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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
Gen. Grants COURTESY.


Ida Lord Reed gives In the Century
true account of "A Woman's Expert
ences During the Siege of Vicksburg."
1t concludes with an extract from "a
letter which gives a graphic history
OF the rest of our experiences with
General Grant and his army, and has
the advantage of having been written
and posted on the spot. George
came In today, and such a description
as he gave of the destruction and DESC
lation in the county! Oakland where
our things were, was completely sack
ed l had fitted up two rooms with
my own furniture, lace curtains, and
mantel and toilet ornaments. | left
a pantry stocked with provisions for
many months, a cedar chest full of
handsome clothing, the rector's fine
library packed in boxes, and even my
little trunk full of sewing materials,
and my writing desk and work table
Just as they stood. The soldiers cut
the carpets into strips with their pen
knives, and tore the lace curtains from
the windows with their bayonets. Valu-
eN~AS
and thrown to the winds. Our cloth
ing was piled in heap in the yard
and barrels of flour and molasses pour-
ed over 1t. The men stirred the heap
with their bayonets, and called it a
rebel stew. They tore my bonnets
up, and tied the pieces to the bedposts
and even went SO far in wanton mis-
chief as to kill sheep in the parlor
and cut 1t up on the handsome table.
l had never believed the stories we
heard of such things, looked upon them
as newspaper items gotten up for ex-
element, yet ours was one of MANY
cases. But | must tell you about our
interview with General Grant After
much discussion it was decided that I
had better go to Grant, and ask him to
send us out with our soldiers as pris-
oners of war to New Orleans. We
feared the exposure of the children to
the heat of the July sun, after their
underground life and scant fare and
the hardships of travel in wagons. So
Jennie and | called upon General
Grant, who received us with every
courtesy, and gave us papers which
would secure us transportation
through his lines. He behaved through
out our interview like brave soldier
and kindly gentleman. He expressed
himself as being anxious to aid the
people all he could, admired the hero
ism and self-sacrifice of our army as
much as l could ask, and "as for the
women of the SOUTH" he said, "they
cannot be conquered" Those were his
very words. While we were there Ad-
miral Porter entered, and we were in
troduced to the man who for eighteen
months had been bothering us with
bombs. On our way home he passed
wagonful of Confederate soldiers, who,
when we bowed, as we always do when
we meet them, filled the air with their
cheers. Our whole army is devoted
every man of it, to the ladies who
shared with them the trials and dan
gers of the siege
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
Current Topics
Marconf rs 10 Marry.

Now York dispatch; Courtship ant
.vnerimeuts in wireless telegraphl
,ombined is the exclusive novelty that
riglielino Marconi, the inventor, was
ohIe tn indulge in winning an Am
erican girl, Miss Josephine Bowen
Holman. his engagement to whom was
announced on his arrival at Queens
town last Friday.
Miss Holman is a daughter OF the
lota Justice ]. A. Holman of the In
diana supreme court. Marconi. who is
only 81 years old, met his fiance on
the American Line steamer st. Paul In
November, 1S99 He had come to the
limited States and made demonstra-
tion of his wireless telegraphy by
sending wireless bulletins about the
shamrock-Defender yacht race.
When the st. Paul was sixty-miles
from the Needles Marconi began send
ing kilograms to the wireless tele-
graph station that he has established
on the Hampshire coast He sent tele-
grams for Miss Holman, who was i'm
mensely impressed by the invention Of
her friend.
Marconi followed Miss Holman
through Europe They went to Paris,
Nice and Monte Carlo.
Marconi came to New York few
weeks ago. 1t was reported he came
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

Gen. Felix Agnus, proprietor of the
Baltimore American, and one of the
bravest and most popular of Mary
lands soldiers in the Union army dur
ing the war of the rebellion tells this
story of his experiences during the
troublous times of the early COS: 'I
was wounded at the battle of Gaines
Mills. The bullet entered my chest
and shattered my shoulder bone and l
fell unconscious. When my senses re-
turned found that Confederate, also
wounded, had fallen across me, for
the battle had been hand-to-hand af-
fair. The man was family whispering
for water. / lifted up my canteen-it
was filed with cold coffee-and handed
1t to him. He took long drink and
handed the canteen back to me. 'Yank,
he said, thank you And then he add
ed, with equal sincerity: Damn you.
Not long ago., continued Gen. Agnus.
Il was in the Carrollton hotel in Bal
timore, whe ma party of ex-Confeder-
ates,who were giving a dinner, captured
me and took me as a prisoner into the
banquet room. They called on me for
a speech and / told them the story of
the man with whom | had shared my
canteen when we were both wounded
on the battlefield. expressing my ad-
miration of the spirit which thanked
me and damned me in the same breath.
The next day fine looking gentleman
called upon me at my office. He had
heard my story, he said, and had come
to tell me that he was the wounded
soldier. From that day to this we
Ssaxe been the best of friends"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

in contact with oiled oak and mustv
ale, artificial cobwebs, and Center
street armorial bearings, he converts
himself into modern archaist and
calls the den Eye Olde Tayerne "
Every city where the English language
is spoken and murdered has its brood
OF I'VE Olde Tavernes." Strange 70
tell such places are patronized bv ths
we'll informed class. You meet in
them men who read a lot, university
men with and without degrees who
have knocked about the world and
Immensely clever fellows who have
educated themselves outside of work
hours, And yet, brethren. everyone 80
these pronounces Eye" as it is snellad
regardless of the fact that Eve" is incl
as much the" as 81" is "eye.' There
is only one we" in the English lon
guage, and it is the archaic personal
pronoun of the second person com
monty used in the plural. 1t is moor
rect to invite friend to dine at .ev.
Olde Taverne." Spell it "Ye." If Won
please, but pronounce it "The Ola
Tayerne. New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
A Popular HeIomno.

Paducah, KY, dispatch: Mrs. Of
tillia Hippel Davis has just won a
contest to determine who is the most
popular married woman in Padueah.
She is one of the most beautiful wo-
men of the city, fearless horse
woman and the champion bowler OF
the clubs.
Mrs. Davis, who now wears a dia-
mond pendant with an inscription at
testing that she is the winner of the
popularity contest, is true Kentuck-
ian. She is the owner of five blooded
horses. Recently team ran away
and threw her and her sister from
the carriage. Mrs. Davis pluckily re-
tanned her grasp on the reins while
tne carriage was being demolished by
tne Kicking and struggling animals,
ana she escaped unhurt. The follow
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

/
When the march begins in the morning
And the heart and foot are light,
When the flags are all a-futter
And the world Is gay and bright,
When the bugles lead the column,
And the drums are proud in the van,
IT'S shoulder to shoulder, forward
march,
All! let him lag who can.
For It's easy to march to music
With your comrades all In line,
And you don't get tired, you feel in
spired,
And life is a draught divine.
When the march drags on at evening,
And the color-bearer's gone,
When the merry strains are silent
That piped so brave in the dawn,
When you miss the dear old fellows
Who started out with you,
When it's stubborn and sturdy, for
ward march,
Though the ragged lines are few.
linen III udTu W iHdTCH III SlleuCc,
And the road has lonesome grown,
And life is bitter cup to drink,
But the soldier must not mourn.
And this is the task before us,
A task we may never shirk,
In the gay time and the sorrowful
time
We must march and do our work.
We must march when the music cheers
us.
March when the strains are dumb,
Plucky and valiant, forward, march
And smile, whatever may come.
For, whether life's hard or easy,
The strong man keeps his pace,
For the desolate march and the silent,
The strong soul finds the grace.
Margaret e. Sangster.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

The deepest hole in France is we'll
In the coal mines of Ronchamp, Up
per Seine, which was completed in De-
cember, 1900. Its depth is 5000 feet
and it's utilizable diameter Is 10 feet.
The shaft Is walled from top to bottom
and lined with copper where it ira
verses water-bearing strata. To com
plete 1t sixty months were required.
AT 80 feet below the surface the tenn
perature of the rock is so, degrees Fab
renheit; at the bottom the tempera-
ture is lit degrees Fahrenheit, al
though the highest temperature OF the
air in the shaft without artificial ven-
ttilation) is Ss degrees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

The municipal council of Venice has
,offered reward of 10000 lire to any
person who may rescue Lieut.. Count
Franco Quirini and the Norwegian
sailor, who were lost from the explor-
ling party of the Duke of Abruzzi. A
reward of 5000 lire is offered to any
the fate of the men. Only few days
ago an expedition started for Franz
Josef Land. for the purpose of finding
the lost adventures. They may be
discovered, but the chances are against
lit. The remarkable experience of Nam
sen and his companion in that region
affords some hope that the Italian and
the Norwegian are still safe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

What are the two changes in the per-
sonal appearance of people which
would most surprise a Rip Van Wrinkle
opening his eyes after sleep of CEN
fury? According to recent observer
they would be the number of persons
young and old-who were wearing
glasses, and the few of any age who
were pitted with smallpox. A very
agreeable exchange. Perhaps another
century will teach man how to re-
cover normal eyesight, as we'll as to
save the smoothness Of his skin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

Aristocrat and plebeian are only
comparative terms. Some years ago
Professor Geddes OF Edinburg moved
his family into a slum district, where
they hoped to do friendly work among
the poor. One evening he asked dis
tinguished statesman to dine with two
local guests. chimney-sweep and a
scavenger. The statesman accepted
with unfeigned pleasure, the scavenger
said he would come; but the chimney
sweep refused to sit down with the
lscavenger. At another time the fam
lily ON the first floor of the decrepit
tenement they inhabited told Professor
.Geddes that If he continued to speak
ia the family in the garnet he must
mop their acquaintance. IF the an
es have any fun in them" wrote
iHnaAe Walpole, ''how our distinctions
nuA avert theml"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

At a meeting of the Philadalnb,o
Presbytery few days ago a rosn1,.
tion was adopted to the effect tbat
hereafter no candidate for the minis+rs
snail be given license to preach ~
less ne shall have been under AZ.
charge of the Presbytery for ons vs .us
In exceptional cases the candidate r S
t DC . aamitsed sooner on the concurrence
OF three-fourths of the Presbyterv 'A's
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

The Archduke Rainer of Austria has
presented his magnificent collection of
papyri, which is one of the finest in
the world, to the Hofbibliothek at
Vienna. This splendid gift consists of
10000 Greek. 10000 Arabic, and 5000
Coptio manuscripts, all of which have
been catalogued during the last 10
years by Professor Karabacek, who
has Just been appointed director of the
Vienna Hofbibliothek.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

me Anwsting forth of new spring
- carls4d, throwing out eight hun
1.cu galisS minute at a temperature
Aoz ran is remarkable event.
-, - ~ ooo yeAs the waters of Carlsbad
ase run WITH 30 far as is known, only
~ ineermissisu, which occurred for
sn.eo oays at ths time of the great Lis
49, ~ ear'nquake. The temperature of
ny ne" spring shws that its waters
49, s-n0 from what is locally known as
me sprudelkessei. o. Moaning cald-
Ton, which ia believed to underlie
hot springs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

10 does not appear that the English
are ready to withdraw from South
Africa. British agents are in this
country asking bids on 100000 bags
OF feeding oats, 20.000.00O bags of seed
oats, 100000 bales of alfalfa hay and
20,Oo0.0O0 bags of bran. 1t Is under
stood that these supplies are for the
troops In South Africa.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

Here Is the latest story of Judge
Henry Il. Rowland, one of the most
popular after-dinner speakers of New
YORK: There was little boy who
was badly puzzled over the theory of
evolution. He went to his mother and
asked: Mamma, am l descended from
a monkey I don't know, she an
swered; I never met any of your IA
theirs people,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

Preliminary reports of the Austrian
census taken on December 81 last, give
the population of Austria as 26,107, 304
and that of Hungary as 19,203 ,531. The
total population of the empire, includ-
ing Bosnia and Herzegovina, is prob
ABLY about 47,000.000, an Increase of a
little over o per cent. since 1890. The
population of Vienna is 1.635.647 and
that of Budapest 729,3S3
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

The quick firing artillery with which
the whole Swiss army is to be equipped
forthwith, consists of nickel steel guns,
IA centimeters caliber. firing ten shots
minute, with range of $500 yards
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
IDAHO

There are more than 100000 square
feet of glass surface In England ex-
rlusively devoted to the cultivation and
production of tomatoes for market pur-
poses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

Among the figures returned for
cities from the Italian census taken on
February are Rome, $4,000; Flor
ence, 10000; Venice. 151 900, and Bo-
logna, $4,000
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

an8 ones OsOn Busfneys.
n example of minding ones own
business Is furnished by a Hungarian
s "Vniah IN New York, who having
aaiien out OF second story window
ana landed right side up, resented the
oneious attentions of neighbors who
sen1 LOT an ambulance to have her re-
moved TO hospital. What fs~sleged
~ oe a faithful Interpretation O =
remarks she made to the doctor
responded to the summons Is an
uienant declaration that, having
.en out OF her own window into
own yard, and having doctor o.
ewn, she would send for mediea y
'ention when she needed K.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

MISS JOSEPHINE HOLMAN.
to make some bargain with the Unitsd
States government as to the sale Of
his invention AS matter of fact, he
came here to offer his heart and hand
Miss Holman. She consented to re-
ceive them, and the two became form
ally engaged.
Miss Holman lives with her mother
and sister in luxurious apartment at
292 West .Ninety-second street. She
confirms the news 81 the Aee4aeshsAxs
She is of medium height, % year
old, with blue eyes, hair of light au
burn and fair complexion. Sh
dresses in the best of taste; is wei
educated and musical. She would no
say when the wedding would be, blu
the family think it will occur in tn
early fall. The bride will then go t,
England to live.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

me Spanish navy is now amonv >,
smallest OF the sea powers of the So. tae
AT one time, more than Gid ~s.io.
ago. 1t was among the greatest 'y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
AS to "Yev and THE,

Whenever an illiterate caterer opens
a chop house where a man may come
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

Ing oay she was seen driving the
same team.
,rsah s, DAVIS is southern agent for a
''"oer company of Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-20
DEATH OF ]. F. BARREL.
Well known Grain and Railroa,
Mnn Dies suddenly nj Davenport.

Well known Grain and Railroad
MINI Dies suddenly nj Davenport.
Special to Times Republican
Davenport, April 20. j. F. Barrett.
commercial agent OF the d.. r.. 1. & n.
w. railway. died here suddenly yester-
day, presumably of heart disease.
Mr.. Barrett has had q quite notable
career as railroad and business man.
In former years he had been connected
with railroads in the south. and at one
time was assistant general freight agent
of the Missouri Pacific, with headquar-
tiers in st. Louis. He was a newspaper
man in Sterling, ILL.,, and city clerk prior
to three years ago, when he removed to
Chicago upon the consolidation of the
glucose interests. He was connected
with the grain business of the company
until he came here. something less than
n year ago. with the title of commercial
agent of the c. p. & N. W., the railway
company that has control of the freight
ing and switching business done by the
glucose trust
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-20
TRAMP BURNS TO DEATH.
Has Fit and Falls in Fire Nea
slater-Is Burned to u Crisp.

Has a Fit and Falls in Fire Near
slnter-ls Burned TO n Crisp.
Special to Times Republican.
Slater, April 2O.-Some time last night
two tramps, who happened to land near
this place at time convenient to them
to camp for the night, built fire along
side the Chicago & Northwestern tracks
not far from the depot. They intended
sleeping there for the night, and before
lying down one of the men informed the
other that he was subject to epileptic
fits and should he have one in the night
requested him to care for him. He had
scarcely uttered the words before he
was overcome with an attack and fell
into the fire. His comrade rescued him
Immediately, putting out the blaze that
had caught hiss clothing with his hands,
burning them quite badly in doing go.
They then decided to go to the depot to
remain during the rest of the night. The
tramp who had fallen into the fire re-
manned to put out the blaze so that 1t
would not spread and ignite any of the
railroad company's property. The 9th
err. who went to the depot. awaited for
his companion some time. and as he did
not come glanced out of the window and
saw that the fire was still blazing quite
brightly He feared the man might
have had another fit and strolled up to
where they had made their camp. His
fears proved only too true. and lying
across the fire, life absolutely extinct
and with his body burned to a crisp lay
the remains of his unfortunate compan
ion. The charred body was removed to
one side. where 1T lay until O'Clock
this morning. The name of the tramp is
not Known
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-20
BANK EXAMINER ARRIVES.
Examiner Meyers Takes charge o
the Defunct Bank at LeNlars.

Examiner Meyers Takes Charge of
the Defunct Bank at I.eMars.
Special to Times Republican.
IeMars, April 2O.-Bank Examiner
Meyers is in LeMars and has taken
charge of the wrecked LeMars National
Bank. He refuses to make any state
.ment as to the conditions until full
examination has been made.
The bucket-shop. which is alleged to
have been the cause OF Defaulter Ward $
Downfall, has been closed for three
days. The wires are disconnected and it
will probably remain closed as feeling is
strong against its operation. Ward
ratronized the concern heavily and
Norman II. Perrin. manager for Arthur
Jones Company. of Chicago, who con-
Quoted branch board OF trade estab-
lishment with Attorney II. Schoenfeldt,
was in town this week trying to collect
two certificates aggregating $1,000, given
by Ward. These We're presented for
payment the last day the bank was
opened and payment was refused by
Cashier Koob as there was no record of
them in the bank books, the only trace
of them being in the certificate book
from which they had been torn out.
Many of the losers thru Wards pecu-
lations are outspoken in blaming the
bucket-shop
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-20
j. D. sEEBUReER's DEMISE.
Was ono of Des NIoine,s Most Sue.
cessful Business Men.

Special TO Times Republican
Des Moines, April POI D. Sesberg-
err, whose death at Des Aoines was re-
ported yesterday in the evening papers.
was one of the Oldest and best known of
Iowa hardware merchants. He had been
Ill for about a month. with IL severe
cold which developed into pneumonia.
John ID. Seeberger was born In New
York city, November 4, 1885, His par
ents, John %. and Dorothea Seeberger,
We're natives of Wetzler, Prussia, where
they We're reared and married. They
came TO New York in 1884 and three
years later after the birth of j. d.. re-
moved to Wooster. O. The mother died
in Wooster in 1855 John d. attended
the public schools at Wooster until he
was IA years of age, when he was app
prenticed to the dry goods house of
John b. and Neal Power, of Wooster
The energy and fidelity To duty which
characterized all his later years. was
early noted and when the confidence
and regard Of his employers and speedy
promotion. In 1860, after ten years OF
continuous service with the firm, he
found his health seriously impaired.
This led to his leaving the store and
lahiHS d journey 70 tHe teTTltoly OIL
Idaho. then a wilderness. He spent four
years in the west and returned to the
states with renewed health and vigor
After spending few months in Chi
cago he came to Des Moines in Febru-
airy, 1865 and purchased the interest of
Mr. Childs in the hardware firm of
Childs & Howell. The new firm of
Howell & Seeberger continued in the
retail hardware business until 1870.
when they added Wholesale and jobbing
departments. In 1872 Mr. Seeberger
purchased his partners interest and
continued the business until his death.
When the Wholesale business was in
augurated in 1870 about $4,000 worth
of business was done during the year.
Last year the business Appropriated
three quarters OF a million
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-20
B[ DREAMED OF DEATH
A YOUNG Man at Dewitt Commits
Suicide While in Somnam.
bulistic State.
Initiated in Detail Suicide He
Had Been R eadins About
in Papers.
No Doubt That He Was Entirely
Unconscious Of His
Actions.
Special to Times-Republican.

SPECIAL to IimeS-Republican.
Clinton, April 20.-Death by his own
hand while in somnambuiistic state
is the strange and sad fate which befel
young man by the name of Clifford
saddoris. who resided near Dewitt, this.
county.
Last week, saddoris In the middle of
the night, got up, loaded his gun with.
buckshot and went to the barn and
fired the contents into his heart. The
remains were found the next morning.
by his father. The verdict of the jury
In the coroner's inquest was suicide.
Since then some strange facts has come
to light. Saddoris' parents and rela-
tives say that the young man was in
the habit of getting up in his sleep and
doing many strange and marvellous
things. He had been known to get up
in the night, go to the barn and do all
the chores just as he was in the habit
of doing I'M the morning and returning
to his bed without awakening. He car
ried his bed from UP stairs down into
the parlor one night, put it up again
and slept half the night, then carried
his bed up stairs without any knowl-
edge of what he had DONE He had even
hitched up the team and started to
work in the field on one occasion, but
was awakened by his father, who had
been aroused by the noise. The night
on which he committed suicide before
he went to bed. he read alond to his
parents. an account of a man committ-
Ing suicide by going tpatke harm and fir