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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
]. w. BOOTHS BODY.
ONLY MAN THAT KNOWS REST
ING PLACE.
D.. George T. Porter of bridgeport Com
neotscut Last Survivor of the Party
That Disposed of the Remains of
xjncoin's Assassin.

For years there has been great deal
OF discussion and speculation as to the
disposition Of the body Of John Wilkes
Booth. the assassin OF President Lin
coin. Some writer's have stated that
II was buried in some unknown spot,
Others that il was sunk In the waters
OF the Potomac river, and recently a
statement was published that 1t re-
posed. in the family burial plot near
baltimore All these statements are
creations OF the Imagination. Only
one living man knows what disposition
was made OF the body of the assassin.
That man Is DR.. George l.. Porter, OF
Bridgeport. Conn. and with him tho
secret remains secure. II Is noticeable
that when the doctor speaks of the
event he Is particular to say "dlgpo-
sitlon" OF tho body rather than "bur-
liai" This lends weight to the suppo-
sition that the body might have been
sunk in the Potomac.
DIR. Porter was port surgeon ut
Washington from May, 1864, to May,
1867. He was the only commissioned
ionlcer present at the disposition OF Tho
body of Booth and the only survivor
of the party that had the body in
charge. lie had medical charge of the
other conspirators against President
Lincoln, was present at the hanging OF
five OF them and accompanied the 9TH
lers to their prison at Tortugas.
Or. Porter served with distinction
throughout the civil war and on March
10, 1865. he was brevetted captain and
major for faithful. gallant and meri-
torlous service in the field, In 1867 ne
twas ordered to the frontier and rend-
Iered valuable service In the Sioux cam
paign- In 1868 he rendered his resig-
nation and located in Bridgeport where
The has since practiced his profession
with marked success. He WAS born in
Concord. ". H.. in 1898 He received
his degree of M. d. from the jefferson
Medical college, Philadelphia. in 1862,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
chm Prefers western Goods.

The amount of condensed milk i'm
ported into Chilli averages about 62O.-
600 pounds annually, most of which
is furnished by Great Britain and Ger
many. The milk is packed in cans.
four dozen cans to a box. each can
weighing a fraction over a pound. The
condensed milk imported from Eng
land is designated and known to the
trade as English" while that from
Germany is known as Swiss" Here
is another product says Mr.. Warner.
our Consul in Leipzig, which Eng
land and Germany are exporting to
Chilli, the United States being in no
way a competitor. Why is it that
These two countries can sell their
products in the markets of Chill,
which is so much nearer our own
country in point of distances Inc
question is answered easily: Their
commercial marine gives them this
advantage over. us. When the day
comes-and that our country will have
a merchant marine, Chilli will buy not
only our condensed milk, but our iron.
our machinery. our wooden and cot
ton goods, which she buys today large
ly from England and Germany"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
Statue struck by IightnIng.

The statue of Liberty on Liberty
island in New York harbor. was struck
twice by lightning on the Fourth Of
July and emerged unframed. The bolt
struck the appraised arm and another
hit it squarely on the forehead. The
statue is protected by the finest sys-
tenn of lightning rods ever made. They
extend from a point above the torch
down the figure and foundation into
the ground, distance of sos feet.
Thence they go into the waters of the
bay and end in a system of piping
filled with carbon. A gang of work.
men have been climbing all over the
statue since the bolts struck it. but
they find that it was not damaged at
all, very much to the establishment of
those who saw the brilliant display of
electricity which made an aureole
about the goddess forehead when the
shaft struck and seemed to break into
a mass of sparks. 1t was in this same
storm that the Standard Oil Com
pany's works at Bayonne were set on
fire by lightning.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

1t has sometimes been alleged that
the Princess of Wales is deficient in
cleverness.
This censure is enphatically nothing
less than q piece Of SANDER. True, she
is not intellectual in the sense Of her
sister-in-law. Empress Frederick, and
it is difficult to imagine her in the role
of politician. But since her. mar
rage, seven-and-thirty years ago, She
has lived almost Increasingly exposed
to that full glare of publicity which
beats about thrones, occupying, by
reason of the seclusion Of the Queen
the role Of the first1ady in the land, at
any rate in social sense. And
throughout that entire period she has
not made single mistake. she has
known in her own friendly and calm
manner all the Deople whom 1t was
desirable she should know. She has
steered clear Of. all those acquaintanees
which might have given rise to ill
natured comment. She has
Never Lost Her Head. "
never rendered herself guilty Of any
thing that could be construed as par
taking Of the nature of faux pas. has
by means Of the atmosphere Of ideal
refinement which she seems to diffuse
around her. kent within bounds the
tendency of modern society to exube-
rance and vulgarity, and. perfect in
tact, has presented through her mar
ried life a picture Of most unrufIied do
nestle happiness. Finally, in an age
where calumny is so rife and all-prev-
alent that not even an angel descel d.
ed from heaven would be permitted to
retain the celestial garments unsullied
and the wings unrufled no breath Of
scandal has ever furnished even for a
fleeing moment. the fair name of Eng
lands future queen. Surely, when one
considers all the temptations OF one
kind and another to which woman
in the position of the Princess of Wales
is exposed, every one intent on fatter-
ing her, and many endeavoring in vain
to poison her mind against those whom
they wish to Gust from her favor, the
fact that she could be without a single
mistake in her record indicates that,
far from being a dull or foolish per-
son, she must indeed be possessed OF
extraordinary cleverness-the most de-
lightful contrast that it is possible to
conceive to her immediate predecessor
as Princess of Wales, the infamous,
and above all the appallingly gross and
vulgar, consort of King George ".
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
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A new religious sect is attracting at
tention in Fulton county, Indiana
The members call their church the
Haven of Rest and in order to join
it one does not have to submit to any
particular creed. So far the member
ship is made up almost entirely of per-
sons who have become dissatisfied
with other denominations. They do
not have any established places of
worship, but move their tents wher-
ever, an inviting field is to be found.
The Rev. Samuel Plantz is the prin-
cipal preacher for these people. He IS
a man who would score a success in
any line of work.
Possessed of native shrewdness, a
commanding personality, and pleas
ing style of oratory, he is a born
leader. For number of years he was
a member of the Evangelical Associa-
ton, but he became dissatisfied and
changed to the Methodist. Soon after
he returned to his old church. But it
was not long until the dissatisfied spir-
it again took possession of him, and he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
Swept on bv = uurr,o,,r,

A remarkable effect of the great hur-
ricane of 1898 in the West India Is
lands was the complete disappearance
from the Island of st. Vincent of a
species of humming bird, which pre-
vious to the storm. had been one OF
the commonest and tamest birds that
inhabited the island. Other species of
humming birds, of larger size. sur
vlved the tempest. and are yet to be
seen in st. Vincent. but the little
bronze-green birds with erected crest,
which formerly attracted much admir-
alton, are all gone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
a PATHETIC TALE

taken into the Collection Z department.
Then he became the comic entail man
to the official OF a big railway. He
left this to establish a business of his
own. His business prospered. At the
end Of two years Cautley accepted a
place as head bookkeeper In the Treas
ufy department of a big financial con-
Germ in Philadelphia. Euch month he
handed $4,000 OF tie company's
money, and at the end of each month
his books balanced 70 the cent. Tho
concern made him one OF its managers.
and he now holds this position at a
salary of $4,000 a year.
In the winter of 1895 Governor Mat
thews Of Indiana was attending pub
lie reception in Philadelphia. Caut-
ley was a member of the Reception
committee. He called Governor Mat
thews aside. and told him the whole
story. The man impressed the Cover
nor with his honesty. The Governor
said that if Cautley would surrender
to the prison authorities at Michigan
City he would be pardoned. When
Governor Matthews left office he told
Governor Mount of Cautley. and got
from his successor a promise that
Cautley should be treated with mercy
II he ever applied for a pardon.
Cautley's aged mother lay dying the
other day at Logansport. Ind Through
all the years Of disgrace her love for
him had never wavered. She knew
that death was near, and she wanted
to see her boy once more. Relatives
wrote to Cautley of his mothers
greatest wish.
Edward Cautley few days later
walked into the Office of Governor
Mount in the State house, and behind
the massive doors of the Governors
private room told the whole story II
viii pardon YOU" said the Governor,
"if you will go to Michigan City and
surrender yourself to the warden.
The Philadelphia business man went
at once to the penitentiary. He told
the warden to lock him up, and this
was done. The next day a parole
came, and Cautley was permitted to go
to the side of his dying mother.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
En9ldnd's Next G Sweet Sots and ID t Gracious
Queen. I R RdIss Of
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The future Queen of England, the
Princess Of Wales, is the subject of an
Interesting article in the June Cosmo-
politan by that well-versed writer of
European royalty and nobility, the
IIarquise de Fontenoy. There are
many women in English society, says
the writer. who are Infinitely more
beautiful, whose figures conform far
more closely to the ideals OF the artist
nnd who possess a greater degree of
brilliancy, of dash and wit than the
Princess of Wales. Yet wherever Eng
lands future Queen appears, not only
does she become the cynosure of all
eyes, but more than that the loveliness
Of every other woman present seems in
some wsy to pale; this, too, in spite
of the fact that she is a grandmother
Of six little ones and is nearer 60 years
of age than 80. True. she remains
amazingly youthful in appearance,
thanks not SO much to those vulgar de-
vices known as making up" as to
those iudicious cares that are entirely
legitimate. For instance, daily mas
sage with cold cream has been en-
ployed to help nature in warding off
wrinkles from her fair face. while the
elasticity and elegance of the figure
has been retained by menas of exer-
else and moderation in diet tothe same
phenomenal degree as in the case of
the late Empress of Austria at the time
of her assassination The hair is
dressed in precisely the same quiet and
characteristic manner as 25 years ago.
The head retains the same dainty
poise on a neck so graceful that it CON
veys the impression Of a slender stock
supporting a flower, while the eyes as
suredly have neither dimmed nor
changed. flashing as in days of yore
with fun and mischief, or else sweetly
appealing in that sort of pathetic man
ner peculiar to people who are hard Of
hearing.
Her Sweet and Gracious Manner.
But it is not this that makes the
princess so fascinating-th renders
her so much more attractive than wom-
en- of UNNECESSARILY superior beauty.
Nor can it be described as magnetism
For magnetism implies something that
is violent, and against which one would
be inclined to resist. But it is the
sweet, gracious and kindly manner
that converts every man that sets eyes
upon her into her sworn admirer, and
that even disarms the jealousy of wom-
en-, Transforming them into her devoted
friends.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
Convict Surrenders To See
DYING Mother.

Indiana is Interested in a romance
such as Is seldom met with outside of
book A young man. forger and
an escaped convict. fees from the State
and establishes himself in a position
CT trust and responsibility In Phila-
delphia. Fun OF remorses ne went back
to lndiana to be locked up again in
the prison he fed from. and later to
be pardoned by the governor of the
State. This man is Edward Cautley.
Ten years ago he was a stenogrlpher
in the State Insane hospital at Logans-
port. He committed forgery for a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
The Countess
of Warwick

The Countess of Warwick is the best
organizer among women in England
and probably in the world. and her
business room" in old warwick castle
is the center Of almost as many inter
ests as Pierpont Morgan's Offices or j.
ID. Rockefcller's private den. Only the
countess Is in business to help other
people and not for her own gain.
This beautiful woman. although yet
in her SOS, has been moro talked about
in the last twenty years than any
other in England, except the royal
family. She used to be one of the
chums of the prince of Wales until the
baccarat affair at Tranby Croft came
out. 1t was she who got the credit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

He who wishes may find out the
exact age Of an oyster. though he has
not the telltale evidence in teeth.
The lines in the groove of the hinge
OF the shell tell the whole story. each
line representing a year. An oyster
Is OF age at four years: that is, he Is
old enough to vote. take care of a fam
lily, and go to market. Going to mar
ket is a disastrous undertaking, for a
four-year-old oyster is particularly
palatable. BY this 1t must not be
supposed that after an oyster has
passed the four-layer period and has
five, six, or even ten wrinkles on his
shell he is a back number. Indeed
there are records of oysters being
eaten just after celebrating their thir-
tieth birthday. and in most cases they
formed delicious meal. Thirty is
an unusual age for an oyster to attain.
because few are given an opportunity
to live SO long. II left to enjoy life
In his own way, it is quite probable
that the oyster would become an oc-
togenarian or even centenarian.-
Fishing Gazette.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

Some of the big New York stores are
trying a new method of dealing with
shoplifters. The present system of
prosecuting them in court is not en-
tirely satisfactory, because If the pill
fered articles come to less than S25 the
charge can only be petty larceny.
Therefore the detectives now take
from the shoplifters whatever they
have stolen. conduct them to the back
door and dismiss them with "a good,
swift kick" adding a warning that
next time the offender will be sent TO
iail.-Chicago Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
Eneet Of Machinery.

Three industries are given by the
New York Evening Telegram as typical
of the saving effected by the substitu-
ton of machine for hand labor. Forty
years ago one man took ESQ hours to
perforate 10000 bank checks, for
which he was paid $3.50. Now the
same work is done by machinery, six
men being employed an aggregate of
nine hours and fifteen minutes. They
get about double the wages per hour,
yet the labor cost is only SO. instead OF
$3.50.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

and mmediatelytendered his service to
the cause of the Union. He is a men,
Der of all the leading medical associa-
lions and has contributed many valu-
able articles to scientific and medical
literature. lie Is also a member of the
G.. A. r.. the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion, the 33d degree OF the
Masonic fraternity and many local or
ganizations. lie is a pleasant and en-
tertaining gentleman to meet, has a
pretty home and is surrounded by a
bright and interesting family.
DR.. Porter has appeared as an ex-
pert witness in many celebrated muir
der cases. and was the leading medical
expert witness for the prosecution In
the Charles b. Cross case which is now
agitating the New England states. 1t
is said that the conviction was mainly
secured on his evidence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
eENAroR coRBeTrIN TROUBLE
oregon Croesus Sued for 100000 for
Break I'm N uo,,,a

Oregon Croesus sued for 100000 for
Breaking Up Home.
Ex- United States Senator Henry Cor
bett, the wealthiest citizen of Portland.
Ore, and president of the First Ma
tional bank there. is charged with
alternating the affections of the wife Of
=. -. Peterson of Butte, Mont. Mr.
peterson makes serious charges
against the ex-senator and asks for
100000 damages. The couple were
married in Helena. Mont, in 1884
they lived happily, according to the
plaintiffs allegations, until Corbett met
Mrs. Peterson in August, 1899, and be-
gan to acquire an important influence
over her and finally induced her to sue
for divorce. Ex-senator Corbett Is
aged 70 years. He denies all of Peter
sons allegations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
Wealth ana Inxention.

Patents ON Inventions are sometimes
objected to as tending to create monop-
Giles. but there can be little doubt that
the American patent system has had a
remarkable influence in stimulating
the inventive faculty of the people and
"a giving the nation its present su-
premacy In the industrial world. A
writer in the July number of Casters
Magazine brings together some inter
esting statistics on this subject. He
shows that our inventions and our
manufactures have increased on par
allel lines. and that labor and capital
have alike shared in the vast wealth
produced by improved machinery.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

small amount, and the Court at Ma
rion sentenced him to serve for three
years in the State prison at Michigan
City. In 1892 he escaped from prison
and left no trace 1t was learned that
Cautley's flight was to Philadelphia,
where, under another name. he mas
prospered in business and stood high
in church and society.
First, he secured employment in a
machine shop. Then he was made
bookkeeper After a short time he was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

The very latest use of all to which
the fashionable maiden has put the
bandana is to tie up bundle. Books.
sewing, fruit, candy, pair of gloves,
anything or everything collected dur
ing the mornings shopping, it matters
not what. all are jumbled together and
tied up in one of the modish handker-
chiefs in bold eastern hues which are
enlivening the shops and embroider-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
codnsh for the Aristnoraor.

One of the present diversions of the
society element at Newport is to give
"codhshing parties" and to eat the
catch. 1t is to be hoped that some
thing else is provided for luncheon
against the not unusual feature of the
fish falling to bite.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
odd raymen. At rsnnnt,s na....

AT Brug. ip salop, England, there
still exists a curious payment on the
death of a tenant, consisting of his
best beast, a side of bacon, a young
cock, whole piece of cloth and
small barrel of ale.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

BARON scEiwARTzENsTEIN BARONESS sCIw ARfzENsTEIN
Baron Mumm schwarnsen the Ger
Government
native OF
emma VIII be OF especial interest to Americans
Baroness Maude his wife before the prett
bellies York both sides
lilies She is Boedof T vinsen Of
New York Her maternal grandmother Roosevelt
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

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asked for an honorable dismissal,
which was granted him.
But he continued to preach when
ever he could secure an audience. At
this time he had but one text, and
that was the faults of the other
churches. 1t was not long until he had
gathered about his standard many
who, for various reasons, had fallen
out with their churches, and were in
sympathy with his movement.
No matter what his theme, his ora
torical powers never failed to attract
a crowd. On one occasion he was adj
mitted to a school house, and on the
wall he displayed a chart containing
the names of all the church organiza-
tions and the per cent of the member
shin of each which would be saved.
Thirty per cent was the largest num-
Der until his church was reached, and
it was marked 100.
This church has now a number of
ministers in Noble county, and they
all have a deep-rooted dislike to other
denominations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09

ing the current matinees. The Paris
woman of hundred years ago, they
say, did her marketing with the help
OF big, bright kerchief. bringing
home her vegetables in it, so that the
present fad is only revival of a very
old fashion after all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-09
"a DeQD Religious Sect.
,Roted for Dislike OF otber
Christian Denominations =.

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-06

Washington. Nov. Pit was sta.-
ed today In quarters we'll versed in
Chinese affairs that outside of the
questions of indemnity, punishment
etc., now under negotiation atPekin
there are thre vital and frr-reaching
questions to be determined, viz:
First, the remsval of the empress
dowager, personally and through
the influence OF her advisers. from
all participation in the Chinese gov
ernment: second, the creation of an
indemnity fund by the. increrse Of
China's customs revenue, either by
the payment of the duties IN gold
instead of deprecated silver, as at
present, or else by doubling the
present silver duties from per cent
to 10 per cent ad valorem;and, third
the establishment of a minister of
foreign affairs in place of the old
and cumbersome system OF the
tsung Ii ysmen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-06

The question of the spontaneous
combustion of hay has recently
been investigated by one of the
Weather Bureau, who states the
fermentation within moist hay
may raise the temperature to 374'
F., at which temperature clover
hay will ignite. The best
preventive to spontaneous CON-
bustlon is rapid and complete
ventilation by which the oxidiza-
ton and fermenting substances
are kept cooled down below the
point of ignition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-11-06
FRIENDSHIP.
As read by a Pupil at St. Joseph $

As read by Pupil at St. Joseph ::
School.
Friendship Is the sublime har
mony Of two souls, it's the con
Meeting link which binds hearts
and smooths out rough paths Of
life.
AS far back as we have record OF
history, we find frienshIp demon
strated between men.
The souls of Jonathan and David
were knit together in friendship.
1t matters not in what sphere OF
life we move whether rich or poor ,
there are times when nothing can
be of such solace as a true friend
Christ said: u call We not seryents,
but friends. "No greater love
hath man than to lay down his
life for a friend"
Across the centuries we find the
Jesus whom we love a friend to
those who could not call any man
their friend. No spot in the Bible
is quite so touching as the garden
scene, where the lonely sufferer
came back through the darkness,
and finds his three chosen hearts
fast asleep, and his confidence in
them, when he said: "Could you
not watch with me one hour ~
Let US remember however that
all who assume the nBme of friends
are not entitled to our confidence.
Bible again furnishes us with an
example in the case of the tratour-
Gus kiss OF Judas a perfect type of
false friendship.
8 Friend after friend departs,
Who hath not lost friend?
There is no union here OF hearts
That finds not here an end"
-BYRNIE WILSON.