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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-02

Aberdeen, s. Done hundred and
sixty square miles OF growing grain
has been entirely destroyed by wind
and hall storm that passed over this
section Tuesday night.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-02

Century Printing Co pssses elsoss
col. Basement LOwiSaeS Natl. Sank
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-02

ler0 predict rapid increase winch Is
sure to come.
WHOLESALE
Butter.
Cascade-30kc.
Countrywide.
Vegetables and Fruits.
Bananas-Per pound, SIC.
Oranges-Per crate, $5.25.
Lemons-Per case, $3.50.
Cocoanuts-Pers dozen, 81.
Green Onions-Per dozen, sc.
Dry onions-Per 100 lbs, ss.26.
Rhubarb-Per pound, &c.
Radishes-Per dozen, csc.
Lettuce-Per pound, &c.
Cabbage-Per pound, &c.
Carots-Per dozen, CSC.
Turnips-Per hundredweignt 81.
Beans-Per pound, &C.
New Potatoes-Hundredwe 81.
Peaches-Per box, $500.
Apples-Per box, 75c@$1.00.
Cantaloupes-Per crate, $3.76.
AprlCOIS-Her crate, SVCs
Pears-Per crate, SOC
Watermelons-Per pound, &c.
Poultry.
Hens-Per pound, lie.
Fries-17hc.
Eggs-Per dozen, zoe.
Livestock.
Steers-Per pound. &C.
Cows-Per pound. 2%c.
Lambs-Per pound, SC.
Hogs-Per pound, SIC.
Veal-Per pound, &c.
Forage.
Timothy-Per ton, SIS.
Wheat-Per ton, $14.
Alfalfa-Per ton, $40. IL
RETAIL. a.
Flour.
Princess-$1.3 a.
Century-$1.30.
Clearwater-$1.2O.
Bran-Per ton, $16.
Shorts-Per ton, $1S.
Millrun-Per ton, SIT.
Rolled Barley-Per ton, $2S.
Rolled wheat-Per ton. $26.
Chicken Feed-Per sack, $1.5002.O0.
Poultry and Produce.
Hens-Per pound, 1Sc.
Fries-Per pound, csc.
Eggs-Per dozen, 25c.
Fresh Meat.
Sirloin Steak-Per pound, 1Ec.
. Boiling-Per pound, 6c07c.
veal-8@1Sc.
T-bone Steak-Per pound, 17Mc0
Zoe.
Porterhouse Steak-Per pound, lEc.
Round Steak-Per pound, 1870.
Chuck Steak-Per pound, Sc.
Prime Rib Roast-Per pound, 1870.
Mutton-sc@17c.
Mutton Stew-Per pound, SC.
Pork--Per pound, 12hc@1Bc.
Sausage-Per pound, 1870.
Lard-Five pounds, 75c: 10 pounds,
las.
Hams-Per pound, 1Sc.
Picked Pigs Feet-Per pound. 10c.
Bacon-Per pound 1Sc025c.
Hamburger Steak-Per pound. Zoe.
Wood and Coal.
Dry wood-Per cord. 16.inch, 90, de-
ivered.
Cord wood-s7.50, delivered.
Slab wood-$4.50. delivered.
Lump Coal-Per ton, So.
Hides, PeIts and Wool.
Buying prices are as follows:
Pelts-Sheep. CSC.
Full Wool Pelts-Per pound, lilo.
Hides-Calf, green, &c; dry, lee.
Steer, Ice.
Bull and Stag-13c.
Coyote Skins-Each. 25c06Oc.
Badger-Each, 15c@40c.
Bear Skins--$L50@10.00.
Coon-25c060c.
Forage.
Haulers are receiving the following
rices for loose forage:
Straw-Per load, 81.
Timothy-Pe ton, $22.
Alfalfa-Per ton. 312.
wheat-Per ton, &15.
Fruits and Nuts.
walnuts-Per pound. 2oc036c.
Almonds-Per pound. csc.
Bananas-Per dozen, SIC.
Oranges-Per dozen, soc, zoe. soc.
Dates-Per pound, 15c.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-02
. FLASHES FROM THE WIRE. :

New York.-Rumor is current in
Paris that Countess de Castellane, who
was Miss Anna Could. is likely to mar
ry a worse spendthrift than Count
Boni.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-02

San Franciscan raid conducted by
United States secret service men re-
suited in the recovery OF Is Chinese
slave girls. They will be taken before
a United States commissioner to show
cause why they should not be deported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
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another in time of peace. the relations of the dead have. the right to revenge or to pardon if the blood money be paid. The blood money for an ordinary mur- der is fixed at forty-one camels, and it may be paid on installments, tha payments running for a month or a year or more If man kills another secretly and denies the crime, but is found guilty, he is fined for four blood moneys and the murdered mans re- lations may take revenge by killing ono of the family of the murderer and still have the right to three blood moneys.
 Shortly before he left Egypt Lord Cro- mer made some investigations of justice in the Sinai peninsula, and in one of his reports described how justice detected whether criminals were guilty or not. He had three methods--by water, by fire and by dream. The test by dream was made by his honor going to sleep and dreaming whether the accused was guilty or not. If the dream showed the man guilty it was looked upon as a judg ment of God and he was punished. The water test was made with a copper jug filled with that fluid. The judge, the &C., cused and the spectators sat in a circle and the jug. in some way or other, was made to move around through the group, and if it stopped opposite the accused he was guilty.
 The fire test was severe. It was often used to convict men of stealing. In this case the judge heated an iron pan over the coals until it was red hot. and then made the accused touch it three times with his tongue. If the tongue showed marks of burning he was guilty and, if not, he was innocent Two experts all ways sat with the judge to witness wheth- CT the tongues of the accused were burnt or not
 All such methods are now to be done away with, and the British and lgyptian officials are to see that justice is admin istered according to the laws of the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
The Nelson of the American Navy

The Nelson of the American Navy.
 From Harper's Weekly
 Admiral Walker, wheiis just dead, used
 to be called by his admirers in the navy,
 the Nelson of the American navy"
 There was this much of sense in the
 designation, that it expressed the beiler
 that Walker had the ability and the
 pluck to win any sea fight against any
 enemy with any kind of show, if he
 could have the show However. this was
 mere admiration. Walker was more than
 an object of supposititious guessing: he
 was recognized as head and shoulders
 above any navy captain of his time. The good men believed this, and sat at his feet Among the good men we can count Robley Evans. Chadwick. Brown son, Stanton, the Rogerses, a lot of peo- ple of whom the navy can be proud, while Dewey used to consult "old John about the navy movements, and officers used to say that George would look in the glass and wonder what John would thing of him now. He was fine old sailor and he was recognized as thorough. , No personal friendship softened his man. ners to a delinuuent. One day when ne was sailing out from Hampton Roads with the international fleet that helped us celebrate the centennial of washing | toms first inauguration, his orders about | weighing anchor were disobeyed by his | dearest friend in the service. who was {, in command of one of the ships; and as 1 the old Chicago. the flagship, passed the | trembling culprit, the navies of the world 1 heard this Whiskers'' laundering out 1 from the bridge objurgations, and eN- 1 pressing wonder at his own moderation in not putting his old comrade under
 arrest, At Another time, when the White
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
Marriage Will Never Be Complete Sue cess Till Men Are Loyal to Home.

It is clear that the only hope of refornl- ing the marriage laws Is in elevatng public sentiment, says the Rev. Dr. Pal- ton in The Delineator for October. I do not believe that ir the long run prac- tical legislation will rise much above the level of average theoretical belief. All departures, therefore, from the view that marriage is a divine institution are d menace to society, and all philosophical theories which make the institution merc- ly a phase of biological evolution are in principle destructive of the home. But there is a sentiment of loyalty to family ties which men have in spite of their the- ories and there is a chance. therefore, of appealing to the sympathies of those who cherish sweet memories of the little king dom of the home over which their mothers ruled. By all means let that appeal be made. The Christian church in both it's Catholic and Protestant forms can do much to prevent society from low ering it's own ethical estimates to the level of statutory regulations. It is very easy for men to feel that what the law allows cannot be wrong; and very diff ficult to enforce the requirements of transcendental standard against that which is set by the law of the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

FTallie Erminie Rives (Mrs. Post Wheeler) in Japan. The author or satan Sanderson" at her Tokyo home The only woman novelist in diplomatic life What she thinks of the Japanese and what the Japanese think of her.
 A brisht morning star of the literary world in the west is now Nisit-l1Ving m Tokyo Of a wealthy and illustrious sword bearing family in America, ana one of it's most celebrated noVel-compos- ing persons, she has left her country Tor stay-doing in Japan. where she lives ana is happy in the Japanese style Dressed in white silk. she loves to impart, rom her fancy. like the poets thoughts Of this country. To tell of her in single page is like attempting to describe T beautiful woman by drawnng her bones.
 So the ''Kokumln Shlmbun,' tlle sober est of the Japanese captals Vernactidr newspapers. began its first "write-up or IIallie rmin Rives. the Virginia novel, ist who last December married MT. Post Wheeler. one of the secretaries of the American embassy at Tokyo
 The female novelist is not common m Japan There has never been but one in fact worth talking about This was Murasaki no Shlkibu, who in the year 1o04 A. D.. wrote a novel called "GenJi MOnOgatarl, the adventures ul h odf- anese Don Juan, in 54 books and some thing under 5000 pages. which remains a classic To the Japanese, therefore, the advent of a female novelist from America, was something interesting
 Woman. moreover. has always been the submerged sex In the land of the Rising Sun. But since the war in the herce western wave of modernization that has been sweeping over the country she has begun 10 demand more social freedom and place in the worlds affairs. Wives of high Japanese officials have begun dffdently to entertain in European-built houses, wearing European gowns. whlch latter the court rule demands shall be worn instead of the Bimono at all court functions. The girls throughout the em- pire have taken to going to college, like their brothers. and the women are read ing the newspapers. For these reasons the American woman-and the very young woman at that-who had won place in western literature, and had become fa- 1nous for her novels, was a center Of double attraction. The Tokyo papers and the womans magazines devoted pages to Miss Rives' doings and opinions on all sorts of subjects her picture was put on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
How modern enterpr SC is Opem- ing up the Oases and the Desert


stituted a department of mines to con- trol them This department is under the minister of the interior, and it has a camel police so that it's soldiers can go rapidly from place to place and keep order. Lines of communication from certain ports on the Nile to the Red Sea are being opened up In order to enable labor to be more economical ly sent to the mines and to give the companies better means of transport for the materials and foodstuffs which they requife.
 At present the headquarters of the mining department is at Edfou, be- tween Assouan and Luxor. It has, sup plies and material stored there. and it has been making experiments of cross ing the easterna desert on motor cars and motor cycles to some of the mining centers. Just now the chief mines are far away from the Nile, and il is nee essary to have quick methods of reach ing them. A number are right on the shores of the Red Sea, and they run up and down through the whole of the eastern desert in the mountainous re- gions bordering the coast. There are other mining companies operating in the Soudan, and some which have con- sessions on the very border of Abyssi- nit.
 Ancient Mines Being Opened.
 A number of these mining companies are reopening the workings of the ancient Egyptians. The Streeter concession, for instance. is looking for emeralds at the foot of label Nugrus near where gold mines once were. It's territory includes some of the most mountainous country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Port Tewhk


 X T ODERN enterprise is opening MI up the backwoods of Egypt l f2 syndlcates with large capital arc prospecting for coal oil and copper in the Sinai peninsula. The Egyptian Exploration company is working gold mines between Luxor and the Red Sea, and the Nile Gold Fields company is operating further south beyond As souan. An English syndicate with a capital of g. 5OO,000 is about to build a railroad across the Libyan desert to develop the string of oases which lie one hundred miles or west of the Nile valley: and by the Assouan dam over fifty thousand acres have been added to that great fertile spot in the desert known as the Fayoum All of these regions Hay be called the backwoods of Egypt Most of them have long been considered barren and worth less and about them little is known.
 Gold Fields of the Desert.
 Within the past two or three years a great interest has sprung up as 10 the gold fields of Egypt. Prospectors have been going over the desert above Cairo. between this country and the Red Sea, and more than a score of ssyndleates have been formed to pros peet the various concessions The wh ole country has been divided among them. and the Egyptian government has in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

, instance the affair had special featlh es of real diplomacy The event took place at the time when the San Francisco anti Japanese agitation was at It's heiSht Tokyo was much excited, it's papers were full of war-like fulminations against the United States, and the whole situation was becoming what diplomatists call delicate" Mir. Wheeler made the affair a soothing salve to smarting Japanese sensibilities that had a pronounced ell feet Instead of choosing his best man. by time honored custom, from the corps dplomatique he chose Japanese, Count Terashima, q secretary of the 1orelgn or fee, and confidential secretary of Vis- count Hayashi. minister of foreign affairs. The Count, who is a member of the House of Peers, was d college male, years ago, as 1t happened. of Mir. Wheelers at the University of Pennsylvan' a. Six ot the younger members of the foreign offlce and six chancellors of the imperial house. hold MT Wheeler invited to act as ush- CTS and masters of ceremonies.
 The result of this finesse was a social event of extraordinary brilliance. The nobility of Tokyo came en masse rom the imperial princes down, and the as- sistance of these ranking Japanese de- lighted Japanese officialdom The min- isters of state and their wives tas curious concerning a foreign marriage as their Americans, for few have ever seen onel l attended as did Marquis Oyama, Admiral l Saito, Admiral Togo, General kuroki, i and q hundred other officers. These were also included with the ambassadors anu ministers of foreign powers in the we'd ding brealzfast It was the first diplomatic wedding ever held in the American em- bassy. and the Japanese showed their ap- | preciation by showering the pair with | gifts, from precious stones to bolts ol ] silk from the most famous looms Of kyoto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

All the time her pencil and notebook are busy. Will the successor to Satan sanderson'' be d Japanese novel? The Japanese think so, and audibly hope so. for they know she likes them, and where like is, there is sympathy and under standing. Certain it is that she writes half of every day in her garden opposite the embassy. where her workshop is a summer house by the side of a lotus-pond full of golden carp, with an old stone lantern from some ruined Shinto temple standing guard beside it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

view at the Uyeno exposition, just closed' and a Tokyo publishing house is now pre- pairing to issue Japanese version or "'rhe Castaway" her novel of several seasons ago, founded on the life of Lofd Byron.
 Mrs. RiVes-W Wheeler tells this story apropos this personal interest:
 One day her rick-a-sha coolie mistaklnS her directions took her to the wrong spot (she had wanted to visit the tomb of one of the Tycoons) and she was un- able to make him understand. Japan csc boy of 15 or l6 years of age, who hap pened to be passing. approached, and with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Guessed Right.

From Harper's Weekly.
 A little old woman with soft blue eyes, white ringlets around her ears, and quaint purple gown got on 8 Ninth street car in Washington on a very hot day.
 She looked rosy. but cool and comfor- table while the others on the crowded car were hopping their brows,, flaming themselves, and cursing inwardly.
 As she got on the car she said to the conductor, Hi want to get hoff at Hem street"
 ''AlI right" said the conductor. and the car went on. Nothing happened until L. street was reached, when suddenly the old lady looked up and asked, His this Hell"
 You bet it is," said a big, perspiring man, and soft, low cries of Hear. hear." mingled with the laughter that rippled through the car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Japanese interest in Miss Rives was naturally not lessened when it became known that she had come to Japan 10 marrS a member of the AmeFiean em- bassy.
 All of the story of this wedding, py the way, has not been told in print thoush lt was a source of much discussion and ad- miration among the foreign attaches, ana no doubt was noted with approval by the gentlemen who manage the state de- partment at Washington.
 When a man of the diplomatic service marries abroad, the affair has always it's national bearings, and in this particular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
-Hallie Ermimie Rves Loved By the Japanese

Squadron was sailing out of a Mediter- ranean bay another old friend worked his ship so awkwardly that the admiral-then nearly a trade dollar adimarl rl'-sus- pended him by signal in the face of the whole fleet. The punished captain, coming aboard to protest against his public reprimand, puffed out, indignantly: '.Why. sir why. I never heardeof such thing" Well" said John, pulling at his big side whiskers. you've heard of it now.'
 He had been a good fighter in the war, and he had most to do in starting the new navy. He was literally the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

exploration companies. The Cairo synui- cate is Investigating in the northern half of the peninsula, and their engineers have reported the discovery of coal in small quantities. Petroleum is believed to exist there and also turauoises and other val uable stones.
 The government however, is finding 1t difficult to administer to the country and ust before Lord Cromer left he directed that the whole peninsula be put under the war department A British officer of the Egyptian army is to be the governor and commandant lis headquarters will be at Nekhl the chief town of the peninsula. which is about its-eenter; and there will be other Egyptian officers stationed at various points. The intention is to make the country safe for tourists and trav- elers. as well as for prospeetors, and it will soon be possible to visit all parts of the peninsula
 Queer Natives of Sinai.
 In the past it has been difficult to control the natives o1 Sinai. The coun- try is soelarge and so rough and the population so sparse that it is almost impossible to capture criminals and bring them to justice A camel corps has been organized and telegraph line and possibly a road for motor cars Will be DullI To Nekhi, ailhouSh this may not be until at some time | in the future.
 At present there are about 1000 in habitants in the peninsula. They are all of Arab origin. save one little tribe, who are believed to be the de- scehdants of some Roman troops sent to the peninsula in the sixth century.
 These Sinai people have their own systems of justice, and they resent the laws which the Egyptians are try ing to force upon them. They believe in the vendetta. and in blood money as payment for murder. If a man kills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

brains of the outfit. lie put his stamp upon the best men in the service when he was chief of the bureau of naviga- tion. He was despot. but a mighty in telligent one. 'sDamn him,' said an off cer who had to go to sea against his will, and who had pleaded in vain for some more shore service-"damn him, the worst thing about him is that he's al- ways right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

aelow. ceremonial bow, said gravely, in broken English:
 You are lost. Tell me where, and shall find you"
 She told him her intended objective polnt and he directed her rick k-a-sha man. Then he astonished her by saying;
 'I think you must be the American novel-lady l have seeing a picture to you of the newspaper"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
SECRET ORDERS
AT EXPOSITION.
THE HUMOh

One OF the most ludicrous scenes
in the comedy The Marriage OF Kit
ty" which is announced TO be pro-
duced at the Elks Opera House on
Saturday. March by Jules hurry OF
New York with Miss Florence Gear
In the elading role of Kitty. is that
where Kitty and he. husband ere
brought together I'm their own home
the villa on the Lake of Geneva.
and are compelled for tie sake %
propriety to make love TO each och
or before the servants They ha, e
been married for the purpose OF OBJ
serving the letter and not the 81 jrit
OF the law OF the Baronet's uncle's
Will, and now, total strangers that
they are, they are pushed into each
others arms and made 20 say and
do as they would IL their mai riage
were as IL should have been and not
as it really is. The iAers OF tho God
father and the filters of the servants
form a background OF the haest hits
of humor ever seen on the unconven-
tional boards.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

yesterday by vetoing house bill 2S4:
\ bin TO provide that after the
year 1908 all tracts OF land and
town lots shall be assessed for tax.
alton according TO the value OF the
full, absolute. unencumbered owner
ship thereof in fee simple title. and
that after said year there shall be
no valuation, except as herein Au-
thorized."
This bill was a puzzle to laymen.
Under its provision. however, the
real estate and the Householder upon
the same. would be asserted In the
name OF the real estate owner. Vir-
tually 1t was 2 bill to kill the taxa
ton OF leaseholds. and the governor
killed the bill
This has highly incensed MIGUEL
Roach and other coal men .as we'll
as gas and oil men, and started the
fight anew in the administration in
the house and just when IL will end
and how. is a question for the flu
ture to decide.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
SORE TRIALS.

What with "Salome" and the
Thaw trial these have been dis,
tressful times for proper people. II
we had to have IL so that man had
to go out behind the barn TO read
the paper, 1t would have been more
convenient and commodious to have
1t come In warmer season. In Can
ada. whore 1t has been colder than
here and correspondence less con-
venient to read out OF doors what
one does not like TO bring into the
house. the attention OF the postmas-
ter general was called to the deplor-
able condition of the newspaper
resulting from communications from
New York. In London and Paris.
Il seems, our news has had n tre-
mendous vogue.-Harper's Weekly.