Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-08-31

Springs, w ya., leaped from the ROOT
of the state house, at Columbus, Ohio
land was dashed to death on the stone
pavement of court SO feet below
Lewis G. Stevenson, son of the demo
cratic vice presidential candidate has
been selected as western manager OF
the national organization of democratic
clubs. He will have headquarters in
Chicago.
Eugene v. Debs and Morris Harri-
man, the socialist party's candidates
for president and vice president, have
sent their letters of acceptance to Will
liam Butcher of Springfield, Mass, ma
tional secretary of the party.
Robert Fitzsimmons, ex-champion
pugilist of the world, met Gus Rubin,
the akron Giant" at the Twentieth
Century club, Madison Square Garden,
N. Y, and won by knocking the Ohioan
down and out in the sixth round.
Express Messenger Charles Lanes
body was riddled with bullets in his car
at Columbus, o. The safe had been
blown open and all valuables removed.
Lane made desperate struggle for his
life. The robbers secured $4,000.
Mrs. Nettie r. Craven has again suf-
fered defeat in her battle for the mill
lions of the late Senator James G. Fair
In decision rendered Judge Trout of
San Francisco holds that she is not the
widow of the deceased millionaire and
is not entitled to any allowance out of
the estate.
Mrs. Henrietta Hand, who knew per-
sonally eight generations of her fam
lily, died at her residence in Brooklyn
of water on the brain, resulting from
old age. She was born December 81,
1903, in New Haven, Conn, and was
the daughter of Rev. Horace Hand.
She remembered we'll her great-grand-
mother. She had IS children, nine of
whom are alive; 38 grandchildren, so
great-grandchildren and one great
great grandchild. Her husband died
in 1S45.
In Victoria, B. c., an important an
nouncement was made in the railway
committee Of the government policy
regarding granting Yukon charters.
This was to refuse all applications I'M
til settlement of the boundary ques-
ton, thus conserving trade for the all
Canadian route and desisting from the
upbuilding of American towns. The
government is in communication with
Ottawa regarding the Canadian project
with view to harmonious and com
bined action.
News brought from Australia by the
steamer Aorangi is to the effect that
terrible floods have occurred in New
South Wales during July, as result of
which some hundreds of people were
rendered homeless. while the property
loss was enormous. People had to flee
for their lives from the floods while the
result of years of toll were swept away
in few hours. Hawkesbury and the
Napean valley suffered most. Appeals
are being made for aid throughout
Australia.
The two Union Pacific robbers locat-
ed at Goodland, Kan, are dead-one
shot to pieces and the other burned to
death in the house on Bartholomew
ranch. After a fight, when the first
robber was shot, the citizens armed
themselves and went to the ranch. The
man inside the house was armed with
Winchester and too near approach
to the house drew his fire. Some men,
by crawling through cornfield, got in
shed near the house and from this
place threw two railroad fuses on the
top of the house, setting it on fire. 1t
was not many minutes until the entire
building was in flames, but the robber
made no sign, and If he was not shot
by bullet from the many that were
hred from the outside, he found his
ieath in the flames.