Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-07-28
DOINGS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
An Interesting Collection Of Items from
the Two Hemisphere Presented in q
Condensed Form-OulIed from the Tel
elgraph Reports.

house DUCK anu poStOInce at Gallatln
Tenn.
Another trolley car strike is on il
Brooklyn.
A southern newspaper reports tn,
government is considering the sale o.
the Bank of New Zealand.
Practically every mine in the Coeul
d'Alens Is being worked again by new
men, mostly from Missouri.
James Crosby, wealthy manufac
turer of Marion, Ind, attempted tt
shoot his wife and family Sunday
The large plant of Somers Bros.
manufacturers of horse collars and leg
gings, was totally destroyed by fire.
Tim Kearns, of Boston, knocked the
wind out Of Jack Daily of Wilmington
In less than TIVE rounds, in New York
A postoffice has been established at
Valdez, Alaska, 80 miles northwest OF
orcas, with F. G. Bartlett, postmaster.
William Going, the Choctaw murder
er, whose Indian name is Wallatonaka,
was executed recently in the Choctaw
nation.
Chief Officer Brown and three sea-
men of the New Zealand government
steamer Hinemoa, were drowned on
June 4th.
The strict enforcement of General
Woods quarantine seems to have had
good effect on the yellow fever situa-
ton in Santiago.
News from Port Hill, Idaho, reports
that VIM. Reeser was shot and instant
w ri cd kIxy hx,n
of the precinct.
Paris G. McGrath has been appoint
ed postmaster at new office just es-
tablished at Velma, Stevens county,
20 miles west of Springdale.
The plate workers throughout the
country to the number of $4,000 resume
wark Immediately. The scale fixed in
Chicago is based on the price of bars.
News of the accidental killing of
Captain Charles Buckle of the whaling
steamer Bayless, was brought down by
the steamer Alliance last week.
The second fire within a week oc-
CURED at Fort Duchesne, Utah, Sun
day, when the quartermaster's stables
and contents were entirely consumed.
The badly decomposed body of w. H. |
Creighton was found in the Spokane
river just above the Great Northern
bridge, near the army post, by six boys. |
The body of an unknown man was |
found in the Sacramento river nine
miles below Freeport. The corpse is
that of a man of 60 years. He had
wooden leg.
1t is stated there is trouble in the
First Washington volunteers, and that
Major Canton. Captain Otis of Com
pany A. Captain Scudder Of Company
3. and Lieutenant Lemon are under ar
rest.
A bad derailment occurred at Blue
cut, CAL, 10 miles south of Redding.
The second section of the Southern
Pacific passenger train ran into the
irst section.
The steamer Queen has sailed for
Alaska with large list of excursion
SITS. Among them were United States
Perkins of California and Hen.
" Willard.
Following family quarrel Sundey,
Mrs. George Triter, of Libertysville,
ILL.,. shot and killed her mother, Mrs.
christian Foss, wounded her husband, 8
md killed herself. a
Four bombs were exploded in differ t
mt parts of Barcelona last week. No t
serious damage was done, but the ex-
'ltement was intense. The author of d
he outrages is unknown. t
1t Is said that the new treaty between
Argentina and the United States gives
lew American on sugar, hides and
WOOL, and on American canned goods, a
imber and certain foods. t,
The body of the man who shot him. fl
elf at Lake Harriet, Mimi, has been o
ecognized as that of B. c. Hinnant, d
asher OF the construction department a
I the Northwestern Telegraph Co. 5,
Commissioner Wilson, of the inter- d
al revenue department, has issued a IL
lrcular absolutely prohibiting banks NJ
anks from afflxing stamps to checks $.
nstamped when presented and requir. I'll
lg them to return the same to the
rawers. G
Orders have been received at Fort
fright, Spokane's new army post. to re
repare to open a recruiting office to nc
Hist volunteers in the Philippines. oc
very effort will be made to hasten the re
separations and begin the enlistment
quickly as possible. he
J. Homer Bird, of New Orleans. is ia
wv a prisoner in the military bar tic
cks at st. Michael. Alaska, charged co
lth the murder Of H. Herring and R. IN
Patterson. Charles Shelter and
orma Strong are held under SIS 600 Br
nds as witnesses.
George M. Valentine, cashier of the for
ddlesex County Bank of Perth Am apl
y, N. j., which has recently closed. VIII
surrendered himself and now is In ter
on account of shortage In the sen
nk's funds, which has been variously at
mated all the way up to $165.O0
me schooner General Siglin from
ok's Inlet, Alaska. brings news of }
drowning of seven men at Turn ger
ain arm, early in June. The names at
only ive of them are known, as fol- new
8: A. b. Johnson, Malone, ILL.,; Lou.
Peterson, Chicago; Chris. Madison
cago; - Porter, California: - n
tchinson, Rockford, Ill. NOR
ne steamer Indus, belonging to nort
sNsex n