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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27

WASHINGTON, Oct 22.-As il be.
come more evident the British gov
eminent is disposed to make it appear
that the Uruan incident is parallel to
the COrinto affair and may therefore
be treated in the same fashion with.
ont leading to international Difficult.
ties. Officials here are pointing out
the essential points OF the difference
in the two incidents and Bayard
will doubtless be instructed to en-.
phasize these in further representa-.
tons to the British foreign Office.
Great Britain obtained indemnity
from Nicaragua on tho ground that
her national honor had been outrag-
cd by the summary expulsion Of her
representative, ever though he WAS
only a humble consular agent.
Tho United States consented to
stand aloof OH this occasion on the
theory that that nation had n right to
redress an insult. But in the, Uruan.
affair it cannot be maintained for an
instant that the British government
has n right to demand redress for the
arrest Of it's officers. 1t shall be first
established they were within British
territory. Nothing but nn agreement
upon tho exact location OF the bound.
airy line can settle this point.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
Wholesale Poisoning

y warrant was issued yesterday for
a. a. Smith, charging him with hay
ing administered poison with intent to
kill Edward Laird, Amonico Echcvc
ria and three Indians named Dan
Foster, Jack and Gene Griswold, Mt a
place car Deep Hole, in the northern
part Of this county. 1t seems that
there has been q bad feeling existing
between Laird and Smith for some
timu and on the Sth of October Laird,
Echcvcria and the Indians left the
camp to hunt or round up some cat
tie. They returned to Laird's camp
on the 9th instant and soon afterwards
proceeded TO get dinner. Bread,
ment and beans were cooked and salt
from Il can which Laird had among
his stores was used in the cooking
process. Whom tho meal was ready
and they began to cat Of tho food they
had prepared Echcveria noticed Il pc.
culiurly bitter taste and remarked
that he believed poison had been put
into something. At this tho others
noticed il and all quit eating and be
gan nm Investigation. Each article
Of food VIVA closely examined and
Echeveria discovered crystals in the
salt, which hc was convinced were
strychninc and he carefully selected 4
few OF them, put them in some meat
md fed the meat to Il cat. In tho
meantime liberal doses Of bacoi
grouse. lard, etc, were taken by tn,
men md tho actions Of the en-
watched with interest. The men onl,
had Ia watch u short time to Hntisf,
themselves That the cut was pOisOuct
and il soon died. Tho grease tho met
had taken acted ia nm cmctic ant
made them all very sick, but had the.
not thought Of this remedy 1t is NOR,
than probable TINT they would hay,
all lost thor lives.
Officers have gOnc ont after Smitl
and will arrest him on suspicion. aut
he will likely Oc brought i'll tO.mor
row Reno journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
woke Thorn Up.

A very good story is told as tho
truth on u minister Of much promi.
nenco who il will be admitted was
quite II genius In the manner in which
he took to wake up some Of lila plccp.
ing brethren. While in the midst Of
n sermon md at the time when tho
snoring in tho bald. headed row was ut
its height tho reverend gentleman
yelled "Rto- 10 the full strength OF his
voice. Immediately the slccqcrs were
TO their feet asking, "whcrcY wharcYT
Tho minister replied, in tones equally
strong, sin hell to hurn all sleeping
christians Tho minister proceeded
with the undivided attention OF his
entire audioncc.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27

a good minister asked II girl what
representative OF the religious press
che liked best, and she replied; "My
Sunday night beau"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
lie Promised Nothing.

Az the result Of Il wager the follow.
ing advertisement was published in a
French newspaper:
81 promise nothing; ] engage to
perform nothing, but send mo l franc
10 confines in postage stamps. Per.
haps there is a little surprise in store
for you. Who knowsYY Address i.
d.. Postofice-"
Tho impudencc and apparent can.
dor OF this cool appeal to tho public
met with every success. Stamps rain.
cd in for several days, 80 that the win.
ncr OF the wager WIS able to hand
oyor a considerable sum to n local
charity, after which no told the story
in the newspapers, 30 that his dupes
might know what had become Of their
money.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any ase OF Catarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
l.. J. cheney IL Co, Props, Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known T..
j. Cheney for the past 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their iirm-WEsT & TRuAx, Whole.
sale Druggists, Toledo o. WALDtsu,
KINSAs " MARvlN, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of tho system
Price. Toe. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
wire Railways.

All through Norway wires are to be
seer stretched from the small farms on
the mountains above to the farms in
the valleys below, and We wondered
at their usefulness. In the early
spring the farmers resort to these
aerial abodcs with their flocks and
herds and tarry late into the autumn,
their main communication with their
families ut the "home office beng
these wires, often many hundred feet
in length. Upon these they send
down hay, wood, milk and other farm
productions, and wa often caught
sight of the bundles as they pissed
on the wire over our heads, while
journeying along the ronds.--Boston
Transcript.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
tFRoM TUESDAYS DA1LY.l'
SALAIAG USDi.

\ very raw day.
j. B. Ghcen was in from Lamoillc
yesterday.
+. S. Harrington. Esq. left yester-
day for San Francisco.
U. S. Marshal Humphrey arrived
from the west last night.
The receipts of the State Land or
flee last week we're Sll2686.
The business portion of Eairchild,
Wisconsin, was burned yesterday, loss
$4,000.
". ". Booher and J. S. Mayhugh
went out to the soap NINE on Smith
Creek to-day.
Caesar Alexander is receiving new
goods daily. Watch out for his al.
which will appear to. morrow.
Dor NJ. Dickinson was defeated for
the nomination for Mayor OF Detroit
in the Democratic City Convention
yesterday.
GaZette:-Hunters report quail rs
being very scarce in the foothills this
year, which il said to be an indication
OF IL hard winter.
Mn. II. l.. Horton, who has been
visiting friends here for several days.
departed on No. 4 to-day for herhome
in San Francisco.
Three hundred miners employed mt
the North Lcavenworth Coal Shaft
at Lcavenworth, Kansas, quit work
yesterday morning.
On Friday night last a burglar en-
tered the rectory of st. Paul's Church,
Virginia City, and got away with $40
in coin and Il small quantity of
iewelry.
The grand jury OF Washoc county
complains that the trains OF the Cen
trail Pacific company enter Reno mt Il
speed which il dangerous i'll the eX-
treme tn life and property, and said
jury has requested the board Of town
trustees to take such immediate steps
as may be necessary to remedy the
same.
Harry Paragon, Il Southern Pacific
brakeman i'll the Tracy. Cal, yards.
wns run ove by Il ear Saturday md
probably fatally injured. The un
| fNrttnntn MANN F,ll n, e,,,l, =, ,,-,,N,Ay
that a car wheel passed directly across
his throat. 1t was the wheel of a flint
car. and how his head WAS not severed
from the body is mystery. The neck
was not broken, but the flesh was hor-
ribly bruised.
The Health Department of Chicago.
yesterday declared that both diph.
thena and typhoid fever were cpl
demic i'll Chicago. The department
reported $50 new cases of diphtheriu
during the last week, 40 / 10 per cent
Of which were fatal. The cpidemics
are charged to impure water. Health
Commissioner Conner has issued Il
warning against drinking unboiled
water.
Carson A.ppeal:-The Silver papers
OF Nevada have been fond Of copying
articles from the Salt Lake Tribune
for the past four years. The editorial
columns Of that paper have carried
some OF the brightest ideas on silver
TINT have ever been published. 1t is
different now. The Tribune is badly
mixed in trying to explain that the
Republican party is the only party
that can bring relief to silver, and II
the Republicans don't win silver is up
n stumD,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27

Yesterday | saw the sweetest bit OF
genuine childhood courtship it has
been my humble fortune TO witness
for years. Both were standing in one
OF Santa Cruz's prcttiest gardens, no
about 10, she y years Of age. 1t had
been Il quarrel, for tears stood in her
cycs. Such a quarrel rs only youth.
ful love truly has, and can as sweetly
make up. lie, like n little man he is,
admitted that perhaps he was to
blame. But she, still aggrieyed,
needed 10 be pleaded with ere sho
was ready to yield. "Why little
sweetheart, one kiss should end tlis,'
coaxed ho, and. taking her by surprise
no gave il heartily. Quick Ms n flash
che brushed her hand across her lips.
Ii was impulsively done, but he was
cut TO tho quick. Trnc maulipces
showed itself in his face ms the blush
OF disappointment mounted and in.
creased tho glow of his already cheeks
With tho least bit OF anger rising, no
exclaimed: "Why you rubbed il oT!7
Seeing that che had gone Il step too
fnr, che, with tho grace OF q true
daughter OF Eve, quickly responded,
"Why no; | only rubbed IL in.--San,
ia Cruz Penny Press.
aaaa - -
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-10-27
lFRoM WEDNESDAYS DAILY,
SALNiaGUNDI.

w. ]. Plumb Is down from Mount
min City.
Madison. Wisconsin. had a $50. 600
fire yesterday.
United States Marshal Humphrey
returned to Reno last night.
Mr.. Miller. the high school contract
or, sill arrive tonight or to morrow
forenoon.
Elk Governor Oliver Ames, of Mas
sachusetts, died yesterday morning of
heart disease.
Mr.. Blakcly started Il fire i'll the
brick kiln last evening and to-day it is
steaming in fine shape.
j. p. Rainc, OF Pine Valley, and j..
a. Palmer. OF CarliD. came up on
No. l this morning and returned on
No. 4.
Thos. Hunter returned from San
Jose this morning. He reports Mrs.
Hunter and Miss Edith improving
nicely.
The funeral OF young Mackay took
place i'll Paris yesterday. The body
will be shipped to the United States
next week.
The Democratic convention of
Utah re.convened ut Salt Lake yester
day. o. W. Powers Of the Democrat
ic Campaign Committee was made
permanent chairman.
The United States produced in 1904
equal to 50.4 OF the worlds production
Of copper. or this amount Montana
produced SIG per cent, or, 2G per
cent Of the worlds output.
There are II different branches of
Methodism in this country. each hav-
ing II distinctive name, itsown church
porperty, its own organization, itsOwn
places OF worship and its OWL body OF
membership.
Dayton Times:-Al. Reynolds and
Joe Purscley have leased a piece OF
placer ground near Johntown, in Gold
Canyon. Of the King Brothers, and
last week Cleaned up over 50 Il day to
the man.
Tribune:-TlIe stock OF the Carson
Athletic Club. which will cndeavor to
get the Corbett- FitZsimmons fight,
has been nearly all raken. Tho larg.
est single subscription is $4,000 and
the smallest $500.
Caesar Alexander comes to the
front to-day with a new ad. He has
Il fine stock OF clothing, boots, shoes,
etc, which he wants yOu To see be.
fore purchasing elsewhere. Read his
al. and give him call.
When you want u new pair Of sus-
| penders call and see the Eureka sus.
pcnder Mt Mr.. Brains harness shop,
They do not tear the buttons of, but
allow perfect freedom Of movement i'll
all positions. They are made of strong
leather and will outweur Il dozen
pairs Of ordinary ~suspendcrs. n you
wear pants, call and get a pair. Mr.
Brain is the agent for Elko county.
Guy French rushed into the I;'DE,
PENDENT Office to-day and asked rs to
say to the people who let their cows
run loose in the streets at night to
bother other people that they had bet.
ter keep their cows up at night or
they (the cows would get it in the
head, instead OF where the chicken
got the aX. Guy means business and
will kill the next COW that breaks into
his yard.
or all the murderous implements of
war That have been invented, the Cd
kolock automatic machine gun gives
promise OF being the deadliest. 1t is
30 constructed TINT after being set in
motion by pulling the trigger it con.
tinucs to load and fire itself at the
rate OF GOO shots a minute, for an in
definite length of time. The motive
power is Il small part of the gas pro.
duced by the explosion Of the cart.
ridge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-03

We leal FOR superior style and quail at lowest
prices. Sc j..
Don't be surpritep to find US in big hustle get
ting. ready for early buyers We are laying out
immense li1es of new goops, sorting up with fresh
attractions III every department, and ready to
make a bic offer for your patronage in seasonabe
goods At rnarvelously. close pricea
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-03
RURAL NEW ENGLAND.
Transformation of the Farms Into Sani-
tariums and Health Resorts.

taflumS ana healtn Resorts.
A quarter of century ago the resi-
dents of the north shore of Massa-
chusetts bay-to which no self-respect-
ing Bostonian nowadays ever dreams
of abiding otherwise than as the
North Shore"-differed little from
those on the remainder of the much
broken New England coastline. If you
seek the pioneer in the modern move
ment you must GO to Mr. Grant for in
formation. l shall tell you only how
by degrees the busy American began
to appreciate that ''all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy" and grad
ually to stop for breathing-spell. And
thus, one at a time, slowly at first, the
value of wholesome air and a bit of re-
Taxation made converts. Slowly the
underestimated farms passed from rus
tic to urban ownership, and became at
once the most economical and best
sanitariums in America, while the
erstwhile proprietors withdrew farther
into the New England Businesses.
Gradually, too, the entire scene changed
from the se-to-bed-at-sun-
set monotony of the supplemented
country folk to the brisk atmosphere
of refined people; nature herself seemed
to welcome the more congenial sur
roundings, and the country assumed a
frightened aspect. Where the leg.
weary family hack, silhouetted against
the autumn sky, had toiled over the
hills to the solitary crossroads store,
the village cart now dashed along,
drawn by good-blooded horse, and
driven by fashionably gowned wo-
man. Man and womankind improved
in health, horsehesh in quality, and
we began to learn how to use to advant-
age our opportunities for recreation
and health.-Caspar w. Whitney, in
Harper's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-03
GENERAL GLEANINGS

THE distilleries of the United States
used the last fiscal year, 26,4s0, 671
bushels of grain in liquor making.
IN appearance the beer drinker may
be the picture of health, but in reality
he is most incapable of resisting dis
ease.
Mrs. M. E. A. GLEASON, national lee
turer on narcotics, estimates that there
are 1, 500, 900 opium victims in this coun.
try.
SCIENTIFIC temperance obstruction is
about to be introduced into India by
Mrs. Mary R. Phillips, president of the
India w. c. 7. U.
THE liquor dealers of Ohio in their
recent annual meeting in Cincinnati
passed resolution, saying: Our only
enemy is the w. C. T. T."
A PROMINENT English physician OF
long experience with drunkards says
shat he can recall hundreds of recov-
cries among men, but only five among
women.
THE recent killing of one brother by
another in Massachusetts is an in.
stance of the danger inherent in the
use of cider, on which the combatants
had got drunk.
THE stock of wines, spirits, etc, LAID
in for trip to England and back or
one of the largest Atlantic liners j.
twenty-five hundred bottles of wine!
and spirits, two thousand bottles of ale
and porter and six thousand bottlei
of mineral waters.
THE youthful khedive of Egypt doe'
not smoke and is strictly obedient tc
the Koran's injunction not to us'
strong drink. Under his rule woman'
position is fast improving Egypt, an'
harem life is disappearing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-03

brains out; some were fearfully abbed
in drunken brawls; some were roasted
in burning buildings; some were
crushed to shapeless masses under the
cars. They died in various ways, but
strong drink killed them all; and on
their tombstones-if they have any
may be fifty inscribed: ''He died a
drunkard's death"
Close behind them comes another
long line of funeral professions; we
know not how many; but they are
more numerously attended by mourn
ing friends. They contain the remains
of those who have met death through
carelessness and cruelty of drunken
men. Some died of broken hearts;
some were foully murdered; some were
burnt to death in buildings set on fire
by drunken men; some were horribly
mangled on the railroad, because of
drunken engineers or flagmen; some
We're blown up on a steamboat, be-
cause drunken captain ran a race
with a rival boat.
But here comes another army-the
children-innocent ones, upon whom
have been visited the iniquities of their
fathers. How many are there? Two
hundred thousand. Marching two
abreast, they extend up the street
thirty miles. Each one must bear
through life the stigma of being a
drunkard's child. They are reduced to
poverty, want and beggary. They live
in ignorance and vice. Some of the
Children are moaning with hunger, and
some are shivering with the cold, for
they have not enough rags to keep
them warm. A large number of them
are idiots, made so before they were
born by brutal drunken fathers, and
worse than all the rest, many of them
have inherited love for liquor. and
are growing up to take the places and
do the deeds of their fathers. They
will fill the ranks of the awful army OF
drunkards that moves in unbroken col.
umns down to death. 1t has taken
!pearly year for the street to empty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-03
THE EVIL OF DRINK.
Increase of Consumption of All Kinds of
Liquors and Corresponding Increase in
the Criminal Record.

Increase of Consumption of All Kinds of
Liquors and Corresponding Increase in
the Criminal Record.
In 1850 the consumption of all kinds
of liquor in the United States averaged
4.0S gallons per inha bitant; in 1892 it
was 1904, considerably more than a
fourfold increase. The consumption of
spirits diminished from 9. 25 gallons to
$50 per capita, but beer drinking ad-
vanced from 1.5S to Is. 10 gallons ahead
of population. Wine drinking has in
creased very slightly, about one-sixth
of gallon person. Thus we see the
effect of the immigration from beer
drinking countries. But the habit does
not continue to be a foreign one, for
the foreign population becomes incor-
porated, retaining its evil habits, and
beer drinking is becoming American
lied. Also, it may be said that beer
drinking, although not so Immediately
destructive, by becoming more gen.
eral, and by a deterioration of life
which it induces, is in the end more
ruinous.
These facts should be remembered:
The consumption of liquor has in
creased enormously in the last forty
years, and the drinking of beer con-
tinues to increase. At the same time
the prison population is increasing.
The ratio of licenses to the Inhabitants,
in large cities, has attained frightful
and disgraccful proportions, Where
high license prevails, the ratio of Ii.
censed houses is not so large, but the
consumption of liquors is not reduced
proportionately if at all. The ALI
ance between liquor and politics is
being drawn closer and closer. The
present drift will continue until the
moral sentiment of the people is thor
oughly aroused.-United Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-03
HE THOUGHT OF THE WIDOW.
The Prudent Man and the Barkeep Who
Called Him Liar. v

Naueu him u Liar
The cowboy was sitting in chair
tilted back against the shady side of
the saloon taking it easy when one of
his friends came by.
hello, Dick" he said; whats this
story about the barkeep over the way
calm you liar yesterday and bully
raggin' you around fer an hour err
more?"
That's what he DONE" admitted
Dick, boldly.
"What did you let him do it fer?"
Il had my reasons"
'Fraid of him?"
Dick jumped up.
Hold on, there, pard, "he said. ''You
amt in the same fix that the barkeep
was and it amt safe"
Don't you worry about me. What
about the barkeep?"
well, it was this way" explained
Dick. The barkeep was negotiatin'
fer policy on his life fer ten thousand
dollars in favor of his wilder. The
business wasn't settled till this morn
ing. Now it's in workin' order and
I'm goin' over after awhile and give
him a chance to bullyrag me some
more. Then I'll go round and have a
little talk with the wilder You must
think Pm a chump that can't see past
the end of my nose. detroit Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-03

itself of its years WORK, and close in
the rear comes the vanguard of the
next years supply. And if this is what
liquor does in our land in one year,
what must be its results in the world
through the long century?
Thus far we have listened to the
story that the figures tell; but they
can not tell all. They can not picture
TO us the wretched squalor of a drunk
ards home. They can not tell us how
many unkind and cruel words strong
drink has caused otherwise kind and
tender-hearted husbands and fathers
to utter to their dear ones. They can
not tell how many heavy blows have
fallen from the husbands hand upon
those whom 1t is his duty to love and
cherish and protect. They can not tell
how mary fond expectations and
bright hopes which the fair young
bride had of the future have been
blasted and turned to bitterest gall.
They can not number the long, weary
hours of night, during which she has
anXlously waited, and yet fearfully
dreaded the heavy football at the door.
Figures can not tell how many scald-
ing tears the wives have shed, nor
how many prayers of bitter anguish
and cries of agony God has
heard them utter. They can not tell
how many mothers have worn out soul
and body in providing the necessities
OF life for children whom drunken
father has left destitute. They can
not tell us how many mothers hearts
have broken with grief as they saw a
darling son becoming drunkard.
They can not tell us how many white
hairs have gone down in sorrow to the
grave, mourning over drunken chill
dren. They can not tell us how many
hard-fougbt battles the drunkard, in
his sober moments, has fought with
the terrible appetite; how many times
he has walked his room in despair,
tempted to commit suicide, because he
could not conquer the demon; and
finally, we can not search the records
of the other world and tell how many
souls have been shut out from that
holy place, where no drunkards enter,
and banished to the region of eternal
despair by the demon of drink. -Ad
dress by Peter NJ. Hawkins.