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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-08-28
Bids for Library Building Opened.

The library commission met at O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon to open the bids
submitted for the construction of the
Carnegie building. Mrs. c. w. Shaft,
Mayor Kress and Councilman Colby, oI
the commission. were present, City Clerk
Nickerson acting as clerk.
Bids we're opened and read as follows:
By H. A. Arnold & Co., of Spokane,
for heating, $e99.55
By Charles Hahn, Lewiston, heating,
$838; plumbing, $375.
By M Isbster & Co, Spok lne, heating
and plumbing, $1,000.
By Naylor & Norlin, Lewiston, heating
and plumbing, $I,Ioo.
By Childman. Edberg & CO., of Spo-
kane, building complete. $io,9S7; with
out heating aud plumbing, $9 SS7; sub
stiluling pine for hardwood, $500 less;
substituting shingles for iin roof, $500
less.
By Sheehey & Franzman, Lewiston.
building complete. $I2,472.
BY r. c. McCaffery, Spokane. heating
and plumbing 81, 500.
An examination of the conditions by
the Commission showed that after the
percentage of the architect and superin-
tendent had been taken out of the
&c, 900 available, the funds on would be
reduced TO $9, 500 and the Lowest bid was
much above this sum. Representatives
of the contractors present state that the
building cannot be built as planned by
Architect Galbraith Tor the sum of his
estimate. The architect states that he
can modify the plans to meet the required
basis, but the beauty of the original plan
would not be entirely retained III a
cheaper building. suggestion was
made that if Mr.. Carnegie was apprised
of the situation he would advanced the
necessary sum for the completion Of the
original building according 10 plans
Mrs. Doctor Shaft was delegated TO take
up the matter with the philanthropisi
and learn what could be done along that
line.
| Councilman Colby favored awarding
the contract to the lowest bidder, with
the provision that in the event further
donation was not received from Mr.
Carnegie the plans should be changed
with the consent of the contractor &c
come within the fund available. Mr.
Colby also favored awarding the heating
and plumbing contract to Naylor & Nor
lin, as the latter firms bid was as low Al
,ha, of the Spokane firm. Mayor Kres
lexpressed the view that the commission
Icould not with propriety accept the biz
or recommended the awarding Of tn,
lcontract under the circumstances ans
advised referring The matter to the coun
Icii. The view prevailed and motion Il
THAT effect received unanimous vote.
In the evening the matter as reporte,
| by the Commission was taken up by tn
city council aud that body decided i
await the results OF the efforts of Mrs
SHAFT to secure an additional $Isoo fror
Mr.. Carnegie for the building. II thi
cannot be done changes in the plans wi
have to be made.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-08-28

Z lThe Teller prinls lhe news.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-08-28
Blood Poison In Hands

Mrs. M. L. Goldsmith has been in the
city from Spalding the last two days hav-
ing her hands treated. DIR. Shaft, the
attending physician, lanced three places
on her hands yesterday. The doctor
states that it is a dangerous attack of
blood poison.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-08-28
Fire Last Night In Foundry.

Last evening at Gao O'Clock the fire
alarm. was sounded aud No. hose cart
pulled out by false report. roomer
in the hotel gateway saw the flames
emitted by the furnace in The foundry
and supposing it to be Haze from hnrn-
ing building turned iii the alarm Every
body felt foolish as they returned from
the supposed FIRE.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-08-28
Cra.s Mountain Lumber for Lewiston.

Ed Feehan. the Farburn saw mill
man, is in the city today. Mr.. Feehan
has made run of about 500, 900 feet at
his mill this season aud has contracted to
deliver 200, 900 feet Of dressed lumber to
H T. Madgwick of this city. He has
four six horse teams hauling lumber now
and will have the amr unit delivered
before the roads become impossible from
the winter rains.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-08-28
Harness Stolen from Barn.

A set Of harness belonging to Bartlett
& Cox was stolen from their feed barn
Tuesday night. Wednesday morning
Frank Prime went 10 the barn to get his
team for work in the lnmber yard. When
he came to look for his harness it was
not there and furth.r investigation
showed that the harness had been stolen
during the night. The harness was
almost new and the loss amounts TO $25.
The officers can hul no trace of the
thief
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27

lively il I turn toward YOU and swing
my hat. All ready, Field. Shove
ahead. q. ~
And this was the last conf terence
between the three. officers that event
full morning As once again the: ad-
vance guard pushed cautiously for
ward toward the banks OF the arroyo
sin the bottom, Ray turned to Field.
aaSkirmish work suits you better than
Office duty, Field. You look far live.
.lier than you did yesterday. Don't
+ syou begin to see that the ma iorswas
right in sending you out with us?''
And the dark eyes Of the trained
and experienced soldier shone kindly
into the face Of tue younger man.
49, I'm glad to bes with yau, Capt.
Ray, was, 1.-THE prompt answer. s'I Il
ism my. being sent, but the way
S. was sent, or tho causes for which
Z was sent that stings me. thought
then, and I think now, that If youshad
I been post commander it wouldn't
have been done. Is don't know yet,
what charge has been laid at my
door {. 81 ,s5 =
\
Si5 There was no. time tol talk Of .irea-
SONS, Field, /" interrupted Ray, though
his keen eyes we're f1ed on the dis
tapt ridge ahead, beyond which. the
last OF the Indians had now disap-
reared. The outermost troopers.
with Sergeant Scott, were within 8
few hundred yards Of the little clump
OF cottonwoods that marked the site
Of 8 water hole. To the right and
left Of il curved end twisted the dry
water course between its low, Jagged,
rFecipdtosas banks. Behind the ed
vance, full 100 yards, rode the slkir-
mtsh hne from the first platoon, q
dozen strong. Far out 10 the east
and wes4 the Rahkers moved staaifly
northward keenly watching the
slopes beyond them, and scanning
the crooked line Of arroyo ahead. Not
q sign at the moment could be seen
Of the painted foe, yet every man in
the troop web knew they swarmed
by dozens behind the bnttes and
ridges ahead. Ray and Field, riding
easily along IN the pear n the line,
With only the trumpete1 in eaEshot,
relaxed IN no mcclure the vigilance
demanded by the situation, yet each
was deeply concerned In the subject
of the talk.
But before Ray could interpose
again there came sudden and stirring
interrup uption. From q point far down
the .'sWale' from behind the low
bank of the stream bed, three. rife
shots rang out on the crisp morning
air. The horse of the. leading tanker,
away out to- the right reared and
plunged violently, the rider seeming
@yainly to strive to check him. Al
most instantly three mounted I war
riors were seen tearing madly. away
northeastWard out Of the gully, their
feathers streaming in the wind.
Field spurred away to join his men.
Ray whirled about IN saddle and
swung his broad briimmed scouting
3 hat hat high above his head in signal
to Clayton; then shouted to Field.
81 ' sarward 6 the4 cottonwoods. Gal
slop! 8 he scrded. We need them first
sof aal '''ssss .ssss 4: IS
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27
They rally beyond that 4 nert ridaie, -
and ven do httle fooaing of ous.

and vel do g Gttae 1ooling of ou1
own. = 'a88ss
SIS And so, with occasional peep at
feathered warriors on the far left
flank. and frequent hoverings Of small
parties on the distant front, Rays
#nervy half hundred pushed steadily
on. Two experiments had satisfied
the Sioux that the captain himself
was in command, and they had long
since recognized the sorrels. They
knew old Ray was not to be caught
by time-worn tricks. They had failed
to. picksoH the sadvance,sorsthe oficerss
as the troop approached, the second
ridge. Lame VOLTS big band was
coming fast, but only a dozen. ot his
warriors sent lashing forward, had
as yet reached Stabber. The latter
WAS too weak il numbers to think ,of
fighting on even terms, and as Ray
seemed determined to come ahead,
why not let him? Word was sent to
Wolf not to risk south Of the Elk
Tooth spur. There in the breaks and
.Favines would be q famous place to
lie ID ambush, leaving to, Stabber the
duty of drawing the soldiers into the
net: So there IN the breaks they
s, waited while Rays long sslfirmish line
easily maneuvered the red sharp.
shooters out Of their lair on the mid
die divide. Then, reforming the
column, the little company bore
straight away for the Elk
But AL these diversions took time.
Twenty miles to the north Of Frayna
stretched the bold divide between the
Elk Pork, dry as dead tooth much
OF the year, and the sandy bottom
o6 the Box Elder. Here and there
alsng the ridge were sudden, mound
like upheayals that gave IL pdctnr-
esquo, castellated effect, for, unlike
the general run o6 the country, the
Elk Tooth seemed TO have backbone
Of rock that shot forth southeast
ward from the southern limit OF the
beautiful Big Horn range; and, IN two
or three places. during aouue pre-
historic oonvulsion od nature, IL had
crushed itself out Of shape and forced
upward mass OF gfeaming rock that
even in the course Of centuries had
not been oEergrosvn with grass. ELK
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27

i tween his advance and Clayton's
atoon, intact, moving quietly at the
walk and heldsm reserve.
Sss 3 81 ordinarily Ray himself would hare
ridden TO thesfar front and personally
Investigated the conditions, but he
was anxious that Field should un-
derstand he held the full confidence
,5sof his temporary commander. He
wished Field to realize that now ha
had opportunity for honorable dis
6nct4on, and chance TO show what
was in him, and, having sent him
forward, Ray meant 10 rely on his
reports and be ready TO back, II pos
hble, his dispositions Nothing %
quickly demolishes prsjudtoe in gar
Tison as prowess IN the field Not
subsequently, has an officer gone forth
under cloud and returned under .
crown Il is 90 mach easter 10 be Q
hero in single Agh4 than Q model
soldier thpoughous an entire seeson-
at lnsst so It was IN the old days.
But the moment Ne. Field dis
mounted and, baring his horse with
the others along the slope, had gone
crouching to the crest, he evesed his
glasses for one look, then turned ex-
cdtedly and began rapid signals 10 his
followers. Presently Q young trooper
came charging down, making straight
for Ray. THE heutenant's oompu-
ments," said he, sbut there's dozen
Sioux in sight. and be, wishes to know
shall he charge. :
A dozen Sioux IN sight! That was
unusual. Ordinarily the Indians kept
& in hiding, lurking behind sheltering
crests and ridges in open country, or
1 the trees and underbrush where such
scover is possible. A dozen in sight?
s.How far ahead, Murray % asked
i the captain, as he shook free his rein
and started forward at the gallop.
ssDid you see them yourself?'
Yes, sir Most Of 'em were
punched by the roadside, jabbing with
their lances at something. or other.
/ Two or three were closer in. They
must ha' been watching us, for they
only quit the ridge just before we
came up. Then they skedaddled."'
The vernacular Of the civil wal. days,
long since forgotten except about the
View veteran soldiers homes in the
east, was still in use at times in regi-
ments like the -th, which had served
the four years through with the Army
;Nof the. Potomac. Old sergeantssgi give
the tone to younger soldiers in al the
1 customs of the service. The captain
b and the two men now with him had
caught up with Fields swift -trotting
support by this time, and the eyes of
the men kindled instantly at sight Of
their leader speeding easily by, cool,
confident and as thoroughly at home
% though it were the mostHordinary
skirmish drill. Those who have never
i tried it do not quite realize what it
means 10 ride in closed ranks and
compact column, silent and unswerv-
ing, straight forward over open fields
Stoward some equally silent crest, that
gives no sign of hostile occupancy,
and yet may suddenly blaze with
syengeful fires and spit ite kissing head
Into the faces of tho advancing force.
Even here where the ridge was al
ready gained by two or three Of the.
i advance. uroyin0. therefore. that the
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27
''1T WAS THE SIGHT OF PUFFs OF
SMOKE SAILING sKYWARp FROM
THE CREST OF THE MIDDLE
TOOTH THAT CAUGHT RAYS At
TENTION.''

:
eee1n the INDIANS had called. these
ou1 PfoJectfons, ana alo one OF tnem the
itsau1e one q tne 1nIte most prom
ir.ne' .. was lananarH ana seen many g
nlle = except 70 the soutn and west,
I Eagie butte Was The only point south
q q sne bsg Horn ana ~ tne valley o.
the fiatte from u. WhtcA a'i'' sfs could be
seen, and famous were thesb two
.poants 2 p the PIG aays q The frontaer
TOT the beacon nres that burned Or
the mirror signals thas flashed On. on.
tnear summits wnen tne Waf parties
o1 tne sioux were aheid. ,4
was the slght on the ptlffs OF
smoke saahng salg skyWard from the
cress OF 1ne nndole tooth tnas caught
fssays ak9ehaon .sn moment @ he be
,reaepea tneS second r1n ge.sx1A moment
more lle'9l, nad Deeh devoted .'l'e 20 recalling
som some OF ms eager men VINO, from the
extreme right OF the swinging skiir-' II
mlsn line, had broken away I'VE IN pursuit
OF certain lnltenuQnal 4agga Z. h1e Then \
q dozen OF the Indians, finding Them
selves no 70 longer followed, 9 gathered
at comparatively safe distance across
the prairie, and, while nile IN eager con- n
8. 5sulta tlon, found time Tor taunting,
Z challenging and occasionally firing
at tn, the distant s's1 ana angerlng troopers,
Wnom sergeant 9eo1s nag snarply Or Or
faerea Dack, ana nay, a1ter cam sur
ivey q q tness IelloWs tnrougn ms glass.
naa NAG tnen 1 leVeied Z! 1 AZ s1ne TITO OF
.pu55es aion one dis1an1 radge' ana ana
surneu = rielu, sl.elng sllent. ana
.alssagpoln'e l.s1!, Dy nls slae.
..,, 81 80 ss1,u 1ne ca pealn. "a Z
axe onls glass, :. ana look al those
5slgnal smokes--esapDe mas more
men now 8 at . n1s cal ina ansne haq when
-, ~ =. :. e.a. l'iu. 8 IT coming
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27
By CEN. CHARLES RING.
oopyrasha, lsua ~ 1hs Hobart uoupany
tContinued from last week.

men saw by the excitement manifest
in the signals Of the lieutenant, and:
indeed OF Sergeant Scott, who had
spent IS years in the ranks, that In
{aians must be close at hand. The
crest was, barely. SEQ yards in front
Of the section. and they were still
punched" q splendid mark If the foe
saw ft by sudden dash to regain the
ridge and pour IN rapid fire from their
margarine rifles. .ssst . ~
Even "a he went lonin0 nv. Raw
had half turned with somethinp ike
smile in his dark ewes and nod of
hts enr4y head to the sergeant COM
mand5nR, aud q gesture o4 the
RaunA1eAsd hand horizontal sweep
to rtuha axpd h4t twice pepeated-had
given the veteran his cue. and With
anothe1 nnmeu4 Winser had the
dozen IA hna a4 oren ye4 narrow. IN
tervsaa With cnrbines adyanoed and
1eeiy 1ps bsastnaes Thev saw their
captfan ride swiftly up tho pentle
slope unt1 Close 70 the crest, then OF
he 9nranp. tossed his refna to the
trumpete9 and went hnrryfnQ afoot
10 Join the neutenant. They sav him
hneehng 90 though to level his glasses
and look h1edly forward; saw Field
run back to hts horse and mount IN
q t-EinkinE; saw him whirl about az
though coming 20 place himself at
their head, yet rein In al once his
chargers fore feet plouRhinR the turf
at some word from their leadeE. Field
Was eager to charge, but Ray had
seen for himself and for his men, and
Ray said no Another moment, and
al were at the front again in saddle
Field back with the advance, Ray
coolly seated astride his pet sorrel
scouting second ridge, far to the
north, with his glasses, and, sending,
as before, Scott and his three troop
ers straight on to the front, and sig1
mailing to the fankers to continue the
move. Ten seconds study Of the po-
sition in the long, wide, shallow de-
preston before him had fathomed
Warren sheaf., 1903-08-27
CHAPTER {. xI,

The noonday sun was staring no, hotfv
down, an hour later. on q stirring
picture OF. frontier warfare. With that
clump Of eottonwoods "a the central
feature. Well for Rays half hun
dred, that brilliant autumn morning.
that their. leade. had had 50 many 8 i
year 81 Indian campaigning! He
nov seemed 70 know nv insfir,cK
every scheme 81 his savage foe an1
s TO act accordingly. Ever since the.ll
command had CONS II sisyht a. 4he
Elk Tooth the eonFtcthon he'd hs,e,,
growing on Ray that Stabbea muse
have recetved many saeeessions end
was counting On the speedy comdna,
81 Others. The signal smokes scross
the wide valley: the freonen4 eesavs
to tempt his advance guard to sharpe
and chase: the bo4dnees with which
the Indians showed On i front and
flank: the, darin9 pertinacitv With
witch they caune %. the stream bed
Tor the sake Of 8 lew shots at the
foremost troopers, relying, evidently,
on the array Of their comrades be-
yond the ridge tos overwhelm any
force that gave close. pursuit: the
fact that other Indians opened on
the advance guard and the left flank
aa ers, and that a dozen. at least, tore
away out Of the sandy arroyo the
moment they saw the line start at
the gallop all these had tended to-
convince the captain that now, at
last. when he was miles from home
and. succor, the Sioux stood ready in
abundant force to give him desper-
ate battle.
To dart on in chase Of the three
warriors would simply result in the
scattering Of his own people and their
being Individually cut off and strick-
en- down by circling swarms Of their
red foes. TO gather his men and at
tempt TO force the. passage Of the
Elk Tooth ridge meant certain de-
struction Of the whole command.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-27

Mr.. Child lost two handsome salmon
just as he was about to land them
Prof Walter Meader of Providence,
R. l., and family. are spending their
vacation at Rev. I. Warren HawLes
The skunks are getting into good odor
preparatory to the autumn attacks
upon them by Prof. Burnham. During
his annual raids. accompanied bv his
faithful dog, Major" the Professor
creates quite sensation" About a
hundred skunk skins We're dangling
from his belt. last fall.
BY recent purchase, Gov. Hill now
owns $50 feet of shore where his cot
tage is building, on the west side of the
lake. Hon. George E. Macomber. whose
lot adjoins that OF the Governor north.
owns $50 feet of shore. 1t is undecided
Mr.. Macomber will build this
season.
After the dreary storm has come the.
glad sunshine and gentle breezes.
II. O.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-27
STATE NEWS.
AROOsTOOK.
WOODLAND.

The last two weeks have given just
three days of hay weather here. But
very little hay has been cut and farm
ers are longing for good weather, as
the grass is fast maturing. The hay
crop will be much larger than was ex-
pected The probability is that if the
weather conditions are good for the
next three weeks that there will hs
a large amount of hay to ship to the
outside markets. Crops Of all kinds
are looking fine. There was an aver
age acreage of potatoes planted, but
in many fields they missed, which has
reduced the acreage to such an extent
that there cannot be over Is per cent
of an average crop in the county. The
grain crop never gave promise OF a
better crop at this time of the season.
Pastures are short, owing to the very
dry weather, the first of the season.
Morris Munson, who lost his build
ings by forest fires, has his barn up
and ready for his hay and grain, and
his house up and boarded in.
No rust as yet reported. Many farm
ers are using bug death Oh potatoes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-27
Pettergili Corners, II; Pioneers, 7.

What promised to be an exciting game
at the Driving park, Saturday afternoon.
turned out to be a very one-sided affair
the Pettingill Corner team defeating the
Pioneers II tc 7. For the first three in
nings it was a pretty game, each side
going out in one, two, three order. In
the fourth the Corner team secured two
runs on hit and three errors, while the
Pioneers failed to score in their half. In
the fifth and sixth, through a combina-
ton of hits, errors and general bad play
ing by the Pioneers, the Corner team
scored IS runs, and in the seventh and
eighth added two more. The Pioneers
scored two in the fifth one in the seventh
and four in the eighth by punching their
hits.
The fielding of the Corner team was
much steadier than that. of their oppon-
ents. the work of w. Hanks and kempton
being especially fine, the former accept
ing six out of eight chancess and the
latter taking everything that came his
way. The batting of Grier and Cormier
was a feature the latter with the bases
full getting a long double, clearing the
bases. Each team made a fast double
play. The score:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

Arthur L. LeClair of Lisbon, is the
guest of relatives here
Miss Jessie Smith OF Gardiner, is the
guest of friends in this city.
Win. Simpson of Bath, was the guest
of Augusta friends, Saturday.
Alderman S. G. Manley went to Small
Point, Saturday, to spend a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Bodge spent
the Sabbath at their cottage in Fayette
Mrs. H. c. Minot of Waterville, was
the guest of Augusta friends, Satur-
day.
Charles Kinsman went to Little Dia-
mond Island, Saturday, to spend few
days.
NJ. S. Holway went, Saturday. to
Small Point, where he spent the Sab
BATH
Joseph f. Alexander made a short
trip to East Newport, Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. F. H. Burgess and son went to
Ocean Point, Sunday, to spend the
week.
DIR. f. J. Farnum of Patten, formerly
a practitioner here, was in the city, yes
| terday.
Miss Halle Sherman is spending a
weeks vacation with her parents at
, Albion.
L. G. Newkirk, who has been in Wa
terviie for the past week, returned,
| Saturday.
w. H. Lynch will return to his duties
at Whitman & Adams, today, after a
| two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Clarence H. Cram of Child
street is with her daughter, visiting
relatives in Lewiston.
Francis c. Peaks, assistant clerk 1ol
the railroad commissioners, returned tt
his home in Dover, Saturday.
Edward Wiggin, clerk at the schoo
department. State House, passed sun
dav with friends in Waterville.
P. Walter Foley will start, today fol
Massachusetts, where he VIII spend
two weeks vacation with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. p S. Mooney started
yesterday, for Cape Ehzaneth' Wher'
they will spend a two weeks ou'iiis'
Miss Florence Huyck, Miss Gertrud'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-07-27

several years. He was also graduate
IF the Boston City Hospital training
school for nurses, the profession of
which he had followed since his grad
Iation in December, 1902. During the
Spanish war he enlisted and went
South as a member Of Co. f, 1st Maine
infantry. Dying at the early age of
20 years, his death seems most untime-
Y. Besides large circle OF friends
Mr.. Hewett leaves father and mother
Mr.. and Mrs Emery l.. Heweit. five
brothers, Jean, Elwin, Martin, VIII and
ernest, also one sister. Mrs. Samuel
Bartlett. The funeral took place in the
:hurch at South Somerviile Wednes-
lay the church being crowded with
elatives and friends, who had come to
show this last respect and bid farewell
o the deceased. The floral tributes
we're many and profuse. Interment was
1T North Windsor.