Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-03-17
A YEAR G TO-DAY.
How Carson Looked on the 18th
OF Last March.

1t appears this morning.
1t was the day of the greatest RING hat
tie that the world ever saw, and Their
was d not tlme In the old town that morn
ing. For weeks the place had been OF
the tense edge of an unparalleled excite
inent, and the leading newspapers of tn
l world had concentrated their best writer
artlsts and newsgatherers in this CITY.
FOR weeks Main Street had been ATTAIN,
with big canvass signs, announcing tn,
headquarters of the different rival news
papers, who were fighting for the lead il
the matter of getting facts and the com.
petltlon for supremacy was as keen as is
now exhibited in getting information
relative to the Spanish war cloud.
The month of March had been a very
oad n as far as weather was concerned
ana there were many things TO back
cap" the financial success of the MEETING
AT a critical Ome Dan Stuart tho nro-
moter Of the enterprise, went down with
'ne hemon and for weeks lay at the
Polht OF death at his rooms at Mrs. Riuc-
hles mousse. This fact was kept from the
public. 1t was at first reported that
stuart had retired to get a needed rest
but when the deperate condition of his
hlalaoy could no longer be concealed. Al
Livingston, his agent, did the best thinp
possible under the circumstances and
iilaoe cream breast to thepress represen-
tatlves, coupled with a request to "keen
1t off the wire"
1hey did what they always do when
taken into a mans confidence. They
kept IL OF the wire, and in the grand tus-
sci Tor news this secret was never betray-
GU. ouch an announcement would have
peen a terrible blanket on the enternrise
and might have killed it altogether
but pneumonia was not the worst of
otuarts troubles. His agent in he box
o1hce, Wheelock, was in constant trouble
with the reporters. He did not treat tbem
with ordinary politeness. He made tbam
wait on his North American time and
IL look half an hour to get an ordinary
answer out of him.. He was as cold as a
uead clam toward men who had hnan in
the habit of getting the glad hand from
'niteo states Senators and being cheek
'' Jo"l win some of the most noted peo-
PIE IN TWO continents. Such men did NOT
relish a cold stare and m~onosvlibic ans
"ers from a man of Wheelock,s calibre
1 ground 1t in on the reporters until
they revolted. They had been keenipo
the pad weather reports out of the dis
patches on account of their regard ror
STUART, but patience ceased TO he a virt,o
ana they loaded the wires with snou.
storms. wind ua1oS
III had a depressing effect on the ardor
oI Eastern sports who were gettine readv
Tor an excursion to the battle. If ia safe
10 estimate that WheelOck's treatment of
'he press cost the enterprise $4,000 hard
Inc pavilion, meanwhile. wac S1ou1r
going up and every Saturday NIGHT Stuar+
moved the bills. While on his back Of
ho very verge OF death and almost given
Up pS the physicians, he never lost his
ron nerve or was Respondent. When ha
'ulled out he went down to the arena and
oihpared his pay roll with the work
lone and hands employed, and simnly
ave "A long, low whistler He was ioh-
'eo ana robbed on every side. but il did
lot ever rutf1e his serene temper and tho
light before the fight he looked IN at tho
o"erlng sky and dark bank of clouds
yer 'he Sierra range and smiled in the
ace OF late. He knew from appearances
iat MS great venture. as far as attend-
nee was concerned, was a lead cock in s
It PIT. his expenses had piled up. the
.eather reports n the threat of Fed
ral interference had killed off any show
a paying attendance and now tbare
as nothing left but the veriscone to {
L 'he tide OF bad luck. At nightfalI ,
lie snow was splitting down from the
Ills and the cold and gusty air beralded d
le coming storm. +
Il was clear to everyone that a snow =
orih would stop the fight. Beside this l.
cry preacher in Nevada was PRAYING
+ bad weather.
How are you feeling Damp is
oh' everything is all right was the
I'M reply as he brushed the snow off
S coat sleeve.
l mere were rows of long faces everv- =,
iere' OUT Dan Stuart, with the true !,
ihpler nerve, was masking his inner :,
ilhSS py a smile as broad as a new -
ana now and her ordering a
nall bot.'
'u' 'he next morning broke on Carson
III 4 ol"e sky and genial sun. There til
$ not a cloud in sight anywhere and ST
air was like the balmy breath of TO
ring.