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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-09-05
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look for escaped convicts, was
robbed of one of his pistols
while on the train between Sac
ramento and Truckee.
Fourteen bids were opened
Saturday last by Surveyor Gen
Ell al Kyle for the contract to sur
vey the Walker Lake Reserva-
ton, which will shortly be
thrown open for entry.
The railroad company has
struck an inexhaustible supply
of pure water in East Reno in
the we'll it has been sinking,
and can fill the 5O,OOO-gal. tank
Just bnilt in a short time
Lovelock apiarists h p p d
about 25 tons of honey to
Havre, France. last week. The
price paid at Lovelock was SIC
cents per pound The honey will
probably retail at % cents per
pound in France
Rev. John D. Hammond, well
known in Nevada some years
ago. has been called to account
by the Methodist clergy for al
legged Encouragement of the
Methodist Book Concern and
also as custodian of many Meth
odist funds.
A phenomenal strike has been
made in the North Star mine at
Tonopah. The find was made
at a depth of 1925 feet, and five
feet of ore has been cut and no
foot wall yet. The ore is said to
be rich but it's value has not
been made public.
J. A. Yeringtion, one of Neva-
da's Worlds Fair Commission
ers, has gone to St. Louis to let
the contract for the building of
the State building for Nevada,
and also to make other arrange
ments necessary for this States
exhibit at the Fair.
The Searchlight says that the
report comes from an authentic
source that Boston capitalists
are figuring on building a stand
ard gauge road this Fall from
hex. a Santa Fe station ten
miles west of Needles, into the
camp of Searchlight.
The Nevada Meat Company
has secured the contract to sup
ply the contractors with meat
for their two thousand employees
on the government canal to be
constructed from the Truckee
River into Churchill county. The
company already has the con-
tract to supply the Southern Pa
cific Company with meat for it's
employees on the construction of
the car shops, where there are
now $50 men working,-JOu
Work on the new Orphans
Home building at Carson has
commenced. 1t will be 9Ox122
feet in the clear. and will consist
of two stories and basement
and will be built of sandstone
from the State prison. The cost
of a building similar to the new
home would be about $50. 900,
but as the State furnishes the
stone free it will be put up for
about $4,000. 1t will take
about a year to complete the
structure.
A few days ago a man named
O'Brien, a miner, arrived at Lun-
ing, says the Bulletin, having
walked from Tonopah. He had
been without food or water for
a couple of days and was aim ost
exhausted, He was given a
meal and bed. but the next morn
ing was missing. He left his
shoes beside his bed, and he was
traced as far as the New Boston
desert, where his coat was found,
He probably persisted, as nothing
has been seen of him since
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-09-05
State neW$

1t is proposed to organize
military company in Reno.
Senator Stewart is expected to
arrive in Nevada about the 18th.
Three Indians have been ar
rested in Austin for killing deer
out of season.
Quail and grasshoppers have
done much damage to crops in
Lincoln county this season.
Bodie has lack the pepper, "
who is annoying residents by
looking in the windows after
dark.
The Yellow Aster mine, at
Randsburg, started up last Sun
day morning, with a small force
of men.
A movement has already been
put on foot to hold the National
Irrigation Congress in Reno
next year.
A shipment of 800 tons of
plaster is to be made to Japan
from the Adams gypsum plant
at Empire.
The Tonopah Mining Compa-
ny has again announced it's in
tention to build a road to Soda
vile from Tonopah.
A young halfbreed squaw COM
mitled suicide at Belmont the
other day by jumping into an
abandoned mining shaft.
The Silver State says that two
thirds of the work of locating
the survey for the Western Pa
cifc road has been completed.
Governor Sparks has appoint
ed DIR. O'Rourke, a veterinary
surgeon, to investigate the an
thrax epidemic in Washoe coun-
ty,
A carload of Hereford cattle
have been shipped to Sacrament
to by Governor Sparks, to be
exhibited at the California State
Fair.
Two men suspected of being
Fahey and Miller, Folsom es-
capes, were seen at the Sloan
ranch, in Humboldt county, last
Sunday.
A flow of artesian water has
been struck in the suburbs of
Reno and is being peddled out to
the residents of that burg at so
much per gallon.
A Los Angeles company has
purchased the tailings at the
Chairman mill near Ely, White
Pine county, and will work them
by the cyanide process.
The Reno Gazette says that
Colonel Hopkins, of Searchlight.
Lincoln county, is the most
available man in the Republican
camp for a new U. S Senator.
The Deseret News says that
the Western Pacific will not take
the Humboldt River route to the
coast, but will take the air. line
route and pass through or near
Austin.
A strange woman passed sew
eral forged checks on Reno mer-
chants last Saturday after bank
ing hours, and skipped out be-
fore the bank opened Monday
morning.
On Friday of last week Joe
MondOla was arrested at Para
disc on a charge of attempting
to kill his ex-wife, and was
bound over to appear before the
grand jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

as was the case with ali of his subse-
quent service.
After the first year he went to the
Soudan in command of an expedition
to KordOfan and Darfour; and thence
he was sent to the head of the Nile as
governor general of the provinces Of
the Equator. This was at the request
of General Gordon, whom Colonel
Prout succeeded in that command when
Gordon came Down to Khartourn as
governor general of the Soudan. The
provinces of the Equator We're put IN
der the SOudan and thus Prout served
under Gordon but lado. the capital of
the provinces, is 101a degrees south of
Khartoum, or 1.010 miles as the Nile
logs, and communication was not fire.
quent. The northern frontier of the
provinces was the 10th degree of Ia tt
tude. and the southernmOst station was
in latitude IL degrees north. between
the Victoria and the Albert Lakes
There is not space here to give details
of this picturesque episode in Colonel
Prout's life; but he had the confidence
and respect of his superiors and the
friendship of Gordon. General Stone
the chief of staff, writing officially of
the Kordofan expedition. says that it
evidences how much can be done by
an able, instructed and honest-ninded
officer in those regions when that off
Ger thinks less of the risks and dis
comforts around him than of the ac-
complishment Of duty for duty's sake"
Gordon's opinion IS shown by the fact
that he had Prout promoted twice, and
at the end recommended him for the
rank of Pasha "a colonel is a Bey) and
offered him the governorship of either
of two provinces if he would say in
the service.
After his return to America he was
for a little over a year signal engineer
to the company out of which the Union
Switch & Signal company grew. This
was in the infancy of the art in Amer
lea (although it was quite well grown
in England and the chance of a fair
few years Prout was in business in the
city of New York. and in March, 1887.
he entered the service of the Railroad
Gazette as the editor.
"Of the Railroad Gazette under
Prout's editorship it is quite unneces-
sary to speak here, for those who read
these lines know it. The least part of
his work was his writing for it, al
though that would fill Is or 20 sturdy
volumes. the results of close study and
careful application, for trained and
critical readers. It is the EDITORS lot
and it is a pity, that his work is bur
led in his publication. He misses the
personal monument of authorship. His
cent years has been his initiative. his
suggestion and inspiration to his as
sistants. his watchfulness for errors,
his criticism and correction of their
work. both in form and in substance,
and his frequent consultation, personal
" and through q large correspondence
with the ablest railroad officers and
engineers both in this country and in
England"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
SPORTING NEWS.
SavabIe Is Now the FavOrite in
the Winter Booking
For the American Derby to Be
Run on June goth.
DICK WELLES SECOND.
Irish Lad Is Considered Best
Eastern Candidate.
In the Montgomery Handicap,
McChesney Is Fayorite.
DICK WELLES SECOND.

CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-Savable. the prop
~rtv OF John A. Drake and winner of last
years Futurity. is opening favorite for
the American Derby Although the race
is more than five months hence. the
chances Of the son of Salvador are cor
sidered to be one in ten. In other words,
he is a 10 to 1 shot for a race to be run
June 20.
The results of the handicappers' work
for the first winter book We're made
known today. Western horses have been
given preference over the eastern candt-
dates and the first three choices for the
race are from western stables. Dick
Wenes, a son of King Eric, owned by ].
3. Respess. is second choice FOR the
Derby, at 10 to /. Dick Welles ran 50
fast in the Hyde Park stakes al Wash
ington park last summer that he made
Bavable dizzy. Many turfmen think
Dick Welles q much better colt than
Gavable.
The third choice, Collonade. is a stable
mate OF Dick Welles. He is ranked at
20 to 1.
Irish Lad. whose owners are Harry
Payne Whitney and Herman Duryea OF
New York, is regarded as the best OF
the eastern candidates, and is put down
at 20 to i. Irish Lad is the horse that
IS officially ranked by w. S. Wosburgh
the Metropolitan Handicapped, as the
best of the eastern -year-olds
The first quotations on the Derby are
the result of handicapping done for
James OsLeary. O'Leary also quotes
odds on the Montgomery, Suburban ana
Brooklyn Handicaps For the Mont
gomery. which viii be run at Memphis
March 20. McChesney. who viii carry
129 pounds. is favorite. at to i. Other
prices are. A be Frank. 10 to i: Alad-
din 10 to / Harry New. Is to L: Flocar-
line 20 to L. Glen water, 20 to /; Was
Witt 20 to L.
For both the Suburban and Brooklyn
Hermis is favorite al to l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER.
School House Windows Made q Tar
get for Pistol Bullets.

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 16.-There is
somewhat of a sensation in school dis
/ trict NO. 20 northwest of Leavenworth.
which has necessitated several meet
ings of the school board, and aroused
anxiety of number of parents whose
boys have been in the habit of carry
ing concealed weapons In the shape of
revolvers of various patterns. from
the harmless toy pistol to the deadly
Colts "a One night last week a
large number of the window lights in
the school house were either perfora ted
or shattered by bullets, and the next
day the structure presented the appear
ance of having undergone military
bonn bardment.
When it became bruited about that
a number of boys in the neighborhOod.
including several of the pupils, were
carrying pistols, the school board. COM
posed of J. H. johnson, Henry Dickey
and Charles Ferguson, at a preconcert-
ed time appeared in the school room
during school hours and made an in
vestigation. 1t was found, however,
that the boys had cautiously left their
guns at home or hid them in the brush.
The pupils We're so excited that in q
desperate effort to clear his own
skirts" each boy either deliberately ac-
cused some other boy Of shooting out
the window lights. or told Of some boy
who had been carrying a pistol.
The affair threatens to disrupt mat
ters in the district, and number OF
men whose sons have been accused OF
shooting out the windows have threat
ened to do up the accusers at the
first opportunity. District No. 20 is one
of the few district schools in Kansas
where negro teacher is employed.
and ii is claimed by some that the
school building was mutlated by
whites who object to the employment
Of a negro teacher. A race war IS
threatened as a result of the school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
DIDN'T KNOW JBFFRIEs,
And Expressed Opinions Freely to the
Champion Fighter.

Lancaster, Ohio, Feb 16.-James J.
Jeffries, the champion heavyweight pug
fist of the world, was a brief visitor in
Lancaster Saturday. He came in on the
O.. & NJ. v. train from the west and was
Immediately driven to Carroll, his old
home, which he had not visited since
childhood. His presence in the little
village produced quite a stir and he
was compelled to hold a public recep-
tion in order to meet his Old-time friends
and acquaintances, the number reach
ing over 200 Immediately after getting
OFF the train i'm this city the big fellow
was driven to a livery stable. When
bout to start the driver cautioned him
to be careful Of the horse, as he had
not been out of the stable for several
days, when Jeffries spoke up and said:
IL the kid can't hold him I can" On
The way up Jeffries and the driver con-
Versed ON general topics, when the big
fellow said:
What did YOU think of the fight be
tween Jefries and Fitzsimmons2"
Well said Stewart, L think Fitz
was doped-"
Do your replied the big man with a
twinkle in his eye
That's what / do" replied Stewart.
and the second fight was fixed. Why,
IF JEFF had nerve enough to meet Cor
bett again he would not be a third
choice for my money"
Stewart remained in ignorance of
JefIies' identity until they drove into
Carroll. when some one in passing said !.
Hello, jeff
He did not tumble then that it was
the champion until he alighted at the
home of his relatives, who came rush
ing out to the gate to greet him with
the exclamation.
oh. Jim, ] am so glad to see you."
etc
Then he tumbled and said: "Old fell
low, 7 would like to give you a punch
for not telling me who you were. but I
viii call it square if you VIII shake
hands"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

The Railroad Gazette is one Of the
standard railway publications of the
country 1t is to be found on the desk
of railways president, general man
ayers and on down to the ambitious
clerks who desire to keep abreast of the
latest railway news of the day It is
prepared for technical students of the
profession. The following concerning
Mr.. Prout's romantic career is from the
last Railroad Gazette:
Henry Goslee Prout's early education
was scanty and work was hard. and in
the fall of 1853 he enlisted in a Massa-
chusetts regiment, evidently thinking,
with some reason. that war could have
few terrors for a boy who had been bred
on a New England bill farm. In the
Army of the Potomac he went through
the Wilderness campaign, the. operations
that led to the investment of Peters burg,
the siege Of Petersburg and the pursuit
of Lee. In the summer of 1865 he was
mustered out and in 1867 entered the
University of Michigan, where he was
graduated with the degree of civil en-
gineer. He left college in the middle Of
his senior year to take position as
transit man and assistant engineer, and
only got his degree after his return from
Africa He paid part of the expenses
of his college life by tutoring and other
work. and also by two summers on the
survey OF the great lakes WHICH gave
him q geOdetiC training that was OF
great use later. He had a few years of
work on railroad surveys and cOnstruc-
ton and two summers of surveys in the
Rocky mountains. In the second OF
these he comma nded an expedition OF
reconnaissance in southwestern Colo
rado, for the engineer bureau of the war
department. and ran an unbroken stadia
line of 1000 miles, crossing the main di
vide seven times.
The following autumn he entered the
service of the khedive of Egypt as a
major of engineers. He remained in
that service about four years and half
and before he resigned he reached the
grade of colonel in the general staff.
The first year of his service was in the
Delta and on the Asiatic frontier. II
covered geodetic and Typographical engi-
neering. studies for a hospital and
military prison and repairs of fortifica-
lions and the administration of the en-
gineer bureau at the war office. In all
of this he had independent command,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
IL pIgoUss ooRBETr.
The Conqueror of 1IeGovern Pleases
San Francisco Sports.

San Francisco. Feb 16--The event of
the week in Dugilisdc circles was the
arrival Of Young COrbett" Ever since
that memorable Thanksgiving afternoon
IN olq Hartford the sports of the far
west nave regarded the Denver young
ster as much as they regarded the
bigger Corbett after his defeat of John.
L. Sullivan.
The concueror Of Terrible Terry has
made good impression here With his
suave manner and his natty attire he *
voted quite cute, and some of those
who rallied at him for playing foxy
across the wires in regard to a match
with mercurlai Jimmy Britt are prone
to admit that the lads are in different
classes so far as stature, at least. is con
cerned-
Why. he's only a little fellow" is
common expression among fight fans
when they get peep at Young Cor.
bctt for the first time. Meanwhile the
Denver fetherweight, by the use of tact
mas quietly Shelyed the question of a
fight with Britt When the thing was
nrst mooted after his arrival he said:
Il have job on hand nav and it IS big
enough TO engage my whole attention
When nave settled scores with Hanlon it
VIII pe tune enough to turn my thoughts
to other matches. Any contra cts I might
enter into would be provisional Of course
ana .refer to wait and see how I come
out. 1 suppose TO one will want me if
HaHlOn gets away with me.
The local promoters support Corbett in
his attitude. The men who handle pugilfs-
tic attractions know that the best results
can be attained by keeping public interest
focused on the event just ahead and for
this reason Britt has been advised that he
would better uphold the reputation of the
boundless west for courtesy and hospital
lty by standing q loot from young Mr.. Cor
bett until the little affair on February p
shall be decided
Corbett has gone into camp at tavern
within biscuit toss of the breakers which
roll up on the beach He has been out on
the road at times in sweater and wraps
md has 1af +F7f-
ing distance Of 40 pounds, the ring-side
weight at which he is to box HanI0n-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
MAY REACH MILLION MARK.
Hanover's Get Has Now Won Over
100000 in Stakes.

Lexington. Ky, Feb 16-Statistics com
piled here by an authority show that
though Hanover has been dead for over
four years, his get may win over 81 900 600
on the turf. since up to the close of 1852
his sons and daughters had won the
enormous total of 1919 2l2 in stakes and
purses
Though represented on the turf in 1892
entirely by performers that were 3-year-
Olds and upward. his get won on the sea
son $3.50, and as a majority of these old
stagers are still in training it viii be
year or two yet before the curtain finally
falls on this greatest American sire of
modern times
Another point which indicates the extent
Of the winnings of his SONS and daughters
is the fact that his largest winner per
former. Hamburg, only earned S62, 45S on
the turf and his next best winner Hand
spring, won S57 725. The table following
covers HanOvers record by years, the
number Of winners that represented him
each season, his largest winner each year
and the total amount his get won:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
BIG ALTON ENGINE.
It Is a Leader in the Glass for Passen-
ger Service.

According to the Chicago papers. the
Chicago & Alton railroad has just re-
ceiVed for use on the Kansas City
through trains the largest passenger To-
connective ever turned out by the BALD
win works and the largest in use on
western roads. AS the western lines
have larger engines than eastern roads
this puts the new Alton locomotive at
the head Of the class Of big passenger
pullers.
The new locomotives total weight IN
PIG 500 pounds, of which 141, 700 pounds
is carried on the drivers. The drive
wheels, six in number, are 73 and SO
inches in diameter. The boiler diameter
is 20 inches and there are 32S tubes, 21s
inches in diameter and 20 feet long.
The fire box is los inches long and 721s
inches wide. with a heating surface OF
POP square feet. The total heating sur
face of fire box, fire box tubes and tubes
is 4.07S feet. The water tank has a
capacity of $500 gallons.
With the tender loaded and the tank
filed ready for work the total weight
of the locomotive and tender will be TO
tons. While there are larger locomotives
in use IN some parts of the country this
new ACQUISITION of the Alton is the
largest used for passenger business into
Chicago. A twin engine will be used
from Bloomington west.
COMPARED WITH SANTA FE
The big Alton engine is light com
pared with the Santa Fe decaDOds and
mikados. The Baldwin decapod type
has a total weight of 266. 700 pounds.
Baldwin mikado weighs $50. OO0 200 900
of which is on drivers. The Santa Fe
engines. however. are for freight serv-
ice principally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
THE BEST APPLE PICKER.
Kansas Has Champion Who Beat
Judd, of Connecticut

Leavenworth. Kas.. Feb. 16.-Anoth-
er champion has been bested- The As
ISOLATED Press recently sent out story
to the effect that Frederick Judd of
Cheshire. Conn. is the champion apple
picker of the United States. and that
Judge S. l. Bronson, a millionaire Of
New Haven, Conn. on whose farm Judd
picked forty-hve barrels of apples in one
day last fall. will back Judd for any
amount of money against any other
aspirant for apple picking honors.
While Judd's feat has been exploited
far and wide and his picture printed in
many newspapers, George Binkley. a
prominent young farmer living near
Potter, northwest of this city, has Judd's
record bested by five barrels, having
picked fifty barrels of apples in a day,
and yet nothing has been said about his
feat outside of modest notice in the
country weekly published in the village
near which he resides. Binkley's feat
was performed on the farm of Leon Cal
houn. one CT the best known farmers
and stock raisers in this section of the
country who, with other relia BILE wit
nesses. will vouch for this record. Blink
ley has sent a challenge to Judd, and if
the latter accepts the match will be
pulled off some time next fall. Blink
ley's friends are ready to back him for
81 GOO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
BACKED UP FOR CORNELIUS
Name of Vanderbilt Caused a Tie-up
on Southern Railway.

A dispatch from Savannah, Ga, says:
The Southern Railways Palm Limited
train, from New York to St Augustine,
is scheduled to make the run from Coz
umbia to Savannah with only two stops
neither of which IS at Pineland. a coun-
try club so miles out of Savannah.
which has been established by a NUM-
Der OF wealthy northern men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
have been stopping at the Pineland club
for a mum Der OF days Mrs. Vanderbilt
concluded today that she would run
over to see her brother. Richard T Will
son .Ir at May River. with her hus-
band she went te-the station at Pine
land to take the Southern flyer. As the
limited express came into view Mrs.
Vanderbilt waved her parasol and Mr.
Vanderbilt waved his hand. But the
engine driver or the flyer merely smiled
out Of his cab window and the train
went by at the speed of something
nearly approaching a mile a minute
The next station was Vaudeville, Is
miles away. AS the engine driver drew
in sight of that station he saw standing
in the middle of the track a f1agman
frantically waving red bunting. Bring
ing his train TO a stop the engine driver
was handed imperative orders to back
Vanderbilt party. Reluctantly the en-
CINE driver obeyed orders
Trains ahead of him were tied up,
while this so miles was cut out of his
schedule.
The story is that Mrs. Vanderbilt de-
manded of her husband that the train
come back for her, and that he found
the means of having her wishes respect
ed, thus showing the potency of a name.