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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

Nineteen cases 81 dynamite are
stored Iu Seattle That quantity ~ the
explosive material has been stolen
from tHs rf0rth8uHs At Fort t-nWtHn.
and is believed g. be- 90 this city The
quantity stolen lH enough 10 blow up
half ~ the ritY The explosive stolen
ia iu ctfatsIized form and the slightest
friction will SCI II on
A year ago She government bad on
hand twenty four cases ~ dynamite
at Port tawtun. According 90 Iaw.
dNHhmlt, cannot De- stored az handed
after ID iH ane year old az tie sFpiu=
Hlpr quality increases The govern
ment generally bBuls the dynamite o.
the hsaeh and hurirH ~ while the tide
e aut and she water coming iu auaks
down through che sand and destroys
the skulaHlNa powers.
This powder however was much
older than tile prescribed year aud Ii
aaH considered unsafe 10 carry ~ fhf
bY wagon For that reason BE- Was
taken 10 "a creek short distance
away
Two weeks ago VIII shannon. an sx-
soldier wHH arrested 3D. saloon with
seventeen Ftlsks ~ dynamite on HIM
u NaH shurtly after thB that the at
tempt aHH made o. blow up he Inter
urban depot aHd many other incidents
haKs come 20 fiEht a. show that the
explosive b. existing iu large quan-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
HELD UP HACkMAN
TWO MASKED MEN OPERATE AS STAGE ROBBERS. BUT So
CURE VERY LITTLE PLunpER-soTH ESCAPE

die Of the street In an instant IL
naehed on the driver that these we're
the furn he bad seen few minutss
before II was useless 10 turn
around. and instead he urged the
horses or As he came % TO tho
men they divided and grabbed the
horses BY The bits. bringing tho
hack 10 a stop.
Gaut was ordered OFF the hack.
and while one Of the men held the
horses. the other searched him. His
watch and money were taken as they
were found BY ihe rohber. tie Was
then told 20 shell off his oVercoat'
This the hold uu tried on. but found
that Il was too small. and returned
the article.
just as they were leaving. the
man noticed that the driver wore a
good pair ~ driving gloves, and
said Guess YOU can get along
without them until you can get A
new pair. letter turn them into
the general fund. too The hack
man Invested himself OF the gloves
az vel. aud WAS allowed 10 mount
his carriage and 80 on.
He Immediately drove 10 police
headquarters md reported the rob
berry but WAS unable 10 give n very
extensive description 81 the men. az
they both wore masks There have
been bat two robberies Of haeknen
in Seattle during the past six years
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
QXzMIZE Is J7WH
NlNETEEH CASES or POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE MISSING FROM
FORT LAwToE-THouoHr TO IN SEATTLE

titles ia seattle II II ~ the hands a
those who handle Il ferkieariy. Wlte 4
total disregard for human life ~ prop
sffy.
When shannon was arrested, city
Detefufp Lame. among 9ihrfa. Was de-
Jailed 49, fhe iHHsHfgati1r 4 the dyHs-
mite plots lie found thaf the twenty
four ,aaea had been buried At Fofs
I.HwtoU. and went out a. look Ossg
the ground aad found siAf instead &c
twenty four rarer being buried ia the
bed ~ fhr creek there were only hpa
cases Wagon tracks revealed clearly
that the rfHt 81 the powder had been
stolen. ard that too, within To past
month
All the soldiers knew chat the dynas
mite vas bufird ln the bed ~ the rex
a. lie fIme Since then maH8 have
been discharged ana some have desert-
cd IL iH thought by the police that
thsY Will soon be- able % locate the
thIsysn I'd looking Tor thu soldiers VIC
have I,f since the powder Was buried.
Shannon vas very familiar With the
route "a the Belt lire workings. anN u
10 ustif taAt Lc had tried 70 sell thu
dynamite ihere
Ever nerve ~ fhs police depa rtmsns
Is nov straIard 10 find where this mos
dangerous explosive which If growing
more dangerous daily. f. stored and
% destroy 81 before u is exploded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
BIG BLAZE
IN VATICAN
Rome Is Thrown Into a Frenzy OF
Excitement When the Fire
Is Reported

Al the Instance 81 the pope. who
psrsaually superiutendrd the ught
With the flames. the ftremen "
Uamo we're called 10 render assist
ance IN fighting the fire.
The italian authorities we're mott
fled II the ftre aud FOR the first time
since the downfall 81 the temporal
power ~ the vatican representatives
~ the civil government entered the
vatican IN their official capacity.
The whole popuiaee Of ROWE was
thrown into a frenzy of excitement
when the fact that fire was raEinE
at the vatican became generally
huRat-w
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
NOME FLEET
ELEVEN VESSELS STILL THs
NoRTH-NEWs OF THEM rs
asxIousLY AWAITED

OF the fleet Of II vessels stili out
from Nome. composed Of the one.
sen. Eureka. Meteor. Elihu Thorn
son. Khtluk. sadie. Discovery. Cor
Nin. Manning and Rear. IL ia be
iiesed that the oregon viii be the
fsat 10 arrive. ~ she NHa sighted
late in the afternoon Of she goth by
the Senator and Ohio both vessels
thsu being but 20 hours out
The oregon has but $50 tons Of
freight and should. with fapors bic
weather. discharge it in about 30
hours ii r. figured that should she
leave Nome on her schedule. October
-. she would make port tomorrow
All Of the vessels. Nith the cxccpz
ton % the Manning and the Eafiuk.
Ell return tu this port The Man
ming and tho Katluk viii proceed %
san Francisco direct
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

Frank @. ulgeiow OF Milwaukee.
recently elected president OF the
American Bankers Association, at
san Francisco. Is che OF the best
known bankers Ia the country. be-
cause his reputation for shrewd
fiuanciermg Is as wide ~ the con
tinent Mr BiRelow is New Yorker
by birth. born m Hartford. n. Y.
October Is. iS41. He went 20 Wis
consin IN 1861 and after a few years
schooling became a messenger I'm the
First National bank OF Milwaukee.
lie won rapid promotion. aud is now
the millionaire president OF the In
stititIcn Mr.. Bigeiaw is director
Of the North American Co. and Of
the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance Co besides a dozen other
hig institutions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
SEATTLE D,
TAcOMA D
NEITHER SIDE SCORED IN THE
HIGH SCHOOL GAME

The Seattle High school football
Eeam played the team from the TIA
coma High school. Saturday. and
were lucky 20 come out with the
Hcore tie The visitors. although
lighter. out-claased the local boys In
team work and would have scored
in the second hair, had they not
been twice pcualized 20 yards for
holding noWd. the captain and end
~ the Seattle team. was pat out
u the game for fouiiuE Tanner. the
eolored boy who played end for the
visitors The same teams play In
Tacoma November -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
C. o. Y0UNe DEAD

JUNEAU. oct. e. Especial Cone.
spoudenee l-C O Young, an euet
uecr quite well kuuwn la Juneau.
was taken aboard the Dolphin ~
Peter Aetg ON her way M the last
trip with the intention OF bringing
him To the hospital here Al hour
afterWard he died With un atlmvut
OF the heart OF the bursting OF "A
hlood vessel. the physicians did not
determine which Mrs Young HIS
wife. brought the body on az Is
Juneau aud u h nov at foung =
uudertnk lnK parlors. The deceased
was IN the employ Of the Pacific
Packing and Navigation Company
at Petersburg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
ST. LOUIS MAS
MORSE SNOW

81. Louis. Nov. THE Coliseum is
roapirndaut Ia decorations u green
ard white. the enlurs ~ the II Louis
Horse Show association. which opens
~ annual exhibition tnnisht- The
show promises e. eclipse IN matter of
attendance. and in the number and
quantity % the entries any previous
exhibition of the kiud held 10 81 Iosis.
Many aoolety people and horse lovers
Hre already here from Kanra- city
Memphis St Joseph Little Rock aud
other points The exhibition will aron-
tiuue throughout the week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
S~arner Bertha Is Due

IRE Alaska Commercial company ?
steamer Bertha he dHf ffoie cpoh 9 tH-
ist aud Coopsr River At Treadwell
shs wili take oH = cargo q ZOO tops
% concentrates. also ta0.a cases e
salmon ~ ,he t0rius and khsHau can
uerirs.
TIE Bertha has large l.zt = pas.
srfFsrs frorn the various districts sur
rastndinE Cooks Inlet snd the eappet
HiNar saliaF.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
JMDMRD
UMzH
LITTLE aAsE GOT TANGLED IN.
4 THX $50 CLOTHING

The THREE werka old aon - Ma ard
Mra . e. Eaerett vha resid@ at sts1
Fiunsr avrnus. tust perth - Fremont,
waa smothsred "a death sums time
after riecA YESTERDAY morning
A. that tiuie Afra Eacreif heard the
child crtIrE Ste sut 40 ard prepared
serve nsllA fof the little enc and walt
81 until 30 ~aa aHtsep
fn satse way fhs child at the bed
clothes caught over IA head and vas
unable 70 throw them N oF make ~
cutlery When the parents rusf tu the
rtarufaE they tnaksd IN she uttie
cradle. which wha standing close q
the bed. snd found the child cold m
death
The coroner vas Immediately NOTIFIED
and pspatY Coroner Wiiisie made an
examination hHdins that death YES
the result - an accident
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
kfCHY ScH0N CPEkS

rhe Seattle free night school opens
Tonight 81 O'Clock IN tie Central
. heol building. corner Seventh ave-
tfue aud Madison street The stu
aerta will oecupy the entire third
floor. An Increased CORPS 81 teach
i~fa has been provided Tor the large
attendance that h. eEpscird The
sessions Wiil be bat two hours TunE.
as the school Il for the benefit -
those who are at work during the
aHy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

SEATTLE MAN DROWNED ~
cApsIzlNG or LAUNCH

DAWSON. oct 1t Especial Cor
osfopdeuceJ Another STORY OF a.
tragic death IN the lower country
has just reached Dawson. although
details nf the affair are meaEeT.
neither is IL certain that the accident
occurred on the TauHus or ou the
lower Yukon while the parties were
en- route from H. Michael to- the
T1uaua lu "a launch.
The death vaa by drowning. the
victim being young man from Be
aillc hY tho name Of CHyuuHuKh
who. with another man. came 90 II.
Michael by the outside route. bring
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
ME MRk
M M1W
WILSON'S MEN LOSE THE
LAST GAME ON HOME
GROUNDS TO FRISCO
GERMANS

Seattle closed the season ia this city
yesterday hY vsr1 generously dnua ting
a game 60 the Xisltfug Dutch from
Frisco.
The locals had the game safrly
slowed away uutl the eIEhth. when
through very loose PLAYING they al
lowed the visitors Go score three runs
ard although they tied the score the
Germans annexed two moro ia the
ninth and % was an over hu the shout
luF cutter had the best 81 SC. Nfaln
tn the pitching. although both were
hit freely Nihsan was presented with
"a watch fob. ami H4ashsar and Byers
we're handed bis boquctH ~ their
friends. The score.
HE
san Francisco % ooetooaa-s "a 3
Seattle ...s.....,.f 90 col i0-4 Z
Batteries. Butter and zrArruss. ST.
Nrain aud Hyers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
~ THROES
OF cARNtvAL

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Soy. 2-The
Memphis fan carnival opened to-day
under most faAurahts auspices. AL
trains arriving sunday night ana
this morning brought HUNDREDS -
visitors from All points within =
radius % leo males OF NOR" TIE
DAYS program vas RucEcssfuiiy ear
ried out
JACKsoNEtI.E. Fla. Nov. -
Every body IN the eitY e. imhusd
with the carnival spirit and Jack
snusiiie 10 Kaysr than u has ever
been. This week the city viii Eivy
itreif 10 70 a whirl # pure pisasup
ia celebration Of 80 rebuilding after
tire eeat fire Whtrh laid - waste
three yenra ago
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

ROME. Nov. s-The fire that
broke cut IN the vatican AZ so
ofelock last nisht faEvd for Eluost
four hours before IL could be eStiu-
ssisfea II was enc 81 the worst Ia
she history ~ the vatican.
The fire occurred tn that part Of
tao building containing the hall 81
Inscriptions. where the pope gives
his audiences. which q adjacent 20
the famous Piuacoteca. or gallery Of
pictures
II Is supposed to have started In
the apartments of NJ Marie, the eel
shratra French rcstorer o. ancient
ftauuaertufv
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
SCORCHEO
Bo~ery on Coney Island Dies
troyed-Two Lives Lost

NEW YORK. Nov two lives
werc lost and the wbaie - the nowery
ON Cunsy Iaiaud Was destroyed In a
ere that occurred yesterday
Tne cas.altg list Includes
i.iEale Stein years old. and an un-
idsuuhed nesre. dead. and Albert Hsu-
h.u. dyinK Ia Kings county hnnsital
The moat severely iniured ifsc5adr ga
cas- aud ave women.
me total amount II damaEs uin as
ereaatr o. taa 80 The nre b believed
e. b. u iucsndiaty ofiEtn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

lnE NIfh them a small EsFaliue
launch iu which they Wefe making
their aay up she river. headed Tor
FaifhamkH. = h.n the little launch
capslHcd and GaKsnauKh was
drowned
The other mnu came on 10 Fort
Uihbon and Hrut . wire TO the youuR
mans family 81 seattle. II II said
that a brother - the drowned man
passed through Dawson last week on
his WAY down the river. the accident
having occurred between two and
three weeks ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
DAILY PAPER
FOR WON EN-

LONDON. Nov. ALFRED HARMS
worths new paper the Daily Mir
ror. which is Intended TO appeal par
ticularly 20 women. made its first
appearance today. According TO the
publishers announcement the paper
is not To be iu any sense a feminine
organ but will eater largely to
feminine readers, along the lines
employed largely by the daily press
OF America.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
fNfD
THE NEW UNION saw.
INGS AND TRUST CON
PANY INCORPORATED

Articles % Incorporation FOE the
Union Savings aud Trust company
were nlud in the county auditors once
saturday afternoon A stated iu Sat
nrdayz issue ~ tho Star the company
will be- larger than am uuW iu the eiiN
and Nili open Tor business Nov @ Ia
the roems formerly occupied bs ths
London and San Franchise hank
James y ttags IT.. r. to De the eKesus
titu head 81 the concern.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
JUDGE M GHVRA I'LL

Judge John J. MUGilvra, the pio-
ueer attorney of Seattle. is very III
at his home at the foot II Forty
second avenue north. With art attack
Of 1auudlec a sinking spell ycster
day considerably alarmed his fam
iiy and three physicians were
called On consultation. bat as he raj
lied there IS little doubt OF his re
Coycfy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02

The y A r a r.. Co steamship
Roanoke wni. according g. present
plans. tie for the winter Unless ire
general manager - the company. VIE
ID - expected. will arrive frufn tea
KIondike this week has some further
plans Tor the Roanoke she viii re
rrain oct - commission at the AEef.
dock until the opening % the Nauas
season neat spring
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
MAC WON

The Spekesman-Reyie medal for
the live bird championship OF the
state was won yesterday at the
Meadows by Mac Of Seattle with a
score Of 20 birds. W. \. Hardy OF
Seattle. Il. q. Ueuham of Tacoma,
and Bcdd OF san Francisco. tied for
second place with a score OF Is each.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
TURNER kH0
QvEEkkR TO
FIGHT NOV. 10
Especial 20 The starr

VANCOUVER. b G. Nov. AR
ticIcH have been signed Tor a match
between Perry Qucenan and RUFF fur-
uer. which is 60 take place In this city
under the auuices ~ the Vancouver
baseball club. The match will be
brought 81 In the Thcatcr ROYAL, the
date selected being November II. The
conditions of the contest call for catch
WtlEhIa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
lAsoR MEETINGS. ToNIeHI

ballard ship Capentera-Baker
street hall Ballard.
Electrical Workers No. Wait
reHsoa hall 1890 Second avenue.
Plastefets olympic halt, lloth
Second avenue
Pressmcn ". G. l. a. hail. 1900
Second avenue.
Sheet Metal Workers Musicians
hall. 1870 second avenue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
SMELTER HOM
THE LARGEST
IN DOMINION

GRAND FORMS - g.. nov two
new furnaces. making s. total ~ ok,
we're blown lu ~ the CRANKY srnsitsr
today They increase the treatment
capacity Of the plant g. q total % 4la0
toms daily. thus ranking the Cranky
the largest copper Fmelter 81 Canada
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-02
aATIRnAY.s aAAlEA

Seattle Z. san Francisco S.
Oakland n Sacramento u.
Los Angeles 4. Portland l.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

This will take the party near the
north pole.
J. j. Thomson, professor of expert.
mental physics at Cambridge, Eng
land, said the other day at Columbia
university, after having received it's
degree of doctor of science, that
teachers of science in the United
States receive smaller salaries than
in any other country.
Pneumonia has now given way to
consumption as the leading cause of
death. Pneumonia is essentially a
disease of vitiated, germ polluted, and
overheated atmosphere. Consumption,
while also a communicable germ dis
ease, has all seasons for its own.
Animal foods, judged by bulk and
weight, are more expensive, pound for
pound, than vegetable foods. But as
a whole vegetable foods are not more
economical. Animal foods furnish
more than six-tenths of the protein
and nine-tenths of the fat of the total
food consumed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
GHOST" SAVED THE TRAIN

Recent heavy rains in Montana so
raised the mountain streams that
quiet creeks became raging torrents
which threatened the Great Northern
railroad at many points. One night
the engineer on one of the passenger
trains-a superstitious fellow-was
speeding his train along at a pretty
stif gait and was rapidly nearing a
precarious spot which, according to
common report, was haunted, when
he was horror-stricken to perceive on
the brightly lighted stretch of track
ahead a shadowy figure with uplifted,
waving arms.
Trained to act promptly under all
circumstances, he instinctively cut off
steam and applied the powerful
brakes. With sparks streaming from
its brake shoes, luTching and groan-
ing in every joint the ponderous me-
chanism soon came to full stop. In
vestigation showed it to be but
few feet from a bridge which was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
An Air Shin That Sails.

On the 29d ult., the King Edward
VII, a new departure in steerable
balloons, the invention of Capt. Small
bones, of Kensington, made its maiden
ascent from Stamford Bridge Grounds,
says an English exchange. There is
no motive power in the balloon, so
that it cannot go against the wind
but by the aid of two triangular sails
attached to the sides its course can be
directed. Capt. Smallbones, accom-
panied by Capt Williams and Mr.
Cove, assembled shortly after 2 o'clock
travelling over Putney, Hammersmith
and Barnes and Moulsey. At Hamp.
ton Court the balloon was steered
round the park and across the
Thames. At Guildford the balloon
was navigated round the town before
a course was set for Godalming, the
objective Of the trip.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
A Railway Motor Coach.

A railway motor coach is soon to
run between Fratton and Southsea. 1t
will certainly surprise those who see
this strange little combined engine
and coach for the first time 1t runs
on two four-wheel bogies, and is di-
vided, as regards it's passenger ac-
commodations, into two compart-
ments, first and third, these being sep
arated by sliding door. The first
class compartment where the seats
are placed longitudinally, is intended
to seat ten persons. The third-class
compartment, where the seats are ar
ranged in pairs transversely on either
side of a central gangway, holds thir-
ty-two persons-a total of forty-two in
the two compartments. The motor
coach will be used during the middle
of the day, when the traffic is very
light, heavy trains of the usual pat
tern being only run in the morning
and evening. The possibilities of this
invention are great when one con-
siders how suitable such motor coach
es would be for the midday, and, in
deed, much of the light traffic of all
suburban lines.-The King.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
An Old Soldiers Story

1T is not often that a man commits
suicide on the field of battle" said
Col. Prentiss Ingraham, author, trav-
eler, dramatist, and soldier in seven
wars, either voluntarily or involun-
tarily, but it happens sometimes, and
that it did happen once when l was
party to it saved my life. My first
experience as a Confederate soldier
was under Van Dorm, in Missouri, and
some of the small battles we had in
the Southwest were about as nasty
fighting as soldier ever has to do. /
belonged to a company of scouts, and
early one morning we were surprised
by squadron of Federal cavalry that
we thought was on the other side of
a stream we were supposed to be
guarding. l think we had about sew
enty-five men in our company, and
there were just about that many Yam
KEGS. They came down on us with a
rush, and while most of our men got
to horse and went at them hot and
heavy, dozen or so of us missed our
mounts, and we formed into a little
platoon, and faced the foe We had
muskets, the old-fashioned sort, with
hammers, and when the fight got real
warm we had to scatter somewhat.
Pretty sooon I found myself hand to
hand, or rather musket to sabre, with
a Yankee on a horse thai looked to
me as big as a haystack.
HE came at me cutting and slash.
ing to kill and murder, and l tried to
shoot him, for l had my old muzzle.
loader ready for business, but he was
so close on me that had to use nv
gun as a guard and could not get it
into firing position l tried hard
enough to get it where I could shoot.
but he was doing al he could to pre-
vent such a result, and the best ]
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

his troops in Virginia early in May
so that they took part in the opening
engagement of the war at Bull Run.
Thereafter the command was with
the Army of the Potomac in all its
desperate engagements. In 1862 the
commander was made brigadier gen
eral and directed a division of the
Sixth corps at Gettysburg and in the
campaign in the Shenandoah valley
in 1854, and was actively engaged in
the maneuvers preceding the surren-
der of Lee in 1865 at Appomattox.
For gallantry at the battles of Ope-
guam, Fishers Hill and Middletown.
Va, he was made major general and
further honors came to him for
bravery in the battles of the Wilder
ness, Cedar Creek and Petersburg
For his chivalric conduct in these en-
gagements the state of Rhode Island
presented him with sword in 1866
The civil war over, he was made lien
tenant colonel of the 39th U. S. in
fantry and made colonel of the Sec
ond U. S. infantry in 1874. Later he
was made brigadier and major gener-
al, held commands in Dakota. Mon
tana and Nebraska, and took part in
many severe encounters with the In
dams on the plains. Since 1897 he
had been on the retired list and had
made his home in Washington.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
GO BACK TO SAVAGERY

There are about half a dozen men
living somewhere in the interior of
the big African continent that the
English military authorities would like
to interview. And it wouldn't be a
long interview, either.
One Of these much-wanted individ-
uals was formerly a colonel in the
Russian army, but had to leave it
under disgraceful circumstances. An
other is a Prussian ex-sergeant, who
also got into trouble at home. The
rest were European soldiers of various
nationalities.
All of them drifted into Egypt,
where they abjured Christianity, pro-
fessed Mohammedanism and Joined
the forces of the Mahdi when that
strenuous party was at the height of
his power. Their military experience
made them valuable, and as the Arabs
thought their converts were sincere
and looked Upon them with the utmost
favor, all obtained responsible posi-
lions in the army of the Mahdi
The Mahdi and his followers were
not inclined to deal any too gently with
Christians who fell into their hands,