Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-02-25


was Precipitated by the step Of Gutierrez,
president OF Salvador, who is at present
assisting, indirectly, the revolution of Mic.
afagua, and who has declared officia,,v
that the liberal party of Honduras is un
worthy longer to hold power.
Formal announcement has beer mad.
OF the engagement of Miss Katharine
Duer, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Viii
liam a. Duer Of New York, to Mr.. Clar.
ance Huhgerford Mackay. only living sou
OF MIR. and Mrs John w. Mackav tn.
announcement was followed by manv Lot.
tiers OF congratulation.
In Saturday Review confirms the report
that the Chinese loan will. after ALL he
made by Great Britain, and saws: 1--WE
are informed that the preliminary con.
tract has actually been signed. The dc.
lay in the fulfillment is caused bv the
Chinaman's joy in dallying over bar.
gain"
Montreal dispatch states that joseph
4. Mercer. brother of the late premier.
backed by immense capital, has Just con.
cluded deal with the government by
which he has sole right to dredpe $50
miles OF rivers in the heart of the Klon.
dixie district. Mercer says the men inter.
ested are mostly New Workers. and that
American capital will control fully two
thirds of the undertaking.
Artificially spotted tobacco raised in
Connecticut is said to be on the market.
Last year the exports of the United
States were so per cent larger than the
exports Of France.
There have been four mysterious assas.
sinations in Houston. Texas during the
past two weeks.
A French aeronaut is planning to 90
hunting for Andree with team of bal.
looms joined together.
A tribe of Indians with yellow hair and
blue eyes has been discovered in the
mountains of Sonora. Mexico.
George Duffy. an S-year-old boy, has
confessed to setting fire to houses in Ho-
boken, n. j., with malicious intent.
A race war is threatened between the
white settlers and a colony of negroes re-
Gently taken to Blackwell, Okla.
Hawaiian annexation has the right of
way in the United States senate, and a
test vote may be expected soon.
From all parts of China come reports
of attacks by natives on foreigners. The
whole country seems to be in state of
anarchy.
The Colorado state board Of arbitration
has sustained the demands of the striking
miners in the northern district Of the
state.
There is a possibility that both branch
es of congress will adjourn about May l.
Rich gold quartz has been discovered in
the Pembina mountains. in southern Man
itOba.
Flour is now being pressed into bricks
for use on the march and in camp. The
British government is testing it for use
in the army.
The lemon industry on the Pacific
coast is growing very rapidly. Two
thousand carloads will be shipped east
during the present season.
The body of Max Miller, which had
been buried beneath snowdrift in a
street in Chicago for 20 days. was exposed
by recent thaw.
The British fishing schooner Spinaway
heavily coated with ice, was blown from
the coast of Newfoundland across the At
lnntic to the Azores.
Two representatives of the japanese
government are on their way to Mexico
in the interest of colossal colonization
scheme near San Benito
| The United States cruiser San Francis
co and the gunboats Bancroft and Helena
have arrived ut Lisbon. Portugal, and are
prepared to reach any Spanish fleet in
case of war.
According to a London dispatch the
Spanish legations in London and elsewhere
are suffering from long delay in their re
mittances. and diplomats have been forced
to privately defray the expenses OF theil
establishments.
Mrs. Louisa Stoutz, wealthy widow
of Portland, Ind. was robbed and muir
dercd in her house at night. A pOsta
card written by one of the murderers and
addressed to The city marshal gave thu
first intimation Of the crime.
Among the electrical patents recent.
granted is one for an electric lamp for hi
cycles, and a dynamo for generating thu
current armature is geared to friction
wheel, which is revolved by the move
ment of the bicycle.
The radical wing of the autOnomist par
ty in Cuba has resolved to open negotia
lions with the insurgents in the belle
that the revolution can not be suppressed
by force of arms. A number of PROPOSE
tons will be submitted to the insurgents
with view of bringing about peace.
The recent cold weather in Arizona i
unprecedented. The river in the Crane
Canyon of the Colorado was full Of float
ing ice, whereas the temperature in tn
canyon is credited with artaking OF tn
nature of perpetual summer. regardless
the temperature on the plateau above.
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