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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

DOUGLAS HYDE, president of
the Gaelic League Of Ireland,
L - comes to Omaha this week and
b5sit5fkI will deliver a lecture at the Boyd,
S10 Thursday evening. on THE Gaelic
Revival in Ireland Arrangements for the
lecture are in charge Of Irish-Americans,
and the proceeds, together with a purse
raised by friends of the cause, will be de-
voted to aiding the educational campaign
carried on by the Gaelic League in Ireland.
DR.. Hyde represents a movement unique
in the annals of racial progress. 1t does
not command in the press the attention
given to political movements in Ireland,
yet results have been achieved rivallng
the uplift wrought by the Irish Land
League of a quarter century ago. organ
lied a dozen years ago, the Gaelic league
has marked a wonderful change among
the people. 1t has revived and restored the
prestige of an ancient language and laid
q secure foundation for making the Irish
q bi-lngual people. The ancestral lam
guage is now being taught in $50 schools,
academies. semnaries and colleges. Thou
sands of adults are studying the language
at night schools. 1t has been acquired by
one million people by recent study. Knowl-
edge of II is now necessary in official POSI-
tions, particularly in the postal service,
in banks, business houses and by trades
men in general. This is the result of an
aggressive organized effort of the Gaelic
league and its 800 branches English Is
not to be cast aside. The purpose of the
movement is to make the Irish the lam
guage Of the freside, retaining English as
the language of commerce. Some idea of
the progress Of the movement may be had
from the fact that the British postal ser
vice in ireland. which resisted the innova-
ton for years past, recently was forced
to capitulate and employ clerks able to
translate the Irish language. on one oc-
caslon several hundred members of the
league invaded the postofice in Dublin,
talked i'm Irish to the clerks and effectively
blocked the business of that institution
until employees familiar with the Irish
tongue could be had to attend to their
wants.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
A National Asset.

A few years ago Thomas ODonnell sur
prlsed the House of Commons by deliver
ing on the floor a speech in Gaelic When
asked why he employed language which
was almost totally unknown in England
and of which reporters had no knowledge
he replied that he was an Irish representa-
tive who, having spoken the native lam
guase from his cradle, saw in it's destruc-
ton the departure of a national asset as
well as a literary treasure, and that with
1t must go certain Irish characteristics
and ideals that the Gaelic forms and
idioms alone could impart and transmit.
At the same session three Irish representa-
tives, taking the oath in the house, re-
sponded to the customary welcome of the
speaker with the words, "Cionnus tina
thu" literally, how are you?O, a courte-
Gus Gaelic reply to the salutation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

with them and had rejected them, which
was pity.
AT most of the hotels the head waiter is
a ripe old maiden, who dresses In black
Silk and whose lips look as though they
had been formed by saying plums, prunes,
prisms. The other walters are younger.
They all dress in black for breakfast and
luncheon, wearing little bib-like aprons
about as big as a handkerchief pinned to
their waists. At dinner the walters come
forth in gowns OF immaculate white, as
clean as new pins. Here in the northwest
many of the waiter girls are Danes or Ice
landers They receive from Us to $50 a
month and board.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

DIR. Hyde's work.
In this comprehensive program Or. Hyde
takes a leading part lie and ms assoc
ciates have accomplished much. But DR.
Hyde's work looms above all others. An
acquaintance OF his, In note to the writer.
says. "A more unselhsh man than Dr.
HYDE never worked for any cause. For
twelve or thirteen years he has given his
time and talents entirely to the work OF
the Gaelic league without a penny of COM
pensation and has paid every penny OF his
own expenses. lie and his associates are
doing more to preserve the Irish race in
their own home than all other things put
together They are doing a great work in
promoting temperance among Irishmen in
ireland. They are doing a tremendous
work in aiding the industrial revival and
they are teaching Irshmen habits of self
respect and self-reliance without which all
the political concessions in the world would
not make them great race"
For one who has accomplished so much
Or. Hyde is young man, being still in
the fortles. Like the immortal Emmett he
is a native OF the soil, member of the
established church and a graduate OF
Trinity college. He is president of the
Gaelic league, president Of the Irish Texts
society, vice president Of the Irish Literary
society, professor Of modern languages and
examiner in Celtic in the Royal university
of ireland. His industry as an author Is
as amazing as his talents are varied. He
is poet, playwright, critic. orator jour
nalst, historian linguist, translator and
folklorlst. Above and beyond these he is a
patriot. Brilliant as are his literary pro-
auctions they are regarded by him only as
a means to the desired cnd-that Of inten-
styling the national spirit of the Irish
people and strengthening their love for
their native land. As an Irishman imbued
with the patriotic spirit Of the soil Or.
Hyde deserves a 'cead mile failthe" from
the Celts of Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
On the Saskatchewan River.

talked with Captain Fall Of the Hudson
Bay company about the navigability of the
Saskatchewan. Said he:
1.-THE river is almost as big as the Missis-
slppi and in some places as deep. With
little money expended upon 1t 1t could be
made a water highway, which would bring
the wheat down to Lake Winnipeg. The
chief obstruction now is in some rapids,
near the mouth of the river, about three
miles from the lake. A canal or wing could
be built about these rapids and by dredg-
ing few spots along the river, twelve
hundred miles or more of navigation could
be opened up. As IT is now the Saskatche-
wan will not carry boats which have more
than two or three feet OF water. / sailed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

Right here at Regina are some of the best
wheat lands of Canada. All the country
southwark to North Dakota and east to
Manitoba is taken up by wheat farmers, a
majority OF the lands belonging to United
States citizens. That section is cut up by
many railroads and it is about as well set
tied as Dakota itself. Running northward
from Regina the wheat country extends for
hundreds of miles. Almost directly north is
Prince Albert. which is now reached by two
railroads with settlements along the way.
The distance between the two places, as the
crow flies, is over 200 miles, Prince Albert
being about 300 miles directly north OF the
American boundary. More than 100 miles
east OF that line is Battleford, on the Sas-
katchewan river. town which is now
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

reached by the Canadian Northern railroad
and through which the Grand Trunk Pacific
is to go. This is another wheat center.
In fact, the grain growers are settling
here and there all over the central and
eastern parts of the province. The land
about Regina is black loan from ten to
twenty feet deep IN places. In other parts
of the province it varies that there is
much choice in locations. The surveyor gen.
eral of Canada, VINO has made careful
study of the province. estimates that Sas-
katchewan contains something like 5000, 900
acres of wheat lands and that there is also
region about as big Indiana which
might be irrigated. The wheat lands are
more than twice the size of the state of
Ohio.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

up It for 1000 miles last year on boat
100 feet long, which drew twenty-six inches.
going from Edmonton to Prince Albert.
was carrying goods for the Hudson Bay
company, and made the trip pay both
ways"
What is the character of the land along
the river?" i asked
at S Wild prairie row, 81 Gifted with home
steads The farmers do not settle upon the
banks, for they are rough. The chief farms
are just back on the smooth, level plains.
The river is crossed by ferries at many
places. The ferries are worked by steel
cables. which we had to cut in order to go
through"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Pretty Hotel Walters.

I like the hotel walters The swallow
tailed negro, with his hungry eye and Itch
ing palm, has not yet crossed the interna-
tional border, and the fee demanding white
waiter is absent. The service OF the dining
rooms is through fresh young girls, who do
their business rapidly and well. l wish
could introduce you to the international
hotel force at the 500. Every waitress
there is just under feet in height so
stately that one almost fears to give extra
dollars; and II does ones soul good to see
the Amazons stalk to the dining room door
throw it open with a stately swing. while
In dulcet tones they calculate:
Soup and fish, twice, In a hurry"
Some of these girls are very sympathetic
blonde waitress. upon my not touchinG
the soft-boiled egg she had furnished this
morning, plaintively said
you don't care for your eggs?'
As much as to say that was not In love
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Romance the Dominant Note.

THE romantic, as opposed to the real
istic," says Dr. Hyde, dominates this an
Client Irish utterance from first to last AL
lied TO this we find an exuberance Of
minute description and love Of adjectival
thunder, which last, by the way" the doc
tor naively remarks, us trait that has
not wholly departed even to this day from
among Irishmen-even those who have lost
their language. Its love of rhetoric its
peculiar mode Of hyperbole and its copi-
BUSINESS OF synonyms lend to early Irish
literature a charm and flavor that are
wholly wanting In early German, Anglo
Saxon and Norman French"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
New Towns of Central Saskatchewan.

New Towns of Central Saskatchewan.
Leaving Regina let US take flying leap
to some of the growing towns of central
Saskatchewan. First look at Prince Albert,
on the banks OF the Saskatchewan river,
more than 800 miles north of the American
boundary. That place was a Hudson's bay
post from which the fur lands of the north
were supplied. 1t was a great trading CEN
ter and today something like $250,OOO worth
OF furs are brought there every year. The
town is a lumber market and 1t also is sur
rounded by wheat fields 1t has two rail-
roads and there are ships on the Saskatche-
wan which give 1t considerable river trade.
1 am told coal has been found nearby and
the scientists say that the Coal Fall rapids
will give an enormous water power, which
will lead to the establishment of wood plup
and other industries Prince Albert has al
ready an electric light plant, which IL
owned and operated by the municipality,
and 1t is now putting in sewers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Cnnada's New States.

Saskatchewan and Alberta begin on the
edge of the United States and run north
ward GOO or 700 miles They are about as
long as from New York to Wilmington and
are wider than from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg. They are about the same size
Saskatchewan lacks only a few thousand
miles OF being as big as Texas. 1t is more
than four times the size OF Massachusetts,
twenty times as big as Maryland, more
than six times as big as Ohio and bigger
than any country OF Europe with the excep-
tions OF Russia and Austria Hundary. The
upper part of 1t is covered with timber. but
It has 10000 square miles OF prairie adapted
TO ranching and farming. It has some of
the best of the wheat belt. which will grow
the hard, finty grain priced by millers
the world over and known as mo l hard -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

A century ago Irish was the common
language of the people OF ireland. with
the act OF union in 1901 began a systematic
plan Of the ruling power to extinguish the
language and anglicize the race In the
last fifty years this plan was pursued with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

the way to my hotel. He asked II l were
not interested in real estate and straight
way offered me many choice lands. AS he
did so a Canadian friends who is travelling
with me said: My friend, you need not
try to sell land to We are in the same
business that you are. We are looking for
suckers ourselves"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
EARLY Irish Literature,

While there is a difference of opinion as
TO the value of the Irish as a spoken
language there is but one opinion as to the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
In the Government omc.,

1t took me some time to find the offices
OF the new province Saskatchewan is not
old enough TO have a state house or a par
Lament building. The government is now
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Saskatchewan Lands,

have talked with many OF the citizens as
TO the character OF Saskatchewan. Mr.
John A Reid. one OF the provincial officials,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

the land between Manitoba and British
Columbia, a distance of 1000 miles, and
between the boundary of the United
States and the Arctic ocean, belonged to
the northwest territory. 1t had minor sub
divisions, but the country as a whole was
governed by territorial officials who lived
here at Regina. AS the flood of immigrants
began to spread over the country the people
of the wheat belt concluded they wanted
more than territorial government. They
agitated the matter, brought 1t before the
Canadian Parliament and the result is the
two new provinces Of Saskatchewan and Al
berta. Provinces here mean the same as
states In our country. There were seven
provinces in Canada up to last September.
There are now nine and the two latest addi-
tions promise to be the most populous Of
the whole.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Dr. Uyde's work.

an effective appeal to "patronize home in
dustry."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

t, 1906, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
GINA, Sasketcnewan, Feb. L.
Especial Correspondence OF The
Bee. )-Regina is the capital of the
brand new province of Sdskatche-
wan Until last SpptamEer all
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

R. DOUGLAS HYDE, president of
the Gaelic League Of Ireland,
comes to Omaha this week and
will deliver a lecture at the Boyd,
Thursday evening, on THE Gaelic
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
A Splendid Showing.

Senator w. M. Stewart, of Bullfrog,
chief statistician for manufactures,
has submitted his report to the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, of the
Bureau of the Census, at Washington,
covering the state of Nevada. He says
in part:
81 have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing preliminary summary of the
statistics for the manufacturing indus
tries of Nevada for the year ending
December 81, 1904. This census was
taken in conformity with the act of
congress of March 6, 1902, and is con
fined to the manufacturing establish
ments with a product of $500 or over,
thus excluding the neighborhood indus
tries and hand trades, such as the
building trades, dressmaking, custom
millinery, custom grinding, cobbling,
and blacksmithing. Including these
industries there were reported at the
twelfth census, 2lS establishments witt
COL wage earners and products valued
at 81, 643, 675. The statistics indicate
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
Pioneer Nevadan In Town.

James A. Service, one of the pioneers
of Nevada, having arrived in Hamilton
in 1868, is in town. Mr.. Service helped
build the telegraph line from Ruby
Valley station to Hamilton in that year,
which was a year before the Central
Pacific railroad was built. Mr.. Service
removed to Belmont soon after and
accepted the position of deputy sheriff
under Bob" Steen, the first sheriff of
Nye county. He held this position and
discharged the duties so faithfully for
four years that upon Jim Colwell being
elected to the Office in 1872, Mr.. Service
was re-appointed deputy. He. served
with him during his tenure of office.
In 1874 Mr.. Service wa elected county
recorder, which position he held for
four years, being reelected in 1876 by
an overwhelming majority over a very
popular man. For the past twenty
five years MI. Service has had charge
of Governor Adams stock and cattle
and having ridden not less than $50, 900
miles since 1868, Faithful Old Jim"
is going to give the saddle a rest, al
though he personally does not intend to
take a rest from his active life. He
will spend some time with his brother,
candy" Service, who is superintendent
of the Nevada-Alpine mine at Lone
Mountain and will in all probability
make this section his future home, as
he is quite f~avorably impressed with it.
on this, his first visit here since it be-
came populated. Jim Service has
many old Nevada friends in Tonopah,
who welcome him to this, the greatest
and best mining camp in the land.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17

that there has been a substantial in
crease in the manufactures of the state.
In 1900 there were SO and 1905 there
were 115.
The capital invested in 1900 was
S 1881, 2O8 and in 1905, 49, 91, 1897. Of
cours these figures are a year old and
it is safe to say that at the present
time, at least $4,000, 900 are invested
in manufacturing enterprises.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
Bowen e Life.

Mrs. Lucy G.. Stephenson, the low
character who was living with Chill
linn Bowen at the time that the latter
killed her husband, was a witness
in the superior court in San Fran
cisco last Saturday in the trial Of
Bowen for murder. 1t vas for that
fellow she gave up husband, children
and home. Mrs. Stephenson told OF
the first meeting with Bowen, and
how he had been helped by her hus-
hand when be was proving up his
claim in Washoe county, Nevada,
and how he had afterward been
driven from the ranch by Stephenson
when he discovered that she and
Rowen were too intimate. She told
how she had come from the ranch to
San Francisco to undergo a surgical
o~neration and of the relations with
Roven after her discharge from the
bospital. "On the morning OF the
shooting my husband came to the
door and demanded that it be OPP.
ened," said the woman. ~ knew it
was he as soon as he spoke and
told Bowen. | asked my husband to
wait a minute, but he forced the door
omen and walked into the room.
Bowen was standing where the open
ing door concealed him. My husband
had a revolver in his hand. Bowen
grabbed the revolver out of the wash.
stand drawer and shot my husband
twice before he could use his weapon.
He fell at my feet"
The jury deliberated but eight
hours, returning at the end of thai
time, a verdict Of guilty, Of murder
in the first degree. The jury ac.
companied this with a recommends.
ton Of mercy, which caused the court
to sentence Bowen to life imprison
ment instead of death at the end Of {
rope.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
NEW TO-DAY
ORDINANCE NO. I.

THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION
4 ERS Of the County ofNye, State OF Nevada,
in regular session on this the 9th day OF Feb
ruary, A.. ID 1906: Do ord ain as follows:
That a sidewalk be and the same is hereby
established, and shall be maintained on each
side Of Main street, in the town Of Tonopah,
County Of Nye, State OF Nevada, from the inter.
section of Everett avenue on the south, to the
grounds occupied by the Tonopah and Goldheld
railroad company on the north.
Be IL further ordained: That said sidewalk
shall have a uniform width of ten Q0) feet on
said Main street.
BE it further ordained: II the owner or
owners, occupant or occupants Of any property
fronting on Main street shall place any goods
or merchandise, or who shall in any manner
%obstruct all or any portion OF said sidewalk, to
the free and convenient use ana travel OF the
same, shall be deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof be fned in any
sum not less than twenty (20) dollars nor more
than one hundred (sl00) dollars, and the Court
before which such conviction shall be had shall
order the Sheriff or any Constable OF the County
OF Nye TO abate as a nuisance any such obstruc
tion
February 9th, 1908.
EUGENE LOCKE,
Chairman Board OF County Commissioner
WIN, ROGERS.
Attest: c. G.. BEvIs,
County Clerk and Ex-oficlo Clerk of the Boar,
OF Commissioners in and for Nye County,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
Keane Wonder.

1t is reported that l.. L.. Patrick
and associates will take over the
Keane Wonder mine today. This
great property lies south of Bull
frog, near Death Valley. Superin-
tendent E. H. Widdekind and Mining
Engineer Fred Cox have just made a
preliminary survey for a mill tram
from the mine to the mill, which the
Patrick people intend building at
onna
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
Still At It.

C. L. Marsh one of the proprietors
of the Nye and Esmeralda Supply COM
pany, which was recently thrown into
the hands of a receiver, has been placed
under bonds to keep the peace at Gold
field, a complaint having been made
against him by Receiver N. c. Good
win, who claims that Marsh had made
threats to kill him. ,Mr. Cove, the
partner of Marsh, also claims that
Marsh has threatened him.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
The Lucky Jack.

H.. L. Moody, secretary and gen
eral manager of the Lucky Jack
mine in the Bullfrog district, passed
through Tonopah this week on his
way to San Francisco to purchase q
hoist for the mine. There mas been
a great amount Of work judiciously
done in the Lucky Jack, but Mr..
Moody is of the opinion that the pres
ent workings are above the forma-
tion that the Montgomery Shoshone
occurs 10, and as soon as the hoist is
in place the shaft will be sunk 10O
feet deeper.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
Maxwell Indicted.
once.

The grand jury of Esmeralda coun-
ty has found a true bill against W.
H. Maxwell, accused of embezzling
funds from the Eagles lodge in Gold
field. Maxwell formerly resided in
Tonopah and was tried here three
years ago, on a charge preferred by
Frank Golden, by whom he was en-
ployed at the time.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
South Rnllfrog.

A shipment of $500 feet of riveted
pipe, together with a 5-horse gasoline
engine and pumps has been made to
South Bullfrog, to extend the water
line to the Griffin appropriation.
This viii give a fall OF 90 feet to the
reduction plant and townsite. The
line has been laid to the mill and
town, and the water turned in. South
Bullfrog thus secures a water works
system within a month after the first
tent was erected upon the townsite.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
Old Comstocker WEEDS.

Valentine Ritschy, aged 70, and
Elizabeth Sheridan, aged Sc, were
welded in San Francisco a few days
ago. Ritschy conducted a barber
shop in Virginia city for a number of
ears.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17

The Merchants hotel is the head
quarters for Manhattan people while
in Tonopah. They like the rooms;
they like the beds and they especially
like the management. m
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17
PostofIice at Palmetto.

A postoffice has been established
at Palmetto in Esmeralda county,
with Mrs. Rodenrich as postmistress.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-02-17

All the comforts of home at the
Merchants hotel. This is certainly
an ideal stopping place and enjoys
widespread popularity. Make it
your headquarters while in town. m