Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-07
The WORLDS NEWS NBR|[F
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
the Occurrences of the Time From
Far and Near-Odds and Ends OF
GENERAL lnterest-Casualitie and
Crfmes-NOtes of Business Mat
tiers and Events Of Interest.


officers to obey American commanders.
The presence of British man of- war
prevented Germany from missing her flag
at Apia, Samoa.
The Portuguese authorities have been
warned Of an anarchist plot to assassi-
nate King Carlos.
The international conference proposed
by Italy to discuss measures for the sup
preston Of anarchism will be held in
October
The Spanish peace commission has been
instructed to maintain Spain's indisput-
able sovereignty over the Philippine ISL
ands.
John Donahue, San Francisco cable
gripman, found 1000 belonging to
George Mulligan, returned Klondiker.
He was given $40.
General Lee may not be given the COM
nand of our army of occupation in Cuba.
General Wade of the regular army is like
ly to get the place.
4 r., Mrs. Berry of New York finding burg
lar ransacking her house, choked him into
submission and marched him to the police
station. OH" '''' o.
Hogs are dying Of cholera by hundreds
near Valparaiso, Ind. 1t is estimated
that farmers of that section ill lose from
$4,000 to $4,000.
General Miles is of the opinion that it
would not be safe to send the army of
occupation to Cuba before the middle OF
November or the first of December.
1t is said in Washington that General
Wheeler will organize and equip the cav
airy division for Cuba, but that he will
not accompany the expedition.
General Blanco has issued an order au-
thorizing the soldiers of the Cuban army
to travel unarmed on railway trains in the
provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana
The failure of many prospectors to reach
Dawson City, Klondike, gives rise to the
belief that they have persisted in the float
ing marshes between the Nelson and Pease
rivers.
Jesse Wilkerson, son of a Sedalia, Mo-,
policeman, fell and broke both legs the
other day. 1t as the 18th time his left
limb has been broken during his short
life. The right leg has been broken four
times. The right leg has been broken
four times, the bones of the lO-year-ol
boy being so brittle that the least shock
| fractures them.
! Commissioner Scott does not believe
that the war tax will be repealed by the
next congress, as the proceeds will be
needed for some time to come to meet the
war expenses of the government.
The Rough Riders horses We're sold in
New York last week. The best one of
the lot was bought by farmer for $40.
The sale realized $4,000 less than the
horses cost the government. ...
Last week, in Kansas City, L. A.
Moore, a clock rcpairer for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, was instant
ly killed by fall of three feet He was
standing on short ladder winding a
clock, when he fell backward to the floor,
breaking his neck.
The public schools at Muscogee, /. t.,
opened last week, and for the first time
in the history of the Indian Territory
white children residing there had an OPP.
portunity to attend, public school ad-
vantages having heretofore been exclus-
lively confined to Indian children.
A Cynthiana, Ky, man went home to
supper the other night and found his
wife standing on her head wedged in be-
tween the bed and the wall in such a
way that she could not move. The poor
woman was nearly dead, and without any
coaxing promised her husband after she
was restored that she would never again
try "summersets' to reduce her fairness.
She paid New York firm " for re-
ceipt for obesity. At last reports she was
as fat as ever. .... .. ...... .......
The Nebraska corn crop is estimated at
l5O,OOO00O bushels, worth $31 100000
This years income. in Oregon from
grain. hops and wool is estimated at SID
4 100000. ..... .-.is
Capt. Brooks was murdered on his
yacht Chispa, oil San francisco, by two
pirates. .....-.
Iowa towns along the Mississippi river
report the water lower than at any time
since 1861.
The American flag will be raised ovel
San Juan, Puerto Rico, with elaborate
J ceremonies.
Richard Malcolm Davis, the southern
, novelist and educator. died in Balti
more, aged rs years.
The agitation in Jamaica for annexa
ton TO the United States has almost
provoked open violence.
Sir Arthur Curtis, an English baron
is reported TO have been murdered by n
dams in the Klondike.
An old Georgia law, requiring negroes
to sit on the three rear seats in stree
cars, is being enforced.
Over 10000 men marched in a big pa
rade in Brooklyn last Sunday as a pub
lie protest against blasphemy.
A congress of mothers, under the au
spices OF the national organization, WI
be held at Omaha.
Andrew Adams, formerly a newspape
reporter at Providence, X. l., is to mari.
!, Princess Kaiuani of Hawaii.
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