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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15

The BONANZA has received the fol
lowing communication and hopes its
publication will put stop to a prac-
tice which has of late been of fire.
quent occurrences:
"Tonopah, August IL.
Editor BONANZA:--Last evening
there was a gang of the 'hoodlum ell
ement' sitting in front of the North
Star restaurant who had "A bottle of
turpentine, with which they dosed
every dog they could get get hold of.
1t was pitiful to see the animals suf-
fer. What a disgrace and shame
that such cruelty can be practiced in
our town.
DUMB ANIMALS FRIEND. "
The names of the culprits accom-
panied the communication, but they
are withheld in the hope that
their acts will not be re-
peated But, should they persist in
such amusement, their names will be
published.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

TINE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK.
holders of the Crystal Water company will
be held on the Ath day of August, 1903, AZ 2
O'Clock In the afternoon, at the principal once
Of the company, Tonopah, Nevada, for the pur'
nose of electing a board of directors and receiv-
ing and acting upon the reports of the officers,
and for the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the meeting
Dated Tonopah, Nevada, August ltth, lso3
f. A. ROACH,
Secretary
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15

Ledgers, journals, tablets, Shan
non files, mining pay-rolls, location
blanks, letter and note paper, pens,
pencils and ink at the Postoihce
news stand.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15

nishes some rich specimen ore, as a
whole IL runs about $50 in gold and
silver. The south crosscut is now
in 100 feet and recently passed
through an eight.foot ledge Of medi-
um grade ore.
TOnOpah Extension.
A steam hoist for this property is
now on its way from the east, and is
expected to arrive 10 a few DAYS.
The main shaft, which has been sunk
to its present depth, 2l5 feet, by the
aid of a whim, is passing through
highly mineralized porphyry, and
hopes are entertained by the man
agement that a ledge will soon be
penetrated.
MOntana-TOnOpah.
The west drift started in the north
crosscut of the Montana Tonopah at
5l2, has opened up four foot ledge
of sulphide ole, carrying high values.
When the drift was started it was
begun on number of stringers, and
at twelve feet in they have joined
and made a strong ledge.
OhiO-TonOpah.
The crosscut in the Ohio Tonopah
is now in $50 feet, and the east drift
is in thirty feet. In both places the
machine drills are at work and doing
excellent service. The amount of
ground broken by each of them aver
ages from four to four and a half feet
per day.
The Esperanza.
This property is daily improving in
value, and late reports received in
dicate that permanent values have
been encountered. The winze is now
down 100 feet and the last twenty
feet has followed pay streak two
feet wide that carries high grade ore.
CalifOrnia-TOnOpah.
The working force at this property
was reduced about one-half this
week, and the management departed
/ for the coast.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15

Bring your job work to the Bo-
MANIA office. Large stock OF sta
tionery and new type to select from.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
North Star.

Sinking and prosecuting both
WAYS from the $50 foot station in the
North Star have been proceeding
steadily the past ten days and con
siderable new ground has been pierre
ed. In the north crosscut vein of
quartz foot wide and carrying val
ues of about $50 in gold and silver
was passed through the early part of
the week.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
The HaSbrouck Mine.

The tunnel run in on the Hasbrouck
mine at Gold mountain is now in go
feet, and in its progress several
stringers of ore have beer cut. The
winze from the tunnel has reached a
depth of sixty feet, which gives a
present depth of $50 feet on the vein
below the surface, and the bottom
shows seven feet of ore. In the west
drift, off the tunnel, the ore body
has widened to eleven feet, and as
says from this give returns of 500
and better.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
NEW TO-DAY.
BIDS WANTE Cd.

ITO SINK A SHAFT ONE HUNDRED, TWO
| hundred anu three hundred feet, to be four
uld a half feet by eight feet, IN the clear. well
mbered said work TO he done on Cold Noun
tain, half mile west of the Hasbrouok Work
ings Address .
TONOPAH- NATIONAL GOLD MINING CO.
~ Broad Street. New York City.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
Midway.

The last week has witnessed the
opening up of a new ledge in the
north crosscut of the Midway, at a
point 1870 feet distant from the 53o-
foot station in the shaft, The ledge
cut is two feet wide, and while it fur
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-08-15
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
N partnership heretofore existing betN cen
~ ank a Mcdonald has this day been dissolved
bv mutual consent and that the business known
as the Royal Restaurant, has been sold TO f. X
Shields, who will hereafter conduct the SAME
All bills due the late firm OF Frank q Mcdonald
are PAYABLE to +. X. Shields.
Tonopah, August IL, 1903.
N. G. FRANK,
Il. j. MCDONALD
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
tomorrow, and will be back in about

tomorrow, and will be back in about
a week..
'Let me see you when you get
back. I shall wish to talk with you"
81 will do so. Olive, by dear" said
Hammond, addressing his sister, sit
is time your aged brother was on his
way home. l shall ask the permission
of the ladies', and of our excellent
host to depart, as / have a long jour
ney ahead of me to-morrow-or more
properly to-day-it now being past
two o'clock"
you and Walter are as ungallant
as you can be-" pouted Miss lie Roy,
as Mr.. Hestor gave the signal for the
party to dispense. "Just because you
have talked all you wish, we must all
run along home like good little girls.
/ am going to give a supper party
soon, and it will last until everybody
has talked as much as they care to-
And with this awful threat Miss LIE
Roy was captured by Mr.. Hestor and
led away to her carriage, nor did her
smiling face show that her resent.
ment was deep or lasting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27

joining him, but finally decided to re-
main in New York for a time and de-
vote his energies to matters of local
interest. Hestor was greeted warm
ly at the clubs, and found himself a
popular hero. He was welcomed at
the theaters and some of his news
paper exploits were made the subject
of a topical song and rendered with
great success at q leading vaudeville
hall. For some time he had led life
free from care in company with con-
genial spirits, who were glad to shine
in his reflected fame.
At the office of The Record Mr..
Hestor had luxurious private room,
as befitted his rank as the special
envoy of the paper. One afternoon
he received a message from his old
friend Sidney Hammond, stating that
he would be in the city for two days,
at the end of which time he would be
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
Fears that They have been Kidnapped, or
have met with Foul Play
Excitement on Wall Street.

palmer j. Morton, r. j. Kent, Andrus
Carnody and Simon Pence have mys-
teriously disappeared. They did not APP
pear at their offices this morning. In
quiry by telephone at their houses dis
closes the astounding fact that though
expected they did not come home last
night. Various rumors are in circulation,
but at this writing nothing is known,
except that these four great capitalists
have completely disappeared. Their COM
bined wealth is estimated at $3.50, 00000.'
The street crowds received the
news calmly. They did not believe
it. But they bought the papers.
E The news came by the way of Wall
street. Strange rumors had been in
circulation all the morning. A
sense of impending trouble perme-
ated the crowd of brokers which
clustered around the standards on
the floor of the Stock Exchange.
The curb brokers on Broad street
were uneasy, as they waited for the
hour of ten. The market opened
strong and then sagged. 1t was a
few minutes past eleven o'clock
when the tickers in thousand Of
q iiSSS SlOPpCu III tlSll tOd9h VI 1CCOlo-
Ing quotations.
There was splitter of dashes on
the tape. Customers gathered
around the pedestals. There was
news coming. They anticipated the
announcement of an important fail
ure. 1t had been rumored that a
Consolidated Exchange house was in
trouble. The following message
spread itself along the tape:
"11:07 a. m.-Palmer j. Morton,
r.. j. Kent, Andrus Carmody and
Simon Pence have not appeared at
their offices. They did not return
to their residences last night. Relaa
tives are alarmed and have notified
the police. They were last seen at
a conference held at the Office of
Palmer j. Morton at four o'clock
/ yesterday afternoon. No trace since
Foul play is feared"
The murmur of the Stock Elk.
change swelIed into a roar which re.
verberated above the rumble OF
traffic and the unrest on the streets
This was the morning of the third
of May, memorable in the records
of Wall street.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27

yet has tested the benefits which
come from a community of ownere
ship? In other words, have you con-
sidered the possibilities of news
paper trust?"
Mr.. Hestor paused. The stern old
millionaire did not answer for mo-
ment, and seemed to be waiting for
the editor to continue. Hestor was
content to wait.
81 have thought of it, but did not
imagine the first suggestion would
come from representative of The
Record" said Mr.. Morton. Hestor
was not the lalst abashed.
pears in The Record, and you know
enough about newspapers, and es-
pecially metropolitan papers, to I'M
derstand the eXigencies of politics"
he said: "You will concede that our
criticism of trusts has not seriously
interfered with your plans. In
ANY,
81 do not concede that" interrupted
Mr.. Morton. "That, however, has
nothing to do with your proposition.
State your plan. l am willing to lis
ten to it."
''There is no industry in the coun-
try offering so great an opportunity
for trust management as that of the
newspaper press" said Mr.. Hestor,
with earnestness. SIT is true that we
have the Associated Press service,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
Excursions
VIA THE
Southern
Railway
TO POINTS IN

III fOlN LIN
Alabama, Georgia. North and South Caro-,
lima. Kentucky Mississippi, Tennessee and
Virginia.
ON TUESDAYS.
Jan goth, Feb Sd and 18th, March Sd
and 18th, April 18th and 21st, at the very
low rate of one fare for the round trip
plus 81 to So. Tickets are good going 10
days, and for stopovers south of the Ohio
river, with final limit for return of II
days from date of sale.
On same dates
ONE WAY SETTLERS TICKETS
will be sold to points in same territory,
including certain points in Florida at half
rate, plus So from Ohio river gateways.
Lines north thereof will add one fare
For information about rates, etc., call
on your nearest ticket agent or write
j. S. MCCULLOUGH,
N w. P. a., 225 Dearborn st,
Chicago, Ill.
For information about farm lands, busl-
ness locations, ETC., write
j. f. OLSEN,
Agent Land & Industrial Dept,
Chicago, ILL
G. B. ALLEN, A. G. p. A.,
st. Louis, Mo.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27

Palmer j. Morton, Andrus Carmody,
Simon Pence and r. ]. Kent
cannot be found!!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
KIDNAPPEp!!!

-Four Multimillionaires Mysteriously
Missing!!!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
CHAPTER IL

TWO NAPoLEoNS OF JOURNALISM.
and editor of the New York Record.
He was leading light in much
criticised school of journalism. He
was the exemplar of the theory that
the modern newspaper should do
things'-to quote the idiomatic eN-
his managing editor.
Robert Van Horne was the mil
lionaire son of departed million
aire father. His mother died in his
school years, and at the age of &c
he found himself the sole owner of the
immense Van Horne estate, roughly
estimated as having a value of $780,
100000. His cattle roamed on thou
Band hills in New Mexico and Texas.
The drills of his mining machinery
were boring into the rocks "a scores
of productive mines in Colorado, the
Dakotas and Montana. With the ira
ditional wan Horne luck" his agents
had been among the first to strike it
rich in the snow-swept valleys of the
Klondille. At an opportune moment
he had invested a small fortune in
Tennessee iron lands, and before this
story opens had smiled at the con.
fusion of those friends who chided
him as the purchaser of ''gold
brick"
Soon after the death of his father
Van Horne bought the New Ycrh
Record; a paper which had survived
o checkered career in the areEa Of
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
Group.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group, is usually well known to the
mothers Of croupy children. No time
should be lost in the treatment of it,
and for this purpose no medicine has
received more universal approval than
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Do not
waste valuable time in experimenting
with untried remedies, no matter how
highly they may be recommended ut
give this medicine as directed and all
symptoms of Group will quickly disap-
pear. For sale by all druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-27
THE KIDNAPPED
MIILIONA RE s
A TALE OF WALL STREET AND THE TROPICS
by FREDER1cK U. ADAMS.
Copyright, losArop
CHAPTER I.

"All about the Kidnapped Million
aires!. Record Extra! All about
the Great Mystery!! Record Extra"
Hundreds of newsboys poured from
an alley and dashed into the human
currents which surge at the conf1u-
ence of Nassau street and Park Row.
In a moment the air was aflame with
the red headlines of the "Record EX-
ira" 1t was not necessary to buy
paper. The type was so large that
it told the news to the passerby.
For week the Wall street boom
had been the sensation of New York
and of the country. The perpetual
excitement which reigns within the
shadow of Trinity church had per-
meated Office and counting room. It
was the whispered topic of converse
ton among clerks, and the noisy sub
ject of debate I'M hotel lobby and
corridor. The jargon of the Stock
Exchange was incorporated into met
ropolitan English. The tales of for
tunes made to the clicking music of
the ticker, aroused the cupidity of
tlousduus, WHO saw III GHe Wilt Oh
speculative frenzy the prospect of
wealth without work. Newspapers
fed the flame and We'd in displaying
and narrating the golden exploits of
magnate and operator.
On this Tuesday morning headlines
and text covered the front page Of
the New York Record and proclaimed
the following story:
KIDNAPPED!!
Four Multimillionaires Mysteriously
Missing!!!
Palmer ]. Morton, Andrus Carmody,
Simon Pence and r. ]. Kent
cannot be found!!
Fears that They have been Kidnapped, or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-28

to better her condition. to get on in the
world. says Aii9s Van Worst There is
ample material in the factories as they e1-
Isl Tor forming a new. higher superior
class Of industrial art laborers. There IS a
SSeat work to be accomplished by those
X ao are willing to give their time ana
DAney TO lifting the n0n-bread -winning
5Aasgs of working women from the slavisn,
5ratalizing machines at which they work,
ignorant Of anything better, and placing
them. by education by cultivation IN po-
sItions of comparative freedou-freedOmc OF
thought. taste. personality" She cites the
success Of the industrial art classes at Hun
house. Chicago where the work Of the
pupils finds a ready sale as fast as 1t can
Pc turned out ana Appeals 70 al tnose
whose interests and leisure permit them
to help in this double emancipation OF ehe
woman who tolls for bread and the girl
who works for Injuries
Miss Van Norsts experience in the
southern mills persuaded her that the
AMBITIOUS ana eager Tor education ana tle-
walton. After thirteen hours work in the
mills the night schools are filled with lit
tie children, often falling asleep over their
books. but coVetous OF knowledge and
mental liberation
Characteristic of the attitude of the cap
itaiistic class en- the subject Of the ameiio-
ration Of the conditions OF laborers Is an
auecdote told BIZ Miss Van Worst inciden-
tai to her story OF the child workers in the
southern mills. Just before her trip south
the author dined with woman whose
husband was an extensive mill owner, one
Of those who are reaplng fortune from
the skilled but cheap labor Of children IN
der Is years OF age Wl1cn IS the one source
of the superior profits Of the southern mill
over the northern mill The hostess was a
woman devoted to philanthroplca1 and
charitable objects and especially TO the
benehting of little children in her own
city. When Miss Van Worst told her that
in her husbands mills ia South Carolina
little children under 10 years Of age were
working 10 hours a day at the looms and
frames. the hostess refused to believe it.
Miss Van Worst said she was going down
10 investigate apd would report conditions
when she returned. After her experience
in the mill village, which she found even
worse than it had been pictured she re-
turned to New York and lunched with her
capitalist friend and told 20 her what she
had seen in her husbands mills IN South
Carolina But her hostess had meanwhile
informed herself and was primed with the
usual excuses and explanation
She leaned forward. says the author
of the Woman Who Tolls, took a brand
led cherry from the dish in front Of her,
ate il delicately and dipped her fingers in
the finger bowl. then she said.
Ny friend, am going to surprise you
Il waited ard felt that it would be oif-
hcuit to surprise me with a tale Of a
southern mill.
These little children love the mill.
They like to work. It's a great deal bet
ter for them to be employed than TO run
the streets
she smiled over her argument and I
DO you know she continued. that I
believe they are very happy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-28
PINT BOTTLES IN GARRISON
Effect of Absence of a Cantesn at
Fort Liscum, Alaska.

Capt z. T. Wilson. artillery corps.
commanding the post at Fort Liscum,
Alaska, has made an interesting and
significant report to the war depart
ment in regard to the operations of the
anti-canteen law in that quarter.
The present regime" says Captain
Wilson, is an era of blind orunks and
pint bottles in garrison. The present
law should be entitled an act to in
crease the value of real estate IN the
vicinity of military posts for saloon
purposes There is always a small
percentage of men in every company
who like liquor for liquors sake The
question is whether they shall receive it
i'm moderate amounts under supervision.
or be forced to go to a disreputable gin
mill for it: whether the soldier shall OBJ
tain a mild alcohol or red whisky, which
in Alaska runs 16 fights to a pint. We're
there no saloons within hundred miles
L should ike to see the sale of all Ii
quor stopped both in canteens and out.
Such a condition IS an iridescent dream
The object of a company commander IS
to promote temperance. to make his
men sober and keep them in good phys
zeal and moral health. I cannot do II
now when Tom, Dick and Harry are
calling to them to leave the garrison
and get drunk. I believe firmly that
the sale of beer in the canteen promotes
temperance and sObriety. The sale of
+ liquor is an evil: it is but choice be
{
started on the down hill path on ac-
count of the canteen. base these
opinions not alone on experience at
Fort Liscum. but at Fort FlagIer and
San Francisco Men who get drunk
get drunk on bad whisky. It turns their
stomachs inside out, and they are laid
: up to recover from debauches and arc
not fit for duty. The health Of the
liquor men IS seriously impaired at
] present. The table fare is very much
-.f
! post exchanges in which beer was sold
and one where it was not If com
pany receives 81 per month per man
] over and above its comnissary savings
4 it can keep its mess up as good as need
4 be In all the exchanges that have
( seen where beer was sold the profit on
+ il was so LARGE that this amount was
made on the beer alone. and articles IN
! the store and lunch departments were
put down to cost At very isolated sta
! lions where there IS no competition the
store feature and lunch counter VIII
/ pay a reasonable profit now. but the
I percentage of profit IS greater then II
J should be if it IS desired to make any
/ thing like 81 per month per man. u
i may safely be said that the present law
] has deprived the company fund Of 81
per month for every enlisted man
/ present and this amount should be APP
propriated and paid into the hands of
! the company commander to be dIsburs-
I ed as company funds usually are It Is
uphill work to stretch government
ration and commissary savings through
the month. Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-28
CHURCH NEWS.

At the last meeting of the Topeka
Ministerial union, the City Association
Of Charities, through its secretary,
made a report of what had been accom-
plished and what was planned for the
future. The union was gra titled to learn
that since January first. nearly seven
hundred cases had been dealt with and
that out OF these seven hundred. over
five hundred had been found worthy
and had been granted help Careful
inspection and system in recording ap-
pheants, has discovered between one
and two hundred frauds. Nearly four
hundred dollars Have been expended
and the treasury is considerably over
drawn
The work of the association was
heartily indorSed by the union and ac-
ton was taken asking each pastor of
the city to arrange for an offering from
his congregation for the associa ton.
VIII all pastors of the city please take
this statement as q formal notice Of
offering as soon as possible Send all
contributions to Frank NJ. B0nebrake,
treasurer cashier of Central National
bank southeast corner of Seventh and
Kansas aVenue.-H- A OFT, president
Ministerial union
First Church of Christ. Scientist, cor
ner Huntoon and Polk streets. Services
a II a m Subject ~Unreality." Chill
dren's Sunday school at Il m. Wednes-
day evening testimony and experience
meeting at s O'Clock Reading room
Central National bank building
Second Church of Christ. Scientist. 1OS
West Ninth street Services II a. m.
Subject. "Unreality." Sunday school u
m. Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting o'clock. Reading room at
same number. open every afternoon ex-
eept Sunday from to $50
First Lutheran church. corner Fifth
and Harrison streets. Rev. H. A OFT,
pastor Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. All
other services at the tabernacle
Sunday. at 2:so p. m. mems meeting
at tabernacle, Sixth and Monroe Evan
gelist Williams viii deliver his lecture
Shaver r. r. Y NJ c. A male quar-
tette-
Oakland Christian church. Services
in Harrison hall, corner Thomas and
Wabash avenue. Bible school at 3 p.
m. Communion and preaching at 4 p.
m Brother Irelan VIII preach. Mid
week prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at Mrs. DR.. Heller's. corner Wabash
and Thomas.
First Unitarian church. Services at
II a. m. conducted by the minister. Rev.
Abram Wyman. Subject of sermon,
The Blessing of Those who are Perse-
NutSI Acf 1dSAtcoAS4ASSS oenC- oulA-
day school at 10 a M. subject, "Cour-
age" Adult class at noon. Topic. THE
Text of the Bible
Second United Presbyterian church.
Fillmore and Huntoon streets. Preach
ing by Rev. James A Lawrence of
Wichita, Kan. at II a. m. Immediate
" after the sermon the Sacrament of
the Lords supper viii be observed. No
evening service Y p c. L At D m
Junior at 4 .. M
The 67th anniversary of Modern Spir-
ualism VIII be celebrated Sunday even
ing at s o'clock sharp at Security hall.
corner of Seventh and Kansas avenue
AIRS. Eta Seaman Rledsoe win give a