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confining operations of the dredger to
one stream as we understand it.
The idea is to secure a machine. Once
the State owns it, and it proves under
guarantee to be ali that is claimed for it,
then it will be used as speedily as pos
sible on all our navigable waters where
needed Certainly that is the expressed
intention of the bill. If not. let the af-
firmative expression be stiffened.
But the independent" charges that
it is a scheme for the benefit of big
landowners to reclaim low lands for
them. Incidentally the effect will be to
promote reclamation of low lands. Or
course that will follow. OF course II
should, and of course, too, it will repay
immensely to have just that thing re-
suit, since it will add enormously to
taxable values. Really is there any one
who can with reason object to the i'm
provement of a navigable stream be-
cause an incident Of such Improvement
will be lessening the liability Of the river
| to overflow and flood low lands?
Suppose that low land men should go
on at their own expense and put their
lands beyond possibility of overflow,
would not the channel bed of the rivers
still need to be corrected and cleared
and the mouths of the streams opened
for navigation?
| But it is not a scheme of big land
owners" 1t happens that small low land
owners along the navigable streams are
deeply interested in having the river
cleaned out 1t is not their fault that 1t
is filled up. Surely they are not charg-
able with doing anything to bring on the
present deplorable conditions, unless,
indeed. their reclamation of the delta
islands has considerably closed the river
mouths. But even that has been done
under invitation and sanction of the
| State.
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SPECIAL AGENCIES.

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1t Leads the World.

Steinway & Sons upright pianos are
pre-eminently the best and cheapest
pianos. All musical artists say so. See
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The, best advertising mediums on the
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Locomotive Firemen's Ball.

On the night Of the 11th of this month
California Lodge. No. 2G0, brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, will hold its
fourth annual ball at Turner Hall.
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BONDS FOR SALE.
PROPOSALS.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
Eccondido Irrigation District will receive
sealed proposals for the purchase of 81, 800
or any part thereof of its bonds. Bids will
be received at their office in EscOndido
Cal, until o'clock a. m, February s, 1897
Said bonds are of the denomination of 5000
each, payable 10 and 20 years. Interest 6
per cent A j. WERDEN.
Secretary Escondido Irrigation District.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money ii it
fails to cure 25c.
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THE DAILY REC0RD-UEION.
THE WEEKLY UNION
TWELVE PAGES.

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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
HOME FOR AGED ODD FELLOWS.
Encouraging Progress in the Move
ment Started in Illinois.

Chicago, Feb. A.-Encouraging progress
is being made in the movement started
by the Odd Fellows to establish home
for INDECENT and aged members of the or
der and their wives, and in which they
could pass their declining years under fra
ternal care. The scheme which finds the
most favor is the purchase of a. farm of
about 300 acres adjacent to some thriving
town in this state, either equipped with
the necessary buildings, or upon which
a structure can be erected at a moderate
expense; the home thus established to
be partly self-sustaining, and enabling
the old folks to enjoy home life and at
the same time to occupy part Of their leis-
ure hours. The state grand lodge has
already donated $4,000 toward the object,
which amount has been considerably in
creased by lodge and individual donations,
and last evening representatives of the
various Odd Fellows organizations of ILL
nois met to give further impetus to the
scheme.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
MANY sNoWsLIDEs IN COLORADO.
Several Fatalities and Numerous
Narrow Escapes.

Denver, Feb. 2.-The week just past has
witnessed the heaviest snowfall and the
greatest number of snowslides in the
mountainous portion of Colorado since
1884, according to advices from many
points. There have been many fatalities,
numerous narrow escapes and several
persons have been reported missing.
dispatch from Breckenridge says: Mr..
Conway left Dillon with pack train for
Collier mountain last Friday. Today news
was received that he had been over
whelmed by slide which buried his en-
tire train. A party left here to attempt
his rescue, but little hope is felt that he
will be found alive.
Two slides came down today in Imogene
basin, near Ouray. One demolished the
buildings of the Camp Bird mine fatally
injuring one man, Peter Eichberg, and
burying two others, who narrowly cs-
capped death. The other slide carried away
the ore house of the United States mine.
The railroad blockades, some of which
lasted As hours, have all been raised and
trains are all running with reasonable
regularity throughout the state, but the
wagon roads in most of the higher por-
lions are impossible and many small
towns are accessible only by means of
SnoWShoeS.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
PLANS OF THE POPULIST
EDITORS TO THE NUMBER OF A
HUNDRED TO CONSULT.
washburn of Massachusetts Hopes
to Be There-Master Workman
Sovereign to Speak.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb H-Reform edi-
attend the conference of the National
Reform Press Association, called by
Chairman Arthur Roselle, of the Miss )uri
state peoples party committee, and also
the secretary-treasurer of the association,
to meet here tomorrow. Chairman Ro-
selle was among the first to arrive.
about 100 delegates will be here" he
said to an Associated Press reporter,
land everything looks bright for sue
cessful meeting"
Continuing, Mr.. Roselle said they would
proceed with their business without ref
erence to the Memphis gathering, which
would be entirely ignored. I'VE are in
the right" said he, land any overtures
for peace must come from the Memphis
people,"
Apparently such overtures are expected,
Mr.. Roselle giving the substance of a
message he had received from Senator
William Allen from Washington, in which
the latter counseled holding open the
Kansas City meeting for a day or two
after the Memphis meeting.
"Washburn goes to Memphis" the mes
sage read His mission is all right. Hold
open the Kansas City meeting for q day
or two after meeting, until you hear from
him and Vincent
This would be DONE Chairman Roselle
said in answer to a query, the local meet
ing lasting for at least two days. Whetn-
er Washburn or Vincent, or both, finally
came here was a matter of conjecture, lie
added.
There will be several questions of more
Lose
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
british MARINES TO PARADE.
Ask Permission to March Washing
toms Birthday.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Acting Secretary
McAdoo has received from Mayor Carlson
of San Diego an application for permits
sion, in behalf of the blue jackets and
marines of the British man-of-war Co
mus, now at that port, to land with their
arms and participate in a big parade in
celebration of Washingtons birthday.
The application has been referred to the
state department. 1t has been found, how
ever, that the department can not do bus
mess directly with the mayor, and that IL
permission to land British armed force
is sought, the application must come to
the state department through the British
embassy here. 1t will then be referred to
the governor of California for his appro-
val, and If this is granted, the British en-
bassy will be notified and the desired con-
sent granted.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
HANNA GETS A TOGA
GOVERNOR PROMISES TO CLOTHE
HIM IN SHERMAN'S GARB.
of Suspense an Official Note
Is Issued.

Columbus, Ohio. Feb N.-Governor
Bushnell tonight gave out the following
statement to the press:
1T has been my intention to make no
announcement in relation to the action
I would take in the matter of any ap-
pointment to fill the prospective vacancy
in the Ohio representation In the United
States senate till the vacancy actually ex-
listed, but on account of the manifest
interest of the people and their desire to
know what would be done, I deem it best
now to make the following statement:
when Senator Sherman resigns to en-
ter the cabinet of President Mckinley 1
will appoint to succeed him Hon. Marcus
A. Hanna of Cuyahuga county, to serve
until his successor Is chosen by the Sew
enty-third general assembly of the state
1 trust this action will meet the approval
Of the people. ASA N. BUSHNELL"
Hanna Is Modest.
Cleveland, Feb. H.-Chairman Hanna
was at the Union club this evening when
he was shown the Associated Press dis
patch from Columbus containing Gov
ernor Bushnelrs announcement of Mr..
Hannas appointment as senator to sue
coed Senator Sherman. This was the first
intimation Mr.. Hanna had of the sub
ject. OF course he was pleased at the
termination of the controversy. but he
showed his pleasure only by a general
smile. When asked if he would discuss
the governors action, the chairman de-
clined to say anything, saying that he
could not talk about the matter for pub
LEGATION until he had received official no
LITIGATION of his Appointment from Gov
ernor Bushnell.
Mr.. Hanna remained at his club during
the evening and received the congratula-
tons of such of his friends as had heard
of his appointment.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
MINERAL LAND CLASSIFICATION.
Special Item in the Deficiency APP
preparation Bill.

Washington, Feb. N.-The classification
Idaho, within the land grant and inde-n-
nifty land grant limits Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, is costing the
government more than was expected. The
appropriation at the last session was $685.
900, and $4,000 more will be needed. Secre-
that congress has fixed the compensation
of the commission, whose duty it is TO
examine and classify these lands, at $40
a day each while actually engaged in the
performance of their duties, or an an
nual compensation not to exceed the sum
of $500 each. "In order to provide for 1he
payment of said IL commissioners for the
fiscal year of 1897 at the above rate of
compensation, says Mr.. Carlisle, 1.-The
sum of $4,000 will be necessary. AS the
act of June IL, 1885, only appropriates he
sum of $4,000 for said purpose, this esti-
mate of $4,000 is therefore submitted in
order to avoid deficiency in the amount
appropriated for the year.
A special item which the secretary of
war has asked shall be Incorporated in
the deficiency bill directs the proper &C.
counting officers of the treasury to credit
Major Gate captain) T. w. Symons, corps
of engineers, United States army, in the
settlement of his public accounts, with
the sum of $3.50, that amount having been
paid out in accordance with the orders
of the secretary of war.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
FACTS REGARDING DIR. RUIZ DEATH.
Fellow Prisoners Say He Cried for
Help the Night He Died.

New York. Feb, H.-A dispatch to the
World from Havana says:
DR.. Ricardo Ruiz, a naturaiized Ameri-
can citizen arrested on suspicion by the
Spanish authorities a week ago, WAS
found deead in his cell in the Guanbacaco
Jail last Tuesday. The body bore marks
of violence. The jailor said that he died
by suicide.
Consul General Lee sought the privi-
lege of viewing the body, and asked for a
full statement of the circumstances of
death. The Spanish at first ignored both
requests.
General Lee telegraphed to Washing
ton. No reply was received. On Friday
General Lee imperatively demanded that
the body of DR.. Ruiz be turned over to
him and that an autopsy be made by two
PHYSICIANS, one of whom would be desig-
mated by General Lee.
The Marquis of Ahumada, acting cap
tain general in place of General Weyler,
who is in the field, issued the necessary
order, but so long was the delay that al
though Guanahacao is less than 8 miles
from Havana, General Lee was not ad-
mitted to the prison there until Friday
afternoon, or thirty hours after the death
of Ruis, and barely in time to stop the
burial of the American physician in q
plain pine coffin by a squad of negro
Spanish servants.
When the coffin was opened it was
found that Ruis' face had been SO bat
tered with blows and so cut with wounds
as to be almost unrecognizable. The
prisoners said that the cries for aid were
heard from his cell on the night of his
death. General Lee could not reach airy
conclusion that DR.. Ruiz had been MUIR
dered. He Immediately ordered an autop-
sy to be made, the result of which will not
be known until late today. He then cabled
the results of his Investigations to the
state department In the meantime Scott,
an American, has been kept IL days in SOL
itary confinement at Regia, just across
the bay from Havana. General Lee has
been refused permission even to see him.
This is plain violation of treaty rights. 1t
is feared that he too has been slain. DR..
Ruiz was naturalized American citizen.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
ANOTHER MEETING AT MEMPHIS
Paul VandervOOrt, Middle-Of-the-
Road, VIII Preside.


Memphis, Tenn, Feb. A.-Hundreds of
delegates to the annual convention of
the reform press association have ar
rived, and more are coming on the early
morning train.
The convention will be called to order
by General Vandervoort president of the
association, at 10 o'clock, and addresses
of welcome and responses will occupy the
entire morning.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Wander
WORT will deliver his annual address.
G. L. Spence, of the Parkersburg, W.
Va, Silver Tribune, was among today's
arrivals. He intimated that If the meet
ing undertook to read Senator Butler and
other peoples party men thinking like
him out of the party, there would be a
bolt from the meeting.
President Vandervoort is opposed to
fusion of any sort. He said the demo-
cratic party absorbed the greenkackers
same thing years later when the national
union party was organized. He points
out that they tried to repeat the feat in
the recent campaign with the people $
party, and partially succeeded.
I'VE are sidetracked for awhile" said
Mr.. Vandervoort, but we will get back
in the middle of the road again. This
Memphis meeting will be the beginning
of an era in the life of the peoples party.
1t will be put on the straight road again,
and then the warning cry will be heard
from one end of the country to the 9TH
err. The reform press has just begun me
fight"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
[HE FLEET OPENED FIRE
HALF A DOZEN WAR SHIPS bonn
BARD CRETAN INSURGENTS.
Situation in The Mediterranean De-
yeIOps Another and Most Alarm
ing Phase for Greece.

Canea, Feb. q, Z p. ma fusilade hav-
ing continued since morning, despite the
warning of the foreign admirals, the unit
ed squadrcns bombarded the insurgent
camps outside of Canea.
Later reports are to the effect that the
English men of war opened the lombard
ment. The others followed. The Kaiserin
augusta fired Mellinite shells, The com
mander of the Greek man of war Hydra
cleared for action in case the necessity
should arrive. Some shells fell in the town
of Canea, raising clouds of dust. 1t is
Eumored that several persons were killed
ind wounded.
81 When the firing ceased the Greek flag
Vas still flying over the insurgents camp.
81 The foreign admirals have warned Col.
Eassos, commander of the Greek forces
On the island of Crete. Of their intention
to attack his troops with four men of war
anchored off his camp, Aghioi Thodoroi,
should he attempt to advance to the in
terior of the island.
British torpedo boats have captured and
Brought to this port the small Greek
steamer Laurium, which was carrying
81 The forts fired two rounds of blank
cartridges yesterday at the Greek gun
boat Benous. A Turkish frigate also dis
charged blank shots at the Greeks.
~ The Greek gunboat Benous quickly re-
plied to the blanks fired by the Turkish
higate. The frigate then withdrew from
HE scene of operations.
The German flag was hoisted on the
famparts here on the arrival of the
kaiserin Augusta.
Interpreted at Athens.
Athens, Feb. 21.-It is stated that the
warming of the foreign admirals given to
Colonel Vassos only referred to Greek at
lack on Canea. Colonel Vassos will con-
tinue to occupy strategic points in the
Interior of the island of Crete.
Another BOmba rdment.
a Canea, Feb. N.-(2 p. m.)-An engage
Hment has just occurred above the village
of Miurnies, between the insurgents and
Turkish band. AT 4:45 p. m. the insur-
gents at Akrotiri, having attacked the
Turkish garrison at Halopa, the. john
fleet bombarded the Cretans for 80 min.
utes. The insurgents fled, taking theil
flag with them.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
GREECE APPEALING TO RUSSIA.
Aid Asked for the National Cause in
Crete.

London, Feb. PA dispatch to the
Daily Mail says:
The queen of Greece recently sent a
message to the car requesting his sup
port for the national cause Of Greece.
The king also wired the car stating that
he would declare war on Turkey and
himself led the army before he would
yield to European coercion. Princess
Marie of Greece also telegraped her
fiancee, Grand Duke George Of
Russia, that the action of the powers
against Greece was Infamous.
Another dispatch says: The Nord
Deutsche Allgen Zeitung asserts that the
Turkish cabinet last week decided to de-
clare war on Greece, but the sultan We
toed the decision on account of the
finances of Turkey.
A dispatch to the Times from Athens
says: The Greek government has decid-
ed to sent part of the fleet on a cruise
along the Sporades islands, while another
portion of the fleet will proceed to Am
brasia to prevent the Turks attacking
the Greek frontier from Brevosa. Troops
from all parts of Greece are hurrying to
the Turkish fronier. The call for naval
volunteers has been more than amply
answered.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
TAHlTIANs suBDuED BY FRANCE.
Natives Had Refused to Recognize
the Home Authority.

San Francisco, Feb. H.-For two years
past the natives on the Islands of Raitea
and Tahai, dependencies of the Tahiti
government, have refused to recognize
French authority. News from Tahiti is
that on December 26 last, Governor Gal
lett left Pajeiti on board the French cor
vette Duguay-Trouan with the transport
Aube, to punish these people. A force of
Tahitan volunteers, marine and infantry
from New Caledonia and Papeiti, with
sailors from the warships, were the COM
batants. The bombardment of Tahai Ill
lage was effected by the warships, and on
January a fight took place at the viii
lage of Tevaitoa, where the natives made
a gallant fight against the 700 French
troops. They suffered defeat and had II
killed and five wounded, while the French
loss was four wounded.
According to the official narrative the
victory will suffice to produce good ef-
feet upon the natives, who are charged
among other crimes of having an English
flag in their possession.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
GERMAN TANK STEAMER is LOST.
The Diamente, Captain Wischausen,
and Thirty-FiVe Men.

Boston, Feb. 21.-The German tank steamer
Diamente Captain Wischausen and IS men,
is probably lost with all hands $50 miles south
east of Halifax, February IT, or else has been
drifting at the mercy of the elements ever
since. Such is the opinion of Captain North
of the Furness line steamer Galatea, which
reached this port today from London. Captain
North attempted to tow the steamer and to
save her crew, but the hawser parted and the
tank steamer disappeared from view so quick
ly that 1t is believed she went down. Cap
tain North says he sighted the tank steamer
February 10, showing signals OF distress, hav-
ing lost her propeller. The steamer was taken
in tow but the next day she broke away. This
repeated until the 18th, when she dis
appeared altogether. The Galatea had towed
the Diamente 900 miles. Captain North crused
around all day but trace of the steamer
and so resumed his course. While he believes
the Diamente has foundered, Captain North
thinks that the empty tanks may have kept
her afioat and she is somewhere in the track
of the European steamers.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26
AMERICANS HATED BY SPANISH.
Mate of the Schooner Jeanette Sc
riOusIy Injured at Matanzas

Cincinnati, Feb. 21.-A Commensurate
bune special from Carabelli, Fla, says:
The schooner Jeanette, from Matanzas,
Cuba, arrived with the second mate Sc
verely stabbed. When the schooner was
in port the second mate went ashore and
became intoxicated. While on the dock
he was approached by four Spanish SOL
diers, who demanded his money and ev-
erythng of value. The mate refused to
obey. The soldiers stabbed him with
their bayonets, and then knocked nim
down and took all the money he had,
his shoes, coat and everything of any
value The mate is seriously hurt.
Several Spanish officers saw the as
sault, but on being appealed to walked
off, muttering: eel Americano; good
enough; serves him right
The captain of the Jeanette says that
while his vessel was in port there he saw
the Spanish soldiers take a Cuban SOL
der whom they had captured and use
him for target. Inc soldiers are i'll paid
and need money.