Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-08-05
GENERAL NEWS
OF The WEEK
Johann HOch Gets Respite oi
Four Weeks--POlicy Hold
ers After Equitable
Millions.
Mrs. ]. ". McKeoua, who has

u unttiiuCAJ
in Lincoln county, for some time
past, is under indictment by the
United States Grand Jury for selling
liquor to three Indians. She Is IN
che Carson jail IN default Of bail
The Nevada Consolidated Copper
Company Of Boston, which owns a
rich property at Ely, ip this state, Is
planning to install a concentrating
plant with a capacity Of L'OOO tons
daily. The company recently IN
creased its capital stock from l,0OO,-
600 shares to /, 300, 600 shares, at 10
par value. zoo, 900 shares Of this
have been placed and the proceeds
are to be devoted to acquiring a i3O-
nile railroad connection with the
Southern Pacific. The officers Of the
company are: James Phillips, Jr,'
president; Homer Loring, yiee-presl-
dent. and George B. Baals, secretary
and treasurer.
Father Hennis, a Roman Catholic
priest at Boise, Idaho, has become a
COMMUNICATE Of the Episcopal Church
and win soon become q clergyman in
the Fond Du Lac, Wis, diocese.
Johann Hoch, who was senteaced to
to hanged for the murder Of one wife
and who is believed to have poisoned
a score Of her predecessors for their
money, was saved from the gallows
at Chicago, last Friday, by q wealthy
woman, who came forward in the
ulck Of time with an offer Of the
funds necessary to perfect his appea
to the supreme court, At her re
quest, Governor Dineen granted thu
condemned man . respite Of foul
weeks.
Assistant Attorneys General w A
Day, who has been in the service o
the Government since the frs
Cleveland administration, has re
signed to accept the position o
Comptroller of the Equitable Lii,
Assurance Society Milton D
Purdy has been appointed to sue
coed him by Attorney Genera
Moody.
The Uintah reservation in Uta.
will be opened for settlement on Aug
18th. Registration for the drawing
to be made begun Aug. lst and wi
close Aug. 18th. The drawing wi
begin at Provo on Aug. 18th. Verna
Price and Provo, Utah, aud Gran.
Junction, Colo. have been designate
as places Of registration No fee
will be required for registration.
Upon a charge that COMMISSIONS
Richards OF the General Land Ofic
had played into the hands of the Nor
mons in opening to settlement tn
Uiutah Indian reservation, Genera
Erles Of Utah has demanded his re
moyal.
The purpose Of the policy holder
OF the Equitable Life Assuranc
society, who have joined in a suit il
the United States Circuit Court i
New York, for q r~eeeipership 70
the concern is the dissolution OF til
society and division Of the $3.50, coo,
600 assets, The p~oIicyholders in til
suit regard the Equitable business a
Killed by recent developments an.
with a drop Of 500, 600, 600 10 bus.
ness and an annual expense Of Sl2,
GOO, coo they think business Shout
cease. Their intention is, first c
oil, to throw overheard the stock
holders and then wind up the bus.
aess Of the Equitable and re-iusur
It's policybolders in other companie;
In the suit brought in the Unite
States circuit court by John Tbomr
son, a mining broker against Tho,
+. Walsh, a Colorado mining OF
orator, for a bali share Of S14, 900
600 for which Mr.. Walsh is said I
nave sold the Camp Bird group
mines to an English syndicate, a d,
cislou was rendered for the defer
dant Thompson claimed there Wa
an oral agreement between himse
and Walsh that they share alike
the mines.
Gets Four Years.