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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04

Harry Lydon returned Sunday from
Heppner, Ore, with Elmer Roberts, who
is charged with the larceny of buggy
and team from the Mallory & Lydor
livery stable. Roberts has passed
under severrl aliases in his ca.
reer. He acted as an agent for
some sewing machine company here. He
hired the buggy which he sold in Dayton
claiming that he wanted TO go to Asotin
and return, next day Instead lie drove to
Dayton and sold the rig and kept on go
ing till he reached the Oregon town
where he was overtaken by officers in.
structed to hold him. He returned with
out the routine Of extradition.
The cold wave drove the steamboats, to
shelter this morning. The river was nav
igable to Riparia but the captains decided
not to venture to that point. The Lewis
ton came in late last night, and went to-
day 10 the Evans eddy, six milss down
the river. The Almota is in the eddy at
Almota. They are to resume traffic as
soon as the weather moderates.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
House Organized.

Cen. Mcfarland received private ad
viScS this evening that u. l.. Evans, o
Oneida, was made Speaker Of the House
and Frank II. Gricrson, Of Moscow
deputy state auditor. Ted Smith will
lose his place as chief clerk of Land De.
partment propably to c. +. Arnev OF
rocatcllo.
Following offices were given the silver
republicans: Chief clerk, Judge James
\. keat of kOotcnai; assistant enrolling
clerk, Miss Molie Sidebotham of Ada
county; cngrossing clerk, Fay Leonard
of Blaine; doorkeeper, Major George A.
Manning Of Ne2 Pcrce; committee clerk
Miss Mary MCCrea of Ada; journal clerk
Miss Mary Y. Swectman of Latah.
The democratic attaches have not been
reported. The populists were ignored
i'll the organization of the House. The
organization of the Senate is not re-
ported.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
Holidays at Fletcher.

Christmas festivities are over. Fletcher
was visited by Santa Claus who made
such lasting impression that his re-
turn next year will be anticipated with
pleasure. The Literary Association hall
proved to be inadequate to hold the inn
mense throug which gathered OH Satur-
day eve to enjoy the occasion. More
than 400 persons were packed like
sardines in the hall and gave splendid at
tention to the program which was pre-
pared under difficulties attendant to a
new country under the supervision Of the
Misses Chapman aud Hays teachers OF
the Flether and Wright schools
respectively and to their unrelenting
efforts and the ready response Of their
interesting and willing pupils Is due in a
large measure the success of the program
which would haye been more highly
comfortably situated. The schools were
assisted by choire of voices consisting
of Mesdames Hobart and Furnish Misses
lands and Hays. Messers Roach, David
son, Green and Hays which rendered
some nice selections and "Sockery"--
who closed the program with his inini-
atible version Of the chicken question.
The program reflects credit on its
managers and make us join the chorus
Of "Vira a Santa ;,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
Noted Visitors.

W. S. Norman and ]. +. Cameron, Spo-
kane capitalists, came i'll yesterday Ell
route for the Buffalo Hump camp These
men are promoters of the Buffalo Hump
Company, which is push
ing the winter road into that camp to
hasten the work on their properties.
They represent the company that is back
of Sam Silverman i'll the recent purchase
of the Jumbo group. They have invest
ed $4,000 in the interests Of the camp,
and they will goin if possible to person
ally inspect the Inauguration. of a great
development scheme.
These men are the power behind some
of Spokane's greatest enterprises. They
are experienced mine promoters. Their
investments in the Buffalo camp warrant
a speedy development of the great ore
deposits The fact that they undertake
a nidwinter inspection confirms the cur
rent belief that the Buffalo is the coming
camp of 1899.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
The Northern Parallels.

y party of locating engineers took up
the old Van Arslol survey down Snake
river four miles below this city today and
they are hurrying location work on the
south side with all possible speed, This
action seems to determine the railroad
situation very definitely.
1t is known that President Mellen and
his party considered the proposition of a
road down the Snake river when they
were here last week and it is equally
we'll known that this move was acceler-
ated by the results of this visit. This
much is known by the activity of the
agents put to work just after the visit,
1t is well settled fact now that Lewis
ton will be on Through line within this
wear
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
A Good Indian.

Jeff Davis the Nez pcrce Indian scala
way was on a drunk i'll the fore part of
the last wec1, till Thursday night when
he got on his horse and wandered off in
the dark. He perhaps was missed soon
after his disappearance but his absence
was relief so that nobody took an i'll
terest in discovering him till Saturday.
His horse turned up i'll the mean time
saddled. His banket too had been fonnd
i'll the road, so a search was instituted.
In the evening the Indian was found
He was four miles from I,apwai out i'll a
field. dead, frozen stin.
Coroner Strong was notified and he
repaired to the spot with official authority
to dispose of the body. a Jury found
the cause of death to be alcohol and frost
The Indian had evidently fallen from his
horse and wandered into the field where
lie fell over dead drunk The night was
cold enough TO freeze the whiskey out of
him and the life too. He had been dead
three days when the corouer's investi-
CATION was instituted. He was buried
Monday with honors and Indian
ceremonies
Whiskey has claimed many victims
from the Nez Perce since money has
been plentiful with them.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
Joe ShiSSler'S Will Contested.

The half breed daughter Of Joe Shissler
has filed suit i'll the district court for pos
session of the historical Waha ranch
For s. years the farm has been a land
mark. 1t is the pioneer farm of the val
ley. ShisSler & Sears maintained a
bachelor home there for many years,
They were wealthy and they extended
their acreage and increased their herds
i'll early days to the limit that satisfied
their desires for landed estate and for
herds on the ranges.
The farm consists of nearly 2ooo acres
i'll the heart of the pretty Waha valley.
The government agents offered 10000
thirty years ago for this, then, un-
improved homestead which was refused,
Since that period the farm haa been
brought to a high state Of cultivation.
The personal property of the estate was
also very valuable but this has been dis
tributed and it is perhaps out Of reach of
the plaintiffs at this action.
HS suit Was lllCu bS i lllSC-lC SnlSSler
and her daughter Alice Pow-aske, nee
Alice Shissler against Annie l., Hopes
the present owner under the will of her
brother Joseph Shissler which has been
probated, Tinse-Te was in early DAYS
recognized as Shissier's Squaw and Alice
as the daughter of the holy or other
wise,
The suit is brought by J. w. Reid, J.
w. Poe and J. T. Morgan. These able
lawyers will surely determine the status
i'll court of the half breed children of the
wealthy pioneers Of the north west,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
In the Tigers Lair.

The gamblers have been disturbed, not
by their concience, but by the uuCer-
tainty of their legal rights, i'll this city
recently. The license ordinance has
been construed to cover all the games in
each house with one fee Of 5000. With
the coming OF the new wear the issue was
raised as to whether separate license
should not be charged for each game
covered by the ordinance, and the city
attorney upon consultation held TO the
view that each game should be licensed
separately and each should pay the fee
and that the particular game licensed
should be named III every license. This
construction left no doubt about the lines
of accountability that would be drawn.
1t did permit the holder of license to
run more than one game; nor could he
select what game he would run as in the
past. As consequence nearly all the
games closed down with the close of the
old year.
1t was generally believed the question
would come before the city council last
night for an expression, but it was not
brought up. There has been more or less
uneasiness i'll gambling circles here for
some time without any outside demon
strationS. Jealousies aud spites have pre-
vaded the ranks of the profession and the
trouble has come thercfrom. The proba-
Bile action of the state Legislature cxerts
a disturbing influence in this circle. 1t
is probable that the fear Of prohibitorv
Legislation has made the gamcstcrs slow
about taking out license for another
quarter in advance. This condition will
materially diminish the city's income
Gambling has been permitted in Lewis
ton with less restraint than in any other
city III the country i'll the past. The
question of restraint comes to every city
government in time, and il is a live issue
i'll Lewiston just now
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04

The city treasurer's semi-annuai report
appears in this issue of the Teller.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
Saw Mills Leased.

The Porter saw mills, four miles above
this city, have been leased to railroad
contractors, who will have a very large
amount of material to furnish on con-
struction work IN the Lewiston valley
The mills will be refitted and the capacity
enlarged to $4,000 feet of lumber daily.
The logs to supply the demand will be
shipped i'll by rail. The lessees take i'm
mediate possession.
The demand for lumber products in
this valley seems to be almost unlimited
The railroads have both been in the
market for ties i'll unlimited quantity. Ii
is reported that the lessees of these mills
are tie contractors for one or the other OF
the roads. The Northern has facilities
for getting such material from the noun
tains north OF their work. II is believed
that the mills are to be used to inanufac-
ture ties for the o. r. & n. road.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04
Mcfarland & Mcfarland, who have a

Mcfarland & Mcfarland, who have a
card i'll this issue of the Teller, have fitted
up fine effice in the new Donzac brick.
They are well known throughout the
state, and they are classed with leading
members of the state bar. They are an
acquisition to the business community,
and bar of the courts Of this district r.
F.. Mcfarland has just closed successful
term as Attorney General for the State of
Idaho. S. l.. Mcfarland is we'll known
to commercial, professional and social
circles here, having been i'll the practice
i'll Lewiston about year. The new firm
will be strong competitor for rapidly
increasing business of this county.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04

Sam Silvernan has bonded the big
Buffalo mine with its extensions The
terms are not given TO the public but the
sum named is SS5o,noo. The parties
taking the bond, il is said, are wealthy
Spokane mining men. 1t is believed
however that Mr.. Silverman in this
instance was acting for either Mr.. De
Lamar or the present owners Of the
Delamar mine both Of which companies
have been persistent applicants for the
property. The transfer is at least made
i'll good faith and the influence will be
potent i'll the development of camp.
f.. h. True made visit to Dixie. and
returned Monday enroute to S Spokane.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04

Measles have been epidemic i'll Vine
land for a week or two. The disease is
virulent, perhaps owing to the season.
a six-year-old girl daughter of family
recently from Wisconsin, died There last
week.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04

The contest case of Grams against Evans
INVOLVING the townsite of Agatha OH the
clearwater near Big Eddy has been de
eided by the Commissioner of the general
land offices in favor of Grams. This con-
firms the decision OF the local Office.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-01-04

W, w. Robertson, who visited Lewis
ton two weeks ago i'll search Of news
paper investment, has purchased the
Yakima Republic. Mr.. Robertson is an
experienced newspaper man and former
ly conducted the Chahalis Nugget.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
AN EXPERIMENT In TROPICAL EX-
PANSION.

IRON summary given in Public Opinion of a
recent address by Mr. Courtney, president of the
Royal Statistical Society, "An Experiment
in Commercial Expansion it appears the experience
of Belgium in trying expand her commerce by es-
tablshing colony in Central Africa contains an
important lesson for the expansionists of this
Try who delude themselves with the belief that
make tropical colonies commercially profitable.
Mr.. Courtney was led to make inquiry into the
subject by the frequency with which it is asserted
that the great producing nations establish colo
MES and assume dominion over the less civilized
races of the world in order to provide markets for the
products of their industry His object was to dis
cover whether the results OF experience justify that
belief, and he chose the Congo Free State for his
examination because it free from the interference
of national rivaries and affords FULL fair field for
colonial expansion to show what it can accomplish
for the promotion of the trade of the parent state
One of the first facts that impressed Mr. Courtney
in pursuing his statistical inquiry the deadly
effect of the tropical climate upon the Europeans
who go to the colony either to carry trade or to
conduct the governmental administration 1t is esti
mated that of every ten whites who become officers
of state nine are either buried or invaded within
three years. and the employees of the largest Belgian
trading company, who number I2o maintain only
average service of months out of the twenty
four for which they are contracted. 1t is asserted
that at time within proximate future cana body
of European officials be continued in the colony with
any permanency of its constituent elements.
Against that appalling death and invalid rate there
commercial profits to be shown. The daring
colonizers have labored and persisted in vain 1t is
said that in spite OF and severe taxes, in
spite of royal gifts and Belgian loans reckoned as
income, the budget of state has in no single year
shown equality of receipts with expenditure. The
trade of the country, which has much in life
and treasure remains comparatively small and con-
stitutes but OF per cent of Belgian commerce.
Mr.. Courtney's conclusion is that if the Be1gians
had employed at home the money expended in the
Congo colony, and had used for reducing the bur-
dens their trade and industry, the expenditure of
the would have had far greater effect in
increasing Belgian commerce In other words, while
seeking the shadow of trade in the jungles of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
JOHNSON AND BURNS.

7 F there is any member of the Legislature without
excuse Tor his advocacy OF Dan Burns, Grove
L. Johnson is the man. He has been lawyer OF
recognized ability for many years He has served
in Congress and has met and heard the great men
who, in the Senate of the United States speak for
seventy-hve millions OF people as well as for their re-
spective States He is familiar with the qualifications
that a Federal Senator should possess and without
which he is a nonentity or disgrace. Yet he de
liberately supports Dan Burns and, when mon
strous candidacy evokes criticism that ought to be
unnecessary he tries to place shackes the limbs
Of the press
Nj Johnson knows better. He is not acting in the
dark or in ignorance There is no journalist legis-
ator or citizen in the State who fully compre
bends the truth that on his merits in craftsmanship
apart from the influences by which he is surrounded
and saturated Dan Burns could not be elected a
Supervisor About this there is no possible mistake
The only claim ever put forward for the gentleman
from Mexico was that he had been assailed by two
newspapers. Such an argument its face is not
only absurd but stupid. There is no additional ele
ment through which it can be strengthened by Mr.
Johnson or by any one else The situation is unique
because in the face OF day. wantonly and malciously
these Undesirable pretensions backed by IN
scrupulous intelligence and hold the. Legislature
deadlocked
The Assemblyman from Sacramento for years
seems to have made it his business antagonize the
public at every point. He acts disappointed man
who is too narrow to rise above the surface OF a
petty revenge The spectacle OF intellectual faculties
bent to a set and malignant purpose and using off
cia station without regard the public interest is
not only unfortunate, but waste OF opportunity
But Mr. Johnson appears to glory in his own shame
and employs his legislative station for the ventilation
OF his personal grievances and the pertinacious
advocacy of men and measures injurious to his i'm
mediate constituents and obnoxious to that larger
constituency upon which his reputation must depend
He beraes the press and abuses his privilege by per-
petually committing the very acts he processes to
condemn. To rise under the sting OF criticism, like
hyena from his lair, and show his teeth and spit at
journalism IS a attitude for statesman, and a
display only equaed by the obstinate support of a
Senatorial candidate whose catalogue OF qualifications
is nothing but a stained blank.
Tennyson informs that "men may rise on step
png-stones OF their dead selves to higher things
but the exCongressman is proving that through their
dead selves may sink to unfathomable depths.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY

THE petition presented to the Legislature by the
California Society for Exempting Churches
From Taxation is not unreasonable and should
be granted. The request it embodes is which in
wolves questions OF public. policy expediency;
the society merely asks that constitutional amend
ment be submitted to the people exempting real
tate and improvements used exclusively churches
and chapels from taxation
Whether it is good policy to free this species of
property from the burdens of government need not
be considered in any debate which may take place
over the adoption in the Legislature of such con-
stitutional amendment. The only question that can
possibly be involved is whether not the people of
the State OF California ought to be given an oppor-
tunity to pass upon the problem.
1t is the custom in these days to submit everything
to the judgment OF the people, the assumption being
that they nfallbe and will decide all questions
according to the best public policy. Upon the sub
ect of exemptng churches from taxation there will
undoubtedly be spirited debate when the consti-
tutional amendment up for ratification; there
is great deal to be said on both sides, but the
proposition is one that is easily understood and con-
corning which there need be mystery Every
voter readily resolve the question for himself and
according what he considers the best interests OF
the commonwealth.
Until 1867 church property was exempt from taxa
ton under the laws of this State In that year the
Supreme Court discovered that the act under
which the exemption had been set up confcted with
the constitution, and in the case of The People vs.
McCreery it decided that that species of property
must be assessed and taxed But not until now has
anybody attempted to disturb the doctrine of the
constitution that all property in the State shall be
taxed in proportion to its value.
strong point in favor of submitting the propo-
sition under discussion to OF the people con-
sists in the fact that in every other State of the
Union property used for religious purposes to which
there is attached income is exempt from taxation.
There must be something in doctrine which so uni
versally prevails, and undoubtedly it ought to be dis
cussed and settled in California. There should be no
opposition in the Legislature to the submission of
proposition in which many people are interested
and concerning which there so much to be said pro
and con.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
RANCHO AND RURAL LIFE.

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
SUPPRESSION OF CARTOONS.

q S there are two sides to every question there
I \ are grounds for opposition to the cartoon
We admit this freely. As to whether the
grounds such as to appeal to the intelligence
must be left to individual judgment.
When legislator has bad record to the length
OF which he is striving to add, wonder he lifts his
fearful eyes protest his character portrayed
and rends the heavens with his walls He IS ex-
perencing precisely the emotions of the rogue who
feels the halter draw, only the legislator feels the
artist draw.
There can be no doubt that Wright viewed with
distaste the pictures of himself, showing him to be
crooked 1t would not be surprising II a member
depicted in the act of sloshing himself with white
wash would rather he had not been detected and eX-
posed Let it not be denied that the howlers have
grievance Probably the cat concerning nocturnally
in the back yard would welcome statute forbidding
the hurting OF reformatory brick.
Now to the newspapers OF California very little is
involved in the fate of the justly celebrated anti
cartoon BILL for they would not pay to it the slightest
attention AS an abridgment of the freedom of the
press the constitution, still recognized as docu-
ment OF considerable merit, would knock it into
cooked hat at the first test When paper oversteps
the bounds by word illustration, there is remedy
in law and it is the only remedy the kickers will get,
saving of course, the shotgun, OF which they talk
freely.
There is for the honest sting in the car
toon. If so be he have large the world would
never know it through the work OF artist while
the ears were restrained in their tendency to wag,
and even luxuriant jungle of whiskers would
cape if only the wind OF buncombe did not agitate
them unduly. For afraid of his record the
cartoon is thing of terror herein being its virtue.
II such in the majority doubtless the scheme
will be put to practical trial, but suggest the
slaughter of the artists the only effective quetus.
This might be made possible by the passage of the
luminous and idiotic Morehouse bill authorizing any
citizen offended by paper to take to the warpath
and found private graveyard of imposing proper
tons.