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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26

upper Main street, near the Califor-
MIA Heights. This blaze was of hn-
doubted incendiary origin. The fire
bug had placed a small pile of kindl-
ing against two-foot ell on the
south end of the building, alongside
the gallows frame timbers that run
into the hoist. The hoist has not
been in operation for two years past
and the building tightly boarded up.
The fire was quenched by members
of the fire department and citizens By
stamping ii out and throwing earth
ON the flames. The attempt at arson
was evidently the work of a novice.
Had he removed board from the
building, which is entirely enclosed,
and started the fire on the inside, il
would have made great headway AMI
considerable damage resulted, as the
flames would not have been visible.
An armed patrol is now paradihg
| the streets at night and it is expect
ed that if the firebug is caught in the
act he will never have time to write
home to his folks and tell them how
it happened
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
STRIKE
NEARING
AN END
PREDICTED BY BOTH SIDES
TO THE CLEVELAND CON-
TROVERSY.
(By Associated Press. }

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 25.-The
strike of street railway conductors
and motormen may be declared of
tomorrow. This is predicted by both
sides to the controversy, following a
vote of the men now at work not to
submit their seniority rights to arbi-
tration. The vote of the men was
decisive, 1876 to 1923. Negotiations
for peace therefore have nothing ma
terial to arbitrate. President Du-
pont of the Municipal Traction Com
pany, following the announcement
of the vote, stated he would give en-
ployment to all strikers up to 6
O'Clock tomorrow evening. Nearly
800 strikers have already deserted
the union ranks and the company is
operating a normal schedule in the
city.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
NATIVE SONS
Are IN session
(By Associated Press. J

YOSEMITE, CAL, May 25.--The
Grand Parlor of Native Sons met
here today in specially constructed
pavilion, under the towering falls Of
Capitol Dome, within earshot of the
Yosemite Falls. The attendance was
the largest in the history of the or
der. After the grand presidents re-
port, which showed total member
ship of 10000. gain OF 5000 for
the year, the delegates set actively
to work on new legislation. Marys
vile was selected for the next years. 3
session. The election OF third grand
vice-president takes place Thursday.
Fletcher Cutler, of Humboldt. has
withdrawn as candidate for this
Office. leaving the field to H. c. Lich-
enberger of Los Angeles and Thomas
Monahan of San Jose.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
MRS. Vanderbilt
GETS The DIVORCE
(By Associated Press }

NEW YORK, May 25.-Mrs. Ellen
French Vanderbilt was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce from
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt by Justice
O'Gorman in hte Supreme Court, on
the report of the referee, who was
appointed to take testimony and de-
termine the findings in the suit in
stituted by Mrs. Vanderbilt JUS
tice O'Gorman confirmed the report
of the referee that Vanderbilt has
been guilty of misconduct, and direct
ed that Mrs. Vanderbilt be granted a
judgment of absolute divorce. The
decree provided that Mrs. Vanderbilt
may marry during the lifetime of Mr.
Vanderbilt, but prevents him marry
ing during her lifetime. The custody
of William H., the only child, was
awarded to the mother.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
SEATTLE GIVES
JACkIES A TREAT
(By Associated Pressl

SEATTLE, Wash, May 25.-The
harbor of Seattle today presented a
beautiful marine picture to large
crowd of people assembled from the
Northwest States. Eleven war yes
sells lay in stately majesty in the wide
crescent extending from Smiths Cove
to the south end of the harbor. At
Woodland Park the sailors were en-
tertained with a barbecue and at l.
letic sports. The wives and daug1-
ters of the officers of the fleet were
the guests of honor at the Rainier
Club at a reception given by the So
ciety women of the city. Thirty thou
sand school children visited the war.
ships today. Tomorrow six thousand
men will be landed from the ships
and, attended by artillery from Fort
Lawton, will march through the prin.
cipal streets.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
DARING
ACT OF
Thugs
ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK MES.
SENGERs ON STREETS OF
NEW YORK.
tBy Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, May 25,-While
three employees of the Jefferson Bank
we're on their way from the branch
at Clinton and Houston streets to the
main bank on Canal street, carrying
$4,000 in cash, they were attacke /
on First street by three men, who
jumped upon them and threw pepper
in their faces, the leading thug at
tacking Samuel Edelman, who car
ried the bulk of the money, grabbing
the money bag and attempted to run
with it. The other thugs took care
of Joseph Velsor and Abraham Stern,
the other messengers. The one man
arrested gave his name as Cacimo
Riccobono. The police tonight ar
rested Riccobono's father and his two
brothers. who are held as suspects.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
Last Sad Rites Over
NeVddd'S Governor

RENO, New, May 25.-All that
was mortal of Nevada's late chief
executive, Governor John Sparks,
was conveyed to its last resting place
here this afternoon. The services
were the most impressive ever held
in Reno and the eortege the largest
ever known in the history of this
city.
All day Sunday from 10 o'clock
in the forenoon until o'clock in the
evening, the public paid its respects
to the departed chief executive.
Promptly at o'clock the sarcoph-
agus was removed to the portico in
front of the Elks home, where the
funeral service was held. The eulo-
gist was Judge of the Supreme Court
Frank II. Norcross, who paid high
tribute to the deceased. The Elks
memorial service at the bier was car
ried through by Exalted Ruler S. P.
Reeves, Esteemed Leading Knight 8.
NJ. Sample. Esteemed Loyal knight
f. p. Damn, Esteemed Lecturing
Knight Frank Lewis, Secretary Roo
ert Levers, Treasurer George TURF
tin and Esquire Jay Clemmons.
Immediately at the conclusion ri
this service the cortege was formed
! in the following order:
| Escort of City Police.
Hastings Band, combined bands oi
Eagles and Cadets
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Benevolent and Protective Order d
Elks.
Civic Bodies on foot
University Cadets.
, The Governors STAFF
4 Nevada State Police
The remains OF the Governor
I The family In carriages.
State officials in carriages.
] City and County officials in carriages
Friends and unofficial.
The body was placed in the receir
ing vault at the cemetery. praye
beine delivered The rulvcrslt
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ALLOWED HIS
tongue TO WAG
tBy Associated Press.l }

PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 25.-Dis-
trict Judge Sloan today sentenced AL
bert Ryan, secretary of the Jerome
miners union, to one year in the
penitentiary for assaulting Franz
Burns, Jerome mining man, with a
pistol. When asked why sentence
should not be passed, Ryan arose ami
charged the court and jury with be.
ing controlled by capital The judge
said If Ryan had not indulged In his
TRADE he would have let him off with
fine, but after such an arraignmen.
declared the dignity of the court AMI
jury must be protected.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
CHURCH MATTERS
ARE considered
(By Associated Pressl

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. May 25.--
Cooperation aud closer relations
leading ultimately to a union with
other churches OF the Presbyterian
faith. the duty OF churches to the
negro, and religious education were
the important subjects considered by
the general assembly OF the Presby-
terian church in the United States ol
America today.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
government SUES
FOR timber LANDS
(By Associated Press. }

PORTLAND, Ore, May 25.-To
recover $3.50 acres of the best timber
land in Oregon, valued approximate
ly at $1,000,000, now in the posses.
sion of c. A. Smith, a millionaire
lumber man of Minneapolis, Mimi,
United States District Attorney Nc
Court today filed bills of complaint
in suit of equity. Unless Smiths
holdings are cancelled by June 4, ten
days hence, Smith will have absolute
possession.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
The fire department was compelle

The fire department was compelle l
to make four runs between the hours
of 1870 yesterday afternoon and 10
o'clock last night, taxing the energies
of the men to the utmost and COM
pletely tagging out the horses OF the
department. The response which the
department made in every instance
is to be commended. Not only the
department, but citizens and mem
bers of the volunteer fire depart
ment were on hand at every fire,
willing and ready to assist in putting
out the blaze.
1t was fortunate for Tonopah that
the fires were. in every case, in the
southern part of the town, in thin
ly populated district. as a gale was
blowing at the rate of sixty miles an
hopr and had it occurred in a thick'y
settled district there is no telling
what destruction might have been
wrought.
AC 81 dlai Ia was q OloHS AAA y
tent house in the rear of the resi-
dence of Sam Boggs. The tent was
used as a woodshed and had stored
in it quantity of wood and coal.
The department responded promptly,
but there being no fire hydrant in
that vicinity, the coupling had to be
made on the hydrant opposite the
Celtic hotel, which is about 1900 feet
from the burning building, and as
only 1900 feet of hose is carried, the
hose cart from Florence avenue was
rushed to the scene and the addi-
tional hose coupled on. This neces-
STATED some delay and when the
water was turned on, the house had
nearly burned to the ground. The
fire is believed to have been set by
some small boys who were playing
in that vicinity. There was an al
tempt made last week to fire the
same building, but the fire was ex-
tinguished before 1t had gained much
headway. The damage was small.
The second alarm was caused by {
blaze in the residence of c. ]. Black
several hundred yards south of the
Florence avenue garage. The fire
supposed to have been started by a
spark from a stove dropping onto a
tent in the rear of the house, whic1
Immediately spread to the framework
of the house. Nearly everything was
carried from the burning building
The fire department again arrived
promptly. but could do no good as
the hose from the wagon, coupled
with that from the Florence avenu,
hose reel, failed to reach within fou
hundred yards of the fire.
The fire department was again call
ed out last evening at $3.50 o'cloc'
by a false alarm. Some highly eS
cited individual came running dow
Brougher avenue yelling fire" at tn
top of his voice. and when the de
partment arrived in front OF the post
Office no FIRE could be discovered.
is thought that burst of fame shoot
ing up through some chimney In tn
vicinity of the Miners hospital caus
ed the alarm to be given.
The department was again calle
out at 1880 last night to FIRE a
the Gold Hill hoist, owned by tn
Jim Butler Mining Company, o
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RETIRED ON AGE.
(By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Brig-
adler Alexander Mackenzie. chief of
engineers. was retired to day on ac-
count of age General Mackenzie
has the distinction Of being the old
est officer in active service and one of
longest service
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
MEASURES TAKEN
TO STOP DECLINE

NEW YORK, May 25.-Measures
were taken in the stock market to-
day to arrest the violent decline inco
which the price movement had run
on Saturday. The proceedings later
became dull and uninteresting aAd
almost barren of events. Bonds were
irregular.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
BASEBALL SCORES.
National League.

National League.
At Pittsburg 3. Boston
..
At Cincinnati--Ciame postponed;
wet grounds.
At st. Louis Philadelphia I. st.
Louis 0.
At Chicago New York Z, Chicago
s ten innings.
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Three Fires and One False
Alarm Yesterdays Record
in Tonopah--Meeting Will
Be Held Tonight to Discuss
Matters of Importance to
the Welfare of This City.

Importance the people of Tonopah will take
place this evening at o'clock
especially the four alarms of
immediate action be taken Those inter
particularly understood that
the volunteer fire department The Bon
taxpayer, business
that it is his business
meeting tonight Matters of
pertaining will condera
ton again upon attend this meeting tonight
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
HEAVY FLOODS
IN THE SOUTH
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25.

} OKLAHOMA CITY, May %. .
Six persons are dead and from .
four to five hundred are home .
} less, thousands of acres of low .
, lands inundated, hundreds of .
houses washed away or damag- =
, ed, railroad and wagon bridges Z
} are gone over large area of Z
, the southern part of the State. 4
, Several railroad bridges are Z
, damaged, and the tracks of Z
, nearly every railroad company 4
, operating in the State are either Z
, washed away entirely or de- 4
, ranged in those sections visited
, by the heaviest rains and most
B disastrous floods. 4
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Is Forced to Respond on
FOUR OCCASIONS
mae Still IN
PURSUIT OF TON
(By Associated Press)

= NEW YORK, May 25.-Mae .
= c. Wood, the woman from Oma- .
. ha, who sued Senator Thomas .
. Platt for divorce, alleging she .
. was secretly married to him in .
. 1901, was released on $4,000 .
. bail today. Miss Wood Is now .
. charged with perjury in the .
. testimony heard in the case last =
. week. When the bail bond was =
= made out Miss Wood signed it .
= Mae c. Wood-Platt." Z
HHH~ . . HAH ~~H AH~ .
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
LABOR LEGISLATION
IN The new STATE
(By Associated Press.)

. GUTHRIE, Okla. May 25.-- 4
y The House and Senate today 4
. passed bill which provided for 4
. penitentiary term for any en- 4
. ployer who refuses work to an 4
. employe on account of the lat 4
. ter belonging to a labor union. 4
. The bill also prohibits detec- 4
. iives from working in the State 4
Q A%NSAN = 90 . . y I
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American League.

~ Boston Boston /. St. Louis ,.
At Philadelphia - Cleveland 8.
Philadelphia 2 ten innings.
Al Washington Washington o,
Detroit |
At New York Chicago 9, New
York 3
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26

In respect to the memory of the
late Governor all the banks in Ton)-
pah, together with number of busi-
ness houses, closed their doors yes
terday afternoon. A number of the
county offices also closed. The pub
lie schools closed at noon, as did the
rest Of the schools throughout the
State.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
BY Associated Press.)

~ ~ASSOSA0S%A hNoHsJ
. DALLAS, Tex, May 25.- .
. Four lives are known to. have y
= been lost, and more than mil .
. lion dollars worth of property =
. destroyed, four thousand people .
y rendered homeless by the over =
= flow of the Trinity river last =
= night and today. The flood at .
= nightfall passed the record of =
= the rise made in 1866, of fifty .
= two feet. Only one street car .
. line is operating to part of =
. North Dallas. The waterworks q
= plant is out of commission, the .
= light plant swamped. Funds .
= were raised this afternoon for .
= the relief of the homeless. =
~~~~~ ~~A . ~NH~~ .
Tonight two companies of infantry
and one Of artillery are patrolling
the streets of the city, under the di-
rection of the police, and no one is
permitted to go on the streets with.
out a permit from the authorities
This was made necessary by the
crippling of the waterworks, to pre-
vent incendiary fires. All objection
able characters were given until sun
down to leave the city. Many Of
these had to walk out. Ten mea
were thrown into the Trinity river
by the collapsing of the Texas am
Pacific railroad trestle, in full view
of twenty thousand spectators. Sevea
of these were rescued. The bodi q
of three of the drowned are not W
recovered.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26
TONOPAH Man IS
VICTIM Of BUNkO
lBy Associated Press. J

. SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-- .
. e. II. Rogers, alias Stanley, was .
y arrested today at the instance .
y of E. H. Mills, a mining man y
= from Tonopah, New, who ac- y
= cused Rogers of getting $3.50 =
. certified checks from him in =
. bunko game. =
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26

Cadets fired salute and taps We're
sounded by buglers.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-26

ssThis paDer r. as
Reremf iron O1hol
neWspapeRn, anA ]
thank the Go48 -
Verse and Pro8e th0a
q h dlGeeeat"
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-02
THE VANISHING RESERVATIONS.

If the present policy of opening
the Indian reservation to public set
tlement is continued, no doubt the
present generation will see the last
of Indian segregation. Several large
reservations are to be opened to set
tlement within a year or two. One
of the finest to be thrown open will
be the Crow reservation in Montana.
and not long ago a delegation of
Grow Indians, headed by Plenty Coos.
chief of the tribe, went to Washing
ton to protest against the sale of
their land.
1t is natural for the Indians to pro-
test against the breaking up of their
reservations. even as they protested
against the invasion of the broad
prairies by white men. But if the
case of the Crows is considered, it
will be seen that no hardship is be-
ing worked. The Crows have always
been a friendly tribe. but they have
been one of the most difficult to wean
from their Indian ways. 1t is only
within the last five years that their
| tribal mode of living was broken UP.
Their tribal herd of cattle was sep
arated by the Indian agent, Major S.
G.. Reynolds, and the stock was as
signed to individuals. The Indians
were given allotments of land, and
every effort was used to make them
live on those allotments and become
prosperous farmers. So well has this
work succeeded that now the Crows
are self-supporting. They have
learned the knacll of farming, and
even give an annual fair. at which
their farm products are exhibited
There are about 1900 Crows living
on reservation that is nearly 100
miles square. There are thousands
of acres that can never be used un-
der the present system, save for
grazing Most of it is leased to
white men who run cattle and sheep
| thereon. To take this land and open
it to white settlement is not working
hardship on the Indians. On the
contrary, the more white neighbors
they have the more rapid Will be the
Indians progress as farmers.
What is true in the case of the
Crows is true of most of the other
tribes. The policy of opening the
waste lands of the reservations is a
good one-good for the Indians as
well as the white man. The reserva-
tion has never been anything but a
makeshift and source of scandal
and laziness at the best. The sooner
1t is wiped out of the scheme OF
things the better for all concerned
Denver Republican.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-02
TO Be HELD
JUNE Path

The United States civil service
commission announces an examina-
tion to be held on June "a, at Grand
Junction, Colo, for the positions of
deputy collector and clerk in the in
ternal revenue district of Colorado
and Wyoming.
For application blanks call at the
postoffice or address the undersigned.
No application will be accepted
unless properly executed and filed
with the = undersigned prior to the
hour of closing business on June 16,
1908. V. w. CAMPBELL,
Secretary of 18th Civil Service Dis
trict, Denver, Colo.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-02

The foundation of his success came
in the purchase of the great horse,
Los Angelina, that has records that
place him as one of the greatest race
horses on the continent on a long
distance run. Since Mr.. Bedwell Sc
cured Los Angelina, he has added
from time to time, whenever he ran
across them, some of the best hors-
es racing today He does not have
to watch his opportunity to take
down money at small country fairs;
but the name of Bedwel is listed
in some of the biggest racing events
east and west.
For the past year Mr.. Bedwell has
confined his racing mostly to the
Pacific coast and the southern cir
cult.
For the past three weeks he has
been at Emeryville. Cal, one of the
greatest racing tracks in the coun-
try, where can be found horses from
all over America with records that
make anyone look wise who knows
aught of racing.
The season at Emeryville will
close next Saturday, June 6. Two
weeks ago Handicapped Nathanson
made a compilation of the winnings
of the various stables up until that
time. The list is headed by S. C.
Hildreth one of the richest stable
owners in the country. Their win
nings amounted to $30.140. Next
in line came the famous Keenes of
New York. their winnings amount
ing to $2S.542, and the third at that
time. with the close of the season at
Emeryville three weeks ahead, was
II. G. Bedwell with S22.S67 to his
credit.
Thursday the Millbrae handicap of
seven furlongs is to be run for a
$1,000 purse.
Friday what is known as the Usage
handicap, with something over 81
900 hung up for the horses that go
to the barrier. will occur; and Sat
urday the Beresford handicap of 5 "
furlongs.
Altogether, it will be seen that
Mr. Bedwell is doing something, al
though his friends have not heard
much of him lately.
The clipping from which the above
is taken was sent to this city by a
prominent citizen, G. II. McCurdy
now in California on a visit.
The many friends of Mr.. Bedwell
will be much pleased to hear of his
success.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-02
WILL HAVE
BIG CROP

w. ii. Bergen, the well known
truck man is authority for the
statement that hundred thou
sand tomato plants have been
grown and transpIanted in this
valley this season. Some of
these have been "a duplication, as
some of the very early plants
were frozen and others were COW
cred up with sand from the sew
Icral sand and dust storms that
we have had here this season.
The claim is not made that the
hundred thousand plants wene all
grown here in the valley. Mr.. Bergen
thinks perhaps that the Denver gard
ners shipped into this city perhaps
one-half of this number of plants.
Besides the tomato plants there
have been planted more than fifty
thousand sweet potatoes this year,
which is a greater number than ever
before planted in this valley. The
large number of plants of various
kinds that have been planted this
year. is due to the fact that some of
the fruit growers who have lost all
or a portion of their crop are pro-
posing to fill in with all kinds of
garden truck to help out on this
years receipts.
Many other plants and seeds have
been planted this year in greater
quantity than ever before said Mr..
Bergen and we can count on ship
ping great quantities of the very fin
est vegetables out of the Grand val
ley to other markets.