Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-04-29
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
CONDENSED NEWS OF WORLD
Crimes and Casualties In All Lands-
Paragraphs About Prominent
Fersons-Business Conditions in
brfef-PecuIiar Incidents he.
corded by Many Observers.


the importation into the country of fresh
fruit from the United States.
The insect population of a single cherry
tree infested with aphides was calculated
by prominent entomologist to be l2,-
100000.
john Jacob Astor, president of the
findlay. Fort Wayne 4 Western railway,
ha, offered to place his road at the free
disposal of the state government of lndi-
ana for the movement OF troops and sup
plies.
! There are no orphan asylums in Aus
traia. Every child who is not supported
by parents becomes Il ward of the gov
eminent and is paid pension and placed
i'll private family, where board and
clothing are provided.
| 1t is reported from Barboursville, Ky,
that five more murders have resulted
/ from the Baker Howard feud, among the
victims being the wife and two children
of one of the participants. The murder
ers fled to the mountains.
Key West reports that the United
States government has established cen
sorship on telegnms, forbidding trans
mission of code messages to or from Ha-
vana.
Captain General Blanco has published
a decree confirming his previous decree,
and declaring Cuba to be in a state Of war.
He also annuls his former similar DEGREES
granting pardon to insurgents, and places
under martial law all those who are
guilty of treason, espionage, crimes
against peace or against the independence
Of the nation. seditious revolts, attacks
against the government or against the
authorities. and those who disturb public
order by means of printed matter.
California stockmen are guarding
against drouth by leasing swamp lands.
The United States military attaches at
St. Petersburg and Vienna have been
called hcme.
Edward Bcllamy, author of Looking
Backward is dying of consumption at
Denver, Colo.
Paul Anton Krankc in Philadelphia,
sued Mrs. Weinstein for $500 damages
for not providing him a wife, according
to agreement.
The fleet of whalers, ice-bound OIL
Point Barrow, Alaska, have sent spe-
cial courier overland for relief. Over l5O
men are imprisoned by the ice.
The value of a sermon has been fixed
by the Georgia legislature at SD. This
is the amount paid to the ministers who
preach at the state convict camps.
The oldest house in Pennsylvania. in
: Chester. has been badly damaged by fire
1t was built in 1868 and was long used
as a tavern and later as theater.
Every staunch boat in New York har
Dor that is over 100 feet long and capable
: of CARRYING one or two rapid-fire gum
will be pressed into the naval service al
: once.
A dispatch from Singapore says thai
Spanish officials and well-to-do Spanish
families are fleeing from Philippine Isl
ands. escaping from the rebellion whicl
is rapidly spreading there. They repor
that Manila is panic-strcken.
' 4 dispatch from Berlin says that i
e is learned from an authentic source tina
t Germany took the lead in pledgng tn
l continental powers to maintain absolute
l neutrality in case of war between tn
4 United States and Spain.
q y MI III VI SIN Jun 'S''>
e now making a tour Of the principal cite
4 of Mexico. The girls are pretty and al
: in their teens: and their strength an
dcxterity are really marveous,and the eN
hibitons they give draw large crowd
In order to protect the Behring Sc
sealing fleet and the steamers which al
expected to bring gold from the klondik
during the summer. it is proposed to a'
sign a strong detail of revenue cutter
armed tugs and coast survey vessels fo
duty in the North Pacific
II At Linden. near Charlottesville. Ind.
;, stacked up 1000 tons of cornstalks, tn
" raw material for IA cellulose factory, whic
Z is now in course Of erection there. III
!, farmers from the country have haule
u in the stalks when they could not d
other work, and were paid $3 il ton ft
them.
e At Mississippi City, Miss, where I'll
u sheriff is also tax collector, thieves prize
} omen the window Of the sheritf's bedroo1
on the night of the day he made his ia
collections. and with fishnet caugi
his trousers. and, pulling them to IL
81 window. rifed the pockets. The sherl
is slept with light in his room.
n \ telegram from San Francisco sa,
a. that ffty-three young japanese, WI
e. claimed TO be students. but who we
found to be agricultural laborers, will
deported to Japan. They We're dresS'
" in American clothes of all styles, with II
W trousers on backwards, and several Ia
at collars reversed. while others wore the
buttoned around their arms.
III Hiram Maxim, the American invent
OF of rapid fire guns says that the W
a will be terribly one-sided and the rest,
foreyone conclusion. He claims tn
al "any superiority which the Spaniar
he have in number of ships is overwhelmin
w counterbalanced by the great
al strength, equipment and speed OF
ny American warships.'
The Berlin correspondent OF the Stan
ard SAYS: Germany will take no ste
IL, preiudicial to the United States nor pre-
ably will she join in any intervention
,e- SPANS behalf. 1t is evident thereto
that the meeting yesterday fSaturda