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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
America.

Round trip tickets will be sold from
Reno to all points east at an extremely
low figure on July Is, Ia, Is. is and II.
sample of these rates are Reno to Chi
ago and return, good for 80 days,
$3.50. For further information apply
10 Mr.. j. H. Williamson, Agent South
srn Pacific Co., Reno, New.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Kansas wants $1,000 people to work
in the harvest fields Some of our de-
linquent subscribers better go there
and get job.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

One hundred and forty-five million
dollars worth of eggs. That's the bust
ness the American hen is doing every
year. The value of the industry is
Just six times that of the wool product.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Maxims do the self made millionaire
a great deal of good. 1t is such diver
sion to formulate them after success
has been achieved - Norfolk Land
mark,
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

On Thursday of last week the main
portion of Angels Camp, CAL, was
swept by fire, over twenty buildings
going up in smoke.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

The largest tree in Oregon was felled
recently to be sent as curiosity to the
Worlds Fair. 1t is the Aberdeen
spruce and stood nearly 300 feet high,
% feet around and 11S feet from the
ground to the first limb. It's age is
calculated at 440 years, being a good
lied tree when Columbus discovered
he land that was afterward called
America.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Now wouldn't it be a joke if Lieut..
Governor Northcott should hew his
way to the vice presidency with that
little Woodman axe?
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

The auto, running between Wells
and Ely, distance of $50 miles, makes
the trip in twelve hours.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

When you go to Carson, call and see
J. Belcove's magnificent stock of
watches, clocks and jewelry. Mail
orders solicited.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

An Ohio editor sagely remarks that
some people who have an aim in life
have nothing to shoot with.
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Notice For Bids.

Bids will be received by the Board of
school trustees of Gardnerville dis
trict up to the hour of 10 O'Clock A. M.
of Saturday, July Is, 1908, for painting
the school house with two coats OF
paint on the east side and south end OF
the building and one coat on the west
side and north end. Bids will be re-
ceived for doing the work alone, and
also for doing the work and furnishing
the necessary paint.
The Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
NJ JACOBSEN
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Hang brook trout up in the White
House and Grover will make bee line
for the presidency.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Those postoffice contracts for carbon
paper seem to be creating bad inn
preston,
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
Must Serve His Time.

John Winters, the man who stole
$685., 900 of the Selby Smelling Com
pany's gold two years ago and then
confessed and aided the officers in its
recovery, chafes under his confine-
ment. He has applied to Governor
Pardee for executive clemency and
has been refused.
The plea which Winters made to the
Governor was strong one. He said
he humbly appealed to him as Gov
ernor and as man to reduce the SEN
tence to something within reason.
Winters protested that the sentence
was excessive; that although he had
stolen the $2s7, 900 worth of bullion, he
had confessed the crime and had aided
the officers to secure the plumber and
restore it to the owners. He said that
he had been made promises of leniency
by the officers of the Selby Company
and by the detectives, but these prom
ises had been disregarded by the Su-
perior Court, which imposed on him a
sentence of fifteen years.
Winters pleaded guilty to the charge
of robbery and when he was sentenced
pleaded for mercy. At that time Sup
erintendent Won Der Ropp of the Selby
Company arose and said that he want
ed to redeem promise he made to
Winters when he confessed. He said
he told Winters that one-third of the
stock of the company was held by en-
ployes and that they could i'll afford to
lose the amount taken. He informed
the court that he believed it was on
this account that Winters confessed.
The court in imposing sentence set
aside the pleas for mercy, remarking
that any man who enters a building
for the purpose of stealing is no better
than murderer and if caught in the
act is prepared to do murder. he said
ne thought Winters had confessed be-
cause the latter knew the evidence was
10 strong against him he could not es-
cape.
The spot chosen by Winters to hide
The gold bullion which he stole from
he smelling works was at the end of
The railroad wharf, behind the coal
1unkers at the beginning of the Vallejo
junction ferry slip. Only few feet of
water covered the gold bars.
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The American Information Exchang'
Commissioners recently met in Londol
with the British, Chinese and Mexican
Commissioners, and presented theii
plan for uniform currency throughout
the world, on gold basis, and argued
that great results would follow the
plan. Great results will certainly fol
low the plan-just such results as
Bryan has so ably depicted. 1t will bt
remembered that he charged a conspir
acy to place the world on gold basis,
and contract the currency, and make
money dear and products low. He
charged that India, China and Mexico
would next be invaded by the conspir-
ators. 1t was denied then, but he wa
right, all the same.
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Clerk of the Board of School Trustees,
Gardnerville, Nevada.
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The last legislature passed another
act in line with others I have already
mentioned in my letters. An Act re-
lating to county government and the
reduction of the rate of taxation pro-
vides for the reduction of the rate OF
at least ten cents on the one hundred
dollars of assessed valuation per an
mum, until it reaches $3.50 on the one
hundred dollars of assessed valuation
and thereafter it shall be reduced at
the rate of five cents per annum until
it reaches so cents on the one hundred
dollars of assessed valuation. The
railroad company having 'fixed' the
value of their property at $4,000 pei
mile, will finally pay taxes on $4,000
per mile at the rate of fifty cents on
the 500 valuation, whereas it is nov
paying at the rate of about $3.50 aver
age on the 500 valuation. See?
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Carson Letter.

ED. COURIER: The infamous State
Board of Revenue bill which passed
the last legislature, as charged by the
Carson Appeal, was juggled before 1T
reached the Governors hands. AS
passed by the legislature eight Asses
sors constituted quorum, and a ma
jority of those present could decide
any question before the meeting, but
as juggled it requires majority of the
entire Board to decide any question
before the meeting. The Assessors
owned by the railroad were thus en-
abled at the last meeting of the Board
to defeat action by simply walking out
of the meeting. The parties RESPONSE
BILE for it ought to be hung. AS the
Central Pacific Company is the only
party that profited by it, the blame
can be rightfully laid at their door.
The infamous laws enacted by the last
legislature in behalf of said corpora
ton add evidence to their guilt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-10
HELD UP By LONE RoBBER.
Livingston Man Relieved of Overcoat,
Watch and Money.

Livingston, Feb. SACK Siegel,
who cwns woodward in Livingston,
was held up on lower Main street last
night, about II o'clock, by lone high
wayman and relieved of his overcoat,
watch and Sc in money
The robber was masked with a
handkerchief, and after completing
his work compelled Siegel to right
about face, removed the mask from
his own face, placed it over Siegel's,
and warned him not to move for five
minutes under pain of death.
Siegel obeyed orders, but immedi-
ately afterward reported the affair to
the officers, who searched for the
rober, without success.
As good description as Siegel
could furnish of the robber has been
sent east and west, and it is hoped
that he may be aprehended. This is
the first holdup that has occurred in
Livingston for a long time.
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REFUSE TO QUIT.
Third Glass at Annapolis Deprived Of
Liberty.

Annapolis, Md, Feb. s.-Cadet r.
M. Pearson, son of the secretary OF
state of New Hampshire, whose jaw
was broken few weeks ago during
a fistic encounter with an upper class
man at the naval academy, rendered
his resignation today to Superintend-
ent Brownson. The fight resulted
from an attempt to run" Pearson.
He was accused of cowardice when
he threatened to report the would.
be hazers, and was forced to fight an
upper classman of his own size and
weight. Superintendent Brownson,
superintendent of the naval academy,
summoned before him today all men,
bers of the third class and lectured
them upon the iniquities of "hazing,"
and running" On their refusal to
agree to discontinue the practice, he
restricted them from all liberty, and
today for the first time in years the
third class men were refused all lib
erty and were compelled to adhere
closely to their duties in the academy
schoolrooms and workshop. Captain
Brownson says he will break up all
forms of hazing at the academy.
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BROOKS is HELD.
coroner's JuTy Charges Him With
killing Emery Chevrier.

Butte, FEB. S.-The jury summoned
by Coroner Egan to listen to the testi
mony of the case of Emery Chevrier
brought in a verdict to the effect that
the deceased came to his death from
bullet wound, the same being in
flicted by a pistol in the HANDS of
Wallace H. Brooks, in OR. near room
s, in the Maule block, and that the
Jury recommend the holding of Mrs.
O'Reilly as an accessory to the
crime.
Mrs. O'Reilly was arrested this af-
ternoon after the inquest by Under
Sheriff McGaryey and locked up in
the county Jail. She was afterWard
released on the order of Mr.. Breen.
There was only three witnesses ex-
amined by County Attorney Breen,
but two of these, Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. O'Reilly, were by far the most
important in the case. The latter de-
liberately incriminated herself in the
SuOOLluS, DIS 0o oAA esSNS0SONJ
fore the fact is concerned.
According to the laws of this state,
each and every person connected with
a crime of this sort is equally guilty.
Therefore Mrs. O'Reilly can be charg-
ed with the shooting of Emery Chew
rier as we'll as Brooks.
The police tonight arrested W. l.
Gallagher as the mysterious man in
the Chevrier murder case. Gallagher
saws he was in the Casino when Mrs.
O'Reilly came in and caught enough
of the converation between her and
Brooks to know that there was some
thing up. He claims to be a friend
of Brooks and followed him and the
woman when they left the place TO
see what was up. He was in the hall
way, watching the proceedings, when
Mrs, Brooks, in her flight, nearly
knocked him down stairs. Gallagher
will be held as witness.
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SEEK ANOTHER ROUTE.
Surveyors Look for Different En-
trance Into Lewistown.

Lewistown, Feb. 8.-F. T. Robert
son, chief constructing engineer and
surveyor for the Montana railroad, is
in Lewistown from Harlowton.
The surveyors are endeavoring to
find route into the city other than by
Eighth avenue. When it was an
nounced that the only feasible route
would be along one of the best resi-
dence streets in the, city, several
prominent citizens who live on that
street vigorously protested.
For fear of jeopardizing the chances
Of the city's securing the road, all
but one or two ceased their objec-
tions and acquiesced in the action of
The city council in granting the rail-
road company franchise permitting
it to ruin along Eighth avenue.
The officers of the road, however,
being loath to spoil one of the prin-
cipal avenues, ordered their surveyors
to make new surveys, and the result
may be another route, although it is
not yet denitely determined.
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GROVER CLEVELAND TO BE THERE
Nebraska Statesman Does Not Care to Set at
Table or Talk in Same Company With
the Ex-President.

Chicago, Feb. S.-William J. Bryan
declared today that he would refuse
to attend an annual banquet to which
Grover Cleveland was to be invited
Colonel Bryan's declaration was made
through an intimate friend to officers
of the Iroquois club, which intended to
invite Bryan, Cleveland and other
democratic leaders to banquet to be
held on Jackson's birthday, March 16.
1t had been proposed to make this
banquet the occasion for a national
democratic love feast. The banquet
committee of the club had prepared a
list of prominent democrats to whom
invitations would be sent and who
will deliver addresses.
The first name on the list was that
of former President Grover Cleveland.
The second one was that of William j.
Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan passed through the city
today on his way to Indiana. He saw
list of the speakers at the Iroquois
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WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW.
Arrangement Of Funeral Of Late vii.
bur J. Mccormick.

From Mondays Daily Gazette.
The funeral of the late Wilbur
James Mccormick will take place to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock from
the home of his parents at the Cot
tage Inn. Services will be conducted
at the Catholic church by the Rever-
end Father van Clarenbeck.
Although Mr.. Mccormick had been
in poor health for sometime, his
death came with suddenness that
was shocking to his relatives and
friends. About year ago he was
taken sick, having caught cold, and
as it was believed that he manifest
ed premonitary symptoms of con-
sumption, last April he left for
Greeley, Colo, where he remained a
short time, leaving there for San
Francisco Instead of being benefit
ed by the change of climate he ap-
peared to grow worse and last fall re-
turned home, coming back in Sep
tember.
While delicate, he remained hopeful
and continued his course in archi-
lecture, being a subscriber to one OF
the correspondence schools of the
east, and also did some work at sign
writing. On fair days he walked
about the city and up to within day
or two of his death was seen down
town. Friday he felt worse and went
to bed, complaining of pain in his
back. Saturday he said he felt bet
ter and about five minutes before
he died raised himself up and spoke
to his father, saying he would soon
be we'll again. Once more he spoke
of the pain in his back and then laid
down. Death came almost instan
taneously, as he ceased to breathe a
few minutes afterward.
The deceased was 25 years old las1
December and for many years hac
made his home here. He was respect
ed by all and his death has caused
profound sorrow to the many who
knew and admired him for his manly
worth and purity of character.
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FOR NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
To Be Composed Of Yellowstone and
Rosebud Counties.

Members of the Yellowstone Coun-
ty Bar association held meeting
this afternoon for the purpose of dis
cussing bill about to be introduced
in the legislature attaching the coun-
ty to the Fergus county judicial dis
trict In the legislature Senator Nc
Lean of Custer has bill of this kind
prepared and to this there is serious
objection on the part of the attorneys
of this county
The members of the bar of Yellow
stone fully realize that the counties
of Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer and
Dawson is too large district for one
Judge. In order to relieve Judge Loud
of some of the work they will draft
bill creating a new district out Of the
counties of Yellowstone and Rosebud.
This they will send to the representa-
tives of the county in the legislature,
urging them to secure it's passage at
the present session.
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banquet that had been published in
the morning papers and Immediately
declared that he would not attend the
banquet.
What need is there of inviting any
one else to a banquet at which Grover
Cleveland is to be PRESENT." he ask
ed, and requested a friend to have his
name stricken off the list of those
who were to be invited to the Iro-
quois club banquet. In compliance
with Mr.. Bryan's expressed wish
Judge Tuley, the president of the
Iroquois club, was told of his inten
tions in the afternoon. Judge Tuley
will have Bryan's name taken from
the list.
Among the men who are to be in
vited to attend the banquet are:
Grover Cleveland, Horace Boies
David B. Hill, j. j. Hill, Richard
Olney, William c. Whitney, Daniel
Lamont, Don M. Dickinson, Henry
Watterson, ex-Attorney General Har
mon, Senator Bailey.
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Mr.. Bowen Will Insist on at Least
Three ArbitratOrS.
Wording of Note to British Ambassador Slightly
Changed to Suit the Notion of the
Engsf1man,
Washington, Feb. S.-Disclosure of

Washington, Feb. S-Disclosure of
a secret alliance between Germany
and Italy constituted the most import
ant development in the Venezuelan
situation tonight. This fact has been
made known to the British ambassa-
dor and it will put all of the nego-
tiators more closely on their guard
in the drafting of the protocols which
they hope to submit to Minister
Bowen during the next few days. The
to Mr.. Bowen, the fact having leaked
out in Caracas before he left there.
Generally speaking the alliance is in
tended to secure to Italy the same
treatment in the allies settlement
with Venezuela as that received by
Germany and Great Britain. Mr..
Bowen has made it plain both to the
British ambassador and to the Ger
man minister, Baron Won Sternberg.
tLdt A0 CeluLOI dAAA o13A0IuAO w
any protocols they may present to
him which are not substantially of
the same character as what are to
be submitted by the Italian ambassa-
dor, Signor Mayor des Planches. All
three of the first set of protocols to
be signed which will contain condi-
tions precedent to the raising of the
blockade and provisions for referring
to The Hague for decision, have been
received at the Italian, British and
German embassies. Their contents
are not known to Mr.. Bowen, nor
have the allies representatives been
made acquainted as yet with the de-
tails of each others conventions. Sew
eral important conferences have oc-
Cured at the British embassy in an
effort to reach an agreement upon the
protocols.
Regarding reference to The Hague,
Mr.. Bowen has informed the allies
that he will not concent that one man
be selected from the personnel of The
Hague tribunal to sit as arbiter in
the question of preferential treat
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CAPTURE COAL THIEVES.
Detective Goddard and Men Get
Twenty-six in One Night.

Livingston, Feb. Sit is estimated
that as much as five tons of coal a
night has been stolen for the past
month from the yards of the Northern
Pacific, and the railway company is
making a determined effort to put a
stop to the depredations. Wednes-
day night Detective Goddard and a
squad of men were detailed to appre-
hend the thieves and during the night
26 were captured, men, women and
children The women and children
were allowed to depart with warn
ing, but the men will be prosecuted
in the police court.
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ment. He wishes that this court shall
consist of three, and preferably five
members.
Several more or less sensational
stories have been in circulation dur
ing the last few days, which have
caused considerable annoyance to the
British ambassador and to other me-
goiators, regarding the note Mr..
Bowen addressed to the former on
last Monday, proposing that the ques-
ton Of preferential treatment go to
The Hague. That these reports may
be corrected, the negotiators are de-
srous that the facts be stated. On
Tuesday, after the sending of this
note to the British ambassador, the
latter called on Mr.. Bowen and ask
ed that he withdraw the entire note
on the ground that it was not diplO-
matte in character. Mr.. Bowen was
compelled to refuse to grant his re-
quest. The ambassador then asked
that the sentence beginning, "On this
side of the water we want peace and
not alliances" be withdrawn. Again,
Mr.. Bowen regretted that he could
not grant the ambassadors request.
Finally, the ambassador represented
that the latter part of the sentence
regarding the continuance of the al
lance of Great Britain with Germany
and Italy would cause him embas-
rassment when submitted to the 1tal-
ian ambassador and the German min
lister. Mr.. Bowen replied that he
would be only too glad to do anything
that would further negotiations, and
at once struck out the Objectionable
clause, which read as follows:
"And, it will occasion great sur
prise and regret when it becomes
known that Great Britain has even
proposed continuing her present al
lance with Germany and Italy one
moment longer than she must"
With this understanding the note
was finally submitted by the British
ambassador to the Itanan and Ger
man ambassadors.
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MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
OF A CRIPPLE GIRL.
BROTHER IS ON The TRAIL
Oregon Man Believes He Is About to
Reveal viIIainous PIot-5y Peo-
pie He Had eefriended.

Columbus, Feb. 8.-A man giving
the name of Garland, and stopping at
the E. H. Steinman ranch in the Still
water valley, near here, tells strange
story of the disappearance of a Grip
pied sister from point in Oregon.
He claims Pendleton, Ore, as his
home, and says he is tracing his sis
ter.
According to his story, Garland and
his sister had a comfortable com
potency. Six years ago Garland went
to travel in foreign countries, leav-
ing his crippled sister in the care Of
Mrs. Reed, who had nursed her for
years.
At the time of Mrs. Reeds marriage,
Garland and his sister presented her
and her husband with 100 head Of cat
tie as token of appreciation for her
years of faithful service.
Leaves for Foreign Lands.
Mr.. Garland soon left for an ex-
tnded trip, feeling that his sister was
safe in the care of Mrs. Reed. The
girl wrote regularly to her absent
brother until about year ago, when
her letters suddenly ceased.
When Mr.. Garland returned to Pen
dleton he found that both the girl and
the Reeds had disappeared. No one
knew where, and that $4,000, which
his sister had deposited in bank
had been withdrawn. M
| 1t was ascertained that sine time
ago Reed brought the cattle which
had been presented to him, east, anu
Garland started on the trail. He trac-
ed the bunch of cattle as far as Big
| Timber, Mont. 1t had been Joined
| to another bunch at that place and
driven on east. He came to Colu;m-
bus, hoping to pick up some informa-
ton concerning the cattle.
Rescuers Lost Trail.
| George Latham, who lives near
| Columbus, recalled the herd Of Ore
gon cattle that went through, and told
Garland that a thoroughbred bull
dropped out of the herd at Mulherin's
ranch, strayed into Nichols field and
died The brand was found to be the
same as that on the cattle given to
Reed.
| At Absarokee the chain of evidence
was made complete by two men from
Wyoming, one deputy sheriff, the
/ other Pat Welch.
| Welch said he helped to drive the
herd to point in Wyoming, where
the owner Of the cattle now lives un-
der the name of Gleason. Both the
deputy sheriff and Welch stated that
there is girl at the Gleason place,
who is kept locked in room, the
Gleasons claiming she is insane.
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Mrs. Brooks Released.

Butte. Feb. 9.-Mrs. Walter Brooks,
wife of the man who is accused OF the
killing of Chervira, barber in this
city last week, has been discharged
from custody Mrs. Brooks was held
as witness but under provision
of the law is not bound to testify
against her husband.