Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-05-18
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week--In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

packages overweight.
Capitalists OF Berlin, through Chicago
firm, have made an offer to purchase the
Ferris wheel. If the negotiations go
through the wheel, which was one of the
features Of the worlds fair, will be shipped
to Berlin. The wheel weighs 22OO IONS.
III. G. Prick viii dispose of all his hold
ings something over $l6OO0OO0-in the
Carnegie company just as soon as he can"
said big stakeholder. "He will not re-
main to hamper Mr.. Carnegie or his
partners"
Some estimates place the amount of the
recent robbery at the home of Orrin w.
Potter, the multimillionaire and ex-presi-
dent of the Illinois Steel company of Chi
cago as high as $4,000. The plumber, the
most valuable secured by thieves in Chi
cago in years, consisted of diamonds, Jew
elry and silverware
b. G. Bergin, an assayer in the branch
mint of the United States in San Fran
cisco, has been arrested on suspicion of
having stolen small amounts of gold daily
for months PAST. When taken into custody
$40 worth of gold clippings was found on
his person. He is said to have virtually
admitted his guilt to the detectives. His
father, an attorney of Oakland, suffered
severe attack of heart failure when told
of his sons arrest.
Food is scarce and the prices are still
advancing in Puerto Rico.
Assistant Secretary of Navy Allen is to
fill the position OF governor of Puerto
Rico
Civil war is threatened as the Chinese
viceroys protest against policy of dow
ager empress.
Ebenezer Burgh Ball, the nearest sur
viving relative of George Washington. diedd
Thursday, aged "a years. - ~--f
Thomas Blandy, a~b6rtender, was re-
Gently arrested in New York for having
" Possession $4,000 worth of beer
stamps.
Senator Cullom presented the confer
ence report on the legislative, executive
and judiciary bill in the senate Thursday.
The report was agreed to.
President w. V. Powell of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers has ordered strike
of telegraphers and other station employees
of the Southern railway, to begin Thu
day.
The big Southern Pacific bridge at
Dallas, Tex, was swept away by the flood.
The loss is about 100000. All the wag-
on bridges are gone and the only outlet
is by rail to the west No lives were
lost.
Rudyard Kipling and Sir John Henry
De Villiers, chief justice of Cape Colony,
have sailed for England. Mr.. Kipling
said he was sorry he was not able to re-
main longer, as his health had been great
~ benefited.
The residence of Peyton w. Rubles, at
Daisy postoftice in West Virginia, re-
Gently burned and Mrs. Peyton Ruble and
Gordon Davis, boy of years, were burn
ed to death. Peyton Ruble was probably
fatally injured.
Two men, Peter Larsen ans Joseph
Madsen, and woman were drowned at
the entrance to the outer harbor at San
Pedro, Cal. They were under the :nflu-
ence of liquor and the boat was seen to
overturn.
Judge Dunno of Chicago refused a writ
of habeas corpus in the case of Banker
+. s, Dreyer under states prison SEN
tence for the embezzlement of $4,000
of the West Park board funds and COM
mitted him to the custody of the sheriff.
Three men were killed recently on the
Bellefonte & Snow Shoe railroad three
miles east of Snow Shoe, Pa. The rails
spread under the mountain shifting en-.
CINE. The engine and dozen cars were
thrown over the embankment. The dead
are: Harry Temple, fireman; Calvin
Temple, brakeman, and AL Beamer,
hostler
Thirty-three of the PIC japanese steer
age passengers who arrived on the steam
er Belgian King, few days ago, in San
Francisco, have been refused landing
by the immigration officials, but they have
appealed to the secretary OF the treasury,
and pending a reply from Washington
will be held. The principal reason Col
their rejection by the officials is the dis
covery of evidence that the Japanese came
here as contract laborers.
As a result of the wreck of fishing
boat on the north Cornish coast three
fishermen and eight lifeboat men were
drowned. The lifeboat went to the rescue
of the fishermen and was upset while at
tempting to save their lives
Packers and Nailers in Minneapolis
make a demand to have old wages re-
stored.
Secretary Porter has resigned and
George Cortelyon takes the place with
Mckinley.
The Commercial Mutual Fire Insur-
ance company Of Iowa, is in the hands
of receiver on application of its pres
ident, ]. ]. levitt.
The sealing steamer Terra Nova,
with $4,000 seals, and the Walrus, with
10000 seals, have returned to st. Johns.
N. F., from the ice fields.
At Alexander, Ark, Mrs. T. N Hol-
land shot and killed William Cook, q
member of prominent family. Mrs.
Holland claims Cook DETAINED her char
acter.
Nellie Lewis, who recently sued Sam
Strong, the Cripple Greek millionaire
mine owner for $250.00O damages for
breach of promise. was given a verdict