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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-04
Notice Of Application
to DiSincorporah
In II SECOND DISTRICT CoURT OF :,
the State Nevada. In and for Ss
WaShoe County.

Washoe County.
IN THE ATTERO OF THE APPLICATION
L OF nhe Churchill Land and Cattle Company,
TO dis-incorporate. Notice Is hereby given lnas
the Churchill Land and Cattle Company, q Gu,
peration formed under the laws of the STAG
Nevada, has presented to the District Cour'ma
the Second Judicial District of the STAG
Nevada, in and for Washoe County, a pelisuaa
dissolve, and that Saturday, July nth, 49, !,
~ O'clock in the forenoon or as soon thereaiSs
as Counsel can be heard. has been appoinieaSc o.
the tim3, and the Court room OF the DisiIm.
Court In and for Washoe County, State OF Nm
ada, as the PLACE ut which the said applleaN0'
is to be heard.
49, In witness whereof. / have net, re
sRA, unto set my hand and afiixeo ~, 4
seal Of the Court aforesaid, Wa
- 18th day OF May, 1897.
+. B.
CURIBR & CURLER,- Clerh'
Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
Raced With a Waterspout.

Tuesday afternoon there was a race run
between passenger train on the Inter
oceanic and a waterspout. The race was
declared draw, as the train escaped from
the immediate effects of the waterSpout,
which burst against the crest OF mount
ain, but the immense volume of water
poured down the mountain side. along the
roadbed and finally caught up with the
train and inundated Il so that the passen-
gers had TO be taken of in handcars.
The particulars OF this unique race are
highly Interesting. II was the daily pas
senser train from Pueblo 10 thic tiy, and
large number of passengers were aboard.
AT about 4:3o the sky became suddenly
covered with masses OF black clouds. An
inky waterspout culebra, II is called
by reason Of its resemblance 10 a writhing
serpent, hung from the heavens and ad
vanced rapidly in the track OF the moving
train. There was great excitement among
the passengers. The people in the third
class coach. who had the best View Of
the phenomenon, went down on their knees
in prayers for deliverance.
One lady had a nervous attack and faint
ed When the engineer learned of the
panic aboard the train he decided 10 show
the culebra his heels. Then began the
prettiest race on record, with the lives of
load of passengers as the stakes. Up
grade, down grade, around sharp curves,
across bridges and over the levels few
that passenger train with the waterspout
just behind and gaining just little.
The train entered a canyon. turned a
curve, and at the same moment the chas-
ing culebra came 10 grief high up on the
mountain side. The water poured down
the slopes in raging torrents, and as the
train emerged from the other side of the
gorge vast sheet of water. bearing trees,
rocks and all kinds of debris on its bosom,
threatened to engulf 1t. Wider the engi-
neer threw the throttle. endeavoring TO
escape this new danger. And all would
have been safe. but another sharp curve
ntervened and the engine jumped the
track. The egineer saw the danger and
reversed the lever and applied the brakes
The engine rolled down the embankment,
but the rest of the train, including the
tender, remained on the track.
The next moment the mass of water
struck the now stationary train and flooded
it to the level of the platforms. The pas
sengers and crew were helpless to do more
than look out to see what had become of
the engineer and fireman, suppos.ng them
killed. But they both scrambled, or rather
swan, out of the window of the overturned
cab and clambered back on the train.
This happened in the vicinity of San An
tonic Calpulalpam, State of Tiaxcala. A
leief train was dispatched to point as
near as it could get, and the passengers
and crew of the shipwrecked train were
transh.pped in handcars and brought on
TO Mexico, arriving here only four and a
half hours late, and with an experience
which none of them will ever live long
enough to forget. and which, had 1t not
been for the presence of mind of nervy
engineer, none of them would, in all prob
ability, have Lived to remember-Mexican
Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

made between Chill, Bolivia and Ecua-
dor with a view to the dfsmembermenf
of Peru. The combination, however,
failed to materialize.
While the rumor concerning a new
| triplice in South America is doubtless
premature, nevertheless it cannot be re-
garded as a pure invention, but rather
as an anticipation of the probable trend
of the international politics of that con-
tinent. Patriotic ChilianS consider it to
be the manifest destiny Of their nation
TO burst through the barrier Of the An
des. which confines them 10 a narrow
strip of coast, and to extend their ma
tional domain until it shall reach the
navigable upper branches of the Anna
zon, and thus give them access TO the
great interior waterways Of South
America and to the Atlantic beyond.
Chilian statesmen, TO be true, are too
prudent to force the growth of their
country in the direction indicated, and
prefer a slow and natural development
of Chilian power. Indeed, there is
scarcely a step taken by them in inter
national politics which does not bear
evidence that the Chilians have the fu-
ture greatness of their country, as they
see it, constantly in mind. a CONNER
cial treaty was recently concluded be-
tween Chill and Brazil whereby the
privileges conceded by either nation to
their respective mercantile marines
were extended to the vessels Of the
other, and the leading products Of either
country admitted free of duty into the
ports and territory of the other. Two
other treaties signed at the same time
respectively provide for the extradition
of criminals and give liberty to the cit
izens Of either country to follow in the
territory of the other the profession TO
which they may have been admitted by
title or diploma granted by competent
national authority. 1t is not unreason-
able to suppose that the negotiators Of
these treaties had in mind a period of
time in the near future when the bound
aries of Brazil and Chill would be con-
terIninous, and when Gillian commerce
between the two countries, following
the natural arteries of interstate trade
provided by the colossal river systems
Of South America, would be direct.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
CYCLISTS AND INSURANCE.

In paper read Thursday night be-
fore the homeopathic County Medical
Society at Philadelphia, DR.. r. E. Tom
lin, a life insurance examiner of long
experience, called attention to a new
class Of risks which is giving the life in
surance companies some anxiety, viz:
riders of the wheel. What he has TO
say on this subject Is valuable as a
note of warning against the abuse of
healthful exercise.
Bicycling in moderation, said DR..
Tomlin, is a commendable exercise for
healthy people, as exercise in the open
air is an undoubted benefit TO people of
every vocation. But excessive indulg
ence in the use of the wheel is conduc-
i've to heart and lung diseases and
shortens the span Of life. Examinations
of young men and men in middle age
Immediately after bicycle exercise show
great increase in the pulse, an irregu-
larity in its rhythm, a tremulous oondi-
ton of the whole body and murmur of
the heart, which continues for a consid-
erable period. A chronic dilation may
be the result of too much wheeling.
There is also a danger, in case of tuber-
culosis in a family, that phthisis may
be developed by Over-eXercise on the
wheel. This may come from the inhal-
alton of dust, and the rapidly enforced
+l,; lii cfy. in
upon the lung tissues. The speaker be-
lieved that any person over fifty years
old ran a great risk in using a wheel,
especially if he rode with young people.
who would make the pace. He in
stanced the case Of a father and son
who were accustomed to ride together,
and of the sudden paralysis Of the for
mer while On his wheel.
As a result of the experience of the in
surance companies, the speaker deemed
it altogether probable that the questions
asked of the applicant for insurance
would also include inquiries rs to his
use of the wheel. He also referred to
the injury done to women by the ex-
cesSive strains put upon their muscles
by rapid and long-continued riding. a
very spirited discussion ensued upon
the points raised in the paper, in which
the conclusions above referred to were
very generally concurred in. one Of the
speakers remarking that many men,
and women also, are going 10 their lonG
homes from iniudicious wheeling"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
THE COMING CHILL

A South American triplice is said To
be in process of formation at the inst
CATION Of Chill The object of the pro
jected alliance which is To include Peru.
Chill and Argentina, is supposed TO be
the partition of Bolivia among the part
ners. But all rumors of South Ameri-
can alliances should be received Wit
reserve. A year or two ago 1t was whis-
pered that compact was about TO b,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
Often Get. In,o Trouble

The right leg Is faT more subject 70 accs-
dent than the left Il has been found tasi
the ratio is abcu. = se-soUs accidents =
TIE r.ghi lex 20 ta-ee 70 the left
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

The lava pouring down the sides OF We
suvius is one of the wsrmest sights now
offered European tourists.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
CarefnlIx Managed.

Railways n Holland are 50 careful.
managed that The accidental deaths CT
them average Only one yeA- fo- the entire
country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

The quarantine at New Orleans is raised
and the city's latch-str1ng, properly dis
infected, of course. hangs out
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
p,b,ie school. tn Jap.n,

There are something ike taaoo pubic
schools In Japan TIE buildings are CON-
| sa-tahle and eiucz.on Is conousoES.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

VesGyius is s;sE sp.Eizs c1; a. ;as ,oP
Taere may be . 5oi ta-r.e = De o-- ;oEa
- Poupsii sn-ae az iaes< c-Es-a
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

Somebody reads those columns and col
umns of football news, but We 90 not
know him personally.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

There was a shower OF meteors Sunday
morning at Wichita; also shower OF
clouds
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16
RipanS TabuleS.

She benefited and after of
trouble ceased, and she has not had bad spell since"
Since writing this letter the lady that she
dose half abue day and the good effect still
believes the Tabue wholly discontinued
for her daughter appears TO be absolutely well
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

No one .a Klondike IS starving, jus, as
he Eagle claimed they would not The
world needs more discoveries which MI
aourish personal courage
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

Captain Heistand has got there, Last
week he was appointed assistant adjutaat
general OF the United States army.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

II is going 10 se difficult for times 70
De better IN the spring" in Kansas with
5ut times bordering dangerously near the
iespised and hated boom.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

The public opinion that Durrant is revel-
ing in the Little span of life which has
been allotted TO him. ought TO be dis
pelsd
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

Santa Claus is not myth. He exists.
And as he goes down a modern chimney
he probably whistles: ''There'l be & hot
time tonight"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

Mrs. Anna Digs has been appointed
state librarian, and Mr.. Digs piteous ap-
peal for a new seal collare;ts VII no longer
20 up in vain
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-16

Coxey is not the hggest fool in Ohio by
any means. He got 500 votes for COVER
nor and every one OF that 500 is more
foolish than CoNey.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-06-26
New Residence.

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Breaux's eie-
CANT and substantial residence now
being erected at the east end OF Ian
dry street is receiving the finishing
touches of contractor Mckinney, who
with u full force Of carpenters is vieing
with the best 10 the excellence of his
efforts to render it ane of the most
beautiful, commodious and model build
ings that Opelousas can boast Of. T4e
eight-r0om structure, under single
roof, stands Oh an eninence near
the center of one of the most pic
turesque lots in the city, whose classic
shades and constant breezes remind one
Of the ease and elegance of ante beflum
days when peace and prosperity smiled
on every side and joy and happiness
was the gift of all. Considering the
fact that the enclosure embraces al
most an entire square of surface with
streets on every side, it will be when
completed and supplied with minor
cOnveniences, what is in every sense
termed an ideal home without blot or
blemish. The painting, paper-llanging,
etc, will be under the supervision of Mr..
A. Munzesheinfer who will doubtless
round up The work in artistic style.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-06-26
Mills cn the American Girl

Probably the States has before print
ed brief extract from the speech of
Senator Mills on the rObber tariff bill
now under discussion in which illusion
is male to the American heiress who is
exported to be placed on the markets
OF the European capitals, subject to the
bid of any Impoverished rOue who can
boast IL title. Nevertheless, we repro
duce the following, which, though lit
tie rough on the girl, is eminently true ::
Now Mr. President, what is al! this
for-tlis building up of great fortunes,
this enormous fund creating and multi
plying millionaires? Have we not
been witnessing for the last few years il
thing that must be humiliating to every
lover of the institutions of this country 4?
Have we not seen the daughters of the
milliOnaires endowed with money
wrung by legislation from tho pocket
of the forgotten taxpayers of this
heifers and peddled for titles What
spectacle to see American women ex-
ported and sold like so many carcas ses
of mutton or fresh beef for aristocratic
titles forbidden by the Constitution of
their country to be worn within its ju-
risdiction-titles declared to be at
deadly enmity with its institutions.
And yet we are constantly behoIding
it.
OF what moment was it that tho old
fathers of the Republic, whose bodies
wore the wounds and blood stains of
the revolution, fought to secure their
liberty and the liberty of their poster
i.Ig OF what use was it for them to
de, lare that titles of nobility should not
be tpnferred in this countryg 1t was ma
turafsSssat they should do SO. It was the
Democracy of free government that
they were creatiDg-a free, popular gov
ernmenf, whose whole power came
from the governed. 1t was "a govern
ment Of the governed a self govern
ment ;; II free government; and there
was no place in our sytem for titles or
titled classes. Aud yet we sec, as soon
as these people got this inordinate
wealth, their daughters are shipped
over to Europe and put on the market,
hawked and peddled and sold with
American money, to become princesses
and dutchesses and cOuntesses and
marchionesses, aud we are here levying
upon the pockets Of the poor laboring
people, the forgotten men, $500 and
$500 and $400 and $500 on 800 worth
of the necessaries OF life to raise money
to enable our girl to make the trip and
buy the title.
Do you think there is no hereafter,
gentlemen Wait until the swallows
homeward fly. There is tribunal
whose doors are always open, and we
will invite yon to meet us there. Ii the
people of the United States indorse
your doctrine and the policy that you
write on the statute books to-day, they
are not fit for elf-government. Nor
will they do it, either. They will
bring you to an account, and the places
that know some Of you to-day will
know yon no more hereafter forever
N. 0. States.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-06-26
JUDICIAL. ADVEasTaSEMEN
JUDGMENT.
BERTHA AARON, WIFE, VS.. ALPHONSE
GUILLET, HUSBAND
No. 1860
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA

Ihls Is a suit by wife against the husband
lof separation OF property and dissolution OF
inc community and for a recognition of he,
paraphernal claim against him OF the sum of
Fourteen Hundred and Forty Dollars, subject
TO credit OF Thirteen Hundred and Two Dol
lars, the value of property transferred by her
husband to her hy an act of giving in payment
dated 25th OF February, 1895.
Inc case naVlnS come on regularly for trial
lne plalntlH has proven the inSolVent condi-
tloh or her husband and the legality OF her
paraphernal claim against her husband aggre-
Satlng me sum of Fourteen Hundred and
Forty Dollars, subject to the credit hy dation
Hundred and Two Dollars, leaving a balance
due her of One Hundred and Thirty Eight
Dollars.
And the law and the evidence being in favor
OF the plaintiff and against defendant, it is,
therefore,, ordered adjudged and decreea that
her paraphernal claim against her husband
as herelnbefOre set forth, be recognized TO he
valid, subject to the credit stated, and thai she
nave ana recover of the defendant the bal
ance due her to-wt: the sum of One Hundred
ana Thirty Eight Dollars with per cent. an
nual interest thereon from the Cd day of Au-
gust, 1885, the date of the judicial demand
10 IS further ordered and adjudged that the
palntlff be separated i'll property from her
husband, that the community of acuuets and
and control of her separate
property, and that defendant pay cost of suit
Done, read and signed in Open Court at
Opelousas. this 3lst May, 1897
GILBERT l.. DUPRF.
Judge 11th Jud. Dist. of La
Filed May 81, 1897
III. E. FsToRGE, Dy. Clerk
A true copy.
IL. Et EsTORGE, by. Clerk.
June s. 1897
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-06-26
)F ST. LANDRY, La, JUNE rs. 1897.
Cuba,


Oar sympathies are all with the strug-
ling Cubans. We would rejoice to see
them successfully tlout the banner OF
independence, and break tie fetters of
SpalD-yea we would be delighted to
see the United States go to the rescue,
II cdsus beH should arise, which un-
der ana by the sanction of the laws of
| nations. would justify us in doing So.
but to Involve us Ill Il war, which might
provoke the resentment OF other ma
tons, is consideration that must
make us pause. We must be careful not
to adopt a precedent, which il applied
to lis, or, availed Of by other nations,
We would not be willing to submit to.
We think 1t possible that, in the course
OF time, and in the natural course of
guard our eastern coast, as Hawaii
the western Let us be patient, for a
hundred years in the life of great ma
ton. is but as day with an individual
Very many are eager, yea i! impatient
to have the U. $. extending its area,
and 1t is not only possible, but even
probdbte that at some period in the train
OF succeeding ages, the twin continents
OF this hemisphere may be brought un-
der the ngis of our Constitution. But
when this takes place, the powerof the
central Government will have to be |
greatly increased, and with that in
crease must pass away the splendors of |
our present Republican form of gov
ernment. The oak that rises in the |
forest, has it's branches to spread ont as |
the years roll away, and if tho support
ing trnnk did not grow stronger as they |
spread, they would necessarily split |
off and fall, until the tree itself would |
decay, totter and fall. Let lis preserve
self interest from sacrifice, and as far
as consistently Herewith, carefully
avoid entangling alliances and embro-
gios.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-06-26
In NHENIORIAM.

On the sad day of January, A. D.
1907, Col. Ben. L. Rogers was born in
Life Pa ;sh OF St. Landry. He descend
ed from a good family, who in quest of
| fortune, immigrated here from South
| Caro!lna. They were farmers and pur-
sued the even tenor of tIIeir useful in
dnstiy, without political aspirations.
The Col. had such educational advan-
| tagts as the country afforded until he
attained an advanced period of boy
hood when he was sent oft to one Of
the Sontl,ern colleges, we a'e Informed
at Nashville. He spent sometime there
and returned home, where in due
due course of time he embarked in
planting.
He strove honestly and acquired some
means, but as he developed into ma
turer manhood his friends fonnd much
in him to admire, and prevailed on him
to take part in public affairs. He ac-
cepted the position of Receiver of the
Land Office and faithfully performed
his duties. He was then urged to rep
resent st. Landry in tho State LegisIa-
turc and in about the year 1916 was
elected as Il member of that body. His
course was satisfactory, aud we think
he was returned second time. After
retiring, be was appointed Clerk OF the
sition he held as long as it pleased him
to do so and in it gave satisfaction. He
was appointed Col. of the Louisiana
militia. as we'll as we can remember, by
Gov. Roman and the title of Colonel by
which he was famiiiarly known for the
remainder of his life was thus con-
ferred. His wife Ga Miss Hudson) died
leaving him without issue, and us age
had crept upon him he contented HIM
self to live without again marrying.
His niece, Miss Carrie Rogers, whose
father and mother had departed life,
became his solacc, and down to the mo-
ment she saw his remains laid to rest in
the Opeousas protestant cemetery on
Saturday, the 10Th inst, was ever with
him to encourage, wait upon and COM
fort him. in health, and soothe his suf,
ferings when i'll. His life was good
example of the dignifed, refined and
polite gentleman.
Always urbane to every class and
condition of fmen-hospitable, even be-
yond his means, and sympathetic with
such as met with sore trials and misfOr-
tunes-he was necessarily beloved by
all. His memory was remarkably re-
tentiye, and as his life had extended
over ninetenths of century of events
and vicissitudes, it was replete with
stirring "reminiscences, which perhaps
no others can recall. He suffered a
long time with astounding courage and
resignation, and died as he had lived,
consoled by fixed Christian faith. HG
had for many years, (abont tifty-txt5)
been Il communicant Of the Episcs' fal
church in good standing.
He died as if falling asleep, at the ri be
age OF ninety years, fonr months and
twenty five days. He leaves th,Ae
nephews and one niece witlloa united
community to mourn their loss.
"Death is the privilege of human nature;
And life without it We're not worth our taking
Thither the poor, the prisner and the
nloufner,
Fly for relief, and lay their burdens down."