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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
WANTS FEMALES BARRED.

The San Francisco News Letter in
commenting upon the communications
from ladies which appeared in the col
umns of the Enterprise very ungallantly
remarks The gentle DANES of Nevada
are anxious to Obtain the permission Of
public opinion to see Bob and Jim maui
one another in the arena. And some will
doubtless put in an appearance, and tell
public opinion to mind its own business.
The curiosity of the sex is simply bound.
less. They have penetrated our clubs,
until there is no corner secure from them;
their silvery laughter reaches us from
side entrances when we are slipping our
grog at the bar Of our favorite tavern ;
they are with us at the race track betting
fast and furiously ; and now they would
invade the sanctity of the prize ring,
which we want to preserve for our own
special brutality. Possibly, like the Ro-
mar ladies, they would not object to pat
ting Bob and Jim on their brawny mus
Gle, aver as they wagered their sesterces
upon their prowess. This Of course, Mrs.
Bob and Mrs. Jim would not endure.
No, we cannot have il. Let them get up
their own prize fights and have Sally and
Bet q slogging for . seslskin or q diamond
pin. We have no use for them ct our
hoy af6ca
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
now TO END WILL CONTESTS.

The State Of Connecticut is making Q
second attempt to enact into law scheme
for the prevention Of attacks upon wills.
which is unique and ought to be efica-
cious. IL lie, in substance. that any per-
son may. on making bis or her will, de-
posit il with . public officer, who shall
give formal notice that such a will has
been offered, and that all who dssire to
dispute the testimentary capacity OF the
teststor shall have a certain time within
which to submit their testimony. The
will ia to be sealed, and its contents are
not to be disclosed, even to its custodian.
The scheme has many features to com.
mend il. One Of the ssddest things in
Jurisprudence is the number OF wills
made by lunatics. A man may have
lived o long and useful life, throughout
which he has been apparently compos
mentis, but he makes . will which disap-
points certain Of his heirs or next OF kin,
and at once it becomes evident that the
testator was . raving lunatic all the
while. He had Authorizations. De saw
visions and dreamed dreams. He said
curious things and "acted queer" And
after . long and expensive litigation,
after hard feelings have been engendsred
and family relations embittered, the tes-
tator's dying wishes are frustrated, and
he receives the posthumous injustice Of
being judicially declared to have been Q
lunatic.
The Connecticut'scheme would certain
~ put an end 10 these unseemly contests
among kinsfolk over the testamentary
capacity Of . testator. If the power to
make . valid will is not attacked within
the allotted period, it cannot be assailed
after the testator's death, on the ground
of bis incapsoity. And . relative would
hesitate long to attack the soundness Of
Q testator's mind when he was still above
ground to assert his own sanity and prove
his own mental condition. The fact, too,
that the persons most likely to be inter
ested in the estate Of the t~estator would
not know whether or not their names
were written in the sealed will, would
have . deterrent effect upon intending
contestants. Under such a law there
would be no premium on will breaking.
and . successful contestant might be de-
feating his own interests.
There 10 much in this Connecticut
scheme to commend it. 1t was proposed
in the Legislature Of 1895, and defeated
by . narrow margin. 1t is now proposed
again. Something like this has been in
force in Michigan for many years, and
has operated to decrease litigation in the
~Surrogates' courts.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

According to the forthcoming issue Of
the Railroad Age there were built in the
United States in 1896 but 1902 miles Of
railway or one mile less than the total Of
1895. This record is below that Of any
year since 1875. Many railway enter
prises were entered upon early in the
past year, but the remarkable issues of
the political agitation preceding the pres.
idential election frightened investors and
stopped construction. Nearly 1000 miles
more would have been built, the Age es-
Inmates. had there been less uncertainty
Is to the kind Of money likely to be in
use. The greatest mileage in 1895 was
built in Csliforuis where eight lines laid
1877 miles Of track. In many States no
new track ct ell was laid.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
~studebnker,s Beginning.

J. M. S~tudebaker, Of South Bend. Ind,
says that when he went overland to Cali
fornis In search Of q fortune he reached
San Francisco In 1852 with but so cents in
his pocket. He then made the irstStude.
baker wagon, and his brother, Clement,
ironed it. After five years Of hard work
in the Golden State they came back to
South Bend, Ind, discovered that farmers
there needed good. substantial wagons,
such as were not in the market, began
making them and thus laid the foundation
for the fortune they have accumulated
without the aid OF speculation.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
OF ELECTIONS LAW.

At q meeting Of the Nevada Press As
ISOLATION held at Carson City yesterday,
saws the Reno Journal OF the 18th inst,
il was unanimously resolved to repeal the
Purity Of Elections law, so called. IL
was urged in favor Of this action that the
act encouraged. if it did not necessitate,
misststeneDts on the part OF candidates
for public office, as in many counties the
limits Of expenditures allowed did not
enable Candidates to pay their legitimate
expenses in visiting the various mining
camps and agricultural villages where
they desired to discuss general or local
issues with the people. Besides this, the
question which most concerned the Press
Association was that newspapers were
not paid for necessary and legitimate sd.
vertising for their respective parties.
Take, for instance, the campaign OF 1896,
In which the papers advocating the cleo
ton of the SiIver-D Democratic ticket re.
ceived only eight dollars each for adver-
Using for which the legitimate charge to
State, county or individual would be
from one hundred to three hundred dol
lars. The Central Committee and the
candidates, while admitting the justice
Of the newspaper bills were powerless to
pay them, as the Committee received no
money except from candidates, and the
candidates could not pay only 9 very
limited sum without ~perjuring them
selves.
1t is also urged in support Of the action
of the Press Association that the Austria
liam or secret ballot and the acts prohib-
iting the corrupt use Of money in cleo.
tions are ample for the protection of the
candidate and the voter. and that the
Purity of Elections law, which is open to
various constructions and liable to get
Central Committees and candidates hav-
ing no intention or disposition to expend
a dollar in corrupting voters. into very
serious trouble. Scarcely two lawyers
in the State construed the provisions oil
the act alike. What effect the course Of
the Press Association will have on the
Legislature remains to be seen, but the
members from White Pine and othel
eastern counties are pledged to advocate
and vote for the repeal Of the law.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
MILES GIFT HOUSE.

The country will derive little pleasure
from tina spectacle Of the presentation Of
q $50, 900 Washington residence to Major
General Nelson A. Miles. says the ST..
Louis Republic, the cost OF which has
been betrayed by contributions from the
Presidents of American railways. The
General commanding the United States
Army should not accept such aims he
is the servant Of ell the people, not Of
OF especial class, and the dignity Of his
high rank is accompanied by . pecuniary
compensation sufficient. at least, to OBJ
viate the necessity for charity in his
behalf.
II is said that the movement to pur-
chase . residence for General Miles was
started by the women Of New Eng
land" but that, public enthusiasm over
the project failing to materialize. the
narrowing down of the movement to an
appeal to railroad presidents followed.
and that the raising Of the necessary
fund now bids fair to be successful. This
is to be sincerely deplored. There *
lists, il should be hoped. no reason why
the railroads Of this country should feel
under obligations TO make valuable pres
snts 10 the General Of the army, and
there certainly 10 no warrant for that
officer allowing himself to be placed I'M
der obligations to the railroads BY accept.
inc nuoh Uifka.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

The action of John D. Rockefeller in
donating s250.000 TO help clear off the
debt Of the Baptist missions may have
been prompted by piety and ~philanthro-
py. but the people ct large are skeptical
enough to think otherwise. They are
now looking for another rise in coal oil.
His last donation Of 500. 900 was fol-
lowed by . big upward jump in the oil
market ; and the q really did
the donating.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
RErRESCHMENT SUGGESTIONS.

ALI Chsrtz, writing to the Genoa Cou-
rier from Carson, says The Senate and
Assembly have been called TO consider
ways and means to prevent the State
going bankrupt. What they will do about
il 10 problemstical. I know Of no way
except strict economy. The Supreme
bench could be abolished and $40, 600 o
year saved from that source. The Cir
cult Court Of Appeals Of the United
States is composed Of the District and
Circuit Judges. and the Judge who de-
cides . case in the lower court has moth
ing to do with the decision in the upper
court on appeal. This system works we'll.
II could be applied to our Nevada Dis
trict judges, and would work equally
we'll. Too much law is playing Ill with
Nevada. There are also too many coun-
ties, and too many county officers. The
entire ship Of State is sinking with the
weight Of ito machinery. The salaries Of
our State officers are also . great deal too
high. The prices Of everything have
gone down. and salaries can yet be re-
duced and the service would not suffer,
and no office would 20 a.begging for q
taksr. Two thousand dollars . year is
plenty for Governor, and all the other
officers can be reduced in proportion to
the rewards received for like labor in the
ordinary walks Of life. I don't believe
the joint committee of the Senate and
Assembly will adopt my views or any Of
them, for that matter ; but they shall
not refuse them for the want of having
them set up and extended out to them.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

The following from the Silver Knight
will apply TO several persons in Nevada
- we'll ~ in other States /: Why do
some men who claim to be reformers and
opposed to the gold standard and British
commercial rule in this country refuse to
cooperate with the six and . half mill
ions who gave battle TO the common ene.
my last fall! Because some persons are
peculiarly constructed. They think more
Of being big men in little parties than
small men in great parties. They never
consider results"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

Zone Of the asntlemanly girls wore
pajamss Of delicate silk. . pale lavender
shade, finely hsmstitched On ell the bor-
ders, lavender ribbons run in about the
ankles and wrists. and where the gar
ment few open IL Wal lined with white
silk Of an ever more delicate texture"
was the description the reporter wrote Of
. costume 81 the masquerade ball 10 Win.
nsmucca, and then be fell out Of bic chair
and found 70 waa I'll 3 dream.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

A Carson man and his wife are not on
speaking terms. because he said he could
not tell his rubbers from hers.
Owing to the condition OF the roads,
the residents Of Phoebe deem themselves
fortunate to get the mail once . week.
A wager Of 500 has been made in
western Nevada that beef cattle will sell
for eight cents a pound within the cur
rent year.
Wadsworth Dispatch Truckee has .
gun club. So has Wsdsworth. From
the scores made somebody should 60 gun
ming for both.
An expert has estimated that the placer
deposits at Rock Hill, Humboldt county,
will yield 81, 600 900 in stream gold.
The property is operated by . Chinese
company.
The Enterprise says it is pleased 10
state that Dan Stuart has promised that
. gallery would be provided for ladies II
thew desired admission to the coming
prize fight.
In the new copper properties near Col.
oonda, Nevada, the English people who
have them under bond employ 40 men,
and the Developments made indicate that
they will take the mine.
The Income Tax bill Of Summerfeld OF
Washoe was knocked out in the Assem-
bly, last week by q vote Of 81 to Q. The
bill was 9 relic Of the last session, having
been vetoed by Governor Jones.
Miss Minnie Knox picked up . torpedo
on the railroad track at Reno, where 1t
had been placed by employees as 3 signal.
The torpedo exploded, severely lacerst-
ing the inquisitive maiden's hands.
]. Whitcher Of Storey. II. A. Murphy
of Esmeralda, Z. d. Vandsrlieth Of Orms.
by and o. H. Grey of White Pine, are
prominently mentioned As candidates for
the position Of United States District
Attorney under the Mckinley admins
t~ration.
The Southern Pacific Company last Sat.
urday announced its special rate from
| San Francisco to Carson City for those
who wish to witness the Corbett- Fitz-
| simmons fight. The round trip rate will
be SIG 40. The present rate is Sl2 for
single passage one way.
Residents Of Elko are divided IS to the
wisdom Of incorporating the town. The
activity for the present year that will
doubtless result from o revival Of mining
in that part Of the State has stimulated
enthusiasm that the conservative element
would curb.
Three weeks session Of the Legislature
has resulted in three bills being passed,
approved and fled with the Secretary OF
State. These are the Legislative Fund
bill, the Glove Contest bill and . bill APP
propriating 500 for copying the Journal
of the Senate for the printer .-Carson
Weekly.
Some time ago the Oakley, Idaho, Sun
published 8 fake about twenty squaws
and proposes" being frozen to death in
the summer climate Of Nevada. Now
the paper complains because the exchan'
ges have located the scene Of the calam.
ity in the winter climate Of its W
county.
Gold Creek is again without q physi-
clan. The News says the doctor took
Mondays stage for Elko and said that he
might or might not be back. He also
said that the practice here had run him
in debt. He had eight patients on his
hands. When he found that he was ex-
pected to board them he said he was
afraid the whole camp might get sick
and his Oregon property might not be
enough to pay board bills.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

A lawyer in . courtroom may call .
man . liar, . scoundrel, villain ora thief,
and no one makes . complaint when court
.sdjourns. If . newspaper prints such
reflection on . mans character there 10 .
libel suit. This IL owing to the fact that
people believe what an editor says what
the lawyer says cuts no figure.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

Mrs. Mckinley has paid out 5000 for
gowns. in which she is TO appear in Wash.
ington society. The one she il to wear
st the inauguration ceremony 10 made Of
"silvsr" cloth. II would be . good bet
81 10 10 l that Hanna will object 10 The
sostane. -silvss State.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20

There are twelve pensioners left Of the
war Of 1912. ALI Of these have reached
the age of 90, and two are Of the age Of
l04. The Government is going 10 ad-
vance their pensions from sl2 to $50 per
per month. II will not be . very great
expense. Probably In three or Eve ysars
more The last one will b gone.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
Notice to Creditors.
In the Third Judicial District Cours
OF she state Of Nevada, In and for
Eureka County.
In the matter Of the Estate Of Moses Heller,
Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UN.
~ dersigned. NJ. Karshy. Administrator OF
the estate of Moses Heller. deceased. and to
the creditors Of. and all persons having claims
against said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers within sixty
days from the hrst publication Of this no.
tice to said Administration at the Office OF his
attorneys. Messrs. Rives and Bartlett. at their
ONCE in the Foley-Rickard Building on South
Main street, In Eureka, Nevads, the same being
the place for the transaction of the business Of
the said estate.
N. KARsKY. Administrator.
Eureka, Nevada. February 10, 1897.
HExRY RrvEs and GEO. A, BARTLETT, Attor-
nsys for administrator
Smyrna times., 1897-10-20
Burglaries.

The burglars who supposedly visited
"FOnt Hill" and the home of Mrs. w.
+. Waters last week, are still working
in the community and have caused
much alarm among our residents.
Early Monday morning last, about 2
O'Clock, thieves entered the side win
dow of George Wilson on Mt. Vernon
street and after plundering the front
Of the house, went to the pantry and
stole II cans of preserves. The chill
dren's shoes were also tied together.
but in their haste to get away, they
were left behind. Their movements
about the house awakened Mr.. Wilson.
AS soon as he found that some one was
in the house, he called his son and
armed with club, started down stairs.
The burglar heard the noise and es-
capped. Mrs. Wilson's album was found
out in the yard.
Leaving here they crossed over the
street to w. M. Lewis. When on the
side porch they were scared away from
any attempts by the barking of dogs.
1t was directly after this that the home
of E. Harry Beck was visited. Thev
pried open the shed kitchen door and
succeeded in breaking the lock of the
kitchen door, but when they found it
bolted, effort at this point was stopped
and with a piece of carpet from the
shed kitchen floor, they went to the
front of the house and started to prv
up one of the window sashes. Mr..
Beck heard the noise in the rear of
the house, but was not sufficiently
awake to realize what it was, only that
he was conscious something was
wrong. In their effort to pry open the
front bay window, the sash gave way
under the strain and a fall of shattered
glass awoke Mr.. Beck again. He arose
got his revolver, called his wife and
children and started quietly down
stairs. When part of the way down,
he called 'Pll be there directly" and
feeling he would be safer, went back
after his double-barreled gun. He
went down stairs and started in the
direction of the dining room, where he
thought the sound had come. By this
time the burglars had escaped and
when he went into the parlor, he found
the window open and shoe-nail pl ints
on the sill. Fortunately the thieves
were scared away before anything
could be taken. Itwas an anxious and
exciting moment for Mr.. Beck and
family.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-20
lncendiaries.

Early Saturday evening fire was dis
covered on the farm of w. r. Cochran,
about two miles from Middletown, on
the road between that town and
Smyrna. All of the Outbuildings, in
Guiding the barn, stable, wagon shed,
ETC., were destroyed. 1t seemed as if
all the buildings had been fired at the
same time. Sixty tons of hay, seven
calves and two horses were burned.
Mr.. Cochran's loss is about $1,000.
No sooner had the flames simmered
down from the above, when another
fire occurred on the eagle Nest Farm"
tenanted by Mr.. Lewis Ireland. The
farm is about four miles from town.
Flames were discovered in the barn
about 2.30 o'clock, early Sunday morn
ing, and before anything could be done,
the building and all its contents were
burned to the ground. Mr.. Ireland
lost two horses, three mules, two cows,
$50 bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of
corn, Il tons of phosphate, tons of
hay, all his straw and lot of farming
implements. There are no clues to the
incendiaries. There was no insurance
on the stock and farming implements
which will be dead loss to Mr.. Ire
land. There is a small insurance on
the barn, held in the Kent County
Mutual The total loss is estimated at
$1,000.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-20

The editor of the Milford Nc,Os evil
IDENTIFY places a high estimate on the
extravagant effusions of Fred Bach in
the Sunday Stcr, that even members
of the Wilmington coterie themselves
do AOt endorse, by appropriating them
to his editorial columns. The editor
says he wants political union, and
names this as the objective point, but
pulls steadily with both oars the other
way. If we understood his logic, it is
that because Mr.. Addicks asserted on
one occasion, it was ''him or nobody, 8"
the wrong can never be atoned for
while he lives, and per force, the fight
Of separation most be kept up to de-
feat every other candidate on State or
county ticket.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-20
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES.

Rev. Thomas Houston, the blind
evangelist, though he has not had the
success in religious commitment de-
sired, or that is hoped yet to be
achieved, has succeeded in getting
hold of the people. When he COM
menced Monday evening week, there
was a very slim audience, which doub-
led the next night, and by Thursday
night had filled the Presbyterian
church. Sunday was a full day and
the night service especially so. The
afternoon service for males only, was
especially we'll attended by this indif-
ferent class. Monday night, however,
the meetings at the Tent being closed
and nothing else going on elsewhere,
was ''record breaker" at this hand
some edifce At half past seven
o'clock every seat seemed to be taken
and still they came, filling all the seats
in the Chapel that had not been car
ried to the church proper. His dis
course was brief history of how he be-
came blind and entered the Christ ian
ministry. Last night he discOursed
ON the greatest thing in the world. "
and will hold nightly services the rest
of the week.
Smyrna times., 1897-10-20
EPwoRTH1AN PILGRIMAGE.

The second delegation was the Ep-
worth Convention, of EastOn District,
male and female, the latter, of course.
predOminating that were in cOnven-
tiOn at Clayton both Thursday and
Friday. They came in on the o'clock
train and returned on the 8. %, having
thus only little over an hour in town.
Rev. A. Stengle headed the procession
from the depot to the church, where
they were received by the officers of
the Christian Endeavor Society as a
reception committee, the object in vis-
lting the latter being a pilgrimage to
the spot where the first chapter of the
District was organized eight years ago.
An organ voluntary greeted them as
they entered and took their seats, the
visitors and town people nearly filling
the auditorium. Following well rem
dered ant hem by the choir, was PRAYER
by Rev. I. G. Smoot Rev. A. Stem
gle followed in an address of welcome
of ten or twelve minutes and he in turn
in a short address by Miss Hester Rut-
ledge, president of the Christian En-
deavor Society. The response was by
Aubrey Vandever, president of the
Easton District League and Rev. A.
Green, of Greensboro. The time oc-
cupied was about an hour, closing with
singing ''Blest be the tie that binds, "
and benediction by Presiding Elder
Corkran. The occasion seemed to be
highly enjoyed by both the visitors
and the town people who met them.