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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

<<uu EART's HAVEN story Of
Co., the Rappites, by Mrs. Rather
d inc Evans Blake, a Mime
.4E apolis woman, has led to some
questioning as to who the
Rappites really WERE.
teiligence were recently Questioned
with the following results: =.
A prominent club woman replied:
"Why, they, are branch of the 'spiri-
tualists, aren't theys Isn't that what
the name comes 'FRONT.'
A university sophomore replied
yxagsslX: % 81 VIZ J., think they belong
W A business ess man IAN; confessed II haven It
4, teacher thought. "they were a
monkish order IL r.. .
A Central High school senior girl
said: ~ knew once, but I have quite
forgotten
( minister looked dopbtfu IN and !, then II n
cheerful order of monks who always
say memento mori,' instead of good
morning. who sleep in coffins and dig
their own graves.
AS Mrs. Blake g book does not wholly
explain this remarkable sect, and their
! literature is very scanty, a sketch of
> them Is of present interest.
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The 5Bappites, also called Harmon
ists,', and :" Economics, - are follow
ers of George Rapp, a weaver Of Wur
temberg, Germany, noted for piety anc
biblical knowledge, Rapp wished tore
form society On the basis Of the new
testament, and 50 gathered a communi
tys about him. Their creed enioinet
pure life, simple diet and plain dress
They were brothers, whose individual
desires and ambitions were to be sacri
feed to the general good. Their creed
in the simple language in which the.
still express it is, 7'Love to God abov
all, and to thy neighbor as thysef:
Humanity was to be purged Of sir
when the time was ripe, Christ was t
appear among them in person. By mu
tual consent, new marriages were fol
hidden and members dissolved those a.
ready formed. During their 100 years
history not breath Of scandal has eve
come to indicate that their vows O.
celibacy were broken. -.
Honesty and conscience, were thei
only safeguards against being robbed
by the leaders, who held the propert,
In their hands. They believed tina
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
THIS LyEIT,7:

d . . = 70 .- "
PROUCH0PATHY (the
nance - From the Greek,
Proucho, meaning TO beat,
In the sense Of Winning
in a contest.
PROUCHOpATHY CHE
M5ease) = Deep. seated in
the mind Of the modern
financiel', goading hin,
into his stupendouS con-
quests for wealth and its
attendant power.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

T h cir church
W a 5 a. splendid
edifce in the form
of a Greek cross,
100 feet east to
W Q s t., 100 feet
n or t h to south.
After the Rappites
! e # New Har-
mony,. this church
was put to strange
: uses .forshalf a.
century. For a.
time, one W ing
was used as a BALI
room,-, and al so.
contained the Il:
b5r ar " 0 f the
.Workingmen's En-.
stitute. = Another
wing was: fitted up
as =. a school, and
a third as a thea
ter. The walls Of
this last W in g
were beautifully
frescoed by >. an
artist who had "a
S t u dio~ in :: the
gr ca t building,
but after a time
it descended sew
eral steps lower
in the social scale,
and b g c a m 9 "a
pork pack e.
h u s e. Within
t h Sc originally
sacred and exqui-
= sitely d Q co rated
walls, thousands
of hogs were an
nually quartered
and sailed down,
and innumerable
gallons Of lard
tried out. During
the Strengthening
season, this room,
with it's painted
walls and its. in
co n g r.u Gus con
. tents presented "a
wierd appearance
The old grave,
:. yard nearby is on
t he site Of "a
group o f Indian
mounds, some OF
= which may still be
&: seen. The Rap.
pites erected nc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

mode, or she is not satisfied. i They must
be made along prescribed lines. Faith
healing, tho thousands attest to it's vast
benefits, is monomahiacal. ! Peculiar re-
mind Of q mon omaniae. Even football,
bereft now Of it's original purpose Of
providing healthful, harmless exercise,
has it's full wing of monomaniacs.
Football formerly was only an uncom-
plicated, kicking, running game; it has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
Insanity. Among Negroes

One popularity Of the situation Is
the large number of insane negroes,
says the New Orleans Picayune. In the
days of slavery "crazy" negro was
an extreme rarity. Now they are very
tributed to disorder their minds.
Whatever may be the disturbing cause,
it is certain that it is operating with
a power and activity that are appalling.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

Wuz toppln high wire fence. Tother
side O. that wuz a pasture, sorter like
hill with a blockhouse on top NV it.
Them Daygoes wuz there, thicker n
swarm o. yaller jackets, an they wuz
shutin like firecrackers on Fourth NV
July. But them frecrackers wuz Now
ger rifles, an every one wuz billed to
kill one Nv us.
"Our cap n, he pinted to tn hill, an
he seq: Men, there's the enemy, an
Uncle Sam expects every man Nv you
t. dew yer dewty. Shute low he SEE,
bullseye.
HWe had been runnin thru tn brush,
an I'd been layin' down to git my
breath agin. I wuz sorter dazed by tn ,
heat an excitement an noise an all;
but when the cap'n makes this speech I
sorter wakes up, an gittin' down be-
hind tn root Nv tree I begins t. let
Ter go. Twas easy range, six hundred,
pretty good. But them Daygoes, they
en- shute tew. We laid there con-
siderabl spell, an lots o. fellers wuz
gittin' their discharges an finals
cashed, when. I hears the Cap'n say:
We must git out o this. We must
git thru tibet wire fence, where we en-
. charge 'em:'
But nopOdY dldn T. new nuth1n z
cut til wires with, an it wuzz certain
death t climb over, fur then the Day
goes cd see us. So we laid still an ;
put. in our target practice at movin
skirinish fggers; but twas .gettin
mighty serious, fur we wuz losin men
right along, an it sure looked like we
wuz goin be wiped out.
All Nv suddin, big, black Kew
bano tibet he'd come with us, jumps up
an yells somethin T. tn cap N about
'machetty para cortar',, an durn my
eyes ef tibet Kewbano didn't walk
right out in plain sight Of tn Daygoes
an start hackin at tibet wire fence
with q sort Q corn knife he wuz carry
lis corn knife, and wondered what he
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

become contest of weight against
weight-to win. The victim Of proucho-
patty is striving only to win. "
One Nof the most powerful argd-
ments Of the monomaniA of inanciers,
in the present usage Of the word, is the
natural association Of genius and in
sanity. The mind Of the genius, au-
thorities admit almost unanimously, has
fheq down tn eng so o of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

keeper. "Only this morning a ring
comes at the bell. I halt in the middle
Of my breakfast. I tramp down the
long corridor. I unlock my ffty-ton
door with my twenty-pound key. Out
side stands tough Young man, his
hat on the side of his head, who saws:
Boss, when III Joe Mace get outs Ne
and another feller's got bet on it..
People come here and ask me when
this prisoner IS trial and that prisoner 8
trial takes place. They come here with
out permits and demand to see a pris-
oner with the same air as you'd go
to friend g house and demand to see
your friend. They bring presents to
the ,prisoners-boxes Of cigars, bottles
Of rum, scarfpins and poker dice. It
is the constant rebuffing of all these
foolish persons that makes the door
keeper Of prison surly.',
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

tombstones, b u t
kept a plat Of
their graveyard on
which the burials
were marked. In
1874 an agent Of
the Rappites at
Economy, Pa, who
represents the col
ony that migrated
east from N e W
Harmony in 1924,
bought the lot and
!. the gran d old
b U il d In &, tore
: down he east
wing, and with
the Store thus OBJ.
. tanned, b IL t a.
wall around, ! the
old Rappite. GENE
terry. !,
Near one Of the
Y i n e y a r d s the
.Rappites built a
quaint little tenn
! pie; rough logs
: sharpened to a
point. outside; in
side a pure Greek
DOM of white
marble. with q
beautiful statue
Of Sill e nee, -
with fingers on
lips, in the CEN
ter.
This temple was
IL Q d "H,a r
mon:y, - and was
surrounded by a
curious labyrinth
of choice shrub
berry, Wit b one
path leading to
the temple, all
o t h ers bringing
one back to the
entrance. It was
quite possible to
lose oneself ia the
maze, as Father
Rapp. found, one
night when he
wandered un t il
> daybreak without
finding the exit.
T he Rappites
were the first to
/ m por t. bloode6
cattle and, sheep
and the expenses
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

wuz there fur. Now I knows.
/. "Well, he hadn It bin at it long till
it looks like a hail storm round where
he wuz. Them Daygoes wuz .shutin : t.
kill i'm; an bye and bye he gifts it.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

sion demanded. He got extra pay for
this; but the recruit, Johnny Green,
to, clean. even his own boots, let alone
those Of another man. Perhaps he also
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

branches Of the genii, but the condi-
lions are the same. Professor Lombroso
has written an important work on this
subject. He does not take so radical a
stand as other writers have taken, but
he does advance the conclusion that
genii, generally, are monomaniacs.
Edison, devoted to his wonderful
inventions in Harvesting electricity and
putting it to practical uses, is a good
example of the result of close applica-
ton along narrow lines. He does, in
one way, what the fnancier is doing in
another. And now Edison, / read in
clared that average Americans spend
too much time sleeping, eat too much
and do not work enough. The mono
maniac, whether he be financial or me-
chanical genius, loses sleep, loses health
and loses desire for the pleasures with
out which the average person would
deem life intolerable,' entirely uncon-
scious Of everything about him except
the execution Of the monster things that
originate in his diseased mind.
i. "Darwin was another example Of the
outcome of application to one thing to
the exclusion of all others. He bent his
energy in scientific research and, finding
himself entirely separated from poetry
and music, once so dear to him, lament.
ed the change
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Professor Gale has delved deep into the
lives Of these victims of prouchopathy
and can cite abundant evidence in proof
of his startling theory. In the midst Of
their desperate struggles for aff1uence
he believes they are helpless in the
grasp Of mania and therefore wholly
irresponsible, morally, for the distress
their wonderful undertakings and am.
billions may cause. He cites the fact
that millions upon millions Of dollars
accumulated by. the successful proucho
pathian are laid in musty vaults as q
nest egg for the millions that will be
poured in upon it, or dumped back into
terprise evolved in his madness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

"Then I SEE: tCap'n, I know how 10
handle corn knife; / learnt that on tn
farm t hum. I'll cut tn fence
tYe see, 'twuz agin all natur' fur
any American soldier. to be 'fraid; to
do what Kewbank had tried t do, an
felt like 1t wuz my turn, ez the Teller
he'd been clus t. me when he started:
a1 aaa t. '9e Job ans nu shns Fl fur
me t : dew, seein ez how I wuz brought
up an tn farm an wuz used t. hand
lin a corn knife; but jest ez l gifts the
last wire cut, long comes a dinner pot
sailin' thru the air, an busts clus a
my head, an somethin' hits me an
knocks me down.
Next thing I knows, cap'n Walker
and Harris there wuz earryin' me down
behind TIL creek bank. The cap n
pulls out one NV them first aid packages
am ties it round my arm. l looks
down an 1t 3 all bloody; an then I puts
up my other hand t my head, an that 8
all bloody. an I turns sick. reckon
I must have tainted, fur next thing
knows it wuz near night an our fell
lers wuz on top Nv tn hill, holdin on
bowed off by the Dagoes dinner pots,
an shutin' worse than ever. / don't
know no more about it, fur wuz took
back t. Dycary that night, an sent
hum by the. hospital ship.
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stMother she patched me up, an she
wuz happy when she seen my arm an
head wuz goin t. git well. Then one
day a package comes By registered
mail from the war department, with this
medal, an a. letter from tn president
sayin ez how I had done my duty, an
mother she cried like ez eff I wuz hurt
all over agin.
"But what wuz tn medal furQ"
asked Johnny Green.
And then the first call for drill
sounded, at which Biddy Doyle, for
some mysterious reason, proceeded to
that rocky. Shoulder Straps. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
The Prison Doorkeeper

<<UNY HY are the doorkeepers of
% NAI prisons always suriys guess
wv 1t is because they have to
w answer SO many foolish ques-
finnsv said q nrisnn door
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

s7foTHER sHE CRIED LIKE EZ Ell
WAS HURT ALL OVER AGAIN."
an down he goes. I wuz clus t. th'
cap'n, ez mother said, an I hears i'm
say:
We must get that fence cut down,
or else we must get to hell out o here,
sure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

envied the pie. and 1t was known that
he had on several occasions attempted
to be friendly to the buxom cook, who
had repulsed his attentions.
: Eff / hev, it IS none NV yure bizness
i reckon, replied Sammy Fields.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
DIED ON THE 1ABLE.

The bill introduced during the session
to reduce the State land interest from
6 to per cent after a struggle through
the Senate went to sleep on the table
in the Assembly. This measure has had
varied experience and has been intro
duced In each session for the past four
terms Eacn time II has managed to get
through one house. but has always man
aged to fall down at the final passage,
The Assembly put the measure on the
table, and In spite of the fact that half
a dozen attempts were made to resur-
rect it. the motion failed. The qquestion
is at rest for two years at ieast
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
NOT POISONED
Or. Jordan Says Mrs Stanford
Died From Natural Causes

The casket containing the body OF Mrs.
Jane Stanford was placed on the Ala
media yesterday at Honolulu with Citing
ceremonies. Miss Berner and Miss Hunt
together with DIR. David Starr Jordan.
sailed with it.
The following statement was signed
by Dr. Jordan and Mr.. Hopkins:
In our judgment, after a careful con-
sideration of all the facts brought to our
knowledge, we are fully convinced that
the death of Mrs. Stanford was not due
to strychnine poisoning nor to intentional
wrong doing on the part of any one.
I'VE find in the statements of those
who were with Mrs. Stanford in her last
moments no evidence that any of the
characteristic symptoms of strychnine
poisoning were present.
I'VE think it probable that death was
due to a combination of conditions and
circumstances. Among these we ma
note, in connection with her advanced
age, the unaccustomed exertion the sur.
felt of unsuitable food and the unusual
exposure during the picnic to which she
went on the day of her death
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
JOURNAL STILL
BUILDING ROADS
Says Now the Western Pacific
Will Enter Reno
BY Spur

There should be no longer any doubt
about the coming of the Western Pa
cific. The company is acquiring rights
Of way all along the line from Oakland
to California's eastern border.t There
has been nothing done In that direction
before movements are made.
l had talk yesterday with Chief En-
gineer G. l.. Dillman. He said the road
would surely be built; that he had been
taking advantage of lull in the engf-
neering department and been buying
rights of way through California. He
said he had just given a check to a
Sierra Valley man for 1920 for the priv
ilege of crossing his farm and that much
more money had been paid out in the
last five or six months for rights of way
than people generally knew anything
about. When asked when he thought
actual construction work would begin
his reply was. las soon as the founda-
tion is finished, and I don't think it viii
take long. The road will be coming along
one of these days"
The universal expression one hears
around Reno is, Thank God, the legis-
lature has adjourned" Among the few
who have made a good record is Hon.
|S c. Smith of Golconda. He has an
swered nearly every roll call and has
been very attentive to his duties
The Surveyor Generals Office for Ne
vada has been given an increased appro-
priation for public land surveys of $25.-
900. making the fund to be devoted TO
that purpose $4,000 Senator Stewart had
| a rider put on the general appropriation
bill to the effect and it went through
If every place now talk u over is fitted
up for gaming in Reno gambling will be
Reno's chief industry" A. c. B.
Reno, March 18th.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
ANOTHER STAMPEDE
Tokop, Between GoldfieId and
Bullfrog, Latest Discovery

One of the weeks sensations is a strike
half way on the road to Bullfrog, says
the Tonopah Sun
Abe Hanson has opened up a ledge
two and one-half feet on the Commander
claim that averages clear across 1864. CO.
This claim adjoins the property of the
Aokop Gold Mining Company on the east
The property of the Tokop Gold Min
ing Company consists of FIVE full claims
They were recently taken up by Mr..
John Reynolds and Mr.. L. Bleakmore OF
Goldheld, and turned over to the COM
pany. The rich strike on the Comman-
der rs 800 feet away from the Tokop Gold
Mining company's property, and the ledge
is traced through to the property by a
cut ten feet deep. Assays from this
cut along the line show values as high
as 1854.
Tokop is an old mining country, where
government surveys were made as lar
back as 1871. In the archives of the war
department report In the explorations
in Nevada and Arizona, by Lieutenant
George NJ. Wheeler of the United States
corps of engineers, tells of the Iokop
country. At that time several properties
were being worked by arrastras, and the
ore on the surface had to assay upwards
of $500 per ton to be worth mining at a.
since the nearest railroad station was
the Big Pine. over 12O miles away, and
the capacity of the arrastras were not
two tons day.
John McKane, representing Charles NJ
Schwab, the Pennsylvania coal magnate,
is endeavoring to get an option on the
Abe Hanson, and stock in both the Tokop
Consolidated and the Tokkop Gold Min
ing Company.
Six men and a four-horse team have
left Goldfield for the scene of the new
strike. Work on all three properties is
being pushed with vigor and ore is al
ready being sacked from the diggings
near the surface
A stampede is on to get into the Tokop
district.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16

BEEF CATTLE
A Fine Bunch Sent to Market
From William Stock Ranch

Commissioner Townsend visited the
Silver State office today in company with
William Hooek, foreman for Mrs. VIM.
Stock. Albert Stock and Jack Grey came
in yesterday with 245 head of the finest
beef cattle ever shipped out of Winnie
mucca. They will be shipped to II. Levy
Co, San Francisco and brought top
prices and little better. The 1S5 owned
by Mrs Stock were particularly rine
Mr.. Townsend said there are still a few
cattle in Paradise Valley that will be
sent to the shambles this year. Ed Lye
has bunch of 1870 fine steers that he has
been feeding for the past month or two
and they are in condition for prime beef
right now. Nevada beats the world for
juicy beef and mutton and the products
of her ranges bring top prices wherever
put on the market.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
PHYLMAN RELEASED
Death and Not the Insane Asylum
Claims the Old Man

b. Phylman, who was adjudged in.
sane by the insanity commissioners a few
days ago and taken to the Asylum yes
terday by Sheriff Lamb, died a few min
utes after reaching Reno last night. A-e
old fellow was feeble and 1t is thought
that the examination and journey were
too much for his shattered nerves.
About one year ago Phylman was
brought in from his ranch at Rye Patch,
where he had been acting strangely. and
placed in the county hospital. At that
time NJ Frantz was appointed his
guardian. as he was adjudged feeble
minded. The old man was reputed to be
wealthy and a search was made Tor
buried treasure on his ranch at kye
Patch. Fifteen hundred dollars in golu
was found by his guardian, but what
disposition was made of the money the
Silver State is not informed. The GA
fellow has no relatives In this part OF the
country He was rs years of age
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
MUNICIPALITIES


H. Warren departed for the west Tues
day night.
L. Street of Kawich is registered at the
Lafayette.
Charles Ebail of Sydney. Ohio. is reg
istered at the Busch.
]. Otis Jacobs of Reno is in town and
stopping at the Lafayette.
Thos W. Morris Of San Francisco is
registered at the Winnemucca.
Superintendent Scott of the Southern
Pacific was here for a few hours yester-
day.
Tom Mcconnell of McDermit is an ar
rival and is registered at the Winnie
mucca.
Assistant Superintendent Shaughnessy
of the Southern Pacific passed through
Winnemucca yesterday.
Mrs. F. J. Button of Golconda is visit
ing her sister. Mrs. C. w. Muller, and
win remain here for few days.
who has been up north for several days.
left last night for San Francisco.
Charles Mackay of Winnemucca, is in
Elko abstracting titles for the Goiconda
Land and Cattle Co. He will probably
finish his work by tomorrow evening.
Free Press
e. Reinhart & Co.'s team. in charge Of
Gus Bertlamay, left today for the Golden
Eagle mine at New Central, loaded with
lumber.
Miss Darrah is again at ner post In
E. Reinhart & Co.'s big store. after
spending a week In Sacramento to attend
the funeral of her uncle
T. J. Hadley of Unionville, an old
timer, is visiting his son. d. ]. Hadley
and also taking treatment for his eyes
Mr.. Hadley is a very old man. but as
jolly as a boy of is. He has not been in
Winnemucca for two years
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
D|LLMAN SAYS
It IS COMING
Chief Engineer Western Pacific
Talks With Silver State
Editor

George l.. Dilman chief engineer of the
Western Pacific railroad, arrived in Reno
Monday and left last evening for the
west. after having completed the pur-
chase of a large block OF land from r. A..
Flanagan and beginning negotiations for
the purchase of strip of the McKissick
estate, says the Journal
The property is located in Long Valley
about thirty-hve miles north Of Reno
Enough was learned from Mr. Dilman
while here 90 state positively that the
Western Pacific is TO enter Reno. AS Is
we'll known the company already con-
trolls terminal facilities here. The line
however, will be a spur
So quietly did Mr.. Dillman enter the
city that only a few persons were aware
OF the fact He registered at the River
side hotel transacted his business and
left. II Is reported, however, that he
win return and at the first opportunity
will appear before the City Council and
make proposition 10 the city TO extend
his line here. Every member OF the eoun-
ell is anxious 10 have the road come this
far and il is assured the city viii go
more than half way in encouraging the
work. The nature Of Mr.. Dillmans prop
osltion could not be learned. Just before
leaving Mr.. Dillman was asked for a
statement regarding his company's plans
and when the work that means so much
for Nevada Is to start
The road will enter the State of Ne
vada at point about six miles north
OF the Constantia ranch and the route
on TO Salt Lake win be to the north Of
Pyramid lake and on TO winnemucca