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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

Miner Hicks, the man who was i'm
prisoned for 10 days in the caved mine
near Bakerfield. Cal, sigued a contract
last week at $500 a week to lecture
throughout the country. Harry Lynn
vile. one of the rescuers, will travel
with him. The contract was for the
period of one year and the miner will
start upon his tour within a short time
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

I 7 II. AM alttN. DELLA VI Il
" STORER, who figure in the
" controversy between them
and President Roosevelt.
which has occupied so large a share of
attention. belong TO families which
have taken leading part in the af-
fairs of the state of Ohio and of the
nation. For some years they were
both ON terms of intimacy with Mr..
Roosevelt; hence when misunderstood.
ings arose and the friendship of years
was broken bitter feelings were left.
Mr.. Storer is the son of the late Bel.
lamy Storer. who was one OF the best
known politicians of his day. He was
In congress during the thirties and
was a friend and ally of Daniel Web
ster. He was also noted as a jurist
The representative of the family who
Is now In the limellght was born in
Cincinnati in 1s47. and at twenty he
received his diploma from Harvard
university. Subsequently he studied
law at the Cincinnati Law school.
graduated from that institution in
1869, was admitted 10 the bar the
same year and for some years there
after practiced his profession in Gin
cInnatl. He had an ambition to go to
congress. as his father had done, and
In 1890 was elected to the house of rep
resentatives, in which he served two
terms. In the house he was a member
of the committee on foreign relations,
and this association engendered in him
a desire for a diplomatic career. He
was on terms of special friendship
with Mr. Mckinley, and when the lat
ter became president he furthered his
friends ambition by appointing him
minister TO Belgium and at the close of
the Spanish war promoted him to be
minister TO Spain. Like Mr.. Mckinley.
Mr. Roosevelt entertained a special
liking for the Ohio diplomat. and when
he came to the White House soon
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
THE TEHUANTEPEC RAILROAD
Expected to Make Equal Time With
TranseOntinental Railways

1fanscOntlnentai Railways
The opening of the Eehuautepec road
across Mexico on January aud the in
auguration of freight steamer service
from the western and eastern terminals
WI place San. Francisco 1900 miles
nearer New York than by the Panama
canal route.
The American Hawaiian Steamship
Company will run three large and fast
steamers between Coatzacoalcos and
New York and Philadelphia. Another
steamer will run to New Orleans, and
from the port of Salina Cruz. the Pacific
port OF the railroad, steamers will run
to San Diego, San Francisco. Portland
Seattle and Tacoma. In addition to
the direct line from San Francisco and
San Diego steamers will make the trip
by way Of Honolulu from San Francisco
and Seattle.
Three steamers an aes5eipg built for the
line at the Union Iron Works in San
Francisco. Three great freight carriers
have been chartered in New York.
AZ Coatzacoalcos, the eastern term.
inal, and Salina Cruz. the western
terminal. great docks and harbor works
have been constructed. equipped with
the most approved machinery for the
rapid trans-shipment Of freight from
train to steamer.
It is estimated that freight will be de-
livered in New York as soon as the
transcontinental trains can do it, and
that ON certain cargoes the cost of trans
portation will be lessened 40 per cent.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

Professor Edward A. Ross Of the
University of Wisconsin, at q meeting
of educators at Providence, r. l..
championed race suicide. declaring
that its tendency to eradicate poverty
outweighs the possibility of future
national decline.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
WRITE ON EITHER SIDE
After March l Uncle Sam Will
Permit Writing on Front
of Postal Cards

Those who desire to send long COM
munications through the mail aud at q
saving of cent per communication will
have that opportunity after March /
next, when the new ruling on postal
cards goes into effect. This order is ex-
D aimed by Postmaster General Cortel-
you in these words:
"The universal postal convention re-
Gently concluded in the city of Rome
provides for the admission of the mails.
exchanged between all the countries Of
the postal union, on and after October 1,
1907, of postal cards bearing written
messages upon the left half Of the front
of the cards; and as such cards are now
admitted at the postage rate applicable
to post cards. 10th 10 the domestic mails
of certain principal countries Of the
union and to the mails exchanged be-
tween them:
Therefore, from the date of this or.
der. post cards conforming to the pro-
visions of the Rome convention, when
mailed in foreign countries and fully
prepaid by postage stamps. shall be de-
livered to addresses in the United States
without additional charge for postage !;
and on and after March 1, 1907, such
cards. bearing a written message upon
the left half of the front, the right half
being reserved for the address and post
mark. when fully prepaid by postage
stamps at the rate applicable to post
cards. shall be admitted both at domestic
and international mails of this country
and treated as post cards."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
ALFONSO SHOWS GRATITUDE
Young King Most Gracious and
Generous to Gallant Officer

Madrid, December 30. = Alfonso,
Spain's young King, has shown his
gratitude to Captain Schneider in
most gracious aud generous manner.
The Captain commanded the guard
around the carriage in which rode the
King and NJ. Isoubet, then President
Of France, when an assassin threw a
bomb at them. In the tumult that
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

upon some Of my
friends among the
Washington news
paper correspond
ents OF putting
further inquiries
to me. / wist to say
that my ambition
is u o t political,
that / am not seek
ing t h g Presi :
Dental nomina-
a. - u -
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
TAFT TALKS ABOUT PRESIDENCY
Has No Political Ambition, But
Would Not Decline the
Nomination

Washington. December 29.-Secretary
of War William II. Taft made the fol.
lowing statement to-day concerning his
Presidential aspirations:
"For the purpose Of relieving the
burden imposed by recent publications
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

The Grand Jury of Nye County ac-
Quilted Sam Spears for the killing Of
Fred Pardy ut Rhyoiite two weeks ago.
The dead man had been paying obnox-
ious attentions to Spears mother and
had been warned to desist.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

Henry McDaniels. convicted of assault
with intent to kill in Reno, was sem
fenced to four years in State Prison by
Judge Curler last week.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

The name tells the story-every body
knows it; everybody likes it; everybody
uses It'll. w. HARPER whiskey. Sold
bv The Eureka Cash Store and the Ruby
Hill Mercantile Company.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
EUREKA LODGE DIRECTORY.
Eureka LODGE No. IS. F 3 A. M.

The stated communication Of Eureka Lodge
No 16. F. & A. NJ. will he held at Masonic
Hall on the Saturday Of or before the full Of
he moon in each month.
II. +. GoLDING, w. NJ.
JOHN HANCOCK. SR., Secretary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05

Eureka Lodge No. e, |. 0. 0. F.,
Meets every Wednesday evening at F. 4
A. NJ. and l. o. o. f. Hall at o'clock from
October / to March 81. and at 7;s0 o'clock
from April to September 80.
All sojourning brothers are cordially In
vited to visit.
ANTOINE FERRARIs. N. G.
F. ]. BRossRMER. Secretary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
St. Johns Chapter No. s.

The stated Convocations of st. Johns
Chapter. No. 5, r. A. NJ. viii be held at
Masonic Hall on the Saturday next succeeding
tbs pale of the moon in each month.
EDWARD KRAus, h. P.
]. H. JURY, Secretary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-05
The Storers
Bellamy. Former Ambassador 10
Austria-Hunssry. and His Clever
Wife. Who Has Won Fame as Pot
terry Expert and Diplomat Her In
fluenee With Two Presidents 81

AR. AND MRS. BELLAMY
" STORER. who figure in the
controversy between them
and Braailnnf PnoeoraIt
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-01-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPlToME OF THE MOST I'M.
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digested and condensea
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
coNeREss.

The, first speech in defense of Sen
ator Smoot in the senate was deliv-
cred by Senator Hopkins, of Illinois.
The senator argued that United States
senators are not officers of the. United
States, and therefore can not be i'm
peached He cited the case of Sen
ator Blount, of Tennessee, many years
ago who was charged with treason
able correspondence, with a foreign
nation. The senate of that day SO
held, and refused to impeach him.
That conclusion, said Mr.. Hopkins,
has never been reversed.
The senate has passed the service
pension bill, and it now goes to the
house. The bill authorizes a pension
ON application of $12 month to civil
war veterans 90 years of age and
over; SIS month to those Go and
over and $40 month to those 10
years and over. A similar bill increas-
ing the pensions of Mexican war vet
Grams passed the last session and is
pending in the house.
Mr. Slayden, of Texas, addressed the
house on his bill'to discontinue the en-
listment OF negroes in the United
States army.
Mr.. Zeron, of Illinois; delivered an
address in the house in opposition to
the ship subsidy bill.
A compromise has been brought
about between Senators Foraker and
Lodge. and If nothing occurs to break
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-01-16

In his biennial message to the legis
lature GOV. Deneen apneals To Illinois
to do ali IN her power to obtain deem
waterway from the lakes to the gulf
Gov. B. b. Brooks of wyoming. in
his message to the legislature said
that The railroads are not paying their
lust share of the taxes in that state.
The South Carolina senate has
adopted a resolution endorsing the ac-
ton of President Roosevelt in the
brownsville trex.) matter. and re-
uuesting the South Carolina delega-
ton In congress to support this
course.
President Penna. of Brazil, has
signed a decree putting into effect the
renewal Of the 20 per cent reductiohi
In the duties collected on American
| Imports; w
Mount Etna is showing signs of
activity Smoke, :ashes and flames
are emerging from the top f'the vol.
cano which 10 covered with snow.
The Michigan Stove Works at De
troit were destroyed by fire; loss,
$750,0V). Fifteen thousand stoves
were destroyed.
Samuel A. Croft 60 years Of age,
who was released from the. Mounds
vile CIV. Va.) penitentiary last Sep.
tember, after serving three years for.
compiled y in the postal frauds, died
of melancholia at his home in Wash
ington.
The interstate commerce commits
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-01-16
ALL OIsa TEXAS


years old, fell dhile alightlng from her
buggy and her right leg was broken
below the knee "A .l,si..,
ss7;-5s ~
The new directory just issued gives
Ell Paso a population of 42,117. An
agitation has started for two weeks
fair this fall, to be known as the In.
ter-American Fair.
About 1875 bales of cotton we're
burned. stA--Rogers Monday evening.
The cotton was on the right of way
of che Santa Fe, and had been signed
for by the company.
The Attorney General approved and
the Controller registered $4,000 twen-
ty-year per cent school house bonds
of the Independent, school district of
Carney, Haskell County.
"A. NJ Garrett, farmer living near
Cobb Switch, ten miles east of Ter
rel, raised mammoth beet weighing
II 10 pounds, which is now on exhibl-
tion at Terrell.
The old exhibition hall at the Bon.
ham fair grounds burned Sunday 1t
was full of hay. which was insured for
5000 1t was the property of E, D.
Steger.
The people of Boyce viii vote on
the question of incorporation for
school purposes. January O. 1t is be-
lieved corporation will carry with very
little opposition.
About fifty residents of Fort
worth,s red light district were ar.
rested Friday morning and herded up
Main street to the county Jail. They
will answer charges of vagrancy.
--e.... = .F..sr.... - 49,, u
= ShapleyS RI Barnard, assistant city
engineer, and whose father, George
Barnard, was the first white settler
: IN McCleffan County, died one day
last week. {.
Rev. Gill, Of Beeville, has accept
ed the pastorate of the First Presby-
terrain Church in, waxahachie.. He
will move his family about January
9th.
IS \, 81: WI.
aas,. been 'c5ganiked with a capital
STOCK, Of $4,000 The following OFF
GERS We're elected; 7. q. Moore, pres
ident P. q. Wood; vice president;
Whit George, cashier.
CAEh ss,,, - Z, ,o,,-,a,,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-01-16

Tuesday night Henry OlimNn o.
Calvert, was found In an unconscious
condition and died before medical aid
arrived. Justice Bergcron was called
In, There were marks OF violence on
the head,
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-13
rnE LARGEST IN rHE WORLD.
Immcnscc Dam to ne Erected Near
Dcuvcr-Wn Contain 10000
600 Cubic Yards OF
Material

Through the consolidation OF sever
nj irrigation companies In Colorado
arrangements have been completed
for the construction of the largest
dam in the world at a point uino miles
northwest OF Denver.
j. G. White 4 Co. OF New York.
who will build the dam. as well as
auxiliary works, state that h viii
have length OF nearly q mile and
quarter height of / 30 feet. and will
contain 100000 cubic yards of
material
Tho collassal size OF this latest
/ creation OF engineering skin win be
realized whom II is compared with the
| New Croton dam In the New York
| City water supply system. which con
tans less than 900 600 cubic yards
and with the great Roosevelt dam In
Arizona. the largest of many big ones
being built by the government which
contains only 100000 cubic yards.
The STANDBY dam. as the new
structure viii be known, viii lmpond
I 5000. 600 cubic feet of water. cap
uclty sufficient for the regular irriga-
tIon Of more than 100000 acres Of
land Tho flow of five rivers on the
eastern slope o fthe Rockies win be
confined In the great reservoir which
the dam will form.
The dam and auNiliury systems,
thus far projected for collecting and
distributing the water viii cost up
wards Of $I.GOO.OOO and altogether
( the project constitutes the greatest
irrigation development yet advanced
/ by private enterprise In this country.
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-13
QUESTION OF STATE RIGHTS.
The Real Problem That is Before the
Public Lands Convention to be
Held in Denver Next Week.

The states and territories west OF
the Missouri river are going to at
tempt to solve for themselves the
question as TO where the right of the
state ends and the sovereignity of the
Federal government begins. This is
really the problem TO be solved in the
Public Lands Convention to be held
In Denver June IS-19-20. The with
drawal OF immense tracts of the pub
lie lands from settlement and devel-
opment by the government. for the
purpose of creating forest reserves
and other purposes, has made this a
burning issue in the west. Whether.
after permitting the people of the
west 10 form states including public
lands the government can now take
the land back as 1t were. and after
barring the citizen of the state. un-
dertake TO develop and operate the
lands as a revenue producing proposi-
tiou is a question that must be solved
az once, The states want to know
where they are at The adminlstra-
whole country demands that the gov
erument should take possession of
the remaining public lands and de
yelop thom for the good OF the whole
nation The people of the states nat
Wally want TO know whore they come
In ON this deal When the state was
formed and admitted it was with all
the rights and privileges possessed
hy the older states. ID has heretofore
been considered that one of these
rights was that of settling the unoc
cupied public lands with citizens. The
states agreed when admitted not &C
tax the public lands as long as they
remained the property OF the govern.
mgut II they are TO remain tho
property of the government In per.
peWlty it means that half the state
must pay the taxes for the whole.
/ Under the decisions of the Supreme
/ Court In IN epast. 10 would look very
much as though the withdrawal OF
large tracts OF lands for public pur
poses without the consent OF tn,
states was unconstitutional Their,
i is strong argument ON both sides oi
the question and the convention IN
/ Denver is likely to develop consider
able interest
/ The convention has the backing oI
/ governors of all the public land states
who Will each appoint ten delegates
and AN commercial and industrial or
gau.zatious are entitled TO appuin
/ five delegates each Tho outlook 81
/ for "a big convention and AIN orgauila
rf,us ura tfruad Ia aUuNIuf lG1pgufp
T and be represented
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-13
WAS NIGHT OF HORRORS.
How William VI. Busch Terrified His
Family When lie Lost His
Reason.

Later details Of the attack that
william NJ Busch made on his family
Monday night when suddenly attack
ed by insanity indicate that il must
have been a night OF horror for those
who came within the mans reach II
seems that for several days Busch
has labored under the impression that
the trains running through Pallsade
had generated electricity which had
settled in the oven Of the kitchen
stove in his home near the depot at
Palisade and thar his wife alone
could control this electricity.
Monday night he declared that
some miners were coming to release
this electricity and let it kill his wife
About eleven O'Clock his wife awoke
up 10 find her husband bending over
her with his hand on her throat and
s4arinE like maniac she screamed
ana MI Picrson her father, asleep
in another room rushed to hcr as
sistAnce.
\ terrific struggle eusued IN which
Busch painfully injured his father-in-
law. his vile and other members of
tho family He was ovcrpowered
once but gained his freedom and sei2-
ing q butcher knife proceeded to at
tack the terrified family. FINALLY he
waa subducd and noighbor, summon
, cd
I Blood spauerod on the floors and
tho walls Indicated the fierce sIrug-
gle that had prevailed aud it is a
wonder that Busch did not kill some
member OF the family i'm his wild
movements
The young mans friends hope that
the attack will prove only tcmpor
any He Is under the care Of a spec.
tai nurse at the county jail Busch is
about 80 years OF age and has alwayi
born a splendid reputation
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-13
NEGRO ELKs KNOCKED our.
The Attorney General of Colorado
win Not Protect the Emblcms
the ColOrcd Order

The oolored Elks of Colorado will
not have the protection Of the state
law providing for the filing of badges
with the secretary of state A few
DAYS ago Attorney General Dickson
wrote an opinion in which he placed
the application OF the law with refer
cnco to this matter in the hands Of
Secretary of State Timothy O'Connor
who said he had decided not to rec
ognize the badges. emblems and other
insignia Of the colored Elks ass com
ing within the protection OF the law,
for the reason that they were so sim
liar to those used by the Elks
The question came up on applica-
ton Of Rice lodge. Improved, Benevo-
lent and Protective order OF Elks OF
the World. to file certificates OF its
emblems under The law so that they
could not he used by other lodges or
persons not entitled 20 them A
short time previous to the receiving
Of this application, Secretary O'Con-
nor had received and recorded the
application Of the d. +. o. Il. The
emblems Of the two orders are so sim
liar that Mr.. O'Connor refused to
recognize the colored Elks until he
had secured an opinion from the at
torney general
In his opinion General Dickson said
that the application Of the law was in
the secretary OF state IS hands But he
added that there was nothing In the
law to prevent any lodge from using
badges IT had selected prior TO tho
passage Of the law, whether they
were filed with the secretary Of state
nr mnL-
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-13
THE KNrGmrs' MEMORIAL

The arrangements are being rapid
ly completed for the annual mcmor.
iaI services 10 Doe held ON uoyt sun.
day by Junction Lodge no l2i
knights OF Pythias.
AT Two O'Clock iu the afternoon the
Hail ;n the olaoinuuununupnuppuu
knights viii assemble at Castle Hall
la the odd Felows building and there
portion of the Impressive ceremon-
ie4 win De- rendered.
The members VIII then march down
Flfh street lu n body and near the
CITY Park win take conyeymccs and
go 10 the cemeteries on orchard Mesa
whore the ceremonies viii be complet.
ed and the graves Of the departed
Knights decorated with lovely lowers
The knights of Pythias remember
and honor their dead in most sim
cere and fitting manner. Few lodges
have more Impressive memorial
service.
Joe Moon buggles have got style
finish and quality.
The daily sentinel., 1907-06-13

Mystics and adopts in the occult
ave in all ages ascribed mysterious
sowers to certain members. They un-
,unsciously felt conviction that there
,as law governing chance that led
+, ople. even in the earliest ages, to
tgard certain numbers as being in
pme way representative and sym
'local Of that law.
Nor is the ancient belief that num-
kers have some controlling influence
|oyer our destinies dead yet. Witness
In Importance still attached to and
Ii so-called lucky numbers and to
BE- unlucky number I3.
4 OF all numbers the one held in
'hwest esteem in either folklore. pro-
|5erb II popular parlance has been
humber 5 Except for its being rep
'fFsented in the Druid's foot the SYM
'lol Of witchcraft-which has five
points. it is rarely mentioned. II has
ieen the numeric stepchild. the Gin
derella among numbers. but has now,
n last, come into its full share of
fecogniton through the recent discov-
Dries Of a civil engineer.
He found that in the construction
d the pyramids of Cheops number .
'lays a most important, mysterious
flrt. which cannot possibly have
feen the result of merely fortuitous
hance. In fact. the preservation OF
Pc venerable old relic of civiliza-
iou Of more than 1000 years ago
i due in a great measure. the en-
|fIneer says. to the influence of this
famber
Despite its artistic simplicity the
pyramid of Cheops is undoubtedly
PIE Of the most complicated compen-
plum of all the wonderful mathemat.
'fal and astronomical knowledge OF
Pc early Egyptians. 1t is a testi-
honial not only of the devotion of a
great people who designed it as a
hsting monument to their beloved
honarch, Cheops but also to the high
eegree Of science to which they had
atained.
The height of the pyramid is on a