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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-21

The Pals says: General Leo may now
quietly. continue plotting In his Havana
consulate"
Referring to the quotation slump in
Spanish stocks. tho Liberal characterizes
as absurd the action attributed to the
pope. "hls lofty prudence being recog-
nized all the world over" Nor does 1t
credit tho Lee rumors with being the
real cause OF the fall. Tho real orI-
gin," 1t says, "is to be found In the
prominent state Of alarm under which
the Spanish and American people have
lived for some time, in the tension OF
mind both endure; In tho cloud OF sus-
piclon with which they ore surrounded,
In the fcverish excitement which leads
them TO take precautions against a
rupture, and In the angry rcstlessness
which pervades all unknown dangers.
Step By step almost unconscIously we
and they have reached q state OF arm.
ed peace. not less ruInous and probably
more demoralizlng than actual war.
While things continue In this position
we may at cach step expect similar
falls without the necessity OF q concrete
fact bringing them about: Undoubtedly
ourrelatlons with the United States are
daily accommodating themselves to the
strict dictates OF prudence and dill
gencc; but does the government really
believe TINT tho nation can without suf-
fcring irredecmablc loss. put up for a
few months more with this angulshing
indeclslon and cnervatlng uncertain
typ ,5 3 y s,tt5s. & lslS!3s9
The Liberal Is OF the opinion that the
Clouds continue to gather II adds:
~" a fresh cause Of alarm about which
much is said. but little is known, was
added yesterday. 1t is Srumored & that
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-21

The impartial regrets that Spain ap-'
plies to external politics. the dllatory
tactics she IS accustomed to use in In,
ternal affairs. This. to q great extent,
It explains, arises from the fact that
for the greater part OF the century
Spain has but little mixed herself with
outside politics, for we have lived like
nation shut up In Its shell stewing In
lts own i,ifcnn j - ~ s'-sit ~
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observed to good advantage during the few hours of opposition is that at that time 1t is nearer to the earth than at any other and presents the most in- teresting face.
 Mars is in what is known to earthly astronomers as the outer" circle That is, its position is farther away from the sun than the earth's, and 1t revolves in circle beyond our own planet. As there is considerable difference between the time 1t takes east of the two heav enly bodies to travel once around the sun it must follow that for a certain time they get farther and farther apart until the limit is reached, and then gradually draw closer and closer to- gether until in opposition. At this moment the whole visible surface of the planet is flooded with the light from the sun, so that 1t can be studied through the telescope to the best ad- vantage. The hours for observation are best between midnight and dawn. as then the planet is at it's brightest and occupies the best position.
 The real opposition" of the planet lasts only an instant in realty. But a few hours before this opposition and few hours afterward are always fa- svorable for study. It is then that all the telescopes of the world are turned on our neighbor: and for all we know their telescopes may be turned on us
 But if such an event, or events were possible the astronomers of the two spheres would be taking observations of two distinctly opposite phenomena. The astronomers of Mars would be ob- serving us as transit" while we were observing them as an "opposi- tion." They would appear to lis as a world flooded with light, whirling through the blackness of stellar space. To them our earth would appear as tiny black orb, travelling across the brilliant disk of the sum- We could watch them for hours until they passed beneath" .our horizon They could see us for only a few moments. First we would appear as a circle of light, something like the new moon, then as black spot in front of the sun, and again for a few moments as a circle of light to afterward fade away into darkness
 Whatever the earth astronomers may know about Mars, it is most like ly a good deal more than the Martian astronomers know about the earth The reason for this is very simple. When we are close to them we are in darkness on account of having the
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They made it a rule of the game that all stakes must be laid on the table Often Quick Jackson sat with Buckey's money, jewelry, hat, coat, vest and bill of sale of the paper piled up in front of him. AS often Jackson lost his all and Buckey went home tri- umphant.
 One night, when Jackson had noth- ing more to lose, and Buckey's passion for betting was still unsatisfed, he went to saloon and played faro. He soon lost all his money and with the fever still on played away Jackson's s watch. which he had won a short time before in the poker game.
 Now, Jackson particularly wanted a chance to win back this watch in poker game, and so he determined to get even on Buckley for playing it away and not giving him the first chance to recover it.
 Jackson quietly bided his time.
 The first night that luck was with him he eyened up the score. After winning Buckey's money, vest, coat and oVercoat, he suddeny said he had an appointment and gathering up his winnings departed before ''Buckey'' had a chance to realize what he was doing.
 Hitherto the losing man had always been allowed the use of his clothes un- til he could win them back
 On this night the snow was a foot deep and the night was bitterly cold. Buckey, sans hat, sans coat of any sort had to blow through the snow and beg a coat at one store, borrow hat at a second, and steal an umbrella at third. Buckley appreciated the joke but he never risked a second one by playing Jackson's property against faro or any other game.
 The next turn of Fortunes wheel
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brought Buckev the office of Sheriff of Yavapai County His reputation as a fearless upholder of justice was thoroughly lived up to. He was the best shot in the Territory and became the terror of lawbreakers. That he did not lose his life in some of the desper- ate fights in which he engaged seemed miraculous.
 He held various other offices, the last one that of Mayor of Prescott. The only vote against him in the election was his own. He had long since given up drinking and gambling and had married a gentle, sweet woman. to whom he was devoted. When the call for arms" sounded over the land Buckley formed a company of men ready to do and die for their country leader.
 Buckley rode away at the head of his rough riders, to the front He wrote to a friend a letter from San Antonio, in which he said T am ready to take all chances. Who would not gamble for a new star on the flag?
 This time he had put up his life and lost. But though he was cut off so soon in the fray, he had already dis tinguished himself. At Baiquiri, in making the rough landing to the shore, two privates fell from the lighter into the sea. In second Buckley" who saw their danger, jumped overheard and swan toward them. But the light CT swung round and crushed both men before he could reach them.
 Buckley died at the head of his com pany in the thick of the fight. He fell fighting for his country as had his father before him. who was Captain John O'NeiH of the famous Irish bri- gade of the war of '61.
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the changes as taking place in our own country. From our knowledge of Mars this would be equivalent to sand storm starting at the Rocky Mountains Tn 1864 and extending from Canada to Mexico. Imagine that it covered thickly all the western coast from Vancouver to Lower California and you will have an idea of what is supposed to have ta'ten place on Mars between 1864 and 1896.
 although the opposition of the planet Mars does not take place until Janu- ary IS, 1899, astronomers the world over are already making preparations to properly observe the event. On this occasion, when the sun, earth and Mars are in a direct line, a great deal of the most valuable information about our nearest planetary neighbor is expected to be obtained.
 The last opposition of Mars took place in December, 1896, on which occasion science was enriched by a number of the most valuable facts. Since then, however, there has been great improve ment made in equipment for taking ob- servations.
 The most noticeable of these is the great Yerkes telescope at Chicago, which it is confidently expected will be mounted and ready for work before that time. This telescope has already 
 revealed more of the details of plane tary space than ever the eye of mortal man had previously beheld. Work on the big new observatory is being rushed to completion, and when the telescope is properly mounted in its own delicate adjusting tower there is no telling what wondrous secrets of the starry heavens will be laid bare. But the greatest ex- pectation is in connection with the planet Mars for more is known about this celestial body than any other, and every bit of additional information is of the greatest importance.
 There are also a number of improve ments in the other telescopes of the different observatories all over the world. A great deal is expected of them by the men in charge, but even if they should be disappointed in the perform ance of their. instruments there Is no doubt that a great deal new is sure to be learned anyhow, for the old tele- scopes are as good as they ever were and the surface of Mars is constantly changing
 It is this phenomenon of change that makes Mars so interesting. Ever since a telescope strong enough to reveal the details on the planet was built con- stant change of the surface has been noted. At first, with poor instruments, these changes could only be seen as sort of film, but since the great tele- scopes of the world have been built they have been revealed as having consid- erable character The great tube at our own Mount Hamilton has even made it possible to discern the structure on certain parts of the planet, and there IS no doubt that in the present instance 1t will be fully able to cope with any new problem that may present itself
 The reason that Mars can only be
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With the money obtained at such risks of life he bought a newspaper, the Arizona Miner, which he sold shortly afterward, and started the Phoenix Herald
 Then newspaper life began to pail on him. He thirsted for the thrill of danger and the excitement of adven- ture. He found both at the mines. But the gamblers, social outcasts. des- peradoes and adventurers respected Buckley O'Neill. His aim was steady and his nerve was true. Men who Were not looking for trouble never tri- fled with Buckley O'Neill. He was al- ways the friend of the poor, the weak and the oppressed.
 Luck was against him at the mines and he deserted them to return to Prescott, and established the Hoof and Horn, cattlemans paper.
 He had as an assistant a man of similar fiber. Quick Jackson could shoot true, tree a robber, set type and do anything well that he was called on to do in the West. Both men had a passion for gambling. Every Satur- day night after accounts were made up they sat down in the office to a game of poker. The boys about town had a habit of dropping in to see how things were going. For neither Jack son nor O'Neill would stop as long as they had cent to ante. When his money gave out Buckley would put up his coat and vest; when everything else was gone he would stake the paper
 Part of the time Buckley owned and edited the Hoof and Horn, and Jack son was an assistant on salary The other half of the year Quick Jackson owned and edited the Hoof and Horn and Buckley O'Nein was an assistant on salary. It all depended on how the poker game went
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" with his boots on" and his face to the enemy.
 Theirs Is not the only sorrow for this man whose many-sided disposition makes him a fit representative of the Western type. All over the land hearts will grieve for the loss of Buckley O'Neill, Arizona miner, scout, Judge, Sheriff, Mayor. gambler, dead shot sol dier. hero and all-round hail fellow, well met
 He was a man without fear The greater the danger, the greater the diff ficulty, the more keen he was to be in the thick of it. He bucked like a wild steed at every obstacle that stood in his way, thus earning the name by which he was best known.
 His real name was William Owen O'Neil He was born of Irish par ents, and was graduated from the Ma tional Law School of the District of Columbia.
 The West appealed to his love of ad- venture and thither he bent his foot steps. Then commenced a life so strange and varied that it reads like the yellow covered dime books that boys devour.
 For months he tracked train robbers oyer the desert, through perilous gorges and dangerous abysses, finally capturing them single handed and earning the reward offered by the rail- road.
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course it all depends entirely on just what these changes really are. But they certainly appear to be similar to such as could occur on the surface of the earth. Perhaps at the next oppo- sition the great Yerkes telescope may settle the question definitely for us
 These remarkable changes on the surface of Mars have occupied the at tention of the greatest astronomers that ever lived. Of course the near ness of the planet during the period of opposition has acted as a stimulus to this. Something new has been found out at each period.
 The most important of modern times was the discovery of the canals" by Schiaparelli. So startling was this discovery, which seemed to be a proof of the habitation of the planet by mortals of some degree of intelli- gence, that only few astronomers credited it. For a long time the dis coyerer was credited with having a splendid imagination. But at the next opposition his claims were verified and Schiaparelli took rank at the head of his profession.
 These canals are markings so accu- rate and geometricaI in their courses
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the  Canal
 of the Planet?

that it seems impossible that they could be the work of chance. In some
 instances they were parallel and in others perfect circles. At times some appear very strong and at others weak, Just as If they contained water at diff Ierent % stages; They also appear to be made on definite plan. Just what they are has not yet been proved to the entire satisfaction of scientists.
 It is 8 notable fact that the canals do not appear in that portion of the planet where the sand sea is.
 Although the theory of the sand sea is generally accepted number of other theories equally as tenable have been advanced and received with favor by learned men. The most important of these is that what appears to be sand IS in reality vegetable growth that the inhabitants have induced by irri- gation. The directions taken by the canals are pointed out as strong proof of this. And the fact that the surface Is red is held to be no proof that it Is not vegetable. The fact that grass is green on the earth is no proof that it is not red on Mars, if it exists at all
 Concerning the mental powers of the inhabitants of Mars, if they do exist, these phenomenon are surely an indi- cation. If common red sand blown by the wind has been allowed to cover hundreds of thousands of square miles it must be conceded that the people are far behind us in brain power If on the other hand they have succeeded in re claiming a mountainous country by a system of irrigation, then surely they are our equals, if not our superiors. Even if it is ever shown conclusively that they built the so-called canals they have accomplished greater won- ders than has ever been done on the earth. One of these canals. named the "Athye," is nearly 1000 miles long and as straight as a ruler. If one like 1t in size were constructed on the earth it would reach from San Francisco to the Mississippi River Should it ever be shown that the canals are the work of nature, then surely is Mars wonderful planet.
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sun on the other side of us. When it so happens, that we do appear to them as flooded with light, we are on the opposite sides of the planetary circles-nearly 25O, 900, GOO miles away and consequently, could not be seen to great advantage. Unless, indeed, the Martians have telescopes so powerful as to make ours as mere opera glasses when compared with them.
 This, however, is not likely as far as we can judge from events taking
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place on the surface of the planet
 These events are the changes which have been previously referred to- If there are inhabitants on the surface of Mars, and they are responsible for the changes, they are surely possessed of higher intelligence than we If
 on the other hand, the events are talk ing place against their will they sure ly could learn a great deal from us
 even in ordinary engineering, to say nothing of building telescopes. Of
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CHPTAIN

ATTAIN "BUCKEY" O'NEILL was one of the first to fall be-
 fore Spanish bullets in ambush at Santiago. The Rough Rid CTS are mourning a gallant
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-09

Office Of the Beard Of County Com !
missioners, Choiiis, Idaho,
JuLu II, 1898.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-09
Notice to Creditors.

Estate OF William Lanyon, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
George MCGOWAN, administrator OF the estate
OF William Lanyon, deceased. To the creditors
of, and oil persons having claims against saiu
deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the hrst
publication of this notice to said adminis'ra-
tor at his residence in Challis, Idaho, the same
being the place for the transaction OF the ousl-
ness Of said estate, in the County OF Custer
State of Idaho. WI
GEORGE MCGOWAN, Administrator.
First pub May g. 1898.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-09
Notice to Creditors.
Estate Of MICK. Mutton, deceased .

Estate of Nick Miliich, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned.
John Millich, administrator OF the estate Of
Nick. Millich, deceased, to the creditors Of,
and all persons having claims against said de-
ceased, to exhibit them. with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after the first
publication of this notice, to said administra-
tor at his office at Bayhorse, Custer county,
Idaho, the same being the place for the tran
saction OF the business of said estate.
JOHN MILLICH, Administrators
First publication June 7Ih, 1898,
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VT J O11r'
the above is Correct summary
of the proceedings of the Board
of County Commissioners sitting
in regular session July 18th to
18th inclusive and July Goth,
1898. GEO. E. KEYES, Clerk.
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Jerome X. Bartlett,
Defendant. J
The State of idaho sends greeting to
Jerome X. Bartlett, the above nam
ed Defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in an action brought against you by
the above named Plaintiff in the Dis
trict Court of the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict of the State Of Idaho, in and for
the County of Custer, and to answer
the Complaint filed therein, within
ten days exclusive of the day of serv-
ice,) after the service on you of this
summons-ifservedw within this county;
or, if served out of this county, but in
this District, within twenty days,
otherwise within forty days-or judg-
ment by default will be taken against
you according to the prayer of said
Complaint.
The said action is brought obtain a
judgment against you for the sum of
Seven Hundred and Twenty Dollars
lawful money of the United States,
besides interest at the rate of seven
per cent. from the LIST day of June
1898 and costs of suit.
(See Complaint on file, copy thereof
herewith served.)
And you are hereby notified that if
you fail to appear and answer the said
Complain, as above required, the said
Plaintiff will take Judgment against
you as prayed for in said Complaint.
Given under my hand and the Seal of
the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of
Idaho, in and for the County of
lSeal] Custer, this 18th day of July in
the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight-hundred and ninety
eight. GEO. f. KEyEs, Clerk.
NJ. A. Brown, Atty. for Plaintiff.
First publication Aug. 2, 1893.
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CASH ON HAND AVAILABLE AGAINST ABOVE
INDEBTEDNESS.
special rate. Via. o. $. L. Ry.

Account Republican convention at Boise, will
sell August 10th and nth with return limit Aug
22nd, One fare for round trip. Rate from
Blackfoot Sl4.45.
Grand Encampment Knights of Pythias. Ind
annapolis, Ind. Date of sale Aug. Ia, 10, 49,.
Good for return from Indianapolis Aug. 23rd to
30th If ticket is deposited with the Joint Agt
at Indianapolis on or before Aug. 29th., limit
will be extended to Sept. 10Th. Leaving Indian
apolis. Rate from Blackfoot 49, %.
To Omaha, Neb.-Will sell round trip tickets
from Blackfoot to Omaha. Aug. 49, Good re-
turning until Sept. End at rate of $3.50 for
round trip.
To Omaha, Neb.--Aug e5th Good returning
until Sept. 9Th. Rate $3.50.
Tickets win be on sale to Omaha and return
until Oct 18TH. All good returning until Nov
10th ut rate of $50 95 from Blackfoot.
All tickets sold at above rates must be used
going on date of sale and are limited TO contin-
uous passage in each direction. *2tf
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-09
Notice for Publication.
(PRE- EMPTIoN PRooF.)
First publicationJu ne 9TH, 1893.

LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAHO,
July End, 1888.
1, Valentine Bowers, OF Dickey, Custer
County Idaho, administrator Of the estate of
Joseph Shelton. deceased, who made Declare
tory Statement No. 1880 for the benefit of the
heirs of said decedent for the SWA sEl, EH
SWA, SEA NW4, Sec. Is, TIP. g. N, r. PIE. do
hereby give notice OF my intention to make
hnal proof to establish the claim of the heirs
OF said deceased to the land above described
In compliance with Commissioners letter III y
February 49, 1898, and expect to prove resi-
dence and cultivation before L. II. Johnston,
United States Commissioner at Challis. Idaho.
August 20 1893 by two of the following Witness
es Carl Schoonover, Robert Parsons. Jesse
M. Morrissey, Hyrum Gill. All of Dickey
Idaho. W.. H. BRoDHEAD, Register
First publication July IL, 1888.
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In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial
District of Idaho, in and for Custer county.
David Dupont, Plaintiff,
VS..
James A. McFadden and
Charles G. Heisen,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that in the above en-
titled action commenced in said Court, an at
tachment has been issued against the property
OF the Defendants.
GEO. E. KEYES,
lseal.l Clerk.
Dated June 81 1898.
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zLIHs SUMMONS.

In the District Court Of The Fourth Judicial
District of the State of Idaho, County Of
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said canal etc. is totally ignored
in Custer county. The Clerk is
hereby directed to publish the
following notice to citizens of
Custer county
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The following accounts
allowed on the Road Fund:

SIN Trip repairing Lost river bridge 5
w. w. West-work on Road Dist. No l,
for April. ................. 81
Julius Crossword on Road Dist No. g o
Lost River Mere. Co.-mdse ........ 2
II. II, Knapp-worS on Road Dist No. 2 5
Geo. b. Baldwin-mdse ........... 10