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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
CUBA MAKES
AN OFFER
If Accepted the Government of
GauntamO Will Pass to
United States

HAVANA, Nov. 12.-The Cuban gov
eminent today handed to United St1tes
Commissioner Squires a proposition
which, if accepted by the United
States, will result in the immediate
turning over of the Guatnamo govern
ment to the United States.
The turnover includes the public
ground and the portions purchased by
the Cuban government. but does not
include the parcels still unacquired.
The United States will have immediate
control of large areas of land on both
sides of the bay. inclusive of the en-
trance, on which the lights, ETC., are
situated, and all the private properties
within the area will be purchased on
terms practically agreed upon, except
ing that of the Cuban Eastern railroad,
new company, which is seeking per-
mission to establish a terminus within
the area.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
The License Won
(Lippincotts.

One morning as Judge c., of N
county. Virginia was starting for the
town he was approached by one of his
negroes, who, with more or less con-
fusion, asked:
dollhouse will yo' git me a license?
Use gwine to be mar'd."
Married, are you. Sam? All right"
called the judge, as he hastily drove
away. Arrived at the courthouse he
spent very busy day, and it was not
until he was preparing to leave that he
remembered Sans license, and realized
that he had not been told the name of
the bride elect.
'"The old idiot, he never told me who
he wants to marry, but of course it's
Lucinda; he's always making eyes at
her." So saying. he returned to the
courthouse and had the license made
out in the names of Sam and Lucinda.
Sam was the first to greet him upon his
return, with the inquiry:
Cit my license, ,massa?"
YES. Sam. you old fool. You didn't
tell me whom you want to marry, but 1
remembered how you're always hang
ing around counting Lucinda, and got
the license in her name"
"Lawd. massa." exclaimed Sam,
faint Lucindy. it's Kyarline. What's
l gwine ter do, massa?"
We'll" said the judge, "the only
thing win be for me to get another IL
cense tomorrow"
"AIassa.r said Sam. did yo' pay any
ing fur dem license?"
Eyes. Samoa dollar and seventy five
| cents" -
"WfiF another license COS anytfag?"
. yes, SaIn;. a dollar and seventy five
| cents more" replied che Judge.
After scratching his woolly pate for
4 few minutes, Sam replied:
well. massa. done axed Kyarline,
m she sed Vase but TO de Lawd dere
| lint no dollar an seventy-hve cents
Inference in dem two niggars, so I'll
is take Lucindy."
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Record of Transactions in City and
Ceunty-M. w. Barnett, Abstractor

Nez Perce county, Idaho November
II, 1908.
Deeds
David A Harness to Geo. w. Tanna-
hill, VIZ swA, neA swA section 26,
township SO N, range l w. B. M;
consideration $1,000
Abbie A. Vining ct al. to Charlotte
H. Vining me- neA, swA neA, SEA
nwA section 10, township 33 N, range
5 w. B. M. consideration 81.
Mary Dent and husband to G. w.
Thompson, lot /, section IA, township
35 ~, range w; consideration $500.
Edward O. Patchen and wife to ia
cob c. Hemm, n1a seA, SEA sen sec
ton 15 neA neA section %, township
SO n, range / f. B. M; consideration
$4,000.
William H. Dew and wife to James
r. Dew, lots % and 20. section II,
township IS N, range 4 w. B. M; con-
sideration 81 900.
Summit Townsite company to j. j.
Randall, lot 49, block 4, town OF sum-
nit; consideration $50.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
PERSONAL

William Mohl is in the city from
Clifford today
George Overfield made flying trip
to North Lapwai today.
Dan Bowes. of the Quaker nursery
returned today from Nezperce.
r. L. Spiker, a prominent business
man, of NeZperce, is in the city.
f. Matthes of Asotin. returned last
night. from a few days visit in Mos
COW.
VIM. Dwyer returned this morning
on the Sites train, from the timber
belt.
o. P. Pring, of the Pring Candy COM
pany. made a flying business trip to
Kendrick today.
Mrs c. A. Hastings and Miss Maud
Stowe, will leave tomorrow morning
for a pleasure trip to Spokane.
H. L. Chittenden of Walla Walla,
representing the International School
of Science of Scranton, Pa, left for
the reservation today.
E. w. Eaves, of the Vollmer- Clear
water company, was in Kendrick to-
day, on business connected with his
-four mill at that point.
Miss Maggie Smith. local manager OF
the Pacific States Telephone company,
accompanied by her mother, returned
home today, after an extended visit to
their old home in Tennessee.
Theodore Miller, who has been on
four months trip to Denmark, his old
home, returned here today.
Wallace L. Whitmore, a prominent
citizen of Chicago, and the owner of a
string of race horses, is in the city.
A. j. Minard of Chicago, who is in
terested in the mines of Elk City, ar
rived in town today.
Mr.. l. B. Davis and Mrs. Davis, ac-
companied by their daughter Miss
Davis, left this morning to their home
in Marysvile, Kansas, after spending
month visiting the family of S. Wild
enthaler.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
SPECIAL MEETING
OF The COUNCIL
Held Tonight for the Purpose of
Passing on TOday.S
Investigation

The members of the city council ac-
Companied by the mayor and city en-
gneer went on a tour of inspection on
Normal Hill today to check up the al
legged Irregularities of the work ON the
Normal Hill sewer. They took picks
and shoVels and went into the trenches.
The result of the trip is that they
found many irregularities in the lines
charged at last nights meeting, i. e.,
house laterals were not laid up to the
property lines; sewer pipe not properly
cemented; the ground not tamped one
foot above the sewer pipe; pipes have
not been kept clean, etc.
A special meeting of the council has
been called by Mayor Kress and the
report will be discussed at length by
the council.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
HERE IN LEWISTON

Nicely furnished room. 222 Main st.
Furnished rooms for rent. 314 Tenth
street.
DR.. w. F. Galbraith, dentist, Adams
block. Phone 906.
The North Star shoe will stay by
you when all others fail.
The next shoes l buy will be of the
North Star Shoe company. They also
have a nice line of gents furnishings.
DR.. F. l.. Hinkly yesterday received
new shipment of up-to date surgical
Instruments and other supplies for use
in the practice of his profession.
Private reports from Roosevelt say
that the Dewey mill cleaned up last
month $4,000. 1t is running steadily
now putting through about thirty live
tons per day, the general average value
being about $16 per ton.
r. r. Thompson has sold the old Tom
Barton place on Fourth street Normal
Hill to w. H. Helm. Consideration
$500. Mr. Helm and Mrs. Helm are
TGCcHl arrivals Ii Jill AAN'
are parents of Mrs. Kris.
Frank Booth of Seattle and Peter
Frazier of this city have formed part
nership and will engage in the con-
tract and building trades. The new
firm will be known as Frazier & Booth.
Mr.. Booth comes here we'll recommend
ed as a mechanic and Mr.. Frazier is
we'll known from the work he has done
as a member of the firm of Frazier &
Huber.
II never witnessed the wind blow in
the city of Lewiston equal to the one
that passed yesterday between eleven
and twelve o'clock" says George Frost,
sr., "since January 1873. That wind
came in the evening and blew two
hours Every thing loose in the yards,
fences, and even houses were blown
down. There were no trees on the fiat
to break the effects of the wind and
the results were that the people living
in that portion of the city felt the
effects of the wind more than they did
yesterday Both storms, however, will
go down as noted atmospheric events
In the history of Lewiston"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
A Poser
american Nation.)

N1AIliSilCdIl INdliOlls)
On some English trains carriages for
ladies only" have been placed.
On one occasion these carriages were
all occupied by the fair sex; conse-
quently number of ladies were obliged
to procure seats in a compartment in
which a naughty young fellow was the
sole occupant.
He quickly saw that the carriage
would soon be filled and he be in danger
of losing his seat.
At length, when an elderly woman
hove in sight he thought it time to
interfere.
My good woman" he remarked,
somewhat testify, this is carriage for
gentlemen
But he was quite taken aback when
the old lady made the unexpected re-
ply:
Then what are you doing here?"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
WHO IS TO Get
The MONEY
Estate of a Suicide Depends
Upon a Close Technical
Question

SANTA FE, n. NJ, Nov. 12.-The
estate of the late A. P. F. Coape, the
alleged English lord, who killed him
self, his wife and sister in-law on Oc-
tober 4th at Lumberton, is appraised
at $101,O00.
Certain diamonds which Coape was
known to have had, have disappeared,
either taken when the bodies were dis
covered or disposed of by Coape, pos
sibly in contemplation of suicide, al
though their disappearance is the foun-
dation for the rumor that the family
was murdered by an outsider bent on
robbery.
A very close question exists as to
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
COMING EVENTS

Thursday. November 12.-The Que
Vive club will meet with Mrs. Ketten-
bach.
Friday. November IS, p. m.-The Red
Men will give dance at the opera
house.
Saturday. November IA, p. m.-The
Lewiston Normal Pullman high school
football game at Athletic park.
Monday November 16.-Chrysanthe
mum party by the Tsceminicum club
at the opera house.
Monday November 1S.-The Q. A. T.
club will meet with Mr.. Joseph Kin
caid and Mrs. Kincaid.
Tuesday November 24.-The Caecil-
ian society will meet at the home of
Mrs. w. w. Leeper.
Thursday, November 26.-The Wood
man of the World will give ball at the
opera house.
Thursday, November 19.-The Lew
iston band will give a dance at the
armory.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12

whether Coape or his wife died first, on
which depends the descent of the prop
erty left and it is the contention on
the part of Mrs. Coape's relatives that
she survived her husband, while the
opposite theory is held by Coape's rela-
tiVeS.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
To Advertisers

Advertisers are requested to send in
changes of adv. as early in the day
of publication as possible The earlier
the copy gets into the hands of the
printer the more attractive the adv.
can be made.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
WE WILL MAKE IT WARM FOR YOU
IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR AN OVERCOAT
The Tobasco.

comfortable, ntrinscaly
Il
S
1t
'front.'
will Bros
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
Too Dearly Bought
washington Starr

DE man dat has to learn by expert
.ence." said Uncle Eben, lis generly so
near broke when he gifts his informa-
ton dat he can't use it.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
PERFECT HAPPINESS WITH A
PIANO.

is always assured to the purchaser of
such instruments as the
CHICKERING WEBER,
HAZELTON DECKER,
VASE & SONS, HALLET & DAVIS
LESTER, CROWN,
KIMBALL, BUSH & GERTS.
VICTOR, HOBART NJ. CABLE,
All these and many other makes
equally illustrous, in the many differ
ent styles of Flemish Oak, Circasian
Walnut, Figured Mahogany will be
found only at Eilers' Piano House. 1t
will pay you to investigate our easy
payment plan, which makes 1t possible
for every person of moderate means to
have a piano.
Also old instruments taken in ex-
change at fair value,
ElLERS PIANO HOUSE,
236 Main Street.
C. R HUSTON, Manager.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
For Sale

Two nice, level, corner lots in Lew
iston on the Hill, $500. Box %, Clarks-
ton, Wash lou
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
CIDDENS g. CO.

These cold damp days remind you OF mat WIN
TER UNDERWEAR Are you supplied? Buy now,
while all sizes are in stock and you get what you
=" FOR Csc OR $l.25 PER SUIT
double-breasted double back, double wrist in shirts,
and double ankle in drawers fleece lined at Csc or
$1.25 per suit
FOR soc PER GARMENT
Brown ALL WOOL, good weight sold everywhere for
$500 Our price, 89c
!, fee,...a5 FOR $L2S PER GARMENT
salmon ribbed, ali WOOL garment good weight we'll
made and usually sold at Si5o- Our price SLko.
FOR $3.50 PER GARMENT
natural wool color, pure lambs wool, double
breasted and double back very fine value at $3.50.
Better ones if you want them
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12

home in Wallace this morning.
Indian Agent Macarthur of Lapwai
was in the city today, on business.
H. L. Chamberlain of Boise, who is
in charge of the Soldiers Home at that
place. left the city this morning.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
ssssse . .

c. w. Mount general agent of the o.
r. & N. company, returned last night
from a trip to the Big Potlatch coun-
try.
DR.. Harold J. Read, Idaho commits
sioner to the st. Louis worlds fair and
Lewis & Clark exposition, left Tor MS
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-12

Thursday, November 19.-The Lew
iston band will give dance at the
armory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26

issue. We do not believe that DrGame-
well ever found one himself.
Without admitting that "the Chinese
situation" is a legitimate object for for
eign interference and solicitude-for. as
a matter of fact. we utterly deny it
we might ask DR. Gamewen to take
survey of the domestic situation and
tell US whether it 1ustifes Christian
education" in relaxing its efforts and
dividing its forces. at home, to the ex-
tent that will be required to uplift Chi
ma by so much as a hairs breadth. Are
our Sums any purer than the slums of
Pekin2 Have we fewer criminals pro
rata than China has2 Is our code Of
morality more wholesome or more gen
orally observed? Are our standards of
commercial honor any loftier2 Is there
no work to be done within our gates,
within hearing of our church bells, that
we should send hundreds of devoted
men and woman into the far corners of
the earth to labor among strange peo-
pie who do not want them and who Bit
terly resent their intrusion
We prefer Gen Chaffee's point of
view. He finds a nation with five times
our population. with laws and institu-
tons that suit them. and with a civih-
cation 5000 years old, under which they
have been happy and cOntented- He
makes it his business to inquire of in
telligent Cinnamon whenever he meets
them and he dnds them unanimously
of the opinion that their people do not
want Christian education or any other
form Of foreign interference. His evil
dent inference that the Chinese situa-
ton" is none of our business is too logi-
cal to cali for comment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26
NO PAY FOR LOST DIAMONDS
Railroad Responsiblesfor Clothing but
Not for Jewelry-

st. Louis. March 26.-The trial of Mrs
Anna NJ. Breedings suit against the
Wabash Railroad company for SS45 for
diamonds, wearing apparel and trunk
resulted in a judgment for Sl4 against
the company in Judge McDonald's d.
vision of the circuit court yesterday
Judge Mcdonald refused to instruct the
jury to award Judgment for the dia-
monds.
Mrs. Breeding went from St. Louis to
South Haven, Mich, last August and
claimed that the articles sued for were
lost or stolen. They were in trunk
which was checked to Chicago
The articles included a diamond cross
pin, valued at $500; a diamond star pin,
valued a t $225; a black broadcloth skirt
worth $40; q blue lawn dress, SIS; a
shirt waist, tan linen suit $l2 a pink
silk waist. IS; four yards of handmade
Irish lace, IS; two pairs of shoes, $l2;
two cOlored understands, So; handker-
chiefs, 81, and the trunk valued at $50.
Evidence was offered that the trunk
was broken at the depot by train
striking it, and that the contents We're
put into a new trunk. The diamonds,
it was claimed, were not found in the
trunk Some of the articles belonged to
Mrs. Breeding's daughter. who accom-
panied her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26
TOOK BROWNFIELD BACK.
Sheriff Young's Claim on That Ac-
count Is Dissolved

The supreme court recently granted
a new trial to the more or less noted
Dr. J. c. Brownfield, famous for a num-
Der of things, among them his testi-
mony in the Jessie Morrison case which
landed him in the penitentiary on the
charge of perjury. In granting the new
trial the supreme court gave the said
DR. Brownfield the option of remaining
in the peniteniary or being taken back
to ElDorado and kept in the Butler
county Jail He decided that he pre-
ferred the Butler county climate to that
of Lansing. and was accordingly taken
back by Sheriff George ]. Young, of
Butler county.
Today the state auditor received
claim from Sheriff Young for the eX-
pense of taking DR.. Brownfield back. 1t
amounted to s37 Now the legislature
makes an appropriation each two years
for taking prisoners to the penitentiary,
but there is no appropriation for taking
them back again. Consequently Sher-
if Young's claim was turned down and
he will have to look elsewhere for his
money and stand the expense himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26
GAMBLED FOR A PARsON.
How Methodists Decided Which
Church Should Get Minister

The selection OF pastor by means
OF tossing up penny may seem to the
lay mind to be a very peculiar and sur
pr1sing proceeding and yet that was
just what happened in church less
than hundred miles away, says the
lola Register. This story is on the
Methodists, as stories usually are, but
as 1t was told yesterday by a minister
who was on his way home from Fort
Scott where he had been attending con-
ference there can. be no lack Of pro-
priety in repeating it and Of course no
question can arise as to its truthfulness.
1t all happened in this way
All the appointments of preachers
are made by the bishop. That good
man has jurisdiction over several CON
ferences in each of which are several
hundred preachers to be stationed. Nat
urally he is unable to learn and keep in
mind the local conditions in each town
and know just what preacher to put in
each pulpit. The result is that the
bishop depends to a considerable extent
on local information In the larger
churches of the conference the board of
trustees of the church usully make q
request as to what preacher shall be
sent them. Unless the bishop holds de-
cided reasons for acting otherwise he
is very apt to accede to the request.
Some years ago the trustees of
church in a city not far from here met
to decide on what preacher they would
ASK IOI. HAL Liz IlCL4D01S u Liz DOdAO
wanted the man who IS now pastor Of
the church. The other half We're equal
ly set in their desire to have Rev. John
Maclean, now pastor of the First Meth
odist church in this city. Several bal
lots were taken in vain as no one would
yield.
Finally one of the trustees hit upon
plan. He proposed that cent be toss
ed UP to decide. This was agreed to-
A penny was sent spinning up into The
air with the understanding that if it
lit heads up they would ask for the
man who is now their pastor. If tails
were up Maclean was to be their choice
The penny lit heads up. The trustees
asked for their man accordingly and
the bishop sent him there. Doubtless if
the conference had known the means
employed there would have been per
ceptible smile when the reverend bishop
read the appointment in ponderous
voice.
1t seems that the fates decreed the
result of the toss up in wise manner
for Rev. Mr.. Maclean was sent to lola
where he has been wonderfully success
full in his work and so has been the
preacher who was sent to the church
which chose him in so odd manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26
IAYHAWKER IOTs.

The country papers now say the farm
ers will soon get busy" just as if they
loafed all winter.
Why not put Bill Allen White on The
Roosevelt ticket for vice president in 1894
asks the FL Dorado Republican.
A formerly of Ohio man has just been
appointed director of the Chinese mine.
An Ohio man can ask for office in any LAM
guage.-Ottawa Republican.
Gen. Funston's standing is now pretty
firmly fixed DR.. Parkhurst has finally dis-
approved of his methods in the capture Of
acknowledgements Journal
A headline says: 1.-THE Sultan is Snuff
ling" The sultan is playing for rurkes,
and knows that Russia viii win the goA-
bier On a cold deck If he doesn't shuttle
the cards before the draw.-Chanute Sun.
A story was started last week that Cy-
rus Leland is to be appointed secretary of
the interior. Kansas ought to be satisfied
with the two vice presidential nominees
which it is to get next year--Coneyville
Journal.
Eh Phipps,- who lives on farm five
49, ~. " - 80 H. - 80
The plains in 1919 and was a gold miner for
six years. He took a steam saw mill from
Boone county. IawO. to Denver in the sos.
-Cofeyvflle Journal
Bent Murdoch says: THE story that
Roosevelt IS trying to put Leland and Bur
would kick the daynghts out of each 9TH
er before they had been together an hour,
ana then Kansas viii run right along just
the same after they are both dead
William Allen White who has iust re-
turred from a stunt in the east, after
examining his poc1etbOOk, plainuvely ch-
serves that "a dollar begins to shrink af-
ter You leave home. The thing that looks
like a five dollar bill in Emporia is only
postage stamp in Chicago and a fly speck
in New OrS.t
Uncle Johnny Mcclure of Benton notes
with much chuckling that in prehistoric
times when mankind was covered with
hair, dwelt in caves or the clefts OF rocks
and wives were oVertaken, knocked sense
less with club and carried away captive
as a wedding ceremony that they never
tried to get away and recover their lost
liberty You'd think the way Uncle John
told IL that he was prehistoric himself
Walnut Valley Times.
Our reporter. says an exchange. was in
the butcher shop the Other day and was
somewhat startled by the boss addressing
the delivery boy in these words, Now,
boy. lock lively Break the bones IN Mr..
Anthony's chops and put Mr.. GleasOn's
ribs in your basket; and. bejove. nere's
Mrs r S liver that she left On the counter
Yesterday and take Joe Larges feet and
deliver right off" All right, sir replied
the boy, Just as soon as I saw Miss Us
leg Off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-26
LOCAL MENTION.

Mr.. Walter Mclaughlin left yesterday
for New York city, where be VIII con
tinue his vocal studies.
Divorce proceedings on the grounds of
desertion and neglect have been com
menced in the district court by Minnie
NJ. Juneau against Lawrence NJ. Juneau
The parties have two children
The hearing of J. +. McCoIm on the
charge of perjury is being held before
U. S. Commissioner r. F. Hayden this
afternoon McColm is charged with
having made false representations IN
a bankruptcy case filed by him in Osage
county.
John CullIn, the old man arrested By
the police a few days ago for insanity
was tried in the probate court this
morning and declared insane CulIin
is a vagrant from nobody knows whera
and is believed TO be the victim Of ex-
cessive drink. He IS an old man IN
kempt and unwashed- he is Irish
The Twenty third RegimentaI bans
will give a concert in the BoWersock
opera house in Lawrence on April 8
The advance sales of the concert have
been very heavy and the indications
that the band will play before a crowd
ed house. Col. c. w. Jackson. the
leader, is very enthusiastic about his
prospects.