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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
One Swig of Grants Applejack,

An incident in the war record of Nat
Coons. who served with the Sixteenth
Illinois infantry, and one that he is
never tired Of relating, is his being
given a drink Of applejack out of U.
S. Grants canteen when the general
was colonel in the Twenty-frst
illinois. Private .Coons was looking
around cautiously in cellar in Mon;
Grant, who inquired sternly what the
private was looking for Upon being
Informed, the colonel graciously fur
nished the appleiack and Private Coons
has treasured the memory ever since.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

Even after, the war, when the bat
tie drums were silenced, Pete still
stuck by the old drum. He was an
ardent. supporter of Frank Eddy and
the latter never. thought of going on
- Pete' : Hoffman along With the Old
First Minnesota drum, to. furnish the
music. ts&a--s,; s--.es
!. = Another interesting relic at the head.
quarters is faded flag which Company
D of Minneapolis carried to Fort Smell.
ling when it enlisted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
THE BOSS.

Philadelphia Ledger.
"Now them said the teacher of arithmetic.
'what is above par':''
II think know ventured small boy, after
long silence in the class
'WelI?' asked the teacher.
ats ma n'-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
awful.

Yonkers Statesman.
He-Neitker male nor female convicts in Eng
lish prisons are permitted to see mirror dur
ing the period Of their Incarceration.
She-Oh, now, that's carrying punishment
tn far
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
ANOTHER DREAM.

PhiIadelph1a North american.
dreamt l saw the car as safe
AS any man could be;
woke and read what the douma said
On July twenty three. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
HIS JOURNEY.

Beenaway-Let me see. About Nogoodson-
when felt he was going from bad to worse,
and
staidhome-It subsequently developed that he
had no return coupon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
MISTAKEN AIMS. !.

-f- Washington Star.
'Your aims are all wrong" said the political
economist.
''You must be right on that point said the
anarchist. 1T is notifying to see how few
Of our bombthrowers hit the right person"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
TEARS OF CARL THE GREAT,

Charlemagne was weeping the bank
KAISER Wilhelm stole my clothes while I
was swimming in the StyX." he explained.
Herewith the royal shade was compelled to
don barrel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
CONCISE DESCRIPTION,

- ~fs'S@ $500. New York Sun. s"s- r-,s-- -. s.
: %Stella--What WAS her -ba thing suit like7
Bella-It was heard but not seen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
A srATEsMAN,s POSITION.

Attic no candidate am !,
can't be blamed. YOU see.
II some bandwagon travels by
And runs away with me.
Washington Star.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

The fife and drum corps of Ulysses s.
Grant post, No. %. Of Chicago led the
Illinois department Of the parade yes
terday. This drum corps is composed
of Director G.. w. Manley, William
Crawford, John Raymond. George
Haynes, Frank Brooks. John Rankin.
William Muskimer, Charles Wells and
Thomas Stevens. All are veteran mu-
sicians Of the civil war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
PROOF.

"What reason have you for thinking that
the thief who entered your house was lock-
why. I saw him make n bolt Tor the door ),
said the victim Of the robbery.8 .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
nANeERous

Yonkers Statesman.
Bill see. they've arrested that woman at
the show. - -
Jill-You mean the one who threw pieknives
at her husband up against board?
Eyes; she got tired throwing the knives and
threw few pies.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

John Pearl, Seventy-fourth Illinois,
yesterday. carrying a big apple thrust
on a flagstaff. The apple weighed
about eighteen ounces and was four
teen inches in diameter. Mr.. Pearl
raised it on his place near Oklahoma
City and says it didn It have it's growth
when he picked it as an encampment
exhibit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

For ,cramp collie or diarrhoea, Cham
berlain IS Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy works like magic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

Governor Bell Of Vermont, who led
the department Of Vermont in the great
parade yesterday, is a guest of P. D.
Mcmillan, 500 Tenth avenue Sc. Gov
ernor Bells daughters accompany him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

Pains in the stomach are PROMPTLY
relieved by Chamberlain 8 Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS
Colorado "High-Graders" Mixed Up
in Big Mining Scandal

A Denver dispatch states that the
greatest mining scandal that the West
has ever known has been brought to
light in the United States Court, where
some Of those concerned in the manage
ment Of the famous Little Johnny
mine at Leadville are charged with
holding out from the company's ac-
connt ore the value Of which goes into
the dizzy figures.
Expert Accountant W. @. Austin
charges that nearly 100. 900 tons Of ore
were sold by the men in control, some
Of which ran over 100 ounces Of gold to
the ton. besides very high in silver
values. and he charges that no account
for this was ever made to the stock
holders.
Besides developing a great scandal.
the report shows the Little Johnny
mine to be one Of the greatest that has
ever been discovered and makes its
owners the wsalthiest men in the State.
After being worked for all these
years, the management is to-day ship
ping ore at the rate Of 1000 tons q
month. and this ore runs about 500 tc
the ton. which means a production OF
nearly $4,000. 900 a year. There are
about rs miles of underground work
ings. and the announcement was made
less than q week ago Of the discovery
Of . Is pound nugget.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
PLATFORM

The Republicans of Eureka County, State Of
Nevada, in convention duly assembled. endorse
the Republican administration Of our National
Government, and we endorse without re-
serve the nominees Of the Republican State
Convention, and pledge them the undivided
support Of all the Republicans Of Eureka
County.
We expressly adopt and endorse the plat
form of the Republican State Convention.
We also pledge ourselves to the maintain
ance and continuance Of the principles and
policies Of the National ard State Republican
party.
We recommend our Junior Senator, George
8. Nixon, on his course in harmony with the
President; on the policies affecting the Nat
ional Government, also his consistent course
ss q safe, energetic and conservative Republi-
can, his close attention to the business of the
Senate, and to the interests and welfare Of
the people Of the State Of Nevada.
We recognize the necessity for q harmonious
cooperation Of capital and labor upon strictly
equitable principles. For labor, we stand for
the highest compensation and the safest and
most favorable conditions with which laborine
men can be surrounded. For capital, We
stand for the principles under which all prop
erty and vested rights. as well as the interests
of labor, whenever u~njustiy assailed, shall
have the full and adequate protection Of tbs
law.
We favor mining laws which viii place the
conduct Of the mining industry and the pro
lection Of mining interests upon the highest
and most honorable plane Of business princi
Piles.
To the public schools we renew our pledge
of answering loyalty.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
Hearst Nominated Governor Of New York

for Governor of New York decid-
ed the nomination, al follows :
Hearst, 300; Sulzer 100; Dix, 10.
Necessary to a choice, 226.
One of the strongest speeches
against Hearst during the conven-
ton was made by W. H. Raines.
who denounced in unmeasured
terms the attempt Of the editor
to obtain control of the party he
had SO repeatedly abused.
Telegram From California
A telegram was read by Mr..
Raines from Timothy Spellacy,
Democratic State Chairman OF
California, in which Mr.. Spellacy
said it seemed increditable to the
Democrats of California that a
New York Convention should put
forward for Governor a man who
at the time is using every infiu-
ence at his hand to defeat the
Democratic State ticket in Cali
fornia.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

I exceed 5000 worth Of work had been
done upon the mines; that no one OF
them is a fully developed gold mine.
that defendant tricked Mrs. Martin aud
robbed her Of her store OF money; that
he knew his representations to be false;
that true assays of the ore do not ex-
ceed from 20 cents to $2.27 per ton in
gold; that not q stroke OF work has
been had in erecting = smelter with the
money Whalen cheated his victims out
Of; that the mines are old and
abandoned works. absolutely worthless
and never will pay TO work.
WhoIen Was Angry
Judge Hart fixed tomorrow at 10 q.
m. for sentence of the defendant, who
received the announcement Of the ver-
dict with an expression Of anger rather
than of hopelessness of grief.
Whoien Did Not Testify
1t has been o matter of freely ex-
pressed surprise that Whalen did not
take the witness stand in his W be-
half and explain his part in his mining
matters extending owe some IL years.
The reason for his failure to do 30 may
now be stated. Had he offered him
self as a witness, he would have been
compelled to admit that he had been
convicted on an exactly similar charge
as that under which he is now held.
WhaIen An Old Convict
District Attorney Seymour has in his
possession official transcripts showing
that in the year 1893 VIM. Whalsn was
tried in the st. Louis criminal court on
a charge Of obtaining money from
Frank Lutz by false pretense. regarding
these same mines which he then named
st. Peter. st. Paul, st. Mary, and five
other saints. In California he gave to
the miues the names Of California,
Oregon, Utah, Arizona, etc.
-Four Years In Missouri
Whalen was sentenced by the St.
Louis court to four years in the Mis-
souri, State prison. and beaten on an APP
peal, served out his time.
Judge Harris charge to the jury was
long and exhaustive, aud SO fair that
the defendant thanked him for it as the
Ju lge left the bench when the jury re-
tired.
A Developed Mine
One of the charges given is new here
and is of special interest in the matter
of definition.
He charged the jury that the meanins
of the term ''fully developed mine" is
body Of ore in the depths of works Of
mining property. disclosing so much Of
precious or other metals that they may
be extracted at a profit and withou
further waste work.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
Desert Alfalfa

A recent Washington. d. O.. dispatch
says a discovery of great value to the
arid and semi-arid West has been made
by the scientists and experiments as
ISOLATED with the Department of Agri-
culture. It is q new alfalfa which will
grow with considerable luxuriance in
sections so dry that heretofore no vege-
tation has grown. It..was first found in
New Mexico. This plant. it is said,
will make. and is making, great desert
regions valuable for pasturage and
forage. The department is raising seed
from it. for use in other sections, and
will be prepared soon to distribute it.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
NOTICE

OF appointment of Executor Of the Estate Of
JULIA BROWN. Deceased, and for
the Presentation Of Claims
Against Her Estate.
In the District Court Of the Third Judicial
District. In and for the County Of Eureka.
State Of Nevada.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Julia Brown,
Deceased.
I, Martin Mahoney, the undersigned. do
hereby give notice that ! was on the 18th day
Of September, A. ID. 1906, by the above named
Court, duly appointed executor Of the estate
Of Julia Brown, deceased, with the will an
nexed, and have qualified as such; and further,
I hereby direct that all persons having claims
against said estate are required to file the
same, with the proper vouchers and statutory
afidavits attached, with the Clerk Of the Court
within three months from the date of the first
publication Of this notice.
Dated, Eureka, Nevada, Sept. 26, 1906.
MARTIN MAHoSEY, Executor.
H. X. MITCHELL, Atty for Executor.
4t-First publication, September %.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

Erred Dale Wood. a lawyer from
Manhattan. kicked up a merry row in
the Democratic County Convention at
Tonopah last week." said s. E. Hop
kins, a southern mining man, to a Reno
Gazette reporter. Wood headed a
crowd of Manhattan delegates that
were supporting him for District At
torney and when the Tonopah machine
rolled wei him, sustaining and later
nominating Pat McCarran. Wood got
ont his ak. He bitterly opposed in the
convention the platform, which Nc
Carran wrote, denouncing it as a
meaningless straddie upon the labor
question and a lot Of unnecessary
platitudes about national affairs
"When Manhattan tried to secure
the nomination for a County Commits
sioner from her camp aud was turned
down in favor of Tonopah and Rhyo-
lite. Wood. followed by the Manhattan
delegates, left the hall"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
ELY SPORT ARRESTED
Harry Groves Accused Of Defrauding
Promoter Tex Richard

Promoter Tex Richard
Harry Groves. q sport from Ely, Ne
vada, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Joe Sharp Friday evening, says the
Salt Lake Tribune of Sept. 20. and is
being held ut the county Jail to be re-
turned to the Nevada camp to answer
the charge Of obtaining money by
false ~pretences. Groves attended the
recent big prixe-fght at Goldfeld. and
there met TEX" Richard. the princi-
pal promoter Of that historic event.. In
the course of their social and business
relationship Groves gave the promoter
certain checks on an Ely bank in
exchange for hard coin OF the
realm. These checks Richard after
ward found to be worthless, as Groves
had no money in the bank. A Nevada
Deputy Sheriff who has been on the
trial Of the Ely sport followed him to
Salt Lake. and on Friday evening
pointed him out to Sharp. who placed
him under arrest. Groves says he
will moi fight e~xtradition. but will 60
back for trial at the convenience Of the
officials.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

The long trial of VIM. Whalen on one
of four indictments charging him with
obtaining money by false p~re.enses,
came to an end yesterday with a YER
dict of guilty as charged.
The extreme penalty is ten years in
the State prison. The jury was out just
Ia minutes.
Whalen,s Offense
whalen was charged with false rep
reservations concerning eight mines Of
the United States Gold Mining and
Smelling Company of Eureka County.
Nevada; that he falsely and fraudulent
ly represented to Mrs. Urilda Martin
that the company had eight fully de-
veloped gold mines which produced ore
assaying in gold from $500 to $1,000 a
ton that there had been expended on
the mines some s40o, 900. and that about
$50. 900 was needed to establish a smelter
at the works; that believing the repre-
sentations to be true, Mrs. Martin
bought stock of Whalen in the mines to
the extent of $1,000, and paid him the
money.
Similar sales in Sacramento were eff.
fected, it is said. whereby citizsns were
parted from about $50, 900 in coin.
Assistant District Attorney Hughes
opened the argument for the people,
and was followed by E. S. Wachhorst
for the defendant, while District AT.
torney Seymour closed for the people.
Argument to SaUe Whoien
Mr.. Wachhorst commended that the
case was one OF not proven; that it had
not been shown that Whalen's represen-
tations were corruptly false; that in
fact, he represented what he honestly
believed that the transaction was n
in stocks, which is always a gamble;
that the purchaser of stock knows well
that in about all mining a great risk is
taken.
He argued also that it had been
shown that the eight mines were fully
developed. and did yield gold aud silver
and lead, and hat gold assays from n
Of the mines shows a yield as high as
$715. That the experts in placing
work in the mines at 50 a foot for sink.
ing We're away below the truth; that a
reputable mining witness had sworn
that fully $3.50. 600 or $500, 900 worth of
work has been done in the mines.
Argument For the People
District Attorney Seymour and AS
sistant Hughes argued that the case was
proven; that the crushed rock given
prosecuting witness by Whalen that
she might have assays made, was
"salted"-doctored, with gold filings
from manufactured articles; that not to
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
White Pine Republican Ticket

White Pine Republican Ticket
Asssmbly-Alex Baird and K. @
Davis.
Sheriff and Assessor-A. J. Butler.
District Attorney-T. B. McClelland
Recorder and Auditor-W.J Stewart
County Commissioner Qong term)-
w. X. Bassetk.
County Commissioner (short term)-
George II. Parker.
County Clark and Treasurer-A. 8.
Lsahigh-
Justice OF the Peace for Ely Town
ship-A- J. Cartwright
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
State News

The Beatty Bullfrog Miner says:
1T is understood that the new Railway
Rate bill provides that the railroads
shall establish at least n terminal
point in each State"
The Herald is already warning the
people Of Wells Of another probable
shortage of coal this Winter, Utah
dealers stating they are unable to I'LL
immediate orders.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

Strange things happened in the
Republican Convention of Esmeralda
County last Saturday. The plat.
form as offered by the COMMITTEES
Endorsed the gold stsndard. Dis.
trict Attorney Douglas. one of the
delegates. moved to strike out this
clause and the motion carried. w. A.
Ingalls,, nominated for Sheriff by the
Democrats, was Endorsed for the office
by the Republicans; Claude Inman.
Chief of the Goldfeld Fire Department
and Democratic candidate for the
nomination of Constable. was also
nominated to that office by the Repub-
licans.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

The Democrats of Esmeralda County
have held their Convention and named
their ticket. Their platform indorses
Bryan, demands the removal Of the
county seat from Hawthorne to Gold.
field and pledges their Assemblyman,
if elected, to strive for q reduction OF
passenger and freight rates on the
railroads come citing southern Nevada
with the rest of the world.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

A M writer who Is no doubt
married and familiar with man in all
his variable phases says: Get married.
young man, and be quick about it.
Don't wait for the millennium to produce
angles for you. You'd look well beside
an angel. wouldn't you. you brute"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
In A POLITICAL WAY

E. d. L. Cults Of Phoebe. Lincoln
County. has declined the nomination
for State Treasurer on the Republican
ticket. Mr.. Cuts gives as his reasons
his inability to make . personal canvas
of the State on account of his declining
health, and that he could not afford
to sacrifice his party by inviting defeat.
Mr.. Cuts is a man Of 20 years Of age.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
AdoIph Weber Hanged on Thursday

statement to make. no writing to
leave behind, and have no state
ment to make regarding the dis
position Of my body"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

The earnings Of the Wells Fargo
Company last year amounted to 30 per
cent Of its capital stock.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
the Democratic State Convention

Folsom, Gal, Sept. a.
Adolph Weber met death on the
gallows at 1926 p. m. to-day in
expiration of the crime Of murder
ing his mother. He went to the
scaffold with a firm step and to
the very last maintained the
nerve which has characterized
him as one of the most remark
able criminals of the century.
When Attorney Mays message
stating that all hope for him was
gone was read to him, Weber
merely remarked:
"That settles it."
Makes No Statement
He was the same cool, calm
youth he had been throughout
his confinement. He did not
refer to his case in any way and
his keepers carefully avoided all
reference to his execution until
a moment before they adjusted
the straps which held his hands
behind him. Then he was asked
If he desired to make any state
ment from the scaffold.
NO." said Weber, II have no
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

Mining location blanks for sale at the
SENTINEL office.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
NEW TO-DAY.

-%3E
EUREKA COUNTY
Republican Ticket
For State Senator
FRANK J. BRossEMER
of Eureka
For Assemblymen
@. n. puBoRc LEW ROGERS
Of Beowswe OF Eureka
For Sheriff
T. A. BuRDIcK
OF Eureka
For Clerk and Treasurer
r. McchARLEs
OF Eureka
For District Attorney
A. s. HENDERSON
OF Eureka
For Short Term COMMISSIONS
GEORGE w. LEIGHTON
OF Eureka
For Public Administrator
p. n. HJul
OF Eureka
For County Surveyor
JOHN PARDY
OF Eureka
For Constable Eureka Township
JOSEPH FORD
OF Eureka
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29
William Wha|en Has Been Convicted
California Jury Was Out But Fourteen Minutes-t Was Brought
Out That He Had Before Served -Four Years In a State
Prison In Missouri For a Similar Ofense

From the Sacramento Union of September &c
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-29

long trlal Of WIN. whalen on one exceed 5000 worth Of v.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-02-16
MAGAZINE SECTION

in the central states the forests give
place to farms, in some instances not
even woodlot being spared The
people Of this country unquestionably
have abused the privilege of doing as
they please with their own property
for their immediate financial better.
ment, with the prospect of such prac-
tices resulting disastrously in the fu-
ture.
Much of the land denuded of its
timber is absolute forest land, fit for
no purpose except possibly grazing,
and not of the best character even for
that USE Nature will require
years to replace this >protec-
tion so that a new forest may be
brought forth. and this change never
will be possible unless the woods and
small growth which nature uses as
basis of the cover shall be protected.
1t is impossible to secure the adop-
ton of laws looking toward the estab.
lishment of new custom of national
scope without widespread public de-
mand for the change believed by its
supporters to be an improvement over
existing customs. Few il any have
the effrontery openly to take the field
against the forestry movement, as all
fair minded people realize the neces-
sity of keeping a part of the country
protected by forest cover. The claim
OF science that forests are necessary
to protect the rainfall as an aid in
this regulation generally is admitted.