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The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
THAW JURY FAILS To AGREE

NEW YORK, April 12.-This morn
ing, after being locked up all night.
the jury in the Thaw case came in
and the Court asked if they had
agreed upon a verdict.
The foreman, Deming B. Smith rose
and said: May it please your Honor
We are unable to agree upon a ver-
dict and ask to be discharged"
| The court asked if he considered
the situation such that they could not
later come to an agreement and he re-
| piled that it was impossible.
! The jury was then called upon in
dividually and all stated that they
could not possibly reach the same con
clusion in the case.
The court then ordered the dis.
charge of the jury and it is reported
they stood seven for acquittal and
five for conviction.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
NEvAOA's ROMANCE
] How it Looks to A. J. Waterhouse in
the Sacramento Union

How it Looks to A. J. Waterhouse in
the Sacramento Union
The following deft touch of the
artists brush comes from A. ]. Water
house in the Sacramento Union: -
Now comes the story of wonderful
placer discoveries near Carlin, New.
Next week there may come the report
of other discoveries, the week there
after of still more, and SO on, for the
sun shine on no day when new mine
of gold may not be found in Nevada
name of our neighbor state is being
plated with rich, red gold, and the
wonder of its story constantly in
creases Time was when the Great
American Desert" of the old maps
covered Nevada. It's pretty nearly
worthless said the earliest pioneers;
look, noticed something, and Virginia
City sprang into being in somewhat
more than a day, to make history
for itself which reads Ike a tale from
the Arabian Nights. Right then and
there the tide Of Nevada's prosperity
swept in for men had learned that
gray sands and sun-burnt rocks may
cover measureleSs riches. That tide
has ebbed since then, but now it is in
full flow again, and its onward sweep
will continue. for nothing could be
more certain than that ineXhaustible
wealth still lies beneath the brown
and gray of the Nevadan landscape
waiting only for the men who shall
find and give it to the world. Tall
about rOmances. The plain and un
adorned history of the Silver State i:
such a one as rarely is read, and the
chapters still to come viii by NJ
means be the least interesting par
of it.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
TAMPER|NG WITH THE SWITCH
BY MSCREANTs MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSE OF WRECK

turned open and locked after the
freight engine passed.
A member of the crew said in Reno
last night:
Extra 1740 went INTO the siding at
Brown in Humboldt county. The en-
gine uncoupled from the train and
backed down to the coal bins. Fuel
was procured, the engine backed past
the switch again and coupled to the
freight train.
Then Engineer Hampton's train,
the passenger, RUNNING east the
same way the freight was headed, hit
the same switch and crashed into our
train.
somebody must have turned the
switch Whether it was a mennel OF
the crew or a person wishing ven
seance on the train crew probably
Will be determined tomorrow when
the investigation is held"
No One Seen
40 one was seen running away
from The switch at the time of the
wreck SO far as had been determined
But the train was in the way so that
had there been any one there tamper
ing with the switch the men on the
front Of the train could not have seer
it,"
The caboose and one freight cal
were cut all to pieces. The passenger
engine was demolished, every piece o
iron being stripped from it. Fireman
g. F. Mcdonald saw the impending dis
aster and he jumped. He was bur
led in the coal and only slightly injur
ed"
Superintendent Manson narrowl,
escaped death when he came to yisi
the scene of the accident. MansOl
walked up to the wreck and there
loaded gun in the hands of Charlie
Robinson, laborer on the railroa
exploded, Manson ducked after tn
, charged passed within an inch of hi
, head.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
TEXT BOOKS TO Be CHANGED
Expected That Parents Will be Re-
quired to Order all New Books
Soon

The text books for the public
schools of Nevada will be changed for
the coming year-that is the plan now
Although there is some opposition to
making an entire change as the indi-
cations are it will be a sweeping one
and that none of the present text
organized board gets through it's
work.
he last legislature created state
text-board commission" giving the
board the authority to change the
text books every four years. The
board consists of the state board Of
Education, which is composed Of Gov
ernor Sparks, superintendent Rims
and President Stubbs and four per
sons to be appointed by the Governor
The appointees under the act arr
George E. Anderson of Elko, E. E
Winfrey, Of Reno, ]. c. Templeton o
Carson and c. Sheer of Tonopah
One meeting has been held, but 1t vii
be some time before the question o
1.-THE change and what books are to b
ladopted is fully decided. az
/ The law provides that the bids o.
the books, ETC., shall be opened o
June 4th. '-'' #Hr- .-~> .'.e.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

Dell Williams who was formerly ed
itor of the Genoa Courier is visiting
Carson after an absence of several
years.
1t is reported that l.. H. Conley and
Curley Graham, of TOnOpah, have
taken a five years lease on Valley
Springs.
There will be things doing in Reno
Monday when the meeting of the Ne
vada Editorial Association twill be
held.
| The Tonopah Sun is printing six
pages these days, which is going
some. The Sun has fought the I. w
w. and won out all along the line.
Cariin, Nevada, is in the throes Of 9
rush to placer diggings on Jackson
Creek, near that place. This IL |; Z
good time of the year to rush as the
Weather is not too warm, for walking
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

The Ely News is responsible for the
following:
One of the greatest games of en-
durance poker ever played in Ely, with
the stakes running away up into the
hundreds of dollars, ended at :
O'Clock last night when one of the
players threw down his cards and
announced that he had reached the
end of his string, when the others
We're almost exhausted by more than
a full day of continuous playing.
The players were men of import
ance in the political and business cir
cles of the state When they sat into
the game at , o'clock wednesday
afternoon the limit was fixed at a low
figure. AS the game proceeded the
players became more and more en-
crossed and the limit was finally TAX
en- off. 1t was then that the real play
started The dinner came and was
passed without notice. Finally, late
in the evening, one of the players re
membered between deals that he was
hungry. \ messenger was called ant
light lunch was served to all of the
players.
The night wore on, fortune smilins
with tickle coyness on each of the
men in turn. Gray dawn stole owe
the east and the electric lights be
came dim and were finally extinguish
ed, but still the rattle of the chip
continued with monotinous regularity
Breakfast was served between tn
deals, and the players refused to con
slider the matter of ending the game
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
HEDDEN NEVER IN JAIL

The report from Hawthorne that
General Superintendent j. F. Hedden
of the Tonopah & Goldfield railroad
was actually placed in Jail there on a
charge of contempt of court proves
to have been a mistake. Mr.. Hedden
was never lodged up with the prison
ers in the little county Jail. He has
been away from Hawthorne since the
order of court was issued, and he is
now attending his duties at GOldfield
1t may be added that there is not
the remostest possibility of Mr.. He'd.
den going to Jail and he is safe in
taking it for granted that he will be
"a free man for some time to come,
as he himself put it.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
COMING TO CARSON CITY
Ringing Bros. Circus Will Get Here
This Summer

Rlnglin Brothers will not pass rs
by this season.
Announcement comes from the aast
that the worlds best circus is to play
this city IN the not distant future.
In all the history of the circus busi-
ness in the past there have not been
presented the novelties of foreign in
vention, nor the elabola ate conceptions
of spectacular effect as are this sea-
son contained in the various displays
'of Ringing Brothers show. The
street parade far exceeds anything
these five great showmen have pre-
sented -in the past. 1t is an entirely
new spectacle and IN it are to be seen
nearly 300 men, women and children
658 horses and more than half the
elephants in America.
Every feature of the big show is on
a scale of nagniflcence never before
ATTEMPTED. So large has this enter
prise grown since last seen in this
tpart of the country that twelve acres
OF ground are now necessary to hold
its many tents. The main pavilion is
the largest spread Of canvass ever
used. 1t. will comfortably seat $4,000
persons.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
THEY CAME THROUGH
Detch and CoIburr Put up the $1,000
Promised Miss Berning

A telegram was received from Gold
field last night stating that Milton NJ.
DetCh and r. l.. COlburn, who prom
iSed to give 81 ,000 toward the edu-
cation OF Miss Maymie Berning OF
this city, had made good their prom
ise and that a check for the amount
left Goldfield ON the night of the 10th
The money was not received in this
city yesterday but will likely arrive
here today and be placed in the hands
of Supt. Orivs Ring as originally
agreed.
! Colburn and Detch, it will be re-
membered, agreed to give $500 apiece
toward Miss Berning securing a busi-
ness education and securing other
work besides that of waitress The
girl at present is employed at the Ar
lington.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
DIRT WILL SOON FLY
Western Pacific Will Soon Begin Con-
struction Work East and West
Of Eiko

The visit of Messrs. V. G. BOgue,
w. H. Kennedy, T. J. Wyche, w. G.
Van Duzen, Chas. Harlowe and H. H.
Christensen, Western Pacific officials,
to this section at this time is Of great
significance, so we are informed, as
active construction work on the big
o be undertaken. Yesterday these
officials in a body went to view the
surveys for the tunnels and cuts at
Ryndon and Tonka and the impress
ion was given out that dirt will soon
be flying.
This means that an army of men
will be soon be put to work in this
section with big pay roll, and con-
ditions very similar to three years
ago when the Southern Pacific con
structed it's tunnels, will exist, only
the conditions will be magnified. The
completion of this work will probably
require the better part of two years
After visiting the tunnel sites wes1
of Elko yesterday, the officials con
tinued on to Carlin, where they spen
the night.
w. H. Gavin, who it is reported will
be the engineer in charge of the con
struction work in this locality, is il
Elko. The work will be done by tn
Utah Construction Company.-Elkt
Free Press.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
STOCK JoBBERs At WORK
STOCK JORBERS AT WORK
How a Little Game is Being Played
With the Stock Market Of
E>lA


The following dispatch from Gold
field indicates that some forces are
at work outside the labor interests in
Goldfeld to make a profit ont of the
present industrial war
The situation today resolves itself
into a draw between the mine owners
and miners both sides standing pat.
The committee from the miners
contend that they will not meet the
mine owners committee as long as
there are business men who are not
mine owners represented thereon.
Nevertheless the miners insist upon
the town workers being reinstated be-
fore the miners will come to terms of
settlement.
1t is reported that there are several
brokers who are not mine owners
other than having a wild cat lease Or
claim, who are meeting individuals
from the miners and buying inside in
formation by promising the informant
commission on any tip that makes
good. Such meetings are held or
street corners and in other places.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
SAGEbRUSH CLUB RECEPTION

Norcross, was sweating blood all the
evening for fear that the young ladies
who played would rip the green cloth
up trying to execute masse shots.
Miss Kline very nearly succeeded in
tearing the cloth, but was stopped by
somebody grabbing her arm in time
to save the table.
Some of the ladies attempted to
run pool game, but it broke up when
one of them stuck the pins N her hair
from force of habit.
Several of the more gallant mem
bers of the club, for instance-ex-Gover-
nor Colcord, Mayor Davis and Will U.
Mackay offered to teach any ladies
billiards who could come up to the
club in the day time.
1t was the general concensus of
opinion that these gentlemen had bet
ter learn the game first themselves
before trying to start class for reg
ular instruction.
One of the rooms was taken up al
most entirely by card tables, the
devotees of the pastboards played fol
hours as if nothing else was going or
in the place.
AS long as they could have glas:
of punch between deals and some ict
cream and cake butting in now ant
then with some operate music from
the orchestra f1oated in OCCASIONAL,
with solo performance from tn
singers, they we're content.
This is but the initial ladies recer
; ,tion and the Club will give more @
: them.
!, These receptions of the club wi
bring together many people who d
| not meet very frequently in a socis
: way. .....
There are many distinct soci,
} cliques in Carson who don't mingl
: very readily, but they can all com
7 together under the hospitable roof {
the Sagebrush Club and have a goo
. time.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

II is now considered more than
probable that the cause OF the death
of F. c. Hampton was switch which
had been tampered with by some mis-
crents who had a grudge against the
railroad company.
The opinion of the S. p. officials
who are Investigating the wreck un-
der the supervision of Superintendent
Mason is, that some one was bent on
wrecking vengeance on the Southern
Pacific and caused that wreck. The
disaster, occurring April s near Love
lock, has been the subject of special
reports and examinations since it hap
pened.
The investigation
The result of the investigation 50
far ascertained has been to reveal
more than ever the suspicion OF a
train Wreckers work. Acting on this
belief the railroad officials have asked
the members of the train crew 10
come to Reno.
Fireman Mcdonald will perhaps be
brought before the officials in Sparks
He may have some clew to the wreck
that is known only to himself and the
dead engineer. Whatever infOrma
ton he can give the Investigating
committee will be used in prosecuting
the search for the guilty party.
What is koWn
The engineer, fireman and two
brakemen on the freight train were
in the cab when the accident occur
red. The conductor was standing a
the station with several members O.
a block signal crew that was leaving
Lovelock The officials do not con
meet the turning of the switch will
any of these men. The only others
present at the scene who could have
tampered with the switch were ;
crew of Italian track labOrers.
Whether one of these men i
guilty remains to be determined. TIL
fact remains that the switch wa
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

The opening reception given to the
ladies of Carson City by the Sage
brush Club last evening at their new
headquarters, was a success in every
Wav and the members of the Club
feel quite elated over it today.
There was not a single hitch in the
program and every one who attended
voted it about the incest affair OF the
the kind ever given in Carson and the
crowd and the refreshments seemed
about right to everybody.
Miss Mabel Stewart and Miss
Georgia Logan of this city furnished
several vocal selections and were
encored and Mr.. Robert Roundtree OF
Seattle, a grand son, of Mrs. Robert
Clark, sang some lively humorous
selections which brought down the
house.
He is a Carson raised boy and was
welcomed back here by many old &C
uuaintances and informed score OF
times that he had grown considerably
since he left here as mere boy
years ago.
There were many ladies in the
gathering who were anxious to be
initiated into the mysteries OF bill
lard playing.
The fair sex idea of billiards is t.
master the game in couple of hours
Several of them attempted to do thl
with various results.
Miss Louise Sweeney tried to drlv'
the ball and made several miscue
before she was informed by he
brother James that she was using tn
wrong end of the cue.
Miss Hazel Hofer. went at it wit
great vim and executed some wonder
full shots, but was induced to desis
when she banged the butt end OF tn
cue into her fathers mouth and di'
located some front teeth. thereb
scoring with both ends of the cue.
The President of the Club, Jude
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12
LEASERS TO RESUME

GOLDFIELD, April 12-Whiie the
end of the labor trouble has not been
reached it is announced this afternoon
that the owners Of leases will resume
work pending a settlement o. The
trouble and employ any kind Q: mic
ers they please, so long as the. pay
the union scale
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

Rhyolite has lady booster who de-
clares that the camp is destined to
become the greatest lr Nevads. No
body loves a knocker..
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

A. fiend >. maltreated, a child and
then buried It alive in = sewer ditch
in Detroit He has escaped arrest.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-12

7. A new railway; depot TITO be built
in Reno. Heaven knows # was need
ed badly enough. 49,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-20
CHICAGO GRAIN AND rRopUcE.

Chicago. Aug. 1s.--A frost scare in the Northwest and reports of a lively export business at the seaboard caused strength today in the wheat market the September delivery closing at a net gain of 161Bc. Corn was up &c. Oats were mc higher. Provisions were 2h Q5c to 507hc lower. all day. Prices were bullishiy affected at the opening by higher quotations at Liver pool, which were due to decreased worlds shipments for the week. Soon after the opening the market was further strengthen ed by an official forecast of frost tonight in sections of the Northwest. Snow was report ed at one point in Canada and this increas- ed the local demand. Reports of heavy export business at the seaboard also aided in strengthening prices. It was said that so boatioads had been taken today for foreign account. The market closed strong and near the highest points of the day.
 September opened hc to Ac higher at SAC to s5%c, advanced to s5 5sc and clos ed at S5 x n %c.
 The corn market was strong all day on an active demand by commission houses were the predicted frosts. a decrease in the amount on passage and the strength of wheat.
 The market closed strong at the highest points. September opened Q %c higher at 54Mc, advanced to 5GAc. where 1t closed. Local receipts were 19T cars with 5i of contract grade.
 The oats market was strong on reports of poor quality and small yields in the new crop. The advance in wheat was also a buIiish influence
 September opened Kc higher at 45%c. sold, between 45Ac and 4eEc and closed ct 4ekc.
 Local receipts were 474 cars. The provisions market was weak because of five to ten cent decline in the price of live hogs. At the close September pork was down 5@Thc at $s s2h @$s s5. Ribs were E e 5c lower at ss 5o@ $s 52h.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-20

tion in the near future as regards trusts and corporations.
 If 1t be the policy of the President to sift to the bottom every concern under sus- pfcfon, a further effoSt may be made to force values to a cheaper level by causing involuntary licuidatioin in the stock market and by advancing the rates Of interest which. in turn. might be reflected in temporary decline in the cotton and other commodities markets.
 On the other hand if political diplomacy be resorted to and a more favorable re- view of conditions be made than anticipat- ed, with the object of stemming the tide in Wall Street and advising confidence on the part of the public. more hopeful feel ing will probaly prevail and markets may hecome buoyant in the event of investors %ntering the markets for speculative risks of every description.
 It has been well said that the prohibit ing of rebates by the railroads can only be accepted as favorable to the roads since it will help to swell their net earnings, but will be detrimental to industria1s by hav- ing the adverse effect. which will probably gbring about a shrinkaGe in dividends in time.
 Therefore. since it will be the trusts that will suffer. it looks as though, even if the government, may be outlined by Secre- tary Tafts deliverance this evening, decides to fight the issue to finish. the interests of the people and not the monooolies is to be protected.
 As for cotton it has a wider scope. The world and not Wall Street is concerned as to it's future. The battle of the money barons might continue indefinitely but the people have to be clothed. There will prob ably be the need of upwards of I3, ,oo0. 900 bales next season. while crop promises at the moment are for a yield less than 12, 5000 owing to lateness of the plant in maturing and because of Texas stfi suffer ing from dry hot weather. the Southern part of the state. according to reports. hav- ing been damaged twenty-five to fifty per cent.
 Yours very truly.
 C ARERCROMETE A 70
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-20
CLOSING STOCKS.

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 do. Dfd. s... s..s .. 41 Union Pacific ...s s... '.s. zee '.s'lE1h h
 do. pfd. ss'" ''s. eE Wabash s.ss ss'. II Wisconsin Central .... 1SA Northern Pacific ...s ..... 166as
 do. pfd. .... '.'. ''''lM copper sS's s'.' ''' s"'"'' So 7s Car and Foundry ...s s..... 37 s Amn. Smelling and Rfg.... .... .... ssS
 do. pfd. s''s Es SS B. R. T. ... .... .... .... .... .... ss% Fuel & Iron ...s s.s. + International Paper .... .... ...... 12% Natl Biscuit s's' ''s' e oS Natl Lead .... .... .... .... ...... 4S% Pacific Mail ..'. e'.. s..' 24 Gas ...s s'sS ss.s "''s '.'' % Y Pressed Steel Car .. .... ...... h Standard oil. ex. div ......440 Tenn 0 & l. ..s' s... ..'.lSb U. s. Steel ''s. SO i4 do. pfd. ..-s 's.. '' SS- Western union ..."~>.'ss s.'s s.'' s' "a