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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
SAYS GIBSON DID KILL HER.


Monte Vista. Colo. May 2l.-William r.
Bryant. an aged inmate OF the soldiers
and sailors home of this place, has
made sworn statement to the effect that
Theodore Durrant, who Is under sentence
OF death for the murder Of Blanche La
mont In Emanuel church. San Francisco.
Is not guilty of the crime. but that Rev,
George Gibson. pastor Of the church, Is
the murderer. His statement Is as fol-
lows:
My name is William T. Bryant. I am
g. years of age ! have lived In California
since 1S49 up to March. 1896. am familiar
with the location Of Emanuel Baptist
church. IN which Blanche Lamont was
murdered. I was In the church the night
of the murder. l saw Rev. George Glib
son with a woman In his arms In the
body OF the church. going toward the
south corner Of the church. I heard him
say This kills that evidence
Il know Rev. George Gibson very well
l heard the woman groan number Of
times as though in mortal agony. make
this statement as an act Of justice TO al
innocent man. Theodore Durrant did no
murder Blanche Lamont, but Rev. Georg,
Gibson did. WILLIAM BRYANT"
! The witnesses of the signature are Com
mander 8. NJ. French OF the home and e
W. Garrettson. and Mr.. Bryant's oath Il
certified by Harvey w. Green. notar!
public.
Bryant has been In the home but a few
months. having resided In Denver u yea
prior TO hts admission.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
THE MASKED FoorpAD IS DEAD.
A Single RObber Held mp q Stree
Car nm fhA Sfsellm EaNnmn Linz

4 Single RObber Held mp q street
Car ON the SteilacOOm Line.
Tacoma. Wash. May IA single rob-
Der late this afternoon held up and at
to rob an incoming car on the
Steilacoom electric line About four miles
out Of the city a tall man. roughly dress
ed, hailed the car. which stopped TO let
him aboard As he got on the platform
he pulled a blue dotted calico mask with
holes cut for eyes down over his face.
produced a revolver. and ordered Superin-
tendent Frank Dame Of the line and Mo-
torman Wellman to the rear OF the car
They complied slowly. and he followed
ordering the men and the passengers to
hold their hands up and the ladies to
sit still. Dame and Wellman had en-
tered a rear compartment, used for car
rying baggage and freight. The robber
evidently thought them safely disposed
of. for he paid no more attention to them.
but commenced relieving George b. Ev-
ans the conductor. OF his valuables I his
done. he commanded William f. Hacker.
a broker. to stand and be searched.
In the meantime Superintendent Dame
had taken out his revolver and came in
behind Hacker, where he awaited an OPP
portunity to shoot. moment later he
placed his arm on Hackers shoulder and
fired al the robber. who returned the fire.
Dame fired two shots. and the robber two
minutes later was lying dead. while Dame
had been shot in the arm, and Jewett. a
passenger. In the leg. One of Danes bull
let's passed through the right arm of the
robber and the other through the left
arm. both entering at what seems to be
the same spot. They entered his body.
striking the lungs or heart. Grooming
heavily. he staggered backward to the
front platform and fell of the front steps
head foremost. His feet were resting on
the track.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
Sale of slocnn Properties.

Information from the Slecan tells of
the sale of the Lexington. Polly and Sun
nysidc Fraction claims to r. J. and A.
w. McCune. the bill OF sale naming the
consideration at $4,000 The properties
will be Incorporated at once under the
name Of the Lexington Mining Company:
capital, $l.0O0OO0. The properties pur-
chased are located on Springer creek,
about two miles and a half from SLOGAN
City. They are all on the same lead.
Development work on the Lexington dis
closed a vein about four feet wide, II Is
said. containing Il streak of very fine
mineralized ore eight inches wide. AS
says of this. 1t is claimed. show 40 ounces
of silver and s23 in gold. Development
work will be pushed rapidly this sum-
mer,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
FOREST RESERVES LEGISLATION.
The Cleveland Order VIII PrOba bly,
He Revoked.

Washington. May 25.-The conferees
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
have agreed. The most important amend
ment to the bill was that revoking the
order of President Cleveland OF February
%. 1897, setting apart 100000 acres OF
land as forest reservations. This Is
changed to provide that the lands en-
braced in the reservations IL not disposed
Of before March I. 1895 shall again be
subject to the operations of the order Of
February %. or as they may be modified
by the president. The general provisions
for the government forest reservations
are retained as provided in the senate
amendments. The provision is inserted
allowing the settlers TO take other lands
in the public domain.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. K. OF p.
Result of the Election At Vano0u.
yer, WashlngtOa.

Result Of the Election At VaooOu~
yer. Washln9tOa.
Vancouver. WASH. May 20.-The Grand
lodge. Knights Of Pythias OF Washing
ton. has elected officers az follows; 0u-
preme representative, w. q. Ronald, 3e-
attic; grand sentinel. r. c. McCrosky Of
Garfield: vice chancellor. C. c. Thorn
ton of Snohomish: prelate. e. w. Young.
Seattle; keeper OF records and seals. a.
r. Beamer g: Spokane (re-elected); mas
ter OF excheQuer. NJ. Harris, Olympia ire
elected): master at arms. E. w. Taylor
OF Spokane; inner guard. e. c. Davis,
Waitsburg; outer guard. l.. w. Perkins
Of Spokane.
The report Of the judiciary committee
was adopted that the next session shall
vote upon the constitutional amendment
changing the age OF qualification for
membership from q to 49, 1t was resolv-
ed to organise employment bureaus; also
a resolution was passed that subordinate
lodges shall keep their parapherna!ia In
sured.
The Senator. OF Portland. Or. was
made the official paper for the jurisdtc-
ton OF Washington.
This was the day for the competitive
drill. Seattle squad, Uniform Rank. the
only competitor present. put In claim
for $3.50. Tacoma objected. the matter
will be settled tomorrow. In the after
noon the Seattle squad drilled on the
parade grounds.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
RIOT IN THE AUSTRIAN RElCHSTAG.
Scenes That Would Have Been Dis
graceful Among S0vages.

London. May 25.-The Standards cor
respondent at Vienna says:
The obstruction which has character
lied the passage in fhe reichstag during
the last week culminrted today in an un-
precedented scene. TIE president became
SO much excited in anticipation of trou-
BILE that ne tainted before the session
opened. and the vice president had to
take the chair The fiI'busters had re-
course TO every parliamentary device for
obstructing business. and finally. when
these were exhausted, they overturned
desks. smashed ink stands. flung books
in the faces of speakers. INDUCED In
coarse invectives ana .inally came to
blows In a general riot.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
NO SUNDAY BALL AT CLEVELAND
St, Louis. Cincinnati and Chicago
Played. However.

Cleveland. May 23.-There was no at
tempt to play baseball here today. No
game was announced. the managers of the
club evidently preferring to await the out
come of the cases of the arrested players
In the police court. 1t would have been
impossible to play, even II there had been
a desire to do so, for 1t rained nearly all
afternoon.
St. Louis, May 23.-St. Louis 3. Louis
vile 4.
Cincinnati. May 2s.-Cincinnati 5. Brook
lyn6.
Chicago. May 23.-Chicago u, Washing
ton 16.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
Free Gold Visible.

Sylvanite camp. in the Yahk district
Is greatly elated over a strike on the Ore
Grand on Keystone hill. showing some
of the best rock In camp. with fine spec
linens OF free gold visible in nearly every
piece of ore. The lead was struck on
the hanging wall and indications point
to a ledge six feet in width. The Kla-
math Rambler and Eberhardt are ad-
joining claims. The south drift on the
Gold Flint has been extended 50 feet and
the north drift Is feet from the face OF
the tunnel. with rich pay chutes running
through the ledge The force has been
increased by the addition of six men.
More and larger ore bins are being con-
structed and development work pushed
rapidly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
eUNBoATS CHASE It
FRUIT STEAMER FIRED UPON BY
SPANISH CRUISERS.
Held In Oh Cape May On the Way to
Jamaica. bat Cleverly
Escaped.

Philadelphia. May :l.-After being
chased twice by Spanish gunboats and
passing through perfect storm OF shots
which splashed in the water across tho
vessels bow. the fruit steamer Ethelred
passed through the exciting ordeal un-
scathed, ard has arrived at this port.
after Ave days run from Port Antonio.
Jamaica.
When the Ethelred lef. here May II, 1t
was the intention Of Captain Hart to ac-
company her. but he was arrested as he
was about to step on the gangplank to
go aboard. A. 1t was. his invalid daugh.
ter was a passenger. 1t Is supposed that
agents Of the Spanish government in
city has notified the Spanish authorities
at Havana that Hart would be on the
vessel. hence the effort to hold UP the
Ethelred in Cuban waters.
| Tho first encounter with the Spanish
cruisers occurred of Cape May on the
trip down. Just after dusk. on Sunday
evening. May l6, a gunboat without any
lights, shot out from under the Mays
capes. and crowding on all steam, steer
ed directly for the fruit vessel. Aftel
steaming for an hour without gaining
an inch. the gunboat turned a searchligh
on the other vessel. All steam was crowd
ed on the Ethelred, which was beginning
to show q clean pair OF heels to thu
Spaniard. when cloud Of smoke belche.
from the cruisers side, and second late
a solid shot cut the water q half mill
ahead Of her bows. Then came q secon,
and third shot, each nearer than the 9th
ers. Captain Israel kept on his course
and after an hours chase the Spaniar,
dropped from the race.
The second chase happened last Thurs
day in the exact spot the attempt to hol
up the vessel occurred. Just as the Eth
elred rounded Cape Maysi a big Spanls
gunboat Of the newest type started froE
the cape and gave chase to the Ethelret
For two hours the chase was kept VI
enlivened now and then by q solid she
throwing up q sheet OF white spray Jus
ahead Of the swift vessels bows. II III
gan to look as II the Spaniard meant I
chase the Ethelred clear to the DelawaE
capes, when another steamer was stghtet
and the gunbOat sheered of and CAV
vigorous chase to the newly discovere
4 steamer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28

brought by the railroads growing out OF
the riot of 1894.
General Miles has been instructed to no
in London June Is, to represent the United
states as master Of ceremonies in honor
OF the Goth anniversary of Queen Vic
toria's accession to the British throne.
John F. johnson. president Of the State
National bank at Loganspor. Ind. mas
been arrested for violation OF the national
bank act. johnson is charged with pro-
curing about $500, 900 on forged notes. and
800 900 additional by making false entries
in individual ledgers and by certificates
OF deposit. Before his arrest the transfer
to the bank Of property valued at 500. 900
was procured from Johnson by the bank
examiner. according to instructions from
the cOmptrOller's Office
The secretary OF state has directed Con-
sui General Lee at Havana to draw for
the immediate purchase of supplies and
medicines for relief OF American citizens
and the transportation of such as are
without means and desire to return to
the United States. not to exceed $40. OOO
He Is also instructed to furnish the
United States cOnsuls in Cuba. In his dis
erection, funds for this purpose Mr. Lee
reports That the number of Americans in
need of relief in Cuba may reach 1900
The consul at Matanvas reports 80 there
the consul at Sagua $50.
Tuesdays exports of gold from New
York reached s.. 100000.
President Mckinley is reported to be
making preparations for u trip to the
west in July, taking in the Utah jubilee
President Mckinley signed the bill as
soon as 1t reached him. approprla.ing
$4,000 for the relief of American citizens
in Cuba.
Contractor Keefe has began the worl,
<f 1ax ,irr he, 81 81
building of the army post. From now or
| work will be pushed.
In a fight over a game of cards a,
Snowden. Penn, George Douglass. col
ored. murdered Albert Grier. Douglas.
| was taken to Pittsburg to prevent lynch
| ing.
John Leonard. who murdered Jacoi
Malquist last July. has been sentenced b,
Judge Mcdonald at Colfax. Wash, to b,
hanged July ..
The United States supreme court de
cides that the interstate commerce com
| mission has no power to pass upon rate:
| of railroads before they are put into eff
feet.
| In a provincial election at Bosnyaezi
Hungary. Saturday. rioting of such
serious nature took place that the mi
fitia were ordered to fire upon the crow,
and IA people were killed and 60 wounded
The attendance at the Tennessee expo
sition last week was $4,000 During tn
present week days will be set aside 70
Kentucky, for the State Federation o
Women's Clubs. for the Catholic school
and for the Greek letter societies.
The birthday OF Queen Victoria. borl
May "a. 1919, was observed in Londo
with the usual artillery salutes the ring
ing of church bells and reviews at tn
naval and military stations.
The rOrrpSnOnHpnf of f'hta London Dali
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
TacOma's Mining District.

Tacoma claims mining district or her
own on Lynch. Mashell and Little Mash
ell creeks, about Is miles south of east of
the city. There are fine quartz showings
on Lynch and copper on Little Mashell.
The country around there Is full Of pr os-
pectors and a great numbe: of locations
have been made. Development work is
"oing right ahead and assays run from
g 40 to $5S
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
FIVE PERSONS WERE KILLED.
Foolish Woman Poured Gasoline In
the stove.

St. Louis. May pam explosion of gas
oline Thursday night resulted in the
death of Mrs Ada Mohr. 80 years old
her 1s-months' baby. Willie Howard.
years old. and Hugo Howard. Is months
old. Mrs. Bessie Howard was probably
fatally burned. while Max Gumpert and
Henry Surman were badly burned In at
tempting to rescue the victims. In order
to make fire in the cook stove burn fas-
ter. Mrs. Mohr poured gasoline over the
wood.
Mrs. Bessie s. Howard can not live.
Her death will make the total number
OF casualties five.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28

VIII Test Great Northern Ore.
The great Northern group In the Trout
lake district has sent two cars of ore to
the Hall mines smslter as n trial ship
ment The price recently paid for the
Great Northern Is said to be $50, 900.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
Scotia ReDOrts n Strike,

The Scotia mine. on TOulou mountain
six miles from Bossburg. Wash, is re-
ported to have struck pay chute of ore
at depth of 225 feet In the tunnel. 1t
was found while blasting out a landing
preparatory to sinking on the ledge at the
terminus of the tunnel. A sack OF the
ore was taken to Marcus for assay and
gave an average value in gold. silver and
copper of over $500 The owners say this
will place the Scotia ia the list of self
supporting properties on the reservation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
AMERICAN BAPTIST PAMPHLETS
Publishing Society shows Remarkn-
bile Work and Growth.

PNbI1shtnG society SHOVE RI markn-
bile Work and Growth.
Pittsburg. May A.-The report of the
publishing department of the American
Baptist Publishing Society showed the
circulation of the society during the year
had reached 1888. 700: moreover, 636 900
pages of tracts were sent out, and 1900
OOO pages since beginning this work The
annual report of the board of managers
showed encouraging results. The total
amount Of sales in periodicals was $GO1. =
3s9 The society had IS missionaries in
the field, had given away 1898 books and
distributed 63s.92s pages of tracts. The
report of the treasurer showed that re-
ceipts from all sources were 81. 1906 3l5. The
assets are $912, 70S. while the liabilities are
$l02. 104 leaving net assets $s7O,603.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
DEATH OF GENERAL HoRATio KING
Was Postmaster General During Blu
chanan's Administration.

Washington. May 2l.-General Horatio
King, postmaster general during a por-
ton of Buchanan's administration died
at $50 this morning. in his S6th year. from
the effects of an attack Of la grippe. His
wife survives him.
King came here from Paris Maine, and
was appointed first assistant postmaster
general in 1854, serving under Postmaster
General Holt. President Buchanan, less
than three months before his term ex-
PRED. appointed King postmaster gener-
Il. He served from February IL, 1861. I'M
til March 5. following. King was lit
terateur OF some note. He retired from
active life in 1875.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
TWinn Pr0nertleA.

The Twisp gold camp is being made the
rendezvous for several Spokane companies
that propose to do considerable develop
ment work this summer. The Twisp Is a
new camp that has seen little develop
ment work as yet. but 1t has strong leads,
and was last year we'll located.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
Another Find Near N~l.on

Parties from Nelson report the recent
find Of the Lakeview claim at the head of
Cottonwood lake. 1t Is said to have a
seven-foot ledge of high-grade silver ore.
carrying gold and copper.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28

Will BUILD Concentration.
c. l.. Webb of Seattle. who is interested
in the Montezuma. has arranged with T.
l.. Mitchell of Sandon to prepare plans for
a concentration. which. with a tramway
will be built on the property at once.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
THE BELT CONCEALED DIAMONDS.
CustOms Inspectors Find 5000
Worth of VAluahleA.

Worth of Valuablea.
New York. May 4.-Richard NJ. Scruggs.
a St. Louis millionaire. and f. q. Lang
borne of the same city, were arrested by
the customs inspectors as they stepped on
the steamer st. Paul from Southampton.
The charge Is smuggling. On Langh0rne
was found a belt containing diamonds.
jewelry and watches. Similar articles
were found in Scruggs pockets. Valu-
able lace was also captured. The cap
tured stun Is worth $500. Scruggs declared
for himself and Langhorne to the amount
Of S25 worth Of dutiable property.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28

Good Copper Ore i'm the JO-JO.
During some surface work on the Jo-Jo,
lying west of the Commander. in the
Rcssland camp, clean chalcOpyrite was
found. One of the assays showed % per
cent copper. about 81 in gold and two or
three ounces of silver.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
Bonded

The Black Hawk. in Wild Horse dis
trict. has been bonded for SIS, 600. and the
Wilcox for $40 0OO
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-12
Farmers as Business Men.

In nine cases out of every ten " here
you find farmer who is accommodating
wealth, and by this mean those who
are making something more than liv-
ing, you will find that he has adopted
business methods in dealing with his
fellow men. 1t is not expected, nor il
1t necessary that in order to be business
men we must pay our bills with checks,
but 1t is necessary that we keep re-
cord OF the bills that are paid and of
money that is received in short of al,
transactions, both that we may have
the record for reference in case OF dis
pute, and that we may know for our
own benefit what our receipts and ex-
penditures amount to during the year.
No elaborate system of bookkeeping is
necessary; | have books, memoir
andum book in which is recorded daily
the transactions as they occur. Once
each week it is posted in my ledger,
and the cash account balanced. The
books are inexpensive; have saved
their cost several times over ip the mast
year alone, besides having the satisfac-
ton OF knowing, no guess work, Just
what my income has been and what
every dollar has been expended for, /
have also kept accounts with different
crops, and find this valuable. This
work takes but little time, and should
be done by all who are not wealthy, hut
who are trying to accumulate wealth
NJ Z, Bemis, in Practical Farmer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-12

We believe that tired feeling induced
by spring fever had much better be
eliminated by vegetables than by any
nostrum, so we spend the money for
improved garden tools and seeds, and
proceed to take allopathic doses OF
fresh air, sunshine and garden sass.
We laugh and grow fat while our neigh
Dor drags out miserable existence
reading OF all the symptoms that NAV.
ors, ministers and congressman who
enjoy poor health, suffer from; while
examining his own condition and gulp-
ing down eopious draughts of nauseons
medicine. We look out for a good sup
ply OF our spring medicine six months
or year before taking, by sowing seed
OF cress, dandelion, parsnip and satisfy
IN spring; carrot, endive and spinach
In the fall, small onions put in ground
at same time. All these will live
through the winter with a light cover.
ing OF leaves, straw or stable manure
and furnish supply OF vegetables and
greens long before we could grow them
in the spring, and just when needed
TO purify the blood and tone up the
system, 4 dozen roots Of rhubarb, ii
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-12

Men shake hands with strangers of
their own sex with far greater readiness
than do women. Two men, on being
presented to one another, will frequent.
ly extend the hand in a grasp of greet
ing, which gives opportunity to form a
general idea Of each others make up
and know whether they are attracted O!
repulsed. Occasionally there is man
with sufficient good nature and courage
to refuse another mans hand without
causing offense. There are men who
have been SO impressed with the dis
coveries of bacteriology that they main
tain handshaking to be the cause Of dis.
semination of disease germs. The bare
hand comes in contact with innumera.
BILE germs looking for pasturage on some
Vulnerable spot of our anatomy. A cut
or abrasion ON the hand leaves door
open for the admission Of the enemy.
Therefore it is with reason that men
argue against promiscuous handshak-
ing out Of the home among the men met
in business life. Science long ago frown.
ed upon the practice Of promiscuous
kissing, which prevailed among women
Is the nngloved handshake also doomed,
New York Ledger.