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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
cANToN. OHIO. May gs.-After con.


CANTON. Ohio. May 23.-After a con-
sultation this afternoon at the MeKin-
lev home with Dir. Portmae 80 emily
lfvr an of MI - .ialey, ana Or. e.
: Isuan. sipcr.Gt rlsnt of tn st.,te
rosatal and NJ s-cian az wide re
1rte. 81 sf1aemcnt vas issued that there
is indication taat MIRO. Mckinley could
net long aarNivr Tire atiack OF apop-
.eNy from Nhich she is suTorlns5
The doctors say Il viewer, thai they
think dissolution vi net come for a
day or tWe Mr. Mckinley is in n
comatosc condition tonight ana ii is
stated that there are re grounds for
hope of a better turn. II is announced
tonight that surgeon General RiNey, by
special arrangement, VIII reach here at
CPS tomorrow morning instead of
l0:10.
Mrs. Mckinley has been i'll nearly all
winter, having suffered severe at
tack of the grippe Some months. ago,
followed later by bronchitis The ply
sieians say that IN hcr weakened con
dition size was an easy Victim or the
disease with which She was stricken
today. She is nearing the siXtieth an
niversary of her birth and long mas
been in feeble health. MIS-. McNin-
ley gave up knitting recently, and this
was taken as an indication that her
hold on life was Slight, as ever since
the death 6f her husband she has
found solaee in knitting slippers for
friends aud invalids.
OF late MIS-. Mckinney has been
Obliged to keep close within doors, bur
before that she was in the habit of
taking daily walks and of riding To the
cemetery with flowers to place upon
the casket that contains the body of
her late husband
DR. Portman, after his visit to the
Mckinley home ut II o'clock tonight
announced that he found a change for
the better in Mrs MeKinleys condi-
ton. Or. Portman, however, said the
change WIS not such as would lead
him to expect any great Improvement.
neither did he think that fatal turn
could be expected before morning.
Mrs Barbcr. sister of Mrs. Mckinley
is spending the night at the Mckinley
home
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

SAN FRANCISCO, May ga wage
scale of % to 80 cents an hour, ac-
cordng to length of service. is the new
wage scale that was put inro erect to-
day upon the United Railroads. ac-
cordng to officials of the company
This is tho scale of wages WHICH Pre-
sident Calhoun proposes to pay upon
his street railway system i'm this city,
which he declares will hereafter be
operated with non union employees. The
old scale was 81 To 80 cents an hour
and the platform men went on strike
to enforce II demand for So a day and
an ciglft-hour day.
one hundred and sixty cars We're
operated today on &c lines of the Unit
ed Railroads with the company's
strike breakers. About 100000 people
patronizcd the cars. Several people
were slightly injured by missiles
thrown by strike sympathizers. but
there was less disturbance and vio-
lence attending the operation of the
ears today than ON any day since the
resumption of partial service.
AS yet no attempt is being made to
run ears ~ night. President W. u.
Mahon of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railway
Employees, will leave tomorrow for De-
trot In "A statement issued tonight
President Mahon expressed himself as
well satisfied with the situation from
the carmcns standpoint and confident
that the striking carmen will win their
light
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
From Thursdays Daily.

+ rum luIstlsiN i'iiiN.
Articles of incorporation for the Ely
National Copper company will probably
be filed with the county recorder today
or tomorrow. The company will be
formed by Il consolida ton of tie Ely
Jumbo company's holdings and the
mining property. comprising 500 acres
owned by Max Straus of Denver.
- The capitalization will be for 1000,
O00 shares at a par value of $3.50 per
share. and the life of the company win
be for % years. The officers who will
be named are Max Straus, Denver.
president; James y. Grant Denver vice
president; Il. Il. Morgan, Denver, sec
rotary: Thomas keely. Denver, treas
urcr. and the following directors: John
d. Murphy and Henry e. wood, Don
yer: G. l.. Richard. \. 3. Witcher and
s. d. Crump, ELY.
The indebtedness of the company
Will be limited to $4,000. The prop
crty of the company adjoins that or
the Nevada Consolidated on the south.
The stockholders of the Ely Jumbo
company will meet at the Northern
hotel at 3 o'clock this afternoon to
ratify the proposed consolidation of
interests.
The Denver officers of the company
are prominent in Colorado financial af-
fairs James h. Grant is former COVER
nor Of Colorado and is prominent in
the councils of the Omaha Grant
Smelling company of Denver.
Thomas Kecly is connected with the
First National bank of Denver; Max
Straus is wealthy mining man and
Henry Il. Wood is an assayer ana
metallurgist.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
From rhnrsday,s Daily.


l.. c. Daggett of Boise, Idaho, who
shas been selected as leader for the Ely
band, which will be orgNnized at once.
under the auspices az the Ely Com
mercial club arrived last night and
will begin the work of getting the
material for his band in shape at once.
Mr.. Da ggett, who brings with him
good reputation as an organizer anu
leader, has brought all the music that
will be needed at first by the new band.
Tie will have his men in good shape
to make their first appearance on he
mortal day, he says.
There will be Is members in the
band at first, and to secure these, Mr..
Daggett has "a former band players
to select from. 1t is now only n mat
ter of securing sufficient funds to make
the band n great success according TO
ID, w. Ellis, who was appointed by the
Commercial club to take all the neces-
sary steps looking toward the forma-
ton of the band. The band needs an
alto horn which it is willing to pur-
chase at once if one can be found IN
the town.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25


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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

NEW YORK. May 22.--Frederick \.
Burnham, indicted for grand larceny
and forgery. rendered his resignation
as president of the Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance society at II meeting of
the board of directors today
The resignation was accepted and
ance society, was elected to succeed
agent for the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society, was elected to success
Durham.
George ID, Eldridge rendered his
resignation as vice president, actuary
and member of the board of directors.
His resignation as vice president was
accepted. but HE remains actuary and
a member of the board.
No new vice president was chosen
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 22.--lt is not
the intention of the Interstate COM
merce commission To await the result
of the proceedings to compel 10. II
Hartman to answer certain queries
that were put to him by the New York
investigation before taking action In
the present investigation. According
to the opinion of members of the com
mission, it may be "A year or more be-
fore n final decision can be reached re
garding the refusal &c Mr.. Hartman to
answer questions.
1t is expected that If the court up
holds the commission, Mr.. Hartman
will carry the case to higher courts
should the lower courts decision be
adverse to the commission it is proba-
Bile that it will carr Sthe matter mp, In
as much as the rigl of the commits
sion is involved,
without reference, however to the
determination of that question, the
commission will consider the merits OF
the general inquiry into the Hartman
lines and reach it's conclusion on the
facts presented The Indications are
that determination of the ease will
be reached in few weeks.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
From Thursdays Daily.

From thursday 8 11illiN.
The following, appearing in the salt
Lake papers yesterday, tells Of the
impression gained of this camp by two
young men:
"tseorge II. Donnclly and Eugene
Wenzler, two young men, formerly of
Helena, are in town from Ely; they are
guests at the Wilson.
"Iiiy is certainly booming" said Mr..
Donnelly.B "Wages are high and every
one has money. Tho only thing Mr..
Wenuzler and | did not like about Ely
is that there is nothing to do but work
and sleep: there are almost absolutely
no diversions, except those of the low
or gambling and the like.
prices are high all down the line.
We paid SIS a month for two-room
house and furnished our own bedding
and what other little furniture we had.
a neighbor of ours paid $25 n month
rental for tent. TO show you how
prices are. we will take coil oil for an
example: ii cost you 80 cents the gal
Ion for this Illuminating agent.
But then, everyone has money and
spends it freely. Tex Richard was APP
preached the other day by a man who
was a total stranger to him. Mr..
Rickard,' said the man, L am broke; ]
want work; can you give me job?'
You bet l can said Richard. and inn
mediatcly hired him to watch a small
shack, paying him 81 a night for the
service. So far as we know, there
wasn't the remotest likelihood of any
one attempting TO steal the buildings.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

Edward c. Marshall. who appeared
in a vaudeville entertainment here a
short time ago. as the "handcuff king
was the victim of serious misfortune
last Sunday night when all of his stage
and personal effects We're destroyed
by fire, on the road to Pioche
Marshall and his wife and mother-in-
law, in company with his stage assist
ant, had left the sheep wagon in which
they were travelling. to ate follow
traveller get his horses out of creek
into which they had fallen.
The members III the party left can
die burning in the sheep-wagon, and
when a half mile or moro away, were
Mortified to, see. upon turning around,
that the wagon was a mass of flames.
fastening back to the camp, they
used every effort to save some of their
possessions. but were unable to do so.
Among the things destroyed, in addi-
ton to their clothing and personal eff
fects, were Marshalis trunk mystery
outfit. and all of his other stage ap-
pliances.
Marshall and the members of the
party returned to Ely after having
had their immediate wants supplied by
neighboring farmers particularly at
Robertson's ranch. Mr.. Robertson
brought the members of the party back
to Ely from Cave valley.
Marshall lost trunk fuU of appara-
tus in the San Francisco disaster, and
his entire outfit i'm the ST. Francis ho-
tel fire at Goldheld. He has cancelled
all his Nevada engagements and will
go east to go on a vaudeville circuit.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

MEXICO CITY, May 22.-News of the
outbreak of revolution in Salvador
has been received herr with the great
est interest While no confirmation
has been received in official circles
there is a general disposition to credit
the news 1t is known that President
Zelaya of Nicaragua, desires man OF
his own choice as president of saliva
dor To head his revolution, Ielaya
has chosen DR.. Prudencio Alfara, Wht
was hostile to the figueroa regime
The expected blow, however, was moi
to be delivered according to the pro-
gram, until Ielaya had paciilcd Hon
duras and placed Davila securely II
power.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
From Thursdays Daily.
roNOP PHONE LINE
WILL BEGIN BUILDING SOON

Work on the building of the tele-
nbone line to operate between Tono-
nah and ELY will begin as soon as the
company can get the materials when
have been ordered, on the ground, ac-
cording to L. J. Collins, general man
ager of the Nevada Smelling and Mines
corporation, which organization owns
the controlling interest in the proposed
line. says the Tonopah sun
The camps touched by the proposed
line are ReveilIe. Typo, Hot Creek
Duckwater and connects at ELY WIN
the line from that place to Salt Lake
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

Joseph b. Taylor and a, p. Kings
bury have filed an agreement with the
county recorder, to transfer to John
Stringham and Lorenzo n. Stohl, for
$500, the Copperton group of 20 claims
in Duck Creek mining district.
The agreement specifies that the as
sessmcnt work shall be done on all of
these claims by June g. 1907, and that
the notices of location must be record
cd
A corporation will then be formed
for the handling of the properties. and
three ifths of the stock will go to
Taylor and Kingshury; Stringham and
Stohl to receive the same amount. The
remaining two-ffths of the stock will
he made treasury stock.
When these details are carried our.
Taylor and Kingsbury anc to be paid
an additional $500 by StrIngnam and
StohL
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
Los ANGELES MERCHANTS
TO VISIT SOUTHERN NEVADA

Los ANGELES, May ga party of
50 prominent Los Angeles business
men. representing the chamber OF com
mercc, Merchants and Manufacturers
association. chamber of mines, Los An
geles Clearing House association and
Jobbing association. have chartered a
special train to visit southern Nevada
on behalf of the commercial interests
of southern California.
The special viii leave over the Salt
Lake and Las Vegas and Tonopah
roads Saturday afternoon and will
reach Rhyolite Sunday. Monday it will
proceed to Beatty, arriving in Goldfeld
Monday afternoon. Thence the party
goes to Tonopah, returning home Wed
aesday. Invitations to visit Reno and
other cities in Nevada have been re-
ceived. The train carrying the party
will be one Of the best equipped ever
sent out of Los Angeles.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, May 22.-
Because they wanted to spend their
honeymoon i'm boNcar, 'hoboetng 1t
over the country Mr.. and Mrs l.. Hoyt
who were married few days ago in
Pasadena. were arrested here today
and taken to police court. The couple
were captured in the railroad yards
Mrs. Hoyt was attired in suit of her
husbands clothes and was passing as
h $ younger brother. Her sex was dis
covered at the station and their con-
fession followed.
Justice Wheaton did not impose
fine upon the couple, but directed Mrs.
Hoyt To resume her normal attire af-
ter which he FASTENED to extend fell
citations upon the marriage Mrs
IluyU said:
81 wore trousers simply for the nov
city of the thing, but since you think
it So horrible of me- I'll take them
off and get into skirts again"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
OHIO WIZ Eek BRINGS DEATH
AND INJURY TO PASsEN GER $

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 22.ZTwo
persons were dangerously injured and
20 others slightly hurt this afternoon
when the Chesapeake q Ohio flyer was
wrecked the sleeper being thrown into
the ditch by the buckling of the track.
The accident Occur ed between Bra
shears and South Ripley KY.
The dangerously injured are: IRON
ton Kelly. Ashland. Ky: Mrs. Van Rico,
Asheville. Ky.
The sleeper was attached to the train
known as the Fast Flying Virginian,
which left Cincinnati ut noon for New
York
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
New York copper Market Dull.

NEW YORK. May 22-Copper was
lower in London, spot declining IS Cd
to 10l pounds los Id; futures l pound
IFS Cd, to 9S pounds los Locally the
market fo rcoppcr was duh and nomi-
nal. Lake was quoted at $245O to
$3.50; electrolytic, $24.75 to $2i.S5 and
casting $22.56 to $22.75.
Locally. lead was unchanged at 5000
tot $6.l05 and 10 pounds lbs Cd in Lon
don.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 22.-As the re
suit of negotiations between the state
department and Nicaragua. arrange
ments have been practically made fol
the arbitration of the claim of George
ID. Emory & Company of Bostor
against the government of Nicaragua
for damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned through the infringement oil
their concession to cut and market ma
hogany. 1t is understood that the con
cession Is valued at $l,000,OOO. 1t was
stated today that Justice Day OF the
supreme court of the United states mac
been selected as arbitrator FOR the
United States Ambassador Creel has
been chosen by Nicaragua but was
Obliged to decline and another choice
must be made.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

KANSAS CITY. May 23,-Iudge w
d. Gaynor OF the appellate division OF
the supreme court of New York, aid
dressed the Knife and Fork club here
this evening at it's monthly dinner
Judge Gaynor spoke on freight rate
abuses and said that while the partial
payment of rebates is seldom done
faVoritlsm is still practsed in many
ways. He spoke OF the railways rs
public highways and said the fact thai
they should be used to enable Il few
men to destroy their business rivals is
the .basest crime of our day. He did
not favor government ownership but
said that because O this favuritism ii
was no wonder a growing number Of
people wanted the government To take
over the railroads.
Charles II, Treat, treasurer Of the
United States also spoke.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
From Thursdays Daily.
CHANGE DIRECTORS EXTEND
THEIR THANKS TO THE NEW

The following letter was received by
the White Pine News last night from
the hoard of directors of the Ely Min
ing Stock EXchang%
."rhe Board of Directors of the Ely
Mining Stock Exchange desire to eN-
press their thanks to your valued pa
per for the interest you have taken
in the business of the Exchange ana
greatly appreciate your fair, impartial
treatment and courtesies extended in
,nbuildfng the Exchange and we WISH
TO extend in return. in the future, as In
the past, any and all favors to your
paper within our power to grant
Very cordially.
Board of Directors ELY
Mining Stock Exchange,
tSiened) civilian 7. .Pinford. Sec.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
DISTRICT COURT is CALLED
FOR THE TENTH OF JUNE

Judge George $. Brown, Of the
Fourth judicial district court, has nd
tilted Court Clerk j. +. Miles that Il
session of the district court will be
held beginning "Wednesday, June ., at
10 o'clock in the morning. AT that time
the court calendars will be called and
all cases set for hearing.
The trial jury will be in attendance
June 10. The clerk of the court is
instructed in drawing the trial jurors
to reject all names of persons known
to have left the county. He is also in
structed to call the grand Jurors after
the drawing of the trial jurors, so that
the same names will not be chosen for
both iuries.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

DENVER, May 22.-In the arrest of
Ed Philips who was taken from a
train at Lajunta, Colo, ON suspicion of
being IA pickpocket the authorities of
Denver and Otcro county believe they
have captured one of the persons guilty
of robbing II jewelry store at Salt
Lake of $751; worth of gems. They
claim that letters and papers taker
from Philips person undeniably con
meet him with the crime. The sherim'S
Office is conducting n secret inYestiga-
ton of this end of the affair and will
not give out any further information
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

President A. b. Witchcr of the Ely
Commercial club has appointed Attor-
neys Anthony Zurich. b. w. Coleman,
c. A. Walker, $, ID. Crump ana G. Il.
Reeves as n committee to look up the
state election laws and advise the club
as to the legal procedure necessary to
hold the first municipal eiccuon. which
Is scheduled to take place IN Il rev
weeks.
Question as to the legality of the
proposition to hold n mass convention
for the selection of candidates. has
arisen. Another question which has
also arisen is that it has been sug-
gested that the time for holding pri-
maries has elapsed. as they are to be
held not less than 10 days befoer cleo
ton.
These questions will be decided by
the committee, together with any 9th
ers that may arise in the meantime,
and a full report will be filed at the
next meeting of the Commercial club.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25
From Thursdays Daily.
CIVIL SUIT FILED IN
THE DISTRICT COURT

L. c. Carter filed suit in the district
court yesterday against p. b. Lindsey,
e. =. Stephenson, II. \. Stephenson, j.
II. Carbon and A. ID. Campton, to re-
cover $685. alleged to be due for ser
vices in painting two houses.
The complaint alleges that in jan
uary Carter painted two houses, which
were being built by the Stephensons,
on land for which they had a contract
to purchase from Campton. and their
interest was since conveyed to Carbon.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The senate
committee on military affairs which is
inVo stigating the Brownsville affair.
held an executive session at the close
of the hearing today to determine
whether the committee shall go to
Texas to take testimony No agree
mcnt was reached Several members
of the committee aruged that the testi
monN taken here proves that negro
troops did the shooting and that moth
ing would he gained by the trip.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-25

CONCORD. N H.. May 23.-Following
several slSirmishes, the first legal bat
tie fought about the person OF Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy. leader of the
Christian Science denomination. in con-
nection with the suit i'm equity, seek
ing an accounting of her property, was
opened in the Mcrrimac county supe-
rior court here today.
The original suit brought by Mrs,
Eddys son, George w. Glover. of Lead,
s d., his daughter, Mrs. Baker Glover,
ana George w Baker Of Bangor, Maine,
nephew of Mrs. Eddy was brought in
the name of the Christian Science lead
er by her three relatives acting as
next friends" and was directed against
Calvin A, Frye, Mrs. Eddy's secretary
and several other leaders of the church.
Ii asked for an accounting of Mrs. Ed
dy's property. which the next friends
alleged was being misapplied by the
defendants. Three trustees, Henry A.
Baker, Archibald Mcclellan and Josiah
u. f'ernand were approved by Mrs.
Eddy and empowered by trust deed
executed by her to manage her prop
erty. The trustees then petitioned the
court to be substituted for the next
friends" as plaintiffs in the suit to Sc
cure an accounting of Mrs. Eddy's
property. Following this, the original
plaintiffs petitioncd the court TO in
clude the trustees as defendants in the
original suit.
Today's hearing was upon the motion
of the trustees that they be substituted
for the next friends" in the suit
against Frye and other defendants.
Judge Chamberlain announced at the
outset of the hearing that the hear
ings shall be confined strictly to the
question of the intervention of trus-
tees as plaintiffs lie saId he would
not consider Mrs Eddy's incompetency
at this time.