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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
NO RACE SUICIDE THERE.
New York City's Birth Rate Bounds
49, Upward and Deaths Decrease
New Record Made.

New York.-New York city, according
to the report of the department of
health, is blessed with the lowest death
rate in more than 100 years. In the
matter of births and marriages the re-
port upsets the race suicide theory. 1t
is shown that more persons have been
married and more births recorded
within the last six months than ever
before.
The report covers period from Janu-
airy to June 30, 1905, and shows that the
death rate has diminished from 1924
per cent. to 1923 per cent. per 1000, as
compared with the corresponding period
last year. This calculation is made on
an estimated population of 1888, 900.
The census returns of the department
of health indicate much larger popula-
ton, which will give crude death rate
of about Is and corrected rate of lit
tie over IL, the lowest recorded since
1898.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
MANY DIE IN ARMY.
SOLDIER DEATH RATE IS HIGH
w~~ EST IN WORLD.
Health Report Of Surgeon General
Tells That European Military Is
in Better Condition Than Ours
Improvement Shown.

Washington. - Surgeon-General Il.
M. O'Rielly, of the army, has submitted
an exhaustive report on the health con-
ditions of the army to the secretary of
war. The report says that the sick and
death rate is higher than those OF all
other armies. The strength OF the army
as shown upon the monthly sick reports
was 58,740, and on the returns of the
military secretary 60,139, and calcula-
tions are made up on the latter figures.
There were 1886 admissions to the
sick report" during the year, 4O6 deaths
from all causes and 1 ,377 discharges for
steady and progressive improvement
in the health of the army.
"As to causes of death" said Surgeon
General O'Reilly, pneumonia advanced
to first place and tuberculosis second.
There were FOG admissions for gun
shot wounds, with A deaths, and 1850
admissions for wounds other than gun
shot, with Is deaths. Twenty-one men
were killed in action and AZ wounded; of
the killed two were by gunshot; of the
wounded % were by gunshot.
There were 45 soldiers drowned, IL
per cent. of the total deaths from all
causes, indicating how important 1t is
that all soldiers should have systematic
instruction in swimming. Twenty-seven
soldiers committed suicide; ten deaths
were due to homicide.
Notwithstanding that a large part
of the army was serving in Central
America, there was no admission for
snake bite.
1.-THE strength of officers was 3,421
from the medical department reports
and 3,815 from the military secretary.
There were 2,276 admissions and q
deaths"
Comparisons with foreign armies
show that the highest rate of admissions
is in the American army and the lowest
in the Russian. The highest death rate
was in the American army and the low
est in the Prussian. The highest non
| effective rate was in the American army
and the lowest in the Prussian. Regard
ing these facts Gen. O'Reilly says:
THE very high proportion for alco-
holism in the American army as com
pared with that of the British is partly
due to the fact that in the latter service
only admissions to hospitals are
counted.
"The comparatively high American
death rate for tuberculosis is explained
by the fact that in the United States
army tuberculosis patients are sent to a
sanitarium and retained in service for
! long periods, while in other armies they
are promptly discharged. The high ad-
mission rate is no doubt due to the pres
ent defective system Of medical exam
ination of recruits"
The strength of the army in the Phil
ippines was 1896 and there were 20, FAC
admissions to the sick report and los
deaths. The strength of the Filipino
troops was 4,610 and there were 5,242
admissions and 1903 deaths.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
DECENTRALIZATION

Following is the platform of
the Custer county Democracy adj
opted in Challis by the Demo
cratic county convention on Sept.
28th, 1906:
We, the Democrats of Custer
county, in convention assembled,
do hereby reaffirm our allegiance
to the time-honored principles of
Democracy, as expressed by JEFF
ferson, jackson and Bryan.
We unqualitiedly endorse our
nominee for the United States
Senate, Hon. Fred t. Dubois,
and approve his determined
stand for American citizenship.
We hereby announce our hear
ty allegiance to the State Demo
cratic platform, and the candi-
dates nominated thereon.
We favor a revision of taxa.
ton, to the end that each piece
of property in the county shall
pay its honest proportion of the
taxes, and that railroads doing
business for other corporations
shall be compelled to assume the
responsibility, in the matter oil
taxation, in proportion to the
amount of benefits derived from
the business done in the State.
We favor the Direct Primary
law;the Employers Liability Act
and the Eight Hour law.
We denounce the administra
ton of Gov. Gooding in it's ex
travagance, and condemn tn,
Gooding -Borah Re p u b Ii c a /
machine in its desire to obtair
an Office at the expense of a prin
ciple.
Respectfully submitted,
j. H. GREENE, Chairman.
RAvENEL MACBETH,
ROBT. CAMPBELL,
GEORGE A. ELLIS,
w. Ell. FELKNER.
Challis, Ida, Sept, 28th, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06

Lansdon is Gooding's candi-
date for Secretary of State, of
whom he said at the Pocatello
convention, when told of Lans-
don's shady official career in
Washington county mo mat
ter, / want Lansdon on the
Boards with me because / can
work with him." Last week
Lansdon was tried in a Justice
court for embezzlement and was
bound over to the District court
in the sum of $1,000 bonds. This
is the kind of a man the republic
cans have nominated for Secre
tary of State of Idaho,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

State Senator
RAVENEL MACBETH.
Representative
NATHAN HI. CLARK.
Clerk of District Court
COURT HENDERSON.
Sheriff
ROBERT MORRISON.
Assessor and Collector
RUBE HI. EWING.
Probate Judge
JESSE G. FINNELL.
Treasurer
MELVIN M. SWEET.
Supt. of Schools
MARTHA KEENAN,.
County Attorney
WILLIAM j. LAMME.
Coroner
JOSEPH L. EBBERTS.
Surveyor
VALENTINE MAELZER.
County Commissioners
list Dist.) JOHN M. PUSHAW
(2nd Dist ROBT. CAMPBELL
(3rd Dist JOHN H. GREENE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
His wifa shnnld Re Fasu

"A Philadelphia preacher has quit the
pulpit to go out on the road and man
age his wife, who is singer If he has
been able to keep choir in peaceable
condition 1t should be easy for him to
manage in bis new field of endeavor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

Senator
FRED T. DUBOIS.
Member of Congress
REEFS HATTABAUGH.
Justice Supreme Court
STEWART S. DEFINING.
Governor
G. o, STOCKSLAGER.
Lieutenant Governor
GEORGE G. CHAPLIN.
Secretary of State
FLOURNOY GALLOWAY.
Attorney General
KARL PAINE.
Treasurer
J. B. NORRIS.
Mine Inspector
HANSON B. GARLETZ.
Supt. Public Instruction
PERMEAL FRENCH.
Judge Sixth District
G. QUARLES.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
Cooling Again.

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campaign that his most ardent
supporters and warm personal
friends feel cheap and are inn
PEELED to crawl into some con-
venient hole when his name is
mentioned. He broke loose
again in his speech at Culdesac,
in North Idaho, and stated pos
itively and emphatically, with
out any doubt whatever, that
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
are guilty of 26 cold-blooded
murders. The absurdity of such
a statement is apparent to the
most feeble minded voter. If in
dicted for that many murders
how long would it require, in the
courts, with all the evidence,
carefully collected, heard and
considered, to determine the
guilt or innocence of these three
men on 26 charges ? Figure it
out yourself. The governor of
Idaho, knowing nothing of what
evidence will be, even in one
case, beyond a few minutes talk
with a self-confessed assassin
and one or two noted criminals
acting in the capacity of detec-
tives, has convicted these men
of 20 murders. Would jury,
with the little evidence Cover
nor Gooding claims to be in pos
session of, and that little coming
from only one side, and from
criminal sources, be competent
to render verdict rendered on
such little, and such unreliable
testimony, be acceptd as just
or fair verdict ? The most bit
ter and unrelenting enemies OF
these men would not desire their
conviction on what the governor
pretends to know about these &c
cases. If the governor has done
his simple duty as an executive
in connection with the charge
against these men for which they
are to be tried, he is deserving
of no more credit than for the
performance of any other simple
official duty. This, by virtue Of
his Office, he is compelled to do
If he goes beyond the lines o
duty laid down by that law, he
is defer the law he obligated
himself to uphold. If he has
done no more than the law com
PEELED him to do, he and his
good friends have no good rea
son for demanding that memb
ers of all parties desert theil
own candidates and make his
election unanimous. If he ha'
done more than the law com
manded him to do, he is not de
serving of the votes of the mem
bers of any party, not even thos,
of his own. Gooding has beer
making a holy show of himself
The people of Idaho never mad
him court and jury to try thes
men. He has made himsel
both. He was the judge and th
jury, Harry Orchard, the motor
: ious, and detective Mcfarland
: the even more notorious, wer
) the witnesses, and the self-ap
pointed judge and jury in til
! case has rendered the verdict
positive and emphatic and pre-
! claims that verdict from plat
forms in the present campaign
And he expects that vernict, al
rived at in secret, behind ZEN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06

to his support because of his
heroic deeds" in this connec-
ton. The great majority of the
people of Idaho demand that the
accused men have a fair trial,
will pot render a positive YER
dict in advance of that trial, and
are not pleased with the spec
tale of their governor proclaim
ing throughout the State that
he has tried the case, but in 25
others at various times and in
various places, and because of
this immature, premature and
prejudiced verdict, founded sole
ly on evidence of confessed Grim
inality, the most cold blooded,
degraded and debased that could
possibly be imagined, he asks
for reelection as Governor. By
his course he has Inundated the
people of Idaho, lowered the
dignity of his official position
and made an exhibition of I'M
fairness and narrow prejudice
that cannot be excused or con
doned on any ground nor for any
worthy end. The great major
ity of the people of Idaho desire
to see the accused men have a
fair and impartial. trial. They
will not rally to the support of
Gooding because he has framed
his verdict and proclaimed it
throughout the State. On Grim
inal testimony, if on any, he has
based his verdict, and on Good
ing's word, which could not be
accepted even as second hand OF
hearsay evidence, because he
produces none, goes before the
people of Idaho and proclaims
the men guilty, and for what
purpose I? 1t can be for no 9th
er purpose than to induce the
people, whom he has been ad-
dressing as jury, to accept his
verdict. Imagine the governor
going before a jury in Canyon
county and saying: my YER
dict is that these men are guilty
of murder. I do not furnish you
my evidence, but expect you tc
render verdict of guilty
Could any jury, conscientiously,
on that bare statement alone,
render a verdict of guilty
Hardly. Yet he expects the
people of Idaho to render yer
dict of guilty, simply because he
proclaims the accused guilty
He evidently believes that if he
can convince this great jury o.
the guilt of the prisoners, on nj
evidence whatever, for he has
given them none that this jury
will rally to his support on the
9th of this month and re-elec
him. There is no other logica
conclusion. The people are too
} intelligent and too fair minded
to give verdict that a verdict
rendered, based on nothing tina
they know anything of, is tru'
, and impartial verdict. The,
+ know it cannot be based on gen
2 uine evidence, for the simple
reason that the case has not We
, been brought into court, and tn,
g evidence, for neither the prose
: cution nor the defense, has beer
e submitted. Idaho World.
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14

art 1t has been left to those pOsseasors Of large
private fortunes to collect art treasures id
age artistic culture. Sporadic Efforts have been
made to secure congressional appropriations to
beautiiy Washington, and something has re- &C
complished in this direction. Yet there has always
been that opposition that argues against such things
as too nearly suggestive OF monarchical irppery and
not In line with "Jeftersonian simplicity" This
same opposition has always developed against the
suggestion that America give few gifts to other
nations that have similarly complmented us. It
would have been highly appropriate for this gov
ernment to have presented the city OF Paris with
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14

fact that Japans astounding victory Rnssia has
already had tendency to arouse China to the fight
log point" To Which Sir Lang replied "Oh,
fudge That affarlmay be having some slight effect
the minds OF the young fools in China, but none
whatever on the mind. the so1l, the spirit that
gnides eliminates and directs the destinies Of my
country" II appears that the boycott, which is no
doubt embarrassing, has not diminished our trade
with China. In the last fiscal year the exports Of
cotton piece goods to the Chinese Empire reached
the very respectable al Of $33, ,614, ,S18, or just
about twice az much the maximum export ever
reachedin this class Of goods destined for the Chi
nese market In the export OF mineral oils to China
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14

man that cotton has been unduly
depressed and desperate effort is being made to
bluff the holders of spot cotton and force them to
SELL The bear elements have not confined them
selves to facts, but have flooded the country with
false statements The holders Of cotton in their ig
norance OF the true situation have been bluffed out
|pf their holdings
"Mr Price a few days ago, ina circular letter.
quoted from telegram which he claims to have re-
:eved from cotton factor of Memphis, stating that
: cotton buyer at Clarksdae had bought 1900 bales
rom the state OF Mississippi, and that this cotton
Vas then on the factor's tace for sale at any old
price; and aso that there IL 900 bales of cot
on in the congresses OF Carksdale aDd holders Of
his cotton were anxious to give it away. Both
ltatements false and without any foundation in
act, The only 1900 bales sold by the state were
sod the early part OF the season; and these were
pod and shipped to spinners at handsome profit
70 the buyer who bought from the state. BY actual
punt at the time named, there we're H. 542 bales Of
cotton in the congresses at Clarksdale. This is
bnly OF the misleading statements made by these
people.
"It is fact that few people whom begged to
ell their cotton at twelve cents, did sell last week,
put majority Of holders are still firm and will con-
inue to hold.
1.-THE Mississippi Division has never advised the
holding the holding of cotton for fifteen cents, but
am throughly convinced that the statistical posi-
Jon Of cotton warrants even this price, and firm
OlutuS mOVcu0uG ~ Uuub IL uSC0SDuTy W UEluB
harp advance.
4 'sThe farmers should not forget that they have
on two great Victories and that no desperate effort
will be neglected and no stone left unturned to dis
bdge all weak holdings Of cotton a1d to disrupt the
organization.
"The rampant bull who refused to sell at twelve
ents thirty days ago, and swOre he would have
iteen cents, should remember that il his position
was good then II is much better now.
eve know that the crop will not exceed ten and
quarter million bales, and the recent enormous
akings OF the foreign spinners show COncusively
hat they must have cotton. We know the price Of
otton goods is high and that the supply is limited,
nd that the. spinners can make q handsome profit
Ind pay much higher prices for tue remainder Of
Rhe crop.
s.The strong fight now being made against us
hould be met in the most positive and determined
anher. We must stand together. We must or
.anizC. In short while you will hear from this
anne bear element Of the enormous increase in cot
Dn acreage, the purchase Of mules and new agIi
ntural implements Remember that we must or.
anize, know the facts and tell the truth-nothing
lee can do us any good. admit that there will
and should be, slight increase In cotton acreage
Mississippi but the farmer who plants his acreage
cotton and neglects to provide ample acreage for
lie food products, ID not only fool, but knave."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14
Cbe Soutbern=McbiIe & Cbio ADeroer fake

~~~~~~~~~~~S .~~A~~~~~~~~A~
The people who think, in Mississ.
ippi, are becoming tired of hearing
the cheap politicians, who must at
tract attention, prate and howl
about the so-called Southern Mo-
bile & Ohio merger. In other words,
the cheap whine that has been kept
up by cheaper lot of aspiring poll
ticians, has become stencil in the
nostrils of the aggressive, broad
minded. level headed citizenship of
the state.
The chickering's Of a few in the
present legislature are but the mat
ches lighted'in a gale to be blown
out by public contempt, though it
is true that they have much influ-
ence to retard the great work of
advancing the general welfare of
the South in every material way,
since without the CO. operation Of
the great railroads, the people
would be helpless to progress.
Some unknown representative
from Kemper county, whose last
name is Etheridge but who is SO OBJ
scure that the prefix is still in obliv-
ion, has been boring the legislature
since it convened will all sorts of
bills he can get drawn for him, in
the hope ofembarrassing the rail-
roads. Whether he is seeking a
compromise in the way Of transpor-
tation that he desires to use after
the session, or whether he is
prompted simply by the morbid de-
sire to attract attention, is not
known, but the fact that his agita-
tion bears the potent ear marks Of
avarice and i'll will, shows him to be
a character that never should have
been entrusted to represent in the
legislature a county, even as in
significant as Kemper.
This deluded representative"
and all who sYmpathize with him
in his imbecil yampings, are not rep
resentative Of the rational senti-
ment Of the state Of Mississippi.
The people have been worked over
time with the this sort Of cant.
This paper believes ii proper
legislative restrictions for corpor-
ate bodies proposing to operate III
the state It goes even further
than this and believes in govern
ment ownership Of All the railroads
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14

rom foreign pOtentates without returning the favor.
! ii doubtless difficult for German or Frenchman,
81 instance, to understand how We Americans can
ccept statues and other prinCely donations without
bore than formal tSThank yOu." Eelfrespect
jould suggest that when the German emperor sends
"A beautiful marble effgy 81 bis distinguished
kandlather that we send back q bronze Washington
IS grace the imperial gardens Yet such An act
gouId BE considered undemOCratic.
\ It will DO aOmetbing Oi surprise TO many Ameri-
hns that II WAS left 20 French banker to erect
atue 81 Beuiaman franklin IN Paris On che street
|amed for the great American, and in which be re-
Ied while representing this young republic at the
noek artificial and aristOcratic court III Europe.
very American returning from abroad catches aD
spiring glimpse ot The splendid statue Of Liberty
the World which stands ID New York
hrbor. This magnificent GIT represented labor
love on TIE part 81 Bath0ldi, who, when popular
Inscriptions languished; pledged bis private for
Nne to complete the work. He also created the
ttne soi Lafayette Id Union square, New York.
hsre have been other gIita from the French people,
~ lhIa government has neglected to discharge its
bgatons of ofeourtesy BY recipfccating these iayors
kind.
IKE afo busy people and heretofore have ret
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14

its few railroads, especially now
when their valuable offices, in an
endeavor to build up the waste
places, and aid in bringing to US
desirable industries and people
and capital, is'so much needed.
In point Of complaint of the re-
suits of the operation Of the road
referred TO-, since the so-called
merger, we can see no semblance
of nationality. The Mobile'& Ohio,
which had been struggling for years
with insufficient capital and unable
to compete for the business which
Of rightit should be able to handle
had reached q point where it could
not hope to meet the public de-
mands. improvements were neces
sary with no funds or credit tc
make them. Its management, al
ways friendly to the state and its
people, had come to the parting ol
the ways. 1t was either a receiver
or make terms with some able COM
pany. They chose the latter, very
sensibly, for themselves and fol
the public good.
The great Southern System ap-
preciated the possibilities of,the M.
g. o. if it were furnished the means
and in a straight business like man
ner, purchasedit.
From the day the change was
made to the present hour every i'm
proyement required, every change
necessary, has been forth coming,
to improve and to advance the in
terests Of the people it served.
Appreciating the ability Of the
men Immediately III charge Of the
great business, and in difference to
the kindly affection they had won
among the people along the llne.
no. change was made in the per.
sonnel Of the roads management.
What more could any sensible
people ask7 Isn'tit about time for
all this silly clustering about the
merger to cease2 Itcertainly looks
that way to a disinterested citizen,
occupying the view point We do at
This moment.
All honor to those who would
build up the state. TO the junk bile
with kickers and knockers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-14

But it is not unmindful that abor-
tive attacks, such as are the stock
and trade of the Mississippi politi
clan at the present time, retards ra-
ther than leads towards the reali-
zation Of any of its fond hopes.
Operating, as we are today under
systems which render the corpora
tions powerful, because of their
Federal influences, the state which
attempts to split straws and con-
fine its attacks to its own local op-
orators, is simply forcing the car
riage before the horse, and can on
ly do harm, irreparable harm, If
such vampings asthepresent shown
about the capital should be forced
upon the statute books;much harm
at best, because Of the agitation
needlessly.
All the attacks now upon the
Southern. M. g. o. merger are the
merest twaddle. If the legislature
should spend its entire session en-
acting laws against these roads
now, they could not be enforced.
The merger is a fixture, the people
are satisfied with it generally, and
the jackson howlers cannot incite
antagonism. All the Mobile &
Ohio regime have passed away.
The people who owned its stock,
sold it, received their money for it,
and have passed off the stage as
owners. The people who purchased
the stock. paid for it, and have been
operating the road for five years;
own it as completely today as the
man owns the coatupon his back Or
the home in which he lives and
shelters his loved ones. What
ever the legislature may do, this
status will remain as it is, Then
what good can come Of such grand
stand plays as have been INDUCED
Of late.
AS q matter offact the bill pass
ed at the last session Of the legisIa-
ture and held up until the present
session, was Of no use, further than
to put an end to such bunconb
plays asare now ID vogue. The So
called merger was a fixed fact. and
win remain SO
It would be manitestly bad policy
for the state to place itself in avi-
cious antagonistic attitude toward