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Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the property generally known as the Lucky Boy, Brighter Days, Queen and Lucky Baldwin mines, stu- ated in Wallapai mining district Mohave Coun- ty. Arizona are under lease and bond to parties working the same. and that neither the mines nor the owners thereof. will be responsible for any labor or debt contracted. nor injuries sus- tained by any employer employee in work ing said properties and that no employer or employee is the agent of the owners for any purpose, and that all operatives engage in such service at their OWL risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claims or their owner
 T.. B. SCOTT Burkeville. Va. Nov. z, 1907.
 First insertion Nov. l6 1907
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Tarrs mining claim, situated in Wallapai mining district, Mohave county. Arizona, is under bond to par ties working the same. and that neither the mine nor the owner thereof will be respons ble for any labor or debt contracted. nor in juries sustained by any emI lover or employee in working said property; and that no em. ployer or employe is the agent of tie owner gage in such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of Gebt is valid against said mining claim or its owner.
 w. A. L. TARR. Manuelito New Mexico. July 20. 1904.
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Nighthawk mine, situated in Walapai mining district Mo have county, Arizona, is under lease to parties working the same, and that neither the mine nor the owner thereof will be responsible for any labor or debt contracted, nor injuries sus- tained by any employer ur employees in work ing said property and that no employer or em plOyee is the agent of the owner for any pur pose, and that all operatives engage in such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claim or their owner.
 NTGHTHAWK MINING co.
 GEORGE Nj. BOWERS Suppl Kingman. Arizona March G. 1902.
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Colorado, Utah. Wyoming, Atlantic Pacific, and Golden Glance mining claims, situated in San Francis co mining district Mohave County, Arizona, are under bond to parties working the same, and that neither the mines nor the owners thereof tracted, nor injuries sustained by any employer or employee in working said property; and that no employer or employee is the agent of the owners for any purpose, and that all oper- atives ens age in such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claims or their owners.
 L. KIMMERLY,
 JNO. c. POTTS,
 THOS. F. HOGAN. Kingman. Ariz.. Jan. F. 1908. First insertion Jan. I8 1908.
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Joseph Britton, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Joseph Britton, deceased to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to ex- hibt them, with the necessary vouchers, with. Tn ten months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at his office in the Court House in Kingman, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate. in said County Of Mohave. ROSS H. BLAkELY, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Britton,
 Deceased
 Dated at kngman, Arizona, this 18th day of
 March. 19OS
 First insertion March l4-April II
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28
BERNARD VOGT, Chloride, Ariz
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby gwen that the Vanderbilt mine, situated in the Wallapai mining district, Mohave county. Arizona, is under lease to parties working the same. and that neither the mine nor the owner thereof will be reSponSi- ble for any labor or debt contracted nor in juries sustained by any employer or employee in working said property and that no employer or employee is the agent Of the owner for any purpose, and that all operatives engage m such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claim or their owner.
 CERBAT MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY
 Cerbat. Arizona, Oct. 1, 1907.
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this sec ond day of Ma ch, A. D. l9Us.
 THOS. MCNEELY, ISeall Notary Public. My Commission expires Jan. 24 1909. Filed and recorded at request of Casper Fay Tor March 5th, A. D. 1908, at 10 o'clock d. m.. in Book 3, pages 2l7-2s 2l9-220 of Incorporation Records of Mohave County, Arlzona territory
 THOS. MCNEELY, lSeall County Recorder By MARIE CARROW, Deputy. First insertion March l4-Aprll IS
Mohave County miner., 1908-03-28

For that neat job of painting, paper hanging or decorating give your con- tract to Robert Rosco.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
desire you to go into details.
 The Chairman. No; absolutely

desire you to go into details.
 The Chairman. No; absolutely none.
 MT Brown. The chairman asks you whether it was exactly so, whether you can say yes to it.
 The Chairman. What I want sub stantially did not modify your opin- ion. Did you not say substantially this?
 A. I might have mentioned sub stantially that statement to one or two persons.
 The Chairman. Did you not?
 A. cannot recall positively, MT Boutell.
 The Chairman. l wish you would be positive, then, as to your best judgment.
 A. think I made the statement substantially.
 The Chairman. Three. Did you not on more than one occasion af- ter the introduction of your resolu- tion No 255 express the opinion orally or in writing that If the naval bill could still be amended so as to provide for full, free, and open com petition for submarines, so as to meet your full and hearty approval it would be wiser, if possible, not to proceed under house resolution 255.
 A. No, sir. I do not recall any statement of that kind, not after the resolution was in.
 The Chairman. Now, are you pos itive about that?
 A. do not recall after the reso- lution was in.
 The Chairman. Your only state ment was before you introduced the resolution?
 A. Yes, sir.
 O. That if it were in that shape you would not have introduced it?
 A. Yes, sir.
 The Chairman. We would like to have, not tonight, but tomorrow, the production of the letter from Mir Golf to you. and your reply alluded 10. Also your letters to MT Latin rop. also all letters to or from you or to any person in any way con- nected with any Connecticut news papers since February l. 1908. Also the notebooks which Mir Webster testified to. which you said you would produce: also the stenograph- ic Look of the stenographer. Also all letters from Mir Liiiey to any and all persons referring to the house. its officers, or this committee relating to this investigation or the proposed resolution of investigation since February I, 1908. All letters and copies Of letters. These of course to be examined in executive session of she committee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02

written to which you signed MT Lil- ley's name?
 A. Average about twenty-twen- ty-five day, perhaps.
 Q. I mean relative to thissinvest.- gation?
 A. There might be twelve or fif- teen.
 o. Did you sign MT Lilley's name, or did he sign his own name?
 A. To letters that I had written?
 Q. Yes.
 A. That I wrote myself I signed.
 Q. Did you write any of similar character to the one sent to MT Golf?
 A. l recall nothing except that one.
 Q. Similar sentiments in reference to this committee?
 A. No, sir; I do not recall any thing of that nature.
 Q. Or similar nature?
 A. No, sir.
 c. Commenting upon the commit tee in any way?
 A. Undoubtedly everyone had some sort of a comment.
 Q. Any of them written to news paper people?
 A. The only letter that I have ever written to the newspaper men was this one letter to the city editor, which I wrote in reference to MT Early's appointment to a clerkship and expenditures in the treasury de- partment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
BOUTELL EFT AL
CHILLING LILLEY
 AND WEBSTER
The Committee Infimates LilIey Had Personal Motive in Ask. ing Invesligalion---Nebster
 Also on Inc Rack.

Congressman Lilley knows what it means to go up against men who know the ropes around Washington, and something about building war ships, men who felt that he had ridi- culed and misrepresented them. The BouteIl committee followed the Waterbury man in and out and all around, and when one member was tired out, the next one took a whack at him. The following will show how they handled him at a recent hearing:
 The Chairman. There are three questions I want to ask you, Mir Lilley. They have no relation to this matter of figures We have just been talking about. I wrote them out with some care because they relate to matters that you have testified to at previous times as we have been conducting the investigation. My only thought in putting the ques- tions into this form is that perhaps the answers to the questions would help to clarify the situation a little and possibly point out that it was not necessary to have other wit nesses here, as the time is coming now when we must send for the other witnesses that We want or for such books and documents as we want. I will read the questions slowly and you will see that they do refer to different parts of your testimony. If you will kindly take full time in answering them and 1T they harmonize with the actual facts in the case, and if they do not har- monize with what you testified be- fore. or your recollection of il, of course you will be given ample Op- pOrtunity to modify il. anything that you have stated before.
 First, if the submarine prOposi- ton in the naval bill of this year has met with your approval SO that 1t would have appeared that the sup posed influence of the Electric Boat company would not stihe the amount of full. free competition in submarines. would you have intro dueed your resolution No 2552
 A. aAAAA nave AE5AAutu NMdA that was the final straw or the Cul- imitation Of my introducing the resO- iution-
 The Chairman. very much wish you could answer these three ques- tiOns hv -yes" or no because you will see the full bearing of them and their connections wi-h what you have already testified about If the naval bill Of this year had contained a proposition for full. free. and open competition. whieh met uith yOur full and hearty approval uOuId you have introduced resolutions No z55-
 tAnsWer 10 the previous question was read 10 the uffnesst
 A can not give Eoa any better answer than that [ can not say what ] would have done because \ do not know what I would have
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
Rear Admiral Charles StiIIman Sperry the Choice of the Administration For Chief of the Globe CircIins Bat tleShip Fleet.

he has more than a year to serve ample time in which to conduct the fleet through the rest of its cruise, The rear admiral is the youngest of the four officers of that rank now commanding squadrons in the great fleet. He reached his present rank two years ago, considerably earlier than the average officer, one reason for this being that Sperry was ap pointed to the Naval academy at an unusually early age. He was grad uated in the class of 1866, being less than nineteen years old and almost at the head of the class. Most of Sper- ry's classmates, being older, are re- tired for age already. Sperry began his career of hard work, without frills. as soon as he left the academy, and he has kept it up ever since. An officer who has known him for forty-five years thus describes his earliest ex- perience in the service:
 An Early Adventure.
 His start in active service was as romantic as the start of narrowing dime novel. I never could persuade him to view it in that light, however. Sperry started for the China station on the corvet Sacramento. The ves sel got along all right until somewhere near the mouth of the Hooghly river on the way to Calcutta, when the ship went ashore in a fog at night and was a total wreck. No lives were lost, and no clothes were saved. All hands came ashore rich only in experience. doubt if Sperry took his shipwreck any more seriously than a person would who stepped in a mud puddle. It was all over as soon as his pajamas got dry.'
 Those who best know Sperry assert that in placing him in command the navy department will be putting the right man in the right place. This is by no means the first high post of honor to which the admiral has been raised. Several very important posi- tions held by him in years past have been filled with such ability as to place him inevitably in line for any promotion possible. He was for three years president of the naval war col lege at Newport. This is the school to which officers of the navy are sent, t,I to take postgraduate courses in strategy, tactics and other subjects in connection with the fighting profes- sion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
Q. Now. who suggested to you the

didate.
 Q. Now, who suggested to you the writing of such a letter?
 A. 1 heard this discussion between Mir Lilley and the newspaper man, Detroit newspaper man, and Mir Lil- ley said that he did not care to write for the information, so I originated this scheme of getting the informa- tion, to which I never received re- ply.
 Q. Did you tell MT Lilley that you had originated the scheme?
 A. I told him the other evening the fact that had written.
 o. How long ago did you tell him?
 A. think it was Sunday night I told him.
 Q. Last Sunday night?
 A. Last Sunday night.
 o. You showed him copy of the letter?
 A. kept no copy of the letter; 1 wrote it at home in the evening on a piece of note paper.
 0. I think MT Lilley just said that he had seen the letter; may be mis- taken.
 Mir olmsted: Did you not, Mir Lil- ley?
 Mir Lilley: I had seen the letter; yes.
 Q. When did you show 1t to MT Lilley?
 A. I never showed it to Mir Lilley.
 Q. What name did you sign to it?
 A. MT Smith, think.
 c. What one of that family?
 A. l have forgotten whether it was Charles or John; Charles Smith or John Smith.
 c. What was your curiosity to know who was running for congress out in Michigan two years ago?
 A. 1 had heard the conversation in regard to the matter, and MT Lil- ley thought it would be improper for him to write.
 Q. Who suggested anything about him writing?
 A. Mir Lilley and this newspaper man had a discussion as to who was the candidate.
 e. Did Mir Lilley tell the newspa- per man or tell you it would be im- proper for him to write?
 A. I think he remarked to the newspaper man, and the newspaper man was going to find out. and he came in and he gave us the names of Mr Gordon and Edinborough and their addresses. 1 think it was the following day he came in and gave Mr Edinborough's and. Gordon's ad- dresses.
 Q. What was your interest in the contest out in Michigan two years ago?
 Al gathered from the eonversa- ton that the Electric Boat Co had brought out a candidate and I wished to ascertain That was my question in that letter to Mr EdinborOugh.
 O. In what way did that affect you?
 A. I do not know that it would af- feet me in any way.
 Q. Did you give Mr Lilley to un- derstaBd that you would write?
 A think the first time I told him about 1t vas this Sunday even ing.
 c. Last Sunday evening"
 A. Last Sunday evening. I never had received reply.
 Q. Now. to whom else have you written. either in your own name os the name of Smith. or any other name. concerning any matter which may possibly concern this investigz- tionl
 A I testified on Friday. I believe. had written several letteTs to Wa terbury city editor and American last tall OnIy one since February 90. ! beIievs.
 Q How many letters have you
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
Has Served Forty six Years Under the American Flag and Will Not Reach the Retiring Age Until Sep tember of Next Year.

When the great peace and arbitra- tion conference was held last summer at The Hague, Admiral Sperry was sent thither as Americas naval rep resentative. As peace commissioners during the famous international con ference he rendered admirable service and materially widened his reputation, so that the new fleet commander is al ready internationally known. At the close of the arbitration congress he was ordered home and placed in com mand of the fourth division of Ad- miral Evans fleet. his flagship being the battleship Alabama.
 Not In Spanish War.
 Sperry was not in active service afioat during the Spanish-American war, but he occupied post in which he was able to render more valuable service than would have been the case had he been at sea. He was ord- nance officer at the New York navy yard. His work there was of vital im- portance to the success of the navy in battle. As one of his classmates has said:
 "Sperry missed the glory of the Spanish American war, but he did not miss the hard work of it. To the ordnance officer fall all the details of fitting out the vessels with their en- tire artillery outfits. There was scarcely a day for more than six months during that period when at least a dozen of the purchased yachts were not at the docks to be armed and started off in hurry, and not mis- take must be made. This was in ad- dition to the repairs and equipment of the main fleet. saw Sperry at his work often in those days, and it was joy to the spirit to see the machine work. There was tangle in the thread every five minutes. but it came straight in a moment and without a stop in the regular motion of the shuttle. Sperry is going to handle the fleet of battleships in exactly the same way"
 Admiral Sperry is known to his brother officers as thoughtful, brainy man. 'level headed officer" not i'm petuous, but prudent and cautious. As a strategist he is said to be excelled by no officer in the entire service. He has been for many years an author ity on international law. qualifica- tion which fits him eminently well for
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02
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Toledo. C. May 2.-MIss Mary ', Murray. for eleveA>years stenozrap and confidential clerk for the Cant Bridge company. was indicted by grand jury at Lima charged with ? Jury For two years she has he wanted as q witness In the prosecuti of the bridge trust. she gave detail evidence whirh was declared so false by the pro=ecufor. and her l1dI ment followed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02

to succeed Rear Admiral Rob
 ley D. Evans the administra- tion finally has decided upon Rear Ad miral Charles Stillman Sperry instead of Richard Wainwright, as was ru- mored when it was determined to con- tinue the cruise of the fleet after the retirement of Admiral Evans by req son of age. In selecting Admiral Sperry rather than Captain Vain wright, who, by the way, becomes rear admiral during the ensuing sum- mer, the government promotes an off cer who has made his reputation in peace instead of in war. Fighting Bob" Evans and Captain Wainwright both belong to the dashing warrior class. Admiral Sperry has lacked an opportunity to distinguish himself in battle and thus make his name a household word, but his work both afloat and ashore in the naval service has been of such a high measure of excellence as to win him an enduring fame in the navy department It may be said that the great fleet in losing Fighting Bob" will gain Working Charley"
 
 his cruise from Hampton Roads last December the picturesque commander remarked that he was ready for a fight or a frolic." Indications are that the battleships are to indulge in frolic rather than in fight, but even in frolic there must be maintained a high degree of discipline and dignity. Admiral Sperry is believed to be the man who is best fitted by tempera- ment, training and experience to up- hold the dignity of Uncle Sam and hold taut the reins of discipline dur ing the social calls of the fleet upon several nations from which invitations have been received. Back of this pro- motion is period of forty-six years of faithful and able service, including the four years of cadetship at Annap- oils, and in this long career Admiral Sperry has seen almost every kind of duty calculated to fit him for the high command to which he will be called after the fleet shall reach San Fran cisco. T The new commander elect was born in Brooklyn, Sept. 3, 1s47. He will not reach the retiring age of sixty-two, therefore. until that date in 1909. Thus
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-02

the post of commander of Q rect us' ing the seven seas at will.
 Saw Service In Philippines.
 Though confined to shore during the war against Spain, Sperry came very near getting into real fight not ion8 after that short lived contest ended. The Filipinos were on the rampage. Aguinaldo was making his memorable fight and flight. and there were fre- quent exciting clashes. Sperry was put in command of the Yorktown and directed the movements of landing party on the eastern shore of the is- land of Luzon. Some of Aguinaldo's men captured the Yorktown's landing party, bag and baggage Some Of the men were wounded, and all were car ried away as prisoners of war. Sperry had no further authority in the mat. ter but the army took up the pursuit and chased the insurgents from end to end of the big island. Finally the cap tives were rescued at Aparri. In army and navy circles this episode is still known as "the hare and hounds expe- dition."
 Admiral Sperry will have sixteen battleships under his command when the fleet leaves San Francisco on it's cruise across the wide Pacific. The fleet is to visit Hawaii the Philippines. Samoa, Australia and perhaps Japan. Through the Indian ocean and tho Suez canal and back to Hampton Roads the big ships will steam. thus completing the most notable naval movement in history.
 Admiral Sperry is in robust health He will have the honor of representing the American navy at many functions in the ports where the fleet will stop. There will be, of course, more or less wining and dining, but these are only incidental. The main thing is to prove to the world that the American navy is fit and fine, and the government re- lies upon the successor of Fighting Bob" to do 1t. The latter has proved 1t possible to float sixteen big battle- ships through 15,000 miles of brine and arrive at destination in better shape than when the cruise began. Sperry's task will be even more difficult. and in the event of his completing 1t without accident or Generalization in the fleet he will be able to retire from active service with honors enough to keep his name in history.
 RoBERTUs LOVE.