Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-11-19
NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS
RECORD OF CRIME AND MIsHAP.
Progress of Business at Home ana
Abroad-Fire Losses and Acciden-
tai Deaths - Political Appoint
ments.


The Georgia house of representatives.
has passed a bill making the playing OF
football crime, and providing $1,000 fine
or one year in the penitentiary, or both,
as the penalty.
The Lovejoy monument at Alton, Ill,
costing $4,000, has just been dedicated
Lovejoy was assassinated in that city
go years ago for his outspoken and fiery
editorials against the slave trade.
The comptroller of the currency has de-
clared dividends in favor of the creditors
of insolvent national banks as follows:
Twenty-Five per cent, Merchants Min
ers' National bank, Phillipsburg, Mont;
Is per cent, Northwestern National bank,
Great Falls, Mont; IA l-2 per cent, Ma
tional bank. Pendleton. Or.
DR.. Edward Newberry, founder OF
Brentwood, Long Island, is dead OF pneu-
monia, contracted at the funeral of his
friend, Henry George.
Patents have been granted John Jeklin,
Spokane, a dust pan; Alfred Barrett, Puy-
allup, a baling press, and John ID. Camp
bell, Leesburg, Idaho, tool for miners
use.
The war department, acting on the rec
ommendation of General Wade, com
handing the department of Dakota, has
ordered the abandonment of Fort Custer,
Montana. General Wade has also rec
commended the abandonment of Fort AS
sinaboine, Montana, but the department
thinks it imprudent at this time.
T h,xo nf off
circulating a petition to present to the
next legislature asking that married men
be not exempted from paying grocery and
tradesmen's bills.
DR.. Won Hollenben, the new German
ambassador to the United States to sue
coed Baron Won Theilmann, recalled to
become secretary of the imperial treasury,
has left Brennan for the United States.
1t is probable that Rev. DR.. Collyer, the
eminent Unitarian divine of Brooklyn,
will fill the pulpit of the First Unitarian
church of Oakland during the first three
months of the coming year, filling the
place made vacant by the resignation of
Rev. C. w. Wendt.
The annual report of the Great North
ern shows total gross earnings of $2l,-
736, 225, decrease of $S3,474; operating
expenses and taxes. $l3,230,22l, an in
crease of $6l5,999; net earnings, $685.
003, decrease of 5000, 474; surplus after
dividends, 81 ,539,7l6, a decrease of $751;
4lO.
Three thousand sheep were burned in
prairie fire in Crosby county, Texas.
The two Mormon apostles, Leyman
and Crowley, have assigned missionary
elders to various portions of Ohio, with
the view of spreading the faith in that
state.
The past year has been the most sue
cessful financially, in the history of Yale
university, the school having received
$445, 055 in gifts.
1t is learned at the state department
that Charles Page Bryan of Chicago has
been determined upon as the successor
of Minister Charles DENLY, who now rep
resents the United States in China.
In the Thorn murder trial in Long Isl.
and City, N. Y, Mrs. Augusta Mack, who
was indicted, together with her erstwhile
paramour, Martin Thorn, for the murder
of her former lover, William Guldensuppe
for whom she deserted her legal husband
has appeared in the role of a state witness
against Thorn, to the CONSERVATION Of
the latter's lawyers. She told of the aw
full crime, which will doubtless convict
her paramount.
Fire has destroyed the department
store of w. A. Wieboldt & Co., in Chi
cago. The loss is about $l65,OOO.
Robert T. Lincoln has become tn,
head of the Pullman Car Company, beine
elected chairman OF the executive com
mittee having the management of the af
fairs of the committee.
William Jennings Bryan has contribut
ed 800 to the Henry George memoria
fund.
Miss Frances f. Willard, president O
the w. G. T. u, announces that she will
contribute $4,000 of her own money t,
start the fund of 100000 which the tenn
perance women need to hold control O
the temple property in Chicago
The Pacific Steam Whaling Company
preparing to place a new line of steam
ers on the st. Michaels- Yukon route mex
spring. The line will have its headquar
tiers at San Francisco and will be direc
route. The company has also gone int
the Copper river and Cooks inlet trade
Upon the opening of the trial of Jos
eph E. Kelly at Dover, N. H., for tn
murder of Cashier Stickney of the Som
ellsworth National bank, Kelly retracte
his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilt
to the charge of murder in the first dc
gree.
A. G. Gillian, manager of the Jones
Nixon Publishing Company of st. Loui,
and a democratic candidate for stat
senator at the last election, shot and Kill
ed himself today. An injury received re
Gently in bicycle accident is thought t
have affected his mind.
Correspondence just received from tn
New York Herald correspondent in Pr
erto Principe states that open mutiny {
Spanish soldiers occurred there recent,
The mutiny developed into conflict
the streets between the commanding O
ficers and the troops. The soldiers mi
tinted because rations were insufficier
and they could get no pay.
The police at Barcelona, Spain, hay
seized 800 rif1es-intended for the Carlist
Fire caused a loss of $4,000 by Ii
burning of the Riverview hotel at Kal
, kakee, ILL.,, insurance $4,000.
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