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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-06-23
A PRETTY GIRL.
who Once Bat with CALIFORNIA; suprem
Court.

Who Once Bat with californIa's Supreme
Court.
"Few people are aware that a woman
once sat on the supreme bench in Cali
fornia," said ex-Secretary Of State
Thomas Beck at the Palace hotel re-
Gently. Alook ofincredulity overspread
the features of his listeners.
"It is fact, nevertheless" continued
Mr.. Beck. at was in well, never
mind the yenr, but 1 was then secre-
tary of state and court was being held
in Sacramento. Judge Wallace was on
the bench, and among those in the cap
ital city during the session were Col.
Shaf,er, and number of his officers.
The colonel was accompanied by his
daughter, very young, bright and
handsome miss.
in the Golden Eagle hotel Justice Wal
lace said: Miss Shafter, / feel quite
slighted. Since you have been in Sac
ramento You have not deigned to visit
me. Won't you come up this morning
and sit with us in bnnc2 My colleague.
Judge Crocker, is absent, and you
might Us we'll occupy his seat
"Oh! yes, I'll come returned Miss
Shafter, and the subject was dropped,
and am sure Judge Wallace never
dreamed That the invitation would be
accepted.
About nm hour afterward Miss
Shafter, accompanied by one Of the Of
fcers of her fathers staff, came into
my Office and said that she wanted to
go to the supreme court. Would take
her? With pleasure. And away we
went A young attorney was arguing
q case when we entered the conrt. lie
did not notice us as we quietly seated
ourselves, and went on with the most
brilliant eloquence. Judge Wallace
laid his hand on the arm Of the empty
chair and nodded to my companion to
take IL.
"Shall go upp' she asked Of me.
"'Why, certainly I responded. 1T
would be discourteous to the bench not
to do So
"She hesitated little, but as Judge
Wallace regarded her with smiling
invitation and patted the chair pro-
vokinRly, she arose and firmly and
with the grace of q queen walked up
the nisle TO the platform. The Judges
arose and gravely bowed. Wallace
stepped forward, and extending his
hand escorted her to the vacant seat,
and each justice was presented in turn
and shook the tiny hand of their dainty
associate. Miss Shafter was quite
equal to the occasion, and, bowling to
the standing audience, took her sent
and let the case proceed That young
attorney, though, lost his head, anu
nfterward lost his case. Whether he
wished to make an impression on the
new associate or whether the strange.
ness Of the proceedings ratified him, l
never learned, but he got badly tied up
In his peroration.
What did Judge Wallace do?-
Why, ut dinner that evening he con
ferrcd with the new Judge and insisted
upon her occupying the seat on III
bench next day. After dinner Il,
asked me to take o walk with him.
Beck, said he, 'ifvou bring that girl
into court In the morning I'll have pro
ceedings instituted TO declare your
position vacant nA--San Francisco Call
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AnArI,enn cn,tls ,1an.. oplnlon.

w. d. Land, the cattle dealer and
pioneer OF Arizona, is at the Russ
House, San Francisco. Ho tells the
Examiner that cattle havo gone up in
price. There is the brightest out
look for growers in six years." said
MIR. Lnnd, cas- there is shortage Of
merchantable steers three years old
and upward from Louisiana to Wash.
ington. The advance has been in the
last eight months. Stock cattle have
advanced in proportion. In the last
four months in the neighborhood Of
$4,000 head OF cattle have been ship.
ped from Kansas aud Montana. Ari.
zona is a big cattle country, and am
glad prices have advanced, though I
am n buyer and buyers aro not apt
usually to talk this way. As to tho
mining interests, there have been
several new discoveries OF gold over
the Territory that aro yielding a prof
1t Oh the ore taken out. Big offers
have been made by capitalists for the
prospects and somo sales have been
made at largo iigurcs.r
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4. .. o. y. Grand omeer.,

WADswoRrm (Nev) June ls-Tho
following ]. o.. o. f. Grand Officers
were elected here to-day:
Grand Master. Edgar Rcinhart, OF
Elko.
Deputy Crane, Master, a. Mautc, OF
Belmont.
Grand Warden, d. G. Kitzmoyer, OF
Carson.
Grand Secretary, L. Guggonhelm
Of Virginia.
Grand Treasurer, j. j. Becker. OF
Reno.
Grand Representative, ". N, Hut.
fakcr. N Virginia.
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In a ralr. STATE of rre.sr,.tlen.

Tho two children of Mrs. j. p
Foulks, who died and were buried
here about nineteen years ago, were
disinterred yesterday and shipped to
Elk Grove, Cal, where they will be-
buried beside their father. Tho little
ones' remains are said to have been
in a very fair state OF prcserva.
tion, although buried nineteen years
ago.-Reno Gazette
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SOLDIERS OF NOTE.

PRiN6E Louis BoNArAarE, son OF tho
late frince Napoleon, Is colonel in the
service OF tho car.
GEN sBouLAseEH's body is TO be re.
moved from the Brussels graveyard,
where II lies, and buried In tho Mont
parnasse cemetery in Paris.
THE first toy used by Napoleon was n
cannon. In after life he declared that
his choice OF his profession was largely
influenced by that little cannon.
GEs GonoEt, who commanded tho
Gengarians in tho revolution Of 1870.
~ accused by Kossuth OF bctray.
q. dsngerously III at Buda.
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Tho stare Fair.

President Powning of the Agricui.
tural Society is at work on State Fair
matters and is getting things in shape
for q weeks sport and livestock dis.
play in September. Nevada cannot
afford to miss holding State Fair
another year, and General Powning
does not propose that she shall
Gazette.
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10. o. =. Encnmrment omeer,.

A special dispatch to tho IsDEphs.
DrNT states that the following I. o.
o. f. Grand Encampment officers
were elected at Wadsworth to-day:
Grand Patriarch, II. G.. Ieeper OF
Reno; Grand High Priest, +. G. Up,
dixie OF Reno; Grand Senior Warden
VIM. Easton Of Austin; Grand Score
tary. l.. Guggenheim OF Virginia;
Grand Treasurer. j. j. Becker OF Re.
no; Grand Junior Warden, A. Steele
Of Wadsworth; Grand Representative
II. 2. Brown Of Reno.
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Fly. to business.

AT Gettysburg:
"What arc you doing, my good
man2-
"Oh, Just buryiug some biscuits
that my vito made this morning.
'Some freak Of fancy, supposci"
"No. sir; business. Theirs going to
bo veteran reunion here two months
from now, and I've got TO hayo somo
gonuino 1863 cannon balls to sellr-.
Judge.
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Tho Southern Pacific Company
have in contemplation thu erection os
hoppiIal nt Truckse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-16

possible, without recourse to a formal ac-
acknowledgement of the belligerency of
the insurgents. The Spanish govern
ment would be exceedingly loath, as
are nearly all nations in such cases, to
make such an acknowledgment, for
not only would it immensely strengthen
the rebellion, morally, but it would re-
suit in comforting upon them certain
very important aids in the prosecution
of their welfare. 1t was just such a
privilege that Admiral Da Cana strug-
gled so for in the Brazilian rebellion,
only to meet defeat through the sue
cess of the efforts of the Peixoto gov
ernment in persuading the United
States against affording recognition of
his belligerency.
Secretary Gresham came to the state
department, looking very weak, as a
result of his illness, but determined
to keep the further negotia tions in his
own hands. Looking to the future, it
is fully expected, in view of the
prompt action of the Spanish minister
here in promising in advance that if
Spain was in the wrong she would
make al proper reparation, that the in
cident will be speedily and peacefully
settled. If, however, the Spanish gov
ernment should be stung by the ur-
gency shown by the United States in
making that issue into refusing to meet
our demands, our minister, Mr.. Taylor,
may not unlikely demand his pass
ports, and unless cooler counseIs may
be coming from some disinterested and
friendly nation prevail, an ugly conpIi-
cation may result, ending in the pres
ence of a considerable fleet of United
States naval vessels in Cuban waters
to protect shipping.
A telegram received at the navy de-
partment today from Admiral Meade
announces his arrival with his SQUAD
ron at La Guayara on the Venezuelan
coast. He has now with him the flag
ship New York, the three-screw flyer
Minneapolis and the Cincinnati He
could reach the Cuban coast in a day
or two, and there his fleet might be
reinforced quickly by the Atlanta and
Raleigh, now at Colon, the Monterey,
on the Honduras coast, and the Colum-
bla, about to sail from New York in a
Few days, making a fleet of seven
splendid new ships.
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ONE MAN ANNIHILATED.
Terrific Nitro-GIycerfne ExpIo-
sion Near HOughtOn, Mich.

Terrific Nitro-GIycerine ExpIo-
sion Near Houghton, Mich.
HOUGHTON, Mich, March 15.-About
5000 pounds of nitro-glycerine ex-,
ploded at the Hancock chemical works
near Dollar Bay today. ALI the build
ings of the company were wreekeG 1t
being during the noon hour, only one
Several were injured by flying de-
bris, but none seriously. The cause of
the explosion is a mystery. Chris
tian's duty was to attend the mixing
of acid and glycerine. He was in the
nitro-glycerine vault when the ex>
plosion occurred. Not even partf-
Gle of his remains could be found.
Carl Ulrich, who was in the mixing
house only twenty feet away, mir
aculously escaped by being wedged
between the acid tubs, which were
covered by an iron frame. In the
packing house near by were large
quantities of dynamite, and in a mag
aZine adjacent was stored 5000 pounds
of dynamite, but not an ounce of it
exploded, although the buildings were
wrecked. The property loss is about
$1,000. This is the third explosion at
these works, with a total loss of ten
lives. Windows were broken in build,
ings at Lake Linden, six miles away,
and in Calumet, twelve miles to the
north, glassware ratified in the houses,
and the explosion was distinctly heard
At Houghton, three miles south, it was
scarcely heard
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then dipped her ensign again and we
hauled our flag down, but as the
Spaniard again dipped her ensign, we
responded by the customary salute of
lowering our flag three times, going
steadily along about our business, the
ship making a good thirteen knots.
The Spaniard was then following in
our wake, being nearly three miles
astern of us, but coming on as lively
as she could, judging by the smoke pour
ing out of the funnel and the way she
was pitching into the seas. After the
gunboat had been in pursuit of us for
some three-quarte of an hour, l
noticed her yaw off. Then I saw the
flash of a gun and the report soon
reached our ears. A few minutes later
this maneuver was repeated, and as
we paid no attention to these shots,
the Spaniards sent three solid shots
after US at intervals of about five min
utes. They all struck within a quarter
of mile of the Alliance, dropping
astern, two on the starboard quarter
and one on the port. l could not tell
at the time whether the Spaniard
meant to hit us or whether she was
merely trying to scare us off shore.
When the first gun was fired it was
shortly after o'clock"
Third Officer Mowbray said: 'I saw
the three shots that the Spaniard fired
at us, the first of which was a fair
line shot, and all of them struck within
a. quarter Of a. mile of our vessel. They
were very good shots indeed If they had
gone far enough 1t occurred TO me at
the time that if the Spanish officers
really wanted us 70 stop it was more
for the purpose of varying the monot-
ony of their life, with the added mo-
tive of drinking bottle or two of
wine with us and getting some fresh
meat and ice, which is a rarity with
them and they were aware that we al
ways carried a good supply.
after it had passed off, however,
the possible result of the affair struck
me, and 1 then realized that it was
e much more serious matter
than 1 had at first thought. 1 re-
lieved Mr.. Russell at s. a. M, and when
1 went on the bridge the gunboat was
we'll astern but still coming after us.
Shortly after this the captain asked me
if we were still dropping the Spaniard.
replied in the affirmative. About a.
m. the gunboat gave up the pursuit
and turned toward the island. We
sighted the smoke of a steamer off
on the port bow. hull down, ahead of
US at $40. At $50 we could make out
her rigging and by noon we could make
out that she was the Ailsa, of the
Atlas line. We passed her about Z
o'clock that evening, and from her po-
| sition at the time we first sighted her,
l fail to see how her officers could have
very well told what was happening
to oilr Shin
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100000 is BURNED
CONTENTS OF EXPRESS SAFES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED
IN THE VANDALIA WRECK.
Two Cars in Ashes, Two Engines
Ruined and Two Men Are
Injured.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 15.-The
Vandalia train wrecked near Terre
Haute this morning consisted of two
baggage cars, a smoker, ladies'
coach, New York sleeper, an Evans
vile sleeper, and Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton e Dayton Cincinnati sleeper,
which were attached to the train
here. 1t also carried a local Indi-
annapolis sleeper. Conductor Rahm,
who was in charge, is a new man on
the road, and was running extra.
His home is in Terre Haute. Pat
DAILY, one of the Oldest men on the
road, and who was in the wreck at
CoateSville, a few weeks ago, was
the engineer. Conductor Rahn had
a wrist sprained, and DAILY and his
fireman, Hedley, were badly bruised.
The express car was destroyed by
fire, and the baggage car partly
burned.
The two Adams express safes were
taken from the ruins of the burning
car this morning, almost at a white
heat. The contents are not known
W. sSioC u 4NOW L VI n ct1lO ~. LOulS,
but will probably as high as S10O, 600.
The New York & st. Louis train car
ries New York business after the
close of the days business, and is
usually very valuable box. In this
safe the heat had melted the coin
inside so that some of it ESCAPED.
The safes will not be opened until
they reach Washington.
NEW YORK, March 15.-At the
office of the Adams Express company
1t Is no. known exactly what loss the
company will sustain by the burning
OF its express car in the wreck at
Terry Haute, Ind, this morning.
President L. c. Weir, of the company,
states this afternoon that while he
thinks the loss will reach s1OO, 900. it
will probably not exceed that sum.
All the way bills of the contents
OF the two safes were destroyed by
fire., he said, "and an accurate esti-
mate cannot be made until we hear
from all the points from which ship
ments were made The only concenE
trated report was with the express
messenger, and was DESTROYED. The
principal loss, however, will be in
coin and bonds, as our line carries
a great portion of the banking busi-
ness between st. Louis and the At
lantic coast
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WIMAN IN BIC LUCK
Judgment Of Lower Court Re-
Versed by New York Su-
preme Court.
DOUBT AS TO THE FORGERY.
Court Holds That Wiman, as
Partner, Had a Right to
Sign Checks.
A NEW TRIAL is ORDERED
On Question Of Forgery Of In
dorsement--Wiman Is
Elated.
DOUBT AS TO THE FORGERY.
A NEW TRIAL is ORDERED

NEW YORK, March 15.-Judgment
was reversed and new trial or
dered in the case of the people
against EraStuS Wiman. The de-
cision was handed down in the gen.
eral term of the supreme court at
O'Clock today. This practically af-
firms the position taken by Justice
Barrett in granting a certificate of
reasonable doubt that Judge Ingra-
ham erred in refusing to charge the
jury as to Wimans criminal intent
when he committed the forgery for
which he was indicted, and of which
he was found guilty in the court of
oyer and terminer. The opinion is
written by Chief Justice Van Brunt,
O'Brien concurring. Justice Follett
writes a dissenting opinion.
The court holds that Wiman, as
a partner in r. G. Dun & Co, had
the right to sign checks, but whether
he exercised the right by expressed
or implied authority is immaterial
so far as it affects the crime with
which he is charged. He was not
called upon to answer for having
made the check, but for indorsing
Bullinger's name on it with intent
to fraud. If, therefore, he had,
made the check to Bullinger's order,
having originally intended to de-
liver it to him, and subsequently
having, with intent to defraud,
changed his mind and indorsed the
check, he would be as guilty of the
crime Of forgery as though he had
made the check with the original
intention of fraudulently obtaining
the money. The intent with which
the act was done was an essential
ingredient of the crime, and being a
question Of fact and not law, should
have been submitted to a jury. Mr..
Wiman received the intelligence
from his lawyers. who telephoned
him at 4:10 this afternoon. Immedi-
| ately after he received the news he
put on his coat and said that he
was going to tell his family of the
glad tidings.
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WILL SPAIN APOLOGIZE.
Complications May Follow if Rep
aPation Is Refused.

WASHINGTON,M March 15.-The state
correctness of the Madrid cable, show
ing that Secretary Gresham has made
a protest and demand for disclaimer
and an apology from the Spanish gov
ernment for the firing upon the AL
lianca. 1t is too early as yet to eX-
pect response from Minister Taylor
and when it does come, it is rather eX-
pected that it will indicate a desire by
the Spanish government for a proper
opportunity to ascertain the facts be-
fore taking action in the matter. But
this, it is said at the department, will
scarcely avail in the present case, I'M
less the message conveys some as
surance on the part of the Spanish gov
ernment that it HAS instructed it's
naval commanders to refrain from fur
ther interference with American yes
sells. The notable feature of Secretary
Gresham's dispatch is found in the
statement that when an American YES
sci is on the usual route, the fact that
she is inside or outside of the three
mile limit does not affect the merits OF
the case. From this it is apparent
that the secretary has taken a stand
on the decision of the Alabama claims
commission, which was practically
new dictum in international law, for it
had been the rule previous to that de-
cision to regard as beyond question the
right of a nation to detain suspicious
vessels passing within the limit of
three miles from it's coast over which
marine jurisdiction extends. 1t will
undoubtedly cost Spain a bitter effort
to accept the force of this doctrine.
For if the right to stop suspicious
ships in Cuban waters is denied. the
task of maintaining an effective block
ade against flibustering expeditions
will be extremely difficult, if not i'm
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MURUGUA IS SURPRISED.
Spanish Minister Intimates That
Gresham Is Hasty.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-As soon
as the text of Secretary Gresham's
demand on Spain was received, it was
taken by representative of the Asso-
ciated Press to Senor Murugua, the
Spanish minister.
Il am astonished," said he that
this course has been taken, when as
yet only one side of the story is told,
and any action must be based on the
eX-parte statement of Capt Cross
man.
The minister scanned the text of the
demand forwarded to Spain, COM
menting on the severity of the Ian
guage that this government will ex-
pect prompt disavowal," and due ex-
preston of regret on the part of
Spain" with immediate and positive
orders to Spanish naval commanders.
Senor Murugua had received no COPY
of the demand from the state depart
ment, nor any intimation that this
step had been or would be taken, nor
had any word yet come from the Span
ish government to him. AS it had gone
directly to United States Minister
Taylor, at Madrid, to be by him com
municated to Spain, Senor Murugua
said the course would be for Spain to
make her reply to Mr.. Taylor who
would communicate it to the state de-
partment.
will Spain apologize?" Minister Mu-
rugua was asked.
THAT remains to be seen, after
Spain's side of the story is learned, :"
said he. Certainly there will be no
reply till all the facts are known, not
alone from Capt. Crossman, but from
the commander of the Spanish gun
boat alleged to have done the firing
The minister was in doubt as to how
soon these facts could be learned, in
view of the inability thus far to COM
municate with the warsflips.
when these facts are known" said
the minister Spain will be able to
act intelligently on the whole case, and
not on the partial case made out by
Capt. Crossman. Spain would un-
doubtedly rest upon the recognized
principles of international law, that a
country maintained her sovereignty
over the waters within her jurisdic-
tional limits. In this respect he deemed
the terms of the demand surprising
Continued on Fifth Page.
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AN APOLOGY MUST BE MADE
And Steps Taken to Prevent
Repetition of the Out
rage.
STORY OF ATTACK RET0LD.
Officers of the AIianea Cor
roborate the Captains
Statement.

MADRID, March 15.-The follow
ing cablegram has been received
here:
Taylor, Minister, Madrid: This
department is informed that on the
8th inst. the United States mail
steamship Allianca, on her home
ward voyage from Colon to New
York, when six miles from the coast
OF Cuba, off Cape Maysi, was re-
peatedly fired upon by a Spanish
gunboat, with solid shot, which,
fortunately, fell short. The wind
ward passage where this occurred
is the natural and usual highway for
vessels plying between ports of the
United States and the Caribbean sea-
Through it several regular lines of
American mail and commercial
steamers pass weekly, within sight
of Cape Maysi. They are we'll
known, and their voyage embraces
no Cuban port of call. Forcible in
reference with them cannot be
claimed as belligerent act, whether
they pass within three miles of the
Cuban coast or not, and can under
no circumstances be tolerated when
no state Of war exists. This govern
ment will expect prompt disavowal
of the unauthorized act, and due ex-
spression of regret on the part of
HSpain, and it must insist that i'm
mediate and positive orders be given
ito Spanish naval commanders not to
interfere with legitimate commerce
passing through that channel, and
prohibiting all acts wantonly i'm,
periling life and property lawfully
under the flag of the United States.
You will communicate this to the
minister for foreign affairs and
urge Importance of prompt and sat
isfactory response.
"GRESHAM."
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FORTY DEAD SAILORS.
WASHED ASHORE ON THE COAST
OF SPAIN.
NOT FROM REINA REGENTE.
Spanish officials Refuse to Aban.
don Hope for the Lost
Cruiser.

MADRID, March 15.-In the cham
Der of deputies today Prime Minister
Sagasta said that, while no informa-
ton of the cruiser Reina Regente
had been received, the government
had not abandoned hope of her
safety. In an interview today Ad-
miral Beranger stated that in 1892
he ordered the overweight of the
fed Reports have been received of
forty bodies having been washed
ashore on the Spanish coast during
the recent storm. None of them
were Of men belonging to the Reina
Regente.