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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-07-23
Drying preparations simply devel.

Drying preparations simply devel-
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
pose, caus. ng far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalaats, fumes, smokes and snuAs
AMI uGe that which cleaEses, soothos and
heals Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy
and will cure eatarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
tnaiied for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
5Je size. E..y Brothers, Sc Warren St, NY.
Tie Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezng. 1t spreads itself
over an irr;tated and angry surface, rehev-
ing Immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-07-23

State neW$


The Reno ball nine defeated
the Lovelock nine last Sunday
bv a score of II to s.
A larger number of men than
ever is now employed at Truckee
watering and icing cars.
The Bridgeport Chronicle says
some, one is using giant powder
to kill fish in Twin Lakes.
The Reno wheelmen defeated
the San Jose team in a 5o-mile
relay race at Reno last Sunday by
nearly mile.
A good portion of the Lander
county hay crop will not be har-
vested this year because of a
scarcity of labor.
An opal mine has been dis
covered about rs miles north of
Searchlight. The stones are said
to be of fine quality.
The Commissioners of Washoe
county have with drawn their
support of SIS per month to the
Chamber of Commerce.
The Reno nine will play the
Tonopah nine game of ball at
the carnival next week for the
championship of the State. r. -
The first engine into Tonopah
over the new road will travel by
steam made from coal from the
coal fields near that camp
The question of moving the
county seat from Genoa to Gard
nerville is again being discussed
by the voters of Douglas county.
Contracts have been let for
building about IS miles of lateral
canals in Churchill county. The
work must be completed by April
next
b Five Cinnamon have been
brought to Reno from Beowawe by
the U. S Marshal charged with
being in this country without
= their proper entrance papers.
The Union hosting works, on
the Comstock, were burned to the
ground last week Thursday, The
loss is estimated at over 100000.
1t has been decided to rebuild.
The new town of Goldfeld
will soon have a reduction plant,
consisting of ten stamps, ANAL
gamating plates, grinding pans,
concentrators and cyanide tanks.
The Churchill Standard has
changed hands, Bert Hanson
having sold out his interest. The
Standard will be managed by a
corporation with L. E. SMALL as
manager.
Henry Cristman was found
dead in a waste ditch at the River
side flour mill, in Reno, last week
Friday. The Gazette says he
was an old miner and had resided
in Virginia City.
Last Saturday the train on the
Tonopah railroad was ditched
FIVE miles south of Deep Wells.
The accident is supposed to have
been cafsed by spreading rails.
No one was injured.
The I8-month-old child of Jos.
Pedro and wife was drowned in a
ditch on their ranch 40 miles
north of Winnemucca last week.
The remains were taken to Win
nemucca for burial.
T. b. Walter, of Oakland, who
has been camping and fishing
near Truckee, has disappeared,
and it is feared he has been
dr0Upad in the p;yar Dort;ac
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-07-23
Items Of Interest Clipped
from exchanges and Con.
dsnsed for Quick Psrasal.

Wednesday. Her parents were
out of town and it is believed
that she set the house afire while
playing with matches.
H. F. Daugburg, the pioneer OF
Carson Valley, died at his home
there last Saturday, after quite a
lengthy illness. He was aged Is
years. He was the heaviest
land owner in that section.
Burton Downing, riding under
the colors of the Reno Wheelmen,
won the fve-mile race at Man
haitian Beach Monday, in the
national championship meet He
also ran second in the amateur
half-mile event
Chas. Webb has been missing
from Searchlight for a couple of
weeks. Some believe he has met
with foul play as he had consider
able money on him when last seen.
Others think he has wondered
away in partially deranged con-
dition.
A force of Government survey
ors is now at work surveying the
new townsite of Fallon. When
the survey is completed a map
will be made and the plat record
ed. This is the first step toward
identifying the new Fallon.-
Standard.
In powder explosion at sui
phur mine about IS miles west of
Humboldt House last Saturday
night, two young Italians were
badly injured and one of them
may lose his eyesight. They
have been taken to the hospital
in Winnemucca.
Joe Mcdonald was asphyxiated
by gas in a drain tunnel in the
Union Con. mine, on the Com
stock Tuesday afternoon, and w.
S. Byrne, John Richards, Sol
Martin and Geo. Williams were
rescued from the tunnel just in
time for their lives to be saved.
A bootblack by the name of
| Springer was arrested the other
day at Winnemucca on a charge
of abducting Lille Smith and
taking her to Battle Mountain.
He was later released, as the girl
had gone with him of her own
accord. She has been sent to her
home in Oakland.
The body of an old man was
found one day last week in the
hills near Saliva, Washoe county.
The skull was fractured in two
places, and an attempt had been
made to burn the body. All cir
cumStanceS indicate another muir
der, and the officers think they
have clew to the deed.
Mrs. DR.. Frances E. Williams
and associates have bonded or
bought over 1900 acres of coal
field land in the Coaldale district,
near Tonopah. A corporation
composed of California, Boston
and New York capitalists has been
formed and capitalized for five
million dollars to develop the
property. " -" = lf .t
The trustees of Reno School
District are contemplating asking
the citizens of Reno to vote an
appropriation of $4,000 at the
coming election, for the purpose
of building a new school house.
The board claims that the present
accommodations are not sufficient
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-07-23
NOTICE TO LIENHOLDERS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA IN AND FOR LYON COUNTY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
HEAVY MORTGAGE
Placed On Henderson's New Play
House.

James E. English, of Paducah,
who has been talking of building
an opera house here, has mort
gagged the English Theatre at Hen
derson. The following special APP
peared in Sundays paper:
Henderson, Ky, Aug. 20,-The
English Theater Company filed a
mortgage deed of trust today for
$4,000 to trustee Charles e. Dali
lam. This mortgage is to secure
the assurance of 6 per cent. gold
bonds for the above amount to run
for twenty years. The property
pledged in this mortgage is the
English Theater property in this
city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
OLD PHONES
Are Being Listed as New Ones,
Says Mr.. HOge.

Manager Hoge, of the Home Tele-
phone Co., says complaints have
come to his Office that several
of his subscribers have had their
directors distracted,
He says an agent Of the Cumber-
land told him that great objection
to the automatic service was that
no call could be made in the alb
sence of a directory, whereas a
a Cumberland subscriber could re-
quest central to connect by name.
Mr., Hoge says it is proper to warn
his subscribers 10 watch their dl-
rectories, but if any subscriber 5
book has disappeared he will
supply another, Call I'LL or
1444. He further says the list
of 80 alleged new subscribers pub
lished by the Cumberland as hav-
ing been put on since Aug. l.
contains the names of at least
who were on the directory issued
several months ago. Others are
outside of town and several are
duplicated.
The Home Company has put il
p more new ones since August
and others will be put in as soor
as they can be reached by The
| workmen.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
BULLETS WHlSTLED
As the Preacher Left Rich Redd's
House.

A colored bartender named Rich
Redd, when he returned home Sat-
urday night, it is said found a colored
preacher named Jones in a room
with his wife under circumstances
that convinced him that the min
lister was not making a pastoral
call. Redd opened FIRE as the
preacher ieaped from a window and
fled with such PreciPitancy that a
barbed-wire fence proved to be onlY
a temporary obstacle. The preach
er sustained some scratches, either
from flying bullets or barbed wires,
he doesn' t know which,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
HAD TO HURRY
But lie Got Off The Track in
Time.

Ed Forbes, of Larkin had a mar
row escape at the L. s. N. depot
Saturday afternoon. He was cross
ing the railroad with an express
wagon loaded with groceries and
seeing the train close at hand, he
whipped up his horse with such
speed that the wagon was turned
over after it cleared the track.
Forbes was caught under the load
and seriously bruised. He sustain
ed a severe cash on his forehead,
which a physician had to sew up.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
None Too Soon.

Mr.. Walter Knight and his two
sisters have returned from St.
Louis. They narrowly escaped
being in the path OF the balloon
shaped cyclone of Friday. They
were on a street car and the motor
man increased his speed and
passed out of the danger just ahead
of the storm, which a moment more
crossed the track behind them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
RELIC OF WAR.
Historic Weapon Restored to
Daughter of Gen. Ross.
A Confederate officer Who Was
Killed While a Prisoner and
Attempting to Escape.

MIS- Joseph AllllOIeW, OF MOnL-
gomery county, Tenn, was in Hop
kinsvlle few days ago on an
.errand that calls up memories OF
more than II years ago. She came
to receive from Judge w. P. Win
tree sabre that was the property
Of her father, Brig. Gen. Reuben
Ross, who was killed in this county
in 1862 or 1868.
Ross was a colonel in the Con.
federate army and while temporari-
ly detached from his command was
in and around Hopkinsville. While
here he received his commission as
Brigadier General and it was
found in his pocket when he was
mortally wounded two weeks later.
The night before this happened he
attended a party in Hopkinsville
and escorted Miss Bradshaw, now
Mrs, W. P. Winfree, to the party.
The next day he went into North
Christian. That country was filled
with Unionists, and some of them in
formed two furloughed Union SOL
diers of his presence in the neigh
borhood. One of these soldiers now
lives in this city. They came upon
him Unexpectedly and captured
him, After disarming him, they
made preparations to take him to
federal headquarters as a prisoner.
While they were in the act of
mounting horses for the trip, Ross
suddenly grabbed one of his cap
tors and while attempting to snatch
a pistol from his belt, the other
solder Drained him with the butt
Of his gun. In desperate con-
Fdition Ross was brought to town
aud taken to Mrs. Watt s residence,
where he received surgical atteD-
ton, but his skull was crushed and
he died few days later from the
blow.
The sabre he wore was taken
care of by Miss Bradshaw, who
being related TO him, called at his
boarding house. After the war
closed she became the wife Of Ju dye
Winfree, a Confederate soldier and
comrade of the dead man, and they
have carefully preserved the sabre
for more than 40 years.
Mrs. Killebrew is a daughter Of
Gen. Ross, whose home is in Mont
gomery county, Tenn. Judge
Winfree not long ago met her and
told her of the weapon and invited
her to come over and make mis-
family a visit and get it. This she
has done.
Gen. Ross was a grandson OF the
noted preacher Of the same name.
He is we'll remembered by many OF
our older citizens. He was a gal
liant soldier, noted for his reckless
bravery and desperate disregard OF
danger. Once before he was taken
a prisoner and while on the way TO
a federal prison jumped from a
train moving at full speed and es-
capped with such slight injuries
that he rejoined his regiment not
long afterwards. AT the time he
received his death wound, he
forced his captors to act on the de-
fensive to save their own lives. The
death he had so often courted came
| m him from his own recklessness,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
JOHN BOYD
Purchases Farm of Esq. S. q
Buckner, South of Town.

Jailer John Boyd has bought Mr.,
S. G. Buckner s farm on the Bever-
ly pike, very desirable little farm
few miles from town. The price
was about $4,000. Mr.. Boyd will
move to it at the expiration of his
official term.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
Nashville Man Hurt.

Madisonville, KY, Aug. De.
S. Weddell, claiming Nashville,
Tenn, as his home, was struck by
a south. bound train last night two
miles north of this city. His left
arm was mashed and his hip dis
located. He was sent home to-day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
EDWARDS. CARTER.
Young Couple of Bennettstown
Welded Last Week.

Mr.. Charles NJ. Edwards and
Miss Ollie Carter, daughter of Mrs.
Osborne, both of Bennettstown,
were married a few nights ago, by
the Rev. Israel JOINER, at his resi-
dence near LAFAYETTE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
Patient Dead.

Miss Sallie Ferguson, a patient
from Graves county, died Sunday
at the Asylum. The remains were
shipped to Mayheld yesterday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
LAST ASSAULT.
Japs Are Having More TrOnble
Than Expected.
Russians Are Hopeful of Holding
Out NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Safe.

Che Foo, Aug. 22.-The latest
reports received at Che Foo indicate
that the Japanese attack on Port
Arthur has not been successful, but
that fighting is still in progress.
The Japanese are making what
they call the final assault all along
the line and claim that the city will
be in their possession in few days
The japanese have occupied An
shanshan, driving part of the
Russian forces toward Mukdeu, but
/ the heavy rains are still interfering
with the Manchurian campaign. 1t
is reported that the Russian war
vessels Novik and Diana, missing
since the Port Arthur fight of Aug
ust 10, have landed safely in Rus
sian ports. Russia has called out
large forces of reserves to be sent
to the scene of war.
Sundays Developments.
Russia's refusal to observe the
laws of neutrality has brought
about strained situation at Shang-
hal. The cruiser Askold and a
smaller vessel are still there, de-
spite China S orders to leave, and
yesterday Japanese torpedo boat
entered the harbor. Before she
could reach the Askold, which is
in dock, the United States torpedo
boat destroyer Chauncey placed
herself between the two warshlps,
preventing any attempt at hostili-
ties. A fleet of Japanese war
vessels is outside the harbor, The
Taotai of Shanghai has declared
he cannot protect the foreign inter
ests because of Russia's action anc
has called upon United States Con
sui General Goodnow to aid him
Consul Goodnow has called meet
ing of the foreign consuls for today
The Russian cruiser Novlk, which
has displayed such wonderful &C
tivity, was defeated and stranded
yesterday by two Japanese cruisers
The japanese are said to have
captured the northermost fort o.
the inner line of the Russian de-
lenses at Port Arthur.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-08-23
Subs Cute Carrier.

Fred Gaze d, the popular and
gentlmanlyingll carrier on the
South Mail-Nket route is taking
aSr~~tic' vm. Knight, a color
6llipg his place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-15
Willing and Unwilling Workers.

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
1 can't see wherein the government is to
be benefited by an extension of the time In
which the clerks are to perform their du-
ties. have always appreciated my position
because it pays we'll; 1 never have to ask
for what is due me at the end of each
secuently 1 work hard. SO that when
o'clock does come I feel that l have done
q conscientious days work. / would be
ashamed TO leave at that hour while those
outside of the government employ stay I'M
iii 4:30 or ) PM, if / had not put in
solid days work. Our work is a grind"
and we are in our seats constantly from
to A. except during the half-hour for lunch
con, while the work of most employees out
side of the departments is SpasmOdic, and
they have occasion to stand up, walk
around and talk to fellow employees Many
of them would not be a government en-
ploye on that account.
do not believe any more work will be
done In the extra half-hour. A willing
clerk can do a days work in 81 hours, and
an unwilling clerk could not do a days
work in 10 hours. New departments are
being created and the business of the sew
eral departments increaSe s from year to
year, so that additional help is a matter of
course, same as in any other branch of in
Gtstry where business increases; and as the
government hours have been from 8 to 4
since the beginning of time, there is no
good reason for chang ng them when we are
SO near the end of time The tendency is to
decrease rather than increase the hours of
the laboring man, even those who work out
in the open air. If the clerks were per.
mitted to don their hats and coats and walk
through the rooms they could stand the
open windows and an increased number OF
hours. CLERK FOR II YEARS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-15
lations adorted by the Unitea States and
Great Britain.
Catch Of 1908

From the best information obtainable it
appears that the catch of the British CO.
lumbia fleet in the season OF 1903 was IL. O00
The catch of the Japanese fleet was known
to be 10000 or total of 1000 taken by
the combined fleet from the Alaskan herd.
The number killed on the islands was
1922. 1t thus appears that the pelagic
catch was about one-third greater than the
land catch. and consisted largely of nurs-
ing mother seals, entailing the starvation
of their young on the islands of their BIRTH
The depletion of the herd is augmented to
a much greater degree by pelagic sealing
than in any other way. On the islands
only males are allowed to be killed, while
at sea both males and females are taken.
This course has resulted so disastrously
tfat it is now prophesied by experts that
unless action is taken to stop this indis-
eliminate slaughter the fur seal as herd
will become extinct and that within very
short period Of time.
I'VE are thus brought face to face with
the fact that the killing of young seals on
the islands since 1886 has been SO close that
no young male life has been permitted to
pass over the slaughter fields on to the
breeding grounds. This occasions the rapid
falling off in numbers (42 per cent in the
last two years. OF the breeding males from
old age, their places not being filled by the
accession OF fresh male life. In order to
prevent total collapse of the birth rate
in the next two or three years it is i'm
the islands be stopped next season. This
will enable the choicest of the young males
to grow up and reach the breeding grounds
in the next four years, and there take
their places which must be taken by them,
or the seal life will be extinguished."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-15
THE BURNING ISSUE
Hours of Labor of the Depart
ment Clerks.
MANY VIEWS VOICED
SOME WANT EARLY OPENING,
OTHERS OBJECT TO TT.
But All Are Opposed to the Half-Hour
Extension Now in
Force.

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Among the thinkers of the present age
sentiment is everywhere against oppres-
sion and the tendency all along the lines is
to ameliorate conditions. Particularly has
there been disposition to decrease hours
of labor in every direction. thus producing
greater content, it being realized that indi-
viduals are entitled to few hours of rest
and recreation. and to follow their own pur-
SUITS aside from the time allotted to sleep.
Great, then. was the surprise when sudden
ly 1t was announced that the hours of serv-
ice in government departments had been in
creased it having long been conceded that
brain workers cannot endure as many con-
secutive hours Of employ as can those In
manual labor. Although the clerks do not
complain against compliance with the law,
they naturally question the sudden strenu-
GUS fulfilling of the law after so many
years of evasion Of it, or oversight, and at
a time when no special stress of circum-
stance seems to call for the extension. And
again, these clerks. supposedly creatures of
brain, easily competing in faculties. abili-
ties and talents with their fellow-men a
little higher up, 1t brings question to their
minds as to whether all the departments
of this great government workshop are liv-
ing literally up to the meaning of the law.
Isn't 1t expected that Congress sit in ses-
sion a sufficient time to give serious
thought to the dignified and momentous
questions arising in the needs of a people
and country so great as ours has become!
Then how can they adjourn so much and
often? Think of the time that has been con-
sumed in those halls in foolish discussion
and ridicule over the much-attacked and
grossly abused government clerks, enough
to make the world at large think these po-
sitions all sinecures, but for the fact that
some people can think and do think deep
enough to discern that the great volume Of
government work goes on. 1t is accom-
plished by somebody, since it cannot be al
lowed to stand still; hence the government
clerk must be earning his salary.
Relatives and friends of these govern
ment clerks are freely paying their taxes
in liberal support of these institutions; they
are not complaining just now over the large
salaries and innumerable perquisites by
way of travelling expenses, stationery, ele-
CANT bath rooms, shaving parlors and even
ca shine thrown in to keep things moving
up at the Capitol When it comes to
question of time should not every MEM
Der feel that he Is not fulfilling the expecta-
tons of his constituents and the taxpayer
If he too frequently absents himself from
his desk or calls for frequent adjournment
that he may slip away on personal business
or pleasure?
Thanks are due to Senator Stewart for his
timely defense of the government clerks.
Make 1t the old time, seven hours and lunch
time thrown in. LEX.