The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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statute OF John James Ingals re-
Gently placed In statutory hall at
Washington was made the occasion of
special reception exercises in congress
In the senate for period of eighteen
years. and was very prominent figure
in national affairs.
The famous Heola mine of the Occur
d'Alenes declared it's regular monthly
The mine is at Burke and is a silver
lead producer. The total dividends paid
up to date is $4,000.
The Spokane flyer out of Portland.
Saturday night. was held up by four
masked men who boarded the train just
as 1t passed through the suburbs of the
city and entering the Pullman cars re-
lieved the passengers of cash and jew
elry to the amount of $225 and draft
of $3.50. They jumped from the train
near the East Twenty eighth bridge
and disappeared in the brush.
Suits aggregating 1921, 900 were filed
in the district court at Cripple Creek,
Saturday. by the officers of the west
ern federation Of miners. Nearly all
the prominent mine-owners are named
Hnfo ,,fx
growth of the rioting last June.
William Jennings Bryan visited
President Roosevelt last Saturday and
was given the glad hand and touch
OF the strenuous life.
Eighteen miles of the Tonic railroad,
between Phoenix and the Tonic dam
in Arizona, has been washed out by
floods. The road runs through very
rough country, and was difficult and
expensive to build.
The house subcommittee on mer-
chant marine and fisheries has decided
to report an omnibus fish hatcheries
bill establishing hatcheries in Wash
ington. Idaho and Montana. While the
report will soon be made the bill will
not become a law at this session be-
cause of the prevalent spirit of econ
omy.
i The Montana congressional delega-
ton are expecting legislation this SEES
sion that will enable work to begin a
once on the Glendive irrigation protec
! on the Yellowstone river where tn.
reclamation service has authorized tn
expenditure Of &1.5oe.oo0 s
Goxesnor Afva Adams Of COLORADO b
answer to Ne allegation that ~ oh
tanned his election thcosgh fraud set
: up the counter claim that thNs s1eA
, raining corposaAions OF the state -
. cured fraudulent naturalization papeF
Tor thnusantS o. ItaliaAa and Auatri
ans In their emptoy and had them req
= istered and voted and he claims with
} fair and free vote hia uAajoFity voal
1, as shown by the canvass before III
legislature. sl,5tgz
The present Oregon legislature wi
be asked to appropriate 100000 nor
o this session for the portage road pro
( ject. There will be two bills each 70
$s5,o0o; one for operating and main
tanning the road for the next two year
and the other for and extension OF
mile and half long from the big edd
towards the Dalles.
s Farmers in the Palouse country ar
{ taking great interest in helping tn
proposed electric road from Spokane
Moscow via Colfax by subscribing lib
orally to the capital stock. There
great enthusiasm over the project an
the stock is going readily to the farm
: ers in the vicinity of Colfax at $500 I
each subscriber.
: At the beginning of the present yes
there were approximately 1900 publ
schools in operation in Porto Rico In
!" volving an annual outlay Of 100000 &C
cording to the annual report of ii
commissioner of education just mad
public.
: Representative Hearst has intro
duced bill i'm the house directin
President Roosevelt to acquire all tn
stock of the Panama railroad ns
owned by the United States.
d General Lew Wallace Is seriously