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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-01-19
A PETITION


We arc in receipt Of . petition to
The Senzte and House Of Represents.
Tires, signed by G. A. Power and other
prominent citizens OF Terre HAute.
Indiana, with . request that NO pub
lish. but owing to its great length
that il out q the question.
The petition claims that there y
now due claimants for pensions for
s,rvices in the late Rebellion one
hundred and fifty millions OF dollars;
that one hundred and fifty millions
more will be needed for arreara&es
OF pension under tho restoration of
the Arrears Act repealed in 1879;
that one hundred and twenty-five
millions will be required annually to
pay service, disability and widows
pensions The petitioners therefore
pray that Congress will reject the So
called G. A. r Disability Pension
Bill, and substitute therefor the
measure known as Senate Bill No.
1904, introduced by Hon. ]. ]. Ingalls,,
Of Kansas, and House Bill No. in
troduced by Hon. Jos. B. Cheadle, OF
Indiana
While We are in favor OF amply
compensating the brave soldiers who
saved the Union in its utmost peril,
We do not believe that it is right to
pass pension laws for the benefit OF a
hoard Of claim agents whose business
it is to fatten on the charity OF the
nation, and it seems that all soldiers
OF the Union entitled to a pension
should have made the fact known in
the course OF twenty-five years. 1t
looks very much like this pension
business is being. run into the
ground" so to speak, and that the
object Of this petition, which asks
thus Congress to appropriate Three
Hundred Million Dollars" to the pay
ment of pensions, is a scheme to rake
the Treasury.
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The Lily and Freddie.

The San Francisco Post says: Now
let the world go around again as Of
yore, and the stars move in their ap-
pointed courses. Langtry and Geb-
hardt have made up their quarrel and
are reconcilcd again. Just why tho
relations Of a dude and an actress
should be Of so much interest it is not
easy to say, but Mt least two continents
follow every phase OF the linson with
breathless interest.
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An Heir to 100000.

Frank Clifford, who was found frozen
to death in his cabin at Whisky Flat,
near Hawthorne, Esmerslda county,
Inst week, fell heir to n fortune Of
100000 ~bequenthcd to him several
ycars ago by wealthy relatives in
Massachusetts,. As no was n con.
demned inebriato his sister was up.
pointed guardian and no was unable to
obtain possession Of the bequcst.
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Cure For Colds.

A former resident Of the blizzard
circuit now located here givesthe fol-
lowing prescription, which he declares
is an infallible remedy for the sever
est.cold: Take - cents worth Of ar
row root and boil it in a quart OF
water until the liquid is thick with
the juice Of the root, then add honey
or syrup until palatable, and take n
Tablespoonful every two hours until
the cold has left the system-which
will be in twenty-four hours after
swallowing the first doee.IVirginia
Chronicle.
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Taxca Paid.

The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany has paid into the county treas
ury OF Elko county tho sumof s077.67,
being the amount OF taxes assessed
against said company on account Of
surveyed and unpntented lands.
This payment Is made conditional,
pending n suit against tho Railroad
Company in Washoe county for tho
collection OF taxes ON the same kind
OF property. II tho sold suit should
terminate in favor Of the county, tho
payment to this county OF tho said
sum is absolute, and the amount al
then he apportioned to tho various
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Ed. Cavanaugh, mnjor domo for tho
firm Of Russell & Bradley, was ap-
propriately watched by his employers,
in the shape Of ar elegant Howard
watch with a splendid chain attached
thereto, for we'll merited services.
Ed is n fine fellow and no fell into
good pasturage when no engaged
with the above mentioned firm, as IL
never fails TO reward we'll rendered
services. --lBattle Mountain Central
Nevadan.
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From Tahoe,

Frank Webber, who does the snow
shoe act between Truckee and Tahoe
with the mail, reports eight and n
half feet OF snow on n level at Taboo
City. Twenty-Five feet have fallen
at McKinney's. Tho lake has risen
fifteen inches. Snowshocing is now
tolerable, and Webbcr came down
yesterday in four hours. Everything
at tho lake is quiet, tho few inhabi-
tants playing pedro most OF tho time.
-[Truckee Republican.
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Malcolm NJ. Mcleod and John Girls
sell left North Bloomfield Sunday nf-
ternoon to carry tho mail to Washing
ton, Nevada county, Cal. Young Nc
Leod succumbcd to the cold within
half a mile Of his destination. Girls
sell gotto town, and a party went out
and brought Mcleod in, but no died
On the way. The distance from North
Bloomfield to Washington is eight
and u half miles. The young men
we're eleven and a half hours making
tho trip.-IVa. Chronicle.
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Defective Mast.

A report from Vallejo states that in
setting the sails on the Charleston
Thursday tho handsome steel mast
was sprung. and badly, too. Ton foot
from tho upper deck the rivets started,
and on tho after sido Of the mainmaat
at this point there is a fissuro @ six.
teenth OF IN inch deep. A hasty con.
ference Of naval officers decided that
tho mast can DO mendod, but this is
doubted.
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DIED.

-tiHlals:--At bis residence, in Pteas-
ant Valley, Elko county, Nevada,
Of pneumonia, January IL. 1880,
Thoa r Harris, = native Of St
Louis No, aged45 yeant II months
AMI ten days
Burial Will take place on Monday
tho 18th dry q this month from his
late residence.
Peace be TO his sshes-
lWheatland, California, papers
please copy.l
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jack the Ripper.

A London dispatch OF the 9th in
slant says:
During the past few days the Lon
don police have exercised unusual
vigilance owing to an expectation
that Jack the Ripper is about to be-
gin his operations sgain. The boats
from the United States are being
carefully searched, and n strict look
out is kept in the vicinity OF the
tragedies at the East End.
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snow bound.

It is reported from Battle Mountain
that a train which loft Austin on tho
N. O. II r. some days ago is blockaded
by snow. An engine sont from Battle
Mountain TO assist the snow bound
train, is also stuck in q snow drift.
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A BARGAIN.

The following described property
will be sold ut n bargain for cash:
A RANCH OF $40 ACRES,
Eighty acres under a good fence. 4
good house OF five rooms, with ncces
eary ou~tbuildings; sixty tons OF hay;
ten head, more or less, OF stock horses;
five work horses; two sets of harness;
n new wagon, capacity, 5000
pounds; one spring wagon; chickens,
hogs, tools, etc.
Price, Fifteen Hundred Dollars.
l have also for sale about 1900
fence posts. Call on or address,
KNOX 4. CRANE,
South Fork,
Elko Co,
Nevada.
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Time8.R eviow:.. There is certain TO
DO plenty Of Qrass In Nevada noSt
Spring. II is not 30 certain, however,
that there will DO q corresponding
amount Of stock left In tho country
10 cat II.
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state School FuDda

State Superintendent Dorey sends
US . copy OF tho fri semi-snnual
superintendent Of State Sehoolmoneys
for 1890 TO the several counties OF the
State, to Wit:
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Total, 9,7s9 s35,4o6 D

Two undertaking firms ut Spokane
Fal 5, Washington, quarreled over the
possession OF the body Of n painter.
Lawyers were called in and tho body
Wis attached.
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E%Y1
Skin Eruption Cured

Ono Of my eustomert . highly respected md
influential citizen, but uh Il Dow Absent from
the city. has used swiit's Specific with excellent
RESULT He says # cured him Of . skin eTuptIoa
that he bad been tormsnted with for thirty year.
and bad resisted tho curative qualities Of many
other medieincA
RonkHr CLrss. Druggist. Falls City. Nsh
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s1ock BRANDs.
MURPHY e. HILL, HALLEcK NEv.,

RANGE: North Fork Of The Humboldt and Mountain City. Ene.su, n.
ada. anil Duck and Brnneau Valleys. owyhee county, Idaho
The morning call., 1890-11-18
AFTER WARDEN M'COMB.
A Growing Belief That He Will Be
Asked to Resign.

A Growing Belief That He Will Be
Asked to Resign
In political circles there is a settled con-
viction that Warden McComb must give
way to some one more in accord with the
new administration, and if such proves TO
be true there will be a general stirring up
among employees at San Quentin. In all
there are ninety-eight employees at that
place, in positions of more or less ease. at
salaries ranging from 5000 to $1,000 year,
and in tie event of a radical change of man
agement it is probable that many Of them
would be asked to resign. Nothing is
definitely known, of course, but it is gener-
ally believed that the Governor-elect will
strike one of his first blows in that direc-
ton, and with this idea in mind new aspir-
ants for the wardenship are beginning to
spring up.
j. L. Tharp now denies that he has any
ambition for political place, but just the
same there is a prevalent opinion among
politicians that he would take kindly to an
offer to succeed McComb. 1t is true that he
would be compelled to give up his business,
but the place in question would, in all prob
ability, more than recompense him for the
change.
Another candidate who is max ne strong
fight for tine place is Moses Drew OF Sacra-
mento, ex-Sheriff and former United States
Marshal. He was delegate to the conven-
ton that nominated Markham. and stood
out against the efforts Of Frank Rhodes to
programme the delegation for Mr.. Morrow.
Refusing TO be dictated TO in the matter he
cast his vote for The Governor-elect, and by
stroke Of good fortune thus fell in on the
winning side.
Besides the two already named, however,
ex-Sheriff Hale of Alameda is in the field,
and is pushing his candidacy with consid-
cradle degree of vigor. He has, it is UNDER
stood, The support of ex-Judge Waymire and
Spaulding, both of whom were members of
the State Central Committee, and Mark
ham men from the outset. Their influence
will be felt in the matter. no doubt aud Mr..
Hale is in all probability the strongest man
yet named for the place.
The morning call., 1890-11-18

saw had dry rot clear through; did not . e1.
anime the mudsills or timbers closely;
could not identify any particular bent. i,
Alonzo Gesner testified: The lemons OF
the bents in the wrecked place where the
engine was were pretty we'll gone. The
mndsills, like the lemons of the posts, had
also begun to rot. The rest Of the trestle
was not rotten nor mortised, but held to cap
and mudsill by an iron dowel pin.
An affidavit of r. S. Swartz, farmer near
Chimawa, said the beuts were reasonaply
sound; saw a rail had been displaced; It now
lies eighteen feet back of where it had been;
had no signs on it OF being IN
the wreck; ties were out by the car-wheels
where this rail was removed; saw the marx
of a crowbar on five Ties, showing that the
spikes were drawn before the wreck; a
car is over this, in part, so 1t could not have
been made after the wreck Saw no evidence
that the trestle broke down from the
weight of the engine.
j. o. Johusa, division foreman Of the
bridge department, examined the trestle.
strong enough to hold the trains run over
this road. The pile dents were left on to
save expense. The track had been tempered
with.
j. II. Waite, roadmaster on the Southern
Pacific, said: The car surged forward and
then surged back so as to strike my head.
We were running twenty to twenty-five
miles. Brakes were applied before the
whistle, as they generally do at this place.
Had seen evidence of a rail being removed.
The substructure was good and sound.
J. @. Wilson saw the wreck; examined 1t
closely for three rail lengths. Where the
engine went down it was not strong enough
TIE rail on The west side could not have got
there without number of hands. II evil
IDENTIFY had been in the wreck. Car-wheels
had run on the ties where the rail was re-
moved.
j. II. Alberts, cashier of the Capital
National Bank. owns the place where the
wreck occurred. He had remarked what
he considered the unsafe character OF
this II, site; had noticed where the rail ap-
peared to be missing on the east side OF the
track that il was forced under the trestle.
The rail- 10 the west, on the ground. did not
belong into this opening,
The Commissioners adjourned till to-mor-
row morning.
The morning call., 1890-11-18
A DRUNKEN CHRISTOPHER.
Experiment by New Yorker Which H.,

Experiment by New Yorker Which His
Wife Denounced ns Cruel.
II performed an experiment the other
day." said man, (which was undoubtedly
cruel, but which was highly entertaining to
me. l was sitting on my verandah slipping
mint julien, and had Just placed the glass
ON stand. when a grasshopper coolly
jumped into the glass. left him there to
enjoy the julep, as long as he had jumped
my claim. He seemed to like the drink
as we'll as most julep drinkers do.
and would dip one OF his legs into the
liquid and then place 1t into his mouth. Mr.
Grasshopper repeated this operation until
he began to get rather foolish. He was
pretty groggy when / fshed him out and
set him down upon the smooth table. lie
tried to walk. but seemed to find this rather
difficult. He was so drunk that fanced
could see him leer at me- His attempts to hop
were simply ludicr0us. His feet were in all
directions, and he finally rolled over as il to
go 20 sleep. When he got up again he was
unsteady on his legs, and gravely felt of his
head. l took drop of the julep on piece
OF mint and placed it near his mouth. He
turned from it in disgust and staggered
across the table, falling 10 The veranda and
making wild attempt to keep in the air.
My shouts of laughter brought out my wife,
who declared that was brute, aud took
the drunk and disorderly grasshopper and
carried him out into the grass, VIII, re, /
suppose, lie fell into a drunken Sluuber."
N Y Tribuue
The morning call., 1890-11-18
MISERABLE BASEBALL.

The Stockfons ard Friscos Make Farce
of the National Game.
The disabled, misfit, msmanaged aggre-
CATION masquerading under the name OF the
Stockton baseball team appeared at the
II aight-street grounds yesterday afternoon
to play off postponed game with the Met
ropOitans.
There was but small attendance, and
these who remained away can consider
themselves lucky, for on any afternoon can
be seen far superior game played by
Juveniles in the corner street lots.
The StocktonS were short man, and
Dick Belrher, college player, was pressed
into service. Belcher, Wilson ana Fudger
were the only ones in the team that put up
any kind of a game, the efforts of the others
being simply ridiculous.
Nor were the Friscos behind in the error
making business, Levy, Shea and Ebright
contributing largely to their biunder col.
uinn
Every player in the Stockton team played
in two positions and some of them three.
Selma started in to pitch. but lie was hit at
tremendous pace, the fielders having to scout
the balls i'll all directions. Then Holiday
took trial. baI he was an easier mark still.
six hits and seven runs being piled up Off
him in one inning.
Captain Reddy" Armstrong went in the
box in the fifth inning. After five runs
were ScOIeu OIL MIN anu lOul iOES Hilss uo
quit. allowing Pokey Chase to finish the bur-
lesQue.
Roscoe Coughlin was the twirler for the
Nets. and he also was given warm recep--
ton, tue Gastowns easily bunch ing nine OF
their ten hits.
There was big cheer raised when John
Sheridan, who scored brilliant success
umpirng for the Players League this sea-
son, called 'Play ball" Sheridan's umpir-
ing can be put down as tile one solitary
feature Of the game, his good Judgment on
balls and strikes ami his base decisions being
in every case absolutely perfect.
In respect for the feelings of the audience,
as well as the outtielder3, whose legs were
almost run off them chasing the bail, the
game was called at the termination of the
seventh inning. The score:
The morning call., 1890-11-18
THE OREGON DISASTER.
1t Was Displaced Rail That
Caused the Calamity.

The correct story of the terrible railroad
disaster at Lake Labish, near Salem, Ore
gOn, on the 18th inst. must forever remain a
mystery says the Portland Oregonian of
November, 18th. But two men ever knew it,
and they are both dead. They were En-
gineer McFaddcn and Fireman Neaie. The
tramp who was passing wood for them, in
return for which lie was allowed to Tide on
the tender of the locomotive, was the last
who ever saw them alive. but he knows moth
ing. His leg was broken IN the wreck
When he was liberated he disappeared, but
some one has found him.
A gentleman who arrived from Salem yes.
terday reports him as saying that he remem
berS when the accident occurred. Both eugl-
ncer and fireman seemed to realize that all
was up with them when The locomotives
wheels began TO cut through the ties. They
looked each other full in the face, resigned
ly, but neither spoke, and an instant later
both were dead. That is all the tramp re-
members.
SO far all the facts brought to light add
strength TO the company theory that rail
was misplaced for the purpose OF wreckIng
the train. That the rail is gone from its
place there is no doubt. 1t is fifteen feet
away on the other side of the track. Nor is
there any doubt that the spikes were drawn
out of the ties and the fish plates uu-
screwed, lOT tileTc is lNe imprint OF Tie
pinch-bar that was used in drawing them.
The reason for the company's adherence
to this theory are already known. The dis
cUvery that rail was missing from the point
where the engine jumped the track and the
finding of the same rail on the ground six
teen feet below, and fifteen feet west of its
original position, were the first circunl-
stances considered. Then it was ascertained
that pinch lar and wrench had been
stolen from the Salem yard the night before
where the rail was misplaced revealed i'm
prints evidently made by the bar when /. was
used to withdraw the spikes.
All that the company then needed to com-
plete its theory We're the bar and wrench {.
These were fund yesterday morning in Il
wild rose. bush 200 feet west of the nor them
end of the Lake Labish bri1ge. They were
lying side by side and had evidently been
deposited with great care. The handles of
both were partly under the dead branch of
a tree, and two small twjgs crossed them
Tom Graham and Charles Pipka, who are
employed on the section, found the tools.
Another circumstance In favor Of the
misplaced all theory is that the destruction
began at the very place from where the rail
was removed. Then it was that the loco
motive left the track and began blowing its
way over the rails, swapping them as though
they were straws, and leaving death and
destruction in its track. If the engineer had
only lived to tell what he saw when lie blew
two whistles and applied his air-brakes, the
mystery would have been solved. The fact
that lie sounded danger signal proves be-
yond doubt that lie saw something; but
what?
The morning call., 1890-11-18
KICKED 10 DEATH.
Lungs Mashed to n Jelly, While the Ribs
Are Broken.

Lungs Mashed to n Jelly, While the Ribs
Are Broken.
DR.. w. Is. Fletcher. ex-Superintendent of
Central Hospital Of the Insane, called as an
expert in the second post-mortem over the
remains of Patient Blount, Killed by Attend
ant Woods of the Richmond Asylum, re-
turned to indianapolis recently. In mis- re-
port, which has been forwarded to the
Wayne County Grand Jury. he says that
the post-mortem showed eight ribs were
broken, two on the right side and six on the
left side of the chest. One rib on the left
side had penetrated the lung covering and
had caused acute pleurlsy on that side.
The left lung had been absolutely mashed
and pummeled until it was gorgpd with
blood and resembied piece of liver The
ribs were fractured in several places, some
of them disarticulated at the breast-bone,
and the same ribs broken two inches and
three and half inches from the first disar-
tienlation. The fractures followed series
Of direct blows, all coming outside the chest.
The muscles, fat, skin and blood en- the left
side were all jelified. The base Of the
skull showed a fracture of twenty-four
years standing, which fracture was the
origin of his disease-general paresis.
The Grand jury. after weeks labor in
vestigating The killing of Jay Blount at the
Insane asylum here OH September 10Th, con-
cluded its labors and returned an Indictment
charging James A. Wood with murder In
the second degree. The defense will cl aim
seif-drfense, and an attempt made to im-
peach Hannah, the prosecuting Witness
Cincinnati ENQUIRER
The morning call., 1890-11-18

denerai Meptf0ns
Miss Francesca Guthrie. prima donna of
the C. D. Hess Opera Company, is daugh-
ter of the late George W. Guthrie, at one
time Naval Officer Of this port, and proprie-
tor of the San Francisco Herald, following
the Ohm L. Nugent regime.
A grand charity concert and dramatic re-
cital in aid of the Episcopal Church Build
ing Fund, will be given at Irving Hall to-
morrow "wednesday evening, in which
many of our leading artists will partic-
pate. An impromptu dance will follow the
close of the concert and recital.
Adele aus der Ohe will. in piano recital,
make her first appearance in San Francisco
this Cruesday) evening, at Irving Hail. The
lady is under the management Of Henry
Wolfsohn, with Marcus NJ. Henry as local
administrator OF business affairs. Her great
number on this occasion will be Schumann's
Carnival" opus 9. in which all the eccen-
trio features of the farewell to flesh" will
be musicaly conveyed.
Miss Miriam c. Jehu's grand concert and
Tableaux dart took place last evening at
Irving Hall. in the presence OF fair at
tendance.
The morning call., 1890-11-18
A sp,pierd Under suspicio,

GILRoY, Nov. IA Spaniard suspicioned
of being implicated in the Ivett murder
came here Friday riding mule correspond
ing to the one traced from MERGED. The
riders overalls and saddle had BLOND stains.
An officer here telegraphed to the MERGED
Sheriff the particulars, and was wired this
morning to arrest the man, who had gone
away few miles. This afternoon a second
dispatch cOuntermanded the arrest. The
man can be easily had. 1t is not thought
here that the SpaniaTd had anything to do
with the crime
The morning call., 1890-11-18

STUTZNAN-HALE-I Ocean View, San Fran
cisco, November IS, 1890 at Union Congrega-
tional Church by the Rev. James Is. Eddie, Henry
s. Stutzman OF Fresno and Nettie Hale OF Ocean
View.
LTERS-wILLIAMS-In this city, November
10. 1890, at the residence OF the brides parents,
on PENNSYLVANIA avenue. PotreTO, by the Rev. w.
S. Bovard, John Il. Walters and Maggie e.
Williams
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II. 1890, by
the Rev. Father Grey, j. b. Cavanaugh OF New
York and Jennie Archer of San Francisco.
DAVIS-GELLERT-in this city, November 49,
1890, by the Rev. Joseph wilmer, Ernest Davis
and Lottie Geiiert both of San Francisco.