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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
PART TWO.

Christmas Eve was exceptionally
clear, cold and calm. The day had
been stormy, with occasional flurries
OF snow, but by seven o'clock the high
winds had subsided and the angry
looking clouds had entirely disap-
peared.
The stars glittered in the rarefied
armament with unwonted splendor
while the brilliant silvery crescent of
the new moon. as it swung low on the
horizon, distinctly defined the irregu-
lar line of the dark wooded heights
overlooking the western part of the
city,
On Columbia, not far from that dis
trict known as Goose Hollow, stood
Walkers dwelling. 1t stood about
twenty feet back from the street on
a large northwest corner lot. The
house had been built "T" shape. with
the bedroom wall abutting the north
line of the lot, thus leaving quite a
large garden space. on the corner.
which was covered with shrubbery. A
mass of tangled berry vines. weighted
down with snow. had fallen and lay neg
lected on the small walk close beside
the house completely shutting off out
side communication between the front
and rear entrances. eXcent around by
the street. 1t was small house. con-
tanning three rooms and woodshed.
The rooms were scantily furnished.
though having a clean and comfort
able appearance.
The two younger children had been
Dut to bed and were asleep. Barbara
was sitting alone bv the kitchen stove.
Annie and her young friend Kitty. both
warmly clad. were in the woodshed.
standing close to the kitchen door.
They were expecting Captain Jim
Smeets. having seen him coming to-
ward the house, and had slipped into
the woodshed to play eaves-dropper
anticipating some amusing conversa-
tion to occur between Captain Jim and
Barbara. A faint gleam of light pen
etrated through the keyhole of the
kitchen door.
The silence was broken by Annie,
(The Widdy) who asked her compan-
ion in an undertone. "is Frank sure
to come tonight?" Frank Wilson was
Kittys STEADY"
about nine. I blacked his eye with
burnt cork and SCARED his face with
sticking plaster" Kitty laughed and
added "of course, it is supposed he
has been done up by Red and expects
to meet him here and get satisfac-
tion."
Annie smothered laugh and ex-
claimed, Good Father, and there is
no such person as Red Macdonald"
Kitty rejoined, laughing softly, "No,
but Franks appearance will make
CAPTAIN Jim think there Is. terrible
fellow too. If our plan works right.
we'll have lots of fun tonight and the
old man will never kiss you any
more"
whist" They suddenly ceased tit
tering. Then Annie whispered, Some
one is trying the shed door," The
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
Builded Better Than He Knew.

A Wednesday,, England, resident In
the sixteenth century left 81 900 to pro-
vide annually on st. Thomas dav
three gowns and three coats to indi-
gent persons Of the parish. Following
the custom Of the times the money
was invested In land dn this case in
minerals), and the original legacy has
increased in value to $4,000. Instead
OF the three gowns and three coats the
char1ty commissioners who administer
the funds are able to present 200
gowns and sixty coats.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
MODERN ENGINEERING FEATS.
Recent Work in Australia Has Been
of Value to Gold Fields,

of Value to Gold Fields,
An unparalleled engineering feat has
recently been achieved IN Australia
of immense value to the gold fields
The Coolgardie water scheme is to
Australia what the famous Assuan
dam Is to Egypt. The remarkable
feat Of pumping 100000 gallons of
water a day for distance of $50
miles, from the Helena River to Kal-
goorlie, has been accomplished by
English engineers by means Of a great
dam, called the Mundaring weir,
ninety feet high, constructed across
the Helena River twenty miles from
Perth. The reservoir capacity is about
5,000,000,000 gallons. There are a
number of auxiliary reservoirs and
pumping stations along the thirty-inch
steel water main which runs along the
railroad line to the goldfields-the
"richest square mile of earth on the
globe"-near Kilgoorlie. The only for
elgn enterprise Of equal Importance Is
the Slmplon tunnel, the great burrow
which will make Switzerland and
Italy next-door neighbors. In a short
time Pullman trains will pass through
the Slmplon Alps in few minutes,
1000 feet under the snow-covered dill
igence road which Napoleon Bona
parte built hundred years ago and
which takes about ten hours to
traverse In favorable weather. This
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
He Wanted Specifications.

There Is never any uncertainty
where stand" said the pompous
speaker at the ward meeting; "I'm a
stalwartw
Whereupon the little man with a
squeaky voice half arose and, putting
his hand to his ear, inquired: "Wbat
Kind Of wartT-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22

before they re
Among the smaller
realize
nor comfort There constantly
localities to be enabled
with the people Of other
TEN OF travel that shall be pleasant
car has begun Its march from the
neghborhoods being
invading the mountains
between
IN daily hourly touch with another
deru sphere o
of
aeady provided
new rafic Of its that
Illinois, Iowa. Indiana Michigan and Ohio pushing building
these electric roads
to sixty million dollars spent
construction
seem to have awakened within
service OF this character and
an hours distance of another
had been separated by hundreds miles,
Ihe neruban electric
and are fitted with the
as
service
noyng conditions so often met with
of
their
mas come through the almost impossible
certain times of the With
connecting farming
OF steady delivery of their produce
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
Books Well Done.

II have something exceedingly rare
In the way Of books"
"Thanks. When 1t comes to a book.
prefer one that is well done."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22

tremendous rathole, which passes un-
aer Lake Avino, will cost the Jura-
simplon Railroad over $4,000, ,OOO.-
Golfers Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
lNTERURBAN ELECTRIC RAIL
ROADS IN THE MIDDLE WEST.

My about fifteen years ago. when electric car began
timd assault the immediate suburbs large cities
1t was always considered doubtful whether it would
ever successfully bring people of small to be-
come regular travellers if it venured OIL interurban
work. No such fears haunt the minds of those
VINO are promoting trolley enterprises From every
part of the United States is coming a steady demand
Tor nterurban electric service Municipalities small
as to be able to find their way the maps only by
suferance demanding connection with larger ceners
ana their citizens are coming to the front with such
pledges of will not have wait long
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22

government with an armv
before possessed should be helpless twelve OBJ
The individual hold.
to be
conflict with souo
Guiver
he ~' '-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
TWELVE INSECT PESTS THAT COST
UNCLE SAM $35S 100000 ANNUALLY.


The chnchbug of
Will take $9OO0OO and the hessan fly will
UO Three that
total Of
favote kind Of
estimate of the injury will
pillar that makes cabages specially will
heads
The estimate which follows
Chnchbug $OOOOOOOO
Grasshopper
Iessah ny
fouto Dug
oan Jose scae 1O000O0O
"eeVl
apple worm 1OOOOOOO
ARMY worm
CaDDage worm
bon weeVh cotoh). 20000OOO
bon worm coton'
Couoh worm 100000
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-05-22
Ito be Continued.)

ITO be Continued.)
His Little Scheme.
Rentt-"I am going to open an en-
ysgement in Scranton next week.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
Met a Horrible Death

NEW YORK, Sept 1S.-A crowd of
several thousand people saw an Ital-
ian laborer slowly roast to death
against the electric supply rail of the
broadway liGe in the Subway ditch
ur,der Forty-secori street and Broad
way this afternoon and were power
less to help him for nearly twenty
minutes.
The man was caught between a
great iron sewer pipe and the supply
rail and the pipe was so charged with
electricity that it was impossible to
move the burning man until the cur
rent was detached. His screams OF
agony could be heard for blocks and
traffic on Broadway and Forty-second
street was suspended for nearly half
an hour by the enormous crowd at
tracted by his cries.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
DenOunCe the Outrage

At a meeting of the citizens of To-
nopah held to take action In regard
to the work of the mob. directed
against the Chinese. more than 1000
people were present, and committee
was appointed to prepare resolutions
denuneiatory of the action of the mob.
The following was adopted as the
sentiment of the 5000 residents of the
district:
Resolved: That the citizens of To-
nCpah view with horror and denounce
in unmeasured terms the outrages and
brutal acts which. according to all
the present evidence, have been COM
mitted; that the citizens of Tonopah
regard this act as not alone an atroc-
ious violation of the law. but also
heinous crime against inoffensive
people, against humanity and eiviliza-
ton; that the people of Tonopah will
support the officers of the law in all
possible ways in their efforts to bring
the criminals to justice"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19

and that fuller particulars we're COM
ing by mail. A charge of vagrancy
will therefore be lodged against the
fellow and he will be held until the
Omaha officials letter comes. In the
meantime the officers here will have
an opportunity to look up evidence
connecting the man with the burglary
if he should prove to be the executor
of that job. When arrested nothing
ineriminating was found upon him,
but the officers believe that he is the
man wanted and that he cached his
plunder. thinking he could recover
and escape with it after dark last
night.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
NEVADA AT ST. LOUIS
YerringtOn Tells of Fine Ex-
hibit in Preparation

j. A. Yerington, vice president and
st. Louis exposition board. is at the
Wilson, says the Salt Lake Tribune.
Speaking of Nevadas exhibit at the
Worlds fair. he said the building is
well under way and that now he and
Senator Freudenthal are going to
work hard on the exhibits. The CEN
and irrigation industries, the latter
being particularly good. This is re-
garded by the Nevada men as being
an excellent chance to show the east
erners what irrigation really is, and
relieve them of their dim knowledge.
One of the oldest coaches will be set
up and run in the fair grounds and the
streets of ST. Louis drawn by a team
of six western horses. and this relic
OF the plains is expected to attract
much attention. Mr.. Yerington served
during the preparation for the Buffalo
exposition and is expected to get up a
show that will be a credit to his ma
tive state.
In the old days Mr.. Yerington's
father ran the Virginia City Enter
prise and had on his staff no less a
celebrity than Mark Twain. Only a
day or two ago Mr.. Clemmons wrote
to Mr.. Yerington advising some ex-
hibits of the old times.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
HOSPITAL SITE
WASN'TJUMPED
Proves to be Land Filed Upon
Long Ago by E. A.
Stauffer

District Attorney Warren today re-
ceived a reply from the U. S. Land
Office last night stating that the filing
on the forty acres of land on a part
of which Humboldt county recently
began the erection of a pest house
was not of recent date, as had been
intimated in a letter written a few
days ago. The land is part of a tract
originally filed upon by E. A. Stauffer,
and was not vacant, as the county Off
cials supposed at the time the site
was chosen.
There is some doubt now as to
whether the pest house site is really
a part of the forty-acre piece referred
to- and which belongs to Mr.. Stauffer.
So, to settle this point, Chas. d. Mac
kay and Chris Wolf are running the
lines with the aid OF instruments this
afternoon.
1t therefore appears that the pest
house site was not jumped. nor was
any attempt made to jump 1t. Un-
doubtedly the matter will be straight
ened out soon. and the county possess
pest house to which 1t has a clear
1 title. !.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

DIR. O'Rourke reports that anthrax
is being stamped out through the vac
cination of Truckee meadow cattle.
The state prison is to install an
electric pump. A motor and pump
have been ordered and will be in place
in few weeks.
The Bonanza says George S. Nixon
and other owners of four claims in
Grandpa district, near Tonopah, have
been offered $4,000 for the property.
There will be "a Hot Time in Old
Town" tonight says the Reno Journal.
for it will be the occasion of the lay
ing of the corner stone of the Reno
Elks' Home.
/ The Journal says the Virginia min
ers' union has signified it's willingness
to pull in a tug of war with the Reno
building trades council for $100 side
and gate receipts.
/ The Cardnerville school opened last
Monday morning with a large enroll
ment of pupils. The teachers are,
Prof Waits. Miss jamie E. Mills of
Carson, and Miss Mabel Ritchford.
/ The movement started to raise funds
wherewith to give the late Johnson
Sides a Christian burial is deserving
/ of support, says the Reno Journal.
The old Indian Deacemaker's history
will some day be written and then ii
will be generally known what valuable
aid he rendered the whites in their
peaceful conquest of this region. While
Sides was we'll liked by his own peo-
pie, he always sided with the whites
when he believed their cause was just
and did everything in his power to
break up the work of Indian cattle
thieves who harassed the white men
in the vicinity of Reno and in Long
Valley. Give Johnson Sides a Christ
ian burial.
A strange story is told of the late
Patrick Quinn. former resident of
the Comstock. who died about month
ago in a San Francisco hospital from
injuries received through the burning
of the building in Oakland in which
he was a lodger About eight years
ago, Quinn. who was then residing
! in San Francisco with his wife, pre-
sented her with a few shares of min
/ ing stock one morning, bid her good
| bye and said he was going to COM
NIT suicide and that was the last
his wife saw or heard of him until
she read the announcement of the
death at a hospital of a man of the
same name and age of her husband,
and investigation proved that he was
the same person. An examination of
deceased's effects revealed that he had
$4,000 in coin on deposit in the Hi
bernian bank and mining and other
stocks worth $4,000.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING
Sheriff Lamb Goes to Arrest
Two Whole Families

Sheriff Lamb received telegram
this afternoon from r. H. Cowles, who
is the owner of the big ranch near
Mud Lake, stating that on or about
September 4, the two men and the
members of their families broke into
his house at Limbo, and stole every
thing the house contained. He had
beer doing a little detective work and
tracing on his own account, and states
that he has the parties located just
below Wadsworth. He requests the
sheriff to get out a warrant charging
the parties with house-breaking and
come and arrest them.
The sheriff will go after the parties
on No, 3 this evening.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
BACK TO The RESERVATION
indian Ball Player Was Too
Fond of Firewater

Portland, Ore. Sept. 1S.-Sam
Morris, the Nez Perce baseball pitch
er. has fallen from grace and will be
taken back to the school at Chemawa.
Last evening Morris drank deeply
and long and at an early hour this
morning was arrested. After being
landed in the patrol wagon he jumped
out and ran. He was fired upon and
then recaptured and taken to Jail. he
ascribed his downfall to meeting
with two old friends whom he had not
seen for some time. They asked him
to drink. He did. They took him
to his room at a hotel and left him.
Morris promptly sailed forth alone
and at O'Clock in the morning ne
was arrested for whooping after the
manner of his forefathers. He was
ordered to halt. but did not do SO until
two shots had been fired over hts
head then he was taken to the county
jail.
Later in the morning he was ad-
mitted to bail. 1t is probable his es-
capade will result in his being taken
back to Chemawa. The Indian school
there lent Morris to the Portland
team of the Pacific Coast Baseball
League ON the express stipulation that
he be not allowed to drink. Today
Superintendent Potter was indignant,
and declared that as the baseball peo-
pie had violated their agreement he
would take the Indian from them.
1t is understood that the United
States marshal issued warrants for
the arrest of several saloonkeepers
who sold liquor to Morris.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19

were received from Con-
stantinople to try by court martial all
Turkish officers whose ignorance or
negligence permits the escape of in
surgents.
Hilmi Pasha. the inspector general
telegraphs that in the fight at Kaima-
kchalent on September 16, $50 Bulgar-
ians were killed and that in the en-
gagement at. Kashi 800 Bulgarians
were killed.
Ibrahim Pasha telegraphs from Seres
that in an encounter near Melnik for
ty-nine Bulgarians lost their lives
The Turks lost seven men. The fug-
tive insurgents were pursued and sur
rounded at Jumaibala, where thirty OF
them were killed and twenty were
wounded
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
Vanderbilt Made Millions

NEW YORK. Sept. 1S.-One of the
biggest coups in Wall street during
the recent bear raid. it was learned
yeste; day, was made by young Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. He cleaned up
$10,0O0,000. His fortune is said now
to exceed s20.OOO.O0O in all.
This coup is said to be only the pre-
face OF the operations by Cornelius
Vanderbilt 1t is expected that he
will continue to operate under the
guidance of his uncle and his father
iu-law whenever the market presents
an aspect that shows profits are eth
er in short or long stocks.
Mr.. vanderbilts ambition is said
to be to build his fortune up to the
500. 900. 900 mark.
Most of his Wall street profits were
made in Brookly Rapid Transit and
Southern Pacific. He did not touch
United States Steel. avoiding the
temptation that the possibility of a
twenty-point turn might have given
him. Nor did he sell short on New
York Central. though it dropped
steadily from 155 to l20.
The slump In Chicago and North
western gave him several millions.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
Suspected of Burglary

Constable Lavoy last night arrested
a colored man on the suspicion that
house in the south part of the town,
from which a gold watch and SIS.
in money was taken.
This afternoon Sheriff Lamb receiy-
ed a message from the chief of police
of Omaha asking him to arrest and
holG a colored man named Sylvester
Agis, whose description tallies with
that of the man arrested last night,
stating that he was wanted in Omaha,
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
BECOMES vALI OF BEIRUT

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. IT,
Hilmi Uasha. former vail of Brusa,
Asia Minor, has been appointed vail
If Beirut Reshid Bey, who was re-
moved from Beirut as the result Of
United States Minister LeiShman' 5
representations, has been appointed
vail of Brusa.
The porte has received confirmation
of the reports that large bands of
Bulgarian and Macedonians. one of
them estimated to number 1000 men,
have been preparing to cross the from
tier near Kostendil, forty-three miles
from Sofia.
Official circles here have been great
ly irritated by the representations
made to the porte by representatives of
the powers regarding the excesses
committed by Turkish troops. 1t is
pointed out that the powers them
selves advised Turkey to suppress the
insurrection energetically.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
MURDERS FREQUENT IN Beirut

BEIRUT, Syria, Sept. 17.-Business
is still suspended, Notwithstanding the
change in the governorship and it will
take long time to restore confidence.
Robberies and murders are the order
of the night, If not of the day, and
the feeling of insecurity on the part
of both European and native resi-
dents is very great Some form of
outrage against the foreign and Chris
tian population occurs daily. The
Christian refugees in the Lebanon
in small numbers.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
TAKE UP AMERICAN CLAIMS

WASHINGTON, Sept. ia cable
gram from Minister Leishman at Con-
statinople received today was sent to
the president. 1t indicates disposi-
tion of the sublime porte to take up
for settlement questions in which this
government is interested. Leishman
believes that favorable action will be
taken by the Turkish government.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 a. m, preaching
at IL o'clock, followed by class meet
ing. The Epworth League at $50 D.
m. and the evening address at 7:3O.
Morning subject, "One of the Must
Family" Evening theme, Noah and
the Antidiluvians."
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
Divorced Today

Judge Bonnifeld this afternoon
granted a divorce to Mrs. Emma
Haney, annulling the ties that bind
her to VIM. Haney, an answer to the
plaintiffs petition, alleging extreme
cruelty and desertion. Mrs. Haney
was formerly a resident of Lovelock.