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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1899
Page
8
The Silver Messenger from Challis reports a casual miscellany of notes and opinions. It mentions Congressmen Roberts and the Sultan of Sulu as polygamists, a recent express robbery, and a Scientific American observation about 1898s 2 5 billion two cent stamps, imagining vast distances and cosmic transit to illustrate stamp volume. The item mixes local post office reference with broad satirical commentary.
The article notes all fire-bricks cost one dollar each and had to be wagoned roughly 600 miles from the Missouri River, iron at 22 cents per pound, skilled labor at $9 daily, and common labor at $4. Smelting charges ranged $20 to $45 per ton. The matte was hauled to the river and then shipped to New York and Swansea for refinement. Now nine Colorado smelting plants operate with a 4500 ton daily capacity and about 4000 workers.
A playful word puzzle asks how many tailors are needed to craft a tailor made woman. The setup riffs on the common proverb about nine tailors making a man, prompting a humorous inverse answer.
A compact saying contrasts outward appearance with inner devotion, noting that long or short expressions on Sundays do not reveal a man’s true faith. The remark implies judgment should not rely on surface demeanor but on inner conduct and character.
Col John W Clous of the army defending the Carter court martial argued that civil courts cannot review court martial actions. The assertion mirrors Dreyfus era debates but was rejected. It is asserted that any sentence, military or not, may be revised by the supreme court if shown to be contrary to law.
Announcement touts liquid air as a revolutionary ice making fuel with three gallons priced at 15 cents, yielding a ton of ice for cooling. It claims low plant costs enable tiny communities to adopt the device, calling it one of the age’s greatest inventions.
In a lengthy October to November report from Challis Idaho, officials discuss the Idaho Shoshone County incident, federal troops, and blame shifting between Washington and Idaho administrations. The piece links labor opposition to McKinley era policies, and shifts to federal military costs for 1901 versus 1898 expenditures, forecasting a $150 million annual burden and noting expected profits from Philippine and China trade.
James Jeffers defeated Tom Sharkey after 23 rounds for the world championship. Sharkey suffered two broken ribs and Jeffers was badly used up, with both men in dire condition. the writer laments neither was killed.
A Columbus dispatch reports Governor Steunenberg wrote Chairman Dick asserting Idaho bears full responsibility for troop calls arrests mine regulations and wartime control in Shoshone and Coeur d'Alenes under martial law with federal troops minimally involved and the letter circulated amid partisan context.
An American critic frets that the Philippine departure will cost the nation money and lives. He estimates about two dollars per person per year, totaling around ten dollars per family. Taxes on general consumption will raise the amount indirectly through higher prices on sugar tea tobacco medicines.
It is stated that Quay of Pennsylvania will be seated by the United States Senate at its session next month. Last winter the Pennsylvania legislature failed to elect a senator and the governor appointed Quay. If seated the Senate will recede from its long established precedent in such cases. The Senate will have a Republican majority this winter and Quay is a Republican, explaining the move.
The speaker asserts the war in the Philippines prolongs due to capitalist interests. He claims the ongoing harvest from the conflict enriches financiers and could threaten the future of the GOP if the war continues.
The article asserts Congress member Roberts from Utah should be expelled due to openly breaking laws. It contrasts a lawmaker with a lawbreaker and warns the public will show no mercy at the ballot box.
If the silver forces in Idaho next fail they had better release gate pretty much of the present state administration to the rear.
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