Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-11-05
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CHANCES ALL OVER THE wonYn
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Record of Misfortunes, Mi.hap. ana
oFimes, as Well ms of Indus
trial Progress.

ana VIII tomorrow enter upon his d,,.
Ties as postmaster at Olympia, Wash
IN place of A. W.. Wisner.
AT the Pennsylvania democratic state
convention ex-Assemblymen Walter r.
hetter was nominated for auditor gen.
eral and M. G. Brown of Blairsyille for
state treasurer. Bryan's name was wild.
~ cheered, Chicaggo's platform endorsed
ana william Harrity had to give way
to James M. Guffee as national commit.
teeman.
Jack Leonard, the condemned murder.
er OF Jacob Malquist, now in the Spo.
Kane county jail awaiting the action Of
the supreme court of the United States
VIII soon be returned to Colfax to suffer
the death penalty. The time for perfect
ing this appeal expired August 20, and
as appeal was never perfected, there is
no record of it in the United States SUI
preme court, and consequently that court
can take no action in the case.
Mrs. j. H. Staples safe at the CITY
Brewery at Walla Walla. Wash. was
blown open Monday night, the robbers
making away with $500 in money and
valuable papers, There is no clue as vet.
A telegram announces the death near
Coban, Guatemala, Of Right Rev. Bishop
Lemmens, Catholic bishop of Vancouver
island and Alaska The diocese of
Bishop Lemmens embraced part of Brit
ish Columbia and the entire territory
north.
The 18th annual meeting of the Farm
ers' national congress of the United
States was called to order at st. Paul,
MINI, Tuesday by President B. F. Clay
ton of Indianola, Iowa. Following the
invocation by Archbishop Ireland the
congress was greeted on behalf of the
city of st. Paul by Mayor Doran, and
on behalf of the state by Governor
Clough. The president address calls for
the extension of free mail delivery
to the rural districts, the enlargement of
the weather bureau. more systematic
crop statistics, the reclamation of the
arid and semi-arid lands, and to restrict
boards of trade to point where they
will prevent fraud in dealing in options
and to entirely stop the bucket shop
disgrace.
The corporation of Brown university
has voted, after a long meeting, to re-
quest President Andrews to withdraw
his resignation as president of that in
stitution.
The Austrian government, it is stat
ed, has proposed the rejection of the
British plan for the settlement of the
Graeco- Turkish difficulty, and urges
that the five remaining powers proceed
with the conclusion of peace between
the two countries.
Warden Van Dorm has returned to
Boise, Idaho, from HALEY with Jesse
Coleman, one of the convicts who escap-
ed two weeks ago. He was captured near
Sawtooth lake. The posse is now on the
trail of the other man. Coleman may
have to stand trial for highway robbery
for holding up a sheep herder. For this
he may get life sentence.
The capitol commissioners have award
ed the contract for the superstructure OF
the new Minnesota statehouse for $685.
600, deciding on st. Cloud granite for the
basement and Georgia marble for the
rest of the superstructure, excepting the
DOME
A special train of Is cars of cattle and
one of horses left Wilbur, Wash. Inc
car of horses and three cars of cattle are
to leave Seattle for Klondike Friday
morning. the balance of the train go
INC to st. Joe, Mo. Another cattle train
will be taken out tomorrow morning.
Thirteen members of the family and
people living on the farm OF Henry MIL.
er. near Metropolis, ILL.,, were poisoned
and three are dead. 1t is thought a.
least eight Of them will die. A hlreu
girl who is insane threw package o.
"Rouph ON Rats" into the well.
Rumors are current in Pekin and
Shanghai that the Hong Kong and
shanghai bank is negotiating loan OF
100000 900 pounds for the Chinese gov
eminent. 1t is stated that difficulties
which arose to prevent the fulillmen'
Of tbe Belgian loan to Shang Tai Jone
have disappeared and that the loan WIN
90 through and the much-talked-ol
Hang Ko railway will be started
victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, whs
was secretary of the committee whici
prepared the declaration OF the st. Loui'
labor conference, calls attention TO tn'
error in the resolutions, as sent out Ut
saua that a demand was made for pub
lie ownership of mines and railroads. mo-
railroads and telegraphs, public owner
shin of mines being considered by TN
conference as important to the Dou'
nolitic as ownership of railroads /,
Colonel George d. Bliss of New forf
died at his summer residence at wake
6eld r. l., Wednesday, aged d.
Fire in the paper mill of Manning
Paine at Troy, N. Y, damaged the ma
cbipery and building to the extent o
100000. ~ "
simon Lowenthal of Syracuse, N. y
we'll known liquor agent, aged 20, AM
ron,,ted to be one of the wealthiest mel
IN that place, was struck and Instant!
killed at Utica by a New YORK oenlr'
! f.:..bf train