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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

acknowledgements valley. One
day he pointed down long, mar
row ravine and told Lang to fol-
low it to to the end and there the
entrance to the"Promised Land"
would be found. He himself
would ride around another way,
to prospect for the gold mine, so
he said, and would join the party
before night. That was the last
ever seen or heard of Schodell.
He vanished completely. Lang
went as directed only to find that
he had run into pocket out of
which he could get only by re-
tracing his steps. For weeks he
and his family wandered about
the mountains as completely lost
as though in the wilds of Africa.
The very fact of one man having
to load and unload a,0pack- train
of seventeen animals every day
was in itself enough to discour
age the most sanguine. Lang
had, indeed, about given up hope
of getting out at all, at least with
any of his cattle, when he met
Fuller and his friends. The
meeting resulted in the purchase
of the stock and setting of Lang
on the trail out to Montana. He
said that he did not want to &C
back to Paddock valley.
They mystery of the plot is
What did Schodell expect to
profit by his actions ? Did he
want to run away with the
daughter, or did he expect Lans
to get lost, abandon the cattle
and then Observation-Disclosures
run them out some place and sci
them ?
The puzzle is yet to be guess
ed.-Payette Independent, Nov
| Doth. 1900.
The above description agrees
pretty we'll with the Carl o
Schodell who was the main pros
ecuting witness in the Indial
cattle killing case on Pahsamaro
last fall, and the case which wa
tried in the District Court at thi.
place last October.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

]. p. Spalding guarantees ev-
cry bottle of Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy and will refund
the money TO any one who is not
satisfied after using two-t thirds
of the contents. This is the best
remedy in the world for la grippe,
coughs, colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough and is pleasant and
safe to take. 1t prevents any
tendency of a cold to result in
pneumonia. *mar1.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The report of the Commission
er of Navigation shows that the
ship building industry of the
United States is more prosper
Gus than it has been since the
civil war. The ship yards are
crowded to their utmost capacity
and many orders have been re-
fused because the docks do not
furnish facilities for building
them. Yet, he clamors for en-
couragement for the infant
American merchant marine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
The shoup Reception.
BY DOoLEY No. 2.
with apologies 10 Dooley).


"Yis, Dugan, Oh whit to the
raycipshun given to hon-nor
Sinitor Shupe, an shure it wuz
a grand affair. wild the flags an
tn banners an tn loidies wild
thin deckolitay dresses-thim
wild the sispinders to kape 'em
from slipping" said Mike Casey.
Thin there wuz the orkesthra,
an the big dance fiure, where
the byes an gurruls whirruld
an made googgy Dyes, an the
bar room, an the grand ould
mon hisself, him as is the Ply
muth r-rock av Idaho repoobli-
canasm.-sthandin' there so sober
loik under the trone the loidies
had fixed wild such r-rare taste.
The fideral offs holders and 9th
er frinds walked by an shuk the
ould mons hand, thin all the min
filed to the bar room, lawn the
ould bye wild only the taste the
loidies had arranged things wild.
An Oh say it wuz domned
shame. The pore ould Teller
wuz thot dhry phin they discon-
tinood the paw grabbin' thot the
skin av his face begin to dhraw.
Barrin' the torthures the sinitol
must have suffer'd, it was a gr
rand affair, fit fer inny oulo
grand ould mon. Whin Marruk
Hanna reads about it in the
gr-r-reat foire-bug iv iverlasthin
liberty, the daily Sthatesmon
shore his heart will thr-rob vic
joy. Shure me Dyes will nivil
fergit tibet glor-r-ious sight thot
blissed mite whin the byes paid
tribute to Geo. L. me ould frind. ,
"Oi think thot's all they die
pay" put in Dugan, jist bechun,
you an me. Plat a burnin
shame av the the ould mon haC
to wrote more av thin
"Per-r-rish the thOt - Case,
cut in sharply. Then, after ;
painful silence, he added: "Bu
Oh say, Dugan, its a domnec
shame they can't elect United
Sthates sinitors at raycipshuns
amt it ?"-Boise Capital.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Representative Hull, chairman
of the Military Committee of the
House, won in his strongly Re-
publican district on the platform
that the President should have
as big an army as he wants. A
bill to establish a minimum force
of 100000 and leaving the Presi-
dent free to increase it at will,
would save the country from all
future bother in the matter-ex-
cept that of paying the bills.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Chairman Jones announces
that Mr.. Bryan will refuse to run
next time even if the nomination
is rendered 10 him. This is just
about what most Democrats
would expect from man of Mr.
Bryan's high character. His
struggle has been in no wise
personal, but entirely for the
sake of the great principles for
which he stood. If some other
Democrat stands q better chance
of winning, Mr.. Bryan will be
the first to stand back in his
favor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The Republican papers are
now talking about,a Presidential
candidate for 1904, without men
tioning Roosevelt for the place.
The Rough Rider can now medi-
tate on the ingratitude of parties
OR perhaps he may realize that
his own Incorporate speeches
during the campaign have lost
him the chance of the nomina-
ton four years hence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

1t is a thousand pities that
Senator Davis cannot be in Con
gress this winter. He is one OF
the few Republicans that con-
tended manfully for an American
Nicarauguan canal, not subject to
the dominion of Great Britain
nor left unprotected from future
possible attacks by her fleet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

That New York cashier got
away with 100000 and that
Kentucky one with only 5000, 900.
Still, considering that Kentucky's
attachments in the past have lain
in the direction of the hip pocket
rather than the pocket book, il
cannot be denied that the state
has made very fair showing in
competition with New York,
where they do these things in
style.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
Last fall | sprained my left

Last fall | sprained my left
hip while handling some heavy
boxes. The doctor / called on
said at first it was a slight strain
and would soon be well, but il
grew worse and the doctor then
said / had rheumatism. 1t con
tinued to grow worse and l could
hardly get around to work.
went to a drug store and the
druggist recommended me to try
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. tried
it and one-half of a 50-cent bot
tie cured me entirely. / now
recommend it to all my friends,
F. A. Babcock, Erie, Pa. 1t is
for sale by ]. P. Spalding. *decl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

One unexpected resultof negro
Acknowledgement in the south
has been large immigration
from statas that limit the fran,
chise to more northern states
that do not do so. This will open
up good many interesting com
plications and, if general, may
change the negro problem al
together.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Charles H. Marks, while act
ing in the capacity of nurse at
at the Second Division Hospital
of the Fifth Army Corps at San.
tiago de Cuba, used a few bottles
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhna Remedy for diar.
rhea and found it to work like Q
charm. For sale by j. p. Spald
ing. *dec1
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Whom the gods destroy they
first make mad (. Platt of New
York had a great triumph at the
last election but if he tries to
force through his bill to put all
the city police in the state under
the rule of the Republican Gov
ernor, he will hear something
drop in 1901.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Colorado intends to prosecute
the men who burned that negro
at the stake. Southern states
have also prosecuted lynchers,
but the trouble is that juries will
not convict. The chances are
that the same thing will prove
true in Colorado.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Even in autocratic Russia,
telephone trusts are sat down
upon hard. Franchises of that
character are sold there to those
that promise to charge the low
est rates. Pity we can't have
some such plan here.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

If the gold Democrats really
hope for the reorganization" of
the Democratic party, they are
hereby advised TO keep Dickin-
son, Morton, Whitney, Hewitt,
Grover and other traitors in the
back ground
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The Berlin police have forbid
den a Wagner concert on a day
OF public penitence held there
This is bewildering. If Wagner
isn't appropriate for public peni'
tence, we should like to know
what is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
TUESDAY. .DECEHBER ii, 1900.

China is trying to curry favor
with us by claiming that she dis
covered us a thousand years or
so ago. She forgets what we did
TO Spain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Our prosperity will now take
wings unto itself. Sarah Bern
hart has come over on another
farewell tour and her prices are
phenomial.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

1t is said that Mr.. Hearst will
start large daily paper in
Washington, D. c., with VIM. J..
Bryan as editor at a handsome
salary of $3.50 a year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Here's Philadelphia man who
''shot himself in the dining
ROOM" according to press re-
ports. Did he hit himself in the
mouth or the stomach
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Well Well ! Well ! How
times do change. Here is Gen
eral Otis declaring that he is glad
that the Manila censorship has
been removed and asserting that
he was never in favor of it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Sir Thomas is a dead game
sport. He says that the Sandy
Hook course is good enough for
him, because lit has always fur
nished wind enough for the
American boats to win" What q
contrast he is to Dunraven.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

There is no reason to expect a
plan of southern disfranchise-
ment this winter. There ism
time for it at the short session.
But look out next fall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

No, constant reader, it is Sui
Ivan the composer and not Sui
livan the prize ring discomposer
who is dead.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
LURED FROM HOME.

"
showed up at various ranches
on the upper Willow creeks and
Paddock valley young man
who gave his name as Carl o.
Schodell. He claimed to be
buckaroo, a horse tanner, an ex-
pert at handling sheep, a veteran
of the Spanish war, an ex-Rough
Rider and many other things too
numerous to mention. He had
several scars on his body which
he claimed to be the result of
wounds received in the charge
up San Juan Hill. Among the
places at which he worked were
the Pence Bros. ranch and EN-
DRY Tindle's sheep camp. For
some time his assertions were
believed and he was made much
of; but it was ultimately. adiscov-
cred that he told one man one
thing and another man some
thing else, and he was set down
on as as cheerful liar as ever
spun a yarn or told tale. IN
fortunately he found one man
who believed in him, and it is
due to that misguided trust that
this story is told. Schodell spent
nearly all the time that he was
not at work at the ranch. of A. G..
Lang in Paddock valley, and, it
is said, paid matrimonial atten-
tons to Lang's daughter.
The following is what he told
Lang. He and partner had en-
listed in the Rough Riders from
this state, having before that
time spent considerable period
in prospecting for stock ranges
and for mineral in the mountains
lying between Long Valley and
the Payette lakes and Salmon
river. In the neighborhood OF
the Hot lake and Penn basin they
had found mountain locked val
ley of several thousand acres in
extent. rich in feed, and to which
there was only one entrance and
that known only to himself and
partner. 1t was a narrow pass
, through rim rock capable of adj
hitting but one animal at a time,
) and was easily concealed OF
blocked up. His partner was
killed in the battle of Ell Caney,
and on his deathbed confided tc
Schodell that he had discovered
a gold placer near this Valley
fact that he had before KEEP
3 secret-bequeathed Schodell sew
) eral nuggets as large as walnuts
and map which would enable
him to find the spot. All of this
+ and more Schodell poured into
+ Lang's too-willing ear until he
finally persuaded him to sell his
; ranch in Paddock valley, put al
= his household goods on pack
I horses, and together with hi
+ family and all his live-stocl
q strike out for the promised
n Land" Schodell was to SHOW
the road, share the oasis in tn,
, mountains and the gold mine
with the old man, and marry tn,
daughter. The outfit consisted
' of about 40 head of cattle and L
: pack horses, Lang, his wife ant
two children, and Schodell. Ev
S cry person who has been in tn
j country TO which they wer
bound knows that it is about a.
rough as any that lies out-ot
" doors. 1t is said that a hors
can't drag a halter into it with
unusual effort. Lang didn'
L know this and Schodell didn'
care.
. 1t was about the middle of las
June when they started in, via
: Long Valley and the Big Cree
trail, and it was not until abou
two months later that anythin
was heard of them. Three men
two of whom were Jim Fulle
and Tom Black who live at En-
= NETT, were returning from a tri
to Montana and had camped owe
on the further side of the Pen
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

No, the young Duke of Man
chester did not marry for money.
The colored American., 1900-04-07

politics) said: THE political gatherings
never yield their dignity to the consid-
Grafton of vital Interests of the laboriDg
masses. Political parties say they must
take care OF the Negroes liberty and
keep him wbippe in line with cert In
State theories, while they rattle around
the dry bones of defunct parties and de.
mand for them a kind Of worship. IL
The colored American., 1900-04-07

Dayton, Ohio Special firmly be-
lieve that politics is milestone around
the Negroes neck, and further believe
that if colored voters would divorce
themselves from politics and adhere
more closely to Industrial and financial
pursuits the race problem would then
The colored American., 1900-04-07
BIS HOP ALEX AMBER WALTERS

be easily solved The wheel ofprogress,
which long siGcs has been clagged.
would be liberated ard ence more it
would begin to revsIve.
The colored voters have been loyal
politicians always voting the republican
ticket, even in days when it tried their
very souls to do so. Wi.ho,.t the col.
ored vo' ers the republican party would
have ceased to exist long ago, or it
would not at least had 50 many glori-
GUS victories to its credit. NoR the
party has developed to such an er or
NOUS strength that it is Independent Of
the colored voters, therefore it has be-
gun to relegate 1t former friends.
1t is now plainly seen that the color.
ed race as whole has nothing to gain
by staying in politics We can also see
that upon this dangerous reef the race
10 about to be wrecked Then what
shall we do? Shall we continue to
cling to politics, week our race and
cause retrogression, or shall We eschsw
politics aud devote ourselves more
closely to Industrial, educational and
financial pursuits?
It 10 indeed significant coincide. ce,
that Booker T. Washington, Professors
Scarborough and Council, Bishop Walt
ers and others write in the same trend
when discussing the race problem
In speaking Of the Hardwick bill,
Mr.. Washington said: "Not only have
the North and the Federal Congress
practically agrt ed to leave the matter
of the Negroes citizenship in the hands
OF the South, but many conservative
and intelligent Negroes in recent years
have advised the Negro to cast his lot
with the Southern white man and to
cease continued senseless opposition
to his interest. The policy has gained
ground to such an extent that the
white man controls practically every
State, county and township in the
South"
After giving an elaborate interview
on the bill, ME-. Washington concluded
by saying: 81 am not in politics, nor
do intend to be, neither would l en-.
courage my people to become mere
politicians, but the question I have
been discussing strikes at the very
fundamental principles of citizenship"
Prof. w. 81. Council, principal of the
Alabama Normal and Industrial
School, writing under the caption of
NEGRO with q Spade" concerning
The colored American., 1900-04-07
LESSONS In poLIrI S.

The Loyalty of the Afro American to One
Political Party Avails but Little Let
Politics Alone Says Mr.. Cozart, and Get
Down to Business Prominent Afro
American Leaders Quoted.
The colored American., 1900-04-07

all their meetings they talk loudly
sbaut voting and holding office, but
never say werd about the Industrial
condition of the poor Ignorant Negro,
who 10 called upoa to cast an inteill
gent vote according to Instructions
Prof. Scarborough, Of Y ilberiorce,
who is the author Of set of Greek text
books new in use at Yale College, writ-
ing on the "Nea1o's Duty to HIMSELF"
said in part: "This peculiar Situation
is no doubs, in part, due to stIenuou.
efforts Oh the part of the North 10 pIs-
cate the South and to wipe out, as far
as POSSIBLE, all sectional dIff.rsncss-
all r,miHders Of the rebellion of 81
The social and commercial interests Ell
the two sections are becoming go close
ly blended and allied that the two no
only think alike, but act alike in mat
tiers Of public policy" AS remedy O,
as an Offset of the above, Prot. Scar
borough said: CHOW, what is the
Negro to do under the circumstances
Why, he must turn to the resources
within himself. His duty lies neares'
him. 1t is subjective. TO long has he
been negls citing himself. Too long has
hs bsen depending upon outside assis-
lance to carve out his future. Too long
has he been pinning his faith to ths
tricks of olitics and politicians /"
In an interview, Mr.. 81 B. Frissell.
principal Of Hampton Eva Normsl
and Agricultural Institute, spoke OF the
colorec people and Industrial eondi-
lions in the South. "The small farms
are rapidly increasing" he said. and IL
many sections the conditions of the
Negro Is better than in slavery days
The farmers are urabls to break away
from the lien system Of crops and
wages are small. Although the South
has spent 500 600, 600 on public eduea-
for The Negroes, one third of the race
has actually retrogressed, ene-third is
where it was at the beginning Of the
war and the It mainder has advanced.
Negroes, hs said, have been taught
that their salvation will bs found
through political means rather than by
bard work"
Bishop Walters, who is president OF
the Afro American Council, an organ.
ization for the purpose of suppressing
mob violence, published letter in The
Colored American, in which he ad-
vised the Negro to divide his vote and
not vote blindly for certain party. az
they had been doing in the past. Some
OF the race politicians attempted to
make trouble for the Bishop, for pub
fishing such letter just before an cleo.
ton but their efforts proved q boom.
erang.
CONTINUED on 1lth parel
The sun., 1900-10-09

chase. As in the case of the Philippines
Florida was acquired by purchase from
Spain, and in Florida the Seminoles, who
had not been consulted in the sale, re
belled and waged war exactly as some
of the Tagals have rebelled and waged
war in the Philippines. The Seminole
| war lasted for many years, but Presi
dents Monroe, Adams and jackson de.
clined for moment to consider the ques,
tion of abandoning Florida to the Semi
noles, or to treat their non-consent to the
government of the United States as valid
reason for turning over the territory to
them.
Texas and Alaska Were Accessions.
| Our next acquisition of territory was
that of Texas, secured by treaty after it
had been wrested from the Mexicans by
the Texans themselves. Then came the
acquisition of California, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and parts of Colorado
and Utah as the result of the Mexican
war, supplemented five years later by
the Gadsden purchase.
The next acquisition was that of Alas
ka, secured from Russia by treaty and
purchase. Alaska was full of natives,
| some of them had advanced well beyond
the stage Of savagery and were Chris
tians. They We're not consulted about
the purchase nor was their acquiescence
required. The purchase was made by
the men who had just put through tri-
umphantwar to restore the union and free
the slave; but none of them deemed it
necessary to push the doctrine of the
consent of the governed" to conclu-
sion SO fantastic as to necessitate the
turning over of Alaska to its original
owners, the Indian and the Aleut. For
thirty years the United States authori-
ties, military and civil, exercised the su-
preme authority in tract of land many
times larger than the Philippines, in
which 1t did not seem likely that there
would ever be any considerable body of
white inhabitants.
Hawaii Disproves Danger idea.
Nearly thirty years passed before the
next instance of expansion occurred,
which was over the island of Hawaii. An
effort was made at the end of President
Harrison's administration to secure the
annexation of Hawaii. The effort was
unsuccessful.
In a debate in Congress on Feb. 2,
1884, one Of the leaders in opposing the
annexation of the islands stated: "These
islands are more than 1000 miles distant
from our extreme western boundary. We
have a serious race problem now in our
country and am not in favor of adding
to our domestic fabric mongrel popu-
lation (of this character). Our consti-
tuition makes no provision for a colonial
The sun., 1900-10-09
THERE is N0SUCH WORD AS
RETREAT, BOYS; CHARGE!'
Mckinley Forty Years Ago and To-Day
Has The Same Principles.

"There is no such word as resceat,
boys; charge"
These words were those Of Mai. Nc
Kinley nearly forty years ago. They pic
ture the character of the President Of
to-day as of the soldier of 1862.
Thomas O'Callahan, with one eye
blinded and one ear closed to sound for
ever by bullet wound received under the
national colors at Gettysburg. is now a
resident Of Fort Collins. He served
through the war with distinguished brav-
cry.
Il served under President McKinley
in 1868 and have met him frequently
since. Every meeting brings back to me
enc of the most patriotic expressions that
ever passed the lips of a soldier A par
ty Of forty men under the then Mai.
Mckinley went on scouting duty. They
were perilous times then.
'All went well until we reached the
top OF hill and unexpectedly ran into
q body of 'Johnnies' numbering between
ooo and 400. They We're in ambush,
drawn up in firing line and awaiting our
approach. Our first knowledge of their
presence in the ambush was yolley
which brought down our three front fours
of horses and men.
Retreat! our captain shouted.
There is no such word as retreat,
boys; charger came second order. this 4
time from Maj. Mckinley, who, drawing
his sword, dashed ahead, followed by ev-
cry one of our men except those who had
given their lives to the cause. The enc
my were completely astounded and at our
charge retreated in confusion
Before we started on this scouting
expedition we were ordered to take three
days provisions. | had sack Of poand.
cd oats on the pommel of my saddle.
After the rout of the enemy I turned
the oats out to feed my horse, and found
fifteen bullets in the sack My horse was
wounded, as was Maj. McKinlcy's, and
his sword hilt was cut to pieces by bull
lets. Maj. Mckinley laughingy called
attention to it, and at the same time
complimenting his men on their bravery,
remarked:
You have done me great favor,
boys, and if it ever lies in my power, III
reciprocate.'