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The Appeal., 1909-11-27
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI SATURDAY.
SAYS CANNON MUST OUT
Victor Murdock Predicts Trouble for
Man Who Serves Notice on
"Unc!e joe"


Kansas City, Mo.-Some one in the
next session of congress is going to
nave mighty unhappy ten seconds in
tne company of Speaker Cannon.
Men who reviewed the future here be.
Heved that about ten seconds would
40, and they were equally certain that
the particular visit to the sacred cham.
Der would be made by some one; es.
pec1ally certain was Victor Murdock OF
the Seventh Kansas congressional dis
trict. .-"...
The most disagreeable job in the
world is waiting for some member of
the Cannon machine in the house., -
MIR. Murdock said. 1T will be per.
formed, in all probability, in the next
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

Allowed to Cry Their Wares.
The city council of Chicago has
killed the proposed ordinance prohi.
biting peddlers and newsboys from
crying their wares.
The Appeal., 1909-11-27
STAMPS FOR THE RED CROSS
Sixty Millions of Christmas "stickers'
to Be Sold to Aid TubercuIo-
sis War.

Washington.-Thirty million 100!
Merry Christmas stamps have beer
ordered by the American Red Cross
society to be sold to raise funds fol
the war on tuberculosis. Thirty mil
lion more stamps will be ordered late1
and by December Is it is expected
that these 60,000,O00 bullets will be
fired in the national battle against the
White Plague. ,.
President Taft is the sponsor for the
Red Cross movement He is now the
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sprung up lately through the up
ward sweep of prices in Wall
street. Great corporations, like the
fire and the life insurance COM
panies, have also profted stupen-
dously. These tremendous reser-
voirs of money own huge blocks Of
shares in scores of railway and in
dustrial companies-lots of from
10000 shares to almost control
ling interest. The most OF these
are sober, gilt-edged, dividend-pay-
ing stocks that have not been spec
tacular in their advance in price as
compared with some Of those that
have gone up like skyrockets. Yet
even these high-priced shares have
been enhanced in value from 20 to
so per cent. in the last II months.
They were bought at panic prices,
so the published records of these
companies show, and these institu-
tions now are said to be selling
them off, cautiously and carefully
at the fancy figures that have been
prevailing of late. Unlike the in
dividual investor, they believe in
cashing in their winnings and salt
ing them down until there is an
other chance to buy cheap.
In the commodities there are new
groups of mfllionaires and multi
millionaires also. Some Of these
have won their wealth in wheat,
others in corn, but most Of them in
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

L JASAu VI "AOcII, wi IL ct4o JILL
er staples has been heralded
NxaENa far and wide. But there Is
another harvest that has
been growing and ripening all unno-
t1ced by government statisticians and
by everybody else, and that Is the
bumper crop of new millionaires and
i-mlllionaires. Never before were
there SO many in New York as there
are to-day. Millionaires were made in
a night by the great wave of consoli-
dation and the merging of hundreds
Of Industrial enterprises that was the
feature Of the opening years Of the
twentieth century, just after the close
Of the Spanish-American war. There
were steel kings, steamship kings.
pump kings, kings Of car springs and
Of air brakes and of all sorts OF
things. They blossomed forth between
the sunset of one day and the dawn
of the next. The select circle of plu
tocracy widened so swiftly that it
broke all barriers and created new
aristocracy of wealth in America.
New York was invaded by a horde of
WSSlSIuclS WuOSC uuduuCfS Ill SOlu0
cases shocked even the imperturbable
servitors at the expensive hotels
where they monopolized the royal
suites. Pittsburg, from being simply
a great mill town, city Of grimy
workmen, jumped into worldwide
prominence because it was discovered
suddenly that 1t had more millionaires
to the square inch than any other
spot on earth. In New York all sorts
Of people achieved fortunes, paper or
actual, almost before they were
aware; Jockeys, walters, bartenders
and other humble folk glanced with
amaze at the balances with their
brokers and began making plans for
yachts and country houses. The his
tory of this period was one of the
wonders Of America.
Then, two years ago, the panic
came and put a dampener on the
The Appeal., 1909-11-27

HIS years big and record
yield of wheat, corn and 9TH
er staples has been heralded
far and wide. But there Is
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survived the various ills that followed in the wake
of industrial over-expansion. But since the panic
clouds have cleared away there has come another
and even more wonderful appreciation in values
the most remarkable advance in the prices of all
commodities and securities that this country has
ever known. Probably more millionares have been
made in the last IL months by the steadily rising
tide Of tremendous prosperity than history ever
has recorded in similar period of time The
number of those who have grown rich quickly is
greater, probably than it was in the time of mer
ger and consolidation, nearly a decade ago. Be-
fore the panic of 1907 there were perhaps, 5000
millionaires in New York Now there are any
where between 5000 and 10000.
The advances in the value of securities in the
last two years have been almost Incredible There
probably are more than 1000 persons who are
stockholders of United States Steel. In October
1907, Steel Common 21T; in February, 1909
it was 41A this October 1t has been we'll above
90 The shares Of the Pennsylvania railroad are
more widely distributed than any other transpor
tation ine more than 10000 people being listed
on its books of shareholders. Two years ago it
was 1O3 lately it has been above $50. Union Pa
cifc is next to Pennsylvania in the length of it's
stockholders list 1t is not only one of the most
popular investment securities, but also one that is
specuated in most largely. Union Pacific CON-
mon was 100 in 1907; this year it has been above
219 an increase of more than 100 per cent New
York Central, Southern Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio,
Atlantic Coast Line, Illinois Central, Great Nor
thern Standard Oil-practically all the stocks In
the long list of railways and industrials have ad
vanced from SO to 100 or more per cent in value
since October, 1907 a....s ..s.
Thousands of people who not spectators
and who are intolerant Of speculation have pront-
ed enormously by this wonderful rise In prices
They the ones who bought for investment
when the prices were low and who are now reap
ing the harvest. During the panic enormous
blocks Of gilt-edge shares were thrown on the
markets when great spectators like Heinze and
Morse, and some others who we're not so spectac-
ular or daring, had to sacrifice anything and ev-
erything for ready money. Their holdings now are
scattered throughout the country and have been
tucked away in tens of thousands Of safes and
strong boxes
While some of the new millionaires come from
the ranks Of those who were bargain hunters in
the days of panic, most of the new plutocrats are
from the army OF SPECTATORS.
There are so many of these new millionaires
that it would be impossible to list them all indi-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
What Jack Tar Eats

elaborate system Of ventilation. Another
comfort which they have in hot weather
is the ice machine which all ships carry
When a sailor is sick he is released
from all duty. II he gets sick enough
to be confined to his bed he has his reg
ular nurse. Every ship has its barber.
He is an enlisted man, he has his chair
in the corner-if a corner can be said
to be where there are only curves-and
for small sum he shaves Jack three
times a week aud cuts his hair oncs
, month.
Every sailor is his own tailor, and
queerly enough, several sewing ma.
chimes are on every ship and Jack eau
work them.
Every flagship carries a band which
plays every day aud an hour every even
! ing three nights In .eek. Many Of the
fiagships carry printer whose duty il
is to print the squadron orders and cir
culars. also to print paper which is
edited and published by the men. and
that paper contains jokes which would
not do in u college paper.
But no added comfort interferes in
the least with the rigid discipline and
the steady work of the sailor and it is
true that when Jack Tar on steam
warship spends year on board and suf.
fers the necessary discipline and has to
adjust his life to certain rules he is a
manlier man for the experience.
In the Dutch and German navies q
daily ration of beer is dealt out.
Frenchmen aud Italians substitute wine
for the beer. But in the British navy
the old fashioned grog of a hundred
years ago is still chung to. The groR
barrel is an elaborate affair EN- bellished
with mottoes, "God Save the King
being most in favor. To be deprived of
the daily grog is one of the penalties for
breaches of discipline and it is thing
that the British sailor takes to heart.
The grog ration was the rule in the
American navy prior to the Civil war.
Recently a good many admirals have
recommended that the canteen be per
mitted to sell non-spirituous liquors.
which means beer or wine.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

Many people who saw the battleship
fleet wondered how the men lived day
after day away from the shore In the
old days the ships crews were divided
into messes and their food was placed on
on mess cloth which was spread on
The floor. which was. in fact, a tarpau-
lin on which was placed the food for all
and each mans tin cup, knife and fork
and spoon. Bot now ON the modern
btttleship men all eat off regular tables
The tables are suspended from the
beams overhead and they have benches
with hinged legs.
As to the food. the rations issued by
the American navy are considered the
best and most varied OF any naval ser.
vice, which is due to the proficiency
that has been attained in preserving
foods. Among the articles on the regu-
lation bills OF fare are corned beef,
chicken and mutton. peas. beans, toma-
tees, flour, rice, milk. cocoa, tea and
coffee. In the days of the Constitution.
when that ship represented all that was
heroic at sea. the rations were hard tack
and salt pork, chiefly.
Now, as hundred years ago. the men
sleep in hammocks. which are folded
and put away when they are not occu-
pied. Aud it has advantages. Men can
sleep better In hammock when a
heavy sea is on.
In the old days all the water used had
to be carried. Now sea water is con.
densed. The way sea water is distilled
is, the wafer is evaporated into steam.
then condensed in the still or distiller,
which makes pure water. that is. it
eliminates the salt. In the old days all
the bath the sailor could get was with a
bucket of salt water. Now regular
bathrooms with hot and cold water are
supplied. But the sailor does not say
he is taking bath-he says he is hav.
ing his morning wash.
The final luxury for the modern sailor
is the electric light. All the steam war
ships are fitted to produce their own
lights and very much more care is taken
to secure proper ventilation than for
merly. Each ship is provided with an
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

Wonder News: Sold ore, which 1t is
said. assays from $500 to $1,000 ton,
has been opaned in the Bald Mountain
district. White Pine County. threaten
ing rush Of prospeCtors to that region.
The find was made when Jacob Mahir
was doing assessment work on a claim
that he had owned for several years.
Last Spriug Lee johnson found near
the claim feat which. it was said. as
assayed $4,000 ton in gold and 1000
ounces in silver. but extended prospecting
failed to disclose the ledge from which
it came. The q lat was white quartz,
and the ledge struck by Mahir is pro-
nounoed identically the same material.
The find was entirely unexpected.
Mahir had no idea he was near bon
anz, when he looked for an easy place
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

Denver Field and Farm: "In the old
days." said Jim Crockett, an old COW
puncher, "things were done on a big
scale. even to cattle thieving. When
men stole cattle then they stole enough
to make it worth while. There was one
theft that lasted over period of several
years and lost to the company thousands
of head that puzzles me yet although l
have been told how it was done, and in
fact was working for the outfit when
the thing was discovered. 1t was the
KIT. This outfit drove mp great herds
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
WOMAN pRoMo1oR CONVICTED
Mrs. Wheeler, Who Doomed Nevada
Fakes, Faces Prison

Denver. Colorado. November 8.-Mrs.
Auna Wheeler. thinning woman and
promoter" said to have swindled hun
dreds 10 fake Nevada mining schemes.
was convicted of fraud on three counts
in the West Side Court to-day. Ac-
cording to her victims, she convinced
them that she possessed clairvoyani
powers. and that. while under the guild
anoe of spirits. she had seen clouds OF
gold floating about their heads and
drifting about their feet. She convinced
them that all that was needed to pre-
cipitate the golden shower Of shekels
and the sure road to success was invest
ment in Nevada mining property owned
by her.
Mrs. Wheele.'s operations began dur
ing the height Of the Goldfield excite
ment. She found no lack of dupes. her
victims being women Of the poorer
class-laundresses and scrub women,
who invested the savings Of years on
the promise OF enormous dividends.
The clouds surrounding the victims
proved to have not even a silver lining.
aud the wearers of the golden aureoles
sought redress in the courts. claiming
that Mrs. Wheeler had appropriated the
money to her own use.
Mrs. Wheeler denies that she claimed
clairvoyant powers, and maintains that
the money was invested by her, but that
the investments turned out badly.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
Bald Mountain May Have Second Boom

to do the annual assessment work and
picked out spot on the hillside that
looked as though it would be right. He
drove tunnel in 10 feet and was getting
ahead fast when the roof caved in. He
cleaned the drift ont and went on work
ing and came to solid formation in about
10 feet more, where he found granite
with the quartz ledge that promises to
make him fortune.
The point where be struck it is about
Is feet from the surface and tends to
prove the contention of those familiar
with the district that rich mines now
covered with wash would some day lie
discovered there. All down the gulch
below the ledge placer gold can be found !,
and now that such high values are found
in the ore it is probable more diligent
prospecting will uncover good diggings.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
MONOGRAMS GROWN ON APPLES
The Very Latest Novelty By Orchardists
Comes From Oregon

Comes From Oregon
1t will soon be possible to have ones
own monogram grown on ones apples,
so that fruit brought to the table Of the
rich may be as exclusive as the specially
made cigarettes bearing the gilt initials
of the host, served between courses.
An experiment just made by large
grower of fancy apples at Hood River
proves that nothing is impossible to the
modern orchardists. He has now cum
ningly labelled his apples with the name
Of the Cafe Martin. New York, the
name being grown on the cheek OF the
apple.
About 400 prize specimens Of perfect
fruit were treated by the grower. Per.
forated paper labels with the legend,
"Cafe Martin. New York." with two
stars and the figure OF a martin-the
bird better known as the swallow
were pasted on the cheek Of the apple
while green. When the fruit colored in
the sun the words and figure Of the bird
were left in red on q green background
and the whole design had the appear
ance of having been stamped on in ma
room ink.
The fruit will be shipped to Rae & Hat
field. commission firm Of New York
and the proprietor of the we'll known
cafe will have an opportunity to spring
a pleasant surprise on his patrons when
he serves Oregon apples already labeled
for him by kindly mother nature.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
Opens Court With Prayer

CLARK County Review: Promptly at
10 o'clock Monday morning Judge
George s. Brown assembled to the bench
in the improvised court room in the
opera house; but Court was not called
by the Sheriff. as is usually done at this
instant. A silencing gesture from the
jadge intercepted this ceremony and he
addressed the audience. Iu his usual
logical and impressive manner he ad
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

vised his hearers to the effect, that while
the Court recognized no connection be-
tween Church and State. he felt it alto.
gether fitting and proper upon this
notable occasion in the history Of Clark
County that they who were to convene
its first District Court should call upon
the Supreme Court of the Universe for
light and guidance. He then intro
duced Rev. Harry Gray of the Episco-
pal Church and the assemblage stood
with bowed heads while IN appropriate
invocation was pronounced.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

A New York dispatch says number
of noted physicians and surgeons have
announced the tentative org inization OF
the American Radium Institute, to be
devoted to the treatment of cancer and
similar diseases. Tue object OF the as
sociation is not commercial and plans to
conquer cancer through the application
OF radium. Supplies Of pitch -blende for
manufacture are to be drawn from Col
orado aud other Western localities
where the initial processes OF extracting
the radium will be conducted. 1t Is
planned to have factory in New YORK
Tor the preparation of the radium. The
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
Big Cattle Stealing On Old Frontier

of Young steers from Texas to Montana
for fattening on the good grama grass.
"Well. as said. might be called a
brand expert if branding and reading
brands so for anything in that line. but
the stealing of those KIT steers is even
yet beyond me and l have worked over
1t for years. The thieves took the KIT
brand and made it into five pointed
star with the stars runring clear through.
There were no blotches or any other
marks ON the animal except that there
was small cross in the center Of the
star. Now see If you can work it out. "
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

A bulletin yesterday said the first
..,opoh train over the Western Pacific
.,;,road was to leave San Francisco.
rs., train ought to have a welcome
hon IL reaches here. That is the con
.,nmatiou Of a tremendous event. That
.,,,os with 1t, too, some old recollec-
tons
About 1880 years ago-the people
:, patch Flat, California, raised purse
..d gave it to the great engineer Judah
"a omake some preliminary surveys over
,hs sierras to see If it was possible to
h,;ld a railroad. IL was the first practi-
..l work Of the kind that had been done.
.l,bough talk of the road had been in.
cassaut for years. Judah spent the
sammer running two or three lines. He
anne back and reported that the build
ing Of the railroad was entirely practi.
cal-the only question was one Of
money.
At that time the old Central Pacific
Railroad Company is, the members
of il. Stanford. Huntington, Hopkins
and the two Crockers-were building a
wagon road from Dltch Flat to Donner
lake owe the Sierras. They knew Judah
he had built the road from Sacramento
to Folsom-ind he laid the results OF
his Surveys before them. He told them
the road by Donner Lake was feasible.
but that the road should be built up the
north fork Of the Feather river. as that
would save lifting every train up 1860
feet from the Sacramento valley east.
One of the five of the old company re-
marked that that would cause the road
TO debouch near Marysville. and that
would greatly enhance the value Of
Marysville property, while their prop
erty IN Sacramento would not be in
creased in value at all. At which the
great engineer said: Gentlemen, can
you not see that this road means a thou
sand Marysvilles aud Sacramentos!"
Thereupon one Of the company
probably Mark Hopkins, because he was
a man Of details and shrewd in final
conclusions above all the rest = said
"If we can get subsidy from San
Francisco. from Sacramento. from Plac-
er County and Eldorado. and some help
from the Government, we may be able
to bnild railroad from Sacramento to
Dutch Flat. Then. if the Comstock
mines, which promise well now. hold
up for two or three years, that road. IN
connection with our wagon road, will
enable us to make 100000 or $500. 900. +"
Taat was as broad as was the vision
OF those five men at that time. Judah
was the only man that saw clearly.
Senator Sargent got a bill through
Congress giving to the company the
right Of way. alternate sections of land
on either side Of the track 90 miles wide.
and money loan Of $4,000 per mile on
level ground and $32, 900 a mile in the
hills. Then the late George Gorham
went to Washington. aud by that genius
Of his which never failed, succeeded in
moving the foothills down to within IL
miles of Sacramento, where the double
subsidy began. and the company began
its road. In the meantime it
rad received s400. 900 from San Francis
%. $3.50. 900 from Sacramento. and. II
We remember correctly, s250,0o0 from
,ither Placer or Eldorado County.
When their first mile OF railroad was
inished they found that it had not cost
hem anything above what had been
.iven aud loaned them. but that, really.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
Toropah Mines Output Heavy

The mines Of Tonopah are in the best
physical condition that has existed for
several years. AS an evidence OF what
Is being done in that camp. reference is
made to the shipments as reported dur
lug the past week. which are as follows:
The ronopah Company sent $500 tons,
the Belmont Company $50 tons. the
Montana Tonopah 974 tons. the Mao.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13
Plan To Produce Radium Wholesale

first hospital where cancer patients are
to be treated will be in this city. aud it
is considered probable that another will
be established, possibly in Chicago.
The market price of radium is $1,000 for
10 milligrams, or approximately ss,7OO,-
600 a poand. The new institute plans
to manufacture sufficient radium to be
able to supply it to practitioners through
out the country. The scientists who
place such great faith in radium and
who are establishing the institute are
not only providing the necessary funds,
but will devote much of their time to
promoting the success Of the affair.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

/. John Mungerson is reported to have
nurchased the range stock Of Steve VIII
liams and son. Of White river, White
Pine County. who will retire and move
to California.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-11-13

N,mara 450 tons, West End 800 tons.
and Midway 100 tons. making the total
shipments for the week 6s7i TONS the
estimated value being si56,s50.