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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18
PROSECUTORS REMAINS
TO BE BURIED HERE

County Physician J., r. Cunning
ham yesterday received word from
Mrs. Edward G. Reinert, wife Of
the editor Of the Denver Mining
Record and daughter OF J. A. Buck
master, who passed away Monday al
the county hospital giving i%nstruc-
lions to have the remains Inferred
in this city. In accordance with
these wishes the funeral will be
held this afternoon from the under
taking p%arlors Of Wonacott and
Han.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18
WARM ANSWER no
THREATS OF COLLECTOR

Some time ago a local attorney
received a letter from d Chicago
collection agency asking that pay
ment be made on a ccrtall bill.
The bin mentioned was not en-
closed nor had one ever been sent
from the firm which desired the coli
lection In response to the invita-
tion to settle. the following was
mailed to the collection firm:
Touopah, New, Oct. 10. 90.
The National Legall 90 Service Com
pany, Chicago, III.
Most Courteous and Esteemed
sirs:-ln reply TO your communica-
ton OF the 9TH inst, ] beg leave to
say that / will answer your most
courteous letter IN fan. ana IN the
same kindly spirit that pervades
your communication. Indeed, with
such fear and trembling lest the
strong arm of your righteous wrath
should crush me, before the arrival
OF this message Of peace. upon
which base my hope of salvation
did sit in my office, awaiting the
infection of those harsh methods.
which you are 50 reluctant to use
that ! dare not trust the mails de
lay. and accordingly wired You Ccol-
lect).
1t Is not now, nor has II ever
been necessary to use the harsh
method" to extract from my excheq-
uer the balance due on my account
which can't, under any circum-
stances exceed the munidcent sum
of six dollars. But if YOU prefer
to give me a practical demoustra-
ton Of your prowess, and show
me what you can do when you have
to-" | will say that my native state
is Missouri and / am always willing
to be shown.
Now in all my brief experience
upon this mundane sphere. extend
ing over a period of t~hirty-one sum
mers and sundry winters, it has
been my custom, before harsh
methods were used, or the help
ing hand" was withdrawn, to send a
bill or statement of the demand.
This you have failed to do, why?
It is easy to threaten suit. calam-
ity, death, and destruction. and yea.
worse-the soft football OF the
gumshoe, but these things should
follow after the day of repent
ance has passed. You say that you
have been reasonable, and I shall
declaim, equally as loud, the reas-
onableness Of my demand, SEND
4 BILL AND I SHALL SEND
YOU A CHECK. In case you do
not wish to comply with this very
reasonable request. | shall continue
to welcome your interesting letters.
Though an attorney. / will in
Iced shrink from the notoriety, ex-
Denee and trouble" to which you
put me. However, the Good
Book assures that mans days are
'ew and full of trouble" and when
he vexatlons Of life arise to per-
olex, we know that the Bible is in
iced divine, There will l go for
consolation.
! will say one thing, which Won
AN consider food for reflection, and
hat is, that a man. firm, collection
agency, or anything else, which will
'ondescend to write such epistles as
have received, will not make much
" a success in collecting bills In
his country. There is nothing do
ng along the lines of intimidation
Nevada, and especially is this
rue with the legal profession, of
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18

which am but a humble memho
| nave no fear Of lawsuits H.
them and only fear their cesso,
Moreover | do not believe Tho.
can get an attorney in Nye conn.,.
70 sue a brother attorney. Or
one else for that matter. for
sum Of six dollars or t-hereahon4
me attorneys of this town
county are not doing a petty TO-.
ceny collection business. nor 49,
inc. taking trading stamps yr,ts
dead horse bills.
shall nov answer your onost
in their order:
@. rs it your deliberate ,rt
ton to wait until we use orr bara,
methods before you pay n atton
ticn to us?"
a.. No, If you send me a bin ana
act almost like a human heinz
Yes, otherwise / would be dellebtss
10 have you proceed at once
Q. What is the t|rouble?"
A. Waiting for a courteous lat.
ter containing a bill. However i
IS no trouble, I assure You
q Why don't you answer orr
~letters?" Ou'
A. / like to have you contipro
writing as | am having your letter.
bound with the efforts Of Lord cbos-
terfeld-they bring that famou.
work up to date.
@ Did you receive the goods,
a. I did and was very pleased
with them.
Q. rs there anything WRONG
with this claim, or is there some
thing wrong with your"
A. There is nothing wrong win
the claim, nor with me, but there
is something wrong, decidedly
wrong, both with you and vopr
methods. Your Office is the orig.
inal home of the Brain storm. and
as you have agencies in so many
cities, ! suggest that you procure
Harry Thaw as your CORRESPONDENT
at the town OF Matteawan.
q Are You utterly dead 10
every sense Of decency. honor. IN.
Brightness, morality, and honesty?a
A. am an attorney-at-law.
Q Are YOU an honorable. re-
spectacle member Of society. or are
you trying TO evade payment or an
honest dcbt2"
A. As modesty forbids ms an.
swering this question, r viii refer
you rs the late state Bank and
Trust company TO the lamented Ne
and ormsby County bank. and to
the pastor Of She First Baptist
Church, eolored.
@ Are you going to be reas.
enable or do YOU want us to give
you O. practical demonstration N
what We can do when we have to-"
A. I am trying to be reasonable
even at the cost OF missing an OF
~poFtuuity Of seeing yon give n Drao
IDEAL demonstration OF your meth.
ods-possibly instructive 10 an at
torney anxious to learn any Of the
points of the game, certainly en-
tertaining to a man able 10 appre-
ciate a Joke.
SEND BILL AND I'LL SEND
CHECK
iumbly yours,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18
CONVALESCENT FROM
SEVERE ILLNESS

Miss Alice Mitchell is confined to
her home, suffering from a co4ges.
ton OF the lungs. While her con-
dition is not serious, it viii be some
little time yet before she will be
able to venture out.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18

Gilbert c. Ross leaves this morn
ing for Manhattan to look after
mining interests in the northern
camp.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18

suit was brough to recover payment
for the surveying of claims for an
application for patent.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-12-18

II. c. Peck Of Goldheld was in
town yesterday
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Blaine Again Testifies.

Madison, March Senator Blaine
made the statement before the inves-
tigating committee today that he fled
his charges merely to start the inves-
tigation. II never thought had
enough evidence TO convict anybody"
he said, but / wanted to start the
ball a rolling. There were charges of
corruption everywhere. The news
papers we're full of IT, Men of promi-
hence talked about 1t. thought |
would endeayor 10 bring about an in
vestigation even If that were the last
hing in the world for me to do" Sen.
ator Blaine testified last week TO the
greater part Of his sixteen charges.
Yesterday he vas called TO testify TO
three or four charges that he said he
could substantlate by written docu-
ments he had under lock and key, He
could not produce tAem last week,
because they were not in this city.
The documents consisted Of letter
from James A Stone and one or two
memoranda. The letter states that u.
- hHlISI Vi 'odHh COUNTY H"u cow "a
stephensons money 70 spend in the
campaign and that a food Of the
Wisconsin Agriculturists was spread
over the county after Uncle 1ke's pie
ture appeared in IT, The memoranda
bore notes on conversation Senator
Blaine had wit hMr Campbell OF the
Milwaukee Journal. The newspaper
man informed the witness that the
Northwestern railroad company was
deeply involyedY in the Stephenson
campaign AID that the attorneys OF
the company hal a good deal 20 do
with The force bar. ~ IL. Mr.. Blaine
declined TO 20 into further details
though long questioned
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
stephenson,s Books

Madison, March 2.-The introduc-
ton of the books of Mr.. Stephenson
IN which are intermingled his pri.
Vate accounts with the accounts of
the campaign formed the basis of ar
sument started by Attorney Hyzer
and participated in by all the mem.
bers of the investigating committee
The lawyer would not permit them
entered in evidence because in that
case they would be thrown open TO
everybody's inspection.
No court would require this. he
declared. What would be done in a
court room under similar circumstan-
ces would be to excuse the jury and
near arguments on the competency
and materially of the documents. we
are willing TO submit our books under
similar conditions
Senator Husting pointed out that il
was not the fault OF the committee
that Senator Stephenson so inter
mingled his private and campaign ac-
counts that 1t necessarily was impos-
stble To 80 into the one without get
ting possession of the other. Sena-
tor Morris recalled the insurance in
yestigation in New York where all
private books and documents were
introduced IN evidence. An agree
ment was finally reached by which the
committee has full access to- the
books. but no names are to be men.
toned for publicity unless they are
found connected with the campaign
Mr.. j. A. Van Cleve was the first
witness. He is a real estate Lealer
and Is the president OF the Stephen
son National bank of Marinette. He
produced fifteen checks that were
used to pay the expenses of Marinette
county. Mr. Van Cleve refused 10
give the names of the men he EN-
ployed. He said that every cent paid
out was fully earned The manner OF
expenditure was shown. In Grover
city, for instance. $40 was paid to one
man and So to each of four other
men. In the fifth ward Of Marinette
$40 was paid to one and s. ZACH to
four other men. The witness stated
that some men could not be expected
to work for 49, Those who received
$40 day were paid for their super
ior infil cnce. he said.
The problem was to get the men
to work."
Yes sir. We wanted hustlers
men who would go out and get the
men to vote. The sentiment was for
stephenson. All we had to do was 70
get the men to the polls"
Miss Mary Stringham followed Mr..
Van Cleve Chairman March quizzed
her. She has been the private sec
rotary Of Mr. Stephenson for II or
lis years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Panama Canal.

Recent suggestion that something
had occurred on the isthmus to make
the lock type of the canal less feas-
ible than it was supposed to be when
the reports were made and the policy
determined on, led to a visit to the
isthmus on a board Of competent en-
gineers to examine the Gatum dam
and locks which are the key to the
lock type. The report of that board
shows that nothing has occurred in
the nature of newly revealed evidence
which should change the views once
formed in the original discussion
The construction will go on under
a most effective organization con,
trolled by Colonel Goethals and
his fellow army engineers associated
with him, and will certainly be com
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
sERvlA wiTHoRAWs DEMAND
win Not Insist on Compensation at
Hands Of Austria-Hungary.

London. England, March At was
learned conclusiyely in London yes
.terday that Servia, in accordance
with the advice of the powers, has
withdrawn her demand for territorial
compensation at the hands Of Aus
.triaHungary The semiofficial news
published In Vienna TO the contrary
lis. therefore. erroneous. The question
of the autonomy Of Bosnia was not
raised in the representations made by
the powers at Belgrade 1t is believed
that this decision on the part OF Ser.
via foreshadows an early and peace.
ml settlement of her difficulty "t'h
Austlia-Hungary
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
THE STEPHENSON
INVESTIGATION
More Helpers.

Madison, Wis, Feb. 27.-That over
$4,000 of $107793,O5 which the ex-
pense account of Isaac Stephenson
filed for his campaign is still not
itemized. was partially brought on at
the session of the special primary
election investigating committee. Next
IN interest was the testimony brought
out by the production of the cashiers
check paid by the cashier of the Mar
shall & llsley bank to one w l.. Smith
of Clark county for $3.50. The names
on checks purporting to have been
given to ministers are:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

Wausau. Wis, March i.-"illiam
Holger who conducted cigar fac
tory here. has disappeared and Reve-
pue Collector A. r Hoffman o. M"r-
rill has taken charge " The property
under government regulation ana
sold it % other tobacco manufactur'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

Three Italians Idrod the Rev. Fran
Resolutions debounclng the sent"nc-
ling Of the officers Of The American
Federation Of Labor 10 jail for con
tempt we're adopted a. massmectin2
Of laboring men and their friends in
Denver. Col last night
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Doom for Bucket Shops.

Topeka, Kas., March 2-The seEa-@
yesterday passed a bill already passed
by the house prohibiting hucHf
shops in Kansas Not only are ia
establishments declared Illegal ft.
telegraph operators ta,,ing quotation
for such purposes are subject ~
heavy penalt IS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

These checks all are lated Aug. IA. A
check for $40O paid TO Rev. ]. ]. Ryan
is dated August 10. Among the jour
nails receiving special attention from
Senator Marsh was the Land Farm
Journal, which received $500 for a
write-up.
r. II. Sackett was on the stand In
the morning, He explained that in
many cases he did not pay for the cir
culation Of nomination papers. He
had inst ucted workers to whom he
paid money to keep always within the
law. Asked as to what he told them
specifically concerning the law. he
said he supposed they had a general
knowledge Of the law and enough to
observe it's requirements. Among
these general organizers to whom he
gave such instructions he named from
the list he filed a day or two ago the
following; E. H. McMahon J c.
Miller, c. NJ. Hambrlght j. II. keyes,
railroad man: r. J. Sexton. J.
Wypzinski, r. Rowe. F. Rogers, c. o.
Larson. a Standard OIL salesman In
Ozaukee county; l.. II, Stevens. A. r.
Ames c. C. Wellensgard. present as
semblyman, also was named, and Mr..
Sackett's statement that MIR. Wellens-
gard received substantially the same
Instructions as the others. but no pay.
led TO a wordy conflict in which AS
semblymen Bray and Hambrecht and
Senator Husting disagreed over the
materiality Of the latter's line Of ex-
animation
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Annreoiation Of Foraker.

Washington, March In appfeo
ton Of his effors in behalf OF d.
discharged Brownsville battalion aa
gro citizens OF Washington win rt
sent to Senator Foraker tomorrf =
massive solid silver loving cur.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Taffs Principles as
Voiced in His Message

Business g property right
Such right shall be protected by injunction.
Authority 0 shall he sustained
Secondary boycott instrument Of tyranny.
Tariff good faith. Special session March Is.
Government responsible for injury To its employees
A postal savings bank system should he established.
Greater elasticity in currency desirable.
subsidies needed South American trade
Free Philippines and Porto Rico.
Lock Panama completion early administration
tariff sufficient
Railway pooling.
bonding and capitalization railroads
No degral prohibitions against foreigners.
Federal enforcement Of treaty rights 10 aliens.
Arbitration treaties: but
An adequate navy, and
No foolish idealsm."
Expansive army through state militia
defenses
Deepening ri Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Conservation q
Sectional tolerance.
License Jet south it's domestic affairs.
Tmprudance Of forcing col0rpd Office holders on
Continuance u Roosevelt reforms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10


No quorum" instantly proclaimed
President Strange. This convention
is adjourned"
The Stephenson men sought to get
a record vote, but President Strange
left the rostrum. Then Senator
Stout was elected president and an
effort made to induce the absentees
to return They refused. A recess
was taken till 4 p. m. then, nothing
doing, an adjournment for the dav
occurred, The ballot detail was:
For Senators Bird
Bodenstab, Burke, Fairchild Hudnau
James. Lehr Lyons. Page. Stout,
Thomas, Whitehead and Wright, As
semblymen Atwood, Bray, Brew, Blu
sacker b. A. Cady. Chapple, Chin
mock, Cleary, Culbertson, Disch, Egan.
Erickson, Fisher, Crosse, Hambrecht
Hammill, Harrass, Ingalls,, Jones
kempf Kull, Laycock, Ledvina. lie
Roy. Mains, Marquardt. Nelson, Phil
lips, Reynolds. Shaw. Frank Smith.
Simon Smith, stack, Thomas. Twesme.
Wellensgard Whittet and Bancroft
SO.
For Cleary--Towers.
For Brown-V. H. Cady.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

pleted early in the next administra.
ton, If not before
Some type of canal must be con.
structed. The lock type has been Sc.
lected, We are all in favor of having
it built as promptly as possible. We
must not now. therefore, keep up n
fire in the rear of the agents whom
We have aut 1srized to do our work
on the isthmus. We must hold up
their hands. and speaking for the in.
coming administration, the president
said that he proposes to devote all the
enorgy possible to the pushing of this
work on the plans which have been
adopted
Our Deficiencies.
The governments of our dependen.
cies in Porto Rico and the Philip.
pines are progressing as favorably as
could be desired. The prosperity of
Porto Rico continues undated. The
business conditions in the Philippines
are not all tnat we could wish them
to be. but with the passage of the
new tariff bill permitting free trade
between the United States and the
archipelago with such limitations in
sugar and tobacco as shall prevent in,
jury to the domestic interests of
those products, we can count on an
improvement in business conditions In
, the Philippines and. the development
of mutually profitable trade be-
tween this country and the islands
Meantime our government in each de
tendency is unfolding the traditions
of civil liberty and increasing popular
control which might be expected un.
der American auspices. The work
which we are doing there rebounds to
our credit as a nation.
The president said he looked for
ward with hope to increasing the al
ready good feeling between the south
and the other sections of the country.
His chief purpose is not to effect a
change in the electoral vote of the
southern states That is a secondary
GunSiutIdtibII. w Idl Ht lDOhS Ibl
ward to is an increase in the tolerance
of political views of all kinds and
their advocacy throughout the south,
and the existence of respectable po-
liticai opposition in every state, even
more than this, to an increased feel
ing on the part OF all the people in the
south that this government is rheir
government and that its officers in
their state are their officers.
Ignorant Electorate.
Discerning colored disfranchisement
in the south the president said
the danger of the control Of an ig-
norant electorate has passed With
this change, the interest which many
of the southern white citizens take in
the welfare of the negroes has in
! creased. The colored men must
base their hope on the results
OF their own industry self
restraint thrift and business sue
cess as well as upon the aid and
comfort and sympathy which they
may receive from their white neigh
bors of the south There was time
when northerners who sympathized
with the negro in his necessary strug-
gle for better conditions sought TO
give to him the suffrage as protec-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Subsidies.

The possibility of increasing trade
in the orient, in the Philippines and
in South America are known to every
one who has given the matter atten-
ton. The direct effect of free trade
between this country and the Philip
pines will be marked upon our sale
of cottons. agricultural machinery
and other manufactures. The neces,
sity of the establishment of direct
lines of steamers between North and
South America has been brought to
the attention of congress and the
president sincerely hopes that con-
gress may be induced TO see the wis
dom of tentative effort to establish
such lines by the use of mail subsi-
dies
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

A Sensational Episode.
Madison, March i.-Tremendously
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10
Currency, Postal Savings.

The president said that one of the
reforms to be carried out during the
incoming administration is a change
of our monetary and banking laws,
so as to secure greater elasticity in
the forms of currency available for
trade, and TO prevent the limitations
of law from operating to increase the
embarrassments of a financial panic.
He declared that congress should
promptly fulfill the promise of the re
publican platform and pass proper
postal savings bank bill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

forming our international obligations
IN this respect. BY proper legisla.
ton we may and ought to place in
the hands of the federal executive the
means OF enforcing the treaty rights
of such aliens in the courts of the
federal government. It puts our
government in pusillanimous posi-
ton to make definite engagements to
protect aliens and then to excuse the
failure to perform those engagements
by an explanation that the duty to
keep them is in states or cities, not
within our control. If we would
promise, we must put ourselves in a
position to perform our promise. We
cannot permit the possible failure of
justice due TO local prejudice in any
state or municipal government to- ex-
pose us to the risk of war which
might be avoided if federal jurisdic-
ton was asserted by suitable legisla.
ton by congress ar1 carried out by
proper proceedings instituted by the
executive, in the courts of the nation
al government"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

In the making Of a tariff bill, the
prime motive is taxation, and the Sc
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-03-10

sensational was the joint convention
OF the legislature at noon. Before the
session opened prodigious activity
was manifested among the anti-Steph-
enson forces. 1t was their concerted
plan to be absent in body, thus
leaving the convention destitute Of a
quorum, 67 and 81 absolutely for
bidding the possibility Of the election
OF a United States senator. The
scheme worked perfectly. The demo
Gratis, united in the arrangement ex-
cept V. H. Cady of Baraboo, who re-
NAMED and voted for Neal Brown and
said afterward that he did not an
prove of parliamentary subterfuge
of the kind and could not conscien-
tiously become a party to it. The
four social democrats made them
selves scarce like the rest. The
voted
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-05
DOnithan.

Died, on the 26th. the infant son
Of Mr. and Mrs John Patrick OF this
pace. The bereaved family have III,
sympathy Of all
A series OF meetings have Just
closed at this place. conducted by
Reys. strother Fitzpatrick. Llnsey
Waller and others. Several
conversions and some additions "a
the church.
the two months select school has
just closed with Miss Sadie stans-
bury, teacher.
Noah Peters has been attending
school here for some time.
Rev. Chaley Moore preached a.
this place Saturday night and Sunday.
Auxier See was visiting relatives II
this place las week
c. H. Meridith has recently nut up
q new store at the mouth Of poai-
than
Mrs. Charley Frazier visited her
sister, Mrs. Lace Wellman at Fort
Gay last week.
Noah Lambert is on the sick rst
this week.
Misses Clara and Mamie Lambert
and Farley Meredith are attending