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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
A Good Move.

Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has
called by resolution in the Senate for
the departments to make showing of
the amount the Government has paid
the Oregon Steam navigation Company
for ?ortation on the Columbia
river. When this showing is made, as
doubtless it will be, it will open
the eyes of senators and representatives.
in Congress upon the question of ex-
pense TO which both the Government
aud the people of this section arc sub
jected by reason of want of COMPETE
ton in transportation upon the waters
Of the Columbia and Snake rivers, and
they will readily see that it is economy
for the Government to open the Cas-
cades and Dalles by means Of canals
and lccks to the navigation Of all com.
peting lines Of transportation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
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General Military Organization.

New YeRK, Dec. IA general
convention of leading military officers of
the different states will be held here in
January to take whatever action neces-
sary to make the militia force of each
state an efficient militia organization,
and present to congress plaus proposed
in support of bill appropriating ST.
100000 annually for arms, ammunition
and other stores, to be apportioned
among the different states. The move.
ment has been taken up in Pennsylva
MIA, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Illinois
Iowa, Vermont, Alabama and other
states. The governor of Idaho in APP
proving of the plan, says the recent Ne1
Perez and Bapnock wars found hin
powerless for want of militia, the legis
lature having refused to enact militia
laws. Other western governors are
much interested in the plan of nation
al military organization.
Let the apportionment also extend tt
the territories and the militia organiza
tions be made affective and it will saw,
millions of dollars in checking India1
raids.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20

"For the constitution" received g..
462, and against" 1921. The en-
tire vote for and against the constitu
ton aggregated 0,673; but as between
the aggregate vote for delegate o.
CAD and the total vote on the consti-
tuition (9,673) there is difference Of
2,974 votes, which is to be credited as
negative to the constitution, that com.
munistic abortion has been adopted by
only two hundred and fifty seven votes.
We hope that the friends of good gov
eminent at Washington will remem Der
that.-Iacoma Times.
Our neighbor of the Times has "more
cheek than a government mule" to
claim that all the votes cast for dele
gate which gave no expression On the
question of the constitution should be
"credi.ed as negative to the constitu.
ton" The friends of the state have
the right to claim of these votes like
proportion to the votes cast on the con'
stitution, if any is to be claimed or
either side, in which case the vote OF
Washington shows a majority of 4,22.
for the instrument, and, adding I'll
the majority in North Idaho, we have
1888 out of l3, 10 votes cast. Friends
of good government at Washington
we have no doubt, viii remember that
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12th.-The bill
reported last year from the committee
on Commerce to regulate Interstate
commerce, aud prevent discrimination
by common carriers was taken up. The
bill makes it unlawful for persons en-.
gagged IN transporting property by rail
from any State to another, to or from
any foreign country, or discriminate
against any person in charges. 1t also
prohibits pooling, freight combinations
and drawbacks, The bill was passed
yeas, 1879 nays, 10.
This power to regulate affirms th'
decision of the Supreme Court Of tn,
United States.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
Official Vote.

The Washington Standard, pub
lished at Olympia, W. T., gives what it
claims to be the official vote of all the
counties in Washington territory, in
GLIDING Stevens, which was not before
reported, which is as follows: For the
constitution, 6,53S; against eonsttu-
ton, 1886, Or majority of 1901.
Add the official vote of the three coun-
ties of Idaho, and we have for the con-
stitution 1900, and against, 1862;
whole number of votes polled on the
question, 10, 562; majority for constitu-
ton, 4,039. Thus it seems that upon
the relative proportion of inhabitants to
voters in the proposed state the above
vote shows that $3.50 of the popula-
ton spoke directly upon the question
aud gave tor the constitution 776 votes
more than two-thirds majority Of the
voters, who represented 1850 more
than two-thirds majority of all the
population. Twenty two OF the twenty
seven counties in the proposed state
gave majorities for the constitution. AS
our correspondent of last week said,
each and every one Of the three distinct
sections of the country, the Puget
Sound section, the river section west Of
the Cascades aud the section east of the
Cascades, gave a maj 'rity for the in
strument; hence there is no logic OIL
reasoning that can be adopted to dispute
the fact that Very large majority o.
the people want a state government and
want to be admitted under the constitu,
ton which they have just adopted, ant
we modestly suggest to the Tacoma
Times aud the ". ". Union tina
they, like honest journals, yield thu
point and turn their batteries ia some
other direction than attempting to per
vert the express and manifest will o
the people upon the state question.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
School District Notice.

AN SATURDAY DECEMBER 2sTH 1878,
Y Dbctween the hours of and o'clock p. NJ.
of said day tho electors of School District No..
1. Of Ne1 Perez county I. T., are called upon
to vote on the question of a tax for the support
Of the schools in said DISTRICT. Said tax to be
five mills upon each dollar of taxable property
in said district. Place of voting, the principal
room in the public school house. By order OF
trustees Of district No. /. A. LELAND,
Clerk pro tenn.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
NOTICE..
II. s. land OFFICE.

U. S. LAND OFFICE,
Lew iston, Idaho. Nov. %. 1878.
COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
Y at this Office by JAMES W. MCCORMACK
against FRANCIS A. HOLT for abandoning
timber culture Entry, No 81, dated Oct llth
1877, upon the lots ! and ? and east half Of
northwest quarter section eighteen, township
thirty.six north, range five west in Ne1
Perez County, I. T., with view to the can
collation. Of said entry: the said parties here
by summoned to appear at this cfice on the 30th
day Of December, 1873, at l o'clock p. NJ, to
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment. J. NJ. HOWE,
RICHARD ). MONROE, Register.
Receiver. 7-4w.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
Administrators Notice,

Office TO CREDITORS. PURSUANT
~ to an order of u. j. Warner, Probate
Judge Of The county of Nez Perez /. T., notice
is hereby given, that all persons having claims
against the estate of Joseph Brontee, late Of
Nez Perez county. deceased, are required to
present the same with the necessary vouchers
thereof, to the undersigned administrator of
said estate, at his residence on Thorn Creek /.
I. within ten months from the date hereof, or
in default thereof their claims will be barred
from payment by said administ rator of said
estate. JAMES RusR.
Adm illustrator.
Dated this 9Th day of Dec. 1878. l0-4w
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SU MI MONS "a.

o
In the District Court of the First Judicial Dis
trict, of the Territory of Idaho. in
and for the county of Idaho.
Action brought in the District Court of the First
Judicial District of the Territory of Idaho, in
and for the county of Idaho, and the complaint
filed in said county of Idaho in the Office of the
clerk of Said District Court.
NJ. Rudolph plaintiff VS. A. J. Chapman defend
ant
YNVHE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
4 of the Territory of Idaho send greeting to
A. J. CHAPMAN, defendant. You are hereby
required to appear in an action brought against
you by the above named plaintiff, in the Dis
trict Court of the First Judicial District of the
Territory of Idaho, in and for the county of
Idaho, and to answer the complaint filed there
In, within ten days exclusive of the day of SER
| vcel after the service on you of this summons
| if served within this county or, if served
out of this county. but in this district, within
twenty days otherwise within thirty days
or Judgement by default will be taken against
/ you according to the prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to recover. on GER
tain promisory note, the sum of one hundred
eighty-six and fifteen one hundredths dollars,
gold coin, with interest at two per cent. per
month, from the LIST day of January 1877, and
Is per cent. on the dollar of the total amount
of said note, and interest as attorneys fees, and
the further sum of sixty dollars for goods
wares and merchandise sold and delivered to
| the said defendant, and for costs of suit. And
you are hereby notified that if you fail to ap-
pear and answer the said complaint, as above
required, the said plaintiff viii take judgement
by default.
Given under my hand and the seal of thu
/ ~ District Court of the First Judicial
/ District Of the Territory of Idaho
| SEAL in and for the county of Idaho thi:
~ 10Th day of July in the year of oul
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight. III. SouIER,
Clerk.
Jasper Rand Atty, for plaintiff 3-5-2m
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20

New York, Dee. To- Henry Wells,
founder of Wells, Fargo express, died
at G lasgow, Scotland.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-31
Ventilation.
Sanitary Rscord.l

Sanitary Rscord.l
Many persons complain Of always
getting up tired in the morning.
This is very often due to defective
ventilation of the bedroom, or from
using an undue amount of bed
clothes and bedding. Feather beds
are too soft aud yielding, and par
TALLY cnVelop the sleeper, thus pro-
ducing profuse perSpiration. The
habit Of lying too much under
blankets is also very pernicious by
reason of the carbonic acid exhaled
by the sleeper being respired.
Again, it is a common error to sup
pose that by simply opening a win.
dow little at the top a room can
be ventilated. People forget that
for proper ventilation there must be
an inlet and outlet for the air. In
bedrooms there is often neither, and
if there is a fireplace it is generally
closed up. Again, it is a mistake
to suppose that foul air goes to the
top of a room. Certainly the heat
ed air goes to the top, bat the chief
impurity, the carbonic acid falls to
the bottom. There is nothing So
efficacious in removing the lower
strata Of air as the ordinary open
fireplace, especially if there is a fire
burning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-31

palace, for the works of art were
considered priceless. Hopes din
ners were very celebrated; he had
three dining-rooms, the first for
SIX; the second, in solid mahogany,
for twenty-five, and the third for
two hundred guests. 1t was in this
last room, which is decorated with
the most splendid panels by Diaz,
that supper was served on ball
nights. Although essentially a
6nancier and man of business,
Hope was not wanting in gallantry,
and upon one occasion, having
heard a lady carelessly express a
fondness for violets, he invited her
to dinner and had the whole din
ing-room decked with these flow
ers; the florists bill was 5000
francs. 1t has been asserted on
good authority that none of the
balls nor parties given by this ex-
traordlnary man ever cost him less
than 100000 francs. 1t is notori-
GUS that Hope was anything but
callous to the charms Of the fair
sex, and although in his converse
tion always the most discreet of
men, after his death a book was
found in which he had registered
all his principal affairs, with notes
as to this or that popularity Of the
fair enslaver. Hope died in 1855,
and his hotel was put up by auction
at three millions, but as no one
offered that sum it was lowered to
one million eigh. hundred thou
sand, with no better success. It
was eventually bought by the Baron
de Seilliere (the father Of the Prin-
cess de Segan), for 100000 francs.
Among Hopes private papers were
found some rather old bills and
documents. His plumbers bill was
100000 francs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-31

is and that the Rani, on a certain
occasion, sent a message to the de-
ceased to cure the Raiah of what
she believed to be signs of insanity,
or, toquote the words of the Babaji,
the Rani believed "the Rajah was
losing his senses" The Babaji then
sent a tulasi leaf, with an intima-
ton that the Rsjah would be cured
in eight days. 1t would thus ap-
pear that there was some misunder-
standing between the Dowager
Rani and the Rajah, and this tri-
fling matter was, from what fell
from the Rajah's own lips at the
time of assault, gravely misrepre-
sented to him. Influenced by this
Misrepresentation Gopi Singh, peon
of the Rajah, accompanied by an
other servant, was sent to fetch the
deceased, silva Das Babaji, from
Damodurpur, a village about five
miles from Pooree. He started on
February goth and returned with
Babsji. While passing the Pooree
police station the head constable,
Giridhari Lal, accosted the Babaii,
and requested him to sit while at
the station; but the Babaji said he
had been sent for by the Kajah, and
would, if possible, call at the sta
ton on his return. Babaji was then
shown in, his four companions (his
disciples) being ordered to await at
the main entrance. The Babaii
was then taken to the Raiah's pri-
vate gymnasium, situated in Sc
cluded part of the palace, when he
was ordered to sit down. No sooner
did he do so than about ten or
twelve servants of the Rajah fell
upon him and commenced a series
of brutal tortures. They belabored
him with clubs and fists, filth be-
ing put into his mouth, the mouth
tied up with a piece of cloth.
Then a number Of pieces of pith
were rammed into the intestines by
means of a stiek-the man passed
thirty-nine such pieces before his
death. He was then burned by a
torch and thrown out by a back
door into a lane behind the Raiah's
house. From this place he man.
aged to crawl to the lion gate of the
temple, a distance of about si1
hundreed feet, and was completely
overcome there. He was observed
at II pm. by two night patrols ant
taken to the police station. Tht
man was then carried in a palki t
the police station and then con
veyed to the hospital. According
to the statement of the compoundel
the man died on March Sth.
A Calcutta telegram says a specia
High Court bench, consisting of the
chief justice and two Puisne judges
will set to-day to hear an appeal in
the case of the Rajah of PoOree.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-31
. MEMPHIS TENN FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 81, lS78

Stewart, Of the Twenty-ninth pre-
einct, was then called in and arrest
ed him. The prisoner was taken
before Justice Murray yesterday
morning, and the following dia-
logue ensued:
"What is your name? ?"
Rev. DR.. Atkinson, of Bethle-
hem, sir"
"What is your business ?"
"My business? | am retired.
August Belmont has $25, 100000 of
mine on deposit. He sent me word
yesterday to drop in and draw out
the $2,000,000 interest that had ac-
cumulated. When l called Mr..
Belmont was out. Then | be-
thought me that | ought to look
up my servants. You see, I've
been travelling extensively, making
investments and looking after my
interests. just arrived from my
Western mines. / have been away
twenty years, off and on. When /
started | left my Lexington avenue
residence in charge of my servants.
They ran off with my baggage. l
have managed to gather up about
twenty truck loads of the trunks
and have left them at the United
States Hotel. l learned that the
servants were at Matthews, and
went there. They had me arrested.
The idea Why, own that place.
| keep the Matthewses. What
would they be without me?"
Where are your folks ~
my folks, sir You don't seem
to know who | am. Sir, look out.
| am the Pope Of Rome-the only
original pope"
"Where do you live ?"
81 did live at the United States
Hotel nine months ago, but l made
a trip up to the Bloomingdalc Ho-
tel, and | liked the place so we'll
bought it out. That is my present
place Of abode, but | am going to
Rome tomorrow to fix things up
have chartered a steamer. | will
move the headquarters of my church
to Bloomingdale. New Yorkers are
too fond of clans"
In reply to further questions,
Mr.. Atkinson said he mad bought
large lumber interests at Hunter;
Point; that Detective Sampson had
been his guardian for twenty years,
and that he and Sampson had {
splendid time once on a trip which
they made South in pursuit of
niece who had run away with $50,
900. He was committed to tn,
Hombs to have the question Of hi
sanity examined into. When h,
heard the word Tombs he ex
claimed: "To the Tombsl the Cata
combs, you mean, where my fathe
buried his first wife, the queen O
Sheba. Ihave no wish to go. Th,
queen of Sheba was too fond o
snuff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-31
AN INFURATED ELEPHANT.
How ne Killed Half "a Dozen Pee.
pie and Terrified a Community.
Rnmhav Gnzafta

How ne KILLED Half "a Dozen Pee.
pie and Terrified Community.
Bombay Gazette
There was a dreadful scene here
on Tuesday afternoon, April 9Th,
when large mad elephant ran
through the station and killed half
a dozen persons. The elephant be-
longed to the Rajah of Vizianagram,
and was brought here from Benares
by wealthy Mahometan, on the
occasion Of the marriage of rela-
tive of his. The animal was, as the
mahout reports, kept in the sun,
oyerwOrked and not properly ra-
toned during the journey. The
mahont states that he asked for
some money for medicine from his
master, who ordered payment of
four annas or so, which he declined
to receive. There was couple of
men on the howdah, and the ma
hout was on the shoulders of the
elephant when it run away. The
riders got free of the animal by
catching hold Of the branches Of
trees by which it passed. The ma
hout remained for some time on its
back and tried his best to keep it in
check, but when he saw it was i'm
possible for him to control the ami
NAL, he jumped from its back. The
brute killed six persons and injured
two. One Of the deceased climbed
up a bamboo tree in his endeavor
to escape, but the animal uprooted
the tree, the man fell to the ground
and the elephant killed him on the
spot.
At 0 o'clock in the evening the
elephant turned toward the govern
ment treasury and the reserve police
lines. Some of the sepoys climbed
up the mango-trees, and some bolted
toward the English quarters. Con-
tinuing its mad career, the elephant
entered Mrs. Cookies bungalow.
Mr.. Nicholson, sub-deputy opium
agent, fired and hit the animal on
the head. This made it more fu-
rious, and it endeavored to enter
the room occupied by Mr.. Nichol-
son and his brother. Seeing the
elephant in the veranda he fired
again, hitting it on the trunk, and
blood poured profusely from the
wound. The animal was at large
until next morning, when it was
with great difficulty secured with
chains by the mahout and several
Others. The elephant was kept
here till Saturday, the 18th instant,
and then taken to Benares under
guard. The Mahometan has been
called upon by the magistrate to
explain why he did not take proper
steps when he was informed Of the
symptoms of madness in the ele-
phant. The case is pending in the
criminal courts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-31
GAYErIES in PARIS.
The OHriOua story OF the Hotel in
which M'me Do BhGRn Entertain
ed the Prince OF wales.

Wv VI N0hCbs
The Whitehall (Eng.) Review
says:
One Of the greatest affairs of the
season was the ball given to the fu-
ture king and queen of England by
the Princess de Sagan, nee Seilliere,
in her splendid palace in the Rue
st. Dominique-the famous house
built by Hope, the millionaire.
This grand mansion is the model of
what a French nobleman's town
establishment should be, as the Due
de Mouchy's aud Due de la Roche.
foucauld Doudeauyille's are models
Of what II French nobleman's
country house should be. The en-
tertainment given by the heiress of
the wealth of the Seillieres to the
heir apparent and her royal high
ness was quite one of the greatest
social events which has taken place
in the capital of France since Paris
put on her weeds of widowhood on
September A, 1870. The hall was
opened by a quadrille danced by
his royal highness and Mime de
Sagan, Raymond de Seilliere and
the princess, the Due de Charities
and the crown prince of Denmark.
Some Of the most noticeable people
present were the Due de Nemours,
Prince Henry of the Netherlands,
the ex-King Amadeo of Spain, the
Prince Of Orange, the Prince de
Joiaville, Lord Lyons, and most of
the corps diplOmatique. The pret-
tiest woman present was, undeubt-
edly, the Duchess de Fezensac. In
one of the figures of the cotillon
fans were distributed, on each of
which was written an acrostic on
the name of the lady who received
it. The writing on the fan pre-
sented to the Princess of Wales was
the work of the Marquis de Massa.
In the days of the Second Empire
he was always the right-hand man
Of the empress when there was any
question of private theatricals,
charades, etc., at the palace. Al
phonse de Rothschild and his wife
gave a splendid ball in honor Of the
Prince Of Wales on Friday, at their
hotel in the Rue st. Florontin (the
same in which the great Talleyrand
died); they breaklasted with the
Princess Mathilde in the Rue de
Berri on Thursday, and there was
ball at the British embassy.
The palace in the Faubourg st.
German, inhabited by the Prince
de Sagan, cost Mr., Hope, who
built it, 100000 francs, not count
ing the furniture. The house with
out the furniture was insured for
100000 francs; in those days no
insurance company would under
take to insure the furniture Of the