Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-03-29
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Death 1T Major john II. Dennis.

VI joy John Hancock Dennis died
Thursday III Rene and SO pussed away
one III the men who made this state. a
l"!rJ, fcFvcnt Ncvndan to the end.
IL IE iItmg TIA, on tins page of the
Nevada state journal, over which be
presided Tor fpur years, the paper tn
wnOre columns hc contributed so much
~ MS quaint wit, his deep thought and
has powerful mIpdS should speak of n
man $40 WIS vigorous factor in the
lii. AZ ths state.
iu9rc was not a man III all the cage
bru-n cnuutry who was better known
ihHn john ii. Dunuis, or ono who pos.
sesscd mare wRrm and devoted friends.
iIs iyIugs have been quoted Tor years
by 'nLt fortunate circle that knew him
IutinHt'iy. just u5 those who knew him
only thr Ingh his writings learned To look
for h's %, rnions and follow his We've
No alone us Il witty writer. with 4
peculiar lurn &" he humOr, was he.
kuO%u 20 lie coast, but also ia Il rnnn
WI" ~ !eTstDoi the trend Of public
HlIt.i- aud could 'hluk about the IA and
impress his thoughts upon his readers.
AnG, while hh' kmGly nature shrHniI
frupr miur,nc another, yet, when
GHGI-nntlon at public wrongs moved
l'"', his was Il v,tr"lic pen that cut End
h't ~ II ns ncii touch .utiI the victim
writhe IN de -erv"d suffering.
l".Urr-unn who, IN the days -! his
st i.rmgth and v.gor, wns foremost in the
great political movements al every
cHmpIisa. lie was Il iirm believer in
the democratic party IL founded, aud
and he was HlwA,sa a consistent member
uf 'hr faith. For many years ho wns
secretary OK the state central committee
aud hr had been IL member Oi tie Eu-
tionHl committee for decades. For
many years, too. hc had been Il delegate
L. THE national conventions II the party
aud hlH vas always among the names "
the electors chp cn by the people to
chDntc u prGn'lrnl ~ The United States.
John II IA 'nrS > mGs, IN VINO ,e vo,ua
flowed the blrpi ~ lhnt distinguished
patriot whose rotns lend, the rest on
the DrCIhrR non u a. spcudenra. was
native ~ Con ar :. NJ s e. w1crc nc WAS
born on May %, l-3. When u lac Of
seventeen. III iG5L, ne came from his
native state around Cope Horn "a Cali
fornia, whore me If once ma 10 his way
Ia the mincs, bUt not 10 follow the
occupation ui tie gOid-sccilrr for long.
tlis nat lral inclinntioD was too strong
md il drew him irresi3tibly into the
m"v"papcr profession. Before man y
ubH.hs, he hni 'nni his way ut" u
ur vspiper oil - and s,,n no was edit
ulg The Anna lor luuepcnicpt. From
the Independent uc weut tu George
t,.u. where he became the CIitoT.of the
III DOrEdD Times and IIs represented
III Dorado county m the California
ns'cmbly Tor one 'crm.
/, was IN 1863 hat he turned his steps
towards NevGdi, aud. IN asa )ciation
with .. l., q. T. ur.hiId, bccamo proprir-
Tor of the Austn itnvciile tor eleven
yrnr', unit, ~ 1873. ue bon ,hL a half
rntcras, IN thr hurcki Sentinel with
Grprge ". Cassidy, for many years q
cong ccssmnn frUm thiH Htaio. In 1877,
entering INTO plrtrUrsliip with o. j.. G.
FaITchiid agnp hc bUught tho TuscarOra
rimcs.R0virw. lln served na senator
from lilko FOR OuH term and ~ 1898 he
VIVA appointed mctCt and reliucr at the
Uuitcd States mint III CaraOm Ohy,
r"ilr'nR tor time from active no~e'
paper work.
subsequently ac wna tho editor Df the
Virginia Chronicle UT Il :" hilc and took
GEHrgc dnrng The absence nt tho Then
rropric'Ors ~ the Gaznttc and aisO oi
rnnc nsa"cintrd IN the NcvHdi Stair
jnnrnal With the rrcncut propnoior'
aud hc hnI editorial charge Oi this paper
Tor four years untii phl sirnl ;ulirniti0
compelled him 10 lHy down the pcn.
Ills rowoll editorial was character
istiG ~ the man. II waa eo lEind and u
emcb n LOVING spirit that all hia brethCtr
of tho press regretted deeply thc IN
creasuiR illncsa that forced him I,
retire, Tor IL seemed like losing Hn ole
friend and ,lIat IL what il was Ia thu
editorial bc euid--Iittng worde, too, 4
bc included in this brief notice oi hi
litc.
"On my retirement rendered. impcrn
tive on account Of declining health
desire 10 express my heartfelt THANK
to tho ncSspnpcr readers Of Novad
with whom gondly portion Of tho tim
l,nve been in journalistic communica
ton for tho last forty years. fhoir kin
no@, lipcrnllty md perhaps sometime
thcir generous forbtarancc, will oyc
ronn,n the moa, chGfahed rocords o