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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-06-24
Chapter Of Accidents.

For the past three or four days there
has been quito an epidemic OF accidents
and the wounded are quite numerous.
Last Friday one OF John Monies team
ran away with one of the hired men,
throwing him out and causing a green
stick fracture of the right femur. The
wagon was smashed.
Sunday the same team ran away with
John Monte, throwing him out. The
wagon ran over his right thigh bruising
it severely and the wagon was wrecked.
w. b. Nutall on Monday morning at
tempted to lower a window at the
machine shop when his left hand slipped
and went through the window, the glass
cutting the radial artery, or pulse.
Sunday a party left here for John
Lees ranch over the hills and the team
ran away. Con Cardigan was the only
unlucky one OF the crowd, cutting II Of
his hands.
Saturday a Portuguese, V. Alfred,
working on the section, let a rail fall
and it caught the middle finger of the
left hand, tearing off the first joint.
Jack Fife is going around with a
bandayed head, the result OF a fall which
gave him a scalp wound.
DIR. +. A. Jackman, who Is attending
all the wounded, says they are getting
along nicely, together with Louis Pier
son, whose arm was broken last week.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-06-24
fhieVePy.

The town has once more become allie
ted with thieves, tramps, hoboes and
lesser vermin and crime is again ram
pant. Saturday night the clothing store
of George Herberth was burglarized.
The show window was pried up with a
Jimmy OF some kind, the iron guards
snapped, and all the shoes in sight
taken. The thieves possibly did MOI
enter the building and during their
work did not interrupt the proprietor's
slumbers. Mr.. Herberth sleeps in the
back room of the building and heard
nothing. Sunday evening one OF our
residents was informed by three or four
OF the tramp fra ternity that his language
in regard to their gang was too vigorous
to suit them and implied threat followed.
The officers have since ascerlained that
the leader ia an ex-Folsom convict.
Sunday evening f. r. Dodge, the well
known Reno attorney was on train No.
/. He left his satchel in the car while
he got out to take a promenade and re-
turning in about five minutes found that
his satchel had been stolen. 1t con
tanned nothing OF value to the thief but
in it were a number OF legal papers OF
Importance to the lawyer. The officers
have cleaned up the town and will en-
deavor to keep it so for awhile.
Warren Golding took part in the
skirmish with a baseball bat and looked
so formidable, his appearance did good
work.
There is no foundation for the rumor
that John Lees store was burglarized.
Officer Dowding yesterday found
Lawyer Dodge's satchel swimming in a
sea. of glory in u slough OF slime nea the
hoboes' stamping grounds. The thief
found nothing of value in it to him and
threw it into the slough. Being the
property OF a Reno lawyer it is passing
strange the satchel was not full OF mug
gets and diamonds. Mr.. Dodge is I'M
doubtedly glad to get his satchel back
as it contained legal documents of value
to him.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-06-24

and sugar and leave money in Wads-
worth. Out OF my mouth | want every
thing in good shape. When We have
lots of silver we be all right. Cant do
without it. SO many houses torn down,
SO many people starved, so many banks
locked up for no silver. Happy day Is
with lots silver. Committee
fix provisions for injun to join process
sion he will give satisfaction. Cap Sam
say good-day you sign johnson Sides
u. S. p. NJ.
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PROGRESS.
Coming Our Way With a
Rush.
CROWDS VIEW The PAVILION AND ARE
SURPRISED At ITS MAGNITUDE.
R. Herr viii Manufacture Five Gold Medals
For Amateur Sports.

ALLEN y His THOROUGH
BREps-BAsEBALL FoR BLooD AND
FooTBALLIsrs IL A FRENZY o. ENTHU-
sIAsM-THE PIUTEs HAVE CAUGHT
II SpIRIT-THE CHIEFS IN Council
They WANT TO EXECUTE A WAR,
DANCG, RACE HORSES, PARADE, AND
KEEP AN Eye on PRovIsIoSs-THEy
ARE FOR FREE SILVER.
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A Challenge.

GoLD HILL, June %, 1896.
Mr.. PIKE, Wadsworth Il heard that
you wanted some n to box in Wads-
worth on the Fourth of July. Ii you
do, ! would like to box any one that you
have Il mind to put up against me, or |
will bring a man down with me. So
please let me know what show Tor a
boxing match. JAMES Fell.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-06-24

James Poole and Aleck Pollock re-
turned Saturday evening from a pros
pecting tour through Churchill county.
They brought in a number of likely
specimens.
Among the "Mill OF Silence" prize
winners appears the name OF Mrs.
Robert Pollock, our townswoman. She
is the twenty-thirl on the list and will
receive ten dollars.
The Reno Gazette says that at the
Silver party of Nevada State Central
Committee meeting Saturday, there
were but thirteen in attendance and
thirty-two proxies.
The President has signed the bill pro-
viding that a years residence in any Of
the Territories shall be necessary before
application can be made to the Terri
torial court for a divorce.
Senator Frank Cannon OF Utah arrived
at Pueblo, Col, Monday, on his way
home. He was met at the depot, cheered
heartily and presented with a silver
bolt. Cannon responded briefly. .
Trib.
B. I. Bulmer OF Virginia City, aged
10; Thos. j. Lawrence OF Deeth, aged 10:
and Curtis Seagrave of Reno, aged Is
years, are the Nevada young men who
are taking the examination for Anna
polls.
In the damage suit of Marker vs. Jur-
gensen the jury returned a verdict find
ing for the defendant, awarding him
$685. 7 damages and taxing the plaintiff
with the entire costs OF the case both in.
justice and district courts. The costs are
said to amount to over 5000.
Some precocious youngsters of tender
age built a fire on the fioor of +. Cling
houses slaughter house and but for the
timely discovery by the proprietor the
building would have gone up in smoke
and flames. The parents are responsible
for damages OF this kind and Mr.. Cling
house wants to warn them to keep those
children away from his premises.
Trib.
The Silver State says: 1.-THE Silver
party of Nevada has been and is still an
independent political organization, or
ganized for the purpose of advancing the
cause of silver, and it is already at all
times to receive into full fellowship any
person or persons who believe in its
principles and desire to cooperate with
it for the common good of the cause"
The Reno and Truckee baseball teams
crossed swords Sunday at the grounds
of the Reno nine resulting in a victory
for Reno by a score CT II to 4. The fol-
lowing boys went up to see the game:
T. Mckinstry, II. Owens, J. Miller, +.
Geog, h. Lewis, +. Warmsley, +. Shana-
ham, d. Dynon, NJ. Melvin and q.
Watson. r. Shanahan OF Wadsworth
acted AS umpire.
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BREV1F1ES.

Trib.
j. w. Ferguson is visiting Reno.
The weather is warm ami sultry.
Hon. AN Allen lett for home Monday
morning.
Hon. E. Griswold returned to Soda
Lake Sunday.
Lash Sanford has been spending a few
days in town.
George Hammersmith is taking in the
sights OF Frisco.
Jesse Whited is teaching a private
school at Dunsmuir.
Miss Lily Kaiser is rusticating at Nc
Kinney's, Lake Tahoe.
Friday, August IA, is the date set for
the execution of Buster.
NJ F.. b. d Ian is on a pleasure tour
aud took the Shasta route.
The river stays high and the swamps
and sloughs are full of water.
Miss Maud Fellnagle is teaching music
at Dunsnuir and doing nicely.
Mrs. w. j. Gill is visiting at Sacra-
nento and Mrs. V. LaForge is visiting
al rruckee.
The days now grow shorter until De-
cember %. On September 22nd the days.
and nights are OF equal length.
The members OF the Fourth OF July
Choir are requested to meet at the
church tonight at s O'Clock sharp.
Tie Carson News says it is rumored
that the Southern Pacific will build u
broad guage line from Truckee to Tahoe
this year.
Billy Sommers with his brand new
wagon at the depot yesterday was
prouder than IA boy with ha,full OF fire.
crackers.
NJ. Fallon paid a visit to town and left
for home yesterday. He expects to be
in the hay field in IA week andEsays the
crops are good.
1t has been reported that the Cortez
miners were to resume work shortly, but
we know OF no grounds for the rumor.-
Austin Reveilie.
Attorney General r. NJ. Beatty, who
was taxed i'll on the streets at Reno
Saturday, is improving fast and will be
able to be around in a few days.
A politician is d man who delegates
his private interests to another man and
,hen stands up to his armpits in sweat
striving to shape his country's destiny.
The Carson News says: Some mem
bers of the Curry Hose Co. desire to
spend the Fourth Of July in Wadsworth
and possibly the company will go in a
oody.
For SALE CHEAr-A cosy residence Of
four rooms, in good locality also a set
single harness, a spring wagon, and a
side saddle. Inquire of Miss Nellie
Madden.
Bobt. Lyle lett for West Virginia Mon
day to see his brother, Engineer Sam
Lyle, who was badly hurt in u wreck in
that State. Sam Lyle fred out OF Wads-
worth three years ago.
Bart Conroy, formerly a brakeman
here, lost his life at Arlington while
while working for the o. r. II n. A
brake staff broke. letting him fall against
a bank from which he rolled under the
wheels.
w. ID. Jones OF Austin wants to buy
from 300 10 800 head OF y~earling steers
and will pay 81 per head for them de-
livered in Huntington Valley, Elko
County.
r. n. Crawford, formerly clerk in
supt. Agler's office here, is still mentally
unbalanced and his recovery ~ a
matter of doubt on account OF
the length OF time he has been atllic'
ted. His relatives say his brain gave
way from oycrwork whilo in the Com
pany's service a. Mojaye.
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The Lady Or the Tiger?

Yesterday Bull Tom, one OF the trio of
Piute statesmen who stepped into our
sanctum and shouted for silver, stood at
the passenger depot in all the glory of
hawk-feathered plume aid FURNISHED
tin armlet, majestically robed in a
blanket of bright eolors.
2. A pot-bellied politician-retnrning
from st. Louis with a surplus of Nc
Kinley badges which glittered in the
early morning sun and hung by a ribbon
.otemany hues-approached the Mark
Hanna of the Piute tribe and pinned, to
his Manly bosom a Mckinley badge.
8. A smile rippled over Toms face
like a wave flows over the Sargossa Sea,
as he gazed on the added splendor.
5. Tha politician had no soone ambled
away than r. L. Fulton CHANGED to pass
and his eagle eye took in Bull Toms
person, feathers, arnlets, blanket and
badge, and he was stunned.
5. When he recovered he offered Tom
four bits for the badge. The offer was
declined with a grunt and a shake OF the
head.
8. Then he offered a great big silver
dollar, but there was 30 vacancy under
Toms blanket and he refused to part
with the badge.
7. Fulton delivered himself of a stump
speech to the effect that the man who
gave Bull Tom the badge war no better
than the Indian and the act was sacri-
ligious. That he wouldn't be surprised
to death TO find 1t a prank OF Major Pike
of Churchill.
Query Which knew where he was at =?
The body of Michael Hynes, who, with
S. r. Kimball and John Henrihan, were
drowned at Prosser creek May Goth, was
found in the Truckee river, opposite
Rocky Run, by Southern Pacific track
men Thursday morning.
The stockmen for the past month have
been rodeoing on the grounding
ranges, having first worked hat of Lee
4 Frazer, next that Of +. Olinghouse,
finally winding up at r. II. Cowles'
Limbo ranch and reaching home Sunday
night. They found the range cattle
rolling fat and the crop of calves up to
ex Expectations. Lee & Frazer, T.. Oling-
| house, Col. Marzen, X. IL. Cowles and
Razor..had representatives present. ID.
V. Merigan was the chief cook with the
Cowles' outfit and is now an applicant
for head chef at the Palace Hotel which
is located in San Francisco.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04
A Dark Subterfuge.

Efie-Jack, papa said we must not see
each other any more.
Jack-Indeedi Then I will turn the
gas out.-Pearson' s Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04

c5reeK committee. BY reason Of his sta
tion and the confidence and affection with
which he is regarded among his people he
is eminenty fitted for this important
function. His intimate personal acquaint-
ance with athletic sports and his lifelong
interest In them have made his duties
pleasant, even though extremely arduous.
The amount of actual work that this pub
lie spirited prince has accomplished Is
really wonderful and shows that he has
been no mere flgurehead. Every detail of
| organization, plans and rules has passed
under his most rigid inspection. Many of
the most important provisions are the re-
suit OF his original suggestion, and during
the final weeks of preparation he has been
busy night and day, SO deep is his concern
that this gigantic enterprise shall meet
with success proportionate to its impor-
tance and the classic spot chosen for the
revival.
The committee, which has worked in
concert with him, and whose membership
includes some of the most eminent men of
Greece, has been marvelously active and
successful. 1t has overcome obstacles
seemingly insurmountable, and Its men,
bers have devoted themselves unremitting-
ly to the great work at immense sacrifice
of time and all considerations of personal
comfort.
A more vivid idea of the immensity Of
the scheme which has been put into exc
cution during the passage of some 90 cal
endar months may be obtained by glance
at the financial necessities that have been
met.
The first call was for voluntary subscrip-
tions. The appeal to the glorious tradi-
tions Of the past, coupled with the promise
of SO much good for the Greek youth Of to-
day and Of the future, met with an imme-
diate and loyal response. From all parts
of the country and from all classes contri-
buttons flowed In, but the people of Greece
are poor as well as patriotic, and the sum
total of their contributions was but 300,-
600 drachmas-that is to say, about $780,
900.
The committee having had in se-
rious contemplation the restoration of
the Panathenaic stadium began to feel
discouraged, but while casting about for
ways and means to meet the enormous ex-
pense which the rehabilitation of this an
cient arena would entail it was made glad
by the receipt of a donation of 500, 900
drachmas from Mr.. Georgius Averoff a
citizen of Alexandria. The donor expressly
stipulated that this prinoely gift should be
applied solely to the work on the stadium.
Later he increased the sum to $50, coo
drachmas and promised more in case it
was needed. In this connection it is not
amiss to say that the erection Of the statue
of Mr.. Ayerof executed by tho eminent
Athenian sculptor, Brutos, which stands
at the principal entrance to the stadium,
was ip most excellent taste and constitutes
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04

lanes sc thew called them salvesss--.zv zero
nroud and biooted All who ware not
Greeks were barbarians. and consequently
not 10 be countenanced; hence they had
no opportunity for estimating the strength
and skill of the athletes of other nations.
III must he admitted. however that for
long ages the highest physical DEVELOPMENT
reached by mortal man was attained
among the Greeks, and the student of his
tory still enthusiastically dwells upon
those glorious festivals wherein the true
beauty of manhood was shown in its per-
fection.
Even In this prosy age there is some
thing thrilling In the thought that eight
Of our American BOYS are now on that
classic ground ready to enter those historic
lists to try issues with the formidable ath-
letic forces of all the rest of Christendom.
The faot that Princeton university and
the Boston Athletic association were the
only two organizations to step into the
breach and endeavor to assert America s
prestige in the greatest tournament of the
age does not discourage Americans, for
many other lands will not be more largely
represented. They have, moreover, full
faith in the quality of our representatives
and believe that in these critical and rigor-
GUS tests of their skill and endurance they
will acquit themselves with credit to their
country.
The plan of this unique international
contest was suggested at a congress of ath-
letes held in Paris in June, 1894 under
the auspices of the Union de Societies
Franonises de Sports Athletioues. 1t was
decided to revive the Olympian games in
modernized form. but with the greatest
possible approxifnation to ancient type
and standards and upon thoroughly in
ternational basis.
The oo,nnatitors were to appear as repre-
sentatives of their nationality and none
b,,+ o,,o+o,,-, --,n ~ oo-,,nota TT was
also very wisely determined that no money
prizes were to be offered, it being held that
simple badges of honor would be worn
with as much pleasure and pride by record
makers and record breakers as though they
We're studded with gems.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04

oosu meunous or procedure that could be
devised have been followed. Many diff
culties have arisen from various local
causes, and the representation of the sew
eral civilized nations will not be SO large
as was at first expected, and yet the occa-
sion will be great one, and the contests
will be fought out by the representative
amateur athletes of the world.
Professor William Sloane of Princeton
university, America s representative in the
Olympic committee, has directed every en-
ergy toward having s.seountry creditably
represented, and when recently he received
word that the Boston Athletic association
had given up the idea of sending team
he appealed at onoe to the Princeton man
agement and laid before 1T the Importance
of having some college support America s
interests at these games. By these worthy
efforts the approval of the faculty was
finally secured, the money necessary to de-
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04
THE PANATHENAIC STADIUM.

Inc Fanathena1c stadium, wherein the
wrestlers and racers and other athletes of
the world will compete for honors, is a
monster amphitheater of earth and stone,
built originally by the ancient Greeks, 776
B. c., and used by them until the Emper-
or Theodosius abolished the Olympian
games A. d. 1894. The semicircular basin
in the hills just outside the city of Athens
was natural formation, and the Greeks,
taking advantage of the opportunity af
forded by this ready made arena, cut down
the embanklnents to suit their conven-
ienoe, put in stone buttresses and by the
direction of that public spirited Athenian,
Herodes Atticus, fitted them with seats of
white marble. In getting the material
with which to cover these immense en-
banked slopes with seats Atticus very
nearly exhausted all the quarries on Pen
telikon. All this marble, or nearly all,
disappeared into the li1nekilns of the mid
die ages. When King George had the place
carefully excavated at his own expense, 25
years ago, all that remained of that vast
mass Of marble were the upper goal and the
curb of the sphendone or circular end.
To restore this great amphitheater and
furnish it in the splendid fashion of the
olden time has been the ambition of the
great Bikelas for many years past, and
now, though the finished work is still far
distant, it is in sight, and 1t is only ques-
tion of time when this monument of
Athenian grandeur will be fully rebuilt
and Athens will have her noble stadium,
perhaps more purely classic in it's architec-
tural details than ever before.
For the present only the first three rows
of seats around the whole course and the
entire height of the circular end are done
in marble. The remaining rows of seats are
made Of common stone or wood, which
will be gradually replaced by marble as the
permanent committee can gather means
Wherewith to prosecute the work.
For many months past 600 workmen
have been kept constantly employed In
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04
A Natural Barometer.

One of the most curious of the many
natural barometers consists of half pint
glass half full of water, piece of muslin
and a leech. The leech must be put in
the water, and the muslin tied over the
top of the glass, SO that the creature can
not get out again. When fine weather is
to be the order of the day, the leech will
remain at the bottom of the water, coiIed
up in spiral shape, perfectly motionless.
If rain is to be expected, it will creep to
the top of the glass and remain there until
there is likelihood of more settled wealth
er. If there is to be storm of wind, it
squirms about in the water with violence.
For some days before thunder it OCCASION
ally moves it's body in a convulsive fash
ion. In frosty weather it behaves in the
same manner as in fine weather, and it
foretells snow in the same manner that it
does rain.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04

THOMAS E. BURKE. ARTHUR BLAKE.
sion, representing memorable scenes from
Greek history, and a series of gala repre-
sentations of the dramatic masterpieces of
the world, beginning with Sophoclean
tragedy and ending with Wagner's "Lo-
hengrin." There will be, furthermore, a
special Olympic ode, composed for the oc-
casion by the modern Greek composer
Samaris, produced by monster chorus
and orchestra.
And SO we find history again repeating
itself and Athens, for few days at least,
as in the olden time, the center of univer-
sal interest. The nations Of the earth
have assembled themselves together, the
athletes are ready and straining for the
struggle, and it only remains for King
George to lift his hand as did his august
ancestors, and say, "Let the games go onl"
WALTER j. DAVIS
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-04

days Of excitement that will not flag for
an instant, while the best specimens Of
physical manhood the WORLD can furnish
struggle for bloodless but honorable VIC
tory.
And what is the Greek athlete doing?
some one asks. Is be keeping up with the
procession, and will he try to preserve the
prestige established for him centuries agoa
The answer that he will give will be his
valiant appearance In the field. He is not
going to let the victers bays be borne
away from Greece If be can help it. And
while there is no disputing the fact that
the decadence Of athletics was an accom-
paniment to the decay of Greoian art and
literature the modern Greek is on the up
grade and is doing wonders in the diree-
tion OF the reassertion of the worth and
dignity of the glorious race from which he
descended. The preliminary contests for
the purpose of selecting champions to rep
resent Greece in the Olympic games were
begun March 81 and continued several
days under the personal supervision of
King George, Crown Prince Constantine
and Prince George and in the presence Of
from 10000 to $4,000 spectators, who
gathered in the stadium daily The
Marathon race was also rehearsed, the
winner covering the distance in 8 hours
and 18 seconds
The opening Of the Olympic games, oc-
curing as it does on the day which marks
the seventy-ffth anniversary Of Grecian
independence, will be celebrated in splen-
did fashion. The hospitable people have
also arranged series Of banquets and
other entertainments for their visitors.
There will be a grand torohlight process