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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

match. 1t was at
the time when Sui
livan's mighty fist
had swept all men
before him. Oel-
richs was then a
leading light in the
Racquet club, New
York. A member
of his club, which
included some ex-
cellent am a teur
boxers, visited Sui
Ns
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

fruitful of much valuable information.
Thus he is encouraged to keep on and
hopes to achieve his ambition and find
the goal so many before him have
sought. The next expedition will fol-
low the so called American route
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

ms. an Mis- McCree that scared she
didn't kape the head av fish worm on
her, but lay there kickin' an squaliin
while he fills his little black bag wld
her vallybles an bows as polite as ye
place"
Pettikins stood absorbed in the de-
tails of Mis- McCree's tragic occur
renee. This, indeed, was having some
thing happen with vengeance. BUT
Pettikins was certain that she would
have possessed more power of resist
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

new DepeW stoIy y
told by the New
York Herald is an
amusing varia ton of
the ancient theme OF
the prophet in his
own country. The
senator, in great
haste, had boarded 8
Forty-second street
car to catch a train
y from the GrandCen
@voI cfofiap no bis
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

er's Weekly cred
Is the following to
tie senator:
A gentleman in
the south was one
day in conversation
with a Yankee who
had brought letters
of introduction from
a friend in the
north, when it trans
pired that the north.
Arnnr yrnG a Cnf
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

nOteu lot HIS Inter-
est In art and in
practical philanthro-
pies, such as social
settlements and ed
uca tional work
among the poor. He
and his wife gave
$1,000 to the
Teachers college of
Columbia univerSl-
ty, with which a
model public school
is being erected in
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18
PEOPLE
TALKED
ABOUT

~ ENATOR JOHN DANIEL of
~ Virginia, who lost a leg at Ma
~ nassas and who was an ardent
champion of Judge Parker ut
tie Democratic national convention, is
4; wit and capital story teller Har-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

eran Of the civil war.
YES" said the Yankee, 81 was a
participant in the late unpleasantness.
You see this?" he added, pointing to a
scar in his face Il got that at the Sec
ond battle of Bull Run"
How in the world did you get hit in
the face at the battle of Bull RUM"
mischievously asked the southerner.
"Oh," responded the Yankee, with
the utmost nonchalance, 81 suppose
got careless and looked back"
ness man, clubman. athlete and
sportsman, has won reputation re-
Gently as a poet. Once Mr. Oelrichs
was famous as 1.-The handsome bach
elor" of New York. Then he married
Miss Tessle Fair, daughter of the Cali
fornia bonanza king, whose wedding
trousseau was said to have cost the
neat sum of 100000. Mr.. Oelrichs is
a prince of good fellows, and it was
to entertain his associates in Cali
loiuiu SiuD tuut ue WlotC IL lCNi ioOea
version of the "House That Jack
Built" in honor of the house building
attainments of fellow club member.
He had the verses illustrated by an
artist and sumptuously bound in vel
lum in a "limited edition" of 100
copies. Mr.. Oelrichs' literary venture
made great hit with his club friends.
In his prime as an athlete Mr.. Oel-
richs once had the audacity to chal.
lenge John L. Sullivan to boxing
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

obtained except by fhANh o. nhAoh'
an experienced chemist. To refute this
Mr.. Black produced six witnesses,
each of whom displayed an ounce of
the stuff bought without trouble at diff
ferent drug shops.
When the sixth of tire bottles had
been handed back to Mr.. Black from
the juryman who wanted to examine
them the ex-governor stood for mo-
ment with his hands full
well governor, what are you going
to do with them?" asked Assistant
District Attorney Osborne.
Mr.. Black looked quizzically at his
opponent and then down at the poison
he held-enough to kill fifty persons.
81 think" said Mr.. Black, II shall
give them to the prosecution"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

mand being the Chi
ma station. Since he
has been out of ac-
tive service Sir Cy-
prian has occupied
several importan a n t
admiralty posts. He
Is now a bluff vet
eran of threescore
and five. During the
Indian mutiny he
was with the Brit
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

Is pldullluS diioliici
expedition north.
ward. The ship in
which he is to make
the voyage is al
ready under con-
struction, and he ex-
poets to start about
the 1st of July, 1908.
Commander Peary
holds that, while his
previous expeditions
have not led to the
discovery Of the
poIe they have hppn
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18


college, to be conducted as part of
its school system. Mr.. Speyer has a
beautiful residence, called Waldheim.
ut Scarboro. ON the Hudson, which
has colonial dining room with a
frleze in tapestry illustrating historical
events. Mr.. Speyer was born in New
York in 1861 and is the son of Gusta-
vus Speyer, who in 1915 with his
brother Philip, founded the banking
business since conducted by the fam
lily. Mr. James Speyer is director
IN the Pacific Mail Steamship compa
ny and the Southern Pacific Railway
company. He is also connected witt
several other corporations and is i
popular clubman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

fense of Roland B.
MolineuX, accused
of being a poisoner,
several years ago,
the state based its
whole case upon the
theory that cyanide
of mercury-the poi
son with which Mrs.
Adams. Molineux's
alleged victim, was
killed-is a rare poi
son and cannot be
obtained eycpDt nv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

bay of Bengal, and he served with the
naval brigade in Burma. OF late years
lie has been best known in British ma
val circles as an expert on ordnance.
He became a rear admiral in 1892, a
vice admiral six years later and an
admiral when he retired. Admiral
Dewey, who is talked of as one of the
international commissioners who are to
weigh the evidence concerning the
North sea affair, is two years older
than Admiral Bridge.
The oldest statue in the world, a
marble image of Daddu, which was
recently unearthed on the site of Baby
lon, is said to closely resemble Senator
Chauncey NJ Depew of New York. His
term as junior senator will expire in
March, 1905, and he is a candidate for
reelection. He is in his seventy-first
year and still loves a good story even
when it is told at his own expense. A
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

boys Of his neighbor-
hood. In his encoun-
tiers with the little
Yankees Of New Ha-
ven the distinguish
ed professor, howev-
er. sometimes comes
off second best, says
the New York Her
aid. Only the other
day-and he tells the
story himself = Mr..
Hadley CHANGED to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

won't work. ! don't care IL you're
Chauncey OlcOtt, you've got to pay
your fare on this car"
Ex-Governor Frank s. Black. who,
without fee, will attempt to save from
the scaffold Caleb Powers of Ken
lucky, the alleged murderer of Govern
or Goebel, is one of the cleverest law
yers in New York, an orator of ma
tional reputation and a wit. He is
tall and gaunt, and his striking ply
sique has often caused him to be
likened to Abraham Lincoln. When
he was conducting his successful de-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, X. G. b.,
appointed by Premier Balfour to con
duct the investigation into the firing of
the Russian fleet on British trawlers
in the North sea, has been in Great
Britain's navy fifty years, his last com
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

Commander Robert e. Peary is not
tired of polar exploration yet. He
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

Hello, boy" called President Had
ley. what time is it by your nose"
The little chap was ready for him.
Dunno" came the retort Mine
amt runnin'. Is yours!"
James Speyer, head of the New York
banking house of Speyer x Co.. has
given financial circles something to
talk about in his negotiations with the
Mexican government, by which lie has
arranged to finance the new Mexican
$40000.000 gold loan. The deal is re-
garded as marking an epoch in inter
national finance. Mr.. Speyer Is one Of
the most prominent of the younger
financial leaders in New York. He is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-11-18

pass a little urchin who turned to look
up curiously at the tall figure.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-12-24
Notice to Creditors.

In the District Court of the First Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Nevada, Lyon County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Orson
c. Miller, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed and qualified by the District
Court of the First Judicial District of the State OF
Nevada, Lyon county, as Administrator, with a
copy of the will annexed, of the estate of Orson
c. Miller, deceased late of the city and county of
san Francisco, State of California All creditors
having claims against said estate are required to
file the same, with proper vouchers attached,
with the Clerk of the Court, within three months
of the first publication of this notice.
Dated November 26 1904.
]. c. GALLAGHER,
Administrator, with copy of the will annexed,
of the Estate of Orson c. Miller, deceased.
JOHN LoTHRoP Attorney for Administ rator.
First publication November 76, 1904.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-12-24

Lieutenant Colonel ]. B. Moore,
veteran of the Civil and Mexi-
can Wars, and at one time pros
porous cattle raiser of Elko Co.,
died at the Veterans Home, at
Yountville, on Thursday of last
week. Mr.. Moore was State
Senator for a number of years,
and was once the unsuccessful
candidate for Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor.
w. H. Mead, well-known bus
mess man of Baker City, Or, who
three years ago "grubstaked" a
Tonopah prospector as an act of
friendship, and to show his APP
probation of attentions given him
when he was in that camp and
sick, has just been notified that
property worth S25o,ooo had been
left to him by the man to whom
he turned over his blankets when
leaving the district.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-12-24

lock Saturday afternoon.
With the opening of Spring two
additional stories will be added to
the Overland Hotel at Reno.
The State University closed for
the Christmas vacation on Dec.
2Ist, and will reopen Jan. 9th.
A bill will be introduced at the
coming Legislature to revise the
civil practice code of this State.
Chas. E. Elliot, Secretary of
several of the Comstock mining
companies, died in San Francisco
Sunday night.
The officers of Reno have be-
gun to rid that place of the unde-
sirable element by giving them
move on" orders.
The constitutional amendment
voted for at the last election car
ried by a vote of 4,244 for, and
767 against the measure.
The Commissioners of Esmer-
aida county have let a contract
for the building of hospital at
Goldfeld at cost of $2,oo7.
A gold and silver strike in the
Chloride Queen mine, near Car
son, was made last week, the ore
showing assays of $3.50 ton.
The Southern Pacihc's new cut
off across Salt Lake will save the
company 100000 year in oper-
ating expenses, it is estimated.
The government has issued
orders prohibiting the sale of
liquors on government land along
the line of the irrigation canal.
During November 6,IoI tons of
freight went into Tonopah over
the railroad, an increase of more
than 20 per cent. over October's
tonnage.
The Silver State of, Winnie
mucca, says: State Senator-elect
T. L. Oddie, of Nye county, will
be candidate for United States
Senator four years hence.
A wooden mill is projected for
Reno, which will manufacture
blankets and carpets of the better
class, for which Nevada grown
wool is particularly adapted.
A. J. WEIGH, an old resident of
Virginia City, and who for a num-
Der of years was engaged in the
livery business at that place, died
at his home there Sunday night.
Fallon's brick Methodist Church
is being built as rapidly as posi-
bic, and when completed will be
the finest and largest edifice of
the kind in that section of the
State.
UP to date the output of Gold
field has been $3,656,ooo, and net
ted the different companies ST.
100000. There is perhaps as
much more second grade ore on
the dump.
The State Legislature, at the
coming session, will again be
asked to enact legislation that
will cause the removal of the
county seat of Nye county from
Belmont to Tonopah.
The government is looking for
Nevada boys to take different po-
sitions on construction work ON
the Panama Canal, which is to be
commenced at once. Applicants
for positions will have to pass an
examination.
c. L. Holland, a mining man en-
route from Sacramento to Tono-
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-12-24

Items cf Interest Clipped
from Exchanges and Con.
densed for Quick PerusaI.
State new$


I 1t is now assured that a $780,.
900 smelling plant will be built al
Sodaville, and that it will be run.
ming within six months. The men
back of the enterprise are Mon
tana capitalists.
A disreputable gambler named
La Fevre, of Reno, passed himself
off as stockman to a Mrs. Morti-
mer, recent arrival from Ken
nedy, borrowed 5000 from her and
skipped the country.
Since the residents of Wads-
worth have moved to Sparks, nu-
merous domestic cats, which were
left behind, have become wild, and
fearlessly roam the streets in
punches in quest of food.
Beginning with January 9th OF
next year the Southern Pacific
Company will put on new mail
train, to run between San Fran
cisco and Chicago, with schedule
of fifty-two miles an hour.
Thursday night of last week
two footpads, at Tonopah, held up
an old man named Murphy. After
searching the old mans pockets
and finding nothing, the robbers
gave him severe beating and de-
camped.
With the advent of the San
Pedro railway the old mining
camps of Lincoln county are be
ginning to reopen, and as soon as
traffic can be taken care of many
of the mines will be operated on {
large scale.
Dan O'Doan, the Fallon biga
mist, is asking for a pardon. He
says his first wife is suing him fol
a divorce, and that his second one
will mary him over if he is giver
his freedom. O'Doan has only
been in prison about six months
The citizens of Gold6eld have
ordered the Chinese and japanese
to leave that camp and the ordel
is being complied with. They
have also notified the Chinese anC
Japanese employed on the c. & c
railroad that they must not enter
Goldfeld.
From an engineer in charge o
the survey it is learned tha
"Borax" Smith, of the Pacific
Coast Borax Company, is to con
struct railroad from his compa
ny's property in Death Valley t.
connect with the main line of the
Salt Lake & San Pedro railroad
The survey has already beer
made, material has been ordered
and actual construction work is tt
begin without delay.
Contracts involving the expen
diture of 81, 100000 were let by
the United States government al
Hazen Friday. The bids for con
structing 100 miles of latera
bitches in Churchill county were
let, and the work will begin with
out delay. The contracts call fol
the completion of the ditche:
within six months. The San Fran
cisco Construction Company, bet
ter known in Nevada as Warner
& Company, captured the lions
share OF the work.
AS an incentive to the N. c. &
o. Railway Co. to continue thu
extension of that road through
the locality of Alturas, George H
Bayley, one of the wealthies
landowners of that vicinity, ha
agreed to properly drain the terri
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
UNlUcKY "coPpERs."

At st. Asaph's, the race track out
side Of Alexandria, it used to be the
custom to give return tickets for II
cents. Most Of the patrons would
hand over a quarter and get in
change a nickel and 3 cents. This
copper money, according to the av-
erage creed Of the gambler, was un-
lucky, so that the Potomac between
Washington and Alexandria was fill
ed with the copper thrown over
board by the men who were going to
bet on the races. There is an old
time race course man who swears
that the stretch of water between
the two cities is so overloaded with
copper currency that it is well worth
while dredging. He says:
"There is more copper money in
the bottom of that river than all the
mines in Colorado will produce in a
year. If the government would only
take tumble and look things over
it could make a fortune from the
cents in the Potomac. "-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
FROM OVER THE STATE.

Dr. Thos. Lyons was killed by train near New
iberia.
The labor proposition is getting to be very acute
one in st. Mary parish.
Seven casualties, the result of carelessness by
Christmas revelers reported from various points
in louisiana
Tony Baroni, an Italian storekeeper at Dorcey-
vile, was murdered by gang of negroes who
cremated the body.
Three negroes were arrested at Lake Charles last
Saturday charged with stealing three horses and
buggies from different parties.
New Orleans Times Democrat, Sunday: Real
estate transfers for the week amounted 374 TO-
an increase of several thousands over the week
previous.
The Bank of Clinton has declared a semi annual
dividend of per cent the capital stock o. OO0
New currency to the amount of $4,000, for the
First National Bank of Arcadia, was received last
Thursday and is being circulated.
The iberia correspondent of the Louisiana Planter
says everybody in that parish wants to get into
sugar cane, and the acreage will be largely increas-
ed next year.
The New Orleans Times Democrat of Sunday
says s'All port records for week in the grain
trade were broken-912 cars of corn being received
and $50, 521 bushels of corn loaded for Europe.
Mansfield Journal: Another party of Alabamians
came in the other day and will live on J. W. Por-
ter's farm The tide of immigration to our State is
increasing annually. Let US get our share of it.
The Iberville correspondent of the Louisiana
Planter says: The energy of the Italians in Iber-
vile is fast manifesting itself. During the present
year they have purchased $500 acres, divided into
farms of Is to 100 each, and their success as
masters in husbandry is shown by the bountiful
returns which they have gathered as the result OF
their toll,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
A Test Of Sobriety.

An ingenious test of sobriety is
now being experimentally adopted
in continental towns. On entering
q public house the would be drinker
finds that the only way to the bar
lies along platform about two feet
high, assembled by three steps. This
platform is about twelve inches
wide and fifty yards long, following
q zigzag course, with here and there
an obstacle that has to be stepped
over. One who has already had a
drop too much is thus practically
certain to fall from this narrow and
difficult pathway to the padded
floor, especially prepared to receive
him. Sober ones are served in the
order in which they reach the bar.
If they require another drink they
must traverse the platform second
time, and so on.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
Couldn't Hide Il.

The Russian police make prac-
teal use of the X ray. At Kiev re-
Gently drunken prisoner was rob-
bed Of about $500 by cell mates.
They denied the crime, but two
thirds of the money was found in
their clothing, and the x ray re-
vealed the other 800, which was in
gold, snugly slowed away in their
respective interiors. They had swal-
lowed it. Against detectives pro.
vided with the X ray, the radium
ray and other marvels yet to come
the criminal of the future will need
to be armor plated like a battleship
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
Criminals Hate Him.

John Connaughton, principal keep
er in Sing Sing prison, has not Wis
tied New York city for twenty-nine
years, and there is little likelihood
that he will ever do so. The reason
of this is that there are in that city
a great number of men who would
welcome an opportunity to kill him
In his capacity as prison keeper fol
forty years Mr.. Connaughton has
earned the enmity Of many desper-
ate criminals, most of whom hate
him with an intensity which would
induce them to murder should the
chance offer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
A Depew Story.

Chauncey Depew tells how after
the Pawnee Indians had exterminat-
ed the Crows, when he was a boy, he
jourreyed from Peekskill to New
York to see the great Pawnee chief,
who was exhibited at Barnum's. Il
happened to be on March II, and as
the parade passed the museum the
bard played ''The Wearing of the
Grsen." just then the great Paw
nee chief rushed to the window and
exclaimed to his medicine man, "Be-
dad, Moike, I'll see that procession
if I lose my iobw
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

Fire at Wrightsville, Ca, caused SlOO, 900 loss.
Christmas was ushered in at Monticello, Ca, with
two killings.
Four men were killed in a shooting ARRAY at
Changers, w. Va.
The Russian government has decided to abolish
the passport system.
Herbert Strang, of Mansfield, Ohio, killed Mrs.
Media Mills and suicided.
King Peter of Servia has signed law abolishing
the freedom of the press.
The United States will send message around the
world on New Years Day.
The wife and child of Benjamin Hughes were
burned to death at Sylvana, Ga.
Great distress prevails in western Ireland as a
result of the failure of the crops.
The steamer Robert E. Lee, which sank above
Memphis, will prove total loss.
Six persons were killed and ten injured in a rail-
road wreck at Mauds, ILL.,. Sunday
The losses in the fire at Sioux City, Iowa. are the
death of one fireman and s., 800 900.
The Japanese are collecting and drilling half
million men for Gen. Oyama, at Toxic.
One man was killed and nine injured in railroad
collision at Minneapolis, Mimi, Saturday
Four men, Christmas jewellers, were suffocated
from fire of their own causing at Philadelphia.
An American Lieutenant and thirty seven native
scouts we're ambushed and killed by insurgents in
the Philippines.
VIM. Schoultz, of Guyman, Okla. T., was fatally
burned and his wife and three children killed in
gasoline explosion.
The United States government will not take any
part in the effort of the powers to embarrass China
on account of the Boxer indemnities.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-29
Only a Soldiers Grave.
BY s. A. JONAS.

Only soldiers grave! Pass by,
For soldiers, like other mortals, die.
Parents he had-they are far away;
No sister weeps DER the soldiers clay;
No brother comes, with fearful eye;
It's only soldiers grave-pass by.
True, he was loving, and young, and brave,
Though no glowing epitaph honors his grave;
No proud recital Of virtues known,
OF griefs endured, or Of triumphs won;
No tablet of marble, or obelisk high
Only soldiers grave-pass by.
Yet bravely he welded his sword in fight,
And he gave his life in the cause of right!
When his hope was high, and his youthful dream
AS warm as the sunlight on yonder stream;
His heart unvexed by sorrow or sigh
Yet, tits only soldiers grave:-pass BY
Yet, should we mark 1.-THE soldiers grave,
Some one may seek him in hope to savei
Some OF the dear ones, far away,
Would bear him home to his native clay;
'Twere sad, indeed, should they wander nigh,
Find not the hillock. and pass him by.