The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-09-26

cept all business at prices current before
the strike. The company also announced
that all of its mills are now in full oper-
alton.
Frank Erne, the lightweight champion,
was defeated by Jim (Rube) Ferns, the
welterweight champion. at the Interna-
tional Athletic club at Fort Erie. Erisa
was Knocked out in the ninth round. The
fight was witnessed by $500 Persons.
The asylum for the insane at Norfolk.
Neb., was almost completely destroyed by
fire recently. 1t is believed that tnrc.
inmates were burned to death. The fire
originated from some unknown cause in
the west wing of the institution.
o. q. Rhude. county treasurer, OF Nc
Minnville. Ore, was indicted Monday by
the grand jury for the lar ceny Of public
he went to Jail in default of bail. A
shortage Of $500 is claimed. lie was re-
elected at the last election.
Arthur Goldie, a well known mining
man, was drowned on Powell river, about
40 miles north of Vancouver. He was
coming down the river in a canoe and
was swept by the swift current over the
falls which are about 80 feet high. His
body has not been recovered.
At Butte, Mont, the Never Sweat, one
of the principal producing mines of the
Anaconda Copper Mining company, em-
ploying $50 men, is shut down. The
shutdown was made necessary by DAM
age done in the shaft and engine room
by ii slide of earth, a displacement of
. fully seven inches having occurred in the
last few months. The foundation of the
big hosting machinery, which was put
down at cost of $40,0OO, has been
broken and has showed out of place.
The gasoline lamp under one of the
linotype machines in the Anaconda
Standard office at Anaconda exploded at
$3.50 o'clock Monday afternoon, starting
fire that temporarily put the plant out
of service. All of the machines were
more or less damaged, as much by water
as by fire. The press, however, escaped
injury. The fire got into the double roof
of the Standard building. whore it did
considerable damage to the structure.
Five masked men entered the saloon
and gambling room belonging to c. L.
McGinnis at Pendleton, Ore, at 1880
Monday night and took about $500.
Fully 20 persons We're in the room at the
time. The robbers waited until the bar
tender left the bar with drinks and then
. rushed in, telling the crowd and dealers
! to Hold up your hands, One guarded
the front door, two covered the crowd.
The other two went through the faro and
roulette banks and commanded McGin-
mis- to open the safe.
Fully 5000 people saw w. NJ. Ross Of
Phoenix, b. c., and G. S. Mcleod of
Sandon, B. c., break a record in the
drilling contest at the big tent on the
Elks' jubilee grounds at Spokane.
They drove 81 inches in hard granite in
Is minutes. Miners declare that this
forms new worlds record. The previ-
GUS record, they assert was that which
was made in Spokane by Freethey and
Davey on October 0, 1896, when they
drilled 40 3-8 inches.
There were three teams in last even-
ing's contest. They were: Frank Stevens
and Peter Spaulding Of Murray, Idaho,
James Davey and H. Stephens Of Marys-
willie, Mont, and w. NJ Ross and G. 8.
Mcleod, known as the Rossland team.
The record made by each team was as fol-
lOws
Rossland team, 81 inches.
Marysville team, as 1882 inches.