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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-03

w aQdleJOn 8.
Custer county senic postals for
so cents per dozen.
There was small dance in
Challis last Thursday night.
VIM. Buster has a new "ad. "
on the eighth page of this issue.
Quartz location blanks for sale
at this Office at so cents per doz-
en-.
D. w. Shanafeit departed on
Saturday morning for Iron creek
on visit.
Relatives from Blackfoot are
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Millick.
Allen Williams and wife were
down from the mine above Clay
ton last week.
A daughter was born last week
to the wife of Mearl Shanafelt,
at Arco, Idaho.
Frank Oster left Friday for
the Albion State Normal to com
mence another school term.
Melville Jeffrey, secretary for
the Oxarna Gold Mining Co.,
was out from Custer last week.
Miss Pearl Millick departed on
Wednesday morning to resume
her studies at the State Normal
at Albion.
Verse %, chapter Z, of Ezra,
has all the letters of the alpha
bet except u" Just brush the
dust off your Bible and see if this
is not true.
Attorney Adamson came out
from the Parker mine last We'd
nesday. He is now shipping
some of the high grade gold ore
to Salt Lake.
Prof. Webber has been engag-
ed as principal of the Challis
school. He was formerly County
School Superintendent of Cassia
county, Idaho.
Many more towns die for want
of confidence on the part of the
business men and lack of public
spirit, than from opposition of
of neighboring towns and adj
verse surroundings.
The Steen mining property on
Jordan creek was sold at sheriff's $
sale on mortgage foreclosure
at Challis last Thursday. The
property was sold to Melville
Jeffrey, who bid it in for Tevis
N. Crafts.
1t is a pleasure at any and all
times to enter as conveniently
an arranged and tastily kept
store as that of DIR. G. 2. Hus
ton, dealer in drugs and sun
dries. If there is any profession
in, which it is necessary for man
to thoroughly know his business
is that OF the druggist. In ad-
dition to carrying complete
line of medicines, the store is
stocked with notions, fine cigars,
perfumeries, toilet articles, etc,
in fact everything that is usually
found in first,class store of
this character.
| @. A. Whitlock. of Bellevue,
was last week hot on the trail of
Mckay with a shotgun, who he
alleges had eloped with his wife.
Whitiock traced them to Robin
son Bar, and X. d. Williams got
wind of what was up, and he
slipped out and informed Mckay
and the woman, who were camp
ed near by, of Whitlock's inten-
tion to kill both of them, and as
Mr.. Williams did not want a
tragedy committed on his prem
ises, and he urged them to make
haste and hike" and they did
hike" but from last accounts
Whitlock was following them
..Nl.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
From Other Shores.

Emperor William Of Germany is i'm
porting American mares for his stock
farm.
The Ontario government has sold
the mining rights in the bed of Lake
Cobalt to a syndicate for $1,035, 900.
The French, German and Russian
expeditions have arrived at Tashkent,
Russia, to observe the eclipse Jan. IA.
After nine years work Sonora Eleon
of Angus Calientes, Mex, has com
pIeted a dress which is valued at $40
600.
The summit of Mount Vesuvius is
covered with snow, producing a pic
turesque effect. Snow also has filled
cracks in the volcano resulting from
the recent eruption.
The cotton harvest in Central Asia
is extremely good, 1900 car loads, in
stead of the usual 10000, being availa-
BILE for export. Railroads will require
special facilities to transport the cot
ton.
Nine thousand of the inhabitants Of
the town of Bejar, Spain, decided some
time ago to emigrate in body. The
offer of the presidents of Uruguay and
Nicaragua to supply ships and funds
was accepted for the transportation OF
the emigrants.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
BLOCK SYSTEM IS A FARCE
HAS NOT ADDED TO SAFETY OF
TRAVEL-FfFTY-THREE PER
SONS DEAD.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Entirely indie
pendent of any embarrassing investi-
cation which the Baltimore & Ohio
may make of the criminality which
caused the loss of half hundred hui
man lives few miles out of Washing
ton Sunday night, the interstate COM
merce commission decided to have an
investigation of it's own.
Authority for this action on the part
Of the commission was found under
the joint resolution Of congress in
structing it to make special inquiry
of the block signal system as operated
by the railroads.
Block System Farce.
The frequency of rear-end collisions
or the telescoping of one train by an
other has aroused the members of the
commission, as we'll as congress and
the entire country, to the belief that
something is radically wrong in the
pretended operation of the block sys,
tenn, and the commission proposes now
to find out the facts.
Astounding statements made by eX-
perts of the commission indicate that
the people of the United States have
been misled into the impression that
the block systems of this country are
adding greatly to the safety of travel.
On the other hand, the experts say
these systems have had no such effect.
The commissions statistics prove that
a constantly increasing proportion of
accidents occurs.
Fifty-three Are Dead.
The most conservative estimate OF
the dead is fifty-three, with threescore
of injured in the hospitals or at their
homes suffering from wounds and frac-
lures. Several Of the most seriously
injured are expected to die and the
death list may yet reach sixty or more.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
CANS WINS IN
EIGHTH ROUND
HERMAN, CLEARLY OUTCLASSED,
NEVER HAD A CHANCE WITH
THE NEGRO.
IS CLtANLY KNOCKED OUT
DROPS LIKE LOG AND 1T TAKES
THREE MINUTES TO REVIVE
HIM.

Tonopah, New Jan 3.-After play
ing with Herman for eight rounds,
Champion Joe Cans landed a full
swing on the point of Herman's jaw
and Chicago's favorite went to the
mat beaten man.
1t was apparent from the start that
Herman had no chance. Cans blocked
his blows with the greatest Of ease.
and at no time was Cans worried in
the least In the first round Joe start
ed to feel things out. Herman was
willing to fight, but the champion stall
ed him Off
Cans Opens Up.
In the second round Cans started to
open up Herman's attempts to land
all ended in failure.
The third and fourth rounds were
repetitions of the second. In the fifth
man, slowed down. This was the only
round where Herman made any show
ing. The sixth and seventh rounds
were all Cans. In the eighth Cans
started out by feinting and drawing
Herman's fire. They fiddled around
the ring until Cans worked his oppo-
nent into a corner.
Drops Like a Log.
Cans tented with his left and Her
man swung wildly with his left. He
left an opening. Like a flash Cans
whipped left and then a swinging right
flush on the point of Herman's jaw.
Herman dropped like log and three
minutes elapsed before he revived.
Herman was outclassed throughout.
He never had a chance, and he will
never have a chance when he meets
a man of Cans caliber
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
IS ARE KILLED IN
RAILROAD WRECK
APPALLING DISASTER ON BALTl-
MORE G. OHIO ROAD NEAR
WASHINGTON.
OVER SIXTY ARE INJURED
PASSENGER TRAIN COLLlDES
WITH EQUIPMENT TRAIN
DURING FOG.

Washington, Jan. 1. = An appalling
disaster occurred last night at I
o'clock on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road at Terra Gotta aoout three miles
from this city, in which about thirty
eight persons were killed and over six
ty injured, some Of them SO seriously
that they will die. The accident was
caused by the collision of Train No.
sc, due here at 6:25 p. m from Feel
erick, Md, known as the Frederick
special, with a deadhead passengec
equipment special OF eight cars. Over
200 passengers were aboard the i'll,
fated train.
Cause Not Determined.
The railway officials late last night
were unable to assign any cause for
the collision. AS soon as the news OF
the wreck reached this city all ambu-
lances available. with as many physi-
clans as could be assembled, were
sent to the scene The dead bodies
were found lying beside The track foT
a considerable distance. A dense fog
was prevailing and made objects per-
ceptible but few feet ahead. 1t was
impossible at first to determine the ex-
act extent of the catastrophe.
Trainmen Arrested.
When the news Of the accident
spread about Brockland many citizens,
with their wives, fastened to the
scene to give their aid and comfort to
the wounded.
1t has been proved that the dagger
signal at Takoma Park a short dis
lance from the scene Of the accident,
was set when the train of empty pas
senger cars passed. The train was
going at the rate of sixty miles IN
hour, and Engineer Hildehrand stated
that on account Of the Feavy fog he
could not see the signal.
Both Engineer Hildebrand and the
fireman on the special train were ar
rested and brought to Washington.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
DEATH ENDS STORY OF CRIME.
Woman Dies While Telling How Sh>
Was Shot.

New York, Jan. IA young wom-
an, who with her companion, Sidney
Kaufman, was shot while both were
guests at the Hotel Knickerbocker,
early yesterday, died at Bellevue hos
pital. Kaufman is thought to be ia
tally injured. Not until told by the
persons in attendance that her recov-
cry was impossible did she admit her
identity, and a statement subsequent
ly made to the police was unfinished
when she lapsed into final uncon-
seriousness.
The dead woman was Mrs. Eva l..
Totten, wife of John Totten Of Totten-
vile, Staten Island. She was twenty
three years of age, and her husband Is
in his eighty-third year. They were
married two years ago.
Mrs. Totten told the police that
Kaufman and she were in love and
that he desired her to marry him at
once She wished to wait until she.
had secured divorce. Over this they
quarreled and Kaufman shot her and.
then turned the gun on himself.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
Domestic.

J. Pierpont Morgan gave a 100000
mansion to his son, J. Pierpont Nor
gan, Jr, as Christmas present.
The 10000 employees of the Illinois
Steel company at South Chicago will
receive a raise of 10 per cent IN
wages.
One hundred thousand dollars has
been pledged for the erection of
monument to the late Joseph Jefferson
in Central Park, New York.
J. J. Hill, who has acquired consid-
cradle interest in the First National
Bank of Chicago, has been elected a
director of that institution.
Arnold Lee & Co., stock brokers Of
New York, who recently failed, have
effected a settlement with creditors on
the basis of so per cent in cash and so
per cent in notes.
st. Louis has an infant prodigy in
ne-months-old Eugene Barbara
Jacques, who is able to talk and talk
plainly She is said to possess the
mental faculties of child of three
years.
Elaborate preparations have been
made at the City of Mexico for the en-
tertainment Of the Mystic Shriners
who will come from the United States
to participate in the limitations there
in January.
The total value Of the mineral pro-
duction in the United States in 1905
amounted to $1,625, 877.127, being all
increase over 1904 of over $780, 900,
according to a statement issued by the
geological survey.
Iowa farmers this year raised crop
that is just $121 ,230,S87 better than
the average crop of the last seventeen
years. The total value of the products
of the soil in Iowa this year was $780,
495, 421, and the average value of the
crop for the last seventeen years is
5000 ,264,534.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPIIOME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
People Talked About.

Marie Jose Fameto died at Madrid
at the great age of 125 years.
Charles C. Lord, one of the pioneers
of Chippewa Falls, Wis, is dead OF
tuberculosis.
George w. Hewes, widely known as
a telegrapher, was found dead IN bed
at San Antonio, Tex.
Edward H. Thompson, ST., president
of the Maryland National bank. died
suddenly at his home in Baltimore.
Andrew Gleason, a notable figure in
church and political circles in the ma
tional capital, died in Washington OF
paralysis.
Dr. Frank E. Beckwith, formerly
professor of obstetrics at Yale medical
school, died in New Haven, Conn.
from apoplexy.
Father M. J. O'Dwyer, founder and
pastor of the Sacred Heart Cathollc
church in Kansas City, was found dead
in bed in that city.
Charles Beckwith Fink, editor OF the
Latrobe (Pa) Advance and a pioneer
newspaper man, dropped dead at his
home from apopleXy.
Charles II. Keep, assistant secretary
of the treasury, will succeed f. d. hll-
burn as state superintendent OF banks
for the State of New York.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
Accidental Happenings.

Two boys were drowned in a pond
near GRANVILLE, ILL.,, while skating.
A fire in the business section of
Greensburg, Pa, caused a loss of $780,
600.
The Joyce general store in Kamrar.
Iowa, was burned to the ground. Loss
$4,000.
The Roman Catholic church at OF
sego, Mich, was burned, following a
Christmas celebration.
Rose Bros department store at
Manistique, Mich, was destroyed by
ire. Loss, 100000; insured,
Falling into sponge mixer full OF
dough, which he was feeding, H. D.
Van Kirk of Columbus, Ohio, was
whirled round and round until every
bone in his body was crushed before
the machine was stopped and he was
extrfcated a corpse.
In a head-on collision at Brookville
Md, between two Big Four freight
trains, Fireman Frank Morris and Bert
Day, a farmer who was riding on one
of the engines, were killed, and r
Beasley, another farmer, was fatally
injured.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
ONLY A STARTER SAYS JERON
DISTRICT ATToRNSY SAYS Hi
HAS JUST BEGUN INSURANCE
FIGHT.

New York, Jan. Following the
indictment of Georg w. Perkins and
Charles S. Fairchild on Friday, Dis
trict Attorney Jerome announced Sat
urday that he had just begun the in
vestigation of the affairs of the New
York Life and that he will, after Jan.
i, have an extraordinary session Of
the grand jury called to consider mat
ters exclusively.
The field is wide one and the evil
dence that has been given to the dis
trict attorney as to crimes which are
hidden by false entries in the books Of
the New York company, cover, it is.
estimated, transactions involving be-
tween $30,000,00O and $40,000,0O0
Indictment Had to Be Rushed.
The transactions on which the in
dictment Of Perkins and Fairchi6
were founded had to be rushed
through and decided by the December
grand jury because the statute of linn
itations, unless indictments were
found, would have outlawed the
crimes on Dec. 81.
Evidence has been given to the dis
trict attorney of other dealings by the,
New York Life, in which there was.
precisely similar proof as to the dis
position of stocks and false entries on.
the books Of the company, as appeared.
in the railroad deals on which tho
grand jury acted.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
Crimes and Criminals.

City Marshal Frisby of Lamar Colo''
was shot and killed by two strangers.
who escaped.
A. L. Porter was arrested at Ozark,
Mo. charged with killing his wife by
breaking her neck with a club.
One negro was killed, one fatally
wounded and others seriously hurt IN
a drunken brawl at Topeka, Kan.
A duel with pitchforks between two
grooms employed in fashionable rid
ing academy in New York resulted in
probably fatal injuries to Thomas Con-
nelly.
A jury at Salina, Kan, returned
verdict of not guilty in the case OF
Mrs. John Caldwell, charged with the
murder of her husband. This was the
woman's third trial.
AS the result of a dispute over dl-
viding fence, Elijah Covert shot and
instantly killed Charles Thorpe near
North Vermont, Ind. Both men are
prominent farmers.
Proprietors of thirty-seven factories
and business houses in Springfield Ill,
charged with violating the child labor
law, pleaded guilty and were each
fined So and costs.
John Houser, who lived ten miles
northeast of Charles City, Iowa, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
The rash act was due to a cIouded
oo,,cn5 bu old oon
Between $4,000 and $4,000 stolen by
William G.. Anderson, former assistant
having teller of the First National
Bank of Kansas City, who was arrest
ed at Austin, Tex, last week, has been
found in Austin.
The dead bodies of George Patter-
son, a cab driver, and Alice Clark,
boarding house keeper, were found in
different rooms of the boarding house
in Jacksonville, Fla. The indications
are either suicide or murder.
Arthur G. MetZeler, a drug clerk at
indianapolis, shot and killed Albert
Harvey, a negro, in the store. Metze-
Ter says that the negro started to go
behind the counter, ignoring his pro-
test, and the shooting followed.
Antanas A Joels was arrested
charged with being a fugitive from
Justice. The arrest was made in
Brooklyn, where Joels had taken
rooms for himself and wife, on the
request of the police of Chicago. Joels,
the police say, is wanted for a defal-
cation Of $1,000.
Robert Widgren and Herman Oberg,
partners in coal business, were found
dead in a room in the rear of the coal
office in Chicago. A broken gaspipe
and escaping gas gave rise to the be-
lief on the part Of the police that
Widgren had Intentionally severed the
pipe to kill himself and his partner.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
NEW LAWS ARE NOW IN FORCE,
Anti-Pass Provision and Other Legis-
Iation Now in Effect.

Anti-Pass Provision and Other Legis-
ation Now in Effect.
Washington, Jan. 8. = Yesterday
marked the beginning of the life OF
several legislative acts of congress,
important alike to the nation as
whole and to the citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia. These are the free
school law, the pure food law, the anti
pass section Of the interstate com
merce law, the modification Of the nav
igation laws to simplify enrollmentsi
and licenses and law with reference
to the licensing of druggists in the
District of Columbia.
The pure food law cOntemplates the
barring interstate commerce OF foods
that are injurious to health. The free
alcohol bill is intended to assist farm
ers and smaller users of power TO
have a fuel that in efficiency and cost
shall be cheaper than gasoline Or kero-
sene. The anti-pass provision OF the
interstate commerce law forbids COM
mon carriers, directly or indirectly,
giving interstate free tickets or passes
for passengers, except to their en-
ployes and families, agents of the car
riers and their surgeons, physicians
and attorneys, to persons engaged in
religious and charitable work and 10
certain other specified classes.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05

Fire at st. Louis destroyed property
worth 100000. Two fremen were Sc
riously injured.
Property valued at $4,000 was de-
stroyed by fire in the business sec
ton of Cory, Pa.
Fire originating from defective gas
lighting system destroyed three bust
ness blocks in Perry, Iowa. Loss, $780,
600.
The city prison at Jacksonville, in
Calhoun county, Alabama, was burned
and Richard Walker, the only inmate,
cremated.
The immense sawmill plant Of the
German-American Lumber company at
Midvale, Fla, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, 100000.
A passenger train ran into the rear
end of a freight train at Springfield,
Ohio. Eighteen passengers were in
jured, none of them seriously.
Elias Lehtenen and Joseph Bardeso-
no were instantly killed in the Colby
iron mine at Bessemer, Mich, by fall
ing 500 feet to the bottom of the
shaft.
An interurban train from Seattle
and work train collided a mile north
of Milton, near EdgeWood, Wash.
Four persons were killed and twelve
injured.
Charles Thomas was found dead be-
side the tracks at Rocker, Mont. HIS
body was decapitated and the indica-
lions are that he was run over by a
train of ore cars.
Before the eyes of his young wife,
George Davis lost his life in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to rescue John Arke,
an eight-year-olI boy, from drowning
at Morristown, N. j.
James Harris, his wife, thirteen
year-old son and three-year-old daugh-
ter, were asphyXiated by natural gas
which escaped from a stove in their
home at Niagara Falls, Ont.
The bodies of Edward Lidridge and
Albert Caromfly were found along the
railroad tracks at Clark's Summit, Pa.
The bodies were badly mangled. 1t Is
supposed they were struck by train.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
RUSSIA LIKE A VAST BEDLAM.
Gears Mother Declared to Be insane
Whole Dynasty Crazy.

-WnOle DyndSty STdZy'
st. Petersburg, Jan. 1. - A close
friend of the czar's household physi-
clan, DR.. Hirsch, says that the dowa-
ger czarina, the ezar's mother, has
been undeniably insane for three
months.
In fact, DR.. Tschechoff, the superin-
tendent of st. Petersburgs noted asy-
lum for the demented, St. Nicholas
Tsbuderewitz, asserts that the major
ity of the foremost Russians are mad,
from the Romanoff dynasty down -
sovereign, ministers, generals, aristo-
Gratis, men of affairs.
The dowager czarina has been
"clean daft" ever since Gen. Trepotf
died last September. Gossips whisper
that she loved him passionately and
that losing him wrecked her wits.
Now she sees bombs and gallows
everywhere in her Imagination and is
in a constant state of terror.
Czarevitch as a Changing.
In her maunderings she declares
that the acknowledged czarevitch, the
Two anu d hoAA JOol oto
Alexis, is not the true heir to the
throne, but a changeling; that her
real grandson was born an idiot.
She has been taken away from Rus
STA in the hope that she may recover
her reason.
Count White, too, sees ghosts and
hears mysterious voices, it is said, as
the result of the mental strain to
which he was subjected while pre-
mier.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
Oliver Herford's Wit.

An editor was talking the other day
in New York about the wit of Oliver
HEREFORD.
"Tt is it's unexpected quality he
said, that makes Herford's wit SO de-
lightful.
"He sat in my office one afternoon
when a young novelist entered.
"Mr. Herford,' said the novelist
eagerly, I value your opinion very
much. Now I want you to tell me can
didly what you think of my new book.
"'No, no. said Herford hurriedly;
let us remain friends"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
HUGHES TAKES OATH OF OFFICE.
New Works New Governor Pays Trib-
ute to His Predecessor.

New Works. New Governor Pays irIn-
ute to His Predecessor.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 3. - Charles f..
Hughes yesterday took the oath OF OF
fee as governor oftthe state OF New
York. and with his Democratic col
leagues began his twoyear term.
The retiring governor, Frank W..
Higgins, formally surrendered the
reins of government to his successor
and left for his home private citizen
for the first time since 1898. when ne
was first elected senator.
In his inaugural address accepting
the office, Gov. Hughes paid marked
tribute to Gov. Higgins, commencing
his public services and conscientious
devotion to the interests of the state.
Following the ceremonies. the new
governor held reception in the eXecu-
tive chamber.
The 13Oth session of the New York
state legislature will convene today
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
School DESTROYED by Fire.

Marshfield, Wis, Jan. 3.-The school
of the Seventh Day Adventists, located
at Bethel. seven miles from this city,
was discovered to be in flames, and
burned to the ground, with loss OF
$4,000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-05
RAlSULI PLOTS WAR.
Report Says German Flag is to Sc
Hoisted Over Zinat Stronghold.

Tangier, Morocco, Jan. l. - 1t is,
currently reported here that the Ger
man flag is abou5 to be hoisted over
Raisuli's stronghold at Zinat. 1t is
said to be the bandits intention to ell
deavor to embroil the powers in the
meantime by joining forces with the
pretender.
On the other hand, however, it is
stated that Zinat has been sold to
German commercial firm, which in
tends to enter into possession when
Raisuli retires.