The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17
Some Startling Developments
Coming.
MOTHER CASE IN THE HISTORY Of SMUGGLING
An Interesting Story Concerning the
Appraisers Office Comes
to Light.


velopments will appear, is made evident
by the hints and actions OF the govern
ment agents sent here to unravel the
dark combinations made by wealthy
merchants and the Custom House en-
ployees.
'When the Grand Jury has completed
its investigations" said prominent
government official yesterday, land
when the reports made to the treasury
department in Washington by Solicitor
I Hepburn, Superintendent OF Special
Agents Jingle and Assistant Secretary
Grouse are made public there will ap-
pear the story Of system Of customs
frauds which involves more people Of re-
spectability and wealth than perhaps any
smuggling scheme ever unearthed by
the government before. There will then
be more names mentioned in connection
with these frauds than are identified
with them now
In the course of his persistent investi-
cations about the Custom House an
Egening Post reporter yesterday learned
some things of interest concerning an
old and trusted employee in the apprais-
ers office from which Appraiser Levy
was so recently dismissed. This man is
L. y. Lewis, who through all the changes
OF several successive administrations has
remained chief clerk of the appraisers
department. The searching inVestiga-
ton OF the affairs of this department
made by Solicitor Hepburn, left not the
! slightest reflection on the competence
and trustworthiness of Mr.. Lewis. Mr..
Lewis, it was learned, is a man whose
name is known throughout America and
In many foreign lands, although his
comparatively obscure official position
has given him but little local fame. The
story of how his fame was acquired is an
interesting one. 1t is based entirely on.
the story of how his life was saved sew
eral years ago. He told it in 1887 as
| follows:
"Some six months or more ago, was
taken with an attack of something re-
sembling my old complaint. My doctor
| pronounced it to be Nephritis. It,,yielded
readily to the usual treatment for such
cases, and / again resumed the use of
! Warmers Safe Cure, which l had not
touched for several years. l thought at
the time it was something remarkable
that this attack passed off without the
passage OF stones, as formerly, although
l carefully watched for them. ! there
fore, came to the conclusion that my
doctors diagnosis was correct, and that
the attack was nothing more nor less
than simple Inflammation Of the kid
neys caused by cold settling there.
Some two months later not an a slight
pain in urinating. This int- |ased until
it eliminated in inflammation OF the
prostate gland, and stranguary Of the
neck OF the bladder, causing a com
plete stoppage of the flow Of the
urine. Two physicians essayed to
relieve the bladder by authorization
without avail. A third was more sue
cessful by distending the urethra, and
introducing very large catheter. The
desired result was obtained, and when
the instrument was withdrawn, it
brought away a stone weighing So grs.
which proved upon chemical analysis
to be an oxalic of lime. This was fol-
lowed in the course of few days by the
passage of more than forty stones. vary
ing in size from an ordinary pins head
to that OF a pea. Some of these stones
were smooth, others, including the
largest were rough and Jagged. They
could hardly have passed the urethra in
that condition. | continued the use of
Warmers Safe Cure, and few DAYS af-
forwards passed at intervals a quantity
of black sand. All unpleasant symptoms
have now disappeared, and l am quite
we'll"
This account of how he conquered an
ailment which has proved fatal to SO
many, was published wherever the Eng
lish language is spoken, in connection
with many similar testimonials.
Speaking Of the matter yesterday, Mr..
Lewis said "When l had found that
Warmers Safe Cure had done me more
good than the doctors could do, / rec
commended it to friends and acquaint-
ances afflicted with kidney troubles
whenever | had an opportunity. There
were so many that / remember but few
of the names. but in every case in which
| heard Of the results the treatment re-
suited successfully. There were so many
of the clerks and laborers about the de.
partment who had kidney disease i'm
some stage that / bought several cases
of the cure and supplied them at cost"
"What surprised me most was the
mass of inquiries which / received from
all over the world. They even came
! from the West Indies, Mexico and japan.
/ replied to fifteen or twenty of them
saying that my testimonial was reliable
! in every particular and then | Quit
troubling myself with them. / remem-
| Der that | received a letter from one
| gentleman who was merchant in YOko-
/ hama saying that he had used Warmers
! Safe Cure through having read my tes-
/ timonial and thRt it had cured him of
/ similar trouble. As far as / am con-
cerned have never had a recurrence of
my affiiction since was cured as related
nearly six years ago. San Francisco
EveniRg Post
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