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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

The Ty5o Sun Of the 25th instant re
intes tho following strange story, the
particular OF which were received from
Hank Butterfeld.
"SomeIimo in the early part of the
month young man named Sam Kane
went to Rovie!le with team. While
there he drank very heavily, and was
under the influence Of liquor when he
started of. On the road from Troy TO
Blue Eagle ranch lac suddenly threw of
his coat and ran away from, the wagon
As be did not come back WIN. Dooley.
Billy Reynolds and Spooner got on their
horses aud started 10 hunt hiu up.
Ai;er going n short distance they found
nearly all his clothes which he had
stripped of in his insane aiGht. They
followed his ;rnil for nearly 100 Iuiles
before coming up with him, finding n
check for $G3 and and n $40 gold note
he had lost "r thrown away. On the
ht'h day they found him circling around
in the ugthrush, still in n dclirious
condition. lie had been without food
or wrt"r !or five days and would GER
tnniy have died if oPpsrtune aid had
not reached him. lie WAS placed upon
n horse, aud tmkcn to Biily REYNOLDS
ranch, which WIS not far OF, where at
las; accounts he was doing we'll. mnd
rapidly recovering from the effects of
his terrible tlamp."
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

Harrington the slayer Of sullivan con-
victcd Of murder IN the second degree,
at Reno n few days ago, was on Satur.
day, sentenced to twenty years IN tho
State prison.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02
Must ruhli-h Notice.

The Senate passed, without amend
ment, the House bill requiring all
notices of contest under the Homestead.
Presumption and Tree culture laws
shall hereafter be printed in some
newspaper printed in the county where
the land in contest lies. and il no news
paper be printed in such county, then
IN the newspaper printed nearest TO
such land. The purpose of this bill.
which was originally introduced b.
Wiggington, is to stop the practice, in
which Land Officers are occasionally
detected, OF conniviug with land sharks
by publishing notices of contest in re-
mote newspapers, which the settlers
marked out for spoliation are not like
ly ever to see. .......... ....
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

l'nST. llAE1E has succeeded in oh.
tanning n foreign mission from tho
Government ut last that ~ CONNER.
cial agent in litslu rmssinn town
from which the fees may possibly ar
grcgnto tho magnificent sum Of 81 900
per ycnr, but probably will not roach
half tha; sum.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

Two uamps slept uuc night last Win.
tor in limc kiln. nunr baltimore. and
were stupcf"d hy the fumes. One died.
and The other WAS burned - bad that
he lost an arm. Tho kiln was, huw.
over, 80 comfortable lodging place
That tho survivor tried il again on le.
cent night. and was found dead ia the
morning.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

vnr Copy. on" year. ar..................... 10 o.
One copy, six months. ................. & %
Ui.s copy, thrvC months. , ~
Delivered In ElLo by carrier 1t 50 coats week
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

q. w. CRANE. No. 32s Montgomery st
San trsnctSco. Cal, sole Ay-ut Tor the EIXu
tSDEi sDEST. 10 authorized to contract fnr Ia.
.oTtinR entertainments for ~ NJ our Ioacst rates
u coin. OricrS left with Mr. Crane sill rucrls.
rompt attention
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02
The Navajo to start Up.

Tir.es-Reeier. May 2Gth.-The Navajo
engine will ba fred up to day to en-
able bidders for the contract which is
to be let go down into the mine and
examine the ground. 4 contract will
1c iv: 60 run the drift in the 250-foot
level one hundred feet or until the
ledge is struck, and n body Of men will
be put to work in the upper portions
OF the mine taking ont ore. 1t is ex-
pected that 1T body of pay ore will he
struck. in the 25O-foot level, about
sevCn,y-oIGlt feet from the present head
OF the diff, and that sufficient guam
t!ty of pay ore can be taken out Of the
upper works i'll the meantime to pay
the expenses OF extracting, and also of
the proposed prospecting work.
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on STIS

~ ENETy pEsCuuTTios PROMPTLY DOSE. ~ rur
bE-r s.rLE or TuE ARr
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

TnE picnic of tbr Eureka X. OF T.. at
falis0de, Saturday was nn immense iol.
hhcaiiun. a special train took down
"hont 800 base rangers. and according
I" reports. the tnllcst kIhL OF .bigh
jinkS" held sway throughout tho day.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02
VOL. II.
DAILY ELgO INDEPENDENT

ssUED LIVERY DAY, SUNDAY EN-
i cspted.
4. =. SEARS. Editor aud Publisher.
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Advertising Rates In u. y. Coin,

square %" Lines Nonpariel Type or space
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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

Tur aggregate Of dividends declared
by th" Richmond Company. ut Eureka.
to date. u Sl.gS5, $50. OF this amoun,
S2bl.dO0 hns hCcn paid TO sh rei,oldcrs
Eince List 81 pinilhcr.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

80. choice variety OF Plants and FInwe,
ses,cI NJ the Springs. constantly on hand a,
All c.R VAN AEJsrYs
Proprietor.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
TUB AND SWIMMING BATHS.

uonyeyAnco 10 and from tho SPRINGS eyo,.
hour' during oyery day OF tho week. WV
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02
NEW TIN SHOP!

ORDERS sOLiCITpp. ala
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02
Criminal FnlsillcntIOn.

Under the above head. the San Fran
cisco Post editorialy refers as follows to
some of the nbominablo practices of n
class of harpies and sensation mongers
of the country. for the exclusive purpose
of assisting this or that pr oject in which
they may have direct or indirect inteI-
est. The Post says:
"The activity Of the Associated Press
agents in circulating grossly exaggerat-
ed statements in regard to Socialists
armiug,' etc, is in character similar
To the deliberate falsiication spread
broadcast over the land i'm regard to
the advocates OF the monetary double
standard. 4 specimen Of these false
hoods IL seen III the statement, got Up
Tor police purposes, that there We're
5000 armed and drilled Socialists, :
or Communists in Chicago. The
Tribune OF that city, a journal bitterly
Untagonistic 10 the whole socialistic
philosophy, set its reporters at work to
find out the facts. In couple OF days
IL was seen that the whole 5000 men
IN nuckram had decreased ioa Bohem-
IAN organization OF 81 members, in
character similar to the German Tur-
ners, whose general tone was of n So
ciniistic character"
The Post might with peculiar proprie-
ty have extended its criticisms to in
clude another and equally Objectionable
class of frauds and shysters, who, by
prostitu,ing the press for party purpos.
es. are playing the same contemptl BILE
game by persistent efforts To create a
panic Of alarm over the imminent dan
ger OF revolution; danger which
never existed even in the truculent
brains of the would be nlarInists.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

The History and Condition Of this Company,
January !, 1910. were iu Lricf aud in round
numbers. az followsi
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-02

And We ar. now prypar,d 70 Do
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
ENGLISH BLUSTER.

LONDON Feb. 2S.-It is confidently
stated that Al, 1000 troops are ready to
start from Bombay at short notice.
The Elswick ordnance works were
recently ordered to manufacture 100
torpedoes for government, with all
possible speed, and the order has
been increased to 800.
A Vienna correspondent states that
Russian concessions touching the
limits and length of occupation Of
Bulgaria are quite sufficient with the
present tendency of the Austrian gov
ernment to restore confidence. Aus
tria is content for the moment and
looks to the conference for the rest.
Another correspondent writes that
the extension of the Principally of
Bulgaria to the Egean sea would
practically mean the securing of a
naval station for Russia, just as the
grant of port to Montenegro would
mean Russian naval station in the
Adriatic.
Still another telegraphs that the
position appears extremely CRITICAL,
Notwithstanding the tranquilizing ut
terances OF ministerial papers
The conference is regarded in Aus
trian government circles as adjourned
sine die.
A Berlin dispatch says the confer
ence has entirely failed.
A correspondent at Pera says Rus
sia will make great pretence of eager
ly defending her conditions before
the powers, but will finally yield
enough to satisfy them and then ar
range programme for a Russian
protectorate over Turkey in Europe
and Asia according to terms of their
secret agreement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
Tne eRes,pEMr.s MESSAGE.

The President stuck to the last.
The eastern goldites should ever keep
him green in their remembrance.
His brief argument in defense of
his action has been far more strongly
put than he. did in his message du-
ring the course of the discussion by
every geld journal in the land.
He carefully avoided meeting all
arguments upon the other side. He
never mentioned that every solitary
bond that has been sold since the so
called demonetization of silver, con-
tanned upon the face Of ii the express
stipulation that it should be paid in
the coin Of the country in 1870, and
no man pretends but that tho silver
dollar Of 4l2h grains was then le-
gal tender and mora that that it was
then the unit of value, regulating the
gold dollar itself. 1t is utter folly to
say, as he does, that purchasers OF
bonds did not expect the same to be
paid in silver coin, provided by the
silver bill, when the bond expressly
says SO.
Then the internal rascality Of the
surreptitious manner in which silver
wasdemonetized, brought about by the
cunning Of the money power, in jus.
tice gave them not particle of right
under it. 1t was fraud, and should
have no consideration in judging Of
the merits of the case.
The President charges in plair
terms, that the supporters Of the sill
YER bill are dishonest, arrogating tt
himself and his friends in this meas
ure the purity and Righteousness O
the land. There is an impudenc'
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
Don piatt "A haves Adviser,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Don Piatt
who has been on most intimate terms
with the President, and who has Civ
en- up his private residence to Hayes
Secretary, Rogers, is out in a column
attack upon the policy of the admin
istration. He says that "the civil SER
vice now is in worse condition than
ever. This defeat is owing to a lack
of force in the personnel of the adj
ministration, that is distressing to its
friends of whom we number ourselves
One is forced to contrast this condi-
tion with that which marked the for
mer executive. Senator Conkling,
for example, who sneers at, and OPEN
ly opposes the President, spoke with
bated breath in the presence of Gen.
Grant, while Morton, the boldest
leader of his party, hobbled into the
White House and apologized for the
intrusion. Men who felt faint when
Grant frowned, are now insolent and
outspoken in their revolt"
In speaking Of the pusillanimons
course of the President, in relation to
the New York custom house he says !:
"Hayes submitted when he had the
game in his own hands. He should
have responded to the insult by send
ing in appointments made up Of
Democrats and Republicans, and the
Democrats would have seen that they
were confirmed. The Democrats of
the Senate no more want civil SER
vice than the Republicans, but they
would have aided the President in
torturing the common enemy. Messrs.
Conkling & Co. would have said,
This man is dangerous let us con-
ciliate,' and they would have taken
hacks and hurried to the White House
to assure the President that of all
things they most believed in civil SER
vice reform. Senator Conkling is a
buffalo bull, a lion before and COW
behind. In this he does not differ
from any other politician in Congress.
So long as one takes refuge in tree,
he lowers his horns, lifts his tail,
paws up dirt, and roars.. AT any
show of resistance he turns his tail
and the COW appears"
He then counsels the President to
swing free from his spoils-seeking
cabinet and act occasionally for him
self. He openly advises the President
to use the clubs of patronage to knock
down all congressional opposition, or
else give up and become recorded as
complete and utter failure.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
ENGLAND's MILITARY STRENGTH.


Major General Sir Garnet Wolseley
contributes to the NineteenM Century
an article entitled england as a mil
itary power" The following are his
conclusions
"At no previous period has Eng
land been so strong in military
sense as now. Were war declared
tomorrow about 100000 drilled men
would fall into line, if required, sup
ported by 372 field guns, beside
mounted horse and royal artillery.
That number would roughly be made
up as follows: Standing army at
home, $1,000 men; army and militia
reserve, 10000; militia, $1,000; vol
unteers, 10000, and second class ar
my reserves, 10000. Total 4l4,O0O.
In this calculation 1 have put the fig
ures very low and have left out alto
gether the 10000 yeomanry who
would be available for home service.
I have not taken into consideration
the number Of regular troops that
would be available for war when the
Mediterranean garrisons were fur
nished by militia. It will thus be
seen we could at once take the field
with two fully equipped army corps
of more than 10000 soldiers each,
leaving a similar force of regular
troops at home as a reserve. When
1 compare the military strength of
England now, with what it was in
1854, am as amazed at the conditions
of military weakness and helpless
ness in which we were when we be-
gan the Russian war of that year, as
I am at the ignorance of those who
are now croaking over our supposed
want of strength and alleged conse-
quent inability to fight
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
SLAVERY IN FLORIDA.
coiored Citizens Kidnapped and
Sold Into Bondage In Cuba
Hayes Will investigate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Several
weeks ago the President received q
letter from a reliable source, stating
that the writer was in possession Of
facts capable Of direct proof to the
effect that colored men, citizens of
Florida, had been kidnapped and
transported across the Gulf Of Mexico
and there sold into slavery. The wri-
ter says that members Of the families
Of some OF the enslaved citizens had
received intelligence from Cuba from
their relatives stating that they were
held in bondage there, and the matter
was communicated to the Chief Exec
utive of the United States for such ac-
tion in the premises as might be
deemed best calculated to vindicate
American dignity, in view of the pro-
cedure 80 grossly in violation of the
civilization and tho times. The, con-
tents OF the letter occasioned much
surprise to the President. With a
view of ascertaining the truth of the
statement, he concluded to dispatch a
confidential agent to Cuba for that
purpose. Such agent was found in
Judge Leonard. the Republican men,
ber from Louisiana in the House of
Representative. Judge Leonard left
New York for Havana Wednesday
last. Another object of the mission
is to ascertain the true condition of
the insurgents, official accounts and
those from insurrectionary sources
being contradictory.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
a Missouri Hanging

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, March 1.-The
hanging of Richard Green, for the
murder Of Deputy Marshal Hughes,
near Independence, No., Feb. 10th,
1877, took place here to-day in the
narrow alley way north of the Court
house, between 1t and the high bluffs.
AT 10 80 a. m. the doomed man walk
ed up to the scaffold with the Marshal
and Father Dunn. He was in good
spirits considering the occasion. On
the scaffold he said, "I die for my
crime and in faith of my Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. Good wishes to
all men," The execution was perfect
ed in eight minutes and forty-five
seconds. After his drop q committee
pronounced that pulsation had ceased.
Green was q young man aged about
", native Of Greenbrier Co., Va. and
was raised in Green Co., Ohio, but
has lived for some years in Fremont
Co., Iowa, and his is the first judicial
hanging in Jackson Co., Mo-, since
1889. The body was given to his sis
ter who has attended him during his
last days and will be sent to Nebras-
ka City tonight for burial;
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06

The New York Tribune has got,
very recently, streak of sense. Hear
what it now says about silver driving
gold out Of circulation
The silver dollars issued under the
restrictions of the amended bill will
not drive gold out of the country
The operation Of Greshem's law that
"bad money drives out good money"
depends upon the absolute equality
of the two kinds of money before the
law. If the resumption act is carried
into effect on the first of next Janu-
ary (and the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry has sworn to execute it, gold and
grecnbacks will be at par, and no one
can get silver dollar of 4121s grains
without paying gold dollar, or its
equivalent, for it. In the mean time
not enough of silver will have been
issued to have any disastrous effect on
our stock of gold. That may be indi-
rectly decreased by the return of U.
S. bonds, but not by being cro,cded out
bg the SiiUer coins. After Jan. 1. 1879,
people will pay out silver dollars, or
gold coins. or legal tender notes, rs
may be most convenient. Neither
one, on account of the operations OF
this bill, will be at discount.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
coin of inferior value to the money OF
the world

coin of inferior value to the money OF
the world.
The capital defect of the measure il
that it contains no provision protect
ing from its operations pre-existing
debts, in case the coinage which ii
creates shall continue to be of less
value than that which was the sole
legal tender when they were contrac-
ted. If it is now proposed for the
purpose of taking advantage of the
depreciation of silver in payment of
debts, to coin and make legal tender
silver dollar of less commercial value
than the dollar, whether Of gold or
paper, which is now the lawful mon
ey of the country, such q measure it
will be hardly questioned will be in
the Judgment Of mankind an act of
bad faith.
As to all debts heretofore contract
ed, the silver dollar should be made a
legal tender only at its market value.
The standard of value should not be
changed without the consent of both
parties to the contract. National
promises should be kept with un-
flinching fidelity. There is no power
to compel a nation to pay its just
debts. Its credit depends on its hon
or.
Owing to what it has led its credit.
ors to expect 1 cannot approve the
bill, which in my judgment authoriz.
es a violation of sacred obligations.
Obligations of public faith transcend
all questions of profit or public ad.
vantages. Its unquestionable main
tenance is the dictate as we'll of the
highest experience ss OF the most nee
essary duty and should ever be care
fully guarded by the Executive, by
Congress and by the people.
1t is my firm conviction that if the
is to be benefited by silver
coinage it can be done only by the
issue of silver dollars of full
value which will defraud
no man and currency worth less
than it purports to be, will in the end
defraud not only creditors but all
who are engaged in legitimate bust
ness and no more assuredly than
those who are dependent on their
daily labor for their daily bread.
Signed, RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
The West Virpinia Sanger.

A correspondent of New York
paper, writing from Lynchburg, Va,
describes the "Sauger," their habits
and their country. They are GU
rious race of mountaineers who in
habit several wild counties of West
Virginia. Their origin is unknown.
The pure Sanger is being by him.
self. The Digger Indian is the near
est parallel to him, but the Sanger is
better physically and has more intel
ligence than the Digger. Tho colo
MES Of the Saugers were recruited by
deserters from both armies during the
war, and the influence Of these for
eigners among them has probably ell
evated the moral and social condi-
tien Of the race. Lawful marriage
is unknown among them and they
have no use for lawyers, doctors or
preachers or school teachers. They
live in the woods and among the
rocky fastnesses, far away from high
ways and civilized settlements. Their
abodes are log-cabins, with mud
chimneys, and sometimes caves and
holes in the ground. They live on
game, and include in the list which
furnishes their bill of fare raccoons,
opossums, ground-hogs, squirrels,
snakes, owls, crows, polecats and 9TH
er animals that come to their traps.
The women drink tea of sassafras
and the roots of the golden rod. In
the spring they find delicacy in
brook trout, which people the noun
tain streams and pools. They despise
frogs, which are about the only liv-
ing things the Sanger does not eat,
while fried grasshoppers are rare
luxury. The Saugers have COM
merce, too. They dig the ginseng
root, which is plentiful in the noun
tains, steal into the nearest settlement
by night and sell it by appointment
with their grocer, and steal out again
with corn meal and bacon, of which
they have learned the value, when
their small game is scarce. The gin
seng is shipped to China, where it
commands high price. So they con-
tribute to the commerce of the out
eide world, after all, and are not al
together useless human beings.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

s)A@AN 10
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Hoar. pro-
sented petition of citizens of Cape
Cod demonstrating against the pas
sage Of Ssrgen:'s bill to organize the
coast guard and life saving service.
Sargent showed that the necessity
existed which his bill provided for,
on account Of the inefficiency and
of the present servants of the
public. ~
Allison introduced bill to provide
for the entry of lands by Indians un-
der the homestead law. Referred.
Davis asked present consideration
of the report on public grounds, the
Committee favoring the improve
ment of Capitol grounds. Conkling
opposed it.
The chair presented a House bill
to allow the temporary appointment
of pension agent at N. Y. so that
pensions now due may be paid. tits
a peculiar case and the bill is intended
to cover all such. 80
Edmunds and Conkling objected as
it would give the president power of
appointing without the consent of the
Senate. The bill was laid aside and
the long bond bill then came up.
HOUSE.
The bill authorizing the President
to review court martial proceedings
of 1854, in case Of ex-Surgeon Gener-
al Hammond and to amend the same
and place DIR. Hammond on the re-
tired list as Surgeon General, with
out giving him any right to past,
present or future pay or allowances.
Passed without debate.
The bill pensioping soldiers of the
Mexican war was then taken up.