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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

The illumination of General
Corbin against the marriage OF
army officers who have mo pro.
visions for their families" is
causing lively discussion in and
throughout the United States. If
young army officers must have
rich fathers or marry heiresses,
before they are qualified to wed,
1t follows that henceforth cadets
to West Point must be the sons
OF wealthy men. From this will
result military aristocracy
based on money, and heroes of
the future will be exclusively
those of the fashionable circles
OF Newport and other pleasure
resorts. Such warriors would
be admirably adapted to shine
ON Corbin's harmless battle. fields
OF mimic maneuvers. The sober
fact is that the graduates from
West Point have much larger
incomes than the average Amer.
lean boy who marries, and are
financially far better far better
able to support families. The
trouble is that a majority of them
prefer to spend their money in
convivialities and social riots
rather than in manner becom.
ing quiet and respectable Ameri.
can citizens. OF course Corbin's
project leads up TO a demand on
Congress for an increase of army
salaries all round.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

The revolt of the republican
women against the Gooding tick
ct is growing daily. Now that
it is up to the women of Idaho
to say by their ballots whether
they want polygamy and unlaw-
full cohabitation to continue here
and all the other Mormon abom-
nations of the Mormon hierar-
chy according to the republican
program or whether they want
it exterminated according to the
democratic program there can
hardly beFa question as to how a
big majority of the women will
vote.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

President Roosevelt enacted a
law in the White House giving
pensions to an army of old sold
iers. His civil service commits
sioner, Gen. John G. Black, Com
mander in Chief of the G.. A. r.,
solemnly thanked him and re-
marked that Congress ought to
pass a law to that effect
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Henry Heitfeld spoke to a
most enthusiastic audience at
Blackfoot last week. He arous.
ed much interest and at the close
of his address many republicans
crowded around him ana assured
him of their support. 1t is an
open secret that the Gentle vote
in all of the Mormon counties
will go almost solidly to the dem
ocratic state ticket.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Congressman Babcock, Chair.
man of the republican committee
is in trouble. In 1901 he wrote
to friend about the tariff After
we have builded so well, and
many of our industries have be-
come giants such as the world
has never known, shall we con-
tinue tariff on articles that
yield no revenue, need no pro.
lection, and, like the products of
our farms, are articles of ex-
port ? How can such a policy
be defended If Congress
maintains tariff on such artic-
les, the whole theory of protec-
ton falls to the ground. 1t
does /! 1t does /!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11
For Presfdent--
ALTON IA. PARKER.
FER vace-PE esldens-~
HENRY a.. DAvHs.

J. j. Hill thinks that the corn
crop in the West will be the
smallest in seven years. Cen
eral Grosvenor can figure out
that that the shrinkage is due to
a fear of a democratic victory in
November. But a short crop
means high prices and Secretary
Shaw says that high prices mean
prosperity. Thus the future is
all tangled up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

1t would be strange political
overturning if Colorado should
20 democratic with whoop and
send John F. Shafroth to Wash.
lngton with a commission as rep.
resentative at large. He ought
to go to the Senate. 1t is NOT
yet eight months since he per.
formed the chivalric deed of re.
signing his seat in Congress be.
cause he himself had discovered
irregularities in the election.
though the republican committee
had not reported ags;nst him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Work was never so plentiful
or wages so high as this year"
exclaimed an enthusiastic spell
binder in Pullman, ILL.,, the 9TH
err evening. His audience was
drawn entirely from the 1000
workmen who had just been laid
of at the Pullman car-shops.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Jack o'Lantern Hepburn
ldaho's foreign Senator, the
MESSENGER is informed, appear.
ed in the leading role of the Jack
Mormon and Mormong aggrega.
ton at Columbia theater in Boise
last Monday night.
1t is said his speech was stale,
fat and improbable. The only
burst or CLEAN of originality was
where he essayed to touch the
Mormon question while trying at
the same time not to do it in ac-
cordance to the arranged pro-
gram by the managers of the re.
publican party in Idaho.
All this anti-polygamy talk in
Idaho, said the man of adipose
tissue, who after long residen.
ce in Spokane has now taken IN
rooms in Wallace for the cam
paign, is pumpkin Jack o'Lan-
tern put out by small boys to
scare big men like himself and
the other Jack Mormon apollo.
gists in the republican party of
Idaho.
That is real nice.
Herein is a marvellous thing
The President of the Mormon
church, Joseph Smith, confesses
to living with five wives and of
having born to him by them AZ
children; thirteen of these child.
rem, according to his sworn tes-
tlmony, were born to him since
he solemnly promised he would
obey the laws; three of the Nor
mon apostles have been proven
TO have taken plural wives since
the manifesto; Bishop Bulge of
THIS state has confessed over his
own signature to have three |
wives with whom he is living
now, a child having been born to
him by one of these plural wives
Whlle ne was a member of the
state senate a, few years ago:
oolygamous apostle, John Henry
smith, came to Boise while the
legislature of two years ago was
n session, makes a deal bv
which Hepburn is elected to the
United States Senate and nv
which through this same .Jacl,
Mormon apologist good and
md faithful republicans are
urned out of Office and Mormons
'ut in their places; the same
'olygamous and sweet-scented
saint of the Mormon aggreoa.
ION makes boast on the public
treets of Boise that he intends
o have the Test Oath taken ont ,
II the state constitution and ,
AVE bill passed by a subserv.
emit legislature to accomplish
MS purpose; and yet all this is
mere trifie, a little nothing ac. i
ording to Heyburn's estimate. &
All OF the great religious de. I
ominations of the United States {
hrough their conferences and :
eneral assemblies. all of the S
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Senator Dubois and VIM. H.
Stalker are making fine impress
sions in North Idaho. From adj
vices received it looks now that
there would be democratic land
slide in North Idaho this fall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

The Chinese government re-
monstrates against Great Britain
seizing the kingdom of Tibet. It
is strange that the quiet and
peaceful Celestials should OBJ
ject TO a little tit bit like that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

| Inc Mormon sheet at Boise
and other Jack Mormon and Nor.
mon organs in the state have
raised the cry of religious per.
secution" anent the democratic
campaign against polygamy and
unlawful Capitalization and the
interference in politics of the
Mormon hierarchy.
That was the cry originally
raised by the Mormons when
their denominations were attack
ed by the passage of the Ed
munds act in the beginning of
the anti-polygamous fight.
The constitutionality of the
bill was attacked in Congress be-
cause it was claimed that it was
a law respecting the establish.
ment of religion and hence op-
posed to the constitution of the
United States. The Supreme
Court made summary work of
of this sophistry and promptly
turned it down.
Now the moles and bats of the
Mormon hierarchy in Idaho and
their Jack Mormon supporters
are raising the same old gag.
There is no religious perse-
cution" about it. 1t is simply a
square, honest effort to make the
Mormons obey the laws like 9th.
er people and keep out of politics
as a church organization.
The Supreme Court in its de.
cision in the Davis case as re.
ported in the Supreme Court Re.
porter, 1889, Vol. 10, DID. 300.
makes summary disposition of
the religious persecution" plea
OF these over jealous supporters
OF the twin relic in Idaho.
The Supreme Court of tho
United States-the opinion bv
Justice Field, says
"Bigamy and polygamy arc
crimes by the laws of ali ciyilizad
and Christian countries-thav
Tend to destroy the purity of the
marriage relation. to disturb the
peace of the families, to degrade
women and to debase men
;all their advocacy a tenet of 70.
lgion is to offend the common
sense OF mankind. If thew are
'rimes, then to teach, advise and
counsel their practice is to aid in
heir commission, and snch
etaching and counseling are
themselves criminal, and nronar
uoJects of punishment. as Ala
~ ana aoettlng crime as in all
'ther cases. 49, aii
The term religion has refer.
nee to ones views of his reIa.
ions with his Creator. and 70
ne obligations they impose Of ~
eserence Tor his being and char.
vill." W MS
Inc democracy of Idaho baS
nmasked its batteries aoainSt
'oiygamy, unlawful co.habita'
ION ana the dominance of church
4 political affairs. If there IS
ny religion of which these e
nlngs are SO many cardinal nrin'
ipies OF its faith, then that 10
gion is in itself menace 70 &c
lety and good government ana y,
acula be condemned by all people +
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

1t should be matter of con-
graduation to the United States
and the world that this campaign
is entirely clean of the nauseous
personalities that disgraced the
first Cleveland Blaine contest.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

The Democratic handbook, just
issued, shows that nearly all OF
our exports of iron and steel
goods, amounting to Sill, 00O,O OO
last year are sold to foreigners
at about four-fifths the price
charged to Americans. How's
that for prosperity ?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

the dirty deal by which the tick
ct as named at Moscow they feel
more and more the wrong done
them and are not going to give
Gooding aggregation any but
very cold comfort.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11
Such men are scarce.

The President ought to refer
the Spooner scrimmage in Wis
consin to the Peace Conference
at the Hague.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

In 1875 our national expenses
were $274, 600, 900, and the people
clamored for a reform. Last
year they were 1852, 900, 900.
What do the people say
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

The British announce that thew
intend to leave Tibet. If they
leave it, it will be because they
they can't lift it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Opinion is well nigh unani.
nous that Judge Parker's letter
is bugle blast that will be equal
to many thousands of votes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

1t is said that Senator Lodge
will enliven the campaign by a
joint debate with himself on the
subject of Canadian reciprocity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

Il am a self-made man." ex.
claims j. Edwards Addicks of
Delaware. And he acknowledge.
es that he worships his maker.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
EAGER TO BUY BONDS.
St. PauPs Issue of 100000
Worth Is In Demand

A letter addressed to "The City
Comptroller Of Merriam Park, Minn.,"
is one Of the two dozen inquiries sent
recently to City Comptroller Betz by
bankers and other bond dealers. These
men of money are eager to buy some
Of the 500. 900 worth of 4 per cent
thirty-year bonds soon to be issued by
st. Paul for obtaining funds with
which to erect additional graded school
buildings.
Yesterday the first advertisement of
the bond sale appeared in T he
Globe e. Circulars were sent out to
bankers and brokers describing the
conditions Of the issue, and repeating
financial statement of the city for
Sept. /, 1904.
According to this statement the net
bonded indebtedness of the city is ST.,
324,885, and the floating Indebtedness
$1,475,750. The population is put at
10000; the total assessed valuation
at 500, 992,41S, and the tax rate for
1904 at SGT per $1,000 of assessed value.
The tax rate for 1903, as the circular
mentions, was $29.10.
The value of the property owned by
the city is estimated at SIS, 165, 900.
"The city of st. Paul. 1T is added,
'fhas never defaulted on any Of its OBJ.
legations, and all the interest and prin-
cipal of it's bonds previously issued
have been promptly paid at maturity"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
ESTIMATES ON SEWERS
]. SUBMITTED TO BOARD
City Engineer indicates Cost of I'm
provements on Many Streets

Bids were advertised yesterday by
the board Of public works for macad-
amizing and scurbing Grand avenue,
from Lawton to Floral street, and for
matchmaking and curbing Floral
street, from Summit avenue to Heather
place. The bids will be opened Oct. 8.
= Dhe board received yesterday from
the city engineer the following esti-
mates of cost:
Constructing sewer on West Delos
street. from Winslow street to Bellows
street, $3.50, or $1.60 foot
Sewers on Shields avenue, Beacon
street and st. Anthony avenue. to
Wheeler avenue, Sits, or $1.34 a foot.
Sewer on Duke street, from West
Seventh street to Cascade street,
$3,475, or s1.92 a foot.
e Sewers on Cherokee avenue, Alice
street, ROBBIE street. Manomin street,
Orleans street, Smith avenue, Ohio
street, Ottawa street, Stevens street,
Baker street, Morton street, Page
street, Siding street. Belmont street,
Winona street and Wyoming street, all
at the south end of the high bridge,
West side, $46,400 or $1.50 a, foot
AS to the last estimate Mr.. Rundlett
adds:
= A.If $4,000 from the general fund is
applied in part payment, the price per
front foot would be reduced to S1.18."
q. For grading Abel street, between
Jessamine and Maryland streets, the
engineers estimate is s1,463.15, or 90
cents a foot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24

guard officer. The school will be open
ed Nov. 1. It's instructors will all be
officers of the garrison.
According to recent acts of congress
designed to increase the military value
of the national guard, a certain number.
of the guard officers are permitted to
receive instruction in military
branches through the post schools of
designated posts. At Smelling ten off,
GERS may be thus assisted, after per-
mission has been granted by the state
and federal military departments. 80 =
So far, however, Lieut.. Clark is the
only Minnesota officer authorized to
take advantage Of the act. He has
learned a soldiers duties heretofore in
the ST. Paul Roosevelt Marching club;
and at the state university He COM
manded the university cadet corps
before his graduation in 1900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
MRs.LOFSTADFOUND
Woman Discovered In ST. Cloud
Hotel Is From Minneapolis

: -.
Mrs. Edward .Lofstad. who mysteri-
ously disappeared from her home. 165
Valley street, has been found, having
been located at the home of friends, in
this city, She declines tostell why she
left her home. - 81 z-s,h - -
The woman who was found uncon-
scious in hotel at ST. Cloud and who
was supposed to have been, Mrs. Lof-
stad, proved to be Mrs. Mary Gilman,
originally from Chicago, where her
husband deserted her, but late Of Min
neapolis, where she had been employ
ed as pantry girl at the Berkeley ho
tel, leaving on account of q quarrel
with another woman. She had not at
tempted to commit suicide she said,
but attributed her condition to an over
dose Of patent medicine.
Mr.. Lofstad and daughter went to
St Cloud Thursday night to identify
the woman if found to be the missing
wife. but were unable to do SO. The
woman was furnished with transporta-
ton to Minneapolis by the st. Cloud
authorities and invited to. use 1t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
VI. C. sQUlREs GONE
Disappearance of Carpenter a
Mystery to His Wife

Warren G. Squires mysteriously dis
appeared last Tuesday and his wife
has asked the police to look for him.
His home is at Lake City, Mimi, but
Tor the past eight months he has been
working in this city as a carpenter
and living at 1S4S University avenue.
His wife cannot account for his dis
appearance. He was greatly attached
to her and their daughter, seven years
of age. He had no financial troubles,
she says, as they. own their own home
at Lake City, and are not in want.
Squires was employed as a foreman
by Booth & Erickson, contractors at
Merriam Park. His wife came to ST.
Paul from Lake City Sunday last and
found him ILL., He grew worse on Mon
day and did not go to- work. Tuesday
morning he said he felt better but not
inclined to work. Nevertheless he
went. At noon his wife met him at
the corner of Dayton avenue and Dale
street and told him that she was going
to Minneapolis on visit. He started
Tor restaurant and that was the last
she saw of him.
Mrs. Squires says that he is not a
drinking man, but is subject to melan-
cholia and may have wandered off in
a fit of abstraction induced by i'll
health She does not think that he
committed suicide, because he always
expressed horror of death and was
afraid of being buried alive, having at
one time made her promise to have his
body cremated after death.
Squires is thirty-one years Of age,
feet 9 inches in height, weighs 100
pounds, broad shouldered, with brown
hair and blue eyes and wears steel
trimmed SpectacleS. When last seen he
wore brown coat and vest, black
trousers and derby hat, tan shoes. a
white shirt, but no collar or tie. A
large white spot on the end of his
tongue was clearly visible when he
spoke
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
NEWS OF THE CITY

Civil Gases Crown calepdar = The
district court calendar for October con-
tains 80 civil cases, an increase OF lo
over the same month year ago. Dam
age cases for personal injuries consti-
tute almost half of the cases.
ice Wagon Runs Over Little Boy
Four year-eld While Cormican, 80 FL
ton street, was run over by heavily
laden ice wagon while playing in the
street near his home yesterday after
noon, and his left leg fractured DR..
JIG. Nelson attended TO the injury.
Capt. Upton Dies on River Steamer
Capt. Upton, in command of the
steamer Captain A. Mackenzie, plying
on the river between ST. Louis and St.
Paul. died Thursday night on the boat
while passing through Lake Pepin, and
his body was brought to this city. He
was a veteran steamboat man, and had
navigated the upper Mississippi for
many years..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
JUDGE KELLY FINDS
FLAW .AI.W7l'. in TAX TITLE
Says Record Must Show Sale Was
Authorized by State Auditor

Judge Kelly yesterday. held. that to
establish a tax title to real estate it
is necessary to show that the sale
made by the county auditor was au
thorized by the state auditor, and as
this was not shown in the case under
consideration. it was decided in favor
Of the former owner of the property.
Henry c.. Soueheray. brought the case
to test the law and Robert C. Fisk de-
Tended, and because of the absence Of
court that Fisk owns the property in
fee simple, and is therefore entitled to
redeem it, Notwithstanding the tax til
tie given Soucheray by. the county au-
ditor purporting to transfer the real
estate as the "abselute property Of the
state ao 49, Sc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24

3 = . % /.
before the grand jury the. possibility
that Bowe. robbed Phillips after the
murder was committed, and if this can
be shown it Twill be possible to secure
conviction of murder in the first de-
gree. .b7s- - g...N 4 ssssS3
William I.9Stine may be indicted for
the larceny of $4,000 worth of South
rnoRacific bonds, the property@of the
w. A. Scottsjestate. This promises to-
beeone of the most interesting trials in
the term, asdit was made evident at
the preliminary hearing ofsStine in the
police court shat his defense will be
that Mr.. Scott made him present Of
the bonds. II .
James Riley and L. B. Lynch may
come before She court to answer to. the
charge OF having held up and attempt
ed to rob Mr.. Lane in the jackson
street cut. Ehee case against the men
largely depends upon the testimony OF
Lane. II al us, ~ ....,,.s5.,, :.
Charles Crawford alleged to be a
professional conf deneea man. is accused
ofahaying secured $500 from credu-
lous young man from Washington, d.
&c. Crawford is known by his asso-
ciates, 1t is claimed, by the name Of
Lucky Charley because The has all
|, ways managed to escape conviction
when placed on trial heretofore ~ The
rs DelleVed to- nave a strong case
In this instance. Crawford is in, the
county jail awaiting the action of the
grand jury. M q.
The other. and less important cases.
are: John La Belle Evan Fl. Edwards
and Arthur e. Woelsey, gambling;
George Frederick Hall, burglary; Carl
Laumann, grand larceny; Oscar QuehL
burglary Matt Stefter, = burglary;
! Thomas Curt, forgery. Steve O'Don-
nell, forgery; Al e. Ewing, grand lar
ceny; William Palmquist, horse steal
ing; Oscar Benson, assault In the sec
sond degree; Ole Johnson, forgery;
: Mike Hawkins, grand larceny, and
s Daniel Richardson, grand larceny.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24
CITY COMPTROLLER ss
GOES TO ST. LOUIS
St. PauTs Bookkeeper viii Attend IN,
ternationaI Congress of Accountants

City Comptroller Louis Betz will
start tonight for ST. Louis, where he
will remain two weeks. He will attend
next week an international congress
of accountants, the delegates to which
will include expert accountants. from
several countries and the comptroflers
of the principal American cities. Tues,
day Mr.. Betz will take part In a dis
cussion upon municipal accounting He
win illustrate his arguments with cop
les Of a few of the important records
kept at the st. Paul city hall, records
SO ingeniously scientific that the Unit
ed States government has recently
pointed them out as models for mu-
nicipal bookkeeping. -rs+s'
Monday the delegates to the congress
will be entertained at the Hotel Ham
ilton, and will listen to addresses Of
welcome from Mayor Wells, of st.
Louis, and President Francis, OF the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-24

Edward Herr, who shot and seriously
wounded Blanche Lamont in the EN-
pire theater and who has been in the
county jail since July IL, will not likely
be brought to trial in the district court
The Lamont woman is out of the
state, according to the information In
the possession Of County Attorney
Kane, who says that it will be useless
to go to trial without this witness. It
is possible that the county attorney
will ask for an Indictment upon the
showing that he can make without the
woman, in the hope that she can be
induced to be on hand at the TRIAL
Herr shot the woman when the two
were filling an engagement at the EN-
p1re. He walked up to the woman
while she was talking with a. man in
one of the boxes and pulling a revolv-
er from his pocket fired at her, in
f1icting serious wound. He then turn
ed the revolver upon himself The
woman and her assailant were hurried
to the hospital, where it was found
that their injuries were not serious.
Shortly after her appearance in the
police court to testify in the prelimi-
nary examination Of Herr the woman
left the city, announcing that her 1es<,
tination was Seattle. Since that time
little has been heard of her. It Is not
believed by the county attorney that
he can depend upon her presence In
court when wanted.
The October grand jury will be called
upon to consider twenty other charges,
not taking into consideration possible
Investigations Of effenses where pre-
lminary examinations have not been
held. But few of the cases are of i'm
portance.
James Bowe, who has confessed to
the murder Of a man named Phillips,
is in the county jail, held without bail,
and may be indicted for murder, in the
first degree. Although the general
facts connected with the case seem to
indicate that Bowe committed the
crime in the manner that he has mar
rated, County Attorney Kane Will lay