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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18
Will Reach the River by April 10th.

While work on the railroad extern
sion has been hindered some by the
bad weather which has prevailed dur.
ing the past ten days, the work has
not been wholly stopped aud now that
better conditions prevail = larger crew
will push the work to completion and
there is hardly doubt that the cars
will he running into Lewiston by June
lst.
&. G. Van Arsdal, engineer IN charge
was In the city Tuesday. He reported
y crew of men at work on every half
mile of the road, rapidly closing up
the gaps in the grading. The track
laying will begin the last Of this week
or Morday at the latest. The track
will be completed to the river by
April 10th, and by the time the track
reaches the river the bridge will be
ready for the girders. The timbers for
the spans are now being framed IN the
yards at Juliaetta and everything will
be ready to load on the first train that
can reach the river. The crew at the
bridge have completed driving piles
for three of the eight piers. The piers
are of piles driven securely into the
river bed, then cribbed aud filed with
broken rock and riprapped to break
the force of the current. 1t will take
about two weeks to get the bridge up
after the framed timbers reach the
river. Meanwhile the grading on this
side will be pushed rapidly and Mr..
Van Arsdal sees now no reason why
the cars cannot be running into Lewis
ton by June LIST.
Chas B. Halstead was down We'd
nesday after supplies for the camps.
He has had charge Of the work Of get
ting the piles down the Potiatch and
has completed that part Of the work.
Both he and Mr.. Van Arsdal deny the
rumor that any spur or branch line
has been projected from the main line
onto the reservation. Any rumor to
that effect is without foundation. The
contractors too are ready to employ all
comers with plenty Of work The force
at present is about 100 teams and 25O
shovel men.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18
Death Of S. E. Child.

S. f. Child passed away Monday
about noon, ut his home on the Hill.
He had been an invalid for about .
year, but within the past two weeka
had failed SO rapidly that his children
had been summoned to his bedside.
His remains were taken to Spokane,
Tuesday, for interment.
The deceased was New Englander
by birth, and served with distinction
in the civil war. He had extensive
business interest in the west, ant!
lived MANY years at Spokane. He has
been in Lewiston for the past three
years, where the climate seemed most
beneficial for hts complaints. He
leaves many friends here, who are In
full sympathy with his sorrowiug
family.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18
Snake River Va Hey r. r. Co.

Another corps Of surveyors In Lew
iston and rumors at others pushing Q
line on the north side Of snake river,
has lead to some lively railroad talE
tliis week. The true statue Ut the mat
ter was settled by tho fling Of corpora-
tion papers At the ccurt house by f.
w. Kettenbach, who II named "a at
torney and local agent Of the Snake
River Valley Railroad Company, y cor.
poration formed with the intention Of
building and operating line Of rail-
road extending up Snake river into
Lewiston Valley aud beyond.
A corps Of IS surveyors, divided into
three crews, Is in the held between
Lewiston and Riparia, engaged In re-
locating the old line Of the U. r. sur.
very Of more than ten years ago. There
is no doubt that the new corporation
Is backed by the o. r. 4 N, and Il
merely reconnoltsring the neld for that
company. pust how signifissn the
movement Is, no one IL able to say at
present. The matter seems urgent, oi
= less fnrce Of men could locate thl
line, than Is being employed. We havl
also learned, from private sources, that
this movement comes directly In the
wake of = visit II the President Of thu
q. Il. Il N to New York, for confer
ence with the eastern stockholders. /
10 evident that the company expects h
he In position to maintai It's hold o
the rich trade Of the interior, even .
the cost of running q railroad exten
sion to Lewiston, or on to Camal
prairie.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18
A New School Building.

A special meeting Of the school board
was held Wedne esday afternoon, to
consider the question Of increased ia
cillties tor school room for next year.
The rooms In the present building
have been very much 0ver.crOwded
during the past year aud this, In spite
Of the fact that two roonls In . private
house have been rented. II was de-
cided Wednesday to build an addition
to the present building and remodel It
to meet the change.
Plans and specifications for an addi.
tion IT eight rooms will be submitted
ct once for the approval OF the council,
according to . provision In the schoni
charter. The new addition will be
32x36 feet and will contain . basement
for the purpose Of putting In . heating
plant for the whole building. Tho
third story Of the old building will b
removed to conform with the new ad-
dition. II the city council approves
the plans the board will issue bonds
and proceed with tile structure In time
to complete 1t during the summer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18
Navigation Of the Upper Snake and
Its Results.

The navigation of the upper Snake
river is assured. A dispatch received
from Huntington states that the
steamer MABEL, under Captain Baugh.
mans guidance, had made . success
full trip to Ballard's landing with full
l0ad Of supplies for the Seven Devils
mines, and then steamed tack to Min
eral and took load Of ore for Ballard's
landing.
There is small sme!ter at Mineral
for an iron-silver mine located there
and the ore from this mine Is to be ta-
ken to Ballard's landing to be used as
q flux tor the copper ore OF the big
smelter, where 80 tons will be handled
per day and three carload OF the cop
rer mat will he shipped to Hunting
ton each week. The steamer will be
used to haul ore from Mineral to the
smeltel and haul the copper matttor
shipment from Huntington.
Captain Baughman has demon
strated the upper Snake to be naviga-
BILE. The new steamer has made sew
eral trips from Ballard's landing to
Huntington, carrying heavy cargoes
both ways. The development of the
mineral belt Of the interior Is now as
sured. The steamer line will accom-
modate the traffic of one mining camp
In the Seven Devils during the pri-
mary stage Of development. But one
great mine like the Anaconda will re-
quire . whole city full Of people to
operate 1t; and one great copper mine
will afford traffic for y railroad. The
development of the Seven Devils
which Is now assured will insure the
building of . railroad along the Snake
river. This route would be the main
through line because 1t would possess
advantages Of grades and distance.
The development Of the great copper
deposits between the salmon and the
Snake will create q demand for great
smelling plants and Lewiston Is the
most available center fol the treatment
OF the ores from the Seven Devils re-
eion, ~ we'll ~ the refractory portion
Of the ores OF all the other mining
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18

Judge 8. L. Thompson was ocoupled
Ill day On ths 18th, II hsaring IN CtNil
case OF John NORM, plainti1 " 6usa1.
nah Herring, defsIidant. The actl0n
was brought for the recovery of 436sO0
claim ed to BE- due plaintiff for selecting
the defendant l6O acres 0f land On the
reservation for one of her sons. Tho
caes was presented with : good deal ~
veilemency Oh both aides. After sub
mission Of all the, evidence and o.
haustive arguments the C0urt took the
matter under advisesnent untll tho 18th
inst at p. M. at which time jude-
ment was rendered fnr plalnti1 tor The
sum claimed. Capt. Thos. Mullen rep-
resenten the plaintiff and John n.
Brown the defsndent. The defendant
filed notice Of appeal 70 the District
Court.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18

The printers Of the several printing
offices of the city ARE arranging to form
a base ball club for local amusement,
and expect soon to present challenge
to C. f. Butler and any other eight
clerks whom he may select within the
corporate limits of Lewiston, to play .
series of ball games, on Saturday af-
ternoons, the dates tn be announced
later. The "prints" are coneeited
enough to think that not set of clerks
can defeat them; and nothing but, q
few contests will settle the matter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18

The members Of Clearwatsr EncAmp.
ment No. I, expect to have big msst-
Ing tomorrow, Saturday. evening.
Members from Asottn Willie ID at.
tendance and bring with them four o.
flve candidates, who Will have the
three Encampment degrees couferrsd
upon them. A. the meeting will lat
until . verv late hour, the Patrisschal
and Golden Ruls degnees will - given
aud recess taken, that al may 70
fresh themselves BY indulging In :
supper that will bs specially prepared.
Following supper the conierring Of the
Royal Purple degree will occur. II b
very essential that oil the members.
- near - possible. should be present
on this occasion.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18

camps on the Snake. Salmon and
Clearwater rivers. The Copper-gold
ores of the camps Of these districts ex-
ceed IN bulk and value those great
mines that have built up Butte and
Anaconda. The question Of conven-
iencs of transportation. alone, would
ultimately bring the output Of all
these mines to Lewiston for treatment.
The ore from everv ledge on the Clear
water, Snake and Salmon can be
brought down-grade to Lewiston. But
convenience Of transportation ia not
the only advantage Lewiston possesses
as point suited to the purposes Of
manufacturing ores INTO commercial
minerals by smelling. A high degree
OF heat cannot be attained in grea:
attitudes. The extra expense Of fuel
aud the loss of values In smelling ores
at an altitude of four thousand feet
over that of the minimum altitude il
greater than ordinary transportation
charges for one thousand miles. Lew
iston is favored with very high barom'
etrical pressure. The altitude of Lew
iston, only go feet ard the dry atmos
phere makes Lewiston All ideal point
for great smelt'n plants. One hun
dred miles interior, the prospectOr can
not boil his beans, while In Lewiston
q higher tempe, ature is possible from
the same fuel than in the humid at
mosphere OF the sea-coast. The min
ing and manufacturing of the ores o
! the mountains will Immediately be
| come the chief industry of the west
Lewiston with great natural advan
tages will lead in the development
now fairly inaugurated. The year l89
Is full Of promise.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18


In the L. 8. land Office the long
standing case Of Jas. Cary vs. Wm. T..
Giililand, of Latah, Washington, was
braught to elimination on the 18th
by the fling OF reiinquishment on
part of defendant, which virtually
closed the case. The land il = valuable
agricultural tract, in sections 10 and
Is, township 81. north of r. !, +. Il. M
Attorney General Mcfarland and
Treasurer H. A. St0rer have been In
the city since Tuesday. General
Mcfarland is looking up the status ol
the homestead contests, out Mr.. StOrei
confesses no other blsiness than q de.
sire to see bow LewistO:,'s boom looked
at close range. He is favorable I'm
pressed with the out ilook.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18
Death Of a Pioneer.

Mrs. Elizebeth Dowd died last FRI
day, at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Geo. E. Erb, in this city. The funeral
took place from the Catholic church at
2 p. m. last Saturday. The deceased
leaves family Of three sons and one
daughter to mourn her loss, and many
friends join with them In kindliest re-
membrance and true sympathy.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-03-18

A. b. Niles Of Walla Walla ID reg
istered at the Raymond this week.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
British Triumph in the soudan.

The campaign of the British-Egyp-
tan troops under General Herbert
Kitchener, has been crowned with
brilliant success. On September I'd
at a p. m. the city Of Omdurman OPP
posite Khartoum on the Nile was cap
tured after a bloody conflict in which
the Dervish hordes of the Mahdi were
routed at a terrible loss over Is 1000
being slaughtered. A correspondent
of the London News says:
Our whole force was engaged in the
fighting from $3.50 a. m. until sun
down. The Deryishes displayed mar
yelous bravery to the last. Instead
of waiting for us in Omdurman,
where they could have made a re-
sistance that would have cost us thou
sands of lives, they advanced to meet
US. The sight was extraordinary.
Some $4,000 men in four brigades
attempted to rush our lines.
With desperate gallantry they were
repulsed, suffering huge loss. Our
Maxim guns especially made made
terrible lanes in their ranks, and our
artillery dealt havoc in the town
which was full of women. The Dor
wish army of 1000 is utterly broken,
but we are fully prepared to fight to-
morrow if they wish it.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
CONSTABLE Sale.
Of I.onisisna- Parish II
etmilion-7th Justices Court
No. $50.
\ Theodore Laborte
vs.
sebastien Nonez

BY virtae Of . writ Of feri facias
issued by the Honorable Seventh
lnstic Court. in he matters Of the
above numbered and entitled suit,
authorizing and commanding me to
size aud sell the property Of said
defendant, to satisfy said writ, I will
proceed 10 sell at public auction to
the last and highesi bidder. at The
Office of the Seventh Justices Court
in this parish ~
Saturday, September II. 1898,
between The legal hours prescribed
by law, the following described
property, seized to satisfy said writ
to wit
Two roan mares and colts.
One bay mare.
One sorrel stallion
One Que year old stallion
Oee tWoyear old sofreI mare.
Terms-Caeh
J. B. MILLS.
sept. ., 1898. Constable.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
Tax Sale

OF MOVABLE PROPERTY.
The State Of Louisiana VS. DeJ;a.
qaent Tax DEBTORS. Parish 81
Vermilion.
By virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Constitution and In.
Of Louisiana, | will sell at The min.
cipal front door of the coursbouse,
IN which the Civil District Court II
said parish is held, within the Ieoal
hours for judicial sales, beginning 1t
II o'clock a.. 10,
Saturday, September "a 1898,
md continuing on Monday and each
succeeding day until said sale L
completed, all property on which
taxes are now due the state.of Louis.
lana, to enforce collection Of all the
,azes assessed in the year 1897, with
interest aud costs.
The name of said delinquent tax
payers, the amount of taxes due By
each on the assessment Of said year.
and the property assessed to each Id
be offered for sale and as follows, ID
wit
Garland Canal Co, Canal right
Of way, improvements, pumps, and
machineries, etc.
isxes 1897.
State tax ! II ID
Parish tax 38 00
O. said day OF sale | will sell sach
portions Of said property a. each
debtor will point out, aud ID case
tbe tax debtor shall not point out
spffi lent properly, | will at once
y tilonf further delay, sell the lest
quantity Of said property any tax
anoaat Of taxes, interest and costs
due by said tax debtor. The sala
will be Tor cash, without apprsiss.
ment.
sherif's Office, AbbeviIle, ia,
August %, 1898.
J. O. HEBERT,
Sheriff & Tex Collector.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
Sherifs Sale.
Sheriff's Sale.
STATE OF LOUIsIaNA-Parish
OF Vermil'on-.l7h Judicial Dis.
trict Court-No. ITO.
Gus Godchaux
OF MOVABLE PROPERTY.
The State Of Louisiana VS. DaI;.s
quent Tax DEBTORS. Parish 81
VnrmiIinn
Mary Bronssard ct ais.

Y virtue of an order Of seizure
aud sale issued in the matters of the
above entitled and numbered sui,
aud to me directed, fully authorizing
and empowering me in the premises, l
will proceed TO sell at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, at lbe
principal front door Of the court
house in this parish on
Saturday, October /, 1899,
het@eea hours prescribed BY lev,
the following described property,
seized 10 satisfy said writ. 10 Wit
One certain tract Of land situated
in Vetmillon parish and beitg deslgs
mated and known az The North east
quarter Of section "a, to II, south @
range B east, containing l6l acres,
more or less, together with all the
improvements situated thereon.
Said property being ordered 70 %
seized aud sold in order t. satisfy
the snm Of ($l359.T 1907 thirteen
hundred and filty-nine 70-l0O delz
lars with interest at the rate Of SN
per annum from May |, 1891, upill
paid aud 10 per cent Oh said aipoaDs
for attorneys fees to be computed On
the whole.
Said property having been efarsd
for sale for cash, and moi haslpg
brought two thirds Of the appralss~
ment, The same is r~eadseriised 60 Oa
sold on twelve months credHss paf
chasers to furnish their notes WIN
two solvent sureties in solido, pear
ing eight per cent per aDnum Inse1
est from the day of sale until pau
All costs to be paid on day Of sa,e,
SherIff's Office, Abbeville, La
September 10, 1898.
! j. @. HEBERT, Sheriff.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
Travel and Grow Wise.

Nothing does so much to broaden
and develop an intelligent man as
travel and observation. Our friend
Walter Gates, OF New Iberia, now
spending the summer in Boulder,
Colorado, writes an interesting letter,
published IN the Iberian from which
we make the following extract:
when a man sees the uniform de-
sire on the part of the Western towns
to push ahead it makes a fellow feel
like he lived in a wilderness. New
Iberia is one hundred years behind
and l guess she viii remain so. ]
believe tie fault is that her people do
nos travel so as to see what others do,
and become stimulated by example.
Instead of a merchant getting angry
at a competitor who outclasses him
here, he buckles up his suspenders
and equals him-passes him if posi-
BILE. Our people give up and console
themselves by telling their tale Of woe
to disinterested parties and lying
about the successful ones. It is sick
ening. If you were to take a man
from Boulder and drop him into New
Iberia suddenly, he would think he
was on a farm.
Her courthouse alone is worth
double the entire public property df
New Iberia and Iberia parish, inclu-
ding the proposed new market house,
think of that! It supports two daily
papers subscribing to Associated
Press news and three weeklies. Ye
gods! We let die a tiny sheet, whose
subscription was 12a cents per week!
but we support the finest country sa-
looms in the United States, and the
stock of any gambling game is above
par! but-ssIt's a way we have in
New Iberia"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
Constable Sale
STATE OF LoU1sIANA-p..
ish Of Velmllion-7lh .I,,s.;a Sc
Court-No. 663. sss'esa
Alc6e Meaux
Napoleon Hobart

By virtue of a writ Of fer; + 81.
issued in the matters Of tba a aslss
entitled aud numbered suit. "a p'
commission to me directed, lulls
authorizing and empowering ns 4
the premises, | will proceed 10 .sll
At public auction, TO the las1 s,sa 81
highest bidder, al the offce # II.
7th Justices Court in this parish. = =
Saturday, Sept. "a, 1893
between the bonrs Of II o'cleca
n. aud 4 o'clock p. m, the fol ,ow;.a
described property seized to satisfy
said writ to wit:
Que wagon.
Tefms-Cash.
j. B. Mills, Constable.
September 10, 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10

The State of Mississippi, Memphis
and the town Of Jeanerette, have de-
clared quarantine against New Or
leans on account Of two suspicious
cases of fever, which have been exam
med by Drs. Carter and Sanders and
pronounced not yellow fever. The
disease exists in a mild form near
Water Valley, Miss, SO cases and no
deaths. In Franklin up to date there
have been II cases and | death.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-09-10
Intense Excitement in France.

The volatile temperament OF the
French, was possibly Y more
strikingly illustrated than in the Drey-
fous episode, which is now agitating
the entire nation. Ex-Capt. Alfred
Dreyfous, who is at the lie du Diable
off the coast of French Guiana sery-
ing a life sentence, having been con-
yicted of b~etraying French army Sc
crets to a foreign government, pre-
sumably Germany, was in 1894 an
attache of the French War Office. In
the fall of that year he was arrested
charged with treason. The charge
was based on a Esbordereau' or list
of documents, which the writer offer
ed for sale. Three out of five experts
in handwriting declared that Drey-
fous had written the documents; two
asserted that he had not. A court
martial, presided over by Col. Sand
herr, now dead, tried the case. Drey-
fous was found guilty, and on June
5, 1895, in the yard of the Ecole
Militaire of Paris, he was publicly de-
graded his buttons and insignia of
rank were cut from his uniform and
his sword was broken. This was done
in the presence of about 1000 troops.
III marching along the line, he paused
before his otd comrades of the general
staff and said, "Tell the people OF
France that l am innocent"
But they Knocked him, and shouted
"A has Juifl Kill him."
Dreyfous, the only calm man in the
multitude, turned sternly upon them
aud said simply, "You c~owards!'
Then he continued the criminal march
marked out for him.
In November 1897, a brother of
Dreyfous, visited to General Billot,
minister of war charging that Count
Walsing Esterhazy was the real au-
thor of the bordereau. NJ. Sch9urer-
Kesterrer, a vice-president Of the SEN
ate and Emile lola the great novelist
interested themselves in the case. The
handwriting in the bordereau was
shown to be very similar to that of
Esterhazy. Then followed Esterhazy's
trial and acquittal, and the trial and
conviction of lola for having libeled
the officers of the Esterhazy court
martial. Last week Col. Henry, an
officer of the French army, and an
important witness in the conviction of
Dreyfous, committed suicide after
confessing that he had forged n Of
the letters believed to have been writ
ten by Dreyfous.
This gave rise to intense excitement
in Paris and throughout France.
Cavaignac, the minister of war has
resigned. The Cabinet is to meet and
decide whether or not to reopen the
case and give the unfortunate Drey-
fous another trial. .
Esterhazy is a violent jew hater
and from all appearances a man who
would hesitate at nothing in order to
carry out his point. The final out
come of the affair is awaited with
great interest.