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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16


toned, sinewy form, not an ounce of
superfuous flesh, and in the exhibition
of his strength acted the bully at
times. Once, when the city council
was in session, ]. G. Mccoy, now of
Kansas City, being mayor, and A. A.
Hurd, attorney for the Santa Fe, city
clerk, one of the members was needed
to make quorum. He purposely alb
scented himself and remained in anoth-
er part of the building. Hickok went
after him and brought him into the
council chamber on his shoulder,
where under the rules that antedated
those of Reed he was counted as pres
ent.
Wild Bill was not noted for his
bravery in facing an adversary. He
killed two men on the south side of the
Union Pacific track one day. They
were Phil Cole and Mike Williams The
marshal was standing in door of
saloon and they came up the street.
Without warning he dropped Cole, and
then as Williams came running killed
him also. The indignant cattlemen
offered reward of SIC, 900 for Hickok's
dead body. He went about as usual
after that, but always walked in the
middle of the street and carried for
weapon instead of the usual ready re-
volver, a double-barreled shotgun,
sawed off to length of eighteen
inches. With such a protector he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

atleman who lives at Greenock,
rland, once received a young
terrier, which he tied UP in
% to prevent him from straying.
J absent from his office for a
me, and on his return he found
Ter gone. The youngster from
Is. liking freedom better than
hained to. a stool, had quietly
the string through and bolted.
ider. a bulldog, was also abb
I'D this was a cause of great
\. for he was never known to
from the house without his
A report was sent round that
i were stolen or lost, and the
sas secured in vain. The search
zen up; then, late at night,
syas seen in the distance max
home, dragging something
a. This was found to be the
b srrier that had bolted. Nearer
rer he drew, dragging him
/ spite of his efforts to go the
n way, and at last he landed
4 the office door. Not consent
aging the truant thus far, he
lrag him up to the spot where
led before he broke away.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
A DEAL IN GLOVES.
Scotch Merchant Who Did Clever Bit
of Smuggling.

of Smuggling.
don't suppose many people who go
racing today remember Mr.. Alder. He
was Scotch merchant who made a
fortune in indigo-clearing $4,000 in
one year, L have been told. says Baily's
Magazine of Sports and Pastimes. He
was an odd character and had some
funny ideas. He would not bet on
horse racing, but did not mind joining
others in big of smuggling. AS an
all-around speculator, perhaps, he
thought it was a legitimate business.
One of the most successful undertake
ings of this kind was a big deal In
French gloves, which he or his con-
federates arranged very cleverly. The
gloves were packed in two distinct de-
scriptions of bales, one containing only
right-hand gloves, the other only left
hands, and the bales were shipped by
different vessels, lest the preventive
men should discover them. AS 1t
turned out one lot of the bales was
seized, and, in accordance with the
rules of the custom house, was put up
for sale by auction. Intending buyers,
of course, examined the goods before
bidding, and found to their astonish-
ment that the gloves-hundreds of
dozens-were all for one hand. Nat
urally the whole parcel was knocked
down for nothing to the willy snug
glers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
THE FIRST WILD BILL
WAS NOT so WILD AS NAME
INDICATED.
He Had a Few Notches in His Gun,
However. when He Died with His
Boots On at Dead wood-The Work
of Avenge.

The current picture that represents
wild Bill" as a wavy-haired, dare
devil looking desperate may as well be
shelved. 1t was taken from a portrait
made in crayon for Buffalo Bill" Cody
aSd from memory. But the real W-d
Bill was very different sort Of man.
In looking over some effects that had
long lain undisturbed, j. B. Edwards,
one of the first settlers of Abilene,
Kan, and who went through the wild
AID woolly days when Hickok was
marshal, recently came upon an old
fashioned daguerreotype of the frontier
hero. 1t represents him as he was
when he came to Abilene, then a cow
boy headquarters. to keep peace among
the unruly cattlemen who made their
way over the trail from Texas.
Hickok was then in the height of his
glory, and, though he had killed few
men, his career was not stained with
the deeds that made his name discredi-
table in later years. He had been in
Ellis and Hays City, where he had
trouble with cattlemen, and had been
acting the scout along the Platte, as
well as dealt fine hand in faro at
divers and sundry resorts of the west
He went to Abilene to succeed Tom
Smith, who is said by all the old set
tiers to have been far the better man
before-or belinda gun.
]. B. Hickok when he became mar
shall was a handsome man. He was
about six feet high, with a somewhat
womanish face and long. fine hair, Of
which he was very proud. He had an
impressive manner, a well-propor-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
His Record saved Him from Punishment,

His Record Saved Hlm from Punishms emit
H. B. Ford was a member of COM
pany B, Idaho volunteers, which re-
Gently got home from the Philippines,
with a splendid record of hard fighting
to their credit. Ford went to Spokane
after the regiment was discharged
There he was recognized as an escaped
convict by Sheriff Tucker of Yakima
county, whom Ford, then going under
the name of Feamster, attempted to
shoot several years ago. For the crime
he was arrested at the time and SEN
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
He escaped from Jail while his case
was pending on an appeal and volun-
teered for service in the Philippines.
When the sheriff heard his story he
offered to ask for his permanent dis
charge, and the Superior court has just
suspended his sentence indefinitely.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

entertaining biography of
ughton, Sir T. Weymss Reid
when Carlyle paid his first
Fryston, Mr.. Mines (Lord
Is father), on hearing his
ress admiration of the pros
! the hall, pointed out the
ney of some mandatory on
ORION and expressed his re-
1t should recently have been
nd spoiled the rustic char
the view. Spoiled the
id CARLYLE, "why, sir, I think
Just the pleasantest feature
'ole bit Of scenery. 1t shows
',mebody Is doing something
Frt of the world at any rate"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

could not be approached with much
safety. He was afraid of his life and
showed it. Soon he left town and
drifted into the mining camps of the
mountains. He killed some more men
and was the pride of the saloons in the
new camps. He was buffer of huge
ability and often made the crowd think
he was doing brave thing when he
was simply counting on the timidity of
his victim-and seldom in vain.
He fought duel once in Springfield.
Mo-, after the close of his career as a
scout and before going farther west
He had become gambling-room hero,
tall, symmetrical, weighing 200 pounds,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
N FALSE ARRESTS.
)ME CHAPTERS DEALING
WITH JUSTICE.

Abiding Citizens Are Never Safe
from Arrest aud Are OFTEN Punished
or tho Crimes OF others-A Pa: doa-
!, ,bls Crime. r. v
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

Ion is intelligent continuous
essive, not turgid or artiA-
agmatic. Rev. ]. Cummings
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
BRIDEGROOM 1913 YEARS OLD.
Aged Or. Charles Smith WEEDS a Woman
Many Times His Junior.

DR.. Charles Smith, physician, who
was born in Illinois, and who once
practiced in New York, and who claims
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
SEVERAL STUNNED BYBOLTS,
LIGHTNING CHANCES FROM A TREE AND
GOES THROUGH A HOUSE
SIDEWISE.

Patchogue Long Island. Aug. 1S-1n yesterday s
electrical storm bolt Of lightning struck the barn
of Supervisor Edwin Bailey, jr, in Rider-ave.. set
the barn on FIRE after splitting off about fifteen feet
of the ridge. and knocked the coored coachman
almost senseess. The coachman was walking from
the barn TO the house with umbrella in his
hand when the bolt down the rod, throwing
the umbrella IN a crushed heap on the ground.
The man was only stunned. The fire in the barn
did not get much headway as the rain quickly
extinguished the flames.
Another bolt struck the house OF 1. B. Moore, IN
Railroad-ave. The lightning first struck tree IN
front of the house, and then hit the piazza and
passed through the inside of the house. the parlor,
sitting room, dining and kitchen. in the order
named The house was filed with a sulphurous
smell and every stihed by the fumes. Mrs.
Moore and her mother, Mrs c. S. Tuthin, the
former being in the sitting room and the latter In
the paror were knocked senseless for several min.
utes. The bolt ripped off splinter on one side OF
a picture frame hanging on the wall and tore the
plaster off the walls in the dining room 1t left
holes hardly larger than 25cent piece in the walls
OF the four rooms through which it passed. .
Telegraph wires were burned, and were not IN
working order until to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
: MINERS IN CONVENTION.
ANTHRACITE REGION REPRESENTED WAGE
SCALE TO BE ADOPTED.

Hazleton Penn. Aug. 1S.-One OF the most i'm
portant conventions that the United Mine Workers
have held in this section began in the Grand
Opera House here to-day About three hundred
delegates. representing the Lackawanna, Juzerne
and Susquehanna anthracite coal districts, IN
attendance. The convention was called for the
purpose OF taking action looking toward
reduction in the price Of powder, for readjust-
ment Of the present wage scale. and for the en-
forcement of the semi-monthly pay law
Mitchell. of Indianapolis. who delivered short ad-
dress.
At this afternoons session the Committee on
Rules and Order reported. after which President
Mitchell spoke at some length on conditions in the
anthracite region He said that this was the most
important gathering of mine workers since the
death of John Siney; that the men in this region
were paid less for their labor than those of any
other mining district; that the price of powder
too high, and that the system OF dockage in
vogue in the anthracite mines was unjust He
told the men to organize to have their wages prop
erly adjusted, secure lower rate powder and
have the dockage system abolished
Mother" Jones. a woman labor organizer, urged
the miners the necessity of thorough organiza-
ton. which, she said the only hope for i'm
tees appointed was one on wage scale, composed OF
nine members, three from each district This com
mittee is to report tomorrow the scale of
wages the miners will demand in the three dis
trcts of the anthracite region namely. the Lacka-
wanna, Luzerne and Susquehanna-
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
PUNISHMENT AT ELMIRA.
THE STANDING up METHOD IS REsoRTED
TO BY THE NEW MANAGEMENT

Elmira n. Y, Aug. 13 (speciaD.-Dr Frank w.
Robertson, the acting superintendent of the New
York State Reformatory. who was appointed by the
Board of Managers to succeed T. R. Brockway at
the head OF the institution Is authority for in
formation that punishment Of inmates has been re-
suned at the institution the hill. DR.. Robertson
formerly resident physician and was appointed
from Bellevue Hospital
For time past sensational stories have been
in circulation to the effect that inmates being
punished. and that the methods charged against
former Superintendent Brockway were being used
by the new management to regain the discipline
since padding has been abolished and Brockway
deposed- DR.. Robertson was seen by Tribune rep
rcsentative. and when asked If there any foun-
dation for these sensational stories he said
Three days after took charge of the institution
we adopted the method of Furnishing the inmates
standing man up to his cell door with his back
about the height of his hips and Handwriting them
to the cell door; This punishment is given men
aPped map on r to f em R IS the 1p un
he IS willing to conform with the reformatory dis
Of stone wall. We find it very effective and sue
cessful as method Of punishment.
DR.. Robertson stated very positively that long
he superintendent padding would never be
resumed at the institution. He characterized as
absolutely false that part OF the sensational stories
IN circulation to the effect that the inmates were
suspended from the top OF the cell doors by their
wrists handcufred together. Rumor has 1t that
since the change of management there have been
numerous disorderly disturbances at the reform
atory, that fights between convicts have occurred
and that the convicts have made some nights hide
with their cries.
DR.: Robertson admitted that there was need Of
the standing up treatment. but that one dose.
he found. was sufficient for one man. and that he
Iyed up to the rules thereafter The Board OF
August session, and it IS expected at that time
m me reslgnations OF several OF the employees will
tendent Brockway's appointments An order was
Issued to-day forbdding admission to the reforma-
tory TO visitors, excepting Wednesday and Satur-
DAY afternoons, as the management finds that the
visitors have bad effect the inmates. Super
intendent Brockway used the method of claiming
inmates teIthe cell doors when padding failed to
bring the mcorrigble to time. The standing up
punishment IS partial return to his methods OF
punishment.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
HEAT DEATHS STILL REPORTED.
TWO MORE FATALITIES ATTRIBUTED Tc
THE WEATHER-COOL SPELL BRINGS
GREAT RELIEF.

yesterday was in striking contrast to the seven
long and blistering days that went before. 1t was
The comfortable. refreshing end Of a hot wave that
surpassed the warm spell Of 1896 They both began
August G. Though the 1895 wave fingered one
day longer, to the 18th, it did not get above 90
degrees, while this often hot as 81
and 95 degrees All day yesterday the tempera-
ture was a delightful distance below 70 degrees.
At 12:15 o'clock in the afternoon 1t was as low as
20, and at its maximum, at 2:30 o'clock, It had
risen only degrees higher.
The city yesterday seemed TO be filled with people
far different from the wornout, detected crowds
that for the last week have sweltered in misery.
But the heat still so real that it kindly
RECEIVED as 2 topic Of conversation.
Inc change was a great benefit to the crops also.
On Sunday the rainfall amounted to AZ Of an inch,
Qid little more than dispose Of the dust, but not
much more. II will take more than 10 Of inch
10 90 much lasting good to the apple crop and
garden produce Of the State.
telegraph and telephone wires In Manhattan the
conduits are underground, and so there not
OF the gale In Paterson, n. J.. fifteen wires were
either blown down or broken. They were all fixed
however, by $50 o'clock yesterday morning Baby
from fallen poles but the trouble did not last long
Prostra tlons and deaths still occur, for some who
have been suffering a week Of torment from the
cooler weather of yesterday. These deaths at
trfbuted TO the heat. were reported:
DINEEN Walter four months old. of No 43 vande-
water-st. ~
East One-hundred- seventeenth-s found dead at
his home.
The local weather bureau last night gave out
this forecast for to-day:
Occasional rains tonight and probably Tuesday,
moderate temperature; fresh easterly winds
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
PETER PRAISES PRESIDENT.
EX-SENATOR TELLS WHY HE SUPPORTS
REPUBLICAN TICKET INSTEAD
OF POPULIST.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 13 (SpeciaD.-Former
United States Senator W. A Peffer one OF the
founders and always a National leader OF the
Populist party. makes the following slsneu
statement as why he will vote and take the
stump for the reelection of President NC
Kinley:
am often asked why favor the no2 re,election OF
President Mckinley. Here are my reasohs: .
In the first place after vehemently urging, on "a a
Wsh Of spar our arms ana on sea and land after
energetic and successful conduct OF the war s tb
minatne in a treaty placing US at the rghI OF @ tne
front rank OF the nations of the earth win & hem
snIe5did aohievements the Democratic party. aided
BY its fusion allies. has raised hue ana fES cry
administrations Despotic use Of power. usurPaIon, ~
fraud corrupti9n Perndy eag hngseching S their own
countrymen to aid them in their wicKeq OnSa 10 tber
on the good name. the honor and dignity u '-'e
this brazen assault on the nd honor the OF suc ne
cess of the Republican party alone S can aha Pmnhoiy
the Of the END o o{her 0 this
alone would insure my vote for the hepuoilo"i'
To my mind the Presidents course. from the
beginning of the war to the present tIe R has been
vigiIant active. patriotic and in al things a 6as
not only followed the law and the precedents but
he has done the work efficiently ano hunaLety; ne ~
9 9 IN has tbe eeaT NoTthWest e Terrory as Jefferson did
in the Louisiana Purchase as Monroe onTrT c1G IN
Polk did in Mexico, New~Mexico and Cshforna; o
and as lincoln did in the States of the southern
Confederacy. All the precedents are on the Presl-
Second-The Democratic party IS not ht to govern
this country under modern conditions OF unlyeTsal
freedom Look back upon the second adrnlElstraoo
ton of President Cleveland. Upward OF S2oO,OO0W
in United States bonds were sold Wltnout Speclai
EaseTVe of Most to Of the sold
or through syndicates of SPECTATORS at enormous
profits. ,,, -. ,+h c.,,
made large expenditures necessary; Congress au-
thorized the borrowing of money and $oOO9o 600 10
of per cent bonds sold to our own people IN
sums of SIS to $500 This is the fourth year or the
Mckinley Administration; and not one a9liar @ r, OF
now holds nearly if quite, $3.50 900 600 in gold
coin and bullion, and there is plenty OF money IN
business. - i, 1000. o,a --aI,,a -, n
ever before and the condition of the country as a
whole was never better than it is now ,
Economy Justice, good government ana human
ity every good impulse and every just ana @ @rlght,
cons confederation demands that we do not change
the policy Of the Administration
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
CANOEING.
CANADIANS CARRIED OFF MOST OF ruz
PRIZES AT THE BIG MEET

windermere Ont Aug 12-Seven events Z, a..
annual regatta Of the American Canoe Assoeia.,,
were decided to-day Lake Roseau, OF the 90
at Birch Point. Big Island. and as vas - -
expected from their prepondersnce OF entries ,S
Canadian members carried OF most OF the pr,zs.
The American paddIers won only one race ~
single padding double blades. which was won -
II. c. Allen OF the Trenton C,S j. Canoe Club r.
New-York Canoe Club won two seconds 49,
alternate sailing and padding and the no,foo
padding and Pratt. OF the Newtcu Class) so.e
Club. divided second place in the rescue race Vfrs
Lynch. Of the Britannia Boat Club. or Britannia
Bay. Ont. The summaries follow.
Padding sailing race. alternate half NIL 49,,
four miles-Woa BY J. ". SparroWs. Canos Ce
G. " MacTagsaTt, Nsw-Tork Canoe Club. second Tirss
Il 1231S '''N9
tuTn:--Wcn by p J. syIns. Toronto Canoe Club. o r.
MacTasgart. Sew-York Canoe Clab Tins 51t
Siagls padding double blades. one-naif mile ta tr
Won BY H G. Allan. Trenton Caaoe Club ~
Fours- padding, canoes. single blades sne-Ssls
mile. with turn-Won BY Britannia Brarfrg cf---
Britannia Bay NfcNeil PsfcfvaI. Tsrc0rfs -
Lynch; Toronto Canoe Club Jackes Pratt Vaughn AZ
Woods. second Time-3:25.
Mixed tandem padding. open canoes blades ~,
quarter mile. straight aWay-W0n By Toronto
"a McNichoIs Miss AHenJ Toronto Canoe CTlb -
MclSichOls and Miss PoweiD. second No tine given
from American Canoe Association and MusS5[,
lakes Association one-half mile. vita turn-Wo1 -
American Canoe Association crew Tlme-sOee,-
Rescue One-quarter mile. straight aWay-on ~
britannia Bay Boating Club. and .. Pratt Ns7toa soaf
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
YOUNG BRYAN NEARLY LOSES LIFE
GENERAL WHEELER SAVES SON OF CANDI-
DATE FOR PRESIDENCY WHEN IN PERIL

GENERAL WHEELER SAVES SON OF CANDI-
DATE FOR PRESIDENCY WHEN IN PERIL.
Chicago. Aug. 1S-General Joseph Wheeler'
commander OF the Department of the Lakes to-
day saved the life Of William Jennings Bryan
jr the twelve -year-old son Of the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. The lad visited
General Wheeler. and the latter, after his first
greeting turned to his work and allowed the
youngster to amuse himself as he might. Young
Bryan found loose chair caster ana a Dig
bundle of rubber bands. These he tied into
long string, and then, securing the caster to the
bottom went to a window and began bouncing
the piece of iron up and down on the sidewalk,
seventy-hv feet below.
The General, engrossed with his labors paid
no attention to the boy. who gradually became
so interested in his play that he leaned further
and further out of the easement Of the window.
Fighting joe happened to glance up few
moments later and was Mortified to see the lad
hanging with his whole body over the sidewalk
and only the toes OF his shoes visible, clutching
the angle OF the window. He sat aghast for
moment, Then, rushing to the window. he
pulled the lad in by his legs, and landed him
safely the floor.
Speaking of the occurrence afterward, General
Wheeler acknowledged that young Bryan was
within an inch of being dashed to death on the
pavement below when he caught sight of him.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-14
AGU1NALDo FEARS TO SURRENDER.

Washington. Aug. 13-Copies Of Manila
papers received at the War Department contain
q letter purporting 20 be from a personal friend
OF Aguinaldo which states that the Filipino
chief does not take advantage Of the amnesty
proclamation because some time ago he gave
orders to his followers TO break up into guerilla
bands. The amnesty orders eXcepts those who
violated the laws of war. and ii states that
Aguinaldo fears that he would be in the except
ed class should he undertake to surrender un-
der the amnesty proclamation. The latter is
dated al Biachnobato. which is said TO be the
present provisional headquarters Of Aguinaldo.
It states however, that Aguinaldo never stays
more than one night in place, and only a few
hours in any one locality. He allows no one
TO come near except his most intimate personal
friends.
A dispatch in one Of the papers dated at San
Pedro, states that Major Del Pillar, who recently
surrendered, says he wishes TO become good
American citizen and intends TO accept the
American terms offered to his people. He said
he would like nothing better than TO raise a
regiment of native Filipinos to serve in China