Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-24

VA, 46s, against 81 ,47s,oes in tho nr.,,a
ing week and $7,72l.265 in the CORE.
spending week Of last year; since Ian.
aary J. $3.50 ,62s,ss9, against 1894 e4o az
III the corresponding period of last vea,
russian newspapers urge that Rnss;a
ana France and Great Britain occpnv
points IN China to counterbalance the Car.
man occupation in Kiao Chau bav
The Pacific Cable COMPANY Of No,r
SsS VIII lay cable to connect San
San francisco with the Hawaiian islands
near Honolulu. Extensions from the Ha.
waian islands will be made to ,Janan and
Australasia. 20" anu
Tommy Ryan knocked out Australian
Jimmy Ryan in five rounds before the
N. ". iAi'n'la'
rouf Thousand people witnessed the
defeat OF the great Baltimore baseball
team by the Gilt Edges of Sacramento bv
score of to 3.
Dr. Mordecai M. Moore, one of the old
Jerry johnson, negro, who had been
I
arrested for stealing mule, was taken
from the officers at Waycross, Ga. who
mad him in custody near Screven tonight
and shot to death by mob.
In consequence of the revolt of the All.
banians of the districts of Lopk and Dia-
kova, northeast of Scutari, large bodies of
Bulgarian and Servian troops have been
ordered to proceed to the disaffected dis.
trict.
For the first time in the history of the
Cuban war, rebel bullets sought the pal
ace in Havana, says dispatch to the
New York Herald from Havana. The
shots came from Casa Blanca, 600 yards
across the entrance to the harbor and
while no one was hurt, the palace with
its electric lights was shining mark and
must have been hit.
1t is reported from Canton that the
viceroy of the province of Quang Tong,
with the Chinese admiral and general. is
preparing defenses and river forts on the
Canton river as the result of ''telegrams
received from the north"
The plan of the powers to appoint
Consul Schaeffer, a native of Luxemberg,
governor general of the island of Crete,
has fallen through, in consequence of the
sultan's refusal to confirm the provision
al appointment. 1t is now practically
certain that they will propose Prince
Francis Joseph of Battenburg, whose
name was under consideration for the
post last summer.
The verdict in the Lowering court-mar-
tial at Chicago has been forwarded to the
secretary of war; 1t is the general opin
ion that Lowering will meet with worse
than reprimand. The finding is always
a secret one, being forwarded to COM
officer of the department. From
General Brooke it will be sent to Wash
ington, where it is discretionary with the
authorities to give it out for pub
LEGATION.
est Masons in Pennsylvania, died the 9th
er day in the Masonic home in Philadel-
hia, aged 90.
A prairie fire is sweeping over the
south of Clayton, N. M. The
yrass is very high, and there has been no
ain for weeks. The course of the fire is
through the great range belt, and for over
100 miles there is no barrier in its path.
thousands of sheep are in danger.
Fifteen thousand employees of the Mis-
ouri Pacifc-Iron Mountain railway sys-
EN-, whose salaries were cut from to
Is per cent in 1898, owing to prevalent
lard times, have been made glad by a
issued by President George
Gould restoring wages to their former
oasis.
Baker City, Ore, reports a fatal aci-
lent as occurring at Elkhorn, in the Bo-
nanza mine. James Cagel ignited some
giant powder and the magazine exploded
with terrif force. Cagel was killed in
stantly, his body being mangled in a
frightful manner. Thomas Hopkins was
painfully though not fatally wounded.
A dispatch to the Frankfort Zeitung
from Rome reports that sanguinary con-
hict has taken place between the French
and the British at Nikki, in Lagos Hin
terland A conflict between these forces
has been anticipated for some time past
Both countries have been hurrying troops
into the disputed territory. The trouble
is of about 30 years standing.