Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-24
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Indian Wants His LOsinEs Back
Wendall Hall in TrOuble-ShO-
shOne County Bonds to He Tested
Suicide From . Train At Albany
Falls.

Before adjournment Saturday the
Whitman county commissioners passed IA
ruling that the clerk and sheriff will
henceforth be allowed but two deputies
each and that the board will pay for no
more detective work.
The board of county commissioners at
Colfax has on file letter from Governor
Rogers in regard To the keech pardon
/ case which was written to w. ". Saun-
ders of Spokane, attorney for Mrs. Keech,
and filed with Auditor Tobin as a part
of the record of the case. The letter is
dated at Olympia, May 10, and is as
follows: "Your letter of May Is at
hand. Relating to the keech pardon |
can only reiterate what has been said
now a number of times. The pardon
was granted Keech Internationally. 1t
is a matter of record in the executive
office. 1t was, however, sent to Judge
Mcdonald to be by him delivered to
keech. l do not desire to be drawn into
squabble, having difficulties of my own
to look after, and therefore must beg to
be excused from signing the certificate
which you enclose. Yours very truly,
J. r. Rogers"
Mrs. Eliza Mcclure Alexander, who
has been a sufferer for six weeks from a
paralytic stroke, died last week at Hill.
yard. Deceased was born March 4, 1919
in Sanford, Browne county, New York
In 1912 she was married to Peter p. Al.
exander. In 1856 the family removed to
| 1oua Ntcnorc;n ,,,hso Nh boz,
a wilderness, living for several years in
Avoca, and later in Vernon county. The
husband died in 1881. Mrs. Alexander
came to Spokane in 1887, and has re-
sided in Hillyard four years. Her de-
scendants now living consist of six sons
% grandchildren and four great grand.
children. Two sons and daughter pre-
coded her to the grave. Her sons are
Charles y. Of Tamora, Neb.; +. w. OF
Virginia, Wis; Frank NJ. of Waterville
Wash, and S. L., f.. +. and Fred Z. OF
Spokane. Two brothers and a sister in
Browne county, New York, survive her
Indian Commissioner Snowden has sue
ceeded in saving for Sarah Wannochin a
balance Of about $500 remaining OF
moneys for land owned by her son on
the Puyallup reservation. She claims
she was Influenced by the former commits.
sioners to sign a power of attorney to sell
the land upon the representation that it
was a probate paper. The land was then
sold and $1,000 of the purchase money
given to Mary Taylor. who claimed to be
the wife of Joe Wannochin. The old
woman will get the balance left.
Abraham Sequa, an Indian living OH
the Occur d'Alene reservation, was in
Tekoa last week to see if he could get
legal aid to collect a gambling debt from
Louie Arapa, another Indian. The story
told by Abraham is that he visited Louie
Friday night and engaged in friendly
game of poker. The former was lucky
and won a sum of money, gun and
q saddle from the latter, but it appears
that the articles were not delivered to
the winner at the time. The next morn
ing Abraham returned to Louie's house
to get the goods he had won, but the lat
ter refused to deliver them, and Abra.
ham came to Tokoa to get legal advice
He seemed much disappointed when he
found he could not collect the debt.
Measles are raging in Colfax. and a
large per cent of the children who have
never had the disease are down, but there
are no serious cases and the weather is
ideal for this disease. Pullman is afflict
ed the same way, and resident of Pull
man declares fully one-half the youthful
population Of the town have the disease
Bent on rigid economy Rockford's
school board employed but one teacher
for the summer term of two months, but
when at the end Of the first month there
Brewer declared an assistant must be
furnished him, and Miss Hilga Hanson
one of this years graduates, was ap
pointed to that position.
Chris Ennis has just returned from a
trip to Ireland, whittier he went to see
relatives and friends. says the Walla
Walh Statesman. He reports having
had a delightful time, and was especially
impressed with the beauty of the Emer'
aid Isle. One thing particularly was no.
|, ticeable, being the profusion of flowers
that grow along the roadsides, ma king
the thorOughfares appear more like parks
than public highways Mr.. Ennis says
that there is a splendid prospect TO,
crops in Ireland, but the little fields look
ed to him like playing farming.
May, little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Lowary Of Sprague, who are Wis
iting near Walla Walla, ate several NOR.
phine tablets the other evening, and the
child's life was only saved after three
, hours hard work by the physicians. The
little girl thought the tablets were can
dy. She ate grain and quarter of the
drug.
| Idaho.
Strawberries from the Old Mission are
, in the market here, in Wallace, before the
, middle Of June, and it accents the diff
, ference in climate between there and
I here, for in this neighborhood the vine.
are just fairly in bloom. The distance
, between the two places by the river is
= only 25 miles, and considerably less in AZ
] air line, while the difference in elevation