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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15


The most foolish election bet
has just been paid by a Buffalo
man by rolling a peanut a mile
with a toothpick.
Winters and Boomer are at
the state capitol and ask the legis-
lature to appropriate $1,000
more for extra work they claim
they did in constructing this di-
vision of the state wagon road.
The new Board of County Com
missioners met in regular session
yesterday. At this meeting a
contract will be awarded for the
county hospital; contract for the
county printing and fixing the
tax levy for 1895.
The Statesman made a poll of
the Republicans in both branch
es of the Idaho legislature, on
the senatorial fight, Jan. 10th,
which gave Shoup, IL; Sweet,
10; Hepburn, 2; no choice ex-
pressed IA. This does not in
clude the Populists or Democrats.
Last Wednesday evening Silv-
er Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. 27,
I. o. o. f., of Challis, installed
the following officers for the en-
suing term. A large number of
members of the Order were pres
ent, and the exercises were very
interesting. The new officers
were installed by Mrs. o. E.
Penwell, District Deputy Presi-
dent:
N. G.-Mrs. Al. Jinegar.
V. G.-Mrs. Chas. Funkhouse.
Sec.-A. G. Bomar.
Treas. s.-Mrs. A. G. Bomar.
Warden-Miss Mable Funk
house.
Conductor-Miss Emma E.
Kalkofen.
Chaplain-Mrs. o. E. Penwell,
r. S. n. G.-M. M. Sweet.
L. S. N. G.-Mrs. Thompson.
r. S. V. G.-J. G.. Finnell.
L. S. V. G.-Chas. Wilkinson
I. Gal. Jinegar.
Trustees-Mrs. o. E. Penwell
Mrs. Chas. Funkhouse, Mrs. AL
Jinegar.
A miner operating on Sabe
creek, for some time past has
missed a great deal of amalgan
from his sluice boxes. He de
termined to keep watch for the
thief and several nights ago ht
saw a calf nibbling grass near
the boxes, often reaching over
the rim and drinking the water
that flowed over the rifles. He
however, paid no attention to
the animal. The theft of ANAL
gam still continued, and few
nights ago when the calf appear
ed he shot it. He ran to where
the calf was lying and saw a hu
man leg with the foot wrapped
in sacks protuding from the ami
malls stomach: 1t took him bu
a second to realize that he hat
shot the thief, who had beer
cleverly disguised as calf. The
miner took the culprit to camp
and much to his surprise he dis
covered the thief was a youns
woman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15


The following is the list of
the standing committees of the
Idaho legislature
SENATE.
Judiciary-Bierbower, Park
inson, Dewey, Steen, Rees.
Finance-Browne, Cunning
ham, Golden, Watt, Miller.
Rules-Cunningham, Bierbow-
er, Rees.
State affairs-Rounds, Golden,
Day, Rees, Boyce.
Privileges and elections-Par-
kinson, Robertson, Browne, Heit-
field, Hanrahan.
Irrigation and water rights
Cunningham, Smith, Parkinson,
Rees, Heitfeld.
Education-Day, Smith, Rees.
Agriculture and live stock
Smith Parkinson, Miller.
Public lands-Day, Rounds,
Heitfeld.
immigration and labor-W Watt,
Dewey, Bierbower.
Observation-Disclosures, Dew
ey, Myer, Watt, Hanrahan.
Mines and mining-Dewey,
Myer, Boyce.
Highways, bridges and ferries
,-Myer, Robertson, Golden,
Heitfeld, Boyce.
Counties and county boundar-
ies-Parkinson, Day, Smith,
Watt, Steen.
Military and Indian affairs
Smith, Watt, Hanrahan.
Public printing-Golden, Day,
Miller.
Engrossed and enrolled bills
Rounds, Myer, Miller.
HOUSE.
Rules and regulations-Crane,
Wyman, Elder, Mccarthy, Neill.
Judiciary -Wyman, Elder, Neil.
Privileges and elections
Smith, Glenn, Henry, Sanders,
Davis.
Ways and means-Crane, Mon
roe, johnson, Wolters, Neill.
Mines and mining-Brown,
Bennett, Vance, Mccarthy, j. D,
Young.
Railroads and corporations
Johnson, Cowden, Crane, Hugh
es, Randolph.
Education-Verbeck, Gamble,
Hunt, Mcmillan, Randolph.
Agriculture and live stock
Daily, Baxter, Clark, Warning,
Randolph.
immigration, labor and statis-
tics-McMillan, Thompson, Wal
ker, Hicks, J. d. Young.
Public health-Bennett, F'letch-
er, Mccarthy.
Public lands-Monroe, Gamb-
lie, Hunt, Davis, Wolters.
Irrigation and water rights
Clark. DAILY, Elder, Smith, Da-
Wis, Thomas, Thompson, Nc
Carthy, Neill.
Roads, bridgies and ferries
Rowton, Walker, Clark, War
ring, Wolters.
Military and Indian affairs
Hunt, Rowton, Vance, Hicks, J.
ID. Young.
Public printing Gamble, N.
FL. Young, Brown, Hughes, VOL
terS.
State affairs and federal rela-
tions-Elder, Cowden, Monroe,
Young, J. d., Mccarthy.
Public buildings-Thompson,
Fletcher, Bennett, Randolph,
Hicks.
Enrollment-Young, N. H.,
Wyman, Sanders.
Engrossment-Davis, Thomas,
Hughes.
Mileage-Henry, Mccarthy,
Hunt.
Worlds fair-Baxter, Clark,
Neill.
Fish and game-Henry, Walk
er, Glenn, Neill, Mccarthy.
County lines and boundaries
Cowden, Thomas, Baxter, Volt
ers, Randolph.
County officers Thomas, Ben
nett, Fletcher, Sanders, Hicks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15

The most foolish election bet
has just been paid by a Buffalo
man by rolling peanut a mile
with a toothpick.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15

A Spokane minister; There is
an old sin, monstrous and diabol-
ical, that has for ages crawled
the earth. 1t is in every COM
munity, in every congregation,
in every literary and profession
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15
CUSTER COUNTY.

&c ICEs-HAILEY DISTRICT.
s.-.t....s........ Nv. II. broadhead.
~.......--......... H. Horne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15

Winters and Boomer are at
the state capitol and ask the legis-
lature to appropriate $1,000
more for extra work they claim
they did in constructing this di-
vision of the state wagon road.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15

The following is the list of
the standing committees of the
Idaho legislature
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-15

COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS
William Elder, ThOS. ChiVerS, Len Peck.
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l.REGATTONAL CHURCH.
ices at the Congregational Church
cry Sabbath morning and evening
a. m. and z O'Clock p. m.
sting every Wednesday evening at
,hooI at Q O'clock p. m.
REV. MASON, Pastor.
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explorations In their country. The
first expedition of the recent ones was
that of Carl Brenneman, the German
naturalist, who went to .Tiburon aud
was never heard Of. Robinson and
Logan, two newspaper men with two
companions, followed him shortly. Lo-
gan returned, but Robinson and one
other Of the party was murdered. My
expedition followed this, but it was
unattended by any mishap. 1 heard
subsequently Of a party of prospec-
tors who started out with seven and
came back with five or six. I attri-
butte the loss of life in oil Of these
instances either to ignorance Of the
habits of the people or a foolhardy
thirst for adventure. l believe that
an expedition of five or six picked men
could be made into this country and
not be attended with serious results,
if one kept on the alert, and carried
enough weapons to defend ones self
with.
1.-The only white man who has ever
been on Tiburon island is an old fell
low named Encinas who owns q very
large ranch right in their country.
When Senior Dncinas first moved down
there war to the knife was declared.
The Indians would como upon his
1anch, round up his cattle, catch them,
throw them down, kill them, and tear
them to pieces, carrying off the meat
to their village. They surrounded I'm.
cinas' vaQueros in ambush and MUIR
dered them. This occurred several
times, and then Senior Encinas let it
be known that lie would Kill any Seri5
Indian on sight,. This threat was car
rie.l out with such effect that tho
Seris ceased their deprcdations.and
murderings. Seeing that they could
not kill Encinas or drive him out OF
the country, they ended by resp Getting
him, and he is now the only MIN who
can go into their country without fear
OF molestation. I prevailed upon the
senior to accompany me on this last
expedition, and it is no doubt owing
to his good influence among the In
diarxs that my mission was so success
full from a personal as we'll as from a
scientific point Of view.''
One of Prof. McGee's objects was to
find out if possible something about
the men who had been murdered be-
fore his arrival, but for a long time
his inquiries in this direction were met
with a sturdy silence on the part OF
the Indians. Little by little he sue.
ceeded in finding out about the death
of the newspaper men, Robinson and
lis companion. 1t was with the great
est difficulty that Prof. MCGEE sue
ceeded in getting even meager details
Of the killing and he could not find
what they had done with the body.
1.-The Seris," continued the professor,
"are perhaps the most primitive people
in America, and it can be said that
they have not passed the stone age.
Most of their life is out on desert,
and few of their settlements are in
the shade of trees. Their houses are
built of brush to about the height Of
mans head. So little contact have
they had with the outside world that
they have no useful arts at all, with
the exception of pottery and basket
making. The Serbs are a nation Of
runners, being built with long, thin,
sinewy legs, and big chests like grey
hounds. Instead of turning their at
tention toward the manufacture Of
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Seasic1x on n Desert.

Seasickness is usually believed to
be due to an influence upon the
circulation in the brain produced by
the oscillation of the ship, but this
theory, although accounting for the
gastric symptoms, does not explain
all cases. Symptoms Of the malady
are reported by Rubenstein to have
been often noticed in some persons
when the sea was calm, and the YES
sci steady. These cases are attributed
to irritation of the retina by reflection
of the sunshine from the water, the
irritation being transmitted to the
brain, provoking the well-known
symptoms. The trouble has been
avoided by turning the back to the
sun. The symptoms Of seasickness
have been experienced also in snow
fields, and on desert sands, gray on
blue spectacles being the means by
which relief is afforded.-London IN
yention.
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Young Warrior.

iEgton correspondent Of the New York
Sun. Last autumn Prof. MCGEE of
the government bureau Of ethnology,
who probably knows more about
the ethnology of the American Indian
than any one else, made ar expedition
with 4 photographer into the very
heart of the Seris' country, and
brought back q valuable collection,
now in the National museum, together
with much information and several
hundred photographs which give an
idea Of the mode Of life and charac-
teristics Of this remarkable tribe.
The real stronghold Of the Serbs is
Tiburon island, in the gulf Of Cali
fornia, but they are also found on a
strip along the coast extending as far
north as the Papago country. Into
this strip of land no expedition from
the east has gone except that OF
Prof. MCGEE. which has not been at
tended by some fatality. The Serbs
are hold in such dread by the Mexican
vaquerOs, and even the authorities of
Sonoracounty, that unless a large
party is formed no white man ever
goes into that country. The Indians
are SO primitive in their characteristics
that in their relations with the white
man and the nearby Papagos they
are as beasts. They look upon any
person who is not Of their tribe as an
enemy, and so cruel and vindictive,
so cunning and treacherous are they
that even the Papagos will not venture
into their country unless in sufficient
numbers to withstand an attack. An
example Of the terror which they in
spire in the Mexican authorities is had
in the experience of an expedition
which was sent out against them at,
ter the killing of two Americans, Rob-
inson and one Of his companions of the
San Francisco Examiner, Il st year
After the murder it was thought by
the Mexican authorities that internal
tional complications might arise IN
less they made sone attempt to pun
ish the tribe. The whole number Of
the Serbs Indians has been reduced
to about 300, only seventy-ive of
whom are warriors. The Mcxicans
sent out greatly superior force with
the ayowed determination to wipe the
Serbs off the face Of the earth. One
body Of men was to go by land and
another by water and the two were to
cooperate. Whether the Mexican
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cut out in two pieces and fastened
with safety hooks in front, to which
the Elton jacket is attached at the back
and sides with hooks and eyes.
The Knickerbockers are loose, and
are of a style that has been found to
answer admirably; they are cut on the
straight of material and pleated in at
the knee back and front with three
pleats to the size required. They are
fitted into the waist by darts, and
then stitched into a shaped band, SO
that there is no fUllress around the
waist. The openings are at the side,
and fastened with buttons and but
tonholes. Two pockets are stitched
to the front halves, and two wraps to
the back halves
The other costume is pretty model.
1t is made of a dark faWn-material
with velvet trimming of a darker
shade. 1t consists of tight, fitting
bodice which fastens down the front,
and is gathered into the waist instead
of the usual darts; a gathered waist
band of velvet is made which fastenS
at the left hand side Of front. A baud
of the velvet is sewn on the bodice,
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New Gloves and pnrasOls.

White parasols are shown in great
numbers, some of chiffon deliberately
draped, others of plain white faille,
with white sticks of enamelled wood.
Striped parasols in black and white
are admired by women of quiet taste
Chine silk parasols, in all-over designs
of blurred roses on white or delicately
tinted grounds, are commended for
wearing with dark crepon gowns, and
there are others with merely chine
border around white, pink or lilac
paraSol.
Light-colored gloves Of glace kid VIII
remain in favor throughout the Sprnig
and summer. With afternoon toilets
most delicate pearl tints are worn
with stitching of black or self color
as one fancies. These are in the Eng
lish style with close wrists fastened
by four buttons. White gloves are
worn in the evening on all occasions,
from the theater to the most elaborate
entertainment. For morning wear are
heavier kid gloves of yellowish tan in
preference to the red or cedar browns
worn during the winter. Undressed
kid or Suede gloves are still preferred
by many, especially for summer, be-
cause they are cooler than those Of
the thicker dressed kid. These come
in mousquetaire styles of great length
to meet elbow sleeves, and are Of very
light tan and pearl gray shades. White
mousQuetaire gloves will be worn with
summer gowns in day and evening
alike. All gloves are now worn easy
fitting, tight gloves being considered
distinctly bad style.-Harper's Bazaar.
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with him in 1902 on the subject, and
that Hamilton had pledged himself to
refrain from attacking him personally,
and that for the next two years they
were apparently very good friends.
The New York Governorship.
In 1904 Burr's term as vice president
was approaching it's end, and though
he had lost the friendship Of Jefferson
and the Southern Republicans he was
still strong in New York. The Repub-
lican party there was split into Burr
ties and Clintonians. One faction NOM
mated Burr for governor and the
other Morgan Lewis. The Federalists
held the balance of power, and the
leaders of the party, not only in New
York, but in New England, wanted
the Federalists to support Burr and
thus elect him, to the permanent dis
ruption Of the party. Again Hamilton
opposed the plan and pursued the
same methods of attack on Burr as he
had in the campaign of 1900. He sue
ceeded and Burr was defeated, but,
unhappily for Hamilton. some of the
friends he addressed this time were
not altogether discreet.
The Cause of the Duel.
DR.. Charles De Kay Cooper is the
man who gave the information that re-
suited in the duel. Cooper was an
Albany politician belonging to the Re-
publican faction that opposed Burr
One Of his electioneering letters to a
friend found it's way into the Albany
papers. 1t contained, among others,
these two sentences: "Gen. Hamilton
and Judge Kent have declared, in sub
stance, that they looked upon Mr..
Burr to be dangerous man, and ona
who ought not to be trusted with the
reins of government" II could detail
to you still more dispicable opinion
which Gen. Hamilton hats expressed
of Mr.. Burr"
The election took place in the latter
part of April, 1904, and about the mid
die Of June the paper containing DR..
Cooper's letter was brought to the
knowledge of Col. Burr.
The Fatal Correspondence.
He summoned a friend, William P.
Van Ness, a lawyer, afterward Judge
of the United States district court, and
sent by him note to Gen. Hamilton,
with the Cooper letter, the offending
passages being marked, saying: "You
must perceive, sir, the necessity Of a
prompt and unqualified acknowledge
ment or denial Of the use Of any ex-
pressions which would warrant the as
sertions Of DR.. Cooper"
Hamilton had not seen thu hotter,
but after reading it he replied to Mr..
Van Ness that the matter required
consideration, for it certainly must
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No public man in American history
has met with so much unGesired oblo-
guy as Aaron Burr. A revolutionary
patriot, and brave and skillful SOL
der, legislator and attorney general
of New York, Il senator in congress,
and vice president of the United
States, his name has been for ninety
years the synonym for almost every
crime in the calendar, including trea-
son and murder, and yet had it not
been for the unhappy duelwhich equal
ly terminated the life Of Hamilton and
his own public career, he would have
been still remembered as a politician
of unequal adroitness, as a statesman
Of fair abilities, as successful lawyer
and as the most ideal man Of the
world.
The story Of the duel has been told
many times, but the most popular ac-
counts have been written by parti-
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Serbs Child.

weapons Of the chase, they have give,
it more to the development of speed,
agility, and f1eetncss Of foot When
they go out hunting they are so quick
that they can catch antelopes with
their hands.
In their manners and habits they are
as nearly like beasts as it is possible
for men built in human form to be-
They are filthy beyond description and
maintain an apparent Indifference to
everything and everybody about them
I could not ascertain the truth Of the
report as to their tannibalism, but it
is my belief that it is incorrect.
So far as can be learned the Serbs
have no medicine man and no religion,
and if they fall Ill nothing is done for
them. With the children the condi-
lions are the same. Young children
are left lying around on the sand of
of the desert, near the village, in the
broiling sun, uncared for. The cruelty
Of the mothers is remarkable, and
som etimes they throw their children
around like billets of wood.
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SotE AOuOrS OF the STATE, ana as muCn
higher as circumstances may permit,
he cares nothing about the means Of
erecting his purpose. X In
Word, II we have an embryo Caesar In
the United States, tits Burr"
Burr was a candidate for the vice
presidency in 1906 and again in 1900,
When his tie vote with Jefferson
brought him within an ace of the pres
ldency. or course it was the intention
Of the electors that he should be vice
president, but the election being
thrown into the house Of representa-
tives, 1t was the federalists that tried
to elect him president over Jefferson.
Hamilton opposed this with all his
power and wrote in the strongest
terms to the leading members Of his
party imploring them not to aid in
Burrs election, and he reiterated his
charges against him.
An UnprincipIed Catalina.
Here are some more of the things
he said about him: "He is as unprin-
cipled and dangerous a man as any
country Can boast-as true a Catalina
as ever met in midnight conclave."
And again: "As to Burr, there is
AiOeAAAAS III 1l10 ldFOl. Ills pVlFdlC
character is not defended by his most
partial friends. He is bankrupt be-
You'd redemption, except by the plum
der OF his country" '"The appoint
ment of Burr as president would dis
grace our country abroad No agree
ment with him could be relied upon.
For heavens sake let not the Federal
party be responsible for the elevation
Of this man! - HE is bankrupt be-
You'd redemption, except by the re-
sources that grow out of war and dis
order, or by a sale to a foreign power,
or by great peculation." eff there be
q man in the world ought to hate, it
is Jefferson. With Burr have always
been perfectly Well" "'Tis enough
for us to know that Mr.. Burr is one
Of the most unprincipled men in the
United States" "He is a man Of ex-
IRENE and irregular ambition he is sell
fish to degree which excludes all
social Affections, and he is decidedly
protligate." 1t was in the course Of
this correspondence with his friends
that Hamilton disclosed the CONVEX
sations and toasts he heard at Burr's
dinner table, an offense against good
manners and honorable dealing, con-
sidered objectionable among gentle
men.
The truth is that Hamilton was so
carried away by this insane jealousy
of Burr that he left no sort of expe-
dent untried to compass his defeat.
He was successful. Jefferson was
elected president and Burr was cho
sen vice president.
These attacks from Hamilton ex-
ceeded all the limits of decency, let
alone those Of honorable political war
fare. Burr was heavily in debt, but
so was Hamilton, and the private
character of neither was above re-
proach-very much on par, in fact.
Hamilton had publicly admitted a
most disgraceful intrigue, and certain
ly Burr was no more ambitious than
he.
Years afterward Burr said that some
intimations Of Hamilton's methods Of
political warfare had reached him a
year or two after this campaign Of
1900, and that he had a conversation
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in the form of zouave, fastened
around the collar and fastened into
the under-arm seams. This is edged
with narrow fur Full sleeves of the
material are gathered to the elbow
the bottom portion being tight-titting,
and made CT the velvet: with two rows
of narrow fur, to correspond with the
Zouave.
The skirt which reaches a few in-
ches below the knees is pleated into
band at the waist. and faced
around the bottom with a 9-inch hem
of material. This style, however, will
not do when using a diamond-frama
machine.-Pall Mall Budget.
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ne is for or against nothing, but as it
suits his interest or ambition. He is
determined, as conceive, to make
his way to the head of the popular
party, and to climb per fac aut nefas
to the highest honors Of the state. and
as much higher as circumstances NAV
permit. Embarrassed, as l under
stand, in his circumstances, with an
extravagant family, bold, cnterprising
and intriguing, l am mistaken if it be
not ms object to play the game Of
confusion, and I believe it to be a re-
Igfous duty to oppose his career"
On the 26th of September he again
writes to another friend: "Mr. Burr's
integrity as an individual is not IN
impeached. AS public man he is one
OF the worst sort, a friend to nothing
but as it suits his interest and ambi-
ton. Determined to climb 20 the high
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THE QUEER SERBS.
SIRANGE ABOR1GINES OF THE
ISLAND OF TIBURON.
!rof. MCGEE Teels of Them-They
Are the Most Primitive Of Ameri-
can People md Are Very Fierce.

Many accounts have been published,
all more Or less incorrect, in regard to
the life character Of those little known
and much-dreaded Indians, the Serbs.
They have been described as canni-
balls, and it has been said that many
of their customs were as horrible as
eating human flesh. Until last year
nothing had been learned about them
except what could be obtained from
the confused reports of frightened
MeXicans, which information had no
scientific value at all, writes Il Wash