Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-02-10

The Pendleton commercial association
has inangurated movement to build a
railroad from Pendleton, Oregon, south
through the Camas Prairie and the Iohu
Day country to the mining district of
Granite.
The beard of supervisors of San
Francisco have adopted resolutions of
sympathy with the Beers in their Great
Britain contest. The board consists of
Is members and there were only six
negative votes.
Senator Beveridge is most popular with
the newspaper men of Washington. He
Is easy to get at almost any time, and
unlike some of the senators, always sees
the reporters himself, instead of trusting
to his private secretary.
Col. Richard w. Thompson, ex-
secretary of the navy died at his home in
Terre Haute, Indiana yesterday. Col
Thompson was over 81 years old and has
been prominent figure in Indiana
politics for almost a century.
Labor statistics just published in Lon
don for the year 1899 show that Great
| Britain was freer from labor troubles in
1899 than in any year in recent times
The number of workmen affected bv
| disputes was about al per cent of the
total number employed.
The National American Woman
| Suffrage Association is in session in
Washington d. c. Susan B. Anthony
has announced her determination to re-
tire from the presidency. Miss Anthony,
it is understood, favors the selection of
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Chat of New
| York as her successor.
| The Cape Nome mining excitement
continues undated. Many people are
making preparations to get to Cape
Nome from Skagway via Dawson over
the ice journey of 26oo miles. The
transportation companies have already
arranged to handle 5000 passengers.
| This route is said to be four weeks earlier
than the all sea route.
The Tagal insurgents on Monday
captured a supply train of nine bull carts
between Orani aud Dinalupijan, killing
a corporal and five privates of company
C thirty second infantry. The escort
consisting of a sergent and II mounted
men. The insurgents weakened the sup.
ports of a bridge over a creek and the
first cart went into the stream. While
the escort was punched trying to haul
the cart out of the water, the insurgents
fired volley from the bushes killing til,
six Americans and also two nativ,
drivers.
A recent arrival from South Africa tell
the following story with regard to Presi
dent Kruger and the English prisoner
at Pretoria The officers remarked tina
they were accustomed to marmalade 70
breakfast. This was brought to tn
notice of President Kruger, who did no
know much about marmalade, and h
gave instructions to buy up all the mar
malade there was for the officers and lie
them have it, so that, he said, 1.-The worl
could see that we are a civilized nation.
The result was dearth of marmalade i,
the Transvaal capital.
, A private of the Second CORVALLIS
: writing home to London gives som
, pathetic details of the con tlict i'll Nata
t He says: We have sent several trai
: loads of Beers as prisoners TO Cape Tow
t and now we have got so more to send OF
t went 10 Cape Town with a party If !
Beers. They seem decent lot OF me
t and in fact could not do too much fC
six of us who were forming their escor
Among the prisoners we have one boy
Boer boy. The poor little fellow is II
more than IL years of age and has bee