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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
The Fair win case.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l6.-A tre-
mendous s~ensatiCn in connection
with the Fair will controversy was
caused this morning by Attorney
Delmas, acting for Mrs. Craven. the
alleged contract widow Of James G..
Fair, and for Mark Livingston, nam
ed as executor OF the the so.called
pencil will. Delmas, on behalf OF
these parties, withdrew the pencil
will which he had offered for probate.
This, it is believed, practically ends
the litigation, which bids fair to be
~protracted. 1t is understood now that
the trust will will be admitted to pro-
bate. The trust feature of this will
was declared to be illegal, so far rs the
real property was concerned. 1t is
rumored that a similar decision will
be made regarding the personal prop
erty rs governed by the trust. IL SO,
the attorneys say, that would permit
the estate to be distributed to the
Fair heirs directly without beng
tied up in u trust and managed sole
by the trustees against the wishes OF
the Fair heirs.
The trust will, with the trust feat
urea eliminated, would be acceptable
to the Fair children. 1t is said that
the action Of Delmas this morning is
the result OF an agreement entered
into by all the parties to the litigation
and that Mrs. Craven, DR. Mark Lev
ingston and others have been recom
pensed by the heirs for any loss they
might sustain through the abandon
ment of their position.
Attorney DeImaS made a long
statement which was not concluded
until the noon recess. He said that
his reason for withdrawing the pencil
will offered by Mark Livingston and
Mrs. Nettie Craven was to strengthen
Mrs. Ncttic Craven's position as the
contract wife Of Fair and the possess
sor OF deeds to valuable properties
alleged to have peel signed by Fair
and termed forgeries by the Fair
children. Delmas said that il the
pencil will should he rejected it
wonld iniurc Mrs. Cravcn's position
as the holder OF those property deeds,
so the will was withdrawn and Mrs.
Craven and her allies will concen.
trate their energies and strength OIL
the deeds and in establishing their
validity. Tho proceedings this morn.
ing are generally regarded as a dis
tinct victory for the Fair heirs
The trust will o: September 81,
1894, was admitted TO probate. At
torney George Knight for Charles l..
Fair said that he was prepared to
prove that the pencil will was a
forgery, but the court would not per-
nit a further statement along this
line.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
One Vote ON the Fence.

q met an old colored man in my
state said National Committeeman
Ierkcs. of Kentucky. during Il re.
cent campaign, and asked him for
whom he WIS going 10 vote"
Pears to me it's putty nigh onto
de huntin' season. was his reply"
Whats that got to do with it, nm
cle?' / asked him"
~'Dis ycrc chile needs a new gun
putty bad he venturcd with Il sheep
Ish glance"
"'hnd what OF that, uncle:'"
Il could get Il putty good gun for a
dollar. an amt seed none OF de can
didates yet, and SO l calculate | dunno
who Use going to vote fer.'"-Chicago
Times.lIcrald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
r,. mn ..i.,.,,am

Since the election tho Carson Ar
Do Il mas heard OF the following new
industries That will start mp in Ne
-ada as a result of McKmley's sue
c08.
Allen Bragg has purchased III sur
plus water power OF the Riverside
Mill and will start IA type foundry.
Type to be made exclusively from
Eureka County lead, the expected
high tariff on lead enabling Bragg &c
urdersell any type foundry on l
coast. lie ia expected 10 be turarr
out body type Absolutely free s7oa
type lice inside OF u moath.
Governor Colcord Il negotiating
for the plant OF i big WOODEN mill and
Edward Vsnderleith has already been
sent out into tho hills to gather the
wool. The mills are expected to be
90 prosperous that after peeling the
wool shucks OF the sheep the mutton
will he sent to Virginia City to feed
the poor miners who are thrown out
OF employment by the shutting down
or mines. The V, & L. r. r. have
agreed to transport the mutton free
three times a week. The mill will
will set several thousand spindles in
motion.
A boot factory will be started i'll
Elxo by Editor Sproule to furnish
Nevada people with boots who desire
to kick themselves for having voted
for Bryan. 1t will turn out several
hundred pairs a day and they will be
tipped with copper toes.
Hides being on the free list they
can be purchased cheaply OF the Ne
ysda farmer and boots being protect
ed by a high tariff the profits Of the
factory will be immense.
A movement is also on foot to start
= Sound money factory in Reno.
Mr.. Turretin is behind the scheme.
The idea is to make 800 pieces in hon
or of the glorious victory OF the cam
paign. A bust Of Mark Hanna Is OH
one side and Mckinley on the other;
McKiuley's OF course being the small
er. The inscription on the coin to
read: an him we trust meaning
Hanna and the words Protection to
English Finance" encircles McKin-
ley's head. The money Is to be OF
pure gold and circulated only among
those who voted right.
The Appeal understands that the
hands / II these factories are to be paid
in money to be redeemed when Eng
land joins the procession in demand.
ing bimetallism by international
agreement.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
Appies us Medicine.

DR.. G. r. Searls, OF Brooklyn, New
York, in an article published in the
National Stockman and Farmer in
discussing the apple as n medicine,
says: at is such n common fruit that
very few persons arc familiar with it's
remarkably eNicacious medicinal
properties. Everybody ought to
know that the very best thing they
can do is TO eat apples Just before re-
firing at.night. Tho apple IL mn OK
cellent brain food, because it has
more phosphoric acid in easily
digestible sbape than any vegetable
known. 1t excites the activity Of the
liver. promotes sound and healthy
sleep and thoroughly disinfccts the
mouth. This is not all. The apple
aggluminaies tho surplus acids OF the
stomach. helps the kidney secretions
and prevents calculus growths, while
IL obviates Indigestion, and is one OF
the best preventives known for
diseases o, tho throat. EVERYBODY
should be familiar with such knowl.
edge. and | hope you will holp dis.
semipate it. In addition nest to tho
orange and lemon 1t is the bost
antidote for thirst and craving Of the
person addicted to the alcohol or
opium habit
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
BrNmm CnrrIrs MNnmimE.

CHEYENNE. Nov. lG.-Completc re.
turns from all counties in Wyoming
except Big Horn, show tho following
vote: Republican Electors-Brittaln
0,535, nowell $500. Mallory 0,5i7
Bryan Elcctors-Van Meter 9,GG5
Martin 1878. Qualey $3.50. Congress
-Mondell. tRep.j OATS, Osborne
(Dem.) 9,875.
Tho Committee has returns from
twelve precincts in Big Horn County
These give the Bryan electors 30 ma
jority. The committee has yet to
hear from ten precincts i'll Big Horn
County. The vote from these will
not materially effect the result.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22

The devil Of an exchange dc.
scribcs bloomcrs as being II pair Of
trousers. very bdggy at the knees.
abuormally full Mt the pistol pockets,
and considerably foil where you
strike Il match. Tho garment il cut
decollctc ut the south end and tho
bottoms tied around the knees TO
keep the mice out. You can't put it
over your head like you do n shirt,
nor around you like II corset, but you
must sit on the floor and pull It on
just rs you do your stockings. ono
foot at q tim. in each compartment.
fou can casily tell tho right side To
have in front by tho buttons on the
band.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
Cheap Gold.

The Western Mining World speak,
ing OF a recent gold discovery in
Montana says: A stock argument
used by the opponents OF bimetallism
is that il does not cost sl.29 to pro-
duce an n OF silver. II those
sstute people would stop to think a
minute they would sec that il it costs
Just $40 to produce an ounce OF gold
none would be produced, because Il
business must be profitable or no N
will engage in it. As a matter OF fact
a rich strike in a gold mine was made
in Granite county last week, and a
body OF ore encountered which will
enable the owners to produce gold Mt
the rate of 46 cents an ounce. The
opponents Of free silver would prob
ably be paralyzed to know this. In
fact the East is not posted on the
question. Eastern people have no
conception OF the mining industry.
They should be taught that gold and
silver exist In a certain ratio, and can
in the grand aggregate be produced
for a proportionRte cost OF about lG
TO /, and that it is impossible to pro.
duce unlimited quantities OF either.
They are precious" because they are
scarce, and the product OF the entire
world under the old value OF l6 to l
will be nearly equal, in spite OF the
.strikes' and isolated examples to the
contrary.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22

Admiral Jouctt lives at Sandy
Springs. Maryland, where tho roads
are no better than clgcwhcrc in Dixie
says tho Ar0onaut. lie is IN ardeut
.'spuJI.San, i.,.iUi!sl II sOh Oi l.1
Blue Grass State; aud last election.
whom heavy rains had made the roads
almost impossible, he sliamcd tho
stay-nt.homos by taking his son
James, Jr., through tho mud md
downpour TO their voting place. Tho
journey home in the dark, swimming
through mud to the hubs, was 30 dis.
quoting That they arrived p%rofanc and
exhausted. SWELL" said the admiral
"thank heaven that's over! We've
had n hard pull OF it, but IL is the duty
OF every citizen Of tho United States
10 vote. Say, jim" he calculated
fercely, al voted tue straight licpub.
lican ticket, as usual. How did you
vote;7 @Faihtr, wo might az we'll
have stayed at home and paired" 70.
APPLIED the son; Il voted straight Dem
cratic"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
A,..ld and the Convict.

While Governor Altgeld was going
through the Joliet penitontiary with
the beard OF managers one day this
summer, he noticed a convict who
worked at soling slioes in II l~istlees
and slipshod mannor and remarked:
sYOu don't seem to DO doing That
work very thoroughly, my man.
see here rotortcd tho convict
shoemaker pleasantly. Il didn't apply
for this Job, and I'm not dead stuck
ON II anyway. II you don't like my
work, I'm ready TO quit any time you
cay os.'--Chicago Timea.H Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
Ways OF Suyiug How 10 DO.

There are all kinds of ways for say.
ing "How d'y dot" \ Frenchman
when he sees n friend coming hastens
forward with his hand stretched out
and says, allow do you carry your
self?' The Italian greetG an ac-
%quaintance with slow do you stand?'
and the German asks in his hearty
way, allow do you find yourself?" 1t
10 quite proper that the Egyptian, who
lives in n hot country. should greet
his friend with @llow do you per-
spire?- While the Chiuamnn, think.
ing OF his dinner, rays TO his friend
anxiously, slow is your stomach?
Have you eaten your rice27 The
Poles say, allow do you have your
self?7 The Russians. slow do you
live on?' and the Dutch, slow do you
iare?' The Persian has one Of the
~pleasantest of all the greetings. lie
says to his friend, MAY thy shadow
never grow less And yon and your
friends say. allow are you? ] am glad
to q YOU
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22

t.July II WI
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAsD OFFICE,
CARsOS CITY, Nevada. ;
September ~. 1915

USiTED STATES LAsD OFFICE,
CARSON CITY, Nevada.
September ~. 1890.
To whom 4, may concern:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
" Tho Central Pacific Railroad Company
mas hlcd In this office u list OF lands situated
IN the townships described below, and has
applied 10 u patent for said lands; that
lhc list IN open to tho public for inspection
nhu y coJy thereof hy descriptive Hub.
uiFlsiphH, has been posted In u convenient
place. IN this oficc. for tho inspection Of all
nlly. " ' '
within tho ncXt sixty days following tho
uhlc OF This notice. protests or contests
aphihst tho claim Of the Company TO any
lfact or subdivision within my section or
phrt oi HoctlOn, described In the list, on tho
Etouhi That tho same IN moro valuable for
mineral than for agricultural PURPOSES, will
NC received aud noted for report TO tho
General Land OniCC ut Washington, -. q.
rho lands nrc drycTibcd AZ follows, to.wit:
rGarson CITY Land. District, Nevada.
North and East VI. -. VI.
Township "a. Range ~, Sw. Y Sec. l.
township ~, Range, 20, NE. !, Sco. 3.
ofTownshIp 81. Range ~, nil Of SEQ. z; nil
SEQ. 10; all OF SEQ. n.
>, =, ,,.,. %. u. dALLAUr. Register.
u. ". uAii. Rcccipcr.
Datc OF FIRST Issue. September ~. 1890,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
WARNING TO VAGKANT rs

Bv order Of the hoard Ct County Con mis-
siOncrs all mnlc persons having tho physi.
pal ability TO work. convicted Of vugrnncJ
and imprisoned on = Judgment therefore
DO required o perform labor on the
public works. buildings. grounds and ways
OF Elko county.
Attest:
JOHN HENDERSON,
County Clerk
BJ. W. PATTERSON
DrnuIr Clerk.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
Notice - Creditors.

Estate OF Georgsi
Bird. deceased.
Notice is hereby given byi tho uu-
iarsigncd, Executor OF the last will
md Testament nf George Bird, de-
eased, to the creditors Of, and to all
ersons having claims ngninst tho
sad deceased, 10 exhibit them with
tho necessary vonchers within four
months after the first publication OF
this notice, TO the said undersigned
executor 1T his office at the Town OF
Elko, Elko County, Ne'ada the samo
being his place FOR the transaction OF
business OF snid estate.
T.. ) HARRINGTON.
Dated Mt Elko, Nevada. July 81
1896.
fJuly n Az
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
An Object Lesson In SILVER.

There is an American silver dollar.
There are two Mexican dollars. There
is more silver in each of them than in
the American dollar. I bought both of
them for that. What is the reason? The
sole reason is that our dollar is a limit
ed coinage, backed by gold. There is
another coin. That is French franc
piece. ] paid 90 cents for that. 1t car
ries little less silver than the Ameri.
can silver dollar. France and the Unit
ed States are both gold standard coun-
tries. They keep in circulation thou
sand millions of silver, and Mexico and
China and Japan have not got one dol
lar Of gold in circulation. The gold
standard country can keep silver in cir
culation. The silver standard country
can keep no gold That is the example
Of every nation today. Gold all leaves
the free coinage country. Gold and sill
yer both circulate in the gold standard
countries. From Speech by Senator
Lodge
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
LANSING AMAZED


| Our representative called on Mr.. A. Horton,
or Andy Horton as he is familiarity called AT
No. / Engine House, and the story he gives OF
the experience of his wife and himself Is one
of intense interest Many u fellow-citlzen OF
Lansing is congratulating both Mr.. Horton
and his wife. he told the circumstances as
Il feel that anything could do in the in
.crcst OF Loans Kidney Pills would DC niue
diced IN comparison with what they nave
ioGc for me. My wife has had as u result OF
severe attack Of the grip what the ply sicians
|ho attended her pronounced Rheumatisn
d the Heart, and during the last Two years
,Ec las been almost totally helpless. No Tess
han seven different doctors nave treated her
without doing her any apparent goou what-
ever Some OF them gave her up To de- ana q
lew months ago just about gave her up my
self. To tell what she has taken would hardly
De believed, and nothing seemed TO stay the
disease She got so weak had to lift her up
in the bed and she could only speak above a.
whisper. | read about Doan's Kidney pllls
and gotta box at the drug store or Gardner *
Robertson. she took the box and said she
must have more, as the urine did not scalu as
before, and the pain in the back ana lungs
was gone, so l got them and she has now
taken six boxes, and the result or their use
has filled us all with JOY. IN two weeks rom
the first dose she was up and around. could
hardly believe my eyes, Her spirits have re-
turned and she is actually doing her own
homework, which she has been unable TO do
for year and t h hars PUT oar te eTIp wa
about myself About a year and half ago
strained myself from heavy lifting, and
have since been troubled with kidney dis
orders. My symptoms were those of diabetes.
was compelled to pass urine from sixteen to
twenty times day, and 1t caused me 10 lose
my rest at night as WELL L suffered very
much from a pain across my back, which
affected me whether sitting or standing.
did not improve, although tried everything.
When my wife began with Doan's Kidney
Pills, also started taking them. have used
five boxes and am also entirely cured urina-
ton is natural, back all right and am once
with my statement, for the good news about
Doan's Kidney Pills cannot be spread any too
ferng humanity. Credit should be placed
where tits justly due. Since being cured by the
pills l have undergone medical and physi-
cal examination and have been pronounced
sound. owe 1t to Doan's Kidney Pills."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers
price 80 cents. Mailed by Foster-M ilburn Co.,
Buffalo, N.Y. sole agents for the u. s. Remems
Der the name, DoQms, and take no other.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
Tho Pensioners Dollar.

"You say you want little about the
old soldiers. Well, my friends, the
crisis which is approaching now, the
question before the country now, ap-
peals to the old soldier as much as it
did in 1861. am not afraid that any
man who risked his life in his nation s
behalf is going to be influenced by the
arguments that are addressed to the SOL
diers now by the financiers," etc. MIR.
Bryan at Milwaukee, Sept. 3.
Not one word in answer to the ques-
ton whether the purchasing power Of
the monthly pension payments to 970,-
600 pensioners would be reduced by the
free coinage of 16 to 1 silver dollars.
Not word as TO the effect upon pen
sion payments hereafter of the sex
termination" of the 1900 cent dollar"
because it is worth too much and buys
too much.
We do not assume that veteran SOL
diers are thinking of nothing but PEN
sions, but they should compel Mr..
Bryan to say frankly what would be
the effect of free coinage upon the pen
sioner's dollar.
Make him answer the question one
way or the other. Exchange
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
Nothing In 1t For Wage Farmers.

Mr.. Bryan has claimed that the free
coinage of silver would benefit the
working people. How they would Sc.
cure anything from the free coinage Of
silver he does not say, perhaps because
he does not know. 1t is certainly deep
mystery. In no way that the probable
course of events can be forecasted can
any advantage for the working people
be reasonably shown.
Everything that man buys for con-
sumption in the household would be
raised in price. Would wages be in.
creased in proportion? 1t is not probable
that they would for years, il ever. As
soon as it became apparent that the free
coinage of silver would be undertaken
prices would be advanced, but wages
would remain stationary until employ
ers could ascertain how they would be
affected. With the heavy losses that
many concerns would be compelled to
meet through the payment of outstand-
ing accounts and notes in deprecated
dollars, it is very probable that the
workingman would have to wait long
time for his wages to be raised. In the
interval he would have ample oppor-
tunity to realize the stupendous folly
Of the United States coming silver dol
lars at the ratio of 16 to and debasing
its money, the lifeblood of commerce.
--Cordage Trade Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
Demonstration of Silver.

Silver was not demonetized by a con-
spiracy nor clandestinely; neither have
the results been as they are claimed by
the free silver men.
Silver was demonetized by Great
Britain 100 years ago because it fuctu-
ated, because two yardsticks Of un-
equal length or two bushels Of changing
quantity is an absurdity, an obstacle to
business and commerce.
All the civilized nations have tried
the same experiment with the double
standard, have found it delusion and
snare and have come to the single
gold standard as better thing
The civilized world is now using
more silver, has sounder money and
lower interest than ever before in the
history of mankind.
The attempt to return to the double
standard is reactionary, illogical and
irrational and will not succeed. Revo-
buttons go forward, not backward. -
Madison (Ind. Courier
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
Farmers Want Cheup Money.

The advocates of free coinage in the
west and south "don't take any stock''
in Bryan's occasional assertion that he
contends that the adoption of this
policy would put up the price of silver
to $1.29. Indeed they would lose all
interest in the agitation if they sup
posed that the silver dollar under free
coinage was to be worth as much as
the gold dollar is now. The real senti-
ments of these people are clearly ex-
pressed by James Kitchen, an extensive
farmer and stockman of Grayson, KY,
who, when asked the other day why he
was for free silver, made this reply:
/ am for free silver because am in debt,
and If we get free coinage can pay my debts
with one-half of what it now costs under our
present money standard. And another reason
employ laborers on my farm. They are the
creditors. am the debtor. Under free coin.
age can pay them with one-half it costs me
now, for 1t will raise the price of products
and can then hire my farm help for co cents
a day and pay them in bacon at Is cents
pound.
1t must become more and more plain,
as the campaign proceeds, that this is
the motive and must be the result of tho
free coinage agitation. The question at
issue will thus finally resolve itself into
the larger question, whether the Ameri-
can people still believe that honesty is
the best policy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
Bryan's Rotten Egg Argument.

AS q contribution to financial and
economic thought the following utter
ance of Mr.. Bryan, made in Kentucky,
is the most remarkable yet offered even
by him:
eff any man in this community would
offer to buy all the eggs produced at %
cents a dozen and was able to make
good the offer, nobody would sell eggs
for less, no matter what the cost of
production, whether / cent or cents a
dozen. So with silver. Free coinage
would establish the market price of sill
yer at $1.29 and nobody would sell it
for cent less. :"
Why limit the price of eggs to 20
cents and of silver to $1.29? If the rea-
soning is sound, the price in each case
might easily be doubled, and the conse-
quent benefit to the human race CORE
spondingly increased. And why stop
with eggs and silver? Why not mark up
the price of everything you wish to
buy-offer to pay double or treble what
is asked for it and keep on paying that
price to all comers-hold it there?
That's all you have to do--hold it
there. Nobody would sell it for a cent
less" says Bryan, SO long as you held
it. $50 with silver" And the man
who is putting forth such thought as
this is candidate for the presidency of
70, O00, 900 of people in the closing
years of the nineteenth century!