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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
3
New Orleans stands as a major mule and horse export hub to South Africa as Britain buys mounts from the United States and abroad. Corrals near New Orleans hold thousands, with strict vetting, vaccination, and tagging before loading aboard converted cotton carriers bound for Cape Town and Delagoa Bay.
The London Mail warns the city over slippery asphalt and crowded streets making hansom cabs deadly. Passengers are flung headfirst over the curtain, windows shattering and faces cut by glass, while kickings at the footboard endanger riders with every stop.
The Arizona Republic reports Richard Boscha, 14, son of Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, as the youngest peace officer in the United States. He fears no danger, aided by a calm intelligence, and his arrest of a Mexican a year prior elevated his early reputation. The article also notes Boscha’s recent travel with a traveling show and a Manitoba crop wheat bulletin of 2,000,000 acres sown with wheat in favorable conditions.
A recently recovered Napoleon Bonaparte statue from the Seine recalls Paris history from the Vendome column’s rise in 1806 to its destruction in 1871 and the volatile politics that shaped France. The column, 144 feet high, bore reliefs of Corsican campaigns and a Roman statue of Napoleon toppled in 1814, with royalists later replacing it by a white flag.
A 19th century account chronicles the Vendome Column’s rise and fall amid Paris upheaval. It notes Napoleon’s statue, the replacement figure, and the eventual destruction by the Commune. The piece emphasizes French reverence for Napoleon and the column’s historic fate, with mentions of the Pope and Parisian locales.
A collection of wartime vignettes and reflections recounts soldiers life and music from Taps to church pews. Personal memories of duty during strikes, a playful wildcat gambit, and musings on retirement law reveal the human cost and humor behind military service.
Col Joseph Ter recalls Gen Crook famed for humor as he staged a moonlit wildcat hunt near Omaha. Crook swapped live rounds for blanks, ordered rifle fire, and then hid behind a stump laughing at the hunters who fired at a stationary cat as laughter spread among the men.
The interview sketches Gen Joe Wheeler as a modest, kindly figure despite his brutal battles and contrasts him with Gen C O Howard. The two officers share a sunny, tolerant temperament, and a discussion on prayer reflects a measured view of faith and victory in war. Both men emerge as thoughtful, resilient leaders whose prayers fulfilled different aims.
Capt Lucius Creighton of Missouri recounts losing his arm at Gettysburg during the Civil War. He notes the absence of pain at first, describes numbness and weight, and says the after effects are bothersome though he would prefer a bee sting to ongoing suffering.
The board of ordinance approved a new pistol magazine that fires 116 shots per minute, over twice the 49 of the Colt revolver once standard for the army. It is said to be more accurate, costs 15 cents per pistol, or 15 per unit when bought in lots of 1 000.
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