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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06

Mrs. Charles Champion, form erly OF
Owosso. has written to Robert Cheal
from California, stating that she saw
Mrs Roy Cheal on the streets in Oak.
land, CAL, accompanied by her father.
J. III. Copas' delivery horse ran away
Wednesday, starting at the packing
house on S. Water street, turning on
to Main, when it attempted to jump
over wagon, but failed, landing on a
wagon. 1t jumped up, however, and
proceeded to West Owosso. The wagon
was loaded with hams and they were
spread along the route of the runaway
Mr.. Emerson Sloat and Miss Goldie
Chandler of this city, were married in
Windsor, Dec. Goth. 1907, going there
from visit in Alma and returning to
Owosso without announcing their
marriage. They are now living with the
brides mother, Mrs. A. Il. Dickerson
on Goodhue street. Mr.. Sloat is en-
ployed in B. G. Miller's barber shop.
Mrs. S. J. Frazer died March end at
her home in Perry, aged 80 years. She
has been resident of Perry ten years
coming from New York state. She
married Mr. Frazier in 1888 and is sur
vived by him and one sister, Mrs. Geo.
Wing. The funeral was conducted by
Revs. A. D. Warren and A. E. Warren
from the Methodist church Wednesday
afternoon
Oliver Launstein has sold through
the r. d. Crawford real estate agency,
his 80 acre farm in Owosso township
to Henry Launstein for $4,000 and will
probably buy farm in some other part
of the township or county. The men
owned farms on opposite sides of the
road and had trouble over the drainage
question, going to court, the case being
tried twice in the circuit court and
heard by the supreme court.
Mr.. and Mrs. A S. Thomas of Durand,
were shown the appreciation of their
many kindnessess during the last TWEEN
ty years by twenty.six conductors of
the Grand Trunk and Ann Arbor rail-
roads. when they were presented, last
Saturday, with an electric stand lamp,
gold clock, cut glass salad dish and
cologne bottle. The gifts were great
surprise to the recipients and they
found difficulty in expressing them
selves when the presentation took
place.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06
LOCAL EWS.

w. b. Beckwith spent Sunday with
friends at st. Johns.
B. E. Smith returned home Monday
evening from his southern trip.
Geo. Tooley of Bedding, was guest
of E. F. Conant the first of the week.
MIR. and Mrs j. II BRANDED entertain
ed thirty friends at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Townsend of Sag
inaw, spent Sunday at F. w. Town
sends.
Secy. c. n. Smith was here Tuesday
looking after business at the sugar
factory
The deaths in the county during the
month of January numbered 46 and the
births 45.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Shoemaker returned
to Pontiac tuesday after short stay at
Arthur Alliton's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Armstrong Of De-
troit, have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Osburn this week.
G. D. Lansing and family will move
to Owosso from Oakley this week and
reside on Michigan avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bush of Corun-
ma, entertained Monday evening in
honor Of Carl Bush of Grand Ledge.
Rev. M. G. Powley of New York,
has accepted call to the pastorate of
the Congregational church at Perry.
Odell Chapman was in Lansing Tues
day and went to Alpena Wednesday to
argue case before Circuit Judge
limerick.
The Quingenti enjoyed a six o'clock
dinner, card playing and music at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs r. r. Hart Tues
day evening.
A social will be held at Z. j. Cooks.
Maple River, Saturday evening, and
the proceeds will be used to pay for re-
pairs on the church sheds.
HI. A. Fulkner and George Miller
have been at Morrice this week to in
stall lighting plant in the Hotel
Tewksbury for l.. Sutherland
The matter Of new union depot is
being discussed by the West Side Bust
ness Mems Association and it is hoped
some good results will be obtained.
Mrs. Alice Atwood Failing and two
children and Miss Alkaline Atwood of
Caro-, are guests this week at the
homes of o. l.. Sprague and j. j. Hop
kins.
The following letters at the Owosso
postoffice are advertised for the week
ending Feb. 30, 1908: George Mann
ing, Miss zylphia Smith, Mrs. Martin
Truax, Ed. Weisel.
About thirty friends of Geo. Clutter
buck of Corunna, surprised him on his
birthday last week and presented him
with gold mounted umbrella. A six
o'clock dinner was served.
DIR. and Mrs. l.. Orth. guests at Ben
jamin Converse's for several days, re-
turned to Caro- Tuesday A surprise
party was given by neighbors to host
and guests Monday evening.
Miss Blanche Kieff of Chicago, ILL.,,
is expected today to visit her sister,
Mrs. James Bullen. Miss Kieff will be
employed as stenographer for the Caro-
Vinegar Co.-Caro Advertiser.
On account of the objection of City
Attorney q. r. Lyon, permission was
not granted to several citizens at Mon
days council meeting, to remove shade
trees which they thought had lost their
beauty and become more or less danger
GUS on account of dead limbs. The
street commissioner was instructed to
investigate as to the advisability of
removing the trees.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
GAMBLERS HOLD THE FORT

Reno demonstrated last Saturday
that gambling has too strong a hold to
be driven out by a short fight, ouch as
the Anti. Gambling League has waged
and that long and careful preparation
will be necessary to kill the vice. The
proposed ordinance to GUST gambling
from the city was defeated at q special
election held Saturday by a vote Of
1879 against 1895 for, a majority of 583.
The business meu generally seem salts.
fed over the outcome. The merchants
fear that driving out the gambler
means injury to business. This senti-
msnt had much to do with defeating
the ordinance. Another strong argu-
ment of the gambling fraternity was
that throwing the games OF of Reno
would drive the gambler to another
Nevada town. giving a rival municipal.
ity the revenue derived from licensing.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
Political Announcement
Especial Dispatch

Reno. Nevada. Oct. ~, 1908.
To the SENTINEL, Eureka, Nevada.
Driven to desperation in their efforts
to elect P. L. Flanagan, the Republican
State Central Committee, through its
Federal office holders, has given the
stamp of approval to one Of the black
est ISLANDERS yet circulated throughout
the State, to wit:
"That the Democratic party has
called upon the people to vote against
p. L. Flanagan because he is a membe
OF the Catholic church."
The Democratic State Central Com.
mittee. through its Chairman, r. j..
Somers, and the executive committee,
denounee this falsehood in the strong
est terms. The anonymous circular has
been distributed throughout the State.
The committee has been using every
effort to trace it to its origin, and IN
proof Of the fact that it is a campaign
document, paid for and circulated by
the Republican State Central Com
mittee, it appeared simultaneously In
practically every Republican news
paper in the State to-day. 1t is the
one faint hope the Republicans had OF
defeating the Democratic candidate for
United States Senator. The charges
contained in the Republican circulated
dodgers are falsehoods Of the most
cowardly type.
The writer of this is Chairman OF the
Democratic State Central Committee
and a member Of the Catholic Church.
He personally passes Upon all literature
used by the Democratic party, and
certainly would give no support to any
movs tending to bring ridicule upon the
faith of his fathers. Francis q. New
llnds is too broad.minded a man to give
support, morally or otherwise, to such Q
Islander. Whenever the opportunity
offered, he has fought Coz the principles
upon which are based the foundation
of American liberties. religious toll
GRAFTON and the right OF every man,
woman and child to worship God
according to the dictates Of their W
conscience.
Pay no attention to this cowardly
effort to soil the garments Of religion.
1t is sponsored by the Republican party
in Nevada as the campaign draws to o
close, when it realizes the hopelessness
Of it's fight to stay the citizens in their
now thoroughly settled intention OF
returning Hon. Francis G. Newiands
90 the United States Senate.
(Signed), PETER j.. SoMERs'
Chairman Democratic State Central
Committee.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
Nevada State News

The Nevada State prison is now on a
par with the penal institutions of the
other States of the Union. The Bertil
lion system has been inauguated among
the 1913 convicts of the Nevada prison.
A man in Reno was arrested recently
upon the charge of robbing slot ma
chimes by the use of Chinese money
and lead slugs. After holding him in
Jail a day or two he was released. as
the officers found there is nc law in
Nevada to prohibit the cheating OF slot
machines.
Mrs. A. K. Rose of Tuscarora is re-
ported to have disposed of the Rose
group of mines near that place to Kan
sas City people. The first payment has
been made and a mill is to be erected
on the property within 80 days. Mrs.
Rose, it is stated, ia to receive $780, 900
for the property.
Former Senator w. M. Stewart OF
Nevada, and n of the best known
men in the country, is nov campaign
in Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas
in the interests of William H. Taft for
President. Stewart was Senator from
Nevada for 80 years, and at one time
was one Of the most prominent men in
the affairs of the Nation.
| A1hart IT charged with
the murder Of John Moritz. a messen-
ger boy, in Goldfield two years ago. has
been found guilty Of murder in the
second degree after the jury had de-
liberated nearly six hours. Jackman
on his first trial was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged, The pen
atty for murder in the second degree
is from ten years to life.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
NEVADA TO FIGHT FRISCO

Reno, Nevada, October %. - The
merchants and other business men of
Reno are indignant at the action taken
by the San Francisco merchants in re-
gard to the fight Reno is making
against the Southern Pacific Company
for terminal rates, and intend to retail
ate in every way possible. They have
also heard that the wholesalers OF Sac
ramento are opposing the efforts o
Reno merchants to secure an inter
mediate terminal for Reno and will dol
everything they possibly can to fight
the Sacramento merchants if this
proves to be true.
The Reno business men and the
members Of the Reno Commercial Club
are working with the Nevada Railroad
Commission to secure terminal rates
for Reno, and declare that they will
win, despite the action of the San
Francisco merchants. and that in the
end the San Francisco merchants will
suffer, by the loss of Nevada trade, for
their fight against the business men Of
this State.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
WARMING TO MINING. MEN
On Southern Pacific Pat
ented Ground Must Be Filed
Before January 3

Colonel W. s. Proskey, who is inter-
ested in mines in nearly every camp in
Nevada aud is the father of the camp Of
Talapoosa, which is on land claimed by
the Southern Pacific Company, by q
patent secured January 8, 1908, has
issued a warning to all Nevada mining
men owning mining properties on land
secured by the Southern Pacific Com
pany by q patent. He states that all
mining men having claims on the pat
ented ground must file a claim to the
property with the Land Commissioners
in Washington. ID. g., before January 3,
1909, or forfeit all right to their property
and allow the railroad company to
secure it by the statute of limitations.
He states that although the mine
owners Of Oiinehouse and Mill City
have brought suits against the Southern
Pacific Company. claiming that the rail-
road company secured the ground by
fraud, the other mine owners having
claims on railroad patented land will not
be benefited by these suits even il they
are decided in favor Of the mine owners,
unless the other mine owners file a
claim to their property in the General
Land Office.
Colonel Proskey states that the
Southern Pacific Company has put the
mine owners and prospectors off with
the statement hat they will secure a
title after the OliDghouse Canyon case
is settled if that case is decided in favor
of the miners, but hat this is only to
have the mine owners remain quiet
until after January 3, when the land
will come into the possession of the
railroad company by the statute OF
limitations, and give the railroads an
unassailable title.
Colonel Proskey goes further than
this and declares that in his opinion
the railroad company secured its patents
to thousands of acres of land in Nevada
by fraudulent means. He declares that
Land Agent Mills, of the Southern
Pacific. swore that from reports received
from r. L. Fulton and from information
and belief the land contained no mineral.
Proskey also contends that the a. advertise.
ment for a patent was published in the
Virginia City Chronicle, which had at
the time a circulation of not more than
400, and that at the time the application
for a patent was made, the railroad
officials knew the land contained
mineral.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
Political Announcement
Especial Dispatch
Reno. Nevada, Oct 30. 1908.

Reno. Nevada, Oct 20. 1905.
To the SENTINEL, Eureka, Nevada
An anonymous circular %purporting to
attack Flanagan on account of his
religion, was printed, circulated and
paid for by the Republican Committee
as a covert and insidious attack upon
Senator Newlafds. The Democratic
Committee and Senator Newlands
denounce the circulars and condemn
their use as a timeworn, discredited and
contemplate method to deceive the
people. Senator Newlands never has
countenanced. and never will counter.
ance, an attack on any man on ccoun
of his religion, and knowing this the
Republican Committee is sending the
circulars broadcast over the State in o
desperate effort to defeat Newlands.
The appearance of the circulars was to
be simultaneous in all parts of Nevada.
and every Republican newspaper was to
be prepared to give it publicity and
comment editorially upon it. We do
not believe the practice of the forger
and assassin will succeed in this in.
stance.
(Signed), PETER j. SoNERs,
Chairman Democratic State Central
Committee.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
New Strike At StargO

Superintendent L. j. Anderson of the
Stargo Mining Company drove in from
Stargo, about 90 miles southwest OF
Eureka. in Nye County. Wednesday.
The company is composed of P. II.
Lund and other Denver, Colorado,
capitalists. and the property comprises
a group Of seven or eight claims.
The 600-foot tunnel being run is now
in $3.50 feet, and when completed will
tap the ledge at a depth Of over 600
feet from where the groupings appear
on the surface.
After driving the tunnel in about 345
feet a stringer of fine looking ore was
cut, which 10 feet further opened up
into a strong body of the same kind of
rock, and the entire face of the tunnel
at that point is now in ore.
The new strike is Of considerable i'm.
portance to Eureka, as all mining
machinery and other supplies required
for developing the properties there are
shipped via Eureka, this being the
nearest railroad point to that district.
Mr.. Anderson brought in a number of
samples from the late strike made in the
tunnel and has shipped them to the
head Office of the company at Denver.
The character of the ore is gold bearing
and resembles the rock of the famous
Mohawk mine of Goldfeld 80 closely
that it is hard to distinguish the
difference.
Considerable work is now going on in
the district by individual mine owners
and prospectors. and the showings in
the different properties, with the work
already done, are reported to be very
encouraging.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31

James Morrison, Late Member of Eureka
Lodge No. ~, I. o. o. r.

James Morrison, Late Member of Eureka
Lodge No. ~, I. o. o. r.
Eureka. Nevada, Oct. 81, 1908.
To the Noble Grand Officers and Mem.
bers of Eureka Lodge No. 20.
l. o. o. f.
We. your committee appointed to
draw resolutions on the death of our
Brother. James Morrison. do report the
following:
WHEREAS. The Supreme Master has
seen fit to remove by death our beloved
brother, James Morrison, who in going
has added n more link to the spiritual
chain that binds the Brotherhood on
earth to the brotherhood in Heaven, and
while we bow down in submission to
the will Of the Supreme Master, we
cannot refrain from testifying in a
formal manner our love and appreciation
of his many fine qualities of mind and
heart. Therefore be it
Resolved, That by the death Of our
Brother. James Morrison. Eureka Lodge
No. 20, l. o. o. F.. has lost one Of its
most efficient members, who. with
kindly manner and brotherly love was
ever willing to help carry on the teach
ings of our Order.
Resolved, That our s~ympathies be
extended the borrowing family and q
copy of these resolutions be sent them.
Resolved. That these resolutions be
spread on the minutes Of this Lodge. thai
a copy be published in the Eureks
SENTINEL, and that the Charter Of thil
Lodge be draped for q period Of thirty
days.
WILL NJ. ROBERTSON
p. H.. Hull. fCommittee.
SPENCER REYNOLDS,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
Political Announcement
Especial Dispatch


Reno, Nevada. October 20. 1908.
To the SENTINEL. Eureka. Nevada
Referring to the anonymous circular
opposing P. L. Flanagan on religious
grounds, Senator Newlands said: 81
emphatically deny that l have origin
ated or countenanced this action in
any way. 1t is unAmericau and be-
meath contempt. The attempt of the
Republican press to fasten response
bility for this circular upon me or my
friends will fail. My reputation for
twenty years in this State is worth
nothing unless it convinces all of the
breadth and liberality of my views on
such matters. and appeal to the Oath
Ollie clergy to s~ubstantiats my state
ments."
(Signed). PETER ]. SoMERs,
Chairman Democratic State Central
Committee.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
new EXPLOSIVE: INVENTED
Leaves No Poisonous Gases
That Often Result In the
Death Of Miners

The Seattle Times of October Is says:
W. s. Pierce. proprietor Of the Inter
bay pharmacy, 1900 Grand bouvelard.
has invented q new explosive, which.
il II possesses all the advantages cred
tied to it, will enable the originator to
put the Dupont powder trust to rout.
The invention is said to be the most i'm.
portant advance in powder manufactur-
ing since Maximite, which is now in
limited use in the British navy. Mr.
Pierce has obtained a patent. which
was mailed from Washington Tuesday.
The new explosive. according to Mr..
Pierce, can be made 80 per cent strong.
er than what is known as 60-per-cent
dynamite. which 10 the most powerful
explosive nov manufactured, with the
exception of pure nitroglycerine. Its
greatest advantage, however. is the
safety with which it can be handled.
In the first place, no jar or blow will
set it off. Pierce pounds the explosives
on an anvil with a hammer to prove
this. Moreover, it does not freeze,
even at the temperature of liquid air,
800 degrees below zero. This is q grea
advantage, not only in such countries
as Alaska. but here. Dupont powder,
which is said to be manufactured by q
a secret process, congeals above the
freezing point of water. This makes it
necessary, as a rule. to thaw it out be.
fore it is fit for use, and thousands Of
lives have been sacrificed in the opera
ton.
According to Pierce, his powder is
smokeless. 1t leaves no noxious gases,
which have so often resulted in tn
suffocation Of men in the bottom Of +
shaft. 1t is not poisonous, and a b.
swallowed without any ill result. 1t is
not subject to atmospheric changes.
and is ignited by a decorating cap or an
electric spark. Unlike dynamite. when
ignited in the open air, it will not ex-
plode, but simply bursts into flame. L.
can be manufactured much cheaper
than the dynamite now in use.
Mr.. Pierce is IN able chemist. He
has studied under e. E. Squibb of New
York, and several others of the most
noted chemists in the country. He has
been at work 10 years in perfecting his
invention.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31

SENATOR JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER.
the negro soldiers in the celebrated
Brownsville case recalls a story he
told in illustration of the folly of hasty
yerdicts, such as those rendered in the
court of Judge Lynch. 1t was a story
of a seaside hotel. Passersby heard a
male voice cry:
"Oh. you're killing me! Have you no
pity?"
Then followed a series Of awful
groans. Then:
stop! You are numbering me! I'm
dying"
For a little while the crowd outside
heard feeble grunts and means. Then
a wild shrek rang forth.
Murder! You've done 1t at last.
You've killed me. oh, I'm dying"
what deed is going on in there?"
called a member OF the throng outside
who had been stirred to activity.
There was a smothered laugh within.
the door was opened instantly and q
young and pretty woman appeared.
ibid the noise alarm your she said
1--WE just been peeling on the shirt
from my husbands sunburned arms"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
Nevada, Bryan and Bartlett
Charley Goodwin, a former Eurekan AMI well known Nevadan
in an article on Nevada Politics" in his last issue of Goodwin

Weekly, published at Salt Lake.
says:
Nevada has always had a
warm place in its heart for Mr..
Bryan. In the great contest of
1896 they felt that Mr.. Bryan
was a tower of strength in their
favor; they saw, intuitively, what
would come if he was defeated,
that their loss every year, simply
through the hostile Legislation
which made a commodity OF
silver, would be something enor-
nous. They had a feeling that
the general government and the
great bond-holding class in the
East we're as ungrateful as they
were unwise, that when they
voted to destroy silver as money,
they voted uncounted losses to
wen true.
ties with half the people of this
n Of that 1aUio1afion Ci1yar hoe
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state of Oklahoma in the public mind.
Hearst charges that he tried to in
dnence legislation and officials in the
Buckeye State in favor of the oil mo-
nopoly. This Mr.. Haskell ~strenuously
denies, as well as Mr.. Hearst's other
charges as TO his acts favoring Stand
ard interests since becoming executive
of Oklahoma. Mr.. Haskefl's position
as treasurer of the Democratic ma
tional committee has caused excep-
tional interest to be taken In Mr..
Hearst's allegations and the Oklaho-
ma governors positive contradiction OF
them. 1t has been said Of Governor
Haskell that he twas born in a home
of direst poverty. Graded in the lap of
adversely and educated in the school
of bitter experience" He was born in
Putnam county, o., In 1850 and got
his first experience in politics as a
member of the legislature of the Buck
eye State. and he once aspired to be
its governor. When he removed to
Oklahoma he made Up his mind to be-
come its executive. and his rise TO in
tduence In Democratic councils brought
him the honor as soon as statehood.
for which he was a most efficient
worker. was realized.
Senator Foraker has long been known
for his eloquence, and his magnetic
delivery won him many admirers in
gone by. His championship OF
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31

troubles in Southern Nevada, and by what he did he made clear
that every throb of his heart was for the best interests of the State
and for the workingman himself He is a clear-cut, gifted man,
and we believe the thought in Nevada is, no matter who is on the
other ticket, It is Nevadas duty this year to honor and sustain those
who have served it with so much ability and faithfulness and grace.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-10-31
Big Politicians at War

THE three cor
nered contro-
versy precipi-
tated by Mr.. Will
liam II. Hearst in
charging Senator
Joseph Benson For
aker and Governor
Charles n. Haskell
with Standard Oil
affiliations has
come pretty near
occupying the cen
ter of the political
stage. Governor
Haskell is identi-
fed with the new