont, Sept. ls-Owing to
the low water in the Kootenai river pre-
venting steamers from running, a party
OF gentlemen headed by H. T. Brown, ed,
itor of the International at Wardner, B.
c., formerly identified with the Northern
Newspaper Company of Spokane, started
from Wardner en- route to Jennings, and
when about 50 miles from their destina-
ton the boats were capsized. Mr.. Brown
and friends lost everything they had,
narrowly escaping with their lives. An
other party, headed by j. F. Wardner,
also had narrow escape, losing their
boat. All had to walk the entire dis
lance, 80 miles, over the mountains to
Jennings.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
Presidential Appointments,

Washington, Sept. ls.-The president
has made the following appointments;
Lorenzo r. Thomas, to be register of the
land office at Blackfoot, Idaho; Theo E.
Greer, to be register of the land office at
oregon City, Or; Edward P. Tremper, to
De register of the land office at Seattle,
wash; A. s. Toner of Canton, Ohio, to-
Oe assistant commissioner of the Indian
ONCE; Jacob B. Blair, to be surveyor gem
eral of Utah.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
FIVE MILLIONS IN PROFIT.
Annual Report of MOntana's Great
est Mine Made Public.

New York, Sept. l6.-The annual re-
port of the Anaconda Copper Company
of Montana, the largest stockholders Of
which are j. B. Haggin and Marcus
Daily, has been made public. For the
year ending June 80 the receipts were
$22,94O,393, against $l6,945,697 the year
before. The profits amounted to $685.
O4S, an increase of $S7S,l33 over the
previous year. Dividends amounting to
S3,OOO,O0O were declared, against $4,000
the year before.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
Presidential Appointments

Washington, Sept. H. The president
has appointed D. N. Cooper to be United
States marshal for the northern district
of Alabama; Patrick Miniter, to be as.
saver in charge of the United States as
say Office at Deadwood, S. D.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
MADE A MISTAKE IN MEDICINE.
Jack Hawkins Took Strychnine Be-
Iieving 1t Common Salts.

Reardan, Wash, Sept. lS.-Jack Haw-'
kins, farm hand working for Fred Gre
velle at Grevelle station, on the old Seat
tie railroad, took dose of struchnine'
yesterday for what he supposed to be
common salts, and died within 20 min
utes. Coroner Warehouse was sum-
moned, but decided that an inquest was
not necessary. His family, at Brainerd,
Mimi, was wired for instructions for the
disposition of the BODY.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
A MINER FELL DOWN A SHAFT.

Patrick Grimn's Awful Death in the
Never Sweat Mine.
Butte, Sept. lS.-Patrick Griffin, min
or at the Never Sweat, was carelessly
looking down a shaft yesterday morning
when a rapidly descending cage struck
him on the head, knocking him down the
shaft a distance of 400 feet, killing him
instantly. The accident was almost sim
liar to that which caused the death Of
John Harkins in the same mine the night
before, and made the fifth violent death
in Butte in IL hours.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
JAMES CALLAHAN WAS DROWNED.
Boat Capsixed in Lower Lake Occur
d'Alene.

Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Sept. ls-James
Callahan and E. G. Dime, of Harrison,
went out on the lake in small rowboat
fishing, and at distance of mile from
shore the boat was eapsized. James Cal
lahan, whose home was at Ballard, Wash,
was drowned, and Dime succeeded in
reaching shore by reason of his excellent
swimming. Dime is an athlete and has
only one leg.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
Gold From the swami

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 1.-THE society
OF the United States military telegram
corps IN session here, elected the follow.
ing oneers Tor the year: W. B. Wilson
OF Holmsburg, Pa, president; E. Rose.
water OF OMAHA Neb., vice president; J.
Z, fettit OF Chicago, secretary and treas.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24
DEATH OF HON. A. A. PLUMMER.
One of WashingtOn's First Legisla-
tors and a Prominent Mason.

Port Townsend, Wash, Sept. 1S.-Hon.
A. A. Plummer, Al years old, who was
accidentally shot while hunting a week
ago, is dead. His remains were brought
here. He served with distinction in the
lower house of the legislature, having
been elected in 1889 as republican. He
was past grand master of the A. f. and
A. M. for the state of Washington, and
one of the most prominent members of
the Native Sons of Washington.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24

A few days ago 100000 British sover.
e,ghs from Australia were converted bv
.he San Francisco mint into twentv.doi.
lar gold pieces. -u0l-
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24

The corn crop of Wisconsin will slight.
iy exceed 100000 bushels, being not
quite up to the crop of 1896.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-24

According to the police census the
population Of Baltimore is now 625,270.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-30
New Era for Siberia.

A new era has just begun in the his
tory of Siberia. Since the beginning of
this month the whole of that vast
Asiatic empire of the ear has become
endowed with a modern and uniform
system of public justice. Law courts
have been opened in the various pro-
vincial capitals, and the principal trib-
unal of appeal of Siberia has been es-
tablished at Irkutsk. Until now there
has been no system of legal procedure
whatever in Siberia, the entire country
being subject exclusively to the arbi-
trary administration Of autocratic Off
Gals. True, there Is yet room for inn
provemcnt, since for the present there
is to be no trial by jury, while tine
justices of the peace are to be appoint
ed by the crown, instead of being
elected by the people Of the district, At
the same time the new system is GER
tain to constitute salutary check up
on the hitherto unbridled tyranny OF
Russian ofiicialdom in Siberia.-Chica-
90 Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-30
MARRIAGES AT SEA.
They Seem TO BE Very Hollow Cerc-
monies,

A Los Angeles father whose daughter
went through the ceremony of mar
rage at sea proposes to test the legality
of that form of marriage. When the
marriage-at-sea business is looked into
it appears to be a very hollow ceremony.
1t simply means that the male and fe-
male have travelled outside of the iuris
diction of the state to go through " GER
emory that has no other force than that
derived from state laws. Outside of the
three-mile limit there is no law govern
ing marriage, and consequently no law
against any particular marriage cere-
mony. Parties go to sea to escape the
conditions attached to the performance
of the marriage ceremony within the
state. Yet they expect the state to rec
ognize as valid a ceremony performed
in violation of the states laws. The
state has a purpose in providing that
minors shall not marry except with the
consent of their parents. That purpose
is mainly to prevent young people who
do not know much about each other
and whose mental and moral condition
not such as their parents regard as
necessary to the assumption of marital
relations, from forming the alliance for
which they are unfit. This purpose, of
course, is defeated, when the youngpeo-
pie slip out of a port and coax good
natured sea captain to humble over
their joined hands some words that
have no legal significance whatever. As
well might the young people make GER
tain promises to each other and then
declare that they were married.
Marriage at sea is simply a contract
marriage with the contract left out. II
is ii kind of bluff or the girls parents,
who justly consider that her prospects
in life are ruined unleVs the marriage
is recognized. When parties desiring to
marry go from state which throws
some restraint about marriage con,
tracts to a state which asks no ques-
tons they have the satisfaction of
knowing that they are married accord.
ing to the laws of the state they were
married in. But when they are mar
ried at sea they have the sanction of no
law whatever. They went to sea to es
cape law.-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-30

The following story is from the New
Crusade: a lady who was guest in the
home of a physician and somewhat
troubled with insomnia, asked him to
give her something to make her sleep.
As he handed her a dose of bromidia, he
said; 81 am sorry to start you on the
bromidia habit"
But, DOCTOR" she exclaimed, lone
dose of bromidia does not constitute a
habit"
no." he replied, zone dose does con-
stitute the beginning of a habit. You
will sleep well tonight, and tomorrow
night, if you do not sleep well, you will
remember the effects of the bromidia
and will probably try another dose, and
so on until you find yourself unable to
sleep without it, and then, by and by,
unable TO sleep with it. SO you will be
a victim of the bromidia habit, and il
is absolutely certain that if the first
dose is never taken the habit will never
be formed"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-30
MISS WATTS, OF NEW YORK.
From Her Descended Marquis and
Earl of Great Britain.

People talk of international mar
riages as if they were all invention of
recent years, and are oblivious to the
fact that British peers have shown their
good sense by marrying American girls
for over a couple of centuries, and there
is a large amount of American blood in
the British house of lords.
Everyone going up and down lower
Broadway notices the statue of John
Watts in Trinity churchyard. 1t was
erected by his descendant, Gen. De
Peyster, who has prediction for that
sort of thing. Now, old John Watts,
besides being the progenitor of Gen. De
Peyster, was the progenitor of the pres
ent marquis of Ailsa and earl of Cas-
stills before Mary Queen of Scots mar
ried the dauphin of France. and there
were Barons Kennedy before Columbus
discovered America. On that wild coast
which looks out on the Scottish islands,
where Ailsa lifts her head above the
foam, the Kcnnedys have always
reigned, and Capt. Kennedy, of the
royal navy, married a Miss Schuyler,
of New York, who is put down in the
records of the College of Heralds as
coming from New Jersey. For his sec
ond wife he married a Miss Watts, of
New York, and from that union sprang
the second marquis of Ailsa and earl
Of Cassillis. The man who married Miss
Schuyler came TO his earldOm and his
estates on the death of his brother, after
a contest between the earl of March and
Rug<en about the secession, which was
decided in favor of the captain's brother.
1t was the same sort of a contest
which was waged by Rev. Bryan Fair
fax and by Lord Stirling, withthe po-
tent exception that two of the Ameri-
can claimants were successful, and the
third, Lord Stirling, was not The fact
that William Alexander fought bravely
in the cause of the colonies may have
had something to do with his lack of
success before the house of lords. How
ever, the American blood in the earl of
Cassillis advanced him to a maruuiSate,
and Gen. De Peyster has erected mon
ument to old John Watts. One of the
earfs sons married the daughter of Gen.
Alexander Macomb, of the United States
army.-N. Y. Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The Red Lion, an inn at Ardmore.
Pa. has been licensed public house for
100 years.
-Oldenburg's dynasty is saved from
extinction by the birth of a son to the
hereditary grand duke.
The Taylor Street Methodist church
of Portland, Ore, has set aside pew
especially for the use of commercial
travellers.
According to Atchison reports the
people of that town fish for bats about
the arc electric lights evenings, batting
the hooks with millers and then wav-
ing them through the air.
At Usage, Kan, r. H. Lyons turned
a waste pool on his farm into fish
pond ten years ago. Now he has a
chain of fish ponds worth $4,000 on the
place, all stocked from the waste pool.
One of the gill net fishermen of
Astoria, Ore, caught a royal chinook
salmon that had a hook in its mouth
and a cotton line and homemade spoon
such as Indians use attached. The fish
weighed 80 pounds.
Mrs. Nancy Baker, a cripple, rs
years old, of Valley View, Ky, put her
land in a hens nest in which she had
placed u small chickens and found a
five-foot snake which had swallowed six
of them. Her son killed the snake.
One of the feet of Louis Philippe's
throne, which was carried off from the
TuiFeries by the mob in February, 1S4S,
and burned at the foot of the column
in the Place de la Bastile, has been pre-
scented to the Carnavalet museum in
Paris.
While Miss Belle Hope and five
friends were eating picnic luncheon
in the mountains near Bellefonte, Pa,
a rattlesnake and a wildcat fought to
the death near them and Al rattlesnakes
attacked them. The men in the party
killed the snakes.