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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

Unless the railroad crossing
bill now before the California
legislature is defeated the West
ern Pacific will be unable 10 enter
many California cities, according
to statements of the company's
representatives who are at Sac
ramento trying to defeat the bill.
The various chambers of commerce
and boards of trade of the state are
also uniting in the effort to prevent
the measure from becoming a law.
The bill was introduced at the
instance of the Southern Pacific,
it is claimed. and it provides that
no railroad shall be permitted to
cross the tracks of another road
now in existence, when it is a
physical posi- bility' for the new
road to tunnel under such tracks
or bridge over them.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

Austin, New, January 81. 1865.
II. W. DYER.
County Auditor.
T. II. DALTON, Gornty Treas urer.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
Assemblyman Clark of Lincoln

Assemblyman Clark of Lincoln
county has introduced a bill in the
assembly to pro hibit gambling.
The bill makes it unlawful for
any person or persons to conduct
any gambling game within this
State, and provides a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars or
more than one thousand dollars,
or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail not less than fifty nor more
than 1870 days, or BY both such
fineand imprisonment, for those
found guilty of violating its pro-
visions. The fines to go to the
public school fund.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

Bonded Debt of Lander County.
Fifty-hve 8 per cent. Bends, $500 each so, 200 ca
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
ADVERTISING RATES.
Left IN the Lurch.

Since the departure OF +. Z
Woolcock, our Editor-in-C Chief, to
the Legislature. the NEvADAN has
been a tri-weekly, that is, we have
tried to publish it every week.
Mr.. Cheshire who has been in
charge during Mr.. Woolcock's abb
sence, left us in the lurch to-day,
having departed in a westerly dir
ection.
We are doing our very best and
sincerely hope our kind readers
will overlook our seeming negli-
gence.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

OCT. 1st. 1904. to JAM. LIST. 1908.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
Justices Gunter, Maxwell and

Justices Gunter, Maxwell and
Thompson of the Colorado Court
OF Appeals, have decided that a
mining company can exchange its
capital stock for property, bond or
lease-and in the absence of show
ing OF fraud, the stock will be held
to be fully paid. The case was a
bitterly fought one and in render
ing its decision the Court of Ap-
peals reversed the judgement OF
the district court.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

Bonded Debt OF Railroad
Twenty.fou O per cent. Bonls' Sl,WD
each ......... $Zl,UOJ %
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
Balance In the Several Funds

Cash In Treasury. ......
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

The Senate passed the State
hood Bill, after one of the most
interesting parliamentary c~ontestst
seen in recent years. The mea-
sure admits Oklahoma and In
d ian Territory as one state, under
th e name of Oklahoma, and New
Mexico as another. Arizona was
eliminated.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

Assemblyman Patterson, OF
Ormsby, has introduced a bill in
Legislature which provides that
aliens shall not be employed in any
of the state, county, OF municipal
instructions nor upon any public
work for pay.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
CREAM OF WHEAT

is not only one of the most delicate
anddelicious breakfast foods ever offer
ed 10 the public, but in addition, being
composed AIN, st entirely OF purs glut
en- lie Que of the healthiest and most
nutritious foods known. For sale at
A. d. Lemaire & Sons.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
no AGENTS.

All mining companies operating In this and
adjoining districts, and all other parties hav-
Ing business dealings with this paper, viii
please transact the same with us directly. as
we have no agents IN San Francisco or other
places.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23
TERMS.

Correspondence Is solicited from The surround.
ing country. Communications OF q personal
nature will be subject to q rigid scrutiny.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-02-23

uondcd Debt of Town Of Austin.
twenty ) per cent. Bonds. 5 CD each s. 900 Oh
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

warriors around the council IRE. Al
day long he had been sitting alone on
the jutting cliffs which ovefhang the
water, far away from the laughter
and shouts Of the camp, eagerly, pray.
Ierfully watching the great lake. Sure
|ly the Great Spirit would hear his
prayer and give him the moment be
longed for, yet he had been here
for days and weeks in unavailins
prayer and waiting.
The afternoon was well-nigh spent,
and the heart Of the young brave had
grown cold as stone. In his bitteI
despair he sprang to his feet to defy
and curse the Great Spirit to whom he
had trusted, but ere he could utter the
words his very soul stood still for JOY,
Slowly rising from the center Of the
lake, he saw the dreaded Ong. Cir.
cling high In the heavens Hike a vast
shapeless thunder-cloud, black as the
might the monster swept, now here
now there in search of prey. Tho
young brave stood erect. When the
Ong was nearest, he waved his arm tC
attract Its notice. He had not long
to wait With mighty swoop and al
awful rushing noise the bird dashed
to earth, and as 1t swept upward, the
young brave was seen by all to bt
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
Am Dying Egypt, Dying.

I am dying Egypt, dying,
Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast,
And the dark. Plutonian shadows
Gather on the evening blast.
Let thine arm, oh! Queen, support
me.
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear,
Hearken to the great heart secrets,
Thou, and thou alone, must near.
Though my Scared and veteran lc-
giOns
Bear their eagles high no more,
And my wrecked and shattered gal
legs
strew dark Actium's fatal shore;
Though no glittering guards sur
round me,
PROMPT to do their masters will,
I must perish like Roman
Die, the great Triumvir still.
Let not Caesars servile minions
Mock the lion thus laid low;
Twas no foeman's hand that slew
him,
Twas his own that struck the blow.
Here, then, pillowed on thy bosom,
Ere his star fades quite away,
Him who, drunk with thy caresses,
Madly flung world away!
Should the base plebeian rabble
Dare assail my fame at Rome,
Where the noble spouse, Octavia,
Weeps within her widowed home;
Seek her-say the Gods have told me,
Affairs, Augurs, circling wings,
That her blood with mine commin-
gled,
Yet shall mount the throne of
kings.
And for thee, star-eyed Egyptian!
Glorious sOrceress of the Nile,
Light the path to stygian hOnOrs
With the splendors of thy smile.
Give the Caesar crowns and arches,
Let his brow the laurel Irvine;
can sc0rn the Senate's triumphs,
Trfumphing in love like thine.
I am dying Egypt, dying!
Hark! insulting fOeman's cry;
They are cOming-quick, my falchion.
Let me front them ere die.
All! no more amid the battle
Shall my heart exulting swell:
Isis and Osiris guard thee.
Cleopatra! Rome! farewell!
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
CHTCkAHAGUA AXEIEERSARY.

One Of the Great Battles Of the Rebel.
aoa-TraGie Death Of POet-Soldier
General LytIe.
TorS-txo years ago the latter part
Of September was fought and won by
Rosegans the great battle Of Chieka-
magua.
Chattanooga, the objective point Of
the campaign, has been well considered
the very gateway OF the entire South.
Bragg, in command Of the Confederate
force, was outwitted and outna-
neuvred, and the town OF Chattanooga
fell into Federal hands, entirely by
strategy.
Chattanooga was then but q poor,
struggling village, never having been
even heard Of by one I'm thousand OF
those who composed the Northern
army. II Is now n wealthy, prosperous
city Of over 10000 Inhabitants and the
home OF many Northern families. An
electric line runs from the city TO
Chickamagua Park every 30 minutes.
The celebration Of the anniversary
of the battle, from the 10th to the 23d
of September, where the tales Of the
campfire and the picket line were once
more recounted. has been OF surprising
interest to thousands Of old veterans
and their >quondam foes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
Brief Thanks 10 the Ladies.
Tonesboro (Ark.) Evening Sun.

Jonesboro (Ark.) Evening Sun.
The members of the Citizens Band
ask the ladies who gave the supper
for the benefit Of the band on WedHes-
day night, August ., to please accept
their sincere thanks. 1t Is the wish Of
every member that when these good
ladies have done all the good deeds
here that God would have them do,
that they be gathered home to join
the heavenly band. where all be joy,
happiness, and good music, which all
who live as these good ladies have
lived shall enjoy, and may the in
fiuence of these good ladies ever guide
the members of the Citizens Band to a
higher stand of morality and fame,
and may We never cease striving until
we have reached the topmost round Of
the ladder of fame, when God, in His
wisdom, shall call as home, and when
we have played our last tune here on
earth, may We be gathered with these
good ladies' around Gods throne, where
we can play on Gods instruments OF
gold, where our music will be sweeter,
through the ceaseless ages of eternity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
SIR HUxBRED DeEEAR BIELs
Hsw AZ Iaasssas Riaa vas Sss-
ns@es&

HSw AZ Iaaeesas Rfaa vas Sss-
A little story was teld at the New
Willard Hotel in Washington the other
day ~ { Eew YoEAer vho vas travel
In a q Pullman car between 81
Leais aHA lis home. which goes 70
sAew the dAagsr of eonyieking man On
eireunsfantial sttdence. The principal
figure n this ineidsnt vas not con
vFtsd but had 10 not been for q for
tuftous circumstance tt might nave
gene hard with him.
1T seems that one Of the occupants
of The car On getting cut Of his bertn %
dress missed bis vest which was q
rather serious affair. inasmuch as Il
contained in an inside pocket roll OF
money which consistsd of six brand
new 500 bills.
"a little later he picked up the gar
ment on the floor. but on searching, the
roll Of money was gone. 1t was q
clear case Of robbery, and the man
naturally raised an existed outcry'
which drew the attention Of oil his
fellow-traveiers. Early In the game
the proposition to search everybody u
that coach was made and adopted W. ID
but single dissenting voice. One mar
stood out nercely, and Indignantly
against II and said that he would
never consent to such an indignity, bu'
would oppose It with all the force hs
could employ.
"This man was at once an object Of
suspicion, and many whispers directed
at him went around. Every other indi
vidual aboard voluntarily submitted Il
being searched, yet nothing was seer
of the olen bills. At this point son'
amateur Sherlock Holmes cornered th'
porter, and by adroit questions ant
threats made that rascally employ
own up to the ,heft, and also made MN
disgofSe $500 In handsome notes tina
appeared to be right from the Print
ing Bureau The owner OF the none.
was overjoyed and all hands eongratu
lated him on recovering his money.
about this time the obdurate gen
tleman who had resolutey declined Z
be searched secured the floor. Wow
my friends said he, I will tell yo'
why risked your suspecting me OF tn
theft and v hat did this man do bu
go down in his hip pocket and fetc
up a roll of money that he counted GU
In our presence. and, rs sure as III
living man, in this roll there wer
Just six-no more and no less-brant
new bills, each of 500 denomination
Positively there was no way of tellin
them from the bills that had been Re
covered. Then we all knew why he ha
declined to be Investigated"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

The old indian woman glanced
furtively at the distant sky line, and
then conferred her case upon the deep
crystal waters Of the lake. The Ongf
she said. will tell you Of the Ong
The 0ng was huge bird, greater
than the houses Of the white men. Its
body was like the eagles, and its
wings were longer than the tallest
pines. Its face was that OF an In
dan, but covered with hard scales,
and ito feet were webbed. Its nest
was deep down In the bottom OF the
lake out in the center, and out OF the
nest rushed all of the waters which
All the lake. There are no rivers to
feed the lake, only the waters from
the Ong's nest. All the waters flow
back near the bottom, in great under
sweeps, and after passing through the
meshes of the nest are sent forth
again. Every plant and bird and anil
nal that gets into these under-cur-
rents, and sometimes even the great
trout are swept into the meshes of
the nest and are there held fast to fur
nish food for the 0ng.
He ate everything, ne. liked every
thing, but best Of all he liked the
taste Of human flesh. No one ever
heard or saw anything Of such poor
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

and the darkness crept over the lake,
and into the darkness the Ong van
ished.
The women had been long in their
huts ere the council fire was kindled,
and the warriors gravely seated them
selves in its circle. The loss of Il
young brave could not be allowed to
Interfere with 50 important an event
rs the marriage choice, and from most
Of their minds he had vanished. 1t
was not so very unusual for the Ong
to claim a victim, and besides, the
youth had been many times warned
by his elders that he should not go
hunting alone as had been his habit
of late.
But while the warriors were work
ing themselves up to a frenzy of elo-
quenee over their bygone deeds of
daring, an Indian maiden was pad
ding q canoe swiftly and silently
toward the middle Of the lake. Mona,
the Chiefs daughter, understood no
more than the rest why her lover had
not been dropped into the lake, nor
why the Ong had acted so Queerly,
but she knew that she could die with
her lover. She took her own frail
canoe because II was so light and
easy to paddle, though 1t was made
fer her when . giri, and would scarce
" support her weight now. 1t mat
tered nothing TO her II the water
splasf1sa over the sides; 1t mattered
nothing hsw she reached her. lover.
She kept saying his name over softly
b hersalf. aTah0e! My own Tah0ew
When the council had finished, the
old women went to the Chiefs hut
to bid his daughter come and hear the
decision her father was about to rem
der. Their CONSERVATION was great,
nor did the tribe rest until the rosy
dawn tinged the Washoe peake and
disclosed to the warriors the vast
body Of the Ong floating on the wa
tern ahsve n nes& and beside It
tiny, empty canoe. But gently ap-
preaching the shore was the strangest
craft that ever foeted on winter. II
wae enc e TIE 0ng's great wings, and
the sail was. the tip of the other wing!
standing upon ft ciasped IN each 9th:
eFs aFTHA Was tAe young brave Ia
heo an1 the GHGhcer Of the chief. In
tn shautp e. tie tribe, sheuts in which
WarEiOrs an women and children
nningls6 thoir v0ieee with that Of the
gpaaH Chief Tahoe knew that he was
thSs hero, anh that Mona was bis bride.
The d0cjsion Vas rendered, but the
Ong'a nest IN remains, and to this
QAy the dr6wned never rse N Lake
VI0o0. = " - IL -s-.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26


The battle Of Chickamagua, which
followed Chattanooga, was most deSpcr-
ately contested ON both sides.
Bragg was reinforced by veteran
corps from Virginia. under LongStreet
and Buckner's Corps from East Ten
ncssee, until his forces outnumbered
RoSecrans' by over 1900, and yet the
Northern army, by wise and vigorous
marching day and night over noun
tains and through passes, and by the
concentration of widely scattered
forces, inflicted such terrible losses
that Bragg was incapable of any but
the most cautious following when
Rosecrans fell back to occupy Chatta-
n00ga, for which he had been contend
ing.
Among the many brave officers on
both sides who gave up their lives FOR
their beloved causes there was none
Drawer, none more mourned than the
Union Brigadier-General. VIM. IL.
Lytle. About to give the order to
charge. he was struck in the head by n
bullet and fell dying in the arms or MS
aid.
His poem Of "Anthony and Cleopa-
ira" generally believed to have been
composed the night before the battle
but which. rs Il matter of fact, was IN
earlier production, has been classed as
one of the most mastery lyrics IL
American poetry.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

clasped fast in its talona A great
ferry of horror arose from the camp,
but it was the sweetest note the
young brave had ever heard. The
bird few straight up into the
[sky until 1t became q mere speck to
the enthralled behOlders below.
when it reached a great height it
would drop It's prey into the lake and
let the current draw 1t to the nest.
[Sueh was its custom, and Tor this
the young Indian had ptepared y IN
winding From his waist long back
skin cord, and tying himself firmly to
the Ong's legs. The clumsy feet could
mot grasp him - tightly as b prevent
his movements. At last the great toss
opened wide, but the Indian did not
fah Again tkey closed and opened,
land tt epn@d bird thrust down his
head t. - why his victim refused 70
fall. In mighty rage the Ong tried
Ito grasp tt man In its mouth, but
the serOng web between the set bros
toes sheltered him. Again and again
the bird tried to use his horrid TEEN,
and each tine his hugo body would
fall through the air I'm such twistinSs
land coateftione that those who
watched below stared In DeWtldee-
ment. But what the watchers could
mot see vas that every time the huge
mouth opened 10 snap Of him, Ae
young brave hurled handful &
poisoned arrow heads into the n0utA,
land down the big throat, their sharp
points cutffn aaep into the unpr1-
tected fesh. The bird tried to On
hodge him BY rubbing, his feet to
|gether, but the thong held firm. Now
|H plunged headlong. into the lahe.
|but It's feet were tied 30 that n could
|not. swim. and though It hshef the
|waters into foam with its great wings
and though the man was nsary
and exhausted, the poisoa
ca5lsed the great bird such agony that
q a1l)1en1y. arose and tried to escape
BY flying toward the center of thu
lake. The contest had lasted hing,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26

mortals as were drowned in these wa
tiers, for their bodies were carried to
the Ong's nest and no mOrsel ever
escaped him. Sometimes he would
fly about the shores In quest Of some
child, or woman or hunter, yet he was
q great coward, and was never known
to attack snyone In camp, or when
two or more were together. No arrow
could pierce his feathers, nor could
the strongest spear do more than
glance from the scales on his face and
legs, yet his crayen's heart made him
afraid, for his toes had no claws, and
bis mouth no beak.
Late one fall the Washoe Indians
were making their final hunt before
going to the valleys and leaving the
AXE locked In its winter shows. The
Chiefs daughter was sixteen. years
Old, and before leaving the lake he
must select the greatest hero In the
tribe for her husband, for such had
been the custom of Washoe~ chiefs
ever since the tribe came out Of the
Northland Tsirer than ever Indian
maiden had been was this daughter,
and every unmarried brave and war
llof in the tribe wished that he had
performed deeds of greater pr0wess,
lat - uigat b certain Of winning
TIE pS1ne. That last night at the lake,
around the big council fire, each was
. SMOKE the pipe and recount to the
Chief the nobIest achievement OF his
Ne, and when aM were heard, the
Chief would choose, and the women
Mn the circle and the wedding take
baace. For many years the warriors
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-26
Nursery Nonsense.

Two E1agpfes sat on a garden rail
AS long age as a week;
And one little maybe wagged his tail
In the other little magpie's beak.
Then doubling like q flst his little
claw hard
Said the other "Upon my word,
This IL more than flesh and blood can
stand
From maybe or other bird"
So they picked and they scratched
a each others eyes
Til all that was left on the rail
Was the beah Of one Of the little mag
pies,
And tbs osAsr little magpie's tail.
The Washington times., 1905-06-25
IN PENSION OFFICE
A QUARTER CENTURY
Joseph R. Warner, Veteran Clerk, Dies
at His Thirteenth Street
Home.

Joseph r. Warner, a veteran clerk OF
the Pension Office. died at his home in
this city, 1876 Thirteenth stree north
west early yesterday morning He is
survived by a widow.
Mr.. Warner was a native of Pennsyi-
vania, having been born in Erie coun-
ty in 1891 In his early days he taught
school Afterward while at the study
of law in Ohio the civil war broke out
and he enlisted in the 10oth Ohio Regi-
ment and served with II until the close
OF hostilities.
He returned to his native State and
engaged In the insurance business In
1879 he came to Washiengton TO accept
the position in the Pension Office which
he held up TO the time of his death.
Mr.. Warner was warm personal
friend of the late Judge Albion w. Tour
gee who was United States consul at
Bordeaux, France. for number or
years.
Funeral services will be held at the
house at o'clock this afternoon The
Rev. Teunis s Hamlin will ofhciate. In
terment will be at Conneaut. Ohio. The
remains will be taken TO Conneaut THIS
evening"
The Washington times., 1905-06-25
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT,
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Forty Horse Power Touring Car
Smashes Into a Trolley Pole at
Woodlawn Cemetery.

NEW YORK, June PA forty-horse
power touring car, containing seven per
sons and going at a high rate of speed,
smashed into trolley pole on Jefome
avenue. near the gate of Wooniawn
Cemetery shortly after midnight. AS
result, one man is dead. another is near
death, a third is seriously injured. while
at least three others were badly hurt.
The dead man Is Paul Foster. of the
Commonwealth Hotel. Boston
The injured are Arthur Dodge. of
South Orange: John Robinson. of South
Orange, y. j.: A II. nressle William
krause. and William Lahse, Of this
city.
The force of the collision hurled all
the occupants out of the machine. and
their peril was increased when the car
caught fire and exploded The auto
mobile is the property OF Edward H
Graves, a broker. of 80 Broad street
whose home is in South Orange. n. ].
There were many motor cars on the
read at the time, and their occupants.
including a score of women well known
III society. gave first aid to the injured
soiling their costly gowns by helping
10 carry the bleeding victims of the
wreck 10 Miller's Hotel. near by. These
society women also used their auto
mobiles TO carry the injured 10 the hos
pitals-