Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-09-30

1t Is reported at Seoul, Corea. that a
hlgh official of the palace ordered the
royal cook to poison the food OF the kino
and crown prince
New York city council has formally
thanked Miss Helen Gould for her penpr-
Gus and charitable interest in the sick
! soldiers and sailors.
William Mcdonald, a prosperous ranch
man near FL Reno, Okla. was assassin.
ated by claim Jumpers, who were Jealous
OF his prosperity.
Great alarm is felt in Naples and the
surrounding country over the action of
Mount \esueius, which hourly becomes
more threatening.
Hungarian invested $500 with two
green goods men at New York and sue
ceeded i'll beating them at their own
game, securing $2,0SO.
Two difficult tasks before the Ameri.
can commission in Cuba are the disarlna-
ment OF the volunteers and the disbapd-
ment of the Cuban army.
W. w. Stephens, a farmer near Salem,
Ind, threshed $500 bushels of wheat off
30 acres, an average yield of Al bushels
per acre.
Wabash, Ind, is being flooded with
spurious silver dollars. MANY have
found their way to the banks and many
have been passed upon merchants.
The attempt on the part of Japan to
extend her authority over the savage
tribes in the interior of Formosa has
caused another rebellion in the island.
Bones of long deceased Indians have
been exhumed near Providence, r. l.,
and it is now recalled that the place was
an Indian burial ground over 100 years
ago.
The war department has decided tina,
the remains of Brigadier General Haskell
who died suddenly at Columbus, o., shall
be inferred in the national cemetery al
Arlington.
The British ship Loanada and the
American bark Gray Lynwood WERE
blown out to sea from the port of Bar
BADGES, and are supposed to have beer
lOot III tlit ItctllG HuIIlcdHe
An audience in theater in Havana
Missed play on the Dreyfus case, ant
forcibly elected four Frenchmen from tn,
building. The repetition of the play ha
been forbidden.
In the United States last year tn,
number of milk cows increased about q
per cent, and the number of other cattl
over 80 per cent, while the number o
sheep and swine slightly decreased.
The government of Hayti has change'
its mind since the recent West Indie
hurricane, and will permit the Unite'
States signal service to establish sta
ton at Mole st. Nicholas.
Cargoes of New Zealand and Austria
ian butter recently shipped to Londo
have been reshipped to their startin
points, as the home price for butter
now much higher than the English price
obtainable.
A farmer near Richmond, Va, has a ia
dog which he has trained to worm tn
tobacco plants in the field. The do
does his work as well as a laborer an
the owner saves the wages of a farl
hand.
The dense smoke, coupled with TO
which now hangs over Lake Nlichig,
and Lake Superior, is causing numerol
{ accidents to vessels. The cause OF tt
smoke is unknown. Four vessels are L
ported stranded
The pioneer plainsman Alfred Fentt
n died at his home in Rushville, Mo-, whe
i, he resided so years. In early days
:, engaged in freighting across the pial
of Kansas and Colorado, and amassed
fortune, now valued at 100000.
An Italian English syndicate has
y cured the first concession ever grant
by the Chinese government to forel!
corporation, acquiring right to op
and work mines and operate railways c
.. tirelv free from Chinese control.
The emperor of Austria has founded t
order of St Elizabeth in memory OF I
) late empress. Medals will be conferred
F" women and girls meriting distinction
vt the various vocations of life, or Tor sl
cial religious, humanitarian and phlla
u thropic work.
81 The government lands in California
II the best settled of the far weste
states-constitute 50 per cent OF the
al tai area of that commonwealth. In A
m IONA they are IS per cent, IN Monta
a. - per cent i'll Utah 50 per cent, ana
Wyoming SO per cent, IN Idaho ~
Mt cent, and in Nevada % per cent. Tn
d, sam is still the largest land holder
lg the west.