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The Washington times., 1905-03-07
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Of MAIDS VISITOR
Coachman With Pretty Hol-
land Girl When Murdered.
A FIGHT, THEN TWO SHOTS
Police, at First Inclined to Burglary
Theory, Now Believe Jealousy
May Be Solution.
A FIGHT, THEN TWO SHOTS

R1DGENOOD, n. j., March Just
what the pretty Holland maid knows
about the murder remains to be seen,
Out there is no other topic of discus
sion here than mysterious tragedy
on the Van Peek grounds; in Franklin
avenue, late Sunday night
Louis Rosendal. eoachman for DR. w.
l.. Nroom. was found with bullet in
his heart in the shrubbery back of
Miss Maria Van Peek's place. and the
police thought it was all fair sailing
and arrested Ernest johnson and held
Sadie Hutton, the maid, as a witness
the idea being that it was a case of
burglary and that Rosenda1 had frus-
trated 1t and paid the penalty with his
life In following out this idea the
police arrested another man, then let
him go with apologies.
Case of Jealousy.
Now it is believed there was no rob
berry in the case. but that jealousy led
to a fight and a murder. The police say
only one person can clear up the affair
and that is the maid, who will tell her
story-if she wishes-to Prosecutor
Koester In Hackensack today.
The girl from Holland had beer in
the employ of Miss Van Peek for a long
time, Miss Van Peek coming from an
old family, and living quietly here. The
maid did not seem to care much for the
attention of men, but soon became ac-
quaintcd with Rosendal when Dr.
Vroom engaged him as a coachman.
RosendaI was not long from Holland
and the Hutton girl liked to hear his
stories of the land of dikes and Of
friends there.
Two Men at the Door.
Sadie, the maid, says she and the Hol-
lander were sitting in the dining room
Miss Van Peek being the only Other
person in the house, and, as usual, en-
gagged either in reading or writing, up
stairs.
There came a rap at the kitchen door
and Sadie said she passed through the
dining room and kitchen TO the rear
door. leaving Rosendal in the other
room AS she unbolted the door a man
brushed her aside rudely and swung
revolver at her
Another man was behind in the dark
mess outside the door, but she only saw
his arm he aided in pushing the doc,
: open, then hold it.
Shot Is Fired.
The maid screamed and Rosendal ran
froEa the other room, and there was
struggle fight, and a shot fired in tht
kitchen. Then the coachman was too
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR
ALExANDRIANS' PROTEST

Citizens of Alexandria will be granted
a hearing before the District Comnis-
sfoners to protest against the proposed
construction of the sewage system in
Washington, the outlet of which Alex
andrians maintain viii injure their city
by pouring into the Potomac two miles
above Alexandria.
Representative Rixey of Virginia
asked for the hearing on behalf of a
small committee of AlexaHdrians. He
said that the reasons recently given by
Superinten of Sewers Asa p. Phil
lips did not appear to be convincing.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
FILiPINOS ORGANIZE
A HUMANE SOCIETY

There has just been received by the
bureau of insular affairs of the War
Department copy of the act recently
passed by the Philippine Commission
authorizing TIE Incorporation of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals in the Philippine Islands
The incorporatorS of the society in
olude men and women. both native and
American, who occupy prominent posi-
tions in the social life of Manila. and
a large degree of authority has been
granted them in order to further the
lauddble objects of the society.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
MRS. JOHN T. OAKLEY
DIES OF TUBERCULOSIS

NEW YORK. March The wife IF
Commissioner John r Oakley. of the
department of water supply, gas, and
electricity, died yesterday at her home,
234 East Thirteenth street. of tubercu-
Iosis.
Mrs Oakley had been an invalid for
nearly three years Mr. Oakley had
sent her to several cures. She was a
sister of Alderman Patrick }. Higgins.
and was born and brought UP in the
seventh ward.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07

entity straight story of his movements
on Sunday night, and says he can ac-
count for every moment
The police will not give the name of
the second man whom they arrested in
connection with the case and suddenly
released. What they want to know is
why the Holland maid watched two men
struggle for minute or more, and then
only cried out when Il shot was fired.
This may be made clear to the prose-
cutor in Hackensack today.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07

strong for the other fellow and drove
him into the yard, where a second shot
was fired, and the Hollander fell dead.
No. the girl insisted. she had no other
admirers than Rosendal. but. yes. she
believed one Ernest Johnson was the
man who fought the coachman- She was
not certain. but only thought so. The
man must have been trying to hold
up the house, the girl thought.
Miss Van Peek. the dignified member
the police all she knew. but what 1t was
made the. detectives abandon the burglar
theory. The girl was good maid: MISS
Van Peek said and that was all de-
manded of her. Yes. the maid had call
ers, but Miss Van Peek spent most OF
her time on the second floor and thought
knew before-that her maid was attrac-
tive.
Fight Desperate One.
Miss Van Peek was in her room on the
second floor when she heard a sound as
OF scufTiing below This scuf11ing. the
police learned, may have lasted for
full minute, but there came no outcry
from the maid until after the first shot.
Hearing the report and the sound OF
voices. Miss Van Peek ran down the
front stairs to the door.
As she unboIted the door, she noticed
stout club, which she never had seen
before. leaning against tilc wall pdSh VI
the door In passing out, she threw the
night latch. SO she could enter again.
/ Then she lied to the home of George
/ Knowlton, 300 yards away. to telephone
| To the police. AS she flew across the
lawn she heard a second shot from the
| back of the house.
Nobody in the House.
Returning to the house with a police
| man. they found the front door had been
/ locked on them The club, they after
ward learned, had disappeared. 1t has
not yet been learned who was Tespon-
| sible for this. Miss Van Peek and the
| policeman went to the rear of the house,
| where Rcsendal was found dead, with d
bullet through his heart. The house was
| searched. but only the frightened maid
was there.
Johnson, who was arrested only after
the maid had been closely questioned.
denied all knowledge of the affair.
Though admitting he knew the Hutton
girl. Johnson. who is employed by Ed
win Clark, and sleeps with his brother
! in Snyder's greenhouse, tells an appar-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Use Rabbits Eye to Save Sight.

Francis Smith. an year-old-boy liv-
ing in Philadelphia, while playing with
some companions accidentally got some
lime in his eye. Warm water only
made the soreness worse, and he was
finally sent to the Hahnemann Hospital.
There it was fonnd that the lime had
eaten into the conjunctiva, or the trans
parent skin over the eye. When the
pain was relieved the boy was almost
sightless. Doctors @. M. Thomas,
Messeroe and Speakman were called in,
and the conjunctiva was taken from a
rabbits eye and grated on that of the
boy. The patient is doing we'll aud the
surgeons are hopeful that the rare and
delicate operation may save the sight.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
SILVER BULLION EXHAUSTED.
Ten Million Dollar Shortage in Small
Coins of the Country.

John H. lands, Superintendent of
the Philadelphia Mint. says that the
available silver bullion of the country
has been exhausted. Unless Congress
takes prompt action to relieve the situa-
tion by authorizing the purchase of
more silver bullion for coinage or by
accepting suggested temporary
remedy, commerce would be greatly
hampered this year as a result of ten
million dollar shortage in small silver
coins.
"Silver bullion" said Mr.. Lands,
"has been exhausted because of the
coinage of our useless hoard of 558, ,000,.
600 standard dollars, for which there
never was any real popular demand.
At the same time, with no available
silver bullion. there is an urgent de.
mand for 0,000. 900 of minor subsi.
diary coins. without which the
country's commerce will be greatly
hampered. The Government is facing
conditions which will compel it either
to go into the markets and resume the
purchase of silver bullion for coinage
purpose. or recoining portion of its
stock of silver dollars into smaller sill.
yer coins.n
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Three Degrees i'm a Day.

The making of a Master Mason in
one day is an unusual occurrence, but
the privilege to become a full. fledged
member Of blue lodge was given Vice.
President-elect Fairbanks at Indian.
apolis, Ind. on Dec. 27. He took the
apprentice Tor firsD degree in the morn.
ing, the second (or fellowcraft) degree
in the afternoon and at o'clock in the
evening the Master Mason Tor third
degree. Many prominent men in the
order were present at the ceremonies.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
IN THE KAWICH RANGE.
Greatest Strike in the Southern Dis
trict Is at GOldreed.
Tonopah Miner, Dec. 81.

Malcolm l.. Macdonald. general man.
ager of the Southwestern Nevada Mines
Company, who returned Wednesday
evening from a two weeks visit to the
scene Of the recent gold discoveries in
the Kawich Range, makes a report on
the new district which indicates that
this is likely to prove the greatest
strike ever made in the country, not
even excepting Goldfeld aud Bullfrog.
Mr.. Macdonald and his party brought
in some samples from the outcroppings
of the main ledge which show more
free gold than any rock ever exhibited
in camp. The ledge from which the
samples were taken stands or 10 feet
above the surface. and the outcropping
is 25 feet in width and 80 feet in length.
disappearing at each end beneath the
wash produced by erosion. A number
of samples were assayed yesterday and
gave values ranging from $l0S to $3.50
ton, indicating that the entire ledge at
the surface is a frst.class shipping
proposition.
The new camp is at the south end of
the Kawich Range, just north Of Quart
zite Mountain, about 55 miles due east
of Goldfield and about 35 miles due
south of Reveille. The Goldreed Min
ing district has been formed, and ex-
tends 10 miles north and south and 4
miles east and west. At the time Mr..
Macdonald left for Tonopah the country
surrounding the great discovery had
been staked for miles, about 500 loca-
tions having been made.
The great drawback to the new camp
is the scarcity Of wood and water. The
nearest water, in approaching the camp
from this direction. is at Antelope
Springs, 25 miles from Goldreed. Cliff
Springs. 10 miles east of camp, is the
nearest source of supply. Prospectors
are warned that they must carry hay
aud grain for their horses from Gold-
field and take on supply of water at
Antelope Springs sufficient to make the
round trip. The new discoveries have
created intense excitement both here
and at Goldfield and large number of
men have already left for Goldreed,
while many others are outfitting with
the intention of trying their fortune in
the new district.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
PROPOSAL ON XMAS TREE.
Felled Evergreen and Took Advan
tage of Leap Year.

John Grouse of Germantown is the
recipient Of a strange leap-year pro
posal, which arrived from Maine, tied
tightly to the trunk of huge Christ.
mas tree, and which he discovered
while trimming the branches.
The envelope was addressed. etc
whoever may get this tree with wishes
for merry Christmas. The letter was
written in a flowing hand as follows:
II am a young lady. 20 years old, and
am desirous of becoming the wife of q
good. loving man, who will provide a
home in some large city. / cut this
tree down myself and with every stroke
of the axe / wished that the tree might
make a merry Christmas and bring a
good husband to me-"
The name was signed and postoffice
address of small village in Penobscot
County. Maine. was given. Grouse i'm
mediately answered the note, asking
for further details of the young
woman's matrimonial views and is
eagerly awaiting developments. - st.
Louis Republic.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
AN ODD CHRISTMAS TREE.
Tonopah Club Utilizes Sage Brush
To Good Advantage.

There are no pine or fir trees growing
in the vicinity of Tonopah and the peo-
pie of that place had difficult time in
providing Christmas trees, and most
families had to be contented with hang
ing up their stockings. The jolly and
wealthy members of the Tonopah Club
were not to be without tree, however,
and they provided one which was with
out a doubt the most unique Xmas tree
ever seen in any land.
The committee in charge of the affair
got large pole and placed it in the
center Of the club room floor. They
then nailed boards to the pole for
limbs and tackled sage brush to the
limbs for foliage. This was a dry and
mournful looking Christmas tree, but
it was the best the country afforded and
the Tonopah Club members made the
best of it.
From the shaggy and lean looking
limbs they hung numerous gifts for all
the members Of the club. They enjoyed
the occasion as much as if their hall
was graced with one of the prettiest
and greenest trees Of the Sierra Nevada
mountains.-RenoJ Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
A Woman Legisl atOr.

Mrs. Electa NJ. Egg eston is the Sec
ond woman in Massachusetts, to be
nominated for State Representative,
having been chosen by the Prohibition.
lists of the First Hampshire District.
The first woman so named was Mrs.
Fanny Clary of Williamsburg Al
that time many outside the Prohibition
party looked on the matter as a joke,
because they believed that even if she
was elected she could not be enrolled in
the House of Repr esentatives. The
question was referred to the Attorney
General of Massachusetts for deci.
sion, and he ruled that there is nothing
to prevent woman becoming a
member of the House of Representa-.
tives if she wins an election. .-Philadel.
phia Record.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Nine Folsom Prisoners Make Dash
for Freedom.

Nine convicts belonging to the rock
crusher crew at the California State
Prison at Folsom made q bold break
Tor freedom on Thursday Of last week.
The guards obeyed the standing
orders of the Warden to shoot regard.
less of danger to freemen, and as o re-
suit seven of the convicts who had
planned to get away were almost rid
died with bullets. Three were killed
outright and three critically wounded.
Captain E. j. Murphy, who acts as
general overseer about the rock crusher.
was wounded by shot in the leg and
received two knife wounds. Charles
Jolly, one of the "pushers" to keep the
men at work, was shot in the neck, and
has a very serious wound.
The trouble began about $3.50 o'clock
in the afternoon, when a large sledge
hammer was thrown into the rock
crusher. causing it to come to a stand.
still. This attracted Captain Murphy.
Charles Taylor and Charles Jolly
to the place, and the desperate
convicts rushed to seize them,
but Taylor escaped. Five of the gang
surrounded Murphy and two of them
had Jolly, murderous knives being held
in position tor immediate execution
should they attempt to free themselves.
They had no sooner stepped into the
open than seven guards commenced
firing and within 30 seconds 100 hun
dred shots had been fired and seven
convicts were on the ground helpless.
The break was similar to that Of last
July. but the fact that it was withiI
range Of the guns of seven reliabl,
guards, all dead shots. made it ever
more bold and desperate.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Frank Francis Clubbed With a Gun

According to story from Tonopah,
"Diamonfield jack Davis, got into
trouble last week by beating up Frank
Francis, formerly editor of the Central
Nevadan at Battle Mountain. One &C.
count says Davis asked Francis for the
loan of horse and when it was refused
he appropriated the animal anyway.
Francis then entered protest and
Davis is said to have beaten him fear.
fully with heavy revolver. A gentle
man who was in Reno last Saturday
from Tonopah says that from what he
learned of the affair before he left,
Davis and Francis quarreled about an.
other matter and that Francis was the
aggressor. He says that Davis did
make the assault and that he used
Francis pretty roughly, but that he is
in no danger of death. as the first story
had it-Gazette.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
NEW COPPER DISTRICT.
Dogskin Camp, North Of Reno, Shows
Good Values.

Dogskin. the copper district discov-
cred 90 miles north of Reno several
years ago, is gradually developing into
a camp. The Salt Lake and Reno Min
ing and Milling Company has entered
upon Winters campaign with force
of six men. This company owns nine
properties all traversed by a contact
ledge from to 10 feet in width. The
ore in many places shows values reach
ing 500 to the ton, although 1t is not
not uniform and the averages fall be.
low the shipping point. but would mill
to advantage on the ground, while care
full sorting would en..ble profitable
trans .,rtation to reduc on works.
In 1dition to the Sal Lake Com
pany other concerns are doing develop
ment work and good showings are
being made in particular upon the Nash
and Webster properties.-Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
HOi FOR THE WEST.

Tell your friends that the colonisi
rates are going into effect March 1st,
1905. to expire May 18th. 1905. The
rate from Chicago H.. will be $33
Peoria, ILL.,. $S1 St. Louis. Mo-, New
Orleans, La, $50; Council Bluffs. Ia,
Sioux City, Ia, Omaha, Neb., Kansas
City, Mo-, Mineola, Tex, and Houston.
Tex. $25. Rates apply to main line
points in Nevada and California. For
further information apply to Southern
Pacific Company Agents, or to
A. H. RISING,
District Freight & Passenger Agent,
Southern Pacific Co., Reno, New,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Election Contest in Churchill,

O. l.. Allen, Democrat. is contesting
with E. M. Brown. Republican, for the
Office of Short Term Commissioner of
Churchill County. Allen was defeated
by votes. He claims the votes Of
White Rock and Cottonwood precincts
were illegal and could not be counted
because there were less than 10 votes in
each precinct; also, that in one of the
precincts two persons voted who were
not legally entitled to the ballot. The
case is before Judge Curler in the Dis.
trict Court.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Missouri.Nebraska Boundary Case

The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided the boundary case
between the States of Missouri and Ne.
braska in fav OF of Nebraska. The case
involved the question as to whether a
change of the course of the Missouri
river had the effect of changing land.
which had heretofore been on the west
side of the river to the east Of the river
from the jurisdiction of Nebraska to
the jurisdiction of Missouri, but the
court held that it did not.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Will Add One More Year.

After the semi-annual promotions in
January there will be many changes in
the work below the High School.
Heretofore efforts have been made to
complete nine years. work in eight
years. From now ON nine years will
be taken. Less work will be required
in many subjects for a terms work.
especially in arithmetic, grammar. read.
ing, physiology and nature study.
History, algebra and physiology will be
placed in higher grades, Reno Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
County Assessed More Than Nevada

Westchester County, New York, was
assessed last year for two hundred
millions, or twenty-five millions more
than the entire State of Nevada. John
d. Rockefeller and his brother.
William. are assessed for nearly q
million dollars. The largest individual
holder of land is Walter L. Law. He
owns the entire village of Brier Cliff
Manor. Closely rivaling Mr.. Law are
the heirs of the Jay Gould estate. who
are assessed for $l,50O.O00 at Tarry'
town on Hudson.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
STATE NEWS.

The State Board of Assessors will
meet at Carson City on Jan. Q.
@. P. Ferrell. Sheriff Of Washoe
County, has selected Thomas Brandon
as his Chief Deputy.
Ore shipments over the Tonopah rail.
road last week aggregated 1871 tons, of
which 33S tons were from Goldfeld.
AL North and J. L. Heron have
leased the new Golden building in
Reno, and will open it as the Golden
Hotel about Feb. 1.
The Lyon-Storey County boundary
suit will be tried before the District
Court of Ormsby County SO that both
sides will have fair treatment.
Wells Fargo Company will erect q
brick building for an express Office on
the ground, now used as little park,
west of the passenger depot in Reno.
Miss Ida Edwards, former physical
culture instructor at the Nevada Uni
versity, was married on Dec. 28 to
Homer Laughlin Jr., of Los Angeles,
Cal.
Harry B rule, a graduate of the Min
ing School of the University of Nevad a,
left Reno last week for Cripple Greek,
Col. to accept a position in one of the
large mines there.
Miss Ethel Sparks, niece of Governor
Sparks, and former student at the
University of Nevada, was married at
her home in American Falls, Idaho, on
Dec. 20, to Mr.. Siders.
The ice harvest began on the Truckee
river last Saturday, and large crop
will be stored. The ice on all the
mountain ponds is from IA to 18 inches
thick and nearly fiawless.
Fred V. Meginness, Tonopah hay
and grain merchant, was married in
Reno on Dec. % to Miss May E.
Roberts, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
]. Roberts of Reno.
T. J. McCool has sold his lease on the
Streeter place in Lamoille to Bert Rock.
well. Mr.. McCool has lived in Elko
County since 1869, and now thinks Of
going to the Tonopah country.
William G. Brown of Reno has asked
for letters of guardianship of the prop
erty of his sister, Mrs. Jessie Terry.
widow of Prentiss V. Terry, Southern
Pacific employe who died Nov. 7. The
estate amounts to $450O in life insur-
ance and other personal property.
Mrs. Terry is but 10 years of age.
DIR. Frances E. Williams. Goldfield's
woman promoter. recently attempted to
take possession of several lots owned by
Attorney H. B. Lind. and when an ef-
fort was made to remove her she drew
pistol and declared she would shoot
| him. She was arrested and bound over
to await the action of the Grand Jury.
Paul Rossini, a section hand on the
Southern Pacific, was struck by train
and killed about Is miles east of Battle
Mountains while walking track during
the storm ON Christmas eve. TIE de-
ceased has brother and cousin sta
toned at Carlin, and the body was
taken there for interment. He also
Raves family in Italy.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
RECEIVERS DISCHARGED.
New York and Nevada Copper Prop.
erty at Ely Sold.

A New York dispatch of Dec. 80 says:
Vice Chancellor Stevens. in Trenton,
N. j., to-day made an order confirming
the report Of the receivers of the New
York and Nevada Copper Company
and discharging them from further
duty.
The report showed that the property
of the company had been sold to Ed
ward 7. Toland and others for $452, 100,
and that all creditors were paid in full.
The property is at Ely, White Pine
County. Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Rig Fire i'm Colorado Mine.

Damage, estimated at 100000 has
been caused by fire at the Silver Lake
mine in Silverton. 1t has cut off the
supply of ore from three mines to the
mill, aud thrown 800 men out of EN-.
ployment
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-01-07
Califnrnials Big Dry Dock.

The contract for the completion Of
the dry dock at the Mare Island Navy
Yard has been let to the Schofield Com
pany of Philadelphia for sl,SS5.0o
The California dry dock will be the
largest in the United States navy.