Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-01-14

to carry out his original purpose in nom
mating Charles Page Bryan OF illinois 10
be minister to China. He has so informed
one of Mr.. Bryan's personal supporters
The nomination will be sent to the sen
ate Immediately after the holidays Inc
president reached this decision after CIV
| ing consideration to the protests fSen-
ators FRYE, Wolcott and Teller, and upon
receiving assurances from Senators Ma.
son and Cullom that Mr. Bryan would
be Immediately confirmed.
| The cotton manufacturers OF Fall XIV
er, Mass, are confronted with the pros
pect of a strike, as many operatives are
| determined to oppose the reduction OF
wages. A section of union officials and
members favors strike of seven mills,
employing 1000 operatives, January d.
Another plan proposes strike at all the
mills March l.
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York World, in a special to his pa
per, predicts that Senator Wolcott will re-
sign his seat in the senate because OF the
alleged betrayal of the cause of bimetal-
ism by the Mckinley administration.
The Chinese government has granted
Russia permission to winter squadron
at Port Arthur. Great Britain demands
a quid pro quo if concessions have been
made to other powers. 1t has been sug-
gested that the japanese and British &C.
cupy Wei Hal Wei jointly.
The Chinese are provisioning Port Ar
~ 80 Ahns,. nptc
there, Russia furnishing the money.
A charter for the Kansas City, Law
renee & Topeka Electric Railroad & Pow
er Company has been filed in Topeka,
Kan, the capital being placed at $3,OOO,-
600. 1t is the intention to construct an
electric line between Kansas City and
Lawrence and Topeka, Kan, to do a
freight and passenger business.
Lady Millais, widow of Sir John Mil
lais, late president of the royal academy,
is dead. Lady Millias was the divorced
wife of John Ruskin, who voluntarily
gave her up when it was evident she low
ed Millias Ruskin stood by in the
church while, in 1885, she was married
to Millais.
:. The steamship China has brought the
first consignment of opium that has come
to San Francisco since last June. The
I importation amounted to SIS boxes, con-
tanning ll,40O pounds, upon which the
duty at SO pound amounts to $6S, 400
/ The opium itself is worth about as much
! more.
: / Charles w. Richards, mechanical ex.
Z pert of Cleveland, Ohio, has arrived al
3 San Francisco from Japan, where he has
/ been experimenting the construction Of
wire nail plant costing $250,OO0, at To
i. kio. The capacity of the works is soc
e kegs of nails and 1000 wooden kegs daily
As skilled labor in Japan is paid but 81
cents day, as against $3.50 in this
country, the output of the factory viii
: cause corresponding reduction in thu
e demand for the American product
: A census just taken shows that Their
: are 39l, 49l children in the schools of New
:, York city.
a By the burning of the Coliseum build
: ing in Chicago loss of $702, $50 was sus
i tanned, and fireman employed about tn
+ building lost his life.
Everell, Mass, reports the burning o
the car houses, together with 10 electri
v cars, causing loss of $l50,000.
The dervishes have left Shendia an,
= Mettemmeh and are marching agains
the Anglo Egyptian forces, with Berbe
:. as their objective point.
The Russian government has entere.
5 into communication with the government
u of New South Wales with the object @
procuring meat shipments to Vladivc
d stock.
e Parson Thomas Uziell distributed a
= Denver, Col, Christmas day, 5000 JAG
= rabbits among poor people who apple
. for them. These rabbits were killed i
, the annual hunt at Lamar, Col
Five thousand poor people were fed i
. Chicago Saturday by the Salvation Arm
9 and the Christmas dinners given by tn
same organization in the division of tn
II Northwest will bring the total up t
- 10000
:, Application for a receiver has bee
- made by Mr.. Mosler for the Herring
- Hall-Marvin Safe Company, one OF tn
largest manufacturing plants in Hami
, ton, Ohio.
The treasurers of the Lowell, Mass
a cotton mills have agreed to reduce ii
wages of their employees from January !
=. About $4,000 operatives in that city wi
:, be affected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Mcbride of Stal
" ton, Del, were killed and their 6-year.ol
.. daughter fatally injured at railroa
~ crossing five miles below Wilmingto
4. They started to cross the railroad track
70 when the locomotive plunged into Il
vehicle
IA The interstate commerce commissic
. has issued a circular to the railroa,
A. promulgating the order extending for tv
NJ years the time within which the RAJ
roads shall equip their cars and engin
ID with automatic couplers and air brakes
d Russia, according to special dispat,
m from Shanghai, is preparing temporal
n. headquarters for 10000 troops at Port A
m thur. She has obtained half promi
from the grand council at Pekin to d
k miss Sir Robert Hart, director of the CT
8 nese imperial maritime customs, al
". other high customs officials, in additi,
in to the British railroad officials and Il