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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

May" Does Nor Mean "Musf''
The ambiguous wording of statutes
is the delight and profit of lawyers.
If every legislative act meant just what
1t appeared to say and said just what
1t obviously meant the lawyers would
have very little to fight over and big
fees would be as scarce as white black
birds.
Somebody did the lawyers of Ohio a
friendly turn in framing a law which
declared that auditors may " examine
the officials of corporations if not sat-
isfied with the returns of their proper
ty for purposes CT taxation. Mayor
Tom l.. Johnson of Cleveland set up
the contention that certain railroads
were valued for taxation purposes at
but 10 to 10 per cent of their value in
money. He had the city law officials
secure a mandamus ordering the audi
tors to stop proceedings until they had
called railroad officials as witnesses.
This was nuts" for the lawyers, and
they proceeded to crack them in the
usual spectacular way with much dis
play of legal learning and pathological
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
GARDNER A HAS RprN.n

Oscar Gardner was a frequent and
great fighter, but new he is a has
BEEN" He lived his fighting life fast
and furious. A life can be shortened
or heightened by the way it is lived.
There is just so much work in a man
If he begins it young as Gardner did
he ends 1t young. If he begins when
advanced in the EOS, as Fitzsimmons
did, he will keep going until late in
life. Training is hard on very young
meH. 1t saps vitality. Fitzsimmons
owes his remarkable vitality to the
fact that he was % before he fought a
battle or trained for one. He is stin
fresh at AZ. Gardner began at 20 and
is out at 30. He was good fighter -
brave and honest boxer. He was
among the first of the forcing. rugged
short give-and-take punchers of which
Lavigne was the earliest and McGov-
ern the greatest. These fellows gave
beatings and took beatings. Beatings
tell. They told on Sharkey. on is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
Shall .Suicide be Promoted.

SbdH Sufcide be Promoted.
In a recent discussion before the
Physico- Medical Association of Indiana
DR.. j. M. Thurston of Richmond took
the ground that when a person who
was sane had become diseased and de-
generated, both physically and mental
ly, beyond the possibility of a cure, II
he desired to commit suicide he should
not be prevented" and that 'if man
had committed premeditated murder
from which there was no possibility
of escaping the death penalty he did
a good act by committing suicide in
relieving the community of criminal
and the state of an expense.
A philosophical system which pro-
poses to encourage suicide under any
circumstances whatever cannot fail to
encourage suicide under all conceiv-
able circumstances. DR.. Thurston's
proposition is therefore impracticable
and unsound. The cases of self-de-
struction which he would approve of
will be numerous enough in any case.
There is no need of a promoter in that
melancholy field
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

No political convention, not even a
worlds fair, ever produced the condi-
ton that today exist in Beaumont, the
head center seat of the oil industry
In Texas, so far as food and lodging
are concerned. There are no hotel run
ners here, says a correspondent, writ
ing from the scene of quick money
making. If the newcomer, with tender
foot innocence, forces his way through
the crowds that eddy around the two
hotels, and asks for room, the over
worked clerks will laugh at him, and
advise him to hustle for the outskirts
of the town If he expects to stop in
Beaumont over night. There are no
rooms to be had. A cot in the hallway
of the hotel will bring it's So per day.
and would bring $40 if the hotel pro.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
AT TINE BUFFALO Expos,rYoN.

ne expo at Buffalo will furnish
employment for several men who know
now to handle the gloves Charley
th,o who has again returned to
! country is said to be arranging
o. ~ uo a sparring turn with kid Nc
10y curing the summer. Frank Erne
oHpee's 10 be an attraction at the big
s onoM' ana James J. Corbett NAV also
appear. The latter, am. wei, in
formed has made more than ordinary
sta esoes u MS latest venture on the
itT S anu Is monologist Of much abil-
t toy, oorDett has always been an en-
al a1i t Sia and graceful man, and in
a.. ms stage efforts has succeeded to a
pugilists. VI nis oroehei
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

prtetors asked it. Nearly all the houses
in the town have been turned into
boarding houses, and they all are over
flowing. The new arrivals only hope
is in some one of the tents which are
springing up in every vacant lot, and
where he may, if he is fortunate, ne
gotiate cot or blanket spread on
the ground Every night crowded spe-
cial trains leave Beaumont for Sabine
Pass, Port Arthur, and Houston, car
rying the overflow population that can
not find even these accommodations
Houston is a three-hour run from
Beaumont, but one can find bed at
the end of it, and hundreds make the
trip twice day.
Not only is bed treasure of great
price in Beaumont, it is equally diff
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The electric street railroad is little
more than ten years old, and yet a
man whose business 1t was to inves-
tigate all the lines which were first
put in, says that almost nothing Of
what he then found is in use today
Practically all the appliances of cleo
trio railroading of that time have
gone to the scrap-heap. so rapid have
been the Improvements in This new
field. There is always an experimental
stage in new inventions, during which
changes take place rapidly Then ex-
perience sits out the best, the forms of
machinery become established, and
after that improvements are compare
lively rare.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
A POPULAR LITTLE FIGHTER.

One of the best known little fighters
in the country is Dave Sullivan, whose
picture appears in these columns this
week. Dave halls from Cork, Ireland
and is "a years old. His fighting ca
reer dates back to 1894. He has a
splendid record and has only one
knockout scored against him. Oscar
Gardner did the trick two years ago
but Dave evened up matters later on
by whipping the Omaha Kid" Dave
has to his credit victories over "Kid"
Broad, Tim Callahan, Jack Hamilton
and Jack McClelland, defeating the
last named not long ago in a rafting
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

a speed of IS knots for four consecu-
tive hours.
hrupp armor-the kind which has
recently given such striking proofs of
its resisting qualities-is to be used
throughout. The armor belt, which is
to be Ii inches thick at the top, taper
ing to 77a inches at the bottom, ex-
tends to within go feet of the stern,
shielding the sides 31a feet above the
water line and four feet below it. The
casemate armor is to be six inches
thick; the barbette armor IL inches in
front tapering to eight inches in the
rear. The protective deck will be 21h
inches thick, while aft, where there is
no belt armor protection, it is thick
ened, being four inches on the slope
and three on the fat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The principal dimensions of the new
Dattleship are: Length, between per-
pendiculars. 1888 feet; length over all,
1893 feet 1O1A inches; extreme breadth,
~ feet; mean draught, 23 feet inches;
displacement at normal draught, 49,
800 tons; estimated displacement at
full load draught. 1880 tons. AS to
type, the new vessel is to be an i'm
proved Alabama, two knots faster than
that fine battleship. equipped with a
more powerful armament and hedged
about with a greater area of armor
protection.
In the contract 1t is stipulated that
she must on her official trial maintain
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

Wa are at the beginning of things,
said a captain of industry, not at the
ending. With scientific business
methods, he added. he would rather
have the dump" of the mines than
the mother vein." if he had to han
die the mother vein in ignorance.
The principle is broader than any APP
plication to a single sphere of opera
tons More than ever before, ignor-
ance means waste and extravaganza,
even II it does not insure failure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

physician who has recently re-
turned from Persia says that the ma
tiyes still believe that human tears
are remedy for certain chronic dis
eases. At every funeral the bottling
of mourners' tears i's one of the chief
features of the ceremony. Each of the
mourners is presented with a sponge
with which to mop his face and eyes,
and after the burial these sponges are
presented to the priest who squeezes
the tears into bottles. which he keeps.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
LAUNCHING OF *
* THE NE w MAINE

Beside perpetuating name which
must ever have prominent place in
the history of the world as written
in these later days, the launching in
Philadelphia of the new battleship
Maine is to American hearts sad
reminder of one of the most terrible
tragedies of modern times.
1t is now three years and more since
The enactment of that horror in Hava-
ma harbor, and since then the survivors
have been scattered to all quarters of
the globe.
Capt. Charles d. Sigsbee, who COM
manded the Maine at the time of her
destruction, has applied for the COM
mand of the new Maine, and it is more
than likely that the request will he
granted, and that she will fly his pen
nant when commissioned for service.
OF the rs officers who were attached
to the Maine at the time of her destruc-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The arrest Of a thief in Madrid the
other day shows that Spain is still in
the race for progress. This gentleman,
who was always elegantly dressed,
carried in his overcoat strong cleo
trio battery, joined by wires to a
metallic plate, which he held in the
palm of his hand. He would ap-
proach his victim with outstretched
hand, pretending to have had pre-
vious simultaneously. Result, a
sharp electric shock. which rendered
the subject powerless. His pockets
were rided of watch, purse, ETC., in a
moment. The thief had followed this
profession during the last few years
in various European countries, and
confessed that his ingenious apparatus
had been made at Chemintz, Saxony.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

Immigration into Cuba continues to
be almost exclusively from the Spanish
peninsula, 1904 PERSONS out of a total
of l4,57S in the second half of 1900
having come from Spain. 1t is aston
fishing to learn that In the same time
only seventeen immigrants to Cuba
We're from the United States. The
situation reminds one of what the his
torian Froude said years ago: What
ever the eventual fate of Cuba, the
Spanish race has taken root there, and
is yisibly destined to remain. Span
ish, at any rate, they are to the bone
and marrow, and Spanish they will
continue"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

profundity. 1t all turned on the ques-
ton of whether the word may" in a
statute is mandatory or discretionary
To the man who has no legal mind it
seems perfectly clear that there is
nothing mandatory or compulsory
about the word may" But the law
yers for Mayor Johnson and the city
quoted all the authorities from Black
stone down to Justice Dooley to
prove that the word may" means
must" The court, however, was I'M
moved by the eloquence of the attor-
neys and decided that the word merely
implies power or permission rather
than obligation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

10 numbers for his gallant work in
destroying the Spanish destroyers.
Between the new Maine and the old
are few points of resemblance. The
first was rated as second-class battle
ship, with displacement of only 6,682
tons. Her namesake is nearly twice as
large, displacing 1890 tons at normal
draught.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

Sad would 1t have been indeed had the
mast fallen and cut down King Edward
before he had had an opportunity to
celebrate his first semi-annual birth
day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

tify Capt. Sigsbee or the explosion on
that fatal night in Havana harbor, sui
cided in New York last year.
Capt. Sigsbee, who was given COM
mand of the st. Paul when the war
broke out and who did some excellent
service while commanding that vessel,
is now chief of the naval intelligence
office in Washington. His most efficient
first lieutenant of the Maine, Lieuten-
ant-Commander Richard Wainwright,
he who commanded the Gloucester In
that bloody reprisal off Santiago, Is
now superintendent of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, with the rank
of commander, having been advanced
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

Miss Josephine Bowen Holman, an
indianapolis girl who III TO marry Mar
conf, is herself an enthusiastic labora-
tory worker and has devoted a great
deal of her attention in that line of
electricity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

DR.. John w. Hoffman, professor of
agriculture in the Florida State Indus
trial College, is one of the most noted
negro scientists in the-world. He has
just been elected member of the Mas
sachusetts Horticultural Society, and
also belongs to the Royal Agricultural
Society of England and many other
similar organizations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

Said shrewd minister before the
collection was taken up: "Those who
are in debt need not place anything
on the plate" The collection was
double the usual amount.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
CLEVELAND MEN ANGRY

| Cleveland CO., telegram: Yachtsmen
are dazed and indignant at the report
of the action of the New York Yacht
Club in refusing to allow Mr.. Lawson's
Boston yacht independence to sail in
trial races for the selection of de-
fender for the international trophy.
Chairman Ernest w. Raider of the
Great Lakes Yacht Racing Union said:
Il can scarcely believe the New YORK
Club has finally debarred the indie
pendence from the trials. There must
be some mistake or some mismanage-
ment, for the one idea should be to
get the best possible defender for the
cup. 1t is all right for yacht clubs
to limit participation in club regattas
to boats owned by members of the
club, but in matter of this kind all
that should be waived"
Detroit Roasts New York.
Detroit telegram: The action of the
New York Yacht Club in barring
Thomas w. Lawson's yacht from par
ticipation in the trial races between
the Constitution and Columbia does
not meet with approval of Detroit
yachtsmen. The consensus of opinion
is that the New York Club has made
local affair out of what should be
national event and has eliminated the
element of sport that has always at
tached to the contest. John l.. Dexter,
one of the most enthusiastic yachts
men in the city, who is known all over
the lakes, was outspoken in his denun-
citation of the action of the New York
Club, when asked his opinion tonight,
said: 81 have spoken with dozens of
yachtsmen today and everyone thinks
the New York Club has narrowed what
should be a national contest into a
little club affair"
Toledo Men Are Harsh.
Toledo (O.) telegram: Joe Taylor,
owner of Juanita, winner of the De-
troit Sweepstakes race and of the Pin
gree cup, said: 81 think the action of
the New York Yacht Club shameful,
and furthermore the act merits a re-
Duke from the entire nation. The in
ference to be drawn from this peculiar
move is that the term international as
applied to the Americas cup races is a
misnomer and that these famous con-
tests has been merely club regattas
under the auspices of the New York
organization. Burt Bortree of the
Viking views the New York Clubs re-
fusal to enter Crowinshield's ninety
footer as the outcome of rivalry be-
tween the new designer and the Here
SHOTS. r. d. Potter, who sailed on
the Vencedor here during the late in
ternational contest, would give the
Independence an equal chance in the
trial races. Commodore Frank Frey
entertained like view of the matter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The first woman to hold office of
regent of the Wisconsin State Univer-
sity has just been appointed by Gov.
La Toilette. She is Dr. Alma ]. FRS
bic of Milwaukee and graduate of the
university in the class of '78.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
4 DERBY CANDIDATE.

Garry Hermann, one of the candi,
dates for the American derby at Chi
cago is more talked of in advance Of
tbe race than any other candidate fot
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The repartee you thiak of when II
is everlastingly too late to work of
may save you friend.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

aE Tntllp ), James Bailey, the author of
al,v s'us, published in 1889 is still
s e,.r and recently attained his eighty
b bctn year Among the books that no
u oouy has read, "Festus" is nerbans the
iamous'-London Letter
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

tube is IL inches in diameter inside,
and is protected by steel covering
seven inches thick.
The engines are of the twin screw,
triple expansion inverted vertical type.
The "a Niclausse boilers, which are al
ready we'll advanced, and which will be
nearly completed when the ship strikes
the water, are expected to give 10000
horsepower. The vessel will have a
bunker capacity of 1000 tons. This, at
an eight-knot speed, will give her a
steaming radius of $3.50 knots-almost
sufficient for two round trips from New
York to Queenstown, Ireland, or a trim
half around Cape Horn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

1t is expected that eight million
boxes of citrus fruit will be shipped
from California this season.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The prize fighters whose plans for
grand "sparring exhibition" in Gin
cinnati were thwarted by the prompt
action of the authorities have been
looking with considerable confidence
toward Mexico. They can hardly con-
slider the outlook encouraging. When
the matter was laid before President
Diaz he made this comment: "Tf
prize fighting is too low and brutal for
the United States, and is offensive to
the best public opinion there, it is
too low and to) brutal for Mexico. The
military forces of this republic will be
INSTRUCTED 70 arrest every person con-
nected with the proposed fight IL found
within our territorial limits;" and
orders to that effect were promptly
transmitted to both civil and military
authorities on the frontier.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
AMERICAN DERBY GOSSIP.

Among the Derbys that already have
fallen into the hopper of the Washing
ton Park candidates are the California,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Latonia,
writes a Chicago correspondent. Two
Oaks, the Tennessee and Kentucky
have been won by American Derby
FLIES and Turf Congress specials have
been won at practically all the tracks
This show of class has given the
American Derby more prominence
than it could have secured in any other
way. While the performances that
won some of the stake events listed
above were not strong as regards class,
weight and distance, still the fact re-
mains that all that have shown thus
far in the way of good S-year-olds arc
entered for the Washington Park fea-
ture, and the same holds true regard
ing some of the other fixtures at the
Washington Park course.
Horses to Be Rsckoned with.
At the time Joe Frey won the Cali
fornia Derby he was considered the
strongest S-year-old on the Pacific
coast. Royal Victor's success in the
Tennessee Derby was in the nature OF
fuke, and he can hardly be regarded
as strong Derby material Terminus
performed at Nashville in such a way
as to warrant the belief that he is a
great colt. Horsemen who could have
bought this colt for $500 last winter
are now willing to pay $4,000 for him,
and would be glad to get him at that
price His owner. w. 7. Shafer, how
ever, insists in keeping the son OF
Blazes for the American Derby. His
Eminence, who will carry 127 pounds
in the American Derby by reason OF
winning the Clark stakes and the Ken
lucky Derby, has beaten nothing much.
but must still be counted as an import
ant factor in the big race. He has not
yet gone the full Derby distance. but
has beaten everything he has met with
ease, and there is no reason to doubt
his ability to go a short distance far
ther than he Travelled in the Kentucky
Derby and the Clark stakes.
Hernando and Parader.
fernando is the only 3-year-old en-
tered in the Derby who has gone the
full route, mile and a half. and he
did not carry the weight that will be
asked Of the best 3-year-old of the
year. His performance is creditable
enough, but in his race he met no
class, and it has yet to be shown that
he is a colt of quality. The Parader's
performance on May II at the Morris
Park track was really a great feat. He
IS the best S-year-old that has shown
up In the East thus far. He carried
10 pounds and won the race over the
Wlthers mile with ease This is AL
ways hard race and rebounds consid-
erably to the credit of The Parader.
Until the Belmont stake is run at Nor
rls Park next Saturday it probably will
oe SAFE TO hold The Parader in a class
by himself, so far as the eastern colts
are concerned. On the Chicago tracks
robert Waddell, while he has won no
stake event, is unquestionably the hest
OF the local Derby candidates. He has
not yet carried any Jumps of weight.
put appears to be a shifty colt. and
with good handling cannot hut he
counted as a promising candidate five
"eeAs III advance of the Derby
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

Queen Wilhelmina is about to leave
her dominion8 with her husband for a
yachting cruise in Italian waters.
touching at Genoa, Naples, Palermo,
Sicily and Venice, embarking at Genoa
on board a yacht which has been char
tered for the purpose. The prince con-
sort will not return with her to Hol-
land, but will take his leave of her at
Venice, or perhaps at Port Said, If she
chooses to accompany him so far on
his voyage, and will then proceed on
board man-of-war, escorted by two
cruisers, to the Dutch East Indies, re-
turning late in the autumn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

ficult to obtain anything to eat. The
practical-minded do not even dream of
such a luxury as square meal. A
newcomer who can secure an option
on a seat at the fifth table of third
rate boarding house is the envy of his
fellows, and is credited with possess
ing a pull There are a number OF
restaurants in the town, but guards are
stationed at the doors of each one to
see that only those who can give the
countersign shall pass inside. The
places on which the tenderfoot must
rely for food are those where sand
witches and cups of coffee are handed
from the rear end of covered wagon.
But when oil is in the nostrils and for
tunes in the air, the lack of food and
shelter is not felt so seriously as it
might be under other conditions.
The demand for hotel and restaur-
ants is being supplied very rapidly,
especially since the fact is evident that
the oil boom is no temporary affair
that it is merely the beginning of new
er ending prosperity for the regions af-
fected.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

90 - new York joker entered a-so-cent
s rs AZ ! pet stock show and took ,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The forward con-
ming tower will
have 10-inch ar
NOR, and the signal
tower 6-inch armor.
Leading from the
coming tower to
the protective deck
is a steel tube in
tended to protect
the voice tubes and
telegraphs extend
ing from the COM
handing officers
station to the sta
lions below. This
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01
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viene. on Gardner, and they Will
eventually tell on McGoyern.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

fight at Louisville. 1t is possible that
he will meet Terry McGovern soon.
Dave is a brother of Spike" Sullivan.
the well known lightweight.