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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
FROM THE LEGISLATURE


University. Passed.
To create a Board of Health in each
| county in the State. Passed.
Eouipping and building a metal
~lurgical building at University at Reno.
Passed.
The appropriations to be made by the
| Legislature will reach nearly S4OO, 600.
The Legislature will complete the
80 days on March 6, but will probably
run over several days.
The bill appropriating $500 a year
for two years to the Nevada Chamber
| of Commerce at Reno has passed the
Assembly.
The resolution endorsing the Presi-
dents action in reference TO legislation
| OH freights aud fares passed almost
unanimously.
An appropriation has been made by
the Legislature to purchase a chemical
fire apparatus for the Nevada State
University.
The Reno Gazette says that when the
anti gambling bill comes up for dis
position in the Assembly a number of
absentees are expected.
Assemblyman Patterson's bill to
make it illegal for foreigners to work on
public works was held to be IN un-
American measure and defeated.
Governor Sparks has vetoed the bill
appropriating $4,000 for a Governors
mansion at Carson City, on the ground
that an Executive mansion is a luxury
which cannot be considered necessary
at this time.
The bill providing for the a%ppropria-
ton of $500 to the State Board of
Health for investigation of the epidemic
at Goldfeld. has passed both houses.
1t has thus cost the State $500 to find
out that there is smallpox at Goldfield.
Senator Roff's measure providing for
preventing the pollution of the Truckee
river has passed both branches of the
Legislature. 1t carries III a%ppropria-
ton of $4,000 to pay the expenses of tae
suit now pending against the Floriston
Paper Company.
The bill to reduce the interest on
State school lands from 6 to 4 per cent,
and to extend expiring contracts to be
renewed at 4 per cent for a term of 20
years, was amended to death in the As
sembly Monday afternoon and was
finally laid on the table.
There is a proposition on foot to in
troduce a bill which will require all
saloons to pay a State liquor license.
The rate will be low, fifty dollars a
year, but the revenue from the 100
saloons in the State will amount to be-
tween fifty and sixty thousand dollars.
The bill prohibiting the sale of liquor
within five miles of construction work
ON irrigation canals, railroads, ETC.,
passed by the Senate last week, was
amended in the House so as not to
apply to towns that had a population of
100 before such work began, and passed
The amendment was made for the
benefit of Wadsworth.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Roams the Desert Naked.

Ed White, a Reno gambler, started
on an early stage Saturday morning to
go from Tonopah to Goldfield. He had
been drinking and gambling the night
before, and when a few miles from town
he took off all his clothing except an un.
dershirt. leaped from the stage and
struck out over the desert. 1t was sew
eral hours before he was captured on the
desert, where he was wandering aim
lessly, suffering from the cold. He was
taken back to Tonopah and placed un.
der the care of a physician.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Alabama Coal Mine Horror.

One hundred and thirty-nine bodies
have been recovered from the Virginia
GOAL mine at Birmingham, Ala, where
on Monday more than $50 men were
caught by a terrific explosion. The dead
are so blackened and mangled that iden-
titcation is almost impossible. One poor
fellow was found barely alive, and he.
roic but almost hopeless efforts are being
made to a v him. 1t is believed that all
others III the mine are dead.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Shipped Brick by Express.

Berghauser & Wolf. enterprising mer-
chants Of Goldfeld, Saturday sent an
order to the brickyards at Carson City
ordering 1000 brick shipped to them at
one The railroads embargo on
freight prevented the building material
being sent in the ordinary way. The only
recourse was to the express company.
The bricks were sent, the charges for
the shipment amounting to $6s2. They
are to be used in the construction of q
bake oven.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

The committee that investigated the
bribery scandal in the California Legis.
lature has reported in favor Of the ex-
pulsion Of the four Senators involved.
The validity Of the Kansas anti Trust
law was on Monday upheld by the Su-
preme Court of the United States in an
opinion rendered by Chief Justice
Brewec:
A captive airship escaped Saturday
in Oakland, Cal, Mrs. George y. Hea-
ton was in the basket. After sailing
several miles she punctured the gas bag
and alighted in safety.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Adolph Weber Found Guilty,

At Auburn, Cal, on Wednesday
Adolph Weber was convicted of murder
in the first degree for the killing Of his
mother. The Jury was out Is hours,
The trial occupied 2S days. during which
the prisoner maintained his composure
to a remarkable degree. Weber, who is
only 20 years old, is also accused of kill.
ing his father, sister and brother and of
burning the family residence. The
tragedy occurred last November at An.
burn.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Attorney Generals Report.

The SENTINEL is in receipt of the re-
port of Attorney General James q.
Sweeney for the years la03=4. The re-
port includes a synopsis Of State cases
decided by the Supreme Court cases
pending wherein the State of Nevada is
a party opinions rendered by the At
torney General during the two years,
and a synopsis of the reports of the
District Attorneys Of the various
counties. The book is valuable for
legal reference.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
NEW TODAY.
Notice to Creditors.
ln the Third Judicial District Court Of
n state OF Nevada, in'aud for Eu.
Teka County.

In the Matter of the Estate Of Antoine A
Regli, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed and qualified by the
Third Judicial District Court Of the State of
Nevada. in and for Eureka County, as Ad,
ministrator of the estate of Antoine A. Regli,
late of said county. deceased.
All creditors having claims against said es-
tate are required to file the same with proper
vouchers attached. with the Clerk of said
Court, within forty days after the first publi-
cation Of this notice.
NORTH A. REGLI,
Administrator Of the estate Of Antoine A.
Regli, deceased.
Dated Eureka, Nevada, February Is. 1905.
Date of first publication February %. 1905.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
To Create a School Library Fund.

A bill is about to be introduced into
the Legislature providing for the estab-
lishment of a Public School Library
Fund. It's main provisions are as fol-
lows A sum of not less than So nor
more than s. per teacher, and a further
sum Of not less than 5 cents nor more
than 10 cents for each census pupil is to
be set apart for each school district in
the State, and this is to constitute for
each district a Public School Library
Fund. This fund is to be expended
solely for books approved by the State
Board of Education.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Government Closing Derby Saloon

Government Closing Derby Saloons.
By order of the United States Gov
ernment. Robert Grimmon, United
States Marshal, left Reno Monday for
the lower end Of Washoe County for
the purpose of closing up all saloons
along the line of Government work now
in progress there. The order came as a
result of the many Grimes that have
been committed at and nea Derby. In
the past year at least two dozen muir.
ders, in most instances the victims
being canal employees. have been com.
mitted at or near that town. WHICH now
contains a npmber of saloons,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
EXTRA SESSION OF
THE SENATE CALLED.
President Issues a Proclamation Set
ting March 4 As the Day.

Washington. Feb. 23.-The President
to-day issued a proclamation converting
the Senate in special session at IL
O'Clock noon ON March 4th next to ''re-
ceive such communications as may be
made by the Executive"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25

John Burns. the Irish English agita-
tor, says that "Chicago is a pocket edi.
ton Of hell" St. Louis believes that
it is an encyclopedia of that place.
Some people who don't live there think
Reno is an unabridged edition.-Silver
State.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25

Tonopah = Goldield Ore shipments.
The ore shipments over the Tonopah
Railroad for the week ending Feb. II.
as reported by the Miner, aggregated
1917 tons, of which III tons came from
Goldfield.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
Express Company Refuses Freight.

At Reno on Monday Wells Fargo &
Coz Express refused to receive a ship.
ment consisting of machinery and
other appliances necessary to establish
a laundry at Goldfeld. AS q result the
owners will be compelled to ship the
material in by teams. The Southern
Pacific has refused to forward any but
perishable goods.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25

$4,000 Tickets Sold for Goldfeld.
Up to Wednesday 1000 tickets had
been sold in Chicago and 5000 in Sc.
Louis for Goldfield. Fifteen specials
will leave those two cities for Nevada
and California next Tuesday night.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25
ORE SHIPMENTS OVER THE E. & P.

The following ore shipments have
been made over the Eureka & Palisade
Railway for the week ending Feb. "a,
l005.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-25

You can only sell honor once.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06

following are the receipts of grain, -four,
mill feed and hay for the year ended June
30, 1906: Wheat, ,493,02S bushes; corn, l.
b25GS bushels; oats 1,4S030i bushels; rye
1886 bushels. Total receipts of grain, A.
53l oe6 bushels; flour, 1G2 2os barrels; hay,
ton to the above large quantities of meal
peas, beans and grass seed are sold on
this market for which no record is kept.
Tho Inspector reported SCI cars grain and
10 cars Of hay, inspected during the
year. Captain b. A. jacob was reelected
the Board rendered him a vote OF thanks
for the prompt and efficient manner In
which lie had conducted the affairs OF
tho office during the past year. Mr.. Ro-
dolph King was reelected grain and hay
inspector. The following standing COM
mttces for the year were then elected,
the first named on each committee being
lGxecutive,-N. r. Savage. 7. II. Elliott.
w. i. Richardson. Jr., r. a. Justis and
George r. King. Arbitration-J. D. Nc
sntre T. = Moore Moore X ' & Bentley 3, no John
Nat. Frazer w. Il. Green, NJ. j. 5lussen.
George c. Gary, Monro Levy and w. r..
Selden. Information and Statstics-H.
". Wood, w. r. Selden, w. ". Smith. T..
II. CARRIER and I. l.. Sutherland. Grain
r. II. I.cane. $. r. Gates. George p.
A.. Justis and s. 7. Beveridge. Trade
John r. Cary. w r. Todd. S. w. Tomp-
kins, r. D. Harlow and r. 7. Webster.
Quotations-F. H. Deanc, w. G. Bragg.
G. w. Wingfleld. II. G.. Carter and Ed
ward Alvey Hay-W. i. Richardson; Jr:,
Carter and r. T.. Chcnery. New Mem
hers--Gcorge T. King, Eayless Eppes, JOS
eph Wa llerstein, W. w. Iefew and John
j. Fairbank. Tho Board then adjourned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
MR., WAGNER PROMOTED
TO OFFICE IN NORFOLK
Well Railway Passenger
Agent Gets Reward for
Service.

Mr.. John g. Wagner. for six years city
passenger agent Of the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad in this city, has been APP
pointed city passenger agent Of the same
company at Norfolk, the eastern terminus
5 Of the lines of that road. Mr.. Wagner will
succeed Mr.. w. Il. Lakewood, who has
represented the railroad company in Nor
fork for some years, and who has been
promoted to travelling passenger agent for
the middle west territory, with hcadquar-
tiers at indianapolis. The change will DO
made July 18th.
d The announcement of the promotion
and succession has rot been officially
made by General Passenger Agent Bevill,
having been made public at Norfolk UNI
officially Mr.. Wagner admitted the cor
rsctness of the statement yesterday, how
ever. The name of Mr.. Wagnor's sue
cessor as city passenger agent in this city
has not been made public, although 1t is
admitted that d choice has been made.
Mr. Wagner will have been connected
with the passenger department of the
Norfolk and Western Railway in this city
for fifteen years August 18th, having en-
tered the uptown passenger office when
1t was first opened and in a clerical ca
pacity. Prior to his connection with tho
railway he entered the service Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company as
messenger and learned telegraphy there.
Six years ago, Mr.. Wagner was made city
passenger agent in Richmond, and since
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
Property Transfers,

Richmond: John s. and r. II. Harwood
and wives to J, r. Walsh. 80 feet on west
1 pne, OF Allen Avenue, 81 feet north of
wallace Christian and wife to Josephine
christian, % feet on east line of Graham
Frank Y. and Corydon lii sutton and
wives to John Hunter, Jr,, trustee, 10 2-s
t f on east line of Eleventh Street, 40
i l fnom southeast corner of Marshall
d. H. WiEaSan and wife to A. G, Reck-
sr, 40 ieel ON west line of Thirteenth
street, 40 feet north OF Clay Street, 81, 376.
heniico: Wallace G. Saunders and wife
10 John llogen. 94s acres at northeast
Corner e Of e Broad Street and Staples Mill
Kettle towe's trustee to Emmu Ella
sE,aulerb.aGh' 30 feet on north line of Oak
Caroline, Mary b., Robert G. and Jos.
epii Y, Jelierds TO Robert w. and Cor
nslia ". Gates. lots Nos. 45 and 46 in
plan OF Woodvllle, $500. - -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
ENDLESS CHAIN
OF WORKERS
Thousands Are Interested in
the Tee-Dce Outing
Contests.
NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR THEM
Hotel Managers Say That All
Possible Will Be Done for
Tcc-Dee Guests.

The Summer Outing Contest, now In
force. is the third annual event Of Il.
Kind that has been held by The Times
Dispatch. and so far 1t has proven 10 bs
the most interesting OF ALL
Thousands of votes have been demos.
tied. large proportion OF which have
been voting certificates. but, nowhere
near all the certificates that have been
Issued are yet deposited and accounted
for. Thousands and thousands of yotes
are being held back for tho final battle
OF ballots which Will take .slace on or
before July I'D at p NJ. the last day
of the contest.
The statement printed last Sunday
shows thirty-six parties entered Each
party IL composed of three ladies', two
principals and chnpcrone Thus 1t viii
be seen there are one hundred and eight
ladies who are undoubtedly Interested IN
every phase Of the contest. It is quite
reasonable TO suppose that each OF these
ladies have ten persons. members OF their
immediate family, parents brothers, sis
tiers. cousins and aunts, who are helping
in every way their cause 1t Is also fair
to estimate that this Influence extends
to personal friends and acqrIaIntapccs in
tho same proportion. thus creating a sort
of endless chain Of interest to greater
Tlmes-Dispatch readers all over the
State. Looked at from this point OF
view. some Idea will be had of the great
interest manifested in The Times Dis
patch Outings Contest easy year.
Delightful Trips.
Every possible arrangement has been
made in order that the trips to be en-
joycd may be pleasant and comfortable.
The fourteen first prize parties will
spend their time. each party for one
week at the following hotels. all OF
which are we'll known resorts OF the
first-class:
The Mountain Lake Hotel. at Mountain
Lake, Giles county. Va; Hotel Wacfa-
preaguc. at Wachapreaguc. on the East
ern Shore OF Virginia: Mt. Elliott Springs.
at Mt. Elliott. Va. near Stanton:
Buckroc Beach. Va. The Mecklenburg.
at Chase City Va; The Princess Anne
Hotel. at Virginia Beach. Va; Ocean
View Hotel. Ocean View. Va. and the
fifteenth party. the consolation prize
party. will spend two weeks at the New
Grnnd Hotel. Thlrty-flrst Street and
Broadway. New York city.
In addition to the transportation to
and from the above Tce-Dec resorts for
each fortunate contestant there will be
furnished to each one OF the ladies a
$500 fire insurance policy issued by the
Virginia State Fire insurance Company.
a $500 Standard Accident insurance poll
cy, issued through Brnnder & Company.
and the Richmond Transfer Company
will transfer the baggage OF each party
to nnd from the train or boat In Rich
mond.
The managers Of the hotels write that
there will be nothing too good for the
Tee Dee parties when they arrive, and
so 1t may be seen that to win ono OF
the Tce-Deee outing trips is to secure
prize well worth the effort.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
MR.. DEYER'S PLANS.
Former Deputy Collector Called
to West Virginia By Illness.

Mr.. n. Q: Deyer, formerly chief deputy
collector of internal revenue In this city,
who was recently superseded BY Mr.
,Abram Warwick, of this city, has been
called away to West Virginia. by reason
of the illness Of his child, Mr. Deyer.s
plans for the future have not been out
lined, II he has yet mntured them, Some
OF his friends suggest that he may contest
the removal and some even predict that
he will be appointed collector. claiming
that COLLECTOR ssd tenure en- 81 Is ,mted
ton that Postmaster-Gener George b.
Goeyou w b made 3aat Sscrea ia s Of he
Deyer were fellow students at Wash
ington university So far as known, Mt.
cate such an expectation. Collector
Rogers's friends contend that his tenure
for four years Is assured.
Mr.. Warwick. the new deputy. is OF
an old and prominent Richmond family.
lers Of Richmond y the days Of Its
He is distanty related to United States
Senator Daniel Mr.. Warwick has taken
charge, and Is dlscharging Its duties reg
ularly now,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
TRIED MURDER,
THEN SUICIDE
Continued From First Page.)

every chamber Of it. and, walking to
the front of the alley on Mayo Street,
turned the weapon on himself. The am
bulance was approaching, the scene OF
the shooting, having been called to at
tend the woman, when LaBellc turned
the weapon upon himself and fired one
shot, which went too. low to kill lmme-
dlately, II at all. s ,5ts
Sergeant Bailey had the woman placed
IN an ambulance and sent to the City
Hospital. ALTERS Dr.A thurman, In charge.
had rendered emergency treatment. The
woman declined to have an opiate adj
ministered at the house. ana was placed
in, the ambulance and taken to the hos
pital. where Drs. TrevillEin, Truman.
Pitt and Witten dressed her wounds and
clcansed them. Inquiry at the hospital
elected the information that all three
wounds are superficial, and that the wo-
man will in all probability recover.
In the pockets Of LaBclcs coat were
found three letters, addressed to his sis
ters and directing the place of his burial.
These letters show the deliberate pur-
pose and the motive.Rt
Letter to His Sister.
The first letter is addressed to Motley,
Plttsylvinin county, Va. TO his sister.
Nora, and Is as follows. with certain
words expurgated:
Gully 5, 1906.
Dear Nora.-You will be sad to hear
of my death, but I hope you will forgive
me, for l could not help 1t, for my wife
did me wrong, and $50. CHere it Is
stated that the woman had returned to
life Of shalne) M
Goodbye, Nora, forever. DO not
worry about me. for VIII meet you In
heaven, l hope.
my things are for you. Winnie and
Ruby. Goodbye, with kiss. From
your loving brother,
Yours truly.
~. w. LABELLE,
"1725 East Main Street.
my writing is bad, know. for 1t is
not a gift In nc. Goodbye forever,
with n kiss
A duplicate of this letter to- his sister
Winnie, was addressed to Miss Charlotte
Hupple, Ceres. Bland county, Va. The
third letter, evidently intended for the
undertaken, reads thus:
please bury rae and my wife in Oak
wook in my mothers section. Harvey
Taylor has the papers.
(SigneO ~. W.iLABEI4LE
'.rhe self-murdercr,"
The man LaBclle was apparently TWEEN
ty-thrce or twenty-four years old, and
was employed as n driver for Glass and
JorSs, barrel manufacturers, and states
his residence at No 172o East Main. In
quiry there developed the fact that man
named Joe LaBelle and his wife lived on
tho third floor, but nothing was known
of the. shooting there. LaBellc and the
woman, whose former name was Annie
Melton, were married about nine months
ago. after having been keeping company
for about year. She was formerly an in
mate of an improper house. and 1t is al
legged that she recently left her husband
and went to the Gentry house at No. o03
Mayo Street. She was apparently about
twenty-four years old, has dark com
plexion and hair and had been rather
pretty. ..A3 N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
MAY BUILD BRIDGE.
Joint Sub-C Committees Take Very
Decided Action.

The joint subcommittee on streets from
Richmond and Manchester appointed to
take up the Free Bridge matter. met last
night at the City Hall, and on motion
of Captain Morgan r. Mills, 1t was de-
cidcd to recommend to the Councils OF
the two cities that a bridge not less than
slxty-six feet wide be built on the site
Of the present Mayo Bridge.
City Engineer Cutshaw disagreed with
the committee. favoring another site than
that recommended.
The committee decided to meet to-mor-
row evening at 6 o'clock. together with
the city attorneys and engineers Of Rich
mond and Manchester, to look over the
proposed site.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06
NO ALIMONY.
Judge Keith Decides That Di-
vorce or Desertion is Necessary

80 ~ " DSoSA l1O1l Is NECESSARY.
The right of a woman to alimony when
she had deserted her husband without
Just cause Is the vital question in tho
case Of J. p. Beatty ads. Hattie =.
Beatty, his wife, in which an appeal and
supersedeas has just been granted by
Judge Keith Beatty resides In Surry
county, but Judge West, Of that circuit.
was unwilling for personal reasons to
try the case, and so transferred 1t to the
Corporation Court of Newport News.
where 1t was tried, with the result that
Mrs. Beatty was awarded allmony. From
tho Judgment of the Corporation Court
of Newport News this appeal is granted.
The appellant in his petition declares
that Mrs. Beatty left him and went to
Claremont to reside, taking with her
much of their Joint goods and chattels.
Mr.. Thomas w Shelton, Of Norfolk,
attorney for Beatty, contends that Judge
West. Of the Surry circuit, exceeded his
powcrs when he transferred tho cause
to Newport News. that power being ex-
pressly given to the Governor It Is
further commended that alimony without
divorce or dcsertion by the husband is
an unhcard of thing In law. Other
grounds OF error arc assigned