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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
SHIELDS LECTURE
WAS WELL LIKED

The lecture OF Professor Shields al
the Presbyterian Church Saturday
night was very well attended and
those who were there obtained 6oth
entertainment and instruction.
The professor started out by max
ing a plea for the song birds and beg
ged everyone to see that they were
protected. showing this can be done
with little trouble and no cost
lie described the habits Of the wild
animals and his lantern slides, oper-
atcd by Rev. G. II. Powell were beau
tiful and instructive as well, He cos
ed with description of avalanches
and the destruction they cause in the
high mountains.
Miss Mabel Stewart, Mrs. Ella Yer
ington and Sam Plat assisted with
music and singing. DR.. Huffaker,
who handled the affair has the thanks
of all those present for most pleas
ant evening.
The Kings Daughters as sponsors,
will clear goodly sum for their
charitable work from the lecture.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
THE PLAY
TONIGHT

Carson City was invaded this morn
ing by crowd of young men and
! women from the University who
came to present The Importance Of
Being Earnest' at the opera house to-
night.
The play is in three acts and is un-
uer the direction of Mrs A. Dow
Currier, who is stage manager Of
some experience having had much to
do with the career Of Julia MarlOwe
and 1880 persons of note in the dra-
matte world.
Funny situations abound and sur
round the principal character who
does a near Jekyll and Hyde stunt.
Two brothers find themselves during
the progress of the play. The love
interest IS carried throughout be-
cause the love lorn lass wto is the
principal character is never sure
whether she is in love with a real
man or with a counterfeit present
ment of an entirely different person.
The advance seat sale has been
good and there is every indication
that the occasion will be society
event. The cast is:
John WOrthing, |. P.......H H. Gulling
AlgernOn Moncriet. I'D B. O'Sullivan
Rev. Canon Chausble, ID. D....
....... Mr.. Harold Taylor
Merriman (Butler) Mr. Chas. Gulling
Lane (Butler) Mr.. Jas. HOleSwOrtn
Lady Bracknell. Miss Jane TOrreysOr
GWendOien Fairfax ............
" Miss Geraldine Hibbard
Cecily Cardew Miss Lola SlOddard
Miss Prism (GOverness) .......
............. Miss AgneSs Berry
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
RENO HAS SOUP KITCHEN

Reno has a free soup kitchen and
q bread line. Not as large as that
of New York and Chicago. perhaps,
but just as much appreciated.
Several times a day there is taken
from the kitcnen of a restaurant that
backs on Douglass alley huge bowl
of soup and great piles Of bread and
doughnuts. The food is carried into
u nearby saloon where it is dealt
out to those who want and need 1t.
No one is barred. and no man is
100 ragged and dirty but what he is
welcome to fill up the empty space
beneath his belt. All day long the
bowl and the trays are beseiged by
men VINO never had chance, and
who perhaps have not had bite to
eat for hours past.
It's a little back alley charity that
never reaches the eyes of the public,
that soup kitchen.-Journal.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
RELIEF CORPS HAS
BIG ENTERTAINMENT

At Masonic Hall Saturday night
gathered one of the largest crowds
seen in that place in many months,
to do honor to and help celebrate the
OF the Women's Relief Corps in this
city
The membership is composed OF
the best women Of this community
and is one that has always received
the greatest support by Carson City
and Ormsby county.
A program of entertainment was
arranged and carried out, but it was
to the farce given by a number OF la
dies who have arrived at that time
when tne look around and see their
sons and daughterS-sOme even tn 3lr
grand sons and daughters-that Gre
ated the most amusement and ap
plause.
The spectacle of stad and matronly
women dressed in all the tiambOyant
cOiOrs that belong to a sure enough
! old maid convention was too much
Tor the husbands and sons, and their
appearance vas the signal for a storm
of applause and laughter that did not
subside when the rejuvenating ma
chine had done it's deadly work and
transformed several handsome old
ladies into pretty young girls, one
! handsome old lady into twins, and
had baked on the handsOmest old
maid in the punch.
The Spanish War Veterans hOnOred
DR. Won Radesky with gold and
bronge badge Of office, presented by
Captain Cox for The veterans.
Mrs. Nellie V. Davis was the happy
and much surprised recipient of a
gold and silver jewelled past officers
medal, given ner by the Relief
! Corps.
The lady was so much surprised
and taken aback that she was unable
to make a speech and spoke only a
lew words of gratitude.
After the program Will Days or
cnestra furnished music for the young
folks while the elders sat down to a
banquet The young folks sat at the
second table The affair was one OF
the most pleasant held in many
years. The G. A. R. and Spanish
War Veterans were guests of honor.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
GAM BLING
BILL IS in

The anti.ga m. - = bIll was intro
duccd today in the assembly and The
fig Is on.
rnc act provides that every time
a man, woman or child turns a caro-
fer money. spins o roulette ball or
takes any chance at all of any Kind
for money. ne she or It is gam.
b or and has committed an offense.
The first section enumerates the
games which are to be called gamb.
iing games and are to be prohibited.
Section two prohibits any person
from renting any house or building
or any ! for gambling purposes.
Section three defines a gambler
and places fine of from 500 to
$1,000 for conviction under the sec.
tion Of any pere" so defined and
convicted.
Section four directs the peace Off
GERS of the state and county TO ar
rest all gamblers to break upon any
place wherein a gambling game is
operated and TO arrest all persons
therein and to take them before a
district judge in the county in which
the arrests are made.
Section five declares that the fear
OF inCrimination shall not defer a wit
ness and that ne may not be prosecu-
ted for the crime to which he testi.
iies. at any future time.
Section six defines the word per,
son" as including all persons con
cerned, firms, corporations or other
combinations of men or women or
children. ana the last section pro-
vldes that the act shall go into eff
feet September 4.
The proponents say that it will go
Through without any trouble. They
have large number Of petitions
from all over the state in support of
the bill and there will Dc Il hot fight
On IL from me start.
The bill introduced by Mcintosh OF
ElkO was referred to the committee
on public morals.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
LEGISL LATUREIS DOWN
TO SERIOUS WORK

of lne whole and Gahaghers en-
palmlng bill went to embalmment at
the bottom of the file.
Several goodly fights were started
county bill, the anti-gambling bill and
others and the session seems now to
have started out to do some real
business after three weeks of prelim-
mary idling and passage Of smaller
Dllls.
The most important thing brought
up today was the matter OF adoption
OF constitutional amendments. AS
the law now stands it is d very diff
cult matter 10 amend the constitution
o. the state and the constitution needs
several amendments. 1t is believed
that the time is not far distant when
constitutional convention will be
called to revise the old, or devise
new constitution.
Since the legislators have had a
chance to look over the Folsom reso-
luton in regard to the L. S. Forest
Service, it has cry small chance for
passage, as most Of them feel it is
not a good thing to pass as opening
up fight that will rebound to the
benefit Of very lew persons who are
entitled to little benefit when COM
pared with that of the whole people
Of the state.
Now that the legislature as body
has made good. it remains to be seen
what will come of the clamOr for an
investigation of ,-e Univ ersity. No;
much is expected of the joint commit
tee but it will be given every OPP
portunity to do something.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
SoMllEE;5F:1lGl:';U.Jl|Rl:ES 6; y ]
ON S. P..ROAD

The annual report of the Southern
Pacific Company for the fiscal year
ending June 80, is remarkable in
many respects. In the face of the
general depression in transportation
last year, the dividends of the com
pany of Z per cent on preferred
stock and per cent on common
stock were met, leaving a surplus OF
more than $z,7O0,OOO.
The report shows that the company
was operating 1884 miles of main
track, 222 miles OF second track, 3O5U
miles of siding, 10 miles of ferry
and 1895 miles Of water lines. The
main line was increased 14O miles
over the previous year and the sec
ond track and sidings 200 miles.
The receipts of the company fell Off
from $126, 1874 $50 in 19O6-O7 to $l23,-
27G,02O in 1907-0S, decrease of near
ly $3,OOO,OOO. The expenses increas-
ed from $50, ,l6l 1913 in Iy06-O7 to $685.
613,1 in 1907-OS, all of the increase
being in operating expenses and tax
es. The net revenue from taxation
was $34 72S, and this was increas-
ed by $4,0O0,0OO, the income receiv-
ed from securities of proprietary COM
panies held by the Southern Pacific
company.
The total funded debt of the South
ern Pacific company was 1872, 1861 ,621.
of which $35, 5,754,OOO was held free
in the treasury. Therefore the com
pany had free in the treasury stocks
and bonds more tnan $50 900 900.
It's current and deferred assets eX-
ceeded it's current and deferred liza
bilities by $65,179,YOS
The company has received cOnces-
sions in Mexico for building 1910
miles of railway, and 532 miles had
been completed on June 80, 1908.
Among the betterments on the Pa
cific system are mentioned passen
ger stations at Oakland and Berkley
II dwelling houses at Nina, New.
power plant at Ogden and numerous
structures at Inlay and Hazen, New,
and at Eugene, oregon
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
Something About a bit of
Everything Here
and The re

F. r. Nicholas returned this morn
ing from Reno.
Miss Eleanor I-angwith came up
with her sister, Miss Alice. this morn
ing and will visit for q few days.
Union labor men are congresating
in Carson as everal bills affecting
them are to come up this week.
Senator Boyd returned this morn
ING after a weeks absence from the
capit,.
Walter Cole, attorney OF lonopah,
is visiting in Carson.
Roy Corbett visited ais parents in
Virginia City yesterday.
The first rehearsal of the Eagle
Band minstrels is called for tonight
in the Park theatre. Carson had bet
ter prepare itself for the most hilar-
GUS time yet had in the local play
house.
Miss Ellis continues TO improve
and hopes for speedy and complete
recovery are given by the attending
physicians
The party Of Legislators and attach
e WnO went down tie mines at Vir-
gnia Saturday claim me best time
had since the session opened.
Puddy Grimes went to Reno yes
terday morning to attend to some
| business and to visit old friends
there.
w. O. tlecknes attended to bust
ness in Reno Saturday night.
Miss Margaret desmond OF Virgin
! ia is visiting friends in this city
Mrs. w. Shewan is visiting from
| Reno
Two charming visitors in the per
sons OIL Mrs. l.. r. LOTUS and Miss
Hazel Gates Of Dayton are in this
city.
TX Pinkey. one Of the Dangberg
Livestock men. is in town.
| Joseph Barker, of Manhattan,
! brought his lam ly to Carson Friday
where they will remain for the bal
ance of the winter.
Mrs Hugh Castle, who has been
visiting relatives in Carson. left for
ner home in San Francisco Saturday
night.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08

The legislature got down to rea
business today and did some things
OF Importance.
In the assembly Speaker Giffen ap
pointed his committee to investigate
the University in conjunction with
the committee appointed in the sen
ate. \ resolution was offered and
adopted granting the COMMITTEES the
time and money needed 70 carry out
thorough investigation and the
committee was given to understand
that no whitewash goes.
The speaker named Allen of Chur-
chill Brandon of Humboldt and Cur
tin of Esmeralda.
The anti gam bling bill was brought
in by Mcintosh of Elko and went to
the committee on public morals.
The Ormsby county pond bill was
referred in the senate 90 Senator
Woodbury. who will report it favorab-
ly and Speaker Giifen S bill prohibit
ing Chinese and Japanese from ac-
quiring land and from acting as di-
rectOrs in corporations was referred
to the Judiciary committee, where it
will no doubt be luiled to sleep.
Dodge's attacne bill was passed
and Folsom's was referred to the
committee on ways and means.
New bill include only assembly
bills. one by Lunsford to provide Il
new method for adopting constitution
al amendments; one by SMALL to Sc
cure plans for remOdeling the state
capitol building. grown inadequate,
one by Bulmer to create union school
districts; McIntOsh's anti-gambling
bill: Gallaghers revamped mining eN-
change bill: Kane's to establish Bull
frog county out of Nye county; Bran,
don'S to abolish district mining re
corders and make the county record,
er do the work: and on by Bergman
to repeal certain corporation reguiat-
ion laws.
Brogan struck a snag with ais ell
ectric company regulation bill as did
Berry with his bill to increase attache
salaries and both went to the bot
tom of the file. FergusOn's bill to
keep livestock off certain lands in
Churchill county was passed, TOdd's
election bill went to the bottom OF
lie file and Bulmer's bill relating 10
pure food was referred to a commit
tee of the whole. Senator Tallman S
bill. to increase salaries Of state at
taches was referred to the committee
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
ROB PROF. SHIELDS

A thief stole the grip in which
Prof. Shields carries his lantern
slides at the depot in Reno last
night. Prof. Shields will be unable
to give his letures without tnem and
the Reno police and others ara trying
to find them for him. He is at the
Riverside Hotel.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08

SUGGESTIONS
FOR NEVADA

/
Senator Francis G. Newlands has
wired the draft of n set of resou.
! tons that should be adopted by the
! Nevada iecislature
with ,aoo,i, r,odos,r bo doos
NOT ,s,, .ot NAV ho ,do,,,,d h,,
aoaa s,. ,ha. - ,.t,; .,o,,a l.,
adontad II sbou,d ho aIong tbase
limo.
,-.N,.,' -
ne S"sS'H'''''S Ut ''''"'"' NEW
'"il"s io'lo"
That the race question is now
the most important question confront
ing the Nation; that already We hav"
drifted regarding the black race in
TO condition which seriously sug-
costs the withdrawal of the political
rights heretofore mistakingly granted
and the inauguration or human Ma
tional policy which, with the coop
GRAFTON and aid of the Southern
states should recognize that the
blacks are race OF children reQulr-
ing guidance. industrial training and
tne development OF self control and
other measures intended to reduce
the danger OF race complication
formerly sectional, but now becoming
National.
That confronting us on the Attain
It's is Europe with a total population
of G0O,ooO,O00 white people whose sur
plus seeks outlet to our soil; that w
nave found It difficult to a"similatc
even the immigrants of the white
races from that continent. and nave
been obliged 0y law carefully to re
strict such immigration.
That confronting us on the Paci
tic lies Asia. with a population OF l.
0O,0O0,O0O people yellow and brown
races. who, Ii unrestricted would Ov-
erwhelmingly immigrate 10 our COun
try of unrivaied resources, of high
wages and almost unlimited capacity
10 support additional population; that
pre-eminently among these people
stands Japan. strong, aggressive. high
spirited. quantities which the Ameri-
can people admire, but which if Civ
en- play on American soil would de
velop the strongest form IT race an
tagonism.
That history teaches that it is i'm
possible to develop homogeneous peO-
pie by the juXtaposition of races diff
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
FINE SCEIGHlNG

Taking advantage of Ine deep snow
many sleighing parties were out last
night and today and everybody was
having a good time. The going was
too heavy last night and many had
to confine themselves to other pleas
ure3.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08

In expectation of opposition to the
anti gambling bill many on the sup
porters OF the measure are in the
capital to look to its progress.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08

week promises to be a most interest
ing one. Many bills that ar sched-
uled for good drubbing will come
up before both branches of the hon
Orable body.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-08
SERVED HER RIGHT

An Ohio school teacher, while
riding upon train. felt something
crawling in her shirtwaist, which
she discovered to be mouse. She
did not faint but tried to get some
one OF the passengers to reach in and
get the intruder. There was not a
man on the train who dared to tackle
the jOb.-EX.
That's what women get for always
having so many pin points bristiing
about tneir clOthing.-EX
That's what a woman gets for liv
ing in Ohio.
Oregon legislature is considering a
bill that will fatty exclude all Chin
1se. Japanese and Hindus.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-05-15
CHAPTER II.
POSt-Prandial.

Bannerman pushed back his chair a
few inches, shifting position the better
to benefit of a faint air that famed
in through the open window. Matt
land, twisting the sticky stem of a
liqueur glass between thumb and fore
finger, sat in patient waiting for the
lawyer to speak.
But Zimmerman was in no hurry;
his mood was rather one contempla-
tive and genial. He was round and
cherubic little man, with the face of
a guileless child, the acumen of a sue
cessful counsel for soulless corpora
tons Chat is to say, of high order),
no particular sense of humor, and
great appreciation of good eating.
And Maitland was famous in his day
/, as one thoroughly conversant with the
art Of ordering dinner.
That which they had Just discussed
had been uncommon in all respects;
| Maitland's scheme of courses and his
specification as to details had reused
the admiration Of the Primordiars chef
and put him on his mettle He had
outdone himself in his efforts to do
| justice to Mr.. Maitland's genius; and
| the Primordial in its deadly conserva-
| tism remains to this day one of the
| very few places in New York where
good, sound cooking is to be had by
the initiate.
Therefore Zimmerman thoughtfully
| sucked at his cigar and thought
fondly of a salad that had been to
ordinary salads as his sO-horse-power
car was to an electric blackboard.
While Maitland, with all time at his
purchase, idly f1icked the ash from his
cigarette and followed his attorneys
meditative gaze out through the win
dow.
Because of the heat the curtains
| were looped back, and there was moth
| ing to obstruct the view. Madison
square lay just over the sill, a dark
wilderness of foliage here and there
made 1ivid green by arc lights Its
walks teemed with humanity, its
| benches were crowded Dimly from
Its heart came the cool FLASHING of the
fountain, in lulls that fell unaccount
ably in the roaring rustic of restless
feet Over across, Broadway raised
glfttering walls of glass and stone:
and thence came the poignant groan
and rumble of surface cars crawling
upon their weary and unvarying
rounds
And again Maitland thought of the
City. and of Destiny, and of the gray
~irf the si;Hcssatta of whose hand was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-05-15
Arabs outIive Eskimo.

While it may be true that the white
man loses in intellectual and bodily
power in the tropics, DIR. Luigi Sambon
maintains, as a result of recent re-
searches, that the average Arab lives
25 years longer than the average Es-
kimo; that the coast people of South
America are longer lived than tie
mountain people; that old age is much
commoner in the southern countries of
Europe than in the northern Countries
and that Spain with a population
smaller by 9.OO0.0OO) has 401 cente
narians to England's LAG.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-05-15
CHAPTER I.-continued.

Further and closer inspection de-
veloped the fact that the imprint had
been only recently made. Within the
hour-unless Maitland were indeed
mad or dreaming-a woman had stood
by that desk and rested hand, palm
down, upon it; not yet had the dust
had time to settle and blur the sharp
outlines.
Maitland shook his head with be-
wilderment, thinking of the gray girl.
But no. He rejected his half-formed
explanation-the obvious one. Besides,
what had he there worth a thief's
while? Beyond a few articles of
virtue and bigotry' and his pictures,
there was nothing valuable in the en-
tire fat. His papers? But he had
nothing; a handful of letters, cheQue
book, a pass book, a japanned tin dis
patch box containing some business
memoranda and papers destined event
ually for Bannerman's hands; but
nothing negotiable, nothing worth a
burglars while.
1t was a f1at-topped desk, of mahog-
any, with two pedestals of drawers, all
locked Maitland determined this lat
ter fact by trying to open them with
out key; failing, his key-ring solved
| the CI1lculIy III d Jlly- buI lHo OIdW-
ers seemed undisturbed; nothing had
! been either handled, or removed, or
displaced, so far as he could deter
mine. And again he wagged his head
from side to side in solemn stupefac-
/ ton.
This is beyond you, Dan, my boy"
And: But I've got to know what it
means
| In the hall O'Hagan was shutting
| mpatience. Pondering deeply, Matt
land relocked the desk and got upon
his feet. A small bowl of beaten brass,
! which he used as an ash receiver,
stood ready to his hand; he took it up,
| carefully. blew it clean of dust, and
Inverted it over the print of the hand.
| On top of the bowl he placed a
weighty afterthought in the shape of
a book.
"O'Hagan!"
''Waitin', sor.''
Come hither, OHagan. You see
that desk?"
Visor
Are you sure?''
| 'Ah, faith"
| Il want you not to touch it, OLA
gan. Under penalty of my extreme dis
pleasure, don't lay a finger on it till 1
| give you permission. Don't dare to
dust it. Do you understand"
| 'Yissor. Very good, Mr.. Maitland