The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-01-06

the Premiership of Great Britain and WAS
succeeded the following day by his
nephew, Arthur James Balfour.
CUBA LIBRE.
The Cuban natal day may Justly he
considered May 20. 1902, for on that date
President Palma was formally inaupur-
ated, the Cuban Gag took the place of the
stars and stripes on..,he president al pal.
aces and historic old Moro castle and
General Leonard Wood, the retiring
governor gederal, surrendered to the
Cuban government the freed and rein.
venated island.
ST. PIERRE DISASTER.
The crowning calamity of the year was
the destruction Of St. Pierre by the vol.
canic eruption Of Mt. Pelee on the island
OF Martinique, in the French West Indies,
on May 9Th, when the supposedly extinct
volcano, after three days emission of
ashes and dust, burst forth in violent
eruption, delugine the town with fire
and volcanic mud. The city, the suburbs
and more than 4o, 600 persons met an aw
fui death. On the following day an
eruption of the volcano of Soufriere, OH
the British island Of St. Vincent, killed
FULLY 500 Inhabitants of Kingston, the
seat of government, and ON the 2oth a
second eruption of Pelee created terror,
though it did not greatly harm the few
survivors Of the 6rst disaster.
ACTS OF CONGRESS.
The first session of the Fifty seventh
congress closed on July I, after prolonged
discussions upon some of the most i'm.
portant problems the national legislature
has struggled with in recent yeats.
Among the laws it enacted we're:
A law establishing civil government in
the Philippines.
A law authorizing the construction of
an 1sthmian canal and appropriating
$I84 900 for its construction.
The reenactment of the Chinese ex-
clusion law.
The establishment Of permanent Cen.
sus bureau, large reduction of the war
taxes, liberal appropriations for irrigating
arid lands, the extension of the national
bank charters and other legislation far
reaching in its effects.
THE COAL STRIKE.
The story Of the strike in the anthracite
coal fields of Pennsylvania must be ia.
miliar to every reader. 1t began on May
II and for over FIVE months the battle
waged, not always without violence, but
in the midst Of it all the miners generally
were peaceful and obeyed their leader.
President John Mitchell of the United
Mine. Workers of America. The miners
demanded more pay and fairer treatment,
insisting that the difference between the
warning factions lie left to an impartial
arbitration. Conference followed con-
ference to adjust the matter until finally
the operators were compelled to submit to
An arbitration. This came about as the
result Of a conference between President
Roosevelt and ]. Pierpont Morgan on
October Is, 1907, and the board of COM
missioners was appointed to investigate.
That commission Is still! considering the
question. Work has been resumed, and
the militia has been withdrawn from the
fields.
OTHER EVENTS.
The gent raj elections of November 4th
resulted in the selection of the Fifty
eighth congress as follows: Republicans,
aoS; democrats. I78.
Santos Dumout startled Monte Carlo as
he had startled Paris when he success
fnlly skirted the edge Of Monaco bay in
his airsh'p. on June a8th and made a
spectacular demonstration.
A year ago we thought we had the
Danish islands. Denmark had consented
to sell; We bad arranged to pay the price.
but internal politics across the Atlantic
pat . majority of the national Legislative
colony against it, or rather the vote icing
. tie, could not carry. 1t is expected,
however, that at some early date the
islands will be regularly transferred.
Last December Marconi succeeded in
sending his first message across the At
lantic. Since then the young inventor
has been devotedly laboring in improve
ments, and the Developments Of the next
few years may put wireless telegraphy
into the list of really practical concerns.
His achievements Of the last few days
tcertainly put Marconi's name high in the
list Of moderp ipveutions.
values Dss 70 Irrigation.
l The striking statement is made in the
current report Of the Division Of Hydro
graphy Of the United States Geological
Survey, now in press, that:
THE open range Of the arid region u
|eenerally stated to be capable Of support
ing one COW 10 every 40 acres. The same
Had ,sS,em watered and mt in Alfalfa