Show SPARS LOSES IN IGHT WITH DEATH nevada governor passes away after long illness due to great nervous strain and overwork rono reno nevada surrounded by his wife three sons and daughter governor john sparks conscious to tho the last sank bank to death at friday morning but a moment before his death the governor said 1 I do not fear death I 1 have done my best I 1 am tired and aad nm am ready to go goodbye good bye these were his last words tho the illness which culminated in tho tha governors death was directly due to overwork and nervous strain attendant upon the extra session ot of no nevadas amda 0 0 legislature late last fall governor sparks was born in mississippi sis sippi august 30 1843 and came to this state in 1863 engaging in stock to ck raising ile ho owned large cattle ranges in nevada and texas as well as a largo cotton plantation in texas he le was elected governor in 1902 and again in 1906 by largo large majorities lieutenant governor B D W dickerson la Is now governor of nevada he came to nevada eight years ago |