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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

John Brown came here from Con-
necticut as a child of five years; and
it was through the incubation of ear
ly western reserve radicalism, oper-
ating excessively on a peculiar nature,
that he was projected upon the coun-
try at large as a lurid figure, what
ever it's defects, not to fade from his
tory. 1t has been chiefly through a
certain stalwart moral stamina of its
people, combined with a genius for
politics, that the reserve early became
conspicuous, and has all along exer-
cised a huge influence, relative to its
size. upon the state and country, says
a writer in Scribner's Magazine. 1t
has contributed six governors to the
state in the time of it's need, five SEN
ators and two presidents to the
United States; educators, authors,
scientists almost innumerable. The
mere names of Wade and Giddings, of
James A. Garfield and William Nc
Kinley, of Jay Cooke, financier of the
war of the union, of Governors Sam
uel Huntington, Seabury Ford, Reuben
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

WHEN CHAOS
Writer MoraIizes Bitterly over Woe Caused by the Annual '0u0-
cleaning Craze.
Nv the Annual House.

standeth in the hall. He fain would
eat. but there is naught whereWlth 10
do it. AS he standeth amid the wreck
age and chaos of that once happy
home. his better half again
nigh. and asketh him in a seductive
voice to help hang the family portralts'
Thereupon the husband d
stem ladder from his neighbor' u
standeth 1t against the wall. The step
ladder hath a broken step, but OF thls
the man wotteth not.
AS the man ascendeth the stepiaa-
der. bearing aloft the portrait OF MS
wife's mother, the step aforesaid CIV
eth way, and the man descendeth upon
his head and throweth the picture
through a window into the street, lor'
behold, the man falleth to the hoor
and great is the fall thereof Then the
man riseth up in his might and speak
eth things in a loud voice which are
not fit for publication
Lastly, says the Ohio State journal
the man goeth upstairs to seek sum
Der, but he findeth no place to lay mis-
head, so he lieth down on the o
and sleepeth with his head on a has
sock voting not that he will arise Oh
the morrow, a sore and stiffened crea'
ture. Verify the life of the head O
the house to be cleaned is a burden.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

seem to understand their masters
word, and they are urged on to the
combat with straws. The Chinese I'M
derstand how to feed and groom the
crickets for the fray. They give
them honey, boiled chestnuts and
boiled rice and certain kinds of fish.
They do not allow anyone to smoke
near them, for they think that tobac-
co injuries them. If the crickets grow
sick they feed them upon mosquitoes
and red ants.
In a cricket fight the crickets are
weighed before they are put in the
ring. They are matched as to size
and color. The betting is done just
as carefully as at an English horse
race. The stakes are held by a com
mittee, which deducts a certain per-
centage for those who own the fight
ing houses. During the fight the
gamblers grow excited. They scream
and yell and hop up and down as one
insect gets the better of the other ano
go almost mad when one wins.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
THUNDER FOUNTAIN, IDAHO,
A MINERAL TREASURE HOUSE.
Fortunes Of Gold Are Being Found In the
Center of the state OF idaho.

Fortunes Of COLD Are Being Found In the
Center of the state of idaho.
Thunder Mountain, the new Idaho
gold Geld, Is the most promising min
eral region in the United States. The
richness OF this country was not known
until late in the fall of 1901, after heavy
SHOWS had closed all avenues by which
the region might be reached except
unon spowsnoes. Notwithstanding this
fact, Colonel w. Fl. Dewey of Idaho,
and Others who have had wide expert
ence in mining, have expended vast
sums in the purchase of ~undeveloped
claims. The surface indications are
m~arvelously rich. Three gold bearing
ledges. from 100 to 300 feet, run
through a mountain parallel to each
other. In the Dewey mine, this vast
deposit has values running from 81 to
s4, 900 per ton, and the plates of the 10
stamp mil which runs on the ore have
to be cleaned of their accretions OF
gold every six hours.
MI u lGN WEChD WV AAlAAS y NPboR AAh
cleaned up 81, 500 in placer gold, using
a small cotton hose to wash the gravel,
the water coming from a small reser-
voir on the mountain side. The min
eral o covers a large section OF
hitherto unexplored country, and Is
about 10 miles from a railroad.
There are five routes leading to the
Thunder Mountain country, viz: via
Ketchun, Mackay, Boise and Weiser,
Idaho. aud Bedrock, Montana, all on
the Oregon Short Line railway. A
great rush to this mecca for miners Is
predicted, and ION to Thunder Noun
tain will be as familiar as the old
watchword, "Pike's Peak OF Bust" as
soon as the SHOWS disappear so that the
camp may be reached with supplies,
which will probably be between May
Is and June l. A scarcity of provisions
at present keeps miners away, as -four
at $50 per sack is considered somewhat
: of a luxury ever in this golden land.
/, Surrounding Thunder Mountain is q
, large section of country adapted to
agriculture and stock raising.
. D. E. Burley, general passenger
. agent of the Oregon Short Line rail
v road, at Salt Lake City, sent an expert
s to report upon that country, and viii
cheerfully give any information re
3 quired as to the routes and general con
J ditions in and around the great mining
= amp.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
MEANT TO BE A WoRLD-BEATER
The Military Station to Be Established
ON Governors Island.

The Military Station to Be Established
ON Governors Island.
In the heart of the city of New York
the United States is to have one of the
finest military stations in b world,
says a New York correspondent. An
nouncement was made recently for the
perfection of the plans for charging
Governors Island, and the sundry civil
bill will carry an appropriation Tor
finishing the work. Secretary Root
has been working on this plan for
a long time, and it looks now as II ms
labors would be crowned with success.
Governors Island is to be enlarged by
a breakwater and reclamation OF shoal
ground, so that it's area will be in
creased from the present sixty-hVe
acres to about $50 acres. Docks ana
berths will be built, so that the largest
ships and transports can lie alongside
the warehouses and receive or dis
charge cargoes by electrical appl1-
ances.
The entire terminal facilities OF
New York city will be available for
the handling of freight, loaded cars be-
ing foated directly into the slips. Sec
rotary Root says that when his plans
are perfected the government VIII
have a station from which an expedi-
ton of 5000 men can be dispatched
on transports, fully equipped with ar
tillery, camp outfits, horses, tentage
ETC.. in three days. There will b'
room on the island for the barracks
and tents Of that number of men, and
the transportation facilities of the me
tropolis are so great that the addition
of 10000 or 10000 men to the ordinar!
traffic would never be noticed, All thii
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Roosevelt,s strenuous Bows.

The Roosevelt children, by the way,
have been stirring their rather's siren.
uous blood. The youngsters are the
proud ~possessors of some thorough
bred chickens and they had an argu-
ment as to which were the best fight
ers. To settle that question the boys
decided to pit the chickens against
each other. For several days a crowd
gathered at the White House barns to
watch the fun. Papa" Roosevelt hap
pened out there one day, when a cock
light was in full swing. He was hNrri-
fed, or at least had to pretend to be,
and he marched the youngsters to the
White House.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

An English clergyman tells a story
about a rooster who bossed the whole
farmyard in the most tyrannical fash
ion. He would not allow the ducks to
hunt for food in the yard and drove
them away, yiciously attacking them
with his beak. The ducks finally re-
volted. After a short consultation
they formed a circle around the roos-
ter and began to draw in closer and
closer. Threatened from all sides, the
rooster fed, glad to have escaped with
all his feathers. After that he never
interfered with the ducks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

Wood, David Tod, John Brough, and
Jacob D. Cox-the latter also n OF
the ablest generals in the civil war,
and of those other generals, @ A. Gill
more, Opdyke, Dewey, Alger, Reilly,
John Beatty and the two Paines, botn
heterogeneous, who, though entering
the service elsewhere, were natives OF
the reserve; of such practical scien-
lists as Edison and Brush; of such
authors as w. D. Howells, James Ford
Rhodes, Edith Thomas, George Ken
nan, Ambrose Bierce, Sarah Woolsey,
Albion w. Tourgee, Thomas Jay Hud-
son, and Della Bacon (of Bacon.
Shakespeare fame), and of such edu-
Gators as ~ex-President James Fair
child of Oberlin, the late Thomas w.
Harvey and Burke A. Hinsdale, and
Prof. George Trumbull Ladd (the
world-famous philosopher and psychol'
ogist of Yale's faculty., are sufficient
to attest that it was no people of mere
mediocrity which Connecticut's re
markable colonizing movement placed
in Ohio.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
MAKES FLAGS FOR TIE WORLD
All the Nations Look to This Country for Their
Bonners and Ensians.

furnished to European firms for yacht
clubs, fraternal orders and quasi-mil'
itary organizations.
An immense quantity of flags was
exported to England at the time OF
the late queens jubilee, the output of
the British factories being absurdly
short of the demand. John Bull has
learned no lesson by this, for the
agents of English firms are already
placing large orders for British flags
to be Used on the occasion Of the
kings coronation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
samoan Ensign.

hags. Then the continental nations
were induced to buy, and in time still
other nations bought, until the expor-
tation If foreign flags became an i'm
portantM industry.
1t is nothing to boast of that we
sell to Canada great quantities of
flags, British banners and banners of
the dominion. 1t is but natural that
we should have the flag trade of the
South American republics. But that
the flags floating over the government
buildings at Melbourne, Sydney, Cal
cutta and Cape Town should have
been made in the United States is a
triumph for our commercial progress
that is far more significant than the
mere intrinsic value OF, the goods sup
piled would suggest.
Besides the larger flags purchased
Tor display purposes by foreign gov
ernments and dealers, great numbers
of smaller flags o~f{special designs are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
CHEAP Electloneering.

Senator-eleet McCreary told the fol-
lowing on himself a few years ago:
when 1 was in the House one of the
towns in a mountain county of my dis
trict passed an ordinance that the
country people should not tie their
horses to the fences in the place.
There was a great howl over it.
"The men had so long been used to
hitching to the fences they were as
mad as hornets, and swore that this
action was taken at the instance of a
couple Of livery stable keepers who
wanted to force them to put up their
horses at the stables and they would
not do 1t.
81 heard Of the row, and what did
do? For the small sum Of SIS l had
good, strong hitching posts put up on
a vacant square in that town and in
vited every mar to hitch as my guest
That county had been against me, but
the next time l ran for congress I hed
a walkover. 1t vas the cheapest
electioneering I ever did"
Tba Yoar1xvbo COOS all tho pairs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

On June 10th, 18th, and 18th, the
following frst-class passenger rates
will be effective via above route I
from Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah,
to
Missouri River and return. 49,. ..S32.O0
St. Louis and return, ...... 1886
Chicago and return. ALSO
Final return limit September 9th, 1902.
For reduced rates to other points,
and information regarding excursions
on other dates than above, apply to
G. F. WARREN, Gen1 Agent A. t.
& S. F. Ry.
All Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Ut
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
rho Korean CLARINET.

The Koreans have a clarinet called
nallari. 1t is made of wood, with
mouthpiece and base of brass. Its
length is fifteen inches, and it is ca
pable Of a considerable variety of
tones.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

To many of the gorgeous British
banners that will float in the breeze
when King Edward VII. rides to the
scene of the coronation ceremonies
there should be attached this legend:
/: Made in the United States. :
1t Is not the least of the many as
tonishing things about the CONNER
cial progress of this country that the
governments of the world are coming
to it for their national emblems.
In a Philadelphia factory a large
force of men and women are kept
busy the year around cutting out, sew
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Early Newspaper Advertlslnr.

AS early as 1912 the French began
to advertise in a paper called the Pc
titles Afiches, and ten years later the
first bona fde attempt at printing a
newspaper was made in London.
Among the very earliest mercantile
advertisements to appear in England
was one advertising the sale of tea. II
appeared in the Mercuius Politicus
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

One of the famous hotels in London. ;
the Angel at I%slington. is doomed to
immediate demolition, workmen being
already in possession of the building,
which is to be replaced by an up-to-
date hotel, with polished granite front.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

right in the heart of the greatest city
and greatest seaport on the continent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

The man Swho goes all the gaiUs
will become Inhinged after a while.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
X x y * 4 X X \ * x i;
THE WESTERN RESERVE
Section of the Country That Has Contributed Many Famous Men y
to the Service of the Union. a

4 x x x X 81 Il x x x =. X X x X x 4 \ x :. 4 X 4 X = X
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
THE WHITE STAR LINE.
Denial that 1t Has Joined the Nor
gan Syndicate.

Liverpool, April 26.-J. Bruce Ismay.
chairman Of the White Star Line, in
an interview this afternoon, positively
denied that the American shipping
syndicate held any shares whatever in
the company.
Mr.. Ismay said Mr.. Pierre, heard Of
the shipbuilding firm of Harland &
Wolff, had not sold his shares in the
White Star Line and he did not intend
to sell them. The statement of the
secretary of the British admiralty, Mr..
Arnold Foster, in the house of COM
mons, regarding the White Star Line
was not correct
AS to the reports of negotiations OF
]. Pierpont Morgan with himself, with
the object of the former purchasing
shares in the White Star Line, Mr..
Ismay said any information on
the subject must be obtained from Mr..
Morgan himself.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
JUDGE DAY To ASSIST IN THE
PROSECUTION.
ENOUGH EVIDENCE SECURED
To Warrant the Government I'm
Commenting Proceedings Under
the sherman Act Against Several
OF the Leading Meat Houses in
Chicago-BringinG to the District
Attorney Additional Evidence
Against These Firms-The Judges
= Statement.

Chicago, April a6.-William A. Day,
assistant to Attorney General Knox and
special counsel TO the interstate COM
merce commission arrived in Chicago
today to confer with District Attorney
S. H. Bethea relative to taking action
against the so called beef trust Mr..
Day said he did not bring with him the
application for an injunction which the
attorney general had ordered filed
against the packing firms Of Armour
& Co., Swift G. Co., Nelson, Morris &
Co.; G.. H. Hammond Company; Gu
dahy Packing Company and the
Schwarz Schild G. Sudzerger Company.
Futher, he said no bills would be filed
by him today. The matter of the in
vestigation, he said, had been placed
entirely in the hands of District At
torney Bethea.
attorney Day said: II want to cor
rect a misconception of my position in
this case. 1 am here merely as the
representative of Attorney General
Knox. District Attorney Bethea is to
have sole ch1rge OF the prosecu-
ton. have not authority to
direct his actioas, but merely to con-
vey to him certain instructions of his
superiors in Washington as to the out
line of the bills I have also brought
some additional evidence which I Sc
cured in New York This will be sifted
by him and will be used to supplement
his proof Of the existence of a meat
trust. I do not think the bills will be
drawn hurriedly, as they must stand
the severest scrutiny of some Of the
best corporation lawyers. For this
reason care must be taken to with
stand the assaults of a demurrer. ]
have no authority to say anything
concerning the evidence 1 have secured.
1t is sufficient TO state that the attor-
ney general has approved of the proofs
secured by Mr.. Bethea and myself and
unless he was certain that we had
strong evidence to support the appli-
cations for injunction under the Sher-
man antitrust act he would not have
ordered the prosecution started at this
time.
LAS soon as the bills are ready for fl
ing notice will be sent to the defen-
dants Thirty to fifty days will be al
lowed to file answers or denlurrers. 1t
is stated authoritatively that the CEN
ter of the governments action against
the packers will be Chicago, and if any
bills are to be filed at New York it will
be later.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
THE GRIDIRON CLUB
gressnen How to Hold Session
of the House,

Washington, April 90 The Gridiron
Club gave it's April dinner at the Ar
lington hotel tonight, when the guests
included members of the cabinet, sena-
tors and representatives. diplomats,
army and navy officers, and others
prominent in public life. There being
an unusual number of members of the
house present, the dinner was conduct
ed as a ''house Of representatives" and
the newspaper men undertook to show
the legislators just how the popular
branch of congress should be conduct
ed This afforded an opportunity for
many ouips and "roasts' at the ex-
pense of the guests present There
were the usual number of good speech
es, songs and new features which make
Gridiron dinners enjoyable.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
The Time for Their enforcement
Against Cuban Ports Postponed.

Washington, April 26.-Acting Secre-
tary Spalding I as issued an amended
Cuban quarantine circular in which he
says that in view Of the improved con-
ditions in the ports OF Cuba and the
fact that there has been no yellow
fever in that island in 1902 to the pres
ent time the season for the close of the
quarantine for yellow fever, that is,
the season during which detention of
persons and disinfection OF vessels from
infected ports is demanded, against the
island Of Cuba, is postponed until June
1, 1902 This postponement does not,
however. obviate the necessity of in
spection and applies only to Cuba. The
surgeon general Of the marine hospital
service is authorized to put in effect
the close quarantine Immediately
should changed conditions require it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
FOR SOUTHERN EDUCATION.
The Endowment Fund Raised at the
Educational Conference

Athens, Ga, April es.-Four thousand
and five hudred dollars. lone half OF the
balance necessary to complete the Win
nie Davis memorial nal: $500 to pro-
vide fifty-three-year scholarships OF
$50 each year at the Georgia state non =
NAL school. to duplicate til. forty-six
scholarships provided by the women OF
Georgia; an offer TO duplicate for u
period Of three years all new scholar
Georgia may provide before January !
1903. TO a number not exceeding fifty.
were the contributions today OF the gen.
eral educational board to the women OF
Georgia.
Men cheered and women laughed and
cried. in the fullness CT joy when they
comprehended all that the announce
ment meant. Ex-Governor W. J. North
en-, who was on the platform when the
announcement was made in the confer
ence, sprang to his feet and asked the
women of Georgia in the great audi
ence to stand up and he asked the
whole audience to stand up, not as peo-
pie of one state or many states, but as
people Of one country. The announce
ment came in the middle of the morn
ing session by William II. Baldwin. Jr..
of New York.
If the conditions specified in this an
nouncement are complied with to the
full extent of the ofrer-as no doubt
they will be-the total amount OF this
contribution of the general education
board will be $4,000.
1t was several minutes before the con-
ference was sufficiently composed to re-
sumo business.
Invitations were extended 10 the con-
ference today by representatives OF
the states Of Tennessee: North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Florida to
have the next years meeting held in
their states.
DIR. w. T. Harris, United States com.
missioner, was the principal speaker OF
the morning session.
No meeting was held this afternoon
the delegates and visitors joining in the
decorati ton exercises here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
THE SOUTHEAST GALE.
Norfolk Reports Pretty Heavy WING,
But no Damage.

Norfolk, Va, April 26.-The southeast
storm predicted by the weather bureau
has been raging. The wind blew thirty
miles an hour curing the day On the
coast the blow was quite severe, al
quence have been reported up to a late
hour tonight. The wind at Cape Henry
reached a velocity Of twenty-four miles
an hour. while it only blew about six
teen miles an nour at Cape Hatteras.
The temperature at o'clock thir
morning was 20 degrees. The heat,
however. was tempered by the strong
wind
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-29
A DASTARDLY DEED.
Timely Discovery Prevents the
wrecking Of the Niagara Tunnel
md Great Loss of Life.

Buffalo, N. Y. April "a special to
the News from Niagara Falls says:
By the merest accident the lives of
about thirty and the tunnel work of
the Canadian Niagara Power Company
were saved from destruction.
Last evening as the night shift went
on the discovery was made of most
dastardly attempt to wreck the tunnel
and kill the men working 160 feet below
the surface of the earth.
The shaft leading down to the tunnel
is 16O feet deep. From the bottom of the
shaft, the tunnel runs north and south
and men work at both headings. The
blasts are discharged by means of bat
tedies which are operated at the foot OF
the shaft, the wires extending to the
headings.
When the night shift went to work
one of the ''nipper'' boys discovered
that at a point 100 feet from the bottom
of the shaft wires from one of the bat
teries had been cut and cartridge cap
connected and placed in a stick OF dy-
Mantle. The stick "f dynamite had
been placed between Two boxes of dyna-
mite containing IS pounds OF the ma
terial 1t is customary fol the. day
shift to arrange the blasts and the
night shift sets them off when 1t comes
on.
Had the "nipper" boy failed to dis
cover the plot the damage and death
list would have been fearful. The men
, at the headings would have been killed
and imprisoned and work which mas
cost many thousands OF dollars ruined.
The object or the motive Is not
known. Detectives are at work on the
case.