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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-10-30
A TO HIS ASHES.

With the passing Of Judge NJ. A. Murphy, this state has lost
another of the men who have worked tirelessy to advance the in
terests Of Nevada. AS a pioneer, Judge Murphy was respected and
loyed by all with whom he came in contact AS a iurist, he was
He was a selfmade man, a person one would be proud to
call ones friends. He came to Nevada in 1868, ten years after
landing in California, where he followed the gold seekers. His
first residence was in the old time camp of Aurora, where, by the
study of law between times, he gained sufficient knowledge to be
admitted to the bar. His first political Office was that of assessor
Of Esmeralda county, and four years later he occupied the district
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-10-30

attorneys office. After an incumbency of six years he further ad-
vanced to the office Of attorney general, and for four years he was
the efficient representative in that position. He again occupied the
position Of district attorney and then was chosen by the people to
the office of supreme justice. His last Office was that Of district
judge of the district comprising the counties of Esmeralda, Lyon,
Ormsby and Storey. At the conclusion of this term Judge Murphy
retired from public life and devoted his efforts to his private prac-
tne, which assumed amazing proportions.
He was vitality interested III every measure that would benefit
the state, and was always working for the advancement of the
community in which he resided.
Peace to his ashes.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-10-30
CHURCH

Reguier services on Sunday at II
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sabbath
school, 10 a . m; Ladies Aid We'd
nesday, 2 p. m.
REV. II. w. NICE.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10
IRON NERVE AND
HORSE SENSE MADE
LUCKY" BALDWIN

the old directors forbidding them to
go on with the election
The meeting was set for Monday at
nine a. m. At the last moment Lloyd
rushed into Baldwin's office with the
news that it was impossible to get his
Injunction papers signed until ten
o'clock.
Well" said Baldwin after a mo-
ment's pause, you go up to court and
as soon as you get the judges sigma
ture come down a-fiying in a hack.
I'll keep the directors from holding
that meeting"
Baldwin sauntered jauntily over to
the meeting and endured calmly the
guying of those who thought he had
been euchred. He was seated in the
room as a stockholder when the pres
ident of the company arose and an
nounced the call for the annual cleo
ton. Baldwin then got up and entered
formal protest, but the president
ruled him out of order.
Old Lucky made only two or three
strides to the presidents side, and
before the astonished official knew
what had happened he was lying I'M
der the table and Baldwin was presid-
ing in his place, with a six shooter in
his right hand. He swore he would
shoot any man who interfered or who
tried to leave the room, and for half
an hour he bulldozed all hands until
Lloyd broke in with the injunction pa
pers and the day was saved.
His Breach of Promise Gases.
Horses, women and music all inter
ested Baldwin. With horses he scored
a great success, but with women he
certainly didn't have the same luck.
He was regularly married three times,
but his irregular relations were
numerous. These relations, generally
with young women still in their teens,
brought him often into the courts and
twice subjected him to pistol fire.
One woman, who pretended to be
his niece, Verona Baldwin, tried pot
shot at the old man in the Baldwin
hotel one night and bullet hit him in
the wrist. She declared that he had
promised marriage and then refused
to keep his word. The case was
hushed up and the woman got a pen
sion.
In another case, brought by Lena
Ashley, also for breach of promise, her
sister shot at Baldwin in the court
room, but the bullets went wild and
the girl was overpowered. In the last
breach of promise case brought against
him Baldwin actually pleaded thatathe
girl should have known his general
reputation and not have trusted his
promises.
a Queer Funeral.
Baldwin was as original in his
funeral as in his life. He provided in
his will that no religious services
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

Baldwin at the faro bank tFoolest
bank / ever saw the old man went
on You jumpers from the east have
as much idea of playing the bank as
a mountain lion has of playing the
harp They took you. of course?"
The salesman replied that they sure
had taken him, taken him bad
Not in any kind of a mess over 1t,
are you, youngster?" inquired Baldwin
Whereupon the New York salesman
opened up and told Baldwin just the
kind of mess he was in-ffteen hun
dred in bank markers to pay, no
money to return to New York, no
chance to ask the firm for more coin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

character. Game and fighting to the
last" said one.
Never asked anything. never gave
anything Paid for everything he got,
but wouldn't be held up," That was
the eulogy of the other.
Lucky BaIdwin's Two Sides.
Lucky Baldwin's nature was a Pc
culiar mixture of parsimony and open
handedness; but these two traits did
not crop out in him spontaneously.
He was what might be called a streaky
individual
For months at a stretch he would
exhibit a lavishness of personal ex-
penditure that dazzled even the top
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

should be held, but that an orchestra
should render at the cemetery operate
pieces as well as two musical COM
positions by his favorite daughter
This programme was carried out in
full except that the numbers from Il "a
Boheme" were omitted, perhaps as too
frivolous for a funeral. But the
Miserere of .'Trovatore" and the grand
march from Aida" were rendered, as
well as Handlers Largo There We're
no signs of grief at the funeral Most
of those present were old-time friends
of Baldwin who snapped reminis-
cences and told curious tales Two of
these old friends as they came up to
take a look at the thin set face of the
dead gave the best summary OF his
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10
1HZESAHV

notchers among the high rollers and
big spenders of the coast. He would
respond to every touch without a muir
muir.
When these prodigal fits were upon
him he would gamble like a Charles
James Fox, often winding up after
continued days and nights of play by
walloping San F'ranciscos leading
faro banks to a standstill. Although
never deep drinker he would while
thus in the spending mood stand at
the far end of his famous Baldwin
hotel bar and order basket after
basket of champagne to be served to
casual bar patrons, men he had never
seen before.
From such money tossing orgies
Balwin would all of sudden and with
out notice or warning become a tight
wad of the first order, closeroll from
whom a dollar couldn't be extracted
by any other method except the use
of dynamite. 1t wasn't that his bundle
was given out. 1t was simply that it
was Lucky's nature to curl up COM
pletely after a high spending fiesta
and suddenly to turn into man with
the mucilaginouS mitt and the SOL
dered fist
Penurious to an Extreme.
While in this state of mind he
would promptly turn his back even
upon his closest friend who in tenn
porary straits for money asked him
for a small temporary lift He'd cut
out the gambling completely, let his
horses run for the purses and for
Sweeney, and hang on to a two-bit
piece so long that the eagle on the
coin would begin to moult. Then,
after a period of this sort of penurious-
ness, presto! Lucky would get his
spending habits on again all of sud
den and once more he'd proceed to
make Coal Oil Johnny and Death
Valley Scotty look like pikers.
A very sedate New York travelling
jewelry salesman who didn't use to be
so sedate tells a story to illustrate
Baldwin's varying moods as to the
spending end of it,
Nearly twenty years ago the jewelry
salesman, then travelling for Maiden
Lane diamond house, went up against
a San Francisco faro bank and got
himself cleaned down beneath the
pelt- He was up against it. He had
his tens of thousands of dollars worth
of samples, but he was too honest a
his firms stuff in order TO get himself
out of the mess.
In addition to the cash he dropped
the faro bank had his markers for
$1,000. The salesman was due to re
turn to New York He had overdrawn
on his expense account and didn't dare
to wire his firm for another dollar;
but he had to go home, and he had
to take up his $500 in faro bank
markers before leaving San Francisco
He didn't know Lucky Baldwin ex-
cept in a casual way He always
stopped at Baldwin'S hotel, had been
introduced to the old man, was on
nodding terms with him in the lobby
and that was all
The salesman, pretty well worked
up over his troubles, strolled into the
bar before breakfast one morning to
get a supporting snifter- Lucky sifted
in about half a minute behind him.
The two exchanged mods
Called the Tenderfoot.
Saw you playing some pretty fool
bank a couple of nights ago. Baldwin
remarked. The salesman hadn't seen
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

- AN FRANCISCO.-Thed death
49, of old Lucky Baldwin has
lNE09 revived many stories of the
NIX man who easily ranked as
wv the boldest Spectator and
~ gambler of California Not
that Baldwin was a plunger on the
turf in the way that finally ended
Riley Grannan's career or a specula-
tor in the sense of a man who bucks
the market on his general observa-
ton of the trend of prices. Baldwin
nearly always carried on his big deals
on the basis of secret information
Occasionally he was misled by his
enthusiasm over horse that he fan
cied, but nine times out of ten his
most spectacular plays were made on
a sure thing. What he did have was
an iron nerve and the horse sense to
know when to get out of deal with
the maximum of profit.
How his lean form endured the ex-
element of his life for 80 years is
one of the marvels which no doctor can
explain. He lived hard and during Is
years that he kept the Baldwin hotel
he seemed never to get any sleep.
Any one who wandered around to
the barroom or the card room of the
hotel in the early morning hours
would be sure to see the old man cir
culating about or taking a hand in a
game of poker. And if you visited the
hotel at seven a. m, when the place
seemed as dead as a mausoleum, the
chances are. you would find him pacing
up and down the long vestibule, look
ing as fresh as though he had gone to
bed with the birds the night before.
Fortune from the Comstock.
The Comstock silver mines made
Baldwin a millionaire. Like Flood and
O'Brien, he had no special education
in mining. He began life in San Fran
cisco as a hotel keeper in a humble
way, and it was from a chance guest
at his place that he secured his tip on
the great richness of the ore in the
Ophir and Sierra Nevada mines on the
Comstock.
Baldwin never trusted to second
hand information. He dispatched a
practical miner whom he could trust
to Virginia City and had this man Sc
cure work in both mines. The man
found that the ore was richer than
reported. Then Baldwin lost no time
in getting into action
The first reports of rich ore had
sent Ophir stock up many points, but
insiders spread rumors that the ore
vein had pinched out. Then there was
a slump as every one tried to get out.
Baldwin went in then and bought right
and left, and before the insiders knew
what he. was about he had received
nough stock to make him several
lines a millionaire. On a stock mar
ct that registered fluctuations of sew
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

eral hundred dollars a share in a
single day a speculator of Baldwin's
nerve had a great chance, and he
never missed an opportunity to add
to his fortune
Presided with a Six Shooter.
One of his most spectacular coups
was in Sierra Nevada. Baldwin had
secured the majority of the stock, but
the formal transfers of this stock had
not been made on the books, so the
old directors called a meeting and
planned to elect on old proxies a
board of directors for year and thus
keep Baldwin out of the management
Baldwin heard of the scheme and
promptly had his lawyer, Reuben H.
Lloyd, prepare an Injunction against
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

without giving himself dead away, ana
so on.
Baldwin listened with his wide sar-
donic grin, then dug for his roll and
skinned off six $500 bills and handed
the money to the salesman
take this and make good and then
get back with your snow shovelers,'
he said to the salesman-the old-time
Slopers still call eastern folk snow
shovelers in contemptuous allusion to
the rigors of the casts winter climate.
Don't play any more bank until you
learn something about it. Banks a
grownup mans game. You stick to
mumbletypeg, son, and you won't get
trimmed
The salesman would only take 50 600
of the money and had some trouble in
modifying the slightly-offended Lucky
when he insisted upon returning two
of the $500 bills, which he didn't need.
He quit San Francisco for New York
that evening, paid Baldwin the $4,000
back in instruments inside of six
months and was so grateful for get
ting out of the mess thus easily that
he hasn't made dime bet ever since.
BIuffed Charlie Fair.
There are men now living who re-
member how one afternoon at the In
gleside track about sixteen years ago
Lucky Baldwin made so high flying a
gambler as the late Charlie Fair
killed in France in an automobile ac-
cident some years ago-draw in his
horns.
Baldwin and Fair both had horses
entered in a stake race to be run OF
at Ingleside that afternoon. There
Of hot I'M r-fxv o1r-xy 70
their horses between Baldwin and
Fair. Lucky liked the young man,
who at that time was the main high
roller of the sons of Senator Fair,
which is saying good deal.
Neither Baldwin nor Fair expected
his horse to win in the stage race be-
cause there was a horse entered for
the event that seemed to outc1ass the
field, but Baldwin was dead sure that
his horse would beat young Fairs
horse, while the latter was equally
confident that his nag would beat
Baldwin's.
Baldwin was mooching around on
the lawn half an hour before the race,
when Charlie Fair, grianing, walked
over to him.
I'm not going to win, 1 think, but
yours up" said young Fair to Lucky.
Baldwin grinned in his saturnine
way and bit into his unlighted cigar.
Not chance, young fellow" he
said to Fair III tell you what I'll do,
Charlie I'll bet you $500, 900 my
horse beats yours
A lot of high notch betting folks
were standing around Young Fairs
jaw dropped and his smile faded
Bet you half million, son, that
my nag beats yours" repeated Bald
win, munching his smoke
"Oh, behave that, pop" said young
Fair, and he walked away Baldwin
had topped even his limit
Charlie Fair must have been the
sorest man from Juneau to Callao a
few minutes after that He had swaI
lowed a bolus in front of folks He
had quit for the first time in anybody's
knowledge He had permitted the
old man to chase him to the chap
paral
Young Fairs horse not only beat
Baldwin's .but won the race by ten
lengths, pulled to trudge-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
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Arizona republican., 1909-12-08
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Of the Third Judicial District, Terri.
 tory of Arizona, in and for Mari oopa County.

Jennie Myers Lanning, plaintiff. vs. Albert L. Lanning. defendant. Action brought in the district court of the Third Judicial district of the territory of Arizona, in and for Maricopa coun- ty. and the complaint filed in said Maricopa county. in the office of the clerk of said district court.
 In the name of tine Territory of Ari- zona, to Albert l.. Lanning, d.fend-
 ant, Greeting:
 You are hereby summoned and re- quired to appear in an action brought against you by the above-n named plaintiff in the district court of the Third Judicial district of the terri tory of Arizona, in and for the county of Maricopa. and answer the complaint therein filed with the clerk of this said court, at Phoenix, in said county, within twenty days after the service upon you of this summons, if served in this said county, or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter. the times above mentioned being ex- elusive of the day of service. or judg- ment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the district court of the Third Judi cial district of the territory of Ari zona. in and for Maricopa county, this 10th day of Nov. A. D., 1909.
 ELIAS F. DUNLEVY,
Arizona republican., 1909-12-08
NEW CHRISTMAS TOYS

The littlest ones of all are going to be pleased with the new wooden toys. There is q tendency this year to make everything of wood. The Rus sian nests of wooden women and the balls are more or less familiar but there are all sorts of new things flat carved toys rather crudely cut and colored. There are beautiful flat animals which are to be fastened to 8 shelf with wooden balls hanging from them attached to a string. When the ball is swung, the animals head and
 tail move in most life-like manner, There are donkeys. horses. roosters, ducks and innumerabie others. There are some unusual jumping jacks. too, not all jacks" by any means. There are some animals that remind one of the Breer Rabbit stories, and some quaint men and women@who may be German or Russian. They are certain- ly not American. A goose girl and her geese. an entire farmyard. both build- ings and animals. a company of In- dians, and numerous other creatures are carved in the flat fashion. Not the least among them are some Noah's s arks, suggestive of Dutch canal boats. their sides simply buIging with ani-
 mals.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-08
COMING ATTRACTIONS
 AT THE OPERA HOUSE
Turner's Show Tonieht-"Damon and
 Pythias" Friday Night.

There will be the usual Wednesday evening vaudeville show at the opera house this evening. presented by Jack Turner's company from Phoenix The evenings bill consists Of the usual moving pictures. three reels of them. all the latest and best produced: also the three musical Seymours. in The Professors Dream" d short play that gives them opportunity to work in some good music and plenty of com edy. In addition to these features, there will be a reappearance of Baby" Jewel Lowther. who made such big promptly at SIS and the prices are l5 and 25 cents
 On Friday evening of this week the Christian EndeavOr society of the Congregational church will depart a little from the usual custom in the way of an entertainment and will pre- sent moving picture exhibition of the famous play, Damon and Py- thias.' This play has, Of course. been seen by many, and the story of it is probably familiar to all. still il is of the sort that does not tire and the pictures are said to be excellent in every respect. In addition to the moving pictures. there will be pro- gram rendered and the entertainment as a whole is guaranteed to be worth the price of admission, 25 cents. Mir. Goodwin has promised that on both Of these occasions the opera house will be kept nice and warm.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-08
TOLD IN MOVING PICTURES.
Surgery, Agriculture, and Mstaiiurgy
 Now Taught by Them.

Moving pictures are now. or within the near future will be. applied to the teaching of botany. metallurgy. biolO- gy. and thus do away with the neces- sity of vivisectiOn for teaching pur- poses. This plan was announced by John Collier. general secretary of the national board of moving picture cen sors, at one of the regular after-sery- ice socialistic discussions of the Church of Ascension. Tenth street and Fifth avenue.
 In discussing the immediate future for motion pictures, Mir. Collier said that the greatest surprise for the gen. eral public would be the application of moving pictures 10 educational problems. Films had now been pre- pared to illustrate different processes taught in botany which it had never been possible to see before in pro cess of growth. The same was true of biology, where, by the use of the microscope and the moving picture machines. the entire history of cellu- lar life could be thrown on the screen before the students. It was now pos sible to introduce the moving picture as an educational appliance to the study of medicine. which would result in lessening greatly the amount of vivisection practiced in undergradu- ate work.
 With tine present scheme the vivi- sections used in all medical colleges would have to be performed but once. Any number of films needed could be prepared from the one set taken, so that single vivisection for one par ticular object would illustrate that subject for all the medical schools. This would greatly decrease the num- Der of animals killed. while it would entirely do away with the danger of vivisection being made by an un- skilled person.
 Films have been made for use in the Wisconsin agricultural college show ing in parallel pictures the difference between scientific and unprogressive farming in process and result. said Mir Collier This graphic field giv- ing an abundant yield side by side with the unimproved one with a scan- ty crop is proving a most effective means of construction for the Wis cOnsin farmers.
 The same method will be used for various branches Of farming and dai rying in which reform is being urged. An interesting possibility. he said. IS the use of this demonstration out in India to make known the improved methods of farming in the famine dis tricts. It is asserted that systemat- ized agriculture would do great deal toward preventing the Indian fam ines.-New York Times.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-08
MR. TEETER'S FUNERAL
 ID BE HELD TODAY
At the N. E. Church This Afternoon
 at 2 O'Clock.

A telegram was received yesterday from the sisters of Chas. Teeter. who died Monday morning. stating that il would be impossible for them to come here to attend the funeral The ab- sent brother. Joe Teeter. arrived from Nogales yesterday afternoon and it has been decided to hold the services this afternoon at the NJ. F.. church at o'clock. The services will be under the auspices of the Knights of the Maccabees. of which lodge MT. Teeter was a member. On account of Mrs. Teeter's health. it is impossible to hold the services at the house. as they would be held otherwise. The in- terment will be held at the Double Butte cemetery.
 Mrs. Teeters condition yesterday was litrics if any improved. The shock of her husbands death, combined with her severe illness, has left her very weak It is very doubtful if she will survive.