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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
ERENcH losses lN WAR.
Six Million Men Said to Have Per1shed In
the Wars of the Last Century.

Six Million Men Said to Have Perlshed In
the Wars of the Last Century.
DIR. Lageneau of the French academy
of medicine has been making an 2esti-
mate of the deaths by the wars of
Franco for the past century. He finds,
according to the New York Sun, that
the civil wars of the end of the eight
eenth century and Of the republic up
to and including the year 1900 cost the
lives of more than 9, 120, 900 Frenchmen.
From the year 1901 to Waterloo, when
France was fighting Europe in arms,
more than 3,150,000 Frenchmen were
engaged and nearly 1000, 900 persisted.
Under the restoration, Louis PHILIPPE,
and the second republic, when there
were campaigns i'll Spain, Greece,
and Algiers, the army included less
than 215, ZOO men, and the loss in battle
was only twenty-five per thousand.
Even in the brilliant African campaigns
the mean annual loss was less than $50
men.
Next came an era of frequent and
bloody wars, the war in the Crimea,
the war in Italy, che war in China, the
war in Mexico, and finally the war with
Prussia. Out of rather less than 31O,-
600 French soldiers sent to the Crimea
95,615 persisted. OF the 100000 that
took part in the italian war nearly
10000 persisted. Nearly 1000 persisted
in the expedition to China. The med
ical statistics of the French in the war
of 1870 have not been published, nor
have those of the Mexican undertaking.
The effective strength of the French in
1901 was /, 100000 men. The number
lost is not positively known, but it is
believed that the wars of the second
empire cost 1000, 900 lives. DR.. Lage-
neau estimates that the small wars of
the third republic have been fought at
comparatively small cost of human life
He estimates the total loss for the CEN
fury to have been 100000 of men,
mostly young.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
a Wedding I'm India.

The newspapers are commenting
on the S1,000,000 wedding OF grand
daughter of William H. Vanderbilt,
recently held in Connecticut, a. an
example of costly wedding cere-
monies. In fact, it was an unusually
costly affair for enlightened America.
But imagine that and recent one in
India told of in letter written to the
ranlslinville, IN. W Chronicle by
Mrs. Clara Swain, Il cousin of William
Smith of that village, who is now re-
siding in Raiputana, one of the States
in Northern India.
The bride was twelve-year-old
daughter of the King, or rather the
Governor Of that State, the capital
city being Kheiri. Her bridal party
consisted Of 300 persons, 300 camels,
nine elephants, 500 horses and fifty
pairs Of bulloclls as teams. The
father OF the bride invited few of
his Immediate friends, who came to
the number of 1907.
The groom was nineteen years of
age. He was accompanied to the
ceremony by party comprising 1911
horses, 1894 camels, twelve elephants
and seventy eight teams of bullocks,
and friends innumerable-
All of these people and animals
were kept for more than week at
the expense of the State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
HE REMEM BERED.
But His Prospective Hostess Got Back at
Him just the Same.


Him just the Same.
Washington society has been de-
scribed in SO many different ways that
people in general have no definitely
correct idea Of it; but that there are
many bright people there is abundantly
proved in little book called 1.-The
Show in Washington, in which the fol-
lowing story is given:
Mavroyeni Ery, the young Turkish
minister, aspire to be society leader.
A young hostess was issuing verbal in
vitat ia, 10 her friends for an informal
fivc-o'c'I,l TX tea.
The minister, ovcrhcaring her, slnil-
ingly begged that he might be included
in the list. and at the same time called
out to his secretary, who entered the
room: Monsieur Effendi, nadcinoisclle
has asked me to tea with her at five
o'clock Tomorrow. Remember the en-
gagcnCat for me-"
The following day the party met
early in the afternoon at the white
house. and, upon seeing his hostess-to.
be, he crossed the room. saying:
SIS it not this afternoon ut five that !
am to have the pleasure of taking tea
with you?"
Il do not remember" was the re.
spouse of the young lady. ASK your
secretary ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
Tough nS u Nut.

Lem Aliens father is in town as a
witness i'll the case against the Indian
indicted for post office robbery. The
old gentleman looks as young as Lem
and says he can throw any of his
sons or grandsons or spank any of his
great grandchildren
At the present time there are liv-
ing on the Allen ranch four genera
tons of people, and Mr.. Allen says he
expects to sec the fifth generation be-
fore he quits. 1t is such timber as
this that opened the wild and woolly
parts of Nevada and developed the
Statc.--Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
NeY..da Crop Reports.

Nearly everything in the way of
crops and fruit have to date yielded
far better than was expected at the
beginning of the season. The mouth
was quite a good one for growing
crops, especially in the southern por-
ton of Elko county, where at the end
OF June the prospect was discourag.
ing. While the rainfall was below the
normal, the supply Of water for irrl-
eating purposes held out very well ex-
cept in central Elko county along the
upper portion of the Humboldt river.
Hay was cut and stacked in all por
tons of the State without any dam
age by rain, and only from the south
central portion of Lincoln county Is
there any report of any damage, and
there few windy days caused some
difficulty in handling 1t. The tame
hay crop is fair one in nearly all of
Nevada, although wild hay cut less
than usual.
All small fruits, such as currants
and berries of all kinds, yielded bet
ter than for years in Humboldt, Lyon
Storey, Douglas, Ormsby and the ex-
IRENE southern portion of Washoe
county.-Nevada Weather Report.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
ODD BIBLES.

A BIBLE printed in London in 1851
was nicltnamed the Bug Bible from the
first verse of the ninety-first Psalm be-
ing translated: $50 that tho, shalt not
nede to be afraid for any agges by
nighte." The authorized rsion Isl:
'Thou shalt not be afraid . I the ter
ror by night"
TIE Vinegar Bible, publ I'd in OK
ford by j. Basket in 1717, It's name
because the headline of til lentieth
chapter of Luke reads: So parable
of vinegar" instead of til ineyard.
1t has also from it's mum . faults
been punningly described {. "a bas-
kett full Of printers errors
THE Brooches Bible ser: as the
regular family Bible in t.. reign of
Elizabeth. The TRANSLATION AS made
by the English reformers exile at
Geneva and was published 1886. 1t
gained its name because i'm csis, ILL.,.
7, Adam and Eve are spoken. as max
ing themselves 'breeches 1t of fip
leaves"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23

The General Six-Princip, Baptists
claim 10 societies and 037 me !bers.
THE Associate Reformed Pr, sbyterian
Church South claims 1891 members.
TIE Defcnseless Memories have
o societies and q membership Of $50.
TIE United Brethren in Christ of the
Old Constitution have %, G)7 members.
The Reformed Mennonites number
1855, with 20 church buildings.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
Omaha stock Market.

OMAHA, Aug. 22-1he cattle market
is steady. Beeves, COWS and feeders
strong to Zoe higher; best western
steers 3.25 a. 4.25; Gamers, 1.5O @ 9;
stockers and feeders $50 @ 400:
calves, 200 a 4,55. Sheep, steady.
Fair to choice westerns, 2.25 IN 3:
common and stock sheep, 1.5Om2.75
lambs, BOLTS.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
Peterson's
FREE COINAGE DRESs-CUTTING
Tailor System.

Why pay $40 for a system and
waste three weeks in learning, when
you can buy one thoroughly reliable
for $3.50, which you can learn in a
single day? This Is WoMAN's GREAT.
EST FRIEND, therefore boon to hu
manity. The most searching criticism
invited. 1t is no flake" but GOOD,
HONEST SYSTEM OF DRESS QUITTING
Mothers, teach your daughters to be
self-supporting. Any woman can
learn it. These charts can be had OF
Mrs. j. Lang, Elko, Nevada. Send
$3.50 and get one. Full instructions
with every chart. jy19tf.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23

stomach and Bowel Complaints are
pes 4est rehoyyed by Che timely use of Dc
Wits Collie & Cholera Cure. Insist
on having this preparation. Don't
AXE any other Il. +. Muller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-23
Sold over the Bar.

Prices 10 suit the times. The patronage OF
the tray lTg public is solicited.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12

THE potato, not wheat, says an eX-
change, is civilized worlds staple food
The principal European countries that
produced close upon three billion bush-
els of potatoes in 1898 raised two bill
ions of wheat, all their imports did not
make the wheat supply approach the
cOusumatiOn of potatoes. In Ameri-
ca this condition Is reversed. the potato
crop Is averaging only SO to 80 per cent.
of the amount of wheat. Yet potatoes
now bring more money per bushel than
wheat, and yield five or eight times as
many bushels per acre. The average
yield per acre for the five crops 1904
was OF potatoes % bushels and OF wheat
Is bushels, while the December farm
price has averaged G0c and G6c. respect
lively. Potatoes are worth fully as much
for this period as during like period -
years ago, while wheat has declined over
80 per cent, cotton quite as much, wool
even more. The conclusion is irresist-
BILE that the potato may be more exten-
sively grown than at present and still be
more profitable than many other staple
crops. 1t has been one of the best mon.
ey crops for the Colorado farmer fol
many years. This fact will be quickly
grasped by farmers generally, and the
new year is likely to witness a boom il
potato growing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12

THE Central News correspondent IN
Shanghai gives the condition of peace
proposed by Japan in addiuOn to the
independence of Corea, the indemnity,
and the cession of FormOsa and the
Liao-Tung province, including Post
Arthur.
Japan requires, he says, that China
shall allow the unhampered importation
of machinery into her territory and the
establishing and management of manu-
factures by foreigners. She must pledge
herself, moreover, to open to the vessels
of all nations the Gangtse River as far
as Chung King, the Sieng-kiang as far
as Slang Tan kien, the Canton River as
far as Ouchu, the Wusung River and
the canal as far as SuchOw to the north
and Hangehu to the south.
China must remove permanently the
Wusung bar and provide means to
maintain constantly depth of water
sufficient for large vessels.
Japan emphasizes the fact that she
does not desire for herself commercial
advantages that are not extended to the
other treaty powers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
4 Political Scandal.

Wheeling, W. Va, April John
Howell, the Republican Sheriff OF Bar
bour county, has resigned, and inquiry
as to why this extraordinary step was ia
ken developed a remarkable situation.
The county Is usually Democratic. but
G. NJ. Right. a leading Republican.
thought last fall ne could elect "A RePub-
lican. lie accordingly made a deal with
Howell 10y which Howell if elected was
to accept 3. 600 i'm lieu of all the emol-
uments of the office, which profits were
to go to Right. The latter was to fur
nish hondsnen for Howell, as the real
sheriff, but Right was to run the office.
After the election Right procured the
boudSmen for Howell. but Howell insist
ed on being sheriff unless $1,000 in cash
was paid him. Right objected, but of
fered notes After three months of
wrangIing Right yesterday Withdrew
Howell'S bondsmen, and Howell being
unable to obtain others, resigned and
the facts came out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
A Vicious Carpet.

Beaver Falls, Pa, April Mrs
George Applebee. of this place, met with
a singular accident yesterday. Mrs.
Appebee is a very small woman, weigh
ing not more than ninety pounds, and
was engaged in beating the dust out of
heavy brussels carpet, which she had
hung on a clotheSline. 4 strong wind
was blowing at the time, and swayed the
carpet to and fro. Finally a blast more
powerful than the rest lifted the carpet
out of her reach. She knew it had to
come back. Splitting on her hands and
grasping the beater firmly, the little wO
man waited for 1t.
1t came with a rush. She sprang
from the ground, and gave ii a powerful
swipe, but she might as well have tried
to stop locomotive. The carpet caught,
rolled her up and shot her against a
fence with "A crack like a whip lash An
hour afterwaId, when the doctor brought
her to, he said the only serious injury
she had was the ugly scalp wound on the
back of her head, and tnat her bro
ken leg and sprained wrist would keep
her from doing any more house cleaning
this spring.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
Strike IN Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, April 1O-Two hun
dred men employed il the tapestry de
partment of John and James Dobson's
carpet mills at the falls of the Schuyl-
kill have gone out on strike because of
the refusal of the firm to restore the
scale of wages paid before 10 per cent.
reduction was made about year ago.
Twelve loom-iiXerS in the plush de-
partment have also gone out for the
same reason, throwing 100 plush weaveIs
out. Should these men refuse to return
to work tomorrow 200 additional plush
weavers will, it Is said, be thrown out of
work. There is talk among the men of
closing down the whole plant, which
employs about 1,SO0 hands, out of
sympathy with the strike.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
A Terrible Tragedy.

Wichita, Kansas, April "A horrible
tragedy occurred on the steps of the Lin
coin Street Christian Church as the con-
gregation was coming out after the ser
vices were over this morning. Walter
Scott fired a bullet into the brain of his
wife and she fell dead at his feet
While the people stood aghast at the
terrible deed, Scott placed the muzzle
of the revolver in his mouth and sent IA
bullet crashing into his brain and fell
dead almost within reach OF his wife's
arm. When Mrs. Scott was shot she was
walking out of church with her brother.
Mr.. and Mrs Scott were married about
two years ago. She was Il years old and
he 10. They separated about a year
ago, she going 20 her fathers house,
and he going to Kansas City. Scott re-
turned to Wichita week ago. He went
to church to-day, and as he walked out
asked his wife if she would return to
him, and upon her refusal killed her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12

THAT blatant blatherskite, Spangler,
from Cumberland county, who in urg
ing the passage of the Smith religious
garb bill in the legislature waved a
little flag and fairly boiled over with pa>
triotism it now appears was soldier
during the late war, draws a pension,
and was conspicuous at the battle of
Altietam 10y running away as fast as
his legs could cary him. But that is
the usual failing Of professional patriots;
they are willing to die for their country
IN drawing a pensiou.-in this hazard.
Gus duty they are away up in front of
the bullet-scarred veteran, whose month
ly pittance in cut down because, al
though the amount appropriated by the
government Is generous, it has to be
shared with the scalawags; patriots like
Spangler can he depended upon to be
found in front in raising flag on a
school house-atdangerou work of
this kind they will stand ''until the last
armed foe expires" or in defining the
garb not to be worn by teachers in the
schools the Spanglers will always be in
front but when the flag is in real dan
ger, as at Antietam, the Spangler patri-
OTIS are few and far between.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
A Furious storm.

Seattle, Wash, April 1O.-A storm of
wind, hail, thunder and lightning of
unprecedented severity burst over this
CITY about $50 p. NJ, Yesterday. and al
though it lasted about half an hour, it
lashed the sound into a fury and tore
down telegraph and telephone wires in
all directions, completely isOlating the
city from the rest of the world for the
night.
The wind reached velocity of sixty
miles an hour. Chimneys were blown
down, plate glass windows burst in and
tin roofs torn off 4 train struck a tree
on the Seattle, Lake Shore Il Eastern
road at Lake station and knocked several
cars into Lake Washington. About
eight hundred telephones in this city
were burnt out at the switch board.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12
career oi a High Born Thief.

Vienna, April As result Of the
arrest OF Joseph LedochOwskI for the
theft of coal, clothes and jewelry, re
markable career has come to light
Ledochowski Is n Polish nohleman,
whose father was eXiled for taking pari
in the Polish revolution. He was reared
in Siberia He escaped from the con
Wet settlement by way of Mongolia,
came back to Europe by a devious route,
disguised himself and returned to Rus
sia to obtain, if possible, part of the
family property.
He was recognized, arrested and sent
back to Siberia After few years he
escaped again. He made his home
among the NihiliSts in Switzerland He
was injured in the great railway accident
near Basel and obtained large sum of
money as compensation, from which he
lived until he came to Vienna.
He lived here by theft. He was in
extreme poverty most of the time, often
being reduced to begging, in the streets
The Russian government wishes to ex.
tradite him. The Vienna o ice, how
ever, may be allowed 10 deal with him
first, as they have long list of charge:
against him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12

AFTER an illness of several months
governor Joshua 2. MarviI Of Delaware
died on Monday night. By his death
William p Watson, speaker of the SEN
ate, who Is a Democrat, becomes acting
governor. By the elevation of Mr.. Wat
son to the gubernatorial chair the senate
of this state becomes tie, four Repub-
Leans and four Democrats. Mr. Wat
son will not serve out Gov. Marvil's I'M
expired term, but will act as the chief
executive of the state until the next gen
eral election in November, 1896. By
some il is contended that Mr. Watson
will not be compelled to resign his seat
as senator from Kent county while act
governor, although it will probably be
necessary for him to resign the Speaker
ship. What effect the death of Gov
ernor MarviI will have upon the senate
contest being waged in the Legislature
between Higgins and Addicks is difficult
to forecast If the legislature of the
state fails to elect the acting governor
of the state can nominate a senator,
but the United States senate has decided
against admitting such senators.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12

WASHINGTON. April 10 SO far as
the lower courts are concerned. sand
Attorney General Olney today the
division of the supreme court upon the
income tax law l. H. binding IL II the
whole court had been unanimous IN It's
favor. l cannot believe any judge
would grant injunction to prevent a
collector from collecting the tax on an
comes derived from other sources than
rents or state and municipal bonds IN
the face of the supreme courts action.
The ONLY way | can see 10y which per
sons who object to paying the tax can
secure judicial action Is by their paying
the tax under protest and entering sHiO
for its recovery
The attorney general said that some
papers had made the mistake ot saying
that in his arguments OF the cases he
fore the court he had mentioned rents
as well a. public bonds a likely 10 be an
constitutional features of the law
1t Is a mistake to state that | in
cluded the incomes derived from rents.
said Mr.. OluCv i did not believe the
law would hold regarding the taxing OF
state and municipal bonds. and am
glad the decision was against It IN that
regard. but | did not say anything pt the
sort about rents.
Commissioner Miller has decided TO
require all persons who have made re-
Turns to make atlidavits To the facts as
to the amount of income received from
rents and bonds and those who have
not vet sent III their returns u make
the necessary corrections thereon HeipF,
doing So The commissioner and MI
Johnson the chief of the income ttS
division. have been holding conference
on the steps 70 be taken to make the re-
turns conform 10 the supreme court
decision. and II l. hoped that a definite
conclusion may be arrived at today
Although no statement has been mud'
to that effect. It seems probable that th'
final decision VIII be that the opinion
bonds and rents, the latter 10 he strictly
defined as the amount the landlord Re
ceiyes from MS tenant
In computing income II IS 5eheve'
that il viii be ueld that insurance Ord
nary repairs and taxes on exempt prnu
ertv may properly bee deducted In tina
case II L. probable that the courts WI
be called upon To- explain gust what In
decision intended 10 exempt from th
tax.
Private Secretary ThuTher artentIo
/ being called TO the statement runralue
. in the Washington papers that the pre-
ident was being flooded with telegram
from all parts Of the country a-peaiG
u him 10 cali an extra session of COZ
/ gress to repeal the income tax law -al
. that not one single telegram. letter q
/ verbal communication had been T'
ceved on the subject.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-12

WHILE the Wilson bill was pending
in congress. aud Republicans were as
serting it would reduce wages and de-
strov manufacturing industries, Mr..
Thomas d rIan. of Philadelphia, one of
the most extensive wooden mauufactur-
ers of the country and an ardent pro-
tecti1nist. in an interview which attract
ed much attention at the time, declared
it would be better if the Republican
writers and speakers would say less about
tie lowering Of wages, which they pre-
dicJed as a result of the repeal OF the Nc
KinIey law, for it might happen that
wages would toe raised under the new
/ tariff, and then their arguments would
| come home to roost-
This is precisely what has happened,
saws the Pittsburg Post. and what is hap
pening now. In Mr.. DoIan's particular
| industry, that If wool, the Democratic
d .ctrine escaped the intrigues Of the
senatorial Junta and had a reasonably
fair application. Wool was placed on
/ the free list and there was "A big cut in
the duties on wooden fabrics from the
Mckinley average OF 100 per cent. to
one OF about 50.
Did wages 90 down? Were the fac
to.ies closed? Not bit OF it. Last
week Mr.. DoIan announced that in his
great Philadelphia mills wages were tC
be increased l ) per cent. The man who
has been getting Sl2 "A week was to gel
SI3. 50, and So on in that proportion
, The same story comes from the grea
wooden mills OF New England. The
manufacturers of wOOlens have beer
prospering as they have not prOspereC
for years. Their productive power l.
taxed to its utmost capacity. New mills
are being built and old ones enlarged
We are actually sending American wool
ems to England. And, better than this
American consumers are getting bette
: wooden goods-there is less need of shOd
+ dy-and at cheaper rates than under tn,
Mckinley law, which taxed the raw ma
, terial SO per cent and the finished pro
duct 100 per cent, and so encouraged
the shOddy mills.
Here we have au illustration of tn
working of Democratic tariff reform
when honesty applied. 1t is compute
7 that free wool and reduced duties o
, wooden goods save the American peopl
, Sl6O, 600, 900 year.