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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1899
Page
4
The issue includes amendments to mining laws House Bills 314 and 814 detailing claim locating deadlines and tunnel rights. It also contains editorials on Aguinaldo and U S policy, the Beef Scandal investigations, 1898 war deaths vs Algerism, and critiques of gold standard politics while noting ongoing licenses and public notices in Custer County.
A telegram style letter from Bert, a member of the First Idaho Volunteers in Manila, describes 90 degree heat, wounded and killed soldiers, and a Major McConville's death. He weighs returning to Company quarters or seeking transport home, notes fighting natives, and recalls the White Elephant in service. The message covers camp life, reinforcements expected from San Francisco and New York, and scarce fresh beef as supplies come from Australia.
The writer states inability to go anywhere or do anything and signs as B. D. Fox. He notes the boat has just arrived from the city and that he will post the note, promising to write again soon.
Henry Horton of the First Idaho Regiment writes from Manta February 14 1899 to his mother and sister in Challis. He recounts a fierce clash where eight to one odds pressed them and forty five were killed while thirty five wounded. Major McConville fell and was brevetted brigadier general before death. Idaho troops captured two Krupp guns and earned praise from General Anderson and General King who called them savages from hell. Horton narrowly avoided the fight on the fifth after disobeying orders to stay in the depot and later hauled rations under fire all night. He ends with notices of comrades Holmes Burke Haller and a Washington soldier killed nearby and says he will send Manila papers.
The campaign still rages in the Philippines with uncertainty over the end. In the last two engagements American loss has been heavy, signaling grim prospects for the near future.
Notice states Job Johnson has filed proof of continuous residence and cultivation for his land claim in Ida Ho, to be examined May 10, 1800, before D. McCallum U.S. Commissioner at Houston Idaho. Witnesses listed include J.B. Greene H. Selkirk Alvin Ewing August Mein C tion. Saard Register notes first publication April 4.
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