Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1901-03-22

PiSSSSsiOp, oVVV strong, Went TO tn
governor generals Office, where del
CATION presented to General Wood
| petition to President Mckinley urgin
! absolute independence for Cuba.
Arnie Stevens of Indianapolis, Ind
drill master in the Richards & Pringl
colored minstrel show, was shot dow
by Henry Graves, musician, in a DIT
vate car of the company at the Unio
depot in Spokane. He died three hour
later. The weapon used was 3S cal
Der revolver. Stevens slayer is cor
fined in the city prison. Such is tn
brief history of tragedy which termi
mated friendly game of poker.
The volume Of work done by con
gress just closing was shown in a SUP
plement to the house calendar, pre-
pared by Clerk Woolfield of the hous
staff. The congress was in session 49,
days, which is less than any congress
for years. The following is list o
bills, acts, etc.: Number of bills, IA,
1886; number of reports, 5000; publ,
acts, 345; private acts, 1850; total acts
1895; number Of joint resolutions, 395
General Weyler of Cuban fame is minis
ter of war in new cabinet of Spain.
The Michigan prohibition convention, by
an almost unanimous vote, refused to in
dorse the work of Mrs. Carrie Nation il
smashing saloons in Kansas.
At Glasgow smallpox is the worst since
the outbreak OF the disease. There are AZ
fresh cases and the total number of small.
pox patients in hospitals is ABS.
John E. Searles, the well known finan.
cier, and at present in the general corpor-
alton and financial business, has made an
assignment to Edward +. Dwight for the
benefit of his creditors.
The amount Of gross gold in the treasury
is $780, ,l5S, the highest point ever
reached in the history of the government.
This amount includes the $3.50, 100000 held
as reserve, $27G, OPS $3.50 held against gold
certificates and sos, 302,l79 in the general
fund.
BY vote of So to IS the lower house of
the Indiana legislature has adopted the
Neal joint resolution for constitutional
amendment providing for woman's suffrage
in that state. After the vote motion to
reconsider was voted down to finally clinch
the matter.
1t was learned from source that is
thoroughly reliable that the Carnegie SGeel
company has finally abandoned the work
of the $l2.O0O.OO0 tube plant at Connaut,
o., on the shores of Lake Erie. The work
on the plant was stopped by the order of
Mr.. Schwab
Lois Darrell, formerly frst sergeant in
Troop G, Seventh United States cavalry,
has reached New York from Naples, pris-
oner in charge of Lieutenant w. o. Dupuy,
u. S. A. Darrell is charged with murder
ing and robbing fellow soldier and tent
mate in Cuba.
The Independence, the Boston cup de-
fender, will be entered in the trial races
under the name of O. H. w. Foster,
Marblehead yacht owner who was on the
Lawson advisory committee in the man
agement of the boats affairs and member
Of the New York Yacht club.
Ex-senator William E. Chandler of New
Hampshire has been selected to be presi-
lent of the Spanish claims commission. The
other appointments will soon follow, and it
is intended that the commission shall get
TO work as soon as possible, in view of
he vast amount of work to be done.
The men of the Thirty-sixth infantry
,egiment, made up principally from re-
Unlisted volunteers from regiments sent to
he Philippines by Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Oregon, will be mustered out
IN March Is and be free to return to their
ZONES in the northwest.
The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-B Beach, said prominent |
member of the house of commons to a rep
sentative of the Associated press in Lon
lon, will probably introduce a duty on |
ugar in the forthcoming budget, and will |
'erhaps add countervailing duties.
Mother Superior Mary Mariana is dead |
t the sisters hospital in Los Angeles,
ged n. She was for many years in charge
4 the large orphan asylum at Richmond,
Ia, and was treasurer of the order of
listers of Charity of the United States.
OR the last 20 years she has lived at En-
letsburg, Md.
The United States Philippine commits
ion is investigating the case of Senior
Jamie, the native judge of the court of
rst instance in Manila, who is accused of
aiding the administrator of
ne Enriquez estate. The case of the En-
quez estate is well known and litigation
oneerning it has lasted Is years. The
state was originally worth 81 600 900, but
lough fraud this value was decreased to
100000. The venality and incompetency
the courts will probably be demonstrate
|.
According to advices received by the
Gamer Empress of India, documents found
foreigners in Pekin show that orders
ere issued by the Chinese that as many
reigners as possible were to be taken
i've, and according to these same orders
e fate planned for them was that their
ptors should cary them to the temple
heaven and there put them through the
ocess of being boiled. The news of the
lding of these documents was given by
e Pekin correspondent of the Hong Kong
ess. The same correspondent says that
e documents show that instructions were
Mt to the viceroy at Marking, Lurking.
|, to attack and massacre the residents of
anehai