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The Nome daily nugget., 1908-03-28
Go 10 the North Pole

Bakery for the best bread and pastry The only coffee house in town.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
AN ELECTION PRIMER
Pertinent Points about Our Election
Machinery For NeqC Voters and old
THE PROHIBITION PARTY.
When was the national Prohibition party organizedi

When was the national Prohibition party organlzedf
Sept 1869, in Chicago In 1872 national ticket nomi
nated james Black of Pennsylvania being the candidate for president
Mr.. Black received 5,60s
What the largest poled by the Prohbonstsf
That of 1892 when John Bwe of California received
votes for president
Name the Prohibition presidential candidates since James Black
Green Clay Smith, Kentucky 1876 Neal Dow, Maine, 1880;
John p St John Kansas 1884, Clinton Fisk New Jersey 1888
John Bdw California 1892; Joshua Leverng Maryland 1895;
John G. Wooley Illinois, 19Oo Sas Swallow Pennsylvania
1904.
What Swallows vote2
25s,536 This increase of $4,000 Wooeys
State briefly what the Prohibition party chiefly stands for
The following part of the Prohibition platform 1922 "The
liquor traffic foe civilization the arch enemy of popular
and public nuisance 1t the citadel of the forces that
corrupt politics. promote poverty and crime, degrade the nations
home @ thwa the will of the people and deliver country into
the hands of rapacous All laws that under the ge
of regulation ae and protect this traffic make the
share in its i'll gotten gains vicious principle and powee
remedy We declare for the entire suppression of the
factu Importation expectation and transportation of alcoholic
liquors beverage by federal and state legislation"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
General News Summary

John Leech of illinois, public printer in the Philippines
has been appointed public printer at Washington D. c.
As result of complaints of postas and postcards
being deaced by the posmakng the has
dered of posmarkng cards at the office of address
The postal card fad has reached proportion and the
ruling expected by the postal officials to be received with
light by the thousands of collectors
John W. Mitchell former president of the United Mine Work
of America called President Roosevelt Saturday. and
leaving the White House said the President had offered him the
position of Special study report the labor
conditions the Panama canal Mr. Mitchell said
able to accept the offer account of ill health
The Nebraska delegation which boed the Popust convention
St Louis has issued statement explanation of their action
They declare the odime Popu mostly absent and that
the of the gathering showed total disregard
amenay and right accredited the delegates They aeg
that the apporonment of delegates made give control
the convention delegates from States that Popuist
vote The statement further says We believe the whole thing
financed by who have organized Independence
league hoping thereby effect the downfall of both Bryan and
Watson"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
Three Man Wine.

The best Rhenish wine is scarcely
plentiful enough to furnish an average
of one drink for every three Germans.
The worst, on the contrary. is SO bad
that 1t takes three men to get one drink
down its natural channel. Near Got
tingen is the little town called Wit
zenhausen, which has long been ia
nous, or, rather, Infamous. for kind
Of wine known as the "dreimanner-
wein," because 1t requires one man to
drink 1t, a second to hold him and
third to pour it down his throat. Here
also is located Germany's first and
only colonial school, founded by some
wealthy adherents of the colonial pol
Icy on which Emperor William has just
won victory over the Socialists In the
reichstag. The school was opened In
1899, with room for seventy students.
which Is not nearly enough for all who
apply. A special feature is the segre-
CATION Of the students in dormitories
to keep them out of taverns, as 1t Is
well known that nothilA. Is so disas-
trous to the whites in the tropics as
''tropenholler," from habits of alcoholic
Indulgence. Here is where the three
man wine" helps the temperance cause.
New York World.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
State News From Our Exchanges

da. Manager Nally says the
Postal Telegraph Company will
follow the line of the SaDte Fe
Railrord to Rhyolite, and from
that point will later extend lines
into all portions of Nevada and
compete with the Western Union.
At Goldfeld on April 4 Local
No. 220 of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, by a vote 80 to 25,
declared off the strike and will
return to work beside non-Union
men. but demand the Tonopah
scale, so cents a day less than
their former wages.
The State police under Captain
Cox are doing good work at Raw
hide. They have disarmed about
a third of the men in the camp
and have enough guns in their
possession to start a South Amer
lean revolution. The police are
insisting on good order and clean
illness in the camp.
Ernest Bingham, one of the
former proprietors of the Reno
Journal, while endeavorlng to
board one of the street cars in
Los Angeles Tuesday, was thrown
to the ground, partly under the
car. He sustained fracture Of
the left leg above the knee and
several minor bruises.
The Colorado company which
owns the Nugget mining claim in
Olinghouse canyon has been fol
some time experimenting with
dry washers on the property and
have met with such substantial
results that within a short time
two 50-ton machines will be taker
to the property for the purpose o
extracting values from the ore.
With the statement to friend
Ed Uren, that he was tired of liv
ing, Edward l.. Gilman, exper
accountant for the Tonopal
United Water Company, and ont
LOT the most popular young me,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
How to Thaw Dynamite

Although knowledge the kind indicated in this title will do
little good the man lack of it, indifference to its value
many lives yearly Chilled frozen loses much
of its explosive force and becomes necessary In do
ing this improperly the explosive be set off, with disastrous
consequences In recent paper by Dennson of the Du
Pont Powder Company abcted Engineering and Contracting
Chicago March H. is stated that in single year &C accidents
reported from this the United stateneay
many Great Britain has had in "a Mr. Dennson gives
following list taken from British government report acc
dents between 1872 and 1906 Every method mentioned is
rary to law in England:
p Heating fire. 49, 2) reheating water in which dyna
mite had been previously placed to haw IL @ placing the expo
then heating that fire. 10 a. placing the dy
Mantle cartridges 5 thawng cartridges in the hands
lighted lamp CANDLE @ placing dynamite in hot ashes
4 O warming shovel fire. s; 49, placing cartridges
top of heated stone 5; 9) hot iron 0 steam pipe
81 1 rubbing cartridges together them by friction l.
This will somewhat comprehensive catalogue of "onts
How then should dynamite be thawed out? We told:
thawing large quantities of dynamite thaw house heated
pipes radiators being the back sides of the
building protected by wooded partition by far the safest
method arranged that the cartridges may be laid
on grooved Shelves each stick ITSELF the better for each
will obtain uniform and regular heat and the best
results.
eThe should be So constructed that could not
get the explosive open directly
dynamite shelves door in the would enable make
necessary repairs the radiators This for the that
accidents have occurred due the baster stopping nice
thawing house to insert his caps make up primers.
"a stove N the middle of the may bring trouble One
and Knnsas recorded where thaw
heated by this method exploded Both went the
night when no. near
quantities Mr. Dennson recommends the of two
the smaller to be placed within the larger
and rags anything that will hold the heat This
perfectly the dynamite the best of shape and much OF its
explosive 1t be carried the shot and loaded
direct there by minimizing of being chilled He adds
thawing kettles the market built much the
same pan purchased from explosive manufacturer
larger quantities. barrel for the hot water and
a mlkcan for the dynamite.
makes good thawer where the quarry is situated
that supply be kept up The contractors on the New
York subway used this method generally buryng box su
hold three four OF dynamite In manure then dug
out when needed Opinion there seemed to give life Of
two three weeks only
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
Dreaming a Derby Winner.

I dare say that every year one or
more people dream of the Derby win
ner because thousands OF people are
guessing in their dreams. and two or
three guess right. Take the Favonius
case. A man came to an acquaintance
Of mine and said, What is the Latin
for the southwest wind?" ''Favonius."
said my friend. That's the name,"
said the other. 81 dreamed last night
that Favonius won the Derby. but ]
could only remember that southwest
wind was the English Of the word
when I awoke" There was no Fa-
vonius in the list Of horses, but on
reaching the race course the men
found that ''the Zephyr colt" had been
newly named = Favonius. Probably
the name Zephyr (west wind colt had
been converted into Favonius South
west wind in the sleeping mind of the
dreamer, though when awake he could
not remember the Latin word for
southwest wind. Favonius won. The
dream was a good guess. no more
Andrew Lang In Independent
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13

Cleveland H. Baker, who has
been deputy District Attorney OF
Nye County for about a year, has
resigned that position and will
open up law Office in Tonopah.
A new paper to be called the
Daily American will be launched
in Reno shortly. Fred Brown,
formerly of the Nevada City
Transcript. is at the head of the
new paper.
Ensign James P. Gliding of
Carson, whose promotion was
noted few weeks since, was the
only midshipman III his squadron
to pass the examination success
fully and secure promotion.
A company working the waste
dumps of the old Lincoln mines,
near Berlin, Nye County, is re-
ported to have cleaned up in a
three-days' run s2100 in gold and
silver, and SO per ton in copper
ore.
Colonist travel over the South
ern Pacific this year is not as
heavy as was anticipated by the
officials of the road and is not
as regular or as continuous as
last Fall. The regular trains are
able to handle the business.
In a row over a town lot at
Schurz the other day, A. Nickel
ligon, a saloon keeper, emptied
shotgun into blacksmith named
Harris, killing him instantly
Witnesses state that it was a cold
blooded murder. Kelligon is now
in Jail at Rawhide.
General manager E. ]. Nally o.
the Postal Telegraph and Gable
Company has made arrangements
with the Southern Nevada Tele-
graph and Telephone Company
to use the lines of the latter com,
pany in southern Nevada, and has
closed a contract with local con
tractors to construct other lines
Tor the Postal Company in Neva
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13

The solar system is well illustrated
by the following statements: Let the
sun be represented by a globe two feet
in diameter. A grain of mustard seed at
the circumference of a circle 164 feet
in diameter win adequately represent
the size and distance Of Mercury. The
earth will be represented by a pea on
the circumference of a circle 2S4 feet
across, and Venus by another pea on
tie outside of 430 foot circle. Mars
will be adequately represented by a
pinhead at 654 feet, and the asteroids
by grains of sand 1000 to 1.200 feet
away. An orange at the distance of
half a mile will stand for Jupiter, Q
very small apple at fourNffths of Q
mile win stand for Saturn and cher
~ on the circumference OF circle HI
miles across viii represent uranuA
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13

Husband during the spat)-I must
have been a fool when married you.
Wife-Undoubtedly. But the old
adage still holds good
Husband-What's that?
wife-A fool for luck.-Chicago
News
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13

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tablets and ended his existence
in the company's Office Thursday
evening. Uren thought Gilman
was joking and paid no attention
to his threat to end his existence
Gilman's accounts were in per-
feet order and no cause is known
for the deed. He was 81 years
of age and leaves young wife.
The Goldfeld correspondent Of
the Rhyolite Bulletin says that
people are leaving Rawhide in
droves and punches so big that
they are falling over each other
in their anxiety to get out. Other
reports from Rawhide say that
the camp continues to boom and
that prospects are better than
ever. Somebody must be lying
like sixty about Rawhide.
"The Reception" lodging house
on First street, within half a
block of the Reno police station,
was entered by burglars Thurs
day night and more that $4,000
worth of diamonds belonging to
Ida Robbins, the owner, were
stolen. The police have arrested
Fred johnson, husband of the
colored housekeeper, and "Bill"
Wentworth, bartender.
Miss Jessie Keenroy, the young
woman who assisted in horse
whipping Rev. ]. NJ Hilbish, the
Methodist minister at Turlock,
Cal, Wednesday, was formerly a
waitress in the Riverside Hotel
in Reno. While there she gained
considerable notoriety. She fire.
quented the back rooms of vari-
Gus saloons and on one occasion
had some trouble in a saloon
known as the Turf" where
women were employed to sing
for the entertainment of the male
customers of the place.
A new find of ore at what has
been in past years known as the
Richmond district, northwest of
Carlin, Elko County, about Is
miles has been reported. The
mineral zone at this point runs
northeast and southwest from
Tuscarora, through Gold Circle.
southwesterly past Maggie Creek,
and across the Humboldt river
west of Carlin and east of Pali-
SADIE. In this big trend several
good mines have been developed
and the latest find shows good
ledge of gold and silver ore.
The prison board held meet
ing last week and increased the
salaries of the employees at the
Nevada State prison. The in
creases date froIn the first of
March and are as follows: Cap
tain of the guards, increased from
$125 to $I35; lieutenants, 500
to s11O; overseer, 500 to Sl1O;
commissary, 500 to s11O; guard
and hospital steward, s75 to ss5;
guard and photographer, $50 to
$50; physician, $50 to $50. The
increases were possible under the
appropriation made by the last
special session of the Legislature.
E. Hardy, Clerk of Esmeralda
County, has received a special
commission from the United
States Land Office at Carson City
to take testimony in a case brought
by agents of the Department of
the Interior against W. W. Booth.
This action will involve the title
of every squatter on the land in
question and will also involve the
title to many fashionable homes
in Goldfeld. The agents OF the
Department of the Interior claim
that the land is non mineral and
that it was legally taken up as a
townsite and sold as town lots,
| and that Booth has no right to
i
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
Beatidc LOdQe No. 7, (. Of P,

Meets every Tuesday evening at its Castle
Hall in the Smith Richard Building at 7
o'clock, from October to March 81. and at
7:S0 o'clock from April to September 80.
All Brother Knights in good standing are
fraternally invited to attend.
G. A. FLETCHER. @. @.
Attsst; D. E. NosTRosA x. Of r 4 8.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-04-13
EUREKA LODGE DIRECTORY
Iphigenia CHAPTER No. 5, 0. E. 5.

Meets First and Third Thursdays OF each
month in Masonic Hall at p. m. Visiting
members are fraternally invited to attend.
LILLIAN GoLDINe, w. NJ.
LAURA HoEeH, Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
RIVERSIDE PROPERTY
FINDING READY SALE
VALENCIA ORANGE LANDS IN
SPECIAL REQUEST
Local Real Estate Dealers Report
Good Sales of Outlying Tracts,
and Substantial City Deal
Goes Through
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, May 1S.-That River
side orange property is meeting with a
ready market is evidenced by the sales
made recently by local realty men
Robert Lee Bettner reports the sale OF
ten-acre grove, half navel and hall
Valencia, on Victoria avenue, from
John T. Redman to w. L. Dinsmore
cashier of the { :curity Savings bank;
nine acres, with residence, on Magnolia
avenue, from III. r. Mackie to Louisa
c. Bacon of Boston, who has wintered
for several seasons at the Glenwood
three acres on Hawarden drive, which
has been purchased from the Riverside
Trust company by Lewis B. Perry, and
on which he will erect handsome res
idence, and thirteen acres on Airing
ton heights, from John T. Redman to
Lewis B. Perry.
E. N. Hillegas, another realty rust
Ter, consummated the third sale of Va
lencia property made in the past week
when he sold today five and hall
acres of 2-year-old trees. on East
Eighth street, for Karl Stebinger to
]. w. Wells and r. B. Hampson.
w. G. Fraser today closed the sale
of the Central garage, fine city prop
erty on Orange street, to j. j. Claflin
for $4,000, through the agency OF J. H.
Thompson.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES

UMASON-LOOKER-Leo ID. Humason. age
81. native of Minnesota and resident OF Los
Angeles and Mabel s. LOCKER, age 49, native
OF Illinois and resident of Hollywood.
CONNELLY-HENNESS c. Connolly.
age 20, native of New York, and Mary $.
Hennessy. age g. native OF Missouri; resi-
dents of Los Angeles.
HUNT-SMITH-Clinton J. Hunt. age %. and
Daisy Smith. age 26; native of California;
residents of Sequel.
MONTES-MAR NEZ-Bartolo Monies age 3d.
and Victoriana Martinez. age Is; natives OF
Mexico; residents OF Compton.
WHlTE-BURTON-Will White, age &c, and
May Burton; natives of England; residents
of Benson. Ariz.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. Ryder. age 80.
native OF Illinois and resident of Chicago.
and Anna WEIGH. age 80, native OF Missouri
and resident of Los Angeles
TAVEDRA- PEREZ-Feieciano Iavedra, age
80, and ASCENSION Perez. age Is; natives OF
Mexico; residents OF Los Angeles.
PERKINS HIcKEY-Christopher c. Perkins,
jr.. age "a, native of Mississippi and resident
OF Los Angeles, and Bertha l.. Hickey. age
"a. native OF California and resident OF Te-
hachapi
LlLLY-WILKES-Rollie H. Lilly age o. ma
tive OF Nebraska and resident OF Los Ange-
les, and Luida j. Wilkes, age 10, native of
Kansas and resident of Redondo
SATERFIELD-CLrFTON Saterfield.
age %, native OF Louisiana: residents of Los
Angeles.
MYERS-HIRSCH-Otto c. Myers, age 2T. ma
tive Of Kansas, and Alma Hirsch, age q,
native OF Texas; residents of Los Angeles.
DAVIS-LEVINE-George Davis, age AZ. ma
tive OF Germany, and Lena Levine. age 80,
native or Russia; residents OF Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
SANTA MONICA
si2 Oregon ave. Home phone 1878.
Ocean Park and Venice
Ia Pier ave.
Home phoue 40I6. Sunset s26e1.
BABY ASLEEP ON VERANDA
BARELY ESCAPES DEATH
Fire at Ocean Park, Due to Explosion
of instantaneous Gas 6athtub
Heater, Causes Loss Estl-
mated at $500

Special to The Herald
OCEAN PARK, May 1S.-Fire, start
ed by an explosion of an instantaneous
bath heater in the bathroom of e. d.
Reynolds bungalow at 20 Dudley ave.
nue. shortly before noon today, dam
aged the house to the extent of $500,
none of which is covered by insurance.
Prompt action on the part of the fire
department, members of which did
heroic work on the roof of the burning
building, saved the house from total
destruction and prevented the flames
from spreading to the adjacent cot
tages.
The Reynolds baby, who was asleep
on the veranda, had a narrow escape,
as the flames were not discovered until
the fire was well under way. A milk
man making the noon round was the
first to see the flames and send IN an
alarm.
All the personal effects and nearly
all the furniture We're saved.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
NEW TREES GALORE WILL
BE PLANTED ON STREETS
City Commissioners Decide on Adop-
ton of First and Supplemental Re-
ports, and Arrange for Exten-
sive Improvements
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, May 1S.-To clinch the
work of the advisory commission on
street trees the city commissioners de-
cided near the close of their session
today to adopt both the first and the
supplemental reports of the commits
sion, the trees recommended to become
the official street tree after thirty days.
The list as far as completed is:
Marengo avenue, between Mountain
and Hobart streets, black acacias and
peppers; Summit avenue, washington
to Hobart, peppers and camphors; Oak
land avenue, north of No. 1885, camphors
and peppers; Elevado drive, black aca-
cias: Orange Grove avenue, Columbia
to Live Oak street, peppers; Live OAK
to Pasadena avenue, south side, WASH
ington robusta palm; north side, dra-
caenas; Pasadena avenue to Fair Oaks,
camphor; Fair Oaks, east, black aca-
cias; Villa street, Los Robes east,
black acacias; Los Robes, west, aca-
cha fioribunda; Waverly drive, Orange
Grove to Pasadena, chamaeropis excel
sior; Pasadena avenue to Fair Oaks,
black acacias; Bellevue drive Fair
Oaks to Pasadena avenue, peppers;
Pasadena avenue to Orange Grove,
Washington robusta Markham street,
same; st. John avenue, same; Frank
lin avenue same; California street,
camphor alternating with black acacia.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
UNIQUE FEATURE
MARKS FESTIVAL
BRILLIANT ILLUMINATI0NS AT
SAN BERNARDIN0
ARROWHEAD INDIAN LEGENDS
cLEVERLY REPRODUCED
Queen Crowned Amid Great Demon
STATIONS of Enthusiasm, the City
Streets Presenting Singular
Scenes of Beauty
snecial to Tho Herald.

Special to Tho Herald
SAN BERNARDINO, May 1S.-One
of the most interesting and unique dis
plays of the big fair is the reproduction
of one of the immense flowing wells
from which the city derives much of
its water supply. A pipe has been
erected in the center of the street and
connected with the city main, and thus
an exact reproduction of the big well
secured that presents a most beautiful
picture. At night the display VIII pc
illuminated thus producing an electric
fountain of great brilliancy and beauty.
The big well is given a background
setting of mountain scenery with
mountain stream reproduced, showing
the source of the valleys water.
Thursday evening there will be a
parade of the Improved Order of Red
Men of this and all surrounding cities,
the members being in full Indian cos
tune. The festival having linked with
it the many Indian legends this feature
has been worked up as most appro-
pirate one in many ways.
The big festival will be opened this
evening with the browning of Queen
Lola l and little Queen Mildred at the
magnificent throne at Fourth and r.
streets The coronation ceremony
which will be most beautiful, Will be
followed by the portrayal of the Indian
legends connected with the Arrowhead
on the mountain side north of the city,
nearly 100 of the young people of the
city in costume being included in the
cast. with Miss Mamie Ingersoll as
the beautiful Indian princess.
The coronation ceremonies will be
followed by the coronation ball at the
city pavilion, which will be a most
brilliant function. For the opening of
the big festival the city is ablaze with
color and electric lights. the whole af-
fair taking on the most pretentious
character of any festival given in
Southern California, outside of Los
Angeles.
A proclamation has been issued to all
restaurant men, rooming house keepers
and all others engaged in business that
no raise in prices of an exorbitant
character will be permitted during the
festival. Anyone attempting it will be
given advertising of character that
he will not relish
Transportation companies have been
planning to handle a large crowd dur
ing the week.