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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-14
OratOrical Contest.

A silver medal contest will take place
at the NJ. +. church this evening ut $
y. N. Following is the program:
Invocation ........ Rev. Henry Brown
Recitation-Yes Pm Guilty .....
.,.,.....,........ ..'.L cINo 4N''''s
Reci,ation-SoneOody's Boy.
. .........,. Idene Howe
Recital, ion--'rhe Bridal Wine Cup
seq. ....................R Ruth Wilkinson
Recita,lon-The Victory Won. 80.
...............R Robert Garfield
Recitation. .......... Lulu Armstrong
Duet ((iuitnr) ............................
Mira. II. X. Barnet and Curtis
Thatcher.
House Nan. ...
....'.. NAuC NooA'S'
Recitulion--l'he Drunkard's Story
."..... .......:. ........ lueZ baif'
Solo. ........ ............. Cora Coburn
Oration-- The Boys of America.
....... ................ Elbert Chapman
Oration-The Scourge of the
Republic........ George frost
Song with p0sings)
Presentation of Medal. .........
............. Mrs. Neil Imam
Admission, adults Is, children 10
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-14

LADIES: Read carefully the adver-
tisement OF j. Alexander in today's
issue of this paper, aud please don't he
selfish. Show it to your neighbOrs.
You can do them some real good.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-14

f. J. Whitney, Il. p. Il. A, st. Paul
Minnesota.
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clncIzs With Nerves.

There is one disadvantage about very tall buildings which is being noticed by the occupants It is perhaps small disadvantage, but still is worth consiG ering, as it involves some annoyance to those who have not made provision for it.
 The trouble referred to is the stop ping of pendulum clocks by the vibra- tion of the buildings Many pendulum clock that has kept accurate time for years in old fashioned low structures has refused to run at all when moved into some one of the new tall steel framed buildings in the lower part of the city. On the lower floors of the buildings the clocks run fairly well, but when higher up in the buildings they become more whimsical and on the top floors will not run at all.-New York Times.
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eARlsH BOOK BINDINGS.
They Are In Bad Taste and Are Disli,,ed
 by BooltworIn and Scholar.

by Boolrworfn and Scholar.
 Books have right to he, first of all books, not purveyors of whimsies in color and design. As matters are at this moment three-quarters of the new books look more like some strange en. tree at q feEt than like everyday edi- bles. You take up one, and it has the air of curious ragout; there are m. known fragments of design floating in a sauce of queer elemental color. The next one has an air as honest as apple sauce at first glance; 'tis pale greenish thing, but presently you see that the trail of serpent is over all its border And who can hope for content from a dish thus garnished?
 Again book, and this one burns bright red and yellow, like q pudding on fire with cognao, which is all very well for pudding. Another has cover which looks like resisting beefsteak pounded by the stern hand of fate in a boarding house; another reminds yoa irresistibly of coffee wherein chiekory has too much inserted it's dilutina aid and cream is missing. But, first and last, the new books are ever more prone to resemble small plots of deceptive stage verdure than honest, simple souled books. 1t is impossible to help doubt ing tie value of the literary pasturage to be found in such inclosures. Fortu- nately ono is sometimes most joyously deceived. Authors have little "say" concerning the garb of their volumes, and often-good luck to them-they rise superior to the mechanical makers of books and rojoice the souls of their readers in spite of the bindings.
 And it must be repeated that in the present bizarre and excessive faneies in binding there is seed of abounding hope for the future. Publishers are groping fer something few of them know what. But they will learn, and the world will be made glad by q genuine revival in the lovely old half forgotten craft of bookbinding. h that happy coming day there will be great honor for the men who lead the taste of this country to- ward better things in bookbinding, sim pier and saner and more sincere. -Bos- ton Transcript.
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QUESTION OF LUCK.
4 Citation That CHnched the Other Side
 of the Argument.

i Citation That Clinched the Other Side
 of the Argument.
 I hate to hear people say there's no such thing as luck, remarked the mel ancholy NIT. DolittIe
 .'I don see why, his wife rejoined.
 Because it ism t true, he returned with asperity. "A man can go on try ing and trying and never get along, and some other person will go ahead and tumble into good things without making any effort whatever. U
 Hiram, no great man has succeeded without hard work. y
 That the kind of talk you always hear But nine times out of ten 1t is all owing to the opportunity that presented itself. Fortune just seems to lie in wait to kidnap some men. Look at Sir Isaac Newton. His name is handed down from generation to generation. And why? Simply because he was sitting under q tree, and an apple happened to drop on him. You can't pretend that a man is in position to claim superior merit simply because, through no &C., tion or preference of his own, he gets hit in the head with an apple, can you?"
 "No, Hiram.
 "Then don tell me about there not being any such thing as luck. ,
 It seems to me that you 'ye chosen a poor example in support of your argu- ment. The case of Isaac Newton goes to show that the difference is in the people. If it had been some men that l know of instead of Newton, the first thing they would have done after the apple fell would have been to go into the house and moan for the arnica bot tie; then they would have spent two or three hours of precious time talking about their bad luck. - Washington Star.
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A pctato vhat Lifted 9 Ton.

Charles ". Simmons, who lives n 8 farm near Pleasant Home, brought in from his farm a curiosity. He discoy- cred it while digging potatoes. It con sists of a Late Rose potato grown in the root of tree. The potato vine seems to have crept into the root, and the new uotato then started down in the depths. It fiourished in it's strange surroundings and developeds into large and well formed potato. The room in the root was too small for it's expansion, and so the spud exerted not less than ton nressnre on the root until the side was snlit open. The root is about inches in diameter and inches in length. About an inch of the spud protrudes from one end. It is quite curiosity, and all who have seen it say they never saw anything like it before, re,-Portland Oregonian.
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SWINDLlNG POOR FOLK.
Mushroom Investment Companies seour-
 ing Fortunes In Indiana.

Mushroom Investment Companies Seeur-
 ing Fortunes In Indiana.
 Within recent months so called in- yestment companies, with headquarters ill New York, have established agenei9s ill Indiana, and aIluring circulars have been widely distributed promising ill. Yestors from to 300 per cent returns on small investments.
 Notwithstanding the warnings by To, cal banks and by the commercial agen- cies this sort of investment is taking like wildfre among the poorer classes, and it is estimated that fully $250, GOO has been drawn out of this city within the past six months.
 One of the commercial agencies inc yestigated the financial status of one of these so called investment companies which operate, as they style it, on the 'huctuating system, and found that, instead of $1, 900, 900 capital stock, it had but so, 1000, and that all of its business was done outside of New York.
 People have been found i'll Indianapo- lis who have taken the Christmas say- ings of their children to invest i'll this Cooperative speculation, and each day the fever is spreading, It is feared that when the collapse comes the result will be q astroas. = Cincinnati En- quirer.
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THE DUDDERAR MAD6ToNEs,
They Save Adams From an Awful Death.
 Their Singular History.

They Save Adams From an Awful Death.
 Their Singular History.
 John Adams of Somerset, Ky, who was bitten by mad dog several days ago. was taken to Stanford to submit to the application of the famous Dudderar "madstones " They were applied to the wound and adhered the first time. Ad- ans, shortl. after he was bitten, at tempted with extraordinary nerve. to oauterize the wound, and, as he thought, thus burn out the poison. He used 8 oharred stick and severely burned his hand.
 The Dudderar 3stones are known throughout Kentucky and Tennessee. Mr. Dudderar told the correspondent that Fsy .ara brought to Kentucky from N. ai shout 1842 by his father, Samuel LaG1ofar, who said that the stones came from the nav of a Rocky mountain goat. In the 50 years or more that they have been ill the Dudderar family the stones have been applied to at least 1, 1000 mad dog bites, and of all the patients only one has died, and in that case tho wound was neglected for IS days after the biting.-Cinoinnati Enquirer.
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An Entire Indiana County May Be Pur.
 chased by Them.

~'aAe Ano2nna CouuSy May Be pt1rA
 chased by Them.
 The peculiar religious society known as Dunkards, large numbers of whom nave lived in northern Indiana for many years, are endeayoring to purchase the entire body of land comprised within broWn county, to which they will em. lgrate and establish a government ac. cordlng to 1eir own peculiar notions
 U, B. Everett of Fort Wayne is neeo. tlating with many landowners in the county and has already purchased Al, 900 acres, to 1ich 100 families will move h few days and form the nucleus of the new settlement. The county con talns a great deal of valuable land and large quantities of building stone, al l as the Dunkards are an industrious peo- pie It Is expected that the county wdl become in time the garden spot of h. diana.
 MT. Everett thinks the sect will have no trouble in ultimately acquiring all the land ill the county and will put in- to practice their ideas of local govern ment The proprietors of the scheme say that neither jail nor courthouse wal be needed, and that the election of local officers would be held only to comply with the law, as all property would be held ill common. = Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Risbop,s Grown Starts a Fuss.

A faction of colored Baptist church Inf St. Louis has issued circular let ter to the churches warning the bretn- ren against Bishop Albert Mack, who is evaneelizing the state. The criticisms are caused by the eccentricities of the bishop, who wears black gown and crown that inspire awe among the col ored folk. Bishop Mack threatens to have the authots of the letter sent to the penitentiary If they don't quit their foolishness.
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He Responded.

The late archbishop of Canterbury had favorite dog named Watch. Once, as he lay on the mat at the open door of the chapel, the archbishop read impress ively this sentence of the Scripture lesson, "What I say unto you l say unto you all-watSh. J The dog sprang up, came forward and lay down before the reading desk at his masters feet One nearer at least needed the lesson and responded. -Congregationalist.
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He Got the Place.

Great Editor-You have your theory, of course, as to how newspapers should be conducted?
 Applicant (fresh from college)-Not the slightest, sir.
 Great Editor (amazed )-Is it possible My dear sir, you can have your pick of any department ill this offiee-that is, II you have not already arranged with a museum. Buffalo Times.
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MARBLE HOUSE FOR SALE,
Potter Palmer Aiay Purchase the Wander
 biIt Mansion at Newport.

Marble House, the s2, 900, 900 palace at Newport which William k. Wander bilt built as birthday gift to his wife, may, it is rumored, be bought in by Potter Palmer of Chicago. When Mrs. Vanderbilt seouret. divorce and mar ried Oliver II. P. Belmont, it was said that she would retain the Newport house. but since then she has changed her mind and the place is for sale. The traditions of Marble House are so close Iy associated with Vanderbilt family. and more especially with her first hus- band, that Mrs. Belmont, much as she would like to keep the big white palace, has concluded to sell.
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Shave or Hair Cut Costs s1. 900.

Al L. Doris, we'll to do farmer living near Union, Ind. has signed a contract by the terms of which he agrees .o forfeit q. 900 if he slaves or cuts his mar untll Pryan is elected president.
 n9 eSl eou ueract is drawn ill legal terms. {, nna .a'.. aa.. Doris declares his purpose of ssasanS "A; F to it's novel provisions. Chi.
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A Sprinting Match.

1oyernor - You've been running aiieau or your allowance, Jack. oacK-l know it, dad. I've been hop rug TOT long time that the allowance mouid strengthen up enough to oyertake ne. Household Words.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01
KID" LAVIGNE VICTOR
SAGINAW PUGILIST STILL WORLD
LIGHT-WEIGHT CHAMPION.
Eddie Connolly, of st. John, N. b.,
Bested i'm a Fast and Furious Fight
That Lasted Eleven Rounds.

NEW YORK, April 30.-George (xid) La
vigne, Of Saginaw, Mich, is still the light
weight champion of the world Tonight,
in the Broad way Athletic Club, before three
thousand people, he met and defeated Ed
die Connolly, of st. John, n. B. Both men
weighed in this afternoon below the stipu-
lated weight of 133 pounds and they were
matched to box for twenty-five rounds to
decide the worlds championship. The bat
tie was fast and furious, but at the end of
the eleventh round Lavigne had Connolly
fought to a standstill, after sending him
down five times in succession with right
swings on the head and jaw. Connolly
gained host of friends by his gameness TN
getting to his feet in d couple of seconds
each time, but these efforts We're unayail-
ing and he staggered to his corner at the
end of the eleventh round hopelessly
beaten. Joe Choynski, who was Connelys
principal handler, saw that the fight was
over so far as the Canadian was concerned,
and would not permit Connolly to subject
himself to any more punishment
The closing round was a. wonderful ex-
hibition Of nerve on the part of Connolly
Lavigne opened with a left on the wind
and swung a terrific left flush on the mouth.
He followed this up with a stiff right on
tiiS ,Aipo, ciiio 0OHH6Ily swung MS lett on
the mead. Layigne put another right on the
ribs and Connolly sent nothing back La
yigne rushed and Connolly met him with a
hard right on the ribs. Lavigne hooked
ms right on the jaw and Connolly went
down. Five times in succession Lavigne
sent, Connolly down with rights on the
mead, and Connolly got gamely to his feet
every time in a couple of seconds. The hell
changed when he came up the last time,
and he staggered to his corner in a very
weak condition. When time was called for
the beginning of the twelfth round Con-
nelly was in such weak condition that his
seconds would not allow him to continue
ana the referee awarded the fight to La
Vigne I1aYignes seconds were Sam Fftz-
patrick, Benny Murphy, Jim Ryan and Tom
Tracy, while Connolly was handled by Joe
Choynski. Jimmy Kelly Dick Moore and
Billy Smith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01
SEARCHING FOR BODIES,
Efforts to Recover Remains of Victims
of the Guthrie Flood

GUTHRIE, o. T., April 30.-The Cotton
wood and Cimarron rivers are not vet
within their banks, and searching parties
have gone out in boats and RATS to coast
both banks for sixty miles from Guthrie
or farther, If necessary, to search for the
dead bodies known to have been carried
down stream. Thieves and pillagers looted
the wreckage last night, entering many of
the dtsmantled houses in the absence of
their owners Guards were placed everv-
where possible, and there were threats Of
lynching any OF the guilty ones, but none
was caught
Five more bodies were recovered TODAY
from the debris. They were those of Georsge
DWens; ,1," Mrs; Charles Ruffins Henry Sim
mons, mons, mrs. watson and child. Scores of or
ganlzed searching parties are at work hnt
progress Is SLOW since tons of debris must
De aug over in the search. 1t is believed
lnat the rushing water of the Cimarron
rMNer M conceals many corpses. The Cimar-
ION Is Two males north OF the CITY and
when the flood came the waters of The cor
tolWood joined 1t. The Cimarron's bottom
contains qulcksand, and it is O Ne of the
most tfeacnerous streams in the country
II is literally jammed with wreclsa eya 90 - - "
the bodies of dead animals Farnsrs esir' s,Ia
ishlng out and carrying off the wreclxa e,e
pS cdtlodus. over l,500 homeless peonle arc
being cared for by the city O.
been materially ameliorated
Mayor Berkey and President Horner of
the Guthrie Club, after conferrine win tbd
cllZens relief committee this aftarnoon
issued formal notice to the neiohhoriDt
cities and towns. in which they state tba3
OUTSIDE ala VIII not be required IN properIv
caring for the sufferers. Permanent rrelteSf
committees have been formed thew stato
and the needy and destitute are heip.
systematically cared for. 'i's
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01
CROWN PRINCESS KISSED.
Royal Family in Great Disfavor with
the PeOnIe of Athens

LONDON, April 3o-The Standards cor
respondent at Athens says Last evening
as the Crown Princess Sophia was return
ing from a visit to the Ambulance Hospital
she was Kissed and jeered by the crowd
which forced her to return to the hospital
The royal carriage was then summoned
and the princess drove to the palace at top
speed of her horse. The royal arms have
been stripped from the carriages in order
that the occupants may drive about unrec-
ognzed and thus avoid similar experience
As another indication of popular feeling L
may point out that many of the tradesmen
who have been wont to display the royal
removed these.
while a priest was offering prayers for
King George and the royal family in one
of the prominent churches to-day (F'riday)
he was interrupted by protests from the
congregation. The ringleader was arrested
but the disorder was so great that many
women tainted in terror"
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Vienna says that the situation of the Greek
royal family is not critical
The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
at Athens will say tomorrow: Certain
members of the late Cabinet are indus
triously fomenting anti-royalist feeling by
statements in the press calculated 10 reflect
upon King George. For example, the late
minister OF marine alleges that he prepared
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01
GREEK TACTICS pUzzLrNc.
Failed to DO Anything to Retard the
Advance OF the TurLs

LARISSA, April 2S.-Delayed in trans
mission)-Volo has not yet been captured,
but the town is practically at the mercy of
the Turks. The Greek tactics are difficult
to understand. 1t is asked here why, if the
Greeks intended to retire to Phersala when
the Turks entered the plain, they did not
destroy the telegraph lines bridges and
food supplies, as well as unexpIoded mag
azines, and why did they not take the guns
instead of leaving there almost everything
necessary for a great army. Inasmuch as
they lost their heads, it is not thought like
ly that they will offer an effective resist
ance at Pbersaia to the victorious Turks.
whose discipline and conditions are splen-
did.
The people Of Larassa are gradually re-
turning. There is not the slightest disorder
No one is allowed in the streets at night
without permit Immediately Volo is oc-
cupied by the Turks, Edhem Pasha will
transport supplies here from that point.
The Turkish transport service is excellent
We are now over one hundred miles from
the base of supplies, yet there has not been
the slightest hitch. There is great activi-
ty in the Turkish camp, but military con-
sderations prevent me from indicating the
movements which are proceeding
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01
CASSIN INDICTED.
DefaultfnG Cashier of an Atlanta
Bank Charged with EmbezzIement.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 30.-Harry A. Cas-
sin, the defaulting cashier OF the Georgia
Loan and Savings Banking Company, was
indicted by the grand jury to-day, embez-
element being the charge. President George
v Gress was examined by the grand jury
and questioned as to the conduct of the
bank. Other officers and directors of the
bank also were before the grand jury, the
session lasting more than five hours. This
afternoon Cashier Cassin's bond was fixed
at $4,000 by Judge Lumkin, of the Su-
perior Court The bond was signed bv
Judge Henry II. Hillyer, Cassin's father-in-
law. After Cassin was released on the bond
he was rearrested at the suggestion OF So
liciFor General Hill, who took the position
that Judge Hillyer was not a good bonds
man, as he was an attorney at law and con-
seQuently an officer of the court The
bond was then signed by L. NJ Coker
president of a private bank of the city
Young Cassin refused TO make any state
ment in regard TO his shortage. AS soon
as his new bond was signed he was taken
10 the home of Judge Hillyer. The bond is
Feturnable TO the Criminal Superior Court
which meets on the third Monday In Nav
President Gress, as soon as he was ex-
cused from the grand jury room, left the
city AT the bank it was stated that he
was away on business connected with the
bank, but no one knew his address. The
departure or President Gress at this critical
period OF the investigation has given rise 10
many rumors about the cits-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01
PRICE CENTS lfsg a5 s9EBAss sHHs sgAsRs gs

a complete plan of action for the fleet but
that his orders were not executed, owing to
certain other orders issued by the King,
which We're inconsistent with them or coun-
termanded them. Queen Olga and the
Grown Princess Sophia are working DAY
and night like Sisters of Mercy. The Queens
health still leaves much to be desired"
According to the Athens correspondent of
the Daily Mail, the presence of large num-
bers of reseryists, without food or lodging,
has caused a general fear of outbreak As
a result fully half the shops in the city
are closed. A disturbance took place FRI
day in one of the churches when prayers
were being offered for King George and the
royal family.
The Vienna Tageblatt says that the war
ship Kaiserin Augusta, of the German fleet,
has been dispatched to Phalerum in order
to protect the members of the Greek royal
family in case of extreme danger.