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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-01-13

$4,000. The new company will
erect mill on their properties the
coming Spring, and now have
nearly 5000 tons of $40 free mill
ing ore blocked out for extraction.
Mrs. Mabel Cross is suing her
husband, VIM. Cross for divorce.
Both are we'll known vaudeville
artists. Mrs. Cross is now in
Goldfield working in restaurant,
and Mr.. Cross is in San Francisco.
He declares he will oppose the
divorce, and promises some sensa-
tional testimony when the case
gets into court. The couple have
a 7-year-old daughter, who is now
with the mother.
Nevada has another new min
ing camp. 1t is situated about
twenty-five miles southeast of ST.
Thomas near the Colorado River.
The values are in gold and big
lodges show average assay returns
of 500. One fourteen-inch streak
gave values as high as 1888. Salt
Lake and Arizona people are
fiocking to the scene of the dis
covery, and several hundred
claims have already been staked
out.
The Tonopah Sun reports the
discovery, on Jan. I, of corpse
in a mining shaft about IS miles
northwest of Nina. The remains
are supposed to be those of a
Denver mining man named Put
nam. 1t is thought the man fell
into the shaft, which is IS feet
deep, a month before his body
was found, and had starved to
death. The sides of the shaft
show evidence of his trying to es-
cape. No foul play is suspected.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-01-13
State reW$


S2, 10000 IN 1905.
There is soon to be change of
postmasters at Tonopah.
The Eureka Sentinel has been
enlarged to seven columns.
1t is reported that Chas. Schwab
will build a large smelter at Las
Vegas.
The new town of Clifford, as
miles from Tonopah, is showing
up some fine prospects.
An automobile line is now run
ming between Tonopah and Man
haitian, making the trip every
other day.
John Flavin was killed by fall
ing 100 feet from a cage in the
Con. Eureka mine, on Ruby Hill,
January sd.
A tive-story brick and steel no.
tel is to be erected at the corner of
Second and Sierra streets at Reno
at cost of SI75,ooo.
A stage line is to be put on the
Atwood route to connect with the
railroad at Luning, which it is
said, will shorten the distance
eight miles.
Chas Schwab denies that he
has sold out his smelter to the
trust, and says he will be doing
something in the smelling line
himself pretty soon.
The great MontgomerySho-
shone grub-stake case was decid-
ed last week in favor of the COM
pany. There is a rumor that the
case will be appealed.
The cripple who was murdered
at Montello some days ago, has
been identified as Fred Foreman,
of Butte City. There is as yet
no clue to his murderers.
The Appeal reports that valu-
able placer ground is being work ed
at Mill Station, near Carson, and
nuggets and coarse gold taken
out in considerable quantity.
Matthew Alvarado, an old Span
lard who has lived in Reno for
many years, was arrested last Sat
urday, charged with criminal as
sault upon an S-year-old girl.
About $50 teams are at work on
the railroad grade between Las
Vegas and Bullfrog Wells are
being sunk along the line to Sc
cure water for man and beast.
Maurice Isaacs, of Eureka, who
killed the Indian who eloped with
his I5-yearold daughter last
Spring, has been discharged by
the Eureka county grand jury.
Tillie Swisher, woman of the
town, was found dead at Truckee
one day last week, and it is sup
posed she was beaten to death by
her paramount, man named John
Carter.
An engine and construction
train is now running on the Las
Vegas and Tonopah road, and
track laying is going on at the
rate of two miles day, according
to the Age.
According to the Masonic Pho
neer the Wednesday mine, in that
district, has been bonded to Los
Angeles and Bodie parties for
$4,000. Dan Smith is the owner
of the property.
The person or persons who
murdered a defenseless cripple
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

was too good for the fake champeen. AfteI
the third round they had me fighting me bat
ties over, and one of them swore he'd seeI|
me fight up in Portland. Maine, wherever tina
may be- l had no business to spoil thei
pleasure, and l bet them three went home I'd
the backwoods and showed their neighbour
the hand that shook the hand of Jack Dempsey
The game all to the good, and we fixed
up regular stock company. Sometimes th4
trick worked too well. One night, remembeI
there was fearful push in-swel, too, gent
and ladles-and | had to treble me parts
being Jake Kilrain in front, Mike Boden at thd
end OF the bar, and Jack McAuliffe in thd
back room for the ladies.
I'll never forget that night. When I'M
flush take my steady to show or dance|
but, honest, it never came to me to drag hei
into back room to see lot of phonies mako
monkeys out of lot of wise guys.
There l was doing me posing, when them
ladies got to whispering, until all of sudden
one comes up and says, May II" Before
knows what she may not, the whole bunch
got around me to feel me muscles and thumI
me in the chest, and one of them-she wal
from college-she asks me up and down if I'd
stand for solar plexus in me bread basket.
simply had to quit that push l amt got nd
license to make any cracks about them, but
often thought that was funny way for ladiel
to act. And they were the real thing, all
right. Worth all kinds of cash, and with thei]
pictures in the papers all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Sea Nomenclature

THE Very Rev H. Tully Kingdom, Episcopa
L Bishop of Fredericton, New Brunswick
sometimes relates an anecdote of particularly
rough passage across the Atlantic. He hae
been addressing a fellow-passenger. who wa:
seasck, as Mr.. Aswell.
The sick man apparently became somewhat
annoyed, and managed to gasp, between hi
spasrns: "Sir, my name is not Aswell; it:
Caswell."
Pardon me-" replied the Bishop. "Yol
would be as well, however, without the sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Fixing Up a Real Scrap"

0NCE in awhile party of near sports would
~ come in wanting to see real scrap, think
ing we had fights on tap the same as beer. Ever
they were never disappointed. First of all
they had to chip in, SOS we could tell how
many rounds that finish fight was going I'd
go. After the purse was made up, we used I'd
make them sports climb over few bach
fences, SOS to give them the real sensation
before we made them duck into the cellai
under Martins hash house.
Some place Steve Brodie had dug up a fell
low by the name of Dutch Red, who used
to travel round with him, and knew moro
about that bridge jumping than Steve did
himself. He was tough, all right, but used I'd
put up bum exhibition bout. But one night
he had to spar with another fellow, an account
of being of the same weight, for a party OF
sports, and then we other repertory actors
felt like plugged nickels.
There was only enough Clipped in for
four-round go, and Red was to Ego out" Id
that fourth round, Tommy Lewis, who wad
Dominick Mccartney for that evening give}
Dutch Red fierce wallop over the heart, and
but drop his hands, turn up his eyes, and floH
as stiff as a poker. Before any of us got neal
him, the sport patrons were beating it out ID
the windows and up the stairs, seeing pictures
of coroner's courts. Just the same, we werd
most scared to death, too, and got to working
over Red, when all of a sudden he sits up
looks around to see if the "easies" was CONT
and says: We'll, how was dat? Poorly bum
maybe not, l don't t'inkl'' And then they
talk about Richard Mansfield!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Gathering of the d" Morbids"

RESIDES them literary lights and them neat
- sports, another kind used to come down thai
we used to call "morbids.' Most of them wad
young fellows that had a pleasant time sowing
wild oats, but hated to pick the harvest.
There was one, and if his name wasn't HAM
ilton de Oyster it swell and old as that
one. He used to go in for desperate char
acters. Porch climbers, sand baggers, and
professional murderers was his pieces of rel
sistance. Oh, we fixed him up all right, but
wonder what he would have said if he could
have seen some O. them prominent crim}
inals" panhandle their beef-stew money, Most
of his porch climbers got dizzy looking at d
porch, and most of the murderers hated I'd
pass a shooting gallery for fear of hearing d
shot. Still and ALL some of them "morbids |
had the idea so bad that they tried theil,
hands at it themselves, and some of them
went to Jail and others had to give up bundle
of money to get out of trouble. But you'vej
been reading about them in the papers anG
know them l mean.
And there's something to this queer camel
Whenever you hear party saying, Inj
Just crazy to do so and so, it amt your placdj
to contradict. There the summers
They're all crazy to see Chinatown and tnd
dives and the types, and none of us central
diets them But if they were mind readers
they'd be ashamed to meet type" D'yolI
think it gives us high opinion O them swelld
and their education and wiseness when httld
games like ours can entertain and fool themI
not mentioning the plunks we get out n thel5
pockets? It's dead easy to understand whS}
a kid will stand forninst an elephant anc
watch him gobble peanuts, but there amt nd
way of sizing up the fellows mind who Liked
to mingle with the people who, he thinks, ard
the lowest on earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Beginning of the Pugilist Show

TT happened this way. There was nothing do
1 ing slow night. and Johnny Mulvihill was
thinking about what bum inventions them
cash registers was. and l was sitting in the
back room betting against myself that |
didn't know any more how to use knife and
fork. when in comes three that you could smell
the hay and clover from a hundred yards
away. They bought a drink, and asked
Johnny if any of them pictured fighters ever
came into the joint.
"Surest thing you know" says Johnny.
This is the headquarters for all the cham
peens."
ANY round the place now?" asks one of
them, and gets Johnny. busy.
He comes shooting back to me and wakes
me from me dreaming Come out and be
Dempsey and I'll let you eat spare, ribs and
cabbage off'n the BOSS meal ticket"
l tumbles in minute and chases out to
meet the patrons of the manly sport. Me
chest sticking out threatening to burst
the buttons off n me vest, and l looked dead
wise when Johnny introduced me.
Gentlemen, | have the great honor and
pleasure of introducing to you the champeen
of champeens. Mr.. Jack Dempsey. He'll be
delighted to take couple of drinks with you"
Say, they fell for it in a minute, and nothing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
DR.. LEGGO WINS.
Races Home First in the Mid
winter Event at Frisco.
Proper, the FavOrite, Could Do
No Better Than Third.
A TREMENDOUS CROWD
Eugenia Burch Nine Lengths
Back All the Route.
The Burns Handicap Was Won
by the Best Horse.
1 TREMENDOUS CROWD

san Francisco, Jan. 7.-Unquestiona-
bly, the largest crowd that has been seen
at any midWinter racing event turned
out at the EmeryvilIe race track today
and every nook and. corner was 5ammed
with racing enthusiasts. Of course the
Burns handicap was the magnet and
eight cracks lined up to the barrier.
Proper opened a favorite at to and
dropped to ? to l. The well known
eastern performer and grand locker,
Eugenia Burch, could be had at to /.
while DR.. Leggos last years derby vim
ner, had many admirers at 4 to l. The
others all came in for support At prices
ranging from to 40 TO !. The start
was good Proper and Lubin acted uu-
ruly and when the barrier sprung Red
Leaf was first to show, with Sir Bril-
lar, San Nicholas and Proper all IN
motion. Their positions were unchang-
ed until the three-quarters pole when
Sir BriIlaT began to falter and fell back
beaten. DR.. Lego then moved up and
breezed home an easy winner. Radtke
carefully nursed Red Leaf ana held Sec
ond place in a fierce Dire from Proper
and Lubin. Eugenid Burch. who was
expected to make a good showing ran
a dfsgracefuI race, being nine lengths
behind her field all the way It was 3
grand contest and the best horse won
but he showed a wonderful improve
nent over his recent races.
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ON Three TIRES.
Eyes Napier Car Won 100 Mile
Race on OrnOnd Beach.
Lost More Than Five Minutes
When Tire Burst.
MILE EVERY Is SECONDS
But for Accident Time Would
Have Been an Hour.
Fully 5000 Saw the FOOIhardy
Act of Driver carp.
MILE EVERY Is SECONDS

Hotel Ormond, Fla. Jan 27.-Clif-
ford carp driving s. F. Eyes so
horse power Napier this afternoon
broke the 100 mile worlds record for
gasoline racing cars by minutes.
50 5-5 seconds on the Ormond-Dav-
iona beach. This. because the Napier
Travelled more than SO miles on three
tires and one wheel rim, was a result
that would not have been deemed pos
stble by any one with any KNOWLEDGE
oI motoring His average mile was a
shade over IS seconds, i'm spite of the
Iact that the clerk of the course saws
when his tire burst
Eye S Napier car, driven by Earn
won the 100 mile race in one hoIr <
minutes, 40 rs seconds, corrected
ume-a new worlds record-although
the racer Travelled two-thirds of the
distance on only three tires
Cedrino second. 1:61:39, corrected
time.
But for the accident his time wouId
have been close to one hour. Emanuel
Cedrino, in no horse power nat
finished second after being ahead for
the first seventy miles because of he
ing obliged to replace "a tire His
corrected time was / hour s minutes.
IS seconds.
William billiard, in the Napier 80
horse power ended third after SLIGHT
delays in the corrected time of i hour
p minutes and 8 seconds.
Fully 5000 people saw the wonder
fuI contest and Waxed enthusiastic to-
wards the end. OF course carp took
great chances of personal injury i'm at
tempting such a dash barefoot" after
the Napier threw a tire. The officials
declared he was fooIhardy, especially
As he seemed to have no chance Of
winning.
The other three starters were wal
ter Christie in his special race, Lancfa
In fat and H n. Harding in r. w.
Sutpin's A4-horse power Daimler.
The start was at the . mile post.
turning at the sixteenth, making four
miles and their six full laps Of Is miles
from the first mile post to the six
teenth, a total OF SO, which left sig
miles to finish from the sixteenth to
the ten mile marks, finishing at the
clubhouse The starts were made
with breaks of so seconds each At
the end OF ten miles the order was.
carp. Cedrino, Lancia, Christie. Hill
Hard and Harding. When the contest
ants passed the judges stand next at
the end of IS miles, the order was the
same except that Hilliard had taken
fourth place from Christie, who was
Just nth. Just before carp had
finished 4 g miles his tire troubled him
ard he fell to third place. Gedriaa and
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wonder of the world.
This splendid new bill of vaudeville
will be put on at the Auditorium this
week at the Midwinter fair. The pro-
gram is one of the best ever shown in
this city.
The Royal Mizuno family consists of
five Japanese. Not only are they pro-
ficient in one great act but in ten or
twelve. Posfuring, contortion, magic,
shoulder balancing, breakaway lad
ders, slack wire walking, barrel roll
ing and kicking, foot balancing and a
number of other feats are on their
list and all will be put in their great
act These five Japs are among the
most wonderful in the world. and as
a rule Japanese are noted for their
wonderful proficiency in these arts.
Everywhere they &C. they attract at
fentiou and make audiences wonder
with their brilliant feats.
The two La Renos are strong men Of
first calibre. Their great act is one
that almost makes a man SILVER. A
wire is fastened to the wall. The
other end j. held by the teeth Of one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
ARE LINING Up.
LeavenwOrth and Springfield
Announce Their Team.
Pennington in Charge of Wood
peckers.
THE SAME OLD NAME.
Topeka Again to Be Called the
White SOX.
Cooley Sure That Boles viii Be
Signed.
nHE SAME OLD NAME.

Two clubs in the Western associa-
ton besides Topeka have made an
nouncement Of their probable lineup
for this summer. They are Leayen-
worth and Springfield.
The lineup of the Woodpeckers is
as follows:
Catchers-Corbin and suedemeyer.
Pitchers=Speer, Ashley. Renzen-
brink, lately signed in St. Louis. and
a man who came to terms through
Woolay in Pennsylvania.
First basemen-king of Newcastle,
Pa. and Mack of St. Louis.
Second baseman-Kahl.
Shortstops Pennington (manager),
and station
Third baseme n-Schaumye Stew
art and Lyons.
The outdeld will remain without
change: Wooley, Harrington, and
Rapps.
4 man by the name of Pennington
from the east heads the list as man
ager He is said to be a remarkable
shortstop-as good as the great st.
John.
Many of the old men remain. Cor
bin, WOOley, Speer, Ashley, Kahl,
Shaumeyer, Stewart, Lyons. Herring
ton and Rapps have again signed con-
tracts. There is plenty of good in
dividual material in the programme.
LeavenWorth's trouble has ALWAYS
the mark. Even old Lew Armstrong
fell down, after making a sensational
fight last year.
springfeld's battle array will be
something on this order:
First DISSERTATIONS
Second base-Fetz. Waring.
Third =Hetling.
Shortstop-M cLear.
Left field=Hughes.
Center feid-Begley.
Right feld-Hunt
abaugh. Eissler.
Pitchers-Groom, Olmstead, Hor-
ton. Ellis, Schaff
Utility man-Durand.
Warren Seabaugh Will be in command.
| He is one Of the best catchers and one
of the hardest hitter in the league. Just
as the season was closing last year, he
was given control. But the Midgets
! were too far down the ladder to make
/ resuscitation possible. But this summer
/ he win probably make the story diff
| ferent one. Prominent among his ac-
/ cessions is Mclean. the star shortstop,
/ whom ne bought from Wichita Het-
! ling the best third baseman in the
I league IS stin with him. Everyone look
/ ed for the boy to move up this year, but
I he seems to have remained.
! eI am setting letters every day from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Baneia each moved up a notch to first
and second place respectively, being
only about a second apart.
At this point Christie had dropped to
sixth, Harding replacing him Cedrino
was dragging his muf9er but at 30 miles
was six seconds better than the world $
record. This was the last time that
Christie, Lancia and Harding passed the
judges, the Lancia having trouble with
his radiator and Christie with his cylin-
ders- At the end of IS and 70 miles
Cedrino led with carp second and Hill
lard third The Italian was close to his
18th mile when his tire exploded and
carp slipped to first place which he
easily maintained thereafter
The Napier car has been little changed
since last January, when under McDon-
aids driving. it won the kilometer mile,
I'VE mile and 10-mile records here.
The former one hundred mile record
was made by H. w. Fletcher in the Died
rich in hour is minutes and q sec
ODds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Of the La Renos. while the other per-
forms acts on the wire. At acrobatic
work they are marveis. The Chicago
Tribune says of them: 1.-THE two La
Renos do a ring and wire act as head
liners on the bill. Their work is lit
tie short of wonderful"
The Great FoWlers are a man and
woman troupe in a balancing acrobatic
act They do some tumbling and leap
ing that is little short of wonderful.
Mexieas and Mexieas is a peculiar
name for the greatest dog wonder of
the world and his master. The dog
is of course the great feature of the
act. He is a Scotch terrier and can
perform a series of tricks that abso-
lutely surpass anything of its kind.
This is what the Philadelphia Record
says of them: THE dog is almost as
clever as his master. lacking only in
the power of speech
Placing a rough estimate on Satur-
days attendance at the Fair at 1000
which is less than the actual attend
ance, the weeks figures will show a
total of 19,43S. Last year during the
first week 16,07e people passed
through the doors, making a gain of
this years first week. over the first
week of last year. of 1858.
Itemized the figures are as follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
LUCKY PHIL FINCH
Wins the New Orleans Railway Hands,
cay, 81, 600 Added.

New Orleans, Jan. 27.-Crescent
City results;
First race=Six furlougs- Hannibal
Bey won: Whorler. second PITY
third Time, 1-14.
Second race@Four furIongs: Black
Mate won: Slick Abrams. second Bud
Hill, third. Time, .48 3-5.
Third race-One mile. St Yalsn-
tine won. Goldsmith, second The
Regent, third Time, 1.4o %
Fourth race-NeW Orleans Railway
handicap. $1,000 added, mile and 2
sixteenth: Phil Finch won; Little
Scout, second; Lieber, third Time
1.A8
Fifth racezSix furlongs. Columbia
Girl won, Broom Handle second
Elastic. third. Time ia So
Sixth race@Mile and seventy yards
Charlie Thompson won. Canyon, sec
ond; Bonnie Prince Charlie, third
Time, IA.
Seventh race=Mile and twenty
yards. Fred Hornbeck won: Dappls
Cold second; Fair Calypso third
4l1nes 4.44s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
SUES PASTOR ron DIVORCE.
The Wife of the Rev. H. L. Cornell
Declares He Was Profane.

Kansas City. kan, Jan. 27.-Bessie d.
Cornell sued the Rev. Howard L. Cor
nell for divorce in the district court
here. The Rev. Mr.. Cornell was for
merry a Presbyterian missionary to
Siam and is now in Olathe, Kan.
In her petition Mrs. Cornell alleges
that her husband, although a minister,
was guilty of swearing at her and
threatening to kill her on two occasions
and that she was compelled to teach
music in order to support herself and
two children. The youngest child, Dav-
id Cornell, was born in Siam.
Mrs. Cornell says that they were mar
RED in Kansas City in 1899. DR.. Cornell
was then studying theology and she
aided him by teaching music. He also
attended medical school and in 1903
was sent by the Presbyterian board Of
missions to Starr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
WHAT THEY COST.
Immense sums Being Spent for the
Charitable Institutions.

According to the new state board Of
control law, the board must make re
port twice each year showing the expen-
ditures for each of the state institutions
for the preceding six months
This report was completed Saturday
afternoon. and shows that for salaries
maintenance and repairs, the state has
spent s2S3. 1906 during the six months
ending December 81. in addition to which
S23, 1881 has been sepnt for special inn
provements at the various institutions
authorized by special appropriation.
This makes a total expended by the
state for its charitable institutions Of
1907. 104.37 in half a year.
The tables prepared by F. w. Knapp,
secretary for the board, shows the fol
lowing totals:
Grand Totals.
Salaries and wages. ........... sos, 1893 81
Maintenance and repairs. 1lA336.S 50
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COMMIssARIEs.

ana repairs .@-oos aOu. 70
Maintenance AND REPAIRS Elk
PENDITURES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
His Course Clearly Marked Ont.

The election returns indicated be-
yond a doubt that the political boss
was beaten out Of his boots. He had
been defeated in every voting precinct.
what are you going to do now,
coloneI?' his faithful followers asked
him.
Gentlemen" he said, Initiating lis
chest and speaking in = voice Of thun-
der. Il have made up my mind to re-
tire from political leadership! ''-Chi-
cago Tribune.