Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-07-02
HOME AND ABROAD
~, or NEWS FROM ALL
rsA" n,ER THE WORLD
. Record of Casual
srtr's' IN. happenings OF
ties the Week.

Gordon has been unanimously
'h' ID a the general commanding Of
,.he confederate veterans
Oh y" ,,,red delegates were present AT
our nu"t state convention at Dies
F"pu ,awa. c. Y. Holley was named
ines 'o chairman. His address was
'p0'' srse coinage of silver at Is to l.
the , IL" annexation treaty form
n he nr;ncipal topic of consideration by
the pm" anmmittee on foreign relations
%na asv The treaty and accompany
on. uar. were read and referred to
Psp. m;t,ee consisting of Senators For
reo m'';s and Morgan with instructions
investigate the question ana report 10
laI Iucky Star group of gold mines,
. =; north of Fort Steele, has chang
, unds Donald Mckay and John NJ.
a"' secured bond on the properties a
lime ago and they have just sold a
.ar interest to Francis Mcl1elland,
asaot;np a syndicate of st. Paul cap
;.s for 100000, equal to the bond
the entire group.
VIZ '..ns bor,emen have decided to hold
moot there July 3 and 4.
rhs large department store OF Longini
Thomas of Mankato, MIMI, is closed.
liabilities are estimated at $4,000;
ets sl2O.0o0.
rordeley 4 Co., stock brokers OF Bos-
Mass. have assigned to Charles X.
n If Nicholas l. Cobb. 1t is believed
liabilities will be $l5O,OOO. 1t is ul-
stood that the firm was caught short
Boston & Montana Mining COmpany's
ares
The federal council has authorized the
;ss minister at Paris to sign the sup
nentary convention, concluded with
states in the Latin monetary union,
Ereasing the proportion Of silver coins to
struck off by each contracting party.
congressman Edward Dean Cooke Of
sixth Illinois district was found dead
his room in Washington, presumably
heart disease. Mr.. Cooke retired about
o'clock at night, apparently in perfect
hlth Cooke was a native of Iowa and
IS IS years old.
The princess of Wales jubilee dinner to
poor was success. About 10000
nizens Of the slums were sumptuously
RETAINED at various centers. The prin-
v, accompanied by the prince of Wales,
incess Victoria of Wales and Prince
arles of Denmark, visited the principal
|lls.
Fire in a story manufacturing
Hiding at IAight and Greenwich streets,
ew York, drove 800 people, who were
bployed there, out. All got out safely
|eept one man, who jumped from win
wv and was badly injured. The princi-
tenant was w. f. Dietz, lamp manu-
rturer. The loss will amount to $500, )
b.
The demand, except in a few lines, is
ction with the Anglo Egyptian expedi.
b pronounced than it was two months
%, says Bradstreets. There is no mi.
Fial increase in the volume distributed
impaired with year ago, and prices fol
fples are lower. But there has been al
provement compared with the situation
Dor to the presidential election of 1896
d as contrasted with last January
my Of the larger merchant and manu-
rturers characterize the business record
the first half of 1897 as a disappoint
fnt in contrast with anticipations in
ecember, 1896. On the other hand, con
nce is widespread in a revival of de
hnd this fall.
Inc Swiss government has authorized
e'r minister in Paris to sign the supple
ehtary convention concluded with thu
Rtes OF the Latin monetary union to in
ease the number of silver CONS to b,
uck by each contracting party.
,ordiey 4 Co. of Boston, caught shor
boston l. Montana Mining Company
lafes, have assigned to Charles X. Cobl
Nicholas 4 Cobb. 1t is believed tn,
oilities will be about $l5O.OOO.
roar Mormons, Elders Rydalch, Pom
oy. Parish and Jones, were run out o
e''alan' Miss, the other day. They be
fn oy making a house to house canvas
converts, which so incensed the PEG
'hat the first attempt to hold meet
y was s.mmarily stopped, and thing
'e made so unpleasant that the evanS
|lsIs ieft on the next days train.
Dur'ng the past season the Unite,
"Us nsh commission has distributes
\. u, hundred million cod fry, matches
o'oucester and Woods Holl, along tn
\" England coast; 2,OOO,OOO shad, col
|., eu IN the Potomac, Susquehanna an
aware rivers, were distributed alon
h'lantlc coast from Massachusetts, L
D'ua about a hundred million lol
['S taken in Maine and Connecticut
|o1 -. Noerated by vessels engaged in tn
I'M: nm about one hundred and twent
|.l'oh whitefsh fry and one hundred an
4, m'iiion lake trout fry have bee
an'ed from the hatcheries on the grea
| |, other hatcheries in the west hav
|, Mrid third more.
imam ). Bryan spoke to $4,000 pee
%.s =" ,ne Chautauqua grounds near Cal
~ nv NO Several thousand people me
~ at the depot on his arrival.
s president has appointed William i