Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-09-23
WORLDS NEWS IN BRIEF
ITEMS FROM HOME AND AWAY
rho Current Events of the Day, Both
Foreign and Domestic-rhe Crop
output in Various Lines-CrimeS
and Casualties.

0ne-armed george wagner, the BAN
robber of Richland, Mich, who was al
rested in Chicago Wednesday, is said L
be the man wanted for the murder o
Moll Whitney, whose body was found il
Eel river near Logansport, Ind, III thu
year 1854
A triennial convention of weather Blu
reau meteorologists will be held at Oma
ba in the middle of October The con
yention will be opened by Prof. Will,
l.. Moore. chief of the bureau. Secreta
~ OF Agriculture Wilson may attend
The meeting will last two days.
The Copper River Indians are reaping
harvest by gathering the outfits aban
doned by gold hunters in Alaska. 1t
cost the men Zoe to zoe pound to get
their food and clothing up the Copper
River valley. From 100 to 3OO be-
coming discouraged with their vain at
tempts to tird gold, finally dropped their
outfits anywhere and hurried back to
Naldes.
The highest mountain railway in Eu-
rope, leading to the top of the Corner
graf, in Switzerland, situated between
the MatterhoIn and Monte Rosa, is about
completed. 1t was begun in 1896. A
train can take 10 passengers two miles
above sea level. The power is furnish
ed by the water which flows from a
glacier, and is, therefore, most abundant
in summer. when most needed.
A Long Island historian calls atten-
ton to the fact that Sandy Hook was
once Cape Santiago. Its first name
was Cape de Santa Maria; changed in
1886 to Cape Santiago; then, when the
Dutch took possession, it received its
present name.
In the Chicago directory the name of
George Washington appears 10 times;
John Adams. - times; Thomas Jefier
son only once; James .uonroe, seven;
John Quincy Adams, eight, and Andrew
jackson Is times. There are SO named
Dewey, and not a person in Chicago
named Shafter.
Lava streams that have flowed out #
Nesuvius during the past three years
have deposited l05,00O000 cubic meters
of lava on the sides of the mountain.
A cone of lava $50 feet hign has been
formed, out of which fresh streams are
flowing, The valleys on either Sue of
the observatory peak have been nned
up.
Joseph Jefferson, the great actor, re-
Gently wrote check for 81 on piece
OF birch bark in the mountains because
he had no paper with him, The bank
which cashed the check now has it franz
ed and hanging on the wall.
W. S. Shredder, a newspaper artist,
has been missing for three weeks in the
northern part OF Washington. He left
his camp to make sketches of Mount Ba-
ker and is supposed to have starved to
death in the wilderness.
A new society of ord restorers" has
been organized in Boston for the pur-
pose of replacing native song birds in
lneir former haunts, protecting and en-
couraeing them in the breeding season
and planting colonies wherever practI-
cable.
The war department in order to keep
the regular army up to the maximum
will have recruiting officers at all sta
tons where volunteers are mustered out
with a view of giving the men an OPP
portunity to enlist in the regular ser
vice.
The steamer Miowera, arrived at Vic
toria, 3. G.. Friday night, reported that
falcon island. in the Pacific. has disap-
peared, owing to volcanic action. Its
population consisted of about 20 native
fishermen, VINO have doubtless persisted.
At Patteston, Pa, Bert Geist laughed
so heartily at a funny entertainment
that his lower jaw became unhinged
from its socket and he was unable TO
close his mouth. A doctor in the audi
ence came to his relief and started his
jaw in motion again.
Dora Cox. woman horse thief con-
fined in the county Jail at kingtisher,
Okla, succeeded in making her escape
Monday night. She twisted the locks
on her cell all out of shape, and going
into the waiting room with a case knife
took the locks off the outer door.
The Dickson Manufacturing Company
Scranton, Pa, is constructing for the
government two segmental pneumatic
guns, each 20 be 80 feet long, with a bore
OF Is inches, with energy to hurl dyna
mite carthage of 1000 pounds distance
OF 200 yards, and projectiles OF 0o'
pounds four miles.
In view of the fact that three men have
been shot in the Adirondacks in mistake
Tor deer thus far this year, and that ].
We're shot last season. it has been pro
posed that the hunters shall wear COS
TUNES of such color that the stupides
amateur can make no mistake.
The Spanish prisoners at Seaveys Isl
and, near Portsmouth, n. H., are gettln!
good prices for relics. Half dollar
demanded for common naval button
Zoe for hat button and 81 for an oil
tcer's cap button. The Nizcaya AM
Cristobal Colon hat bands sell for seN
eral dollars now. and the price Is stead
lily going up.
The bullion dealers who purchased IN
Spanish gold, silver and notes found o.
the lnfanta Maria Teresa after the Da'
of TIL o - lianAsa N