Reno Evening Gazette (Newspaper) - August 3, 1905, Reno, Nevada RENO EVENING GAZETTE LXX RENO EVENING GAZETTE RENO NEVADA THURSDAY AUGUST 3 1905 No 17 OF BIG WATER AND LIGHT PLANTS HUNTER CREEK AND WASHOE MERGED A DEAL involving the consolidation the Washoe Power and Development Company the Hunter Creek Water Company and the Deep Water Company the latter a Sparks corporation Is under way and there is no question about its being closed within a few daya The Sparks Humphrey Kidman Evans and Robinson interests controlling the three corporations are to be pooled Hunter Creek Water is to be brought into Reno thence taken to Sparks and run into the mains of the Deep Well Company the tr per cent rut of the Reno Power Light and Water Company is to be met and all is to be managed by a central organization Following the introduction of Richard into the light as one of the heaviest stockholders in the lighting and the water com- pany comes the news that Governor Sparks who is now in Texas Is disposing of his immense real estate holdings there in order to have sufficient capital to swing his end of the big deal He is to retain control of hisr Hunter Creek stock and will continue to hold a large interest in the Company An Official Report Says That Two Russian Torpedo Boats arc Just properly develop our said one of the most prominent members of the three companies who declined to allow the use of Ills name this morning As soon as Governor Sparks returns from Texas will begin the extension of Hauler Creek j water mains to the city and the of the reservoir It will take least to put the reservoir condition and will be spent in constructing the water system Into Reno From Reno we will carry a main to Sparks where we will tap the of the Deep Well Company will be taken over We will then meet per cent cut In the lighting rate and we feel that we can Keep up the light as as else can This is our he continued and it will not miscarry The stock as you lias been pooled for six months ill order to pre- vent a consolidation with the Reno any consolidation with them Now lowing this we will pool enough of the Washoe company stock to carry out the deal with the Hunter Creek and the Deep Well Company so there will be no chance for a slip There will be no trouble about he finances Richard Kirman has be- come heavily interested taking over shares of stock that will be used in complete harmony with the I I in 1 hav outlined HP Is right in with the others most heavily interested Governor Sparks too will be able to throw a large amount of money into the deal as he intends to several thousand acres of laud for a large consideration Humphrey Not Scared John Humphrey is not worried about the threatened suit against him Itf says nothing about the matter publication but hi ad- vise him thut he is not liable on count his failure to deliver a itv of the stock to Brown and you might add right I Company RUSSIANS NEAR According to an Unofficial Report About General Linevitch REGULARLY Strike of the Section Hands Does Not Affect Train Schedule STRENGTHENING FORCES MEN WILLING TO WORK i The Total Number of Men Is It Is Claimed That Extra Gangs Num ted to Be boring 1000 Men Who Are Not Mem the Tumen That the Lines of Communication Are Small TOKIO Aug unofficial re- port has been received to the effect that General first army Is disposed near that the army holds the line and that the third ar- my occupies positions In the vicinity of Tuoma Bodies of cavalry protect the extremities of either wing bers of the Union Will Not Go On Strike Now Prevailing DENVER Aug strike o suction hands on the Denver and Rl Giande railroad who are members c the International Brotherhood o Maintenance of Way Employes was inaugurated last evening has no interfered in the least with the ontra tion of trains According to reports received at th oC the railroad in thi city today only about one-half of the AME TO CHUNG CHANG The Destroyers Fired Sixty Shots en of Which Hit the Port Side of the Engine Room Killing the Cap- tain and a Boy TOKIO Aug 8 7 p m- is reported thai two Russian boat destroyers appealed off Chung hing on the northern coast of Korea it o'clock this morning and at- tacked the Keisho a small steamer The destroyers sixty shots seven of which hit the port side of the engine room and bridge killing captain and one buy and wound ng the crew The destroyers hen ceased to lire and steamed ward Vladivostok at 5 o'clock Keisho was able to continue on Her and escaped SECOND DAY Commemoration of the ing of St Mays Ship Canal PROGRAM OF ADDRESS One of the Features of the Day Was the Address by Grounds Were Crowded With Thousands of People SAULT MARIE Mich Aug exercises in the government park here adjoining the ship canal made up the second day's program of the bration of the opening of the St Mary's ship canal which connects Lake Superior with the loker lakes The exercises took the form of a gram of addresses the feature of which was an address by dent C W Fairbanks A concert by the Calumet and Hecla band at H o'clock opened the exercises The park was well filled before the music begun and at Its conclusion the grounds were crowded with thousands of people Lord of Sault Ste He opened the exercises with an cation anil Hon Charles S Osborne of this city followed with an address in which In graceful words he made the welcome to the city TRAIN WRECKED BY SPREAD RAILS J Pa Aug morning train from to over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was ed today between Border and eight miles this city Miss Mabel Beech of Somerset Pa was fatally injured Miss of Windber Pa received internal Injuries that may cause her death and several others were so badly hurt that they had to be taken to the hospital the injuries consisting bruises and broken bones All the Injured are Pennsylvania people Miss Beech and Miss Vickroy none are fatally hurt Owing to a rail the cars left the track the engine der remaining on the rails Baggage car rolled down the long steep embankment turning over and over and landed in the creek ing on the wheels The smoker went only part way down the bank turning over but once and the coach did not go ar from the tracks held tn place by a telegraph pole A special train carrying physicians and nurses brought the injured to this INQUIRY STILL Naval Court of Inquiry on a Gunboat Disaster Still at Work WILL CREATE Visit of British Fleet to the Baltic Sea BEING TO EDWARD'S DESIRE WAS VERY FOND OF BEER Ohio Aug With a request from Captain Taggart's ney that court order Mrs Taggart to permit her husband to see their two wife that Rither was taking her to a resort In Newport The witness he never mentioned morning call or UIP letter to Of Those Injured None of the vors Are Expected to day Eighteen of the Meri Were Dis- in Hospital The Proposed Visit Was Known the German Foreign Office Months Ago and Suggestions Objections to It Were Unfounded sons the Taggart divorce hearing was his brother today Judge Easton ruled Mr alleged capacity for that had equal rights In I beer given us live glasses at one Aug tic appears more thun likely to mark the beginning of more cordial between Germain and Great instead of as Inn been in some quarters adding to the friction now existing The proposed to the Gei man foreign length of the inquiry is available i that Of the injured sen men remaining objections to il HIV nil by I the military hospital those still many ale unfounded the most George secretary SAN DIEGO Cal Aug val court ot inquiry into the ton disaster continues its sions daily on hoard the cago It Is known testimony is still being heard and that no formal report has been made to the admiral but no information as to the probable though they were under the mother's care will recover sitting when the witness described a imt i drinking bout between TaRgart and i so that nun there may he no further The Howard brother of the plaintiff said he lived with the at Fort Thomas Ky from ISPS lo ISDN lie the V Ire of another officer at Fort Thomas The contest for the of the garrison the witness said ami the visit of Lieutenant Tilt her to the b-v contestants were backed Taggart told him Taggart house where he had an Inter- view with Mrs in the parlor at 1.30 a m while Captain Taggart was away The witness discovered presence he said and the ter hurried away and did not call again A week later Mrs handed the witness fin anonymous letter ing him if he knew the writing The letter advised the caplain to watch BOY MURDERER terwards the witness said opponent won the match to Mrs that her drinking Taggart's additions to the death list Yesterday eighteen of the men were discharged and there are now only 111 the hospital Hospital Surgeon ler speaks in terms oC praise of ians who have assisted In the care of Injured men nine goblets of b five j Howard Taggart also testified that his sister-in-law drank habitually with the officers and prided herself on ing her whiskey straight lit the men for using water with it The I captain the said objected to wife giving their sons beer i CONFESSES OAKLAND Cal Aug WILL INVEST It Is reported that the Russians regular force of 2000 have gradually strengthening the forces I null work and It is said the places of the strikers will be Immediately filled of the Tumen river in Northern u 1 with new men No difficulty will oe Korea The total number of men is lt ls as extra gangs numbering 1000 men who are estimated at The force north of the Tumen allege the lines of com are said to be small not members of the union and will not strike are now working on the road PASSENGER TRAIN OF IN COLLISION YELLOW FEVER I Pembroke one of a trio of boys who are under arrest charged with the murder of T W Cook has made a full confession n his cell today the year-old boy broke down and told Sheriff Barnett the full story of the crime Three boys all under 17 years of MANY MILLIONS PORTLAND Aug The TRAIN WRECK NEAR PASADENA Caused by Dirt Piled on the K H Harriman spend 010 in railroad building in the spates of Oregon Washington and Idaho within the next year With the cial announcement of the fact the Southern Pacific is to armed with bludgeons of lead pipe HILL MO Aug cal passenger train No 27 Jue here at a m was wrecked near the coal chutes this afternoon mortally injuring Engineer Frank C Berry of Sedalia and painfully injuring man Raymond of the same place Engineer Berry in charge of a switch engine was doing some ing in the yards and pulled out on the main line when he discovered the passenger train coining around the curve at the rate of 35 miles an hour He was unable to get control of hla NKW ORLEANS Aug ed oases are considered responsible for the heavy mortality among the Italians who have falen victims to yellow fever Milk Is engine in to avoid a head-on col- and the two engines struck with tremendous force leaving them a com- plete wreck All the cars left the track except one coach but aside from a good shaking Up none of the passengers in- The track was torn for a dis- tance of 300 feet dealt him a stunning blow with the pipe Cook fell and Pembroke ran from the scene of the crime his maKer to complete the robbery broke exonerates Crowhurst another portly bby Messrs Hill and Track by the Workmen BUMPS ALONG THE TIES George Luce the Engineer Attempts to Jump and Is Be- comes Caught Between the tender and the engine Causing Great Pain j PASADENA Cal Aug Fej Bay Roseburg and Eastern road j and Redlands was wrecked in a few hundred yards of the station in this city at 10 o'clock this morning Two persons were injured Dirt piled on the track at Union street by workmen grading the street caused the engine to leave the track It bumped along on the ties the length to the admiralty today in reply to questions said definitely no tests regarding the visit of the fleet hud comment on pending cruise from German creates that it will help along King desire good relations Germany and Great COMPLAINS OE Governor Blanchard Says It Is Not Helping Quarantine REPLY OF SECT SHAW Hill it is stated Harriman will spend In construction included In which will be the cost of the Dual road ng between and the cost of which is shouldered of the suspects The Japanese Loan NEW YORK Aug of 5 per cent due on the latest Japan Mrs Chadwick Again of the train struck a telegraph pole and rolled over into the ditch ing the tender with it The mall car j also left the track but on i its trucks CLEVELAND Aug of mto the Mrs Cassie L Chadwick will receive lt fen toward the engineer's side of 5 per cent due on tne latest ditch it feu toward me ese loan was paid today In a great i a total dividend of about seven mills and George Luce the engineer who to jump was caught by the The Revenue Cutter Has Been De- tailed to Assist in the Quarantine and Secretary Shaw Wants to Violations WASHINGTON Aug iw has received a telegram from Governor Blanchard Louisiana complaining of the action of the nue cutter Winona In connection with the quarantine established by the state of Mississippi and today sent the following As authorized by law revenue ter Winona has been detailed to assist public health and hospital service in maintenance of quarantine ed by the state of Mississippi The state of Mississippi having ed quarantine please advise if in your opinion the act of confess approved February 15 1803 has been violated and if so wherein number of instances subscribers availed themselves of the privilege rendered by the syndicate to pay the full amount of their sub- on the dollar when the matter Is j attempted Jo was by the ly settled Net assets will amount about in- and he was able to stand upon it For more than 39 minutes while a of men were attempting to jack the engine up and extricate him he stood watching them at their work and di- recting them Toward the last the
