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Daily Bonanza
WEATHER
Fair Thursday.
TONOPAH
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VOL. II NO. 167
TONOPAH NEVADA. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 3. 1907.
FRICE 10 CENTS
President Brock Is
Hereto Look Into
r3 on the Tonopah and
Goldfield Railroad
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SUSPECT IN LAUNCH
BELLTXGHAM." Wash., Oct. 2.
' "the crew of the tug Katadid ; this
morningr plcked;jp the launch Helen
in Suica strait, thirty miles west of
. here. The launch contained an ex
hausted man, dressed only In shirt
and trousers.' He was given restora
tives, and it is said was recognized
: as Charles Hudson, one of the Seattle
,..;truak -murder -suspects-. -Seeing" he
r ..a&ecognlsedTe man Reaped iato
... tbp.iine; and escaped to. gnica Island.
. .... BUTTE, Oct. 2. Samuel W. Os
; good, a mining engineer of Chicago;
v haa ju9t spent a month at the mines,
: -stamp ,'nillls andcyanide,' plants ' of
"the. Gould Mines company" in "Moa
tafca. ., fi addition: to' yigbrou8e
velopment of the present veins, nfew
ore bodies were found and systematic-
improTementX maden ttie
methods Qt mining: and milling with
a perceptible increase in bullion pro
duction. The Gold-mines years ago
i' ranked among the' gold-broducers of
.NOT
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. Unless the defense in the Ford trial
introduces testimony in its behalf, thereby conferring on the pros-
ecution the right of rebuttal, Abraham Ruef will not be a wit-
ness again the general counsel of the United Railroads. This
4 was made known today when a half hour after the opening of the
afternoon session, Assistant District Attorney Heney closed the
prosecution's side of the case without having called the former 4
boss of San Francisco to the stand. It was all along understood
that he would be the star witness tor the people, since it was to
him, if accusation be true, that Tirey L. Ford, acting under the
orders of Patrick Calhoun, paid the $200,000 "fee," a part of
4- which found its way into the pockets of Mayor Schmitz and the 4
4-. supervisors. 'Two explanations, neither of them sanctioned by the 4
prosecution, are advanced for the failure of Heney to swear Ruef. 4
4 One is that at the eleventh hour the ex-boss refused to give the 4
testimony wanted; the other is that Heney, believing that Ford 4
and Calhoun : will take the stand and deny their guilt, decided 4
4 to hold Ruef in reserve' as a trump card until the time comes for
4- rebuttal. Should the United Railroads attorneys, however, elect to 4
-4 offer no evidence for the defense, the tactics adopted by Del mas 4
4 In both of the Louis Glass trials, the prosecution will not be 4
-4 able to place Ruef on the stand and will have to content itself 4
4 with the purely circumstantial case thus far made out. The de- 4
4 fense will announce its declsiou at the opening of court tomorrow &'
morning. 4
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INVESTIGATING THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Frank
lin K. Lane began this morning the
taking of testimony in the proceed
' trigs instituted to investigate an al
leged violation of the new act of
congress against rebates and similar
' abuses. A short time after the open
ing of the session it developed from
- the testimony of witnesses and books
produced, that certain shippers have
. been favored by special arrangements
. with the Southern Pacific Railroad
-Company. Among the concerns
named -were the Illinois Gas Com
' pany, the California Development
Company, the California Sugar . and
White Pine Company, and the! Col
orado Fuel and Iron Company. John
H. Marble and , S. T. Smith, two
Washington attorneys, ' are conduct
ing the inquiry for the Federal gov
ernment, while Peter F. Dunne rep
resents the Southern Pacific. :. C. B.
Seger, auditor, and J. M. Brewer,
freight claim agent, of the Southern
Pacific, were the principal witnesses
today. Seger testified there' were in
existence a ,lot of books In which
YUBA CITY HAS
HEAVY FIRE LOSS
(By Associated Press.
, MARYS VILLEy Cal., Oct. 2. The
business section of Yuba City, across
from' Marysville, was practically
wiped out this afternoon, the blaze
starting at 4 o'clock and burning for
over two hours. The loss exceeds
$75,000...... '. Vt;
.. The. Marysville fire department an
swered the emergency call. One en
gine stationed oh the bank "of the
rftrer;turtfished the Water that saved
the entire'town f rota' destruction.
The fire started at the Windsor bote,!,
owned by'S. C. Lavls, spread rapidly
and-wiped- out a block and a half of
solid brick and frame structures. . ,
A heavy north' wind blowing 'spread
the flames with burning cinders.
During the last stages of the fire the
roof of Bay & Ashley's store porch
fell, carrying Harry Dayr Merle Com
stock and two firemen to the cement
walk fifteen feet below.' Comstock,
it is believed, is fatally Injured. The
court house caught fire, but Was' pre
vented'froiri "burning. ."
APPEAR
were noted accounts of moneys paid
to shippers on account of overcharge,
damage and the like. Twenty of
these books were produced by
Brewer. They were introduced in
evidence over the protest made by
Attorney Dunne for the railroad com
pany. Certain entries carried as an
identifying ' mark the' letter "A."
These; entries indicated money pay
ments to shippers. . ,..
', HEARNE'8 WIFE AMBITIOlTg. ;
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WHEELING, W. Via.,' Oct. 2. A
child wife's ambition is the cause of
W. H. . Hearne, the millionaire attor
ney, announcing - that he will be a
candidate for the republican nomina
tion for -governor of- this state.
Hearne is 60 years old. He wedded
Miss Campbell, aged 18, of St. Louis
a few months ago Mrs. " Hearne
wants to be the first lady , In the
state. ' Hearne has never before been
in politics. He will mke a' tour of
the state la an automobile! Hearne
is a brother of Frank H. . Hearne,
president of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company, who died recently.
BASEBALL SCORES. i
By Associated Press.
SAN, FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. The
following are- the scores' for today's
games: Portland 6, Oakland 2; Los
Angeles 7, San Francisco 4.
Probabilities are That Confer
ence Some
Time Today-Employes Re
fuse to Mow iMail Trains
Passengfers are Conveyed to
Goldfield by Auto and Stage
Goach-Mills at Millers.May
; Be Compelled to Close.1 ;
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4' - John W. Brock, president ef; t he Tonopah and Goldfield railr '4
4 road, arrived her? shortly before; midnight last night, and will - 4
4 - personally, take charge of the strike". : He was brought, in from 4
4 -Mlna by the crew that took outjhe Morning mail, and besides his 4
4 pVivate car, Louise," there were attached to the train. the mail and ; 4
4'-- express cars. Mr. Brock was due . here yesterday to attend the 4
4 annual meetings of tnb' tonopah. and Goldfield, and the Bullfrog 4.
4 ' and Goldfield roads, bUf .oMfing. to the tieup, his train was held up 4
4 at Mina. ''..'';''- ..,,-''-'.-''
4 : There were a number of passengers waiting at Mina, bound 4"
4 for Tonopah and GoJdflerd. and Mr. Brock gave them passage on 4
4 . his private -car, .-. There were -about twenty or twenty-five passen- 4
4 . .geTs-thus accommodated. iv;." . . ,
4 ; ? Mr. Brock , was seen shortly' at tW. the arrival of the train by a 4
4 representative -of" the Bonanza, but 'he deciared that he. had not,-4
4 yet sufficient grasp of the situation to make a statement. His 4
4 private car, insread of being taken to its usual resting place up on 4
4 the hill, remained at the depot last night, and will probably go up 4
4 the hill this morning. ; . .: . -
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"I really cannot say anything at
this time," said President Brock. "As
you, know,! I have just reached .Tono
pah', and, I have not yet 'learned the
situation of affairs." , , ,V
- Frank A. Keith, general manager
of the Tonopah Mining Company, and
Superintendent J. F. Hedden, of the
railroad, were at the depot to meet
Mr. Brock,, and remained closeted
with him long after midnight, going
over the situation.
There will be some decisive action
taken today, for the president of the
road is a man who does not mince
matters, but goes into the matter in
hand with vigor and energy. Wheth
er he will hold a conference with the
men, was probably decided upon last
night, or early this morning. The
men hope for a conference, and
doubtless the first thing to be done
will be to have the grievance com
mittee wait upon the president.
There were no conferences yesterr
day. Train No. 24 came In from' the
north and was stalled here, the crews
leaving the train as soon as it was
filed up. Meanwhile the company
made provisions for the transfer of
their passengers from -here to Gold
field. The people for Goldfield who
came in yesterday and the day before
were taken across the desert In autos,
and one load of sixteen went out on
a big six-horse stage, somethlnb that
has not gone out of here for many a
day.
The autos did a brisk business,,
carrying passengers for ten dollars a
head. Sixty-five people were carried
to Goldfield in all. It looked a bit
like old times to see stages and autos
going out of Tonopah with a rush;
The trainmen refused absolutely to
handle the malls. They'took out the
morning mall for Mina, but the train
did not get away from here until 11
o'clodc, and doubtless missed the
Southern Pacific train for San Fran
cisco and the - East at , Mina. After
that the trainmen consulted an at
torney and were,; told by him that it
was not obligatory for them to go
out on trains carrying the mall. The
trainmen reported that' they would
not interfere with the company if it
should endeavor to take out mall.
This was a bit of irosy on the part
of the strikers, as the company can
not possibly gat men to handle the
trains, if they so desired.
The strikers Btick to their original
demands. They demand that the en
gineer, Calvert, and bis fireman, who
were laid off for drinking while on
duty, be reinstated; also that the
force on the ore train between here
and Millers be increased to three
brakemen, as it was manned before;
also that J. W. Hardy, road foreman
of engineers be dismissed by the com
pany. The men-do not demand the
dismissal of Train Dispatcher Cherry,
and. declared that they never did de
mand his retirement. They did find
fault with him, and Superintendent
Hedden evidently took their strong
criticism of him for a demand for
his dismissal. "'
The men " in charge of the strike
for , the" trainmen ' are Charles
Schrader, chairman of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, and him
self a conductor; J. L. Brady, chair
man of the Brotherhood of Firemen,
and A. A. Peterson, a fireman. This
constitutes the grievance committee.
A relief crew went to Bonnie
Claire from Goldfield yesterday morn
ing to bring in the wrecked train
from Los Angeles. The company's
representatives asked Schrader on the
night before to send down a crew,
but he. refused. The company's story
is that other influence in the ranks
of the strikers was brought to bear
on the chairman yesterday morning,
and he reconsidered hla determina
tion. There were 105 passengers on
the train, among them a number of
women and children, and there was
nothing for them to eat on the train.
On Tuesday night, the company tried
to send automobiles to their aid from
Goldfield, but they could not get
more' than one machine and had to
abandon the effort. The train was
taken into Goldfield yesterday, but
the crew refused to bring it to Tono
pah. The men here were appealed
to to take out the Goldfield mall yes
terday, but they refused to turn a
wheel.
' If the strike is not settled today,
Postmaster Stewart will make some
arrangement to move the mails to
Goldfield other than by train.
The mails have got to move, and
somebody has got to move them. The
Federal authorities will not brook a
long delay in that matter, and the
consequent discommoding of the pub
lic. If the strike is not settled pretty
quickly, a serious situation In Tono
pah la going to be the result. There
is now a lack of fresh food, and it ia
estimated that the last; of the fresh
meats will be gone today. Fresh
vegetables are about exhausted and
there is no chance of getting in any
mors. Goldfield is worse off in this
respect than we are, and a big wagon
load of meat was shipped across the
desert to the neighboring city yester
day. It Is only a matter of time, if the
strike continues, when the mines will
have to shut down, for the reason
that there are no trains to carry the
ore to the smelters or to the mills at
Millers. This last would be a hard
blow at Tonopah, especially at this
time. The striking trainmen held an
executive session yesterday afternoon
MAXIM GORKY ON
AMERICAN MORALITY
BERLIN, Oct. 2: Bitter charges
of immorality and hypocrisy are made
against America in a sensational
novel entitled "Mother," by Maxim
Gorky, which has Been confiscated in
Lelpsic and Moscow.
' Gorky defends his action in taking
to America a -woman who was not
his wife, and retaliates for the treat
ment he received when the identity
of the woman' was disclosed. He in
sists that America is the' most im
moral country in the world, that di
vorces are most abundant there, and
that society is- corrupt to the core.
. The censors in Leipsic and Moscow
declare the circulation of the book
will not be permitted -unless several
pages . are omitted. '
: ZINC MIXES MAY CLOSE.
. MINERAL POINT, Wis., Oct. 2.-
At the mining convention to he held
here tomorrow the question' of clos
ing down every mine in the Wiscon
sin zinc district until ore prices are
again normal will be discussed. A
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BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 2. United States Senator William E.
Borah, tonight was acquitted of the charge of conspiring to de
fraud the government out of valuable Idaho timber lands. ' The
case was submitted without argument on. the part of the defense
and the jury was out just long enough to take one ballot The
verdict wag greeted by cheers and applause which the court offi
cials made no effort to restrain. This demonstration in the court
room served only as a beginning. As soon as the news reached
the outside bells were rung and the city fire department made a
spectacular run through the principal streets.
HIGH HONOR
FOR BRICKLAYER
LOS , ANGELES. Oct. . 2. The
southern California Methodist Episco
pal church, having previously 'in
dorsed Dr. Robert Mclntyra of this
city- for ;bishop by a ( very large vote,
making him leader of the delegation
to Baltimore, supplemented that ac
tion today by requesting the general
conference to make Los Angeles the
home of the Pacific coast bishop and
pledging themselves to furnish an
Episcopal residence. Hugh E. Smith,
field secretary of the evangelistic
commission with headquarters In
New York, was elected lay delegate.
Dr. Mclntyre was a bricklayer in
the rebuilding of Chicago after the
great fire and his last charge prior to
coming to Los Angeles in 1,902 was
five years with St. James church of
Chicago. '
i RAFTERS ARE INDICTED.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 2. True
bills against seven of the fourteen
defendants in the capitol prosecutions
were returned in three of the thirty
two cases today. - The - remaining
twenty-nine cases will be taken up
tomorrow.
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4 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. 4
4 Bar silver, 66 ; lead. $4.60 to 4
4 $4.70; Lake copper, 14 to 15. 4
and announced that there was' no
change in their attitude.
If the strike is not settled today,
the mills at Millers will be compelled
to shut down.
MISSING STUDENT'S
BODY IS FOUND
By Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Oct. 2. The body of
Chester Silent, the Stanford student
who mysteriously disappeared several
days ago, was found in Lake Lagun
ita at Stanford University today. The
body was found about 1 o'clock this
afternoon by W. It Hill and B. W.
Harbrough, of the Delta Tau Delta
chapter house. The startling news
of the discovery was telephoned to
the house by the finders, who 'asked
that assistance be sent. The chapter
immediately gave the jalarm and
soon many students were hastening
to the scene. '"
WUSOXER8 SLAIN BY POLICE.
By Associated Press
BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 2.' To
day's autopsy shows that the two Ser
vian political prisoners who were kill
ed yesterday were the victims of
police ferocity and the warden of the
prison will be prosecuted for the. mur
der. Troops patrol the streets, as
feeling funs high against the regicide
government. ' ' . , ' .
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THREATENS TO
SUE ROOSEVELT
CHICAGO, Oct. 2. Cable dispatch
es from London today were to. the
effect that Count de Toulouse Lau
trec, who at one time lived In Chi
cago, contemplated suing President
Roosevelt for $1,000,000 in the event
of the president's refusal to assist the
nobleman in a threatened suit
against the Russian government for
alleged wrongful imprisonment.
According to the count's state
ments he has languished In various
Russian prisons because of alleged
anarchistic tendencies, finally pur
chasing his escape.
On April 22, 1900, he was locked
up in the Harrison street police sta
tion on a charge of selling forged
bonds in Canada. During the count's
imprisonment . attachment ' papers
against diamonds belonging to him,
to the value of $1500, were 'sought
to satisfy attorneys' bills. The Can
adian government proved apathetic in
its endeavors to secure the count's
extradition, and he was released by
the federal authorities.
ARREST AXARCH1ST.
KEOKUK, la.. Oct. 2. John
Gately, an umbrella repairer, was
arrested here today on a charge of
threatening to shoot President Roose
velt when the latter arrives here to
morrow. Gately made the threats
while paying toll at the Illinois end
of the bridge ' over ' the Mississippi
river. ' The bridge tender at once tel
ephoned to the local police and the
alleged anarchist was arrested when
he reached this side of the river. Why
Gately desired to kill the president is
not known and when taken into suc
tody he would not give his reasons
J for making the threat.