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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
GENERAL CASTILLO BETRAYED.


New York. Oct. "a dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says: 1.-The outgo-
ing authorities have struck heavy blow
at autonomy by permitting Ito use pre-.
JUDGED wOrdl the killing of General Cas-.
tillo. General Castillo was not killed in
open fight; he was betrayed by Cuban
guard and captured by the Spaniards last
Friday aud shot on Monday morning. 1t
was more satisfactory to shoot him than
to treat him as u prisoner of war. Cas-.
tillo commanded Havana province and
was beloved as an able and brave general
by every Cuban under arms. His killing
will arouse desire for revenge that at
the present juncture will tend to prevent
acceptance Of autonomy. With an escort
OF seven men Castillo was lying i'll with
fever in secluded spot when his guide
betrayed him. The exhibition of his body
has aroused Indignation even among Cen
eral Weyler's officers. Side by side with
him in the morgue was the body Of man
who starved to death. The two presented
IA plain illustration Of General Weylcr's
methods of conducting this war. A mani.
festo will be circulated and signed by
President Capote and Generals Gomez
and Garcia, calling upon all Cubans not to
accent AUTONOMY.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
THE MURDER OF JOHN DECKER.
II. e. st. Clair II Under Arrest Charg-
ed with the Crime.

Boise, Idaho, Nov. John Decker, a
mining man Of Spokane, was murdered in
Long Valley October 81 by II. c. st. Clair,
whom he had picked up on the road.
The identity Of the man murdered in
Long Valley has been fully established
He was John Decker, mining man Of
Spokane. The story of the crime was
much the same a. was given in the first
meager reports from the scene.
Decker picked the murderer up on the
road and was giving him lift in his rig.
They drove through Van Wyck on Thurs
day, the 2lst. That night they camped
in cabin two miles below. st. Clair
shot Decker while he slept, his purpose
being robbery, and dragged the body out
into gulch. He went back to Van Wyck
the next day and got drunk. His actions
aroused suspicion and search followed,
resulting in the discovery Of the body.
st. Clair is under arrest. A considerable
sum of money, which Decker is thought
to have had, has not been found.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
FREE TRADE exroLlEo.


Manchester, England, Nov. 2. - Lnrd
Rosebery addressed large meeting here
this evening in connection with the esa-
tenary anniversary Of the chamber -
commerce. He reviewed the history Il
free trade deliberately, eulogising Il N N
advantage tO England. Lord Rosebesy
commended that the condition of a9ric~l-
ture abroad, despite bounties and psutec-
tive tariffs, was little better, and Ia snsss
cases was worse, than in England. h
fully agreed with Sir Wilfred LAuSisr.
who declared that any deviation isusn
commercial freedom would only weakea
the bonds holding the empire Together,
and that anything In the direction Of ~
imperial zollyerein would weaken the Co.
pire internally and excite the pcrmansnt
hostility Of the whole world. already e.
cited by British prosperity under fEss
trade. He said he would tread softly n
the presence Of an idea Of sollverein, tcr
he believed II ALREADY dead. II behoovsk
them 70 walk strongly and warily ID ~
path Of empire, hut such = sollvssrin
would form a permanent menace Of war.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

began" he said, las an inventor on a
very small scale. For what know, l
was the first inventor of lucifer
matches but 1t was the result Of a hab-
py thought. In the morning l used to
get up at 4 o'clock in order to pursue
my studies, and l used at that time the
flint and steel, in the use Of which l
found very great inconvenience. gave
lectures in chemistry at the time Mt
very large academy. OF course knew,
as other chemists did, the explosive ma
terial that was necessary in order to
produce instantaneous light: but it was
very difficult to obtain light on wood
by that explosive material. and the idea
occurred to me to put under the ex.
plosive mixture sulphur. did that.
and published 1t in my next lecture.
and showed it, There was a young
man In the room whose father was a
chemist in London, and he Immediately
wrote to his father about 1t, and shortly
afterwards lucifer matches were issued
to the world"
| Sir Isaac never secured a patent and
thus reaped none Of the great profits
flowing from his great discovery.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
PUBLIC DEBT INCREASE.


Washington, Nov. 2. The n,onthly
statement Of the public debt shows thaA
at the close Of business October 80 ~
debt, less cash in the treasury. amounted
to $1,000. 56S, D0l, an increase for III
month Of $8,&4l,l88
This increase il principally accounted
for by decrease in the amount Of casA
ON hand. The debt II recapitulatsd =
follows: Interest bearing debt, 48A7, 30s.-
500; debt on which interest has ceaasA
since maturity, 1881 $40, debt bsAsing
no interest. $375.003,e50; total, u, 29B,-
800 ,09O. This amount, however, dos NJ
include 4seO.4S0.0S3 In certificates ana
treasury notes outstanding, which ars ~
yet by an equal amount Of cash in The
treasury.
The cash IN the treasury In classified q
follows: Gold. $l00, 1871 .250; silver, ed0o,-
45l ,043; paper, ell3.A4l 600; bondn, a.
bursting ofiicer' balances. ETC.. eleylnl,-
750; total. @s3l .6tD,0 DIST; against whieh
there are demand liabilities amounting u
1929, 9l3.S57, leaving tho net cash bAlaase
In the treasury e2O7 $50, O00.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
Lumber Rates Are Raised.

Spokane. Wash, Nov. AT a meeting
of the Spokane Lumber Association held
last Thursday evening the fact developed
that for the first time in seven years the
supply of dry lumber in the territory
bounded by Montana on the east. Oregon
on the south. the Cascade mountains on
the west. and the Canadian Pacific rail
way on the north. is exhausted. For sew
eral weeks the local mills and yards have
been importing dry lumber from beyond
Northport, from Montana and from the
coast. The increased expense has amount
ed to about 10 per cent, and this was the
rating agreed upon by the association as
an advance ON former rates.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
SALE OF THE UNION PACIFIC.
Com mittee PAYS the
Government About %5S.OOO.OOO.

Omaha. Nov. :. - The interest Of the
United States in the Union Pacific rail
road terminated at Haas o'clock yester-
day morning. when at the foreclosure sale
the mortgage held by the United States
against the road was purchased by the
committee OF eastern capitalists formed
for its reorganization. The amount due
the government is made up as follows:
Principal of debt. $27 ,236,5l2: interest
paid by the government up to September
80, 1897. &3O.S3O. SS5.37: interest accrued
by September 30 and still unpaid, 1885,
l47. 80: interest accrued in October. x95.-
49,. IS: total due the government, $685.
44S92S.6l.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
CoLoReD WOMAN LAWYER.
Miss Lutte A. Lyttle the First Ever Ad.
mitted to the Bar in America.

mitted to the Bar in America.
Miss Lutte A. Lyttle is the first col
Ored woman ever admitted to the bar
in any court Of the United States She
is % years old and native of Tennes-
see. Some years ago her father moved
from that State to Kansas, where he
acquired fortune and considerable
influence in this community. In 1892
he secured for his daughter, who had
received good public school educa-
ton, the position Of engrossing clerk Of
the Kansas General Assembly. This
work gave her taste for career
higher and wider than dOmesticity, and
soon afterward she went to Tennessee
and entered the Nashville Central Col
lege, where she completed the full law
course. \ diploma from that institu-
ton, together with a certificate of good
moral character from some lawyer, is
sufficient for admission to any bar in
the State without examination. Upon
the certificate of n colored lawyer of
standing, Judge l.. r. Cooper of Mem
phis. without other formally, ordered
the clerk of his court to enroll Miss 14yt-
tie as a member of the Shelby County
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
MINE SOLD FOR seoi 900.
DiddinE startea 1T 100000 ana Wae
Quickly rms Up.

Butte, Mont, Nov. Am auction aale,
which, considering the relative sias~ q
the property, equaled that 1t OmaAa,
took place yesterday ut the courthouse
door. The Michael Davitt mine, embnc-
ing only five acres, has been owned IN
common by the Montana Ore Purchaslng
Company. and the Boston I MontAnA
and Butte / Boston companies. II VIVA
ordered sold by the court last April and
the proceeds divided. The Montana Ore
Purchasing Company bought II for 43sl.-
600. but failed TO make the purchase good,
and today II was resold. The former pur-
chaser, the Anaconda company and the
Boston 4 Montana company were the bid
ders. Bidding started At $4,000. and the
claim was sold to the Boston 4 Montama
Company for MOI ylp(O.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
New Paper for Stamps.

Arrangements have been made by the
Treasury Department with the New
York and Pennsylvania Company. the
present contractors for the paper upon
which internal revenue stamps are
printed, by which ali paper hereafter
TO be manufactured by the company
for the internal revenue office shall con-
tain uniform water mark. The sheets
upon which stamps are to be printed
will hereafter, when held up the long
way, contain a water marking which
shall read from left to right across the
width of the sheet as follows: IT. s.
r"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
HIS PATENT IS GRANTED.
W. NJ. Clark Secures the TOwnsite Of
Nelson.

Grand Forks, b. c., Oct 2S.-Early last
spring w. NJ. Clark made an application
for patent for the five placer claims
upon which the town of Nelson is located.
Shortly after the application was made,
Narcisse Peone, half breed, filed an ad'
verse to Mr.. Clark's right on the ground
that the land covered by these placers was
agricultural and not mineral. The hear
ing of the contest was set for the 18th OF
this month before the United States land
commissioner at Spokane. When the time
arrived for the case 10 be heard. Mr..
Peone, through his attorney, withdrew
his contest, and Mr.. Clark was awarded
a patent to the claims, which he will re-
ceive as soon "a the necessary formality
can be gone through with in the land Of
flee department.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
THREE KILLED At BUTTE.
The Ctty's Record 0f Fatalities Ter
Tswemty.FOuP HOurs.

Butte. Mont. Nov. 2.--Three fatalities
IL the record for Butte in "a hours. n.
X. Murray. u former saloon keeper. while
drunk, walked out Of his window ON IN
the roof Of shed at a. m. yesterday. He
fell from the roof, one arm catching be-
tween the wall and drain pipe. He died
of the shock a few minutes after being ~
leased. William Goss, employed ut the
Original mine, while working At cutting
timbers, was almost cut in two by The
circular saw slipping. He died insta ntIy.
Dennis Cronin, employed at the Diamond
shaft Of the Anaconda company, wss
caught between the cage and wall plates
and instantly killed.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
INVADED BY HUNGRY MEN.
Riots and Great Excitement At Attn
ems Monday.

Brindisi, Italy, Oct. 20. II dispatch
from Athens, which the censor there re-
fused to allow the operators to send, says
that great excitement prevailed at the
Greek capital Monday. Several hundred
volunteers, the message continues, invad-
ed many of the shops of that city and
seized clothing and food. The shopkeep-
ers resisted, some of them using arms in
so doing. This caused a panic All the
shops in the town were hurriedly closed,
and finally the rioters were dispersed by
strong patrols of troops, who succeeded
in arresting the ringleaders. The rioters
defended their conduct on the ground that
they were cold and hungry.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
FOR A LOAN OF MILLIONS.
A.sush Syndicate Has CHARGE a
Cestoms Of santa Domingo.

washington, Oct 3l.--According to a
= aee Just received at the department
n s'a'e from Consul Powell. dated at
vt. aa Prince October IL. an English
aaHate has secured charge of the GUS
S@' revenue of the republic of San Do
aeo TOT period of 100 years by max
x loan OF 81 100000 to the local gov
,.nment. According to the terms of the
~. a the syndicate takes charge of the
..s oms houses of the republic, receives
~ u collects all duties on imports and ex-
rs, ana pays over to the government a
lain percentage of the revenue thus
n'eq Tor the current expenses of the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

Spain has bought from British AssD
some cruisers fitted with quick-aring
gums.
President and Mrs. Mckinley arrived
at Canton, Ohio, Monday night, bsing
welcomed by large crowds.
The British ship Moreton. which lsat
Tacoma about three month"; ago for Dsla-
goa Bay, South Africa, went ashose q
the entrance Of Lorenzo Marques
Nathan Stark, prominent fafmer q
Mercer, Mo-, was held up on the highway
by Ira Sexton, neighbor, who attempted
to rob him. Stark resisted and Sextoa
shot and killed him. Sexton was takes
to Princeton and placed in Jail.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
x.,,o,x Fever in New Mexico.

San Diego, Cal, Oct. 2s.-Dr. Mckay,
officer here, has received word
that nine deaths from yellow fever occur
red at Mazatlan from September 20 to
October 2. He will quarantine the Next
can steamer Albion, due here November =
from Mazatlan, until she has clean bill
of health. The American consul at Mazat-
Ian declares that the officials are aim
ing to disguise the real state OF affairs
The Mexican government has ordered
strict quarantine in that port.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
Ex-kinx Want. q Divorce.

london, Oct. 29.-The Vienna CORE
nuent OF the Daily Telegraph says:
. to a sensational story from Bel
s..ae, ex-King Milan of Servia recently
as eu the metropolitan of Belgrade and
Nc handed an absolute divorce from ex-
~ 49," natalie. 1t is said that he deelar.
ii. ae interests of the dynasty required
m :" marry again, as King Alexander is
- ana must go abroad. There are ru.
..'. also that Milan will be decreed re.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
The straw Hoard Trsst.

Anderson, Ind. Nov. THE formation
Of strawboard trust. controlling every
plant in the country. has been effected.
and will begin operations ut once. II in
cude- the II independent plants and
those owned by the American Strawbosri
Company. The Offices of the American
company are in New York, and the man
aging secretary. d. W. Bell, formerly of
Cincinnati. will be sent abroad as the
travelling agent III the trust.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
Farmers, Warehouse nsrseA.

Gcnesee. Idaho, Nov. 1.-The Farmers
Alliance warehouse. G. +. Wood. lessee,
was burned yesterday. The burned ware
house contained 10000 bushels Of wheat
and II 900 bushels Of flax. Of which
amount fully one-third II a total loss, and
the remainder is damaged by smoke and
FIRE. The insurance on the grain amounts
10 abount &5l 600. on the building 70
$500. and on the machinery to 5000.
The most conservative estimate places the
unrecov cradle loss at $3l 600.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
GOLD FROM C((K'SiINLE1'
THE RETURN OF ALASKA MINERS.
This Years Output There Has Been
About *25O.OOO--A Majority of
Those Coming Out Intend to Go
to the Yukon Region In the EARLY
spring.

Seattle, Nov. 2.-Several returning min
ers from Cooks Inlet. Alaska, VINO arriv.
Ell at Port Townsen,: yesterday on the
schooner Norman Sunde. reached this city
tonight.
Their story does not agree with the one
sent out from Port Townsend in respect
to the amount of gold brought down on
the Snnde. Instead of the amount being
$4,000. they say that it will not exceed
Slo.WW. They discredit the statement
heretofore made that this years output
OF the Cooks Inlet region would reach
vi 100000. One-guarter Of that figure
would be nearer the truth, they say. The
country is not yet developed. While there
is no big bonanza on Cooks Inlet, there
are plenty Of paying claims. Mills creek
is the best of all. The Polly Mining Com
pany, located there, averaged during the
season, with 70 men working, $1,000 u
day, or $50 to the man.
Claims run all the way from % cents
to $50 day. 1t is significant fact that
in Cooks Inlet the klondike fever is rag
ing with virulence, and majority of
those coming out intend to 60 to the Yu-
kon.
On her downward trip the Sunde en-
cOuntered Il severe storm of Dixon's en-
trance. She was becalmed five days when
off Cape Flattery.
More Gold.
Port Townsend, Wash, Nov. 1.-THE
schooner Norman Sunde, operated by the
Copper River Trading L Transportation
Company, arrived yesterday morning
from Cooks Inlet.
She brought down Is passengers. who
have total of $4,000 in gold dust, taken
from the placer mines of Cooks Inlet. The
names oft he returning miners bringing
the largest amounts are: John Rivers
and wife, Helena, Mont, $4,000; James M
Greenleaf, Port Townsend, 5000; Robert
Duncan, Seattle. $4,000; John Woods
Gray's Harbor. $500; &. Creeden, Fresno
Cal, $4,000; J. Frazier, Seattle, 1920
Grant and Crozier, Port Angeles, 5000.
All except Grant and Crozier have beer
at Cooks Inlet for two seasons. The lat
ter went in seven months ago, located
their claims and washed out $4,000 each.
The Copper River Mining l. T,anspOrta
ton Company has completed arrange
ments for adding fleet Of steam schoon
ers to it's line. which will be running b,
February l. 1t will dispatch schooner
every Is days to Copper river and Cook
Inlet points.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
A Tree 1.2OO Year. Old.

Some of the oldest trees In the world
are to be found in Great Britain. The
tree called William the Conquerors
Oak, in Windsor Park, Is supposed 10
be 1900 years old. The famous Bent
lev and Winfarthing oaks are 1t least
two centuries older.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
C.rnexie and the ArmOr Plants.

Paris, Oct. 29.-Andrew Carnegie, who
is here. saws that he has offered the Car
negie armor plate works to the United
States government. If the offer is not
accented the firm will sell them abroad.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
INVENTED THE Luc,FeR MATcu

The World Owes Deep Debt of Graft.
tude to Sir Isaac Holden.
For that great convenience of modern
life. the lucifer match, we are indebted
to Sir Isaac Holden, who recently died
In England. Some time ago before a
committee Of the House of Commons
he told the story Of his discovery. II
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

London, Nov. 2.-The Times publishes
dispatch from Seoul, which says that
the Russian minister has forced the Co
rean government to dismiss the English
financial adviser and chief Of customs,
and TO put Russian in the place.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

bar. The young woman had no inten-
ton of practicing law in Tennessee. but
deemed 1t best to secure admission In
that State as a stepping stone to en-
tering active work in her profession in
TODeka,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

Perth Amboy, n. j.. Nov. -Four men
were killed at Ehrenfeld yesterday in
crossing accident, an engine striking
wagon in which they were riding. The
dead are Joseph Tetyi, George Azarea,
Joseph Bartfoit and Andrew Klein.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

"a easier to teach babies to talk than
:" teach some men not to.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05
a9i0S AND WORKINGS
At THE VARIOUS CAMPS

matte and boston Company
ssrk o. ,r Claims In Idaho
-hN =, Hall Mines Smelter-
fr'' ..,t. From sando".
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

celebrated spring there which supplied
the Indian village with water, and sadly
gazed at the granite monument which
marks the spot where Fr Rasle fell
pierced with bullets. We say We sadly
gazed upon this monument, not only
because 81 our .! sympathy for the Indians
and theil faithful minister, but because
Of the appaI ent neglect Of the spot by
those in ebArge Of it aud tie heartless
VANDALISM Of relic hunters wt5 are
gradually breaking down the monument
and carrying It away, besides digging
ugly holes in the ground around the
same ia search # relies. The whole
site Of the ID fa,cd village Is now ne
elected deld. and lie idea impressed as
strongly that our state should possess
this historic spot and properly care for
and protect IL. W. nos Ae presume
the Boston association Of Catholics ~ho
are said 70 own it would gladly par with
the property Il Name would thus care
for it.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

How do the royal family manage to
distinguish between their Victorias?
Thore is Victoria in every family of
the second goneration-Ylctoria of Prus-
STA, Victoria OF Wales, Victoria of Edin-
burgh, Victoria of Hcsse, Victoria Of
Sleswiok Holstein, Victoria of Con
naught, Victoria of Battenberg, Veto
ria Of Teok and others somewhat less
nearly connected There is no Victoria
of Albany, the sole exception.
sun
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

Aug. J. Bogei, liz leading druggist II
Shreveport, La, says: "bl Kings New
Dlscoyeryis tue onlE tling that cures ny
cough, aud il Is the best seller ! haye.
j +. ampbell, merchant II Stafford.
AM. writes: "Df. king Sew DIac93-
cry is all thar is claimed for II; il never
fails, and is sure cure for Consumption
Cough, and colds. cannot say enough
for rs merits Dr. Kings New Dis
coYery for consumption, Cough, and
Colds is not an experiment. It has been
tried for quater Of a century, and to-
day stands at the head. Il never Dis
appoints. Free trial bottle
At Pattens Drug Store. z. y. Folsom.
Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26
The Bangor Commercial SAYS:

Inc bangor Commercial says: A
plan has developed to consolidate the
Maine State and the New England fairs,
but whether it will be made to succeed
Is an open question. The plan is set
forth that Rigby Park is especially fitted
for this consolidation. Portland has felt
hurt ever since the fair was moved from
this city to Lewiston, and she now feels
that she has demonstrated beyond per-
adventure that she will patronize good
show in that line. The people " no have
started this move anticipate determine
ed opposition from Lewiston aud Auburn
and al central Maine, but they are out
for blood and say they are determined To
have it If they can possibly get it.
Much will depend on the success of the
coming fair at Lewiston, for if it does
not show a good, clean margin this year
they will have great deal to support
their argument that the Lewiston fair is
deteriorating. Those who are on the in
side are looking for an interesting fight
over this fair ere long.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

Squirrel Island has an array of talent
that found scope for amusement by hold
ing mock town meeting one day last
week with Senator Frye as moderator,
Prof. B. F. Thomas of Ohio as town
clerk and Congressman Dingley, Ed
ward Stanwood editor of the Youths
Companion, Alexander Doyle, Sculptor
of New York, j.. B. Hobbs, formerly
president of board Of trade of Chicago,
Oscar Holwav of Augusta aud Robert 7.
Whitehouse, Esq. OF Portland among the
speakers upon the various articles con
tanned in the warrant under which the
meeting convened. 1t was rare fun for
the audience.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-26

We usually believe in Immortality so
far as 10 avoid pre- paIatlon for death
and in mortality so far as to avoid prep
aration for anything after death. Rus
kin.