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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
DUBOIS ON ANNEXATION.
Says That Acquisition Of the Ha
waiian Inlands Would he Ex-
penatve.

Blackfoot, Idaho, Dec. l4.-Former Sen.
ator Dubois, who has just returned home
after an extended visit to China, Japan
and Hawaii, says the United States will
not annex the islands against the bitter
opposition Of the natives. He says there
are less than 1900 male Americans on the
island over 81 years Of age and nearly
or all Of them are opposed to annexation,
while nearly all the balance of population
are against it. Nothing but the support
of the United States government said
MIR. Dubois. "keeps the present oligarchy
that is named republic in power. They
could not sustain themselves day if the
United States should withdraw its sup
port. 1t will require large armed force
constantly to maintain any government,
the United States may establish there
The natives will never consent the d.,
struction of their national life
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
LOSS NEARLY 100000.
1adelphia Fire More EAN.
Than Was First Estimates

Philadelphia, Dec. l3.-Ihe danny,
sulting from Saturday nights fire a. u. y,
and James Dobson's wholesale and ~.
salesroom, 500 and 81 Chestnut ~
will reach larger sum than was ~ =
estimated. Over 100000 went W
and stock went up in smoke anu =
which was fully covered by insu n,s
The losses are divided as follows w" I Co.
building, 100000; stock, s5oo'Oo; sa ~
less Bros, adjoining Dobson on u.
100000 on building and stock; oo'u ..,
wealth Title Insurance & Trust ooa =,
adjoining Dobson's on the west, ~ ~,
and w. H. Hoskins, stationery anu -.
goods, sos Chestnut street, $2''V" u, ~. -.
less Bros. and the Commonwea',n IN
pany were principally damaged =. =,
ing walls and water. Hosklhs '0''
by water.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
HAS BEEN ROBBED OF 100000
New York POstOfflce Said to Ma.
Lost That Amount From Res,
fstered Letters,

New York, Dec. lit has lust n
learned that one of the biggest robbr;
in the history of the New York posokS
occurred on November 8. The amount 4
volved is said to be in the neighborhol
of 100000 and was taken from regstal|
letters in the railroad mail service on M
section of the Central railway Of Yo1
Jersey known as the New York, Some
vile & Eastern branch. On November 4
it is stated, two packages containing ST.
600 were taken. How long the dehlrS
tions had gone on before has not been "
certained. Major Charles F. Lewis Of u
Philadelphia branch of the governmat
railroad service has been in this city b
vestigating the robbery, which has bal
kept secret until now by the postal N
thorities.
Washington People Reticent.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE postal d
Gals here have admitted that there N
been number of losses of registered nj
matter reported by the railroad refem'
to, but said that the amount would N
reach as much as 100000.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
SHOT HIM FROM BEHIND.
Unknown Man Assaaslnated .. b
Mullen In an Amite City Hotel.

Amite City, La, Dec. l3.--Another as
sassination. the second in a week, has been
added to the record for Tangipahoa par
ish. Last evening in the full glare of the
hotel lights, s. b. Mullen, \ stranger, was
shot to death. He was standing ON the
hotel gallery and the assassin shot him
from behind. There were two shots fired,
one of which penetrated the brain. I'M
mediately large crowd gathered and
the greatest excitement prevailed. Sheriff
Edwards was notified and organized a
posse. As soon as the moon rose blood
hounds took up the trail Of the guilty
parties Why Mullen was shot il, rs yet
mystery. He is an entire stranger here
and could hardly have had any connection
with any Of the murders hereabouts. Some
people are under the impression that the
man had enemies ut his home. who fol
lowed him here and murdered him. 9th
ers are Of the opinion that the man was
| u detective and had come here for the pur
pose Of working up some case.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
PRINCIPALLY TO GIVE UNCLE SAN
Loan Item In the Largest Ever Car
ried by New York Banks.

New York, Dec l2.-The Financier az
that the Union Pacific reorganinha
committee last week made an addtonl
payment of $S,5OO.OOO on account a
this sum, passing into depository bank1
has increased the averages Of the clearlss
house institutions no less than S9,oO@
in deposits. The increase in loans is con
nected with the same transaction, but U
has swelled the total loan item to *Vlf
725,OOO, which is by far the largest es
carried by the New York banks Inc =
feet of the transfer of the Union Pacine y
the new purchasers may be traced N y
expansion of the loan item Of the Osa1'
during the past five weeks. On Now VOW
Der Is last loans stood at $S75,SOOvW !,
compared with 1907 725,OOO December !
The loan increase, therefore, mas ~
over 1872 ,OOO, 900. In the same time aeps
it's have increased $40,OOO,OOO anu -
reserves %, OOO,O 900.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17

cisco for $4,000, the principal owner be-
ing NJ. +. Graves, a New York man.
Goieonaa Group bonded.
The Golconda group, in Smiths camp.
Boundary Creek. about six miles from
Greenwood, b. G.. by road, has been bond
ed by =. G. Stoess, NJ. E., Of Spokane, act
ing, II is understood. for the British Co
lumbia Development Company Of Lon
don, England. in which Lord Sudeley is
leading stakeholder. The amount Of the
bond is $35, 600, payable in equal install
ments at six, nine and II months from
date. Development work is to be com
menced without delay and the bond calls
for the expenditure in actual work Of
$4,000 during the ensuing three months,
and like sum making 5000 in ALL dur
ing the next following three months.
The Golconda group consists of the
GolcOnda, Cleveland. LAGOON, Wild Rose
and York claims. located at different
times during the years 1905 and 1896,
and owned by Hon. George f. Foster, DO
minion ex-minister of finance, the latter
having purchased half-interest in the
group last winter. The principal worl;
has been done on the GOlconda, on which
claim there is vein varying in width
|. from three to eight feet, opened along a
distance of 800 feet by cuts made through
several feet Of wash into the sulphide ore
which is solid down to about IA feet in
depth Below IA feet the vein maintain
ed its width, but it has more Or less gan
gued up. What ore there was in it was
solid, assaying from ~ to $40, while the
mixed gangue, taken rs it came, ran
from 80 to IS. The indications are that
| all solid ore will be met with at greater
depth.
| MIL to He Enlarged.
Superintendent j. A. Veatch of tn,
! Fern mine has been in Nelson, b. G., ant
reports that everything is running aloni
smoothly and effectively, and that thu
stamps are pounding out their usua
amount q ore. The machinery for thu
enlargement of .hc mill has not yet arriv
ed, but is expected soon. The first worl
of improvement will be the addition %
the electric light plant, and this will b.
in operation within the next few weeks.
Rumor Of n nig sale.
| 1t is rnmored that a half interest in tn
Ruth mine in the SLOGAN has recently beef
sold by its English owners to other Eng
lishmen for $65O,O0O. Such is the curren
report at Sandon, but it cannot be con
firmed, as the Ruth company is clos
corporation. A recent rich strike wa
made in the mine.
The Iron Mask.
! The main shaft Of the Iron Mask 4
Rossland. which is being extended TO tn
2OO-f foot level, is down ITO feet, showing
three feet of fine ore. The property EN-
ploys 80 men.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
Populists of Oregon

Portland, Ore, Dec. l4.-Ihe eAe '..trl
committee of the populist sta'e I'D
committee held a meeting ana ' TN TO
call for the populist state eon'e An
meet in this city on March % neA,' On
address to the public was prePa''.r her.
the question of fusion it says ,.ook'.
can be no united action with inc o.r,tis
party under the banner of the ael is 10,
arty and it's terms of eapitulat,u.n' ~,
under the so-called union blme'A"
fvn
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17

ter left him in Chicago =.
back to patterson. " work Ii
"A! a statement issued by II.
Bible Society concern;n. !. .ne AAs,
eign lands during the Las. 80 w1k i
it involved an expenditu,.. -. !. .Aos,
and the circulation of 7o- so a. sl&s42
Tn, the, ho oS. Scriptures Ser OF thee ' ~a
in China; $4,000 in Janan. 's = datsa
Leyant; 10000 in South A. S'M i
in Central America and Ma; d
in Siam and Laos; 4OyOOO ; !. = ~
600 in France; 1900 in So: Aaa'a; 4
u tr'a; lO'ooo in India; besid., ~
numbers in Africa. Arabia ana r. ~
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17

A. SAT lO7. In addition to their wool, mon
tana sheep men sold since March last
5S7 ,267 pounds Of pelts. which, at tne
average price of 5.74 cents per pound
brought them $33,7O9.3l. No estimate OF
the value of mutton consumed at nome
or shipped abroad was made. but the
amount from sales was unusually large
this year.
The survey of the new canal OF the
West Gallatin Irrigation Company has
been completed, and it is now definitely
settled that it will be built next spring.
The length Of the canal will be about ~
miles, and will be taken out one ana
half miles above Shedd's bridges, follow
around the hillsides. thence across Cod
frey's canyon, and empty into Camp
creek at the head of the lateral OF the
upper Tor old) canal. This canal will be
used to irrigate over 10000 acres OF land
J.H. Anderson OF Weiser, the state au-
ditor. has been elected president OF the
Sentinel Publishing Company OF BOISE
The Sentinel is the state organ OF the
peoples party.
". b. McCraw, sentenced at Moscow to
Is wears in the penitentiary for criminal
assault on Florence Cartwright, has been
released on $1,000 bail, pending an appeal
to the supreme court.
The dam and ditch for the electric light
plant is about completed at Salmon City
The water will be taken from the lemhl
about a mile above here. near the fio''l
mill, and the power house situated neal
the Iemhi bridge. The machinery and
supplies have been ordered and the work
| will be carried forward with all possible
speed. =.
Inc Great Northern is the second rail
road company to pay its takes in hoo
tenai county for 1897. Assessor Callahan
received the company's check for $22,
334.9S, which is the total of its taxes fol
this year. Several school districts through
which that line runs get large slices in thu
way of special school taxes. District No
40 gets $500, No. 3 $lO92 and No IA $7l5
British Columbia.
A company is about to develop the Goa
mines at the north end of Vancouver
island.
A couple of enterprising Victorian
have expeditions out visiting Indian vii
lagos along the coast, buying such Alaska
dogs as they can find to supply to mel
fitting out in this city for the klondike.
At the next sitting of the provincial
legislature John Cobaldick, mine ownc
and capitalist, will apply for an act t
incorporate a company to develop AM
turn to commercial use the rich iron de
posits on the coast lines of British Co
lumbia. The company proposes to con
struct blast furnaces and rolling mills.
The entire line of the Crows Nest Pas
road with the exception Of little piec
near Goat river has been finally located
Work on the Kootenay lake end Of tn
road is fairly under way and contract
for 20 miles of the road from Goat rive
east will be given as soon as Contracto
Armstrong can sublet the work. He
finding no little trouble in getting me
who will accept subcontracts from hin
as it is stipulated that the men shall b
paid only $3.50 per day.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17

Kansas City, Dec. l2-Lenna Winslow,
who sued the Knights of the Maccabees
for 5000 for dislocating one of his kid
neys while initiating Ann into the local
order four years ago. was yesterday
awarded $4,000 by jury in Judge Gates
division Of the circuit court.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
NO SURRENDER FoR THEM.


Havana, Dee. lathe plans Of the in
surgents to strike blow near the city
have been checked, according to the Off
cisl account, but the concentration Of
their forces is such as 10 make II unlikely
that the insurgent hands viii surrender
as the Spanish authorities have been hop
ing. The business concerns of the city are
much discouraged by the actual situation
They do not now look forward to speed
end of the revolution. All say they have
abandoned the hope that the insurgents
will surrender or accept the conditions %
autonomy.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17

Bakersfield, Cal, Dec. IL David Da-
wilson, the Randsburg wife murderer, has
been convicted Of murder in the first de-
gree, with the penalty of life imprison-
ment. He is said to be the son of a
prominent st. Louis physician. The de-
Tense was insanity. and during the trial
Davidson appeared oblivious to his sur.
roandings, but experts declared that he
was shamming.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17

The largest inland sea 10 the Caspian,
between Europe and Asia, being 700 miles
long and go mido.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-17
Case From North Idaho.

Case From North i"" 80, ff
Boise, Idaho, Dec. l4.-lne 90 u
a rehearing in the case OF 1s. deuiA
Riggs, from north Idaho, has o
by the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
THE MEDICINE MEN
Who Know How to Advertise Hold
Their Session With Newspaper
Man

New York, Feb. 1.-THE American
Newspaper Publishers association had a
special meeting at the Hoffman house
last night preliminary to the annual
meeting which begins today. The re-
representatives. of the big proprietary con-
Germs of the country were present for
a conference with the publishers, but
the disposition of questions of mutual
interests was deferred "a joint commit
tee being appointed to discuss them.
This committee will make its report at
the annual session, which will probably
last three days.
Nearly every state in the country will
be represented when the meeting is
called to order today by President ChaS.
w Knapp of ST. Louis, and much bus
mess of interest to the men who make
newspap erS will be transacted. Not all
of the members or their representatives
had arrived yesterday, but it is expect
ed the attendance will be very salts
factory today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
A TREMENDOUS JAM
At Mrs. CleveIand'S Reception
to the Delegates to the
Mothers Congress.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE opening
meeting of the first ma tional congress OF
mothers, was held here today in the ban
quet hall of the Arlington hotel, which
was thronged with women. Mrs. Hearst,
wife of the late Senator Hearst, one of
the vice presidents, called the meeting
to order and introduced the president.
Mrs. Theodore w. Birney of Washing
ton, who delivered the address of well
come. She stated the purposes of the
congress to be in effect the consideTa-
ton OF subjects bearing upon the better
and broader spiritual physical and men
tai training of the young, such as the
value of kindergarten work and the ex-
tension OF its principles to more advanc-
ed studies, love of humanity and Of
country and kindred matters
THE age in which we live said
Mrs. Birney, lis an age of movement
a time of specialized work Every con-
ceivabIe object from the clothing of the
Hottentots to the study of occultism
has been subject of investigation, Of ia
Quiry and often organization. 1t has
seemed to us good and fitting that the
highest and hottest of all questions, the
child question, child culture, should -
especially considered by a motAers
congress. Let mothers, fathers, nurses.
educators, ministers, legislators. and,
mightieSt of all in its swift, farreach-
ing influence, the press make the child
the watchword and ward of the day
and hour; let all see the secondary,
and those of us who live to see will be-
hold a new world and a new people"
Mrs. Cleveland by appointment re-
ceiVed the mem berS of the congress and
their friends at the White House after
the morning session. There was a vast
gathering at the White House and the
ushers estimated that at least 1900
people were in the line that greeted
Mrs. Cleveland. At times the crowd
was so great that some of the oval
glasses in the great screen in the cor
ridorS were smashed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
BRYAN COMING.
Will Speak In Topeka Next
Friday Night.

Now, we see how badly we need that
auditorium. as we saw how badly we
needed it during the food show
William ]. Bryan has accepted the in
vftation of the Kansas legislature and will
speak in Topeka Friday night
The place of holding the meeting has not
been selected but it will be at Represen-
tative or Hamilton hall. neither of which
will be one-fourth large enough If pos
sible meetings ought to be held at both
halls, and Mr.. Bryan might speak at both
of them.
Speaker Street and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Harvey received the following tele-
gram this afternoon:
Lincoln. Neb., Feb II.
VIII arrive Friday forenoon. Speak
Friday night. w. j. BRY AN.
Representatives Rothweiler, Jaquins and
Harvey PopsD, and McKeever (Rep.),
Senators Householder and Harris, (Pops.)
and Stocks. (Rep), have been appointed
as a committee to arrange for the recep-
ton and meeting for Mr. Bryan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
SALOONS IN DANGER.
Washington is About to Adopt the
South Carolina Dispensary Law.

Olympia, Wash, Feb. 17.-Washing-
ton is on the verge of Wiping out all of
her saloons and wholesale liquor houses
by adopting prohibitory law similar
to that governing the sale Of liquor in
South Carolina. The dispensary law
known as the Cline bill passed the
house by a vote of AZ ayes to 80 nays,
much to the surprise of the house it
self
The measure was supported by near
ly all of the middle-of-the-road Popu-
lists and by few silver Republicans
The proposed law puts full control Of
the liquor traffic in the hands of the
government. but eliminates from the
South Carolina law the profit system
The governor appoints a state COM
mission, which in turn appoints county
commissioners. and they in turn ap
point local dispensers of all liquor be-
ing handled through the state commits
sion. with a sufficient profit attached
to pay all expenses of the different
boards and diSpenSatorieS. No liquor
is to be sold al retail to be drank upon
the premises and minors or drunkards
are prohibited from receiving it It is
to be sold in quantities not less than
a pint nor more than five gallons The
promoters are now confident the meas
ure will pass the senate.
The house passed a bill for con-
StitutionaI amendment to submit the
initiative and referendum system for
the control of elections.
The senate passed a bill providing for
a bounty on the sugar industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

one on the breast and scars on one knee
and one on her foot.
Odd you see Mrs. Van Fleets body
after 1t had been buried?
A.-Yes sir.
Q.-When was it?
A.-Tuesday after she had been bur-
led on Sunday.
Q-Where was it?
AT the undertaking rooms of Mr..
wallets in North Topeka.
Q--Are you positive that it was her
body?
Ayes sir. I am positive that it
was her body.
Mrs. Mary Raymond was then called.
She said that Mrs. Van Fleet was her
cember Sth.
She testified as to marks on Mrs. Van
Fleets body Witness said:
When she was little girl I burned
her knee She cut her foot with an ak
when a child, both of these left scars.
She also had some scars on her fingers
where they We're cut
Q.-Did you see your daughter bur-
led?
Ayes sir. I was with her, I never
left the house
Q.-After you saw your daughter bur-
led did you see her body again?
Al saw it at Willis underker shops
on Tuesday morning after she was bur-
led l found the marks on her feet.
did not look at her any more. I did not
want too.
Q.-Whose body was it?
Alt was my daughters. Mrs. Van
Fleet.
The defense did not cross examine.
In the case against Johnson the state
today examined witnesses in regard to the
death and burial of Mrs Van Fleet, the
finding of her empty coffin the next day
and the search of the college by the Off
GERS. recovery and naturalization of the
corpse
Mrs. Raymond, Clarence Scott. Clar-
ence Willis. Hall Williams. Tim Donovan,
John Haisch, H S. Van Fleet and I. o.
Van Fleet We're examined in the morning
session of the court
The defense did not attempt to cross
examine any of the relatives in regard to
asked the officers as to whether johnson
was present when the body was discov-
cred and whether he was the one that
produced the keys which admitted the
officers to the room where Mrs. Van
Fleets body was found.
The theory of the defense seems to be
that there were others that had keys to
building.
At the afternoon session of the court
the state attempted to prove that the
faculty of the college had appointed a
committee to procure cadavers and that
the janitor was one of the members of
deavored to establish by the doctors that
when a subject is gotten in an illegitimate
manner it is always mutilated This was
done in order to bring home the knowl-
edge to the defendant that the bodies
were procured in illegitimate manner.
DR.. Colcord and DR.. Alkire thought that
the fact that a subject was received in
mutilated condition would be indica-
ton either that it had been obtained in a
legitimate or illegitimate manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
GOV. LEEDY INVITES.
He Asks National Association of But
termakers to Meet in Topeka

Owatanna, Min, Feb. 1.-THE wea-
Their was considerably colder today.
but the enthusiasm of the delegates in
the National Creamery Buttermakers'
association ranged higher and the at
tendance increased. The Chicago
Butter and Egg board arrived this
morning in special cars. In the pro-
gramme this afternoon interest CEN
tered about papers by H T. Sender
gard of Litchfield, on STARTERS and
Their Advantages" and "Acidity of
Cream Before Churning," by W. r.
Leighton of WilliamstOwn, Ia.
Governor Leedy of Kansas has wired
the convention, asking that the meet
ing next year be held at Topeka.
IF Topeka had an auditorium there
would be no question about this great
organization coming here. We ought
to have it built by next fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
GREECE CALLED DOWN
Warned by the Powers Against At
tack on CIetan Cities.

Canea. Feb. II. There was a meet
ing of the commanders of the foreign
fleets today on board the Italian flag
ship. 1t was resolved to take steps to-
ward bringing about a more peaceful
state of affairs in Crete and a joint note
was drawn up and sent by Admiral
Canevaro the Italian commander, who
is in command of the united fleets to the
Greek consul here.
The note informed the representative
of Greece that any attack upon Canea.
Retimo. TIeraklion or Silia, would be
repealed by the warships of the foreign
powers in Cretan WaerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
WAGON WORKS FAIL.
Could Not Borrow Honey With
Which to Conduct Business

Parkersburg, w. Va, Feb. 17.-Judge
Bailey, has appointed Peyton R Harri-
son. general receiver for the Auburn
Wagon works at AIartinsburg. The liza
bilities are 100000, and the assets $685.
600.
For the past few months the concern
has experienced considerable difficulty
in securing loans to conduct its bust
ness. T. c. Ward & Co. were managers
of the works 1t is generally thought
amounts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
A JacksonvilIe Bank closes.

Jacksonville. Fla. Feb. 17-Nerchants
National bank of this city closed its
doors today. The comptroller of the
currency appointed Examiner Shubrick
to take charge of the bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
The CAGES in V1reinia.

Washington, Feb 17--Hon- Lykan J.
Gage, who has been selected for secretary
of the treasury and Mrs Gage arrived in
Virginia Hot Springs on the Chesapeake
& Ohio railway this morning. They viii
make a brief sojourn at the springs be-
fore coming on to Washington