Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-08-25
.DO|NGS THROUGH THE WEEK
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
An Interesting Collection OF Items from
the Two Hemisphere Presented In q
Condo Form-Oulled from the Tel
elgraLh Reports.

ClOn OF properly III t1lChSFlAo, Ohio'
Secretary Root is beginning to get
firm grasp on the administration o.
the war department.
John Engle, "a years old, was killed
two miles west of Rochelle, ILL.,, by
Northwestern train.
The Rev. j. Fl. Bomberger Of Colum
biana declines to accept the presidency
of Heidelberg university.
Patterson McClurg of Bloomington
ILL.,, aged 81, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat with razor.
The strike of the employees of the
American Smelling & Refining Com
pany of Denver is declared off.
Miss Oliver Roy. Of Fond du Lac, Wis.
aged %, was run down by Northwest
ern switch engine and instantly killed
Ethel Burnham of Charlottesville
Ind, was dragged to death by a cow.
she having attached the halter to her
wrist.
James Murphy, 247 Shaw street
Montreal, Que, was killed upon the
tracks Of the st. Joseph, South Bend
G Southern railroad.
Patrick Drury, of Springfield, ILL.,.
while experimenting some repairs on
his house, took hold of a trolley wire
and was instantly killed.
Two men ambushed Maitre Laborie,
counsel for Dreyfus, and one shot was
fred, hitting Laborie in the back. M.
Laborie fell in the roadway.
By wreck on the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad at Ashta-
bula, Ohio, Is cars of provisions were
overturned and two cars of cattle were
telescoped.
A consolidation of the leading cigar
manufacturing interests or Tampa,
Key West, New Orleans and Havana
is in progress.
The French schooner Pauoboto was
sunk in collision off Lowestoff by the
steamer Hercules and five persons were
drowned. The steamer rescued the re-
mainder Of the crew.
The Protestant celebration of the an.
niversary Of the relief of Derry, be-
sieged by James IFS army in 1869, led
to riotous scenes in Londonderry.
H. B. Smith, of Hartford City, Ind.
one of the principal promoters of the
American Window Glass Company, an
nounced that the project had been
abandoned.
The statement of the clearing house
banks of New York city for the week
ending August IL, was Unexpectedly IA
vorable, the chief feature having been
the heavy increase of $6,3S8,80 in spe-
Gle.
In saving the life of friends child
Paul Montgomery, of Fl. Pragg, CAL,
was drowned in the waters of Lake
C9ur d'Alene recently.
1t is stated that one of the com.
panies of Royal Artillery at present at
tached to the Halifax garrison will
shortly be transferred to Victoria, B.
c., being replaced by a company now
In the West Indies.
The monthly statement of the ex.
ports in the United States of domestic
products shows that the exports for
July were as follows: Breadstuffs,
b21, O84, ATS; increase as compared with
July, 1898, nearly $4,5OO,0OO. Cattle
and hogs, $2,941,192; decrease, $4,000.
Provisions, $14,S2O,334; increase, S..
100000. Cotton, $5,442,995; increase
B2,614,O0O. Mineral oils, $5,245,519;
Increase, 100000. These show a larg-
'r total for July for these five articles
han for any preceding July in many
1ears.
Mortimer Cunningham and a man
famed big Jim," both stable hands at
he Harlem race track, Chicago, were
by gas in the New Era no.
ell.
The state department has finally
earned that John Keller, the American
Who was confined in a consular jail at
yokohama, Japan, has been released
lnder operation of the treaty which
ecently went into operation between
apan and the United States, and has
eft that country.
Another very satisfactory trial of the
unboat Newport has been made.
Admiral Dewey was ill with fever at
eghorn. He remains on board the
lympia.
The transport Senator has sailed for
lanila with about 700 officers and re-
'uits and signal corps.
Fire at Westchester, N. Y, DESTROYED
t. Peters, Episcopal church and most of
8 contents. Loss, 100000.
The medal of the Order of ST. Michael
nd St. George has been conferred upon
b. s. Maxse, British consul at Samoa.
M. L. Hayward was stricken with apop-
KY at Brownville, Neb., where be had
'ne to deliver an address at the Modern
'oodmen picnic. He will recover.
Fred Patterson of San Francisco at.
mpted suicide in Tacoma recently ON
ceipt OF news telling of his wife's death.
e took sulfonal, but was saved by the
,ctors.
General Otis has reported the death of
,cond Lieutenant Joseph B. Morse,
NTH infantry, of typhoid fever. Lieu
nant Morse was chosen from the First
llifornia heavy artillery.
IL is announced that Lily Langtry, the
tress, was recently married at the ISL
i'd OF Jersey, to Hugo Gerald de Battle
years OF age, the eldest SON Of Sir Hen.
Percival de Battle, Bart, the retired