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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01
CBy W. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
tive of The News)

CBy W. p. De Wolf. Special Representa-
tive OF h News)
Manhattan. New. jan 2s.-Much of
good TO the mining industry of this
camp IL anticipated from the passing
Into the u Jessrs. Botsfcti and
Peterson Of the properties formerly con-
trolled by the l.. NJ. Sullivan Trus
company. and more recently by the
State Bank & Trust company. Doubt
less the announcement that these acre
ages are now in possession OF men hav-
ing the backing of almost
capital will be read with considerable
satisfaction by stockholders in the Stray
Dog. Jumping Jack. As-You-Like-lt and
Indian Camp Mining companies. the
properties referred to. Mr.. Botsford viii
be remembered by readers of these dis
patches as the gentleman who negoti-
ated the sale of the famous Combination
mine of Goldheld to the big merger. Mr..
Peterson is a mill and mining man with
years of experience in the mining camps
Of the world. Both gentlemen were In
Manhattan recently and at that time
made an inspection of the Sullivan hold
ines with a view to their possession
under lease tenure.
They have now secured control OF the
properties for a period of i've years and
are preparing to develop them In a man.
ner quite in keeping with their great
mineral worth. Considerable ore is piled
on dump at Stray Dog and Indian Camp
estates. and a much larger tonnage is
blocked out in mine workings. All OF
the product is to Immediately go TO
stamp at the plant of the Manhattan ore
Reduction & Refining company. also
under lease to the gentlemen mentioned
for a term of ave years. Production is
TO be maintained regularly and is to al
WAYS be an attendant feature of ex-
ploration. Work is TO progress along
the course of lodges already in sight,
and whose precious metal deposits are
TO some extent blocked out, and like
wise in INFESTED ground. The ore bodies
in the Indian Camp and Stray Dog have
been prospected at points well within
the confines of the permanent zone and
have never failed to respond to treat
ment by generous yield of gold In the
lower levels ~sulphides and free gold are
associated in the quartz. New York cap
itaI is interested with Messrs. Botsford
and Peterson in the enterprise.
The rich gold bearing contact hrst
opened in Mustang workings has now
been proved up from surface to a depth
OF go feet in the Thanksgiving prop
erty. adjoining. In the lower level the
ore body is showing 4 feet wide and Is a
mass of sulphides. Some free gold as
sociates Herewith. but is not so much
in evidence as in ores mined In the up
per levels. This ledge is now exposed in
FIVE levels which would tend to prove
that it was continuous to a depth of 300
feet. 1t seems almost needless to re-
iterate the fact that the Thanksgiving
has been in the regularly productive
class for many months.
Stoping of high grade at the Wolftone
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01
Strike on Duplex

And this week it is the Duplex On
the 5oo-foot level a seven-foot ledge OF
which an assay, full across. went better
thar 5000, has been cut. 1t was not In
the mine calendar or in the plans or the
management, 1t just happened. On the
5nO-foot level of the Fraction. a drift
was being sent north to connec up with
the great ore shoot of the New Years
Gift. estimated at something over 200
feet distant. At a distance of 10 feet
the unexpected happened; this wonder
full ledge was cut that in point of de-
fniteness. depth. size, and richness takes
rank with the foremost bonanza discov-
cries of the state.
II might be repeated for the benefit OF
the outside public that no discount need
be taken on the ground of exploitaing
the stock. Both the management and
ownership is a one-man AFFAIR. he
doesn't care a SUMMARIZE as to what the
general public may think. There is
nothing for sale. The same is prac-
tically true of the great Quartette. near
by-said to rank third among all the
free gold mines in the entire country
and the Blossom and a score of corners.
The ore, an oxidized quartz-porphyry.
is shot full of gold. With the naked eye
little nuggets are TO be seen, and when
horned a fox-tail of the yellow metal
circles the pan. Three hundred dollars
is the average elaine for the ore, but
picked samples soar up into the clouds.
For a number of years the Duplex
has been a steady producer. ranking
second only to the Quartette. Now Ii is
making a strong bid for first honors
and that it will soon lead the Quartette
is confidently predicted by those best
informed.
The Duplex group was discovered and
located by the present owner in 1897
and 1t was from the Searchlight claim,
one of the group. that the town and dis
trict derived their name. During the
past ten years the property has been
worked almost continuously with vary
ing degrees of success. Minor interests
have been sold: it has been bonded. but
throughout Mr.. Cotton has retained a
firm grip and with his grip an mistaken
confidence. Good results have been OBJ
tanned by others. but TO Mr.. Colton's
skillful management full credit is due
for bringing the mines to their present
perfection.
The term mines is used literally. for
the group comprises not one, but several
mines. the leaders of which are the New
Years Gift, Fraction and Searchlight.
All three of these shafts are we'll
equipped with hoists and other needed
machinery. while for the benefit of all
there is a ten-stamp mill and a cyanide
plant.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01

Through Dnsne Car service on %
Coast and east-bound trains. N Rr|
ci,e' vial Nina and sou'n'
and east-bound trains. in both ,' ons
tions. via Beatty, 7. & T. and Luz
and A., T. & 8. ~.
W. D. FoRsTER; Aa; a; g, 81
HEDDEIN s;n g !. : e
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01
Between Las Vegas and Salt LAX CITY
Utah

$40 civ Las Vegas, New Arilo.eo
IL 'o5fi4FiAr Salt Lake City, Lvi s:ls
Note; Beatty and Indian Springs,
meal stations.
Through Pullman and Buffet Car
Service daily between Goldheld. Rhyo-
lite. Beatty and Los Angeles. First
class Dining Car Service from Las
Vegas.
For further information address anv
agent. Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad
or salt Lake Route" or
GEO. F. KNIGHT. General Agent.
Goldheld. Nevada.
noss LARK f. W. GILLETT.
resident Traffic Manager.
Los Angeles, Cal.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01

Las Vegas and Los Angeles
and other Southern California Points
Via S. p, l.. A. & S. L. r.. p
$3.50 DIV Las Vegas, New. Arl10.a5
5:15l266lAr San Bernardino. LvlI0:55
e:l5l276lAr Riverside, CAL. LyI s:s5
d:O6lSo2lAr Pomona. Call Lvl $500
s:00lSS4lAr Los Angeles. Cal. Lyi ann
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01
NEWS OF SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT
EIdorado Canyon

Manager Mackenzie of the Eldorado
Canyon Mining & Milling company re-
ports having made an important strike
while doing the last annual assessment
work. The new ore is on the Ohio, an
isolated claim, and appears in every re-
spect to be the same character as that
now being taken out and shipped from
the Rich Hill.
The ohio As some 600 feet south of
the Rich Hill and the vein runs parallel.
For a distance of 800 feet the vein has
been defined on the surface and follow
ing a perfect hanging wall a drift has
been run in for a distance of Is feet,
showing an average of three feet in
width. The ore is a honeycombed quartz
and heavily oxidized. Silver values pre-
dominate. Also the vein is thought to
be a continuation of the old Good
enough, which in the early days of FL
dorado Canyon is said to have produced
largely.
Manager Mackenzie is much elated
over the new discovery and says that he
feels confident that he will be able to
made a shipment in the immediate fu-
ture.
The Harris Strike
Not to be behind in the procession of
late strikes Crescent comes to the fore
this week with the Harris discovery.
For surface values it is a leader and the
highest of FIVE assays Just received ran
over $4,000.
Rev. N. B. Harris. for such is his
title. took up the three claims which
are now turning out so rich some two
years ago. At that time they were To-
Gated for turquoise. but late prospect
ing has revealed the presence of a cross
lead rich in gold. Specimen float led
to the discovery. which when carefully
followed up disclosed the vein in place.
When viewed Tuesday by a representa-
tive of the Bulletin the vein had been
stripped along the hanging wall for a
distance of some 90 feet to a depth of a
few feet. Specimens galore were easily
to be found. so easily that a trespass
notice was posted.
With Mr.. Harris are associated Geo.
". Morgan n a southern California
capitalist. In addition to the fine show
ing where the vein has been stripped
rich float is to be seen for $50 feet along
the strike of the vein.
II. Nj. Benson, who has the east ex-
tension also has the vein located and
one ASSAY from his diggings is reported
to run $500.
The scene of the Harris strike is
about a mile and a half south of the
town of Crescent. Stone & Brown. Inc.
are Tow surveying the group.
The Superior-Nevada reports having
the same ore on its Winnebgo claim.
The eastern Office has been notified and
orders TO rush development are expected
daily.-Searchlight Bulletin.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01

Local o. pac1no Time.
8AIL1oAD TRAVEL !,
Trains leave and are due to arrive -
Goldfield.
Effective December s. 1907. Local. +"
racine time. All trains run daily.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-02-01
LAS VEGAS & TONOPAH RAILROAD

Time of trains between Salt Lake
City, Los Angeles, and Goldfeld, and
the Bullfrog District:
Between 0oldneld, Rhyolits, Beatty and
Las Vo9as.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
TWO CENT Law VOID.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares
1t Unconstitutional.

Philadelphia, Jan. 20.-The two
cent railway fare now in force in
Pennsylvania. was today declared un-
constitutional by the state supreme
court, which handed down an opinion,
affirming the decision of the common
pleas court of Philadelphia, rendered
last September. The vote of the court
was four to three, the dissenting opin-
ion being handed down by Justic
Meistrezat
The railroad contended that the
law was unconstitutional in that it
was unreasonable and conf1scatory,
and the court in decision sustained
the company's contention.
The decision says.
The corporation is entitled to make
fair profit on every branch of it's
business subject to the limitation that
Its corporate duties must be per-
formed even though at a loss.
What is a fair profit is highly
complicated and difficult question. The
court below availed themselves of all
the best evidence that was offered or
SHOWN to be attainable, considered it
with patience and care and their con-
clusion that the enforcement of the
act of 1907, against the complainant
would do injustice to the incorpora-
tors is beyond just criticism
1t is not likely that an appeal will
be taken and today's decision may be
regarded as final
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
TORE HOLE IN ROOF.
A Bomb Exploded in a Big Once
Building.

Hammond. ILL.,. Jan. 2o.-A bomb ex-
plosion in the finest Office building in
town yesterday startled and mystif1ed
the police and inhabitants of Ham
mond.
The building is called the Sidmon
Nellie block and in it are the offices
of the Hammond board of trade, near
which the explosion is said to have oc-
Cured.
A bomb filed with dynamite and at
tached to a time fuse went off with a
tremendous report and everybody with
in a distance of several blocks felt the
shock Dishes and windows We're rat
tied and the alarm was general The
explosion tore hole in the roof big
enough for man to drop through. 1t
is a miracle no one was injured as there
were a number Of men in the building
at the time.
Besides the board of trade, the build :
ing is occupied by the Lake County
Daily Times and numerous professional
|
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
BENT'S PHILOSOPHY.
Murdoch Says Can't Keep Redheads
Out.

Thomas Bent Murdock, the sage of
the Walnut river, editor Of the Ell
Dorado Republican, and in evidence at
the gathering of statesmen says a
provision in the Caldwell bill bars GER
tain redheaded citizens from running
for office and accordingly can't pass.
Incidentally he says some other in
teresting things, among them that
courts ought not to assume authority
to declare any act of legislature un-
constitutional: that hundred words to
old tax law would make better one than
new law; that complete guaranty
bank deposit Jaw would be to put all
property of every bank shareholder a
pledge for security of deposits. Here
are Mr.. Murdock's views in his own
words:
Cant bend gun barrel so that 1t
will shoot around a hay stack. Not
even a Kansas legislature can do it.
Cant keep Kansas redheads from
running for office. The legislature is
trying to do it, but will not succeed.
The alleged Caldwell split primary bill
bars w. r. Stubbs and Victor Muir
dock. who are both redheaded, from the
senatorial race. but 1t will not pass.
Cant make any primary election
law Of much value unless 1t Is COM
pulsory. Permit no man to vote who
is not registered; and make 1t impossi-
BILE for him to get a certificate of regis
tration without attending and voting at
a party primary. AS we already have
laws providing how. when and where
a man may or may not smoke. drink,
chew, swear and lie we will have to go
further and compel him to respect his
God his country, his home and his nag
by voting at the primary.
Cant pass a satisfactory bank guar
antee deposit law that does not compel
every stockholder to back his bank
stock with every dollar Of property he
owns. When man goes into the pank-
ing business compel him to kite all he
has for the protection of deposftors and
there will be no bank failures.
Cant amend the new assessment
and taxation law so that 1t VIII give
satisfaction. One hundred words added
to the old law will make it better
assessment and taxation measure than
the new law. Repeal the new law, re-
enact the old law with hundred addi-
tional words and the taxpayers VIII be
thoroughly satisfied.
Cant find a word in our state con-
stitution which permits any court TO
declare an act of the legislature uncon-
stitutional and the way TO se. ane ta,- sos
ernment out of the courts ana pack
into the hands Of the people is to jar
the courts loose from technical decls-
ions. The people are bigger than the
courts and they demand justice instead
of technical poppycock decisions IN the
interest of the tremendous rlcn,
"Whv SO much circumlocutlon py
1eeis1afive bodies? Why not do things,
Straight. square and honest? The inn
nardonable sin is hypocrisy Why DO
members of the legislature pledge the
neonle at home one thing while Votlns
the other thing here In TopekaF why
do they do it? This is the impardon-
able sin of hypocrisy with fire and
birthstone and smoke and ashes at the
other end of 1T
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20

TO vote at a primary election not al
lowed by the constitution, and that
they are unconstitutional and void.
The object of holding a primary cleo
tion by a political party is to select
party candida tes, and it is too plain
for argument that no voter shall be
permitted to vote at the primary cleo
tion of political party unless he is
a member of such party, and unless
provision is made to prevent persons
voting at a primary election for the
candidates of party who are not
affiliated with such party, the whole
scheme of nominating party candi-
dates by primary election would fail,
because of being incapable of execu-
ton In view Of the object for which
the primary election is held we have
not been unable to discover any con-
stitutional right of. which the voter
has been deprived by any of the fore
going enactments.
cit is the duty of the legislature to
provide all such reasonable regulations
as will make the provisions of the
constitution effecfuaf. and laws to pre-
vent fraud undue influence or oppres-
sion, and to preserve the equal rights
of all from interference or encroach-
by this court. fisherman vs.. People,
210 Ill. 552: Peeplesvs. Board of Elec-
tion Commissioners supra.) The MEM
bers of the several political parties
must be guaranteed by law the right
to select their candidates for office
the right to choose them after they
are nominated, or the primary election
at which they vote for candidates is q
delusion and a fraud upon the indi-
vidual voter. If the Independent voter
or the voter aff1Iiating with an opposi-
ton party can vote at the primary
election of party with which he has
no political aff1liatson, and thereby
control the nominations of party to
which he is opposed and whose cam
didates he will vote against at the
polls, the freedom OF the primary cleo
ton is destroyed. What regulations
should be had to secure fair primary
elections must rest largely with the
legis stature. and the courts should not
override the discretion placed in that
branch of the government by the con-
stitution unless it clearly appears that
the constitutional rights of the indi-
vidual voter have been infringed upon.
We are of the opinion that the pro-
visions of the statute above referred to
are not subject to constitutional OBJ
lection
Voters Ashamed to Own Party.
'eWhy should voter who does not,
for any reason Wish to declare his
party allegiance or aff1hation be per-
mitted to participate In the primary of
any party which nonninates a candi-
date for United States senator, or any
other office? Under the bill in ques-
tion no voter is compelled to partici-
pate in a primary. He could refuse to
do so. and should so refuse if his Re
publicanism or his Democracy is of
such doubtful brand that he is ashamed
to own and publicly pro claim it.
1.-THE right of a partisan elector to
cast, and have fairly, counted, a vote
for his choice of candidates on his
party ticket is as sacred as his prop
erty rights. No law which deprives
him Of the one. or robs him of the
other, is just or should have a place
on our statute books"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
Hrs. Harry X. Thaw Repeats i'm
Court the Story
Told to the Jury at Her Hus.
bands First Trial.
MANY INTERRUPTIONS
Interfere With the
Dramatic Effect.
Plan to Exclude the Public Was
Turned Down.

New York. Jan. 20.-Over the
objection of District Attorney jerome
who declared the recital three
years before the tragedy could have
had no effect on the defendants
mental condition at the time he kill
ed Stanford White, Mrs. Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw took the stand at the trial
OF Harry K Thaw, her husband, to-
day and told again the story of her
alleged experiences as a girl Of Is
years in New York, of her meeting
with Stanford White, of the house Of
the velvet swing and tho mirrored
room; all, she declared, exactly as she
told 1t to Thaw in Paris in June, 1903.
when he had asked her to become hil
wife. The story was told to filled
courtroom, Justice Dowling having
overruled the motion of District At
torney Jerome to CLOSE the doors to
all persons not officially connected
ton for the defense, refused to Join in
the motion. saying he preferred to
leave the matter entirely to the dis
cretion of the court
Young Mrs. Thaw's voice broke at
one time during her recital, and the
defendant also wept; but the electric
effect OF the testimony as given last
year, was missing. This was largely
uue TO the course OF the district attOr-
ney who interposed an almost contin-
uous stream of objections and was
nearly always on his feet standing
just between the witness and the de-
fendant. The attitude Of the prose
cutor awoke a tone Of defiance in the
witness voice and this did not aid
the story; but the jury and spectators
listened intently.
There was no variance in the reci-
tai from last years narration, but it
was shorter, at the instance both of
the court and of the district attorney.
Mr.. Littleton resented Mr.. Jerome's
manner several times and once pro-
tested against the prosecutor attempt
ing to lecture the witness.
Just before the luncheon recess
Mrs. Thaw reached the story of
Thaw's attempt to take his life by
drinking q bottfe OF .laudanum al
Monte Carlo. In 1904. Earlier in that
year he had threatened to do the
same thing in New York, and had
wanted her to Join him. She hum
ored him and diverted his attention.
When he swallowed the poison at
Monte Carlo, he was alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
IN HIS STEPS HER S0lACE
Beatrice Gordon. Who Killed a Man
C1ings to Volume.

Denver, Jan. 20.-Since her arrest
on the charge Of numbering William
o. Shirey.- chief clerk in the office Of
Sheriff Nisbet, Beatrice Gordon has
turned to the reading of religious
books for solace. All Wednesday
night, until the lights in her cell In
the matrons quarters at the city jail
were extinguished. Miss Gordon spent
her time in reading '1n His Steps," by
the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of To-
peka, Kan, the Congregational clergy
man who attained fame by editing for
one week a newspaper as Jesus would.
When removed to the county Jail
yesterday she clung to this book as
among her most cherished treasures
and as soon as installed in her new
quarters continued its perusal. She
also took with her copies of the daily
papers, but her most priced possession
apparently was the religious novel, the
reading of which seemed to bring her
great comfort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
pass any law impairing the obligation
of contracts
In concluding. Judge Mcpherson
holds aS foIlou-r.

pass any law impairing the obligation
OF contracts
In concluding, Judge Mcpherson
holds as follows:
Ihe Missouri statute of 1907 Is
void, because it allows resident COM
pany TO sue in the federal court if
mere is a federal question and denies
that rlsht to a nonresident company.
Regardless of the last preceding
statement, the statute is void because
IL seeks to take from the complainant
us right to bring or remove a case to
the United States. which right is
of congress which by article of the
constitution is declared to be the SUI
preme law of the land, anything in
the constitution or laws of any state to
the contrary Notwithstanding
The statute is void because it Is
an effort to not only impair but to re-
pudiate the contract of the state made
with the company, by which it was in
duced to come into the state. making
investments in large sums, and was
auth orized to do a state business, but
now declaring that 1t shall not do such
business, thereby rendering it inso1v-
ent. and taking from the people along
its line the use of a railway for state
business unless the company will sur
render under coercion rights given 1t
by the national. constitution and valid
enactments of congress.
Th1s court recognizes the rule, that
presumptively all legislation is valid.
But it is only a presumption. and in no
sense conclusive. This court recog~
nizes that all doubts should be solved
in favor Of upholding legislation, but
there are no doubts in this case.
"This court recognizes that the sec
retary Of state will be enjoined from
doing what he is commanded to do by
state legislation. But 1t is also well
known that If this court is in error,
there can be a reversal by the SUI
preme court within less than a year of
time.
There is but a single question pre-
sented. The complainant asserts
rights under the national constitution
and laws enacted by congress. The
defendant asserts rights under an act
of the Missouri legislature and insists
that there is no conflict.
This court holds that there is a
conflict. And there being a conf1iN,
the one or the other must give way
And the constitution and laws of con-
gress being the supreme law of tn e
land, of course the enactments of the
state must yield.
''The application for an injunction
is sustained