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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-05-16
Simeoe Chapman on Sumpter. Granite Road

Simeoe Chapman on Sumpter. Granite Road
simcoe Chapman, owner Of the famous
lbeN property near the summit of the Blue
mountains, between Granite and Sumpter,
is firmly OF the opinion that the bad road
problem tan never I've solved until the
present wagon road between Granite and
Sumpter IS changed. There is already a
good road from the lbeN mine TO Sumpter,
a distance of nine miles, he says, and he
believes a new road from the mine into
Granite could be built much more cheaply
than the present road can I've repaired.
The distance from the lheN mine to Gran.
ite. he SAYS, Is only five miles. There Is
an available route over which could be
built a road that would remain in good
condition the year round, by reason OF the
fact that il void have good drainage. An
effort is being made to have Grant and
Baker counties eNpend $1,000 on mining
roads. II this amount is appropriated the
mine owners ot Granite and Sumpter
have signited a willingness to raise $1,000
more. As much OF the prosperity OF a
country depends upon its highways, it is
highly important that whatever money
may I've raised be expended judiciously
and that the best possible beds be selected.
Granite Gem.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-05-16
Another Railroad Through Eastern Oregon

Another Railroad hrough Eastern Oregon
The Portland Telegram prints a special
from Arlington, dated the tenth instant,
which says: A party of men, under the
direction Of J. y. Jameson, the well
known railroad civil engineer, commenced
yesterday to make the survey for a rail.
road, which is to begin at this place and
run south through Gillian county by way
Of Olex and Condor. Beyond these
points no information can he gained as to
the route or destination of this proposed
railroad, for the engineers are as reticent
as such men usually are. The engineers
began their survey just west of the O. K.
4 N. Co.'S depot, and ran south through
the west part OF town, passing near the
schoolhouse. They have established
their camp on the Condor stage road, five
miles south Of this place. Their vouchers
for supplies are made out to the Oregon
Southern Railway company, which is all
that is known here as TO the name aud or.
garikation of the company. The route
the engineers have selected offers no seri.
Gus Typographical difficulties to the con.
struction OF a railroad and passing through
one OF the best farming and stock regions
OF eastern Oregon makes II reasonably
certain that the road will be built in the
near future.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

and many of the Libraries originally
designated to receive them have dis
banded, leaving a great quantity of
odd volumes still undistributed. So
now, to utilize these, and give to the
public an opportunity to procure sets
of the work, the secretary of war is
authorized by provision in the Sun
dry Civil act passed at the recent ses-
sion of Congress to complete and fur
nish to each senator and representa-
tive of Congress two full sets for free
distribution among their constituents.
In December, 1898, when the origi-
nal board that had charge of the pub
lication was dissolved the work
was turned over to Brigadier General
F. G. Ainsworth, chief of the Record
and Pension Office of the War Depart
ment for early completion. Under his
efficient administration the work has
greatly been accelerated, and happily
now finished, except the mere printing
of the final volumes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

did not hear my name called, and l
wish to VOTE" he called out breathless-
ly, but at a stage of the proceedings
when both calls had been concluded.
Speaker Henderson shook his head,
having seen the tall top of the Missis-
sppian fastening along behind the
brass railing. well, why not, if your
honor please" Mr.. Henry protested,
inadvertently falling into the habit of
a lawyer addressing a court. WAS the
gentleman in his seat and watching
when his name was called?" asked
Gen. Henderson, making the custo-
mary inquiry. Il was in the hail." an
swered @r Henry, still very much out
of breath. "Was the gentleman list
ening?" 81 was trying to listen,' said
Mr.. Henry, with some hesitation, add
ing: 81 had just returned from lunch.
] wanted to vote no" Speaker Hen
der5on informed him of the rule which
forbids even the submission of a unan-
imous request for a member to vote
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Every one knows that England's
navy is the biggest and most power
fsl in the world, but not every one
realizes intuitively why it has need to
be so. The larger of the two diagrams
shows how the British fleet could pro-
tect Great Britain and Ireland, IL the
British isles were all there is to the
empire. But when it is realized that
the British colonies and dependencies
girdle the globe-that, as the old say
Ing is, "The sun never sets on the
British flag"-a glance at the other
diagram will convey to the mind
how little of the vast British fleet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25


newspapers. Sir Berkeley retired in
confusion and from the Naval and
Military club the same night sent Mr..
Astor letter of apology and express
ed the hope that he would allow the
matter to drop. In spite Of this Mr..
Astor. in his paper the next afternoon
inserted, as cabled to New York at the
time, the following paragraph: I'VE
are desired to make known that the
presence of Captain Sir Berkeley Milne
of the Naval and Military club, Picca-
dilly, at Mr.. Astor's concert last
Thursday evening was unlimited. "
Captain Mines many influential
friends. who include the Duke of York,
are furious, the Duke and other naval
officers regarding Mr. Astor's conduct
as an insult to their profession as well
as to a personal friend
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
. NaiLin& Campaien Lfes.

Mailing lies constitutes an important
feature of the business of candidates
and campaign managers in every po-
litical campaign. The ''good-enough-
Observation-Disclosures" method of
influencing voters is hoary with age
but never a campaign is waged with
out the employment of this ancient de-
vice. Mark Hanna for the Republicans
and Senator Jones for the Democrats
viii deny some of the campaign lies,
but they can't find time to deny all of
them. The safe rule for the average
newspaper reader is to believe no
campaign yarn that Is improbable,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
HENRY DID NOT VOTE.
mississippi Congressman Failed to Regis

Mississippi Congressman Failed to Regis
ter His Opinion.
Representative Patrick Henry of
Mississippi, the tall and hcary de-
scendant of the famous Virginlan,
had to edit the Congressional Record u
bit recently regarding his failure to
participate in a roll call, says the
Washington Post. 1t was during con-
sideratiou ot a district measure, when
Representative Bailey of Texas was
filibustering. Mr., Henry believes in
following democratic leaders religious
ly, and, whatever tho emergency, his
vote can be counted on. IL it is posi-
BILE to get it recorded. On the after
noon in question Mr.. Henry was en-
joying himself at lunch in the house
restaurant, when word was brought
down to him that vote was in prog
ress. He finished his repast hastily
and rushed upstairs. "Mr. Speaker, l
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Mnn Gnhoo a rror

William Waldorf Astor's recent
paragraph in his paper, the Pail Mall
Gazette, saying that Sir Berkeley
Milne of the Naval and Military Club,
Piccadilly. formerly commander of
the royal yacht Osborne and a we'll
known clubman. attended a concert at
his home without an invitation, is
making a great commotion in Londop
society, and threatens to seriously af-
feet Mr.. Astor's position. 1t seems
that Captain Milne was dining at the
house of well known woman, who
asked him to go with her party to the
Aston concert. This is daily done in
London, and Sir Berkeley Milne I'M
hesitatingly accepted. On arriving,
Mr.. Aston, instead of shaking hands
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

A timely warning is sounded against
any wholesale rush of fortune-seekers
to South Africa. The ending of the
war and the absorption of the Boer
states into the British Empire will
doubtless stimulate migration to those
regions and will also increase the on
portunitles of profitable settlement
there. But it viii not be prudent toI
any one to go thither without some
capital, or at least sufficient resources
to maintain him for some time in indie.
pendence of anything he may or may
not do there. 1t is an expensive coun-
try to live In, and the gold mines and
other sources of profit can be worked
only at considerable expense. 1t is a
country in which capital will find prof-
table investment, but not one in which
the penniless adventurer is likely ia
pick up a fortune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Grand Old Lii

LII Hung Chang has been called a
great statesman, but Henry Norman.
English correspondent. declares that
he is an arch humbug, and there is
large range for speculation between
these two extremes of opinion. Still,
we know more about this old viceroy
than we do about any other Chinese.
The people of the United States have
kindly regard for the old viceroy.
He has even been the warm friend OF
this country. A few days ago he said
to an American correspondent:
Whatever the outcome of this war
it will not mar the friendly relations
between my country and yours. Ad-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
a cidanfic Task Is Finished.

The final volume of the biggest lit
erary work ever undertaken and exc
cuted in the world, dealing with the
American civil war, the greatest con-
flict of arms in all history, has just
been completed at the government
printing Office in Washington. The
title of the work is "War of the Rebel
lion: A Compilation of the Official
Records of the Union and Confederate
Armies" 1t consists of 1913 huge royal
octave volumes of 1000 pages each,
and in addition gigantic atlas in
thirty-five parts. The publication was
begun twenty-six years ago and has
proceeded uninterruptedly since. The
distribution of the volumes as public
documents has gone on for eighteen
years. Many of the persons to whom
they were furnished at first have died,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
A chnd Who Became Great.

Every precocious boy does not be-
come brilliant man, but some brill
liant men have been precocious in
childhood. John Ruskin, the great
English essayist and critic on art, was
such child. At the age of Z he wrote
verses in rhyme and kept a journal, OF
diary. This journal was really rec
ord of trips through England that he
took with his father. His interest in
the old cathedrals and in the bits OF
scenery that he saw during these jour
neys betrayed the tastes that in later
years decided his career.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Countess Magri.

were received ev-
erywhere. They met Abraham Linz
coin. the Prince andPrincess of Wales
Emperor Napoleon, the Empress Eu-
genie, Gen. Sherman, Admiral Porter,
Gen. Grant, John Wilkes Booth, few
presidents of the United States, and
several Oriental princes
Mrs. Thumb was first exhibited at
Barnum's Museum in New York. In
1865 she and the general went abroad
and were received by Queen Victoria
at Windsor They were afterwards
engaged by companies Of liliputians for
the stage. The countess is now 60, but
as youthful in spirit as she was forty
years ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

According to the annual report of
the British comptroller-gener of pat
ents, number of new acts have been
passed in Japan to amend the law OF
patents, designs and trade marks. I'm
der these acts the duration of patent
is fixed at fifteen years. and of the
copyright of design ten years, sub
ject to tse payment of annual fees.
The term of protection obtained by
registration of trade mark is fixed
at twenty years, except in the case of
trade marks previously registered
abroad, where the term is the same as
that for which the original registra-
tion is valid.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

M. Leuret, the French manufacturer
of artificial pearls from fish scales, says
that he viii come to the United States
and erect works as soon as he hears
of a locality where the right kind of
scales can be had in large quantities.
1t is suggested that suitable place
might be found on the st. Lawrence
river, among the Thousand Islands.
The scales should be small and have a
silver sheen. The brighter they are
the higher price they will command.
The scales should be removed while
the fish are alive If possible. Twenty
five thousand pounds of these scales
can be used year. 1t is anticipated
that twice that quantity may be used
in few years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Nine out of ten travellers would tell
inquirers that the toughest piece of
water is that cruel stretch in the Eng
fish channel, and nine out of ten trav-
elers would say what was not true. In
reality the ''wickedest bit of sea" is
not in the Dover straits; or in yacht
ting, for example, from St. Jean de
Luiz up to Pauillac; or across the
Mediterranean race from Cadiz to
Tangiers. Nor is it in rounding Cape
Horn, where there is what sailors call
a true" sea. The "wickedest sea" is
encountered in rounding the Cape of
Good Hope for the eastern ports Of
Cape Colony.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

If village Improvement societies, to
make town more beautiful, why not
public progress boards to make it more
busy? Such society has just been
organized in Castine, Maine, and it's
present purpose is to induce some
ship-building firm to locate its plant
in that pretty town, which, is a great
deal more likely to get It's wish than
it would be If 1t sat down and waited
to be discovered. Many a decaying
place would be prosperous today If it
had sent its advantages to market in
stead Of expecting some capitalist to
come after them with his own wagon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

sis. These efforts have been attended
by most satisfactory measure Of sue
cess, but the participation of the
French government in, and the excep-
tionally cordial tone of the French
press towards the Washington and
Fourth of July fetes have given an IN
mistakable stamp to the direction Of
Frances foreign policy. Horace Por-
ter, our ambassador to France, is in
a measure responsible for the present
happy state of affairs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Oh lllC par VI d
few toward France
aroused in Ameri-
ca by the alleged
hostile attitude Of
this country to-
wards the United
States in the war
with Spain and to
endeayor by every
means in their
power to re-estab-
fish Franco-Ameri-
can relations on a
more Friendly ha-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

is about the same
as that of his cele-
brated spouse. The
countess was a
Miss Bump of Mid
dleborough, Mass.
She met Charles S.
Stratten (Gen. Tom
Thurb) at the
house of P. T. Bar
mum in 1858, and
married him in
1861. This little
pair travelled over
all the world, and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

The first place at which one of the
census-takers in the District of Colum-
bia called on the morning of June
was the executive mansion. The presi-
dents secretary was prepared to tell
him Mr.. McISinleys age at his last
birthday, his color, occupation, and
whether he could write and speak
English. The president is one man in
the country whose census questions a
great many other people could answer
for him with reasonable accuracy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Scientists are much perplexed over
the finding of a curious chain in the
ruins of house at Pompeil and none
OF the wise men has as yet been able to
give any idea as to the uses of the
article. Further research may show
that the Roman matrons were accus-
toned to chain their husbands to the
wall when the Gracehian League of Adj
vanced Femininity held it's weekly
meetings.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Reports just received from tho
White-House-Harrison expedition to
Abyssinia, which safely returned to
Mombasa. on the east coast of Africa,
on June 10, shows that the explorers
found the districts around Lake Ru-
dolph and stephanie deserted, and that
the inhabitants had either died or left
the country. 1t is added that the
kraals We're discovered to be full OF
skeletons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Win the captain,
asked the latter
his name. Milne
told him and said
that Lady -
brought him with
her party. Mr..
Aston replied that
he had not the
pleasure of his ac-
q u a i ntance, re-
quested him to
leave and added
that he would in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

after he has not been recorded ON
either the first or second call, if he was
not in the room and listening, and Mr.
Henry reluctantly went back into tbs
democratic cloakroom. His formal
language of addressing the court
however, was stricken out of the Rec
ord
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

would be available for home defense,
if the coast line of the empire had to
be protected at the same time. Only
twenty-four warships could be spared
to defend the British isles.
There is another comparison, too,
that makes the British navy look like
80 cents England's mercantile COM
merce is so vast that, numerous as are
her warships, they would scarcely be-
gin to go around if the British mer-
chant marine needed to be protected,
Russia, France, Italy and Germany,
with their smaller navies. can protect
their smaller merchant marine better
than England can look out for hers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

A special service for the detection OF
gambling has been organized by the
police of Vienna, Austria. The police
seek for offenders not only in cafes,
but also in clubs and private apart
ments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
a Famous Mflgef.

Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb, who has JUST
arrived in New York from Europe Is
the most famous midget in the world
and has been such for forty years. IT
the single exception of her late nus
band be allowed She is now the
Countess Magri, and is accompanied
by her second husband, whose stature
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Ii HUNG CuANo

Among those who were ear Witness
es OF the emperor's remarks TO the
marines at Wilhelmshaven previous 10
their departure for China it is known
that his address was much moro
strongly worded than Officially ranor,-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Porfer.s Good Work.

Indications have not been lacking
during the past year of the anxiety of
the French government and the
French press to obliterate the feeling
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

A war balloon. such as is used al
the present operations, can be inflated
and foated in not more than twenty
minutes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

Owing to the stubborn resistance OF
the Sultan the cities of the west coast
of Morocco are still without tele-
graphic connection.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

TO meet the great demand for new
guns the royal gun factory of Wool
witch, England, is being enlarged.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

ed, and the news
papers of Will
helmshaven and
that vicinity pub
lish the original
version, in which
occurs the follow
ing:
| hope to re-es-
tablish peace with
the sword and take
vengeance in a
manner never be-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

HeT 1HdH emperor. IUre Seen by the
10 eradicate the dishonor done to The
fatherland by barbarians. / shall ny,
the Pekin wall ny irom
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-10

expressed that there might be some
way to overthrow the decision OF the
Kentucky legislature in this matter,
and that the laws OF Kentucky ought
not to permit such an unjust decision.
and that those OF The United States,
regardless OF state sovereignty. should
allow the supreme court TO do what
is Just on legal grounds. But that
point does not enter into the case. In
the view of lawyers. The question, as
they see 1t, is purely one OF law, aud
the law as II stands, regardless Of
its injustice. must be upheld by the SUI
preme court, in their view, The law
yers for Governor Taylor have made
some strong points on the question or
the courts jurisdiction, but the feel
ing is that these points are not strong
enough to justify decision OF the
supreme ooart in. Taylor's favor.
Perhaps the court viii take different
view than the attorneys do. and
If it does not it win certalnly--at least
some of the justices will-express re-
gret that there is no way to go into the
merits of the case and consider It up.
on them instead OF upon the purely
legal questions involved.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-10

ed through the Efforts OF the street
superintendent and his energetic corps
of assistants. There is little use. how
ever Cor the street superintendent to
spend his muscle and aeplete the al.
ready overburdened finances OF the
city in any effort to cleanse the streets
and sidewalks in either the business
district or any other portion OF the
city. so long as the authorities tOier-
ate the nuisance OF the myr-
lads OF telephone. telegraph aud elee-
trio light poles which have been erect
ed anywhere and everywhere at the
sweet viii and pleasure OF the men
who manage the local Affairs OF
these corporations. II is perhaps too
much to ask. at this time. in Astoria,
that these wires and fixtures shall be
hidden underground. the same as in
other places, but it is certainly only
that these companies shall
be compelled to mitigate their unwar-
anted deformity of the city streets
by apply ing at least an occasional coat
OF paint to the gigantic poles which
line the highways and sidewalks in ev-
cry direction. There is scarcely a
village in the land without
Its regulations OF this character. II is
useless for the individual householder
,r property owner to spend his money |
IN an attempt to beautify the sur
Of his property by the ap-
plicatlon OF paint and repairs, when
the wobbling and weather beaten poles
Of any electric wire company are al !
lowed to. be stuck up or propped up
on every accessible spot in the vicin-
ity of his property. The city council |
has the power to force these sordid |
to tone down some OF this
usliness that mars the city by the lib
sral use Of some shade Of good. ser
'iceable paint (Which should he spec
fed by ordinance) on their poles and
,ther fixtures. and no time should be
Ost in applying that power.