The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
Congress is now in session.

The Custer stage is now run
ming on winter time.
Assessor johnson reports that
taxes are being paid in at live
ly rate these days.
About 4 feet of snow in the
high mountains.
Rev. J. D. Kingsbury, D. D..
Supt. of Home Missionary work
in Southern Idaho and Utah, ar
rived in Challis last Saturday
evening from Salt Lake, and de-
livered two able sermons in the
Congregational church at this
place last Sunday-morning and
evening.
Boise B. Ellis was over from
May Sunday.
Ed. Rice paid the penalty for
murder by being hanged at the
Boise pen. last week.
Republican governors of the
States interested have not been
falling over each other in their
eagerness to accept the invita-
tion Of the Governor of Min
nesota to help him fight the big
railroad trust Are they afraid
The Republican bosses by stiff
ing Republican sentiment for
tariff revision are making some
tirst-class Democratic ammuni-
ton.
One good term may deserve
another, but it won't get it in
Georgia, if the proposition to
limit the Governors of the State
to one term be adopted.
The official count in Maryland
gives the Democrats a majority
of fifteen on joint ballot in the
Legislature. Good morning Sena-
tor German !
Maryland has never given the
country candidate for Presi-
dent, but two of its -Schley
and Gorman-are in the line of
Presidential possibilities.
As scrappy as Mr.. Roosevelt
is reputed to be, he was compel
led to run away from the horde
of office seekers in Washington
the other day.
Mr.. Roosevelt has promised to
aid in securing the re-enactment
of the anti-Chinese law, but the
steamship companies are still
fighting enactment in every
way they know how, and they
know a lot of ways to"persuade'
| Congressman.
Indian Commissioner Jones has
stirred up the beneticiaries of the
Indian ring by strongly attack
ing the present policy of the
Government toward the Indians,
and showing that the enormous
expenditures have been produc-
tive of little good to the Indians.
True, Mr.. Jones, but think of the
millionaires that have been made
by ''pickings" from those ex-
penditures.
Mayor-elect Seth Low. of New
York, is finding out that re
formers" are as persistent in
their demands for political spoils
as the professional spokesman
could possibly be.
There is still such thing as
friendship. Hon. Isidor Rayner,
who was Schley's chief counsel,
declined to accept a fee for his
services, saying that it had been
a work of love with him.
"Some disgraceful figures"
would be the correct title for the
following payments made by the
u. S. Government on account of
prize money To Rear Admiral
Sampson S25, All. "A; to Admiral
Dewey SO, $40; to Rear Admiral
Schley S18.12.
Hon. bill" Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania, will now endeavor to pre-
sent this grand act "the crushing
of Quay, knowing that tits crush
or get crushed. 1t will probably
be get crushed.
Solomon advised the sluggard
to go to the ant, but most of them
visit the uncle.
You may sow wild oats with a
. patent seeder, but you'll have to
, reap with a dull sickle.
If some men were as big as
they feel there would be a short
age in the wool crop.
If the charge that the smoke of
| St. Louis prevents singing DO