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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-10-28
MRS. CRAVEN ON DECK

The recent ruling of Judge Trout
in the Craven-Fair case has caused
no end of speculation. Some OF the
best attorneys on the coast handled
the case for the plaintiff and it was
generally understood that it was lost
beyond recall. Meanwhile Mrs. Cav
ems daughter married Pabst, a
wealthy connection of the big brew
ing firm of St. Louis and then II was
known that the contest would he Ie-
newed with the Pabst millions behlnl
it. A few weeks ago the case came
mp again and a little fellow rose up
in court and asked to b, made IN At
torney of record i'll the cast, The de-
fendant's lawyers smiled for tae< con-
sidere | that they had the case beaten
beyond recall! ard they dtdat 'link
the little ma whe didn't weigh ouch
over a hundred pounds, could posi-
blv amount to anything anyhow. He
took up the loose ends Of the case and
advanced his fight on new lines.
Presently the defendants attorneys
ceased smiling ard it finally dawned
upon them that they were up against
something. Then came the decision
that Mrs. Craven can have her day
in court, a privilege they had sup
posed they had shut her out Of. The
little lawyer who had won the frs
important step in the fight was Latf
Perce, who some years ago was thu
Congressional Representative from
Colorado.
The Pabst interest secured him 70
they knew just the kind of speed h
had in a case of that kind. Before tn
case is over the Fair estate will real
ize lust the sort Of buzz saw tina
LATE Pence is when he gets started
They will also realize that the size {
2 buzz saw doesn't cut so much II VI
as the amount of steam there is be
hind it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-10-28
Fl ILLITERATE VOTE

In the Sadler-McMillan contest the
attorneys for Mcmillan held out the
argument that in the event Of a re-
count he was sure to overcome Sad
ler's majority of %, from the fact that
the Silver men being mostly poor and
illiterate people they were certain to
make the most mistakes with the
Australian ballot and this fact alone
would give him a majority.
The recount showed exactly the re-
verse fol the errors arising from 1gno-
II nd illlteracy were in such a
preoonderance on the Republican side
that Mcmillan lost instead of gained
and the majority of his opponent was
increased to 60.
1t was supposed that the Hobo
ward" as they designated it in Reno,
would pan out a bonanza of errors
made by ignorant Silver voters bu'
to the establishment of the attorneys
for the r%elator, there were compare
lively few errors in that ward while
the bulk of the errors in the REM
vote were found in the a%rlstocrat1
Republican ward. There was such
variety of blunders in this ward tina
it made them seasick to check then
off Nor is this state of affairs to b
wondered at fer it is but ~reasonabl
to assume that people who are too ig
norant to discern that the Republ1ca
policy is the natural enemy OF NeH
ada, could hardly be expected to hav
sense enough to master the lntr1ca
cies of the Australian ballot.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-10-28

The Thaxter Drug Store, first to put
prices in reach of the poor people.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-10-28
IFH1EY
EDOaD
Ok Il. kaAA AHVNS

,ridanville, Pa, writes: "DEAR
JKHAM:-I had suffered for sew
lrs with female troubles and
until I was discouraged. I felt
i and tired of living. | had dis
of kidneys, bladder trouble,
dropsy and bloa&@ng, had womb
trouble and a large tumor had
formed; in fact all my organs
were out of fix.
"Seeingawoman'sle letter rrais-
ing your remedies, I wrote to
her and she begged Of me to try
it, telling me all thai it had done
for her. I bought six bottles Of
Lydia E. Pinkhatr's Vegetable
Compound and now cannot ex-
press my gratitude to you. The
tumor began to come away in
pieces and I got better all the
time. I believe now that | am
entirely cured.
MY doctors could not believe
it at first, as they ali had told me
that my case was A hopeless one,
and no human power could do ME
any good. Theywere astounded.
If l can say anything that can
help other women, l shall be
glad to-"
1t is not safe to wait until the
last moment. Head off trouble
Don't be satisfied without Mrs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-10-28
T%uE very word operation " strikes terror to a wonnans
soul. nm sosssa
through nf glect.
If the II 4nses are We ainful, or too frequent and excessive

get the r-ght advice d once and
stop tang chances. It will cost
younora.ng for advice If you write
to Mrs. Plnkhan at Lynn, Mass,
for it. and if You let the trouble
II al ng it viii surely cost you a
great teaj Of pain and may mean
an ODerat:cn.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

cold blooded murder in each EYE. When
she could control herself she took up
the parts again and said:
Haven't you noticed that after you
have been stolen away the woman
dresses you up as a girl to escape de-
lection? You are supposed to be a
dear, sweet little miss Of twelve, who
kneels down by her trundle bed every
night and says: Now, l lay me down to
sleep" l can see you in your night
dress, with your hands clasped and a
heavenly look on your face! You'll
make a great hit, Mr.. Bowser, and
you'll have hundreds of offers to pay
the part of Little Eva afterwards.
Well, let's get to work. I'll help you
all l can"
Woman" gasped Mr.. Bowser, after
several efforts, during which his knees
knocked together.
YES" gently replied Mrs. Bowser.
b He wanted to go on, but he couldn't
There was a bone in his throat and
sparks danced before his eyes. Apo
plexy might have com in another min
ute but for Mrs. Bowser's action. She
rose up and took him by the arm and
led him to the lounge and aided him to
stretch out. Then she put the camphor
bottle to his nose and gently rubbed his
forehead. In about ten minutes the
threatened attack passed away, and he
sat up with the intention of asserting
his dignity and self respect and humb-
ling her to the dust.
You have ridiculed me-you have
insulted mel" he thickly exclaimed,
but she seized the arm with which he
was g~esturing and pressed it down,
patted him on the head in a wifely way,
and as he sank back on the lounge and
closed his eyes and groaned in despair
she said:
Poor Mr.. Bowser! There is no
doubt he was born for an actor, but
the part of little Dobbins is not for
him-not for himl Some other time,
but not this time!"
Copyright, 1889, by c. B. Lewis.)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

on Thursday morning. The tramp
found the farmer alone and suffering.
and from his incoherent talk UNDER
stood that he had determined to take
his WI life and had already swallow
ed poison. There was an empty glass
and a paper which had contained the
strychnine. and the tramp was be-
seeched TO hurry on and tell Mary"
that she might reach him before he
died. Insteadof thus concerning HIM
self the fellow helped himself to some
provisions and clothing. and he had on
a coat belonging to the dead man when
~overhauled by the detective. While I
was o satisfied Ct her innocence, and
brought several others around to my
way of thinking, it took six months
to set the case reopened. and even
then we were ridiculed by the press and
public.
The lawyer who had taken the wo-
mans CAGE through the court and not
even raised a doubt in her favor, called
to tell me that all the lawyers in the
county could not even get a disagree
ment OF the jury if the case was re-
opened. but we nevertheless went right
ahead with it. In two days she was
cleared and stood forth a free and in
nocent woman, but yet only half the
public was satisfied, and to this day
there are scores of people who believe
that she was guilty and ought TO have
ended her days in prison. She went to
a far OFF town, but her name as The
Eorgia" followed her there and pre-
vented her from making a living. and
a year later zane the news Of her
suicide by jumping overheard from q
lake steamer.
Copyright, 1929. by C. B.. Lewis.)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
VRONGED BY LAW.


Now and then you read of the case
of a man executed or sent to prison on
circumstantial evidence who turns out
to have been wronged by the law, and
we all know that certain men, if draft
ed into the jury box. will refuse to con-
Wet on such evidence. One need not
be greatly troubled with doubts and
fears, however. Convictions which
wrong the innocent are very few, and
circumstantial evidence who turns out
that can be adduced. While it rarely
brings harm to an honest man, it can
weave such a WEB around a guilty n
that there is hardly a chance OF escape.
Twice in my life l have had to do with
criminals convicted on circumstantial
evidence, and that they we're not guilty
Of the crime attributed to them and
were ~uniustly convicted and sentenced
was in a measure their own fault.
There came to US, when I was assist
ant warden in the harrisburg State
pAIcO0. d lld4 1dA4C4 AS0lcOAA, III AdQ
been a merchant and a prominent citi-
zen in a town called Colwell. He was
about forty years old, we'll educated
and gentle in his manners, and after a
time he was made bookkeeper in the
office. He had been tried and convicted
OF setting fire to his store for the sake
of the insurance money. That was not
the worst of it; a clerk in his employ
who slept in the store. had been pre-
sumably burned alive and Ransom re
ceived a sentence Of fifteen years. At
the trial 1t was proved that he was hard
UP financially: that his stock was over
insured: that his creditors were press
ing him: that he left the store at nine
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

SIS there anything strange in the
Booth Dramatic and Literary Club CIV
ing a play by amateurs"
But none of you are dramatic or
literary" she protested. you simply
play billiards and poker and drink
cocktails.
Mr.. Bowser rose up and looked down
upon her with a look meant to squeeze
the life out of her body under a pres
sure of four hundred pounds to the
square inch. He fully intended to an
initiate her then and there. but he
suddenly remembered that he wanted
her assistance, and so he contented
himself with saying.
Perhaps you are not to blame for
your ignorance, but please don't be
malicious. We are to put on a play.
The title is: Why Mr.. Dobbins Didn't
Get Married 1t may please you or
displease you to know that l have been
cast for the part of Dobbins'
lis it really SOP" queried Mrs. Bow
ser, with a puzzled look on her face.
"It is really so. Here is my part. l
Just got it this afternoon. l also have
the part of the Widow Wrinkle, and
] want you to read it and give me the
cues. We shall have a rehearsal in
four O five days. l haven't the
slightest egotism about me, as you
well know. but 1 am ready to declare
that / expect to make a great hit as
Dobbins. l have been told over and
over again that I should have chosen
the stage for a profession"
But you never staid anything tc me
about it."
mo? Well, several things have lap
pened which | never said anything to
you about. and this is n of them.
Will YOU read the part of the widow"
why, Mr.. Bowseri" she exclaimed,
nfter glancing over his part, "how can
you ever play this character of Dob
bins? Dobbins is down as a little.
sawed-off man, weighing about ninety
pounds. That is to offset the widow,
who is a large woman and weighs
about two hundred"
"But I'm going to make up for the
part, amt II" he querled with a note
Of alarm in his voice.
Can you saw your legs of to play
this part? And you see Mr.. Dobbins
makes his entrance through a dumb
waiter. Just imagine your trying to
squeeze yourself into a dumb waiter.
And after he makes his entrance the
widow picks him up and handles him
on her knee. You'd look nice being
dandled!"
Mr.. Bowser grew as white as a
bleacted snow drift. and there was a
CLINT OF rounded glass in his eyes, but
he held on to himself and simply said:
go on, woman-go on"
well, in the first act the widow de-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

o'clock one evening and flames broke
out soon after. For a couple of hours
he could not be found, and when he
did appear he was greatly agitated and
upset. The prisoner made what was
called a good defense, but the lame
point in 1t was that he could not or
would not account for his time between
nine and eleven o'clock of that even
ing. He first claimed to be at home,
and when this was shown to be false
he told other untruths. He, of course,
claimed that the fire was an accident,
and had he told the truth and the whole
truth about his movements, it is doubt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
MR.. BowsER's TRIBULATIoNs.
He Goes Into Private Theatricals
and Out Again.

-
He Goes Into Private Theatricals
and Out Again.
There was a furtive smile of triumph
on MI. Bowser's face as he sat down to
his cigar the other evening and at the
same time took a dozen pages of type
written matter from his pocket and be-
gan to look them over. 1t was two
or three minutes before Mrs. Bowser's
womanly curiosity forced her to ask:
"Is that IN article you have written
for the newspapers?"
Not exactly" he replied as his smile
iieepened.
Perhaps it's a poem?"
Hardly"
SIS it a c~ontract?"
my dear woman" said Mr.. Bowser,
In his most fatherly way as he turned
to her. "Ive got a little surprise for
you. I wasn't going to spring it for
several days yet, but as your curiosity
has been aroused and as | may need
your assistance, I'll give the thing
away nov You know, of course, that
] belong to the Booth Dramatic and
Literary Club?"
Eyes"
well, we are to put on a play in
about two weeks, and the proceeds are
to go to the orphans"
"You don't say SOL"
why don't I say sol" he demanded,
as the smile chased itself around to
the back of his neck all of a sudden.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

mands that you sing a song. She
stands you up on a table and you sing.
Mr.. Bowser, even if you could turn
yourself into a bandy-legged little mar
what about the singing? The house
would either be convulsed with laugh
ter or rise up and lombard you of the
STAGE"
81 understand. Anything else?"
"Let me see. In the second act you
are brought on to the stage in a band
box. You might possibly get n foot
into a bandbox, but what about the rest
of your body? The widow discovers
you and you are put iR.o a cradle and
rocked to sleep to the tune of 'Mary's
Little Lamb / want to be there. /
want to see you in that cradle!"
Have you finished with your in
sults?" hoarsely inquired Mr.. Bowser as
every individual hair above his ears
stood on end.
"Let me look. There seems to be
another woman in the play and she
wants to marry you. While you are
seated at the table in a high chair and
the Widow Wrinkle has gone out to get
you some bread and butter and sugar
on it, the villainess comes in through
the woodshed and steals you and car
ries you off under her arm. Oh, Mr..
Bowser, it would be too funny-too-"
For three minutes sIrs. Bowser
laughed and cried by turns, but MI.
Bowser never made a gesture or open
ed his lips. He simply stared at her
with a large and varied assortment OF
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
GRAND PROMOTER.

Major Crofoot Squares Up With His
LandIady and Organizes n New
Company
When Major Crofoot reached his
boarding house the other evening there
were surface indications of trouble.
There was a policeman hanging about
the front steps; the majors trunk was
down in the front hall; several board
ers were lounging about with expectant
looks, and the landady had evidently
made up her mind to do or die. 1t took
the major just thirty seconds to realize
the situation. The landlady was about
to address him when he held up his
hand to interrupt her and blandly OBJ
served:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

whom he was infatuated, but nothing
would make him admit it to disgrace
wife and children. He believed that
he set the store on fire by accident, and
when arrested he wanted to conceal
so much that the case looked clear
against him. Inside of three months
from the time we began work he was
at liberty, but he was financially ruin
ed, broken in spirits and wandered off
west to die in the course OF two or
three years. A straight story from him
at the outset, corroborated by the wo-
man, would have resulted in his dis
charge, as the over Insurance was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

were easier to be got and cheaper in
price almost every family would have
one in place Of a piano. Do make my
self plain?"
Eyes"
You have a piano here, for instance.
1t is tuned about once in fifteen years.
You have fourteen boarders and room
er3. Every evening they gather to
hear some one drum or the old tin
pan. If you had a $40 mummy in the
parlor don't you see how much more
educational end entertaining it would
be? No drumming-no squealing-no
complaints to the police, but the four
teen would gather around the mummy
while some one reads Egyptian history.
You must follow mc-you can't help
but follow me. Can't you realize that
if every public school had its mummy
the general interest would be enhanced
a hundred per cent? Can't you I'M
derstand that Fl a saloon had a mummy
on exhibition it would beat any sort OF
music or free lunch?'
"Yes-but-bW-'
Then there is nothing more to say.
The demand for mummies is firm and
steady. There is always a scarcity in
the market. They are simply picked
up here and there in Egypt, with moth
ing like system in buying and selling.
To-day-this evening-right off now,
we organize: The Mammoth Ameri-
can Mummy Export Company We
capitalize at 3d. 300 900. We make a
business of buying and selling mum
mics. We deal only in the genuine ar
ticle, and we tackle nothing which
hasn't been dead at least 10000 years.
Every mummy warranted to have been
Of royal blood. No common plugs
bought or sold. We buy for $40 apiece
and sell for 500. There's a clear profit
of $50 on every one handled, and we'll
handle 100000 per year right along.
Do you want anything better than
that?"
at seems all right" %doubtfully re-
piled the landiady, but"
And there you are, and there you
are" replied the major, as he reached
for the check. Il have paid you my
bill; you turn around and use this
check to secure 500, 900 worth Of stock
at ground floor figures. Dividends will
go up to 100 per cent. at the very least,
and if l can work you in as secretary
I'll do it. Woman, permit me to con-
graduate you. Tomorrow you can go
and order you first bushel of dia-
monds.''
Put you've taken the check away
from mel" she protested.
Certainly. You must protect your
stock, or it can't be held for you. 1t
must be plain to you; it can't help but
be plain. We incorporate tomorrow,
and the certificate viii be ready in two
weeks. Meanwhile, read up on mum
mics, as we nay decide to send you to
Egypt to do the buying. You've got to
be posted, or those fellows over there
will work off scrubs on you for kings
and queens. Ny dear woman"
But, major, don't
But you do-you must-you can't
help it, and now as l shall be busy the
rest OF the evening I'll say good night
and go to work. Not a word-not a
word. You are in with me. and all
will be right, and again l congratulate
you and ask your pardon for overlook
ing my little Indebtedness. Going9
Gone? But keep still about it-keop
still"
Major Crofoot, Il"
But the major was on the other side
of the door, and the door was locked.
(Copyrihgt, 1899, by c. E.. Lewls.)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
IL think I have" she faltered.

'I-I think I have" she faltered.
Zone of the Oldest countries On earth.
In connection with Egypt you must
have heard of mummies?"
YES"
VERY well. Egyptian kings, queens,
princes and great men and women were
dying ten thousand years ago. Their
bodies were preserved in spices. To-
day they are simply relics-souvenirs-
curiosities. Every museum must have
its mummies. Same with all side shows
and private collectors. II mummies
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

"Will you love mo when Tn old?"
asked the fond Miss Overly OF her
fancc.
"Well," replied young I. oncash
cruelty, there won't be much time to
change"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
A POSSIBILITY.

Larry-Be hivvins, Dinnyi Thot
ould hin is ATTN sthray tacks.
Dinny-Maybe she is goin' to lay a
carpet. Who knows?-Chicago EIews.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-13

The suggestion to tax grain has been
brought forward in the legislature OF
North Dakota, where it has been en-
bodied in a concurrent resolution for
a constitutional amendment This pro-
vides that the legislative assembly
may tax wheat, fax and oats and bar
ley grown in the state and stored in
the elevators or kept for seed at rate
OF not to exceed half a cent bushel
on wheat, the same on fax, third OF
a cent on barley and quarter of a
cent on oats. At present the grains
grown in the state pay practically nc
taxes. The millions of bushels OF
wheat grown in the state are threshed
and disposed OF between assessments.
The rate of quarter to half cent a
bushel, IL applied to the millions OF
bushels of the various grains grown in
the state, would, it is said, produce a
revenue exceeding $250,000. How the
measure is likely to be received gen.
orally is not yet apparent from the ad
vices at hand.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-13

From out the smoke and carnage OF
the late war, one incident shines like q
star in a cloudy sky. 1t is that of the
military funeral in SaS tiago last No.
vember of the body CT General Vara
del Rey. Four months after the Span
lard had fallen at III Caney, fighting
at the head of his men, an aged gen.
eral, Valderramai arrived from Spain
to beg the body of his former COM
rade. General Wood at once dispatch
ed an officer AID company to find the
grave, from wnich all marks had been
removed by the Cubans. After long
search the body was identified, and
transferred to the handsome coffin
brought Fl )m Spain, and escorted to
the vessel by an American band and
battalion. AS the cortege passed the
palace General Wood and staff stood
at attention with barred heads. Gen
eral Vara del Rey was n brave man,
said the chivalrous victor, "and we
honor his memory" No wonder the
old Valderrama said, in farewell, "You
belong to a grand nation. We shan
not forget this day. The saints bo
with you and with your people,"
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-13

The unjustifiable severity of parent
is loaded with this aggravation, that
those whom he Injuries, are always in
his sight. The domestic oppressor
dooms himself to gaze upon those faces
which he clouds with terror, and with
sorrow; and he beholds every move
ment the effects Of his own barbarities.
He that can bear to give continual pain
to those who surround him, and can
walk with satisfaction In the gloom of
his own presence; he that can see sub
missive misery without reienting, and
meet without emotion the eye that i'm
plores mercy, or demands justice, will
scarcely be amended by remonstrance,
or admonition; he has found means of
stopping the avenues of tenderness,
and arming his heart against the force
of reason.
Gilpin observer., 1899-04-13

Spain's decision to prosecute Ad-
miral Cervera and the former captain
Of the Cristobol Colon for the loss of
the fleet off Santiago, savors OF the
ethics of the Middle Ages. On the 9TH
er hand, an act one hundred and fifty
years ago, of Maria Theresa, collat-
eral ancestor of the Queen Regent Of
Spain, embodies the generous spirit of
the nineteenth century. When Mar
shall Daun lost decisive battle. after
bravely contesting it, his queen went
out from her capital to meet him on
his return, and by the warmest ex
pressions of kindness and confidence
raised his crushed spirits. In this she
won a commendable victory.