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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
A CARSON ATTRACTION.
Emporium Basket Exhibit Draws the
Curio erd Art Seekers.

Probably the one object that has
attracted more people and comment
from the tourist than any one thing,
is the Indian arr work that is shown
at the Emporium in this city.
People from the four quarters of The
globe have made the trip to Carson
for this one purpose, of purchasing
and eXaminiug the fine collection Of
baskets anG art work OF the Indians
Carson people DO not know that the
work of the Indian is appreciated more
abroad than ii tie other sections Of
the world thu at home. A few col
lectors have aent fortunes in gather
ing a collection, and the collection is
not complete until the Washoe and
Piute is represented. This fact has
brought many collectors to this city
who have spent the day at the Empo--
ium.
The small collection that has been
exhibited at TanOe city by Mr.. Coin
has sent many people over the lake
route to Carson, where they could get
| a chance at the entire collection. The
! stage man has felt the benefit and
! so has the other merchants.
! There is never a stranger of mea rs
who visits this city. but that part of
the time is spent in the Emporium
| collection department, while many
| have volunteered the information tn 1t
| Mr.. COINS collection is one of the best
! in the world. The average Nevad III
sneers at the fad. but when the work is
| locked over carefully, the art fully de
fined and the time of construction
| figured it is surely one of the fin
of hand craft and an art that has no1
been successfully counterfeited by any
one or by machinery. The India Is
have become educated to the fact that
| their best work is worth money, ana
basket that would sell for a fen
| dollars some years ago, now deman Is
| yellow coin and the makers are MOI
prone to be "jewed' down. II 70,
don't like their prices you can leav:
the goods alone.
Mr.. n has quilt up an industry
in this city that has brought in man'
doliar that would have gone t
the outside, while with the Indians b.
has made a market and value for thei
| wares that was unknown a few year!
ago. Watch the visitor and strange
and you will see that he is headed FL
| &c Emporium where he is q;
by a class of goods that he cannc
find in any place on the coast c:
anywhere else.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
DEATH OF RAFFETTO.
Wierd Story Of His Murder Denied by
Relatives.

Last week two men from the east
were in Truckee on the trail Of
woOdchopper who was working in this
vicinity last winter. From what could
man who some months ago told
fellow workman in confidence that ne
was an eye witness Of the killing of a
man named RaffettO, who at the time
Of his death was resident of Carson
City. He was in the habit Of hauling
wood from the mountains west of Car
son, and one day when he did not
return home at the usual hour a
search was made for him and he was
found dead in the road, apparently
from having fallen off his seat on "a
steep grade and been crushed by hav-
ing loaded wagon pass over his
chest.
The man the detectives are after
claimed that the man was murdered
and his body placed under the wheels
Vi Iuc lOdu0u WdSOu 80 a Ollhu. ltC
says that he saw the killing, but fear
ed to disclose what he knew for fear
Of being murdered himself and had
kept the secret all these years until
he last winter disclosed the particu-
lars of the tragedy to man with
whom he roomed. The Information
appears not have been treated as con-
fldential by the man to whom he inn
parted the secret and it passed from
one mouth to another until it is now
in the hands of two shrewd detectives
who will ferrit the mystery to the
bottom. 1t is also stated that the
party suspected Of iinstgating THE
same is being kept track of by the
authorities -Truckee Republican.
Regarding the above, Mrs Raffetto
states that all the talk regarding the
alledged murder Of her husband comes
from Joe Garaventi, her brother, who
for years past, has for some reason
unknown to her, industriously circul-
ated the report than an assassin was
hired to kill him.
She traces all these reports to the
same source and states that when her
husband was brought from the hills
with his chest crushed in he stated
to DR.. Fox and also to Sheriff Ulrick
that he fell from his wagon and was
run over She thinks that this state
ment ought to be sufficient refutation
of the charges.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
Stole His Own Horses.

A complaint charging Jacob Werner.
Of the Carson valley, with ..orse-steal-
ing was filed with Justice Nash last
night by James Schaffer, who says that
Werner stole two animals from his
stables on SiAts street, Thursday night
Schaffer missed the animals yesterday
but not until a young man brought
one of them back from Carson did he
know what had become of them.
1t seems that about year ago, Wer-
ner borrowed So from Schaffer and
later had the latter pasture several
horses for him. Schaffer says that
Werner then gave him one Of the
stolen horses as security for the debt
One of the horses taken Thursday
night was the Werner animal, and i.
was the one that was retained by the
man who took it.
The boy who brought back the horse
to Mr. Schaffer says that Werner
turned it over to him at Carson. in
structing him to return it to the owner.
Werner tells an entirely different
story from that Of Schaffer as print ID
above Werner says that he owed
Schaffer some money and left the two
horses with him until he settled. He
says that he went after them several
days ago and took what he thought
were his animals from the stable, but
had a horse belonging to Schaffer, but
returned it at once. He says he noi
fed Scheffer by letter Of what he had
done and also that he would pay him
as soon as he received bill of the
charges against him.
Werner came to Reno today of MS
own accord and placed himself in the
custody of the sheriff.-Journal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
YELLOW JACKET PEST.
insects About Clean Up Campers at
the Lake.

During the late summer at Lake
Tahoe and the surrounding valleys
it has always been noted that Yellow
Jackets made life miserable, but this
season the lively and warm insects
have made life burden to thecampers
and those who are in the woods.
The yellow fellows are not cOnfin-
ed to any one quarter, but can pa
found from one end to the other. Over
at Hobart mills they have stampeded
the teams, eaten up all manner of
things. and have absolutely cleaned
out the flies. 1t is stated by those
from Hobart that a common house
The yellow jackets simply pack them
off and devour them, but the jacket is
worse than the original pest, the house
! fly.
One lady put up number of glass
es Of jelly and set them on the outside
of the window to cool. Inside of an
HOul luCy "SlS do SlO-hh as NAS IA
they CAME from the factory A wood
rat was thrown out from a store in
the town and inside of the day it was
cleaned up only leaving the skin and
that picked clean. Any kind of meat,
berries or in fact anything that can
be devoured is simply taken by force
by the persistent insects.
Lieutenant Prince. veIo is stopping
at Glenbrook, and who is a great fish
erman, tells a story that will have to
be believed. He made a handsome
catch of trout, intending to ship them
to a score or more of friends in Sad
Francisco. to fulfill prmises. The trout,
some score in number, were hung out
over night to dry and when he went
to pack them he found only the empty
skin, the yellow Jackets having clean
ed out over twenty pouds of fish be-
fore breakfast
Every resort reports the same con-
dition and all agree that while the
housefly is bad enough yet the yellow
terror is simply awful. The ladies at
the camps avoid them as danger signs
1t is an every day occurrence to see
a lady make frantic grasp at some
tender spot where a yellow jacket has
landed and with a wild scream the
lady rushes to cover to hunt the pesky
duffer. Between the ladies rushing C
cover and the men swearing and tn
animals taking to the tall timber, the
yellow jackets have kept things pretty
warm at the Lake.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
Bio Fire in Snow Sheds.

disasterous fire ragged all Thurs
day afternoon in the snowsheds of the
Southern Pacific railroad on both sides
Of Blue Canyon on the western slope
Of the mountains west of Truckee.
The facts as to the origin of the
fire and the damage done are measer
But it is given out on good authority
that the fire broke out in the forenoon
yesterday and that it was not got
"a, that time the fire had destroye !
$500 feet of snowshed and railroad
track. Trains are expected through
today.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
AGAk
A Canadians Plant

Ed. Appea1.-In reading the News
last evening ] noticed with some pride
q large head to an article that stated
that Canada. my native country. was
advancing l started to read the ar
ticle with patriotic pride and discover
ed that it was merely an advertise
ment of some H"stetter Bitters. a
bitters that no true Canadian ever
4 man should be led into reading an
advertisement by such vile fake rs
this and l would like to inquire of You
if there is no way to protect one from
such palpable imposition as this?
A Canadian.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
WHEN jim GOES DOWN THE PIKE.

You talk Of your exhibIs
From every foreign land,
From England. France and China
And Indias coral strand.
From Austria, Russia, Ireland
Or any place you like,
But nothing's half SO grand as when
Our Jim goes down the Pike.
Commissioners from other States,
Give him the right of way
And when he motions to the cops
They tremble and obey.
His neckties are the proper hue,
His pants the proper crease
That man he merely nodded to.
Is really King Of Greece.
That mob upon the horse, whose face
Jim couldn't quite recall.
Is worth two million plunks or mol e
A Raiah from Bengal.
That fellow chasing after Jim
While Jim's no time to wait
Is merely acting Governor,
OF come measly Southern State
i The lady that he overlooked,
Is BARONESS Won Twott
His Grace the Duke of kensington
| He also has forgot
! He meets SO many grandees,
! That his manners take a strike
When he snubs the scrubby potentate,
That saunter down the Pike
| So here's a bumper to our James,
No other man l trCw,
Could make so good a showing,
/ On Nevada's Twenty Thou
/ While not much went to cereals
| Or minerals or spuds,
Its made royal showing.
With Jim's Exposition buds
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
T. e. B. IN NEVADA.
Big sarnpling Firm Deciding on Where
To Locate Piart.

Big sanplins Firm Deciding on Where
To Locate Plant.
Flank II Taylor he;n of the Taylor
& Brunston samplins companies, oyer.
81 ng il r,'-'s-. cssAss and ~ b s
State reached the local Office yesterday
morning, having come down from
Butte His attention being called 20
the recent story to the effect that
another sampling concern had arrang-
ed to go into business at Mound
House Nevada, and that in a measure
at least cut his company out Of A
held that it had been understood it ILL.,
tended to enter, Mr.. Taylor said:
I'VE have not given up the idea IT
going into Nevada, by any means.
The question has been under consider.
alton for a good while and Mr.. Bruins,
ton has now gone west on that very
business. Competition will not deter
us from entering the field. AS mat
ter of fact consider that field
which is not big enough to make con-,
petition possible is hardly worth bother
ing about Once we are satisfied
the business will be large and steady
enough to warrant the cost Of erecting
and maintaining a sampling mill al
some convenient point, you may de
pend upon it that we will 60 In. The
matter, l think, will be determined
very soOn-Herald.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11

Presbyterian-Servi at IL a. 10.
and 1880 p m Sunday school at noon.
Christian endeavor at $50 p. m.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11

Glib Briggs and E. P. ESser, came in
from the Monte Christie mine last
evening. George Maute accompanied
them
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
Bicycle Thief Arrested.

Last evening young man named
Tahoe Lopez was arrested for stealing
Ed. Yerington's bicycle. He is SUP
pose to have pinched and sold several
bikes in this city He was also arrest
ed in Nevada City on the suspicion
of being crazy and not long ago was
an inmate of the Reno Asylum. He
was locked up in Jail and will prob.
ably be returned to the Asylum.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11

The boys gre sharpening up their
gun sights for the fifteenth. Lots OF
ducks at the lake. so it is said
Goldfield has sent over $500, 900
to the Salt Lake Smelters in six
months.
The horses attached to Raycroft' :
stage ran away last night. The dam.
age was slight however and no ono
was hurt
Radium has been discovered in Col
orado 1t will probably be ordered out
by the military authorities as soon a:
is is found in paying quantities.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
Reno Wheelmen Defeated.

The Reno Wheelmen lost in the n
gleside races Friday
First the team lost the Australian
pursuit race by safe distance then
Knox mid not even get close enough
to the winner of the half mile dash to
get a place; Carter finished abont a:
the tail end Of the procession in the
mile championship race; and in the
five mile championship Mckenzie was
to far to the rear for place. Only
one man of the Reno team made place
and that was Standerkick, who go,
in third in a novice race
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-11
YOU CAN EARN TEN DOLLARS.

Name our female bear. We will
give ten dollars in gold to the lady
or girl that will give the bear the
most appropriate name.
Conditions.
Write name on slip of white not~
paper 2x4 inches. your own on the
reverse side. Deposit it in the tin box
provided for the same at the Emporium
Carson, on or before the Goth day Of
October. The box will be shook up,
and one Of the slips drawn out. The
slip taken out names the bear and the
lady furnishing the name will receive
the $40. No condition of purchase.
FREE TO ALL.
The Appeal suggests that Abe COIN
call his bear the "Boycotte"
1t is believed that the delayed t1ains
on the S. P. will be in today.
r R. Hofer is home from a trip 20
Tonopah and Goldfield.
DR.. Berry and wife were included N
the south bound passengers yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
from twenty-five to thirty, and the rate
D aid per pupil Is 500 per annum.
The Reform School for Boys.

can act approved July 1, 1862, incorporat-
ed the Guardian Society to reform Juvenile
offenders in the Districe of Columbia BY
act approved July 25. 1866, funds of the
Guardian Society having become exhausted
Congress established "a house of correction
for boys in the District Of Columbia" This
institution was located on the government
farm. Its government was vested IN noaro
of trustees, commissioned by the president
of the United States, one OF the SAID trus
tees being nominated by the mayor OF
Washington one by the mayor OF George
town, one by the levy court OF the county
of Washington and four by the Secretary
Of the Interior By act approved May o.
1870, the name of the institution was chang
ed to reform school Of the District OF Co
lumbia." An act approved May 10. loiI,
authorized purchase of a new site for the
school, and the present site at OLD FORT
Lincoln was purchased The act approved
May 3, 1876 revising and amending the
various acts establishing and relating 10
the reform school, etc, provides for the
organization of a school under a board OF
trustees appointed by the President, upon
the recommendation Of the Attorney Cen
eraI This act Is the fundamental law
under which the school is now operating.
This school receives boys not exceeding
seventeen years of age, committed by the
judges of the Criminal and Police Courts OF
the District of Columbia, and in some cases
upon commitment by the president of the
board of trustees of the school upon appi-
cation or complaint in writing of parent
or guardian. and upon such testi-
mony as shall be satisfactory to
him." The daily average number of boys
in this school during the past year was
257 The common school branches are
taught in addition to farming, boxmaking,
shoemaking. gardening, baking and tailor
ing. The boys are also taught to perform
all the work about the kitchen, dining room
and dormitories Cost per capita at boys
school. year ending June 80. 1903, $685.
The Reform School for Girls.
This institution was organized under act
approved July o. 1888. This named the first
board of trustees, but provided that their
successors should "be appointed in like
manner as the trustees OF the reform school
of the District of Columbia" for new APP
pointments, and provided for the manage
ment of the school under the direction of
the Department of Justice; except that
girls up to the age of eighteen years should
be admitted whereas in the case of the
boys school sixteen years was the limit.
BY act approved February %, 1901, the age
limit was raised to seventeen years and re-
lease on probation was authorized. The
daily average number of girls at this school
in the past year was sixty-seven. The cost
per capita was $3600S. The common school
branches are taught and in addition there
to domestic science and dressmaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
REDUCED BY ONE-HALF.
Recommendation in Matter of Legisla-
ton in Favor Of M B. Smith.

In a report submitted to Congress today
ON the bill for the relief of the heirs OF
Melvin B. Smith. the Commissioners state
that they are in favor of the objects Oh
the bill, and recommend it's passage on GER
tain conditions.
The accident by which Melvin B. Smith
and Harold c. Grant, two employees or the
sewer department. lost their lives, occurred
June 2, 1903. The coroner issued certin-
cate of death by drowning and asphyxfa-
ton. In their letter to Congress. with re-
card to the unfortunate occurrence, the
Commissioners report in part as follows;
= "The accident to which reference is made
in the bill, was one which could not be
foreseen. Even now the explanation of
the way in which the gas accumulated In
the sewer is more or less hypothical. Mr..
Smith. accompanied by Harold c. Grant
his fellow-employe, was ordered to take
certain levels of the bottom of the sewer
The easiest and most practical way OF DO
ing this was to go down the man hole as
far as the water surface and take the
measurements. One of these two employees
descended first and was overcome by gas
(Which one, 1t was not possible to ascertain,
as there were no witnesses to the acc
dent; the other one, presumably, went 10
his assistance and was similarly overcome.
"The sewer had been completed but a
short time previous and had been inspected
throughout its whole length OF several
thousand feet within a week or so OF the
accident. There were no indications OF foui
gases at that time and even since the acci-
dent 1t has been impossible to explain, with
absolute satisfaction. the cause OF the ac-
emulation of gas which, however. did ac-
cumulate in this manhole.
''When a faithful employee loses his life
in the service in this manner 1t seems prop
err to the Commissioners that some compen-
sation should be made for 1t to those more
or less dependent upon him, and also be
cause such action inculcates better spirit
in the employees, who would feel that IN
case of such an accident, the comfort OF
those surviving them would be to some ex-
tent provided for.
s'The Commissioners are. therefore. IN
favor of the object of the bill, and would
recommend its passage, provided the sum
named in the bill is reduced from 50 600 to
Sc 500, and that the appropriation should be
charseable one-half to the revsnues of the
District Of Columbia. and the other, half TO
any money IN the United States Treasury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
NAVAL AUXILIARY TO Y. M. C. A
Citizens of Portsmouth, Va, Trying to
Get Branch There.


Get Branch There.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, January Ports
mouth is to have branch of the Naval
Auxiliary to the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION.
Miss Helen Gould, the most prominent
benefactress of this branch of Y. M. Z. A.
work, has been consulted by citizen OF
Portsmouth relative to the establishment
of this institution at a point near the en-
trance to the navy yard in this city
The tenor Of Miss Goulds reply to the
suggestion indicated that she regarded the
plan as practical and that it would be In
vestigated by the committee of the asso-
citation having such matters in hand
1t Is understood that the Norfolk branch
of the Naval Y. M. c. A. has been found to
occupy too cramped quarters and that 1t
win be necessary to secure larger build
ing.
It was largely in aid of this idea that
Miss Gould paid her last visit here, in De-
cember She was shown the necessity for
the enlargement of the present quarters OF
the naval branch and agreed that the ln-
portance of this naval station, Included IN
which Is the st. Helena training station, Is
SUFFICIENT to warrant much better facilities
for the comfort and pleasure of the men
ashore.
Miss Gould's attention has also been call
ed to the fact that the arrests of sailors as
deserters by the police OF the city OF NOT
folk has grown to be an abuse and that the
men would far rather be on this side the
river Earnest representations will be made
further in the matter. and the cooperation
of the local Y. M. c. A. and the Portsmouth
Business Mems Association will be enlisted
In order that when the new building is
erected it's site will be in Portsmouth, near
the navy yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
ADOPTED BY THE SENATE.
Senator Penrose's Resolution Regard
ing the Printing Office.

The Senate yesterday afternoon agreed to
the resolution introduced by Senator Pen
rose directing the public printer to send TO
the Senate the names of all persons upon
either the permanent emergency or tempo
rary RON of the government printing office
who were employed during the fiscal years
1895 to 1902, inclusive, who did not receive
any leaves of absence during those years
or pay for unused leaves of absence. and
the amount which such persons would have
received II leave pay had been allowed
either in full or prorata upon the basis of
thirty days for each fiscal year. The amount
so computed Is to be according to the pay
received and the service performed by such
persons during each of the fiscal years
named