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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-06-13

FOR RENT-Brick building on King
street, suitable for store or business. In
quire of Ed Sweeney.
For SALE-A flying shuttle carpet
loom, in perfect order. Inquire OF c.
Mey err, at residence.
For SALE-A buggy, in excellent
condition. Newly painted. Inquire at
this Office.
DEPUTIES WANTED-Good, live
men wanted to secure members and
organize lodges for a Fraternal and
Beneficiary Society, organized under
the laws of Illinois. No prohibited oc-
equations. Good terms and territory
to persons who desire to work. Ad-
dress S. E. SIMS Pontiac Illinois.
Window shades of every description
,,,.. received at the Fox Store.
For every pair of gents Walkover
shoes purchased at Ed Burlington s for
SO SO you get S. in value, They are
made in all the latest styles, comfort
able to the foot and every pair gives
satisfaction to the wearer.
It's no trouble to get good cigars
C. w. Friend keeps them.
For SALE-A Smith Premier, No. |
typewriter, in good condition for cash.
\ Apply this Office.
|, Suits made to order from Sl2 to $25, fiji
guaranteed by our new try-on system, al
the Emporium.
The Thaxter Drug Store has received
, and has on display a fine line of vases
pictures, fancy calendars, celluloid toile
sets, perfumes --latest odors), porcelain
fancvware, glove and handkerchief boxe
e etc. They sell cheaper than any house il
t Nevada. The public is cordially invites
to call and inspect and price goods.
b If you want first-class Belgian do
y and bucks at low prices, all animals qua
anteed as represented, address Blue Kit
> bon Rabbitry, 504 w. 9th ST., Los Al
u geles, Cal. We have the best strains i
America. Send % cents for book o
management, breeding, cooking, ETC.
The Thaxter Drug Store, first to pr
d prices in reach of the poor people.
LOST-On Tuesday ladies stick pi
- set with wood opal with safety chat
* and pin attached. Leave at this off,
and receive Suitable reward.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-06-13
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1900
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Of Nebraska.

The "plain duty" Of the country a.
rated by Mckinley, appears to have
been figured out by the Rel ublican
Congress as about fifteen per cent ad
valol UNI.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-06-13
DIR. HARCOURT

Has taken the Office recently occupied
Building, opposite the bank, and is pre-
pared 10 attend promptly to professional
business.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17

In the House today Speaker Henderson
announced the appointment OF Mr.. David
son Of Wisconsin as Chairman Of the Com
miuee on Railways and Canals. vice Mr..
Chickering, deceased. On nc. ion by Mr.
De Almond, Saturday April Z. was SET
aside for the delivery Of eulog.es upon the
late itichard p Bland OF Missouri
The House then went into Committee Cf
The Whole. Mr. Sherman Of New York. in
the chair, 20 further consider the bill maxi
ing appropriations for the legislative,
executive. and judicial service.
MT. Nudd made point OF O-dCr
against the appropriation Of S21.I39 TO be
paid out Of the District revenues for The
care of public parks In this city. He said
IL was a change OF existing law. The
parks. he said. We're Government prop
erty. and the Government should pay its
share Of she expense involved ia their
maintenance.
Mr.. Cannon said the District Owned the
parks just as much as iL does The streets.
All District revenues were conveyed mo
tfC Treasury and there was no way 10 get
The money out except by direct appropri-
alton IL it Was a proper municipal ex-
PsudIture for The District then under She
I. law the appropriation was properly charge
able Oue-half against the revenue CT tie
District and oHe-half against The General
Government.
The parks. Mr.. Cannon said. were ere
ated just as much for the District as for
The General Government He said the
parks could not be classed with the Caul-
tCl grounds.
I Nr. Mudd said Congress was the Com
mon Council for the District or Columbia
lie would not contend that Congress could
not make the District pay an tle eN-
Z Penses Of the District Government Con
. gross. be said. could do anything DO liked
so far as The District was concerned
I Air- Babe0cE called attention l0 The fact
,har ne parks were under the control o.
,he War Department After some further
discussion The Eoiu. OF order Was CverruIeI
. by the Chair
SIR MuiL tEsl moved To- strike cur the
appropriation. His motion was defeated.
and -hc clerk .heu proceeded with the
B reading ~ the bill
Representative Sulz5r o5 New York took
+ occasion 90 pay his respects so trusts.
which be- said were doing irreparabie in
jury 20 -le ru.lers of the land. II the
Attorney General. be said. would enforce
The Jaw ou the statute books ,he trusts
could De controlled
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
THE BUBoNIc PLAGUE.
The News of Surgeon General Wy
man Regarding Honolulu.

The News OF Surgeon General Wy
man Regarding Honolulu.
Surgeon General Wyman Of the Marine
Hospital Service, received no kilograms to-
day from Honolulu relating TO the bubOnie
plague. It is thought that the burning Of
Chinatown in HonoiatJ will 20 a long way
toward checking the spread OF the disease.
Other contemplated sanitary Improvements,
It is thought. viii also render able assist
ance to the plague fighters in eliminating
the danger Of eontagion. The improve
ments spoken Of consist OF the establish
ment Of a modern sewerage system and
water works.
In speaking Of the plague today General
Wyman said that the disease had to be
fought on entirely new grounds. Ordina-
peared from among he inhabitants Of a
locality the place was considered free from
contamination. With the bUgonic plague,
he declared. it was different. The rats,
the greatest spreaders Of the disease, wer5
causing the uneasiness which is said 10
have existed among surgeons in charge
Of the infected localities. These vermin
injecting a city like Honolulu carry tho
germs OF the disease with them and often
it is said, the scourge breaks out anew
from this source after all thought Of dan
ger is passed.
Surgeon Carmichael and his staff at Hon.
olulu. it is understood. arc now directing
their efforts toward the determination ol
the rats.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
At THE WHITE House
Secretary ROOt Has Conference
With the President.
The Necessity for nm Increase i'm the
Number of staff officers in the
Army Dfscusscd-A Biu 20 he Sub
mitted To COHgreSs-Mr. McAiH-
ley Invited to Attend banquet

Secretary Root spent nearly two hours
with the President this morning, during
which time. it IS understood, the ne
cessity for an increase in the number OF
officers in the staff departments Of the
Army was discussed.
reports have been submitted TO the
Secretary by the heads OF the stan diyis-
ions Of the War Department showing the
=seds Of those divisions and containing
suggestions as to the means Of remedying
various defects and Of filling those needs.
1t is said that a bill is now being pre-
pared by Mr.. Root which will embody the
results Of these reports and viii provide
for flling the many vacancies now exist
ing in the stan Of the Army.
This bill when formulated, viii be pre-
sented to Congress and its immediate
passage viii be strongly urged. Among
other things iJ is expected to give 10 the
Commissary General. the Paymaster Gen
eral and the Quartermaster General the
authority now held by the Surgeon Gen
! eral TO make temporary appointments 10
; du existing vacancies.
! Raprescutatives Hopkins, Dalzel and
steele OF the Ways and Means Committee
called al the White House this morning
=
each saw the President il is understood
/ that Mr. steele was the only ON who made
! reference TO the Porto Ricau hi. Messrs
Hopkins and UalzeIl introduced friends an,
/ their calls were OF q purely sOrial nature
/ The Republican members Of th Ways an.
/ Means Committee, with the Exception o
/ AIR. Mccall. who IS expected 10 vote viii
( the minority. express a confidence i'm th
/ passage of the Payne bin in the House am
! the Foraker bill IN the Senate.
/ Col l. O. Hopkins OF New York CallC
I. al the White House this morning in com
/ pany with George J. Corey and Frankll
Murphy Of New York. and in behalf Of rh
| Empire State Society or the Sons OF n
! American Revolution extended 20 the Pres
ident an invitation to attend The aunua
banquet 70 be- given the National Soeiet
of that order al the Waldorf Astoria o.
May !. Mr. Mckinley expressed pleasur
aJ the receipt Of The invitation and sail
that though it would he impossible TO Civ
definite reply al this time he would at
tend the banquet If he could arrange 20 d
So
Comptroller Dawes presented som
friends TO the President and afterwar
I spent a few minutes In conversation wit
lim SIR Dawes has just returned iron
the meeting Of the Mint Commission a
Philadelphia. and it is understood that hi
talk with 1ir Mckinley was i'm reference
his trip.
Bishop Thomas Bowman. ID. d.. Chicago
called 20 pay his respects 10 the President
The Bishop Will start on his way home TO
morrow. Among the other callers wer
Senators Fairbanks Prit-h8rd. and i,oss
and Representative Southland, each Of S. hoI
called in relation to personal matters
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
FOUR MORE GIRLS ESCAPE.
Trouble "a the New Jersey state In-
du~triuI school.

fhubit "a the Nf-N FFTNfF TAHA' ah-
du~triuI school.
TRENTON. Feb. Flour mere siris
have escaped from the state Industrial
school FOR Girls; and during the excite
ment following a teacher resigned Mrs
Eylor. the m5,ron. refuses to give ont any
details cf the escape OF The inmates. exc
cept their names and that the lost se2a %
them they were travelling on ths phiiadel-
phia and Reading Railroad tfacss rear
Trenton Junction station. Ther' have been
sixteen escapes in that many wceks-
Miss Mary A. Wight a teacher a the
school. has resigned. making tuC itird
resignation this week. She says that life
for her was unbearable with Mrs. Eyier,
who put on her extra work ahd made her
submit to a tyrannous system OF petty an
noyances Miss Wight has been a. the
school for -four years, and she saws that
she resigned because she expected cD3Ts IS
to be preferred against her ~ Mir. Fylar.
At the recent investigation Miss Wight
testified against Mrs. Eylcr's admins ira
. lion. One of the charges which Mrs. Eyler
1 had against Miss Wight was that she Tlade
it easy for the girls who have re-cn- ~
/ out much trouble. Miss Wight adds that
/ the strongest reason for her resiynItiOr
/ is that she could not reconcile herse't Il
| the manner in which Mrs. Eyer was CEN
ductiug the school.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
NOTICE OF APPEAL GIVEN.
MOIineux's Keepers officially Inform
ed of stay of Execution.

SING SING, y. Y, Feb. I7.-Roland B.
Molineux spent his first night in his cell in
Sing Sing prison as uncoucerned in his
new quarters as he would have been if he
were in his fathers house in Brooklyn
He went to bed in his narrow cot at $3.50
O'Clock telling his guards that he was very
sleepy from the jaunt from the TOmbs 10
the prison. OF the eight other condemned
men none enjoyed such peace as MoiineuX
did. The keepers say that not once during
the entire night did he awake, and when
he jumped out Of bed az 8. 80 o'clock this
morning he was good-natured and greeted
his keepers with merry good morning.
lie spent most Of the evening in letter
writing, the letters including one 9f ten
pages to his counsel After he had taken
a sponge bath and had arranged his ap-
pearance as much as his prison garb al
lowed he was given a breakfast Of fried
eggs, hashed potatoes. aad coffee and rolls
His appetite. however. was not very good
and he ate very sparingly.
His night keepers. q. ". Fox and Peter
y. McMShon, were relieved from duty at
o'clock and the keepers who were on duty
when he arrived Yesterday afternoon were
put in charge Of the desth chamber. Mol
ineuX did not pay any attention TO the
change Of keepers.
Warden Johnson had hardly arrived al
his desk TO open the morning mail before
/ a representative from the district attOr-
ncy's Office In New York city was on the
scene and served a notice OF an appeal o
! the NClineuN case to the Court Of Appeals
made through NOliueUXs counsel. Week.
/ and Battle. This is a procedure that vii
| act a. a stay in case the matter does no
reach a decision before the date set to
/ Noliueux's execution i'm March. These no
/ tices are the general procedure In th'
/ cases Of condemned men, but never In th'
{ history Of this prison were there copie
. served so shortly after a man had beef
. received here for execution. Warde'
johnson sent his secretary. Daniel 7
/ Hickey. 10 communicate the reception @
[ this notice TO Noineux. but as the NAL
/ expressed it, he simply thanked the wardC1
I for his courtesy In informing him Of ir-
The hrst few weeks Ot MOlineGXs iuca-
ccration VIII be devoted 90 pegus!ng ID
yolumiuous testimony of his case, a cop
OF which his counsel have promised 2
send him by Monday. Prircipal keepe
Connaughton visited the condemned ma
al g o'clock and said:
We'll. MClineuN. how 90 on like th'
place."
We'll. sir" said the y0uns man polite
~. 'it appears 20 me that } know Of 0Jhe
places that could appre ciste bette
There's no use OF complaining. IS here.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17

LONDON. Feb 1.-THE War Office has
received the following from General Rob
erts:
~JACOBSDAL. Feb. l7-t5:50 a. m.).-
Kelley Kenny captured yesterday seventy
eight wagons with stores. two wagons with
Niausers. eight boxes of shells, ten barrels
OF explosives. and many stores belonging
TO Cronje's laager. which our artillery was
stil shelIing when Kitchener despatched
the messenger
A despatch to a news agency from Jacobs
dal adds this information TO Lord Roberts
despatch in regard TO the capture Of stores
and the sheIing Of General Crouje's laager;
owing to the fatigue Of the oxen General
Cronie was compelled to unpack them and
form a lager with The uncapJured wagons
This Iaager is now being shelled by the
British artillery"
From q correspondent with General Me
thuen's forces
"MODDER RIVER. Feb. 16-U2.3o p
ml.-CeneraI Cronje. with d large force,
has rctrcated from the head laager on the
Modder River toward Bloemfontein. Gen
erdI Kelley Kenny is now attacking him.
A despatch 10 the Chronicle from Ja-
cobsdal Of yesterdays date says: After
the Sixth Division evacuated Jacobsdal on
Thursday i'm order TO move north. the enc
my reoccupied the place. The Fifteenth
Brigade including The London Imperial
Volunteers. attacked and shelled the Beers
The men advanced steadily and in spleu-
Old order and drove the enemy over The
ridges TO the northvard. The Volunteers
who had nanbed TO The right and lel'
showed vetcran-lihe pluck and stcadinCss
The Stafordshire4 made a bayone
charge. but the enemy did not wait The
Gown was rcocrupied i'm three hoIrs an,
the mouuJed infantry is pursuing the
Boers.
The Queen has approved the promotion.
OF General French TO Major GeneralshI
and Lieutenant colonel I<ekewich, th,
commander OF the Kimberley garrison, 10
Colouelcy.
The War once list OF casualties among
the priyates in .he lighting at Jacobsda
on February % shows that one llan wa.
killed. fifteen wounded and three axe miss.
inE.
CAPE TOWN. Feb. 15-Ul.i0 q. :1) )-
The Beers at 1ias8rsroutein are now com
pletely hemmed i'm by General uethuen-
forces al Nodder River. General Roberts
men at Kip Drift and General Uccto
Macponalds Highland Brigade at Koo
UU0sl.rg
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
NAVAL OFFICERS PAY.
Decision ia the Matter by the
Comptroller OF the Treasury.

Comptroller OF the Treasury.
The Comptroller OF the Treasury sent 10
The Navy Department today O. decision i'm
THE case Of Lieutenant Commander Rit-
tenhouse. who retired LAST July under the
Personnel act. Comulnder RI-euhou-s
did not actually retire until July T. ami
the question arose as to when ;he retire
meut occurred, and just how the commits
sion Of his successor should be dated. The
law requires that the retirement shall De-
dated june go. the end of the fiscal year.
and the bin also provided that beginning
July I the retired officers of the Navy
should receive the Game retired pay as an
army officer OF similar rank.
The decision was thar Commander Rit-
tenlouse's retirement dated from June so.
and his suce '55OT's commission should date
from July /.
The decision affects about twenty naval
officers. ten of whom retired June
so. and Who Viii receive the army
( retired pay, and ten Who we've appointed
: 20 succeed them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
JAY C. HOLLAND ARRAIGNED.
The Alleged LfbcIrr Of senator TaJli-
aferro Held for BAH.


Jay c. Holland. native Of Florida. was
arraigned in The Police Court today and
held in the sum OF $1,000 bond by Judge
RimhaU. for hearing on Wednesday next.
This action followed Hollands arrest
yesterday on charge made by senator
James p. TaUiarerro of Florida The war
rant obtained by the Senator charges tha,
Holland on February l2 il@}, with iu-
tent to 1iIiTy and defan.r ore Ismaa p.
Tluiafsrro. did publish in a' certain news
paper certain false and malicious oad
def8matCry libel. of and cone ming James
=. TalliaferrO.
The statement referred t0 was publish
ed in the "Eew York Journal
The publication steted that certain
charges had been made one by Jay g.
Holland. VINO filed them at the Office Of
the Secretary Of War. against actions Of
Major C.. ". Ruthers United States
Army. who was then stationed az san
Francisco and James G. TaIHafe-ro. Uni
ted States Senator. These charges stated
that Major Ruthers. i'm September, lSeS,
at Jacksonville. sold unlsafully 2l51o0
pounds Of Government bacon. valued at
$4,000. 10 G.. b. Rodgers Company. and
that Buthers and TaIliafcrro were 10 di-
journal" also said that the Department
OF California would Investigate the
charges.
The varrau; also includes a statemea.
made by Holland that upon hearing from
a Government detective OF an alleged trans
action in a large quantity q Government
bacon. he made Investigations I'm the
capacity Of a detective. This result Of this
investigation led 20 the alleged charge
aaginst Talliaferro, being placed in the
Office Of the Secretary Of War. and the sub
seQUcnt publication in the New IOrh
Journal
jay G. Holland. against whom the wars
rant issued by Senator Talliaferro. has beer
I served. is a native Of Florida and came tC
/ this city from Jacksonville Florida. last
August. He has lived at the Nati0ua
/ Hotel since his arrival Holland spent las
night in 40 Police StatiUn, and as be.
1 fore stated, was arraigned before Judg,
/ Kimbau this morning. He is cOufidcn- O.
| securing bond.
Senator Talliaferro emphatically state
shortly after the publication Of Hollanil
! charges that the article was false.
| a. T. Worthington is the complainant
/ attorney, and viii assist the Cover nme1
! i'm the prosecution Of Holland Mr. Hol
! land has engaged J. y. Baker TO conduc
| his case.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
GENERAL HUTToN,s VIEWS.
The Canadian Veteran Discusses the
south African situation.

Th, Canadian Veteran Discusses the
south African situation.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-NajoF Cen E. H.
p. Hutton, who recently resigned his post
as commander or the Canadian militia.
sailed for Europe this morning on the Gu
rari line steamship Etruria under orders
10 proceed to South Africa for special SER
vice with the British Army. General -Hut-
ton viii report TO the War Office at Lon
don for further instructions. after which
ne will proceed to Cape Town without de-
lay. The general arrived here with his
wife yesterday morning and boarded the
Etruria last night When seen just before
the vessel left her pier at o'clock this
morning. he said:
Il do not care to say at present Just
what my duties will be in South Africa.
or course I know what ! am 10 do, but I
do not care to say anything until after ]
have visited the War Office. My orders are
confidential. / know nothing more about
the condition Of affairs in South Africa
than the average citizen who reads the
newspapers carefully. OF the ultimate re-
suit Of the war. I have not a doubt. The
British viii win in time; It is inevitable.
The relief OF Kimberley. in NY opinion.
does not amount to much. because you
cannot hold town with a few mounted
men. take it that General French has
see '.ered the troops which were investing
the town, but whether they will stay scat-
tered is a question"
General Hutton is well acquainted with
South Africa. having been through two
campaigns in that country. For the past
eighteen months he was in command OF
the Canadian militia.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
ADVICE TO BULLER COSTLY.
Message Returned go = Randall
Nouatt With Sl:;S Tolls.

CHICAGO, Feb. III. Randall Yoaatt
Of Rayeuswood. a weIl-knovn dog faneier,
third yice-prcsidout Of the Press Club AID
auditor Of the Associated Press is con-
WINGED that long distance attacks upon Gen.
Butler should emanate from the British
War Office IL at all.
He is sorry he undertook 90 tell Ire
grizzled veteran in Her Majes,y's service
how TO cross the Tugtla and relieve be-
ICaguered LadysmiJh. The Postal Tele-
graph Company has sent In q bi fer Sl&S.
for tells on q CahlCgram that was inter
oeptcd "a, London and returned TO he
sender
MI NOuay is p-o-E Eri ism and pronounced
/ in his views Ht didn't like the manner
/ i'm which Butler managed affairs. and re-
/ solving himself into board OF strategy,
undertook 10 give the Gcne,d some aayice
I of which he believed yhe British Ieale.
! stood in great need.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
THE INSANE SOLDIERS.
a Statement Issued by the Wnr De-
pnrtment-

The War Department gave out a state
ment today regarding the number of in
sane patients since July l. 1898. The list
includes all insane in the regular and
volunteer army and former soldiers who
may have served in the Spanish war. The
total list is 223, of which 1S4 were regu-
lars. 20 State volunteers, 10 United states
volunteers. and former soldiers.
OF this number sc regulars, 81 State
volunteers, and United States volunteers
have recovered. The death rate has been
. regulars. 3 State volunteers, and l for
mer soldier; l United States volunteer es-
capped There is still in the asylum sc
regulars. 16 State volunteers, 4 United
States volunteers, and 8 former soldiers.
OF the total insane only 81 are said 10
have been received from the Philippine
Islands. and the War Department officials
claim that the reports that the climate
and the campaign in the Philippines are
driving hundreds of soldiers insane are
NOT true.