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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

\ conspiracy To flood the country
with bogus silver dollars was UNI
cac;hed at Pittsburg yesterday, nine.
teen persons wcro arrested and sl,l0O
nj the spurious coin was secured.
The coin came from New York and is
said to be tho best imitation Of tho
genuine ever maLc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

a peculiar and fatal accident oc.
Cured Thursday afternoon on 18th
avenue, Now York City. An unknown
elderly woman slipped and fell to tho
sidewalk. When picked up she was
found 10 DO dead, and I'M examination
disclosed tho fact that u long hat pin
had boon driven into her brain when
lor heal struck tho BideW *.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

An item has been going the rounds
Of the press Of the State in reference
to "tho proprietor Of tho blackboard
line between Phoebe and Elko." For
the information Of tho said papers it
is only necessary to state that there is
no blackboard limo between Phoebe
and Elko.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

The Appeal regrets TO say that con-
siderable o drinking is done to tho
memory of the birth Of Christ. than is
absolutely necessary To preserve tho
ideas OF Christianity in Ormsby coun-
~. Is it really necessary for anyone
to prove that he is a Christian by
getting drunk on Christmas?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

The Phoebe Record has reverted to
the proprietor, 7. j. Osborne, and tho
paper will hereafter bs published by
him. Tho lease thereon to II. T..
Prudential having expired, that
gentleman will prepare TO discharge
tho duties Of tho ofiiceof County As.
SCISSOR t. which he was recently elect
al
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

Reno Journal:-Thc case OF Spears
va. tho Southern Pacific Co., for 81
500 damages, and which has boon on
trial in tho District Court since Mon
day last, was givon TO the jury ycster-
day, which rendered II vcrdict for tho
defendant.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

Tinos.T tevicw:-Tho Times. Ilaviow
scribe is in receipt OF tho usual annual
souvenir Of tho Henderson Banking
Company, II nico morocco purse, but
after n most ctlticI II examination con.
cludes, "thUro's nothing In IT,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

The jury in the case of w. T. c,
Elliott, on trial for the third time in
Bakersfield for tho murder OF John
ID. White in In,o county in April
1888, disagreed, standing when dis
charged 8 for acquittal and 4 for ron
yiction,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

Judge Wells snys in the Carson
Tribune: My conclusion in the
promises is that no Convention can
DO a]uthoritivcly called or held under
the vote east ut the late general clog
ton. mo Convention a DO uuthori-
lively held" or course not, says the
Virginia Chronicle; the authority of
tho people is ovcrrulcd by the author
ity of one or two political bosses yho
want no Convention.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

D.. o.. Mills is to ba married TO tho
divorced vito Of Charles Maurice
Camille, Marquis Of TalIcyrand. Tho
lady still retains her title of Marquiso
dc Tdllcyrand. Tho Marquis was was
married ngain In 1897.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

The Republican Platform OF Sept.
4, 1890. heartily indorses the acts OF
the Fifty-tirst Congress which, TO use
the language Of tho platform, "by IL
strict party vote, placed tho silver
question that will naturally lead to
FREQ coinugc and disarm all opposition
among financiers." What docs the
Republican party OF Nevada think
now OF the wholesome silver lcg;sla,
ton OF the Fifty-tirst Congress?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

Ogden Standard Senator Ingnlls
wrote Santa Claus n letter asking that
n certificate Of 70 election might find
Its way into his stocking. n his
prayer was answered. no ono knows IL
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

The Reno Gazette issued IN eight.
page illustrated Christmas number
on tho 9th instant, much of which is
devoted tn Reno ard vicinity, includ
ing principal business enterprises and
views Of public buildings. 1t is II
creditabie showing for the enterprise
OF the paper and should DO, and no
doubt is, highly appreciated by tho
people OF the Riverside Town.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

The Enterprise says: "Unc.e Dave
Shaw. who seems to be in with Lon
key. the wood dealer, predicts u rat-
thing storm about next Sunday. He
says there will not be more than three
snowstorms during the present Win
ter, but they will be daisies, and each
Will be followed by intensely cold
weather" Unclo Dave Shaw prob
ablI knows as much about what the
weather will be as any man in the
State, and that is absolutely nothing.
Any man knows that much.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04

Virginia Chroniclr:-Mr. Harrison,
it is reported, wants TO DO rcnominatcd
for President. If il depended upon
the voice Of the Democracy Of the
country, he would get it unanimously
that rs the nomination.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04
Il Cruel Practice.

All who have scen horses suffering
from tho torture Of tho overhead
cheek will agree with the following:
About 800 veterinary surgeons in
Great Britain signed II paper con.
dcmninS overhead check. reins az
painful to horses and productive OF
dinoaso.
IL is cruel in tho extreme. ~cnusing
distortion OF tho windpipe t. such II
degree as to impede the respiration
ever attcrward, and various other
uiSeaccS, such as Cxcoriation OF tho
mouth and lips, plraly isis OF tho mus.
cicI OF the face, megrilns, apopIexy,
coma and inflammation and sof,oning
Of the brain, NIL these resulting in
shortening the lifo Of the horse.
Pray abolish IL ~ once, and use
ynnr influence with others, for it is
cruol, e~enscleRs fashion. Tho Same
my DO said Of blinlers, IS per cont.
OF which Gun be removed with perfect
q nfcty to-day.
That tho overhead check Ia cruel
and hurtful docs not scpm To admit OF
doubt. Horses upon which il is
placed almost always inquire II habit
al lifting or tossing tho load ia order
to relieve tho strain upon tho mock,
apd its continued application pro
huecs well established diseases. Tx.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04
FOR
Ayers ~SarSapariHa

Is an effective remedy, as numerous tcstimo
mails concluSivcly prove. two years
/ was 4 constant sufferer from dyspepsia
anl liver complaint. / doctored n long
time and the medicines prescribed. In nearly
every case, only aggravated The disease.
An apotlccary advised me to use Ayers
Sarsaparilla. l did so, and was cured
nj ! cost Of s.. Since that time II has
been my family medicine, and sickness has
become 4 stranger 10 our household. ]
believe il TO be the best medicine on earth"
p. +. McNulty, IIackInan, % uminer ST.
lOMcll. MaSS.
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General Markets.

NEW YORK, July 6-FLOUR-Firmer with
a little more doing; fine, S3.25G53S5 superfine
S3.65614.30; Minnesota extra, S3s0615.50 city
mill extras, S5GIj Is for West Indies.
WHEAT-Opened weak at l1ac, decline, and
fell Nc more in the early trading. The mar
ket subsequently rallied to the opening prices
receipts +35 100 bushels; shipments, 22l, ,63s
bushels; No. . red winter, Sl04 cash; do.
July, slol1s; do, August, 9ss4c.; do, Septem
ber, $3.50.
CORN-Opened weak and Ssc. lower subse
quently rallied and advanced lc. before noon
receipts l5S25O bushels; shipments, lac, rs,
bushels; No. 2 mixed, 7O16c., cash; do, July
66lec. do, August, 634c; do, September
60Jsc.
OATS--Dull, but steady; receipts, is,4O
bushels; shipments, $40 bushels; No. 2 mixed
40l6c., cash and July; do, August, 3634c.
PORK-Dull; mess, Sll5OlGl2,25, for new.
LARD-Quiet; July, $500; August, S6.65.
MOIASSES-Quiet; domestic grades at 2Sd
35c for good to fancy.
TURPENTINE-Dull but steady, at 37>sQ
38c
FREIGHTs-Fairly active and firm; grain t.
Liverpool, I'd.
BUTTER-Dull; state creamery, tubs, extra
lS11c.: western, extra, lSc.
CHEESE Easier, with light offerings; Obi,
fiat, 5IsG7Isc.
SUGAR-Refned quiet; cut loaf and crushed
b1sc; sranulated 4ss@4lfc; mold A, 4l6c.
TAlLOW-Dull; prime city, 4Nc.
CosFEE-spot lots quiet; fair Rio, l9Nc-
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prison, and seven deputies chosen from
among the guards of the prison.
The brutal animal instincts that led
Jugiro to murder Muri Comm have been
awakened and he swears that he will never
go TO the chair, but will kill himself.
When trying to place him in a barber's
chair to shave him he fought so that it had
to be given up. 1t is thought he will try
to kill the guards who take him. He
thinks he is to be placed in the chair and
torn to pieces He has been brooding over
the pictures in a magazine for week and
wherever chair appears he has turned a
leaf down.
He May Try Murder.
Some time ago Jugiro was taken to the
barber to have his hair cut He did not
want to go. When the guard went in Ju.
giro fell upon him. Other guards came to
the assistance Of their companion. Then
a battle began that showed how powerful
Jugiro is. He threw the guards right and
left. They used their clubs, but that did
not quiet him. It took dozen men to
hold him until shackles were put on.
Since then Jugiro has been morose and
quarrelsome.
Certain officials Of the prison say that
JugirQ will try to kill the man who enters
the cell to take him out
Troubles of the Reporters.
From midnight until the warden arrived
the newspaper Oen were permitted to oc.
cupy the iron steps of the prison and the
prison Office. His son was in charge dur
ing that time. When the warden reached
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DREW ASKED TO RESIGN.
The Examiner Says His had Mistak,
Was Clearly an Accident.

The Examiner Says His Had Mistake
Was Clearly an Accident.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-Controller Lacey
has written to Bank Examiner Drew re-
questing his resignation. No reply has
been received from Drew. The CORE
spondence between Controller Lacey and
Drew has been made public. Under date
of June 30 the controller asked Drew to ex-
plain why he had omitted to state in his
report of Jan. "a, 1891, that the Keystone
bank owed the clearing house S544, ,S5l. 46,
said Indebtedness being secured by pledge
of its notes and bills amounting to $729,-
S0S.93, which assets were then held by the
clearing house committee and were not in
the custody of the bank.
The following day Drew replied: 81 was
confounded at the amission, and can ac-
count for it only that, purposely not in
cluding it in the report, intended to in
clude and explain it in my letter. which,
1t appears, failed to do, although the
memoranda for my letter contained refer
ence to the subject. In my later reports
it was not omitted. The omission was
clearly an accident, but was no less calcu-
lated greatly to mislead. AS stated in my
letter of transmittal the report was infor-
NAL and incomplete in many respects,
owing to the fact that many of the ac-
counts were then, and for some time after
ward, undergoing verification, but not
withstanding these embarrassments the
omission referred to should not have oc-
Cured, and would not have occurred ex-
cept by accident as stated. need not add
how greatly regret the inadvertence."
On July Controller Lacey said he had
placed the matter before Secretary Foster.
He adds: "As result the conclusion was
reached that 80 important an omission,
after fifteen days investigation of the
bank, is not consistent with the confidence
which must necessarily be reposed by the
department in the reports Of those ap-
pointed to make examination of national
banks. By direction of the secretary l
have therefore to request that you forward
to this Office your resignation as an exam
iner of national banks. I cannot close
this communication without assuring you
Of my sincere regret that anything should
have occurred which would render neces-
sary the severing of your official relations
with this bureau"
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with Winchesters came out and relieved
the guards, who had been on duty all
night. From that time on the street was
closed to the newspaper men. If man
stepped toward the middle of the street a
rifle was pointed at him and he was ordered
to go back Go back"
The guards were impudent One named
Mahr, who comes from Newburg. the
town where the warden comes from, in re-
ply to civil question asked by man who
had the right to the information he de-
sired, said
That's none of your business. Go back
there. Amt you got orders to keep off OF
heref"
The Warden Criticised.
The warden's Interpretation of the law
is receiving good deal of comment Just
now. He assumes that because the law
contains clause that the papers shall not
print facts, it is his duty to prevent them
from getting the facts. His duty, he
thinks, makes him press dictator. He
has even gone so far as to say he will not
make public the names of the witnesses
after the execution is over.
This means that he assumes he has the
right to take human life and make every
one take his word without any corrobora-
tion that it was done in legal way.
The placing of his men with Winchester
rifles to shoot down men who are doing
their duty in a place where they have a
right with every other citizen of the state
to be caps the climax.
Conduct Of the Murderers.
The day saw little difference in the bear
ing of the condemned men. They under
stand, or at least three of them, Wood,
Smiler and Slocum do, that this is the
first day Of their last week of life, and they
know that probably the grim scene in the
wooden death chamber is but few hours
away. Yet their demeanor is not percepti-
bly, changed.
Possibly they are little more religious
ly inclined, but for the last few days all of
them except the stalwart and stubborn
jap have given little heed to other things
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night The guard over the condemned
Qen remains unchanged. Partridge and
Baxter, who have kept the night watch
~ many months, were on duty in the
eondemned cells last night. They know
1oehing of the time set for the execution.
Father Creedon and Father Lynch were in
tia prison. at midnight as was Mr.. Edger-
Tn, the prison chaplain. They will join
the condemned some time before the hour
set for the execution. They will probably
b the first to know what the hour is.
Hope for Wood.
At / a. m. Colonel Haire and George c.
Hooper arrived from New York city. Haire
iasttorney for Wood and Hooper attorney
fnc Slocum. They drove Immediately to
~ prison. Mr.. Haire had in his pocket a
certified copy of the petition for habeas
corpus filed by him with Judge Lacombe.
Hooper had no papers with him. The
gnards stopped the two attorneys at the
tarrace until Head Keeper Connaughton
came forward and gave Mr. Haire permis-
son to enter and interview the warden.
Haire soon left the building to find a
notary public for the purpose Of swearing
- some paper to be filed with the warden
m support of his claim for stay. The
warden refused to make any statement
until Haires return.
The Witnesses at the Killing.
Twenty-Five persons who will be present
st the first killing were in Sing Sing prison
last night. They were DIR. Carlos +. Nc
Donald, president of the state board of
charities; Professor l.. H. Landy, of Colum-
bia college, an eminent nerve specialist;
DR.. Alphonso ID. Rockwell, therapeutical
expert, of Buffalo; DIR. Franklin Town
send, an eminent practitioner, of Albany;
DR.. Samuel b. Ward, of Albany, formerly
Grover Cleveland's physician; Dr. r. H.
Southwick, the Buffalo dentist who is the
father of the law under which the kill
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the entire electrical plant in Sing Sing
prison. H
"The boilers and engine are more pow
erful than those in use at Auburn" said
Mr.. Nostrand. "The dynamo is perfect
apparatus. 1t will generate 1000 volts,
and 1000 volts will be shot into the men
who sit in the chair. 1 do not think the
killing will be a success agF-t.t
"It is almost impossible to get perfect
contact. The sponges will be dried and
possibly burned. l do not think death
will be instantaneous in every case. If any
one man has a weak heart and gets ex-
cited the chances are that he will die at
the first shock. With the strong men
Jugiro and Wood-it will be different.
They will not die easily. The electric cur
rent will have to be applied longer to them,
and believe trouble may be expected"
Mr.. Nostrand says that no one directly
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The DEATH CHAIR
SlOcum Was the First Victim
at Sing Sing.
KILLED AT AN EARLY HOUR
1Ae First Man to Share Kemmler's
Fate.

~ Ex-Baseball Player Done to Death
in the Early Morning-A Report That
All the Other Murderers Were Also
K.ecuted by Electricity Immediately
After sIocum Paid the Death Penalty.
SING SING, N. Y, July 7.-Slocum was
o. first of the condemned murderers to
- put to death. He was electrocuted
aA<s42 a. m.
Il Is claimed that Joseph Wood, Harris
4. Smiler and Schihiok Jugiro were also
Elled by electricity in the order named
after Slocum died.
SNG SING, July 7.-The second victim
Was Smiler and the time 5:13 a. m.
SING SING, N. Y, July lit is now be-
bsved that the four condemned men will
do today some time At 1905 the warden
bad long talk with the United Press
correspondent in front of the prison.
'sTbe men are all awake" he said. II
Was Just down to see them. They are very
quiet, but they evidently know that some
thing is coming"
Mr.. Brown denied that Deputy Attorney
General Hogan had brought any papers of
an official character with him. "He brought
himself and nothing else," said he. "The
death warrants came here at the time the
men were last resentenced. Let me see
That was June 2, think. / have had
them in my safe ever since"
All Four Would Die.
NJ BROWN said th at M M parc n od l,oa,,
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than their prepa-
ration for that one
su p RENE instant
b e fore oblivion
ov Q rtakes them.
OF the three men
who are ready for
the coming of the
mysterious bolt of
death, Wood, the
negro, is best pre-
pared and is most
confident. The re-
ligion which he
processes seems to
be real. 1t has not
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connected with an electric lighting com.
pany will be witness to the killing.
The CRIMES oE The MEN.
Two Were wife siaycrs. Wood Killed an

Two Were Wife siayers. Wood Killed an
Italian, and Jugiro a Japanese.
NEW YORK, July flames j. Slocum
is an ex-baseball player He lived at No.
Cherry street. On the last night of De
oember, 1882 he killed his wife with an AK.
He was tried, convicted, and in March of
last year he was sentenced to death by
Judge MARITIME. He was to be executed in
the week beginning May g. 1899. John b.
Heinzelman, who defended him, had never
been admitted to the bar, and stay was
secured on the ground of illegal defense.
Harris A. Smiler was formerly a Saliva
tion Army officer and had no less than
three wives. When one of them, Maggie
Drainey, refused to live with him, because
OF his brutality, he shot her. This was
April 13, 1879, at 2S4 Seventh avenue. The
week originally set for his execution be-
gan April 4, 1880, but his lawyer, Ambrose
II. Purdy, appealed and several stays were
granted.
Joseph Wood, the condemned negro, was
laborer on the new Croton aqueduct. In
May, 1889, he killed an Italian named
Carlo Ruff, a fellow workman in pay.
day row.
In March 1890, Recorder Smyth SEN
fenced him to be executed in the week be-
ginning May IL of last year. Robert j.
Haire carried his case to the court of ap-
peals and the supreme court, but with no
success. The ground on which the ap-
peals were based were that no colored men
were on the jury.
Shibuya Jugiro, better known as ''the
Jap because of his nationality, got into
row in James street sailors boarding
house. He stabbed Mura Canni, one of
the combatants.
In December last he was sentenced to
die in the week beginning Feb. g. Lawyer
Heinzelman. who also had charge of his
case, took an appeal, and the conviction
was affirmed by the court of appeals.
The case was then taken to the United
States supreme court, which also affirmed
the original decision.
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WEDDING BELLS AT WINDSOR.

Brilliant Marriage Of Princess Louise
and Prince Aribert.
LONDON, July THE wedding of the
Princess Louise was one of the most mag
nificent spectacles ever witnessed in Wind
sor. Multitudes from London and other
places packed the town, and St. Georges
chapel was choked with the wedding
guests, their brilliant attire presenting a
scene of splendor unequaled since the
marriage of the late Prince Leopold in
1882. Guards of honor were mounted at
the castle and at the chapel, and the route
down Castle Hill was lined with guards.
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town himself he
came at once to
the Jail. Five min
utes after he had
got inside Princi-
pal Keeper Con-
naughton cam e
out, and in an
apologizing way
began to point out
the beauties of the
site across the
street on the grass
or the stone wall.
Then { he m e n
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this thing is going
- take place; but
nay do not know
~ more about it
tn an y o u d o.
nere is no one
knows when it is
Sol ng to occur
ut me-" The war
dan said that he
&d not KIN o W
whether he would
ct any sleep or
not He has not
Ad an y 81 leep
0fn ce Satylrda
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served on him in
the Wood case.
He said he had the
opinion of the at
torney general on
the appeal put for
ward by Woods
lawyer as a claim
for a stay Of exc
cution. He could
not say what it
was, but he said:
"If no other pa
pers are served on
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Frederic Louis Ritter Dead.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, July "A cable
gram was received here last night an
nouncing the sudden death of Mr.. Fred
eric Louis Ritter, well known on both
sides of the Atlantic as composer and
writer on musical topics, which occurred
July 6 at Antwerp. He came to Americs
in 1856 He was appointed professor OF
music at Vassar college the same year
and since 1874 he has resided in this city.
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the false ring which marks SO many of the
professed conversions under such distress
ing circumstances. The sure coming of
death at specified time seems not to have
been the great influencing motive in
Woods profession.
He seems to have embraced religion
willingly and gladly at the very first op-
portunity. So the time at which he shall
be called from his cell and asked to walk
through that iron doorway to his death
matters not much to Wood.
In Self Defense.
1t is worthy of comment that he doesn't
cease to proclaim himself innocent of the
frightful charge of murder. He maintains
as stoutly as ever that the killing of the
Italian Ruff was done in self defense. And
there are not a few men here who believe
him.
Thinks 1t VIII he Failure.
n. y. Nostrand, superintendent of the
electric lighting companies of both Sing
Sing and Peekskill. has tried several
times to have things arranged so that he
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me DefOre h
s1ecution you can say that all four men
viii be executed" This would seem to
dispose of Woods last hope.
The witnesses Do Not Know.
The warden said that most of the wit
Hasses were asleep "They are like you,"
- said. "They would like to know when