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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-21
Work on the Evergreen.

A. A. Kincaid was passenger on the
Clearwater train Yesterday bound for his
mines in the Clearwater after visit with
his family at Paloise. Mr.. Kincaid is
one of the heavy stock holders of the
Evergreen group of mines on the south
fork Of Clearwater above Harpster. The
Evergreen is now working force of az
men and has 3oooco tens Of ore ready for
shipment. Mr. Kingcaid is Of the opinion
that the railroad will be extended from
Sites to the mining country of the upper
South Fork by fall. There is reported to
be deal for the sale of the Evergreen
TO easter parties for $4,000 Mr.. Kin
caid had nothing 10 report ON the deal
but indicated that development work on
the Evergreen was showing the prospect.
OF great mine.
Mayor Skinner has gone on buslnes,
trip 20 Portland
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-21
Sale Of Fletcher Hardware Co.

Geo. w. Fletcher sold the stock and
business of the Fletcher Hardware Co
yesterday TO zimmerman Bios, late of
Muskegon, Michigan, and the new pro-
prietors are now taking an invoice of the
stock. The new firm is composed of
A. c. and w. G. zimmerman, the former
having been proprietor of the Hope
Idaho Lumber Company for the past two
years. The clerical force will remaiu
practically as it is at present. MIR. Fred
Roice will retain his position and Mr..
T. r. Donovan Of Portland will be added
to the force. Mr.. Fletcher will assist in
the invoicing aud after that in the set
Ting of his outstanding accounts here
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-21

Mayor skinner has gone on a business
trip 70 Portland
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-21
NEZPERCE BUILDING RAPIDLY
New Buildings Erected, City improvements.
Bonding Election today - Tram~ay and
Bank Changes for NAV l.

! NEZ PIERCE, April 2I (Special)-Nez
Pcrce will soon begin its building boom.
Work has been tied up since last fall for
lack of lumber but the mills have recently
started up and building will be active for
the next few months Among the build
| ings TO be erected is two story frame
for Spiker & Co IS by 40 feet The
ground floor will be for the company and
the second floor will be used for Offices
and lodge rooms. The Kettenbach bank
will erect a building 25x4o feet on the
corner Of Fourth and Oak streets and the
Farmers Bank will build on the corner
of Maple and Fourth streets. The city
will do some building mostly in the way
of side walks. About "a miles of new
side walks will be put in i'll the next sixty
days. The first lumber for this purpose
arrived this week.
On Nav /, the s 'hultz bank will he
changed 10 the Far, \ .tinnsl Bank of
Nez Percr, aulh,rlty ter the organization
was received SOM ttj.'e ago. II will
have capital stock o $4,000. The city
bond election Is being hrld today when
the citizens will determine whether or
not to authorize the issue of $675o in
bonds to build water system. There is
de veloped in the last few days consider
able opposition to the plans announced
by the council and the bond issue will be
carried, if carried at all by hard fight.
The post Office was moved into the new
building on Fourth avenue last Sunday.
On May c, S. Cummings will take
charge of the management of the Farm.
er's tramway and there are rumors Of
still more important changes in that con-
nection.
The farmers are taking advantage OF
favorable weather conditions and are ex
tremely busy in putting in the crops. The
outlook FIR another big crop is very pro-
missing
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-21
Thomas J. Denny Is Dead.

Thomas J. Denny, brother Of John
Denny, died yesterday afternoon at his
brothers home in this city. The de-
ceased was pioneer of the north west oi
the ripe age of rs years. He came to
Lewiston about month ago from Baker
City, where he has resided for many
years. rhe funeral will be held from the
house tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-04-21

o. A. Kjos returned Saturday from his
trip east. Mrs. Kjos is still in New York
and will not return TO Lewiston till fall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30
Mr.. Mcclellan Didn't Take Orders From
MIR. Nixon.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN--S'r: have
always believed 1t to be the policy OF The
Sun to be fair and not to mislead. Political
campaigns and the tenure Of Office are but
short. but the influence Of great newspaper
should be practically for all time. ] find that
In self-respecting newspapers nothing is
charged against George B. McClelan's public
or private life, except that he has been sub
servient to Tammany Hall and that if he is
elected Mayor Tammany will be In the saddle.
As an illustration allow me to state q fact.
subject to verincation by your own files.
When Amos Cummings died. 1t left q va
cancy in the Naval Committee Of the House
Of Representatives properly to be filled from
the delegation from our great city. Mr. Nixon
was at tho time the head OF Tammany Hall
and also president Of the shipbuilding trust.
now being exploited in the United States
courts. He. Nixon. was DESTROYS Of having
the vacancy filled by the appointment Of
Perry Belmont. and In a conversation with
Mr.. Mcclellan asked him to support Mr.. Bel
mont for the place. Mr.. Mcclellan informed
Mr.. Nixon that he was using his influence for
Mr.. Fitzgerald Of Brooklyn.
Shortly afterward Mr.. Mcclellan returned to
Washin gton and found a telegram from Mr..
Nixon saying. Il want you to support Perry
Belmont for the vacancy on the Naval Com
mittee." to which Mr. Mcclellan answered.
In my public duties take orders from no
man"
The matter got out and he was commended
highly for his right sense OF duty and inde-
pendence Of Tammany Hall influences. Can
Ii fairly be said that the man who virtually
defed the power Of Tammany Hall then. in q
matter Of little importance to himself or the
people, would In the great ONCE OF Mayor be
controlled by any man or body Of men. save
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Huxley and Arnosticism

10 THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr: Your editorial
Of Oct "a on The State and Religion says, re-
garding Huxley:
not creditable 10 him. for by II he sought 10 dis
tingush himself in the English Phlistlnc mind from
Questionable inhdelity. though he knew very well
that the two terms mean substantially the same
lgion and supernaturalism. He was afraid to an
pear In his true coors and resored to disguise OF
Technology easily penetrated by an educated mind.
Huxley, In his essay on agnosticism In his Science
and Christian Tradition" expressly admitted that
inildellty and agnosticlsm mean substantially the
same thing, expressing the same state Of mind
toward supematuralism.
To say that he was afraid to appear in his own
colors and resorted to disguise OF Technology
easily penetrated by an educated mind Is enron
eous. None Of the priests and Bishops. nor even
Mr.. Gladstone. In all their controversies with him.
accused him OF being afraid TO show his colors
The only fear he was ever known 10 have 10
assert that he knew when he did not know. That
Is what made him an agnostic.
He adopted, or coined. the word "agnostic" as
one expressing more exactly his real belief than
any other term hitherto employed. Inidety has
applications other than those relating TO theology
Atheism I'm plies a positive knowing tn at something
Is not He was not an list" OF any kind and TO call
himself agnostic, TO distinguish him from the
gnOstcS who knew SO much. he thought was quit"
appropriate. At the same time he declared that
they called MIN rightly who called him BY those
very names which you Intimate he sought to escape.
Instead OF colnlng word In spirit not credlts
BILE to him his spirit was admirable.
CAMDEN Oct. %. HENRY WHITE.
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Interest in the Canal Question.

TO THE Ep1roR OF The suN-Sir: Allow
me to commend your articles on the canal
question. to be passed upon at the approach
ing election.
Notwithstanding the apparently good quail
ity OF the support Of this measure, an expe-
Renee Of a good many years with the trans
portation situation prevents my seeing slol,-
DOL. 900 worth Of good in the scheme. even II
we possessed assurance Of the faithful appli-
cation Of the whole Of this vast sum.
Have the advocates Of this Improvement.
considered well the fact that for over six
months of the year-during the busy winter
season-the canal is out OF business?
Also, when they talk OF the canal as a neces-
sity to regulate those arch fends. the railroad
monopolists. do they know to what extent
the ownership and control OF the transporta-
ton lines operating through the canal are
identical with the ownership and control of
the all-rail Rht lines7
II this measure is advisable, why is il not
also advisable to parallel our modern rapid
transit system with lines OF horsecars, or ON
nibuses, to be operated by interests closely
associated with those in control of the present
system7 J. W. T..
NEW YORK. Oct. n.
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expresses what seems to be n rather for
lorn hope that in one or two Of them
no license will prevail
or the 932 towns in the State, "a are
now no license, 3O4 partial license and
3+ full license. No-license campaigns
are rare, because Of the difficulties in
getting the requisite petition, the Pro-
hibltionlsts allege. The statute provides
that the decision Of town on the subject
shall not be changed within two years.
Mayor Low suggested, a few evenings
since, that he is prepared to favor the
extension of local option 10 New York
Governor MORTON, in the memorandum
with which he accompanied his signature
Of the original Raines BILL in 1896, looked
forward to the possibility of the growth
of such sentiment. 1T may be desir-
able he said. ito extend the local OPP
ton feature Of the law to cities, her
a. a whole or by wards, and he added
that If the people Of any city should
desire to vote upon this question the
Legislature will, doubtless, accord it that
right" Governor MORTON even looked
forward to the coming of a public senti-
ment which may soon warrant general
amendment to the bill providing for
local option in all cities. since. on prin-
ciple. there seems to be no reason why
local option should not be applied to
cities as well as to rural communities.
So far as we can discover from the Pro-
hibtionist circular, interest in the license
question is not great in these Westches-
ter towns, outside of the ranks Of the
Prohibitionists themselves; but if local
option was extended to New York. how
fierce would the agitation be!
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUs-.Sn, Dowie canno,
be well read In the Scriptures or he would never
have made the blunder OF calling himself Elijah H.
In the Gospel Of st Matthew 10 this record OF the
sayings OF Jesus:
when Jesus came into the coast OF Cesarea
Philip ! he asked MS disciples, saying Whom do
Some say that thou art John the baptist. sonir
Elias, and Others Jerellas or OF The prophets
he saith unto them but whom say yc ann" And
simon peter answered and said "Thou ar, The
Christ, the Son Of the living God"
As they came down from the noun ain inter the
vision On the mountain Jesus charged them Aay -.
ing Tell the vision To no man uDtil lnr son uf Man
be risen from the dead" Aid his dlsrinIrs nsb"d
him saying why then say lhe scrlbrs that Elias
must nT,t Gomez" And Jesus answered nnd said
unto them Elias truly shall hTst come and rrsto,,
all things bul say unto you that Elias Is come
already and lbey knew him not, but have dong
unto him whaisoeyer they listed Likewise shall
rlples understood that he spuke unto them VI John
the Baptist.
Now II Is very evident that n Elijah appeaIed
or was Telnrarnaled Ia John the Bapts, that must
have been his second appssgaAc. On earth ana n
10 here again, rrinoamated Ia John AleAandey
bowie, DOslr should sail himself Elijah IN and
not EDJsh II II be wishes 10 be 10 harmony Win
the scriptures
~ course the question u beneath serious aIsu
nsnt but iOf thOse who take Dowie ssuo,sly "A 1.
well 10 rIp0ss chaIlaian sno has the impua.ne,
to robe hImsglf Ia ins nagto of sanity prophet
10 order 10 decor an Ignorant and sulllbls lot Of
iollOssH ], pouLD,
Srug0Is MN Oct 40
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plurality Of s2,ooo in 1895 and of nearly
iA.000 in 1900
Whether Kentucky can. like Maryland
be described as a doubtful State, is
strenuously denied by the local Demo-
cratic leader. 1t is true that in 1890
Mr.. MCKINLEY carried Kentucky by the
very small plurality Of PSI, and secured
- of the Is Presidential electors. Four
years later, however, Kentucky gave
MIR, BRYAN a plurality of almost 5000,
and although Governor J. c. W. BECK
HAMS plurality was only about $500,
the Democrats seem confident of their
ability 20 do better for him this year.
On the whole. there is ample ground,
even outside the city of New York,
for the interest with which both political
parties will scan the election returns
which We shall publish on the morning
of Wednesday, Nov. 1.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30
Jerome and Cochran.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,-iSir, In the
municipal campaign Of 1901. Mr.. Bourks
Cochran the eminent student Of the coinage
went about among his acquaintance COM
mentlng thus upon the speeches Of Mr., VIII
ham Trayers jerome
"Trayers Is doing very well surprisingly
well for "A man Of little or no experience In
public speaking. But he profits greatly by
lack OF proper opposition. The effect Of
his speeches could be utterly neutralIzed II
an experienced man were 10 be sent out by
Tammany Hall 10 follow him aud extinRuish
him He would be the easiest man IN the
world 10 sxtinaulsh
II Mr. Bourke Cockran " the same mind
to-dayY
NEW York, OCT 20
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as a forcible ejecs:nens @! the present
rulers.
In any British action arising from this
situation the United States has no direct
concern. America was not participant
in the Berlin Conference. II we have
any trade at all with the Congo, it is
so insignificant in its amount that no
separate record il made of il. The only
American issue which appears in the
matter stands in connection with the
work of missionaries in that region. A
statement Of complaint from that source
has been submitted to the State Depart
ment in Washington, and a personal
presentation of the matter to the WASH
ington authorities will be made by DIR.
MORRISON as representative of the
missionary associations. DR.. MORRISON
has also presented his case to the British
Government, and has made an appeal
TO the King of Belgium, the titular head
of the Congo Free State.
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Ex-SLAVE PENSION NHEuE
the Post Once Department Declares u Ia
Ne q sarefaced Fraud.

WASHINGTON, Oct. . The PostInas,or-
General to-day issued an order dsnyinr
the use Of the mails 20 the tx Slave mutual
Relief Bounty and Pension Association If
Washington and |. H. Dickinson, treas
uTer; +. Starr Munfree. secretary. and Il
r.. Gilchrist. financial manager all of TIM,
city for using the mails TO deiraud
The association was formed during the
last session OF Congress, shortly after
the introduction 10y senator Hanna. at.
request" of an ex-slaye pension bill Tho
inspectors report on tho case SAYS tha
"Munfree ia a colored crook of the wors
type" He formerly operated the SCUM
ern Supply Company in Nashville, where
he then lived, and was arrested for tha'
offence. The pension scheme il declar>i
to be one Of the most barefaced fraud,
ever brought to the attention Of the p {,
ONCE Department The promoters realized
large sum Of money from 1t.
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The Hon. Lrc1Us N. LITTAuER was re-
ported yesterday as imploring the Presi-
dent to come to his assistance in the matter
Of -vindication He wants Mr. RoosE-
WELT to inquire If there is not some way
still open to get around Attorney General
KNo1's cruel decision that the statute Of
limitations deprives him. Mr. LrrrAUER, Of
the high satisfaction of being prosecuted
by the United States Government.
Mr.. LITTAUER feels keenly the blow
which the brutal KNOX has delivered upon
the most sensitive spot Of his personal
honor. He Is reported as saying:
My only desire in this matter il to have an CD
portunlty TO vindicate myself completely. so that
there shall be no doubt in any ones mind have
no wish to be shielded by the statute Of imita-
lions"
One course remains open to the Hon
LUcIUs n. LIrTAURR. Suppose he should
arise In the House Of Representatives on
the first day Of the extraordinary session,
and. as a matter Of the highest privilege,
demand the appointment of a committee
to Investigate the action of the Department
Of Justice in refusing to waive the statute
Of limitations for his benefit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30

To THE EDITOR or The SuN-Str: Thinking
that you might like to give all sides FAIR
hearing in The SrN, ! write briehy Of inns
campaign from the Prohibition standpoint.
Prohibition platforms have been before tho
country for more than thirty years, All In
telligent men ought to know what the reason
ing in them Ia. namely. that II is morally wrong
to support the candidates OF a license political
party because that makes the voter supporter
Of the license policy OF that party; or. accord
Ing to an old and correct way OF putting II. IL
makes the voter partner in the liquor busl-
ness and in all It's bad results. including the
send!nS OF a multitude OF souls TO drunkard
grave and a drunkard's doom every year.
In the present campaign. as in every other
We may each think that this or that principal
candidate or party ID better than others: but
that is Of small Importance to any voter CONF
pared to the weghty question OF entering
into or avoiding tho above mentioned part
nership. The important thing 10 the voters
attitude toward right and wrong.
In this election no party except the Pro-
hibitlon party claims to be opposed to the
sinful policy OF authorizing drunkard making
by license. Intelligent men know what II
means when Mr.. Mcclellan announces him
self In favor Of personal liberty. and what 1t
means when Mr.. Low advocates a change in
the excise laws to make them more liberal.
and when he talks about liberal enforce
ment Of them. and what it meant last winter
when Mr.. Low and Mr.. Jerome both went TO
Albany to advocate bill for Sunday opening
Of saloons. l claim. therefore. that the man
who supports any of these candidates. al
though he may be honest and only terribly
mistaken In his judgment. really takes an
attitude Of support OF the saloon for seven
days Of the week. instead OF the only right
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Local Option Close to New York.

At the election next Tuesday the liquor
question will be an issue in certain towns
Of Westchester county lying not far from
the northern boundary of the city OF
New York. These towns are Harrison
Yorktown, White Plains, Bedford and
Pelham.
Under the Liquor Tax law of this State
the 80 called Raines law, the privilege
of local option to determine whether
liquors shall be sold under the pro-
vision of this act" is extended to towns
and not to cities, provided the electors
OF the town to the number of ten Der
centum of the votes cast at the next
preceding general election shall request
such submission by written petition
acknowledged before a notary. The
sProhibitory Union of Westchester
county has taken pains to satisfy this
prerequisite to local option in the towns
named.
At present, three only of nineteen
towns in Westminster county are no
license, four have voted for hotel license
and twelve for full license. In most of
the towns no vote on license has been
taken since 1898.
The local option questions to be sub
mitted To the towns are required by the
law to boon separate ballot, and they
are these:
81. Shall any corporation. association. copart-
nership or person be authorized TO trafc IN liquors
under the provisions Of subdivision Of Section II
Of the Liquor Tax law, namely, by selling liquor
10 be drunk on the premises where sold'
q shall any corporation, association, 0opart
nershp or person be authorized to tIafhc Ia liquors
under tnr provisions of subdivision Of Section n
Of the liquor Tax law, namely, by selling liquor
not To be drunk on the premises where Sold
g. Shall any corporation, association copart
nsrshp or person be authorized to trafo In liquors
under tbs provisions Of subdivision Of section "A
otihe Liquor Ta1 Law, namely by selling liquor rs
pharmacist on a physIcans prescription
- snail any corporation association, copau
IerJhlD or person be authorized 10 lTallc IN liquors
under Subdy vision oi Section II Of the Liquor Tal
Law, but only IN connection win the business of
Weeping hotel n the majority ~ the VOTES cast ON
ths nTsi question submitted are IN the negatlyr1"
10 these questions Affirmative or mega
tive answers are ~ be- marked on the
ballot
A circular appeal ISSUED by the Vest
chester PrOhlbllODists II NOT hopeful
Apathy prevails II sayh, and the
trade and 10 abs,tors through mani,
fold agsDoins" hay. distributed state
meois a ~ IN. brn"h'sni provisions
~ license Legislation BECAUSE II this
siste u AFFAIR.", lTO'nedb The circulnr,
"tbs 10 license vote IN these towns may
nh be siupend0usly large though u
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The I.I.,yic, Attorney IN .ins.

10 THE EDIrOR OF THh SIN ST. ~ your
paper of the nth an editorial entitled "Ihn
once Of District Attorney IN Bfooklyn
struck me as being worry controversial sub
jeoi. aud ilppresses Ino with a desire as a
citizen and friend VI good government ~
express ny humble opinion Of the seeming
dinloulty
John y Clarke has undoubtedly been an
erioisnt and conscientious municipal orioef
yet you say the most that can be said " him
POLITICALLY 10, thar hs has been u stancb fol-
lower ~ Hugh Mclaughlin,
Very we'll, " ths Ciii1sns' Union had prot.
fsr.j hun 10 Enforcement, or nomination Us
their candidate, u soujd be confronting this
gentleman with = diismms, Just SUCH -
Mr.. Grout was put through; and N hs a0aspted
the proposition hs would Earn uts eoatsgzps -
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New YORK. Oct. n.
Mr.. Jerome Criticised by . Democrat.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In the
account OF the fusion rally in the Fifteenth
Assembly district, held last night. az reported
in The sun this morning. under the caption
dives the Lie to Mcclellan. District Attorney
Jerome is made to say; The difIiculty OF ap-
plying criminal law is that you cannot convict
q man on the testimony of accomplices alone.
and all the men under Tammany were &C.
completes I couldn't manufacture the evil
dence myself"
II jury of intell gent men cannot Convict
a man on the testimony Of accomplices.- II tho
word OF the accomplice. unsupported by other
testimony. cannot go In courts OF justice.
cannot be admitted for truth. how, then. can
the honorable District Attorney. Mr.. Jerome,
expect the reasoning. thinking, tntell gent
citizens Of New York city to lend credence
to what he nightly says from the stump He
admits himself. in his very arguments, that tho
only evidence he has is the testimony Of So
called accomplices. If this evidence cannot
go" in law, neither can 1t be rammed down
the threats Of great people by a demagogic.
partisan. v!tuperative. billingsgated. swell
headed. mud-slinging District Attorney.
Throw mud and IL will stick" but, mot
stain" and tomorrow II some OF these very
leaders OF the Democratic party tTammanyl,
that he seeks numerically to pillory, Cataline
style. were to die. he would be among the first,
II called upon at public memorial service to
assist In the apotheosis Of the men he now
declares reprobates and unclean.
Enough Of this utilization! Let's fight the
Mayoralty campaign on clean. clear. cameo
cut issues, and not on personal SANDER and
individual libel
New York has reached her proud position
OF metropolis OF finance, commerce and an
emil ghtened press, not under Citizens parties