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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Miscellaneous
Fires In 1904.

/ Fires In 1904.
ETen without counting the Baltimore
! FIRE tie fire losses in this country last
year are estimated 10 be greater than
| in any recent year save 1900. The total
destruction figures up 10 about $3.50
100000.
a Blizzard Week.
The first week of the new year was
marked by Il storm of great severity.
extending over the entire north and
east. with temperature ranging TO zero
and lower and a drifting snowfall. COM
bining TO greatly impede transportation
OF all kinds.
| Accidents.
Ten persons were killed when the
boilers OF tho Pittsburg steamer De-
fender blew up Jan. near Hunting
ton. w. Va.
Tie steamer Preston, which arrived
1T New Orleans from Puerto Limon.
Costa Rica. brings the news that near
| ly forty miles OF the Costa Rica rail
road had been so seriously damaged by
a succession of twenty five earthquakes
in the latter part of December as 70
greatly interfere with business.
Fire destroyed large department
store building at Long Branch, y. J..
Jan .; loss. 100000.
Four firemen were killed and two
others were injured under falling
wall in a fire which destroyed the ie-
pair shops of the Chicago Union Trac-
ton company at Chicago. Dec. 81; loss.
100000
The Danish steamship Gallia arrived
NJ Hamilton, Bermuda. bringing seven
survivors OF the crew of the iron Nor
wegian bark Marpesia. which WIS
blown up at sea by the explosion of
her cargo Of naphtha, killing eleven of
the crew.
Deaths.
William II. Baldwin, Jr., president CT
the Long Island railroad. died at his
home in Locust Valley, y. Y, Jan. 5,
aged forty-two.
Theodore Thomas, the noted orches-
ira leader. died at Chicago Jan. 4, aged
seventy. a. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
cosnsuercial.
10 Board.

Csssett In New Hsvsn's Board
President A. J. Cassatt Of the Penn
0ylvania railroad, after completing De
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-14
Chicago Dental Company
OFFICE 1874 SECOND AVENUE.
Painless Extracting

oX4x1SSS Eau oSAA4A6
and removal of nerves done by US. and
the best and most careful treatment
given to all cases.
READ THi{:
We have a patent thin elastic plate
with natural gums that fits in all cases
and when others fail. We use no cheap
material in our Office. for our work is
all guaranteed to be equal to the high
est priced dentists ard to be first class
in every respect. Notice our prices be-
low, they are always the same:
CLEANING FREE.
Cement Filling ......-.........$ .25
Gold Platinum Filling ........- so
Silver Filling NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. so
Gold Filings, 81 and up ........ 100
Gold Crown, 22k., 81 and IS. 80. 400
Thin Elastic Plates ..... 1000
Best Red Rubber Plates ..... 1000
Oothers 500
OFFICE. 16O71k SECOND AVENUE,
Over SpeidePs Drug Store
DR.. c. S. MARSHALL.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
STEWART
IS VEHEMENT
Declares "HaH the Stakes Of the Coun-
try Do Not Amount to a
Hill Of Beans"

Former United States Senator VIII
liam A. Stewart, in an open discussion
on mines and mining compared the
men who stake mining claims promIs-
cuously all over the country without
having any veins In sight as a band OF
robbers. trespassing on Uncle Sans
domains, and detriment to the COM
munity at large, "A law should be
passed he remarked. ito drive them
of"
But why do people stand for the
present state of affairs" some one
asked. ''if It were not permissable?"
'1ll tell you why they stand for It"
replied the senator with a touch OF the
old-time vigor The people resemble
a lot of crows Frightened once or
twice they become timid and off they
scatter when no harm is intended
Half the stakes in the country don't
amount 20 hill of beans when ii
comes right down to law, unless a min
eral discovery is made on the property
II have visited the Funeral range"
he said. "and find the prospectors
there have not the mineral showings
nor half the advantages to be had near
Goldfeld and Bullfrog. In Tonopah
Sun
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

= Ii never rains but 1t pours. Condi-
lions are shaping themselves more
asrongly Vegas way than ever.
4 Within the past month the, glad It'd
|ngs of the linking by rail of Las We
as to Bullfrog. Goldfield and Tono-
6ah: then the phenomenal mineral dis
eoyeries close to the Queen of the
Desert" and on top of this the news,
nth confirmation of strong capital. of
ne opening up of the great gypsum
deposits and marble products, and the
immense auriferous ores within six
niles of Las Vegas.
1t is remarkable that such great
wealth should be so close to our
Doors and that those who are so vi
tally interested in the welfare of We
gas should overlook so tremendous a
feature in the onward march of our
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Is to commence on this freight feeder
at once.
The gypsum is the purest found in
America. 1t is perfectly white. max
ing the purest plaster of paris. A force
of twenty men are at work in this field
at present.
Active operations in the marble
quarry will commence about Novem-
ber l. The marble is an iron grey and
pink II Is a high-grade quality, and
has weight of 200 pounds to the
cubic foot 1t is 20 pounds heavier
than the best italian marble. so Ia
nous the world over as the best mar
BILE quarried. This Vegas marble, by
actual test, chemically and otherwise,
bears the evidence of being the best
building marble in the country.
But II these fortunes in gypsum and
marble will occasion the opening of
eyes by the sleepy Yegans. what will
they think when they are told that
this California syndicate has proba-
bly, one of the greatest gold mines
that has yet been discovered in the
West. right at its doors. and none of
us vegans had sense enough to go and
look for II, so close at home. But the
fact is that under the able directions
OF Mr. Whatlet greater than the
Camp Birdie mine of Colorado will be
opened right in front of US, just
south, where every soul In Vegas can
see it without stirring out of the city.
This quartz mine indeed is a phe-
nomenon. Seven claims have been To-
Gated, all along the base of Gas noun
tains. There are ten thousand feet
of groupings Wherever these crop
pings have been opened they show
from $40 to $40 per ton in gold, So per
cent being free gold. Just think of
what this means Many of us have
tramped over 1t time and again. but 1t
took a man from abroad to exercise
Mother Earth at this particular place
had such fortunes in store for those
who had sense enough to look for
them. as would put Thomas +.
Walsh in the shade. Think of the pos
sible millions upon millions that
these 10000 feet of groupings with
their testings indicate. You have
heard much about a Shoshone mine,
but that mine will not be a marker
to this If 1t evidences with proper de-
velopment work a line of permanency
such as accompanies usually true
fissure gold deposit. The company
owning this seemingly fabulous prop
erty will push work with full force at
once. The Spring Mountain Range
syndicate sold to the new concern it's
holdings at prices that nets great prof
its to the promoters, and still per-
mlts them to own controlling interests
In the three companies There is am
pie capital TO assure mammoth oper-
ations and the employment of from
800 to 400 men in active production
in the near future
The same concerns have several
hundred acres of placer ground To-
Gated for the production of phosphate
of lime
With railroad building and the
opening up of these nearby properties.
there are big things doing at Las We
gas. Let 'er go.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

prosperity. True this is, and had 1t
not been for the keen insight and
practical sagacity of Mr.. Paul whatlet
1t still would. no doubt. be a deposit
OF oblivion
Mr. whatlet represented the Spring
Mountain Range Exploration Com
pany. This is an Oakland. Cal, corpo-
ration, organized last May.
The object of this company was the
general prospecting of southern Ne
vada, California and Arizona, for any
minerals possessing commercial prop
critics.
The result Is that the company Sc
cured three properties of great value.
These bonanzas are located at the
base of the Gass mountains. They con-
sist of gypsum. marble and free mill
ing gold ore.
DR.. G.. w. Hillegass Is president of
this exploration company. Note the
Significance and the fabulous discov-
cries in the hills belonging to the Gass
mountains-surely Hill-gas. The
parent company disposed of these
gold properties to the South Nevada
Gold Mining Company; the marble de-
posit to the Maiden Blush Marble
Company, and the gypsum acreage TO
the Gypsum Mining, Milling and Man
ufacturing Company.
These subsidiary companies are in
corporated under the laws of Nevada.
with principal Offices at Las Vegas.
The companies in the main are Off
cered by the officers of the explora-
tion company and are backed with
ample capital to work and market to
advantage the products of their mines.
The first full development and produc-
ton operations will be in the gypsum
sphere. The company has let con-
tracts for the erection and completion
as rapidly as good workmanship will
allow. mill of eighty tons capacity,
at San Pedro, Cal, the terminus of the
Clark road Arrangements also have
been made for the building of a spur
from the Clark road. a distance of
six miles, to these great deposits of
gypsum and marble and gold. Work
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME
THING FOR VEGAS.

The second anniversary edition of
the Los Angeles Examiner. TO be issued
December 18th. we are promised. will
excel anything in the way of newspa-
per production the west has ever be-
held II will be a superbly illustrated
and edited issue. II will treat in racy
manner of the progress and develop
ment of the commercial. Industrial and
mining features of the great south
west II will be In short compen-
dium of resources, opportunities and
attainments of Nevada. Arizona.
Southern California and those contrib
utory sections that in large measure
are undeveloped. All these features
will be presented in masterful style.
The circulation manager states that
Las Vegas has been selected as one of
the towns of sufficient Importance to
warrant special attention in this edf-
tion in a section which will be devoted
To the special interests of Southern
Nevada and the Goldfeld district. and
the remarkable era of prosperity
which has transformed your section
since the opening of the Salt Lake rail
road. provided, OF course. that your
people will assist to an extent that will
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
A MOST PROMISING
MINING DISTRICT.

Crescent. New. Oct II. 1905.
With the coming of cooler weather
one can note a decided stimulus and
renewed activity in this very promis.
ing district. Each day brings a sprink-
ling of newcomers. among whom are
capitalists. mining experts and pros
peetors. Among the earlier argonauts,
those who had the grit and stamina
TO remain through adverse conditions.
such as the presence of midsummer
heat, and absence of adequate capital.
there seems now to exist greater
courage and a feeling of better cheer
AS a rule the chronic kicker and
knoeISer does not linger for an extend
ed time at any place, especially in
new mining district If the bushes
on the hillsides at some given spot
were laden with the golden fleece. the
kicker and knocker would more than
likely complain because they were not
sparkling jewels or something more
valuable instead. But much credit is
due the prospector who follows the
dictates of his better judgment and
persists and tolls on. He takes his
chances and endures a degree of hard.
ships that he may reap the golden
harvest which possibly shall and GER
tainly should be his reward The camp
,,f to Al
ply OF water from the Crossman
Springs. an extremely pleasant fall,
winter and spring weather. is particu-
larly favored From the cluster of
hills. where a limited amount of pros
pecting is being done, there is grad
ual downward slope to the Clark rail
road, varying in distance from about
two and half to ten or twelve miles.
The roads from the district leading TO
the railway station of Nippeno are
hard and gravelly. The mineral veins
are easily distinguishable from the
surface. The wash, that so many
other districts have to contend with. is
almost wholly unknown In the Cres-
cent district. In short. more favor
able mineral section for the capitalist
and prospector than this sun-kissed
spot In Southern Nevada would. in the
opinion of the writer, he hard to fnd.
or the more recent discoveries that OF
Spence and Davis on claim named
the Morning Glory, about two miles
north of the town OF Crescent. would
seem the most important. well de-
fined vein of ore five feet in width was
uncovered at grass roots. An assay
from an average sample gave $3.50
to the ton. At depth of ten feet the
boys have several tons of ore piled on
the dump.
Mr.. Benson. of the Lizzie D. COM
pany. operating mile to the south OF
Crescent. reports having found free
gold specimens at a few feet from the
surface on one of their claims.
Fred Toberg and George zimple
man also report having found free gold
specimens ON one OF their claims. TO
the southwest of Crescent. a mile and
a half distant.
Mr.. Morrison owns very promising
prospect situated about i've miles
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

northwest of Crescent. A recent an
alysis of sample of his ore showed
fifty ounces silver. twelve dollars gold
and twelve and a half per cent copper
The sample was. from few feet depth.
Recently 1t was reported that a very
rich streak of ore was encountered
in the Nlppeno mine. situated two
miles east of Crescent.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
!AS VEGAS HAS
GREAT TIMES AHEAD
- Railroad Building and the Open
.no Up Of the Great Mineral Pro
dueers Close to Its Doors. Naueht
Gao stop It's Forward Strides by
leaps and Bounds.

Ne Production of Gypsum. Marble,
Ind the Opening Of What Promises
20 Be One of the Great Gold Mines
be the World. Will Employ 400 Men
.in the Near Future Close to Its
Portals.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

he Owners and Operators Have Am
Die Capital to Enforce the Success
of These Great Enterprises, and
.Are Now Constructing a Mill and
arranging to Build Spur From the
Clark Road to Their Wealth Pro-
ducers.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

make il possible. and to that end we
would request that you take up the
matter at once with the members of
your Board of Trade, leading citizens
and business men. and forward us by
return mail their names and the names
of such persons as, in your judgment.
might be interested in having your city
properly depicted and described In a
publication of immense circulation.
We will see to II that they are supplied
with copies of our prospectus and all
information concerning the work as IL
progresses.
we will consider 1t special favor
If you will also send us the names and
addresses of all concerns Interested In
developing and placing upon the mar
ket real estate or mining properties. or
who are engaged in the manufacture or
sale of goods for the wholesale mar
ket This applies not only to Las
Vegas but to any of the surrounding
towns within a reasonable radius.
I'VE will be obliged II you will hand
some of the enclosed cards to your
business men and say 10 them that we
are advertising this edition extensively
by means of the Hearst papers in New
York. Boston. Chicago and San Fran
cisco, with combined circulation of
over 100000. through other mediums
and by extensive circularizing
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

The opportunity to place Las Vegas
with its advantages before the country
is such as to urge united effort on
the part of our citizens TO assist and
aid this enterprise of the Examiner in
every feasible way possible Good
luek-and -anbeHHdea success to the
Examiner is the greeting OF the Times.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
AN lNoUiRY-THE ANSWER.


Las Vegas. New. Oct. IL. 1906
Editor Times:
Is T. G. Nicklin, the proprietor Of
the Las Vegas Age. the same individ-
ual that publishes the Beatty Bullfrog
Miner? The reason ask for this in
formation is from the fact that no
tice in late issue that the Bullfrog
Miner advocates freighters to take adj
vantage of the better route from Tono-
pah to Bullfrog. II takes exceeding
great pains by means Of description TO
show that from ivanpah into 5uilfrog
is better and more convenient road
for heavy frelghting than from Las
Vegas.
1t really urges this road and by Inn
plication back caps and knocks Las
Vegas.
1t strikes the writer that as a pro-
prietor of Las Vegas newspaper the
proprietor of the Beatty Miner takes
particular pains to knock Las Vegas.
and yet he seeks the support and busi-
ness of the Las Vegas business In
terests What for--to support him In
undermining the opportunities of these
self-same business interests. A word
to the wise has ever been sufficient. |
know one advertisement that the
Beatty Miner has lost on account OF
this method of undermining Las Yeas
interests.
Very truly.
A MERCHANT.
Il IL generally reported that the pro-
prietor OF the Las Vegas Age Is the
same party that publishes the Beatty
Bullfrog Miner.
Editor.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-15
Spread of cAristian Endeavor.

The Young Peoples Society For
Christian EndeavOr was twenty five
years old in 1904, and its founder, the
Rev. DIR. +. E. Clark, says that was
one of its most prosperous years. 1t
has thriven amazingly during its COM
parativcly short career and now has
65.327 societies all told, with an aggre-
gate membership of 3.919.60O In Eu-
rope the number of societies doubled
last year. ana there are now about 800.
The order has extended into China and
Japan. In the latter country ten differ
ent denominations are united in the as
ISOLATION. the Presbyterian leading. In
dia has over 800 societies. There is one
In Jerusalem. The Armenians have
taken 1t up. Persia reports forty asso-
Citations, Syria twenty. Korea about a
dozen. and they are scattered here and
there throughout Africa wherever mis-
siOnary efforts have extended. 1t Is
firmly rooted in Australia. and last
year the junior rally in Melbourne
called together 10000 boys and girls.
with their fathers and mothers.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-15

Sir Wyke Bayliss. +. S. A.. president
Of the Royal Society of British Artists.
has written in the London Guardian
recently disproving of objections put
forward against the faithfulness Of
the pictures of Christ. He shows that
when the graves of the first Christian
martyrs We're opened they We're found
to contain portraits of Christ. and the
likeness they disclose is the likeness
as we know it today. The frescoes in
the Roman catacombs. the Greek
enamels. the engraved sacramento
cups in use i'm the earliest Christian
times. the paintings on the face cloths
of the dead in the first century. all
show the same likeness. and it is iden-
teal with that painted by Michael An
gelO
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-15

HE WAS Pkt."!P.TATED OVER THE SLOPE.
was near the edge % Il prccipicc and
holding on WITH ~ icc AK. had com
menced To negotiate dangerous snow
slope Then came vivid flash OF
lightning VIC. Mr. Robertson thinks
must have struck the ax. and he was
almost Immediately precipitated over
the slope.
Mr.. Robertson calculates that he
must have rolled nearly thousand
feet before his progress was stopped.
and how long he lay unconscious after
ward he cannot say. He must have
dragged himself 10 the hotel i'm Fort
William in semiconscious condition.
for he recollects nothing from the mo
ment when he began To fall
He arrived at his hotel i'm a terrible
condition. his face and head scanned
with large. gaping wounds. He was
Immediately attended To by II doctor
How Mr.. Robertson escaped death is Il
mystery To every one i'm the town who
knows the spot where the accident oc.
Cured.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-15
BELL AND GORDON
ARE NOW AT ODDS
Disagree on Prosecution of Cases
Growing0ut of Filtration Scandal.
WON'T CHARGE CONSPIRACY

Philadelphia. July 12.-According to
correspondence made public. James
Gay Gordon. private counsel for Mayor
Weaver. and John c. Bell. district at
iorney of this city, hayS seriously dis
agreed on the question of bringing a
charge of conspiracy against Frank
II. Caven. John w. Hill and certain
other persons" Caven is council
man. and is under bail on the charge
of violating his councilmanic oath in
being interested in city contracts. Hill
was formerly chief of the bureau Of
filtration, and is under $4,000 bail on
charges of forgery and classifying bu-
reau records in connection with the
construction OF the city's filtration
plants. In both cases the name of the
contracting firm of ID. ]. McNichol &
Co., of which State Senator James p.
McNichol and former Insurance Com
missioner Israel w. Durham are men,
bers. is involved.
Mr.. Gordon wanted the district at
torney. in drawing up indictments
against Caven and Hill, to include the
charge of conspiracy. This the dis
trict attorney, in a letter sent to Mr..
Gordon. declined to do, he claiming
that under the law such an indictment
based on the testimony taken before
the committing magistrate could not
be drawn up. He assured Mr.. Gordon
that is such charges are brought be-
fore a magistrate. and they are re-
turned to him. he would prosecute the
cases to a conclusion zealously and to
the best of his ability.
Mr. Gordon. in replying to the dis
trict attorney, says:
while the bills CT indictment
against Caven and Hill are important.
they are unimportant compared with
the necessity for bringing to justice
the real and potent criminals who have
profited most by. and who have been
the source and inspiration of the gross
and far-reaching conspiracy by which
the city of Philadelphia has been for
years robbed and disgraced. note
with extreme regret what you have to
say as to the steps that you will re-
quire to be taken before you will take
official cognizance of the grievous
crimes committed by the prominent
and powerful persons who, as a con-
tracing firm, have been the benefi-
Charles of the crimes of which Hill and
Caven were only tools and illustra-
tions"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-15
Powder Mill Blows Up.

Baltimore. July 11.-An explosion &C.
Cured in the Rockdale Powder Com
pany's mills, at Hoffmansville. Balti-
more county. Five tons OF powder In
the coming mill house and that build
ing and the press house were destroy
ed. Eugene Abel, of Punxsutawney.
Pa. was so badly burned that great
pieces of his flesh dropped from him
when he was picked up by rescuers
He will die. William Hotter was prob
ably fatally hurt. Twelve men. COM
posing the night shift. were about to
enter the works when the explosion
occurred. and they were blown in all
directions. but none was seriously
hurt Neither the cause OF the explo-
sion nor the resultant loss is known.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-15
HE ROLLED n
THOVSAN ND FEET
Thrilling Tumble Of a Scotch
Minisfer In Climbing
q Mountain.

The Rev. Mr. Robinson OF Edin-
burgh. a prominent member of the
Scottish Mountaineering club. under
went terrible experience while de-
scending Ben Nevis recently.
The day was most unsuitable one
for climbing. there being an almost
continuous fall Of snow. accompanied
by thunder and lightning. but. never
theless. Mr.. Robertson set ont alone To
make the ascent of the mountain.
He succeeded in reaching the sum.
NIT in safety and started on the re-
turn journey All went well unit: he