Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-04

Colonel l.. l.. Polk, president of the
National Farmers alliance left WASH
ningto, ID. c., Nov. 2s, in a special car
for Ocala, Fla, where the national con-
vention opens Dec. .. A large delega-
ton from New York, Pennsylvania
and Maryland represents that section.
Polk expects the meeting to transact
much business of unusual interest and
importance.
AS the result of an experimental run
at the foundry at Ellensburgh, Nov.
., the practicability of making pig
iron in eastern Washington was fully
determined. Kittitas county iron and
limestone We're used, and fine quality
of iron was made. That large iron
manufacturing industries will ulti-
mately be established there is now
fully assured.
News comes from Central Africa that
Tippoo lib is at last on his way to
Zanzibar with 1000 porters, carrying
an enormous quantity ofivory. When
his present stock reaches the coast,
this greatest of African traders will
have sent to the sea within the past
! four or five years a out 100000 worth
ofivory. His present caravan is the
largest ever seen in the equatorial re-
gions. AS he left Ujiji a little before
September l, he will SOON be due at
Zanzibar. 1t will be interesting to
hear what he has to say about the
Emin relief expedition. His opinion
of Major Barttelot and his manage
ment will be rather piquant, for it is
well known that he regarded the
major as entirely out of his element in
Africa.
The new cruiser Concord, on her trial
trip, made as high as eighteen knots
an hour against Il strong tidal current.
She has proven to be the fastest gun
boat yet built for a navy, but despite
the splendid speed showing the Con-
cord failed to develop the requisite 340O
horse power. The failure is due di-
rectly to trouble in the second hours
test with the after feed pumps, star
board and leaking after boiler. Be-
fore the trial ended there was from two
to three inches of water on the floor of
the fire room. The rupture occurred in
the nipple of the side pipe leading to
the after air pump. Notwithstanding
tnl hn
cord developed fully 5000 horse power.
The test will probably not be accepted
as official.
General Booth, of the salvation
army, is very likely to have a chance
to try his plan for the redemption OF
darkest England" Money is pouring
in literally and board of trustees is
being constituted to have charge of the
funds. The heart of philanthrophy
has been touched as never before in
many years, and none the less easily
because of the insutficiency of methods
T of relief and suppression of pauperism
is appaliingly apparent. Most En-
glish, except agricultural laborers, pre-
fer death by starvation to the work
house, and outdoor relief as generally
administered means starvation. Even
papers which were inclined to ridicule
Booth now look at his proposition ser
iously, for they comprehend that the at
!. tempt will be made to carry it out.
There is a sunken forest of white
cedar in New Jersey which has beer
continuously "mined" for its valuable
timber for over, eighty years. The
curious industry of digging for the
sunken logs has been carried on by the
people of Dennisvill, Cape May county
: village which was brought into ex
istence solely through the wealth of thu
buried timber in its vicinity. Over thu
: sunken forest trees of large size arr
growing trees, and in many instances
these are cut away in order to get a
the more valuable timber, which lie
!, only three or four feet below the sur
l face. The exact age in which the.
| lNeu Is IL ILdVtci VI CuIlouo CONJECTURE
1t is probable that they were buried
y many centuries ago by the action of al
It earthquake.
u Fairfield, WASH, is rather more quie
than usual because of the wheat block
. ade, there now being only one firm
" buying, because of no cars and n
- storage. Several thousand bushels ar
- now piled up awaiting cars. The Ger
tennial Mill Company have just locate
It there this week and will, fror
1t this on be among their most active buy
+, ers. There Is at this time from 1900
n to 900 bushels of wheat that tn
re farmers are ready ..and anxious to Sc
al and the bulk of it is sure to suffer dan