The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-17
The Board of Commissioners
adjourned Friday evening.

Il nC DOdlo VI
adjourned Friday evening.
L. Greene and Emmett Hosford |
were down from Clayton during
the past week.
When Hawaii came in she did |
not know how near she would |
come to being kept outside the
Constitution"
Senator Shoup on April 18th
recommended the establishment
of a postoffice at Stanley Basin,
with B. F. Rapp as postmaster.
Andrew Marker, who served
with the First Idaho Infantry in
the Philippine war, arrived in
Challis last Friday evening, en-
route for Bayhorse.
F. II. Tolman, County Commis-
sioner from this district, has re-
signed. Owing to business and
and being troubled a great deal
of late with a defective eye, caus
ed him to take this step.
Some of the parties involved
in the Big Lost river case will
petition Judge Stockslager to
have the trial in Haley. Their
reasons for the change appear to
be foolish in the extreme, and
will undoubtedly receive very
little attention.
The committee on the case of
u. S. Senator Clark, of Montana,
has decided that said Clark must
be ousted. If that body would
turn out all the senators who
have bribed their way into the
senate there would be but a
mighty few members left.
f. F. Fisher received a letter
from the foreman of the Fisher
& Boorn mine few days ago,
saying that fifth level has been
opened up with ore three feet
thick, richer than the ore in any
of the above levels. He also
states that there is but little
snow in the mountains and that
one can cross the Sawtooth divide
with teams by the 18th of May.
They have taken out over 10C
tons of ore in the lower level that
averages over 5000 per ton. This
will be good news to those who
are interested in Salmon river
country,-Boise Statesman.
In letter from Seattle which
was received by E. A. Hitchcock
secretary of the interior, receiv-
ed on March Goth, James Grout
who claims to be a miner just re-
turned from Cape Nome, says
the reports of great wealth a
that place are fabrications an(
that great suffering and disaste
await those who go there to seel
gold. Grout says the reports O.
gold are started by transporta
ton companies, and the mer
chants in the northwest. Grou
says he can be found at San Jos
} at any time by anybody.
One of the saddest and mos
, atrocious legal murders SO far re
!. corded is that of Theodore Dur
rant, who was hanged in Califor
MIA q few years since, for tn
murder of Blanche Lamont an
! Minnie Williams, a diabolics
double crime, its very fiendisf
! ness hardly having parallel
= the annals of vice and its perpe-
: rator was sought high and 10y
for several days, the whole worl
hoping for his capture and pur
> ishment. In the meantime th
so-called aStute detectives an
d police authorities concluded
n victim was needed and after fas
n ening their clutches upon youn
t Durrant proceeded to colleC
: what they termed evidence, tt
[ whole mess of stuff in all prol
e ability being manufactured fC
/ the purpose of conviction, ar
: all of circumstantial mature
p Durrant stoutly maintained fro
:, his arrest up to the moment
I his execution that he was inn
It cent of the horrible charge, b
e forsooth because he could N
j. explain moment of his presenC
b at certain times he was convictt
is and hung, and once more Il
,r majesty of the law, along wit
v, the thick skulled theory of the
lie police wiseacres, was duly vino
Is Gated. Now the true sequel
e, few days ago, on his death-be
10 Rev. Gibson, who at the tir
l was pastor of Emanuel chur
k where one of the murders W
5y committed, confeSses that
g killed both of the victims.
It, was an active an important W
ID ness at the trial of poor Durrar
o the reason for which is gu