Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

Two blocks of business houses in
Leavenworth, Ind, including three
stores, were destroyed by fire.
The university of Cambridge. Eng
land. has conferred degree on Henry
NJ. Stanley, the African explorer.
An Italian East African company
has been formed with IA capital of
IS, 900. 600 guaranteed by the govern
ment.
The Mississippi constitutional con-
ventiOn has finally decided to have a
lieutenant governor as one OF the state
officers.
Natural gas in large volume has
been struck near Florence, Ala, and
the iron men and other factory owners
are wild with Joy.
Two Mexican sheep herders were
murdered and their bodies horribly
mangled by Indians about twenty miles
from Silver City. New Mexico.
Dillon and O'Brien, accompanied by
Mrs. O'Brien. left Paris on the 25th by
q special steamer and train for Havre
where they will embark in the steamer
La Champagne for New York.
William O'Brien, in an interview,
said the Irish party was assured that
She Americn tour of himself and Mr..
Dillon would yield sufficient funds to
last until the general election.
William Boothby, a farmer in the
Chickasaw nation, Indian territory,
has been put in Jail at Gainesville,
Tex, charged with robbing four farm
ers in the nation of several hundred
dollars.
The South Carolina synod at York,
vile sustained the action OF the Charles
ton Presbyterians in refusing to admit
Rev. DIR. James Woodrow to member
ship in tho presbytery by vote of 90
ayes to SO nays.
kilograms and letters in great num-
bers have been addressed to Governor
Cooper OF Colorado during the past
month, asking that steps be taken to
protect settlers in Routt county from
the depredations of Ute Indians.
Blakely Creighton, banker OF New
York city. committed suicide Wednes-
day night in his Office by taking poison.
He left a letter giving as tho reason
business reverses. He was son OF
the late Commodore Creighton. u.
S. N.
The Jack the Ripper scare is on
again in London. In a secluded part
of the South Hampstead locality was
found the dead body OF u woman whose
head had been nearly severed. while
the body showed kicks and bruises suf-
ticient to cause death.
John Webb and Henry Switzer,
living in the same cabin ON tho line Of
their adjoining claims in Oklahoma.
were called to their doors by persons
unknown and killed. 1t is supposed
that the murder was committed by con-
to the claims.
X. S. Smith. president of the Iro-
quis club, Chicago, writes that dele
cation of about fifty members will at
tend the Thurman anniversary banquet
November IS. Senator John G. Car
Isle has accepted an invitation to re-
spOnd to the toast The American
Statesman" on that occasion.
George Williams, negro boy II
years old, shot and killed the 5-year-
old son of j. X. Robertson. white. five
miles from Miller, Ga. Later the
sheriff started with Williams for
but was met by II mob
who took tho prisoner away and tying
him TO IL tree riddled him with bullets.
The American institute Of architects
concluded its work in Washington on
the 25th. and will meet next year in
Boston. Resolutions were adopted
in the recommendations
made by Supervising Architect Wind
rim to congress, that hereafter awards
for designing government buildings be
made by competition.
A party of 800 Poles who were at
to reach Prussian territory
in order to emigrate to Brazil were
halted by the Russian frontier guard
and ordered to return. They refused
to obey the order and tho guards fired
upon the party, killing six men, two
women and child and wounding u
of others.
Owing to shortage OF cars the
Union Pacific miners ut Rock Springs
only have work u few days week.
and they are growing desperate. Last
week fire was discovered in the entry
to one of the mines. 1t is believed to
have been Of incendiary origin. and the
Union Pacific offers 81. 900 for the ar
rest Of the guilty parties. Mine mules
have been poisoned and other mischief
done.