Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-02-17
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
rERsE TRICKS FROM THE WIRE
A Complete Review of the Events for
the Pasts Week in This and Foreign
Lands-summRrixed From the Latest
Dispatches.

Captain w. G. johnson Of Cincinnati,
senior vice commander in chief of the G.
A. R., under the constitution becomes the
acting commander in chief at once upon
the death of his superior and continues as
such until the vacancy is filed by the
national council of administration.
The insular cabinet late Saturday at
San Jose, P. R., rendered its resignation
to Governor General Henry, because, after
dismissing Carbonell, General Henry or
dered General Eaton to take charge of
the department of public instruction and
instructed Major Pierce to take charge OF
the department of public works.
Several of the strikers have returned to
work at Colon, Columbia, as a result of
the railroads notification Of an increase
of 25 cents silver in the rate OF wages.
The strikers at Panama still refuse to go
to work and the deadlock there still con-
tinues The strike has now spread to the
banana laborers at Bocas del Toro.
The town of Stilesboro, Ga, was nearly
wiped out of existence Feb. by tor
nado No lives were lost, but several
people were injured.
President Mckinley presented to Chas.
A. Schott, chief of the computing division
of the United States coast and goedetic
survey, the sprize recently conferred upon
him by the Academy of France.
! This prize of 1000 francs was founded
by an Englishman about two years ago,
and was to be conferred on any person
in any country whose discoveries in sci
ence or whose Investigations had been
most valuable and had contributed most
to human knowledge in the direction of
mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemis-
try or geology.
The United States gunboat Castine,
which sailed from San Juan on January
Is for Manila by the eastern route to re-
enforce Dewey's fleet is taking on coal at
Gibraltar. The United States military
transport Grant, which left New York
January 10, also bound for Manila and
which arrived here on February l for coal
and supplies, proceeded for the Philip
pines.
company of armed foreign soldiers
entered the United States at Port Huron
Feb. 4. The command is composed of 81
cadets from Toronto, who are en- route
to Tampa via Chicago, on trip combin'
ing pleasure and instruction. Mayor Ste
vens the common council and citizens met
the cadets and escorted them to United
States soil. The cheers of the Canadian
soldier boys upon landing on American
; soil was demonstrative of the friendly
feeling existing between Canada and the
United States.
The coolest weather in many years pre-
walls throughout the country surround
ing Pendleton, Ore, although IL below il
the lowest temperature recorded here. Al
Meacham it was AZ below Feb. 4, at Helix
81, at Ukiah, SO miles south of here, il
Camas prairie, it was more than 40 be
low.
The supreme tribunal, Knights of Ply
thias, after settling few minor matters
} has adjourned. The tribunal which hal
/ been devoting the greater part of its time
9 to the case of Henry Vellenvoss, at on'
time grand chancellor and who led thu
3 German ritual movement, has notified
3 Vellenvoss that 90 days was to be giver
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charges.
At meeting of the committee of thu
e stockholders of the Electrolytic Marine
Salts company in Boston, Winslow War
n rem made an oral report of the progress
! of the company to the effect that of 10,
, DOC, 900 shares of stock originally issued
about 1864, 900 worth was sold. The bal
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: negen. This balance has been turned owe
f to the company and probably will be can
celled.
v The January grand jury in Chicago
|, which has been investigating charges o
jury bribing brought against several cour
:, bailiffs and which returned indictment
i against Bailiffs Lynch and Dwyer, mad
its final report. The report says the mem
l. bers of the grand jury are satisfied tina
' an organized system of jury bribing ex
J. lists in the civil courts which has beel
J. used for the benefit of the street railways
l. Terrible scenes were witnessed in tn
: confagration last week which destroys
Il the whole village of Nagyprobroes il
8 Liptau district of Hungary. Twenty me
| HteTdily III uhHeS Tun dDOuL tuo sIIcel
It until they dropped insensible. Man
J. were trodden by maddened animals. 9th
y ers were frozen to death in the open fieldl
+ Twenty 'charred bodies have been recoy
l. cred and 90 of the survivors are sufferin
II from dreadful burns, several being blind
ed.
VI Attorney General Griggs, in decisio
W rendered recently, upholds the right of
d military commander to cut cable With
the territorial waters of the enemy with
d out being liable to damage. The ques
G, tion arose on the cutting by Dewey a
% Manila of the cable of the British Easter
sr extension of the Australia, Asia & Chin
Telegraph Company, who filed a clan
10 with the state department for $1,000
It damages. Griggs finds that under the LAY
: of nations there is no ground for clair
a for indemnity.
Al The departure today of NJ. Henri Rocf
j. effort, the editor of Intransigeant, tn
B. radical Dreyfus organ, for Algeria, wa
n the occasion of a, remarkable demonstrs
!; ton. The Rue de La Cannebiere wa
4, black with people and guarded by larg