Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-05-27
Geo. W. McMurry. Prop

1t is reported that the Black Jack group
at Lucille on Salmon river has been sold
for fIoo 900.
Tom Hanley, ex-sherif of Shoshone
county, arrived in the city Thursday on
the way to Buffalo.
Tom Beal says he has ordered an X ray
glass to enable him to prospect from the
surface Of ten feet of snow.
R. d. Williams will start to the Mary |
X. mine tomorrow. force of men are
employed on the property running a
tunnel.
The steamer Lewiston went TO Waha
to-day for wheat, and returned on the
down trip at noon to take passengers
from Riparia.
The water in snake river has seeded
little in the pas. twenty-four hours. 1t
now stands at IA feet, ten feet below
high water mark.
J. w. Reid visited Palouse and deliv-
cred an address which the Spokesman
Review says was a grand effort of two
hours length; and was we'll received by
blue and gray.
F. NJ. Potter, who was convicted of as
sault upon Mrs. Kicks in this city year
ago and sentenced to FIVE years in the
penitentiary, was cleared by the supreme
court yesterday. Potter was out on bail
pending appeal. Mcfarland & McFar-
land appealed the case for Potter.
R. d. Williams returned from Spokane
yesterday. He says the business men
OF Spokane have raised up in their II igit
and demanded that gambling be not
prohibited in that city. He estimates
the loss to this city from the enforce
ment of the gambling law at $1,000 day.
Charles F. Washburn returned last
night from Buffalo. He came out with
Clayton Miller, the expert who went in
to take samples for the final test of the
property for the Silverman gang oil
brokers. The reports of the ledge from
private sources are very hattering. The
crosscut developed forty feet of ledge or
the 7o-foot level, and the report is cur
rent that richer ore was encountered ir
! the crosscut than any that was found be
fore.
Il ]. w. Reid was surprised yesterda,
when he boarded the train at Palouse b,
meeting his daughter and brother. Numi
r. Reid and Miss Emma Reid, brothe
and daughter Of our distinguished citi
, zen have come to visit in this city 70
r several months. Numa Reid is a youn,
e newspaper man. Miss Reid is an accom-
a plished young lady, and she will be wei
e coined to Lewiston society.
The celebrated Dewey claim on tn
o Clearwater has been absorbed by tn
o Waverly. 1t turned out that the Dewe
+ claim overiapped the prior claim of tn
Waverly. The ledge that had been d.
z veloped was located within the end lin
It OF the Waverly. When this matter cam
s up the locators of the Dewey abandone
K all claim to the ledge and there is no di.
). pute about ownership. The Waverly
y under bond for $4,000, $Iooo of whic
e was paid down and f3ooo will be pal
5. June Ist. Messrs. Pound and Jones, {
K Seattle, and f. II. Libby and James Ju.
tice, of this place, own the bond on tn
l. Waverly. An eight foot ledge of $50 OF
has been discovered.
ri II. W, Scott. ofthe Portland Oregonia,
r says that what might have been the ides
II way OF dealing with this problem ha
o been rendered impossible by the acc
Il dents of war. Dewey sailed into Manil
Il bay to destroy the Spanish feet. Ono
h there he had to stay. He needed troot
e to reduce the city. Consequently, Unite
States soldiers landed in the Philippine
:, We could not turn the islands back TO tn
tyranny of Spain; hence we had to tax
, them ourselves. The Filipinos fred O
" our men, and out of that grew the preser
= war. We have had no choice, and W
haven't any now. The thing to do is /
reduce the islands to order and peac,
We can't vacillate OF speculate; we mu,
act. And having acted we will stay Their
. forever. There is no use acting the hype
critic or deluding ourselves. The island
were thrown at us and we cannot rid on,
r selves of them. They must be governe
Z and they will never be able to Cover
d themselves. 1t is practical questio,
e we are practical people; and We mea
'f to deal with this matter PRACTICAL,
o Moreover, il We were to desert our DOS,
5. sneak out on some pretext, We would b
t. the aout and jeer Of the civilized world
y Every nation in Europe would despise II,
o and they would have the right to do SC
We've got Cuba and the Philippines O.
!, our hands and both our duty and on
!. necessity will compel us to take them
lgoveru them and make the best we ca,
of them.
ell Some Manila News.