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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-05-01
THE FIELD

A story frCm Washington
that Justice Fields i: g. de to remain
upon the Supren" bench unt,l h.
dies. 1t appears iI.nt hP tnt~1talns 4
senile spite against cur ger men wht,
have been Famed as lis possible sue
cessOr and is determined to battle
their expectations as long as toseis lp.
Justice Fields continuance On the
bench is making the Snpreme Court
1arcIal ana it is a national scandal.
1t is generally known that Field is
both physically and mentally incan-
aclated for the performances Of his
duties as a Justice. and that he ia
kept on the bench hy certain cornor
Enthusiastically. the Southern Pacific.
In return for favors done ia DAYS
gone by. The Field case calls for an
Investigation, witch we hope some
Congressman, who is neither under
HuDtiugton's thumb nor afraid of
the official society set in WASHINGTON
will demand and push.-Daily Re-
port.
The Report is not exactly Informed
on this question. Field remains on
the Bench in order to feed his own
egotism. h is no longer Of
use to any corporation or individual
10 his present condition.
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Total.
A Nevada Athlete

L have used Trib liniment a wear
AS a Rundown before or after athletic
work, | want nothing better. 1t also
cnres bruises and sprains effectively.
A. G. HELMoLD.
Mr.. Helmold is one Of the best
Known athletes in Nevada.
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subsequent eruption again changed the
surface Of the earth, this time stand
ing the hardened formation on end,
forming the "verticals'' that are now
being worked by the miners. Some
where below the surface the source
Of all the gold exists, and when the
mother lode is struck there will be gold
enough to supply the world.
TRAILS ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDES.
The road to Ragged Top abounds
in beautiful situations. Near Portland
the trail winds around the mountains
for miles, and when one gains the sum-
NIT it is enough to make timid person
shrink to look back over the perilous
path he has pursued to reach it, At
times the stage passes close to the
edge of a precipice where a misstep
would send the whole outfit crashing
down the mountain side among the
powders 400 feet below
The Burlington & Missouri railroad.
which runs through this section, built
eighteen miles Of track in order to
cover half a mile Of the mountainous
district near Portland. Ragged Top Is
just fourteen miles from DeadWood by
the stage road, yet it takes nine hours
for the mixed train that runs past
Crown Hill siding to cover the distance
between DeadWoOd and Ragged Top.
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and money flows in a steady stream
into the channels Of business every
day.
The Crown Hill extension Of the
Burlington & Missouri railroad from
EngleWood to Ragged, Top is nearly
completed and it is evidently the inten-
ton of the company to build into the
camp at once. A portion of the track
has been laid and graded. just out Of
Long Valley, where a switch has been
put in. The survey does not pass
through Balmoral but leaves it to the
south some distance.
The ElkhOrn has surveyed a branch
from Portland into the Ragged Top
country and as soon as the weather
permits it will build into the towns.
Preston people assert that both roads
will build directly into the city.
NO PLACE FOR POOR MEN.
The reports sent out about Ragged
Top seem to indicate that it is a para
disc for poor men; but until the mines
are thoroughly equipped there will be
no demand for skilled or common labor
IN that country, because there is a sur
plus Of idle men in that vicinity. The
man who spends his last cent for a
ticket to Lead or Preston and lands
there without enough to buy him a
meal will not be allowed to starve, but
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TURK WIS THRIFTY
F'EATHERED HIS NEST To THE
EXTENT CT $2oO,OOo, 1T is
CLAIMED.

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 1E.-The arrest
IN New York last night of Joseph A.
las1gi, Turkish consul in this city, on
a charge. of embezzlement has caused
a tremendous sensation in this citv.
especially in the society where he and
his wife were prominent. The criminal
proceedings were instituted on Friday
after the counsel for the Derieux heirs
had endeavored to obtain an accounting
from Iasigi in the civil courts. Gen.
Francis Peabody, counsel for the heirs.
said tonight that he had convincing
proof that Iasigi had embezzled $3.50 600
worth Of securities
The Derieux fortune amounted to
about 100000 or $4,000 when. In 1S49
the testator died and Iasigi's father
was made trustee of the estate. His
son, Joseph A. Iasigi, succeeded him
and everything went well until last
April, at which time it is said he ceased
to remit the income from the estate.
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Matters Brought to Crisis by tbe Christians
in Crete
GREEKS FIRE ON z TURKISH VESSEL
Defiant Answer to the Powers - Non -Combo-
tonts oDd Diplomats Take Refuge
on the Foreign War
Vessels.

CANEA, Island Of Crete, Feb. A.
The Christians occupied the heights
surrounding the town this morning and
began to lombard Canea. AS soon as
the firing commenced Prince Georgi
Berovitch, governor Of Crete, with
thirty recently enrolled Montenegran
gendarmes, boarded the Russian man
Of-War
The Greek consul also embarked on
board another vessel. The Turks from
the fortress replied to the fire of the
Christians. 1t is reported that the
fighting was attended with bloodshed.
The military governor has been re-
moved from his post. The foreign con-
suls also embarked on board the vari-
Gus vessels lying off Canea.
The Greek consul at Heraklion went
on board the Greek warShip. The
Christians at Heraklion are also hur-
rying on board the ships.
Fighting occurred around Halepa
Saturday. After a brisk fusillade the
Turks dislodged the Christians and oc-
cupied Akrotiri hills. The French con-
sui was obliged to quit his country
house at Halepa and return to his
official residence at Canea.
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COUNTING FROM THURSDAY. FOR
THIS CONGRESS TO COMPLETE
ITS WORK.
NO TIME FOR LEGISLATION.
PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIGN BILLS
WILL OCCUPY THE REMAINDER
OF THIS SESSION.

WASHINGTON,F ,Feb. .14-In two weeks
from Thursday the present congress eX-
pireS by limitation, and from this time
forward all things legislative will have
to give way to the appropriation bills
which must be passed before the final
adjournment. Mr. Cannon, the chair
man Of the appropriation committee
pointed out on Friday the necessity for
expedition. Although the house has dis
posed of ten of the thirteen regular ap-
preparation bills, two Of the three
which remain, the sundry civil and the
general deficiency, are those contain
ing the miscellaneous items which pro-
woke the most bitter opposition, both
for their sins Of omission and cCm-
mission. It is into these two bills that
the members seek tc crowd the appro-
priations which have been pigeon
holed throughout the session, and
heroic measures are sometimes required
to prevent them from being the vehicle
Of carrying through the appropriations
and legislation which the leaders have
resolved to kill. The senate has usual
ly made a practice Of loading up these
two bills especially, and the contests
between the two houses over them are
generally prolonged until almost the
hour Of adjournment. The consensus
of those in control of legislation in the
house to give time for the considera-
tion Of public building bills, more than
100 Of which have been favorably re-
ported by the committee, so angered
some of the members that they talked
Of trying to secure these appropriations
in the sundry civil bill. Those who are
interested in the river and harbor pro-
jects authorized by the last river and
harbor bill for which no provision is
made in the sundry civil bill Gncluding
Wilmington, Del; Kentucky river,
dams and 5 of the OHIO, Oakland, Cal.
and Yakima WaCh.) are bristling with
fight. The friends of the free home
stead bill as amended by the senate
would like to saddle this measure also
on the sundry civil as the only means
of resurrection. There are other an
tagonists, but the opposition Is utterly
llnorganized, and it has been decided
by Speaker Reed and Mr.. Cannon, who
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of a diamond drill, which the general
has recently added to his outfit. it Is
expected to test every foot in the Rag
ged Top country, and locate, if possi-
Bile, the mother lode, which is conf
IDENTIFY believed to exist at a depth Of
not more than 300 feet.
THREE TOWNS LAID OUT.
There are three town sites now laid
out and plated, adjoining one an
other on a north and south line. The
one on the north is called Preston,
then Balmoral, followed by Ragged
Top. Should the present indications
Of permanency of the ore bodies be
fulfilled it is only a matter of time
come one OF the three Preston is
undoubtedly the best, situated. Lying
at the foot of the mountain, on fairly
level land, it has all the advantages
that nature can provide in this section.
Its projectors are men of push and
tenacity who spare no effort in the en-
deavor to make the little city a second
Crippla Creek.
Two months ago all was quiet in the
valley where today a thousand souls
push and struggle in an endeavor to
gain choice locations or buy an option
on one. The cold and snow seem not
to have deferred them, for every day
the hack line operated by Matthews
Bros. runs three stages daily between
Preston and Lead and Deadwood, and
each trip the stage is crowded with
sightseers and prospective buyers A
commOdiouS hotel has recently been
completed, and restaurants, saloons and
lodging houses do a thriving business
day and night
The Preston Townsite company is
composed Of Messrs. l.. D. Preston, M.
b. Camplin, r. A. Kellar and H. Lep-
pla. Judge Camplin, who is mayor of
Newcastle, Wyo., also, divides his time
between the two towns, while Messrs
Kellar and Preston are constantly on
hand directing affairs in Preston
EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAYS.
BalmCral, which joins Preston on the
south, is only 800 yards away tt is a
trif1e higher than is Preston and has
about the same number of buildings.
Considerable rivalry exists between the
two towns. Balmoral, it is claimed, is
being pushed by the Fremont, Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley Railroad company,
while Preston is a Burlington & Mis-
souri, town. Be this as it may, however,
both places are as lively. as can be,
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they now maintain their position.
Heraklion is now more quiet as a
large proportion Of the Christians have
departed.
The governor has demanded a writ
ten assurance from the consuIs that
the Greek fleet is not to molest the
transport conveying troops to Sitia.
1ElS transport was compelled to re-
TURN FRIDAY by the firing from a Greek
war ship. This assurance was given
by the British vice consul and Can't.
Grenfell Of the turret ship Trafalgar,
also promised the governor to prevent
the Greek war ships from bombarding
the town, provided the Mohammedan
population abstained from acts of vio-
lence.
Her majesty's steamships Rodney and
Dragon have arrived.
The Turkish troop ship, which ar
rived Sunday, has just put out to sea.
pursued by the Greek transport MykaIe.
1prahlm Pasha, the military govern
or, has resigned
The Athens correspondent of the
Standard announces that the corps for
Crete consists of 1900 men and has
already been styled the army Of oc-
cupatiOn.''
Another dispatch from Athens says
that representatives of the powers have
sent collective note to the Grecian
government deploring the provova-
tive character Of its action and dis
claiming all responsibility.
The Times in its editorial columns
suggests that the best solution of the
troubles in Crete would be to give Crete
autonomy under the nominal rule Of
the sultan, who would receive a fixed
tribute but who would have no control
over either civil or military administra-
ton. The correspondent of the Stand
ard at COnstantinopIe says that the
sultan expresses an unwilIingness to
proceed to extreme measures, but If
Greece persists in a provocative at
titude. it is probable that the Macedon-
ian army corps Will be ordered to cross
the frontier
Another report from Constant tinople
is to the effect that the entire Christ
ian population Of Crete is under arms,
while the Turks only hold three towns.
This report asserts that unless rein
fOrcements arrive soon rebellion is
bound to triumph
A dispatch to the Telegraph from st.
Petersburg says that the Odessa mill
tary division is massing 30.0 600 Cossacks
with view to possible difficulties aris-
ing in the East.
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he would better remain where he is.
A man with capital enough to buy a
town lot or lease a mining claim can
make money by coming to the hills to
invest it.
The miners are all thoroughly orga-
nized in that section, the Harvey Peak
Miners union alone having more than
1000 members in good standing At
Lead they have a fine hall built by
themselves at cost of $100 600 in which
is fine reading room. 1t has one Of
the finest libraries in the West, do
mated by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, of San
Francisco, who owns a controlling in
terest in the great Homestake mine of
Lead.
DOC MIDDLETON ON THE SCENE.
The fame Of the mining country has
attracted many queer characters to
that section. Prominent among these
is DOC" Middleton, the noted scout,
who landed In Lead the other day with
10 cents and q box of poker chips,
with which he expects to make a fort
une in the hills. doc" is a curious
relic of the early days of the West.
and is always ready to recount some
tale of his exploits when Deadwood
was a rough border town in the 70's.
Doc wears his hair after the style of
Buffalo Bill now, and with his goatee
he looks as though he had stepped out
or a Wild West show. He is now city
marshal Of Edgemont, S. D., and lately,
thinking that he was about to pass in
his checks" he joined the church. He
has not changed his ways, though. He
is quite gray, but is 1.-THE and active
as in the early days when lifting hair"
from an Indian warrior or lodging a
sheriff in the sand hills Of Nebraska.
No more picturesque scenery can be
found in a weeks travel than in the
vicinity Of Lead and the Ragged Top
mountains. To the northwest Of Lead
towers Bald mountain, fully 1880
feet above the sea level, while Clusters
peak, to the south, presents a magnifi-
cent view. Thousands Of years ago the
entire country according to scientists
must have been submerged in shallow
water, and the hills were formed by
volcanic eruptions, which changed the
entire surface of the country. The the
ory Of the mining men is that the gold
now being found at Ragged Top was
at one time in g. molten state and was
projected from the mouth Of one Of the
volcanoes during this period. The gold,
mixed with the lava, flowed down the
sides of the mountains and cooled. A
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TURKS ROUTED INSURGENTS.
Futile Attack on Halepa by the
Christians.

LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch to the
Times from Canea dated Sunday night
says that the village of Halepa, the
residence Of the consuls, was in a
state Of great trepidation on Satur-
day owing to the approach of the in
surgents, who, Joined, it is said by
Greek volunteers assembled in great
force on Akrotiri peninsula, made an
advance in the neighborhood. The
Hellenic flag, hoisted on the arrival of
the Greek men-of-war, was displayed
on the summit Of an adjoining hill. All
of the members of the families Of the
consular agents were transferred to the
WarshipS.
The Greek consulate was garrisoned
with an impressive show of force by
native Christians and sailors in an
ticipatiOn of an attack from the Mo-
hammedans from the vicinity Of Canea.
The insurgents advanced Saturday to-
ward the isthmus connecting the pc
ninSula with the mainland and en-
gagged the Turkish artillery throughout
the afternoon.
The Mohammedans at Canea were n
a state of extreme excitement, and
owing to rumorS of an intended attack
upon the CorsulateS at Canea, special
precautions were taken at the offices
of the British consulate. The archives
were packed and ready for removal
before daylight About 400 Bashi Ba-
zoukS and a company Of regulars hur-
ried out from Canea and attacked the
Christians, who were finally repulsed
and pursued into the interior of the
peninsula. Subsequently the bishop OF
Canea invoked the aid of the consuls
with view to the establishment Of an
armistice, but practical difficulties were
in the way of intervention. 1t is re-
ported that the Christians have sue
ceeded in making stand, and that
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Miraculous Growth Attained by the New Camp
in the Black Hills.
THOUSANDS Of GOLD SEEKERS RUSH IN
Attracted by Stories Of Rich Dscoveries-No
Place for tbe Poor MoD-Fonous
Doc Middleton One Of
tbe Arrivals.

LEAD, S. D., Feb. 14-The recent
discovery of gold in the Ragged Top
country has brought the Black Hills
again to the notice of the world, and
already the fame Of the Ragged TOP
mines rivals DeadwOod, Leadville and
Cripple Creek in their palmiest days,
while the rush for locations and town
lots bids fair to continue until every
available foot Of land is secured and
worked. That the craze for gold Is
founded on reason, however, is not to
be denied. Unlike other discoveries,
the mines in the Ragged Top country
require only a small outlay of capital,
and then that can be had by shipping a
few tons of rock to the smelter and
turning it into gold.
NOVELTY IN GOLD-BEARINCT
ROCK.
The rich finds at Ragged Top were
purely accidental. In the early days
the prospectors in their search for gold
confined their explorations entirely to
the archaean formations, and secuted
the idea that gold existed in the pots
dam and carboniferous formations Of
which the Ragged Top finds are com
posed.
Old miners, looking for the first time
upon ore taken from the Ragged Top
mines and being told that it runs hun
dreds of dollars to the ton, gaze at
you with an expression on their faces
which says for itself: "W'at are you
givin' us?" The ore being taken out
resembles crystallized flint, and the
finding Of such ore in the limestone
T. sE,I-.
who pose as practical miners. So far
it is the greenhorns who have made
the money in the Ragged Top country
The story of the first strike" at Rag
ged Top is told to every stranger who
comes within hailing distance of the
mining camps.
A party of prospectOrs passing
through on their way to the Terry gold
camp picked up a few pieces Of the
limestone formation near the mouth
of an old shaft that had been aban-
doned years before, and thinking there
might be few grains Of gold in the
workings they ventured a dollar to
have the stuff assayed The result
startled them. The assayer told the
men that the rock which they had
brought him was worth 5000 a ton
They at once returned to the place and
staked off their claims, and after gath
ering up all the loose rocks lying near
them they shipped them to a smelter
and secured several thousand dollars
In the meantime some Of the miners,
who had located the ground previous
to the find, had become disheartened,
and an old Jew happening along one
day a proposition was made to him to
sell him one of the claims for an even
$1O0. Like others Of his race the Jew
was crafty and, realizing that the prop
erty was worth more than the amount
asked, he nevertheless would not ac-
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GREEKS IN EARNEST.
Defiant Answer Made to the Powers
More Troops Sent.

-hOEe
ATHENS, Feb. 14.-Prince Nicholas
has started for Larissa, Thessaly, with
the Third artillery regiment. 1t is
stated that the British admiral COM
manding in the Cretan waters has or
ders to prevent any collision at sea be-
tween the Turks and the Greeks.
Prince George arrived at Canea yes
terday He received a visit from the
commanders Of the foreign men
Later he returned to Milo with the
f1otilla. The foreign ministers at Ath-
ems met at the French legation for the
purpose of considering the situation
1t is believed that they decided to ad-
dress further representations to the
Grecian government, which, replying
to their recent statements, declared
that the government, having full knOWl-
edge of the situation, has not heSitat-
ed to assume the whole. responsibility
for the measures it had taken.
Grecian officers started for Crete,
who, having been recalled at the last
moment and ordered to rejOin their
regiments, have resigned their commits
sions and issued a manifesto explaining
that they are leaving the army in or
der to fight for the freedom of their
brethren in Crete. The report is cur
ent at Canea that the Turkish author
tiles, considering that resistance to the
cause of the Christians in Crete is
hopeless, have requested the foreign
commanders to occupy the town. The
commanders of the men-Of-War have
referred the subject matter to their
respective governments, and asked for
instructions.
A steamer arrived at the island of
Syra last night with 1,500 refugees, who
left Gambia on the advice of the COM
mander Of the Greek warship and the
foreign cOnsuls there.
1t is evident that the Grecian gov
ernment has taken a serious step in
sending troops to Crete for the pur-
pose of protecting the Christians. A
force consisting of regiment Of infan-
try and battery Of artillery embarked
at Piraeus yesterday on board three
steamers. There was a scene Of great
enthusiasm before the departure of the
troops. Crown Prince Constantine, the
Duke Of Sparta, reviewed the men, and,
addressing them, said: Officers and
men, remember where you are going,
and that you are HelleneS."
The troops then marched past in the
presence of the queen, the crown prin-
cess and an immense crowd. The
crown prince, with his staff, was at
the head Of the men, and conducted
them to the railway station at Athens,
the populace meanwhile cheering for
Crete, the army and the royal family
Similar scenes of enthusiasm were also
witnessed during the embarkation of
the soldiers. The arrival of the trans
ports has already been reported from
the island of Milo. The troops con-
tinued on their voyage Immediately,
and it was expected that they would
reach Canea today. 1t is rumOred that
they will virtually occupy the island
without delay. All Of the Grecian news
papers hail the departure of the troops
with delight. There is much activity
at the palace, King George personally
directing affairs connected with the
crisis.