The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-05-29

Late News lteMs.
Forty-six Beers. with their wagons
and cattle, surrendered at Balmoral.
Transvaal recently.
AT Denver the safe in the treasury
department Of the Colorado Telephone
company was opened and looted Of
$1,000 recently.
Z. H. McHenry, for several years
chief engineer of the Northern Pacific
and one Of the receivers of that prop
erty, is to become chief engineer of
the Canadian Pacific railway. which
position he will assume on June I.
Emperor William has directed that
AdJutant General Corbin General s
M. B. Young and General Leonard
Wood shall be his guests at the Ger
man military maneuvers next fall
More than this, the foreign Office has
informed the representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press here that the emperor
was very glad the American generals
are coming to Germany.
1t is said in Boer circles at The
Hague that the peace proposals made
to the conference at Vreeniging
Transvaal, include the condition that
the Beers in the field be allowed to
consult with the Boer delebates in
Europe before a definite settlement is
reached. It is declared also, upon the
same authority, that the British gov.
eminent refused May % to accede to
this request
In the legislature at Victoria, B. c..
resolution Of sympathy with the fam
lilies Of those who lost their lives In
the Fernie disaster was passed and
Colonel Prior minister of mines, an.
nounced that the government had for.
warded a check for 5000 for the i'm
mediate necessities Of the needy and
would follow with another check for
the same amount when it was re.
quired.
Near Fairhaven. Wash, recently
two men held up a saloon known a.
Butch's place. In accomplishing this
and erecting their escape from the
police three men were shot. one prob
ably fatally. They were: Policeman
Anders Peterson, shot in the left side
just below the heart, will probably
die; Nightwatchman Grandjeau. shot
in the right side. will recover; Thomas
Barger, bystander. shot through the
right shoulder, not seriously wounded
A disastrous fire occurred at Grants
Pass, which consumed the Sugar Pine
Door & Lumber company's plant and
all Of the lumber in the yards: also
Williams Brothers & Kendall's sash
and door factory and six dwellings.
The fire was caused by some one set.
ting fire to the sawdust pile some dis
lance to the west Of the factory. A
strong west wind blew the sparks
across the track. setting fire to the
dry lumber. Before sufficient water
could be secured the fire was beyond
control and about six acres were laid
In ashes. Fortunately the fire occur
red when the yard contained 100000
Of lumber instead of eight or ten mil
lions as at the close of the timber sea
son.
The prevalence throughout South
Africa Of the optimistic feeling in re-
gard to the peace negotiations is hard
ly based on solid facts. The protrac-
ton Of the conference at vreeniging
is not necessarily hopeful sign. The
delegates to the conference, although
they have abandoned their hope Of
securing independence, still have
many points OF difference with the
government. while an obstinate mi
nOrity continues to retard the work
It Is most unlikely that those who
are in favor Of peace will throw up
the sponge SO long as a decent minor.
ity Is DESTROYS of continuing the strug-
gle, and all the discontinued element
must be taken into account before Il
Is possible to give any sort of predic-
ton as to the issue of the present ne
gotiations.