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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

II matters little where / was born
Or II my parents were rich or poor.
Whether they shrank from the cold
worlds scorn
Or walked in the pride of wealth secure.
But whether / live an honest man
And hold my integrity firm in my clutch.
I tell you, my brother, as plain as | can.
II matters much!
1t matters little how long / stay
In a world of sorrow. sin and care.
Whether in youth l am called away
Or live till my bones of flesh are bare.
But whether l do the best / can
To soften the weight of adversity's
touch
On the faded cheek Of my fellow man
1t matters much
II matters little where be my grave.
II on the Ian or In the sea.
BY purling brook. meath stormy wave
It matters little or naught to me.
But whether the angel Of death comes
down
And marks my brow with a living touch
~ ore that shall wear the victor's crown
II matters much! Anonymous.
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riage In order TO go ALTER p. BROWN
into a store. He left Low.
Brownlow In the carriage. Two or
three representatives, walking to the
capitol, came along and found Brown
low there. sitting in state.
"Hi, Brownlow!' said one of them.
'sHow about this? When did you get
q turnout like that, and what are you
doing here?"
"Nothing," Brownlow replied. moth
ing at all; merely getting a free ride
IN the ice wagon"
Then some one told the joke to the
vice president, and Brownlow put in
half an hour at the Indiana statesman's
elbow trying to square himself.
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PiCquart. the Hero
French officer Who Exposed the Dreyfus
Plot and Suffered Imprisonment
and Disgrace N Defense Of
an Innocent Man.

"HIRTEEN years ago Alfred
Dreyfus had not been heard Of.
Twelve years ago he was the
best known, the most hated,
man in France. For eleven years the
world talked Of him as the martyr Of
the century. Today he is a hero. Re-
stored to honor and rank in the army
Of France. he. though a Jew, has fol-
lowed the Injunction Of Christ. II for
give my enemies" he says. 81 want
no revenge. nc indemnity, only my
honor" Not only to Dreyfus. but to
France. has honor been restored. To
this happy outcome no one contributed
more than Georges Picquart, who,
forced from the army because he would
not join the syndicate of treason"
returns to 1t a brigadier general.
One day In 1894 a scrubwoman in
the German embassy In Paris picked
up a scrap of paper. She read enough
OF II to know that some n In the
French army was communicating with
''the enemy" She took the paper to
the French war office. Du Patty de
Clam was put on the case. He de-
teeted a resemblance between the writ
ing on this paper and that of Captain
Dreyfus, the only jew in the general
staff. Du Patty de Clam disliked Jews.
He reported to General MERCER, min
lister or war. who was looking for a
chance TO make a grand stand play"
that Dreyfus was the traitor. MERCER
ordered Dreyfus' arrest and when the
court martial was about to acquit him
dramatically appeared and submitted
a batch Of forgeries. upon which Drey-
fus was convicted. He vas degraded
publicly and sent to Devils island, APP
p~arently for life. But Lieutenant Colo
nel Picqnart came to the head Of the
intelligence bureau Of the general STAFF.
He soon became convinced that Drey-
tus had been ~wrongfullv condemned.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04
LEWIS EMERY, JR.

Foe of standard Oil. Who Il up For
Governor Ina Pennsylvania.
Ex-State Senator Lewis Emery. Jr..
Of Pennsylvania. nominee OF the Lin
coin Republicans OF the Keystone State
for governor. was the star witness at
the session the Interstate commerce
commission held in Cleveland TO ex-
anime into the operations Of the Stand
ard Oil trust. Ii was at this bearing
that he made the startling declaration:
The Standard has never invented any
thing. 1t has always stolen what
somebody else created" Mr.. Emery
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
For Permission to Appropriate the
Public Waters of State of Nevada

Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day
Of June, 1906. in accordance with Section %.
Chapter XLVI, Of the Statutes of 1905, one
l. J. Wilson of Austin, County Of Lander,
and State Of Nevada, made application to the
State Engineer Of Nevada for permission to
appropriate the public waters of the State of
Nevada. Such appropriation is to be made
from Reynolds Creek at points l mile north of
Eureka and Belmont road by means Of a
ditch and l cubic feet per second is to be con-
veyed to points on unsurveyed land by means
Of q ditch and there used for irrigation pur-
poses. The construction Of said works shall
begin before Oct. ], 1906 and shall be com
pleted on or before Oct. l, 1907. The water
shall be actually applied to q beneficial use on
OF before Oct. III, 1905.
Signed;
. HENRY THURTELL.
j2s-4t State Engineer.
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John Kendrick Bangs, who for some
years has been III New York. is to be-
come a countryman again. Il have
blue penciled city llfe," he said recent
ly. MY eye is on a farm in New
England, where l hope before long to
be able to provide an ~appreciative pub.
lie with limited editions of squab-chick'
ems, large paper turkeys and deckle
edged eggs. And" he added slyly, nc
item In either class will go out without
my signature"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

kins served In the Iowa state senate
and In congress and has been a candi-
date for the United States senate. His
Journalistic motto Is. always tell the
TRUTH" and he is a last ditch fighter.
Lyman ]. Gage, who is said to have
Joined Mrs. Katherine A. Tingieys
school of theosophy at Point Iona,
Cal. had a brilliant career in he finan-
cial world. Starting as an office boy
in a bank in Rome. n. Y, he worked
his way up until he resigned he presi-
dency of the First National bank OF
Chicago to become secretary Of the
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United States Pipe Line company.
would be driven out of existence but
for its pipe line and that the Stand
ard has complete control of the rail-
roads. He is considered the most sue
cessful antagonist of the oil trust re-
naming in the fray.
Mr.. Emery was born in Chautauqua
county, n. Y, in 1884, but spent his
early youth in Michigan. He served an
apprenticeship in a wooden mill. at
nineteen became a country school
teacher and two years later joined his
father in the manufacture of flour. In
1864 he removed from Michigan to
southern Illinois and later found his
way to the oil fields of Pennsylvania.
Years of struggle and vicissitude fol
lowed this venture. and it was not un
til the opening Of the great Bradford
oil field that he emerged from difficult
ties a man of Independent fortune. He
was first chosen to the Pennsylvania
legislature in 1878 and has served in
both house and senate. always being
noted for his independence.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To Mrs. Sophie Anderson. her heirs or as
signs, owning or claiming any portion OF the
Vega No. l and Vega No. Q and Pittsburg
mining claims. You are hereby notified that
the undersigned has expended eighteen hun
bred dollars $500 on each) In labor and i'm.
provements on the Vega and Pittsburg min
ing claims, situated In Newark Mining Dis
trict. White Pine County, Nevada, in doing
the necessary assessment work since 1899, in
conformity with the provisions OF section 1884
Revised Statutes of the United States, being
the amount required to hold the same. YOU
proportion Of the assessment Il 5000, and II
within ninety days from the service Of thi'
notice by publication you fail or refuse &c
contribute your proportion Of such expendi
ture As co-owner, your interest In said mines
will become the property Of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
NICK G. DAILY.
Eureka, Nevada, May IL. 1906.
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miration and friendship between them.
Mr.. Cleveland always stood a little In
awe Of the Boston man When Mr..
Olney was secretary of state he fire.
q%uently gave expression to the opinion
that appointees to the consular service
should speak the language of the coun-
tries to which they were respectively
accredited. One day when a breezy
western politician who was DESTROYS of
serving the Cleveland administration
as consul at one of the Chinese ports
presented his papers to Mr.. Olney the
latter remarked: Are you aware. Mr..
Blank. that | never recommend to the
president the appointment Of a consul
unless he speaks the language of the
country to which he desires to got
Now, I suppose you do not speak Chi
nese." Whereupon the westerner
grinned broadly and replied, IF. Mr..
Secretary. you will ask me a question
in Chinese l shall be happy to answer
it." He got tlrs appointment without
further parley.
Senator George Peabody Wetmore OF
Newport, X. L., who may find a con-
testant for his seat at Washington In
Colonel Samuel p. Colt, will have nm
ished his second term next March.
Both men are wealthy and prominent
In society. Although Mr.. Wetmore has
not attracted great attention outside OF
his own state and wen there works
along quiet lines, mis- political career
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independent citizen | shall strive to
promote recognition OF the fact in
which | believe-that the so called capt.
talist system. as such, is i~ndefensible
officially and disastrous industrially
through the unacceptable wage slavery
to which it leads and that 1t must be
pupplanted by a more righteous system
of cooperation and mutual aid"
Although president of the Nevada
Central railroad. the Woodbridge com
pany, the Haynes company and the
Austin Mining company. Mr.. Stokes
left bis fathers mansion In November,
1902, to live In the settlement house at
1S4 Eldridge street. New York.
In the course Of social settlement
work MIR. Stokes met Rose Harriet Pas
tor. a girl with a mind sharpened by
years Of study while tolling as a cigar
maker. She was a reporter for a Jew
fish paper and was assigned to In
terview Mr.. Stokes. 1t was a case OF
love at first sight. They were married
I'm the spring of 1905. Their city home
Is a fiat on the seventh floor of a tene
ment house. and they also have a hand
some country home at Noroton, Conn.,.
which was not long ago the meeting
place Of a group of well known people
who are interested in socialism.
shortly before congress adjourned
Vice President Fairbanks came down
the street In Washington In his finest
carriage. He met Representative Wal
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nected with two s. j. FLIcKINGER
prominent press associations before he
returned TO the Dayton Journal and
during his residence In the state cap
ital was closely associated with all the
public men of the state. While always
a rigid partisan, Mr.. Flickinger has
never been an offensive partisan and
numbers among his friends the big
men of both parties. He has attended
every state convention since 1873 and
has been on terms of intimacy with
every governor from Bishop to Patti
son. He has known the present gov
ernor for many years Mr.. Flickinger's
father was a bishop of the United
Brethren society and for many years
worked in foreign fields.
A South Carolinian of the old Bour
bon school was tainted with the pos
sibility Of having to east his vote some
day for Senator Benjamin X. Tillman
for president.
"No. sab. | shall never vote for Sena-
tor Tillman," the old man said. 1.-The
man | vote for for president must have
two eyes and but one tongue"
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trea sury under
President McKin-
ley In 1897.
Mr.. Gage once
gave evidence OF
democratic will
ingness to forego
the dignity of his
office and engage
In a scrap" He
was presiding at
fba auafiau sale 0f
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

born In New York
state. learned the
printers trade In
Wisconsin, fought
In the civil war
with the Thirty-frst
Iowa and since 1863
has edited the Sioux
City Journal. He is
a rock bound Re
publican and was
removed from the
Office OF United
States marshal by
President Cleveland
for offensive par
~fisauShiD." Mr.. Per
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04
Notice To The Public

The Board of County Commissioner notify
all persons not to throw garbage or manure on
the streets, and ask the public to cooperate
in keeping the streets clean, and to remove at
their own expense any rubbish they have
thrown out on the public highways. Throw
ing garbage and rubbish into the streets is a
nuisance, and as such viii be prosecuted to
the full extent Of the aw.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow In the sky.
So was II when my life began.
So Is II now ] am a man.
So be II when l shall grow old.
Or let me die
The child is the father of the man.
And l could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
Wordsworth
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has been an active
one. Now that he has
reached the height
of his ambition bis
opponents will not
let him rest In
peace.
Born in London
Aug. 2. 1916. dur
ing a visit of his
parents abroad, he
Is a graduate Of
Yale university and
Columbia College
Law school. After
holding several APP
pointivp nOlifical
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tration. He was lot known at all to
the people throughout the country up
to the time of his first appointment to
a cabinet position. when he was made
attorney general. He was probably the
leading corporation lawyer Of New
England at that time. although some
how he had never figured prominently
in the Mr.. Olney comes
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

ter p. Brownlow of
Tennessee. who was
walking along Fiji
teenth street.
Get In, Brown
low" said the vice
president, "and l
viii take you up to
the capitol"
Brownlow hoped
in. They chatted to
gether pleasantly
for a 0 time, and
then the vice presi-
dent halted the car
~ - II. - ~@
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MINING TAX.

Notice Is hereby given that the taxes on the
proceeds of the mines Of Eureka County for
the quarter ending June 80. 1906. are
now due and payable to me at my office In Eu-
reka and the law in regard to the same will be
enforced. II. G. McTERNEY,
Assessor Of Eureka County, Nevada.
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paper career In
1876. just after
leaving Cornell uni
versity, in the of
fee of the paper of
which he Is now
chief. Going to Co
lumbus in 1878. he
was On the Ohio
a Journal for
fifteen years. nine
years as managing
editor. He was con-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

from an old fam
fly and is a man OF
fine breeding. polish
and superior mem
tally. He works
hard and finds
pleasure IN 1t. but
he is also very fond
of recreation. Al
though there was a
afranU mutual adj
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the old government mint In Philadel-
phia. Although the room was crowded,
ii became evident that the $2.oOO.OOc
mark that had been set as the knock
down price would not be reached.
During a momentary hull some one
made a loud comment upon the admin
istration's relations with Wall street
suggesting that a mistake had been
made by o selling the mint there
and rejecting directly upon Mr.. Gage
himself The secretary turned in the
direction of the voice and answered In
a tone that vas as firm as 1t was
quiet. You're a liarr'
A friend of Mr.. Gage asked him
later what he would have done II the
had answered back and invited
trouble. well, II he really wanted
trouble" was the reply. Il was per
fectly willing to satisfy him then and
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

George d. Perkins, the Iowa "stand
patter" who, with the more OF less &C
tive assistance of Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw, Is trying to take the
governorship Of the state away from
a. Il. Cummins, Is an editor. He was
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

Richard Olney of Massachusetts,, who
has beer elected chairman OF the In
ternational Policy Holders committee,
Is best known as the secretary Of state
during the second Cleveland admins
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is president OF the only existing rival
to the Standard. which has a pipe line
from the oil regions to the seaboard.
He declared that this company, the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04
In the Limelight
J. 6. Phelps Stokes. Socialist -BrOwnIow
and the Ice Wagon Lyman ]. Gage.
''Stand Pat Perkins Richard
plney-W etmOre's Fight.
GENERAL times

a millionaire.
yet a Socialist.
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Is one of the most
interesting young
men in America to-
day. After dab
bling with social
ism for several
years be has at last
Joined the Socialist
party and declares
that "either with
them or as a wholly
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04
Fire Insurance

l.. G. G. WHITMORE represents in Eu-
reka the Fireman's Fund of California,
Home, Fire and Marine of California,
Hartford of Connecticut. Norwich Union
of England, London & Lancaster Of Eng
land, Hamburg : Bremen of Germany,
Scottish Union L Nationa. of England,
Queen of England, Western Assurance Of
Canada, Liverpool, London & Globe of
England-ten of the largest, oldest and
soundest Fire Insurance Companies doing
business in the United States.
7. c.. C.. Whitmore
AGENT
Eureka Nevada
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and public positions of an honorary
nature he was elected governor in 1885
and succeeded himself the following
year, but was defeated in 1887.
What he was working for all the
time, however, was a United States
senatorship. He sought election to fill
the unexpired term of Jonathan Chase,
who resigned In 1889. but Nathan f.
Dixon was chosen on the eighth ballot.
In June, 1894, he was elected to sue
coed Senator Dixon and was A-elected
In 1900.
Possibly no man In the United States
belongs to more clubs and social or
CARNATIONS, including the leading ones
in New York, Newport. London and
other places.
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Samuel J. Flickinger. managing edi-
tor of the Dayton (OJ Journal. who has
been appointed secretary to Governor
Andrew Harris, is one of the Oldest
and most popular journalists In the
Buckeye State. He began his news
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-08-04

I. G. c. Whkmore. Agent
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-09
ENGINEERS IN SESSION.
Large Number Of Delegates Meet in
Memphis, Tenn.

Associated Press to The Evening" Times.
Memphis. Tenn, May 9.-About 700
delegates were present here Today
when Grand Chief Stone, called the
biennial convention of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers to order for
the three weeks session There are
also present more than 300 visitors
who are mostly members of the ladies'
auxiliary. Those present represent
leading railroads in all parts of the
United States, Canada and Mexico.
During the following sessions it is
expected that much business relative
to the order will be transacted. The
relations of the brotherhood with the
other. organizations of railroad en-
ployees will be exclusively discussed
and the advantages, if any, offered by
a closer alliance, will be considered.
Todays business consisted OF the APP
pointment of committees on credent-
ials and organizations and arranging
the details of the subsequent days
meetings. All the national officers
were present. Peoria is making
strong bid for the next biennial con-
vention. Cleveland and Weeling are
also mentioned in the same connec-
ton, but the indications are that the
Illinois city leads the race.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-09
PRINCE ARTHUR IN MONTREAL.
Final Day Of His Visit Very
Busy One,

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Montreal, Que, May 9.-This, the
final day of his visit in Canada was a
busy one for Prince Arthur of Con-
naught. From the time he break
tasted this morning till the royal party
embarks on the steamship Virginian
tonight, the days program is one con-
unuous succession of features of en-
tertainment, This forenoon his royal
highness received number of visitors
and also found time for drive about
the city. Luncheon was taken at the
Hunt club.
This afternoon Prince Arthur and
his party were present at the formal
opening OF the annual Montreal horse
show. The occasion was one of the
most brilliant socially that has ever
taken place in Montreal The Arena
was thronged with the elite of the
city. to which was added distinguished
parties of visitors from Toronto.
Ottawa and other points. Prince
Arthur is to be the guest Sir Montagu
Allan at dinner tonight and later the
party will pay second visit to the
horse show The Prince is delighted
with the cordial reception with which
ne has met in his tour across the
Dominion and he took frequent &C.
casion today to express his pleasure
to those whom he met.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-09
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
Philadelphia Entertains Thousands Of
Delegates.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Philadelphia, Pa, May 9.-Several
thousand delegates representing prac-
tically every state and territory of the
Union are gathered in Philadelphia for
the thirty-third annual session of the
National Conference of Charities and
Correction. The formal opening takes
place in the Academy of Music tonight
and the proceedings of the conference
will continue through the greater part
of next week. The deliberations will
cover every known field of charitable
endeavor. Addresses will be delivered
by men in charge of corrections in
every large city of the country. The
speeches will bear largely on the adj
ministration of public charities, their
financing, the proper training OF char
ity workers and the education Of the
poor and the care of children. Among
the men of prominence who will take
an active part in the conference are
former President Grover Cleveland,
Governor Stokes of New Jersey, Judge
Julian Mack of the Chicago Juvenile
court, William G. Rail OF Terre Haute,
Ind, Alexander Johnson of New York
city, and Ernest P. Bicknell, general
superintendent of the Chicago bureau
of charities.
Minneapolis has sent large dele
cation here with an invitation to hold
the next conference in that city. 1t
has the support Of the entire North
west and the invitation probably will
be accented