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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
HER MAIDEN SPEECH.


Mrs. Stanton Considered 1t a Disgrace to
Have the Papers Mention 1t.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in speaking
of her maiden speech, says:
"When l returned home from my
wedding trip, decided to hold con-
vention and discuss women s rights, for
I considered the condition of women
about as degraded as that of the slave
on the southern plantation. | wrote to
my two friends in the legislature to
know if I could have hearing ON the
married wolnan's property bill, and
they replied Yes. From 1910 to 1S49
Ernestine L. Rose, Paulina Wright and
myself had circulated petitions in the
state Of New York.
''I used to 60 up in the garrett every
day and read over my speech, thinking
could slip to Albany and back without
the knowledge Of anybody but the legis-
lature, and one day when l was think
ing Of all this my father entered with
the old Albany Evening Journal, edited
by Thurlow Weed. He laid the paper
down in front Of me and said, What
does this meanP' and there read,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is to address
the legislature Monday afternoon at .
O'Clock ON the married woman's proper
ty bill.
81 answered, 1 suppose it means
what it says. He was perfectly con-
founded, and SO was l.
"Then he said, When my clients are
gone, 1 wish you would read it to me.
I was in tho depths of despair. l had
never seen my name in print before and
Thought it was the most awful disgrace
that could befall a woman.
"When l read my speech to my ia
ther, he suggested several improvements
and found worse laws for illustration
than I had, working with mo until 1
o'clock in the morning, yet for con-
servative old judge to have his daughter
the subject of ridicule was deep blow.
spoke two hours, and this, my first
speech, was published in The Evening
Journal. That same year, 164S, the
married woman's property law passed
and gave married women their rights
to their property. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

The London Standard showed be
coming respect for letters by devoting u
''leader' the other day to the memory
of Boswell, whose death took place u
century ago. 1t makes perhaps more of
tragedy of his end than the facts quite
justify, but it does recognize his place
in literature, which after all is tho es
sential. His follies were not greater
than Goldsmith's, and yet the world by
IA silly trick went on shifting at boz
zy" for generations That nonsense is
happily now about dead We are begin.
ming to speak tittingly of one of the
greatest writers in literature, Boswell
is to all other biographers what Shake.
speare is to other poets. Lockhart s
Life Of Scott" is admirable, but it has
only to be compared to the Life of
Johnson" to show Boswell S superiority
Is it not time that the great biographer
had his own life worthily written?-St
James Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
THE NEW Ell DORADO.
THE STREETS OF CRIPPLE CREEK ARE
PAVED WITH GOLD.

Stories OF Dazzling Wealth That Come
From the Colorado Mining Camps and
Fire the Hopes of speculators-Excite-
ment In Denver and Colorado Springs.
1t looks as though we were going to
be involved in craze for speculation in
mining stocks such as recently trans.
formed the stolid and conservative Brit
ish public into mob of excitable and
credulous investors. Already we are
warned to look out for another "Kaffir
circus. y
The glitter Of gold which dazzled the
eyes of the English came from the far
away shores of Africa. We are turning
our gaze toward Pixies peak, back OF
which lies the camp of Cripple Creek,
about which such fabulous stories are
being told. The stock buying fever is
spreading rapidly. On the floor of the
Denver Mining Exchange wild eyed
brokers push and jostle and shout them.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

An old man in England was sent to
prison for four months for petty steal
ing whose record, the judge who SEN
fenced him said, sis one Of the most
awful pieces of reading that has ever
come to my notice. - In 1868 he was
sent to Jail for three years for stealing
two tame rabbits. He then got seven
years for stealing shillings and a
shawl, then ten years, with seven years
police supervision, for stealing three
ducks, and finally consecutive sentences
of five years each on three charges Of
stealing a coat, pair of reins and a
shovel, with another seven years police
supervision. In all 80 years Of penal
servitude for six thefts of objects whose
value amounted to few dollars. New
York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

Mr.. Lanigan' $ fable of "The Two
Turkeys has a fine cynical flavor that
prodigal sons will relish IAN honest
farmer once led his two turkeys into his
granary and told them TO eat, drink and
be merry One of these turkeys was wise
and one foolish. The foolish bird at once
indulged excessively in the pleasures Of
the stable, unsuspicious of the future,
but the wiser fowl, in order that he
might not be fattened and slaughtered,
tasted continually mortified his flesh
and devoted himself to gloomy reflec.
tions upon the brevity of life When
Thanksgiving approached, the honest
farmer killed both turkeys, and by plac-
ing rock in the interior of the prudent
turkey made him weigh more than his
plumper brother.
Moral. we travel through life
let us live by the way. buffalo Com
mercial
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
No Bond Issue Contemplated.

Notwithstanding the continued steady
loss of gold, it is still asserted at the
treasury department that there is no
immediate prospect of bond issue, and
that such action will not be considered
while the balance remains above the
$75, 900, 900 limit. and not even in case
it should fall to that figure unless con-
gress fails to take cognizance of the
situation at least to the extent of provid-
ing some other method of maintaining
the national credit by the protection of
the gold balance. Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
DENVER MINING EXCHANGE.

selves hoarse in their efforts to buy
shares for which customers in all parts
of the Union are clamoring. Almost
any stock which is dumped ON the mar
ket is eagerly snapped up. There are ten
purchasers to every block of a thousand
shares. That is why the brokers push
and jostle and shout. ley are trying to
fill barrel out of a quart measure.
In the mining exchanges at Colorado
Springs and in Cripple Creek itself the
same scenes are occurring Chicago has
got it bad. Gotham has heard the news
with incredulous ears, but while Wall
street yet remains apparently undis-
turbed the calm may be broken at any
moment and everything else be forgotten
in the mad race for mining stock.
In Denver over 100000 shares have
changed hands i'll a day. The three ex-
changes of Colorado Springs have turned
over 1,180,000 shares in few hours.
Pueblo has new mining exchange
where $4,000 shares were handled re-
Gently in day.
1t is the small investors who are Gre
ating all the excitement. The man with
a million to invest does not telegraph a
strange broker to buy stock which he
never heard of until few hours before.
1t is the man with few hundred dol
lars who does this, and his name is le-
gion. He would rather have 100,0
shares at one-half a cent share than
500 shares at 81 share. To use racing
term. it is the "long shots" that the
public is after, and very ''long shots"
some Of them are getting. The fascina-
tioD comes when the buyer persuades
himself that these shares which he buys
for one-half cent each may in month
or two be selling at 81 each.
But down below all these shaky air
castles there is firm foundation. The
gold boom is not al built on wind. We
don t have to believe all the reports that
come from Cripple Creek either. 1t is a
strange strike that has been made out
on those Colorado hills, and the stran-
gest part of some of the stories told about
the new gold camp is the facts in them.
The streets of Cripple Creek are
paved with gold. Sounds like a Nun
chausenisnl, doesn lit? Well, that state
ment is very near to the truth. The ex-
planation is that low grade ore is reck-
oned of so small account in these golden
booming towns that it has been used to
grade the streets with. Ore that will as
say $12 to the ton is not thought worth
sending to the smelters. The railroad
running into Cripple Creek is ballasted
with ore that is worth $10.75 a cubic
yard. There is no use sending such stuff
to the smeiters nowadays. They are
running night and day separating the
yellow metal from ore that yields
B, 10, 20 times as much. Ore that
produces less than $40 to the ton is
stacked up in great heaps to wait for a
day when more smelters can be built or
cheaper process shall have been dis
covered. This gives you some idea Of
the richness of the mines there.
Here is another strange fact about the
camp. When gold was discovered there
three years ago, the scientific men went
down and looked at the ore. Then they
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
A Mat4ernf Distance.

"Now, Max, what did you learn in
school to-day?"
I'LL forget, papa"
"You forget. Why, look at Charley
Hopkins. He remembers everything he
learns at school"
"Oh, well, he amt got so far to go to
get home."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
,TERIoR OF CRIPPLE CREEK EXCHANGE

INTERIOR OF CRIPPLE CREEK EXCHANGE.
ever, knows no doubt. He would tell an
eastern man that Pixies peak itself was
solid sylvanite that fairly reeked with
gold and would prove the same by a
gaudy map and figures that could not
possibly lie.
The Denver Mining Exchange has
sent out warning to investors, telling
them TO beware of worthless stocks. 1t
is easy enough to dig hole in the
ground and print few hundred thou
sand shares of stock. Just now it is easy
to sell that stock too.
But the tales which visitors to Grip
pie Creek tell are not all of the wonder
ful gold deposits. There are other amaz-
ing things about the place. They say it
is a moral camp. 1t is fact too, al
though almost as hard to believe. as that
the streets are paved with gold.
OF course the adjective is used in
comparative sense. Murders are rare
there. Gambling houses exist in large
numbers, but they are largely patronized
by strangers. In the old days they used
to sing
It's day all day in the daytime,
And there ain no night at Creede.
But Cripple Creek is not Creede.
Folks sleep O. nights there-and dream
of shares and dividends and assayers
reports. Buckskin pants are not the
style and revolvers are not worn out
side, when worn at all. The camp is
simply new western city, and not at
all like a traditional gold camp. There
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

Mrs. Sarah Pratt Carr "struck the
nail on the head' in the woman's con-
gress and drove it clear home when she
said, sit would be great deal better If
the husband and wife had more time to
devote to other things than stuffing the
stomach and adorning the person. -
Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

were about 50, 900 persons there at last
report, but every train lands hundreds
of new arrivals there, and each and ev-
cry one hopes to be caught up by the
tidal wave of success and landed high
on the golden shores of prosperity.
SEwEIL FORD.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

A new advertising wagon introduced
in New York is fitted up with two cyl
inders which keep revolving, giving a
momentary view of various business an
nouncements, There are people who
would rather spend $40 to catch the eye
of two or three thousand people with
contraction of this kind than invest 80
cents to reach hundred Thousand read
ers in q good newspaper, ~
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
Presumptive Evidence.

Miss Sharpgirl-I have read that a
fish diet has a very beneficial effect on
the brain. Do you think there is any
thing in it?
Canesucker-No, Miss Sharpgirl, I'm
no fish eater.
Miss Sharpgirl- Well, then it seems
as if there might be something in it
after ll-Texas SiftiEgs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
r.ntv Thousand without Fixings.

In Italy the market price of the title
count is $50, 900, but no decorations go
with the title. How much is it extra for
a little parsley laid along the edges!'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15

Don't wait until the last moment to
put your holiday advertising into shape
Art in Advertising.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
Pacific Measures.

Surveyors, not soldiers, will probably
settle the boundary line of Alaska
Boston Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-15
Her Atlanta Souvenirs.

She thoroughly searched the fair,
She rambled from Haiti to Cork,
Then brought him fez from Delaware
And pipe that was marked" New York. I"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-04-11
COMMUNICATIONS AND BILLS.

Negaunee, Mich, April I, 1896.
lanes NJ. Murray, Esq.,, Duluth.
Dear Sir and Bro.-We write you in
the cause of organized labor, and ask as
a favor that you will send us copy of
the state laws of Minnesota, relative to
coercion of employees by corporations or
their agents. We feel sure you must
recognize the injustice in the case that
has lust been made known to us from
Soudan. 1t seems that the mining cor
porations there have discharged several
of the men for being identified with
labor organization. They have also
posted notices to the effect that no union
men would be employed. What we re-
quest is This: Are there any ways or
means to prevent this diabolical treat
ment of men seeking for their rights?
VIM. NUDGE, Secy-Treas.
R. AsKEw, Pres.
The Secretary was> instructed to
secure a copy of the state laws of
Minnesota and send to Mr.. Nudge.
]shpeming, Mich, April 7, 1896.
!. w. Nichols, Esq.
Dear Sir and Bro.:-1 am glad to hear
that YOU have taken the case up relative
to the way they have treated the boys in
Tower, and wish you success with the
case. I have informed the boys around
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-04-11

The following committees had no
report to make. Biwabik Lumber
Co., Organization, Reception, Litho-
graph, New Brewery, to assist
Rochester Garment Workers
Union, Legislative, to wait on the
Grocers' Association, in behalf of
the Coopers Union, and to assist
the locked out printers of Racine,
Wis.
Committee appointed to secure
financial aid for the striking stage
employees have waited on few local
unions and realized the sum of $47,
with possible twenty more unions
to hear from. Report accepted.
The committe taking names OF
patrons of the Lyceum have quite
a list of we'll known business men,
who depend, to a certain extent, on
members of trades unions tor pat
ronage The committee will con-
tinue to watch all persons who go
to the boycotted house. The com
mittee was instructed to publish
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-04-11

in question, was present and was
requested to inform the assembly.
of the facts in the case. In few
words he stated that a miners un-
ion had been formed at SOudan and
he was chosen as the secretary. A
short time afterward Mr.. Ball
posted notices in various parts of
the mining district notifying all
men in their employ, who were
members of organized labor, that
they would be discharged. Mr.
Rim was the first who was COM
PEELED to receive his discharge and
on asking Mr.. Ball why he was
dismissed Mr.. Ball replied, BE
cause you belong to the miners
union, and all others that have
Joined will meet the same fate as
soon as (BalD can secure men to
put in their places"
The report of Mr.. Nichols was
accepted and he was instructed to
proceed, in behalf of Mr.. Rim, with
full power to act.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-04-11

for one week, a notice in the news
papers to the effect that if they con-
tinue to attend the Lyceum they will
be placed on the unfair list. The
name was read of a we'll known
member of one of the best unions
in the city, as theatre goer. Dele
gates of his uni ion assured the AS
sembly he would be taken care
Of"
Delegate Findley reported that a
set of resolutions had been written
condemning the action of the
mayor in the case of Schultz and
Carson and the same had been pub
lished in the newspaper.
Report received and committee
discharged.
The following is the resolution of
condemnation.
Whereas, the attention of the FEEDER
ated Trades and Labor Assembly of
Duluth has been called to the action of
the honorable mayor in causing the
arrest of two of our union men on the
trumpet up charge of disorderly conduct
which said charge having no evidence in
support thereof, being proven by the
dismissal of the case by the municipal
Judge on the city's own evidence, and
Whereas, the Lyceum fight has been
carried on for four months in the. past
administration without any trouble
whatever with the city's authorities,
which tends to show the behavior of the
men interested, and
Whereas, it was through the influence
and efforts of the union men and their
friends that the honorable Henry Truel-
sen was elected mayor and this act of
tyranny being the way in which he
shows his appreciation of the same; now
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Federated Trades
and Labor Assembly of Duluth does
strongly condemn the action of the hon.
orable mavor in having caused the arrest
of peaceable and law abiding citizens
and union men without any just cause;
and
Resolved, that we will remember all
such actions and take note OF same for
future reference.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-04-11

The following is an act of Mime
sofa state laws under which action
will be prosecuted:
Chapter 331-S. F. No. 1874, General
Laws of 1895.
SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful
for any individual, or member of any
firm, or any agent officer or employe of
any company or corporation to coerce,
REQUIRE, demand or influence any person
or persons to enter into any agreement,
either written or verbal, not to join or
become or remain a member of any law
full labor organization or association as
a condition of such person or persons
securing employment or continuing in
the employment of such individual, firm
or corporation.
SEC. 2. Any person who, acting for
himself, either directly or through an
other person, agent or agency, or who
acting as agent or employe Of another
person or persons, or who is member
of any firm, or as an officer, agent or
employc of any company or corporation,
coerces, requires, demands or influences
any person or persons to enter into any
agreement, either written or oral, not to
ioin or become or remain a member OF
any lawful labor organization or asso-
citation as a condition of such person or
persons securing employment or contln-
uing in the employment of such individ-
ual firm or corporation, is guilty OF
n1isdemeanor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-04-11
President Chas. NJ. Thomas, pre-


~ we're read and approved.
CONDITION OE UNIONS:
A. A. Iron and Steel Workers,
absent.
Bakers, no change.
Butchers, Improving.
Boilermakers, absent.
Bricklayers, absent.
BARRIERS, improving.
Coopers, dull.
Carpenters, new union improv-
ing.
Clerks, absent.
Cigarmakers, absent.
Electrical workers, fair, prospects
very good.
Horseshoers, dull.
Longshoremen, absent.
Lathers, absent.
Laundry workers, fair, all work.
ing.
Musicians union, No. 6516, absent.
Painters, good.
Plasterers, condition good, trade
dull.
Plumbers, dull.
Freshmen, absent.
scandinavian typographical un-
ion, absent.
Stonecutters, good, trade dull.
Street car employees, in very good
condition, all members working.
Steamfitters, good, trade dull.
Superior trades assembly, fair;
active campaign being made to or
ganize federal labor union.
Tailors, dull, prospects good;
have boycotted Nelson & Swanson.
Timers, fair.
Theatrical stage employees, still
on strike and are making a noble
fight to win.
Typographical union, all right.
Walters union, fair; one restau-
rant closed; two men out of en-
ployment.
oodworkers dull.
City fremen absent.
REPORTS of standing and special
committees
The first case taken up was that
of the discharged miners at SOudan.
Organizer J. w. Nichols made his
report. He stated that action had
been taken to prosecute the super
intendent of the mine, the man that
discharged the miner, and get JUS
tice. 1--WE must employs an attorney
of our own, one that is not the
agent of a corporation. We must
enforce the law. Wnat is the use
of having laws if they are not put
into effect?"
Judge J: NJ: Martin was accorded
brief but interesting speech, out
lined plan of action to secure the
conviction of Mr.. Ball of the Mime
sofa Iron company for attempting
to deprive an employe of his inde-
pendence. Mr.. G. J. Rim, the miner
The herald., 1896-11-01

tion and high-kicking act has been one
OF the best numbers on the past week $
program, have also been retained.
The little mental wonder, Gertie Coch-
ran, will remain, to repeat her marvellous
exhibition of memory power.
Hengler sisters, the gay soubrettes,
whose clever song and dance act proved
so enjoyable last week, may be looked
to for another lively turn.
Unthan, the armless wonder, closes the
bill with his astonishing pedipulatory
feats.
Taking it as whole, the new show
gives indications Of being rouser from
first to last. 1t combines some of the
best features of vaudeville, all repre-
sented by leading artists.
An additional attraction at the Or
pheum this week will be the reading of
election returns from the stage between
each turn. The management has leased
a private wire, which will be connected
with the stage, where a special operator
will receive the dispatches as rapidly as
they come in. The advance sale of seats
The herald., 1896-11-01

Burnett's delightful little story Of
Editha's Burglar. She appeared with a
western organization, then known as
Dickson's Sketch club, which started
out from st. Louis. Among other men,
bers of the company were Edgar Smith
the author of The Merry World, and
Augustus Thomas, who is now one of
the foremost of our American drama
lists. One day when the company was
travelling on train in the southern part
part of Illinois, Little Della suddenly
asked Mr.. Smith what veal was. She
had eaten it, of course, but in her child
like simplicity did not know where it
came from. Said Smith: 1--WE are La
Bile to see veal at any time from this
train" The company, who overheard
the remark, were much amused, and one
af them a few minutes after this sud-
denly said. while Della was in another
part of the train: There goes a veal
now" Little Della rushed over to the
car window, when Mr. Smith said You
are just too late; it disappeared over the
hill" A few days after this the COM
pany was playing in Springfield, ILL.,,