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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10

+. Y. Williams. the manager of
the Lathrop-Dayis company, is con
fined to his home and bed, a sufferer
from a stroke of %apoplexy, which oc-
Cured Wednesday evening. He is
under the care OF Doctors Clark,
Mapes and Alexander, and two train
ed nurses are alternating in their
care OF the sick man.
Friends of Mr.. Williams will be
pleased to know that the physicians
pronounce the attack as not being
dangerous, and unless unforseer
complications arise. his recovery viii
be but a matter OF a few weeks. Th'
/ sick man is conscious, and reports
from the bedside last night were en-
c%ouraging.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10
MRS. IDA V. BAKER DIED
IN OAKLAND WEDNESDAY

A letter was received in Tonopah
yesterday announcing the death OF
Mrs. Ida v. Baker, who passed away
at Fabiola hospital in Oakland, on
October A. The deceased was well
and favorably known in this city,
where she resided for some time.
Prior to coming here she was a resi-
dent of Virginia City.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10

The first baby boy born In Seven
iroughs district arrived Tuesday
morning at the home OF Mr.. and
MRS, Loefner. near Vernon. He
weighed eleven pounds and was
cnristened Carl Vernon Loeffer. Mr..
hoeffler is foreman of the property
VI the Monette Mining and Milling
company.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10
TWO MEN HOLD UP
AND ROB TWENTY

VALLEY CITY IN. d., Oct. s.
Two masked men entered the pool
room of ]. Strasle at Darcy early to-
day and lined the twenty odd occu-
pants of the place against the wall,
The robbers then took the watches
and jewlry and about $40 in cash
from their victims.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10
was Granted $40 Alimony by Court.

In the case for divorce of Anna
Laura McGonnagill against w. L..
McGonnagill a motion was made in
the district court by the plaintiff for
temporary alimony and attorneys
fees during the pending Of the action
for divorce. The motion was granted
by the court and the defendant viii
receive $3.50 for attorneys fees and
$50 alimony. The defendant gave as
| reasons for asking the ali nony that
she had to support herseli and sly
minor children.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10

PACIFIC A LEAGUE.

Los Angeles - Los Angeles, l.;
Portland. / (called end of thirteenth
i"ning on account of darkness).
San Francisco, 8; Oakland, O..
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-10-10

cd" and For Sale" cards on sale at
nis Office
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
STARVES SELF TWELVE YEARS.

dozen years, and no Ole knew OF the
fund that kept slowly but surely in
creasing.
The other Sunday she saw the fruI-
tion of her hopes. The $500 bell was
hung in the loft OF the church at Wal
nut and Vine streets. and special dedi-
catory services were held The donor
is In poor health, but was permitted
to attend the services. When asked
why she had been SO steadfast In her
purpose she replied:
When | was saving all these years
the one thought was uppermost in my
mind that when | had gone from this
earth and that bell rings forth on Sun
day morning my children viii say:
That is mother calling us to church.
and we must co."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
FREES SWEETHEART

Nebraska ito free John" s., ar
ranged for the working of her claim
on shares and took the next boat for
Seattle.
She went straight to Gov. She'don's
office from the railway station when
she reached Lincoln. Decided annoy
ance was expressed by her at the de-
lay of two weeks. which she thers
found was necessary owing to the
law which now makes IL obligatory to
advertise a pardon hearing for that
length of time. However, she lost no
time In advertising 1t. No lawyers
were engaged by Miss Andersen.
Il will plead my own case she
said. Il know more about the case
than any lawyer. and | have the out
come more at heart"
And plead 1t she did, both in and
out of season. One day Gov. Sheldon
was sitting quietly in his inner office
med.tating on weighty matters when
he was amazed to have the door burst
violently open and to see Inga swoop-
ing down upon him. She flung herself
on her knees at his feet and with the
tears raining down her face besought
the chief executive to give her back
her sweetheart. As soon as the gov
ernor could dsengage his knees he.
called Miss Kany his stenographer.
to the aid OF the weeping woman. but
he was soon taking long steps toward
the executive mansion. where he was
quite positive there was something he
had forgotten.
At last, however, he decided to sign
the communication. and II was n happy
young woman who gayly set out In
an open carriage for the penitentiary
on the morning of st. Valentines day.
She had arrayed herself In her we'd
ding gown, lacy, filmy affair from
New York; light wrap and long kid
gloves. She did the driving herself.
The morning was crisp. clear and cold.
Miss Andersen, used to the rigors Of
an Alaskan winter. had forgotten that
Nebraska weather in the winter time
is occasionally colder than II looks.
By the time she reached the peniten-
tiary she was nearly frozen ans was
so stiff that she had TO be assisted out
of the carriage and into the building.
For the drive back into town she
bought mans overcoat from one OF
the guards and put 1t on over her
finery.
The two drove back to Lincoln lust
in time to take the Burlington train
for Beatrice. They were married there
that night.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12

sylvan deities formed its religion. The
beauty and richness of legend, In
whose lap Ireland then slept, are RI
vailed by none perhaps, save those of
classic Greece herself. Tradition sup
piles an endless number of crags, hill
sides and valleys, which were the sub
Jects OF legendary lore, and which cap.
uvated the feelings of the Celt with
an irresistible spell. The history Of
those times is obscured by the many
myths and fables interviewer with the
facts handed down to us. Amid all this
vagueness. however. 1t is plain that,
in the early stages of Ireland's career.
she left upon the world the impress
OF most excellent civilization and
that her people possessed much merit
and many virtues.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
NEBRASKA MAN OWES PARDON
TO FAITHFUL WOMAN.
Her Unceasing Efforts to Have Lover
Released from Prison Are Finally
Successful-Couple Go from
Cell to Altar.

Lincoln, Neb.-'I can take him and
make man OF him, governor" de
clared Inga Andersen.
And Gov. Sheldon, looking at the
strong young Swede girls determined
face, suddenly decided that she prob
ably could. So after six weeks of
consideration he signed a commuta-
tion and Inga Andersen and John Mar
tin were married on St Valentine.
night at Beatrice, Neb.
1t was the week before Christmas
that lnga Andersen, fortified by the
gold she had wrung from the hard
Alaskan soil, reached Lincoln and be-
gan her battle for her sweetheart's 5
freedom. Her sweetheart was john
Martin and he was serving the third
year OF n 6ve-year penitentiary SEN
tence for working the old paddock
game" on rural visitors to the Nebras-
ka state fair.
Some little time before this es-
capade Martin had lost his job on
the railroad and was trying to get to-
gether enough money to take him to
Idaho. where Inga, to whom he was
engaged, was working as a cook for a
mining camp.
Not long after Martins sentence
lnga, whose fame as a cook had
spread, was offered a position as cook
for mining party going at once to
Alaska. The excellent wages attract
ed her and she decided to go. Her
party located about 100 miles from
Dawson City, and each man staked
out claim for himself. One by one
they struck IL rich" Suddenly Inga
decided that she. too. would have
claim. and staked out one not far
from the camp. She took to rising be-
tween three and four o'clock In the
morning to perform miracles of cook
ing. Between meals she worked at
placer mining. Presently she also
struck 1t rich" She worked dill
gently until she had accumulated a
sack OF gold dust "as big as Paris
hat" Then. to the dismay of the
camp, to whom the loss of their para
gon cook was real tragedy, she an
nounced her intention of returning to
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
Woman Lives on Bare Necessities
That She Might Give Bell to Church.

Ottumwa, Ia.-Every time the bell
just dedicated, in the tower of the
Waterloo German Emanuel Lutheran
church rings 1t will sound a tribute to
a nameless heroine, who for ten years
has gone without all but the bare ne
cessities OF life that she might donate
the bell to her church.
The heroine, who is a woman past
20 years old, has a dislike for newspa-
per notoriety, and her identity is be-
ing kept secret from all but the pastor
of the church and her family.
Some IL years ago she conceived
plan to furnish the church with a bell.
She was poor and had a family to
look after, but she was determined.
Her relatives noticed that she re-
Trained from eating eggs. meat and
relishes. To their questions she al
ways replied that she did not care for
them. When asked why she did not
discard her old cape and bonnet she
invariably replied that they we're still
aerviceable and would do another
season.
These things she denied hersels that
she might save the money toward the
fund. She cultivated patch of straw
berries and worked many a day in the
scorching sun 10 gather the fruit. She
picked gooseberries at the cost OF many
scratches. and the money thai she re-
allied from the sale OF these ber-
ries went toward the bell fund. Thus
she denied herself in silence ior a
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
Chicken Stealing a Felony.

Jefferson City. Mo-The law max
ing chicken stealing at any hour OF the
day or night felony was held to be
valid by an opinion written by Judge
CAN'T.
Formerly the law was that 1t was
felony only to loot hen roost during
the hours OF the night Then 1t was
amended. making 1t felony to lift
the proud Missouri hen at any hour.
The case came from Boone county.
and the defendants were two white
men, Burch Johnson and Richard
Estes. who were fined $25 each for
stealing some fine pullets thst be-
longed to their nsighbors. Judge CAN'T
says the law is valid and constitu-
uona1.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12

old Erin, he wears the best imitation
he can find, and IL he can get no
shamrock, real or counterfeit, he
wears green necktie or a strip of
green In his coat lapel
1t was not many years ago that the
more enthusiastic OF the sons of Ire
land on the FAY when they bedecked
themselves With green would decline
to tolerate the sight of yellow EN-
blem. Vendors of oranges and ba-
nanas did well to keep their carts of
the street. Even belief in the same
religion was not always sufficient to
save orange sellers: that fruit was en-.
,tirely too suggestive of the Orange
mems association.
In these days of increasing tolera-
ton there. is less and less friction of
this sort. The custom of giving Saint
Patrick's day parades is gradually dy-
Ing out in this country. Many years
ago the New York city council passed
an ordinance imposing a penalty on
anyone who abused an effigy of Saint
: Patrick, but no such law is now neces-
sary. Patriotic Irish societies observe
the day quietly. and there are services
those edifices named after the saint.
Even in Ireland there is less and less
of bitterness between the wearers of
; the green and the yellow. and the
crack of the shillalah is not so often
heard as formerly to the accompani-
ment of the strains of st Patrick's
Day in the Mornin'." The attitude Of
Queen Victoria had much to do with
bringing about this change of feeling.
1t was the duchess of Buckingham
and Chandos who, in voicing her ma
jesty's sentiments, wrote these lines.
which on each recurring Saint Pat
rick's day find warm response in the
hearts of the Irish soldiery:
We're the most uplifted regiment.
Bedad we're mortal keen
The shamrock's In our forage caps
BY order of the queenl
This song bears date 1900, for 1t was
In the last year of her reign that Vic
toria, just before her memorable visit
to Ireland, gave orders that her Irish
regiments were to wear the shamrock
In their headgear on Saint Patrick's
day. That raised the national emblem
OF the island officially to the heart
high position it had ever held in senti
ment. 1t was a small and easy thing
to do, but 1t made the tiny three-leaved
plant popular as 1t never was before.
In spite of all ingenious attempts to
discredit the beautiful story which
represents the patron saint of the EN-
erald Isle as using the shamrock for
an illustration of the Holy Trinity, in
spite OF the learned debates and aca-
demic differences of such scholars as
Bentham and 3ritten. Colgan and
Cook, your true Irishman the world
Syer will ever cling to the chosen leaf
which grows in the moss, the moor
and the mireland" of his old home.
and the public Endorsement of a queen
surely did not weaken that affection.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12

On st. Patrick's day, with tender
heart and moist eye, we set before
ourselves the far form of Ireland, gar
landed with the deeds of the past, and
bedecked with the colors of bygone
days. The pages of Irish history are,
without doubt, familiar to all. The
brilliant lights and deep shadows, the
intense joys and keen sorrows, the
failmes and triumphs which mark the
annals of Erin are an old and familiar
story.
Her very early history contains an
air of romance. and has. running
through it, depth of color which In
vests it with a peculiar charm. In its
primal days Druid worship held the
hearts Of its people and the cult of
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
RE}g RATRlCK
BH}REL LAND@

One thousand.
four hundred and
forty-two years
ago, on March II.
according to the
most trustworthy
a C c. o III n t s, the
death and beati-
fication of Saint
Patrick took place.
That is why, on
the anniversary of
that event, the
shamrock is worn
by every loyal
Irishman. II he
cannot obtain a
genuine leaf from
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12
FOR IRELAND

A
he
There's little n
There's shagan shakes a her
There's a tiny blade
breast wit tender loveto fowin
oh. Ireland for holy I'll
To high
II life strife o soul one
Then, browning Joy. me unworthy
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
Found Not Guilty.

Librado Cruz, charged with re-
ceiving, concealing. and smuggling
a horse into this country was found
not guilty this morning in the
United States court for this dis
trict.
In the case of D. B. Chaplin VS..
VIM. A. c. Dougherty ct al the
motion of the plaintiff to remand
the trial to the state courts was
overruled and the plaintiff excep-
ted.
William Aubrey and Duval West
of San Antonio represented the de-
PENDANTS and James B. Wells and
R. J. Swearingen the plaintiff.
The suit, which concerns inter
ests in lands. was sent up from the
district court in Hidalgo county.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
THE death of Il. Carr Pritchett,

THE death of 81. Carr Pritchett,
president of the Sam Houston
Normal Institute at Huntsville,
removes from the walks of life one
of the noblest men who ever I'M
dertook the training of Texas
youth. A scholar of high attain
ments, he was a man with a great
heart, noble and refined impulses,
and of a lovable, genial disposition
that won for him the love and high
regard of all who came into init
mate contact with him. His mem
DRY will live as long as, the thous-
ands of students who came under
his influence in the college which
he conducted with such marked
ability shall live. They loved
him.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
BATTLE OF WATER.
Prominent Young Members Of the Fire
Department BeIabor Each other
With Water from Fire Hose.

The battle of flowers is all to the
merry, merry, but when it come:
to real fun and spectacular sensa
tionalism, the battle of the water
has it beat about $3.50 yards.
For more than half an hour
this morning. J. c. Wreford and
Fred N. Cowen on one side and
Bernard Kowalski and w. G. Will
man on the other fired broadsides
of water at each other from the
nozzles of two lines of hose, and
when the battle ended each pair of
fighters had saved the two-bits re-
quisite for the daily shower bath.
All four were drenched TO the
skin.
The boys INDUCED in a little
pleasantly before getting down to
the serious work of testing the eff
6ciency of the fire stream of which
the water mains are capable.
They turned the water on the
Miller Hotel and the stream was
almost strong enough to reach the
third story. From across the street,
the fire laddies easily threw
stream to the roof of the two-story
King building.
1t is not known how much pres
sure was on the water but Engineer
Bullock estimated it at about 125
pounds. 1t is possible to obtain a
pressure of los pounds or more
with both pumps at the station
turned on.
The test showed that it would be
possible to fight fires satisfactorily
as there are few buildings in the
city more than two stories high,
and the taller structures may be
reached from the lower ones sur
them.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
Lighthouse Keeper EsIy Is III.

Will Egly. keeper of the light
house at on Padre Island is i'll at
his home ct Point Isabel, as a re-
suit of a slight stroke of paralysis,
which he suffered about five days
ago. His sister, Mrs. R. H.
Wallis. of this city went down and
spent several days with him, it
being her intention to bring him to
town for treatment. if possible.
She returned home last evening,
but Mr.. Egly did not come with
her. He is reported as improving,
however.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12

MAYOR RIED of Corpus Christi
has drawn his first months salary
OF 500, which he Immediately
placed to the credit of the street
improvement fund, in accordance
with the result of the popular vote
to decide what should be done with
his generous gift to the city. Moth
ing can keep down a town with
such progressive and liberal citi-
zens as Corpus Christi seems to
have. Mayor Ried advocated the
adjustment of the mayors salary
before he became a candidate for
mayor, and his course in donating
his salary to the city is in accord
snce with that policy. His heart is
wrapped up in the advancement of
his town, and Corpus Christi is
indeed to be congratulated upon
the possession of such a public
spirited and liberal mayor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
THE retirement of Admiral Rob

T8E retirement of Admiral Rob-
ley d. Evans, known throughout
the navy as Fighting Bob" re-
moves from active service one of
those men who will ever be an
honor to their country and the
arms which they have borne.
Not only for his skill as a COM
mander and his display of bravery
under fire, isAdmiral Evans worthy
of the high place which he has won
in the hearts of his people, but also
for the wonderful depth of feeling
which he has displayed through
out his career. For one saying
alone, he deserves to stand out
conspicuous among the many great
heroes of his country. At the bat
tie of Santiago de Cuba, when the
gallant Spanish Admiral Ger
vera and his fore-doomed fleet,
had made the desperate dash from
the bay and had been shot almost
into atoms by the American fleet,
and when the losers in the fight
lay helpless and dying by humid
reds, at the mercy of the victors,
as the Americans were splitting the
air with with shouts of victory, it
was Fighting Bob" Evans. who
had been in the thickest of the
fight with his brave tars, who cried
now: Don't cheer. boys, the
poor devils are dyingl" That say
ing showed Evans to be that truest
of all brave men, a man with a
heart capable of mercy and pity to
a fallen foe. Long live brave,
noble hearted Bob" Evans!
Would there were more like him.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
TUESDAY. MAY II. 1908.
CRAPS WISDOM.

Judge George Gray of Delaware
is out of politics, according to his
own statement, and is not seeking
the Democratic nomination ttI
presidency.
His name was placed before. the
last D emocratic national conven-
ton, as Delaware's favorite son,
but he was to wise to dignity the
presentation with any further i'm
portance beyond the testimonial of
the regard in which he was held by
the people of his own little state.
That was all that it meant, and
that was all Judge Gray thought it
meant.
Now that his name has been
again mentioned in connection with
the Democratic presidential nomin-
alton, he has announced that he is
out of politics, for he fully realizes
how futile would be any attempt
to land the nomination for him.
Judge Gray is a great man in
every sense of the word. While he
is not politician, in the usual
sense Of tHss word, he neverthe-
less knows enough of politics to
realize that little Delaware is hard
ly likely to furnish hny occupants
of the White House, or any stand
ard bearers of either of the great
political parties. 1t is too small.
AS peace commissioner at the
treaty of Paris between the United
States and Spain aud as arbitrator
of the great anthracite coal strike
some years ago, he demonstrated |
his craftsmanship and courage. and
as United States Judge he has a
record for ability and fairness
which is second to none in the
country
He is a digni6ed gentleman of
the old school who has kept pace
with the trend of modern life, and
If he were as we'll known through
out the country as he is in his ma
tive state, and practical politics
were not so mighty in determin-
ing the candidate for the presi-
dency. Judge Gray would undoubt-
eddy secure the presidential no.
mination.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12

UNCLE Joe Cannon, the auto
crat of the House of Representa-
tives. is IL years old. He forgot
his birthday the other day-and
the anti-nicotine society is already
preparing tracts, to exploit him
as an example of the disastrous eff
fects of the use of the weed"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-12

TIE Wright brothers success
fully operated their new aeroplane
at Kill Devil Hill, N. c. Either
the brothers are not superstitious
or else they have easy consciences.
Most of us would think the name
too threatening perhaps too
personal.