The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-05
Observation-Disclosures
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

March came in mild, but the
next day it was different.
Some pretty good catches of
fish are being made now on Sal
mon river near this place.
Yesterday President Mckinley
was inaugurated President of the
United States, entering upon his
second term of Office. Teddy
Roosevelt was also inaugurated
as Vice President.
d. T. Miller of Boise, and E.
A. Greene of New York, are ex-
pected in Challis soon. Mr..
Greene is coming to get informa-
ton relative to the proposed
Idaho Midland railroad.
A bill has been passed in the
Idaho legislature requiring the
the publication of legal notices
in the newspapers, instead of
posting them on old buildings,
where one person in a hundred
ever reads them, as is now done.
John Nipple Mitchell was Sc
lected United States Senator
from Oregon last week. The
democrats brought about his
election by uniting with few of
the republicans. Senator Mitch
ell, while republican in politics.
is said to be a silver man.
Yesterday Hon. Fred. Dubois
took his seat to serve for six
years as United States Senator
from Idaho. Senator ShouI
steps down and out. We fee
confident that Senator Dubois
will not betray Idaho's creates
Industry as Shoup did. 1t is {
most welcome change.
| J. G. Fox departed for Sal
Lake City on WEDNESDAY morn
ing of last week. He goes or
business in connection with the
case of f-the-creditors of the W
| A. Norton estate VS.. John E
Dooley. The case was set TO
argument yesterday before th'
Supreme Court of Utah.
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
No. 81, l. o. o. F., the member
thereof, have decided to give
social at the Odd Fellows hall
the lower hall-on Wednesda,
evening, March 18th. A choic'
literary program is being al
ranged for the occasion. A gen
/, eral invitation is extended. w
expect to give further details i
next issue.
Yankee Fork Gold Mining Co
of Custer county. has been in
corporated. The company cor
sists of ]. NJ. Stevens, S. H. Orr
Kate Chapman, Mrs. Killing:
, worth, Jacob Hutchinson, Porte
Armstrong, w. A. Crawford an
S. D. Hilliard, all of Blackfoo
The directors are S. d. Hi
d lard, Porter Armstrong, ]. T
Hutchinson, S. H. Orr and Mrs
Killingsworth. -Blackfoot New
d The anti-cigarette bill, by M
! Pence. of Canyon county, is
m hard slap against the use {
If cigarettes. 1t reads
II 'sWhoever shall make, sci
n offer for sale or in exchange, {
j, give away or bring or cause
" be brought into this state for IL
le purpose of selling, offering fl
sale or in exchange, or givir
, away any cigarettes, cigaret
paper or substitute for the san
% shall be guilty of misdemeano
and upon conviction of the san
p shall be punishable by fine
any sum over $50 and less tn;
$500.
I'm all prosecutions under tn
sd Act, the having in ones posses
as ion or under ones control or
in or about the premises any ciga
IL iS cites, cigarette paper or subs
tute for the same, shall be prir
facie evidence of an infractiC
of this Act"
10 That was terrible disast
that befell the passengers tn
went down with the steamer +
de Janerio, off Golden Gate,
IT, the 22nd of last month. III
ship struck a rock, and almc
instantly the doomed ship we
to the bottom, carrying 128 pc
~ u sons to their watery grave
". Among the number lost W
bit Consul Wildman and his Wi
'ur and two children. Mr.. Wildm
q, a,s was formerly a resident of Id
rev ho. Some censure is placed L
on the captain of the ship, Ca