Show GUIDE SPES LOSES IGHT WITH f t evada s governor passes away avay after long illness due to great nervous strain and overwork reno nevada A surrounded by hia his wife three sons and daughter gov arnor john sparks conscious to the last sank to death at 8 30 0 clock friday morning but a moment before his death the governor said I 1 do not fear death I 1 have done my best I 1 am tired and am ready to go good bye these were his last words j the illic illness s which culminated in the tha governor governors a death was directly due to overA overwork ork and nervous strain attend ant upon the extra session of nevada a legislature late last fall governor sparks was bo born m in in mis alls sissie pl august 30 1843 and came to this state in 1863 engaging in stock raising lie ile owned large cattle ranges range s in nevada and texas a as s well as a large cotton plantation in texas he was elected g over 10 t r in 1902 and again in 1906 by large majorities lieutenant governor D W dicker son Is now governor of nevada he ile came to nevada eight years ago |