Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-02-25
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.,-sormation Gathered FFom
,v,a. Ares-Pslatasal Happen
I'D Industrial Netes-Crines
81 Accidents.
.,.c;al from Madrid says that the
~. Of that city is greatly enraged
~ N the belief that the Spanish cabi.
~" sssoloeized to the United States. The
.i.ce the despatch adds, is bitterly
F..d 10 such course and they are ex-
..i;uely hostile to the government and
make demonstration.
I.ther c. Billings, pay director in the
LTD States navy, has been found guilty
y ~. court martial in session at the
T.shiupton navy yard for the past five
~. ~ fslsehood and scandalous conduct
hsa been sentenced to dismissal from
!. navy. The result of the trial has
..s.d the greatest surprise in naval
ssleA
n. wilkinson, representing the Brit
a Yukon Co.. saps the construction
4. r,ilroad through the White pass, from
4. head of the Lynn canal to Lake Ben
,,u will be begun Immediately by his
,npany The road, which will be As miles
!. lenqth, will be completed within 80
Avs Of the beginning of the work.
News has reached Nelson, Il. c., of the
,urder of d. Connors at Kuskanook, the
~ town at the head of Kootenay lake.
"A. facts of the case 80 far as learned
Aov that the murdered man, who was a
,eamster in the employ of contractors for
in Crows Nest Pass railway construc-
tin, was sitting in the barroom of Erick-
| Sn's hotel when man known as Doyle,
lut known in Rossland as Sullivan, en-
teed the place. Without any provoca-
tica, Doyle drew a revolver and pointing
It 1t Connors, said, "Dig up, or I'll shoot
you" Connors replied, Fire away"
Doyle Immediately pulled the trigger and
fred Connors fell dead without groan,
with smile on his face. The bullet en-
| Tered his left breast about an inch above
he nipple. Doyle fed from the house.
Estrada Cabrera, the new president of
auatemala, has officially informed the
colony Of Central Americans in San Fran
asco Of his succession to the presidency
II that country.
From present indications the recon-.
nsndations Of the conference committee,
which met at Boston Sunday, advocating
general strike in the cotton mills of
New England, will fall fiat in Lowell.
Mass
Heinrich Haas, representing one of the
largest mercantile houses in Hamburg,
Germany, has just closed $4OO,O con-
tnet for California dried fruit, to be de-
livered during the coming season.
At the Massachusetts, legislature hear
ing as to the condition of the cotton man.
uheturing industry of that state, Repre-
sentative Ross, for the operatives, said
that in most linen mills wages were high.
er than they were Is years ago, but in
The cotton trade this was not 30, and at
Me present time wages were 20 per cent
lower than in 1893.
The deal by which the great water
power at Quinnesec, Wis, and the paper
and pulp mills, with 1000 acres of land,
aases from the hands of the Quinnesec
faiis Paper Company to the Kimberly &
oark Company, is about to be consum-
mated. The figures are placed at about
100000. The falls are o natural water
iali and dam with fall of IS feet, max
. ing it one of the best powers in the world.
Collector of the Port jackson and Unit
Cd States Appraiser Dare have addressed
letter to the secretary of the treasury
Tor the purpose Of soliciting his aid in
eaeck'ng the flood of cheap Oriental goods
mat are being shipped to this country,
under stamps which give them the ap-
peaance of having been manufactured in
european centers and which are sold at
f4lces which are driving the genuine arti-
cies out of the market.
Receiver Wyman of the Globe Invest
meht Company has rendered to the ST.
p,sme court at Boston, Mass, report in
winch he says the affairs of the concern
were STEPPED in fraud" The company
aea't IN farm mortgages, and the receiver
'oSnd Sl,OOO,OOO of liabilities with practi-
.aily no assets to meet them. Arrests OF
.xo OF its officers for embezzlement fol-
%xec, with the result that they were con-
'.'ed and are now in prison. The re-
"'ver recovered $4,000 worth of assets,
W. nalf this sum is yet in litigation.
. Inc Russian cruiser Tamboff has passed
~iooeh the Bosphorous with 1000 soldiers
@a1 10 cannon, bound for vladivostock.
Judge Gary has denied the motion for
new trial and formally sentenced
"a.'pn lIuetgert. the Chicago sausage
ser' to life Imprisonment.
uver'll, Huges L Ch., wholesale gro
s' nave assigned. with liabilities esti.
'ea at 100000. No statement of as
- mas yet been made.
a Inc press Of Buenos Ayres say that
~ complaints as to the inefiiciency OF
e oniiean army, published in the Chi
:. a newspapers. are intended rs a ruse
" ~ rece've the Argentine government.
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