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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-11-11
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! Idaho State News Items!
s,i.e republicans propose to celebrate
,A-;r victory with torch light procession
ia fireworks.
u,hile charles Hazeltine and wife were
\. .hnrch last Sunday night IS tons of
8, on His ranch were destroyed by fire
near Payette.
ua,rv Thatcher disposed o, 100 acres
= vhite pine Saturday at 81 per 1000
re red 6r brought rs cents. says the
cenesee News.
Il. Safe blowers did little business with
..fe in. the. general store of Wright &
"a at Rathdrum Wednesday night, Sc
curing about $1,000.
The Hecla mine near Wallace. idle for
80 years, resumed work Monday with
force Of 400 menand adds $Isoo a day to
the pay roll Of that camp.
6. d. Chinn, turnkey at the Idaho
oenitenliary, was discharged Saturday
for the alleged reason that he did not
testify in favor of the warden at the re-
den, investigation.
Election returns now in, although far
from complete, indicate the election Of
ali the republican Legislative candidates
with possible exception Of Avery G.
Moore, ]. F. Ailshie has carried the
county for supreme judge by over 900
majority, he being the only republican
on the state. ticket who carried the
county. For district judge the democra-
tic candidate. w. N. Scales, has ma
iority of less than 400. The vote on the
removal of the county seat has resulted
in Crangeville winning out by a ma
jority approaching 500.
Citizens of Boise county have sent the
following to the interior department.:
THAT whereas. Certain public lands of
Boise county, state of Idaho. lying con.
tiguous to the South and Middle Forks
Of the Payette river. the North Fork of
the Boise Basin, are being rapidly filed
upon under 1.-THE Timber Land Act of
June 5. 1875" by wholly and entirely
for speculative purposes; that these lands
so fled upon soon pass into the hands of
great lumber companies; that Boise
county is highly mineraliz ID district,
and as yet largely unleveloped; that
placer deposits and quartz lodges haye
been found in every part of said county,
particularly ip those parts of said county
where timber locations have recently
been made; that in a number of instances
timber claims have been taken covering
mining claims that mining bitches and
reservoirs are across ard upon lands
taken under said timber land act; that
tine removal of the timber greatly re.
tards the mineral wealth; and further,
that there is no more timber in said
county than is absolutely needed for
mining purposes; and that,
Whereas In nearly every instance
the provisions Of the said timber land
act are violated in this. that the lands
FL d upon under the timber land act are
more or less rich in the precious metals,
and the locations are made indirectly for
the benefit Of other persons. greatly to
the detriment Of the people of this
county, and state;
Nov, therefore, we the undersigned
residents Of Boise county, sta'e of Idaho.
do most respectfully petition and urgent
ly request that an investigation Of our
claims herein made, be ordered by your
department working toward more rigid
enforcement of the law
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NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT.

IN the District Court u the Seeoad Jsdlcial Dis
ict OF the State Of Idaho. In and for The Couaty u
Nex Perez.
Russell b Company. cosposatIcs. VA Fraat.
Ruchsft and Fred Rucher. Case No. l7S.
Notice b hereby givsn that 4 writ o. attaehneni
wss issued out Of the above entiiled court On The
llfh day Of August 1902 against tke psuvsrty d
the above nansd detendaats.
In witness whereof have heseunto e. ~ hand
and ccia seal Of said court this l3ah day q August
1872 = Sz
[SsAL or COURT p. 6. STOOKsy.
Clerk Of the District Court.
By J. liOwAnD HOWE. Deputy.
I. N. smith attprnay sos plaintiffs.
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The projectors Of the wheat and log
tramway down Lapwai creek 70 this
place have over mile Of track built and
expect to finish the tramway some time
next spring. when il is expected saw
mill will be put in here.
Lapwai creek above this point il 20
narrow and steep that II would be very
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-11-11
ALIAS SUMMONS.

]. F. Ailshie. attorney for plainti
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Leopold never. or seldom. neglects his
duties for any length of time. He may
vanish for a couple Of days. thereby delay
ing business Of state. but when absolutely
needed he always hobs up again. ready 10
sign or veto, agree TO a measure, or do bat
tie. Once, while the Brussels Cabinet was
almost despairing OF ever seeing Leopold
again, thinking he had been murdered or
kidnapped or otherwise done away with. he
sent a cheerful dispatch from Geneva, in
timating that he was having a good time,
but would be pleased TO receive any com
munication the government might wan to
make.
At another time the royal family was
startled by newspaper reports saying that
King Leopold ard his three daughters
had arrived in the royal yacht at some
Mediterranean port, where they We're re-
ceived with all the honors due their rank
by the authorities. The women ~masquerad-
ing as the Kings three daughters" were
Paris ballet girls, and they must have been
hugely amused by the attentions paid them
speeches of welcome, flowers. brass bands,
soldiers in line, shouting crowds, four
horse coaches. cavalry escorts, freedom of
the city" and what not? As the real
daughters happened TO be at the Palace of
Laken at the time they had to keep 10 their
rooms for ten days or more. while all Wis
itors were sent away and the sign, Small
pox,' nailed to the gate.
1t is not easy to believe such extrava-
gances on the part of a man whom fate
gave so many hard knocks. Twice he saw
the heir TO his throne snatched away by
dcath. HE 4urO ~,1rr,oJ J,,r~Ito~- -v-.~4
enced all the sorrow and shame a woman
In any position may encounter. There is
Leopold's mad sister, Charlotte, ex-Em-
press of Mexico. the widow of the Inflated
and iil-advised Macmillan. who tried to
set up an absolute European monarchy on
American soil. Leopold has had her in his
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just returned from a tour of the smaller
factory and mining towns in Liege, L am
going to set down here a typical view of
one of them, Charleroi. hotbed of the riots
OF March, 1856, and of the present agita-
ton.
In the provinces of Hainault and Liege
every member of the family, except suck
hngs and children below the age of ten.
work either in the mines or factories. The
man, woman or child who does not starves
as sure as there is a sun in the heavens.
During my first visits to the shops under
and above ground L saw plenty of chill
dren risking their life. and health for a
weekly pittance that an American boot
black would disdain as an hours recon-
pense. but where are the women and
girls?'' 1 asked.
'There, and there, and here, and yon-
der" The guides right described a circle,
pointing to the crowds of leaders," car
riers and helpers. 1 looked again; really
they might be women, but, as they wore
trousers and a general aspect of uncouth-
ness, 1 had failed to recognize the sex.
1 never thought it possible for women and
girls outside Of slave countries to look
uN SiSuNS AOulu-SLOulOGIt GU lldl-NACSl-
ed, with scanty hair and enormous hands
and feet. Even the girls of sixteen or
seventeen were wholly devoid of comeli-
ness; matron, young wife and maid were
equally unattractive. with poor blood in
their veins, where should they get red lips
and cheeks" said one of the mining COM
panies' physicians; they are all anemic."
THE WAGES OF WOMEN.
There would be no use in giving the scale
of wages. American readers would not be-
lieve me. A girl working twelve hours per
day does not earn enough TO buy a regular
midday meal; coffee and bread is all she
may aspire TO. / ran across a typical small
family consisting of three sisters, all of
whom were employed from one years end
10 the Their. They tell me that they eat
Wednesdays.
When I remarked on the absence Of do
nestle animals-goats. rabbits. dogs and
oats-the guide replied: \ one would BE-
able to keep either for more than a day or
two; they would be stolen and devoured. -
Dogs OF the large kind are plenty because
they serve as draft animals. They come
cheaper than dOnkeys or. horses and are
well able TO draw milk and vegetable
wagons.
Another thing that struck me was the alb
sence of pawn shops. we have nothing 10
pawn" said the foreman OF the factory
with whom 1 was talking.
Badly nOurished, the miner and glass
blower Is subject 10 heart and eye disease,
rheumatism and scrofula. In summer, when
the furnaces are going inside and out-the
heat of the fiery coal intensified by that OF
the sun-hundreds die OF prostration, these
deaths being as regular" as deaths from
consumption, Overwork or accident. Yet on
that account no one complains; il is deemed
quite natural. These work people. you
u st-know, learned Ions s &c Hook com
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PLEASANTLY upon all evils save actual hun
ger. Hunger maddens them. If a beef trust
invaded Belgium it would be s~trangled to
death within t~wenty-four hours with or
without process of law.
For hours L walked in the workmen's
quarters without seeing a single grOwn-up
person. All the ''grown-ups'' and half
'grown-ups'' and quarter "grown-Ups" are
in factory or mine, working twelve hours
by the clock, either in daytime or night.
Most Of the houses stand in a little. garden,
but neither vegetables nor flowers are
planted. Who should attend to that? And
the childreni Numerous as the sand on the
sea. but dirtier, less cared for, unllappier
than any crowd of little ones 1 ever en-
countered elsewhere. During seven days
travel in the Province of Liege I heard not
a single laugh, unless it came from a grog-
shop.
Instead, grogshops, drunkenness, beast
iality galore, Day and night the brasseries
and gin mills are running high, town and
suburbs sending never-decreasing swarms
of customers. Horrible and heaI1-rending
are the scenes in and about the gin mills
on pay day. when hundreds OF women be-
siege and fight their husband, brother or
father TO give up a few sous for the house.
Even Zola's realism pales before.such bat
ties between domestic furies and the al
cohol devil.
Truly, a gayer monarch or a more miser-
able starved wretch than the workman. his
subject. you cannot look upon.
HELOISE Confess D'ALEMCOURT.
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Vigo gave the information that Mr.
Hamilton had weakened himself by sending
his Indians against the frontier and to
block up the Ohio; that he had not more
than eighty men in garrison, three pieces of
cannon and some swivels mounted"
Clark, with the acumen of a born soldier,
saw that this was the moment to strike.
Said he: I'VE know what fortune will DO
for US. Great things have been effected
by a few men well conducted"
Unfortunately for his designs, the time
of enlistment was up for the most of his
men; they had not been paid for their
service. and he could not hope for their
re-enlistment under such circumstances
Nor had he heard from his urgent appeal
to the Governor of Virginia for money to
pay his men and to buy ammunition. With
despair he saw the opportunity for vic
tory slipping from him. AT this juncture
Vigo came to his aid. He became mis- Sc
curity for supplies; he even advanced them.
And the army of 10 men was enabled to
make that momentous march across the
drowned lands" wading to their necks
through swollen creeks in the bitter chill
of February, to repossess themselves of
the old fort Of St. Vincent.
This aid was given by Vigo through love
of the American cause, with which he was
ever after identified; yet he never received
from Virginia in repayment one penny:
Nor was this the only instance of his as
s~istance to the Americans, and in every
case he was the loser. He was sued in
the courts Of Detroit on a note for 9721 5s
Cd, which had been thus applied.
TNTH1- a. ~or-1I,,4so- 1,~l - 800
eminent was established under the con-
t~inental Congress, Vigo became an Amer
lean citizen. But the government over
looked his claim for reimbursement, if he
made any, which is not quite clear. In
consequence of his exceeding generosity
to the struggling Americans old age found
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ing in human interest"
Most Of these things I have picked up
at junkshops." said the man who owns the
old iron exhibit, "and some of them have
belonged in our family since pioneer days.
These old iron andirons, bearing the figures
of Washington and Lafayette-in military
costume belonged to my great-grand-
mother; also these old iron snuffers. these
two iron candlesticks, and this primitive
bacon-grease lamp-the kim that was used
in log cabins in pioneer days. These things
hanging on the wall are an old iron bullet
or lead-melting ladle, an old-time bullet
mold, a maple sugar skinner, an old iron
hob and a town pump dipper. The last may
be steel, but it is rusty enough to pass for
iron.
One of my grandfathers was a taflor-he
was a good. honest tailor, too, and I re-
we're his memory; so this huge old iron
tailor's goose. heated on the inside by a
charcoal fire. / preserve for his sake. These
three old 'iatiron rests are curious things,
too. One bears a woman playing a harp.
and the name Jenny Lind beneath; this. of
course, dates back to her American visit
fifty years ago. Thackeray's face, in college
cap and little side whiskers, spectacles and
all. ornaments this old iron-rest which
came from an old E~nglishman's tailor shop:
and this other iron-rest is Masonic-three
links and other emblems in the handle. and
across the plate.
This old rusty key belonged 10 an early
log-cabin Jail; these are iron handouts of
an early date, and these old sheep shears
are also antiquities. A sickle always ap-
peals to melt suggests pleasant things
and this is an English sickle; notice its
long, light, graceful curve, and the superior
high temper of the metal. Old ice-wagon
tongs are droll-loOking things, now; they
weigh four pounds. and seem unwieldy
enough, compared with the modern kind.
Did you ever see an iron bottle? This
was found in scrap iron at a foundry the
other day. 1t is a foot and a half high and
a foot and a quarter in circumference
with an iron cork 10 be screwed in. II was
full Of mercury when found: a druggist
bought the mercury and gave me the rusty
old bottle.
Yes. indeed. there's no end TO the inter
esting curios in old iron"
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care ever since the year 1867. when she
arose from a football before the the third
Napoleon-a raving maniac.
As stated, his youngest and most beloved
child, Princess Clementine, wants TO a k
the veil. She could only be persuaded from
doing so by her fathers repeated promise
to change his mode of life. At one time,
too, the gay King seemed determined to
keep his word. namely, when Clementine
had. a narrow escape from burning to death
in the Laken Palace, but when the young
lady recovered her father forgot all about
his noble intentions and returned to his
debaucheries.
THE KINGS APPEARANCE.
At the same time the King retains his
good locks. With a face full of character
and an erect figure, he combines the man
ners OF a perfect gentleman, while his in
tercourse with friends and strangers and
people generally is distinguished for a GER
tain hearty democracy that endears him to
all meeting this many-sided monarch face
to face. Those who profess to know Leo
pold best claim that he is good natured and
generous TO a fault. but this favorable view
is opposed by many dissgreeable facts.
A father turning out mis- daughter. who
has fled TO him for protection from a cruel
husband-turns her out in the middle of
the night and carries her back to the gild-
ed cage under escort, though knowing that
her sunerings would be still greater in
consequence Of the abandoned fight-a IA
Their who does that sort of thing can hard
~ be credited with excessive love or for
bearance. Yet that is exactly what Leo
- a. fl - .-L. ~ ~
Princess Phillip of Coburg, who was de-
clared insane two or three years ago. after
clipping with an unloved man and distribut-
ing fraudulent checks all over Europe.
There are many who claim that Louise is
not mad at all; that her husbands wick
edness and her fathers failure TO succor
her simply drove her to wild acts of ex-
t-ravagance by way OF revenge.
AS 10 the Kings generosity-true il is
that artists of a certain degenerate school
find him a liberal patron, and that SOU
brettes and dancing girls and prima donnas
and leading LADY never appeal TO him in
vain-proyided they are pretty and gay,
but as TO his far-famed gift" TO the Bel
gian people, the Brussels royal gardens.
the act was one of economy pure and sim
pie. The law forbade Leopold 10 dispose
Of the ground, and compelled him To pay
for its maintenance-half a million francs
per year. In comforting the title and cost
Of maintenance upon the people he still
reserved the gardens for his own use and
saved 10000 francs a year. Good bust
ness, was II not?
This same sense OF business, which he in
herited from his grandfather. King Louis
Philip. the broker on the throne. induced
him. 1t is said. 10 invest the greater part OF
his sisters. the ex-Empress Charlotte's.
fortune in the Congo State. originally a pri-
vate speculation OF his own. Nowadays
the Congo State Is a safe investment. but
suppose the speculation had miscarried? IN
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him almost destitute; but for the compass
sion of an adopted daughter he would have
been a pauper on the public charge. He
had early in life married a Miss Shannon,
who lived but a short time and left him
no heir. He never remarked, and on his
death constituted his wife's two nephews
his legal heirs. All he had to leave them
was this old claim against. first, the colony
of Virginia, and, secondly, the govern
ment of the United States. Two years be-
fore his death his claim reached Congress
during the session of 1913, but nothing
resulted to his benefit. There is no other
case comparable to his save that of Rob
ert Morris. and both always will be a dis
credit to the Nation.
POST-MORTEM JUSTICE.
Vigo had been in his grave forty years
when, at last, the government allowed
his claim. The records say: ION the Sth
of June, 1872. Congress referred the claim
of the executors of Colonel Francis Vigo
to the Court Of Claims, with full jurisdic-
ton and power to act" And in 1873 we
read: Judgement was given on a bill of
exchange drawn by George Rogers Clark
in favor of Vigo for army supplies in the
sum of $S,616 of principal and $~41,2S2.60 in
terest, being the interest at ) per cent.
from March 20, 1779, to Jan. Is. 1875. making
a total of $40. S9s.6O."
Yet Vigo died in poverty at the extreme
age of ninety-six. None OF his own blood
was ever benefited by this judgment. He
felt keenly the ingratitude and neglect of
the American people, and in his last impov-
erished days he said: Il guess the Lord
has forgotten met
Much of the last half of his life was
passed in Vincennes, but no accurate in
formation can be found concerning his TAX
ing W his residence there. He was nTob-
ably an inhabitant of St. Louis at the time
of the Louisiana purchase in 1908. In re-
ligion he was a Catholic, having been, as
one of the records say. "a trustee of the
old. historic church Of st. Francis Xavier"
which burned and was replaced by the
present edihce. Bishop Brute, the first
Catholic bishop of Indiana. was his friend
and frequently visited him in his last days.
n to him he made the promise to remen-
Der the church should his claim be allowed.
Nevertheless he died without the sacra-
ments Of the church and was buried in IN
consecrated ground; why, no one knows.
One authority ventures the assertion that
ne was communicated for his partisan
ship with the Americans; another thinks
il possible he became a Mason. but there
is apparently no way 10 verify either
theory.
Exactly how this money from his claim
was discussed cannot be Learned; il Is
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known that at least one of his requests
was carried out. To Nigo county, named
in his honor, he left a sufficient sum 10
buy a bell for the courthouse. This was
done, and the bell is still in use.
Francis Vigo died on the I'D day OF
March, 1895, and was buried a few days
later with the "honors Of war" Empty
honors indeed to a man who had made such
sacrifice from which had come such ire
mendous results. yet who had died a de-
pendent on the charity Of strangers! His
body lies in the Protestant cemetery at the
southern limit of the town of Nincennes.
Above his grave is a small slab of common
sandstone, and cut deep is the inscription;
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Colonel Francis Nigo,
Died 22d March, 1885.
Aged SO.

For many years the grave was unadorned.
but of late some one unknown has placed
above it a wire arch and trained upon II a
rose vine. And this is his monument
There is in existence one authentic por-
trait of him painted in old age, which is the
property of the University of Nincennes.
The town of Vincennes has honored him by
naming a street for him and his chosen
State has called one of her counties after
him, but his adopted country has done
nothing. CAROLINE V. ROU
Charlottesville, Ind.
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OLD IRON CURIOS.

A den corner" devoted to an array of
articles in old iron, is not. at first glance.
calculated to inspire general interest; but,
on close inspection, such representation Of
the king of metals" may prove itself
equal to the average collection of curious
objects made of pewter. brass or copper.
Iron comes nearer to the everyday life of
mankind than other metals: and, in this
wide relationship, asserts itself as abound
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Statement by the Queen: Blindness,
revolution. bloodshed. loss Of power-ele-
ments OF r~etribution all for the treatment
of our child, for indecency haunted in the
public eye. for poor Charlotte and the
Congo atrocities"
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that case Empress Charlotte's heirs would
have footed the bill and Leopold would be
poorer in expectations but not in pocket.
Still. the ten millions a year Leopold makes
out of the Congo State now have brought
him no luck. The history of this darkest
part Of darkest Africa is written in blood,
and the Queen and her pious daughter
Clementine are suffering death agonies on
account of the c~ruelties committed in their
husbands and fathers name. Indeed, the
Congo atrocities are forever on Marie Hen
r~ietta's mind. and she prophesied long ago
that God would punish Leopold for his
part in the awful business.
BLINDNESS THREATENS KIM
The punishment has come, or is near at
hand; total blindness threatens this gay
est of monarchs. 1 saw much of him
during his recent visit at the Riviera, in
the fairy palace he built for himself near
Villefranche. AS he took US over his grand
new house-the latest and most beautiful
of his numerous architectural creations. a
veritable treasure trove of articles de vertu,
bric-a-brac. paintings, statuary, bronzes,
crystals and mosaics-as he showed, or,
rather, attempted TO show. us the good
points of his collections, 1 saw his eyes
wander far from the spots he described;
he was repeating a self-taught lesson, he
was trying TO deceive us about his real
condition. On that occasion he reminded
me of the late blind King of Hanover, who
was wont TO compliment every lady he met
OH the choice of colors in her toilet.
Xxx
And now. after devoting much space to
the Kings failings. let US turn to the mis-
cradle starved wretches among his subjects
who class as workmen. Comparatively
speaking. Belgium is the richest country
in Europe, say the statisticians; yes, and
her work people are the most degraded,
the most down-trodden. the most alcohol
soaked and the most underpaid. Having