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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03

An ged Man who 10 Tired Of Life Re.
fuses to Eat.

fuses to Eat.
BRocxroN, Miss, Feb. 18-Charles
Hudson, 81 years old, has not eaten any.
thing for tbirty-nine days. Early in
January he had an attack Of the grip,
and became impressed with an idea that
he would never leave his bed alive. His
physician told him that his recovery was
certain. He remarked: II shall only
have the same thing to go through with
again, and prefer to die now" From
that time he has refused to eat. He
takes water in small quantities to
moisten his lips, and on several occa-
sions small pieces Of ice have been &C.
cepted with relish. He 10 now unable to
speak above whisper. He was one Of
the pioneer merchants of San Francisco,
being interested in the boot and shoe
trade, and later identified in the boot
and shoe and leather trade of Boston.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03
Nebraska Heard From.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S,--In the house
Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska, pres
ented the New York congressman, on
behalf OF the democrats of Fremont,
Nebraska, a badge bearing the following
inscription: "For president, Amos ].
Cummings, of New York; for vice-presi-
dent, j. Sterling, OF Morton, Nebraska. ~
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03
A DOCTOR ON TRIAL.
A Sensational Murder In Prescott, Asl--


ZOMas
PHOENIX, A. T.. Feb. lS.-The trial Of
DR.. Scott Helm, one OF the most p1omi--
nent physicians in Arizona, charged with.
the murder of Mrs. Alice White, ~ the
result Of an operation last August, began
yesterday. The attorneys for the do
ity to prove that the murder was deliber-
s sG c.d q ey , sn@sses physf.n
first, and that his object was to rid him
self OF a powerful professional rival by
charging Helm with the crime. The pe-
culiar nature Of the defense makes It by
far the most sensational case yet tried ina
an Arizona court.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03

The Mckinley Law VIII Interfere WITH
the Chicago ExpOsitiOn.

The Mckinley Law VIII InteFfeFe VINE
the Chicago ExpOsition.
LONDON Feb. 1S.-The Globe today
says: 1.-THE prospects OF foreign cooper
alton in the Chicago Columbian Exposi-
ton do not appear very bright. In the
case OF England, the Globe adds, "the
very grave feeling against the Mckinley
bill has not yet subsidized, but II is to be
hoped that manufacturers will not let
their feeling overcome their prudent
judgment. Furthermore, such an at
tempt at retaliation is more likely to hurt.
themselves than anyone else. The
Americans and Germans are strenuously
trying to take our commerce. The abb
sence Of British competitors 1T the fair
would, therefore, be regarded more ~ .
benefit than otherwise; 1t would DO re-
garded az an admittance Of defeat.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03
WORK or ROBBERS.
They Torture an Old Man to Get HIS
Money.

KlNawooD, Feb. 18.-The notorious
Cooley gang, which has been the terror
Of the Pennsylvania border for years, has
resumed operations in this county. On
Friday night five masked men entered
the house OF Farmer James Yohe, living
in lonely place ten miles from here
They bound Yohe and burned his feet
with hot irons until he gave up his
money, amounting to nearly $500. Last
night . similar attempt at robbery WAS
made in Bruceton, but the desperadoee
were frightened sway. A reward Of
$1,000 each has been offered for the cap
ture of the Cooleys, dead or alive.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03

men entered and closed The. house and
now twenty-five OF the wofst characters
10 the Northwest are penned up in =.
stock corrall and guarded by deputy
sheritfB.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03

NEW York, Feb. lS.-Three transact.
iantic steamships have been detained At
the quarantine station all day by order
OF the health officer, with a view to
making thorough search for possible
contagious diseases among the immi.
grants on board. These are the CITY Of
Berlin, Belgeland and Russia. The for-
mer arrived saturday with q number of
Russian Jews among the steerape pas.
sengers. The Belgeland brought 235 and
the Russia $40 immigrants, among whom
are people from localities near. if not
contiguous to, the places whence came
the typhus-infected Russian Jews who
have wrought such consternation among
the health authorities OF this port, Doc
tors examined each individual on the
City OF Berlin separately, but found no
indications of infection. The immigrants
are now awaiting an oyder OF release.
1t is possible that all will be sent to
Hoffman island for twenty days for ob.
servation.
The Brazilian mail steamer Vigilancia
arrived today from Rio Janeiro and was
detained at quar- antine, some OF the crew
having been taken off with yellow fever
at Bahia.
THE TiPHUS IN PHILADELPHIA.
PITTsBuRe. Feb. lS.-The health de-
partment was notified this morning of a
case of typhus fever in a building occu.
pied by an Italian barber The victim il
one Of the Massilia immigrants. The
house has been quarantined and imme.
date steps will be taken to stamp out the
disease.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-03-03
THE DREADED TYPBt,S rrvru

Two More Cases Have nev.,,,,..,
York.
NEW YORK, Feb. ls.--Two more CAGES
OF typhus fever have developed among
the small contingent of Russian Hebrews
on Ellis Island. They were removed to
North Brothers Island. Five steam.
ships are now detained at quarantine.
including the Spree from Bremen. wLich
landed It's passengers on Ellis Island this
morning. '" ''''s
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
LoNDoN's LATEST.

Mrs. Osborne and Her Devoted Husband
Again in Court.
LONDON, February 12.-Mrs. Florence
Ethel Osborne, the wife of Captain Os-
borne, who is charged with perjury in
connection with the famous Hargraves
stolen jewels case, was submitted to a
preliminary examination at the Bow
street police court this morning. Mrs.
Osborne was accompanied to the police
court by her faithful husband. Major
and Mrs. Hargraves were among those
who packed the court room. Mrs. Har-
graves and other witnesses testified that
all their losses had been made good and
that the costs of the trial had been paid.
Mrs Hargraves added that she had
visited Mrs. Osborne in Holloway jail,
that she freely forgave her and bore her
no ill-will. She would much prefer that
the case should be dropped then and
there. The presiding magistrate, Sir
John Bridge, said that he was in sym
pathy with Mrs. Hargraves and with the
family of the prisoner, and that while he
was desirous of tempering justice to the
utmost degree with mercy. he would not
be doing his duty unless he committed
Mrs. Osborne for trial. After all the
necessary testimony had been taken, the
Judge formally committed the prisoner
for trial on the charge of perjury. Mrs.
Osborne will be tried at an early day.
There was very affecting scene as the
unfortunate prisoner was almost carried,
half fainting and sobbing violently, from
the court room.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
A BELATED DEFENCE.
Friend of Carlyle Harris Now Says Helen
Potts Used Morphine.

CHICAGO, February 12.-New and start
ling evidence, which may yet be the
means of saving the life of Carlyle Har-
ris, convicted in New York of the mur-
der of his wife, Helen Potts, was dis
closed yesterday by the press of this
city. 1t is in effect that Harris's wife
was addicted to the use of morphine, and
had been using it for six weeks before
her death.
The story comes from Carl Peterson,
now in this city. He is friend of Har-
1is. and engaged to Miss Mollie Meeker
of Asbury Park, N. j., an intimate
friend of Helen Potts. Peterson says:
II have been addicted to the use of NOR
phine, and generally carry small bottle
of it with me. While / was at Asburv
Park | had this bottle standing on the
mantel in my room. 1 was sitting in my
room reading the paper one morning
when Miss Potts came in. continued
reading, but at last looked up, and was
Mortified to find that she had taken the
bottle of morphine from the mantel and
poured quantity of it out on sheet of
paper. 4o. -,
phine to improve her complexion, and
she carried some of it away with her."
When asked why he had kept silent
about this important evidence in the
case. Peterson said: 81 had absolutely
forgotten it until I read of my friend
Carlyle's Conviction Peterson ap-
pears to be much depressed over the un-
fortunate results of his suppression of
this testimony, and is eager to remedy it.
He has in his possession letters written
to him by Miss Potts, showing the inti-
macy of their friendship.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
Mr.. REED SMILED.
An Intellectual Attempt to Silence the
Maine Member.

WASHINGTON, February 12.-The
House today passed the military acade-
my appropriation bill. 1t appropriates
1896. 6e5. or s5991 less than the bill for
the current fiscal year.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the private calendar.
The hill authorizing the Postmaster
General to credit Aquilla Jones, Sr., late
postmaster at indianapolis, in settlement
Of his accounts with s2433s, for loss sus-
tanned by him through robbery, was
taken ND. After some debate it was
moved that the bill be reported to the
House with the recommendation that it
he laid on the table. The result of a
standing vote was IS to rs. Mr.. Reed of
Maine, from his seat, suggested that
there evidently was a quorum present.
The Chairman [sternlyl EFF the gen.
tleman from Maine will rise in his place
and address the Chair, and make that
statement to the Chair, the Chair will
answer"
Mr.. Reed [rising snailingly]-"If I felt
entire confidence in the Chair I should
not hesitate to do SO.
The motion was lost and the bill laid
aside with favorable recommendation.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
westbrook Alumni Association.

About ninety of the members of the
Westbrook Seminary Alumni Associa-
ton dined at the seminary last night, and
their gathering was one long to be re-
membered. Following the dinner lively
speeches were made. A. F. Moulton,
ESQ.,, presided as POSTMASTER, and toasts
were respo nded to by the following:
"The Seminary" responded to by Professor
"Past and and Future of the Seminary" respond
ed to by Rev. j. G. Snow.
sThe Trustees" respo nded to by Rev. o. f.
Stafford. :.
idge.
Letters were read from j. w. Spauld-
ing of Fort Paine, Ala, Hon. Henry
Lord of Bangor, Harry P. Dill of Lind
sey, Ont, W. E. Pulsifer of New York,
and others.
A programme of music and readings
was interspersed between the other exer-
cises of the evening, Miss Clara Good
idge, Miss A nnie Buffrm and Miss May
Milliken contributing, the latter present,
ring an original poem, entitled, "Alma
Mater
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
HILL KISSED.
The Mass Meeting of Cleveland Democrats
In Gotham.

NEW YORK, February 12.-The Dem
ocratic mass meeting at Cooper Union
last evening, called to protest against the
machine midwinter state convention or
dered by David B. Hill for February 22d,
was one of the most extraordinary
gatherings ever seen in this city. Every
seat and most of the available standing
room in the great hall of the building
was occupied within ten minutes after
the doors were swung open. The senti-
ment of the meeting, as manifested again
and again during the evening, was
unanimously against Hill and his
machine methods. Almost every men
ton of his name was received with
Kisses.
Frederic R. Coudert, John G. Milburn
of Buffalo, VIM. A. Beach of Onondaga,
ex-Secretary Fairchild and E. Ellery
Anderson made vigorous speeches de-
nouncing Hills methods. Strong resolu-
tions were adopted against the action of
the state committee in calling the con-
vention in accordance with Hills dicta-
tiOp
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
GLOWING WORDS.
Grateful Country's Remembrance Of
Abraham Lincoln.
DISTINGUISHED MEN JOIN IN ELO.
QUENT TRIBUTES.

Republicans Recall the Character and
Services of Their Great Leader-What
Was Said in Boston, Chicago and Phil
ade1phia-Young Republicans of the
City of Brotherly LoveI Hear Captain
Boutelle-If Lincoln We're Alive Today
BosToN, Mass, February 12.-"Abra-
nearly all the speeches centered at the
banquet of the Butler Club this evening
at Young's Hotel. The attendance was
very large. President N. A. Plympton
presided, and speeches followed from
General B. F. Butler, Charles A. Dana of
the New York Sun, General Daniel E.
Sickles, Ex-Governor Robie of Maine,
Corporal James Tanner and others. The
chief point of interest in General But
ler's speech was his declaration in oppo-
sition to the free coinage of silver. Mr..
Dana spoke particularly of his intimate
relations with Mr.. Lincoln during the
war, and eulogized the latter's many vir-
tues.
The anniversary of the birth of Lincoln
was observed by the Middlesex Club by a
s'Lincoln Day. dinner at the Parker
House. President John Haskell Butler
occupied the head of the table and intro
duced the speakers. Ex-senator Warner
H. Miller of New York spoke of Presi-
dent Lincoln as the first official head of
the Republican party and dwelt especially
on the history of the party
from the time of the Federalists to the
present time. Isaac Fl. Bromley of the
New York Tribune spoke eloquently of
President Lincoln and the principal
events of his administration. Hon.
Charles ]. Noyes eulogized the great war
President and spoke most encouragingly
of the outlook for the Republican party.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
STAIN AND CROMWELL.
Further Allegations Concerning the Gang
and the Bradbury Case.

BosToN, Mass, February 12. = The
Globe today prints despatch from Need
ham concerning developments in the
case of the death Of Mrs. Bradbury. 1t
will be remembered that Mrs. Bradbury
is alleged to have had knowledge of the
doings of the Stain Cromwell gang,
which is said to have held meetings in
the barn on the Bradbury place. The
despatch says:
Officer Wragg obtained some addition
al evidence today against Eugene Clay
ton, which he claims will furnish a con-
elusive link in the chain of circumstan-
tial evidence against the alleged murder
er. The developments, which are daily
expected to be made public, are locked
up in the breasts of Officers Wragg and
Pratt, and Judge Grover, before whom
Stain and Cromwell were tried. The lat
ter is thoroughly conversant with all the
doings of the gang, and in his capacity
as trial justice has had nearly all the par
Gus times during the past 13 years, and
has frequently sent them to prison for
petty offences before they launched out
into more extensive work.
One important piece of evidence dis
covered today, according to the officers,
proves that the Bradbury house was a
favorite trysting place for outlaws Stain
and Cromwell even after they had gradu-
ated from their supplementary course in
criminal knowledge. At the time Stain
and Cromwell are alleged to have been
in Dexter, where they plundered the
Dexter bank and murdered Cashier Bar
ron, their absence was noted from their
usual haunts in the vicinity of the Brad
bury household.
According to Officer Wragg, after the
two men had completed their murderous
job and came back to Medfield, the first
place they visited was the Bradbury
house. Here, it is said, the other mem
bers of the gang cane together and held
meeting, at which the affair in Dexter
was talked over.
John Harvey, who at that time was
working for Mrs. Bradbury, was one of
the gang present, and in the investiga-
tions made afterwards of the Dexter af-
fair Harvey was suspected of having
had hand in the job, although this fact
was not known sufficiently to justify the
issuance of a warrant.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
WAR WAS EXPENSIVE.
New York Lifes New Deal Means Peace
in the Insurance World.

NEW YORK, February 12.-The Press
says: With the election of John A. Nc
Call to the presidency of the New York
Life Insurance Company, the bitter and
ruinous war between the three largest
or competitive companies will come to
an end. Mr.. Mccall is on the warmest
personal terms with President Hyde of
the Equitable and President McCurdy of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York. These three companies
dominate the life insurance business of
the United States, because they are the
three largest in the world. They have
for years fought each other necessarily
and today the election of Mr.. Mccall will
end this warefare, and it is expected that
in future the three great companies will
only fight with the usual business wea-
pons. Mr.. Mccall, when questioned
about this peace arrangement, said: Il
shall have the good fortune to have for
my principal competitors two very good
friends of mine. OF course I shall do
my best to hold up my end in business
competition, but am sure that the fierce
and bitter competition of the past can
be made to lose those unpleasant fea-
lures. 1t has proved expensive and use
less -
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
AN ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
Austria as Well as Russia Has Its Famine

Sufferers.
LONDON, February 12.-The Vienna
correspondent of the Graphic sends a
dispatch to his paper about the suffering
that exists among the laboring classes in
that city. He says: 'The destitution
that prevails here at present is greater
than it has been in many years. Thou
sands of respectable persons of the Ia
boring classes are idle and starving. A
large percentage of the expert mechan-
les here would be glad to emigrate, but
are deferred from doing SO by conscrip-
ton. The misery of the poor people in
this city is enhanced by an influx from
the provinces of large number of per-
sons out of employment are focking
to Vienna in the hope of obtaining work.
The total number of unemployed per-
sons in this city is estimated at 10000. 1t
is hoped, however, that the extension of
the city limits will give an impetus to
building operations, and public works
which the government is inaugurating
will also improve the present deplorable
state Of affairs"
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Burselle, the Rockland (Me.) man
whose sufferings while shut in the hold
of the steamer Elmonte have been de-
scribed, says he tried to kill rats to pro-
cure food. He lost 33 pounds in his nine
days Imprisonment.
S. G. Lovejoy of Rockland, who has
been in the Treasury Department, has
been appointed to be chief of division in
the registers office, at $500 salary.
The examination of cadets for West
Point will take place March 1st, at Fort
Warren, Boston, instead of Portland.
James Senkins, Colby 10, has been
elected principal of the new English High
school, Worcester, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
LlNCOLN'S ADVICE.
Mr.. Cul1om Says 1t Would Be for the
Maintenance of Protection.

CHICAGO, February 12.-The Marquette
Club celebrated the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln with a banquet at the Auditorium
hotel tonight at which covers were laid
for over 500 persons. A number of men
of national reputation were present
President Harrison, Senator Sherman,
Hon. VIM. Mckinley, Chauncy M. De-
pew, Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Gen. Russell
A. Alger, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge
and others sent letters of regret. The
principal address was delivered by SEN
ator Shelby NJ. Cullom, who responded
to the toast abraham Lincoln" Among
other things he said that, if Lincoln was
still alive, he would urge us to hold fast
to the doctrine of protection, as modi-
fed by reciprocity, and to the doctrine of
honest money applied in craftsmanship
so as to bring about, at an early day, the
re-establishment of silver in its former
dignity as money metal, the equal of
gold in coinage and tender. He thought
Lincoln would advise the party to con-
tinue to insist upon and, if need be to
compel in some way, general recognition
of the equality of all citizens before the
law.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
FAMINE'S FRIEND.
Arctic Cold Helping Hunger and
Fever in Their Harvest.
SUFFERINGS OF THE RUSSIAN
PEASANTS AGAIN PICTURED.

Other Foreign News-Austrians Out of
Work and Learning How the Russians
Suffer-An Army of Seventy Thousand
Unemployed in Vienna Ethel Osborne
tion Still Unfailing.
LONDON, February IA dispatch
from Penza, capital of the government
of that name in the southwestern part of
what is known as Great Russia, is pub
lished in the Chronicle today. The dis
patch says that the thermometer regis
ters $50 below zero and there is terrible
suffering among the peasants. A num-
Der of men have been frozen to death on
the highroads, and SO intensely cold is it
that birds drop dead from the trees in
which they have sought shelter. None
of the children in Penza are allowed to
go to school. A quantity of grain for
the famine sufferers has arrived at Pen
"a, but it is impossible to distribute it
among the peasants in the surrounding
country owing to the fact that nearly all
the horses have been killed for food or sold
to procure money with which to buy the
absolute necessaries of life. Five thous-
and horses have been killed in Penza
alone, and it is estimated that several
million draught animals have been killed
throughout the empire since autumn.
Typhus fever, smallpox and diphtheria
are decimating the inhabitants. Around
Penza 200 of the peasants have died from
these diseases. The dispatch adds that in
the governments of Samara, Saratov and
Mini Novgorod, the conditions are far
worse than in Penza. In those three
governments thousands of the peasants
have fallen victims to the hungry typhus
and the other epidemic diseases. In the
governments of Charkov and Kazan the
typhus fever is especially terrible in its
ravages. The inhabitants are dying by
the hundreds. Whole families have
been striken by the disease and have
died, not single member recovering.
The records show that in the vicinity
of Penza 1895 persons, men, women
and children, are fed by charity.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
EAsTPoRT RECORDS BROKEN.
Weather Bureau Man Gets Some New
Figures for His Tables.

Weather Bureau Man Gets Some New
Figures for His Tables.
EAsTPoRr, February 12.-The storm
which began yesterday was one of the
most severe ever experienced here. 1t
began at noon with an easterly and north
easterly wind and kept increasing until
the thermometer in. the weather bureau
was marking a mile a minute, sixty per
hour, from the northwest. This high
velocity has only been equalled four times
and exceeded twice in the last ten years.
The barometer fell to twenty eight and a
half inches, the lowest of which the OBJ
server here has record. : Roads were
blocked with heavy drifts and the wires
were down. Tie US. steamer, Wood
bury rode out the storm at. her mooring
and the State of Maine at her wharf.
Schooner Cey1on, lying at Union dock,
knocked a hole in her stern, filed and
sank. Schooner Cayenne had her wind
lass pulled out by the heavy strain. The
wharves were damaged considerably.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations Of
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau yesterday, February 12, tax.
en- at p. m., 10Th meridian time, the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature. direction OF
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 240, W, cloudless; New York,
2So, NV, partly cloudy; Philadelphia,
200, NV, cloudless; Washington, 200,
NV, cloudless; Albany, 12o, NV, partly
cloudy; Buffalo, 100, NV, partly cloudy:
Detroit, 12o, NV, cloudlhss; Chicago, 160,
NE, cloudy; St. Paul, 1Oo, Sc, snow
St. Vincent, @, E, snow; Huron, So.
Oak, 200, Sc, cloudless; Bismarck, 22o,
E, cloudy; jacksonville, 460, W, cloud
less.
The Portland daily press., 1892-02-13
AFRAID TO GO HOME.
The storm had Terrors for New Bruns-
wick Politicians.

HALIFAX, N. S., February 12.-Last
nights blizzard was by far the worst
storm experienced here for many years.
All wire services were generally demor-
allied. The hotels were full of people
who had been attending election meet
ings and were not brave enough to start
for home in the storm.
ST. JOHN, N. B., February 12.-
A heavy storm has ragged here
since o'clock yesterday. Some
damage has been done about the
harbor.s Two schooners broke from
their moorings at the New York pier and
were carried against the railway trestle,
displacing the track. Considerable snow
fell and the wires are downin some places.
The railways in all directions are blocked.