Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04

The business part of Rome, Ca, is
from four to seven feet under water. The
weather il very cold, which adds to the
discomfort to hundreds of pOor people
who ave been driven out OF their
homes by the water.
The influenza is rapidly spreading in
Italy. Four hundred cases were re-
ported in Leghorn Wednesday. The
mortality there ia very heavy. Msnv
deaths are reported from the malady in
Mantua and Savona.
Hon. Robert J. Chester, the eldest
Mason in the world, died at jackson,
Tenn, Thursday morning aged 90 years
Mr.. Chester served on the staff of An.
drew Jackson, his kinsman, at the
battle OF New Orleans,
Charges Of having extorted portion of
their salary from workmen nnder him,
it is stated, have been made in writing
against Charies Phelps, foreman ship
filter in the construction department at
the Mare Island navy yard.
At Elizabeth, N. j., Saturday Thomas
Quinn shot and killed q woman named
Mrs. Snyder. Quinn and the woman
were drinking together, and during q
quarrel arising over some old CRU Ige,
Quinn shot the woman.
The German reichstag by unanimous
vote has adopted = resolution apprUpriat
ing 100000 marks to defray The OK.
penses incident to securing an effective
exhibition Of German industries at the
approaching worlds fair ut Chicago.
James Brown, an attache Of the Tenn
pie street cable rad of Los Angeles, VAS
instantly killed while oiling the bearings
of guide wheel His clothing WAS
caught by the cable and his bead was
crushed. He leaves u wife and FIVE
children.
There are 1000 cases Of Ia grippe in
Columbus, Ind one.fifth Of the entire
population, including four of the hest
physicians. Funerals are 80 frequent
that undertakers have brought help from
adjoining towns to keep up with their
business.
A bob eled with dozen young people
in it went over q 3OO.foot hill, in Bul+r
county, Pa, Monday night and the entire
party was injured. EiizAheth Morton.
Miss Long and william Berry will prob
ably die. The sled WAS demolished and
the horses killed.
Two victims Of the San Francisco
streetcar dummies died from their injur-
ies Monday morning. They were Jere.
miah Twobig, 81 years of age, who was
injured several months ago, and Rev. w
J. Walsh IS years Of age, who was run
over Saturday night.
The largest landslide occurring for
years on the Northern Pacific road came
down the bluffside at Eagle. Gorge,
WASH, Saturday evening about 7 o'clock
The slide completely buried q large
steam shovel, worth $4,000, and the main
line for distance Of $40 feet.
The treasury department has decided
that imported wines found to contain
more than "a per cent of alcohol BY vol
ume are excluded from entry. The per.
centage OF alcohol in wines is determined
by means Of distillation at . standard
of 60 degrees FAhrenhe,t.
At Kenoma, Mo-. Monday, Robert
HOPPER, who had been drinking during
the day, went to the house of Mrs.
murdered her and her son.
aged 6, and left for dead her daughter,
aged 9. He then rifled the house Il val.
uables. He was arrested and lodged in
Jail.
A locomotive blew up near Birming-
ham. Ala, Sunday, instantly killir & the
engineer and fireman. Their bodies
were blown into fragments and the en-
CINE was totally wrecked. The head of
the engineer was found quarter of
mile from the scene Of the explosion.
The colored men OF the country have
been, for some time, engaged in prepar.
ing protest against the loan or appro-
priation Of 81, OOO, 900 By the government
IN aid Of the worlds fair. They claim
The fair is run as close corporation, and
that the colored men have been refused
upon the board of direct
)rs.
A report Ia received from Apache
county, Arizona, of trouble between cow
boys and sheepmen over the PRO pas
lurage. Three sheepmen were killed,
and it is feared bloody fight will follow,
- the sheepmen left for achievements
and the cowboys refuse to give up the
ground.
The attempt to implicate ex.President
Gonzales as the head of the
clerical party in Mexico, and xs . probs-
'le leader OF the revolutionary move
nent is regarded rs prepos.erous by
|" Cu-ausOs uA0u 0cANau6. DlaZ ana dO0s |
.ales are known to be upon the most
friendly terms.
A surface railway. crossing horror &C.
'urred Thursday at Forty seventh street
IN the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
racks in Chicago. The Unbound Fort
Wayne train struck the Forty seventh
treet transfer horse car. Two passen.
'ers were instantly killed and thirteen
injured.
A startling disclosure has come to ligh,
oncerning the Graves case. Several
lights ago man, while drunk in q nm
Don in Denver, claimed to have cent the
oisoned whisky to Mrs. barnaby. He
old straight story, and those who were
q the saloon at the time have made
ffidavits to that effect. Much excite
aent has been raised by the affair.
Harry Hinton, who was implicated by
lob Sims, a. q member of his gang. and
aptured two weeks ago, was taken from
Ill by . mob and hanged TO the tree
pom which the other members met their
cath. Neal Sims, the only male mem.
Or OF the family now alive, was sur
.unded by posee in swamp Monday
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