Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-10
POINTS IN GENERAL NEWS.
THE HOME AND FOREIGN OUTLOOK
Accidents and Crimes All over the
WOrld-Business Affairs and Po-
litical COnsile rntions-yariety of
Items.

"Skagway" is the official spelling de
cided upon by the postoiiice department
for the new postofice in Alaska, six miles
from Dyea William S. Sampson has
been commissioned postmaster at Skag-
way.
Spanish Minister De LONE had an in.
terview with Assistant Secretary Day at
Washington. 1t is the plan of Captain
General Blanco to take steps for the i'm
mediate execution of reforms and to do
this legally IL provisional agreement will
be made. The captain general will ap-
point directly full acting cabinet, and
with them will have at hand the means
for fully equipped executive govern
ment, which will last only till the cleo
a new government.
A large portion of the business center
of the town OF Carberry, Manitoba. has
been destroyed by fire. The loss is over
$50, 600.
Bank clearings in Spokane for the
month OF November were $3,6SO,456.
This is the heaviest clearings for any
month during the past five years. accord
ing TO the record OF the local Bradstreet
agency.
The jury in New York in the case of
Martin Thorn, accused Of the murder of
William Guldensuppe, returned YER
dict finding Thorn guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Six hundred sick, wounded and other
wise invalided soldiers have just left Gu
ba for Spain.
Judge Day, now assistant secretary of
state, will soon retire from public life, to
resume the practice of law at Canton,
Ohio.
The government of Japan has just sent
an order to the locomotive builders in
Jersey city for Is locomotives for use on
heavy trains.
The interest bearing debt of the United
States is now $847 1895 ,629. Debt ON which
interest has ceased since maturity, 81 1871,
2SO. Debt bearing no interest, 1891 ,l93,
l29. Total, 81 ,229, s0O,O25.
+. o. Sawyer l. Co.'s five story paper
factory in st. Louis was destroyed by
fire. Several adjoining buildings were
badly damaged, and the total loss is es-
timated at 100000.
The stock of the American Biscuit
Company, the New York Biscuit Com
pany and the United States Biscuit Com
pany will be pooled and a new company
with q capital stock of $55 ,OOO,O form
ed
Justice Stephen j. Field of the United
States supreme court the first Of the
month surrendered the commission which
he received from Abraham Lincoln, laid
aside his black gown of Office and retired
to private life
Gus Rubin, the giant heavyweight of
Akron, Ohio, defeated tut" Ryan of
Australia at the Tulane Athletic Club at
New Orleans in q lO-round fight, John
Duffy being the referee.
1t is announced in official dispatches
from Manila, the capital of the Philip
pine islands, that the Spanish troops
have defeated band of insurgents with
loss Of 81 men killed, including the in.
surgent leader. The Spaniards had six
men killed and II wounded.
A dispatch from Montevideo says that
an attempt was made there to stab Senior
Jose Cuestas, president ad interim of Ur.
uguay. 1t was unsuccessful, the bystand
ers warding off the would-be assassin. The
man was formerly q member of the Mon
tevideo police force. News of the outrage
spread rapidly and caused great excite
| ment, but the city is under martial Law
| and there has been no outbreak.
/ A policy of using wherever possible
E American made goods in the supplies o.
D the postal service is announced in q let
ter addressed by First Assistant Post
/, master General Heath to M. w. Lewis, SUI
!, perintendent of the division of postoffic,
> supplies.
a A dispatch from Shanghai says larg,
n achievements of Japanese troops hav,
4 arrived at the island OF Formosa. TIL,
I japanese army now occupying the islant
I numbers $1,000 men.
The death ia announced of General Mel
h son G. Williams ut his home in Brooklyn
4 n. Y. He was a classmate of L. S. Gran
: at West Point. At the battle of Shiloh h
had horse shot under him and the ex
plosion of shell rendered him totall,
deaf. For 30 years he had been in charg
!. Of the public stores in New York City.
Great excitement has been caused il
the village of Monistrol, Catalonia. g
miles northwest of Barcelona. Spain. b,
the explosion of four bombs. No damag
was done.
Prince Won Hohenlohe, the imperia
= chancellor, will give a parliamentary din
ner on December IL, at which Empero
' William will be present. The object is t.
presumably influence the party leader
u in favor of the naval bill.
There are only two disensaged whea
ships in port at San Francisco, the Heath
bank and Spoke. and their agents al
;. holding out for 35s freight The ton
/, mage on the way is $4,000 tons less thai
). it was at this time in 1896.
. New York's weekly bank statemen
h shows: Surplus reserve, decrease. $437
v 9s5; loans, increase. $3,475.5OO; specie
increase 1880 300: legal tenders incrca 6