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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
MINISTER ATTEMPTS
SELF-DESTRUCT|ON
IN JAIL CELL
MUTILATES HIMSELF WHILE
AWAITING TRIAL ON A
SERIOUS CHARGE.

BOSTON, Dec. 22.-Cries and
gr6ans breaking the stiffness of the
early morning hours at the Charles
street Jail yesterday led to the dis
covery that Rev. Clarence V. T..
Richeson. awaiting trial on the
charge of having murdered Miss
Avis Linnell, had mutilated HIM
self severely with a piece of tin.
So serious was the wound that
1t was found necessary to perform
an operation Immediately. Later in
the day surgeons said the opera
tion was entirely successful and that
unless blood poisoning developed the
prisoner probably would recover
within two weeks
County authorities, jail officials
and counsel for Richeson all re-
fused to comment upon the possible
mental processes that led the ac-
cused man to injure himself, or
what influence his act might have
upon future legal proceedings in his
case.
District Attorney Pelletier, who
will have charge of Richeson's trial,
set for January Is, made brief
statement in which he asserted the
trial would begin on the date as
signed.
The district attorneys declaration
that Richeson would be strong
enough to appear in court on Janu-
3 ary Is was corroborated by DR.
Howard A. Lithrop, one of the sur
geons who attended the prisoner
Although Richeson's CouEse!
would give no intimation whether
the defense would seek a postpone
ment or take any other action be-
cause of Richeson's act, they did
say that the accused clergyma an
had wounded himself in an at
tempt at emasculation.
1t was about a. M when a jai'
attendant heard Richeson crying:
Doctor oh, doctor; doctor, come
quick!'
The attendant summoned two 9th
er attendants and they found the
prisoner lying on the floor, bleed
ing and suffering intense pain.
I've cut myself. I'm bleeding
to death" Richeson told them.
The prison doctor said an i2me-
diate operation was necessary and
three surgeons were sent for The
operation occupied considerable time
and at its conclusion it was an
nounced that it had been successful
and that the prisoner was expected
to make a speedy recovery.
When Richeson came from under
the influence of the anesthetic, he
had nothing to say. By order of
the surgeons he was not questioned
by anyone, and will be kept quiet
until he gains strength.
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he was receptive, and advised the
district attorney. Immediately
trap was set, with the help of
Chief Flynn of the secret service.
Dale was taken before the grand
jury yesterday during the intermis-
sion between the morning and after
noon session of the trial, and told
the story. An indictment was
promptly returned.
On return of court for the after
noon session the defense was dunn
founded by announcement of the
arrest of Byrne. Counsel rushed to
the private chambers Of Judge Ray
to protest they had no part in
the attempt to fix the juryman and
knew nothing about it.
Rice and Sheftels denied Bvrne
was employed by them and said
they didn't even know him.
There was great excitement about
the court as the judge announced
an adjournment of the trial to to-
morrow morning. The district at
torney declined to make any COM
ment The defendants made no Of
hclal statement but promised one
some time today.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
Err SONAL
COmings and Goings of Loca
People and Others.
s. R. Moore is spending toda.s

S. R. Moore is spending todaF
Goldfield.
Attorney G. H. Mcintosh left for
San Francisco this morning.
Ed Uren departed for El Pasc
Texas, this morning and will visit
Mexico before his return to Tono-
pah.
Deputy Sheriff w. B. Mercer o.
Goldfield was passenger this morn
ing for Hawthorne.
W. ID. Forster, general agent Of
the T. & G.. railroad, returned from
Carson City this morning.
Mrs. J. H. Miles departed this
morning for Big Pine, Cal, to spend
the holidays with her parents.
c. Cast, passenger engineer on
the Tonopah & Goldfield railroad
is taking a lay off and departed
for Berkeley this morning
f. NJ. Jennifes, general freight
and passenger agent, passed
through Tonopah on train No.
this morning, bound for Goldfield.
Attorney John Thompson and
wife of Goldfield, who have been
sojourning in San Francisco for the
past month, returned to Goldfield
on this mornings train.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
LABOR TO HELP
FULL INSPECTION
DEMAND OF THE PRESS FOR A
CHANGE OF OFFICERS NOT
WORTH ATTENTION.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 22.-
we are ready at any time for the
agents of the law to begin investi-
cation. So declares Samuel Com
pofs in an editorial on Lahore
Position Lawful and Progressive, "
which will appear in the January
issue of the American Federation
ist. Gompers pledges full cooper
alton in any investigation that may
be made. Continuing, Mr.. Gompers
says:
Files, records, all kinds of ac-
count books and everything in docu-
mentary shape is open to the agents
OF the law. All that has been print
ed, spoken or written to our CORE
spondents is subject to their in
quiries. Every act and official will
be freely looked into. No one will
dodge or run away. What can be
done to aid the law will be done.
This is our reply at the head
quarters of the American Federation
of Labor, to the clamor to get at
the men high up and to the re-
peated announcements in the press
OF the nationwide investigation !
federal officials and to the assertion
that behind the McNamaras were
men standing high in the councils
of labor. What has happeed in
this deplorable incident of misfor-
tunate is the exceptional source of
action, but which does not touch
the essentials of trade unionism ar
the demands of part of the daily
press for an immediate change of
officers is worth no attention"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
BORAA Of IDAHO HOT AFTER THE
TRUSTS AND THEIR TACTICS

NEW YORK, Dee. 22.--Senator
William E. Borah of Idaho, at the
Yodng Republican club last night.
made an address that breathed fire
in every word for "lawless big busi-
ness, and little yiolators of the
Jaw as well.
he drew a significant comparison
between the McNamaras, the con-
fessed dynamiters, and the old
Standard Oil and Tobacco COM
panies.
To save their worthless lives, !"
he said, referring to the dynamiters,
they entered pleas of guilty, in
sisting that they did it all for
principle and expect an astonished
world to accept their whining
apologies.
There is another court record
which we will in passing, notice
also. Bound up in many volumes
you will find the full record of
Two Of the late noted decisions 1t
IS tale twice told, of selflshness
and greed, eXtortion and lawless-
ness. The plea of justification is
act unlike the plea of the planters
Of dynamite, for although the acts
are clearly in violation Of law and
the rights OF the public, it is claim
ed nevertheless, that it was all done
in the interest of business growth
and industrial progress.
This is the best plea and the
only plea that Twentieth Century
business can furnish-all that could
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
MARKET HAS
S, FINE DECORATIONS

1t is a very ancient custom for
business houses to have their dec
orators put their best efforts in
decorating their various business
houses for the edification of the
purchasers and to try to scoop"
competitors during the Christmas
and New Years festivities by hav-
ing on display an artistic window,
exhibiting their wares or goods, as
the case may be- This year has
proved to be no exception to the
rule, and each and ever business
house boasts of a pretty window
Many comments may be heard on
the streets with the shoppers re-
garding this or that firms strate-
gem and efforts in conformity with
the art of window decorating, but
the consensus of opinion with the
buying throngs in Tonopah is that
the Tonopah & Goldfeld Meat Mar
ket has gained for itself reputa-
ton for window dressing.
The market inside is profusely
decorated with green's and holly
The numerous articles in the meat
line are cleverly and artistically
decorated and beef, mutton and
fowls are simply masterpieces of
the cutters and butchers art.
Beyond question this display is the
best and most stupendous exhibition
of meats ever displayed by market
in any city in Southern Nevada.
Much credit is due the genius who
solved and mastered this holiday
display so pleasing to the eyes of
the shoppers. The work is really
meritorious.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
4 25-YEAR-OLD ROMANCE
is ENDED By MARRIAGES

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. PA
romance that began at Union, Neb..
years ago, was completed here
last night when Harriet Pollard
Barnum of Union and r. Willis o.
Seattle were married. In the ?
years intervening since they first
net back in Nebraska, both the
bride and groom had married and
lest their partners. Mrs. Willis is
the daughter of Isaac Pollard, a
Nebraska pioneer, and her brother,
Ernest Pollard, served three terms
IN congr ess from the Lincoln dis
triCt.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
COAL DEPOSITS AT COALDALE ARE
IMPROVING With DEVELOPMENT

surface. At different depths the
vein would become smaller, but
would soon again widen to its
regular width of 20 feet.
AS depth is attained this large
vein shows Improvement in COM
bustion and heat making qualities
In this 20-foot vein matter there
is from six to eight feet of high
grade anthracite. This propertS
covers an area of nine hundred and
sixty acres and has been under
development for the past two years
by Mr.. H. A. Darms, the princip
owners being California capitalists.
The foot of the vein matter is a
honey formation and over this is
sandstone, the floor also being of
sandstone formation. The equip
ment of this property is first-elass.
A twenty-five horsepower steam
engine is used in the sinking of the
shaft, but this is to be replaced
by a larger one of seventy-five
horsepower. On the 32O-foot level
crosscuts are being run to cut sew
eral veins which outcrop strong on
the surface. The Darms property
is destined to become a great coal
producer and as soon as a spur
from the Tonopah & Goldfield rail
road is built to the mine force
of miners will be employed mining
coal for the market.
Messrs. Murphy and Thomas
brought with them several large
ColnnInc nf I hn nOa1 opd Mr. Thnm
as stated to Bonanza scribe that
the new coal fields, in his judg-
ment. were first-class, and large pro-
ducing coal mines will result from
the present development.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22

Ambrose Murphy, accompanied by
a. S. Thomas, an experienced coal
miner, made an examination of the
Coaldale coal mines last Tuesday
and Wednesday and return to Tono-
pah very enthusiastic with the as
surance to our people that in
very short time coal from the new
fields will be shipped into the
southern county and the fuel ques-
ton solved with home produc-
ton.
The Nevada Coal G Fuel COM
pany, under the supervision of T. E.
Rovinack, has a force of men de-
veloping the large veins of their
high per cent anthracite coal. The
eight-foot vein on the 75-foot level
is being drifted on both north and
south and continues its average
width as the drifts advance.
Manager Rovianck is having a
lot OF coal sacked, which will
shortly be hauled to the railroad,
distance of three miles, to be
sent to this city and Goldfield, that
the people may test the coal and
learn for themselves that the Coal
dale fuel is equal, if not Superior
to the various Goals now being
used in this city. The company
has recently made a large iron
skip to be used in the shaft; its
capacity being 5000 pounds.
At the T. A. Darms property a
shaft has been sunk to a depth of
320 feet. The shaft has a dip to
the 2S0foot level of Is degrees
and from that point to the bot
tom the dip is 20 degrees The
shaft has followed the coal vein,
which is 20 feet wide, from tbe
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22

FOR TEACHERS
hOARD OF EDUCATION FIXES
lime FOR A THREE-DAYS'
SESSION IN TONOPAH,

The state board of education an
nounces an examination for teachers
to be held in Tonopah, beginning
December ~ 1911, and continuing
three days.
Subjects are mental arithmetic,
physiology and hygiene, photography,
English grammar, written arith-
metic, drawing, United States his
tory, reading, general history, cur
rent events, geography, music, busi-
ness forms, penmanship, civics. the
ory and methods.
Any one of good moral character
and not less than Is years of age
may take these examinations, and,
if successful, will be granted an
elementary certificate valid for ele-
mentary schools in all school dis
tricts in the state. The examina-
ton will be held in the Tonopah
High School building.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
CONSOLIDATED WILL
DISTRIBUTE
TURKEYS
ALL EMPLOYEES OF CORPORA
TION TO RECEIVE A FAT
BIRD FOR CHRISTMAS.

Following its custom of former
years, the Consolidated Mines COM
pany will presents every one of
its employees with turkey as a
Christmas gift. A large number of
the birds have been ordered and
they will be the best that are to
be had in the markets, coming di-
rect from the farms where they are
specially fattened for the Christmas
season. The turkeys will be dis
tributed to employees of the com
pany, at the town office, a day or
two before Christmas.-Tr
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
1ONOP All PUBLIC
SCHOOL Closes;
HOLIDAY VACATION

The Tonopah public schools closed
this afternoon for the holiday vaca-
tion and will reopen on January
s. During the past term the az
tendance has been large; in fact
the seating capacity has beer
crowded to its limit. The trustees
will in a short time call an electic>
to bond the district for the pui
pose of erecting a modern scho,
building that will cost $500
The work of building to commence
as soon as the cold weather is owe
The school term just closed has, un
der the supervision of Professo
Yoder and his able corps of teach
ers. been a very successful one
to the students, both scholars
teachers have labored zealously f.
the result obtained.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
{ CHRISTMAS AT THE PRES.
BYTERIAN SUNDAY school.

The Christmas tree of the Pres
byterian Sunday school will be held
on Saturday evening at the church.
The members of the school are plan
ming to have this year a giving
Christmas as well as receiving
Christmas. One novel feature is
the bringing of potato or apple
as the price of admission to the ex-
ercises Saturday evening at 1880.
The potatoes and apples to be dis
tributed for Christmas. Everybody
invited.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22

be said by those so rarely gifted
and richly endowed with this worlds
goods and intellectual power. ana
OF whom the government and hu-
manity have right to expect so
much. "
Respect and enforcement of the
law was one OF the keynotes of
Senator Borahs address. Obedience
to the law, he said, was the bed
rock on which powerful governments
are built, and he believes this a
time when political party could
afford to make it cardinal tenet
OF its faith. In no other first rate
nation, he said, is law so disre-
garded as i'll the United States.
There is no place where life
IS so insecure against bomb or bull
let. where criminal laws are so in.
elfectually enforced, where corrup-
ton is so little condemned in pub
lie opinion and where defiance G.,
law in the highest walks of bust
ness life so generally prevails. To
leave law unenforced, to cultivate
a disregard for its obligations is
but to follow the ground so that
in after years there may be one
law for the poor and another for
the rich" said Mr.. Borah.
lie added that the Mcnamara
cases and the trust cases we're very
strong and uncontroverted evidence
Of what is fast becoming a national
disease. He said he had no SYM
pathy with the prosecution of busi-
ness men who erred unknowingly.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
PACKERS ASK
VERDICT FROM
The BENCH
DEFENSE TAKES STATE BY Sur.
PRISE IN MOVING FOR
DISCHARGE.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Formal no.
tice was given yesterday by the
defense in the so-called "meat trust
case that a motion will soon be
presented to Judge Carpenter asking
that the jury be instructed to find
the ten Chicago meat packers not
guilty of criminal violation of the
Sherman antitrust law with which
they are charged.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22

dispatch from ST. Petersburg, that
unless Persia decides to accept the
terms of the Russian ultimatum
demanding the dismissal of W.
Morgan Shuster, the American act
ing as treasurer-general, the COM
mander of the Russian troops now
concentrated at Kasbin, has been
ordered to advance on Teheran. The
troops, which number about Az
of all arms, will, in the event of
Persia's continued refusal, begin
their advance tomorrow
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
WILL SUSPEND BUSINESS
DURING THE HOLIDAYS

NEW YORK, Dec. Christ
mas will be celebrated in Wall
street by triple holiday. Direc-
tors of the Stock Exchange voted
yesterday to close Saturday so bust
ness will be suspended between to-
day and Tuesday morning.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
FORMATION OF
CHINESE REPUBLIC
NOT NEAR
MAN NEXT TO THRONE SAYS
BE DID NOT AGREE TO ES-
TABLISH REPUBLIC.

PEKlNG, China, Dec. 22.-Pre-
mier Yuan Shih Kai, in an officia
statement yesterday, said that with
out any qualification he refused 10
accept a republic.
kilograms to the Chinese imperial
authorities state the revolutionaries
at Shanghai insist on establishing
a republic as the only terms on
which peace can be concluded.
In an interview yesterday Premier
Yuan Shih Kai again declared he
never would agree to republic.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Wash-
ington was gloomy yesterday over
the vanishing prospects for speedy
conclusion of a peace agreement
between the imperialists and repub-
licans in China. The status of the
peace conference at Shanghai was
reported as very discouraging.
American naval officers have been
instructed to be in readiness to
respond to any appeals for protec-
tion from American and foreign in
terests. 1t is considered not i'm
prpl able that general outbreak of
ctill-lOI ClSH lSSllAS WOulu lOllOW q
complete disagreement of the peace
commissioners at Shanghai.
AMOY, Dec. 22,-Reports from
the treaty port of Swatow, for
which place the United States mon
itor Monterey sailed, state that ev-
erything is quiet.
Trouble is expected at Chao Chow
north of Swartow, between local
levies, the Cantonese troops and
the Aboriginal tribe of Hakkas from
tho interior.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-D,
Sun Vat Sen, the Revolutionary
leader, left Hongkong last night for
Shanghai in company with Wu Hing
Min, the revolutionary governor
Kwang Ting province, according t
news received by cable late las
night by the Chung Sal Vat Pc
a local Chinese daily. 1t was state
that DR.. Sun was given an enthusi-
astic reception at Hankow During
his stay there of less than a hi
day he was closeted with repub
lican leaders. No statement as to
the Proceedings there, were given to
the public.
Old newspapers for sale at this
oflice-25c per hundred.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 22.-
Asserting that Robert j. Foster, a
detective engaged by the National
Electors association in the dyua-
hitting investigation, was interfer-
inG with him, County Prosecutor
Frank r. Baker yesterday forcibly
took Foster before Judge Joseph
Markey of the criminal court and
asked protection.
Judge Markey reprimanded the
prosecutor for interruption of a
murder trial but Baker persisted,
and snatching club from police
man, threatened Foster. Court Of
ficers drew Baker away. Judge
Markey ordered him to appear in
court tomorrow to show cause why
he should not be held in contempt
of court.
The judge took no cognizance of
the charge against Foster and i'm
mediately after the incident Baker
was subpoenaed to appear before
the grand jury to testify in the
governments inquiry in the dyna-
hitting case.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
NIPPED IN THE BUD.

SAN DOMINGO, Dec. 22.-Formel
President Morales and a party OF
followers landed on the east coast
yesterday and were Immediately ar
rested. They are expected to reach
here some time today. The coun-
try is quiet.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
Russians and perSidnS Meet
In Deadly Conflict; No Details

TEHERAN, Dec 22. - Serious
fighting between the Persian con-
stitutionalists and the Russian
troops is reported to have occurred.
No details are given in the dispatch
from Tabriz. which conveys this
report.
LONDON, Dec. 22.-It is under
stood, according to a news agency
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
POsTOFFICE NOTICE.

General delivery and registry win
dows will be open from to 5 D.
m. on Sunday (24) and Monday
(25). Registry window will be
opened for the delivery only of
registered mail.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
sELBY COMES BACK.

PARIS, Dec. 22.-"Kid" Mccoy
pugilist, last night knock
ed out Harry Croxon, an English
fighter, in the third round.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Dec. %.
John r. Harrington, a Chicago
attorney who was employed as one
of the Investigators for the defense
in the Mcnamara case, who is want
ed as witness before the federal
grand jury, was served with sub
poena by deputy United States mar
shal here. Harrington and his
wife were passengers on the Chi
cago Limited. He accepted service,
and will return voluntarily to Los
Angeles, leaving at midnight.
Harrington declined to make
statement concerning the case The
subpoena was telegraphed here for
service on instructions of the spe-
cial prosecutor representing the
government in the Los Angeles in
quiry
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-22
LABOR MAN MIXES
WITH EXPLOSIVES.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY RESENT
INTERFERENCE BY IRON
WORKERS. DETECTIVE.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.-The
federal grand jury investigating the
dynamite outrages, had Ortie Nc
Manigal as the first witness yes
terday. Later McManigal was placed
where he could see all who en-
tered or left the room. During
the morning he was confronted by
h. A. Clancy, San Francisco labor
leader, whom McManigal said he
had met during a dynamtiing trip
to the west Clancy emerged from
the meeting pale and weak. Four
to six indictments We're expected
before the end of the week, when
the jury will adjourn.