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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16

Our quartet Of Chinamcn fired u
ut OF CRACKERS and torpc locs on
Faurs lay morning be-. Il their
lends III the OIL country Killed il few
APPS.
General DIAMOND tells Il long story
.Uodt the war III Sacramento on the
Ii of July. 1t is thrillingly interest
~. as starting rs the rcpor, Of IL hen
]uLvcntion.
There are several strog indications
.iat Lundy will be come Il thriving
amp III the near Culture. 1t was once
- good rs anybody's camp, for it,
~, and the outlook is brighter now
nnm 1t was then. Every move
hat is being made demonstrates
mis-.
1t is believed that silver will 60 up
IA reasonable figure before many
.ion.hs, particularly if China and
'dpm keep on squdbb.ing. Hun
!rels of mines and thousands Of
miners are waiting for something of
he kind.
"Duify the Swell" is camping on the
rail of illegal voter. lie has shout
Tered the task of pursing the Great
Register Of nan..& that do not belong
here. lie knows lots Of them. so he
-olcmnly declares, and will "bust up
the next election if his candidates
cont como out ahead.
Tho recent spcll Of phcnomcnlly
Sarm weather for these mountains.
with occasional showers, caused veg.
station of all kinds to start afresh
summer reproduced Itself. There are
10 signs Of the "scar and yellow leaf
anywhere. which is nm unusual cir.
cumstnncc 10 note in September. We
won't care If they Im this kind of
we uthet into the middle Of ctern ty
Tho idea Of kicking about the weather
III Lunly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16
SIN After thr Strikers.

The Silver State says that warrants
were sworn ont i'll Winncmucca Fri.
day afternoon charging G.. T.. Dcnnimg,
&. Nj. Rose, II. a. Duvivicr. ID. V.
MCrrigan, and w. $. Elliot with en-.
tcring into IL conspiracy with II =.
Eaton, John IIUl stein and othc per.
SONS to Distract mail trains. interfere
with interstate commerce and ptlc
crimes against tho peace and dignity
Of the United States.
John llol5tcin WIS tho only ON, in
Gown and he was arrested and taken
before Cummiss.onlr Archer and re-.
icIscd on his " rcsogniH the
Commis Toner declining To IiS the
heavy bal az I'd .or ny the pro8ccU.
ton.
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HonrdiuE OF Gold.

A writer in the Pail Mall Gazette
OF London. calls attention to the
enormous accumulation Of gold in
that financial center. The total
amount OF gold 10 in the Bank OF
England is s2Ou, QOO,0OO, II sum unprc
cedent in the history Of that i'll titu
ton. Referring 70 this fact the writer
states that, as after 1865 and 1S6G, the
Bank OF England ~is once more
watching for the time when the
mighty torrent OF gold will again
burst the dam and cause II genera,
and rapid improvement i'll the value
OF securities" People say he, must
have something for their money, and
the question soon must he, who is go
ing to set tho example for going III
for the purchase of second, third, or
fourth rate il. vestments? ain times
gone by the same process has always
been gone through, and it must in.
evitably be gone through again. AT
the present time there are some thou.
sand millions sterling Of money, or
s5,OoO, 900 900. lying on !eposit with
tho London banks, and hardly any of
tho depositors dare to move thor por-
ton into securities that arc not gilt.
edged"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16
For County COMMISSIONER.

AS the campaigne progresses new
candi latcs come to the front and tell
the people what they want. the last
being Mr.. 5. Il. Rodgers, of Lamoille
Valley, who announces himself us Il
candi lat for County Commissioner
from the Southern district.
Mr.. Rogers is zone of the prominent
young ranchers of Llmoillc and is
thorou ;hly posted ON the NEEDS OF
the SOuthct III Iii strict. He is Il quiet
u~nIssuming man who. if elected to
the Office To which he aspircs. will
always be found casting his influence
in favor Of the taxpayers.
He will make Il lively race for the
o.licc and is liable to pass under the
string ahead of his competitors.
Honest in all his dealing the interest
If the taxpayers will he safe III his
hands.
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VERY DIRTY WORK

We wish to inform that
gentleman, God save the
mark, who is going around
among the business men of
Flko, trying to induce tn III
to Withdraw their patronage
from the INDEPENDENT, hat
we are dead OH to his little
game. Secret enemies are
generally the worst kind of
hypocrites; n I'd from what
we surmisc rs to the name OF
this individual, he is no cx.
ception to the rule. When
we ascertain his name W,
will hold it up to public
scorn.
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Alaska Dull.

The following is from Il letter pub.
lishci i'll the Sonora Banner:
81 can't say much for Alaska.
There Is Il host Of IDLE mel in this
place. and they are coming and going
on every boat. Everything is over
done hcrc. Tho company hat an
working for clIicl lDSL IL If lts
mines II few days ago ami land of -
men. The Trcadwcil mine, on Doug
lass Island. is the only one in the
country in operation the year roun |.
1T WORKS three hun lacl st ump4."
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Murhrr ut Cnrlim.

Corona Morgan r%cceivela dispatch
f:om Judge Palmc: abou. l::iu this
afternoon stating that Mrs. Cook hal
he IN found murdered and asking him
to come down on the first train.
From Mr.. BernIrl the INDEpEyD
ESr learns that Mrs. Cook was 4 mil
lie age Ia iy and kept Il lpl.sing
house merry opp.::t5 the f-5:-!.: :ie.
pot ne IT CiiAi.owI. .Abou. six or
light non hI agb IN Of he. son was
kill ii while swi hing ears i'll the
Osdel yIrl and she rcscatly drcS
ii life insurance.
Coroner MorIn left on the first
freight train and will ma'ica thorou IN
me I'll sdtion Of the crime.
Let us al no pc that the guilty
par Y MAJ be spon b-oIshs 20 iu III e.
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Died from Mrnrt DIscmsc.

Co:ncr Morgan returned this morn
ing from holding IN inquest on the
remains Of Mrs. Cook who was found
dead i'll her hou'c at Carlin ycstcI-
day afternoon.
DIR. Henderson accompanied the
~ To Carlin last evening and
made II thorough examination of the
body Of the deceased but could find
no marks or bruises To sustain the
theory. of murder and gave it as his
opinion that heart disease WIS the
cause OF death.
\ thorough investigation was made
10y the and the jury found
from the evidence that the name Of
the deceased wa Mrs. G u. Cook u
native Of Kentucky. aged - years
and the cause Of death wns heart
disease.
Coroner Morgan informed the
lSDErESDENT this morning that
although the jrny found that the dt
ceased died Il natural death he wa.
not fully santiSticd with the verdict
Silver Statc:-Thc first clean up oI
the Imperial mill in Kennedy was
very satisfactory. Tho result prove.
that the ore is being worked up t.
about 90 per cent. and 10 per cent. i.
being caught on the plates and on tho
battery. This was more than M.
Warlner was Y cr sanguinc cnousl
To expect. 1t rsurc the future per
mancncy Of the camp and proves tina
the process n used il the corrcc
one.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16
noycottlng TIC strlRcr..

An Omaha dispatch says the rail
road men at that place are alarmed
v G a discovery OF what they rcgar,
40 a black. list being worked by al
tho western railroads. Since tho
strike, men secking employment ar,
requested to bring II clearance iron.
their last company. The mcn claim.
that all the companies aro using pa
per on which TO write these rcco
merdations that has Il figure of i,
crane worked in il. and while the
writing may indicate that the bearer
Ia all right, the position Of tho anima
on the paper really determines the
applicants standing. The mep arc
yerJ much alarmed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16
For County Cnmnis~inncr.

Mr.. |. p. WJo.vcr on. Of Ruby Val
Icy announces hin or tn day rs an
Independent candidate for County
Commissioner from the Southern
district. Mr.. WDDlvcr o. is IN 81
resident of Eiko county and is known
% the pc 'p!c Of the southern and
cIrterl valleys rs Il sterling citizen
who conman Is the yespcct OF all for
his honesty and integrity.
Being Il heavy taxpayer and well
acluainte wi h the ne .ds of the
5ouihe: II Iii It ric', he YOU 4 he Il val.
liable me nbcr of the Boar Of Com
missionrrs.
Mr.. Woo,ver on wi maze his com
pctitors for the Office realize that they
have been to an election when the
votes are counted.
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Doing an Immense IIusIuc.s.

One Of our exchanges says that the
Central Pacific has leased eight heavy
locomotives with full crews from the
Union Paciic. and 1t is cXpe :,ed it
viii keen the II in sc:vicc for three
non. lis to come he 'auj Sc Of the inprc.
tcdcltCd crOYding Of freight over the
Central Pacific. That freight il .npit.
~ fruit. and people who have been
ont on the line of ,he Central Pacific
say that the amount of fruit being
+hippe | East uvcr that line 10 ON
hing np5t cSt;aIr !iLIry. Tho strike
c.ipp.c | the car!y f:uIt ira lie cx ,ccd.
ingly. but M yadays il il being made
up, and the wonder of those who
watch the cnlleSs procession of fruit
trains ii where the can he founl
enough people to absorb all that fruit
-Ncvadln.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16

There arc a great many funny men
III tho word and they are funny ON
many subjects" remarks an 'xcli nIc.
'iut at this wri, ling We wi | 90 Iliuc
ourselves to the funny men and the +
funny actions in rcIarI to ncw4
papers. Some funny mon rubscfibc
ior II paper md pay in ndvIm.c. othcfa
'ub'cribo and pay in Il few mon .i,a.
theirs pay promptly at the end Of the
). ar. while Cthcrs forget Ia pay for
thc.r paper. liu, the funniest II all
arc tho men who take tho plpcs from
The postDilicc al lrcSscd to them for
months and UIcy and their families
rcad and chi y then until rcmindc I
lhat sic.r paper ~ no pill for. when
llIcy ma 90 the yer STIRLING ii4Covcry
That they never rnbscrIbci for it,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16

Now the Iicpull ican organ ch ,cr.
fully conparsth every nominee on it,
party ticket with the lamcntcd ALra.
ham I'm DIN. and no COMPARISON re-.
sui oh tho di7ld?Intlgc Of Abra.
lmm. NEwf- Miner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16
\ Wifc's Bright Ilcn.

"JOhn," said the wife Ia Il husband
who II struggling with business
difficulties. al think You would get
along better il you could make pc
oplc think you ar, doing we'll"
"Ah.7 exclaimed the huaband." but
how can J make thCm think that"
"Just you rig mo out in fine clothes
and everybody will think you are
ma';ing a fOr,unr."-EX.
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District Court.

The District court convened at 10
a. NJ. this morning. Hon. George f..
Talbot, presiding. Tho roll Of the
Grand Jurors was called and the
following we're cmpnnnclcl with w,
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REPUBLICANS.

T.. G. Ncwlands, Congress.
John r.. Jones, Governor.
Robert Beatty, Attorney General
A. G. Pratt. Surveyor. Gunural.
II. G. Cutting, state Superinton.
lent.
II. $. Starratt. Short Term Regent
or the District JuIgcs. Mack. Che
.ey and Talbot wc'c Republicans and
D.. 4. Fitzgerald was ,ormcrly a Demo.
sIat.
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foreman

llOncymaD.
Tho Court then deliver ID the stat.
utory charge after which o recess was
taken to await the call Of tho Grand
Jury.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Azure Grape Cream of Tattat Powder.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-16
T'hcir Former I'ofuIcs.

This is the way the Silver party
state ticket stands in regard to their
.ormcr political associations:
DEMOCRATS.
X. SadlCr, Lieutenant Governor.
NJ. y. LonnIlicld. Supreme Judge.
Eugene llowcll. Secretary Of State.
&. \. bIGruvc, Controller.
w. }. WcstcriicId, Treasurer.
Joseph Mccarthy, State Printer.
w. II. +. Deal, Long Term Re
gent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09
DIAMOND SMUGGLING.
Cunning Schemes for the Introduce
ton of Gems Without Pay Ing Dutfes.

Cunning Schemes for the Introduce
From the Jewellers Weekly.
One of the simplest devices for smuggling
diamonds is that of the hollow-heeled shoe
1t is asserted that boots and shoes con-
structed so as to leave a small vacant space
in the heels are easily obtained In Europe,
and they are especially manufactured for
the purpose of supplying smuggiers with a
means for escaping detection.
The porous plaster has often served as a
means Of seereting diamonds. When It Is
understood that $1,000 worth of diamonds
or more can easily be inclosed in a paper
parcel about as wide as this column, one
and one-half inches high and about a quar-
ter of an inch thick. 1t is easy to compre-
bend that such a package can be kept Sc
curely in place by means of an innocent but
highly serviceable porous plaster
One of the most ingenious methods ever
employed was the Use of cake Of soap.
wherein number of diamonds had been
Embedded. IL is highly probable that this
plan would have proved successful had IL
not been that the officers Of the government
had received Information that the suspected
person had diamonds with him, and search
ed his effects so thoroughly that they exam
iEed even the gern-studded block Of soap.
The wife Of this smuggler helped her
spouse, and her plan was not less Ingenious
than that Of her husband Her hat was or
namented with punches of grapes, which,
under ordinary circumstances, would only
have awakened the envy OF other wearers
OF bonnets. Within the grapes were dia-
mopds and fancy stones of great value
Another smuggler was specially provided
by Providence with a smuggling device in
the shape Of a heavy covering Of thick,
bushy hair, which he arranged SO that IL
stood up from his forehead like an impene-
trable bush. Within this mass of heavy
hair he deposited a goodly stock of dia-
monds and succeeded for q time in escaping
the vigilance OF the custom house officials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09
ELECTRIC LIGHT GLOBES,
Tests Made to Show That They May
become n Source of Fire Danger.

Tests Made to Show That They Nav
Become n Source Of Fire Danger,
From Fire and Water.
A fire occurred in the business portion of
Victoria, B. c., on the 9th Instant Fortu-
nateiy the loss was only $4,000, and the
records would show the origin unknown"
but for experiments made after the fire was
extinGuished. In the upper story OF a dry
goods house several 32-candle power mean
descent lights were installed. One of the
lights was connected with a long insulated
wire and several feet of spare wire allowed
the moving Of the light from one portion of
the room to another. Through ignorance or
carelessness the globe was laid on q pile Of
goods. The fire occurred shortly after TIE
light was turned on at the power house
which goes to prove that the globe was
placed on the goods during the day. The
tests were made in the room where the fire
originated and were reported In the Victoria
Times as follows:
There is no longer the slightest doubt as
to how the fire started, two tests have
shown that the incandescent light will ig-
rite cloth Last evening in the presence OF
Mr.. Hutchinson. Chief Deasy. representa-
tives of the Times and a few others q
child's wooden hood was tied around the g.
candle light, 1he latter having been turned
on for ten minutes previously. Steam came
from the wool almost Immediately, and then
smoke. At the end OF eight minutes the
hood was on fire and the globe burst A
similar attempt was made the evening be-
fore and the cloth ignited I'm six minutes
Wool is the least infiammable of fabrics
and the test last evening was as severe as
could be desired. All danger In this connec-
ton can very easily be avoided, either by
will take fire or by placing fire guards
around them.
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is such that 1t will hardly be used again as
the great waterway which 1t has been in
the past. Ii Hung Chang has asked the
emperor to allow him to build railroad
along II from Tientsin to Chinkiang, and
this will eventually be done.
The boats along the canal are much like
those / have described as lying at the
mouths Of the creeks of the Yangtse. In
passing up it you are followed everywhere
By crowds. who look with wonder on the
foreign devils. and every here and there
you meet boats containing begging Bud
dhtst priests, who stick out long poles at
you. These poles have bags fastened to
their ends, and into these the Chinese
drop cash or rice This part of China is
full of priests. There is in the Yangtse
river, just opposite where / am now writ
ing. an island which is just covered with
Buddhist temples. and which has no in
habitants but priests. Massive granite ter
races. decorated with stone lions, lead up
from the water, and the temples shine out
of green trees and nowery gardens. In
Marking / visited a temple which contained
10000 Images and golden statues OF Bud
dha. and have photographed a dozen or so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09

Pirate rad Thief Boats as waruiurs
ugliest cattle known to man. The buffalos
grind the rice. tramp the mud and straw
Tor making the sun-dried bricks Of which
their houses are made and do all sorts of
farm work. When grazing and when not
at work they are minded by the little chill
dren, who sit upon Their backs and who
have wonderful control over them. They
crawl up on the back Of the buffalo, get
ting first upon the horns OF the animal.
who bends down its head for them As
soon as they are astride of the neck the
bunalo VIII gently raise its head and the
boy VIII slide down Its neck TIL he has a
firm seat just behind its shoulders. Here
he Will stay all day. and / have seen little
fellows Of five and six years sound asleep
upon the backs OF these animals, who are
often dangerous and ugly IN their actions
toward strangers. A good buffalo is worth
about $2O, and farmers often enter a sort
OF farmers loan association for the use
Of a common fund of money from year to
year by which they stock their farms.
i have seen some cows, but their milk
Is not used as food. The Chinaman does
not think milk fit to drink. and he only
uses 1t as medicine. When he does that he
prefers the human variety and gets a wet
nurse. This is by no means an uncommon
thing, and the empress dowager when she
was sick not long ago put herself upon a
diet Of this kind. l venture the old lady
did the milking herself. The mutton of
this part Of China is very fine and its
flavor is said to be much improved by feed
ing the sheep on mulberry leaves The
hogs are Of the lubberly black Chinese va
riety. the dirtiest and flthiest animals of
their kind. They are always minded by
girl or boy when In the fields, and saw
today little girl Of ten whose feet were
bandaged so that she seemed to be walking
on red hot irons as she tottered about
whipping the hogs The pigs often sleep
in the houses. and you find them granting
around in the busiest Of the Chinese cities
There are lots Of chickens. ducks and
geese everywhere, and the scientific rails
ing OF poultry by the Chinese would make
letter In itself. They are sold by the
pound by peddlers. who carry them in
great baskets of bamboo open work. and
are shipped by the boat load from the
country to the cities Eggs are used by all
classes, and the favorite egg IL from twen-
ty to thirty years old 1t Is cooked before
1t Is put away. and when brought forth it
is as black as your hat, and it tastes like
chalk. Ducks are pressed and dried and
the cooked ones ! see In the markets are
oiled so that their picked skins shine as II
covered with yarnish. They are not at all
bad to eat, however. and those which
have had in the native restaurants are
fully as good as any you get in America.
Z ,p.a< 4. Ca4,.~.a~
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would include fight on every block Here
there is nothing of the kind. The scholar
and the gentleman give way. as a rule, to
the heavily loaded laborer. and the working
mans rights are generally respected. If
they are not the trades unions are such
that they bring the officials and people to
time. striking instance of this recently
happened at Marking The Chinese you
know. have no such things as sewers, and
all of the Stops of each household are col
lected every day by men and carried out
into the country to be stored in watts and
afterward used as liquid manure. Not q
drop nor an ato,, of anything of a fertiliz-
ing nature is al we'd to go to waste, and
slops have their fixed price in the market
and are bought and sold. The collectors
of these Stops are the most offensive charac-
tiers Of Chinese city. They go about with
two four-gallon buckets fastened to the
ends Of a long bamboo pole, which rests
upon their shoulders Carrying with them
smell worse than that of a bonedust fac
tory. they belong to the lowest classes of
the people. The other day one of these men
was rapidly walking through Marking when
he happened on turning corner to run
into high mandarin and spattered him
with the contents of his buckets. The
mandarin ordered him to be arrested, and
he was taken to prison. The head OF the
slop union objected, and demanded that the
man be freed. 1t was not done and the
slop carriers struck In a body. The five
hundred thousand people Of Marking had no
way TO get rid of their slops. and the danger
or an epidemic disease was imminent. Sup
pose you should, for instance, for a week
stop up the sewers of your city you could
then appreciate something of the state of
Marking at this time. Marking, however
was far worse off, for II has no sewers at
all. The result was that the mandarin was
so besieged that he let his prisoner go free
and remitted mis- fine. l find that the Chi
nese have a fair idea of justice. They viii
fight against wrong, and there is as much
OF democracy here in this respect as
there is in America There Is no place
where debts are SO punctually paid and
where credit is SO easily gotten by all class
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Z o,..~'< Y. CaA.ssAs~
THE ESSENTIAL FONTS.


The Reporter Was Asking Too Many
Questions to BE Agreeable.
From the Chicago Tribune.
what were the particulars Of the acci-
dent inquired the reporter.
'The cable car was going at high rate Of
speed" replied the little man who had rush
ed breathlessly into the city editors room
for the purpose Of giving the Daily Bread
an item Of news. Just as 1t turned the
corner a man in a light open buggy tried to
drive across the track. The grip car struck
the buggy squarely. knocked the man out
and he fell senseless on the pavement. A
policeman arrested the gripman and the in
jured man was carried into Van Punk S
drug store, right on the corner. Ever been
in that drug store? Elegantly fitted up,
open nearly all night, largest soda fountain
In that part of town, and"
What was the extent of the mans in
turcsT'
He was hurt on the head, 1 think, but
didn't wait to see how badly. jumped on
another car and came right down to give
you the story. In writing it up You can
say
What was his manner"
II didn't ascertain"
who was the gripman?
81 didn't inquire"
do you know the name or number of the
policeman
No"
Then how do you suppose can write the
thing up If you don't give me any names?'
Great Scott! Haven't l told you he was
carried into Van Plunk's drug store? What
more do you want?"
Yes, but"
Anybody in that part of town can tell
you who Van PUNK is and what kind
Of"
May ask your name?'
Yes, sir. My name is Van Punk"