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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
lFROM SATURDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUSDI
Issued every day. Sundays excepted.

Frank Whisman returned this
morning froma trip to Montana.
The funcnal Of the late NJ. ID. Foley
will take place i'll Reno at > o'clock
tomorrow afternoon
All the Carlin strikers arrested yes
tcrday gave bail for their appearance
before Commissioner Palmer.
1t begins to look as il the Carlin
strikers would furnish business for
the lawyers Tor the remainder Of the
year.
Tho Commissioner OF Labor has is.
sued acall for the Strike Commission
to meet in Washington next Mon
day.
The Supreme Court Of New York
yesterday denied Il motion for a new
trial for John Y. McKanc, OK boss OF
Gravesend.
Tho Democratic Convention Of
North Dakota yesterday nominated
y. G.. LarimOrc for Congress and +.
NJ. Kinter for Governor.
w. 4. Massey, defendants attorney
in the Carlin conspiracy cases, and +.
S. Harrington, attorney for the rail
road company, are resting from their
lsbors today.
\ man was struck by lightning in
Pascoc county, Fla, the other night,
and where the bolt entered his back
il left II queer landscape view on the
skin. n picture Of trees and plants.
Ernest Herting was sentenced
Thursday TO the pc%nitentiary for ten
years, the full limit Of the law, by
Judge Rising. Herting was convict.
cd OF ~manslaughtcr for killing Will.
lam Cocks in the carly part Of juno
in Virginia City.
Secretary Herbert received n dis.
patch from Captain Day Of the Balti.
more, now at Chcmulpo. Corca, stint.
ing TINT tho King Of Corca isa japan.
csc prisoner. The Captains dispatch
war sent Thursday and stated TINT ho
had dispatched marines to Seoul to
protect the United States legation.
Tho WRdsworth Dispatch says:
Members OF the signal corps attached
to company Is. and ID. stationed at
this place were ont for practice Mon.
day. A Geographic instrument wns
placed OH tho platform Of the freight
depot and another about hnlf II milo
out on the brow of Il sand hill east OF
town. Tho t%clegrnphing ia carried on
by means OF flash lights and can bc
read easily at n distance Of over II
hundred miles.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
IFROM~ TUESDAYS DAILY.l
SALMAGUNDI.

\ very warm day.
Silver was s.62 2iyesterday.
The funeral Of NJ. ID. Foley was
largely attended Sunday.
l.. Needham, Il prominent business
man Of Reno, died very suddenly
Sunday evening.
The law firm Of Goodwin Il Dodge.
OF Reno, will defend Mrs. Hartley for
the killing Of NJ. D.. Foley.
Twenty-Five hundred men went to
work yesterday in the Illinois Steel
Company's plant at Chicago.
\ French statiscian says that the
number Of men and women in France
is more nearly equal than many other
country OF the world.
\ money sieve has been invented
by Il Braoklyn deacon. 1t sorts the
pennies, nickcls, dimes and quarters
taken mt the church collections.
4 resident of Indiana sold his
vote for 81 last May. and is now suing
his purchasers for 1900 and costs.
This is permissible under the Indiana
law.
About three hundred butchers, en-
ployed in the Swift, Hammond, Cud-
ahy and Omaha establishments,
struck for an increase of wages yes.
terday.
The way of Il superior nan is
three fold; virtuous, he is free from
anXicties; wise, he is free from per-
pleXitics; bold. he is free from fear
Confucius.
Owing to the delay OF John d.. Ker-
man in reaching Washington yester-
day the Commission to investigate
the cause of the recent strike will
meet to-day.
Carson Ncws.-The chief OF the ge-
odetic survey has arrived, and will
start tomorrow with his corps Of N
gineers to survey the boundary line
between Nevada and California.
White Pine Ncws.-Thc merchants
Of Ely have concluded To give the
Southern Pacific, better known as the
G. p. the go-by and will in the future
have all freight shipped TO Deserct
on the u. y.
Mayor Hopkins of Chicago, said
yesterday, that unless he was informed
before night whether Pullman in
tends to start mp his works this week.
the troops i'll Pullman will he rcmov-
ed within twenty.four hours.
The Eight Regiment Of the Cali
fornia militia, stationed at Sucra-
mento during the strike, has been or
dered to break camp and leave for
home. The regulars will remain i'll
Sacramento for an indefinite period.
VIM. G. Carpenter, the oldest prac-
ticing lawyer i'll New York, appeared
as counsel i'll the City Court the other
day. He is 81 years Of age. III vigor-
health and sound Of mind. and
says it is work that keeps him alive.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
IFRoM THURSDAYS DAILY
SALNIAGUNDI.

\ hot day.
The Gazette says that Reno is out
Of sugar.
y telegram received from Carlir
just as we were going to press says
the Southern Pacific Company dis
missed the men who testified for the
defense i'll the March case.
Eight hundred men employed il
the South Omaha packing houses
joined the striking butchers yester.
day. All the houses were affected and
but few cattle and hogs were killed.
Dispatch:-Quitc Il number OF the
valve stems that were taken from the
engines i'll the Wadswortll round,
house OH the morning OF the 18th inst.
have been found. Some were found
ON the outskirts OF town buried i'll the
sand, and Il number were found in
the bed of the river.
y Chicago dispatch Of the LIST says:
Assistant Adjutant Boyle of the Hi.
nois National Guard. said this after.
noon he had been informed on PRECEDENT
Dcbs' authority that the Pullman boy.
colt would be officially declared oil
to morrow. Adiutant Boyle added
that all troops would be withdrawn
to-morraw night.
\ statement issued yesterday by
the Comptroller of Currency shows
the total amount Of bank netes ont.
standing to be s207,4i5,4S9. Increase
total circulation for the month of 1885,.
Isl and for the year OF S23, S9,5G0.
The amount outstanding against
bonds is 1881. $50. 93l. increase for the
month $751; $50 and for the year ST..
S3l,6il.
Farragut Post, G.. \. r. of Lin.
coin, Nebraska, demands in Il set of
resolutions that all future tests of
armor-platc Carnige and his man
Frick shall be placed behind the tar
get until the test is complete. 1t
seems, they say. that there is no law
to punish such frauds as those which
have been perpertrated in the max.
ing of armor- plates for ~battleships,
and that something must be done to
secure justice and protect the lives of
American sailora and the honor of the
American flag.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05

Rev. +. s. Wittcr will preach IN Clio.
vcr Valley next Sabbath nj 10 4. 81.
and he will lecture Mt night Of the
same day in Wells on "What I saw of
churches and religion in foreign
lands Tho 81 week in August he.
tween Sabhnths hc will preach in ri.
ochc aud Hamilton in White Pine
county aud tho It'll week between
sabbaths in Eureka and Palisndc in
Eureka county. II hc should not he
able 10 fill Ia I'LL some II OF these
appointments an acceptable preacher
will he sent Ia I'LL the place. Ills mp,
poiutmcnt in Wells will he tho 3rd
Sabbath in each month and in Elko
tho 2nd aud It'll SabhHilis, Dur.
ing the heated term Of Au-
gust In Elko there will he no
morning service but the sabbath
achool service ut i:30 Pm. and preach.
at 7:i5 T.. 81. will continue to be IA
before,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
800 Ilcwnrh MOO.

The readers Of this paper will DO
pleased to learn that there is Mt least
ono dreaded disease that science has
been able TO IRE in all it's stages and
TINT il CHtarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
To the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being n constitutional diseasc, re-
quircs n constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, ncting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying The foundation OF
tho disease, ana giving tho patient
strength by bnilding up the constitu.
ton AMI assisting nature i'm doing lis
work. The proprictors have 80
much faith in it's curative overs,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that il fails to euro.
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address,
i. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druppisis. Tho.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05

+. \. Williams, Il matchmaker of
Broadway. New York City. recently
accomplished a remarkable mcchan-
zeal fcat-that of drilling a hole
through the entire length Of II COM
non pin, from head 10 point. the open
ing being just large enough to admit
OF the passage Of Il tine hair.
Mr.. Williams is the mechanic who
two years ago cut Il sewing needle i'll
two lcngthwisc and then drilled holes
and fastened it together 5 O nicely that
the slit could not he seen with tho
naked eye.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
\ I.ong-I.iycd Race.

Hans Larsen, one of the owners of
tho Paymastcr mine, in Say canyon,
comcs Of u long.livcd race, His great.
grand father died at the advanced
age of l36 years, his father at the age
Of l0i. while his mother. w no
ing, has passed 100 years upon this
Garth. Mr.. Larsen, who ia now &c
years old. is much youngcr-appCaring
than the average man Of 10 years. and
il M active as u cat.-Kenncdy Nov.
Era
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
IFROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALAIAGUSDI.

Senator Voorhees, was better yes
terday.
DIR. J. W!EPctty came down from
Wells to-day.
1t is said that the regulars stationed
at Carlin are getting very tired of
their job.
Frank Bowen arrived from the
Black Hills to-day. He reports tough
times up there.
Fresh Insect powder and all kinds
of best Fly paper-at Mnller's r
The New York World says Utah
may be known as the State OF Matri-
mony,"-proving that marriage is not
n failure.
Morris Sheclin OF the Eureka
ty Bank. Eureka, has been selected
Assistant Cashier Of the Bank. of
Nevada at Reno.
j. l.. French came down from Is
land Mountain yesterday and remained
over to-day. He reports everybody
happy at the placer mines.
Bamboo fishing poles II to 20 feet
long. from 10 to 25c each, and a full
line of fishing tackle at Mullcr's
The defendants in the Carlin con-
spiracy cases have employed Hon.
Thomas Wren to assist Mr.. Massey in
their defense. He was expected to
arrive i'll Carlin this afternoon.
Belmont Courier:-An earthquake
shock was felt in Belmont and in
Monitor Valley Il few nights ago. 1t
is said that the shock was quite Sc
we're in Monitor Valley. No damage
was done to property, however.
w. L. Smith, j. y. Mcintosh,
Arthur Rcinhart, Mr.. Mcbride, Mrs.
NJ. II. Miller. Mrs. James Adams, Mrs.
S. NJ. Henley and Miss Louise Adams
started for the head OF North Fork
this morning on a three weeks camp
ing trip.
The Reno Journal says that General
G.. +. Turrritin has been elected a
Dircctoro Of the Bank of Nevada, vice
VI. ID. Foley. deceased. Mr.. George
Russell, Nicc.Prcsident Of the Board
Of Directors. will act as President I'M
til the next annual meeting.
GaZcttc.-Johnson Sides is going
to Sacramento to see 'bout pick um
hops, so Iniun can earn money To buy
nm grub" He was rustling for trans.
p]ortution this afternoon. and If sue
ccssful it is his intention To leave for
the hop fields to night. Lot boy and
mahals go too Johnson says.
Charley Darling, a Carlin striker,
was arrested yesterday morning on Il
charge of conspiracy 10 obstruct the
L. S. mail. He wa held in S2,500
bonds which he gave. The railroad
attorneys seem 10 he ON IA fishing cS-
curFion i'll making so many arrests.
\ cask Of gold. shipped from New
York to Paris. was stolen between
lIavre and Paris yesterday. 1t was
one of forty casks shipped by Lazard
Frcrcs and was valued at $4,000.
There is no clew to the thief or the
manner i'll which the cask was re-
moved from the train.
Mayor Hopkins tclcgraphcd Cover
nor Altgcld yesterday to recall eight
companies of militia from Chicago.
This order leaves hut three compa-
MES at Pullman and one company on
the Illinois Central track at Ham
mond. The Mayor said he felt on
tident that three companies at Pull
man could maintain order.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
Aothcr Slur at Women.

Professor Garner, the famous stu.
dent of the so called Simian language,
Is firmly convinced that physically
the Iundrumania are closely allied to
man. "If there we're any doubt Of
this he said, IL day,-it wou'd DO
d~issipated 10y the fact that female 90.
riilas do ten times more talking than
the males. Indeed" lie added. laugh
imgly when the female monkeys be.
come excited and express themselves
with indignant f~uency the males sit
by and scratch their heads. looking ms
if they had forgotten every word in
their limited vocabulary."-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
r DAILY
SALMAGUNDl.

Several OF our citizens saw the me-
teor Friday night.
w. L. Hit arrived from Alameda
yesterday morning.
Miss Ida Campbell went down to
Lovelock yesterday.
j. a. Nc Intosh, OF Lovelock. spent
yesterday and to-day in Elko.
+. II. Dodge and +. ii. Norcross OF
Reno were admitted to the bar Of
this State Saturday by the Supreme
Court.
The Truckcc Republican says forty
tons OF trout have been caught out
OF Lake Tahoe since the first day OF
last April.
The Eureka Sentinel says that ID.
ii. Hall has rendered his resignation
as Receiver OF the U. S. Land Office
at Carson.
Indian Agent Hargrovc came down
from the Duck Valley reservation
yesterday and proceeded to San Fran
cisco to- dry.
AS Il result OF the transatlantic
steamship war the steerage rate from
England TO this country has been re.
duced to sS.G4.
james Mulligan. the owner OF the
letters that made it so warm for
Blaine, died in Maynard, Massachu.
sets, Saturday morning.
The son OF President Tyler, who
acted as the l~attcr's confidential sec.
rotary at the White House, is Eow 10
years old and a resident of George.
town.
An electrical wced-killer is used
on the Illinois Central railroad.
The electricity is discharged from
brushes covering the width OF the
track.
General T. j. Henderson,, orc of
the Republican wheel horses in Iii.
nois, who has been thirty years i'll
Congress, has been beaten for a re-
nomination.
The wife Of Prof. Thurtcll Of the
State Univcrscsy died in Reno Satur.
day after II brief illness. She was
the daughter of DR.. S. Bishop. for
merly Of Reno.
L. S. District Attorney Jones told
the Reno Gazette Saturday that he
had positive proof of the guilt OF the
five men arrested in Carlin Friday,
charged with interfering with inter.
state commerce.
-Four womcn physicians have been
appointed by the New York Board of
Health ms members of the corps Of
fifty doctors to visit the tenement
houses and give free treatment To- the
poor in need of medical aid.
Mrs. Diggs. of Kansas, who has been
called II liar 10y nm ungallant editor,
takes her pen i'll hand to let him
know she rather likes it, as she is
playing politics for keeps, and doscn't
want to miss any OF the amenities.
st. Paul Globe:-A Chicago preach
or on Sunday chose for the subject OF
his discourse "Whcrc is HELP" He
pretended that he did not know, but
his congregation winkcd knowingly
as they whispered: Were in it,
Knox Crane presented the lSDE-
PENDENT to-day with some fine spcci.
mems Of white marble found in the
Ruby Mountaina. The marble il OF Il
good texture and susceptible Of Il
high polish. There is plenty Of it in
the Ruby range and We hope Knox's
find will make him rich.
\ Chicago dispatch OF yesterday
says; \ heat "a to-day is central
over Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
the temperature in many places run
ming over 100 degrees. In Montana
and Dakota the worst is passed. In
Kansas and Nebraska growing crops
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05

WAsniYGroS, Aug. 9 Tho House
lias voted ono hundred and forty ak
To thirty. Bovcn TO unsGat Funston. OF
Kaneas, and seat hia contestant
Moore, q Democrat.
SENATE.
Tho INIT. o ption bill was reported to
tho Senate today and placed on tho
calendar.
Hill reported from tho lmmigra.
ton Committee House bill for consu
lar inspection Of immigrants with u
substitute containing stringent rog-
ulntions against anarchists.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
The following resolution was unani.

h following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That this Committee
direct the County Central Committees
OF the Silver Party in th. several
Counties in the State TO call Primary
Elections at the time designated by
this Committee and TO district Coun-
ties, apportion delegates to tho State
Convention among the districts OF
their respective Counties. and super.
vie the election OF such delegates.
And that in Counties having no v
lnrly organized County Central Com.
mittees We recommend TINT members
Of tho Silver Party immediately take
steps to organize Comfy Central
Committees in their respective
Counties, and that when from n
aus no such committee shall DO or
ganized that members OF the State
Central Committee in snch Counties
be and are hereby authorized TO call
Primary Elections and supervise the
election Of such delegates.
., GEO. S NIXON, Chairman.
IL. +. FLANNERY, Secretary.
IG.2Gidl
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
The several Silver Party County
Central Committees will call n
Primary Election
or the people on
Wednesday, Aug. 10, "a,

For tho purpose Of electing delegates
to the ssid Convention, the Primary
Election to DO carried out in compIi.
nnce with the laws OF the State.
II following ties: will be required
OF voters at said Primary Election:
IL am in favor OF tho FREQ coinage OF
silver ut the ratio Of lG to l by the
United StatcG Independent OF my
other nation. and will support the
nominees OF the 81 We Party"
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al IL n VI
For the purpose Of nominating a full
State Ticket, to be voted for at the
next General Election, viz:
Member OF Congress,
Governor,
Lieutenant. Governor,
Judge Of the Supreme Court,
Clerk OF the Supreme Court,
Attorneys General,
Secretary OF State,
State Controller,
State Treasurer,
SnrveyOr.G General,
State Printer,
Supt. OF Public Instruction,
Two Members OF Board or Regents OF
State University.
Also for the appointment OF a State
Central Committee and the transac-
ton Of such other business rs NAV
properly come before the Conven-
ton.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05

The basis OF representation of the
respective Counties in the said Con-
vention shall he one delegate ut large
for each County, and one for each 40
votes and n for each fraction there.
OF cast Tor the Silver Party Elec'o rs
at tho last election, aggregating POI
delegates and apportioned rs follows:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05

Mayor Hopkins tclcgraphcd Cover
nor Altgcld yesterday to recall eight
companies of militia from Chicago.
This order leaves hut three compa-
MES at Pullman and one company ON
the Illinois Central track at Ham
mond. The Mayor said he felt con-
iident that three companies at Pull
mnn could mnintnim order.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1894-11-20
A Bohemian Murders His Mother,
Sister and Brother,
THEN GASHES HIMSELF AND SETS
FIRE TO THE BUILDING.
Sixteen Coal Cars Break Through a
Railroad Bridge in Pennsylvania,
Burying SIX Miners Under the
Throughout the Northwest and In
New York,
Special to the REcoRp-uxroN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
MONTGOMERY (Mo.). Nov "a terri
bic tragedy was cCn.;lli itted 3 o'clock
this morning scout two nn.les from
Wellsville. AT that place lived Thomas
Portercheck, his mother, two sisters and
a brother, all Bohemians. 1t appears
that Thomas Portercheck complained
yesterday evening that his head was hurt
ing him, and said he believed his neck
was broken, and refused to go to bed. At
3 O'Clock this morning he secured an ak
and killed his mother, sister and brother.
When numbering them the other sister
made her escape by jumping through the
window. She stood outside and looked
in through the window, and saw her
maniac brother saturate the room with
coal oil, set it on fire. and then cash him.
self with knife. Ee then sank down,
and the four bodies were consumed in
the building. This morning the four
bodies could be still seen burning in the
ruins. His mother had been an Invalid,
and had been confined to her bed twelve
years. The murderer was certainly in-
sane.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1894-11-20
w. c. t. U. CONVENTION.
Plea Against the Use of Birds for
AdOrnment of Ladies' Hats.

AdOrnment of Ladies' Hats.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 19.-The opening
session of the w. c. L. u. Convention to-
day was not so we'll attended as the pre-
vious sessions. Mrs. Mary f. Lowell of
Massachusetts reported for the Depart
ment Of Mercy and spoke against the use
OF birds for the adornment OF ladies' hats,
against the killing of seals for use III
cloaks, and urged her hearers to look into
what she termed the horrors of the
She offered reSolu-
uon, which was unanimously adopted,
urging the creating of a sentiment among
young people OF the country against the
practice OF vivisection.
Rev. Mary Wood Allen spoke for the
Purity Department. She complained OF
the lack OF funds, bat otherwise offered
an encouraging report.
Mrs. Z. W. Woodward reported for
work among the railroad men. During
the interruption caused by the big strike
the work had been very encouraging.
When the afternoon session was re-
sumed the department reports were con-
unued.
Miss Emily D. Martin, General Super
lntendent OF the Department OF Purity in
Literature and Art, reported and recon-
mended the reading of certain specified
Mrs. Alice Robinson spoke briefly on
the purity of the press.
Mrs. Mathilda B. Carse made most
interesting report upon the Woman s
Temple. The report was encouraging,
ana was received with great enthusiasm.
1t was referred to the Executive Com
mittee.
Mrs. Anna McCombs of South Africa
spoke freely. telling of the enthusiasm OF
the White Ribboners OF the Dark Cont
nent.
Mrs. Shearer of Wisconsin, wife of a
ship owner who recently christened a
steamship with water instead of wine,
spoke briefly.
Mrs Il. A. Blair of California, who for
TWO years has travelled 1900 miles by
relay wagon and canal boat, spoke at
some length. She had organized thirty
lour temperance leagues and had devoted
her entire time to the work.
a large number of detailed reports
were offered, which all indicated great
enthusiasm IN the work.