Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-31
POINTS IN GENERAL NEWS
HOME AND FOREIGN OUTLOOK.
Accidents and Crimes All Over the
WOrld-Business Affairs and PO-
litical COnsidera Of
Items.

Despondent over i'll health and poverty.
William Hanson, Is years of age, an Eng
lish anarchist belonging to the school of
Benjamin X. Tucker, has committed sui
eide in New York city by swallowing
prussic acid.
William Gordon Prince, who was the
oldest living graduate of Harvard college,
is dead at his home in Riverplace, Ded
ham, Mass. He was born in Boston about
o. years ago.
Oakland (Cal.) reports that Ferdinand
Chl. the murderous mailman who killed
Patrick Murphy of Temescal and then
tried to exterminate other imaginary en-
emies. has been committed to the asylum
for the insane at Ukiah.
Notices have been posted in the Fisk
dale cotton mills at Southbridge, Mass.
that on January l the scale will be low
cred. The reduction, it is believed, will
be between 10 and Is per cent.
John j. Joyce. retired railroad man.
shot X. A. Montgomery, a prominent and
wealthy real estate agent, at Marysville,
Mo. There has been bad blood between
met Montgomery he shot him without a
word. Montgomery died instantly. The
murderer made no effort to escape.
Private Charles Waddell OF the Fourth
infantry. who, next to Hammond, gave
the most damaging evidence against the
defendant in the Lowering court.martial.
has asked for an been granted a discharge
by Secretary Alger. Waddell, in asking
his discharge, said he desired to assist in
caring for an invalid father The officers
at Fort Sheridan say that his discharge
had no connection with his evidence
against Lowering.
The president has definitely determined
to carry out his original purpose in nom
mating Charles Page Bryan of Illinois to
be minister to China. He has SO informed
one of Mr.. Bryan's personal supporters
The nomination will be sent to the SEN
ate Immediately after the holidays. The
president reached this decision after Civ
ing consideration to the protests fSen-
ators Frye, Wolcott and Teller. and upon
receiving assurances from Senators Ma
son and Cullom that Mr.. Bryan would
NE iInUeuaIeIV cOnHrMeu.
The cotton manufacturers of Fall Riv-
er, Mass, are confronted with the pros.
pect of strike, as many operatives are
determined to oppose the reduction of
wages. A section of union officials and
members favors strike of seven mills.
employing 1000 operatives. January 3.
Another plan proposes a strike at all the
mills March =.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World in special to his pa
per, predicts that Senator Wolcott will re-
sign his seat in the senate because of the
alleged betrayal of the cause of bimetal-
lism by the Mckinley administration.
The Chinese government has granted
Russia permission to winter a squadron
at Port Arthur Great Britain demands
quid pro quo if concessions have been
made to other powers. 1t has been sug-
gested that the Japanese and British oc-
cupy Wei Hal Wei jointly.
The Chinese are provisioning Port Ar
thur and will reconstruct their forts
there, Russia furnishing the money
A charter for the Kansas City, Law
renee & Topeka Electric Railroad L Pow
er Company has been filed in Topeka,
Kan. the capital being placed at $1,000.
600. 1t is the intention to construct an
electric line between Kansas City and
Lawrence and Topeka, Kan, to do
freight and passenger business.
Lady Millais, widow of Sir John Mil
lais late president of the royal academy,
is dead. Lady Millias was the divorced
wife Of John Ruskin, who voluntarily
gave her up when 1t was evident she low
ed Millias. Ruskin stood by in the
church while. in 1885. she was married
to Millais.
The steamship China has brought the
first consignment of opium that has come
to San Francisco since last June. The
importa tion amounted to SIS boxes, con,
tanning ll,4OO pounds. upon which the
duty at So a pound amounts to $6S, 400.
The opium itself is worth about as much
more.
Charles w. Richards. a mechanical en-
pert of Cleveland. Ohio. has arrived at
San Francisco from Japan, where he has
been experimenting the construction Of
wire nail plant costing $25O.OOO. at To-
kio. The capacity Of the works is 500
kegs of nails and 1000 wooden kegs daily.
As skilled labor in Japan is paid but 50
cents day, as against $3.50 in this
country, the output of the factory will
cause corresponding reduction in the
demand for the American product.
A census Just taken shows that there
are 39l ADJ children in the schools of New
York city.
by the burning of the Coliseum build
ing in Chicago loss of $7O2 $50 was sus.
tanned, and a fireman employed about the
building lost his life.
Everell. Mass, reports the burning of
the car houses, together with 10 electric
cars. causing loss of sl5O,OOO.
The dervishes have left Shendia and
Mettemmeh and are marching against
the Anglo'Egyptian forces. with Berber
us their objective point.
The Russian government has entered
into communication with the government
of New South Wales with the object of