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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21

At meeting of the Republi-
can Central Committee of Custer
county, held in Challis, Saturday
April 18, 1896, it was ordered to
hold the County Convention of
the Republican party in this
county at Challis, at 2 o'clock
p. m, Saturday, May 8, for the
purpose of electing delegates to
the National Republican State
Convention to be held at Pocatel-
10, May 90, 1896, for the purpose
of electing delegates to the Ma
tional Convention for nominating
candidates for President and
Vice President of the United
States.
Primaries will be held in the
several precincts to select dele
gates to said County Convention,
between the hours of 2 and 8
O'Clock p. m, ON May 2, 1896.
The apportionment of delegat-
eS is as follows
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21
The sign of Distrew~.

1.-THE following beautiful poem was read be-
fore Silver Leaf RebelSah No. a. /. o. o. f., at
Challis, Idaho, last Tuesday evening, by Mrs.
o. E. Penwell j
Twas wild. dreary night, in cherries
Twas night only lit by the meteor's
Twas night, Of that night I distinctly re-
That my soul iourneyed forth on the wings
OF dream;
Enjoying with rapture the comforts Of wealth;
My cup overfiowing with blessings unbounded,
My heart fully charged from the fountains OF
health.
That dream left me wretched. by friendship
forsaken,
Detected. despair1ng and wrapt in dismay
BY poverty, sickness and ruin oertaKen,
To every temptation and passion prey;
Devoid Of an end or an aim, then wandered
Der highway and by way and lone wilderness;
On the past and the present and future
pondered,
But pride bade me tender no Sign of Distress
In frenzy the wine-cup instantly Quaffed at.
And habit and time made me quaff to excess;
But heated by wine. like mailman. laughed
At the thought OF e'er giving the Sign OF
But wine sank me lower by lying pretences,
II tattered my raiment and furrowed my face,
IL palsied my sinews and pilfered my Senses
And forced me TO profer Sign of Distress.
reeled to chapel where the churchmen
were kneeling,
And asking their Savior poor sinners to bless;
My claim presented-the door of that chapel
Was slammed in my face at the Sign CT Distress.
strolled TO the priest, to the servant Of
Heaven.
And sued for relief with wild eagerness;
He prayed that my sins might at last be for
given.
And thought he had answered my Sign of
Distress.
staggered at last to the home of my mother.
Believing my prayers there would meet with
success,
But father and mother and sister and brother
Dtsowned me, and taunted my Sign Of Distress.
lay down to die; stranger drew nigh me,
bright scarlet collar adorning his dress.
My eye caught the emblem, and ere he passed
by me
1 gave, as before, the Sign of Distress.
With Godlike emotion that messenger hastens
To grasp me, and whispers MY brother,
bless
The hour of my life when Ilearned of the Odd
Fellow
To give and to answer your Sign OF Distress"
Let Sign Of Distress by brother be given.
And though priceless to me is eternity's bliss,
May my name never enter the records of
Heaven
Should I fail to acknowledge the Sign of
Distress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21
SOCIETIES.
SILVER LEAF REBEKAH NO. 27.

SILVER LEAF REBEKAH NO. p.
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No n. l. o. q. F.
of Challis. holds its regular meetings in the
Odd Fellows Hall. on the End and 4th Tuesday
evenings of each month, at o'clock. All
Rebekah members in good standing are in
Jited to attend.
MRS. A C. BoMAR, n. G.
Miss II. 4. HARNEIT, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21

mines, to find himself in quiet,
well behaved and poaceable com
munity, as well supplied with
churches and schools and all the
outward signs of Christian civil
ization as any New England vii
lage. While satan has not been
entirely banisned from the min
ing camp, he is kept quite as
closely in restraint as in the aver
age agricultural community.
Saloons still flourish and the
tiger is sometimes exposed to
public view, and gilded palaces
of sin are tolerated, as elsewhere.
But the bad man from Bitter
Greek no longer kills man each
morning for breakfast; no longer
is the strangers silk hat made
the target of every six shooter
in camp, nor the tendertoot COM
PEELED to dance the double shut
fie while the bar-room floor about
his feet is being plugged full of
bullet holes. The bad man" of
the early days long ago passed
In his checks, and the drunken
tough who now goes forth to
terrorize mining camp is at
once thrown into the 'foug-
house" The old boys will never
again witness the high-pressure
excitement of the days that are
gone Although there is occas-
ionally some new camp In which
the old spirit of reckless abandon
holds sway for a brief period, it
is quickly suppressed by the en-
croachments of civilization. Min
ing camps are no longer made up
of bands of reckless. rowing ad-
venturers, In quest of sudden
riches and ready for deeds of
daring. In the older camps the
bulk of the population is COM
posed of wage earning miners,
many of them of families, who
are as frugal and industrious as
any other class OF workingmen-
Prospectors lay the foundations
of newer camps, and the pros
pector of today is a man of in
teligence and good sense, with
little money to spend ON dissipa-
ton and riotous living. When
his labors are finally rewarded
by a rich discovery and he de-
sires to spend his money on "a
good time" he usually seeks one
of the larger cities
The various State conventions
of all political parties will dur
ing the coming summer nominate
presidential electors. The num-
Der of electors chosen by each
State equals the number of mem
bers it sends to congress. The
ratio of representation in the
House under the apportionment
made by the eleventh census is
one to every 273, 901 people in a
State, which gives a total of 357
representatives. This makes the
total representation in both
branches of congress 447, and
the electoral college viii there
fore be composed of 447. The
appended table shows the vote
which each State viii be entitled
to in the choice for president:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

TYON4L CHURCH
Divine services at the Congregational Church
In Challis every Sabbath morning and evening
at II o'clock a. m. and 80 o'clock p. M.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at
1880 o'clock.
Sabbath School at O'Clock p. m.
REV. G. E. MASON, Pastor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21
LINCOLN POST NO. IS, G. 4. r.

There will be regular meetings of Lincoln
Post No. l5, Department of Idaho, G. A. R.. at
the L o. o. F. hall in Challis. on the 1st Friday
evening of each month, at O'Clock. All COM
rsdes in good standing are requested to be
present. L., H. JOHNSTON, Commander.
N. ]. Shap, Adjutant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21
CUSTER EyCAMPMENT NO. 10.

Regular meetings first and third wednesday
niga.s oi c,ch Do0ih a the 7. o. o. =. hall, ia
Chsliis eS.s o'c oc'S, & others in good stand
ing are requested 10 attend.
J. c. DOUGHERTY, c. P.
A. C. DoMAR, Scribe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21

CUSTER LODGE NO. 2I, I. o. O. r
Regular meetings every Saturday night at 8
O'Clock at their hall, in Chsllis. Brothers in
good standing are requested TO be present.
AxEL OLSON, N. G.
A. c. BoMAR, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21

OSA -
j. 2. SPALDING,
Chairman.
CHAs. BAKER, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21

SILT YER KNIGHTS or AMERICA.
Challis Temple No. /. Silver Knights OF
America meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday
nights of each month in the Odd Fellows hall
At O'Clock. A. K ZEIGLER, President.
E'RASE DEARDEN, Sec.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-21

1.-THE following beautiful poem was read be-
fore Silver Leaf Rebekah No. q, /. o. o. f.. at
Challis, Idaho, last Tuesday evening. by Mrs.
o. e. Penwell j
The morning times., 1896-10-23
UNCLE JIM rwINER's TROUBLES.
Arrested a. Horse Thief and Lost

Two Trunks by Chain of Errors.
THIS is the story Of two men, two trunks,
two checks, a horse trade, and much
trouble. TIE case was unrayeled ycStcr-
day by Detective Sutton Of tie First pre-
clncI, and what promised at 1iTst TO L.. a
serious affair, with the possibility of
term IN tie penitentiary Tor the supposed
offender, finally became comedy Of errors
Uncle" James Twine, blaCk-skinurd,
whiic-haircd, and sixty, was the Innocent
cause of tie trouble, and now he swcars
lie will never attempt to do two things at
the same time. This is the story:
Mr. Frederick Taber, Of No. llG9 q
street, reached the city Il week ago With
a friend, two trunks, and two trunk
checks. Mr.. Taber, his Irienq, ana the
Checks met Uncle james at the corner Of
Eleventh and Il streets. Uncle James
looked honest and had i push cart. Mir.
Tabcr gave lin the checks and told him
TO deliver tie trunks at his house on q
street.
Mr. TaDcr waited TWO days, bought two
new collars, reversed lis cuffs, and re-
ported the loss of his trunks and clean
linen at tie Twelfth street station. De
tccIive sutton discovered that an anCi"nt
colored man had come for the trunks at
tie Baltimore and Ohio station and they
has u,.u 'l,hl,t,.'. 10 niIi on i.Iv>"Et asiuu
of thc checks Then comes Il Hank in the
story Wilde the detective followed the
trail, ana 10y means only known to the
mysterious officers of the law, finally
loCaucd Uncle James in side street i'll
Georgetown.
James told the story of the horse trade.
IuaPpears that On the day ne met Mr.. Iaber
he had purchased a horse from a Mr..
Steubner, whose brother lives on the
Biilen>burg road. Mir. StegDuer gave the
old man ship Of paper with his name and
his brothers address and said if the horse
pruTcd unsatisfactory he was to bring IL out
To the brother and get his money back.
Uncle James puCkclcd Mr. 1abcr's TWO
checks hut lost tle number Of his house on Il
Street After securing the trunks at the
depot he searched in his pockets and found
Mr.. Sleubuer's note. Not being u scholar
hcCUuCluued That ste Gbuer's : was the address
at which the trunks were to be delivered.
When tie drew up i'll front of that house
more trouble awaited him. however. Mrs.
Steubner saw a colored man driving her
brother-iII-law's horse. and not being aware
that lie had sold il, sent for an officer
and had james arrested for horse stealing.
purchased the horse that morning in the
bazaar down town. Mrs. Steubner knew
that her bruther-in-law had driven away
that morning with the animal and now 4
horse thief mad il and size had the horse
thief and didn't propose to let him escape.
At this stage Mr.. Steubner appeared upon
the scene, confirmed the sale OF the horse
and after seeing the note signed by his
brother in Uncle James possession. con-
GUIDED that the trunks belonged to him and
put them III the house. There they have
Remained for Il week and there Mr. Taber
VIII find them.
The morning times., 1896-10-23
IN A SAND STORM.
Terrible Experience of Travellers on
the American Desert.
HrrpeF's Weebiy

That the Great American Desert stiH
exists, in spia Of strenuous efforts on the
part of certain politicians, railroad cor
porations, and other interested parties to
obliterate it from the maps, is a fact only
too We'll knownto many thousands of dis
appointed settlers, army people, proSpcc-
tors and travellers over several railwa Us.
Especially is it in evidence on the route of
the Southern Pacific road, which traverScS
it's desolation for hundreds of miles, and
whose tank cars for the transportation OF
water form an portant item of equipment.
1t is true that portions Of its unproductivr
lands are irrigablc lat vast expenscl, and
ma thus, in the distant future be reclaimed
to the uses of agriculture. At the same
time, it is equally true that wide areas lie
so remote from revivifying influences that
unless subjected to radical climatic changes
they must always remain desolate, wind
blown wastes, exhibiting the characters
tics and phenomena of all deserts exist
ing under similar conditions.
With a thunderous roar the sand-stOrm
hurls itself upon its victims, driving them
before it with irresistible fury. No ami
mate form may oppose it and live, but man
or beast so i'll fated as to be caught within
its dread radius must submit to be driven
forwardlik anautumnleaf, blinded ,choked
and sorely lashcd, until some sheltering
lee is reached or the fury Of the storm is
exhausted. If he stumblcs and falls or
sinks through weakness, he is lost, and the
skeletons Of former victim are stripped of
their heaped covering to furnish him a
sepulchre.
Although the sand-storm is generally Of
short duration, 1t sometimes lasts for hours,
and has been known to rage for days With
unabated fury. While thus exercising its
evil powers it destroys life and changes the
whole aspect of the country over which it
sweeps, moving hills and valleys to new
positions, filling dry watercourses, bury
ing the little oasis nourished by infrequent
springs, and obliteratng trails. In the
old days Of slow-moving wagon trains 1t
was a menace and calamity, while even
in this era of railroads it brings distress
and peril to the Traveller. 1t fills the most
carefully protected cars with its Sitting
dust, blocks the track with heavy drifts,
cuts down telegraph poles with its rusp of
flinty particles, grinds clear glass into
opaQueness, and in n thousand ways rem
ders life miserable and burden.
The morning times., 1896-10-23
RODE INSIDE THE CowcArcHEa.
Novel Journey of II Tramp in the
State of Washington.

San FFGncfScO Examiner.
The man who rode in cowcatcher bids
far to become hero among the knights
of the road, as well rs a marvel to railroad
men. His name is William ErrixsOn and his
years are twenty-twenty years as replete
with adventure as chapter out OF dime
novel. Beating his way over hundreds OF
miles of territory has become second nature
To aim, and u trip on brakebean is pos
tive luxury
But wherein William Errixsou has trans
cended all the feats of the migrating hobo
is that lie was the first and only individual
of his kind to conceive and execute the
audacious project of cagiug himself within
a cowcatcher and beating a ride in that
perllous and essentially melOdramatic sit
uatlon. 1t was thus that he travelled from
Winuemucca to Wadsworth. lie had to be
careful III selecting his locomotive to find
one that had no for ward steam exhaust.
He has some knowledge Of locomotives,
and so was able to pick out Que with only
side exhausts. inside of the cowcatcher
there is only small space, aud he found
it necessary to sit upon timbers which are
used for braces for the frame OF the cow
catcher Then he was In a half-recumbent
position, his hands clutched around the
cowcatcher bars while the train was run
ming fast. Being ahead of the drivers and
the machinery, he was jolted terrifically
by what is technically known as the fall"
of the locomotive. Every little depression
IN the track permits the dead weight OF
many tous OF iron and steel TO fall, with the
added speed and momentum of the train,
and then in an instant rebound, which is
followed by another fall.
As the track through Nevada is not level
much of the way, Errixson, in his novel
eyrie, had the NEST through Sha king up OF
any man who ever stole a ride west OF the
Rocky mountains. The air was intensely
hot and the smell OF the oil = nd uther.odorS
from the locomotive was sitting. The dis
tance between Winncmuccd 4 nd Wadsworth
Is only thirty-six miles, but there are eight
stops, and it seemed an age OF suffering
tn Erickson before he reached n place
where he could climb down and out of his
perch.
lie climbed under the cowcatcher in thepit
of the roundhouse, and got ont in Wafs-
worth. His back was wreBcllcd, his aims
seemed ready to fan from th:.ir sockets and
his eyes were bioodshut. II staggered from
the train untctected. and fell h1lr exhaust
ed In tn e sage brush, where he slcptseveral
hours, a wa king with n terrible start from n
dream, in which he W as once more speeding
over tn alkaline wastes. with themachinery
OF the locomotive pounding .errificalIy just
back Of him.
The morning times., 1896-10-23
CHINA PREFERS GOLD.
IL lungs Customs scheme Makes
Duties PAYABLE in That Metal.

Ii Hung Chang. when he visited Wash
inStun, conferred with Secretary Carlisle
as To certain changes contemplated in the
Chinese customs rates. As Secretary Olncy
was not at that time III the city. the Chinese
ambassador left with the Chinese legation
here memorandum, printed in English,
French. and Chinese, IN which the changes
are set forth.
The change makes duties payable in
gold or its equivalent instead of silver
taels. Ii Hung Chang states that silver
taels We're authorized to be used in paying
customs duties in Tao Kwang'S time and
continued without change until the dynasty
Of Ilien Fung.
Sinccthen The value Of silver has declined
he says and IN justice To China. which has
now established international relations
10th The necessities of the day and
Considerations of what is fair and right
demand that the original value of the
customs tael be accommodated and that
the value of silver ut which China con-
sentcd to collect duties, viz, three taels
10 the pound, be observed and adhered
To-,
The morning times., 1896-10-23
LOSS OF THE RosENFELp.
Part of the Crew Have Not Been
Heard From.

Heard From.
New York, oct. 22--Capt. w. II Dunphy
OF the American ship Willie Rosenfeid,
which sprang a leak off Cape Horn and
coast, was a passenger on the Lamport
and Holt steamer Newton, from Santos,
which arrived this afternoon.
Capt. Dunphy said he was near Cape
HON, when he experienced n severe north
east--ale, during which the ship sprung
leak. After weatherins the gale the leak
was found TO be of such a serious nature
as to render il hazardous 10 proceed and
Capt. Dunphy shaped his course for the
Falkland islands.
Heavy weather and strong head winds
were experienced and it was impossible TO
make hcadway, so Capt. Dunpny headed
for Rio Janeiru. When he was within
600 miles of that port he encountered a
strong gale and the heavy sea made the
Rosenfcld labor badly and the leak be
came worse.
Finally a new leak was discovered in
anutherpart OF the ship and il was decide / To
run for shore, but the water gained too
rapidly. The boats were made ready and
the vessel was abandoned. Two hours
afterward she sank.
The three boats in which the crew en-
harked were separated during the first night
out. Capt. Dunphy, with the life boat and
twelve men. heSled for the nearest coast,
distant about 400 miles and landed eight
days later at Invituba. Brazil.
The first mates boat. with seven men,
also made land few days later but the
second mates boat, with seven men. lad
not been heard from at the time Capt.
punphy sailed on the Newton for Santos.
Tic Rosenfeld was large wooden ship
of 2 ,353 tons. She was built in 1856 at
BAH, Me-, and was owned principally 10y
Arthur sewall, the Democratic candidate
for Vice President. Capt. Drnphy owned
a share in The vessel as did also his brother.
The boat was not insured.
The morning times., 1896-10-23

This announcement IS the result OF a
canvass of the layers of odds at Gravcsend,
which was held during the first week of
the present month and, although the turf
men at that time We're not disposed to re-
ure here last spring at Benuing, the No
yember meet is now an assurance.
HOW THE DEAL WAS FIXED.
The Washington associations PROPOSE
ton was that tine Metropolitan Turf AsSo-
citation shoald guarantee 81 800 in purses
for each days races, which proposition, for
the reason stated, was rejected.
The layer Of odds, how ever soon after
this proposition, agreed to 20 to Eal,i.
more here the races will begin prob
ably about November ) and last for nine
days. This move OF the race people in
duced the Washington club To reopen ne
gptiatiuns which were successful on the
basis of guarantee of 81 200 by the
Metropolitan Turf Association, although
no date was at that time fixed for the
meet at this city. The deal VAS made
through Bob Pinkerton ON behalf OF the
local association.
OUTLOOK Is PROMISING.
1t is thought that the coming meeting
Will be an undoubted success. 1t will have
the advantage of following so close on
the PinIliCo races at baltimore that the
regulars viii come 10 Washington on the
route To the South, including New Orleans
ana then west 10 San Francisco.
Ihe schedule so far arranged makes pro
vision for four days racing each week
within the period beginning November II
and ending on November %.
The morning times., 1896-10-23
STUDENTS CAN VOTE.
Democratic Selcctmen of New Haven
Effect n Compromise.

New Haven, Conn. oct. 22.-An exciting
session of the selectmcn, who have charge
OF making new voters here, took place this
morning.
The question Of allowing 100 Yale stu
dents to vote, who have registered was the
principal issue, for both the Democratic
seiectmen on Tuesday opposed letting uny
Yale men vote here, claiming thatall should
80 home. The students and Democratic
selectmen appeared with leading counsel
today and pleaded their sides of the case
for over two hours.
The rooms in the city hall where the ar
guments took place We're crowded with Yale
men, who cheered every Point made by
their champion. The Democratic select
men compromised by allowing most of the
students who are paying their College ex-
penses. and have been in college over a
year 10 vote. About fifty will be made
voters.
The morning times., 1896-10-23
ON THE GRIDIRON.

The football game scheduled for today
between the Potomacs and the Hampton
Athletic Club at Hampton, Va, will take
place after all In answer to Manager
lChell's telegram canceiling the game, the
Hampton manager wired back that as the
game had been extensively advertised it
was almost absolutely necessary for it to
be played. Therefore Manager Ichell de-
cided to go, although the team he will
take is almost entirely without practice.
The following is the Potomac lineup:
Burns, right end; Rollins right tackle; Lang
ley, right guard; Costinett, center rush;
Davis, left guard; Bright, left tackle; Price,
left end; Exley, quarter back; Wynne, right
balf-back; Gooding, left half back; Lyman
Capt. full back.
The morning times., 1896-10-23
AIR BRAKES IN COURT.
Models and Machinery Exhibited Be
fore the supreme Bench.

Just before the Supreme Court Of the
United States adjourned yesterday the
chamber took on the appearance OF a car
shop, with that part of II where air brakes
are put on III fun operation. This was
due TO the exhibits made by counsel i'll the
case OF the Westinghouse AIR Brake Com
pany and George Westinghouse, jr., vs.. the
Boyden Power Brake Company, ct al.
The litigation arose over the manufac-
ture Of an air brake for freight Trains
by the BOyCen company, Which the West
nghuuse claimed was an infringement Of
their patent. The court Of appeals for
the fourth circuit decided against the
Westinghouse, holding that there was
no infringement OF two claims OF their
patent, and that another claim was f;-
tally defective.
The Judgment was in conflict with the
decision OF the second circuit cpCr. OF
appeals, which sustained the validity OF
the patent. The Supreme Court, at its
last term, ordered the case brought before
it for review and advanced it on the
docket for an early hearing this Term.
Mr.. George II. Christy, counsel for the West
inghousc company. began the argument,
but had not concluded when court adj
Journed. The case VIII be continued today
The morning times., 1896-10-23
OUR INTERESTS IN SAMOA.
Supreme Court A wards Valuable Land
to American

Apia. Samoa, Oct. Z, via San Francisco,
Oct. 22.-Chief Justice Ide has rendered
n decision in favor OF the plaintiffs in the
case of Neylan and Hobbs, of San Francisco,
versus Harris and others, of New Zealand,
for possession of the property commonly
called the ''Polynesian Lands of Samoa. ~
Tho total claim amounted to S662 ,5S2.
The defendants We're given until n november
Z TO pay the amount, but it is not believed
they will do SO.
Therefore, it is foregone conclusion that
Americas private interests in Samoa will
shortly be increased by the ownership of
$4,000 acres of land. which will nearly
equal those Of Great Britain in these
islands.