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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
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GOLDFIELD, Dec. 23.-No- =
= body would guess that there was =
. any fear of trouble in this .
= camp tonight, for it is quiet as .
. the grave, yet under the sur =
= face there are preparations go .
= ing on for what is deemed will .
= be one or the greatest struggles =
. for supremacy ever known. Vice .
= President Mahoney of the West .
. ern Federation is silent as to y
= his expectations, and he has not =
. yet proposed his plan of COM .
. promise to the mine owners. =
. Sheriff ingalls, is also a busy .
y man, in getting his plans under .
. way for the protection of the .
= town in. the event that protec- .
. tion is needed He has at pres .
= ent twenty-five deputies, and is .
. himself constantly in evidence. .
= Tomorrow, he will meet with =
. Mahoney to discuss with him the .
= situation, and listen to the plans .
= of the Federation, If there are .
= any to be offered =
. - 80 . AH%~ . %A~%~ .
SKNave not sent any telegram to
PreSsent Roosevelt, further than the
report that l, in company with the
commissioners, made to the commits
sion from Washington. Personally,
though, would like to see the troops
remain here untff the court house
and the jail are ready for occupancy.
This will be thirty days. The pres
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING
lRy Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The Grand
,llry today begun an investigation
INTO the affairs of the Hamilton Bank
OF Harlem, which recently closed its
doors.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24

asTAIs paper ts as.
ferent fRo1a SthaR
newspapers, ana =
thank the Gods 81
Verse and Prose fh04
ht IL dlGeFe1GS
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
Knit Summer Underwear

The stock offers a wide choice OF gar.
men:s Tor Men. Women and Children.
Ladies Ribbed Knit Vest, extra ZOO
qualities at l0c to SOC.
Ladies Lsle and Silk Vests. long or
short sleeves. soc to ! 90.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
The Work In Massachusetts,.

The lecture hour work In the oranges
of Massachusetts for the first nine
months of 1906 meant something like
this That 1,05S debates and discus
sions were held, in which 5,T45 men,
bers participated; that 960 members.
read essays or papers on various sub
iectS aud that after the reading these
papers were discussed by 2,460 per-
sons; that $50 persons gave vocal Sc
lections; that 1927 persons gave instru'
mental selections; that 5,526 persons
gave readings; that LIS speakers pre-
sented great variety of subjects, Of
ten followed by lively discussions; that
i'll dramatic features 3,79S persons con-
tributed some part: that 1860 mem
bers participated IN some other fea-
ture that has added interest to the lee
ture hour, while perhaps the most
astounding total of all Is the revela-
ton from these quarterly reports that
In these same nine months the lecture
hour programmes in the oranges of the
state were listened to by a total audi
ence of more than 17S,000 persons,
which does not include the still fur
ther attendance at the various state
field meetings of the year, all of which
gives us an idea of what tremendous
influence must be exacted by the lee
| ture hour work Of the oranges, like
wise the responsibility resting upon
those who plan and conduct this edu-
catOnal work of the Order
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
A curious situation has developed

A curious situation has developed
over the appointment of a postmaster
for Williamsport. The term of
Orange S. Brown expired four
months ago, and there is deadlock
apparently, between Brown and two
other Republican candidates. The
Democrat, to congress has embolden-
ed the Democrats to lay siege to tho
office, and William !. Dreisbach will
be recommended by Congressman
elect Wilson, who already has taken
the matter up with the Post Office
Department.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
Death By Char9cd Wire.

On Tuesday evening the citizens of
town were shocked by the announce
ment that one of our best known resi-
dents had been summoded beyond
the river without moments notice
while three Others had escaped the
same fate as by miracle.
A few minutes of six O'Clock Cam
eron Bpak started to go into the adj
joining yard of George p. Frontz,
and i'll order to do so passed hlough
an opening in a hemlock hedge. Just
as he stepped into the opening he
was seen to suddenly fall to the
ground.
Mr.. Frontz, who was sitting inside
the door of his residence, started to
the assistance of Mr.. Boak, as did
also the latters son, Harold. Reach
ing the PROSTATE man they picked
him up and started to carry him to
his home.
In an instant all three men were
seen to fall to the ground in a heap.
The next person to hasten to the
three prOstrate men were O. S. Lutz
Bert Smith. The former as he reach
ed the PROSTATE men happened to
glance up to see where Mr.. Smith
was, when he was startled to see that
gentleman lying in reclining posit-
ion upon the hedge.
BY this time other persons had ar
rived upon the scene, and it was dis
covered that Mr.. FrontZ was dead
and the other three PROSTATE persons
were unconscious.
The four men We're carried to their
homes and Drs. Smith and Metzgar
summoned. An investigation dem
onstrateS the fact that the men
had came in contact with a guy wire
of the Citizens Electric Light
company which had become charg ed
with electricity.
The guy wire was attached to a
pole along the curb line IN front of
the Boak and FrontZ residences and
passing over the lets was attached to
pole in the ally in the rear.
The pole along the curb having
became decayed at the top of the
ground it was cut off aud dropped
into new hole. which shortened the
pole three or four feet, this in turn
slackened the guy wire, which fell
down until it rested on the hedge be-
tween the two residences, and, as
stated above, having came in con
act in some manner with the the
wires had become heavily charged
with the electric current, the rain of
Tuesday after noon having Il tend
ency to make tina current stronger
than it would have been otherwise.
As Mr.. Boak passed through the
hedge his hand came in contact with
the wire and he was hnrled to the
ground. Mr.. Frontz and Harold
Boak, not knowing the cause of the
formers fall, did not realize that
death lurked in the apparent harm
ess wire, and so they attempted to
carry the unconscious man iuto the
house Mr.. Frontz'S forhcad hit the
wire, and in an instant fell dead, the
others also being shocked,
The three living but unconscious
nen were taken into their homes
and after the physicians had labored
with them for some time time they
regained consciousness, but at thi'
writing there condition is still quite
serious-lI -lIughesville Mail.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
Equally Divided.

Men and women must be pretty
equally divided In New Hampshire
They surely are in grange membership.
On Oct l. 1906, the end of the grange
fiscal year, there We're 1888 men and
l4,4l6 women, and the net gain dur
Ing the year was 220 men and 2lS
women
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

Iowa was once the strongest grange
state in the Union. That was In the
early days of the Order 1t has griev-
ously fallen from grace. 1t hadn't
oranges enough to give 1t representa-
fion at the national grange last year.
What's the matter with the Iowa farm
erS:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

The Central Pennsylvania Lumber
company has Just let the contract
for cutting 10, 900, 900 feet of logs and
peeling 5000 cords of bark on their
timber tract in Ulysses township,
Potter county.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

State troopers on Monday captur-
ed James and Samuel Pollock of
Ll,Zern whe were charged with dyna
hitting trout streams near Dallas.
The men were held under S5O0.O0
hail for appearance at court.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

A dime dated 1904, with the letter
"S' showing that it was coined at
San Francisco mint, is worth $40.
says the Towanda Daily review.
United States Commissioner John
Mix has had many inquiries re-
garding coins of this date with the
letter IS" and by investigation has
found that there were only 2 of the
issue, and that coin collector have
placed a price of $40 on the dime.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

A few days ago business man of
town met us and said: cit would not
hurt you to occasionly mention our
business in your paper: F" We know
it would not hurt us, ,and it would as
he suggested, help to fill up. 1t
would not hurthim, neither to buy
space for an advertisement. BY
doing this he would become a desert
er from that grand army of dead
heads who expect the newspaper to
continually note the improvements
that they make, by giving them free
puffs. The newspaper is business
enterprise, the same as dry goods or
grocery store, run for living of its
owner and its employees. Exchange.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

Hon. James b. Foraker is "red
hot" because President Roosevelt
wishes Secretary Taft to succeed him
in the White House. 1t would be all
right if Foraker We're the s'favorable
one' but he is all fuss as it is. He
says it is bad precedent for Presi-
dent to favor particular one. Well
is it? Wnen Roosevelt came to- The
White House, he found the Trusts
had this country by the'throat, and
debating every policy of the Govern
ment that concern them. How is it
now? Roosevelt has every one of
them con there knees" and they are
trying there best to have the Pres
ilent policy reserved so that we may
go back to the good old days when
we had a government of, by and for
the Trusts. Secretary Taft has been
Roosevelt's main counceler in the
great Trusts crusade, and it is but
natural that Roosevelt and most all
other patriotic people should wish to
see the Great Secretary enter the
White House after the next elec-
ton.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

Every person in the Uni ted States
is using over six times AS much
wood as he would were he in Europe.
The country as whole consumes be
tween three and four times more
wood than all the forests grow in the
meantime. These statements are
made in lengthy statement on the
forestry service of the department
of agriculture. a timber famine is
predicted unless more economic use
of lumber is inaugurated and govern
ment control is insured TO prevent
in use and to Increase the growth rate
of the forests lands.
A contest in the courts at Scranton
over the will of Prosper Thibaut, Il
man who nab wheeled ashes at the
Suburban Electric Light company's
plant for several years, revealed the
fact that he was 4 French Nobelman.
His great grandfather was mar
shall of France under Napoleon, and
his father was he who decorated
Andrew Carnegie with the French
Legion of Honor. Thibaut himsel
committed suicide
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
HERNICE ITEMS.

Thomas and Frank Ramsay were
AvOca visitors last eek.
William Collons was Towanda
visitor Thursday.
Harry Jackson of Sayre is visiting
his brother G. f.. Jackson of Mild
red.
William Shoemaker of Laporte
was calling on Mildred friends Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Murray of
Dunmore is visiting the latters
mother Mrs. Cummisky of Mildred.
Mr.. ID. Powell of Scranton was a
business man at this place Wednes-
day.
l.. J. Lowrie was Lopez caller on
Saturday.
Patrick Hannon, c. f. Jackson
and Danial Schoonover were Dushore
visitors last week.
Humphrey Dempsey for nearly
thirty-five years one of the honOred
and respected citizens of this place
passed away at his home on Sugar
Hill. In his death Bernice loses one
of its most valuable and highly re
spected citizens. His sterling integ-
rity and his genial ways made for
him many warm friends and he was
held in the highest esteem by all
who knew him.
MIR. Dempsey is survived by his
wife and seven sons. The funeral was
held on Friday, interment in the st.
Francis cemetery. Rev. j. A. En-
right officiating Paul bearers were
his old companions and long life
friends; James j. ConnOrs, James
Sharp, John DAILY, Patrick Driscoll,
John White and Thomas Donahue.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
Death OF Mrs. Ann GlidewelI.

Mrs. Ann Glidewell, widow of
the late Andrew Glidewell, died at
the home of her daughter Mrs.
John Kiess at North Mountain,
Tuesday, May 18th.
Mrs. Glidewell had for several
years been a sufferer with cancer
but heroically bore her at1liction
without revealing it's nature to any
one until about six weeks ago
when her condition became so SER
ious that she was compelled to tell
her relatives of the malady thet
had it's deadly grip upon her.
Preparations were at once made to
take her to a hospital at Rome, n.
Y. but OH arriving at that insti-
tuition the physicians pronounced
her case hopeless, and she was
taken back to the home of her
daughter where everything possible
was done to ease the closing days
of her life.
Mrs. Glidewells S maiden name
was Ann Bennett She was born
and lived nearly all her life in this
county. She is survived by three
children: Mrs. Byron Campbell OF
York State: Mrs. John Kiess of
North Mountain, and Ward Glide
well of Oklahoma.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

"A preat her called at a newspaper man
in this way, You editors do not tell
the truth. If you did you could not
live your newspapers would be
failure" The editor replied "Hou are
rght and the minister who will at
saIl times and under all circumstances
tell the whole truth about his
members alive or dead will not
occupy his pulpit more than one Sun
day and then he will fl nd it necess-
AIRY to leave town in IA Hurry. Tho
press and pulpit go hand in hand
with whitewash brush pleasant word
magnifying little virtues into big
ones. Ehe pulpit, the pen and the,
gravestone are the great saint makT
ing triumvirate. And the great
minister went away looking very
thoughtful while the editor turned
to his work and told of fFfc unsur-
passing beauty of the bride while In
fact she was as homely as a mud
fence.
Hughesville business men will be
greatly pleased to learn the hank at
that place will in the near future
erect a new and handsome building
in which to transact it's increased
business. The officials of the Hugh
esville bank are men who are alive
to the necessity for putting there
best foot forward and the need of a
new bank building has been felt
| by them for some time.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

An angler fishing i'll an lllinoiJ
stream hooked a wallet containing
81 800 lost tbys another man a few
lays previously The man who pull.
cd the walAst fem the stream waI
no doubt nl0f&elated than if he had
caught a EfWa pound trout, and
visions of bigsreward no doubt filled
his mind. Hooking large amounts
If money is not an every day occur
ance, and the Successful angler felt
proud of his catch.
When the Msilet was returned to
its rightful owner that gentleman
carefully counted the contents to
make sure that none of the money
had been lost and was so greatly
pleased with the recovery of his
dollars and the honesty of the fisher
man that he gratefully thanked the
angler and handed him one big dollar
as reward fer the return of the
81 800. The honest fisherman
THINKS of starting Carnegie library
with the dollar given him by the
man who's wallet he so providential-
~ found.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09
FOR DRESSY GOWNS

Nothing can take the place Of ''LANS
DOWN f. with the woman OF good taste
in dressing. The worlds best silk and
wool dress fabric. All colors and shades
Suitable for evening or street wear.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-05-09

The greatest day of all the year to
the old war veteran is Memorial
Day. May 30th has been set apart
to honor the nations dead, and its
observance has become general. On
this day the old soldiers who fought
under the stars and stripes and those
who followed the emt the
stars and bars, are honored aIrNo and
flowers are laid on their graves.
Memorial Day shows more clearly
than anything else that nearly, if not
all of the feeling of hatred between
North and South is gone. tt is a
common sight to see battle marked
heroes who, in the day of '6l march
ed off to answer the call o! President
Lincoln and who went to fight their
own countrymen, lay flowers. ON the
graves of some of the men who were
their most bitter enemies. Allstrife
is forgotten when they go to honor
the dead. But it won't be long be-
fore the keeping ofthe day will fall
entirely on the younger generation,
those who fought in the Spanish
American War and the Sons Of Vet
Grams, for the boys of '6l'65 are fast
being taken away from the battle
field of life and appearing before the
great Judge of all men, where there
i, no blue nor gray, no toll nor strife.
1t is an inspiring sight to see the
white haired veterans on the morn
ing of May 30sh as they march to
the cemeteries In the hand that
once held ,musket is clutched a D7
quet of fragrant flowers and in the
eyes that years ago flashed forth the
fire of battle can be seen IA tear to
drop. Il is memories such as these
that teach us the humanity of man
to man. -
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Don't hunt trouble. 1t viii find you.
There is not the slightest sense back
of a great deal Of hope.
When man talks about his princi-
pies, he usually means his prejudices.
There isn't a great deal of sunshine
in the smile a man produces when he
loses.
A man is always willing to lend q
helping hand, but he does hate to lend
money.
The man who wants to sell it Is usu-
ally the one who has the least political
influence.
The man who brags usually has a
lot to say about the things he is going
to do What he has done is far less
important.
When n man stops to listen to two
others arguing, he isn't after informa-
ton. He wants to butt In and air his
own views on one side or the other
Atchison Globe.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-01
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Orogrande, Idaho, Feb. 20. 100

O~OS% ~Ne~'AS, ~. ~, lOOf.
ToJ. T. McDuffie and E. M. Griffith.
their heirs, successors or assigns:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fed that l have expended the sum of
5000 on the Jay Gould and Lamb s
Favorite mining claims ($1O0 on each
claim) situated in Robbins mining dis
trict (now Orogrande district, the bound
aries of said Robbins mining district
having been changed so the claims were
included in the Station district, and the
Station district boundaries later changed
SO the claims are now in the Orogrande
mining district) Idaho county, Idaho,
(for further description see records of
saide Idaho county, Idaho);
That your share in said mining claims
is 3-32; that there is now due from YOU
for your share of such assessment the
sum of $l8.75.
And you are hereby notified that if
you fail or refuse to contribute your
share Of said expenditure, together with
cost of this publication, within the
statutory time as specified in Section
1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States, and of the amendments thereto,
your interest in said claim will become
the property of your co-owner.
P. H. LEACH.
First publication, Feb. 23, 1907.
Last publication, May 25, 1907.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-01
Bees Faster Than Pigeons.

1t Is not generally known that bees
are swifter In fight than pigeons-that
is, for short distances. Some years ago
pigeon fancier Of Hamme, Westphalia,
laid a wager that dozen bees liberat-
ed three miles from their hive would
reach home In less time than a dozen
pigeons. The competitors were given
league from Hamme, and the first bee
reached the hive quarter of minute
in advance Of the first pigeon. Three
other bees reached the goal before the
second pigeon. The bees were also
slightly handicapped, having been roll
ed in -four before starting for purpose
of Identification.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-01
DRAWING THE LONG BOW"
soms Remarkable ExpIoIts Credited to
Shooters of Arrows.

The expression drawing long bow"
does not of necessity mean the telling
Of falsehood 1t sometimes refers to
wonderful story which may be true
enough, but which is SO marvellous as
to require firm trust In the veracity
Of the narrator to enable the hearer to
believe it. Some of the longest bows
Of this sort have been drawn about
bows and arrows.
These stories began long ago. vir-
gil IN the "Eneid" tells of four arch
ers who were shooting for prize, the
mark being pigeon tied by a cord to
the mast of a ship. The first man hit
the mast the second cut the cord, and
the third shot the pigeon as it flew
away. The fourth archer, having
nothing left to shoot, drew his bow
and sent his arrow flying toward the
sky with such speed that the friction
Of the air set the feathers on fire, and
1t swept on like meteor to disappear
in the clouds.
The stories told Of Robin Hoods
archery, illustrated by. his wonderful
performance as Locksley in Scott
"Ivnnhoe," are also q decided strain
upon modern credulity. The famous
story of William Tell, doubted by
many persons, is believed by others to
have a foundation of fact. There was
Dane named Foke Of whom the same
story is told, and William of Cloudes-
ley, an Englishman, is said to have
shot an apple from his sons head
| f< eli I
Most stories of bows and arrows re-
late to the accurate aim of the archers,
but a Frenchman, Blaise de Vigenene
tells one that shows the tremendous
force with which an arrow may be pro-
PEELED If the bow be strong and long
enough. According to his own account
Of the matter, he saw Barbarossa, q
Turk, admiral of ship called the
Grand Solyman, send an arrow from
his bow right through a cannon ball.
Whether the cannon ball had a hole
through 1t or not he neglects to inform
US, probably not considering so trifins
a matter worth mention.
Perhaps the most astounding Of al
stories about arrow shooting is that o.
the Indians that used to inhabit Flor
ida. 1t is said that group of then
would form q circle, then one would
throw an ear of Indian corn into thu
air. The rest would shoot at 1t an(
she'll it of every grain before it fell t.
the ground. Sometimes the arrow
would strike it so hard and fast tina
it would remain suspended in the al
for several minutes, and the cob neve
fell until the last grain had been sho
away.
It is such stories as this which full
I justify the use to which the expression
drawing the long bow" is sometime
put-Chlcago News
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-01
MONKEY HELPED TO FISH.
Accompanied His Master and Was
Valuable In Landing Catches.

Valuable In Landing Catches.
For some years l lived in a small
town not far from Frome, and, being
very fond of fishing, l was able to In
dulge in my favorlte pastime very Of
ten, as the little river abounded la
trout. and I had permission to fish
about eight miles Of it.
The only boat on the lake belonged
to a Captain c., who rented large
house with grounds coming down 20
the lake. and he very kindly allowed
HE the use of the boat at all times.
The captain was perhaps the finest ely
fisherman ! have ever seen, an entl4u-
siast at the sport. and was often to be
seen in the boat, his page boy rowiIg
him about.
The other occupant Of the boat was
invariably a monkey that sat stoli:ily
In the stern sheets. but when the cap
tain hooked a fish Jocko was all acsiv-
ity. dancing about the boat In a most
excited manner, and as soon as the
captain had drawn the fish near enough
the monkey, holding on to the tun-
vale with one hand, would seize the
fish with the other, throw it into the
boat and then resume his usual scar.
l never saw the monkey lose fsh.
and Captain c. told me that he very
rarely did miss one. He never took a
landing net with him when the monkey
accompanied him.-London Field.