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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-08-14
missioner. $4,000.

missioner, $4,000.
o. H. Smith. salary for July, $166. Sc
C. P. Fitzgerald, salary for July,
John Trimble, salary for July,
Jake johnson, salary for July, 10000.
J. w. Fitzpatrick, salary for July
$4,000.
j. G. Small, guarding county prls-
oners, $500.
]. G. Small, guarding prisoners on
streets of Phoebe, $500.
Robert Brunges, roadwork DeLamar
district, $4,000.
| W. D. Maynard, justice fees, $26.25.
Alex Orr, services as night police
man and fire marshal Phoebe town,
$4,000.
VIM E. Orr, salary for month Of
July, $10S.33.
Chas. Culverwell, Jr., salary for
July, $4,000.
Jennie w. Wilcox, salary as deputy,
Recorders office, $4,000.
Robert Brunsey, road work Della
mar town, $3.50.
C. p Fitzgerald, bus fares for pris-
oners depot to town, S1.50
Joseph Powers, brick furnished for
court house chimneys, $3.50.
James Henrie, bounty for noxious
animals, $48.00.
j. e. Young, services as engineer
Caliente water system, $95.75.
w. j. Cook, services guarding pris-
oners, Caliente, 5000.
j. Nesbitt G. Bro, supplies furnish
ed INDECENT, $1,000.
J. Nesbitt 6 Bro, supplies furnish
ed INDECENT, 5000.
Jesse Simmons legal services rem
dered county, $780,
VIM. E. Orr, cash advanced for
county, $3.50.
John Ewing, Blacksmith work per-
formed for county, $675.
Alfred Yerkins. jlstioo fees, $1,000.
Phoebe Wa,ef Cen pany. water fur.
nishe1 court house, 3e.c0.
CaEente Mercantile Co., supplies
furnished Caiiente town, $4,000.
Western Union Telegraph Co., tel
grams sent for county, $685..
Alfred Perkins, justice fees, $15.75
John M. Breeze, salary for month
: of July, $1OS.33.
A A. Carman, salary and mileage
for July, $500.
Joe Ronnow, salary for July, $2S.4O
VIM. Moore, draughting plans fol
I, county vault, $0l.e0
O HI. Smith, expense transporting
/ prisoners, $1,000.
G. p. Fitzgerald, board for count
prisoners, $176.65.
Phoebe Record, advertising for coul
r ty, So -
Mrs. l. N. Garrison, services as jar
:, itor for month of July, $4,000.
w W. Stockham, M. d., hospita
S contract for month Of July, $275. 2s
Ralph Dewitt, team and driver Pi
! oche streets, $3.50.
Ralph Dewitt, cash advanced an
2 hauling express, $1.30.
Henry Lee, salary for month O
a July, $4,000.
Henry Lee stamps purchased TO
, county, $500
Panaca Coop, supplies furnish
/ ed INDECENT, $1,000.
. Phoebe Record, advertising for coul
! ty, $5.40.
Mary Lake, services as school Ger
r sus marshall, $4,000.
Phoebe Record, advertising for cou
/ ty, $500.
J. F. Roeder, salary for month Q
e July. $4,000.
]. F. Roeder, commission on po
s tax collections, s315.
w. P. Murray, M. D., professions
= services rendered, $14.00.
Joe Ronnow, mileage attending spe
d ial meeting and cash advanced, $5.4(
]. G. Small, guarding county prison
l. ers, $500.
n =.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
COUNCIL TO CONF RN
CHICAGO POLICE HEAD
Shippy's Successor Expected
To Make Good AS Head
of Department.

CHICAGO, Aug IA special meeting
Of the council viii be held tomorrow to
confirm the appointment of Col Leroy
T. Steward. as George NJ Shippy's sue
cessor at the head of the police depart
ment The new chief will be ready to
take office by the middle of the week.
Colonel Steward is now and for dozen
years has been superintendent of the
Chicago postoffice and is in charge Of
city delivery. In this position he is the
executive officer. having personal direc-
ton over a force as large as that in the
city police department The new head
of the important branch of The city
government has had no police expert
ence.
I selected colonel Steward as super
intendent Of police" said Mayor Busse,
because / believe he viii make an eN-
cellent head of the department His rec
ord in every way is first class. He
knows how 10 handle men, is a Stickler
for implicit obedience and should make
a name for himself. I have told nim
he is TO be chief of police in every way
that term implies. He will run the de-
partment and be responsible for II,
Colonel Steward is man Of deter
mination. If he fails 10 make good as
the successor of Chief Shippy il viii not
be because he lacks nerve and back
bone.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
THIEVES OPEN GRAVE
TO BURY DEAD PA"
JerSeyiteS Aroused at Find
ing Evidence of Vandal-
ism in Cemetery.

FORT LEE. \. J.. Aug 15.-Deteo-
tivea and citizens. all armed. are hiding
in the woods near the cemetery OF She
Church of the Madonna here eager 20
capture the men who had dug a five-foot
trench in the grave of Sarah Carney
and exposed to view her skull and part
of her skeleton.
Her brother. John Carney. made the
Both his mother and sister
had been buried in the grave. The sight
OF the skull and bones almost unnerved
him. TIE police were informed and
Prosecutor J. s. Maekey was asked 70
aid In the investigation. County De
tective Bonnema Justice Michael Reil-
", Patrolmen Patrick Hartnett AMI
James Carney. James McNally. an un-
dertaker, and John Rutter were on duty
till daylight.
When Justice Reilly was questioned
about the strange act he said:
Three horse thieves were interrupted
when attempting TO rob barns here.
James Marragea was caught and Lodged
in fail. Another was shot o. Ed kau-
fer. The rcd trail on the sidewalk vas
visible for TWO blocks.
1T Is our belief that this wounded
thief died and that his friends dug the
hole in the Carney grave. intending %
give him a cemetery burial
The Washington times., 1909-08-15

one Of the questions which is causing
Secretary Of the Interior Ballinger 50
much woe Just now is one OF the oldest
problems with which this continent has
had To- deal if DR.. j. Walter Fewkes, Of
the Smithsonian Institution, is any
Judge OF the remains OF the irrigation
plants which historic peoples left on
the desert of the ella valley in Arizona.
DIT. Fewkes is now in the New Mesa
Verda National Park of Colorado study
ing the great cliff Palace which is the
biggest and best preserved Of the pre-
historic dwellings The institution has
just published a bulletin from his pen
explaining the great ruins in the ella
valley.
In that desert valley, prehistoric men
combined TO construct as great an irri-
cation system as are any of those which
Frederick II. Newell IS striving to build.
Though the winds of 1G0oO years have
swept over the deserts. drifting the
sand and destroying vegetation. there
stilI relnain these silent witnesses Of the
labors of those men who have gone into
the silent past, leaving behind no mes
SAKE save that of their work. What
that people accomplished in the brief
span OF years when they titled the G9s-
ert. there is none to say. only their
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
NEWPORT STIRRED
BY ASSAULT CASE
Wealthy Clubman Will Fight
Charge of Walter S.
Andrews.

NEWPORT f. l.. Aug. 15-Backed by
leading families of Philadelphia, who
are summering at jamestown, Charles
Morris Wood will fight the case for
criminal assault brought by Walter S.
Andrews, one of the leading members
Of the Newport cottage settlement who
is supported by the entire membership
of that organization. which commands
the greater part OF the wealth Of Amer
lea
Mr.. Andrews says he was assaulted
bv Mr.. Wood Wednesday night. and the
arrest If Mr.. Wood followed. The next
morning ne pleaded not guilty, and was
liberated on 500 bail. Later ne was
served with q writ in a civil suit by Mr.
Andrews for $1,000. charging assault and
battery, with bail accepted in the same
sum
Newport today is filed with reports of
the presence of detectives working IN
the interest of Mr.. Wood, who now pro-
poses to fight the case 10 the bitter
end. The police according To report,
will testify that Mr.. Wood, as he was
being locked up. wanted TO plead guilty
and paw a fine, which is now denied, as
Is the story that Mr. Wood, when
searched bv the police, had a Jade
stone ring i'm his pocket which is men
toned as the e'weapon which caused
the wound on Mr.. Andrews face.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
UNEARTH BIG SYSTEM
OF ANCIENT bitches
Irrigation Plants Consisting of Man-Made Rivers.
Granaries and Reservoirs Found By
Dr. l. Walter Fewkes.

irrigation bitches, their irrigation reser-
voirs, the ruins OF their great common
granaries are left behind TO show their
character and their ability TO cope with
nature.
Dr. Fewkes IS of the opinion that this
people who built the great irrigation
system IN the ella valley lived in a
sort Of socialistic form OF government
Else how could they construct this great
system of ditehes7 They must have
worked for the common good, and they
must have been under the leadership
Of competent chiefs. Where the bitches
indicate the most successful irrigation,
there he has found the ruins of great
houses, which must have been the stOT-
age granaries used in common by this
enterprising people.
But misfortune came 10 this people
Whether II was pestilence or outside
enemies, the scientists are not able TO
determine The great social govern
ment fell TO pieces: the leaders no longer
kept the public works ia repair the
enemy of conservation prevailed. and
Door crops and famine added 10 the
work Of enemies or disease, and the peo-
ole once great and powerful either we're
assimilated with their enemies. or else
drifted south into Mexico to become the
ancestors of the Aztecs They left no
history; nothing but their elaborate and
modern system Of irrigation works.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
POLICE COURT PEN"
IS PET GRIEVANCE
Rumored That Prisoners Are Plan
ming Petition Setting Forth
Objections.
Objections.

The habitues Of the pen have a griev-
auCe.
The pen, as those familiar with the
Police Court well know. is a large wire
cage in which prisoners are packed and
kept preparatory 20 being arraigued
The pen is furnished with long wood
en- bench, innocent Of either back OF
cushions. IL is called "the mouners
bench" This bench is the burden Of
the complaint, and IL r. rumored that a
petition will soon be drawn up dcn0uuc-
iuR it, and peutiouing for jas removal
The petition, after q long preamble rel
alive TO the rights OF men III general
VIII aver that the prisoners after sitting
cramped upon IL for hours, are SO dis
dressed In mind ard body that they
are in no condition 10 testify in their
own behalf
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
.FLEISCHNER RESTS
At HOME OF FATHER
Members of Family Think
Overwork Caused Clerks
Strange Actions.

BOSTON. Mass. Aug. 15-Suffering
from brain trouble, induced, his parents
say. by toe severe studying in preparing
for civil service examination, Herbert
Fleischne-. twenty-five years old, son
of otto Fleischner. assistant librarian at
the Boston public library. was brOug II
TO his home at Milton road. Brighton,
late last night from Bellevue Hospital.
New York, by his brother, Herbert z.
Fleischner. The family believe that
complete rest viii restore his mental
faculties
The parents Of the young man, who
mysteriously disappeared from his
Washington home after leaving a
strangely worded note, scon at the idea
aiat love affair is the cause of MS
lapse of memory His father SAYS his
son never has figured an an unfortunate
romance with college girl as reported
Instead of being placed in a sanitar-
iun, E1eIschner viii be cared for BY ais
parents At their beautiful home and il
IS expected by the family physician that
a few months compete rest viii restore
his ls1lth.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
REFORM
BY HIS YELLOW HUE
Lee Pong Refuses TO Go TO
Colored School-WhiteS
Bar Him.

Lee Pong, the Chinese boy who is be-
ms he'd in the house of detention to-
dav. pending final deere by Judge Cal
Ian. of the Juvenile Court viii not enter
an institution for colored boys and the
superintendent Of the institution Iof
white boys will not accept him. Beng
neither white nor black, the little Mon
rolian has the officers Of the Juvenile
Court and the board Of guardians study
ing.
Lee De Moy. uncle Of the boy, re-
siding at 342 Pennsylvania avenue, con-
tends that the lad should be deported,
as he Is not a citizen. Although ne was
horn in San Francisco, he was taken
hack TO China by his parents, VINO
died there After spending three years
in the Chinese schools. Lee was brous .lt
hack to America by his uncle Inc TRIP
cost SCI for fare and $l2 for expenses
Now. when Judge Callan wants the uIi-
Gle 10 help pay the expenses or tne yoy
i'm some industrial institution. he naiNS
and wants him deported. Judge CallaA
las refused to send him back and pTcD-
ably viii place him in the Industrial
Home.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
NEW GUN INVENTION
MAKES KILLING EASY
Cross of Light on Victim
Shows Where Bullet
Will Hit.

OURAY, Col. Aug. IA device to
assist In the more rapid annihilation
If the human race is being exhibited
here by J. c. Barnes. a homesteader.
It may be termed a hashlight gun.
Ut is a revolver provided with a brass
cylinder underneath. This cylinder con-
tains a small incandescent light at
tached TO a battery, and a lens so ar
ranged as TO project two lines Of light,
which form a cross on any object at
any distance up TO a hundred feet. The
cross Of light is so adjusted with the
revolver that the bullet strikes in the
middle Of the cross,
With this device on any kind Of a
gun the necessity Of taking an aim is
obvisted. All that is necessary is TO
get the cross Of light on the object YOU
desire 10 shoot and pull the trigger
The device can be used at any time and
In any kind of light except sunlight.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15

LONDON. Aug. 1.-THE announcement
made at the imperial defense congress
now in session. that Australia is already
building torpedo boats as the nucleus
of a fleet and Canada is preparing 10 do
the same thing came as a surprise to
Britishers, for the project has been
kept very quiet. And on this PROPOSE
ton the congress struck a big snag
when the disposal Of the fleets came up
for discussion
Canada and Australia are together on
demanding that the f1eeI be placed in
Pacific waters and under direct control
Of the colonies. The admiralty office
thinks the London office should be in
charge Of the vessels.
Englapd. it IS understood, doubts the
necessity OF placing a feet in the Pa
cific waters at all, relying on the good
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
MAYOR HELPS FIGHT
MAINE FOREST FIRE
Biddeford Executive Joins
Inhabitants in Effort to
Check Spread.

BIDDEFORD. Ne. Aug. 15.-The e,s-
tensive forest fire in this vicinity which
has already done thousands OF dollars
worth OF damage. broke out fresh this
morning and again threatened houses
IN the neighborhood Of the pools. Mayor
Cornelius HOrigan and Assistant En-
gineer Bonsar, Of the fire department,
are now in charge OF the gang Of men.
women, and children who are fighting
to exting1ish the fire.
A hew force Of men was sent 10 the
woods early this morning to relieve
those who have been on duty for sew
eral days. It is feared that the blaze
will be famed TO much larger proper
tons today BY a stir breeze which
came UP early this morning, and CON
siderable more damage IS anticipated
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
EAGLES ALL READY
TO ENLARGE CLUB
Fund Of $4,000 Is On Hand Now
For Completing the
Work.

Plans are being prepared BY the local
lodge Of .he Fraternal order OF Eagles
for the enlargement Of the present club
house u an extent that viii almost
double is size and provide many new
comforts and coHveniences. The sum of
s500o9 is already IN the building fund
and the officers declare they can get
as much more
The membership has increased in
Washington 20 such an extent that 10
another year the clubhouse viii be too
small Rough plans of the improve
ments contemplated were considered at
a meeting OF the building committee
held last evening, The plans provide for
the addition OF at least two stories TO
the present building.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
FUNERAL TOMORROW
OF TREASURY CHIEF

Funeral services for William F. Mac
Lehman. chief Of the division OF book
keeping and warrants Of the treasury
Department. will be held tomorrow at
ternoou at his apartment in the Ioron-
to. Twentieth and p streets northwest
The Rev. Tyler bennett. assistant pas
tor of the Church of the Covenant. viii
officiate. Interment viii be Ia Rock
Creek Cemetery
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
WEDDING. NOT DEATH,
EXPLAINS ABSENCE
Instead of Being Drowned,
AS Feared, Girl Is
Married.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Aug. 15.-In-
stead Of being drowned at Lake VIM
ona, as was feared, Miss Bessie Kintner,
Of Meshoppen, who disappeared last
Sunday while a guest at the lake. ran
away and was married to Harry B.
Genuug, Of Buffalo.
Her parents, who hurried from Me
shopper when the news of her disap-
DeaTanCe reached them, ard aided in
the search for her, are much relieved
after several days Of anxiety. II was
feared that she had fallen into the lake,
but instead she had slipped quietly away
with Genung. They came TO this city
and were married by Alderman Master
son
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
SLIGHT CLUE GIVEN
IN MURDER MYSTERY
Woman Describes Man Last Seen
With Pretty Anna Schu-
maCher

ROCHESTER, n. Y, Aug. 15.-An-
other. witness whose story may prove
valuable in running down the slayer OF
pretty seventeen-year-old Anna Schu-
mscher week ago, appeared today in
the person OF Mrs. Anna Merkel.
She says that she saw the girl talking
with the man in whose company Anna
schumacher left her sisters grave the
day Of the killing. She says the man
stood behind the girl as she worked al
the grave and when she turned away
he walked with her She has furnished
the police with a good description.
Edward EWald. the suspect taken 70
North Rose, Wayne county, Thursday
was released after he had proved an
alibi.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
HEADS OF REPUBLICS
MAY MEET IN SOUTH
Presidents of Cuba and Panama
Expected to Visit New Orleans
With Mr. Taft

When President William H. Taft visits
New Orleans about November l. three
Presidents may meet.
It IS also planned TO have n that city
during Mr.. Taft's visit. jose Domingo
de Obaldia. President OF Panama. and
Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez. President OF
Cuba
II the two Presidents are invited and
they accept. q United States man-of-
war may % assigned to bring them to
this country and take them lone.
It is believed such a meeting would
result IN a greater degree OF friendship
between the three republics.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
CANADA IS BUILDING
NUCLEUS OF FLEET
Australia Backing Up North American Colonies in
Demanding Navy for Protection of
Pacific Coast

faith Of japan to protect It's interests
there. Australia and Canada. on the
other hand. see in Japan a possible
rival which might OveTstep the bounds
and need a show of force to keep It
within the limits OF trade agreements.
The colonial delegates also demand that
money be spent to protect their own
coast defenses as well as FOR the con-
struction Of warships. Canada, for in
stance. will. before she builds new ships,
extend her present dock system Can
ada's first ships win be cruisers. and
these. she insists, shall be placed on
the Pacific. The home authorities have
already intimated that they are wanted
in the Atlantic. where they might join
the North fleet on short notice
II Is hoped that a scheme will be
drawn up by the congress ror presenta-
ton TO the admiralty conference by
August ~ All the smaller colonies
have signified their willingness 10 con-
tribute to the British navy.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
LAST RITES MONDAY
FOR MRS. NEWMAN
Services at St. Stephen's-Burial
at Mt. Olivet Gene


The funeral Of Mrs. Mary A. Newman
has been set for tomorrow morning at 9
O'Clock, and Will be held from St.
Stephens Catholic Church Mrs. New
man died Friday az the home Of
her son. Henry w. Newman, at 2403
Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs Newman
Will be buried at the Catholic cemetery
of Mt. Olivet, and the Rev. ". s.
Caughy will offciate. Mrs. Newman
was the wife Of DR.. W. c.. H Newman,
who. before his death, was one OF the
most prominent physicians in Wash
ington-
She was the daughter OF Charles
Rider. of Somerset county, Nd, one Of
the largest land owners on the Eastern
shore.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
SHORTEST TERM GIVEN.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Aug. 15.-Sam
Smith. facing score of burglary
charges and who was twice shot in
desperate attempt 20 escape arrest, was
sentenced today to five hours I'm State
prison and To pay a fine of 500. The
sentence is the shortest ever imposed In
Wyoming
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
THEE TAKES BIG CHANCE.

FORT SMITH. Ark. Aug IA rob
Der entered the Merchants Bank at
Fandervert, Ark, just after opening
hours and held up +. r. Crane, the
cashier, and two dcposit0rs. He took
$500 and then forced the three men 20
walk TO a woods a mile from town.
There ne mounted a horse and escaped
across the Oklahoma line.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
ESCAPES DEATH, BUT DIES.

DANVILLE, Pa. Aug. 1j.-After sur
yiving a boiler explosion a blow from
a piece OF steel. which knocked out an
eye, a bath in scaIdng water at the
mill where he was employed, and an
explosion Of a coal oil lamp, which
burned his home, Patrick McVey died
today of simple heart failure.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
APPLE THEE KILLED.

WILKES BARRE. Pa. Aug. 15.-Jos-
eph Mihlnski died at the hospital yes
terday Of gunshot wounds. He entered
an orchard to get some apples and some
one in hitting fired two bullets into his
BODY
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
-ENGINEMAN KILLED.

CLEVELAND, Aug. l5,-The mansled
body OF Edwin Day. an engineman. was
found in the fiywheel pit AZ the Telling
Brothers factory early today. II Is
believed he fell into the huge, rapidly
zcYolYing hywheel.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
TROOPS CAPTURE HAREM.

FEZ. Aug l5.-The army Of RoghL
the formidable rebel subject Of the Sui
tan Of Morocco, has been defeated by
the imperial troops. who captured his
camp and his wives Roghi himself es-
capped 10 the mountains Many of his
followers are reported killed or
uoundPa.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
HEAT is FATAL.

ST. LOUIS. Aug I5.-One death and
four prostrations occurred here ycster-
dav from heat The weather bureau
reported a temperature Of 80. The
Government kiosk showed a tempera-
t5ire OF 100 at the street level.