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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08

camp. uneeasins publicity and ne
loyalty Of the people eah bring lhess
results The real secret Of conbIn,
ing the people fof this sezk. he aald.
lies In such an organization - 1he
meeting had been called 70 consider
Daniel g Mcdonald asked what
was the sentiment 81 the meeting
with regard 70 the Incorporation law
passed by the last legislature. lie
said that Incorporation Of the camp
as a town. with lta oWn government
with a voice 10 the management OF
Its own Affairs. would do more fof
the development Of Sly a THE 1lme
than any other thing that could he
done.
Unless this organisation uiiI
pledge itself n lts bylaws 70 work
for this end he. said. IN conclusion.
- viii have nothing to do with II
Senator H. A. coinlns called alten-
sion. in few well chosen and point
cd remarks, 10 certain local condi-
tions that should be Improved. and
at once The streets. should be
graded. he said There should be 4
police department and a IRE depart
ment The only way 10 get these
things, he said was By Incorporating
as quickly as possible Then. he
said. the improvements would como.
and that would atxn EsIt n nrantnF
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
ELY Men TO ORGANIZE COMMERCIAL CLUB

city. and ely can be made greater If
the proper spirit is manifested by
the citizens.
This viii be a great city here II
we all get down TO work. he said.
What we need and what we must
have are unanimity OF purpose and
unfiaggfng zeal There is no time
for pickering orsauarreling, but only
time for Us 70 put our shoulders 10
the wheel Of progress and help to de-
veIop this camp as she should be de-
veloped.
enough TO spread its hundreds Of
Ely viii either be city big
enough to spread IT'S hundreds OF
homes over the canyons near the
town. and down into the valisy--or
she viii never be greater bigger nor
better than she Is today What we
should do is to advertise the town.
the resources. the advantages. the
opportunities for wealth. the surety
of good return on legitimate invest
ment. II we wish to see the camp be-
come town. and then city that
Will rank among the commercial and
industrial centers OF the west.
Attorney 5. D. crump followed
with an interesting talk on persever-
ance and united purpose and effort.
He said that Denver had not the
mines. 1t was not the center of
great agricultural. manufacturing or
timber country. but by sheer force OF
and unceasing advertising
and publicity that city In the plains
is entitled to the name Queen City
of the Plains
The future of ely would be even
than was the future of Dem
yer twenty or thirty years ago, be-
cause here nature with lavish hands
has poured ont her treasures and has
20 Allied the mountains with wealth
hat multltudes can carve fortunes
rom the mountain sides. and count
ess thousands can be fed as the re-
lult Of the industries that should
row up here tributary TO the min
raj wealth of the district.
Persistence and fidelity TO the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
At ROusing Gathering Plans Are
Set on Foot for United Ac.
lion for Progress.
INTERESTING REMARKS
Broad View Of the Future Of the Camp
S Taken By Prominent Speakers.
Work and Harmony.

Initial steps were taken AT mass
meeting held In Good Time club hal
Saturday night for the organization
OF commercial club. the objects oil
which shall be to promote the busi.
ness interests of the entire camp OF
Ely, and to work for the welfare oil
the camp in every possible manner.
The sentiment of the meeting was
enthusiastically in favor Of taking
immediate steps looking toward the
Incorporation of Ely as town. un-
der the incorporation act passed by
the last Legislature at its recent ses-
sion.
While the call for the meeting had
been issued only few hours before
the time set for the discussion OF
pertinent topics of interest to the
business interests OF the camp. Good
Time Club hall was filled. The In
torest manifested was keen. and the
closest attention was given to the
speakers. who were frequently ap.
plauded
Lieutcnant-Governor ID. s. Dicker-
son acted as chairman of the meeting
with A. b. Witcher. cashier OF the
First National bank. as secretary.
Attorney Sam Belford was called
upon. and in brief address made
of pertinent comparisons be-
tween Ely and Butte. Mont. Mr.. Bel
ford said that Butte possessed great.
stores OF mineral wealth. but that
Ely possesses greater treasure in the
hills Butte is great
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
EXPOSES HARRIMAN'S GREAT c. & A. STEAL


| The profits made out Of the Alton
ideals hy SIR Hartman and his as
soeiates are placed BY Mr.. Steal at
s2s.e4S.eoo.
As result d this enormous
proft 10 themselves he declared.
sthe railroad companies are thrown
into helpless Bankruptcy
The irdebtedness OF the companies
as shown by the figures In the opin-
ion. have been increased to sso.646,-
z1S since they fell into Hartman S
hands. or this amount. only s22.-
100000, according 70 Harriman's
own Testimony. says AIR. Stead, was
Incurred for improvements, better
nsents or extension of the roads.
Over $4,000, 600 OF this indebt-
eaness. concludes the opinion. "or
more than 70 per cent OF the entire
Indebtedness created BY this syndi-
cate upon the properties OF these
comx anins were not created in fur
therancc OF any legitimate purpose. g
Mr. Stead takes up tie Alton deal
In great detail bringing out the fact
that in 1898 the company paid all It's
operating expenses and a Z per cent
dividend on its common and pre-
ferred stock and had $500. 900 left.
The company's credit was good and
the syndicate took hold. purchasing
3A.722 shares Of preferred and 1873.
224 of common stock
The next move in the series of
manipulations. says Mr.. Stead. was
10 add s12,444.177 TO the cost and
OF the road. This con-
sisted in part Of the income which
the stockholders of the company in
former years had been content to
apply to betterments and permanent
improvements, and which. by order
OF the board of directors. had been
charged upon the books OF the COM
pany to operating expenses and cen
sisted in part of losses sustained by
the stockholders of other companies
The next step was to declare 30
per cent dividend on May 81. 1900.
The dividend on the stock owned by
the syndicate paid by check to Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. amounted to $669.1S0.
and WAS charged upon the books of
the company against cUuSr1
capitalization.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08

The syndieale's profits up to this
Time. all told, were sl4,9gs. .O0o.
when followed tie lease OF the chi.
cago and Alton llailroad company
property 10 the Chicago and Alton
RAILROAD company, and the system
ostensibly transferred It's stock to
Louis Stanton, dummy This trans
fer included the St Louis. Peoria
and Northern railway
Louis Stanton then sold to the
syndicate all the stock transferred
and the short railroad line which ne
cessitated the issue Of $4,000 1-z
per cent gold bonds. This made the
syndicate's profits S24.64S.OOO.
When the syndicate gained con-
troll IN 1899, says Mr.. Stead. the
roads liabilities amounted to $39,-
100000. In 1906 the liabilities OF
the consolidated company reached
s11s.04s.21S. representing an in
debtness of sSo.024.OS0 created by
the syndicafe Only s22 500 of this
was created for improvements. But
in accordance with the company S
bonded Indebtedness. which amounts
to $79.000 mile its capital stock
liabilities are over $4,000 mile,
and its present outstanding indebted
ness on account of equipment,
trust obligations. is over $4,000
mile. As to a possible remedy. Mr..
Stead says: Even II the company's
charter should be revoked by the
state the innocent stockholders
would suffer most.
THE bonds OF the company are in
the hands of the innocent purchasers
for a valuable consideration and un-
der the decisions of our Supreme
court and the Supreme court OF the
United States. in my opinion. cannot
lie attacked
4 am inclined to the opinion that
the remedy lies with the company IT,
SELF. or in the event Of its refusal lo
act. with some one or more of the
stockholders. Should | become SAT
isfled. however. upon further inves-
tigation. that an effective remedy can
be forced by the state. would not
hesitate to institute proceedings.
Whether or not the members Of (
t.-s AI.e~ -.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
INSURANCE
VOTE JOBBERY
POlicyhoIders' Committee Says
Frauds We're Practiced IN
The Recent Election.

New York, April I The Interna-
iional Policyhholders committee IS
sned statement today pointing out
alleged violations OF the Insurance
code BY companies in the recent cleo
tion OF officers andsthe alleged inefIi-
cheney Of the department OF insur-
ance in conducting supervision OF the
election.
The International committee. 9
says the statement, has maintained
Tor months in both the Mutual and
New York life canvass force OF
watchers and translators, and every
effort has been made 10 protect the
interests OF policy holders who have
votes against the old managements.
hut the rulings Of the inspectors
have been SO uniform against rs that
we are fully satisfied that ii Is inn
possible. under the present condi-
tlons. to secure fair count Of the
votes cast so We withdrew our
watchers.
From the beginning the COM
panies. with the assistance OF the de-
partment Of insurance. have exaded
and nuilifled IN every way possible
The law as enacted The companies
ilied lists Of policy holders at Al.
bany which contained thousands Of
Incorrect names with false and mis-
leading addresses while they gave to
agents and eanvassers not alone the
correct names and addresses. bur The
policy numbers Of the insured
The statement sets forth the vari-
Gus forms Of irreeulafify charged,
and aeriursd it wae praetlced on j
Wholesale scale Illustration Is
glsen Of a family which was recorded
a. casting i've VOTES. the statement
adding:
investigation showed that not i
snambet o. the family voted Ii The
recent eleelIon. and thar they had
nat resided 81 the state address i.
over Two pears.
NrmeEQus instances developed
where he egs1ss had sens n proxle.
aud ballots bearing the names ct pol
ieI holeers who had bstn dead fol
seefs while many ballots were cne
nesriAr TIE names of former polio,
holder sho had allowed IheIr poll
eies to lapse.
The oilcofe 81 these tomnanieI
ana tfl dtpA1 l.4ent of ln1ufance ar.
lesbpssihis ~. ans epndil.E, 81 4 I
faira. .
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08

BIeucher Saves Starving Crew Of
Bark CuIipbrI Reports Of
Marine Disasters.


New York. April Nearly every
vessel that has arrived from south
ern ports during tho past week hal
brought some story & marine diaas
ter wrought by the tornado OF Hat
teras during the Inst ten days ol
March.
The Bleucher. arriving from Wesi
Indian ports was no exception
Standing in disconsolate groups
about her decks we're thirteen people
whom the liner had saved from their
vessel as 1t waslon The verge Of going
down. The rescue was Witnessed by
Speaker Joseph. g. Cannon and
Others of the congressional party on
board the Bleucher.
Those taken BY the lifeboat
were near starvation. as for nearly a
week they had had nothing to live on
except few water-soaked biscuits
Thursday morning the Bleucher al
tered her course 70 head for a wreck
that had been sighted. The passen-
gers hurriedly quilted the breakfast
table and gathered on deck to aee
the crew of the bark clustered
about the aft rails Little difficulty
attended the work of rescue. The
lifeboat. in charge of Chief Officer
Beyer was lowered from the Bleu-
cher and rowed TO the wreck Into
this went Captain Larsen of the bark
and twelve members OF his crew. and
in n short time the refugees were
safely on board the Bleucher.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
nrxan ON .sTainted Money,

Kanaaa City. April William ]
Bryan. IN lecture here tonight at
the Grand Avenue Methodist church.
praised churches and other institu-
tions that have refused gifts Of
tainted money. and said II am
gIaa % SEQ this agitated. am san
gusne enough 70 believe that this
struggle over accepting money
which has. been amassed hy quen-
tlonable means. viii yet be settled
on tho side Of ethicn and morality
/ believe the time n coming when
great educational institutions VIII re-
fuse to give respectability to great
criminals at the door of the penl
tentiary. We forget that there ars
many criminals outside priaor
DOORS
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
.,,srney General Of Illinois Reciies
ihe facts Concerning Manipu-
Isiion Of the Railroad.
WRONG STOCKHOLDERS
sl,tnsie Cleared Millions IN JuseIlng
alien's Finances; Ran Road $SO.-
OOO.OOO Deeper II Debt.

Springfield. H., April Attors
ney-Ceneral Stead, in an opinion
submitted 10 Governor Deneed to-
day expresses doubt as 70 whether
il is the province OF the State Of Hi
nois 10 proceed against E. II. Harri-
man and his assistants for the all
legged manipulation Of the Chicago
and Alton railroad properties If
the state should revoke the COM
pany.s charter the loss would fall on
The stockholders. the Hartman peo-
pie already having disposed of
large proportion OF their holdings
The attorney general concludes,
that the best plan would be for the
company itself to seek remedy for
the situation. or even for one or
same time Mr.. Stead informed the
more stockholders to act. At the
governor that should he become con-
rineed. on further Investigation. that
nc state can relieve the roads con-
dition. he viii make the necessary
moves at once.
Notwithstanding his convictions as
TO the wisdom of Immediate action.
Mr.. Stead insists there is not the
least doubt bat that a civil remedy
exists against the -financiers who
have wrecAel this prosperous rail-
road company and at the expense OF
innocent stockholders and bond
holders. and have gathered them
selves harvest OF millions of dol
lars
Acknowledgement Stead reviews
the testimony given by Hartman re-
Gently before the interstate COM
merce commission at New York and
before the Illinois warehouse com
mission.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
ELY's COPPER WILL MAKE
THE CITY. SAYS MIR. PAF.aIER


W. ]. Palmer. d ident or the
Ely city Townsite eompang. returned
Saturday night from New York,
where he had been for some time.
AFTER 6 trip OF inspection TO the new
lownsite he expressed himself rs
highly pleased and vel sasistied with
he progress that had been made
there during his absence re said
that while the company has large
plans Ii consummatlon for the inn
ployement Of that section Of Ely,
these plans wonld not Be made public
until tho work IS about 70 be COM
maneea
ii speaking Of the recent slump IN
the Nall-alreet market. which affect.
ed iFniNlly the whole country he
said that Ne slump was only Tempo
raly. ana eonld have no permanent
effect on Ely. as me slu1np had moi
rohicd ne hills of ponnas o. cop
pr ore. and q Is upon coppef that
Ely bafes its present and future
prosperity The slilmp he was told
while IN New York. was caused in
N e1orl 10 brighten President
Roosevelt
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
Day On Change.

Giroux Extension was the star
performer on the market during both
calls on the local mining and stock
exchange Saturday This was the
only stock sold. and the price adj
vanced a half-cent between the after
noon and the evening call.
While bidding was lively on all
other stocks listed at both calls. NJ,
other sales were made matter Of
record.
The quotations on the last call
were as folIoRs:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
win Relieve Chinese.

saIt Lake. April I Twenty tons
or -four were voted for the relief OF
the Chinese famine sufferers at the
final session Of the seventy-eighth
Mormon conference today The -four
will be taken from the tithing stores
ard will be turned over to the Red
Cross society,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
railroad 0lTers Big Reward.

PittsbIrg, April I statement
issued tonight from the headquarters
or the Pennsylvania lines. west. says
that company ia making every effort
20 capture the person OF persons who
attempted to wreck the train on the
Cleveland and Pittabure division.
near Hudson, Ohio. last night. and
for whose arrest a reward OF $500
has been offered with an additional
$4,000 II they are taken within the
next twenty-four hours.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
He Kent His Appointment.

K 3. Thurman, local attorney
and mining man. who was formerly q
resident of Provo. Utah, was sum.
moned TO the Utah town few days
ago to attend the trial of number
of lawsuits In which he figured as the
representative Of the litigants. The
suits were doeketed for today and
Thurman was notiLsa TO be present
scheduledto be taken up,
Thurman had made his arrange
ments to leave Saturday morning for
Provo. hut on Friday night he was
unable TO finish certain mining nego-
tiations on which he had been work
ing for several days until late hour.
Thurman. as rule follows Gen
Franklin's admonition. "Early to bed
and early TO rise
Because of his violation of this
ancient adage. he slept more
peacefully and industriousiy satnr-
day morning than ususal. and the
vigorous pounding OF the dor nf his
room by the boy brought oaly. {.
grunt of disapproyal from Thurman,
still slumbering.
The boy, believing that his duty
had been fully accomplished lett
Thurman in peace.
Some time after the train nal de-
parted Thurman awoke and demand
ed explanations. He got them The
boy insisted that Thurmal had an
swered, and Dick had no more 70
say
The business in Provo was urgent,
and ii was necessary that he get 70
the thriving agricultural town ne-
fore 10 O'Clock Monday riorl ing.
Thurman thought rapidly for few
minutes, and. with look or grim de-
Termination on his features, picked
up his grip and walked with The ai:'
of martyr to the freigh. Yards,
where he boarded a freight or Co
bre. There connections were made
with the Southern Pacific passenger
for ogden-and Thurman's reputa-
tion for punctuality was again saved
by the narrowest Of margins.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08

Sales Open board. Giroux Exten-
sion. 1000 at IL cents; 1000 at
Is ~ cents Total. 1000 shares
Sale value. 1926
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08
Governor AIoreIIe'a Mother Dead

Governor MorelIe'a Mother Dead.
Richmond. va. April Mrs.
Charles Bruce. widow OF Charles
Bruce. a prominent legislator and
soldier Of south Side. Va. died here
today. She was the mother o.
Thomas seddon. Albert Caason aud
Charles Morelle, ex-secretary and
governor pro tenn Of Arizona
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-08

express no opinion a this time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-10-30

1t seems practically certain that
the appropriations of the coming
Legislature will reach high water
mark in spite of the warning of next
summers elections. A strong fight,
led by Governor Ansel himself, will
be made to have the salaries of all
State officers raised, and an equally
determined effort will be made to
have the Supreme Court and Circuit
Court Judges salaries raised, and
each Court Stenographer provided
with an sasistant. This means an
additional appropriation of about
$4,000 to $4,000. Winthrop Col
lege will ask for 100000 for a new
dormitory, and the elections will cost
$4,000 extra. The State Board of
Health will ask for the establishment
of a $4,000 tuberculosis hospital for
the State Hospital for the Insane.
The reformatory at Florence wants
about $4,000, and the militia will
ask for about $4,000 to enable it
to so equip itself as to be able to
pass the requirements of the Dick
law.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-10-30
ANsEL RECOMMENDS INCREASE,
He Wants to Get the State Out OF the
Floating Debt Policy. ..

Columbia, October 23.-In b,s
next annual message to the Legisla-
ture Governor Ansel will recommend
that the State tax levy be increased
put TO just what figure he has not
himself yet decided. He has been
considering the advisability of rec
ommending an increase of two mills
Tor three consecutive years, being
| anxious to yank the State out of its
disastrous floating debt policy and
place 1t upon firm cash basis TO re-
main, but the Legislature would
never do anything Of the kind with
an election coming upon them next
summer, and so 1t is likely that q
more moderate increase will he rec-
commended, say something like half
mill. The present levy is four and
half mills, having been increased
half a mill by the present LegisIa-
ture and half mill by the preced-
ing Legislature. In 1906 the lew
was placed at 51a mills upon the
recommendation of Governor Hey
ward, also for the purpose Of placing
the State on cash basis. After
ward the Legislature, banking on an
increase In tax values, reduced the
ievy' although 1t increased appropri-
ations each year.
Inc feports of county auditors are
coming In rapidly now, and the
Comptroller Generals Office will In q
Few weeks be in position to saw what
the total tax values for 1907 will be.
Nearly every county, SO far, shows a
oeclded increase over the previous
year, due principally to the increase
In railroad assessments. Some of tho
counties show increases Of over a mil
hon dollars, while many show addi-
t1ons of half million or more. It fs
estimated that the total Increase will
be about $4,000, 900. The railroads
alone have been Increased over s1a-
100000.
The States total assessment for
1906 was $243,534,422, the increase
being due to the quadrennial assess
ment Of real estate. The 1907 as-
sessment will, therefore, be about
$26o'5OO,O00. Half mill addi-
tional levy on this would yield $134,-
ooO, and the five mills on the twenty
million dollars increase would bring
In another year $234,000 above that
Tor the present year. This would
about cure the floating debt evil, pro-
Vided the appropriations are not in
creased. The State Treasurer has
already borrowed, $350,000 this
year for current expenses, in spite of
the big Increase In tax values for the
year 1906.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-10-30
GA - III ErA
a,.s,. Bear. the ~ Tho Kind 70. Have Always Bought
4 @WZ ZeSsZaf
Rejoicing at Columbus.

Columbus, Ca, October 23.--Tbe
passing of the legalized liquor traf-
nc In Georgia is, curiously enough
case of "23." The prohibition hi,
which passed the Legislature at ITO
last session was No. 90, and on To-
day' October 80, the State prohibi-
tion jubilee was held, being the die
tinctiVe feature of the second davis
session of the Georgia woman,s
Christian Temperance Union. The
entire evening session of the conven-
tion-v"Jubilee Night" 1t is formally
and frankly termed in the printed
program--was given up to reioicine
over the triumphs OF the prohibition
forces In Georgia this year. and tba
laying Of plans to follow up the cam
paign IN sucf a way that the full
fruits OF the victory can be retained
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-10-30
George Kenncy to Hang.

Charleston, October 24.-George
Kenney will be sentenced tomorrow
to death by Judge Gage In the Court
OF General Sessions. He was convict
ed year ago Of the murder of Chain
gang Guard Stello, but his case was
appealed to the Supreme Court and
finally the decision n of the lower court
was sustained and the prisoner was
remanded for sentence.
Alonzo Goodwin, who was convict
ed along with xenney, was given a
life sentence Ind Harmon Wilson
the third negro said to have been In
the conspiracy to kill the guard and
escape has never been captured.