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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-04-30
The TrauS-Nississippi Congress.

Governor Prince, OF New Mexico,
called the Trans-Niississlp.si Congress
To order yesterday at II 4. in tho
Grand Opera House. IIo spoke brief
ly congratulntinC tho congresg on the
maGnigccnt representation, not only
in numbers, but in tho truly represcn-
tativo character of tho delegations.
This session is held at a central
point nnd rs n result delegates nro
present from nll parts Of the Pacific
Coast, the mountain country and the
States Of tho Srea; Western plains.
lie spoke OF tho work outlined for the
congress.
In referring TO tho subjects OF arid
lands, irrigation, harbor improvements
and FREQ silver, each wns cheered il
turn 10y the localities interested, but
free silver brought a storm OF applause
from overy part OF tho convention
maIii2g it evident that silver would
occupy tho greatest part of the con-
rention's time.
Governor Thomas, OF Utah, being
delayed by railroad accident,
CJ!onol w. Ii. Harvey, of Ogden,
made the adlrces Of welcome, and
was followed by Mayor II. 9. LundY
in bohnlf OF tho city Of Ogden.
Governor Mcconnell, OF Idaho, re-
piled 10 tho address OF welcome. He
expressed tho belief hat tho congress
could 10 enabled TO impress tho Ma.
ton with tho Importance Of restoring
silver 10 its former place rs tho money
@! tho people, which brought forth
prolonged applause.
In appointing n committee on Gro.
dentiuls it was found that all OF tho
twenty-five Trans mississippi States
werc represented except Minnesota
and Louisiana, whose delegates have
not yet arrived.
FRO Congress then took n recess
until = J.. II.
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Tho DmrIio In tho NnriI,.

Once upon n time n popular southern
resident OF New York undertook 10 dc
Tend tho ducllo in the cafe Of n pccul.
inrly modern md cmanc,patcd club.
lie was surrounded by young men, no
one OF whom was anything like his
match in argument, but in fifteen min.
mtcs he wac silcnccd, II not convinced.
Ills advocacy OF the code WINS nj first nc.
copied Ms n pleasantly; then with n sort
OF incrcdulous surprise; then with q
touch OF wcll-brcd ridiculc. Ills arpu.
mcnts were briefly answered. and no
soon dropped the subject, with the
curious consciousness TINT his blows
were as Intellectual rs strokes delivered
through the medium Of water instead
OF air. lie wa n man suddenly required
To live and o In an alien element.
nv being n person OF hurnor he gave uu
The useless attempt. ..
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ANNEXATION.

Tho polySamous NOR mons and Con-
tiles OF Utah aro doomed to disappoiut-
ment IN their desire to DO annexed 10
Nevada ut tho next session Of Con-
gress. 1t is claimed by somo that all
that is necessary 10 10 dono is 10 got
the consent OF Congress by lcsislu-
tive act, and tho consent OF tho State
Legislature, and il Is maintained that
our Legislature two years ngo do
clarcd Nc"aah's acceptance Of n
territory that Congress might give it.,
and that, therefore, tho matter rests
entirely with Congress. But e~cction
one OF article NV OF our constitution
has eomething to say pertinent u this
question. 1t defines the boundary OF
lilo State, and provides that"whenso-
ever Congress shall authorize tho ad-
dition to tho Territory or State OF
Nosada OF my portion OF tho terri
tory on tho casterly border OF the
foregoing defined limits, not exceod
ing in cxtent ono degree OF longitudc,
tho Same shall the7eupon be en-
braced within and Lccomo Il part of
this State"
This additional territory has nj.
ready been adae1. Tho Legislature
has 10 more right to accept OF any
more territory than it has to give
territory AWAY. Before n territory
can DO ndded to or accepted by tho
Legislature tho constitution vii. havo
to DO amended in tie regular manner,
authorizing such annexation or nc
ccptancc. 50, whatever territory
Congress ma eco lit TO give to Nc
van, the gift will not ba and cannot
DO accepted until Nevada acts by II
constitutional amead ncnt or n con-
stituticnal convention. 1t will 10
tIne to discuss tho propricty OF an
licking Utah when tho proper steps
AFRO taken 10 do SO. For the present
there is no question properly before
tho public for discussion touching
such propriety. When tho proper
time ONE it will DO for tho people
OF Nevada 10 consider whether it is
their duty 10 enter into missionary
work and extend their moral influence
orcr that territory for its religious
and social rcgencration.-Silver State.
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Tho COiSt0ck Lode.

Six or seven years ago, says tho
Cursor Appeal, Ar Doten, under in
Etrnctions from tho director Of tho
Mint, compiled n tabulated statement
and narrative ~ tho bullion yield Of
tho Comstock lodo. 1t WIS givon by
calnndnr years, from the discovery In
1850, derived from tho most authent.
10 and official sources, showing also
NO total assessments and dividends
and other itcn o OF interest.
Since tho adjournment OF tho lnte
legislature Mr.. Doten. under tho
th,no government official direction,
has revised and extended his report
down 10 tho commencement OF tho
prctont year, and IL will sDon DO
Published by tho buronu OF tho mint
III the directors annual report, being
the only complete statement over
given on tho subject. II shows tho
rriire gold and silver product to DO
Uvrr sj0o,WoyOOO. Tho discovery
year, 1850, rave s3O,oOoyOo0 all gold.
tbs greatest yield was in 1877, about
s~"G,D00,OO0. Last ycar IL was u little
over s2ycoo,CO0.
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TIE D
The Ogden Standard says:

ckoSh
Gao Of tho principal questions TO
be discussed mt this session az tho
congress is the silver question, and
the resolutions passed by this col
gress Will 90 TO Washington us tho
united voicc OF n mighty people
pleading with tho forYency OF despair
for rodres, from tho great wrsnS
under which tho ives. has suffered
foS so many years. In previous years
tho voice OF tho people expressed
through this congress hGs had great
Weight with tho official representa-
lives Of tho paoplS ut Washington,
and now, when moro than thirty
million po1plc speak with ono voice
lilo the mi. shty oaT OF the ocean, no
representative or Senator from tho
Western Stlto9 can afford to allow
his yoto to bo recorded against the
full and complete reconciliation OF
silver us ono ot tho equal comp )nent
parts OF the foundation OF the Sour
rrncy q: tho realm" Tho "silver
question:" rs it is termed, is one Of
tho grea. questions which will como
beioro the next session Of the United
States Congress, and upon tho decis
ion n: Congress will depend 10 II large
extoLd the prosperity of the twenty
two States and Territories lying west
Of tho Mississippi river-a section OF
country that at I'D distant day will
control tho destiuies OF tho Nation by
force OF numEers and consequent
representation. This congress is hold
in tho heart OF the great silver pro
ducing section of tho United States
Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah
whore il might be expected that tho
silver sentiment" would largely pro-
dominate, but this inference would be
decidedly erroneous, for nil V @ ihD
western States the same sentiment
seems to 10 almost unanimous, and
even in tho eastern m~onometallic
States Il DO found growing senii-
ment in favor OF tho reconciliation
Of silver and tho consequent increase
in the legitimatcly secured, or legiti-
Iuato dollar FOR dollar, currency OF
tho country. While the thousands OF
silver mine owners aud tho tens OF
thousands Of mino operatives in the
west nro ANXIOUS that silver 10 nc
corded It's proper and legitimate
place rs part OF tho Currency OF the
country, yet they arc not tho only
ones who aro awake TO tho ncccssi-
ties OF tho present. The farmers Of
tho great plain States west Of tho
Mississippi arc also aroused TO the
cnormiLy OF tho crimo committed
against them by VIVA. is called de-
monctiGat;on of ~eilyei, and they, too,
arc shading sido by side with tho
silver producers to right the wrong.
Already tho voice OF the west is heard
III tho halls OF Congress, and has
penetrated even To tho inner chaI.-
bers OF the White House ut Wash
inglon, and now thcre should and will
so from this western commercial con
gress such n strong voiced demand
for justice that not all tho glitter OF
Wall streets gold can keep tho peo-
ple's representatives from voicing tho
will OF the people.
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Droppd Dead.

Robert Rule, q former resident OF
Elko, dropped doad in Baltic Noun
tain about 10 O'Clock yesterday foro.
noon. From Mr.. blossom who Cnmo
up this morning, VIZ learn that tho
old gentlemen had been niling will,
hcart trouble Tor tho last two wccl,s
md that yesterday morning while
eented in tho Com restaurant NJ Battle
Mountain coyorsipg with Mr.. aud Mrs.
Mayo, tho proprictors, ho wns seized
with Ii violent tit OF coughing and
foil 10 tho floor. DR.. Hood was called
and applied tho usual rcstorati,cs
but tho heart failed TO respond and
the old mans spirit winged its way TO
tho other shore.
Mr., Rulo wns tho father OF Mre. A..
j. Pullman, Of Elko, and Henry d.
and Miss Mamie ltulo OF Reno. Tho
IaDErRaDEsr "ytonds to them it's
slncercst s~ympathI in thor borcavc.
meut.
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Having A Good Time.

" n MN wants To have n roal good
time, no cannot do boLtor than To try
newspaper editing. There il lots OF
fnn in it for tho rcason that II IL con.
tains too much reading matter, tho
people won't tako IL. IL tho typo 10
too lnrgc, it. don't Contnin enough
reading matter. II tho typo il too
small, tho people won't rend IL. II wc
publish telcgrdphic reports, tho poo
ple will say they nro all lies. We
Quit them, people will say wo have
no enterprise. or suppress them for
political elect. IL we havo q fow
jolsos, thcy say wo nro rattle hondcd.
IL wc omit thom, they say $50 aro old
fossils. IL wo publish original matter
they condemn us for not giving selcc.
tione. IL wc publish selections, they
say NO arc lazy for not writing more,
and giving them what thoy read in
other newspapers. II 80 give u man
n complimentary notice, thon thoy
nsu us for being partial II wo
remnin in tho oilico and attend 10
business. folks shy va aro too proud
to mingIo with out fellows. II we do
not, they say wo never attend 10 bus.
incss.- MCndocino Beacon.
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Ghzette:-Tho latest official census
OF tho Hawaiian islands disclosed
something that will probably DO news
10 a good many people who aro talk.
Ing aud writing about Hawaiian a..
fare: That something is that OF tho
1,J2S American residents on the
isinn'ls III " real estate. or tho
1870 British residents 100 are real
ea;a,s owners. Tho proportion is
Ser. small ia each case.
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$. +. Post:-A sad story comes from
Topohn, Kan, whcro tho PUpulist
authorities turned out the regular
police force and adorned farmers and
crts roads hnysocds with stara. Ono
OF tho now o1lcers was induced TO
play n gamo OF pOkor With II couple
OF strangers, and aftor losing nearly
MI his NOTWITHSTANDING borrowed money
from II friond and cashcd n worthless
check for tho sharps. Negotiations
haro been jugun looking TO tho OK.
hibitlon OF tho policeman az tho
Worlds FUR.
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MITCHELL
Settle Up.

We have boon compelled TO send
out bills this wcck TO 4 number OF
our snbscribors who are in arrears
for tho WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. Some
OF thoBo arrearneea nro quito large
aud must DO B6ttled bSf0ro tho flrsto
january. II you have received q bill
for the amount due ua, please call
aud sottlo up
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BARNEY HORN.
BARNEY HORN.

~ Range, Duck
nSsN2ySsH.4S and Bruncau Val
I2 lcys. Far mark,
SED under bit in right,
iW H plit in left.
A1ESGA Postofico adj
dress, 50i Kcar-
ney Street, San Francisco, Culiiorni,
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
THE CHOCTAWS NOT EXECUTED.

They Were Dressed for Death, Their
Cohins Were Rear and Their Graves
Were Dug when the Reprieve Came.
MoALIsTER, I. T., September 0. Simon
Wade end Solomon Lewis were not
executed at Wilburton to-day in accord
ance with the sentence passed on them.
Judge Holson reconsidered his decision
rendered late yesterday evening, and
to day granted them new trial At
the court grounds, ten miles from VIII.
burton, Wade and Lewis, together with
Albert Jackson, Willis Jones, johnson
Parker, and Silas James, all full bloods,
wero chained together in pairs to-day,
and were being guarded in an old
church. They were holding devotional
services, singing. praying, and reading
the Bible.
When asked how they felt, Lewis and
Wade replied that they were ready 10
face death bravely and expressed a hope
in the future. Everything was in readi-
ness for the execution. They were
neatly dressed, had their hair shingled,
and they we're shaved clean Their
coffins were there ready, and a short
distance from the house could be seen
two mounds of fresh dirt. That dirt
was taken from graves The sheriff had
his Winchester ready for the execution.
All of a sudden appeared Robert Ben.
ton, captain of the light horsemen. with
a message from Judge Holson setting
aside their execution aud granting then
new trials. When the message wai
read and interpreted to them a mor'
happy set Of men never lived. They
seemed to think their prayers had save,
their lives They viii be again tried b,
/ the Choctaw authorities in December
In the meantime they will be allowed Il
go on their own recognizance. Thi
STAY of execution is the result of tele
gram from Secretary Smith to Judg
/ Holenu
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
BURIAL oF ADAM ITzEL, JR.

Body Of the Young Baltimore Musician
Laid to Rest With IMPRESSIVE Cere-
monies.
BALTIMORE, Sept. with impressive
musical services and in the MIDST of a
great throng Of people, the body Of the
young Baltimore musician, Adam Itzel,
Jr., was laid to rest yesterday in the
Baltimore Cemetery.
The remains we're viewed by hundreds
of friends and admirers, including nearly
all the leading musicians of Baltimore,
officers and members of the Musical
Union, the National League of Musicians,
Peabody professors and students, mana.
gers of the Baltimore theatres, the order
Of Elks aud host of persons in musical,
theatrical and private life. Many others
who were not personally acquainted with
the brilliant young composer and
director, but knew him only through hi:
music, thronged the sidewalks before
the house.
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1854.

Tho Hebrew New Year Begins To-mor-
row Eyening-The Rams Horn Is
Sounded and other Services Recited OF
Sung.
Toward sunset tomorrow evening the
annual sacred season of the Hebrews
opens with their new year. 1854 The
Hebrew New Year, while occurring
regularly in the autumnal season, varies
annually in dates, according TO the solar
computation. In 1892 the new year oc-
CURED on the % and % Of September
Next year IL will occur October 1 and 2.
Notwithstanding these differences as
regards the solar reckoning, none of the
Hebrew festivals and Holy DAYS have
ever occurred out OF season when Holy
Writ commands that they shall be OBJ
served.
The new year makes the first OF the
ten PenitentiRl days eliminating with
the Day of Atonement. IL is distin
guished by solemnity, by abstinence
from work and by lengthy services
at evening, morning and afternoon
in all the synagogues and other
places Of worship, Of which there
are many additional at this season. The
rams horn is sounded, hymns, psalms
and other services reoited or sung and
selected portions Of the Five Books Of
Moses.and from the prophets, read. Ser
mons are preached, calls made and cards
and presents distributed among friends
and to the poor. Next Monday aud
Tuesday, Tishri and 2, open the Israel
itish year 1854
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
MEDICAL MEN TO STOP IN DELAWARE.

Delegates 20 tho Celebrated Pan-AmeIi-
can Congress TO See the Delaware Break
whter and Reedy Island Quarantine. .
The Pan-Amerlcan Medical Congress
which has been in session In Washington,
adjourned yesterday. At 80 o'clock in
the afternoon, the foreign members Of
the congress, with the members Of their
families, accompanied by the committee
on arrangements and officers of the con
gress left Washington for Baltimore and
arrived there an hour later
They stayed in that city until mid
night when they left for Philadelphia.
The special train consisting OF five cars
passed through this city at 16 o'clock
this morning They took breakfast at
the Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia, and
called on Mayor Stuart
Tomorrow the party will leave Phila-
delphia at 9 o'clock In tho morning and
reach New Castle at 10
The United States revenue cutter,
Hamilton will be in waiting there and
take the members down to lewes. A
stop will be made at Reedy Island to In
spect the quarantine.
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
INTO THE CLOUDS HEAD DOWNWARD.

william sayers Makes His First Ascension
skyward in Balloon in a Remarkable
Manner.
WHEELING. w. Va, Sept. civilian
Sayers, boy 20 years old, yesterday was
assisting in the preparations for bal
loon ascension. Just as the balloon
started skywsrd one of Sayers's feet be-
came entangled in the ropes between the
balloon and the parachute. In an in
stant he was jerked from the ground.
Thousands of spectators saw the young
man carried into the clouds hanging head
downward and in danger of dropping at
any moment. He succeeded in getting
hold of one of the ropes and drew himself
up to the rim of the balloon. where he
clung until landed safely on the Ohio
side Of the river. It was Sayers's first
balloon trip.
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
CHARLES ". SCOTT GOES FREE.
He Was Charged with the Larceny OF
Gold Watch But Successfully Proves
an abb.

He Was Charged with the Larceny OF a
Gold Watch But Successfully Proves
an abb.
In the Municipal Court this morning
Charles w. Scott. a respectable looking
young colored man. was arraigned,
charged with the larceny Of gold watch
and chain, the property of John II Hill,
of S32 Bennett street. From the evi
dence given IL appeared that on last
Saturday evening Hill fell sleep on the
curb after IL o'clock on Eleventh street
near Pine. When he awoke he discov.
cred that his watch was gone Albert
e. Williamson. eweler on Eighth
street, testified that on last Wednesday
evening Scott came into his place Of bnsi-
ness to leave the watch to have II re-
paired. He knew the watch because he
sold 10 TO Mr.. Hills daughter about three
years ago He took Scotts adire
Mrs. Lohner testified that she saw
Scott at her place Of business on the
evening in question and had a converse
tion with him about the man down the
street.
Charles W. Rowland, Of Broome street.
with whom Scott is employ ed, considered
him thoroughly honest.
Scott took the stand aud swore he
bought the watch from young white
man on Sunday morning last at Eighth
and Market streets for s.. Did not
examine the watch. Considered be had
got a bargain and was pleased over It. =
Albert Naylor, who spent the evening
with Scott and Mrs. johnson, whose
house they visited deposed TO the time
Scott spent in their company. Lawyer
Hilles defended Scott. The court con
sidered that as the property had been re
covered and that evidence Of Scott being
in another part of the city at the time
despite Mrs. Lohner's evidence, that I,
avoid all expense the grand jury should
ignore the bill and the case be dismissed
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
ANTHRAX STAMPED OUT.
The Veterinarians Find Bacini in the
Meat and Earth.

The Veterinarians Find Bacini in the
Meat and Earth.
Henry P. Scott, of the firm of Elliott,
Johnson & Co.. who is summering near
Delaware City, reports anthrax practi-
callY stamped out in that locality. The
veterinarians who have had charge
of the diseased cattle have examined the
meat ana earth through a microscope,
and found anthrax bacilli in large num-
bers.
A story comes from Newark to the
effect that a COW died there several
months ago. A post-mortem showed
that tuberculosis caused death and that
the tubercles were confined to the
udder The milk of the COW had been
used freely by the family of its owner
Notwithstanding the fact that none of
the members of the family had showed
predisposition in that direction, con
sumption was communicated to them
through the milk and there have beer
one or two deaths. The name of the
family so afflicted cannot be ascer
tanned
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
SEEMING QUIET In BRAZIL.
NAVAL :REVoLTERS HAVE SAILED
FOR PORTS UNKNOWN.

Their Next Move, However, is Caus-
ing President Peixoto Liveliest APP
prehension-GeneraI Impression That
the Revolt VIII CoIIapse-15O Killed
at the Battle of CasteIhistan.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9-The Heralds
correspondent in Montevideo telegraphs
that dispatches received there indicate
that all is quiet in Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
No bombardment of the capital by the
rebellious naval squadron is now feared,
because the war ships of other nations at
present in the harbor have decided that
they will not allow it.
This fact, no doubt, led the rebels to
take their ships out of the bay yesterday,
as it has been reported, without giving
the artillerymen in the fortress of Santa
Cruz a chance to fire upon them.
The rebellious squadron is now at sea,
sailing for ports unknown, and,what they
will do next is causing President Peixoto
lively apprehension.
They may reappear in the harbor Of
Santos, in which city there is reported
to be a lively and widespread feeling of
disaffection toward the Federal Govern
ment. which Peixoto has caused to be
unpopular with many.
1t is believed the insurgents are plan
ming to carry on a sort Of guerilla war
fare by water along the coast, aud are
proceeding south with the idea of com
bining forces with the Rio Grande do SUI
insurgents.
The general impression here, however,
is that the revolt viii collapse through
lack of any cooperation from land forces
The loyalty of Rio seems fully assured
moreover, and even body of railroad
employees, who tore up a portion of toe
track before the rebel ships left the har
cor in order to prevent the prompt ar
rival of troops from San Pablo, have
abandoned the idea Of aiding the revolterl
and perfect quietude rel ms in that city
The Brazilian minister to Uruguay, who
has just returned from the frontier after
settling international troubles there
has had long telegraphic conference
with President PeixotO.
Reports published in Buenos Ayres o
federal victory in Rio are untrust-
worthy.
Telegraphic communication is still
cut off.
Evening journal., 1893-09-09
About $50 killed in Battle.

Word is sent by the Herald's cores
pondent in Rivera that battle has been
fought with the Castelhistan revolution
lists near San Gabriel, in which $50 Of
the combatants were killed.
The fighting in Tucuman, Argentina,
growing out of alleged election frauds,
an account Of which was sent yesterday,
has consisted so far of nothing more
than skirmishes.
The governors Of Salta, Catamsrca and
Santiago are putting forth every en-
deavor to prevent armed bodies from
forming and pushing forward to aid
the Tucuman revOlters.