The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
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bert's death Europe has known
the names of three American
cities: New York, Chicago and
Paterson, N. J.
Admiral Cevera says that he
met Schley both at Santiago and
before but that he doesn't know
Sampson" The latter, it will be
remembered, reached the scene
too late to introduce himself.
If Lord Roberts got half a
million for failing to suppress
the Beers, how much ought
Shafter and Otis to get ?
The man who will number and
tag the South American revolu-
tions SO that the average man
may identify them, will ill a long
fell want.
Petroleum is being given a full
test as mosquito destroyer on
Staten Island, New York, where
there seems to be some doubt as
to its efficacy. Some people
assert that the mosquitoes, not
only get used to it and thrive on
it, but become thereby SO inflam-
able that they are sources of
danger.
Mark Hanna S friends are to
hint that while il was all very
well to pray for rain. it was Marx
who really caused it to fall
eventually.
A lame shoulder is usually caus-
ed by rheumatism of the muscles,
and may bescured by few appli-
cations of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. For sale by J.P. Spalding.
A South Carolina policeman
has killed his father-in-law be-
cause his wife owned up that he
had made her marry him, when
she really loved another. The
question is whether he was
ayenging his aforetime rivals
wrongs or his own.
We doubt very much whether
Tom Reed is even dreaming of
the Presidency. If he had in
tended to go in for anything of
the sort, he certainly would have
kept away from Boss Platt's
bailiwick.
Mr.. Bryan has denied posi-
lively and explicitly all charges
that he received pay for speech
es during either of his campaigns
or that he ever cut his speeches
because of a failure of the town
to pay the expense of his train.
w. ]. Lamme of Blackfoot has
been in town for several days.
Last evening he returned home
Mr.. Lamme is an attorney, and
has decided to locate at Challis,
Custer county. He has great
faith in the future of thatregion,
and he says the building of the
new road will cause that country
to prosper.-Capital News.
Knowlton & Taylor's Big 4
Comedy Co. showed in Challis
last week on Monday, Tuesday
and Friday nights to good hous-
es. The first night they put on
''Uncle Josh, and Tuesday night
gave a vaudeville entertainment.
On Friday night the company
put on that old favorite play,
"Uncle Toms Cabin which
drew an exceptionally large
The troupe consists
of eight grown people and four
or five children. Mr.. Knowlton,
who takes the leading part in all
the plays, is a fine actor and has
been on the stage for twenty
years or more, but he has weak
on the stage. The Big
4 Co. departed for Salmon last
Saturday morning.
The Executive Committee has
decided on the following features
during the Elk's Street Fair &
Carnival in Salt Lake City from
Sept. 10th to 21st, inclusive :;
Sept. 10th, Governors Day; Sept.
18th, School Childrens Day;Sapt.
18th, Merchants, Civic, Frater-
nal, National and Guardsmens
Day; Sept. 10Th, Wyoming. Colo
rado. Idaho, Montana. Nevada,
California and Oregon Day Sept.
goth, Elk's Purple Day; Sept.
2lst, Commercial Travelling Mems
Day. On Sept. Goth the live elk
is to be christened.
The September Cosmopolitan
will be devoted mainly to an able
written and illustrated article on
the Pan American Exposition.
The Cosmopolitan is one of the