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The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
A Business Asset.

The owner of the only red brick
building in downtown block OF gray
buildings decided to paint his building
the prevailing tone Without previous
announcement of his intention to the
tenants he sent the painters around
on Monday morning to begin WORK
When the tenants learned his pur-
pose they put up mighty howl. -.
"Change the color of this building!
they said. why, this vivid red is
one of our best business assets. IL
helps to locate us. Being the only
red building in the neighborhood' IL
sticks in the minds of people VINO
can't remember the number, but can
direct others to US just because we
are doing business in a red house
We have stayed here all these years
on account of the conspicuous color
If that is changed we shall move
The owner listened to these plants
patiently. Then he went ahead and
painted the building brighter red
New York Times.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

r. H. Hartman obtained from the
Mexican government remarkably
favorable concession for the railroad
which he is building down the Pa
cific slope of Mexico. and that the
great American railroad magnate will
draw from the public treasury OF Mex
leo as subsidy for building this road
more than $10,000.000. 1t is claimed
that Mr.. Hartman has other great in
dustrial favors to ask of the Mexican
government and that he is lending his
aid to bring about the election of Mr.
Corral to another term as vice-presi-
dent and to ultimately elevate him to
the presidency.
Mr.. Corral as vice-president, per-
forms the dual duty of minister of the
interior. In this Office he supervises
the internal affairs of the country, in
which many Americans, among them
Mr.. Hartman, are interested, but his
friends deny that he has extended any
unusual favors to any person.
Mr.. Corral is unpopular with the
army, and without it's united support
Mr.. Corral, or any other ruler of Mex
leo. would be badly handicapped In
preserving peace and order. Gen.
Reyes is the idol of the army. His
bravery has been proved upon many
bartlefields. He also has the conf
dence and highest respect of large
part of the business element through
out the country. 1t is stated that Gen.
Reyes personally deplores the fact
that the anti-American issue has been
injected into the campaign. During
the long period that he has been con-
stitutional governor of the state OF
Nuevo Leon he has always extended
a warm welcome to the investment of
American capital in that common
wealth. Monterey, the capital of the
state and the home of Gen. Reyes.
is the most Americanized city in
Mexico Many millions of dollars of
American capital are invested there
in smelters and other large industrial
enterprises. 1t has been through the
| liberal encouragement offered by Gen.
Reyes to investments of this charac-
ter that has caused that city to grow
| and prosper to wonderful degree.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Had to Hear EVIDENCE.

Some ladies were visiting at
Blanches home one day. During the
conversation, while the visitors were
there, one of the ladies was describ-
ing how the blowflies laid eggs and
they Matched out as maggots. Four
year-old Blanche did not seem to be
interested in the conversation nor pay
any attention to what they had been
talking about. After the visitors had
gone, Blanche said:
Mamma, 1 don't believe flies lay
eggs
"Why?" asked the surprised mother.
Because l never heard one cackle." !"
explained the doubling Blanche.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Ennine Strikes handcar.

Denyer-Nineteen summer tourists
and residents of Baileys. the summer
resort in the Platte canon. while re-
turning on a push-car from Shawnee,
where they had gone to witness ball
game. were struck by Colorado &
Southern freight train one-half mile
west of Baileys Sunday afternoon
about o'clock. and two of their num-
ber killed outright Twelve We're in
jured, and Immediately after the acci-
dent it was reported that three more
were in a serious condition with little
chance of recovery.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

The following Colorado postmasters
have been appointed: Crestone, Sa-
guache county, Charles McCormac,
vice C. d. Coleman, resigned; Peotz.
Logan county, James P. Hayden, vice
G. w. Strohmeyer. resigned; Sugar
City, Otero county, Patrick S. Woods,
vice T. w. Butler, resigned.
Postmaster Morehead of Boulder is
advised from Washington that the
contract for the new $4,000 postoffice
building having been awarded to Beat
ty & McHenry of East Liverpool, o.,
the contractors have until August l.,
1910. to complete the building and
thirty days from date of award to file
their bonds.
About 10000 black bass were put in
BOYD lake near Greeley n few days
since. making $1,000 within week, and
about 1000 were put in the Seven
Lakes reservoirs. 1t is the intention
to make these big reservoirs fishing
resorts
On account of the desire of Alfred
Herter, the eminent artist who is
painting the new curtain for the Den
yer Auditorium, to be present when
his work is given to the public, the
hanging of the curtain will be post
poned until some time about the mid
die of July.
The Supreme Court of Colorado has
handed down a decision that foreign
corporation is not such in the sense
that it is amenable to the laws govern
ing foreign corporations in this state,
as long as it does a mail order bust
neess strictly.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

saw anything so awful as the look in
that pixies eyes as 1t hung there.
Already Uncle Ashdod's boots were
slashed to strips and every blow of
the pixies tail cutting him to the bone.
while he hadn't seemed to make any
impression on the tail of the pike, and
he was giving himself up for lost.
He didn't have knife or any sort of
weapon to aid him. And then, as
sort of last resort, he took one hand
from the limb and tickled the pike in
the ribs.
Uncle Ashdod says he had never
heard that pixies were ticklish, but he
had never heard that they were not.
either, and when a man is on the
verge of death he will try anything as
a last resort, so he thought he might
as we'll try tickling the pike as any
thing else.
Well, at first the pike seemed more
amused than anything else. 1t sort Of
screwed up the corners of its mouth
and grinned, but In minute or two it
began to chuckle inwardly. So Uncle
Ashdod kept right on tickling it. He
says it was the most weird thing he
ever saw in his life, to see that pike
chuckling away as if it was in the
best humor and at the same time
glaring at him hatefully with its eyes.
So he tickled it little harder and 1t
began to gasp between its teeth but
it did not loosen its hold on his
beard in the least. So he tickled 1t
little harder and said: "Ketchy-
ketchy-ketchy." Well, that was too
much for that pike. Its sides began
to heave and palpitate with laughter
and its tail curled up and it tried to
throw it's head back the way a man
does when he hears an awfully good
one and is going to give mighty
hearty laugh, and it began to gasp.
When that happened Uncle Ashdod
says he began to have hope. and he
pulled his finger back and sort Of
cork-screwed it toward the pike and
said:
Creepy mouse, creepy mouse.
tickely, tickely, tickely!"
At the last "tickely" he says he
dug his finger into the ribs of the
pike, and the pike seemed to simply
double all up with laughter, and sud
denly it opened its mouth and shout
ed: "Ha! Ha! Hal" and turned blue
in the face and fell spang to the
ground as dead as door-nail.
Uncle Ashford says that OF course
he hated to take life in that way. but
| he was sort of forced to do it in
self-defense. / asked him what he
really thought of the fight and he said
he was still too wrought up to say.
I asked him what he thought the pike
thought of fight of that kind, and
he said he guessed the pike liked
/ it; he said the pike seemed tickled
to death.
Copyright, 1909, by w. C. chapman9
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Sex in cromwells.

OF course with the sexes on foot
ing of equality as regarded oppor-
tunity, it would not be long until a fe-
male Cromwell made her appearance,
and, having made her appearance, was
getting her portrait painted.
The painter, once more a fawn-
ing, courtly fellow, would have the
picture fiattery; but she rebuked
him in words that became historic!
Paint in the hips!" she command
ed, sternly, showing that she could
be more rigidly devoted to the truth
than oliver himself.-Puck.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Immense Fleet Gathered.

Provincetown, Mass.-There lies in
the harbor of Proyincetown and near
by waters the largest and most not
able fleet of warships ever assembled
for active duty under the Stars and
Stripes. Every vessel is in readiness
for practice maneuvers which will tax
the ingenuity and skill of the foremost
naval minds of the country for the
next month. The vessels include four
teen battleships, cruisers, torpedo
boats, submarines, refrigerator ships,
tenders and supply ships, numbering
sifty-four, all told.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Hospitals a Benefit to Property.

The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
has recently concluded an investiga-
ton. which shows that 67.5 per cent.
of the tuberculosis sanatoria and hos
pitals of the United States have been
a benefit to the property and health
of the communities in which they are
located. In the case of more than 62
per cent. of the sanatoria the presence
of the institutions has helped to in
crease the assessed value of surround
ing property.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Keen Character unspotted.

If you would have the respect, not
to mention the confidence. of your fell
lows, you must keep the cloak of char
acter virgin white; never allow its
luster to be dimmed by the breath OF
suspicion or soiled by the mud OF
wrongdoing.-Dr. Madison c. Peters.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

and made me feel like a new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. z. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. J.
Gardiner, Me. . I was great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said l would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months."-
Mrs. s. Al WILLIAMS, r. F. ID. No. IA,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but a trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

was dull and exhausted nearly all the
time. 1 consulted doctors and used
medicines, but only Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me. Soon l was perma'
nently cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 30 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
TIRED ALL THE TIME.

Languor, listlessness. dullness OF
spirits are often due to kidney disor-
ders. Pain and weakness in the back.
sides and hips, headaches, dizziness,
urinary disorders are sure signs that
the kidneys need immediate attention.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Royal Observation-Disclosures.

The birth of son to the youthful
duke and duchess of Sudermania gives
to royal Europe what it has not had
for more than ten years, namely,
great-great-grandmot The lady to
whom this honor has come is the
Grand Duchess Constantine Nicolaie-
witch, who was, before her marriage,
Princess Alexandra of SAKE Altenburg.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

Delay is dangerous.
Alonzo Adams, Os-
ceola, Iowa, says:
"My kidneys failed
me. I suffered aw-
full pain and was 80
weak 1 could not
work. and often had
to take to bed. I
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Liz isIinitations.

"Yes, indeed" averred the impecu-
nious party, Il enjoy automobiles
enjoy them very much. in fact-Dut
am never carried away by them.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16

this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia E. Pink
hams We getable
Compound. 1 s,lf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and SO
weakIcould hardly
8 tand. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
Has Poetry Enough; Wants Wood.

We have on hand more poetry than
we can find room for. What we need
is more wood. 1t is true the poetry Is
pretty wooden, but 1t doesn't fling out
the warmth of oak and pine. We
therefore prefer an ordinary load OF
wood to a cord of poetry.-Adams
(Ga) Enterprise.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
The Facts,

"Do poets ever really starve?"
well. maybe not. But we seldom
ever get chance to overeat."
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
WELL DEFINED.

De Quiz-What's your idea Of the
difference between optimism and pes
simism?
De Whiz-O! the optimist says it is
spring when it isn't and the pessimist
saws 1t isn't when 1t Is.
The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, N.J.-'1t is with pleasure
that l add my testimonial to your
already long list-hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves Of
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
FRANCIS WAS JOHNSON DIED
SHAFT VICTIM OF CUNSH0T
NARROW ESCAPES HAD SAD CLIMAX TO SPORT

Charles Francis, miner working
in the Eureka shaft of the Ely Gen.
tral, was accidentally killed last
night, when he was plunged down
the shaft 115 feet with broken
bucket.
Three men working in the. bottom
of the shaft had miraculous escape
from death from the body of the
man and the heavy iron bucket.
The o'clock shift of the four
shifts at work in the Eureka was
down at the $40 foot level, and
Francis had been sent to the surface
to get timber. With this in the
bucket he started to return, himself
astride of the bucket under the cross
head. The bucket was to stop at the
200 foot station, where Ralph Lit
tlefield was to get in and go to the
bottom. In some unknown way, the
crosshead struck en- the way to the
station, and was unnoticed by Fran
els. When the bucket neared the
station, it was stopped from above,
and the pump-man rang two bells to
lower it.
1t must have been at that moment
that the crosshead Jared loose and
came down with a crash on the buck
ct and it's occupant. The shock broke
the cable at the bucket and the lat
ter went crashing to the bottom of
the shaft, 115 feet below. 1t came
like a flash, and not a sound was
heard from the unfortunate miner as
he went to his death.
The men at the bottom were saved
from death through the fact that the
shaft has three compartments and
they were working at the ends. They
were startled and shocked by the
awful fate of their companion, who
had left them alive and in the best
of spirits but few moments before.
The three miners were S. G. McDon-
aid, Sam Truan and Jack Peart. Nc
Donald was one of the men who was
entombed in the Alpha shaft for AS
days. 1t is evident that that miner
was born beneath a lucky star, and
that death will not come to him in
the mines, for two more miraculous
escapes than these rarely come to one
man.
Coroner Cartwright was at the Ely
Central mine in consequence of the
accidental shooting of w. G. John
son, earlier in the evening. In fact
the inquest was in progress when
the shaft accident occurred. The
coroner made an examination of the
shaft, the ropes and the broken
crosshead, as did others, among them
a number of miners. All hands pro-
nounced the verdict that every care
had been taken by the management,
Of
sibly have been foreseen or avoided.
The rope that held the, bucket
passed through the crosshead. SO
that the bucket might have been low
cred without the crosshead, and
Francis evidently did not look above,
once the downward passage began,
otherwise he would have noticed that
Continued on Page Four.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
A BAD ONE
On s. PIN
ARIZONA
Number Killed and Hurt
When Limited Is Hurled
From Curve Into GuIch

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 20.-Engi-
neer Tom Walker and Fireman P. w.
Banner, both of tucson, were killed,
thirteen persons were seriously in
jured and thirty-nine others cut and
bruised when Southern Pacific train
No. A, formerly known as the Gold
en- State Limited, was wrecked three
miles west of Benson yesterday.
The most seriously injured were
brought in hospital train to st.
Mary's hospital at Tucson. They
are:
WILLARD M. KNIGHT, Los An
geles, mail clerk, may die.
JOHN LAWRENCE, mail clerk,
Los Angeles.
MRS. L. A. BELLOWS, Boston.
Mass.
A. II. FOSTER, mail clerk, Los
Angeles.
WILLIAM COLLINS, Oakland.
JAS. A. WILSON, Ontario, Cal.
MRS. JAMES A. WILSON.
COL. VIM. FIFE, Cananea, Mex.
MRS. HELEN MORTON, Los An
geles.
MISS NELLIE CORBETT.
ED. G.. EDMUNDS, mail clerk.
Los Angeles.
CONDUCTOR ED. TENN, Ell Paso.
At the time of the accident, the
train was running thirty miles an
hour. Southern Pacific officials as
cribe the wreck to striking curve
at too high speed.
The engine, baggage car, mail car
and two tourist sleepers toppled
from the rails, the engine and the
mail car rolling forty feet down into
culvert. The other cars turned
over as they cleared the rails but
did not go into the ditch.
Two Pu1lmans and an observation
car remained on the rails and the
momentum carried them 500 feet be-
yond the wreckage.
sEngineer Walker aud Fireman Bau-
er met instant death in the cab of
the engine. The injured were near
ly all in the tourist sleepers and the
mail car.
The great difficulty was experience
ed in getting two of the injured mail
clerks out of their car, while only
prompt work on the part of the train
crew prevented fire breaking out in
the wreckage.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
SAD CLIMAX TO SPORT
The victim of the first acciden,

The victim of the first accident
was William Clayton Johnson, aged
40 years, who was shot in the head
and instantly killed as the result of
an accident at the Ely Central mine
shortly after 5 o'clock last evening.
The shooting was done by s. f. Nom
roe, miner working at the Clipper
shaft, and the saddest part of the
tragedy was that son of the vic
tim was present at the shooting, en-
gagged with others i'm the sport which
proved fatal for his father.
Mr.. Johnson, his son, Monroe, and
several others, all in high spirits,
were practicing shooting at tar
get with a % caliber rifle. A tar
get had been placed at some dis
tance from one of the bunk houses
near the Eureka Fraction shaft, and
the three men were shooting at it
through a window. The target be-
came misplaced by the shots that
hit it, and Mr.. Johnson volunteered
to go out and fix it. He returned to
the bunk house by a different path
from which he had gone, after ad
justing the target, and had reached
a point in front of the window when
Monroe fired.
The bullet spat out and struck the
unfortunate man in the temple. With
cry, he fell to the ground. When
his son and Monroe got there he was
just gasping. Monroe was beside
himself with grief, and the younger
Johnson almost stricken dumb with
horror DR.. Lew Wallace was hast
lily sent for, and although he reached
the bunk house whittier the wound
ed man wos carried, few minutes
later, the victim was already dead.
DIR. Wallace Immediately tele-
phoned to Judge Cartwright, acting
coroner, and the latter, in company
with Sheriff Butler, was soon on
the way to the mine in the sheriff's
automobile. A jury was impanelled
and an inquest held on the ground.
The dead man was chief carpenter
for the Ely Central Copper company,
having been formerly employed in
similar capacity by the Cumberland
Ely. Manager Seagraves of that
property speaks in the highest terms
of Mr.. Johnson, and his good opin-
ion finds echo in the expressions of
General Manager Hoffman and Su-
perintendent Parks of the Ely Cen
tral. The chief carpenter had the
superintendent of the construction
work about the Clipper shaft and was
making most successful undertake
ing Of it. His son was on the same
work, and Monroe, who is only 25
years of age, was working in the
Clipper shaft.
The deceased leaves a wife in
Michigan. To her the body will be
sent, accompanied by the son. 1t is
possible that arrangements will not
be completed for departure this
morning, in which event the body
will be sent tomorrow morning. Un-
dertaker j. e. Robbins of Nevin
Brown & Graham went to the mine
last night with the coroner and took
charge Of preparation of the body for
its return to the home in Michigan,
where its coming will make sad
Christmas day.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21

SHOWN To
AMERICANS
Things do not Look Good
In Nicaraeua.-Greeting
Given Madriz is Lively

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-An Of
fetal dispatch from Managua today,
shows that considerable hostility is
being displayed against the American
consulate there by Zelaya's follow
ers.
However, up to this time no actual
violence has been attempted.
The latest telegram from Man
aqua, dated last night, states that
800 troops reached there the night
before from Leon, the home of Mad
riz.
Information has also been received
here that the National Assembly of
Nicaragua has been instructed by
Zelaya to elect Madriz as president
and Irias to the chief command of
the army.
This, everywhere in Nicaragua, is
regarded as plain move to continue
Zelaya as the prominent figure and
means, therefore, the continuance Of
the revolution.
MANAGUA, Dec. 20.-Jose Mad
rid, Judge of the Central American
court of justice at Cartago, who has
been put forward as candidate for
the presidency to succeed Zelaya, re-
ceived an enthusiastic reception on
his arrival today.
Long before he reached the cap
ital, Madriz was the idol of cheering
crowds. He was met by delegations
from various departments and was
acclaimed all along the way from
Corinto to Managua.
At this place crowds awaiting the
appearance of the candidate were
extraordinary. Troops and police
were out in force for the protection
of Madriz, who went on foot to ho-
tel through an almost inextricable
mass of people, soldiers and detec-
tives breaking way through the
solid ranks, pushing and throwing
aside the frantic people.
In front of the park there were
hostile cries against the attempt OF
the soldiers to clear the street and
Immediately fifty civilians, all resi-
dents of Leon, the home of Madriz
and stronghold of the liberals, who
favor his candidacy, whipped out re-
volvers, brandishing them in the air.
They formed a compact mass
around Madriz, acting as his body
guard and escorting him to his quar-
(Coninued ON page eight
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
MILITIA TO PROTECT
ILLINOIS PRISONER

SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 90
Governor Deneen this noon
issued orders to eight COM
panies of the Fourth Infan-
try, Illinois National Guard,
to hold themselves in readi-
ness to proceed to East st.
Louis, or Belleville, to pro-
tect a negro prisoner under
arrest on suspicion of having
murdered the conductor a
street car at East St. Louis
in a hold-up Saturday night.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
COOK NOT ABOARD SHIP IN.
EUROPE COPENHAGEN idea
BELIEVED WITH FRIEND LIVING NEAR THAT CITY

is known to have sailed on the yes
sci.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
THAW EFFORT FAILS
BEFORE SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20
Justice McKenna of the Su-
preme Court of the United
States today denied a petit
tion of Harry X. Thaw for a
writ of error to the Court of
Appeals of New York in the
case in which Thaw made
an effort to obtain his release
from Matteawan Asylum.
The effect will be to leave
Thaw in the asylum.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21
REPETITION OF THE CHERRY
HORROR NARROWLY MISSED

in the charnel house hor-
ror at Cherry, ILL.,, only in this lat
est the men knew of another de-
vious exit from the mine, through
which they were led out in safety.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-21

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Dec. 30
Fire started in the Windber coal
mine, near here. today, menacing
the lives of many men. 1t was a
case that might have repeated the