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The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
MISSING PRIEST
FOUND ON STREET
Father Cirringione is Released By
AbductOrs.
THE PURPOSE WAS ROBBERY.
Raving and Inc0herent is Taken To Hos
pital---The Mark of ManacIes Still On
His Wrists-.Can Furnish Few Details.
Likely to Lead to Capture.

New York. The Rev. Joseph Cir
rlngione, rector of the Italian Church
Of the Immaculate Conception, Will
liams Bridge, a suburb of this city.
who disappeared from his home under
mysterious circumstances week ago,
has been found week ago by apolice-
man in East Fifty-frst street, raving
wildly in italian, and is now in a
hospital.
Father Cirringione had incurred the
emnity. of Italians about Williams
Bridge by crusade against vice. He
received several threatening letters,
and had reported the matter to the
police, who we're epdeavoring to locate
the writer's.
Late one night two men mon called
upon him, and, representing them
selves as detectives, asked him to ao-
company them to the station house.
He did not return and it was believed
he had carried off by agents of an
Italian secret society.
When found Father Cirringione fell
exhausted into the arms of the police
man, crying out repeatedly:
"They have robbed and they will
kill me. Protect me-"
A huaried examination of the priests
physical condition was made by phys
ician, who found that on his wriats
were two red marks similar to those
that would have been made had the
priests wrists been bound with q
rope.
Under the influence of soothing
drugs Father Cirringione became calm
or, and was able to tell something of
his story. He said he had been robbed
by two men, the men who had gone to
his home on that night, and whom he
had accompanied, believing them to
be detectives.
''They took me to the ocean," he
said, but beyond that the questioners
could get little in detail of where he
been. He said that when but few
steps from the door of his own home
the two men grasped him, one grab
bing him by the arms and pinioning
them behind him, while the other
thrust over his nostrils cloth of some
kind saturated with pungent liquid.
Then he says he lost consciousness,
and the next thing he knew was when
he found himself in dark and dismal
cellar" with his wrists bound.
The priest said that he had been
freed but few minutes before he had
been found by the policeman. He
said he had been blindfolded and led
into the street, and then the bandage
over his eyes removed and he had
been given push.
Father Uirringtone, when he left
his house. had gold-mounted ebony
cane, valuable gold watch and chain
and some money. When found all
were gone.
To Civil Justice Roesch, friend Of
the priest, the latter said there were
four men in the gang which abducted
him. Only one was an Italian. The
men were very rough to him. and one
of them insisted that he be killed. He
said he heard the mea say that the
papers were flied with the story of
his abduction aud this man again in
sisted that he be killed. The others
objected, and managed to get this
man intoxicated. and the priests life
was saved.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
Aged Citizen Killed.

h. .. Simmons prominent citizen
OF Potts Camp absus 70 years old, fell
from q wagon while hauling logs to Al
sawmi1l, sustaining injuries from which
he died.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
Family Narrowly Escape.

The residence of ". S. Wade, a we'll
known farmer living at Pinnellville,
has been burned to the ground, the
family saving nothing, and barely es-
cape without injury to themselves.
No ins urance.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
Ten Thousand to be Locked Ont.

Pittsburg. OF the Build
ers' Exchange League announce that
the lockout OF all the building trades
in the city affiliated with the Building
Trades Council have gone into effect.
About 10, 900 men will be affected.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
Cotton Bale Weighing 695 Pounds.

Isadore Gross bought sale of long
staple cotton at Canton a few days ago
that weighed 695 pounds, for which het
paid IA cents per pound, nettingi
$3.50. This Mr.. Gross claims, is the
highest price brought by one bale of
cotton in that market since the civil
war.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
Negro Murderer TO Hang Dec IA.

Ia the Circuit Court here John
Lindsey was sentenced by Judge KIM
brough, for killing Jim Pugh, both
colored, to be hanged Dec. IA Four
negroes are to be tried next week for
murder and two for manslaughter.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Charles E. Magoon, OF the Bureau
of lnsular Aft airs, has flied answer to
the suit of the British corporations
asking for the return of $3.50 Of
duties paid on goods taken to the
Philippines to the United States.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The report of Acting Adjutant Gen.
eral of the Army deals at length with
the Dick Militia Law, and the opposi
tion to it in the Southern States.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Congressman Dick wants a Con-
gressional Investigation Of the suffrage
question in the 'S5stth, and sntroduced
a resolution IN the House.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Senator Oullom introduced reso
luton in the Senate asking the Preti
dent for official correspondence in re-
gard to the Panama revolution.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Postmaster General Payne hes sum
mariiy dismissed four clerks in the ST.
Louis postoffiee for conspiracy to have
the Postmaster removed.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Speaker Cannon has announced the
Ways, means Committee. which will
takeup the Tariff Bill. The democrats
are to hold caucus to define their at
titude towards the bill. Mr.. Williams
says enough votes have been assured
from the majority to add the amend
ment doing away with differential on
refined sugar.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The nomination OF General Wood to
be Mator General is still held up,
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The Cuban Tariff Bill was introduc.
ed il the House by MY. Payne.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The United States has come into
possession of the naval station at
Guantanamo without any ceremony.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Chairman Burton says 1t has not
been decided whet her there will be
rivers and harbora bill at the regular
session, 'eTg ~
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The Senate is flooded with petitions
against the seating Of the Utah Sena-
cor. Reed Smoot.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Colonel Robertson said after q con-
ference with his colleagues and the
Senators opposed TO the treaty, that
there would hardly be thirty votes
against the treaty in the House. It
looks as if the opposition cannot agree
on any plan to fight the measure. The
minority members of the Ways and
Means Committee conferred, but did
not reach any conclusion.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Representative Dick, of Ohio has
introduced a suffrage resolution
Ehieh after reciting the law regarding
suffrage says: Whereas, it is mat
Ter Of common information and belief
That the right OF some male citizens
being 81 years of age to vots at an
slection named in said amendment to
the constitution. except for participa-
lion in rebellion or other crime is de.
aied and abridged in certain States;
therefore, Resolved, That the matter
be referred to the committee on cleo
sion of the president, vice president,
and representatives in congress whose
duty it shall be, and who shall have
Full and ample power to investigate
and inquire into the validity of the
ssection laws of the several States and
the manner of their enforcement. and
whether the right to vote at any cleo.
Aon for the choice of electors for
president or vice president of the
United States, representatives in con-
gress or the members of the legisla-
sure OF any State is denied to the
aaale inhabitants of any of the States,
being 81 years of aga and citizen of
she United States, except for partici-
patton ia the rebellion or other
erime. Said committee shall have the
power to subpoena and examine all
witnesses under oath ana shall send
for records and other evidence that
may be necessary for q fuliss and com
plete investigation of She several sub
iects ther elm mentioned, and It shal
be authorized to sit during the ses-
aions Of the House and to have such
,printing and binding done as it may
deem necessary, aud it shall make a
full report to the House of the result
of the investigation at as early date
rs is possible.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

Secretary Hay has received cable
gram from Minister Beaapre asking
for leave OF absence. 1t makes no
mention of further disorders there.
The secretary has given Mr.. Beaupre
permission to depart from Colombia at
his own conyenience.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The conference of Anti reciprocity
members did not take place as, the
Democrats want to see what the pro-
gramme of the Republican leaders will
be. They recognize that the majority
will be unbroken, but hope to get in
amendment, though this is doubtful.
Several of the House members assured
Speaker Cannon that the treaty would
so through.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26
HOAR'S VIEWS ON
PANAMA MATTER
q Matter of Concern Among Republi-
IcanS.
WAITING on THE PRESIDENT.
1eaowned Massachusetts Senator Re-
fuses To Commit Himself Until Presi-
dent Roosevelt Supplies Congress
With all Papers Ia the Case.

Washington, d. O.-In the Senate
aiere is some concern anon 6 the Re-
eubiicans as to what position Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts,, will take in
Gae Panama matter. He has refused
10 commit himself until after the
President has supplied Congress with
oil of the papers in the case. Several
senator's have desired to know how he
Seels about the Administration, s
sourse, but they are without informa-
lion. His attitude, though, is not re-
garded as important in the final ratifi-
sation by the Senate of the Canal
treaty to be negotiated by Secretary
Hay. Senator Hoar takes the view
that will be popular one with
Ae minority, to the effect that the
Presidents course of prompt action
was not warranted. He will strength
IN the position of the Democratic op-
position, but when the time comes to
vote on the treaty, it is confidently
believed by those who know the SEN
ate best that the necessary two-thirds
cote will be forthcoming. The great
sat interest is attached to the Presi-
1eut's statement of the Panama case.
While the President was the forcible
slement in the decision to give the
aew Panama Republic prompt recog-
Rition, yet it is known at the Capitol
shat his course was approved by his
advise rs, and while the exact facts are
aOt yet known, the Republicans be-
aeve he will make strong case when
he communicates to Congress the
seasons for his action.
The Brandon news., 1903-11-26

The Bureau of Labor has issued =
bulletin on tue cost OF living of work.
ngmen's families, shown that OF
2,567 families in States from whom
data was obtained the average income
per family was 1927, 19. average OK
penduture for all purposes, $768.b4i
average expenditure per family for
food. $4,000, and the average size OF
family, 531 persons. The last figure
is seven tenths above the averege OF
private families in the whole county, as
shown by the census Of 1900. The
expense is more than A IL per cent
of the expenditure for all purposes.
An extended Investigation, covering
the years 1S9O-l9O2, shows that the
cost Of food reached it's highest In
1902, the average then being 1919 per
cent above the average for the d ecade
Of 1890 1899.
The secret service officials have an
nounced the discovery of new $40
national bank note on the Fourth Ma
tional Bank of Boston, Mass. check
letter A; series 1888; Tillman, regis
trar; Morgan, treasurer. A poor
photograph printed on two pieces of
thin paper with few silk threads dis
tributed between them and yellow
water color has been smeared over the
silk, almot obliterating the design.
The panel containing the charter num-
ber on the bGck of the note is black
and brown instead of green.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
Real Ice on the Cake.
MLnfafure SnowdrH Gathered the Back Yard Used By
New Cook to Ornament the Piece de Resistance of the
FeaSt-TaIe ToldIn Mothers Meeting

ItWas at the Mothers meeting, ana
as they were discussing that question
OF never-failing interest, the servant
girl problem, tale of woe followed tale
Of woe in sorrowful procession.
you ladies of Brooklyn do certain
~ seem to have a great deal of
trouble" said the visitor from North
Dakota, "but, as my young son aptly,
though slangily puts it, there are
Others
I'm my section of the country the
help comes mostly from the Swedes,
of whom there are large settlements
scattered all over the state. They
make good servants, too, after they
are trained, but in the training-ah,
there's the rub! A short time ago
l had occasion to engage a cook. Not
for love or money could l find what
l wanted, so finally was forced to go
TO one of the Swedish villages. 1
found girl who was Just over her
sister told me, but who, she also as
sured me, would be quick to learn.
So back to town l went with my
greenhorn, groaning inwardly at what
was before me. But her sister had
said truly-Minna was quick to learn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

| He began to read: Don't sit IA A
rocking chair and rock while resting.
Don't injure the furniture in any
way and be careful of all fancy deco.
rations." He looked about him.
THE wreckage has been appalling in
this palatial apartment" He read
again. We'll, great ELI" he cried.
and looked up at her. why, II was
you!"
What was?"
Come here, please"
She went to him. He pointed with
thin finger at an accusing Don't
kiss your patient"
She flushed under her dainty Swiss
cap.
mot even delirious patients?" he
inquired.
She turned her back on him from
the window.
mot even those who have an illu-
mination of reason?" he persisted.
She could find nothing to say.
do you know" he said, 1--WE
been puzzled over 1t ever since. II
was Just before fell asleep and
woke up in my senses again. At first
thought 1t was my aunt who
brought me up, and then suddenly I
thought 1t was an old chum of mine
at college. You look very like him.
Why, Jour names are the same. Was
Jim Blakely relative of yours? He
was drowned"
She turned on him with a cry of
brother"
Good Lord" he gasped, and tried
to rise. He sank back weakly In his
chair and sat there staring at her.
What chump am" he said at
last. $50 you're little Marjorie" He
remembered Jims picture of her In
his den. How proud he was of YOU"
The thought of her position there
came to MIN in a shameful contrast.
What brute I've BEEN" he said,
land what an angel you've been here.
To let you wait on me hand and foot
like that What brute. Jim's sis.
ter"
Her back was to him She stood
looking out of the window. Her
hand was within his reach, and he
took it. do you think" he said.
being Jim's chum, you could" He
touched his lips to the palm of her
forgive me? Could your" 1t
was his old teasing tone with a new
note of seriousness in it.
She tried to free her fingers. Take
care now" he warned, "the doctor
said l was to be humored"
She laughed and that weakened her
defenses. He caught her other hand.
You're brick, Marjorie" he said.
Let me 60" she said sobblng. 81
Il want to wipe my eyes, you silly"
Her tone was itself surrender He
lay back and smiled with content into
her wet eyes.-Utica Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
The Dread Hour of Death
Different Working of Animal Instincts in The Presence OF
the Great Destroyer Dumb Br0tes Steal Away
Their Whole Idea SecIusion and Solitude

To every man death cometh soon
or late. In every life's day there is a
dumb hour. 1t may be In the mo-
ments Of dawn or when the vitalizing
energy is at noon, though sometimes
1t comes not till the chill and dark
OF midnight has fallen. There is no
more pathetic and yet irresistibly at
tractive subject for the serious stu
dent of medicine than the investiga-
ton of the mysteries of that process
OF physical dissolution which men
speak of as dying.
And yet there is so personal an in.
terest in the quest that only the bray.
est minds can grapple undismayed
in research into the problems of
death.
We may learn much by a reference
to animal instincts in this as in SO
many other matters. Mr.. William ].
Long In his recently issued and most
charming volume, School of the
Woods: Some Life Studies of Ami.
NAL Instincts and Animal Training"
attempts to reveal something of the
mystery and pathos of the dumb hour
as seen in the dumb beast. In his
study on How the Animal Dies" he
shows that life's curtain is usually
rung down quie .ly. the footlights are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

Her great difficulty was the language
the idioms of it, should say-and
many and funny were the mistakes
she made on that account. But these
expected
''One day when l was expecting
company to dinner, she specially dis
tinguished herself In giving direc-
lions l told her to make a loaf of
sponge cake, and to ice it in her best
manner.
"Oh, yes, she could do that, and
let me add, she did. I need not worry
about anything she told me, smiling
away like the Cheshire cat
"The dinner was a perfect success.
so much so that was Dragging to my
envious neighbors Of the treasure
had found in my greenhorn cook.
when Minna brought in the des-
sert, the cake did look simply spien-
did, and Minna triumphant; but as
she set it before me l turned cold
with horror, for that girl had taken
me most literally and had iced the
cake with the most immaculate minia-
ture snowdrift she had been able to
scrape together in the back yard. -
New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
JIM'S SISTER

The doctor had made his last visit
for the night and the nurse was left
alone with her patient-a typhoid
fever patient. muscular and raving
He had been as self-willed in his
Illness as a spoiled child He had
been almost convalescent when,
against all warning-while the day
nurse was chatting with the doctor
he had staggered from his bed to a
basket of fruit on the table and eaten
two peaches before he was seen. The
result was relapse into far more
critical condition than he had been
at first. Here he lay now, struggling
against death itself She wondered
whether he had a sister who was fond
of him-or a weetheart?-who had
been sending him these baskets Of
fruit.
He was breathing regularly in a
fltful doze. She returned to her chair
agd leaned forward to look at him
with her chin in her hand.
Although she was not aware of 1t
he had changed for her; from being
a ease" he had become a human
being with claim of interest on her,
and she frowned at his muttering of
pain. Poor fellow! Life must have
been SO full for him of interests, &C
tivities, promises, achievements. To
have 1t all end this way, futilely! He
had given the college cry once In a
delirium and struggled painting
fhrnuuh q foO4hou 0oroa Aod o.on
he had been standing on the platform
of debate. And another time he had
been writing an examination in law
And still another time she thought
that she heard him speak Jim's name
In the tumble of delirious mutter-
ings.
Jim was to have been a lawyer.
Poor Jim! Her eyes filed at that
old, tear-stained memory of Jim
and her father drowned together in
that horrible accident on the Della
ware. Well, she at least had not
been burden on her mothers small
income, and soon--as soon as she
was graduated from the hospital
she would be not only self-supporting
but an aid TO others. There
were two long years of hard work
before her yet. She bit her lip.
The untiring run and babble of his
delirium had been growing louder.
She went to him again to calm him
with the sound of her voice, and he
looked up at her with smile that
seemed almost rational. 1t was only
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

turned out gradually. the auditorium
is emptied silently. the darkness deep
ems peacefully. The animal feels the
oncoming of the shadow and creeps
into the deepest coverts. The unnum-
bered multitudes choose their own
place and close their eyes for the
last time as peacefully as ever they
lay down to sleep" The vast major
ity of animals go away quietly when
that time comes; and their death is
not recorded because man has eyes
only for exceptions. Something calls
the creature from his daily round:
age or natural disease touches him
gently in a way that he has not felt
before. He steals away. obeying the
old warning instinct of his kind. and
picks out a spot where they shall not
find him till he is we'll again. and
there he dies.
Man thinks himself a little lower
than the angels, and it may be SO.
but of this we may be sure, there is
that in the dumb hour which marks
the kinship of man with the uncom.
planning animal submissive to the dc.
cree of nature, and noble in its ODE.
dience to the call of the voice that ST
lences all other Notes.-The HospE-
tai.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29
Sea Started a Sir.

Faney the waves of the sea setting
fire to the cliffs they break ont yns
TINS is what did really happen ar
Ballybunion, on the western coast -
ireland. These rocks, which the great
Atlantic rollers have for centnrias
been slowly breaking down, contain
in their depths masses of iron nrr,a.h
ana alum AT last the water meme
trated to these, and rapid oxidation
TOOK place. which produced a haat
nerce enough to set the whole cllm ~
nre. For weeks the rocks burnt l,Sa
. ,esuisr volcano and great clouds OF
smoke and vapor rose high In the ar
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

SHOWS. His visitors had just left him,
at his doctors orders. He was wait
ing for the return of Nurse Blakely,''
with an Impotence which he might
have recognized as longing If his
physical weakness had not disguised
affection in him as an irritable lack
Of what he wished to have. She
came in light-footed.
He crowed a feeble "Ah-hal Did
you hear what the doctor said?"
What did he say?" she arranged
the pillows to ease the strain on a
weak back. He was grateful for that
and his gratitude shone in his smile.
I'm to be humored. the doctor
said; Pm to have my own way in
everything"
Are your she said, avoiding his
eyes. you certainly had your own
way about the fruit"
He laughed now at the folly that
had kept him a happy prisoner in the
hospital for the past nine weeks.
THAT Fruit" he said, that was the
most delicious-the most. Do you
know, Nurse Blakely, | thought those
peaches would kill me, but was
dying for something to eat-and I
just took them" She did not reply.
"A mans fool when he has a fever,
isn't her. he added with apologize
seriousness.
only then?" she retorted with
obstinate flippancy.
She was busying herself about the
room. He was watching her every
movement with an eye of an invalid
tenderness. ooh, l say" he protest.
ed. you don't make any allowance
for fellow being MP
She did not answer. She smiled,
having warded off the danger which
his milder manner had warned her Of.
She seated herself in a chair and took
up book which she had put down on
the table when his visitors had en-
tered.
What's that?" he demanded peev-
ishly, What are you reading?"
"One Hundred Don'ts for Nurses"
she read from the cover Things
we are not to do"
VSiAs QoA WHY iOuI Slub nave
been all Of omission. It's the things
you haven't done" She smiled
serenely at the page.
"You mignt read 1t out at least"
he said.
Let me see." She turned the
pages. 81 think that is probably in
cluded In the prohibitions. Don't let
others know the secrets of the profess
sion"
He clutched the arms Of the chair.
You're teasing me. Let me read
that book or III get up"
She laughed and passed II to him.