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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17
The Princeton Reports.

HONG KONG, July 1.-THE United
rived hers from Canton, reports all quiet
when she left. The governor will confer
with the commander of the Princeton.
There is no further news regarding the
intention of Ii Hung Chang to go north.
The transport Taisang is loading am
munition. She has already stored bat
terry of I2-pounders and she will leave
for Taku tomorrow with the Fusileers.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17
Their Fate Sealed.

LONDON, July lit seems impossible
to entertain any longer the least doubt
as to the fate of the Europeans in Pc
king. The Associated Press learns that
Lady Hart, wife of Sir Robert Hart, di-
rector general of Chinese imperial mari
time custom, on July received the fol
lowing telegram from her husband:
"Our people, including the women, are
in the legations. Prepare to hear the
worst"
The European governments have re-
ceived from their representatives at
Shanghai dispatch from the governor of
Shang Tung, dated July I. reporting the
European troops made sortie from Pc
king and killed 400 of General Tung Flu
Siang's forces and that the Boxers were
mounting guns to make breach in the
defenses. Under date Of July II the
governor of Shan Tung wires as follows:
/ Native soldiers have been attacking
the legations for some hours, but have
not effected an entrance They are now
all bombarding with large cannon to
make breach for heavy onslaught.
hear that all the ministers and the gov
ernment as we'll are in great danger
The government is intensely anxious. :
Finally came the news from Shanghai
that breach had been made and the for
eigners killed. All the dates probabl,
refer to much earlier period, but thu
presumption is that the successive dis
patches give an outline of what has hap
pened. The Europeans having reached
the end of their resources made desper
ate sortie and tksn bravely met their fate
The details of the horrible story vii
probably never be known.
i
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17

tions at present are that Crane, of Koote-
mai, will be the nominee for lieutenant
governor; Gray, of Oneida, attorney gem
eral Simms for auditor: kester, treasur-
ct and patrie secretary of state.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17
Russians Deny II.

ST. PETERSBURG. July I7.-It is semi
officially denied that 10000 Russian
troops are marching TO Peking from the
north.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17

The Kettenbach Grain Co. and the
Clearwater Grain Co have let contracts
for the construction of ten big warehouses
along the line of the Clearwater cutoff
and the Lapwai spur. These extensive
preparations for the handling of the res
ervation crop is good evidence ofits mag
nitude.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17
Somewhat Hopeful.

WASN'T NGToN, July IA long tele-
gram received at the Japanese legation
without the sender's name, but supposed
to have been forwarded by the Japanese
consul general at Shanghai, reported
that Sheng, the Shanghai tao tai (gov-
ernor) received telegram from Yuen
Sh Kai, the governor of Shang Tung.
stating that courier had arrived at Tien
Man Flu, bringing the following Peking
news:
Two legations stood up to July 3
against the attacks of the Chinese. Le-
cation guards killed about 1000 Chinese
soldiers and Boxers in several engage
ments. ri provisions and ammunition
last they will be able to hold out, as the
Chinese troops ard Boxers seem to be
tired of attacking"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17
The Republican State Con-
vention Assembled at
Boise Today.
PATRIOTISM AND
ENTHUSIASM

Pleasing Features of the Gathering.
Hepburn Temporary Chairman
and Turner Secretary. Ovation
to Senator Shoup.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-07-17

BOISE, July I7.-(special to the TELL
ER Another adjournme mt is likely to
be taken until tomorrow at o:3o a. m. A
disposition to settle the governorship con-
test by caucus is manifest. Indica-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
ldle soldiers.

Modern war is such complex busi-
ness, and so many things besides fight
ing have to be done, that very large
part of an army never fires a shot.
Even of the soldiers actually opposed
to the enemy, only portion come into
conflict in any battle. For instance,
Gen. Butler must have had some $4,000
men at the battle of the Tugela river,
yet we are told that only 10000 troops
went into action. The explanation OF
this apparently curious fact is that
armies don't fight now in dense masses
like long ago. The terrible hail of
bullets from magazine rifles and Max
inns, as we'll as the destructive power
of shells charged with high explo-
sives," would annihilate an army in
dense formation. Hence the fighting
troops have to scatter themselves over
a line Is. 20 and even 80 miles long.
OF course, the chances Of battle bring
it about that, while the fighting be-
comes very hot and fierce in certain
spots, the troops in other parts of the
line don't come into contact with the
enemy at all. This Is why certain
battalions lose an appalling number of
men, while others come off with a few
casualties. In the great battle OF Koen-
iggratz-the biggest battle of this cen
tury-it is said that $4,000 Prussians
and 10000 Austrlans did not fire a sin
gle shot
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

(Old Favorite Series.)
Not a drum was heard. not a funeral
note,
AS his corse to the rampant we hurried .
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
Ger the grave where our hero we bur-
led.
We buried him darlyly at dead Of night,
The sod with our bayonets turning;
BY the struggling moonbeams misty
Eight
And the lantern dimly burning.
No useless coffin inclosed his breast
Not In sheet or In shroud we wound
him:
But he lay like a warrior taking a rest,
With his martial cloak around him
Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not word of sorrow;
but we steadfastly gazed on the face that
was dead
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought as we followed his narrow
bed,
And smoothed down his lonely pillow,
Thai the foe and the stranger would
tread DER his head,
And we far away on-the billow!
Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's
gone,
And DER his cold ashes upbraid him.
But little he'll reck, IL they let him
sleep on
In the grave where the Briton has LAID
him.
But half our heavy task was done,
When the clock struck the hour for
retiring Esf ff.s
And we heard the distant and random
gun
That the foe was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down.
From the field of his fame fresh and
CORY;
We carved not a line, and we raised not
a stone
Bnt we left him alone with his glory
Charles Wolfe
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03


1t is noteworthy that the reputation
Of our great soldiers was in every case
built up of long as well as brilliant
service. In no case has it been the re-
suit of any single deed, however heroic.
In fact, Others have performed single
deeds of heroism surprising in bril-
liancy, perhaps, any single deed of any
Of these great soldiers. In such cases,
SIS rule, these heroes are known only
to the reader of abstruse history. A
single instance will serve to illustrate:
Just where the town in Ohio perpetual
ing the name of the first republican
candidate for the presidency and the
home of more successful subsequent
candidate for that high office, is now
situated, was a wretched stockade
called Fort Stephenson. Its armament
consisted of one gun and a garrison of
100 men, commanded by Major-Gen
George Croghan, young officer of %.
He was born not far from Louisville,
KY, In 1891, and came of fighting
stock, for his father had been an officer
in the continental army, and his moth
er was sister of George Rogers Clark
Graduating from William and Mary
college in 1910, he entered the army,
was in the battle of Tippecanoe in 1911,
and year later was made captain in
the Seventeenth infantry. With this
rank he served under Harrison in 1912
and 1918, and so distinguished himself
N a sortie from Fort Meigs that he
was appointed an aid-de-camp with the
rank of major, and assigned to the de-
Tense of Fort Stephenson. Lest Te-
cumseh ard the Indians who were com
ing across country from Fort Meigs
should make flank attack, Harrison
had authorized Croghan to burn the
fort and retreat This he did not do.
''We are determined to maintain this
place." he said, "and by heaven we
will" Harrison thereupon dispatched
an officer to relieve him. But Croghan
went to headquarters, carried his point,
and when, on Aug. /, the English com
mander summoned Linn to surrender,
sent back a stout defiance. The next
day the bombardment began, and to-
ward afternoon an assault was ordered.
The English soldiers, in three columns
of 120 men each, We're to attack three
sides. The Indians were to storm tho
fourth; but as they came out of the
woods into the open steady and we'll
directed fire from the fort drove them
back. The British troops, thus left to
fight alone, came on brlvely to the
very gates, made every possible effort
TO get into the fort for two hours, and
then retreated with all the officers
and one-fifth of the men killed, wound
cd or missing. The wave of enthusi-
asm which rolled over the country as
the result of this victory equaled any
thing Of the kind seen in our day; but
who today knows anything of the per-
sonality of Maj Croghan Prank Les
lie.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

OF probability, and was never. no far
as known, confirmed by tho hero him
self or anyone who should have known
There is little or no doubt. however,
that the duke took his life into his
hands by spying upon the French posi-
ton from perilously close quarters,a and
that he went absolutely alone and on
foot a great part of the way, and thus
he possessed himself of information
that proved Of very material value to
him. The duke himself admitted that
he spent the better part of an hour
that night hiding in a dark ditch, spy
ing upon the enemy, when he was sup
posed by the majority of his staff to be
studying his plans for the battle. More
than once before that, during the Pen
insular war, Wellington had taken up
the work OF spies, rather than leave
anything to anyone whose eyes he
trusted less than his own. Nor was
Wellington's great antagonist, Napo-
leon, less appreciative of the import
ance of spying, for it was quite a usual
thing for him, when face to face with
81 cPPOoiuS d4liJ, dS llt lWO AO4NS9
were drawn up ready to do battle, TO
make his way into the enemy's camp
as far as his discretion would let him,
and study the position of his foe, at
the risk Of being shot or captured. And
it is pretty well known that when Ma
poleon was contemplating the invasion
OF England he stole over the sea on
many dark night and landed at some
spot on the south coast to discover the
exact place which offered most facili-
ties for the speedy landing of an army
OF invasion. How completely he form.
ed his plans, and how nearly England
was in his grasp at that time, are mat
tiers of history. Few generals have,
however, dared to carry their work OF
spying so far into the enemy's camp as
Lord Kitchener during his work in
the reconquest of the Soudan. His
extensive knowledge of the native ha-
bits and ability to converse in almost
every dialect spoken north of the
White Nile have been of the utmost
service during his exploits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

When John How was mayor Of St.
Louis during the closing Gays of the
civil war he was thought to be the
wealthiest man in the town. He owned
extensive tanneries and other business
enterprises. The home of How was on
Locust avenue, and next door-1527-
was the Filley residence. The two men
were bosom friends. Mr.. Filley trusted
How as only one man gives himself to
another in whom he believes, Both
were on the high road to riches; for
each life could not seem to be bright
er. How needed ready money. He ap-
pealed to Mr.. Filley for aid. Mr.. Fill
ley instantly Endorsed his notes for
amounts that in the end aggregated
100000. Some little trouble over one of
the notes led Mr.. Filley to investigate
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

the standing of his friend. How fed the
CITY. Then Il dawned on his neighber
that he was legally responsible for
every dollar paid on the notes he in
dorsed. He accepted the situation. HIS
friends urged him to go into bankrupt
cv and settle for 80 cents on the dollar.
This he refused to do. Ho drew on the
resources of the Excelsior company ia
meet the notes. He never compromised
hut two notes-one held by bank
which would accept nothing but
COMPROMISE and one possessed by the
late Capt. Eads, who would take out
30 cents on the dollar. The other notes,
with interest, were paid in full, with
onlv two or three exceptions. Death
interviewed and prevented their pay
ment. The interest on the notes in the
thirty-hye years aggregated over $780,
oOO but Mr.. Filley made no remon-
STRANGE His business prospered for
time Up to 1880 and 1881 he was able
IN keen abreast of his misfortune. Then
q fire and a strike cost him $25O,000.
still. he recovered from this until three
wears ago. when a change in the con-
ditions of the iron trade seriously af-
fected his company. He had no reserve
capital to draw upon. His life's work
was represented by the cancelled How
notes. He breasted the rising tide as
hest he could, meeting payment after
payment. Last month he could no
longer command money, and the end
came Now he is in his grave. How,
after his exposure and flight, appeared
in Arizona. where he led dogs life.
He returned to st, Louis in time, but
was coldly received. He offered no
atonement to the man he had wronged.
Going from st. Louis to Montana, he
died there, friendless and a pauper.
The amount of his Indebtedness yet
unpaid by Mr.. Filley when he died WAS
$3.50, 900. This will be settled in the
final winding up Of the firms affairs.
So that although the brave old man
Vsg forced to quit before he could do
all he intended to, the How indebted
ness will be wiped out by what he built
up and his name be stainless forever.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
| BRAVE STRUGGLE
MADE TO PAY THE DEBTS OF
ANOTHER.
It Finally Brought Death - Pathetic
story of the Life Task of Giles II
FiIley of st. Iouis-rrIed to Fay
SI,sBO.OoO.

One Of the most pathetic stories now
going the rounds of the press is the
one which tells of the brave struggle
of Giles f. Filley of st. Louis to dis
charge an enormouse debt Of $l,S5O,OOO
shouldered upon him by the shortcom-
ings of another man. Every dollar OF
this sum should have been paid by
John How, who was morally RESPONSE
BILE for 1t, but Mr.. Filley was unfortu-
nate enough to have stood his security,
believing implicitly in his ability ana
honor in financial transactions, and
when John How failed Mr.. Filley found
himself confronted with the necessity
of meeting his obligations. He could
not pay the full amount at the time,
although he was one of st. Louis most
prosperous merchants, but he under
took to pay it from year to year, and
for thirty-fve years he staggered UNI
der the burden. Except for his fail
ure in business some few weeks ago he
would have paid every dollar Of it, but
financial disaster overlook him, and
his own death followed soon thereafter
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
Home Made 1actIcs.

An inexperienced military officer is
sure to encounter grave difficulties III
the practical management of soldiers
in the field. An English journal rep
resents a scene at general inspection
OF a volunteer battalion, in which
Lieut.. Tompkins-an excellent fellow,
but a poor soldier-is called out to
show the general and the British pub
lie what he knows. Says the general:
Now, sir, you have the battalion in
quarter7column, facing south. How
would you get it into line, in the
quickest possible way, facing north
east?" We'll, sir, says Lieut.. Temp
kins, after fruitless consideration, do
you know, that's what I've always
wondered?" The officers ingenuity
was not equal to that of Abraham Lin
coin, when he was a captain of Illinois
volunteers in the Black Hawk war
Mr.. Norman Hapgood, in his Life OF
Lincoln" relates that during this cam
paign Lincoln once had his company
marching in a column twenty men
wide, when he was suddenly confront
ed with a high fence with an open
gate, through which only one man
could pass at a time. He had no idea
of the proper way to get his men into
single file, so he halted the company
and said; This company is dismiss
ed But it will come together imme-
diately after getting through that
gate!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, has ten-year-old son who
shows a disposition to some day sue
coed his father as a wit. The youth IS
in the habit of accompanying his
father to the house and sitting in the
latter's seat while the statesman is
making campaign material. During
the latest speech by the father, how
ever, the son was absent from his
accustomed place. The next day he
was on hand, and representative who
occupies seat near Mr.. Clark asked
him. "Why weren't you in your seat
yesterday to hear your fathers
speech?" oh" replied the juvenile
YEARLY, 81 got tired hearing those
things when nav was teaching them
to him. New York World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

Elliott Hook was cooking a beef
steak at Caloocan when a Mause1 bull
let hit the pan in which the steak was
sizzling, knocked it about rod and
sprinkled Hook with hot grease. The
disappointed soldier Immediately
loaded his rife, and watched all day
long to get shot at the rebels, say
ing to his comrades: Il went into this
war at the call of my country, but
since that fellow spilled my meat it
has become personal matter And
he so regarded it until he sailed away
from Manila.-San Francisco Wave.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

A feature of parliamentary practice
peculiar to this country, of which little
is heard in comparison with its i'm
portance, is the conference committee.
A bill before congress seldom passes
the house and the senate in the same
form; freqently the differences are i'm
portant, and unless one house will ac-
cept as whole the doings of the other,
which rarely happens, the measure
must go to conference" as the phrase
is. Three members are appointed from
each house. two Of the majority party
and one of the minority. usually the
members who have had most to do
with the passage of the bill, the details
of which are still in dispute. When a
conference committee begins its SEES
sions to adjust differences upon a par
ty measure, only the representatives
OF the majority party, which would
now mean the four Republicans, ordi-
narily attend; as soon as they reach
an agreement, the two Democrats are
called in for formal assent, since they
have no real power OF resistance. The
representatives of each house are ex-
pected to strive for the bill as it passed
the body of which they are members.
even though they personally may have
favored the form in which it passed
the other house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

After the unfortunate war in South
Africa is over, scientific problem of
much interest will be presented to the
engineers Of the Transvaal gold mines
Some of the shafts recently opened
on the Rand are expected to go down
1000 or 5000 feet in search of gold
bearing veins, but in the future, Mr..
John Yates says, it may be necessary
to descend 10000 feet. That, he thinks
will be about the limit of depth at
which men can work. because the tenn
perature there will be 1T least 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit. Other engineers
think the shafts could be sunk several
thousand feet lower through the adop-
ton of devices for cooling the air.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

A New York man who ia 81,
terested In all that pertains 10 y
harness horses recently saIs
when fashion deereed that q NJ,
rect to drive horses with as .n
tail as 1t was possible to mako
body who wanted to be in A..
followed the foolish idea. and ~
fortunate horses suffered aceord,r
says National Stockman. Now n.y.
large number of the dock-ta,lad ~
have been worn out and brokar a.
they have become common in
ranks of hard working horses. and /
hVery wagons, express wagons and ev n
pedolers' wagons are now pulled
dock-tailed horses so that diminish +
caudal appendage is no longer -
hned to the ranks OF the high-ton
brigade. Whenever any fad (and u
dock-tailed horse was only n fad, !
comes common the leaders OF soc,el5
drop out and 1t then naturally goes n
Oh fashion. 1t was so with the blcvc,
AS long as the price of bicycles W
held up to a point that kept them n,
OF reach of the common people All
were popular among society folks bl
when Mrs. Bon Ton found that on nj
daily spin with her wheel she wal
liable to encounter her washwoman
the grocery boy, her own servants n
any other of the working classes, sh,
soon became disgusted with the Wheel
Now that the short-tailed horse is com
mon, the exclusive set have gone bacl
to the long-tail class, and many fin
pair are now to be seen in the fash
lonable quarters. The shrewdest deal
ers quickly caught on. and while man
horses are shown with their tails tie
up, they are not locked except by Or
der of the purchaser. Whatever tn
cause OF the change true lovers O
horses will be glad of it. Docking /
lnhuman in this country of flies an
careless treatment OF animals W
are glad TO see that the president
horses wear long tails, and probabl
this has had some influence on th
fashion. Banging the tail is less oh
Jectionable. 1t was the former Gus
tom, and may again prevail with coae
horses
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

Some of the problems OF war which
seem new are in reality old. For ex-
ample, the South African Beers have
been most successful in cslncealing the
positions Of their guns l.itil the Brit
ish battallons were exposed to destrue-
tive fire They have adopted a device
for defensive operations in the field,
which is the chief motive of all the
great coast and frontier Notifications.
Visitors at Halifax, Dover or Gibraltar
are only allowed to see the parade
grounds and barracks. The secrets CT
the fortresses are not disclosed. There
are guns of long range, which are con-
cealed by terraces of grass or by OBJ
structions of various kinds. In time
Of war these hidden guns would sud-
denly be brought to bear upon an
enemy's feet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

A bridge in the form of an aerial
ferry has just been opened at Rouen
on the river Seine. In order to avoid
interference with shipping, 1t was
determined to place no structure in the
stream, or near its surface. Instead OF
a bridge in any of the ordinary forms,
horizontal flooring. sustained by
steel towers and suspension cables
was stretched across the river at an
elevation of 1877 feet On this flooring
run electrically driven rollers, from
which is suspended, by means OF steel
ropes, a car which moves at the level
OF the wharves on the river banks.
The car is thirty-sx feet wide and for
ty-two feet long, and is furnished, like
ferry boat, with accommodations for
carriages and foot passengers. The
ropes that carry the hanging car are
interlaced diagonally in such man
ner that the support is rigid, and a
swinging motion is avoided.