The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1894-11-20

and sisters, but two are now liv-
ing. both being aged.
d. M. Steen, of Boise, and his
relatives come into the estate
through the Morrison family.
Mr.. Steen does not know the
condition of affairs, but as there
are but few direct heirs, it is
likely the Steen family may come
in for nice slice of the property.
The dispatch concludes as fol-
lows: ''The story of the bequest
as given above, was related by
Miss Sophie M. Campbell to a
reporter. She told the story re-
luctantly, because she is not yet
convinced it is not a myth. She
is in possession of copy of the
will which she had but recently
received from the son of the ex-
ecutor now residing in Scotland.
1t is drawn up in business-like
form and from it's wording would
indicate that the maker, antici-
pating death, had settled up the
estate that the executor might
have as little to do as possible.
There are now living eleven
direct heirs, each of whom is to
receive an equal share of the es-
tate. Evidently the aged mil
lionaire had not forgotten his old
home, for he sets aside S1,0O0,
900 for the poor of his parish in
England. A person whom he
designated as ''Old Andrew" is
provided for by legacy of $780,,
600, and $500, 200 is bequeathed
to neice, now residing in Ohio.
| The executor is reimbursed for
services by a legacy of $1,000
900 and $4,000 is set aside to
pay attorneys fees. After
every thing is paid there will be
enough left to make the legatees
millionaires- that is if the estate
is worth SIS, 900, 900 as claimed"
Another fifty millions of bonds
are ordered to be issued, another
burden Of interest is to be heap
ed upon the taxpayers. The
government again provides
profitable investment to the
. bankers for money piled away in
their vaults, which solvent, sut-
fering debtors are unable to
borrow. Wall street takes an
other hitch in the rope with
which it is strangling the people
and the money power gloats over
the distress in which it finds the
country and its business. The
selling of bonds to procure gold
to stow away in the treasury is a
, burning disgrace to the admins
tration and an exasperating out
rage against the country. With
fifty millions of silver absolutely
idle, with no paper in circulation
against it. with nothing In ex-
: istence that it can redeem-only
waiting for some president who
is not a slave to the banks to
sanction measure providing for
lis coinage, the head of the gov
ernment plunges the country IN
,e debt fifty millions more, to graf
% ify the rapacious demands OF
N money sharks, unmindful of the
claims of the patient and suffer
20 ing people. How long will the
es merciless reign of money con
III tinue ? How long will the cries
a of the suffering millions so un
re needed ? The power which
Il closed the mines of Colorado
is which robbed the property o
the country of half its value
an which bankrupted merchants
lie shut down manufactures, turned
nd homeless upon the streets count
,r- less worlxmen and carried fam
lis inc to the once happy homes Q
in the land, holds the helm OF tn
at- ship of state and runs 1t upon tn
RS reefs of gold monometalllsm
10 There is a day of reckoning
is Not Republican victories WI
re settle the score. The peopl
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