Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-12
THE WORLDS NEWS IN LITTLE
ITEMS FOREIGN AND HOME.
Minor Matters in Brief Paragraphs
-Happenings in All Parts of the
Globe-NOtes of People, Crimes
and Accidents.

II tlahspIes lhaI the letter or COM |
plant purported to have been sent by |
the Cuban general, Garcia, to General
Shafter at Santiago, was written by Il |
newspaper correspondent. Probably Gar
cha never saw it.
Last Friday at jeanette, Pa, three men
by the name of Wentzell, who are trip
lets, joined a company of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania regiment. They stepped up,
one after another, and signed the muster
roll. Their age is 10 years. The par
ents of the trio brought forward another
son, who also joined the regiment.
Pennsylvania is about to pass more
stringent laws in regard to the keeping
to the right side of the road by drivers
OF vehicles and bicycles. Severe penalties
will be imposed for failure to comply
with the requirements of the law.
The president has told some inquiring
callers that he will not issue another call
for troops. He said he is now confident
the war can be brought to successful
conclusion by the men already in the
field.
During the absence of soldiers the cat
tlemen of California have been feeding
their stock in the Sequoia national park.
A force OF deputies has been sent to expel
them.
Near Daleville, Ind, peaches have near
ly all fallen from the trees and the trees
themselves have been much injured by in
sects. Apples are scarce and OF inferior
quality.
A hint from Lord Salisbury prevented
English merchants at Manila from join
ing the Germans in petitioning the Unit
ed States for indemnity for losses caused
by the war.
! A treasury statement issued Monday
shows that about 100000 persons will get
the war bonds. This demonstrates that
the bonds will be widely distributed
among people of small means.
The mining town of Eveleth, Mimi, is
to be removed to the top of mountain,
several thousand feet from its present To-
cation, valuable vein of ore having
been discovered under it.
George Trodd, who shot Count Won
Arco Valley of the German embassy at
London, has been declared insane.
The Chicago Commercial Association
is LAYING plans for trade carnival to be
held there October 3, to cost $2O0,oo0.
Thirteen submarine mines were picked
up in Guantanamo bay, near Santiago,
by the cruiser NIarblehead last week.
A New York man offers to donate
$4,000 ice plant to the National Relief
commission for use of the troops in Cuba.
CONSERVATION was caused recently in
the Russian court by an order from the
czarina forbidding cigarette smoking in
her presence.
Gen. Joe Wheeler has written from Gu
ba to his constituents in the Eighth Ala
J bama district that he will be a candidate
for congress this fall.
/. The shipment OF green fruits from Cal
ifornia this sea son exceeds that OF 1891
, notwithstanding there is a shortage In
the aciduous fruit crop.
: A movement has been started in New
York for organizing a national league
whose object jwill be the furtherance OF
the project for bringing about an Anglo
American alliance.
< The question of Cuban and Puerto
Rican debt and the disposal OF the claims
of citizens of the United States against
: Spain are inextricably interviewer with
= the main question of peace.
4 Won Neldtheim, who shot and killed
= Mr. Woolf Joel. the trustee of the estate
of Barney Barnato, the South African
i millionaire, was acquitted of the charg'
e of murder at Johannesburg.
= C. c. Copeland and II. II. Brewer, wh'
1 , l., al u-iptnr n hlD UQl(
in the klondike country, have returne'
:, and report poor success.
n Thomas Talbot, pioneer citizen
l. LAFAYETTE township, near Charleston, Ill
: has become cnzed by reading too muel
V war news. Imagining his family Span
e iards he drove them all out of the hous
e recently and tried to kill them. lie
nearly so years old.
d An chronological student in Chcag
l. recently pinned gigantic beetle to tn
wall of his room with 500 scarf Pr
q, While the students attention was direct
= ed elsewhere the beetle pulled the pr
!. ont of the woodwork and scared ava
a with it.
lie The authorities at Havre, France, hav
he abandoned the prosecution OF Austria
sailors of the wrecked steamer La Boul
gogne, whe were accused of brutality Il
ward passengers while the ship was sinh
Or ing, on account of lack of evidence.
" At the outset OF the war Prof. j.
Hatfield, who taught German in tn
"A Northwestern university, enlisted in tn
n navy as comon seaman. He was a
r. signed to the auxiliary cruiser Yale, an
ne mis- first service was rendered in scrubbin
in the decks.
es Lola ll-Jackson- Ford, daughter
I'd Rev. Sam Small, the evangelist, will mai
ne her debut on the stage in New York, tn
fall. Although only "a years old, 81
has been twice married and divorce
She is said to be very handsome woma
of and decidedly talented.
ct All submarine mines have been remove
hs from New York harbor.
lie. Slight snowfall occurred at kimbf
as Neb.. near the Wyoming line, on July 3
Ter The war balloon will be kept at lamp
N, Fla. pending developments at Puer