Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-01-14
IN GENERAL NEWS
HOME AND FOREIGN OUTLOOK.
Accidents and Crimes All Over the
World-Basiness Affairs and Po-
litical sQderations-variety of
Items.

The establishment of Crook, Horner &
Co., dealers in plumbing, machinists and
millers' supplies, occupying seven-story
building at Howard and Saratoga streets,
Baltimore, has been damaged $450,OOO by
fire. The loss is covered by insurance.
The state department has been ad-
vised that the Canadian authorities have
surrendered upon an extradition warrant
James G. Bennett, who was arrested and
held at Victoria on charge of murderous
assault upon his wife in San Francisco.
The state of Nebraska, by the attorney
general, has filed civil suit against ex-
Treasurer Hartley and his bondsmen for
1896, 900. This is the amount which Hart
ley is charged with embezzling from the
public school fund during his first two
years in office, and is only one Of a num-
Der of similar suits.
The subcommittee of the senate COM
mittee on Pacific railroads heard F. M.
Gideon, the attorney who was charged by
j. X. Reddington on Saturday with hav-
ing manipulated the land office records.
Mr.. Gideon denied every allegation made
by Reddington and insisted that there
was no possibility of manipulating the
records even if he had so desired.
T. G. Beatty, formerly supreme secre-
| tary of the A. P. A., and prominent
lawyer of the middle west, and Henry
Howard, have been taken from Strcuds-
burg, Pa, to serve term of Is months
in the penitentiary. Before he left Beat
| ty wrote an account of his life, which he
headed "Life Experience of Smart
Fool.
'The American Congregation, the Pride
of Jerusalem" has been incorporated. Its
principal headquarters are to be in New
York city, and it is intended to carry on
operations throughout the United States
and Canada. The object of he organiza-
ton is to aid and assist INDECENT and
needy Jews of all nationalities resident
in Palestine and Jerusalem by means Of
| collections.
| President Hampson of the Mexico, Gu
ernevaca & Pacific railroad, with a small
party, accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
to Cuernevaca. The party were greatly
pleased with the magnificent view of thu
valley of Mexico from the summit of The
mountain range. A reception was giver
at the handsome apartments of the Am
erican club in the City of Mexico to Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan, and there was larg'
attendance of ladies and gentlemen.
One person was possibly fatally hur
and six others were more or less injured
in a COLLISION of the Roxborough, Wissa
hickon & Manayunk electric road, on tn,
outskirts of Philadelphia. While descend
ing hill trolley car became unman
ageable on account of the slippery track
and descending at full speed, it struck
horse car at the foot of the incline, bring
ing up against trolley pole. The roo
of the trolley car fell in on the passen
gers, the stove upset and the wrecl
caught fire.
North Texas suffered the worst snoy
and sleet storm Saturday and Sunday il
many year. Dallas was completely iso
lated all Sunday, and communicated
with the outside world has been only PAL
TALLY restored. The Western Union an
Postal Telegraph companies, as well a
the telephone companies, suffered almos
entire prostration. Reports from tn
cattle raising districts are slow coming il
but it is believed the damage will b
great. In Crossley county the death rat
of cattle was 40 per cent. The railroad
were badly demoralized, all trains bein
from two to six hours late.
The Christmas money order business {
r the New York postofiice greatly exceed
l that of any previous year. The outgoin
: European mail has practically been clio.
ed, but the incoming mail from foreig
t countries has just begun to arrive. A
of the foreign money order business
t transacted through the New York pos
, Office. Our Christmas presents to Euror
D represented by the money orders ser
during the first Is days in December, az
8 gregated 81 ,536,836 in 140,903 order
The largest number Of orders, 73,40O, ws
sent to Great Britain and Ireland, an
represented $7SS,745.
/ The Oakland board of trade has adop
e ed resolutions in favor OF the annexatio
t of Hawaii.
e Dependent over i'll health and povert,
: William Hanson, IS years of age, an EN-
r lish anarchist belonging to the school
;, Benjamin R. Tucker, has committed su
$ eide in New York city by swallowin
e prussic acid.
William Gordon Prince, who was IL
n Oldest living graduate of Harvard eolleg
n is dead at his home in Riverplace, De,
ham, Mass He was born in Boston abo,
"a years ago.
Oakland tCal.) reports that Ferdinar
s Uhl. the murderous mailman who killt
4 Patrick Murphy of Temescal and the
j, tried to exterminate other imaginary G
8 emies, has been, committed to the asylu
y for the insane at Ukiah.
j. Notices have been posted in the Fis
dale cotton mills at Southbridge, Mas
that on January the scale will be 10,
cred. The reduction, it is believed, wi
: be between 10 and Is per cent.
$ John j. Joyce, retired railroad ma
: shot R. A. Montgomery, prominent al