Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-03-24

was almost destroyed by fire, the loss
, being placed at $l5O,O0O.
A Denver & Rio Grande engine blew
!, up at the crossing Of the Rio Grande and
Santa Fee tracks south of Denver last
week, injuring one fatally and two seri.
ously.
A dispatch from Allahabad, India,
says it is reported from Yarkan, Chinese
Turkestan, that large force of Russian
troops has arrived at the Russian post
Fort Murghabi, on the Murhabi river.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Frederick der Crosse, Captain Diehl,
which arrived at Bremen on March 9th,
is aground off Schulau in the river Elbe.
Hon. j. F. Tillman, register Of the
treasury, is dead.
Ex-State Senator j. C. Hoar, of Wash,
is dead.
The Chicago has been detached from
the squadron of Rear Admiral Sampson
and has sailed from Havana to Hampton
Roads, under Admiral Howison.
Thomas P. Donaldson, the diver, who
was injured in diving into tank at Mad.
ison Square Wednesday, is dead.
Mime. Schumann Heink, the famous
contralto singer is critically i'll with cry.
sipelas in New York.
Mr.. Kipling is still improving. Una.
BILE to keep Mr.. Kipling in ignorance of
his favorite daughter Josephine's death,
| the news was broken to him tonight by
DR.. Durham. The blow was a heavy
one, but the father bore up bravely.
The Daily Telegraph of London, ex-
presses its intense satisfaction at the un-
wonted scene of review of American
troops" at La Valetta, island of Malta,
on Thursday, by Lieutenant General Sir
Francis Grenfell, governor of Malta.
Sherman Z. Day as special master has
sold under foreclosure at auction all the
lands granted the Union Pacific Railroad
Company in Wyoming.
General Manager Parker OF the Chica-
60, Rock Island Pacific railroad, has
announced that the three thousand Sec
ton hands and other employees of the
company's roadway in his department,
were to be given an immediate advance
OF from five to ten per cent in wages.
Lon. Edwards, of Los Angles, who shot
and killed his mining partner, Charles |.
Evans, at their cabin west of Ashland
last week, win have to answer to charge
of murder which has been filed against
him by District Attorney Watson.
The U. S. transport, Conemaugh, has
sailed for Manila with 300 mules.
Detective Steele has arrived with viii.
liam O'Keefe who over FIVE years ago
shot two men here in saloon and after
being arrested, jumped his bond. He was
captured in Seattle. Wash.
DIR. Chas. E. hurry, son of Dr. r. j.
hurry, one of the best known and high.
ly respected residents of Sewickley, Pa,
shot and instantly killed John Jennings
(colored), his fathers butt er, without
cause.
North of England coal merchants are
alarmed at the steady growth of the
American coal trade to European ports
that formerly took English coal.
Secretary Long has directed circular
letter to the commanding officers of all
navy yards and stations, reciting the
passage by Congress of resolution pro-
yiding for the payment of so per cent ad-
ditional for all work in those yards and
stations in excess of eight hours per day
performed by laborers.
In conflict recently between the Span. |
ish soldiery and number of mutineous
eonvicts at Santonia, sixteen miles east
OF Santander, the site of an important |
arsenal, and of several military maya.
zines, one convict was killed and several
wounded.
Orders have been received by Captain
Robinson, of the United States Quarter. |
masters department, to purchase 1900
tons OF hay, oats and bran and 100000 |
feet OF assorted lumber for direct ship
ment to Manila. The supplies will be
carried on the ship Marion Chilcott, now
at Seattle.
Captain Thomas w. Shields, a we'll
known river man and lieutenant under
General Price, in the Confederate army,
is dead.
-Four men have been arrested in Chi.
cago charged with demanding $500 black.
mail from Frank H. Cooper, of Siegel
Cooper & Co.
In a head-on collision between two
freight trains near Bradley's Station, on
the Highland division of the New York
New Haven & Hartford railroad, Enei.
neer George Dean, of Hartford, was in.
stantiy killed and his fireman, Dan Ken.
nedy, OF Danbury, died few hours later,