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The oasis., 1898-01-08
Benson Itsnas.

It seems that during the holiday "a cation the people of Benson have en ioyed 0ne continual round uf rythmit bliss, eDtertainmento of all kinds closet, filling the time. There were the Ia ces Christmas day, balls both Ch,i,t mas aud New Years eyes, and numer- ous pri yate entertainments.
 Last Saturday, January lst., Mir. J. M. Castehada, that prince of bonia- faces, entertained large company of friends at dinner, and about sixty guests enjoyed his bounteous ho>l r. tality. After dinner games, charades and music filled the time until the whistle of the Sonora train reminded all of the near approach of the Sab bath.
 Since the first many of the Benson youth who are attending school else. where have departed for their respect i've seats of instruction.
 Mrs. H. Gerwein is in Tucson visit. ing friends week or so.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Dowdle were ey. pected today to return from the Gila where they have been visiting through the holidays.
 Mir. Trask is not so well this week and his condition continues very crit. ical.
 Dnctor Watkins is happy over his New Years present-a baby girl. horn Saturday, January lst 1890.
The oasis., 1898-01-08
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Saturday, Jan. 8, 1898.
Wanted to buy his Horses.


 Engineer Ignacio Bonilla, who has recently returned from trip over ID the Sierra Madres, relates that on the sixteenth of October, along the Inter national line in the vicinity or the San Bernardino ranche, detachment of United States soldiers ran upon d couple of cowboys who acted so sus- piciously that the soldiers gave cnase' The pursuit was sO hot that the pur- sued were compelled to abandon their horses. which became exhausted ana take to the brush. Near the Bate pito ranche, at the junction Of the Rayispe and San Bernardino rivers tbirty-fye or forty miles from the line, two days later MT. BonilIas met a couple Of well armed Americans, who were afoot, footsore and weary. hey wanted to buy couple of horses Mir. BuniIIas was leading behind his wagon, but he refused to sell, needing them in his surveying. One of the men said he would pay literally, and suit ing the action to he wOrd pulled out hIg fat pocket book and opened il, showing the gentleman a stack of greenbacks at least an inch in thick ness. of large denominations, the top one being fifty dollar bill. Mir. Bo- nillas persisted in refusing to sell, and the men went along. At mescal dis tllery they made another effort to purchase mounts, but were refused. So they continued afoot to the Mur- mon colony (Colonia Oaxaca) swheIe they bought horse and a mule, with saddles, etc., aud continued into he mountains in the direction of Black Jacks rendezvous, fifty or sixty miles surther The men are supposed tO be | two of the gang who robbed the 1 Atlantic & Pacific train near Hol- bre4c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14

Deceased had been a resident
of Owyhee county for about two
years past, engaged in prospect
ing and placer mining near
Boone's Peak. He was mill
man of long experience and lived
for number of years in Custer
county, this State. He was a
native of Iowa. His health has
broken for some time, and friends
were using every effort to have
him come to town where he could
secure medical treatment, at the
time of his demise.
The funeral was held from low
er Masonic hall on Wednesday
afternoon, Mr.. f. E. Tracy con-
Quoting the services. A choir of
ladies assisted at the service.
Notwithstanding the stormy day
large number of people attend
ed the service aud accompanied
the remains to the grave. Mr..
Lessinger was held in high es-
TEEN by all who had the pleas
ure of his acquaintance.-Silver
City AUGldnche.
Mr.. Lessinger is well known
in Custer county, where he re-
sided from q of years-the most
of the time at Custer, where he
was employed in the quartz mill
at that place, and also followed
prospecting. The cause of his
death is undoubtedly from work
ing at this mill. The deceased
has many friends in this county
who will be panied to learn o.
his demise.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14
sY A Cordial InUitation Extended.
Oregon EisctIon.

The Oregon State election on
June 9th resulted in a victory for
the entire Republican State tick
ct. T. T. Geer, for Governor.
will have a plurality of at least
5000 and it may be larger.
The Republicans have elected
the majority of the Legislature
which will insure the election of
a Republican United States Sen
ator.
w. S. Mason, gold Republican
is elected mayor of Portland by
a plurality estimated at 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14

The army of invasion consist
ing of 1900 of Uncle Sans
soldiers sailed from Tampa for
Santiago de Cuba at noon on the
9th. We may look for some i'm
portant news from there soon.
A battle was fought by five of
our warships at Caimanera, says
a Cape Haitien dispatch on the
8th. Our ships bombarded the
forts, and the Spaniards were
forced to abandon their position
on shore and retreat. The Span
iards will probably burn the town
rather than have it captured by
the Americans.
A Madrid dispatch said that
Capt. Philip of the Texas" was
killed at the recent bombardment
of Santiago. There is no truth
in the report, as he was not in
jured.
Schley bombarded the forts
near the entrance to the Santi-
ago harbor, on the 9th, doing
great damage to them. The
Spanish cruiser, Reina Mercedes
was sunk with all its crew, numb
ering 81 men and officers. The
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya was also
badly damaged. The American
loss was nothing.
Lieut.. Hobson and crew per-
formed one of the most daring
acts ever known, when they
sunk the old hull, "Merrimac, ("
at Santiago to block the egress
of the Spanish feet bottled up in
the harbor, although he and his
crew of six men were taken pris-
oners. The above boat was sunk
amid storm of shot from the
Spanish forts.
Report says that the insurg-
ents have captured the city of
Manila.
1t is reported that the "Charl
eston" will not go to the Philip
pine islands Immediately. but
will sieze the Ladrones. This
group of islands are under the
control of Spain, and are about
1900 miles from Manila and $500
miles from Honolulu.
10000 soldiers will depart for
Manila within the next two
weeks.
A compromise has been reach
ed by the Senate and House to
coin silver not less than 81, 5O0.-
600 per month.
Many inquiries are being made
why the cruiser Vesuvius is not
used in bombarding forts. One
shot from its guns would do
more damage than our whole
fleet.
August admits he cannot hold
Manila, and that it will be at
tackled by land and sea, and the
| Governor General proposes to
capitulate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14
ACCIDENT.

FATAL ACC1DENT.-ThOS
Turnbull. aged 90 years, well
known in Custer county, a son of
Jas. w. Turnbull, killed himself
accidently with a 45-cal. Colts
revolver, while withdrawing it
from its scabbard-muzzle up
at Florence, Idaho. The bullet
entered his right side just below
the short ribs and lodged in the
muscles of his back. He lived
only two or three minutes This
sad accident happened one day
last week.
-Married-In Challis, last Sat
urday evening. June 11th. by
Judge Bomar, Mr. Metcalf to
Mrs. P. Malm. Both of Custer
Miss Cassandra West was
called to GiObonsville last Satur
day on account of the sickness OF
her sister, Mrs. Evans.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14
ChIidren's Day.

Children's Day was observed
at the Congregational church in
Challis last Sunday evening with
very appropriate exercises. The
building was beautifully decorat-
ed for the occasion. The child
rem who took part in the exercis-
es showed excellent training and
the manner in which rendered
their songs and declamations did
themselves great credit. The
church was crowded to overflow
ing with people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14
The SanFrancisco Chronicle

says Two nghtS occurred 10
vary the quiet induced by the
warm weather. One was at the
Idaho camp. Two of the regu-
lars were passing by Idaho's line
of company kitchens when one
remarked to the other. ''See
those bum sheep herders from
Idaho; I'd like to get in there
and polish off few of them"
"Oh, I'll save you that troub-
le," remarked one of the young
athletes from the University of
Idaho. AS he spoke he cleared
the low fence at a bound. When
it was all over the man who had
aspired to do the polishing act
was tenderly borne away on a
stretcher.
AT a Georgia rural camp
meeting recently, according to
the Atlanta Constitution, the
preacher who was leading the
service, touched on the war with
Spain, and stopping suddenly in
his sermon, called to an old col
ored brother in the congregation:
"Brudder Williams, I'm gwine
te ak you ter git right down on
yo' knees and pray fer de sue
cess er de American arms p
Brother Williams got down inn
mediately, and in the course of
his petition said /: ''Oh Lawd
hep de Americans arms; an
Lawd whilst you lookin' after de
arms look after de legs, too !
Don't fergit de legs, good Lawd,
kase we gwine to need dem ter
run wild Take de arms, if you
must. but-spare de legs, Lawd,
spare de legs y
The Populists of Canyon
county at the meeting of the Cen
trail Committee held in this city
last Saturday. passed resolutions
favoring reconsideration of the
action of the State Central Com
mittee in regard to holding the
Populist convention at Moscow.
The Populists of this county are
evidently getting on to the fact
that Fuller, Blake and Walton
have been working the commit
tee in their own interests, and
not for the good of the party.
The result is that the rank and
file are getting pretty tired, and
as this is the first opportunity
they have had for expressing
their opinions they come down
hard. Caldwell Record.
An Ohio man has patented a
new and ingenious church con-
tribution box that is destined to
be great success in swelling
the receipts. 1t has bell attach
ment. When a shirt button or a
penny is dropped in, it fails to
ring; nickel makes it ring
slightly; quarter produces a re
spectacle ring; a half dollar
makes a good loud clatter, and a
dollar brings out the fire depart
ment.
The lightest attended ball
ever given in Challis was held at
the l. o. o. F. last Friday night.
You could count all present upon
both hands and have fingers to
h@Sa@AAA
These fingers represent the ex-
act number of dancers present.
AS it does not require a great
amount of our space, we give a
full and complete list of ALL
present
Miss Beatrice Bradbury, VIM. Peck.
Miss Mabel Rowles. Aaron Richards.
Miss Myrtle Morrison. Henry MCGOWAN,
1 Miss May Paul, Mike Foley.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14

w L. l. " w lOA bhC hO1ALiOA
photographer, has concluded that
he will not visit Challis until
next month. The date of which
will be announced later.
The weather has been re-
markably warm for the past few
days.
The cruiser Charleston has
has finally gotten out of range of
the administration. She may
now be expected to make some
progress.
We are in receipt of the
Trustees and Faculty of the State
Normal School, Albion, Idaho, to
be present at the Commencement
week exercises, June 1916.
The Brown Bear group of
mines, in Blackbird district, own
ed by Ford, Brown and DR..
Wright, have been bonded to the
Glasgow Exploration and De-
velopment Company. of Scot
land. This is developing into
one of the most valuable gold
regions in the West, and the fu-
ture of Blackbird is very bright.
Salmon Republic.
1t is dull in Havana now
when Blanco fails to cable to
Madrid that he has repulsed two
or three American warships with
his famous rapid fire bulletin
machine.
Silver reached 59s on the 9th
inst.
Father Burri, of Mt. Home,
was in Challis last week.
The Salt Lake Tribune is
noted for its enterprise, and can
always be relied on for reliable
news. When the American
Spanish war broke out, or soon
after, the Tribune commenced
the publication of the Northern
Edition, with latest dispatches
up to 7:30 o'clock p. m. This
gives the readers of the Tribune
in this portion of Idaho at least
Is hours later telegraphic news
than it's morning issue. This
enterprise on the part of the
Tribune is highly appreciated by
our people. The Tribune with
its evening edition now contains
the very latest news that comes
to Custer county. If you desire
the latest reliable war news sub
scribe for the daily Salt Lake
Tribune.
Boise Statesman: Charles
Hutchinson has received letter
from ]. e. McAtee written al
Lake Bennett, May 10Th. Nc
Atee says
Il thought | had experienced
some hardships but | never die
until | reached Alaska, and never
did any hard work. !"
He is going in with O. e. Pen
well, formerly of Challis, and &
DIR. Cook, from Boston. They
had their boat built and expected
to set sail on the Goth. Bennett
is tent town, having 983 tents
and eight log houses. He says
there are enough boats building
there to reach all the way tx
Dawson if they were strung ouf
in d line. McA tee walked sever
miles to the town of Bennett tc
mail his letter but could not fine
IA single Canadian stamp in tht
place.
George Ralston, he says, wa:
at Bennett. The duty receipt O.
McAtee's party is No. 1000
Each receipt represents at leas
two persons or an average.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14
How Ebout the Fourth

Can it be possible that the citi-
zens of Challis will allow the 4th
of July to pass by unobserved ?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14
Death of n. w. Lsssinser.

DIED.-At Boone's Peak, Mon
day, May 80. 1898, A. w. Les
singer, aged about 30 years, of
miners consumption.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-14

or all the flags that float aloft
Ger Neptune's gallant tars,
Or wave on high In victory
Above the sons Of Mars,
Give me our Columbia's flag
The emblem Of the free,
And fling IT out mid song and shout
The Banner OF the Sea
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15

Meekin, their "star twirlers," and, L dare
say. two of the best in the league, take
from two to three months to put their
arms in proper shape, would, IN my opln-
ion come very near winning the pennant.
And the New York club is not the only
club handicapped in this manner. Every
respect, and, in view Of this tact, 1a ans
should be considerdte with pltcher hke
Mr.. Hines, who, as l SAID oeIore, a.
tempted to work without conditioning his
Ali pitchers seem to be alike when it
comes TO a proposition OF this KIND. can
sympathize with Mr.. Hines sincerely. Tor
/ experienced a like drubbing not many
weeks ago in the town or ReddlnS, put
was more fortunate than ne, as my CO.
horts batted out victory
AT the request of some friends, l at
tempted to pitch q game against the Red-
ding team, and was. of course. out OF con- n
months. Those country boys took adVan-
tage of this fact, and just hammered my
for me to continue. as I had no speed or
control, and would have been compelled
to retire had not my side by patting
rally made enough runs to win the
game, the score at the finish being is to
Now, it was very foolish of me to have
stiff and sore from lack of work, and so it
was with Mr.. Hines. 1t was plain 70 see
that he worked poorly and was sadly o ,It
management of the Athletics give nm
another chance after he has practiced up
a bit, and l would wager. We're sure ne
took advantage of the time allowed him
to practice, that his record in the later at
tempt would be a glorious one.
It is unjust to criticize pitcher IKE MI
Hines too severely. He was not given a
fair trial and people should realizei AFTER ter
being informed, that 1t was Impossible LOT
a man TO pitch out of condition and that
Mr.. Hines took unto himself a most diff
emit task He will surely do better on his
next Veii'uie' JOE CORBETT.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15

Elise Waters. and has been kept busy
ever since accepting the congratulations
of his many friends here.
The Reno Wheelmen now enjoy mem
bership of 225. At the semi-annual cleo
ton held recently the following ofhcers
were selected: W. w. Webster, preslI-
NJ. Gray. secretary: ". T. Perkins, treas
urer; trustees, Rev. F. V; jones: Gus
Hoppe, S. P. Reeves, F. NJ sehaedler'
Charles Becker. DR.. c. A. Coffin.
The Cycle Clubs Baseball League has
been organized for 1S9S-99, with the FOL
fornia Cycling Club, Olympic Club Wheel
men and San Francisco Road Club Many
of the. good players on the olympic ~ y .
clers' team, the champions Of last year
tournament, will be on the olympic
Wheelmens team this year. The Califor-
MAS Will miss their crack catcher,
Cunha, who is attending college, and the
Bay Citys will be minus one OF their iI1
pitchers, McGillvray, who Is mining IN
Mexico Otherwise the teams Will be
about the same as last year.
President Adams has appointed a com
mittee of four, Stanley G. Scovern, A. 2.
Swain, Mr.. Gaeller and J. F. Hancock.
Of the Associated Cycling Clubs at the
The San Francisco Road Club members
race UieH the first s Sunday Jay in November,
r. c. .Lennie and E; Ross Lozier have ave
returned from a business tiiP III U.s.
Southern California. Joseph A. OSten-
dorf is expected back from the East
about November / with a full line OF
1899 Cleveland samples: H A Goddard qtl
will probably return from Australia on
the Mariposa next Wednesday.
P. H. Bernays of the Columbia mouse
and S. G. Chapman, representing. Stearns
have gone East to talk over ,99 business
Mr. Bernays thinks there will be some
radical changes in appearance ana de-
tail of the next years machines.
The Bay City Wheelmen will hold q
fve-mile handicap road race early In
November.
Ivan Treadwell contemplates an attack
on all short distance coast records from
a quarter up to two miles, on the San
Jose track in about three weeks, and Is
now rapidly conditioning himself. He viii
think he can do the trick.
The Eagle Cycling Club Of Napa re
Gently elected the following officers: "A
McCuaig, president; w. Keig, vice-presi-
dent; F. Wilson. financial secretary; ~, W
Wilson, recording secretary; q. Amstutz
treasurer; c. Blaken, captain.
The Olympic Wheelmen will hold rae
ing matinee at the Elmhurst track In
week or SO, when George Fuller and other
cracks will be sent for paced RECORDS.
II. w. SPALDING.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB
AFTER THE LOCAL FANCY

It is already quite evident that the
American Keune, Club intends to deal
drastically with the seeding clubs of the
coast. The secretary of the late con-
vention. at which the Pacific Kennel
League was organized, has received from
Mr. Vredenburgh, the American Kennel
Club secretary, a telegram requesting a
list of the clubs voting for and against
secession. This information was promptly
wired by Mr.. Norman. and further de-
velopments are expected.
c.. r. Harker, the secretary treasurer
of the new league, will shortly issue the
printed constitution and rules. The Pacii7;
tic Kennel League intends to notify all
dog owners and exhibitors on the coast
that they and their dogs will be disquali-
held under American Kennel Club rules
west of ITO degrees longitude west. rms rms
will sharply define the situation, aa a VIII
ton of the league, as dog tanclers VIII
undoubtedly give the preference TO such
shows as offer money prizes prizes an ana gen.
county. This desideratum is 70 De az
tanned only at the San francisco. and
in lesser degrees at the G 0akian 6o SHOWS VS.
monthly meeting tonight; when, owing
to the absence of the president, Dr. r. W.
d'Evelyn, the vice--presldent; Z; a.
Spreckels will preside. DR. Evelyn is
a. present in Boston, and is negotl1tng
there for brindled mastiH dog D. BLACK
Ieter 1t is understood mat tne m9So sttt,
local fancier. whose kennels have been
recently depleted by the death Of his own
Emmett Sullivan's fox terrier bitch,
NfrIo Delight, is expected to whe!o soon
to DR.. d'Evelyn's Defender
Mr.. Sumner of Los Angeles has lost his
per. It is believed that the animal was
Stolen. Mr.. Sumner offers a considerable
reward for its recovery. and entertains
summation.
W. II. Bryan, the celebrated duck shot
of Suisun, has purchased from Mr.. VIII
liams the Irish water spaniel, Rosie
O'Gradv
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
LADIES PLY THE
TENNIS RACKET.

At the California Tennis Club this
morning Miss Hoffman and Miss Mason
will cross rackets for the first place In
the first class of the ladies' tournament
which is now in progress. On Thursday
afternoon the second and third classes
played out their matches. The tourna-
ment will be concluded Tuesday after
noon. In the third class Miss Foster and
Miss Eckart were the only entries and
they settled matters between themselves.
Miss Foster surprised her friends as well
as her opponent, winning out In two
straight sets, Ga ga Miss Clark met Miss
Curry in the opening match of the second
class, the former winning two out of
three sets, 3-6 6-3, GA Then Miss Eisen
met Miss Bowman and was promptly de-
feated, 6-3, 60. In the next match Miss
Bowman met Miss Hunter, but this time
she succumbed, 6-2, GA. The finals of the
second class were played between Miss
Hunter and Miss Clark. 1t took three
sets to decide and Miss Hunter carried off
the honors after losing the first set. The
score was &c. 6-3, 6-3.
There has been a surprising attendance
at the courts during the last week, partic-
ularly on the part of the young lady
members. Tournaments of every descrip-
ton have been arranged by the young
ladies for the near future. The football
games on Saturday afternoons have
broken in on the gentlemen's tourna-
ments Some matches are under consid-
Grafton for Saturday mornings, however.
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YACHTSMEN ARE
ENDING
THE SEASON

The directors of the San Francisco
Yacht Club at a meeting held last Mon
day decided to hold minstrel entertain
ment In the clubhouse at Sausallto on
the evening of Saturday, October ~ "A
committee of FIVE was appointed to secure
performers and make the necessary ar
rangements October % had been set as
the closing night, but, as the Corinthians
have their jinks on that date, it was
thought best to select later day. The
entertainment will be for the benefit OF
the club, which will provide transporta-
ton back to San Francisco for those
who wish to return. 49,
Vice Commodore G. T. S. White VIII
sail to FL Campo tomorrow 10 witness
the Corinthian baseball game
Last Sunday several of the Corinthian
Yachts went for an outside cruise among
them being the sloops Clara, Speedweii;
Pride, Queen, Freda, Truant, Rover ana
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"SMOKER" OF THE
BAY CITY
CLUB TONIGHT

The Bay City Wheelmen will entertain
their friends on an elaborate scale at the
club house, AL Golden Gate avenue, this
evening. There will be a members meet
ing early, from SIS to S:45. for the pur-
pose of enabling the directors to outline
to the members the policy of the club
for the ensuing year. This over with,
the festivities will begin, and the enter
tainment committee promises that hereaf-
ter the members will date everything of
Importance in the club from the time or
the big Smoker on October 10, 1895. The
programme will represent all sorts OF Jol-
lily, and during its rendition the house
committee will dispense various soothing
beverages. The affair is being looked
to with much eagerness by the rank and
file in cycledom.
William Mackie, secretary of the Olym-
pic Wheelmen. was married at San Jose
Wednesday, the 18th, to Miss Louise