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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

the dervishes in the soudan to fight
against the English, and it may be re-
membered that the Marquis Of Mores,
married to the daughter Of Banker
Louis Hoffman of New York. lost his
life while or his way TO Khartoum
for the purpose Of placing his services
at the disposal Of the Khalifa.
Another case which came under my
notice is that Of Oliver Pain. n Of
the prominent leaders Of the
French commune III 1871. Condemned
to death for his participation in that
Instruction, his sentence was subse-
quently commuted to one of penal
servitude for life in New Caledonia.
He succeeded in enecting his escape
thence with Henri ROchefort. and
passed through New York in 1876 on
his way back to Europe. Seven or
eight years later l met him at Cairo,
where he made no secret of the fact
that he was on his way to offer his
services to the Mahdi in his war
against the English. He set forth on
his adventurous trip into the desert en-
route for Khartoum, the English au-
thorities making no attempt to inter-
fere with his movements. No anthem
tic news was heard of him until an
Austrian missionary, Father Arrival
der, subsequent to his escape from
Omdurman, reported that Pain had
reached the Mahdi in safety, and after
living at Omdurman for several years
as one of the counselors of the false
prophet, had finally incurred the lat
ter's ~displeasure and had been buried
alive.
Both in Egypt and Turkey there are
quite a large number of pashas, most
deyout Mohammedans, who are moth
ing more or less than European rene
gades. Thus Omar Pasha. the most
distinguished Turkish general of the
present century, was an Austrian by
birth and served in the Austrian army
under the name of Mikail Won Lottas.
Old Cherif Pasha. who was on nu-
merous occasions prime minister and
regent of Egypt, was a son of that
French general, De Selves, who reor-
ganized the army of Mehemet Ali on
a European footing, and embraced
Mohammedanism with the object Of
increasing his influence over his
troops. One of the most interesting
renegades of this kind that l ever met
was old Sefer Pasha, whose real
name was Count Koscielcky, and who.
while holding the rank of lieutenant
colonel in the Prussian army, had the
misfortune to kill in a duel his COM
manding officer, Count Kleist.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

* Orators In War Cimes ~

1t is a curious commentary on hui
man nature that white men should de-
sert their kind and fight the battles Of
sayages against civilization. Yet in
stances of that kind are very common.
In nine cases out of ten these desert
ers from civilization adopt all the
worst vices and sayagery of the people
among whom they cast their lot and
vie in surprising them in cruelty and
deyiltry, says a writer. In Cochin
China, where the French have for
nearly twenty years been carrying on
a relentless warfare against the blood
thirsty pirates who infest the coasts,
and especially the great rivers, the
naval and military forces every now
and again discover that the pirate
chiefs whom they succeeded in captur-
ing are European renegades, some
times Frenchmen. / remember in par
ticular the case of a man of the name
of Cussade, who was shot at Hanoi, on
the occasion of my visit there. and
who, having deserted from the French
army, had become one of the principal
lieUtenants of the black flag, or pirate
force of the dreaded chief and mandar-
in, Doc Itch. In the Soudan the Khali-
ia has a large number of European
renegades under his orders, including
the ex-Prussian sergeant Of artillery,
Klotz, and an ex-Austrian officer, who
nov bears the name of Inger; while
his principal lieutenant is the cele-
DRAFTED Osman Digna. the most clever
of all his generals, and who, the son of
a French shopkeeper of the name Of
Joseph Nisbet, was born in Rouen and
baptized in the magnificent cathedral
OF that ancient capital of Normandy.
His father failed in business, migrated
to Egypt, where, after his death, his
widow married a well-known Moham-
medan merchant of Alexandria, Digna
by name. Having no children of his
own, he became exceedingly fond Of
his French stepson, insisted on his
becoming converted to the faith of the
prophet, and entered him under the
name Of Osman Digna at the military
school at Cairo. where the lad receiy-
ed a careful training at the hands Of
the distinguished French, German and
British officers attached to the college
as professors. It is to this training at
the military school at Cairo that must
be ascribed the remarkable skill which
Osman Digna has displayed in the
construction Of Notifications and en-
trenchments in his numerous en-
counters with the Anglo-Egyptian
forces. Quite a number of other
Frenehmen have e%ndeavored to join
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

The authorities of the University of
Michigan, the original starters of the
faculty committee movement, are en-
tirely convinced now that no other
body can manage the western col
gegiate meet in a better manner than
a graduate committee, and it is report
ed that they viii not object when the
faculty committee drops from the field.
Chicago, Notre Dame, Illinois and Min
nesota have never favored control by
the faculties, and the student body in
Madison will openly revolt if the a
agement of the graduate committee is
not retained. In fact. it looks very
much as if there will be no steps
taken by the faculties to embarrass the
graduate committee, which was so sue
cessful this year. There is dissatis-
faction at Northwestern and Illinois.
The student bodies argue that it is
only reasonable that the Illinois and
purple should make a better showing
in the western intercollegiate meet.
Both institutions are among the very
largest western colleges, and there is
no doubt that sufficient talent is avail
able to make a decent showing. The
case of Horace Baker, Northwestern's
new captain and star mile runner, is
cited. He came out this year for the
first time. Nobody ever had thought
it worth while to urge him to compete
before. The students in Evanston now
firmly believe there may be a dozen
Bakers in the ranks of the purple and
want the authorities to use more
forceful ways of getting the talent
out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

Gravesenc and Jean Beraud won after
q stirring struggle. The race was at
one mile and a furlong and only four
horses paraded, Chareltus and Prince
McClurg with the Others making up
the field. They were sent off on the
first break to a good start. Going up
the back stretch Jean Beraud showed
in front by half a length. Rounding
the far turn Imp moved up on even
terms and they came into the stretch
head and head. Then for a few strides
the black mares head showed in front.
At the last sixteenth pole Beraud got
his head in front, and O'Connor drew
his whip on the black mare. She re-
sponded gamely, but at the weights
Jean Beraud proved the better and he
rushed across the line a neck in front.
At no time during the entire journey
were they more than a length apart.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
rLtzslmmons Maneuvring.

The Fitzsimmons-Ruhlin glove fight
has been indefinitely postponed owing
to the injury to Fitzsimmons' left
hand, which has been found to be Sc
we're. The fight, which was originally
scheduled to take place or June 1, was
postponed to June 10, and later, acting
under advice from DR.. John H. Sulli-
van of Bellevue hospital, Fitzsimmons
asked that it be postponed indefinitely.
Fitzsimmons went to Bellevue and
consulted DR.. Sullivan about his
knuckle, which had panied him Sc
verely. DR.. Sullivan examined it thor
oughly and then declared that Fitz-
simmons must not think of fighting.
He said he found a simultaneous abb
scess, which, if Fitzsimmons at
tempted to fight, might disable him
during the battle and place him in a
position where he would have to for
felt the fight. DR.. Sullivan says that
it will be at least a month, and maybe
much longer, before Fitzsimmons will
be able to fight again. Fitzsimmons
was bitten by one of his pet lions re-
Gently, but gave the matter no atten-
ton, not believing that the wound
amounted to anything. Then in his
fight with Dunkhorst he injured the
same hand in one of the terrific blows
which landed on the human freight
car" and since then his hand has been
disabled. Fitzsimmons has been work.
ing hard for the battle with Gus Rub
lin and never was in better shape,
aside from the injured hand, than he
is at present. He forfeited $1,000 to
the akron giant" Despite his injured
hand, Fitzsimmons is out with a chal-
lenge to fight Jeffries at his own
terms, 65 per cent of the purse to JEFF
fries. win or lose. Fitzsimmons says
he will deposit 81 5000 as a forfeit with
anybody selected by Jeffries or Brady,
and will be ready to fight at any time.
He also says that he is willing that
the winner take all, if such a pro-
posal is agreeable to Jeffries and
Brady. Fitzsimmons says he was
never more earnest in his life, and
that he will get in condition for the
battle at any time Jeffries may signify
his willingness to fight.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
FOUND LARGE SUMS OF MosEy
n Kansas Soldier with a Nose for Hd
den Treasure.

"A Kansas Soldier with a Nose for Hd
den Treasure.
1t would seem that Lloyd Brown, q
Wiehft. (Kan) soldier boy in the
Philippines. is possessed of either a
good nose for hidden money or Of hat
robust imagination which has led SO
many Wichita writer's on to fame. In
a letter to a Kansas City paper hs
says:
When We captured Iudan we found
$72,500 in Mexican money. We had
taken possession Of the hospital and
l went upstairs to find a place to sleep
and l thought | would look around and
see what l could find. I saw some
sacks that I supposed to be filled with
grain, and l tool out my knife and
ripped n OF them open. You can
imagine my surprise when, instead OF
horse feed, there rolled out dollars and
half dollars. In the moment that it
took me to regain my breath from the
shock occasioned by finding more than
l could carry off, the sergeant major OF
the Fourth cavalry came up, and as
he happened to know where the colonel
was, reached him and reported the find
as his own before l could find the
colonel. The money was turned over
to Gen. Schwan, n l have learned
since that the sergeant major was
given a part of it. 1 have gathered up
coins from nearly every country of the
world While l was on the south line
we came upon a large stone cross away
up in the mountains, and at the bottom
of the cross was a crack tire inches
long and one wide. We camped there
that night, and as l was sitting near
by Poticed several natives drop some
thing like money. When they had gone
l tried to get into it but could noe
That night some one tied some horses
to the cross and it fell down, reveal
ing a hole nearly deep enough for a
man to stand erect in, which contained
about eight bushels of pennies. which
had been accommodating there for hun
dreds Of years, no doubt, for l found
several old coins, the Oldest bearing
the date of 1904. No one took any OF
the money except as curios."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
NAPOLEON AND THE PRESS.
English Newspapers, He said. offered o
Advertise Him for Paw.

English Newspapers, He said. offered o.
Advertise Him for Pay.
when l returned from Elba," Ma
poleon is quoted in the Century as
saying, Il found, among other papers
of the Bourbons. on account of 5000
francs paid monthly to the editors of
the Times, besides taking 100 numbers
monthly, and I had an offer from them
to write for me for payment. 1 had
offers from the editors of several Eng
fish newspapers to write for me, even
during the time of the war;, previous
to my going to Elba, and to insert
news and everything else 1 wished,
and that money would be taken to
send them to France. i did not do it.
l was wrong, however; I ought to have
accepted their efforts, and then my
name would not have been held in
such odium in England as it was. This
they said themselves to me For in
the end these newspapers formed the
public opinion and always will do so.
I was very wrong. 1 see it now"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
TERRIBLE RID
Made by Two Boys Through a Tunnel
on a Car Roof.

Made by Two Boys Through a Tunnel
on a Car Roof.
New York Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean;
. Having expended all the money in
their possession in a week spent in
sightseeing in New York, George
Huxon. aged eighteen, and John Cor
key, aged seventeen, both residents OF
East Cambridge. Mass, determined
Friday night to steal a ride home on a
New Haven train. The boys loitered
about the foot bridge at Forty-eighth
street that spans the Grand Central
train yards, and the idea suggested
itself to them to drop to the roof of a
car of the Boston midnight express as
it was passing under them. AS the
Montreal express steamed out Of the
station at 1903 o'clock at a lively gait
the youths mistook it for the Boston
train. They vaulted over the railing
of the bridge and %droppedto thereof Of
a mail car. They had just seated them
selves when the train swung out in
the side track and headed for the sin
gle track tunnel. Once inside the tun-
mel the tram DSSdu 10 luCISdsS III SpSSN
until it was travelling al a high rate.
The predicament of the boys was
frightful. Smoke, hot cinders, a ter
rible draught, darkness and a loud
roar made them fear for their lives.
Corkey, it is said. suffered from collid-
ing with the roof of the tunnel. When
the boys finally emerged from the tun-
mel Corkey was badly cut and bruised.
When the train anne to a stop at
Spuyten Duyvil they made their pres
ence known. They were helped from
the roof of the car. Corkey, it is said,
was almost nude. the clothing having
been torn from his body in the tunnel.
iHuxon was covered with dust and
bleeding from the mouth and nose. The
boys were taken to Yonkers and turned
over to Policeman James Nolan. Cor
key was conveyed to st. Johns hospi-
tai. The boys were arraigned in court
ard remanded.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

While a little boy, accompanied by
a cattle dog. were proceeding through
a paddock, near Dandenong. the dog
was attacked by a huge eagle and
raised in the air some considerable
height. The dog struggled to get
loose and managed to catch the eagle
by the bony part of the wing. and
both fell to the ground, the dog. which
weighed some twenty-five pounds,
being badly cut about the body and
head as a result of the attack The
bird was killed by the boy with a
stroke OF a stick and measured seven
feet from tip to tip across the wings.
Melbourne (Australia) Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
Mortlmer 10 Coach in colorado.

T. w. Mortimer, tackle on the uni
versity of Chicago football eleven for
the four years, signed a contract the
other day to coach the University of
Colorado football eleven this fall.
Ralph Hamil, the brilliant half back
of last year. will also go to Colorado to
coach the Colorado college eleven.
which is a rival Of the university
team. Both teams play an annual
game in the fall, and the outcome OF
the coaching of the two maroon play
ers will be watched with interest In
practice trials in a hammer throw re-
Gently Mortimer succeeded in tearing
up the sod 141 feet from the ring.
This is the farthest that the hammer
has ever been thrown in Chicago by
any local athlete. and the trick of the
triple turn, as introduced by Plaw.
the California athlete. has been prac-
ticed by the maroon athlete.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
"BoBs" IN STAINED GLASS.

There is a stained-gIass window at
Woolwich which is exciting a great
deal of interest just now, because it
contains a remarkable portrait in glass
Of Lord Roberts. "Bobs'' is humor-
ously alluded to in this connection as
Saint" Roberts, because saints are
supposed to have the monopoly Of fig
uring in stained glass. The window
in question is to be seen at the royal
military academy, Woolwich, and is
4 of eight placed in the institution
as a memorial of the jubilee. Oddly
enough, all the eight windows have
figures of living people, which in itself
is a startling departure, for the por-
traits Of living people are rarely put in
such memorials. 'Bobs" appears in
his full dress as field marshal. and as
a background the window has a view
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
AatomonIIes Cor pepot ser,iee.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railway com
pany has established an automobile
service at Washington, d. c.. in con-
nection with its trains. This is be-
lieved to be the first railroad to intro
duce this means of transportation reg
ularly to and from a railroad station.
An electrical system is used. Two
small trunks can be carried on sup
ports on each vehicle and additional
baggage can be placed upon the top.
As the streets in Washington are in
very fine condition, there is every
prospect of the service being success
ful
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
OOOOOO 10000 OOOoO 100000 oo6
) The Pompom Gun


The pompom gun, used by the Beers,
is a dangerous weapon, says a British
writer. 1t is an automatic Maxim gun,
firing a one-pound she'll at the rate OF
800 a minute. The cartridges are like
overgrown rifle cartridges; they are
about six inches long. but instead of
having bullets they each have an iron
shell loaded with powder and provided
with a percussion fuse, which explodes
the missile when it strikes anythinfi.
Each shell breaks up into from ten to
twenty pieces, so that a minutes con-
tinuous firing would cause at least
5000 whizzing, jagged bits of iron to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

Kid Mccoy and Tom sharkey were
to have fought at the Seaside Sporting
club, Coney Island, June rs. But they
won't. The match has been declared
off. Mccoy declines the issue and says
that he has been fighting a heap of
late and that he needs a long rest. He
will take it. The prize ring will rot
see his shadowy presence within It's
ropes for at least a year, he declai es.
AS for Sharkey. he says nothing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

In cold and cherries weather a
great OF working people
gathered on a hill In the outskirts Of
Stockholm and listened to their ora
tors, adopted resolutions and finally
adjourned in the midst of a binding
snowstorm. A speaker who attracted
not a little attention was a Norwegian
woman named Mrs. Anna Sterky. Be
tween the speeches songs were sing.
and but for the weather a pleasant
time was spent. About 10000 persons
took part in the meeting. and every
thing was conducted in the most
orderly manner Meetings also took
place in Upsala, Orebro. Ekilstima.
Malmo and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS San
ders, In Chicago Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

According to a Dublin paper a live
rat and dead dog lately succeeded in
d~emoralizing the electric light and
tramways VI that city to a marked
extent The former gnawed through
the insulation OF one Of the lighting
cables. was duly ~electrocuted, and
short-circuited the mains: thereby ex-
tinguishing O. number of lamps; the
latter ioated into the suction pipe Of
the power station, u on the water
supply and brought about the tempo
rary stoppage of the whole OF tina
tramway service.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

Among the many romantic careers
Of prominent Americans few stand
more conspicuous than that Of Con-
gresham William Lorimer OF the sec
ond Illinois district. He is the recog-
nized leader of the republican party
in Cook county, a power in state and
national politics and one of the strong
est men in the house Of representa-
tives. When a mere child he was
thrown upon his own resources amid
h toilers of Chicago. With perseyer-
ance seldom equaled he has fought his
way to the front.
William Lorimer was born in Eng
land in 1861. When 5 years old he
came with his parents to this country.
After being in a number of places, the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02


elder Lorimer, who was a Presbyterian
minister, moved with his family to Chi
cago in 1870. The following year he
died, and his family was left in almost
destitute circumstances. The present
congressman was then a boy of 10
years old, and he was anxious to aid
in supporting his mother, brother and
four sisters. The family lived in a
neighborhood where all the people
were comparatively poor and many of
the boys sold newspapers. They told
young Billy Lorimer that he could
make money if he would start out and
hustle in selling newspapers. He
needed he advice, and the first day
made 81 clear profit. This was the first
money that he had ever earned, and
he took it home and gave it to his
mother. Later he secured a boot
blacking kit and soon did a thriving
business among the sporting men of
Clark street. Aid. Michael Kenna,
known as "Hinky Dink," remembers
him as a b~ootblack. When he was Is
he gave up the bootblacking business
and worked as clerk in different places,
including Armour & Co. and Nelson
Morris. While in these last two places
he learned all branches Of the packing
business and became an expert in each.
While with Norris his health COM
menced to fail, and he secured a posi-
ton as street car conductor and
worked on the different car lines for
i've years. While in this position he
showed his ability as a leader and or
ganizer, for he was the moving spirit
in forming the Street Railway En-
ployes' Benevolent association
In every position that he has held
and in any business in which he has
been engaged, he has been an indie
fatigable worker, or as his friends say,
a hustler. He was successful as a real
estate dealer and as a coal merchant.
He is now successfully engaged in the
manufacture of brick, and for the past
few years has made many profitable
investments in stocks. In congress he
has distinguished himself and has Sc
cured the passage of many measures Of
great Importance to Chicago and Illi-
nois, and has been prominent in de-
batting some of the great national
questions.
He does not use tobacco in any form
and is an absolute teetotaler. He
never uses profane language and no
one has ever heard him utter a vulgar
word. He has a remarkably even tenn
per, and if he does get mad no one ever
knows it, for he shows no sign of an
ger. He is always for Cancellation and
harmony if possible, but if they cannot
be secured, then he is FOR war to the
knife. He never went to school a day
in his life, but is, nevertheless. a fine
scholar. He has a large and well-se-
lected library and is a great reader.
His favorite books are those written
by Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo,
and he has reread them many times.
He likes these authors because they
portray the phases of humble life with
which he was acquainted in his youth.
He is devoted to his family, and his
leisure time is spent in the company of
his wife and two boys and six girls.
He still takes care of his mother, and
every comfort that his means evil al
low is afforded her. His most promi-
nent characteristic is his devotion to
his friends. He never forgets a favor.
OF a kind, honest word
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

hy about the enemy's position. Our
only experience of the gun on service
has been to act as a target for it in the
present a This eminently practical
trial has taught US that when used at
moderate ranges-say, within 5000
yards-the moral effect is immense,
and the material damage is c~onsidera-
bic. There is no weapon our men have
a greater respect for. Shells from field
guns give you a little breathing time
between their bursts at any particular
place, but the pompom sends a stream
of shells at the rate of i've a second to
the same destination.