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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Sent the Deacon sprawIine.


Lem Brown left Bingville for the Co.
seat, where he was drawed up TO serve
on a jury. Lem understood that he
would git all through serving so as he
could come back home Friday night
and he told his wife so. Before he
left Bingyille Lem made arrangements
with Deacon Butterworth TO feed his
COW and pigs while he was absent,
and look after things around the
house generally. Lem has always
been a great friend of the Deacons,
being as they both belong to the Bling
vile church and set side by side in
the amen corner every Sunday
Well, the Deacon looked after things
at LENS place in good shape so far as
we can learn Between chores the
Deacon would go into LENS house
and take on his mitts to warm his
hands at the kitchen stove. while
Mary Brown, that's LENS wife, would
give him a doughnut, mebby, or a
cookie, if she happened to be making
any. The weather was so cold that
the Deacon spent considerable of his
time in the kitchen talking to Mary,
but nobody ever thought anything Of
it, being as Mary is a terrible hand
some and agreeable woman. Her name
before she was married was Mary
Simpkins and she lived out the Pike
four miles west Of Bingville. daughter
of old Sam Simpkins. who is dead and
/ gone, 10, these many years. When
1 - 4 e-9I hot
there wasn't prettier girl in this
/ county than just her She was the
belle of Bingvilles And since We come
to think of it, this amt been such q
long time ago and so far as We are
able to see, Mary amt changed much
since Personally, we think she is
now better looking than ever. And SC
nobody blamed Deacon Butterwortl
for spending probably leetle mit'
more time in the kitchen than was
necessary, although he is a married
man hisself.
Well. Friday night come and wen
and poor Lem Brown didn't come bael
from the Co. seat, and there was n,
word from him. When Lem didn'
turn up Friday evening. when he sai'
he would, Mary begin to get awfu
restless and Uneasy and when the Dea
con come around to do the feeding
The next morning she invited him int
The house and told him her wors
fears She said something told her
although she couldn't say just what
that something awful had happened L
Lem. The Deacon he told her sh
mustn't give way like that because
was his opinion that Lem had bee
unnecessarily detained and that b
was in good health and spirits an
would turn up sooner or later and e1
plain all.
It took the Deacon good while t
explain this. He eat nine doughnut
while he was doing it. When Deaco,
Butterworth come back again in tn
evening he walked into the kitchen I
see if Lem had come back and he wa
terrible surprised to see Mary stand
ing by the window weeping. Tn
Deacon asked her what she was a-cry
ing for and she sad for poor Lem, VIII
had deserted her like as not. As 500
as Mary said this the Deacon's SUI
prise was took place by pity. H
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
HIGH LIFE SCANDAL
TOWN OF sINevILLE STIRRED TO
IT'S DEPTHS.
Deacon sutter~orth Felt to Be the
vietifi of Unfortunate circum-
stances, but His Wife Has BY no
Means Been Convinced.

There was a terrible scandal hap
pened in Bingville last Saturday night,
the news OF which few all over town
like wildfire and since then our resi-
dents amt got nothing done but talk
about it with bated breath School
was closed for day on acct. of it and
so was the P. o. Work is at a stand
still and the terrible recital of what
happened is on eyerybody's lips.
On Wednesday morning Of last week
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
keeplnu the aThreadv Of STORY.

Each player holds the ends of rib
bon or sitting in her hand. the other
end of all the ribbons or strings be-
ing held by the header. who begins
to tell the story. Every one must pay
close attention, for at any moment
she may break of. at the same time
pulling one OF the ribbons. The hold
err of 1t without delay must take up
the story and continue it until the
leader pulls another ribbon, which
transfers the task to some one else.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
noodoO schooner Caused storm.

A Portland, Me. paper gives the fol-
lowing reason for a recent storm:
The hoodoo schooner Donna T. Briggs
arrived in port Saturday morning. and
everyone along the water front is pre-
dieting q storm in consequence. Ae-
cording to sailors. 1t is sure sign
that when the Briggs is in port it -
going 10 storm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
LOVE TOKENS CARVED IN WOOD
For Presentation by Young Men OF
Wales to Their SMeethearts.

In museums and collections of relics
appertaining to domestic life in Wales
spoons occupy a conspicuous place
These spoons, all of wood, are carved
in quaint fashion. some very elabor-
ately. others more simply, and the
earliest were evidently love tokens
carved by young men in their leisure
moments and presented to their sweet
hearts. In ancient times in England
spoons of pewter were utilized as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
HOW PUP SAVED HIS MISTRESS

~ n - 80

First he tried barking, and then
bowling, at the kitchen door.
Next he barked and then howled at
the windows. Still there was no re-
spouse.
By this time the entire roof of the
east wing of the house was ablaze and
the flames were eating their way to-
ward the section of the big structure
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
MereIu Arrannement.

Add the figures to inclusive and
make 100.
1t sounds impossible. but an expert
'puzzler" shows that it is merely
matter of arrangement. Here is the
demonstration:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

me bread crusts and old bones must
be awakened. or she will be burned
to death. must do more than bow
vow"
Higher and higher the flames crept
up the cornice. Then the shingles
caught. and 1t was apparent to Pup
that II he was to save the kind lady
who had given him bread crusts and
old bones. he must act quickly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

Willis L Fish of Bethel VT. took
out large swarm of bees from sn un
used chimney in his house. The
chimney had not had q fire In Il for
eleven years. and last summer MIR.
Fish discovered that the bees were
making a home in Il About i've
mounds of honey was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Bow and Arrows.

First, a stick about three feet long
is needed. Trim this down till it is
smooth. Then bend 1t into shape
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

When were walking sticks first men
toned in the Bible? When Eve pre-
scented Adam with a Cain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

Why is it dangerous to go in th'
woods in spring? Because the bull
rush is out, the cowslips around, thu
grasses have blades, the flowers hav,
pistils and the little twigs are shooting
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Mixed Mats

Why is 1t that every mans pants
are too short? Because his legs stick
out two feet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

What is it that you can put UP a
stoyepipe down. but you can't put
down stoVepipe up? An umbrella.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

Why is a dogs tail like the heart
of tree? Because it is farthest from
the bark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

What kind Of a cat do we usually
find in a large library? A catalogue.
Why does a goose come out Of the
water? For sundry reasons.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
MORE CHARGES
AGAINST TRUST
SECOND SECTION OF STANDARD
OIL REPORT PROMISED By
GARFIELD.
DISPUTED POINTS SETTLED
CONFERENCES Or BOTH FAC.
TloNs ARE PRODUCTIVE OF
RESULTS.

Washington, May 9.-When the sen
ate met yesterday communication
from the secretary of commerce anu
labor was read, stating that the 1uii
report of the commissioner OF corpora
tions on the subject of the transpor,a-
tion of oil is now in the hands or the
public printer and that as soon as re-
ceived from that official 1t will be
transmitted to congress as requested
by a recent resolution.
The first section of the report con-
yicted the trust of demanding and re-
ceiving rebates, which is punishable
by fne under the Elkins act; the sec
ond will charge that the Standard Oll
company has been guilty OF conspiracy
in restraint of trade and commerce, an
offense which carries the penalty OF
dissolution and fine and imprisonment.
Will Prosecute.
1t is the purpose of the department
of Justice to institute proceedings
against the tlust and it's officials, both
on account of it's action in receiving
rebates and in conspiring to crush out
competition.
This is the program of the executive
branch of the government.
Representative Campbell OF Kansas
has introduced bill imposing fine
and Imprisonment upon any person or
corporation which, for the purpose or
destroying competition and creating
monopoly, discriminates by selling an
article at a lower price in one section
than in another Mr.. Campbell will ap-
near before the interstate and foreign
commerce committee of the house this
week and demand hearing in sup
port of his bill
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
GARFIELD UNEARThs CRIMES.
Trust Profits Enormously Through
ILLEGAL RebatinQ.

Trust Profits Enormously Through
illegal Rebating.
Taking up the output of refined oil,
Mr.. Garfield finds that it amounts to
about 26,OOO,OOO barrels annually, Of
which the Standard Oil company d.
rectly and indirectly controls about
230OO,0OO barrels and approximately
the same proportion of the other fin-
ished products of petroleum. Continu.
ing, the report says:
Obtained by Unfair Methods.
The Standard claims that the lOca-
tion of its refineries and the use OF
pipe lines are natural advantages to
which it is justly entitled by reason Of
the energy and foresight of its man
ayers. While in a measure this is
true, it must not be forgotten that
these advantages were in part obtained
by means of unfair competitive meth
DDS after years of fierce industrial
strife.
''The development OF the pipe line
sy stem by the Standard Oil company
was the result of special agreements
with railroad companies.
MonopoIistic Control.
Furthermore, those so-called natural
advantages have been and are being
greatly increased by discrimination in
freight rates, both published and Sc
cret, interstate and state, which give
the standard monopolistic control in
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
SLAIN IN DUEL WITH THIEF.
Charles /. Spier. X. n. Rogers Conf
Dental Agent, Killed.

New York, May 9,-Charles l.. Spier,
a prominent business man of Staten
Island, and said to be a confidential
agent of H. n. Rogers, vice president
of the Standard Gil company. was
shot and instantly killed in a duel
with burglar Ia his home in Tomp-
kins avenue. New Brighton. S. l., early
yesterday Mr.. and Mrs Spier were
awakened by the .loisc of burglar
who was gathering up the silverware
in the dining room on the floor below
Aiming himself with his revolver. Mr..
Spier ran down stairs and shot at the
intruder. His first shot missed the
man. who drew his own weapon and
fred rapidly at Mr. Spier until the
weapon was empty. After the first
shot Mr.. Spears revolver missed fire.
but two Of the burglars shots penetra-
ted his heart, and Mr.. Spier's body
was found by his wife on the floor Of
the dining room. The burglar ESCAPED
without the booty he had collected
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
ALMOST AGREED ON RATE BILL.
Judicial Review Amendment Decided
on After Mutual Concessions.

judicial Review Amendment Decided
on After Mutual Concessions.
Washington, May 9.-The situation
of the railroad rate bill took another
decided change yesterday, and at the
same time there was an additional
step toward final agreement as to
what the judicial review amendment
shall be- The Allison compromise
proposition met with such determined
opposition from those senators who
have fought against broad court
review. that despite President Roose-
velts acceptance of it and his declara-
ton that other provisions he had ad-
vocated were not vital, an agreement
was reached by which several restric
tions will be placed on the review
proposition. These were agreed upon
In consequence of many informal con-
ferences on the floor of the senate
during the debate.
Most Points Settled.
The conferences yesterday, it is be-
heved, have about disposed of the
points in dispute. The agreement
reached by Republican leaders is a
conc .ssOn to the Democrats The
amendment providing for the giving of
notice of hearings for injunctions was
first offered by Senator Overman: Sen
ator Bacon originated the proposition
for the hearing of such applications
by two judges, and several Democrats
introduced amendments providing for
appeals direct to the supreme court
Senate leaders representing both fac
tions predicted last night that the
compromise amendments will be
adopted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11

the greater portion of the country, and
which so limit competition as to prac-
tically prevent the extension of the
business of any independent to point
which even remotely endangers the
supremacy of the Standard.
Exorbitant Profits.
"An immediate result of this delim-
itatiOn of the competitive area Is
shown by the prices Of ordinary H.
Eliminating oil throughout the country.
After deducting the freight rate the
price of such oil is usually from to
cents a gallon higher in the non-com-
petitive than in the competitive fields.
A reasonable profit upon refined oil Is
about one-half cent per gallon. 1t is
clear that exorbitant profits are OBJ
tanned in the non-competitive fields.
This monopolistic control extends from
the we'll of the producer to the door,
step of the consumer"
Nails Lie.
Mr.. Garfield cites the fact that only
the New York Central Railroad COM
pany refused for itself and affiliated
lines to give access to records of state
rates.
At the beginning of the investiga.
ton, he says, "the Standard Oil COM
pany denied that it had obtained in re-
cent years, or is now obtaining, any re-
bate or other transportation discrim-
inatiOn, and yet a careful review of the
facts and the explanations leads to the
conclusion that the Standard Oil COM
pany has habitually received from the
railroads, and is now receiving, secret
rates and other unjust and illegal dis
examinations"
Save $750,o0o a Year.
In 1904 these secret rates saved to
the Standard Oil company three-quar-
tiers of million dollars, representing
the difference between the open rates
and the rates actually paid.
These determinations" he says,
"have been so long continued, SO Sc
cret, so ingeniously applied to new con-
ditions of trade and SO large in amount
as to make it certain that they were
due to concerted action by the Stand
ard and the railroads"
Unjust Determinations.
He says further, that the Standard
Oil company is receiving unjust dis
examinations in the matter of open
rates, the published rates from the
leading Standard shipping points being
relatively much lower than rates from
the shipping points of it's competitors
Mr.. Garfield then refers to seven in
stances of important determinations in
favor of the Standard Oil company in
various parts of the country, and says
that most of the secret rates and some
of the open determinations discovered
by the bureau were abolished by the
railroads shortly after such discovery.
After calling attention to the good
which already has resulted from the
investigation, Mr.. Garfield says that
the changes effected have put the inde.
pendents upon fairer footing and
make competition possible in terri.
tories heretofore inaccessible.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
Otherwise.

Henry C. Rouse, chairman Of the
board of directors of the Missouri
Kansas & Texas railway and presi-
dent OF other Western railways, died
in Cleveland of pneumonia. Mr.. Rouse
was fifty-six years old.
The Night and Day bank opened in
New York. The bank occupies
twelve-story marble building two
blocks from Grand Central station and
close to the fashionable hctel section.
The building represents an investment
of 100000.
BY consolidation OF interests the
Pittsburg Times and the Pittsburg
Gazette nave ceased to exist under
their individual names and the issue
Monday morning appeared as the Ga
zette Times, and was issued from the
Gazette plant.
The sending of 100000 to the Dol
lar Savings bank of Paynesville, Ohio,
bv the First National bank Of Cleve
land, in an automobile, stopped run
on the former institution. The Dollar
Savings bank Is declared by bankers
to be perfectly solvent. The occasion
for the run was the beginning of a suit
in the United States court by William
P. Engel of Defiance. Ohio, d king for
an accounting with the bank
A complete telephone system has
been installed underground in the
Wolverine mine at Calumet, Mich,
and 1t is now possible for the presi-
dent of the company In New York to
talk to an official Of the mine while
the latter is 5000 feet beneath the
earths surface.
The Tooth anniversary of the laying
of the corner stone of the Baltimore
Roman Catholic cathedral was cele
brated at Baltimore Sunday. Cardinal
Gibbons. Mgr. Diomede Falconio and
bishops and archbishops from all
parts Of the country participated.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
LIVED LIKE cRUSOEs.
Portuguese Sailors Marooned on an
Uninhabited island

New York, Nay "a dispatch to a
local paper from Lisbon says: The
Portuguese warship Baptista Andrado.
which was carrying new governor
to Mozambique, disappeared some
months ago. 1t has now been found
that she was driven ashore by a cy-
clone on an uninhabited African isl
and. When found all hands were liv-
Ing Crusoe.like. All were we'll.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
From Other Shores.


Hennig, murderer, marriage broker
and swindler, has been condemned to
death at Potsdam.
A detail Of Moros, on the Island OF
Samar, in an encounter with Pualines,
killed thirty of the latter.
Steamers which arrived at Leith
from Iceland report that Mount Hecla
has been in eruption, ashes being
scattered over a wide area. The dis
turbances, however, were not serious.
The passenger steamer Courier,
with a crew Of nine men and carrying
about twenty excursionists. foundered
OF Sark island In the English channel
soon after leaving there and sank Inn
mediately. Three members of the
crew and one passenger were lost.
A dispatch from Mogador, Morocco,
to the London Daily Mail, says cob
bier of Marrakesh named Mesfewi will
be crucified May for the murder OF
thirty-six women, whose bodies were
found buried under his shop and in his
garden.
A Viennese lady who has returned
from an audience with the pope, re-
lates that he thoroughly approves Of
women's activity as doctors and law
yers, but that he draws the line at
politics, saying that women should
neither vote nor sit in parliament.
Mary Koslovskaia, the leader of the
Marivits (new Catholic sect, who
poses as the mother Of God" an
nounces at Warsaw that she had
vision and saw that the war with un-
believing Catholics will continue for
three years.
DR.. Hansteen, chief lecturer in the
agricultural school at Aas, Norway.
declares his belief that moss is des-
tined to become the great popular food
for the masses, owing to Its cheapness
and nutritious value. DR.. Hansteen
says his experiments show that nine
ounces of moss. costing the equivalent
OF . cents, will make a dinner for six
persons.
Private advices from Hongkong say
that the -four mills OF America con-
template forming combine to control
the distribution Of their product In
China aiong Standard on lines.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
KILL UNMUzzLED DOGS.
Oakes Girl Is Bitten and Strict Order
Follows.

Oakes, N. D., May 4.-The five-year.
old daughter of O. H. Grogen was bit
ten by dog yesterday and is now In
a serious condition from the effects OF
fright and of the wound she received.
When the mayor heard OF the affair
he called a special meeting Of the city
council and an order was issued d.
recting that all unmuzzled dogs found
on the streets should be shot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
The News of the Week

In the kings bench division OF the
high court of justice at London the
suit OF David Rothschild, a picture
dealer, against Charles M. Schwab of
New York for breach of contract in
failing to purchase Constable's pic
ture, "Deadham Locke" for $4,000,
resulted in a Judgment for Mr..
Schwab.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
GAS lcNlTED IN TUNNEL.


Eight Men Are Found Unconscious as
Result Of Explosion.
New York, May 4. Eight nncon-
scious men were. taken out OF the Nc
Adoo tunnel under the Hudson river,
connecting Jersey City and Manhat-
tan island, yesterday. after an explo-
sion in the depth Of the tunnel. Five
Of them were removed to hospitals in
Jersey City, and four were not ex-
pected to recover. The explosion was
supposed to have been caused by gas.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-11
Notes From Washington.


Washington has caused a considerable
exodus Of members of families. Rep
resentative Volstead has sent his wife
and little daughter home, but he will
remain in Washington.
Secretary Taft has extended to July
next the time allowed the Chicago
Tunnel company for the removal or
lowering Of its tunnels under the Chi
cago river, in order to afford time for
q rehearing OF the petition now pend
Ing before the supreme court OF the
United States.
State department officials are pre-
pairing protest which will be submit
ted to Great Britain against the seiz-
ure of two American fishing ships of
the coast of Newfoundland. 1t will be
based on the fundamental contention
that the local Canadian governments
have no right to pass laws which con-
dict with the provisions of treaties be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain.
Crimes.
Maj c. B. Throop, who served on
Gen. Grants staff in the Civil war,
committed suicide in bathtub at his
home in Belvidere, ILL.,, by shooting
himself. Dependency was the cause.
In a drunken row between Italian
lahorers working on the Rock Island
extension near Muscatine, Iowa, and
inmates of a houseboat, Walter Kief-
ner was stabbed by an Italian. Kief-
ner is in the hospital and will die.
fhe Italian made his escape. A posse
Is securing the country for him.
Mrs. Earl Lindsay found a man un-
der her bed at Kokomo, Ind, con-
fronted the intruder with her hus-
bands shotgun, and when he tried to
escape shot him in the back. The
man was arrested and identified as
James Wilson, said to be wanted in
several Indiana towns for burglary.
A negro giving his name as Will
Brown was captured at Rienzi, Miss,
BY posse, and hanged from rail-
road trestle, after an impromptu trial
to killing w. J. Johnson, a railroad
conductor OF Corinth, Miss. After the
hanging the crowd dispersed. There
was no excitement.
Frank Smith, the desperate who
killed Policeman Hanlon of Oregon
| City, Or, last week, and who later
killed Sheriff Shaver and Capt. Hen
derson of the Oregon national guard,
was killed in the woods south OF New
Era, Clackamas county. Smith was
surprised in a thicket where he had
hidden and was shot through the head
before he could use his weapons.
Thieves stole the corner stone of
the North Pasadena (Cal.) Methodist
church. The stone weighs about 800
pounds and contained coins and other
small valuables worth probably $40.
The church was just completed and is
large and expensive edifice. The
corner stone was pried out OF the
building and removed entirely from
the premises.
Two young negro women, Marie
Louise, aged twenty-five, and Belle
Bailey, aged twenty, fought with each
other, the former using knife and
the latter revolver, on West Twenty
seventh street, New York. Marie
Louise was shot and killed. Bella
Bailey gave herself up to the police,
saying that she did the shooting in
self-defense. She was not injured
One had accused the other Of causing
her arrest recently.