Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-01-21
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
GATHERED FROM ALL SOURCES
Deaths of Noted IndfviduaIs-Recor
OF f1res--Business Affairs at Home
and Abroad-Trend of Political
Events and So On.


postmaster at Waitsburg, Wash.
; The comptroller of the currency has dc
) cared dividend in favor of the FRS
NATIONAL bank of Helena, Mont. of Il
and Paul Gutiwski of Detroit, left her
per cent
A party of so Michigan Catholics il
charge OF Rev. Fathers Francis Muelle
To-Day for six months tour in the Hol,
; Land. The pilgrims will be received b,
inc holy father while in Rome.
Inc interstate commerce commission
mas notified Chairman Caldwell of tn,
western Passenger Association Of tn,
suspension for one year of the long an,
snort maui clause regarding rates into til,
hootenay district of British Columbia
ne western roads asked the suspension
Vi thls clause in this district in order thai
they might meet the reduced rates mad,
by the Canadian Pacific into the sam,
territory.
E. V. Smalley, general secretary of the
National Sound Money League, announces
that meeting of the executive commit
tee will be held at Washington on Wed.
nesday, February g
Inc Chinese loan negotiations are pro.
crossing. Great Britain has informed
China that she is willing to find them the
money required, and the details are now
being discussed The amount will prob.
ably be 100000 pounds.
1t is definitely announced by A, G,
Bratnober that the Rothschilds will build
railroad into the Yukon country over
the Dalton trail. His brother Henry Brat
nober, OF San Francisco, who is the Roths-
ehilds' western representative, has the en-
terprise in charge. The railroad will be
ABOUT 400 miles long, the cost of construc-
ton and equipment being estimated at
100000.
Brayton Ives, formerly president of the
Northern Pacific railroad. was TODAY elect.
ed president of the Metropolitan Trust
Company, to succeed Thomas Hillhouse.
deceased.
A contract for long term of years has
Just been executed and confirmed bv the
Mexican congress between the Western
Union Telegraph Company and the Next
can Telegraph Company for the exclusive
interchange of telegraphic business with
Mexico.
The Lacy bill, extending the homestead
laws to Alaska and granting the right of
way to railroads, has been favorably re-
ported to the house from the public lands
committee.
A decree has been published at Havana,
Cuba, forbidding publication in the news
papers of cable dispatches without pre-
vious censorship and IL hours notice of
their receipt In addition, in future. the
postoffice will detain all domestic and
foreign newspapers not having been pre-
viously censored
Secretary of the Navy Long has sent
recommendation to the house committee
on naval affairs for an increase in the
force of enlisted men in the navy by 1000,
and asking for an increase of the number
of apprentices in the navy by 700.
According to letters received from ia
maica, the latest victims of yellow fever
in that city are Major Slater of the ROYAL
engineers, who died in camp after an i'll
ness of two days, and Captain E. r. White
of the harbor tug Atlas.
The wooden manufacturers have been
buying wool largely, for reasons not pub
licly explained 1t is evident that large
orders have been taken by the leading
mills at prices which they find satisfac-
tory and the rush of the small mills to
buy wool has made most of the market
during the past week, although sales have
declined about 40 per cent compared with
the previous week.
1t is an indication of the friendliness be-
tween France and Germany that the grand
cross of the Legion of Honor has been con-
ferred upon Count Won Munster, the Ger !
man ambassador at Paris, on the occasion
of the ratification of the Franco German |
Niger convention.
Fully 200 men and women attended the |
mass melting of the union and on-union |
weavers of New Bedford. Mass. The &C.
ton of the union in voting to strike |
against the wage reduction was Endorsed |
by hearty aye. The union and non
union card and pickers operatives also
held a meeting. The vote to resist the
cut-down was unanimous.
Four Americans have been arrested in
The city of Mexico and are vigorously in
being suspected of COM
plicity in robberies of great magnitude.
The gang numbers IL men.
As the result of the conferences held in
within the last few days be-
,ween the several leaders of the various
parties, it is said that Chairman Jones of
he democratic national committee, Chair
nan Butler of the populist national COM
nittee, and Chairman Towne of the silver
'epublican national committee, will issue
joint manifesto, with view to securing
COMMON action by the three organizations
n the political contest of 1898.
1t is reported that Japan will send
squadron on account of the French threat
ming Hainan.
James Jackson has arrived at San Fran
isco from Boston with a number of hon.
ng pigeons whose homing instincts he
ropes to utilize in the work of establish.
ng regular communication between Daw-
on City and st. Michael next winter. He
Intends taking his birds to st. Michael as
Don as possible and will establish stations