Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-08-18


of his wife and SON.
A sutherland, merchant, was shot
and killed in sArdmore, l. t, by =. W.
Fairman. and A. Underhill, q Dystand-
err. was seriously wounded by a stray
bullet.
David Dalton, a well known swim
ming instructor of New York, who has
been stopping at Far Rockaway, was
drowned near Hog island near Rocka-
way Sunday.
Dunsmuir, CAL, was the scene OF
double tragedy when Henry Brown.
mill SAWYER, shot his wife and then
himself, both expiring Immediately.
At East Bernstadt, KY, Clyde
Thompson. aged Is. son of Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal George Thompson,
was shot and fatally injured by young
man named Holt.
The college athletes who went to
England on July 5 to compete with the
Oxford Cambridge team have returned.
President Mckinley has purchased
the famous MCKINLEY cottage" at the
corner of North Market street and
Louis avenue.
A special received from Terrazas,
Chihuahua, Mexico, which Is located
near the scene of the Yaqui uprising,
is to the effect that the Indians are ar
ranging for prolonged war.
The compositors and stereotypers OF
the New York Sun, 100 in number, are
on a strike. The press and composing
rooms were in darkness, but the editor
ial rooms presented their usual appear
ance.
Colonel ]. B. Sanborn of the First
regiment of the Illinois National Guard
has invited the Tenth Pennsylvania
regiment on behalf of the Chicago regi-
ment of the Illinois National Guard to
stop in Chicago on August 80.
Fire entailing loss of about $780,
900 was discovered in the works of the
Glens Falls, N. Y, Portland Cement
Company. The buildings, which were
of wood, burned like finder and in an
hour the entire plant was in ruins.
A horrible murder was committed in
Washington, D. c., Sunday. The muir
derer was Benjamin Smell, a special ex-
aminer in the pension Office. His vic
tim was Liza Weissenberger, girl IL
years old, who had been employed in
his household until three months ago.
Garfield, Wash, has suffered the
worst conlagration in its history Sun
day, when six buildings in the center
Of the business portion were reduced
to pile of debris, together with nearly
all the contents. The loss is $23,950,
with but $500 insurance on buildings.
Chief Wilkie Of the secret service
says that there are great number of
counterfeiters in the Philippine isl
ands. They are so numerous and sue
cessful that it will soon be necessary
to make provision for secret service
agents in the islands.
DR.. Mcintyre of Santa Rosa, CAL, a
retired physician, man of middle age.
hanged himself Sunday in a barn on
his ranch near Windsor. He was well
known throughout the county, was
prosperous and apparently healthy, and
no known cause existed for his rash
act.
The supreme court martial in Madrid
before which Generals Toral and Par.
Ella have been on trial charged with sur.
rendering Santiago to the American
forces without having exhausted all
means of defense has acquitted both
officers, on the ground that they acted
upon the orders Of their superiors and
only surrendered when it was impos
sible to do otherwise.
During a recent severe thunder
storm in Paris the lightning conductor
on the Eiffel tower was struck 10 times
A thunder bolt set fire to the Jeannot
factory, the Ceinture railway was food
ed, many buildings were slightly in
]ured and thousands of fine trees were
destroyed. The day had been terribly
not, the temperature registering 104
degrees. Many sunstrokes were report
ed, some of them fatal.
\ 1t is stated that the Kansas corn cror
Will be 1888 with prospects for thu
greatest yield ever known in the his
tory OF the state. The acreage of corr
Is S,2S4,560, and the estimated yielt
per acre A bushels, which would Civ,
the astonishing total of 1000 ,0Ol
bushels or three times the yield of las
year and almost 1OO,OOO,OOO create,
than the banner year of 1889.
1t is understood that the plan of on
erations for the fall campaign in th,
philippines contemplates a division O
[ the islands into several military de
partments and General Lawton viii
, nave command in which the caviar,
troops will operate. It is probable tina
General Wheeler will be given com
mand OF brigade of cavalry in Gener
al Lawton's department.
Inc number of enlistments for the vol
unteer regiments up to Wednesday wa,
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000 /,
. found public library at Keighley, York
shire, England.
About $1,000 worth of damage was don
IN Anaconda by a cloudburst that tool
place west of the city.
|, The British battleship Sans Pareil. Will
returning from the maneuvers. sank m
British ship East Lothian, Captain McFar
f0.xa IN