Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-15
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE
A Complete Review Of the Events for
the Past Week In This and Foreign
LAnds-summarixsd From the Latest
Dispatches.

There were disastrous forest fires in
the southern portion of Calhoun county,
Ark, this week.
There was grave apprehension OF trou'
BILE Monday during the progress OF the
Labor day parade in Cleveland, o.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley, ae-
companied by Assistant Secretary Cortel-
you, have arrived at the capital.
The single takers OF New York arrang-
ed for big demonstration in celebration
of the Goth anniversary OF the birth OF
Henry George.
His holiness, Pope Sophronius, patriarch
of the Orthodox creek church OF Alexan-
dria, Libya, Ethiopia and all Egypt, is
dead, aged l03.
A violent cyclone ragged recently in
the Azores islands, doing much damage to
shipping and to property all over the ISL
and of San Miguel. Seyreal lives have
been lost.
The Quaker City has donned its best
bib and tucker in honor of the visitors
to the national G. A. R. encampment,
held there this week.
AS result of saloon brawl in Chica-
go, in which a score of men participated,
several were injured by flying bullets,
and the establishment wrecked.
A pleasure yacht on the Maumee river
capsized near Ironville, o., and it is be-
lieved the entire company aboard, nine
men and women, were drowned.
The transport Morgan City, bound for
Manila with 724 recruits, struck rock
at the entrance of the Inland sea. The
vessel was beached to save the lives OF
those on board.
While mentally unbalanced Henry EN-
de, of Chicago, a carpenter, shot and kill
ed his wife, Emma, and fatally wounded
his 5-year-old daughter. He then COM
mitted suicide by hanging.
Lieutenant Commander Winslow of Ad-
miral Simpsons staff says there was no
truth in the statement that the admiral
was to be relieved of command of the
Atlantic squadron at his request.
The Wilder guards, crack military or
ganization of Knoxville, every member
of which was volunteer in the Spanish.
American war, has volunteered to go to
the Philippines or wherever the president
may see tit to send them.
Jacob Dold's immense packing plant,
situated in the bottoms on West Ninth
street, Kansas City, was damaged by fire
to the extent of from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
The fire started in the fertilizing depart
ment, after midnight.
As the result of fight between strik-
ers at a colliery in West Pittston, Pa,
and repair gang, John Pollock was shot
and killed, William Thayer seriously in
jured and about eight men hurt.
The unknown woman who registered ut
the Lindell hotel in Hastings, Neb., as
Mrs. w. L. Lee, and who died of poison
in the hotel, has been identified as Miss
Laura Lee French of Burlington, Ia, and
it is almost an assured fact that the dead
girl was murdered and did not commit
suicide
The Kansas and Washington regiments
are loaded on the transports; two bat
talions of the Thirteenth infantry have re-
lieved Tennesseeans at Iloilo and Cebu.
The latter, with the Iowas, are the only
remaining volunteers, and they will sail
soon.
Many Spanish prisoners are escaping
from the Filipinos and bringing into the
American lines stories of hard treatment.
They agree that the Filipinos are exceed
ingly short of rations,and that large Sec
ton of their troops is reduced to the use
of homemade black powder.
The steamer Caribee has arrived in New
York from Barbados with SO of the 80
passengers of the Lamport and Holt
steamer Wordsworth from Rio for New
York, which put into Barbados with her
engines disabled The head of the low
pressure steam chest was blown out, in
stantly killing Archibald Thomas, the
chief engineer.
Sunday carpenter named Vanguilder,
living in the southeastern part of Salt
Lake City, gave his two children, a girl
and a boy, heavy doses of morphine and
then shot the girl through the head, kill
ing her instantly. He afterward shot the
boy through the head, probably fatally,
and then killed himself. 1t is believed
the man was temporarily insane.
John Y. McKane of Coney Island is
dead.
Mrs. Sarah j. Baker, who died recently
at Forrest home, was the oldest American
actress.
The state department has been inform.
ed that revolution has broken out in
Venezuela.
Three new cases of plague and one
death from the disease were reported
Wednesday at Oporto.
Tuesday was the hottest day in Chi.
cago since the establishment of the wealth.
er bureau, in 1871.
Lord Sandhurst, governor of Bombay.
IN the course of speech at Poona, said
that the plague was spreading.
at meeting of the Calumet & Hecla
Mining Company held in Boston, divi.
dend OF $40 per share was declared.
Kid Mccoy knocked out Godfrey
Thorne of England in the third round at
the Broadway Athletic Club, New York
American apples are in such great de-
mand in Germany this year that ship,
ments have commenced a month earlier
than usual
Pittsburg's 18th annual exposition
opened Wednesday in blaze of glory.
The exhibition is larger in scope than in
previous wears.