Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-10-15
OVER THE WORLD.
clEANiNGs FROM ALL AROUND.
Deaths Of Noted PersOns-Ffres' ROB-
berries aAd Accideats-POtnter II
Business Circles aaA CeaereS
News Of the Week.

A dispatch TO the Herald from Guate- I.
mala says that the insurgents have lost
Quesaltenango and sustained severe de-
feat at Totonicapan and that the tide OF
war has turned strongly in favor OF bar t
rios, the dictator.
At the state fair at Salem, Or, We'd
nesday afternoon Chehaiis lowered the
worlds two-mile pacing record 81 seconds,
making the distance in 4;l9i. The time
by quarters for the first mile was 32A,
l:O5A, 1887, 200; second mile. 2:39, 3:l4,
3:45, 4:l8i The best previous record
was 4:222, made by W. W. p. at Lincoln,
Neb., Oct 81, 1895.
The failure Of Senator Woleott's mission
to England il announced. The Indian
government in reply to further press
ing invitation by the English cabinet to
consider Senator Wolcotts proposals. has
answered that it cannot reopen the ques-
ton Of the Indian currency and it will
not be a party to the reopening Of the
minis for the free coinage of silver.
A special to the Denver News from Lar
annie ays that parties came in from the
Independence mountain placer works and
left for Denver with sl4,000. the result OF
about two weeks work by five men. This
company only three weeks ago completed
u % mile ditch at a cost Of 500 COO. and
began mining. Many predict that they
will more than take out the cost of the
ditch before the cold weather comes.
The officials Of the British foreign Of
fiee have communicated to United States
Ambassador Hay the final decision OF
that government that Great Britain must
refuse to take part in any scaling confer
ence with the representatives OF Russia
and Japan The British government, how
ever, asserts its willingness TO confer with
the United States alone, but insists that
Russia and Japan are not interested in
the Bering sea seals to degree emitting
them TO representation at the conference.
A report has just reached Ellensburg
from the Swauk that Tweet and johnson
have made rich strike in their quartz
claim. They pounded up and panned
out 10 pans and obtained an average Of
. TO the pan. Report says they have 4
good body Of ore.
w. G. Brann. editor Of the Iconoclast
was publicly beaten by Judge j. i. Scar
borough. George Scarborough and s. H
Hamilton 1T Waco, Tex. Judge Scarbor
ough il . trustee Of Baylor university
and has daughter in the university. HI
says Brann's recent attack on the univers
ity il what cAuaed the trouble.
w. Z. Breese, w. H. Remand and J
4. Dickinson, president, cashier and direc
- r. L. x,e Al NJ
were arrested this morning on the charg
Of embezxlement and conspiracy and hell
in $4,000 honda.
Illinois reports . drouth Of 46 day
since the last heavy rainfall.
The president mas appointed George H
Bsidgeman Of New York TO be ministe
10 Bolivia.
Oscar Wilde, with broken health, hs
taken up his residence in = villa at M
pies, owned by Lord Douglass. the son {
the marquis Of Queensberry.
John Roderick Mcpherson, one tim
democratic leader in New Jersey an
United States senator from that stat
from 1877 until 1895, II dead.
The japanese government has official
sanctioned the construction Of the no
harbor OF Axaka.
During the summer over ~ 600 cases
dysentery and $500 deaths from the san
cause have been reported througho'
Japan.
J. q. Cameron Of Victoria, II. c., il
Pendleton, Or. buying horses for an En-
fish syndicate who contemplate an Ala
kan expedition. II il said this expedite,
will consist Of 800 horses, 100 oxen,
dog teams and six packers. and that pr
visions win be carried in over the snC
for market at Dawson City. 1t is n
known what route they will take.
During typhoon which caused mu
damage on September 0, the Norwegi
bark Alette, from Vancouver to YOk
hama with cargo Of lumber, was caug
at the entrance Of Toxic harbor a
dashed ON the rocks and broken to piec
The chief mate and nine of the crew We
drowned. Ninety persons were kill
outright, 400 injured and 400 houses a
other buildings destroyed in the vicini
Of Toxic by the typhoon.
Comptroller Fitch's expert accounta,
who have been at work investigating
record and accounts in Brooklyn, N.
preparatory to consolidation, have fou
discrepancies in accounts amounting
&5,OOO.OOO. Officials of Brooklyn de
that there is, or has been, any malfe
ance and allege that the discrepancies
ported by Comptrolle- Fitch's experts |
due in large part to the defective syst
of bookkeeping.
October was momcntous date
Vermont, for it witnessed the division
the state into two customs districts
Wyoming now has fully equipped
cycle factory, from which the first fini
ed machine was turned out last week.
IL said to be light, easy running a
handsome"
The sultan has appointed the minis
Of foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha. as
paenipotentiary of Turkey to negotiate
peace treaty with Greece.
Sunday was the anniversary Of the de-
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