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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-01-22

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Boynton, Rev. w. A. Smith Rev. Charles
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Members state Board Anti-S aIoon League
OIL Bap ssT A. H HIS Harnly. 4 J. scro-
knights DR.. S. H. Sowerby. Rev. T. H.
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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-01-22
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
Making it Hot forHTh

"
violation community has voted make itself
antisaloon territory is well understood
Processing believe the observance of law and protesting especially
believe the right of majority the who control the liquor
business everything their defeat the will of the majority
wherever that will is against them
The Of the cities and which
while and counted from the
beginning has nevertheless been Of anxiety and pepex all
who interested the Of the antsaoon movement
without the moral sentiment and law abiding
spirit the asserting itself and wbreake being hunted down
and punished.
The from the cities which have
afflicted with boolegge and blind tigers
Sycamore conditions peculiarly diff
fcu the guilty being caught and punished Timothy Duggn
smooth soft drink operator was the first one to be landed in Dekab
trial This
fine OF 500 named Aenk also had walk the plank and one
Moses Brown held for taking for delivery which Judge Cae
decided violation law Three convictions and pleas guilty
the record up to date.
among found guilty Of
breaking the that The fact that he had license
important figure in his conviction.
recently added another goodszed list
Hlmer, with fine and amounting 1885,
The city has also passed a rigid prohibtory ordinance
had hard struggle Bevdr but they
have gathered in the offenders and there prospect that the city will
permanently rid of the awess liquor sellers The law enforcement
people there woefu handicapped by who the paid
attorney of the liquor This presents difficulty that would be dis
if the people did not expect radical change of administration
after the municipal election in April
Bevdere had pesterou wbreaker named George Norman
Jail cured him. He has left
serving jail of oyfve
days 5000 against
guilty off with fines The law
fellow named Powers and when they through with him.
they will have the town pretty well cleaned up
Jacksonville has recently three offenders George Feiera James
and John Enra jail for $50 days after fnng them $500
counts during good behavior But they didn't behave long The
Brewing Ferrea the habeas
corpus He is said to be an agent of that
doing pendidl already related these columns Frank
Ferguson recently 800 fine and Jail
grand eighteen twenty aggegang
and fifty half indicted
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
INFANT KID HAS LEFT
FOR PARTS UNKNOWN

The Infant Kid has crept into the
limelight once more. OF course
everybody knows the Infant Kid who
under the name of c. NJ. Wandell
brought suit some months ago
against the ''66" Club OF Rhyolite
to the sum of $~10,S56.40,
which he averred he had lost gam
bling while a minor. The suit Gre
ated a great interest throughout the
state and many were the comments
heard. The infant secured judg-
ment against the "66" Club for the
sun of $~2762.50, but pending the
appeal of the case no settlement
was made.
Now here is where the real fine
work of the boy wonder m N.
Some days ago the youthful welcher
approached the defendants in the
case and stated that he would settle
If paid the princely sum of $500.
He had evidently become tired of
being pointed out a a welcher and
desired to migrate to pastures new
where he could bury the past. The
settlement was effected and the Kid
beat it out of the country without
even informing his attorneys or the
party who advanced the money with
which the suit was brought. 1t is
stated on good authority that he
even signed a release.
The attorneys for the plaintiff,
however, say that the release and
settlement will not stand when
brought up in court for they had
already served notice on the defend
ant that they had secured a judg-
ment whereby they were entitled TO
a certain amount of the ~$2762.5O.
In spite of the argument that is
being advanced by both sides, it Is
a known fact that the boy wonder
is now spending his time and tae
$500 in some distant city. To say
that southern Nevada is better eff
by his absence would be putting II
IN a mild way.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
ELLENDALE SPECIMENS
NOW ON EXHIBITION

Glendale is going TO have Il OF
the finest individual exhibits at the
forthcoming session of the Ameri-
can Mining congress to be held in
Goldfeld September 18th to oeto-
Der 4th.
Yesterday Zeb Kendall arrived in
Tonopah from the new camp. hav-
ing in his charge 200 pounds of as
fine gold ore as one would wish to
gaze upon. Mr.. Kendall estimates
that the ore is worth in the neigh
borhood of $1,000. The largest
piece is indeed a magnificent speci.
men. It weighs nearly 100 pounds
and is literally alive with gold. The
specimen ore came from the bottom
of the shaft at a depth of twenty
feet from the surface, from which
it will be seen that the values il
the main strike go down. The ore
will attract no end of attention. L
will be the center of attraction ant
be the means of advertising Ellen
dale greatly.
1t is reported that three shifts
will shortly be put to work in the
shaft of the Clifford property. This
work is expected to prove the per
manency of the main ore body, az
well as to open up ore bodies O
great richness. Glendale will un
questionably come to the front Will
the attention 1t so richly deserves
The ore was placed in the Tono
pah Banking Corporation for SAT,
keeping. 1t will remain here foi
several days.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14

suited in the apprehension of a
hardened criminal is becoming more
APPARENT every day. A few weeks
Gso the Bonanza printed Il STORY Of
this self-same criminal concerning
his confinement in the Iowa state
penitentiary. Additional informa-
tion has been received by the chief
of police which would seem to indi-
cate that McDann is one of the real
ly bad men Of the country. The let
ter follows and is self-explanatory:
"Mr. Ed Malley, Chief of Police,
Tonopah, Nevada:
Dear Sir-In addition to the in
formation l sent you a few days ago
on George McDann, l have the fol-
lowing from Major w. M. McClaugh-
rey, special agent in charge, bureau
of Identification, Leavenworth, Kan
sas:
This mans right name is Harry
White, whose home is at Keyte3-
Vile, Missouri, where he was born
and raised. He has a brother nam
ed William G. White in the Missouri
state penitentiary at Jefferson CITY,
Missouri, serving a thirty-year sen
tence for murder. Worth, or
White, is known as Charles Griffin,
alias William Griffin. Worth was
the leader of eighteen prisoners who
overpowered the guards at the Unit
ed States penitentiary at Leave
worth, Kansas, and made their es-
cape on June 1, 1898. He is a very
dangerous crimine' in every way or
both inside and outside of the prisog
walls and should not be trusted sol
a moment. He is a treacherous ana
lying scoundrel of the very worj'
Type
major McClaughrey also informs
me that this man was returned t.
the Iowa state penitentiary at For
Madison to finish his term there
after serving his term at Leaven
worth on June 20, 1906.
Il would suggest the %advisabilitl
of calling the attention of as man.
officers as possible to this man ant
his record for he is evidently a bat
man to be at large.
From this record there seems M
room for doubt that you got tn,
right man for both jobs and it !
too bad that he got off so light.
Yours very truly,
wv. l.. cox,
Superintendent State Police"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
AUTOPSY SHOWS No
EVIDENCE or MURDER

Wednesday morning before Coro-
ner Atkinson, a coroner's jury in
CURED into the death of the I'm
known man found upon the desert
by DR.. Elftman Tuesday morning
last. The coroner's jury was COM
posed of the following gentlemen:
w. B. Ryan, H. A. Fink. T. A.
Eagan, S. Fox, J.. J. began. E. E.
Harmer.
No additional light was thrown
upon the manne in which the man
came to his death, other than the
autopsy performed by County Physi-
clan Cunningham. The doctor stat
ed that he had carefully examined
the scalp of the victim of the des-
ert and that he found absolutely no
evidence of foul play. The holes
in the head were found to be the
work of desert rats, coyotes or other
ca%rnivorous animals. There were
no bullet holes in the skull and no
OIhCl C~NluCHCSo ludl the MdH WdN
subjected to an attack before coming
to his death. The verdict of the
jury was to the effect that the indi-
vidual had come to his death from
unknown causes.
The theory that the man was
murdered was completely dispelled.
His identity remains a mystery and
will never be solved. It is Just an
other of the desert tragedies of
which man must remain in ignor
ance. Like the burial of Moses, It
is a proposition of beast and biri
have seen and heard that which
man knoweth not"
The unfortunate victim of the
desert waste was buried by the
county yesterday afternoon.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14

liable in every respect. He passed
to the happy hunting ground on
a ranch in the eastern part of this
county about a year ago.
In all there were eighty-two In
dams killed in Hercules Gap, where
their skulls and skeletons cal yet
be found. This massacre "a a les
son to the Indians and from then
until the present time there has
been NJ serious conflict between the
races in eastern Nevada.
After the battle Colonel Steptoe
and his, troops passed on through
the country until they came to Fort
Mohave, where it was stationed for
some time.
In honor of the colonel, the broad
and beautiful valley, upon the edge
of which the battle was fought, was
by common consent c~hristened
"Steptoe," and thus has the name
and memory OF the commander been
perpetuated.-Ely Mining Record.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
BIG ASSAYS COME
FROM NrW FIND

Same Crane, the well known New
York Life agent, and Percy Gard.
ner, now of Carson, came into the
Journal Office, after a trip to Was
suk, where Crane got an option on
three claims, and they said nothing,
but exhibited the report on twenty
three assays had at Carson on sam
pies brought from the new camp.
The assays ran all the way from
$3.50 to $"21,537.55. Some of them
were as follows: ~$1538.94; $11,957,
$S156.34. $~21,537.55. Many of
them were below $50, but the ma
jority of the report we're of over
that amount. Crane showed a gold
button bigger than a shoe button
that he got from fourteen ounces Of
dirt, and a result from a panning
that had plenty of gold.
He says the camp is seven miles
from L~uckyboy, ten miles from
Aurora and fifteen miles from
Bodie, with plenty of water and
wood. The ore is free milling and
they are down only forty feet, the
samples coming practically from the
surface. The ledge, he reports, is
fourteen feet wide.
There are only about five men on
the ground now, but if the promise
given by the assays bears up, there
will undoubtedly be one of the big
gest stampedes in that direction
ever witnessed in Nevada.-Reno
Journal.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
COUNTY BONDS ARE
OWNED BY SEN. NIXON

Wednesday the Nye county bonds
were turned over to the Tonopah
Banking Corporation, a check hav-
ing been received from Senator
George s. Nixon for the sum OF
$51,250. The bonds were for the
amount of $4,000. while $500 was
for the accrued interest. the first in
terest bearing coupon being due in
June while the second came due in
July. This amount was RENTED by
Mr.. Nixon. The extra $3.50 was due
as a premium.
Senator Nixon transacted the deal
through the Tonopah Banking Cor
poration, this institution turning the
check owe to the county %treasurer's
office. The check in turn was rlaced
in the Nevada First National bank
which is the depository for Ny.
county.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
STATE BABIES WILL BE
PLACED ON DISPLAY

The first annual state baby show
of Nevada will be held In Tonopah
about the middle of October under
the auspices OF the Ladies' AID So
ciety of the Presbyterian church.
All Nevada babies under the age OF
4 years are eligible. The people OF
Goldheld are especially invited to
enter their babies. Tonopahans are
we'll aware of the fact, that the fiji
est babies in the world are raised
right here In Tonopah. So no fear
need be entertained as to which
babies will wear the blue ribbons.
There will be handsome prizes for
the dusky babies, as well as for the
lily white ones. The prizes will h
on exhibition in the window Of tn
Tonopah drug store about the first
Of October.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
Another Mill
for Nevada

GOLDFIELD (Nev.), Aug. IA
Another big mill that will rival
the Montgomery Shoshone of Rhyo-
lite, is under advlsement by a COM
pany of capitalists who have the
funds to execute their plans with
out floating bonds or calling for as
%slstance. This is the Aurora Bull
frog company, operating two miles
north of Springdale, in the Pioneer.
district.
Mr.. William Pister of Cincinnati,
a representative of the William
Moerlein Brewing company, is the
financial agent who has just dis
closed his purposes and returned to
his home in the east. The Aurora
is owned by an immensely wealthy
syndicate of brewers living in NAL
waukee, st. Louis and Cincinnati,
and was taken over about four
months ago. Mr.. Joseph Murphy
was installed as superintendent, and
under his charge the work of de-
velopment has progressed SO rapidly
that it remains only a question Of
ore reserves before the owners de-
eide what they are going to do. The
ore runs in the vicinity of 50 per
ton, and is Of such a no~n-refractory
character that it can easily be
handled by a cyanide tank and net
the owners s. per ton.
1t is proposed to begin with a
unit of forty or fifty stamps, or a
capacity of 200 tons a day, and then
gradually increase the milling APP
planes as the ore body is brought
into greater prominence. Twelve
men have been employed on the
ground, with the result that they
have disclosed an ore body fifty feet
wide that is said to be the largest
single pay ledge in Nevada. SUI
perintendent Murphy has been in.
structed to sink another 100 feet
and then crosscut so that the ore
body may be blocked out to the
complete satisfaction of the owners
and their engineers before the finaI
plans for the mill are adopted. II
is anticipated that by the first OF
the year the construction will be
we'll under way and that in another
three months a rich producer viii
be treating low grade ore netting al
the least, $1,000 per day.
|, AS a preliminary to the mill thu
company has secured by either pur
chase or location, the entire waite
: rights Of the Amargosa. Superin
tendent Murphy is one of the hes
known men of the state, and is a
= well and favorably known in Idaho
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
CONGRESSMAN BARTLETT {.
VISITS IN TONOPAH

Congressman George Bartlett ar
rived in Tonopah Wednesday morn
ing. He will remain here several
DAYS during which time he will be
buisly engaged with legal matters
with which his firm is connected.
Congressman Bartlett has receiv-
ed signal recognition at the hands
Of Speaker Cannon in the commit
tee appointments. He is the rank
Ing Democrat on the mines and min
ing committee. one of the most inn
portant in the house. particularly
to the west. He is also assigned a
position on the committee on irri-
CATION OF arid lands. another par
ticularly important committee. In
edition, he has been made a mem
Der of the committee on Pacific rail
roads.
From the above 1t will be seen
that Mr.. Bartlett as congressman
rom this state has made a record
meQualed by any of his predeees-
ars in an equal length of time in
the harness.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14

Branch H. Smith yesterday receiv-
ed the following communication
from Milton M. Detch of the Nevada
board of mining commissioners,
which is self-explanatory'
"Goldheld, New, Aug. g., 1909.
"Mr. Branch H. Smith, Tonopah, M,
vada.
Dear Mr.. Smith-The Midway
exhibit has been received and 1t is
a dandy, they will have to work
hard to beat it from any district in
the state, and If the rest of the
companies in Tonopah get there
with an exhibit half as good, in my
judgment, the Tonopah exhibit will
not be equalled at the session of
the congress.
Letters are coming in from all
over the portion of the district you
covered. Permit me to congratulate
you on the results of your efforts,
Very sincerely yours,
"MILToN NJ. DETCH"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
SHOSHONE MILL TREATING
215 TONS OF ORE PER DAY

The Shoshone mill and mine of
Rhyolite has established another
record tonnage for the month of
July. This was done despite a loss
of two and a half days operations
about the fourth of the month. APP
proximately $500 tons OF ore were
handled through the mill in The
remaining twenty-eight days of run
ming.
A shipment of bullion was made
from the property on Wednesday Of
this week. 1t comprised about H.
500 ounces and represents one davis
grinding for every 1000 ounces. The
value of Shoshone bullion has been
announced before as a little better
than 81 per ounce.
The new Chilli mill is proving a
valuable adjunct to the plant. 1t is
operating without a hitch and seems
to fill the bill.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
LAST INDIAN BATTLE
IN EASTERN NEVADA

When Nevada was yet a part of
Utah, and at that time when the
S%hoshones and Piutes were a war
like race, these Indians and a few
outlawed white men made life most
%precarious for the pioneers travel
ing from Salt Lake to California,
the new E%ldorado, which was then
attracting venturesome characters
from all sections of the world. The
main overland trail from Salt Lake
came through Deep creek, crossed
Steptoe valley-then not named
and on Through Egan canyon,
Sprucemont and down the Hum
boldt river.
Seldom a week or a day passed
but immigrants and mail carriers
were killed along this route. In the
fall of 1859 a troop of cavalry was
dispatched from the westward to
cross the state along his rail and
teach the Indians a wholesome les
son. The troop was under COM
mand of Colonel Steptoe, who had
been on the frontier some time, and
whose opinion was that the only
good Indians were dead ones. The
command arrived at the stage sta
tion at Egan Pass in the evening,
and found that the two stock tend.
ers had been killed, the station
blundered and the stock run off
Without stopping the colonel took
up the trail and at daybreak on the
following morning located the IN.
dams at Hercules Gap, on the ives,
side of the valley a few miles from
the present location of the smel<er
This gap Is a narrow canyon which
cuts off the southern point of tac
mountain.
AS soon as the commander wa
sure of the location of the Indians
he divided his troops and sent par
of them around the mountain to tn,
eastern outlet of the pass, with or
ders to advance through the pass
When the attack was made from
the eastern end of the pass the In
dams fed to the west, only to b,
met by the soldiers who occupies
advantageous positions, and moves
them down as they came. The wall
of the pass were so precipitous a
to prevent escape, and all wer,
slaughtered with the exception o
one who several days afterward
made his appearance at Dave Nc
Quiddy's ranch, now known a
Georgetown, and asked for food. H
was in a famished condition, bu
was %succored, and remained on tn
ranch for many years. This India.
later became known as Dave Nc
Quiddy and was trustworthy and re
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
One Killed
One Injured

A. this writing the facts con
,o,ed with the disaster are meagre.
r,om what can be learned, however,
!. ornears that the men were load
~ their holes and that in some
asrner the explosion occurred.
cabrlllo was killed instantly,
zorcoyich being rendered un-
,oOseious. AS soon as he regainel
consciousness he spread the alarm
and assistance was soon or the
.oone. The body of the dead man
vas removed TO the surface and
garcoyich taken to the Miners hos
nital, where DR.. Smith dressed his
ronnds. 1t was found that his
head was quite badly cut, his face
aeerated and his body from his
Knees up literally perforated vita
small particles of rock. While
onite seriously injured. he is not
necessarily fatally hurt.
The injured man has been en-
Moved at the mine but a short
lime, while Cabrillo is an exper-
fenced miner. He is literally torn
TO pieces by the force Of the ex-
p%losion.
Neither one of the men is mar
RED so far as can be learned.
From the time Of the explosion
TO the spreading of the alarm an
Interval OF more than n hour
elapsed. Shots are fired at q
while Zarcovich did not emerge from
bis condition until after 8. At the
hospital he was not in a condition
to talk, consequently his version OF
the accident cannot be given our
readers this morning, although the
facts are practically as stated.
Coroner Atkinson was immedi-
stely notified and arrived on the
wene. An inquest will be held this
corning.
The dead man was well known
in Tonopah, where he has long re
sided.