The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-04-28
were no eye witnesses to the hor-
rible affair.

met MIS- Hefry, Jr. ON tue street
this morning. She told him they
wanted some milk at home. AS
he approached the house of the
young man, his mother went in
side. Ellers knocked at the
front door. He saw the mother
start to come when the son
caught her, struggled with her
an instant, knocked her down,
and approaching with a hatchet.
ordered Ellers to leave. This he
did. He tried to get some one TO
help him make the young man
quit beating the woman.
Before help was found, the
bloody work was done and the
murderer fed After striking
the gray haired woman five times
with the edge of the hatchet,
blood and brains flowing through
each wound, Perry picked up the
baby, walked quietly out doors,
met his wife, handed her the
baby and fed
His wife had no suspicion Of
anything wrong until she enter
ed the house and went back into
the kitchen where her mother
in-law lay by the door with her
head chopped into pieces.
As soon as the alarm was Civ
en-. Sheriff Sage and City Mar
shaI Rose started in pursuit
They overlook their man about a
mile down the road towards Os-
burn. He Immediately drew the
bloody hatchet and dared them
to approach him. Rose took a
club and threatened him with it
while Sage caught him from be
hind. There was lively strug-
gle in which the sheriff's face
was scratched, but the overpOw-
cred and disarmed the man, and
brought him back and lodged
him in jail
/ NOTICE To TEACHERS S-Notice
is hereby given that | will hold
a special public examination al
Houston. on Thursday. May 9TH,
1896, for applicants who may de-
sire to teach in Custer county,
Idaho. A. K. ZEIGLER, Supt- OF
Public instruction.
DIR. Pyle informs US that owing
to the rush of business at the
Yellow Jacket. that he will not
be able to get home for two
weeks.
Our correspondent at Wash
Iington. d. c., writes us that the
Democratic silver men are not
only figuring on controlling the
/ Chicago convention, but on the
adoption of a resolution by that
convention which will be "a direct
slap in the face of President
1 Cleveland. The resolution In
lquestion will declare against the
abuse of the veto power by Pres.
Iidents, and in majority vote.
/ Senator Jones, of Arkansas, who
will be a delegate TO that con
vention. and who says he intends
to see that the resolution is vot-
ed upon. adds: "A good many
people believe that of late years
the veto power vested in the
President has been abused, anC
: that Mr.. Cleveland is the mos
CONSPICUOUS of all the offenders
!; / fully share in that opinion
: There are men who go about
sneering at Congress They arr
afraid OF Congress. Their faitl
, is always in the executive. Sucl
l men ought to go abroad. Thi
is not the kind of goyernmen
, for them. This is, or ought Il
be, a popular government TIL
people are the source of al
/ power and when the wishes of
majority are known they shoul
be carried out. We must &c
, back TO that"
Senator Allen, of Nebraska
! was unparlimentary. of cours
! when he accused Senator Gear
of Iowa, of having uttered a false
; hood during the sharp debat
; that was preoipitated by the re
Z porting on the Pacific Railroa
I bill by Mr.. Gear. who is chain
: man of the committee which aI
!, proved the bill; but he was ais
: strictly truthful when he sal
:. that he had seen c. p. Hunting
. ION and his lobby occupying a
: the seats in the committee rooI
and lording it over the commit
, tee while the hearings were SO
ing on. Anybody who choose I
n take the trouble to visit the CON
!, mittee room saw the same thing
S While the bill which had bee
i reported does not give Hunting
i ton everything he asks for
# gives him more than he expec
e ed to get, and he viii pull ever
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