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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28

Soon after the outbreak of the Gu
ban instruction, an American news
paper determined to send Il special
correspondent to the seat of war. The
journal i'll question had been getting
some live reports from its regular cor
respondent at Il point III Florida, and
the special correspondent was ordered
to stop at this point and take the
Floridan to Cuba with him. In a
day or two the telegraph editor re.
ceived the following message from
the special:
sour correspondent here seems
very much disinclined TO go to Cuba
wi IN me-"
The editor was determined not to
have his plans baked, and sen this:
-Our Florida correspondent must
obey orders and go to Cuba with
you. Offer any reasonable induce.
ments."
Not long aftcrward the following
reply was received:
~Our correspondent here refuses
point blank to go to Cuba with me
except upon IN condition, and that
is that i marry her. l have one wife
already, and / am afraid the war will
be V before ! can get Il divorce.
Answer quick.'-Tho Argonaut.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
soms Kno..y questions.

H"-- #"..H# ".EaH". .r....a.H.
Elk Congressman Tom Watson, Of
Georgia, asks Congressman Patter-
son, of Tennessee, an shonest money"
bowler. the following knotty ques.
tons:
!. MIR. Patterson, if you are right
in saying that the government can
not circulate a silver dollar whose
bullion value is less than .he gold
dollar how was it that the trade
dollar of 400 grains failed to circu.
late while the standard dollar OF
4124 grains has never failed to circu-
late?
.. II the fall in the price OF silver
was due to natural causes why did
it's value never drop until the statutes
against it began to close the markets
to it2
3. II you are honest in saying that
your objection to FREQ coinage is that
n gold will disappear, tell US why
it is that under free coinage we al.
ways had ample supplies Of gold
while under the Cleveland anti silver
policy VIC had to hire Rothschild to
guard the gold reserve?
4. II Mr.. Cleveland aud his fol.
lowers are actuated by proper motives
in this gold policy why is It that The
capitalists r not compelled to pay
gold on import dutiesY Why is the
gold policy enforced against the
taxpayers and not against tho i'm.
porters?
o. II the single gold standard is TO
be our salvation why is it that under
free coinage the national debt was
being paid off and there was a sur.
plus in the treasury, while under
Clevclond's gold policy tho national
debt is outgrowing jacks beanstalk,
and the deficit in the treasury yawns
like a bottomless pitt
9. Why is 1t that the silver dollar
winch you say is worth forty. nine
cents buys as much and pays as much
as a gold dollar, when, as a matter Of
fact, there is not u line Of law any.
where requiring or permitting the
government to redeem silver dollars
with gold dollarsf
4. Why is il that Mexican and
Spanish silver dollars wore worth a
dollar in the United States as long as
they were Legal tenders. and immedi.
atcly dropped out of circulation as
soon as the act 1867 took away the 10.
gal tender qualityf
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
Oh, just Judge!

One phase Of the new woman ques.
ton has received a decided setback
in this city at tho hands OF justice.
\ man who had returned from work
to find no dinner and no wife, the
latter having gone to u temperance
meeting, was wrOth, and meeting his
wife no -smackcdT her. Judge Mil.
Ter, Ill applying police court justice
to the husband, pronounced these
historic words: "Talto that mans
personal bonds, and you, woman, go
home, and temperance meetings or
no temperance meetings. have your
husbands dinner ready when he
wants it," There is now talk OF run.
ming Judge Miller for President on
the platform OF "Ihc old woman and
dinner on schedule timc.--Chicago
Times.Herald
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
Hi.he.. q an "a Ieavenins Pou4-Lates.U US. Govt Report
@A!!a!l! fRskasgE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
AD.,.rted CITY.

The Meadow Lake country in Ne
rada county presents in a Lesser de-
gree some OF the striking features
which have made Pompeii and Her
culanium the study OF scientists and
the wonders ofthe age.
Mr.. Alex j. R%osborough has just
returned from a visit Of two weeks to
that abandoned section OF the State
hF q! ,suntfrip-s. Iic fcund
dere iuAny sights u excite wonder
and inspire conjecture.
The city OF Meadow Lake exists in
all it's material form but without a
solitary inhabitant OF the human spe-
cies. 1t was once a thriving mining
center and boosted Of a population OF
5000 souls.
But desertion is apparent on every
hand. Houses, in some instances
completely furnished, stores and other
buildings OF the size, stand as monu.
ments to the hopeful project OF the
inhabitants. The home of Mrs. Hart
ley. who killed Senator Foley OF Ne.
vada, is completely equipped and fur.
nished, eve to lace curtains, but
contained no occupant.
The country about gives evidence
OF this widespread desertion.
Mills, costing $4,000 and $4,000
each, are gathering rust and the ex-
tensive buildings about are now DC
cupied by rodents. Good roads lead
through all this desertion, but it is
rare when a wheel passes over them.
The abandonment Of this once pros
perons mining section took place in
1867, When the rebellious pres were
encountered. Mining science had not
then reached a state when the sui
phurets could be proftably treated
and millions were lost in the effort.
Then commenced the hegira, and
since that time human beings have
been scarce about Meadow Lake, and
it is only rarely visited by sight.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
n Twist In his Leg.

A curious superstition was brought
to light, says the Pocatello Tribune,
when Mrs. Turner presented her bill
to tho commissioners for $40 for bury
ing tho leg Of Dan Tierncy.
Ticrncy. II will be remembered, was
80 badly mangled in a railroad acct
dent that his leg had to DO amputat.
cd. Mrs. Turner took care OF tho
man uud buried the cut off leg.
-Four times sho had to tako il up
and rcbnry it. Ticrney going wild
almost every time, declaring that his
leg had been buried in a twist md
that it hurt him. Finally tho leg was
carefully Strengthened out and packed
III a box in cotton, and Ticrncy rested
easily.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
Common sense pop,r,n,.

The right Of Il man to defend him
self on his own premises has been win.
Dictated blythe United States Supreme
Court in an Arkansas case. A man
with two others came on the premises
OF his brother in law to eoize a COW
flo drew a revolver to intimidate the
owner OF tho animal, aud was there.
upon struck and killed. The :. art
nt the trial held that this killing was
not iustifable, as the mar must re.
treat inside his dwelling. house before
he liad a right TO fro in self defense.
The Supreme Court overrulcs this
decision. 1t holds that n nan on his
own promises 10 where no has a right
10 be. II no did not provoke an as.
sault, and believed his life in danger,
no was not obliged to retreat, and was
justified in meeting force with force.
This is common sense doctrine, and Il
IL gratifying to know that the high.
tst court hss affirmed II to be good
Inv.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
The Even, n, uu,,nrd's nay.

The Buzzard's Bay Clarion noticed
the event in the Cleveland family the
day 1t occurred as follows:
Grover Cleveland, our energetic and
popular President, came down town
this morning wearing n brond smile
and stepping worry high. IIc made the
Clarion office a pleasant call md loft
a box OF cigars. On inquiry we learn
cd that there is Il new daughter in the
Cleveland household. Mother and
child are doing well and tho father Is
expected to recover. Call again Gro.
VIZ, WI are aIways Glad to ecc YOU
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
The Ball Still Rolling.

A retrospect OF the increase of wag-
IS since the latter part Of March shows
that no less than 278 large business
establishments have increased pay
from 10 to 10 per cent.
Take the individual wage earners
that have been benefited, according
to the number Of people stated to be
employed in these concerns, and they
foot up a population OF $4,000 work
ers.
All this has been accomplished in a
few weeks. And what is all the moro
gratifying is the fact that in nearly
every case the increase has been vol
untary.
Nor do these facts by any means in
themselves alone express the entire
increase Of prosperity secured. 1t
means enlarged markets. the growth
OF a faith in the nation that has slim
ulated consumption and banished
conservatism in production.
Three years ago under the sway Of
McKinleyism we began to lose ground.
We have now set out to o it,
and the ball isstill rolling. The cal
amity cry is heard no more in the
land. The present drift under a Dem.
ocratic tariff bill is doing more to
bury ultro protection than tons Of or
atory and high sounding appeal.
Achieved prosperity is moro elo.
quent thnn words. The spindles, the
lathes and the buzzing wheels are
talking now.-Boston Globe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
1uInred whlle linking Hay.

Miss Annie Larson. the thirteen
year old daughter OF Chris Larson OF
Carson valley, met with a serious nc
cident Inst Saturday afternoon while
raking hay on her fathers ranch,
aays the Genoa Courier. The bride
como off tho horse and tho animal
ran away. The girl was caught by
tho rake teeth and terribly bruised
and liberated. She was picked up in
an unconscious state and carried to
tho liouee and medical aid summoned.
There was a deep cash on her hip
four inches long, her face was terribly
scratched and ono. oyo was severely
injured. She remained unconscious
until nearly noon the next day. At
first she was thought to DO seriously
hurt internally. but she Is rapidly re.
covering and will soon be all right
again,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28

Journal rePofScr Reno Saturday
night a9d expspedhiVIslf = follor,
aGths looi0A%
hJs6 ito GOt silver ! moro
hopefnisH6w Gkzn It any timS since
tho discussion commenced. People
are beginning to realize that the plat
forms OF the great parties have been
made to deceive on the money ques.
ton, and tho leaders Of both have
been content, AZ usual. to have a first
class gold mortgage on the candi.
dates. But the late contest In Ken.
lucky shows somewhat Of a reversal,
Tor the Administration took the plat
form while the people gathered the
candidates. There has been, OF
course, on the part Of the Presidents
shameful prostitution Of Executive
power and patronage in favor Of Lom-
bard md Wall Ft-cr'a
unblushingly used Ii. tne-~-
in Kentucky and Is being insiduously
and industriously circulated every
where possible to further fasten the
pangs Of financial slavery upon the
people OF the United States. The
hope OF the country for the future is
the united action of the people in ia
vor OF monetary reform, to which all
other issues must be subordinate. for
the people can well afford to lay aside
all other issues aud reforms until the
greatest of all can be accomplished.
assured that when the silver people
win the first, all others will follow.
The success OF the cause Of silver
means the full and complete develop
ment OF the greatest country on
the face Of the earth, the one DIES.
tined to be the superior Of all 9th
ers.
The general panic OF two years
ago forced prices really lower than
they should have gone, but reviyals OF
business ont OF which small fry poll.
tlcians are endeavoring to make cap
ital, will only be temporary. and
worse slumps than ever will come un.
less the people rise equal to the occa.
sion, and undeterred by threats. en-
hibit the courage that compels a free
people to fight for and maintain their
The Presidential election OF
next year is fraught with more OF
good or evil to the United States than
any That has preceded it since 1861.
Upon the people themselves will de-
'olve the responsibility Of wisely
what shall be their fate.-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
ol.d to be in jail.

Opposite the stage station and hotel
was a shanty with a sign Of -Jale'
over the door, and / strolled over
there and asked of a man sitting at
the door smoking a pipe:
Can / take it that this is the coun-
ty iail?.
-you kin, SIR he promptly re-
piled,
aNot much Of a JAIL
NO sir; but it's new country, you
know
ANY prisoners insidey7
no, sir; l am the only prisoner, and
they allow me outside
where is the Sheriff or %iailer?'
@Gone off huntin'.-
@And left you all alone?-
@All alone. I'm purity comfortable,
however, and my time will be ont in
about six months
But l should think you'd run
away said, rs l offered him a ci.
gar.
@Whar to:- he queried in reply.
IF l goto Grass Valley, the boys will
hang me fur boss stealing. II l go to
Ridge City. they'll hang mt fur steal.
ing a mewl. Over to Euchre Bend
they want me to pull hemp for rob-
bin Bill White. | might get up into
the mountains, but the darned In
iuns would try fur my scalp. The
safest place for me is right here, and
/ hain't sayin' a word"
@My friend, would it hurt Your
feelings, il ! should ask why you were
sent here?-
Not a bit, sir. | killed a man."
4You did, eh? But how-how-?"'
@How did it happen? ] WINS sent to
Jail fur a var instead of bein' hung"
@Yes?7
@Oh, they didn't kcer nuthin' bout
the KILN and gin me two hui months
to walk Off in. AS l wouldn't go, the
Judge he said it was contempt OF
court and sent me up here fur a var,
so he could have the use OF my cay.
use and guns free gratis. Don't hap,
pen to have a new deck of keerds
with you, chr
Sorry to say | haven't
Il was i'll hopes you had. The
Judge will be up this way to morror
and I'd hev the kcerds all marked
and play him the best three out of
five to see whether | drawd pay rs a
jailer or scrubbed alonga rs n prisoner"
st. Louis Republican.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
A Corner I'm Ink.

All the ink with which the United
States Government prints It's paper
money is made by one man. The
father Of the present manufacturer, a
Mi. Eddy, invented the ink, but he
never told any one how he did it I'M
til just before he died, when he lot
his son into the secret OF the compo
sition.
Had a fatal accident happened to
tho inventor before he told his son
about the ink, the Government print.
er would have been in n dilema, for
MIR. Eddy's invention Ia the only kind
TINT will print on tho peculiar surface
OF the fiber OF which the Government
motto poper is mado.
Tho present Mr.. Eddy employs only
six mon in the manufacture OF this
ink, and none OF. them are in the 90
cret. Not one Of them has yet seer
Mr. Eddy in the interesting act OF
mixing the ingredients OF which tho
ink is composed. He locke himself
up in his room two weeks in every
year, and il is there and then that no
mixes enough stuff to supply the
Government with ink for the ensuing
twelve months, and receives for this
$4,000 a year,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28

Mrs. Eunice Westwater has sued
the rector. wardeno and yestrymen OF
Grace Episcopal Church. San Fran.
cisco. for $4,000. Mn. Wes,water
was until recently The contralto vocal.
ist OF tho church. She clsima to
have had u term contract which was
violated by bcr divuissal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28

1t is said that there arc in Kansas
twenty well.built towns without a
single inhabitant. Saratoga, in that
State, has a ESQ 600 opera house, n
large brick hotel, n 10000 school
house and a number OF fine business
houses, and yet there is not n eiugie
person to Claim that city as his homo.
At Fargo a herder aud his family
constitute tho sole population Of what
was once an Incorporated CITY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP
By the Finding OF the Badly DecompOsed
BODY of Mrs. Jane Merrill.

By the Finding of the Badly Decomposeda
Body Of Mrs. Jane Merrill.
TOLEDO. O., Sept. THE mystery
surrounding the disappearance of
Mrs. Jane Merrill. wealthy colored
woman of Monroe, Mich, was cleare d
up yesterday by the discovery of the.
badly decomposed body in brush
heap on the farm. She had for some
years been living with John Larkins
as his wife, although they were never
married. Some time ago he died, and
she set up dover interest in the
property. Larkins' son. after having
exhausted his means. attempting to
dispossess her of the farm, compro-
missed by deciding her forty acres of
the land.
Shortly after this he came to this
city and executed fraudulent mort
gage on the land, representing his wife
as Mrs Merrill. Soon after this Mrs.
Merrill received large amount of PEN
sion money that was due her husband.
The fact of her receiving the money
was well known. and shortly after she
disappeared, Larkins setting at rest
the suspicious of neighbors by stating
that she was travelling. The fact of
the fraudulent mortgage making its
appearance aroused the suspicious of
her attorneys, and they instituted
search with the above result. Lark
ms and his wife were arrested for the
murder and are held in Monroe, Mich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
CHARLOTTE.

CHARLOTTE RUssE.-Dip a mold in
water; line it with small sponge cakes;
put glace cherries on the bottom; mix
q tablespoonful of sugar with little
lemon juice and brandy. Add two
tablespoonfuls of cream and whisk to a
stiff froth; stir in little gelatine dis
solved in milk. Fill the mold, cover
with cake and stand in a cool place to
set.
CoRNUCoPIAs. - Mix well together
three eggs, half a pound OF sugar, half
a pound of -four, two tablespoons OF
water, one teaspoon of baking powder.
Drop in taolespoonfuls on pan and
bake in moderate oven: when done.
take out. and while still hot roll IN the
form of cornucopia and hold in shape
till cold; fill the cornucopias with
whipped cream.
GoosEBERRY CHARLorTE.-Pick two
pounds of gooseberries. Wash them
well and boil with half a pound OF
sugar until reduced to pulp. Dis
solve a little gelatine in half a cupful
of hot water; mix it with the goose
berries and pass them through fine
sieve. Line mold with small sponge
cakes and pour in the gooseberries.
Stand aside to set. Turn out on dish
and serve with cream
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
purs COMMERCIAL REVIEW

p..ct,on In the Volume Of
Fusiness-Tempornry Gains ARG sas
,n~. Int \ Decided Incresso over .aes
Year at Date Remains. Although Lr.ces
csCou,moottles Range Considerably Low
er-FAilures.
Nrw YORK. Sept 7.-R- g. Dun q.
On in their weekly review OF trade,
issued to-day, say: 49,.
Gains which were recognized as ten
porary are vanishing, but there re-
mains a decided increase over LAST year
at date, although prices average pc
per cent. lower than year ago. ~
needs no keen observer to see that the
reaction against the rapid advance OF
prices is strong. Cotton Is strong'
but has paused. The general uen--
dency to curtail purchases where
prices have notably advanced grows
clearer in boots and shoes, wool anu
in some products of iron. =,
Imports are large. but 1T IS stated
that Bradford manufacturers hnd lt
hard to get labor enough to hill their
orders, so that delay may cancel many
contracts, as inferior quality has can
celled some already.
The brightest feature in all the
horizon is the certainty that the crop
of corn will be enormous. Frosts now
can only affect a small fraction and
the surplus will go into the manufac-
ture of meats, because at 1871 cents at
New York, nearly cents lower than
a week ago, there is no other proht-
able use for corn. One farm product
which has been strong because Ger
tainly short in yield, rose from 8. Is
cents for spot cotton last week
to s.25 on Tuesday, but has since
been weak in spite of con-
certed official statements that the
decrease is 80 per cent in some states
and 81 per cent, in Texas. The public
observes much skilled labor in these
reports and also sees what many spec
ulators refuse to see, the 5000. 600 bales
old American brought over. 1t is
earnestly hoped that southern agricul-
ture has not sustained SO great
calamity. The annual reports, show
ing larger yield last year than has
been supposed, only indicate that more
cotton must remain in the country be-
side the unconsumed stocks abroad.
A quiet market without much change
in prices for time would be a bless
ing to the south.
The railroads have gained 3 of one
cent in earnings over last year for Au--
gust, the last week doing better,
though the tonnage east-bound from.
Chicago was per cent smaller for the
month than in 1892. and the earnings
of all roads were ii. per cent smaller.
The demand for commercial and
manufacturing loans and for the west
is somewhat larger, but the money
market is still easy.
Failures in four weeks of August.
show liabilities of So. O46. 237. of which
IS, S44, S32 were of manufacturing and
81 ,05o. 1856 of trading concerns, against
$40. 139. ATT last year, in all So. 1880
manufacturing and S5,O77, $50 trading
concerns.
Failures for the week have been 1s6,
in the United States, against 219 last,
year, and in Canada 80, against Al last
year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. CLARA ARTHUR. young wom-
an who attempted to jump from the
Brooklyn bridge some time ago, but
was prevented by the police. dropped
off quietly in the darkness at $3.50
o'clock on the morning of the 18th.
When picked up she was unconscious.
but soon recovered from the effects of
her daring feat. She was placed
under arrest charged with attempting
suicide.
A REBELLION has broken out in the
province of kan-Suh, China, and as
sumed a very serious phase. The i'm
perial. army has been routed by the
rebels, who have captured eleven cit
les. In official circles in Pekin the
question is being discussed of asking
the assistance of Russia to suppress
the outbreak.
SHERIDAN P. READ, United States
consul at Tien-Tsin, and Consul Fran
els NJ. Barber, naval attache of the
United States legation at Toxic, have
been selected as members of the indie
pendent commission which the United
States will send to investigate the at
tacks on missionaries at Cheng-Tu and
vicinity.
The weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks. issued
on the 9TH. showed the following
changes: Reserve. decrease, 81 303 $50;
loans, increase. So, 106, 600: specie, de-
crease. 1887, 100; legal tenders. de-
crease, S2,ss4, 700; deposits, increase,
81, 925, 400; circulation, increase, $780,
900.
The first OF the races to be sailed by
the American yacht Defender and the
British yacht Vall>yrie III. was sailed
| OFF Sandy Hook, Conn, on the eth, and
was won by the Defender which beat
her opponent S minutes and 40 sec
onds.
THE dedication of their home near
Cheltenham station. Montgomery coun-
ty, by the Improved Order OF Red Men
| of Pennsylvania, took place, on the eth.
i in the presence of several thousand
members of the degree of Pocahontas.
| FIRE in the timbering OF the Osceola
copper mine at Houghton, Mich, on
the morning of the 9Th, cut off the re-
treat of thirty-six miners, for whose
escape from death scarcely a raw of
hope was entertained
On the 9TH the banks of New York
city held S34. $40, rs in excess of the
requirements OF the 2o-per-cent. rule
The treasury gold reserve was, on
the 9TH. officially stated at 500. liz. OO7,
subject to a deduction of $1,000, 900.
MASONIC TEMPLE at Boyleston and
fremont street, Boston, was damaged
500. 900 by fire on the 9Th.