The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
LOCAL NEWS.

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Smoke Victor Dewey" cigar.
WANTED.-1OO men wanted
to chop wood for the Lucky Boy
Gold Mining Co.-E. J. Hits,
Custer City, Idaho.
Jeffries knocked out" Corbett
in twenty three rounds in New
York on the 18th. Corbett did
not show a mark after the fight,
but Jeffries' face was pretty well
battered.
Dwight Peck of Malad, and
Len Peck of Lost river, were in
Challis last week.
E. A. Readicker contemplates
putting an automobile on his
Dubois stage line.
DIR. Purdy's visit to Challis is
postponed until June 1st, 1900.
Too busy at Houston to leave
there now.
Boise City appears to be very
slow in raising the S25, 900 to
purchase the right-of-way for
the Idaho Midland Railway. At
last accounts only $4,000 had
been subscribed, and the Midland
people were becoming quite i'm
patient. Perhaps Boise people
want to be side tracked again.
To secure the main line they
subscribed $3.50, 900, but for the
Midland, which would be of more
benefit to Boise than the main
line, it is difficult to raise the
sum of $25,
The Salmon Recorder of the
10Th inst, says relative to the
death of Elk Sheriff, John Miller:
"News was received here Mon
day morning by telephone of the
sudden death of John Miller.
The people were horror stricken
and for time could not realize
that such was the fact. But it
was only too true, as they learn
ed later in the day when his re-
mains was brought here from
Gibbonsville.
John Miller, with his part
ners, A. L. Kirk and Geo. Crog-
han, were at their placer mine on
Twin creek, about 8 miles uI
North Fork from Gibbonsville,
and on Sunday morning about 6
o'clock, Mr.. Miller was cutting
kindling wood for a fire, wher
the axe, slipping, went into his
foot to the bone. Telling Kirk
that he had cut his foot he tool
off his shoe, when the blood
spurted in jets, showing the sew
J erance of an artery.
"Mr. Kirk bound the woun(
up quickly and put another band
age on his ankle. He wanted tt
! send for the doctor but Mile
said he would be all right in {
few days without him. Later ht
. started for town on horseback
when the bandages became s.
! painful that he loosened them
! When he arrived at what i
known as the Mulkey cabin b
could go no further, and there b
/, passed away about 6 o'clock i
l the evening. DIR. McNevin CAV
, as his opinion that heart diseas
: was the cause of death, hastene
: by the accident"
. According to the Pretoria COZ
. respondent of the Herald. th
. commission composed of Messr:
4 Fischer, Vessels and Wolmarin.
l and representing the republics {
l the Transvaal and Orange Ere
1 State, is empowered to take in
: portant action. The correspor
l dent says
!, Il have the highest authorit
l. for making the statement tha
rather than see their countr
conqured by England, the con
missioners are empowered to as
the United States to assume
protectorate over the republic
this protectorate to tend, if d
sired, toward annexation as TIE
ritories or States.
a Secretary of State Keitz, WI
y is rapidly breaking down und
a. the strain he is undergoing, vol
y ed this national hope in the
words: 1--WE will maintain o
IN independence if we can. If V
v cannot we will appeal to Il
IS American people to take US und
~ their wing. Surely the Declar
lg ton of Independence is bro;
enough to span the ocean. o,
= last hope is that having aga
st and again carried our burden
+. persecution into the wilderne
lg to escape from England. we mt
10 be permitted to deposit it 1