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Beatty Bullfrog Miner – Beatty, Nevada [was called the Bullfrog Miner during first two months of publication – not to be confused with the Bullfrog Miner, of Rhyolite, Nevada]
Inyo Independent – Independence, California
Inyo Register – Bishop, California
Rhyolite Herald – Rhyolite, Nevada

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Colorado

1905

Rhyolite Herald, October 27, 1905
“PASSING OF W.S. ALEXANDER”
W.S. Alexander died Saturday noon at Beatty [Nevada], as the result of an accident sustained Thursday.
He was coming from Gold Center on horseback, when a loose girth caused his saddle to turn, throwing him headfirst onto a pile of rocks. The Beatty liveryman found him a few minutes after, and he was carried to town, where medical aid was summoned. It was found that his skull was badly fractured, and though an operation was performed, the injured man never regained consciousness, the breath of life lingering in his body for thirty-six hours.
Funeral services were conducted by the Masons, Monday afternoon, and interment made in the Beatty cemetery. A choir of ladies, composed of Mesdames Casey, Duffield and McWhirt, sang the hymns, and Jewett Scranton read the Masonic service. Business in Beatty was practically suspended during the service, and a large concourse of friends followed the remains to the grave.
Years ago, when Colorado was just coming into promise as a state, W.S. Alexander was appointed postmaster at Del Norte, when that thriving mountain town was in the heyday of its prosperity. He was also connected with the newspapers there.
Sometime afterwards he removed to Denver, and was in turn managing editor of both the Republican and Rocky Mountain News. From there he was taken to Leadville by Senator H.A.W. Tabor, who was at the time one of the most prominent mining men of the state.
In 1893 Mr. Alexander removed to Cripple Creek, and was variously engaged in newspaper and mining ventures until last fall, when the numerous stories of rich mines caused him to come to Goldfield, Nev. A short time afterwards, he came to the Bullfrog district, and at once entered upon the duties as assistant postmaster at Beatty, at that time the district's metropolis. After a time he resigned this position, and has since been engaged in mining ventures.
It is the fixed opinion of the writer, based on years of intimate acquaintance, that Winfield Scott Alexander never intentionally wronged a human being in all his natural life. Of a jovial disposition, the sunny side of his naturally bright nature was always presented to the public, and no matter how dire his own necessities, he was always ready and willing to listen to the sorrows and troubles of his more unfortunate companions and help them to the extent of his ability.
In his death the newspaper field loses one of its brightest minds – the former companion of Eugene Field, Rothaker and other stars in the journalistic world – and it will be a long time before the vacancy created will be filled acceptably.
Mr. Alexander leaves a wife, Jennie B. Alexander, who is at present in Douglas Island, Alaska, and other relatives at Seattle, Wash.
May the great Nature that sees all things deal kindly with his spirit and his lines in the future beyond be cast in pleasant places.

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