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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
MAGGIE wETHERED-CLUFF DEAD
Passes Away at Berkeley, Cal. After
Long Illness of Nervous Ailment

a19&o
Long Illness of Nervous Ailment
Word was received in Eureka this
week of the death of Mrs Margaret B.
Cluf, widow Of the late Thomas Nj.
Cluff Of San Francisco. daughter OF
Thomas Wethered. sister of VIM. l..
Wethered and sister Of Mrs. Judge A.
e. Cheney Of Reno. Her death &C.
CURED at the Sanderson Sanitarium at
Berkeley. California. on January l6,
1908. after a prolonged illness.
About q year ago the deceased was
attacked with a severe case Of nervous
prostration. since which time her health
steadily failed.
Mrs. Cluff was we'll know in Eureka.
where she grew to ~womanhood. and
was esteemed by all who knew her fol
her amiable and social disposition.
She is survived by TWO children,
son, Alfred T., and daughter. Geral
dine. a father. sister, brother. William
L., and half brother, z. T. Orr. the two
latter residing in San Francisco.
The funeral services were held at st
Marks Episcopal Church in Berkeley Oh
Friday. January II. aud the intermenl
took place at Reno Sunday.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
SkaggS- Bryant Wedding

Hon. Robert E. Skaggs aud Mrs,
Belle Bryant were married on Saturday
January IL. 1908, at the home OF the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Lindsey, at Elko. Mrs. Skaggs is the
owner of the Hot Springs rear Elko,
She was formerly a school teacher and
taught at Union. in the northern part
of this county. She was married te
Mr.. Thomas BRYANT of Ruby Hill. now
deceased. about II years ago.
Mr.. Skaggs is a prominent citizen,
mine owner and politician of Elkc
County. an Assemblyman in the present
extra session, and Speaker of the last
Legislature.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Postmaster Bracken Robbed

The p~ostoffice that was recently rob-
bed by burglars at Las Vegas, Lincoln
County, when nearly $4,000 in money
aud stamps were got away with, was in
charge Of w. r. Bracken, who visited
Eureka a couple of times in the last few
years. and is the son-in-law of our
townsman, Hiram johnson. The Las
Vegas Age says it is not believed Post
master Bracken will be compelled to
bear the brunt of the loss, as he is
known to be extremely cautious in car
ing for all funds and valuable matter,
and personally went to the expense OF
providing a large safe when the Post
office Department refused to do so.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
WALES Davies Suit Appealed

The case of Sydney 1. WALES against
Daniel Davies involving the question of
title and ownership to IL mining claims
zeal Alpha in Eureka County, and
which was decided in favor Of the de.
PENDANT by Judge Harrington of the
United States Court at Carson, has been
appealed. On Monday. Jan. 10. an
assignment of errors and a petition for
an appeal was filed in the United States
Court.
The case will now be taken to the
District or Circuit Court Of Appeals
sitting in San Francisco aud consisting
OF the three United States District or
Circuit Court Judges.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
The KA Mt
LOCAL BREvITIES.

George L. Hagaman returned Mon
day from a trip to California.
W. J. Hooper was an arrival from
Palisade on Saturdays train.
Deputy Sheriff J. w. Ebert was up
from Palisade Wednesday on official
business.
The Lodge card Of Iphigenia Chapter
No. 8, o. L. s., appears in to-day's
SENTINEL.
W. +. Mau left Wednesday morning
for Sacramento aud Los Angeles for a
months visit.
James Kautz arrived from Typo
Wednesday on a visit to his family who
are now residing in Eureka.
Dennis Keefe, who has been working
at the Success mine near Ely for several
months, returned home Sunday.
The sale Of property for delinquent
taxes will take place in front OF the
Court House door to-day. Monday. Jan.
20.
Senator 4. j. Brossemer left last
n onday to attend the special session Of
the Nevada Legislature that met at Car
son January IA.
Assessor II. @. McTerney, who has
been attending a meeting Of the State
Board Of Assessors at Carson. returned
on Thursdays train.
Mrs. Emily Flavin Of Prospect. who
has been on q visit to Mrs. r. G. Cos
at Palermo, California, returned home
on Thursdays train.
Robert Harvey. who conducted the
City Brewery saloon for a time here
left on Wednesday for British Columbif
where his family resides.
Miss. Rose Curto. who has been visit
ing relatives in White Pine County
returned home Friday accompanied by
her brother, William Curto.
Asst. Supt. A. X. Randolph of tn
e. g. r. came up Saturday from Pail
sdue 6hu WilAIcnuaiu httO uhth 1hohN~J
morning attending to business matter
at this end Of the line.
Miss Fannie Coyle. who has been ii
Tonopah for the past several months
arrived here on Mondays train an'
left Tuesday for her home at the Six
Mile House near Hamilton.
r. s. Oliver of Salt Lake, who cam
here last week for the purpose of sam
ping the Holly mine on Adams Hill 70
Messrs. Jeannot and Perry, having fin
ished his work returned home on Mon
days train.
w. K. Jeannot, m Of the owners o
the Holly mine on Adams Hill, left las
Sunday for a short visit to Los Angeles
California. After a business trip t
Idaho Mr.. Jeannot will return to Eu
reka.
Miss Kate Mechanics was a passenge
on Mondays train for Carson. She j
one Of the attaches Of the present extr
session Of the Legislature, being engros:
ing clerk. a position held by Miss Jessi
Diamond at the regular session a yea
ago.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Present Smelling Situation

The local officials of the Richmond.
Eureka Company on Ruby Hill were
notified last Friday that it would be at
least two months before the United
States SHELTERS would be again in the
market as ore purchasers.
The officials state this is all the in
formation that has been received here
this week regarding the situation.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20

Palisade Prisoner Brought to Eureka
Harry Milton, charged with having
broken into a Southern Pacific box car
at Palisade. had a hearing before JUS
tice ]. NJ. Requa Of that place Wednes-
day who bound him over to the next
Grand Jury with bonds fixed at 500.
District Attorney A. s. Henderson con-
Quoted the hearing. Milton was
brought to Eureka Thursday and lodged
in the county Jail.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
.Entombed Miners Rescued From Shaft
Last Part of Rescue Work Made Easy By Solid Ground In
Ely Mine-Prsoners Found Waiting DeIverance

Ely, Nevada, January 1S-At 10 o'clock tonight three men, A
d. Bailey, T. j. Brown and Fred Mcdonald, were taken from the
Alpha shaft of the Giroux mine, after being entombed on the 1000
surpasses any incident of a like Dature in the history of mining.
The town is wildly rejoicing o7er the Salvation of the three
heroes. Bells, whistles and every instrument capable of making a
noise has had its power tested. Greetings between the imprisoned
men and relatives and friends were hysterical
At noon to-day the rescuers broke through a bridge of inter
laced tmbers when but a few feet past the 600 foot level The
large cavity underneath reached to a depth of $40 feet, making a
saving of labor of nearly $40 feet Only 80 feet of soft dirt re-
NAMED.
The walls of the shaft were intact. After the ladder. which
had been torn away, had been replaced with a new one, workers
hastily decended to this last obstruction and proceeded to remove it.
The dirt was so fine and soft that when a few feet had been re-
moved the remainder sank away into the mouth of the drift where
the mel were located.
Pine T. IL r.. FL
ALLEY ~;Tumbling into the opening the rescuers greeted the entombed
wost afectionately, both parties embracing each other.
u~a 70 T T,u rescued were quickly hoisted to the surface to participate
he Monitor rafectionate meeting with relatives and friends. The news
this route lrried to the city, when bedlam broke loose its well
ame a. me ote' g heroes.
90 nile less, than the of sadness seemed to tinge the demonstration.
md after reaching Little night that two of the party that went down into
miles west OF IN vsse,Sl day of December 4 still lie at the farthest
here on he old transcoutapentilar of wreckage. The work of recovering
If the Rio Grande Western; and on as rapidly as possible.
avoid the crossing of a single the three miners have fouobt off death
or low valley after leaving tn -. p
Veteran mine. "o io0As ea Pueu up
The high ranges and the low valleys b they worked when the Alpha
the southern route mean long and FnTnino of Decembar4
San padas both WAYS. and endlessI
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
District Court Proceedings

In the matter Of the estate Of John
Wilce, deceased-Letters of admins
tration upon this estate were granted
H. @. McTerney on January 10. De-
ceased died on Ruby Hill. leaving a
small estate. He left a mother in Corn
wall. England. The bond of the admin
istrator was fixed at $500.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20

For social, medical or household uses
1. W. HARPER whisky is the best and
the safest. The most popular high grade
whisky on the market. Sold by The
Eureka Cash Store and the Ruby Hill
Mercantile Company.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Taken to the County Hospital

Frank Glasgow, the man who had
one of his legs so badly injured in a
railroad accident near Palisade some
weeks ago. necessitating the amputa-
ton of the limb by Drs. Hood at Elko.
was brought up from Paiisade on
Thursdays train and taken to the
county hospital
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Death of James B. Gallagher

James B. Gallagher. a mining man of
Butte, Montana. and a son-in- law of
MI. and Mrs. ]. L. Wines, former Eu-
reka residents. died at Butte Sunday,
January 10. from an abscess on the brain.
Deceased was at n time a resident OF
Elko. He leaves q widow aud one
grown son
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Eniseopal Church Services

Rev. Lloyd b. Thomas will hold SER
vices in st. James Episcopal Church in
Eureka on Sunday, Jan. 20. Morning
service at ii o'clock. Evening service
at Z O'Clock.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20

According to a signed agree
n ment the barber shops of Reno
will hereafter be closed on Sum-
days.
Nevada's State Prison is now
filled to capacity. In all there
= r 1872 convicts in confinement,
autrad every cell is occupied. Fiji
cur liat prisoners are confined in
condemned cells, heretofore
THE Trrt for condemned murder
Three Calighting with his wife and
reka her down several times,
NJ an educated Indian
= near Winnemucca,
The regular semi anwn on the floor,
animation was ~conducte~f a shotgun
of Deputy Superintendent . o,a uuIlo1
foot this week commencing Pui
morning and closing at noon THIS, thus
There were two candidates for gram into
grade certificates and one for q prima ost
certificate. The former are Joh
Burdick and Miss Mary Morrison, both
of Eureka, and the latter is Miss Anna
s. Lederer who teaches the Damele
school, about 40 miles northwest of Eu-
reka.
Under the new system of conducting
the examinations it 10 not likely that
the results will be known for two or
three weeks after the papers are writ
ten. and Deputy Superintendent Light
foot Informs us that in his opinion very
few teachers will be able to meet the
States requirements.
New Examination Law
The examination being held under
the new school law protects the appli-
cant from favoritism or prejudice. AT
the beginning of the examination and
before the seals on the examination
questions are broken. each applicant
writes his name and address upon q
numbered paper and these papers are
sealed and sent to the State Board of
Education by registered mail. Through.
out the examination, the applicant
places his number upon all examination
papers. instead of his anne. The en-
velopes containing the name and num-
bers of the applicants are not opened
by the State board until after all papers
are graded aud the result of the exam
ination determined. The examination
papers are sent to the State board and
are graded by that board and the Deputy
State Superintendents. The applicants
are informed by mail Of their success or
failure.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
White Pines New Assessor

At a meeting of the Commissioners
of White Pine County last Tuesday the
Board appointed X. O. Davis as Sheriff
and Assessor to fill the unexpired term
Of A. G. House, resigned.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
in Butte.
run ovsr twenty Days
was severed II
Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain
Jack Kavanaugh rettnto effect last
Mountain Tuesday. He sahonndaries
a mining and business way in IT, ~,
ton are quiet at present. There -.e
less than a dozen men in the camp, and
only about half that number are I'M
ployed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20

Location notices and legal blanks for
sale at the SENTINEL Office.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20


The high ranges and the low valleys
on the southern route mean long and
steep grades both ways, and endless
high cost of maintenance and operation
after completion. This would not be
UNSUITABLE in view of a shorter and easier
grade. unless great local tonnage and
traffic could in no other way be control.
led. Since, on the southern route, there
is not a single mining district touched
from Ely for $50 miles until Typo is
reached, no claim of this kind can be
| sustained.
Large Tonnage In Sight
In contrast to this, what can be said
of the Hamilton, or old trans. continent-
al route? AS both lines. pick up prac-
tically the same traffic from Typo on to
Tonopah, no mention is necessary OF
that part of the route. From the Vet
eran mine it is only 50 miles to Hamil.
ton, or White Pine district, which has
produced two.thirds OF Nevada's lead
output for the past 20 years. as United
States metal production statistics will
show. Twenty miles further west is
Newark district. the Oldest in White
Pine County, and still a producer, with
thousands of tons of payable ore piled
out awaiting a railroad. And then only
ten miles beyond Newark district is
Silverado district, on the line of White
Pine and Eureka Counties. From Sill.
verado on to Eureka. the Great, it is 10
miles. In point Of production Eureka
stands next to the Comstock. Beyond
Eureka for the next 25 miles are Secret
canyon and Fish Greek Wells, two sec.
tions that will supply tonnage. After
these districts are passed. beyond Fen
stermaker wash, in Fish Spring valley il
the new district and camp of Stargo,
which is reported to be a coming heavy
producer of medium grade ores. From
this point in Fish Spring valley it is but
a few miles on southwark to Morey and
Typo, with both camps as tributary tG
this route as to the other or southern
route.
From these camps into Tonopah ths
field is practically the same for botf
routes. although the camps Of Belmon'
and Manhattan would be some % mile
nearer this northern route. Along thil
northern route these several interme
diate districts will supply as great
tonnage as Tonopah and Goldfeld. thu
objective points, can possibly yield.
Composition Sidstracked
If the Ely aud Goldfeld Railroad
Company should decide or the southern
route there is tonnage enough it canno
reach along the northern route to in
duce and pay the Western Pacific. O
some other load to invade this field as
competing line. On the other hand.
the Ely and Goldfeld chooses the north
ern route via Hamilton. there is no
enough business neglected along tn
southern route to invite competition. $
in this way it would control both fields
On account of the lower grades an
better railroad conditions the northern
route would eventually become a lin
of another trans-continental line. an
thereby make Ely, as Salt Lake now IL
a great inland city and smelling poin
A. -----l--- - A. W.,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20

In conclusion, the people Of Eureka
will await the outcome of the pending
negotiations of the United States Com
pany regarding the continuing of smelt.
ing at its Utah plant. npon the success
of which depends the resumption Of
work in the Ruby Hill and other mines
of the district, before %petitioning the
Postofice Department for an increased
mail service.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-04-23
Shipping Ore From E11amar

All the ore bins at Ellamar are filled with ore, which the Edith is ex- pected to take out soon. Thirteen men are now employed by Superin- tendent Middlekamp, in development work and incidentally in extracting ore. The work is along ledge and ;ore is taken out steadily. This is be- ing done between the fourth and fifth evels. A diamond drill will be put to work soon to probe for an ore body wh ich is believed to lie a short dis tance from the present operations.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-04-23

A Chicago scientist has perfected q method whereby he is able to con vert the remains of q human being into metal. Just what the utility of his efforts are remains to be demon stratcd but the possibilities envolvcd give material for wide sweep of mental radiation.
 Just think of the melancholy satis- faction of quaffing beverage from some chalicc formed of the int0-mct- al-conVcrtcd remains of some dear one who has gone on the long trail. Or pcrchance some fair bereaved who has found partial surccase from grief in a new husband might acquire lach- rymOsc salVe to yet unhealed wounds while smoothing the shirt front of No. ? with q flat iron made from the remains of No. 1.
 Indeed, should it prove that the scientists discovery is q thing of practicability, there is no limit to the useful reminders of those departed for happier land with which we may surround ourselves.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-04-23
O. |. CRIMES ID
 DEMAND RELEASE
School Teacher Now in Jail Will Begin Habeas Cor
 pus Proceedings.

o. l.. Grimes, the school teacher at Kodiak who was brought to the fed cral jail here Saturday night by Dep Tiy Marshal Bowers and locked up pending q hearing before the grand jury on charge of rape will this af- tcrnoon attempt to gain his liberty on writ of habcas corpus. Grimes has engaged Attorney F.. F.. Ritchie To fight the case.
 Grimes was held to the grand jury by $. ]. Siivcrman, acting commis- siOncr at Kodiak, and he was refused bail, as were also three witnesses against him. It is on this point that Attorney Ritchic will base his main contention in the habcas corpus pro- cccdings, but it will also be alleged that inasmuch as Silvcrman's bond has never been approved he had no authority to act. Former Judge Wickcrsham neither refused nor ac- ccptcd the bond offered by Silvcrman and when Judge Reid came into office he also refused to act but named Sill vcrman commissioner de facto.
 Grimes, who is somewhat versed in law asserts that the commissioner permitted the introduction of testi- mony which was not legally admissa- blc despite Crimes objections. Grimes acted as his own lawyer at the hear ing.
 Grimes asserts that tho only witnesses, with the exception of the girl in the case, have only hearsay testimony to offer. He further asserts that the alleged victim, Alexandra Grauors, made no complaint until two years after the crime is alleged to have been committed.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-04-23
PR|ESTLEY |S
 FOUND GUILTY
Jury Convicts Fairbanks Newspaperman on Crimi-
 nal Libel Charge.

Fairbanks, April 2O-William E. Pricstlcy, secretary of the Tanana branch of the Western Federation of Miners and editor of the miners organ here, was convicted Saturday night of criminal libel in the United States commissioners court for edi- torial attacks on the Panama club, the leading social organization of Fairbanks. This was the second trial. On the first trial the jury disagreed.
 The particular statement upon which the libel prosecution was based was the charge that the Tan ana was the scene of frequent orgies in which French prostitutes were prominent figures in the decorations.
 The chief animus against Prestley, however, grew out of an editorial state ment following public reception in the Panama club rooms at which 100 women were present all, presumably reputable and nearly all wives, daughters or sisters of prominent citizens. Priestley wrote warning 10 the women of Fairbanks to keep out of the Panama club as it was no place for decent women and that few of them ever entered the place.
 Prcstlcy is well educated man and an extremely vindictivc writer. He says he will appeal his conviction to the highest courts.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-04-23
OUGHT TO GET TOGETHER

It is an axiom illustrated by q famous story that men of similar habits ought to stick together. This applies to Alaska at this time. Both political parties will hold territorial conventions next month to elect dele gates to the national conventions. Alaska will not cut much figure in either national assemblage but del cgation in each one which goes there with the definite purpose of trading it's lonesome votes for some- thing for Alaska might produce small results. If the delegates go there with the fixed intention of hopping on somebody's bandwagon they might as well stay at home.
 The Alaska republicans have never held a convention without a split and senseless yawp about nothing. Nome and Fairbanks have made u fine start this spring toward repeti- ton of history by sending contesting delegations. Nevertheless sane majority in the Ketchikan convention may be able to make satisfactory composition by sitting down on dis turbers.
 The national republican committee has seen fit in it's wisdom to allot only two delegates to Alaska, contrary to precedent and in contrast with the democratic committee, which gives the territory six. Two votes in near ly 1000 have little more chance than q snowflake in the tropics. But if traded to somebody who can do some good they might accomplish some thing in the way of promises for Alaska legislation. Of course there would be no assurance that the pro- misses would be kept but that is a chance that always must be taken in politics.
 The important thing is for Alaska to go into the national conventions with the purpose of at least trying to do something for the territory, not merely to hollcr for somebody who is supposed to be popular.