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HE IAILY SILVER STATE Devoted to the Interests of the State of Nevada in General, and of Humboldt County and’Winnemucca in Particular. VOL. LXVI-NO. 141 WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1905 PRICE 5 CENTS Mrs. Welch, Who Escaped from the Asylum Has Gone to Her People in the East. E Mrs. Patrick Welch, who escaped from | the Nevada Hospital for Mental D s 1 eases two weeks ago, is probab y with I her sister in Pennsylvania by th s t.me. Ur. Gibson yesterday earned that the | woman was seen at Cheyenne, Wyo., a IB few days ago. From there she tile araphed to her relative in the east, ask ing for funds to reach Pennsylvan a. g| The sister immediately wired Mrs. | Welch s husband at Go dfie.d. Mr ? Welch immediate y had money te'-e | graphed his wife to carry her to the I east. Ur. Gibson yesterday learned that the Sonce have the woman formally d s cbarged from the asylum, express.ng himself as pleased with the news that no harm has befallen her and that she I is safe in the care of her sister. It Is probable she wi.l not rituin to Nevada. Mrs. Welch left Sparks about ten days ago. On Monday she purchased a hat at Carlin, be ng attired In ma e clothing. A lady who saw her at Car In reported the fact to the asylum auihor ( ities, but with the shrewdness of a de mented person Mrs. Welch succeedi d in eluding those who set out to capture her. Try a pair of those Gent's Comfort Shoes If your feet hurt you—at the Peo ple's Store. 9-7-1w GOLD MO A K FALLON. A mining str ke if consldetab'e lm portance Is reported at a no nt ab"Ut thirty miles southwest Irom Fallon. J. J. Vannoy has brought in Sou pounds of the ore showing free gold and ear y Ing values to the am >unt of 9300 per ton It Is from a ten-foot ledge. The exact location is unknown. 'the report has caused eons derab e excitement in Fa • Ion and a number of tarties have star - ed out to find the property if possible DEATH VALLEY. Newton and Peterson. two Bullfrog prospectors, left Rhyolite more tha:. a fortnight ago, the r cbjective point be ing lower Funeral range, where ‘ Sc i ■ tys'' mine is sad to be located On the way Newton started to pe ‘ n n» lit* required location work on some holdings of his not fur from Furnace creek. Not hearing from ihe two men, fr’iidt b - came alarmed and sent out a rescuing party, which found Peterson s corpse, and half a day later Newton, but In a mentally unbalanced rtate and boond all hopes of recovery. THE CHAMPION BRONCO BUSTER IN WINNEMUCCA Tom Minor, said to be the champion t/l UIIW 1/ Ul VI v» V« • ' * * ' Vtvinw * * » » Denver this morning. Mr. Minor s home is In (Juin Hlver Valley, lie has a Utt.e place on Jourdan Meadows. Me is a son of W. M. Minor. 11c went to Den ver to ride In the G. A. H. contest, un der the advice and management of Johnny Vargas of the I*a ace saloon in Winnemucca, where lie road a tie and divided the championship belt wi.h Murry Brennan of Shi rklan, Colorado. The belt is of bluck patent leather and had ten double cag e gud pieces at tached to it. The twenties are fastened on about two and one-half Inches apart ’•■sdMid Tom Minor returns to his homt gflpirith half the belt with live twenties at ^ tached thereto. Mr. Minor tuki s greai pride in showing his trophy of victory, but takes greater pride In his son bclni \ awarded the G. A. R. badge for being the greatest boy rider in the world. Mr. Minor * son is but 8 years of age and rode at the head of the cowboys' pro cession, a mile and a ha>f long. The points of the contest were decid ed upon by no cinch riding, by sticking I spurs into the cinch and not relying on tiie bridle reinH to hold up the animal s ■ head, in other words, clean riding was tailed for and a contestant had to de pend entirely upon his seat in the sad d.e and in no way "hangg on" by any device whatever. Mr. Minor will leave for his Jordan Valley home tomorrow, lie will be the pride of ail the cowboys in his section when he gets there and tiny will probab.y give him a most hearty welcome. It is as natural for a cowboy to admire a fearless rider as it is for them to eat bacon and beans and s eep in their wet saddle b ank. ts. He speaks in the highest terms of -ns competitor, Harry Biannan, and says he is as "white as they make ’em.” 1- s ha f of the be t will be oh exhibition at the i’a.ace saloon and will be in cbaige of Johnny Vargas, the promoter of »ir. Minor contesting in the great contest. After the contest was over the cowboys organized an association of range and bronco riders to see that fair piay is uccotded any future contest anywhere in ihr west. They honored Mr. Minor by choosing him secretary and treasurer of the organization. Harry Brannan is the president. One object of the organisa tion is to provide for the caring of any one injured in a riding contest. Mr. Minor is high.y p. eased with his visit and thinks it will prove of great benefit to the boys on the range in mo.e ways than one. He is full to the neck of admiration for Harry Brannan and can't say too mucn in his favor. Mr. VurgaN will in the near future be pro v.ded with cards for any one who de sires to Join the cowboys' organization. The boys will not on y care lor any one hurt In a contest, but will make prov.s ons for caring for its members, whetne. hurt in a contest or on the range. GETTING BUSY. Contract* were let Saturday for the construction of the Western Pacific rail road The Utah Construction Company will but d the road from Salt Luke to Orovllle and from Orovlile to Oakand by w'ay of Stockton, the road will be constructed by the Pacific Coast Con struction Company. The amounts for which the contract* were let were not given out. The Utah Construction Company will begin work at once. One of their outfit. ieft Reno u day or two ago for Chilcoot Cal., over the N. C. and O. road. The party consists of a large force of men and 4oo head of stock. The stock was taken overland to Chilcoot. The work of grading will be started at once. ELKO'S INCREASE. The total footing of Assessor Eggers' assessment roll as near as can be at tained at present for the year 1906 is $8,664,335, as compared with $N,382,St>6 for 1904, an Increase of $271,470, says the Free Press. Considering the fact that cattle were assed at $15 instead of $17 last year, this is a good showing. There are about 100,000 head of cuttle in the coun ty. Washoe ranks first in the State, Elko second and Humboldt third. THE HUMBOLDT VtKY LOW. At Deeth, Nevada, the Humboldt river h perfectly dry for the first time in ten years. Only the deepest holes contain water. At ll&Ueck the water is no onger running, and at Elko there is but a small stream. The South Fork is re ported dry at the bridge south of the Reinhart ranch. The ranges are drying up rapidly anu many springs mat usu ally flow the year round are perfectly dry. A pretty new stock pattern In disbes to select from at The People's Stora. 9-7-lw MRS. BERK STILL IMPROVING. Mrs. George Berk is reported as bet ■ ti r th's aternoon. If nothing unforseen occurs she will most likely get well. This will be good news t oher many friends. BEGINS ALL OVER Interesting Story of the Pic turesque Old Man and His Bullfrog Home. Apparently as pugnacious and virile as a man half his age, former Senator William M. Stewart, known as the "8anta Claus of the Senate," because of his wondrous white whiskers, has come to this little town to begin life anew at the age of 78 years. Thus says a dispatch to Wash'ngton from Rhyo.lte, Nevada. Since his retirement from public dfe last March, after a serivce in the upper branch of Congress covering more than forty years, the wor.d has heard little of Senator Stewart. The newspapers pub.ished dispatches to the effect that he was once more a poor man and that he would make his residence in the west. Then they forgot all about him. To lose a ortune is a serious enough misfortune at any period of life, and at Senator Stewart's age it is almost with out exception a crushing b ow. The fact that it has not proved so in h s case may }>e because he is used to los ng fortunes and making them, or it may be because he is not like other men. Whatever may be said about the Sen ator politically, his bitterest enemies wnl not deny that the physica make-up of the man is marvelous to the last de gree and that his courage is sp end d. He is of the type that cannot conceive defeat, but goes right on fighting in blind ignorance of the fact that he is hopelessly worsted in the battle of life. And the Senator has more than once rehabilitated his fortunes when his friends believed that he was at last 'down and out.” Those who know **.m best are not so sure that he will not do It again, if he Is nearly four score. Senator Stewart—the tit e whl always stick to him—expects to move Into nis new home in Rhyolite in a few days. When lie started to build it. down In the Bullfrog district, the townspeople, who knew his record for gayety in the east, said: "We re glad to have you with us. Sen ator; but what are you doing down here In this lonely place?” “Oh, I'm Just going to get back among the boys for a while," answered the old man, straightening his six feet of stature and throwing back Its broad shoulders. "This air makes me feel like a four* year-od. There's no p'ace like Nevada. I tell you, and I figure that I il be doing a big law business here beore long. Bet ter to wear out than to rust, you know.” His new houes cost $20,000. That la more than he whs believed to have saved out of the wreck when the model dairy farm In Virginia put the last touches on a financial ruin that was begun when he tried to force a real es tate boom 1 the direction of ‘ Stewart's Palace," the gorgeous structure he put up In Washington at a time when he was one of the wealthiest men there. The new home is a one-story abode, ornamented with red and white stone. It has ten rooms and Is finished throughout In the finest woods. The 1_tu __ X__Uk trappings and has a genuine shower birth. “I want to make It as comfortable at I can for my wife and daughter,” sa'f the old Senator. They’re not as used tc roughing it as I am." A wide veranda stretches around tht entire house and the grounds are be'ni graded and fenced and sodded. Then is a pretty stab'e and a quaint Utt < chicken house, for the Senator !• par tlal to chickens. He has purchased 20 fowls and In hts stable, instead of thor oughbreds he has a large, sleek pair o mules, which he considers more appro* priate to the country. One more addition is to be made to the stock. The Senator is now negotl atlng for a cow, a well-bred Jersey, that is warranted to give milk so rich that cream can be lifted off the crocks with a knife. 11«• Is Interested in ail these prepara tions as though he were, sixty years younger than he is, and combining a honeymoon with the first serious battle in life. The mutes please him as much as though he had never ridden behind the handsomest teams and in the mot: gorgeous carriages in the capital. TV house, pretty as it *-», compares to h’s Washington palace atout as a penny compares to a $2u gold piece, and yet he is immense.y pleased with it. When you see him laughing, boisterous and boyish, taking ihe keenest p.easu.'e in all his poor possessions, and seenvn,? ly giving never a thought to those that he has lost in his old age, you have to rub your eyes and say to yourself: “Can this ieaUy be Senator William M. Stewart, who has had the world at hs fiet time and again, the man who, as leading counsel for the Falr-Flood Mackay syndicate on the famous Com \ stock lode, received <n one fee $260,000, then the largest sum ever received b> any lawyer in the w>nd in a single fee; | the man who was in his prime whet i President Lincoln was assassinated, and who is the only living person that sav • u ♦ n Anrlronr .Tnhn. son in the Kirkwood house; the man who will always be remembered in Niw York cafes as "the payest o.d Silica Claus that ever lived;’’ can it be that this happy, vigorous, hopeful septua ganarian is actually Senator Stewart? The inhabitants of Rhyolite have ac cepted him at face value, and. knowing his courage as they co, they see noth ing anomalous in his declaration that lie is now ready to begin all over again NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS. Commencing July 24th and until fur | ther notice, water will bs shut off from ab mains from 10 p. m. until i a. m., j ar d from Second, Third ano Fruits streets lro ml2 noon until I p in. W. Li. AKIN. 7-24-tf Supt. W. W A L Co. SURFACE GOLD. A Goldfield, Nev., miner has offered the following ingenious theory to ac count for the rich accumulations of gold found in that district at and near the surface: "The ore occurs on the knolls and noi 1 in the depressions, which may be ex 1 plained by the fact that the ores are ' more silicious. and being harder, are better able to resist erosion than the j normal rock, which being softer is erod 1 ed more rapidly, producing hollows. Thu soil and superficial rocks of the Gold field region are impregnated with man ganese, sodium chloride, calcium, sut ! phate, fluorite, etc. The decomposition of the sulphuric acid which, acting upon the sodium choride in the presence ol the black oxide of manganese, liberated chlorine, and being a solvent of gold dissolved it, and reprecipitated tht metal at favorab.e places, through tht medium of surface waters, thus ac counting for the remarkable instance! ! of secondary enrichment found there." I .. I. I ■ I ■ GET YOU A PAIR OF GLAttSEd H. H. Hamlin, the Reno optician, U at the Diehl lodging house and will ii any one to glasses that calls on him be tween this and next week at this time 9-11-tf i m mimiupinMun A rumor is afiooat in railroad clrclei that J. M. Fulton is about to retire from the superintendency of the olt Carson and Colorado and take his oh position of Division Freight and Passen 1 ger Agent on this division with head quarters at -Reno. A. H. Rising haj been acting In that capacity since Mr Fulton went to tha C. & C. HOUSE WANTED. i A furnished house with at least thre i bed rooms Is wanted by a good tenan ■ on November 1st. Apply at the Stive ) State offlce. 9-7-lw •liver State ads pay. m Divorce Case Occupying Atten* tion of two Courts—Res idence Established in Reno. _ . . “ „ . __ UCVQlUpiIlCUlO *11 LUC JJl Uui i v* w suit are sensational. It was on July 26th last that Dr. Pedar S. Brug ere brought suit at Reno for diorce, on the ground of desertion, against his wife, Mai yon Brugiere. In his comp aint the young man alleged that for six months previ ous to July 26th he had been a bona fide citizen of Neada. Brugiere has rented a little hall room in a Reno hotel for six months, paying 630 fpr it. He had to get a six months' residence there or the purpose of bring ing his suit. But if is not a permanent domicile in good faith. His wife, Maryon Brugiere, has just instituted proceedings in the Superior court at San Francisco, asking that her husband be compelled to pay her 6UOOO per month alimony, denying that s-»e seeks separation from him and asking for the cutody of her child. Her husband's suit in Nevada she brands as illegal. She a'so asks for 62,500 as counsel fees, alleging she is entirely without funds. Judge Schloss at once issued an order commanding Dr. Brugiere to appear in court at San Francisco this morning and answer the summons. Ostrich and turkey feather dusters. Throw away the dust rag and buy a duster, at The People's Store. 0-7-lw AURORA AWAKENING. A postoffice will soon be re-established at Aurora. It is reported that pay ore has been struck in the long tunnel. A 20-stamp mill is being built. The work is being done by level-headed business men, and it is only a question of a very short time when old Aurora will again gleam forth in some of its old-time go tt en glory. ITew high grade candies—best in town -at Diehl's. t-g>-U PERSONAL MENTION OF YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS Hiss Hazel Bell has gone to E ko county, where she has been engaged to teach school. Mrs. Thomas Nelson and son Ra'ph will leave tomorrow night on No. 3 for the Portland fair. They whl be gone about 60 days. George Bradford is down fro® Para dise. He goes to Golconda this evening to buy his winter’s supply of coal. Hon. Thomas Nelson and son Raiph are down from Stone House and reg’s tered at the Winnemucca. Mr. Nelson is getting ready for fall and winter. He will move his flocks from the summer range to the winter feeding ground some time in November. Mr. Ne son drove from his ranch to Golconda ana came on the train the rest of the way i on account of one of his horses being i lame. ... ■ 1 Owing to the lncrsasa in trade, Haas bread reduced to two ioaves for Uc at . Diehl's City Bakery. M-U I _________ A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. The San Francisco Republicans have nominated John S. Patridge to contest ( for Mayor of the city with Mayor t Schmitz. r Medium weight underwear that you can wear well up Into tho Fall; $1.60 per suit, at The People’s Store. 9-7-lw