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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17
NOT UNLIKE OTHERS.
An Instance of Henry Georges Alb
sent Mindedness.

sent m1EdeuHes7.
The activity and power of intellect
of the late Henry George did not pre-
vent Observation-Disclosures A writer in
the Review of Reviews says that this
quality was the jest of his circle"
Names escaped him. heard him say
TO MIR. Dayton, the candidate on his
ticket for comptroller and one of the
best-known men in New York:
You won't mind it, hope, if for
get your name; | am so conscious Of the
danger OF getting names wrong, that
when the need of remembering comes
it rattles me, and away the name goes"
lie came late to a recent dinner at the
Lotus club. where he was to discuss
with some friends the question CT his
being candidate in apprehended con-
1ingencies. 1t was raining, and he took
from his pocket the slippers with which
Mrs. George had insisted on providing
him in case he should get his feet wet.
and as he put them on he apclogized
with honest gravity;
II lost time locking for man kept
asking after as Kinsella, and it turned
out his right name was Moriarty At
least, think that was what he told me
it was when I found him."
But there was no Observation-Disclosures
when discussion of the business n hand
ensued; he was keen and wide-awake
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17

Sealed proposals win be received by the
Board OF County Commissioners OF Custer
county, Idaho az their regular meeting in Jan
uary, 1892 for the repair OF that certain bridge
spanning Salmon river below the ranch Of Enos
Watson o miles from Challis said work is 10
raise said bridge to place taking up the sag
and making said bridge crown. Bidders are re-
quested 10 submit particulars as 10 the work
and manner of repairs
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. All bids must be- sealed and fled
with the Clerk OF the Board on or before the
2ud Monday OF January. 1889. and marked .
Proposals for Repair OF Watson Bridge"
BY order of the Board OF County Commits
sioners. GEO. i. KEYES, Clerk
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17
Order to Show Cause why Order Of Sale of Real e.
tate Should Not be Made.

In the Probate Court of the County OF Custer,
State OF Idaho
In the matter Of the estate
of
Caroline Miller deceased.
It appearing to this Court, by the petition
this day presented and filed by j. II. Baxter,
the administrator of the estate OF Caroline Mil
Ter deceased. that 1t is necessary TO sell the
whole OF the real estate OF said decedent TO pay
the debts of decedent and the expenses and
charges OF administration.
It is therefore ordered by this Court that all
persons interested in the estate of the said de-
ceased appear before the said Probate Court
on the s8th day of December, 1888, at the hour
OF 10 O'Clock, q. m, at the court room OF said
court at the courthouse in the town OF Challis.
County OF Custer, State OF Idaho, to show cause
why an order should not be granted TO said ad
i.inistrator to sell the said real estate, and that
a copy OF this order be published four success
siye weeks in THE SILVER MESSENGER, a news
paper printed and published in said county.
A. G. BOMAR,
Judge OF the Probate Court
Dated, December End, 1898.
First publication December 9th, 1885, WI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17
Queen ana Palestine.

Queen Victoria has often expressed a
great desire to go to the Holy Land,
and, standing on the Mount of Olives,
to look down upon the ruins Of Jerusa-
lem. She considers this the best way in
which TO picture the past. With adj
vaneing years the longing has grown
more upon her. and up til recent times
none of the royal household would have
been in the least surprised if her ma
jesty had suddenly made up her mind
10 take 4 trip to Palestine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17
rcIephones Against 'r,aiIroadr.

Railway men say that their passen-
ger business is larguishing. They have
come 10 the conclusion that the long
distance telephone is responsible. Bust
ness men are using it more and more,
and the railroad officials say that the
way it is cutting passenger business is
a very serious matter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17
I:ModiCaI Properties.

Many varieties of mineral found these
They contain sulphur aka other properties among
hot while there heahfu and refreshing cold
springs beside them The invalid will obtain this park scenery
and these healhfu waters, restoration.
The sportsman will find better fishing and hunting grounds than
other portion of the nation those seeking pleasure
find this very desirable spot.
There will always be attendants aud the popeors
in I'll to and see for their satisfaction
k. D. WILLIAMS, Manager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-17
Ravenous wolves i'm nuasia.

The wolves of Russia devour annually
100000 head of cattle, 100000 sheep and
100000 dogs.
The times., 1899-07-30
soaked Enthusiasm.

1t is not very far from the sublime to
the ridiculous, and although a bowling
mob at the door of JAIL clamoring for the
blood of a prisoner, is not in any sense of
the word sublime, this saying is recalled
by something which happened the other
day in Binghamton, N. Y.
Two men had committed murder, and
a certain element of the population seem
to have thought that it was good time to
show their patriotism, public spirit. and 50
on, by having a lynching bee. So they
jail and shrieked for blood. They had done
the same thing little while before, at the
railway station, when the prisoners were
brought to town. but the authorities were
men of brains and also of tact and just
before the train was expected to arrive
they caused an alarm of fire to be turned
in, and the crowd streamed off after that
diversion. while the train was stopped on
the outskirts of the village and the pris-
oners hurried into safekeeping. This cir
cumstance shows what the ordinary mob
is made of. When the crowd found out
that it had been duped it was more in
furiated than ever, and made a rush for
the jail.
\ deputy sheriff came out on a balcony
ana tried to make speech, but was
howled down. This is a very simple form
OF logic, and one which usually proves ef-
fective if not convincing. Then the sheriff
and his assistants thought that they woull
try throwing cold water on the fiery aspira
tions of their excited fellow-citizens, and
all OF a sudden, without moments warn
ing, that doughty crowd was assailed by a
dense stream of cold water from hose.
This may not seem very formidable as
sault. but it really takes a strong man, of
some determination, TO stand Up against a
large and healthy hose in good working
order, and even on a hot day it is disquiet
ing to receive the impact of such so id
and determined stream OF cold water.
There is nothing to do with it but to run.
Bullets do not affect it. and it is mex
haustible and untiring. The mob realized
all this in less time than it takes to ex-
plain it. They stood for half minute or
So then broke and fed.
There is a record of siege of a Quaker
family by lot of desperadoes, out in the
Indian Territory, once upon a time, when
the besiegers were routed very suddenly
by a deluge not of cold, but of scalding
water. administered by the plucky
Friend" and his wife and daughters
Simple remedies are sometimes the most
efficacious in dealing with emotional
maniacs
The times., 1899-07-30
Again the .Rnce probrem.n

Governor Gambler of Georgia is the lat
est citizen of note to apply an experienced
hand to the solution of the race problem
at the South" The Governor does not
consider the problem" insoluble, as do
so many of the prentice hands that have
tackled it. He summarizes the result OF
his investigations into syllogistic form,
thus: +s-
i-irst-The Original causes of the trouble were
the giving OF the ballot to the negro before he was
mentally or morally prepared for it and the
teachings OF the Republican carpet-baggers that
the Southern white man VAS the natural enemy
Of the negro.
sccond-Ihe present causes lack of wise
restriction of negro suffrage and an intermeddling
with the race question in the South by fools
and ianatics Of the North
Third-The remedies are the moral education of
the negro and restriction of negro suffrage TO
the virtuous and intelligent.
Stated in more concise form, Governor
Candier's conclusion is that the negro has
in his own power the solution of whatever
problem" his presence may present to the
nation, assisted, of course, by the forbear-
ance of the white man. The Georgian has
probably hit on one of the causes of the
problem" in his intimation that IL is due
10 long-dstance philanthropy 1t has been
so often claimed by sound Judgment that
the Southern people would be able event
ually 10 solve their race problem" If only
welI-meaning but misguided phllanthrops;s
would cease meddling with a question with
the practical details of which they
are densely ignorant. AS pointed out
by Governor Gambler, these people make
double mistake when they fly into furious
rage at the entire body of Southern people
and melt into an ocean of tears for the
whole race of blacks every time negro is
slain by mob for the commission of a
nameless crime. They ought to have the
calm sense 10 realize that the body of
Southern whites is no more to blame for
the mob violence than is the body of blacks
to blame for the atrocious sin.
The remedies suggested by the Govern
or-the moral education of the negro and
the restriction of negro suffrage to the vir
tuous and intclligent-ought TO appeal with
force to sober minds that are seriously con-
cerned with the question. Certainly II the
mass of the blacks are ignorant and i'm
moral, sound craftsmanship should not OBJ
| ject to the ballot being taken out of the
hands of those SO afflicted. The shortsight-
ed and unthin1ing politicians, of course. OF
both parties cry out loudly whenever this
effort is essayed. But II has been success :
the Southern States and has stood the Sc
The times., 1899-07-30
The Race Problem.
From the ST. Paul Dispatch. \


People of the North are slow to understand
conditions in the South and rarely fathom the
whole truth in summing up the case They
judge the negro by the more advanced repre-
sentatives OF the race who come North. and thus
overestimate the general negro eharaeter-for it
is the best of the race who come North, leav-
ing the lliterate, the ignorant, and the depraved
in the rice and cotton fields of the South On
the other hand We are too apt TO take our type
OF Southern white from the pages oi Uncle
Toms Cabin or from one OF Judge Tourgce's
misleading novels. The Southerner Of every
day life is Just the average Yankee. with diff
ferent dialect, 4 few inherited pIeiudices. and
little warmer blood, but yet with all the New
Englander's tenacity of purpose and belligerency
under provocatiOn. The Kentuckian's horror OF
''nigger' rule finds its counterpart in the Milne
ties century struggle ior prohibition, and both
are born Of the spirit that moved Boston TO
resent the tea tax.
The solution of the problem in the srth
is vet to come 1t cannot be forced upon either
side; it may be educated into both sides The
white man will not submit to negro rule. but
the negro may. in time, be educated to accept
white supremacy with sufficient guarantee Of
protection in his natural rights But whatever
the solution it must recognize the two rScrs
as forever separate and incapable of amalgama-
The times., 1899-07-30
senator Beyeridge,s Tour.

Senator Albert J. Beverage. the bri liant
young orator the Indianians have seiected
10 succeed Senator Tufpie in the Fifty
sixth Congress. ought to enter the broad
is6Ing feld OF national politics with an
equipment specially fitting him for useful
ness in Washington next winter. He went
to our new possessions in the Orient sever
al months ago TO learn AT first hand the
. needs of the situation over there. He has
gone out in the typhoon to visit our fight
ing soldiers in the trenches. we are tod
sn special correspondence from the Philip
pines, and find out how they were taking
the descending torrents and the oceans OF
mud He has been far in the Interior,
going unarmed, to talk with the natives
He is said to have made two thousand
miles OF water journey from island to
island and five TO six hundred miles horse
back journeys into the interior He has
gone from the Philippines to China, and
after spending some time in the Flowery
Kingdom. intends TO stop in Japan while
OIL his way home.
Senator Beveridge viii come TO Congress
with special line of information on the
subject of the expansion OF our commerce
across the North Pacific and among the
untold tens of millions of consumers in
Asia which viii be possessed by few, If any,
OF his colleagues. His representations
therefore, ought to be listened to with re-
spect There can be no question OF how
he will stand on the issue of our relations
to the Philippines. Like other practical
men Of affairs whose judgment is moi blind
ed by The mists of sentimentalism. he rec
ognizes our possession OF the Philippines
as q fact, and not controversial theory,
after the ratification Of the Paris Treaty.
Hence, it is entirely probable that his in
vestigations have been along practical
lines
Senator Beveridge will be able to en-
tighten the Senate in some detail on what
= needed for us to meet the trade situation
IN Asia. He has seen with his own eyes
.hat vast commerce being diverted into
The times., 1899-07-30

met. Today we are behind with our orders
and cannot possibly get enough cars to haul
the freight"
This latter statement probably offers an
explanation of the unusual demand on
the resources of the railway lines at
this season. This Is not the time of yeal
when there is a heavy movement Of crops.
Neither is it that season when the railways
are called on 10 haul tAe necessary equip
ment and supplies to the agricultural Sec
tions. II is bztween what are customariiy
regarded as the busy seasons in
transportation. The heavy crops are now
maturing or are being harvested in the dif-
faTent agricultural babs OF the continent.
Yet the roads are running under full steam
and there is congestion in the channels
of distribution because of the lack Of
facilities
Evidently the railways were infected by
the lethargic spirit which numbed the na-
tion's energies between 1892 and 1898, and
failed to keep their equipment UP to the
limits OF possible requirements As in the
history of all wars our conflict with Spain
aroused the people from their lsthargy and
they have resumed work with renewed en-
ergy This has started a traffic movement
which has been growing in volume as the
national activities increased and multiplied,
and the roads have found themselves in the
unusual position Of the rear of the process
sion. 1t is a sign that the,e has been an in
crease in both the acreage and the attea-
tion devoted TO agriculture this season, and
we may confidently look for an unusual
volume of all cereals to be marketed next
autumn and winter. The railways will have
10 bestir themselves in lively fashion to
meet the coming demands. and this will
give work to thousands OF skilled mechan-
les in the car-building trade and its rami-
fications.
For all of this the nation is indebted to
the Spanish war. But for that conflict the
country's energries could not have been
SO soon aroused from the stupor that the
Grover Cleveland panic plunged them in.
The times., 1899-07-30

unnatural channels by the superior activity
of European merchants and manufacturers
and a. broader wisdom of European states
msnship. He has seen the ca2acious NAV
OF Asiaric consumption bsing hlied with
European wares that have been subjected
to excessive burdens of cost because of
the remoteness of European shipping cea-
ters as compared with ours. He mas seen
vast hordes Of people VINO need food and
clothing without the machinery and or
ganization OF cheap production and with
out the genius to invent or manage this
equipment. lie has. in brief, seen a ialloS
feld temptingly inviting to American arts
-aHd enterprise-a field not like that Of
Europe, with as highly an organized in
dustrial machinery as cur own. with .abos
as skilled and in the aggregate almost as
productive as our own, and with race in
stincts quite as acute as ours.
He can, in consequence. present argu-
ments based upon personal knowledge and
inspection which will Offset the speaious
pleas CT the sentimentaIists in and out Of
Congress. His viii be practical presen-
tstion of facts and description OF actual
conditions which will outweigh all theorie ;
and outcries against expansion. And, if he
be true to his promising career of out
spoken frankness. he will no doubt convey
TO the unwilling ears CT the Administra-
tion some very unpleasant traths touching :
upon the botch that has thus far been made
Of our efforts TO enforce respect for the
flag in the orient-the first requisite to
the healthy growth of International com
merce
The times., 1899-07-30
PROHIBITED BY LUDLOW.
No Demonstration i'm Havana Against
the Chief of Police.

Havana, July 29.-The public demonstra-
tion against Senior Cardenas, Chief OF Po-
lice, which was to have been made tonight
by his political enemies, who sought to
force his resignation. was prohibited by
General Ludlow, upon the ground that it
would be prejudicial to the police authori-
ties. A political meeting wilt be held to-
morrow, at which the enemiesaof Cardenas
will denounce him.
There is a good deal of agitation in
the Havana press regarding the selection
of Gen Maxine Gomez OF Gen. Juan An
tonic Jiminez as President of the Republic
of Santo Domingo to succeed General Heu-
reaux, who was assassinated the other day.
General Gomez has said that he would not
go to Santo Domingo in any event. his
only ambition and mission in life being to
see an independent Cuban Republic. Cen
eral Jiminez whose father was at one time
President OF the Dominican Republic. is
now living In Havana, and his business
here is not of character to interfere with
his candidacy.
Colonel Kennon sailed for New York to-
day. Major Frederick A. Smith, of the
First Infantry, will succeed him as as
sistant adjutant general.
The times., 1899-07-30
Tb. Reign of Diaz.
F,or tho ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.'

Prom the ST Louis Glohe-Democrat-)
Neither the Mexicans nor their Spanish pro
prnitors ever had any training in self-goyerumeut.
and consequently the Mexieans when they gained
their Independence were under the sways of
succession Of military adventures and the foreign
r,,,rper Maximilian until the present President ap
peared on the scene. Then for the first iiH-s
they had modern government. Diaz gave Mexico
peace, he permitted its people to develop the
resources Of their country and encouraged the
cultivation of close social and business relations
with the United States. Diaz is called 4 desPot.
The difference between him and those who went
before him is that he has ability, has OF the
modern spirit, and has the confidence Of his
countrymen For peoples unframed in the bust
ness of self-governmcnt dsspotism is the only
sort Of an authority which maintain order
and protect its citizens in life and property.
Diaz differs from the other Mexican potentates in
being an enlightened despot. self-govsrnment is
for those who can use it. For all others it means
anarchy. tyranny and disaster.
The times., 1899-07-30
SUNDAY. JULY 80. 1899.
Another Death Penalty

One of our readers has written to US urg>
ing that The Times use its influence tc
secure the passage of law making the
crime against womanhood. which is in
fnitely worse than murder, like murder.
punishable with DEATH.
There IS not the loast room for doubt
that if any offence is properly susceptible OF
being considered and treated as q capital
one. that which We refer to certainly is.
1t is equally sure that. considered in its
relations to social order and everything
that properly consists with our concept OF
civilization. il constitutes a higher degree
of crime than mere murder
Circumstances which have recently ex-
cited public opinion in Washington on this
subject, make it difficult for The Times to
speak as plainly or as vigorously as it
might # all its subscribers and readers
were grown men. II it were possible to
gather that class together and issue an
edition OF the paper which nobody else
would or could read. it would be easy tc
make presentation Of our Views on tn.
question Of outrage. that would not leave
any room for doubt as to what we be-
lieye, or as to the grounds of our belief
Unfortunately. The Times is in position
which is unique in Washington. 1t cannot
and If viii not discuss in its editorial COL
umns. or allow in its news columns the dis
cussion of things which ought to bar it from
respectable homes. where newspapers are
read by children.
During the past few days we have been
horrified by the unnecessarily plain and
beastly details of certain matters which
have been printed sensaticnally by certain
local newspapers. We have been utterly
unable to see why things which could only
appeal to depraved and filthy taste should
be yellowly exploited in Washington jour
nails.
Probably the persons responsible for this
sort OF thing will say that crimes which
come home to the family ought to be dis
cussed in detail, and their frightful mi
nutiae spread out in order that the pub i,
may realize the full necessity for remedial
measures. There is something to be said
for that view OF the case: but it is not
sufficient to excuse the publication of dis
gusting things that should be always kspt
from :he eyes Of childhood and innocence.
where those clements of society DO not
need TO be shocked by them.
There are some subjects that the leaders
of community would better take up with
out waiting for the interposidon OF the
press. This question of the prevention or
punishment of outrage is one OF them.
We have brave and wise men enough in
Washington who recognize the need for
reform in our punitive system in one re-
spect, and who do not require to be angrlly
excited to the duty Of agitation and organ
. ization for the purpose of impreszing the
public need upon Congress! If they will
get together and act, it will be quite un-
necessary for what We regret to refer 10
as.the yellow press of the city to print ar
.tIcies that no decent head OF family
would like to see read in his home
The times., 1899-07-30
An UnusunI Congc.tion.

The New York Sun" has collected a
mass of evidence which shows that the
country's machinery of distribution is more
heavily taxed at present than at the cor
responding season of any year during the
past decade or more. From all the large
railroad centres come reports of a car fam
inc. The manager OF one Of the biggest
lntermountain systems declares that II his
road could borrow or hire from five to ten
thousand box cars he could find immediate
use for all OF them. The manager of an
other system that runs from the Missouri
River TO the Eastern seaboard says that the
freight traffic between the Mississippi Val
ley and the East this year will be limiteil
only by the capacity of the roads. We
have. until this year is his declaration.
with the exception of part of the spring
and summer of 1898. when the war with
Spain made the heaviest demands on all
the roads that had ever been known, never
felt any demand for ears that could no,
with reasonable degree Of promptness be
The times., 1899-07-30
The Luctgert Murder Mystery.

(FrOm the Chicago News.)
Adolph Luetgert principal in one Of the most
remarkable murder cases in all the annals OF
crime, is dead, passing away in his little cell at
Joliet, still silent and unconiessed. For-,nany
wears the Luetgert case. with its battles OF law
yers and OF experts. its grewsome features and
dark, mysterious horrors, its scientific problems
and singular contradictions will he talked Of hy
osteologist and lawyer. chemist and plain common
citizen General as was the conviction that Luct-
CERT slew his wife, there yet remained 80 many
puzzling points in connection with the whole
affair that not few persons yet believe that h
was innocent. the victim Of circumstantil evi-
dence of the strangest kind. Twelve Jurors called
Luetgcrt guilty-yet in their minds touch of
doubt remained, and they awarded him life I'M
prisonment instead of death. The burly German
went to his living tomb, and in that tomb he
died. the mystery still unsolyed. the scientists
still disputing.