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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27

Judge George S. Brown in the
Fourth judicial district court yestei=
day granted ii temporary Injunction
against r. A. Reipe. restraining him
from destroying the bnildme oeya
pied by Louis Plessner who SAYS
that he has lease ON The building.
alleges that ii is Reipc's intention u
demolish the bnilding la the injury
of Plessner's business He asked the
court some time ago To grant tenn
porary injunction against Reipr.
which the court did Reipe was
placed under bonds in the sum Oh
81 900 to indemnify Ples5ner i'll the
event the work was continued
Reipe owns the old Palm corner
at Anltman and Murry streets Pies
ner sub-rented the barber shop ami
was given a conditional lease Whea
Reipe began TO demolish The build
ing, after giving Pleszner notice K
yacate, Plessner refused 10 leave,
and sought the injunction.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
ROOSEVELT
QUELLS PANIC
Al Opening OF jamestown ExpOSi-
tiOn President Prevents Danger.
Gus Crush OF Crowd

Norlolh VA, April 20 President
/ Roosevelt. he diplomatic. naval and
miitarT representatives. OF foreign
nations and the governors OF a score
of states participated today in the
opening exercises of he Jamestown
ter-centeunial exposition The expo
sition Is far from complete. but this
was not allowed to interfere in any
way with today's celebration of the
thrce-hundredth anniversary OF the
first English settlement in America
From The firing of the sunrise sa-
lnte OF soc guns by the United States
army through the picturesque review
of The International fleet Of war yes
sells, anchored in Hampton Roads.
through The ceremonies of dedication
AT which the president spoke, and
down TO a late hour tonight, when
the CHIEF executive went aboard the
naval yacht Sylph to spend the night.
the day was crowded with notable
incidents.
Among the days events was the
action of the president in assuming
command of the situation in front of
the crowded grandstand from which
he spoke when panic seized the
surgin@ throng of spectators. Pressed
against the guard ropes by thousands
of eager persons, the safety of those
W bn pnNataI,Ia InGi-
tions was endangered President
Roosevelt had just been introduced
by Harry st George Tucker head of
the exposition company when the
disorder and unrest in the crowd
reached its height and The civil
guards in front OF the grandstand
seemed about to be swept from their
posts.
The president jumped upon the ia
Bile, which had been placed in the
speakers balcony, and cried out to
the men of Virginia to live up to
their traditions of gallantry and
cease pushing and crowdlng, which
was threatening the lives. OF the
women aud children in the Assem-
blage The crowd needed the presi-
dents warning, but when he had set
tied down into his speech the i'm
mense audience became uneasy again
and those on the outskirts began to
press forward once more in their
anxiety to hear. The president was
interrupted and mounted officers and
men of the United States cavalry
were called in To take charge They
rode up and down along the front of
the crowd and gradually opened it
up ana relieved the pressure which
at one time threatened to hurl an
avalanche Of humanity against the
PRESIDENT stand and the boxes occu-
pied by the diplomats a detach
ment OF artillerymen was also called
into service and the thousands OF
people settled down into a peaceful
assembage
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
INVESTIGATE
CONSPIRACY
San Francisco Still Busy With Al.
Ieeed Plot to Slay Trades
Council President

San Francisco. April 26.--The po-
lice are continuing the investigator
into the alleged conspiracy TO mui der
p. ]. Mccarthy, president of the
san Francisco building Trades co6''-
oil
II. Shockley, in his confession, i'm
plicated John Young. Jack Morris,
Gus Burt, Gus Smith and }. Van
Frank. members of the Electrical
union No. Ga.
Mccarthy disclosed the alleged
scheme at n meeting of the Building
Trades council and gave to the press
what purported to be the confession
of Shockley. which had been sworn
tn before Charles Franco. 4 notary
public. While the conspirac5 Is al
legcd 20 have cmanated from the
Electrical Workers union No. b.
which has been at war with the
puilding Trades council and was re-
Gently expelled by that body Nc
earthly declared that the Citizens al
lance was behind the plot and fur
nisbed the funds with which the@ia
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
TWO KILLINGS
DOWN IN TEXAS
farmers Death Quickly Avenged
by SOn-..Lawyer Shoots Two
From Ills Window

Roswell N. NJ, April 26.--S. b.
Owens. owner of large alfalfa farm
near Roswell was killed Yesterday
at Alanreed, Texas, by .B. S. Turber-
field in a quarrel over a commission
ON "A big land deal Owens 1S-year-
old son then killed Turberfield.
Lawyer shoots From Window.
Grovcton, Texas. April 26.--Stato
Ranger J. d. Dunaway and former
County Attorney II. l.. Robb were
shot today by r. o. Kenley. lawyer
Both are dangerously wounded
Henley fired the shots from his OF
fee while his victims were in the
street below
Kenley says he did not intend to
shoot Robb. but that he shot Dun
away because the latter assaulted
him recently at Trinity, Texas. Dun
away, he added, had made threats
against him and was moving toward
his office today in suspicious man
ner inst previous 10 the shooting.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
RATE BILL STOPS
CONSTRUCTION
Mr.. Requa Says There Will BE Lii
tie Railroad Building While
New Law is in Force

Mark l.. Reqna. who bnilI the Ne
vada Northern into ely and devel-
oped the Nevada Consolidated mines.
has abandoned the lroject of con-
structing " railroad trom Tonopah
and Goldfield into Ely. This great
project which, if carried through.
would have put Ely on a trunk line
between San Francisco and Salt
Lake. would have meant much TO
this camp.
Under the present rate law said
Mr.. Requa, there will be little rail-
road building in Nevada Whatever
plans | have had in that line have
been abandoned AS matters are. |
have my hands full with the Eureka
6 Palisade railroad.
When il is considered that the
Southern Pacific carries from Is to
1G times more than the Eureka IL
Palisade, it can be understood how
great a hardship is imposed upon the
smaller road by the rate bill passed
by the state legislature,
II do moi dispute that there may
have been conditions in the state re-
curing attention at the time the
legislature acted. but | think that it
would have been a wiser plan to have
created railroad commission to in
yestigate these conditions and pro-
vide remedies The passage of the
rate bill without sufficient investiga-
tion and without thoroughly under
standing the railroad problems OF
the state was hardship to Nevada
railroads, and will have a discourage
Ing effect upon railroad enterprises.
1T would be impossible for me,
with the Nevada railroad law In
force. to interest capital in a new
Nevada railroad enterprise, even
though | should undertake TO carry
out such n building project.
Men with money to invest Will
not put 1t into a proposition which
promises TO be losing one.
II suppose that there will be n
contest of the conditions imposed by
the rate bill.
Until the railroads are relieved
of it's unfairness, there will be lull
in construction and new districts of
the state will suffer. But, of course,
when the public discovers that the
conditions imposed upon the rail-
roads are not only injuring the trans
portation lines, but are having bad
effect upon general prosperity, the
problems will in the end meet with
equitable adjustment In the mean
time, the public will suffer with the
railroads.
Mr.. Eequt spent yesterday looking
over his interests here. He Will
leave this morning.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
IMAM EATER"
DIES ALONE
Alfred Packer, Who Figured in
chastity Story Of Early Days,
Passes Away in Colorado

Denver, April 26. The body Of
Alfred Packer. known as the man
eater" whose death occurred last
Wednesday in a cabin in Deer Creek
canyon. was brought to Littleton. to-
dav for interment. Packer. who was
an army scout, started to guide Il
party of five men from Salt Lake
City to New Mexico in 1873. They
became lost in the mountains where
the snow was six feet deep, and
Packer alone survived. The bodies
of the other five men were later
found. One body was dismembered.
Packer disappeared. but was cap
tured in 1888. He was convicted OF
numbering his five companions and
was sentenced to 40 years imprison-
ment. He always declared his in
nocence of murder He claimed that
In his absence from camp one OF his
compnnions killed the other four
men and on his return attempted 10
kill him with hatchet whereupon
he shot the man. Packer admitted
that in order to keep from perishing,
he ate some of the flesh OF one foi
the dead men. He was released on
parole in 1901. Packer was 6 4 years
old
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
CHERRY CREEK FORMS
STRONG X. OF =. LODGE

A meeting was called Saturday,
April 20. for the purpose of organ
izing Cherry Creek Lodge. X. of P,
and electing its officers Following
are the names of those present:
Geo Il. Parker, Thomas Davis, B. +.
Harrison, Geo E. McMurray. H, G,
Borchert, l.. C. Smith, ] A Carlson,
Clarence Fillmore. M r. Frank, Geo.
O. Kelsey, Geo A. Fisher, +. w.
Henry, + L. Pierce, j P. Ryan, d.
C. Maple, Ed. Bennett ana J. V.
Henry
By 4 majority vote the following
officers were chosen;
Chancellor commander, 7. G
Davis; vice chancellor commander
Geo Fisher, keeper of records and
seals, John Taylor; master Of
finance, John A. Carlson; master Of
exchequer. John Henry prelate. o
II Allison master of work. h
Harrison master at arms. l. G.
Smith inner guard. John Ryan.
outer guard. Max Frank; long term
trustee. Ed Bennett middle term
trustee. Geo. o. Kelsey: short term
/ trustee. +. l.. Pierce The following
were recommended To the grand
chancellor commander to be- appoint
ed as past chaneellors Geo. +. Pan
ker, O. IT, Allison. I. G. Smith, ii.
BOrchert.
The rcgalia and lodge furniture
! has been ordered and upon its ar
rival the grand chancellor com
mander will he here and institute
the lodge and install its officers.
Everybody is making their annual
spring cleanup and the yards and
streets of the town show decided ini-
provement.
ID. c. Kennedy has finished his
new building on Main street and will
open for business about the first OF
the week.
County Commissioner Geo. +. Par
ker has had a force of men working
new bridges We're built and Il large
amount of blasting done, which puts
The road in excellent condition.
Work is being steadily pushed on
the Nevada Consolidated Stock com
pany's property and as the shaft on
No. claim nears the 100 foot mark
the already splendid indications
show a great improvement It i,
only matter of short time unit
this mine will enter the list of ship
pers and swell the record of Cherr,
Creek $ production.
Mr.. Alfred Fletcher has purchased
an interest in the June Bug group o
claims formerly owned by j. w. Wal
ker and associates and "a compan!
will be organized by Mr.. Fletcher
and NJ. Walker to develop them
Mr.. Fletcher will leave shortly fol
England where most of the stocl
has been already subscribed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
PROGRESS IN GETTING
JURY TO TRY RCEi'

San Francisco, April 26.-More
progress was made today in the got
tine of "A Jury to try Abraham Ruei
on the charge OF eXtortion than or
any previous day since that seeming
lv endless task was undertake..
When the usual over-Snnday cd
iournmcnt was ordered the number
of jurors in the box had been IN
creased from five to nine, il tentl-
tive gain of four for the day. F'Y"
OF this nunbor however. may 'o
excused by the eXercl Of the per
emptory challenges. two of which
remain with the prosecution and five
with the defense. The original foGr
Jurors have been finally passed and
sworn.
The venire of IS talesmen sum-
moned into court this morning for
the completion of the trial panel was
quickly reduced in number to l3 by
excuses and absences. OF the former
there were 40. of the latter Ii
Seven talesmen were examined dur
ing the day Four of these with
stood the qualification tests and took
their seats as probationary jurors;
the other three disqualified them
selves and were excused.
/ 1t is thought likely that still an
otehr venire will have to be issued
~ Judge Dunno before the jury car
! be completed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
SUSPEND TRAINS
FOR Y HOURS
CongeSted Traffic at Portland Com.
pelS Bringing West Bound
Freight TO StandStiII

Portland ore. April 26 Conges-
ton in he terminal yards in this city
in increasing. Orders We're issued
today oy The officials OF The Iialri-
man system suspendina for , hours
the movement Of ali west-bound
freight over the Oregon Railroad
Navigation company between Hunt
ington and Portland In the o X
& \ Yards at Abina at he out
skirts of Portland, there are loo
loaded cars.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
GOLDFIELD CONSTABLES
CAPTURE "IIGH GRADERS

Goldaeld, Nev.. April 26.--Late
this afternoon Constable Inman and
a force of four deputies captured a
gang OF high graders at their cabin
on the outskirts of town and recoy-
cred 951 pounds of ore supposed to
have been taken from the Mohawk
mine. The hiding place of the ore
was known for some time and the
thieves had been shadowed, but fear
ing that 1t might infame trouble at
time when a settlement of the la
Dor troubles was about to be effected,
no action was taken until today
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
Citizens Appear Before Judge
Brown In District Court and Ask
for Town Government
UNDER AMUSEMENT
Owing TO Protest over Inclusion Of 224
Acres OF UnimprOVed Ground. Court
DeferS Action In Matter

In the district court yesterday
Judge George S. Brown heard the Pc
tition for the incorporation of the
town OF Ely. Owing to the fact that
objection was made to the including
in the incorporated district an area
of several hundred acres of unim-
proved land belonging to the Ely
Townsite company, Judge Brown de-
cidcd 70 take the matter under ad-
visement,
Representatives of the Ely Town
site company stated that the com
pany was not opposed to incorpora
tion. and chat if the area which the
company wishes withheld from the
incorporated district Is left out, the
Ely Townsite company will still he
four or five times the largest real
estate holder within the incorporated
town.
When the petition was formally
filed with the court a short time af-
ter the opening hour and after Sow
era minor eX parte matters had been
disposed of, the court room was well
filed with spectators, who were
drawn to the court room by their
interest in the matter to come before
the court
The petition was read in full ty
Attorney S. d. Crump, representlnS
the petitioners. He then recited the
section of the statute under which
the application for charter was pre-
sented and said that a census had
been taken showing that the popnla
ton of the district embraced in tne
proposed boundary lines was 2.46
Francis NJ Root was called tC the
stand and testified that the sigma
lures appearing on the petition were
genuine With the exception of one or
two, which had been placed there by
the committee at the request of the
persons named Mr.. Root testified
that he had conducted the census.
which showed that the population Is
less than 5000.
r. D. Oldfeld, deputy county
clerk, said that at the last registra
tion of voters there we're 406 voters
registered
d. w. Ellis was called and said
that he was familiar with the physi-
cal characteristics of the ground
within the boundaries proposed for
the town and certified to the correct
ness Of these boundaries.
.. 3. Diekerson said that he assist
ed in occurring signatures to the pc
titlon and that three-fourths of the
sieners were on the county assess-
ment list.
A. q. Witcher, cashier of the First
National bank. also swore that the
bona fide population le less than
5 200. c. r. Reeves said that he
assisted ia the census.
Mr. Chandler Files Protest.
Attorney Charles s. Chandler. oi
the law firm. of Chandler 4 Qnay!ei
then announced that he had a pso-
test 10 file. ON behalf of the hlS
Townsite company The protest. ne
said was based on the fact that j
large portion Of the land embraced
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27

men. according to Shockley, were to
go to Europe after carrying out the
plan.
Mccarthy, according 10 Shockley $
confession, was to have been called
To the door OF his home, knocked
senscless with IA blackjack. placed i'll
an automobile waiting nearby, taken
TO a lonely house on the beach and
there chloroformed, after which the
bodv was 10 have been thrown into
the water.
The house for this purpose, de-
clared Mccarthy. was rented on
April !, at 1243 4Sth avenue, near
The beach. Since that date two at
tempts were made to kidnap Me-
Carthy and carry out the scheme, ac-
cording to Shockleys confession.
Twice the automobile called AT Nc
Carthy'1 house, but each time inc
scheme failed.
II is alleged that two revolvers,
some rope, a sponge and a bottle OF
chloroform were found in Carmody
room when searched by the police
Sullivan. Carmondy's room mate. al
though not implicated by Shockley
was also arrested.
The motive for the alleged plo'
Mccarthy finds in the enmity thai
the members OF Electrical Workers
nnion No. 6 have for him because ol
the part that he took as .presiden'
of the Building Trades council II
the expulsion of the union from thu
council.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27

Thomas Farrell has transferred to
Joseph Baker and Peter Farrell. for
$1,000, lot J. block d. in White
Brown addition. on Murry street,
The deed was filed for record yester-
day.
W. J. Craig, president and general
manager of the Federal Ely com
pany, arrived last night from Salt
Lake. With him is r. j. Evans
They will remain until Monday.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
MIR. Lewis Painful Accident.

V. r. Lewis of the Lewis drug
store, while tampering with balky
gasoline engine which refused to
turn an ice cream freezer because
the weather was too cold, caught his
left hand in the machinery yester-
day, frncturing two of the small
bones. The hand will be In splints
for some time. and Lewis will have
difficulty in manipulating the cash
register and making change at the
same time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27

preserve the autonomy of the town.
4 No court under such statute as
/ We have. has held that territory not
needed must be included within the
corporate area. said Attorney
i Chandler in answer
The petitioners are now asking 10
i incorporate an area of from 1000 Ia
3 900 acres of land Into town. when
the town proper covers only 200 OF
300 acres They might as reason
ably ask to take in all OF White Pine
county ii the majority of electors
/ live here"
Explains Need of Ground.
J. A. Fesler was then called to the
witness stand and testified that he
knew the location of the property
which il is desired to exclude. The
characteristic of the ground is that
it is rolling and hilly, good for build
ing purposes but valueless for min
eral rights or agriculture. He said
that his opinion was that it should
he included as Il protection to health
conditions, that the city might be
empowered to remove filth and pre-
vent its use for dumping grounds.
| He also said that it should be in
cluded SO that police protection could
be given, giving the town peace au-
thorities some ground to work on
ID. s. Dickerson followed along
similar lines. adding that If the land
were plated ii could be readily sold
for building purposes.
IL. C. Herrick said that some of
the land is adaptable for residence
purposes.
A. b. Witcher said that the land
is valuable both from present and
prospective values. 1t is valuable
itary view points. He offered to buy
100 lots of his selection from the
area. ald pay $50 each for them. +.
B. Roo followed on similar line.
Charles d. Vail was called by the
protestants He said that the land
is semi-mountainous, and the greater
part of the land is remote from the
settled part of the camp He said
that ii could not be made valuable
for building purposes without great
expense for grading, filling ravines,
and other work of similar charac-
ter.
How large a town would be re-
quired TO make this land valuable for
building purposes and residence pnr-
poses, considering the desirability of
the ground, and of the ground not
excluded, and regarding also the
natural topography, eliminating arti-
| fetal improvements" he was asked.
"The corner where the road
crosses" he answered, might be
used if the town had a population of
| $4,000, but the greater portion
would hot be used with population
of 10000 The land might be sold
or bought for speculative or invest
ment purposes, but it would not be
resided upon Very little of 1t is
suitable for residence now
judge Brown said that the court
understood the anxiety of the peti-
TONERS and the protestants in the
matter and realized the desirability
OF an early decision on the questions
raised The question he said, was
interesting and important and 1t
seemed To him that if Ely is To be in
corporated il should be done proper
" and strictly within the law in de
tail The court said that il would
be well to take the matter under ad-
yIsement for further thought and
consideration, and promised to give
a decision as quickly rs possible. pro
badly during the latter part of neX'
week.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
A Strong Team.

The Thorpe brothers, nine in
number and ali plasterers. are no"
located in ELY City, doing work for
the Ely ToEnsite company. The
boys are all master Workmen and
make the strongest team in the state
to do plastering
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
HERMAN CASE
GOES TO JURY
LOn6 Trial Of Former Land Com.
missioner Now Near
an End

Washington. April % Failing To
reach Il verdict after more than SIX
hours deliberation today. the jury
in the case of Binger Hermann, on
trial for destroying public documents
while commissioner of the general
land ollice, was locked up AT 10
o'clock Tor the night. The defendant
remained in his attorneys Office dur
ing the evening. If any agreement
is reached by the jury during the
night their report will not be re-
ceived until court convenes tomor-
-rnM
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27
Lawyers Have Lively Tilt.

Washington, April 26. The Ques-
ton whether Binger Hermann is
guilty or not of destroying public
records was placed in the hands of
the jury this afternoon at the con
clusion of the twelfth week of his
trial.
The arguments in the case culmi-
mated in the lie being passed between
opposing counsel at the close of u.
S. District Attorney Bakers sum-
ming-up for the government.
The incident which aroused the ire
of Attorney Worthington, for the de-
tense, was the reference made by Mr..
Baker TO the testimony of Mrs. Her.
mann, wife OF the defendant. Mr.,
Baker asked the jury If they had
noticed Mr.. Worthington' face when
Mrs. Hermann was asked il she had
discussed with anyone the testimony
she was to give on the stand.
DO you mean to insinuate that !
In any way signaled to the witness
during her testimony? If you do II
Is absolutely lie interjected Mr..
Worthington, with much heat,
"Oh, no." responded Mr.. Baker.
81 simply mean that your face turned
red that you blushed"
THAT is false shouted Mr..
Worthington
Mr.. Baker concluded with a scath-
Ing denanciation of the defendant
saying that after six years of dis
honesty as commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office he had destroyed his
thirty~five letter-press books to con
ceal the traces OF his dishonesty.
During the argument and charge
to the Jury Mrs. Hermann and sew
eral women relatives sat beside the
defendant. Mrs Hermann wept
silently
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-27

Pat Bottle and Rube Brown have
sold TO George Emerson for noml-
nal consideration, a quarter interest
in the Unexpected group of five min
ing claims in the Taylor mining dis
trict.