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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-15
Notice For Publication.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICB
carson City, Nevada, OCT 20, 1894
TO WHOM ITMAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TIL
~ on the 20 day Of November, 1851 the
lowing township plats will be filed.
Township, No. SO NJ, Range No. 6sEI
a Township No. 40 NJ, Range No. "a E..
DIM. ~ .... .
Parties interested must file their claI
within three months from said date 10
cure their perferred rights.
Application for entry Of lands in 8
township will be received November %, ]
o. II. GALLUP,
Regists
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NOTICE.

BY order Of the Board of CounI
Commissioners OF Elko County, Std
Of Nevada, made this 4th day
March, 1895, notice 1s hereby Civ
that all persons who are charges upd
the county must come to the Counl
Hospital, or all claims for their 9
port will be disallowed by said Boa
except in cases Of extreme emerge
Attest .'''
WEBSTER PATTERsCS
Deputy County Gle
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FILE YOUR BILLS.

By order Of tho Board of County Commits
sioners, oil bills against the County to be
acted uTon by tie BOARD, must b filed onor
before the Saturday Immediately preceding
tie Monday upon which the Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not be acted upon
until the next meeting of the Bourd. =
Attest: JOHN HENDERSON
sCounty Clerk
BY w PATTERSON, Deputy.
Dated March 1898.
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WARNING TO NAGKAN rs

BY order. OF the Board of County Commits
siOners all male persons having the physi.
pal ability to work, convicted OF vagrancy
and imprisoned on o Judgment therefore
shall be required perform labor on the
public works, buildings, grounds and way
Of Elko.county. ...a
Attest:
JOHN HENDERSON ,Rg:ss
aCounty ClerkS
By. w. PATTERSON,
DeputVIClerk.
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SUMMARY
Total receipts. .S30,795 "a
Paid from county funds. 1867 40
Paid from Road fund. :. $40 IL
Paid from school fund. 1866 O5
Total disbursements. .. 1882 &c
Balance in treasury. ..... 16,443 Is
The above balance stands to the
credit Of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
Sept. %. 1896: -
TREASURES BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in Treasury to tie credit of the
various funds, Sept. %, 1896:
In State fund. .............S 1,O12 90
In general county fund. -. 424 rs.
In cash contingent fund.-. LIZA 80
In INDECENT sick fund ...... 1893 81
In county school fund. ..., 283 ii
In officers salary fund. 80. $40 "a
In road fund. ......,. 141 IS
IA County High School fund 278 81
IA Elko county Special III
high school fund. ...... 1915 so
IsAA.........."..... 1924 a.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
personal AND OTHERWISE.

Enthusiasm for "favorite sons" cannot be
regarded as genuine unless the name Is
blown in the bottle
Mr.. James H. Brown of Idaho is the pos
SCISSOR of a mustache nine feet from tip to
tip. Strange to say, Mr. Brown re9oiuteiy
refuses to adorn congress.
Chicago affects astonishment over a shower
of mud in that vicinity, and well 1t might.
1t makes the task of uncoverng the pave
ments all the more difficult.
Mr.. Coils p Huntington exhibits in Wash
ington SO much anxiety to settle the debt
of the Central Pacific railroad that 1t Is
feared he will break into the treasury with
the wherewith.
The st. Louis Republic demands western
man or bust" What's the matter with two;
For president, George G. Vest of Missouri;
for vice president, Edward o. Wolcott OF
Colorado. Platform: Free seed, free silver.
Governor Morton and Senator Quay, favor
ite sons of New York and Pennsylvania,
were sons Of Presbyterian preachers. This
fact dspIoves the general belief that pious
environment handcaps ones usefulness,
Even Bob Ingersoll survived its influence
A Denver paper issued, few days ago,
memorial number commemorative OF the
"Twenty-third anniversary OF the crime OF
'73." The Newcastle crime of 9G appeared
In the same columns and excited far more
interest.
Congress has passed a bill appropriatng
100000 for preliminary work on the S5OOO-
900 memorial bridge which is to span the
Potomac river from Georgetown TO Arlington
cemetery heights. Tue structure will be
adorned with statues of eminent union sol
dlers.
Prof Oily Glibschn of Saddle Creek has
returned to his hacienda from a periodical
visit to Omaha feeling much the worse for
wear. During his tour Of the metropolis
the eminent sage made an extensive and ex-
hausting analysis Of the merits and mys-
teries of beer and cheese sandwiches. And
when Morpheus led him gently from his
labor he plunged him into the icy waters
of a limpid stream, Then with Irresistible
magic Morpheus opened the door of his cham
Der to admit a peaceful COW. The pro
fessor wss duly shocked, but before his ter
ror found vent In startling yell the animal
waved adeu with its fan and vanished. II
may be stated in confidence that the pro-
fe5sors views OF beer and cheese sandwiches
arc too eloquent and tropical for publication.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
SECULAR suors At THE PULPIT.


Chicago Tribune: II is understood that the
Nebraska clergyman who said there is no
hell has changed his views since his congre-
gallon go, to work on him.
Chicago mesHerald: Texas man has
been sent to tho peniteutiary for life for KILL
ing preacher Thus does the Texas mode
of crtioising the pulpit receive serious Get
back
Sioux City journal: An Iowa evangelist
so wrought upon the feelings Of man in
Cedar Falls that he confessed to murder,
An evangelist making n speciality OF this
sort Of conversion could do a nice business In
Oklahoma and along the border towns.
Buffalo Express: The priests who have
been fighting Bishop Bocanum OF the diocese
OF Lincoln, Neh.. have won their fight. the
civil courts and Cardinal Satolli sustaining
them, The A. Z, A. doubtless will be sur
rrised to learn that there is so much indc-
pendence in the Roman Catholic church.
Philadelphia City and State: To speak
with gravest seriousness. we urge that the
house amend its chaplain or get rid Of him.
and II the congressional tone and spirit will
get into the prayers we suggest that It
abolish the chaplaincy. The grotcsdue vul-
garity Of devotional service" of this Sort
to say nothing Of its indecency and bias
phemy is. beyond expression, painful TO
genuine hearts everywhere and is disgrace
to the nation so gratuitous or uncalled for
that II ought to be easily cured.
New York sun: Doubtless Rev. Mary
Elizabeth Lease will display as much unc-
ticn. force and authority as Hon. Mary Eliza
beth Lease has displayed on the stump. The
pulpit gains what stateswCmanship loses. II
Is hoped that the lady's new vocation will
rot entirely close her springs OF poetry.
Kansas has many preachers and countless
political orators and too many populists.
She needs more of the soothing influence Of
poetry, and Mrs. Leases poetry is as sooth-
ing as sleep and as sweet as molaSses sugar.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
EOR A Duty ON TEL.

Representatives of the importers OF
tea have been before the committee OH
ways and means urging the restoration
of the old duties on tea, which, they
argue. would at once give the treasury
Il considerable revenue and tend to i'm
prove the quality of the tea imported
into this country. much of which they
statement made to the committee the
policy of the past twenty-five years has
tended to fill the country with teas tha,
cannot be shipped elsewhere. because
the tea planters will send the inferior
grades to the country that does not
charge IA duty. The explanation of this
is that the planters can afford to sch
their goods here for less than the
amount of duty which they would have
to pay to get them into other countries.
This may appear somewhat incredible
to those not familiar with. the trade.
but all the importers agree that 1t is
the case. What they ask is Il specific
duty of 10 to % cents n pound, which
they say would have the effect to revive
the tea business and also to improve the
quality of that article coming into the
country, 1t being now difficult for them
to get good tea at any price.
a specific duty of 10 to * cents
pound on tea-the importers say that
an al valorem duty would create, if
possible, IL worse state of affairs than
exists at present-would Yield revenue
OF about S15O0000O per annum. and it
is urged that such duty would not be
appreciably felt by consumers. But II
is absolutely certain that Il proposition
TO restore tea TO the dutiable list would
encounter very vigorous opposition
from the consumers of that article and
the party responsible for imposing the
duty would he very sure to suffer In
popularity. 1t Is not at all probable,
therefore, that the ways and means
committee has In contemplation placing
n duty on tea, aud it Is entirely safe to
say that il 1t should submit PROPOSE
tion of this kind to the house 1t would
be very promptly and decisively re-
jected. There Is no necessity for going
to the breakfast table for objects from
which to raise revenue, at least at pres
ent. The emergency bill passed by the
house would, IL enacted, supply all the
revenue Immediately required by the
government while it would at the same
time have the effect to improve the con
dition of American industries. If that
measure cannot become law the repub-
licans of the house may very properly
and very wisely let the question of more
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

Associated press dispatches from
Washington make the announcement
that the statue of Father Marquette.
contributed by the state of Wisconsin
to the collection of monuments in
Statuary hall, adjoining the rotunda. in
the capitol building, was received last
Wednesday and will soon be in place
ready for unveiling. Father Marquette
is represented in the garb of the Jesuits
standing with IL map of Wisconsin in
his left hand. while his right hand is
grasping his priestly robe. The placing
of this statue by the side of those of
Ethan Allen, Thomas Jefferson. Ma
thnnicl Greene and other revolutionary
heroes. and men who in more recent
years have achieved national renown,
would seem to Indicate that in spite of
fanatical contention of sectarian agita-
tors by neither creed nor station, is a
man who has rendered distinguished
services to America barred ont from
the Wallhalla of American heroes.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

Omnhans will note with qualification
the fact that the retail merchants of
Council Bluffs and the Northern Iowa
Press association have warmly en-
dorsed the projected Transmississippi
exposition. The fact is that the people
of Iowa have been quick to grasp the
Importance of the enterprise, while the
press of Nebraska, generally speaking.
idea OF the magnitude of the under
taking and what 1t means to the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
Republicans for sound Money.

"The republican party would as soon think
Of lowering the flag of the country as to con-
template with patience or without protest
and opposition any attempt to degrade or cor
rupt the medium OF exchanges among the
people. 1t can be relied upon In the future
as In the past to supply the country with
tract from the speech made BY Ex-Governor
Mckinley at the Lincoln birthday meeting in
Chicago. 1t shows that the Ohloan is dis
tlnctively and emphatically on the sound
money side. The l25 majority the other day
in the house, "the Reed congress" against
free sil ;er shows where another conspicuous
republican stands. Undoubtedly every repub'
ican who has been mentioned in connection
with the nomination is on the right side Of
the financial issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

Iowa veterans are very sensibly op.
posed to the proposed appropriation of
state money for the erection OF monu-
ments to Iowa regiments on southern
battle fields. If they want to pay for mon
uments there are plenty OF appropriate
sites for them without going outside
of their own state. The great monu-
ment I'm course of construction at Des
Moines Is just ms much II not more of
testimonial to the bravery of Iowas
fallen heroes than IL 1t had been
erected at Atlanta or Vicksburg or
some other distant city.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
TIE S2IP CANAL pROLLcT.

favorable report ias been made by
the house committee on railways and
canals on the bill directing the sccre-
tary of war to cause accurate surveys.
examinations and final estimates of
cost To be made for a ship canal from
| the great lakes to the Atlantic. wholly
within the territory of the United
States. 1t is very probable that the
measure will pass the house at the pres
cnt session and possibly the senate ALSO
In which event the survey can be com
mcnced during the current year.
1t will be some years perhaps Il gen
GRAFTON. before the construction of u
ship canal from the lakes to the sea-
board is undertaken. but that there will
be such waterway in time, If 1t be
found feasible to construct it. there can
be no doubt The development of the
country will demand it. and>whcn the
demand becomes imperative the energy
and enterprise of the American people
will respond to it. The international
waterways convention last year ap-
pointed II joint commission of inquiry
NViiIpSch vi vi lllt
United States and Canada. with view
to cooperation by the two governments
In carrying out the proposed enterprise.
The bill in congress- however, contem-
plates making the project wholly Amcri.
can. There is II feeling that the ltiliza-
ton of Canadian territory must not be
seriously thought of. that what is
wanted is Il waterway connecting the
lakes and the Atlantic entirely within
our own territory. The house commit
tee is manifcstly in sympathy with this
view and the fact that the contemplated
surveys is entrusted to the direction of
the War department is assurance that
Il waterway of sufficient capacity to
transport the tonnage of the lakes to the
sea will naturally constitute the great
est possible bulwark for the defense of
our northern border. The Dominion
government seems favorable to ship
canal within its, territory from the in
land waters to the seaboard, because of
its availability for the transportation
of war ships to the interior in case of
need and such Il project it is believed
may be undertaken in the not remote
future. If so it would emphasize the
desirability of an American waterway
between the lakes and the Atlantic
But the most persuasive argument
for such waterway is in the CONNER
cial benefits that would be derived from
it. 1t is this which appeals most
strongly to the producers of the north |
west. who are believed to be practically |
unanimous in favor of the project. 1t |
is urged in advocacy of ship canal
such as contemplated that It would
effect Il most material saving in the |
cost of transportation. affording our
producers Il decided advantage in the |
foreign markets. The Importance of !
this cannot well be Overestimated. pS- |
pecially in view of the growing compe- |
titiOn of countries that have cheaper |
land and labor than we have There |
appears to be little doubt as to the feast |
bility of constructing ship canal, but |
it would be II very costly enterprise es-
Inmates varying from S100,0O0,OOO to |
three times that amount. The cost
however. will not defeat the project |
whenever the American people are con-
vinced of its necessity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
ED,;1B ~. NyE.

American humor lost one Of its bright
est and most entertaining eXponcntS in
the death of Edgar w. C'Bilr) Nye, and
there will be a universal feeling of re-
gret that this quaint humorist, who
made more people laugh than any of
his contemporaries, will contribute no
more TO the pleasure of mankind. Dur
ing the ten or twelve years in which
Bill Nyc has been known to the public
he enjoyed a popularity almost, if not
quite. rs great as that of the foremost
Of his predecessors in the realm of hui
NOR. ArtemuS Ward tCharlcs +.
Browne) His contributions to the
newspapers constituted feature that
was sought by hosts of people, and
their peculiar style and quaint conccits
gave immeasurable delight to all classes.
This is not the place for an analysis
of Nye's humor. but ii may be said of
it that it was always genial. sunny and
inoffensive-the reflection of bright
and kindly nature. Nye found his in
spiration in the west as did nearly all
of the best American humorists. and
perhaps he never did anything better
than the contributions to the Boomer
ang. which first brought him into public
notice. In his later work he refined his
humor. but what he wrote as editor OF
the paper ut Laramie will perhaps be
longest preserved. If the man who
causes people to laugh is Il benefactor.
then Edgar w. Nye deserves to be so
regarded. Certainly he must be given
Il prominent place among those who
contributed literally to human happi-
ness.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

advocate OF sound currency in opposi-
tion to the free coinage of silver he
also acquired prominence. and his con
tributions to-tlfe currency debates in
congress were among the ablcst that
were made. At,the end of his term in
the last congt3iss lie removed from Ohio
to Philadelphia continuing his manufac-
turing businessCin that city. He was a
man of far more than ordinary ability
and his death by his own hand was a
most sad ending of useful life.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
BLASTS FROM WAM's HORN.

The man who quarrels with his lot makes
II harder.
Conduct will never be right while convic-
tons are wrong.
Things around us will look better IL we
first look overhead.
The first good man furnished the devil q
pattern for his first hypocrite.
Times chisel deepens the mark every time
there is frown upon the face.
Wonder II Solomon was ever made to feel
small by having child ask him questions?
Many man who likes to stand up and talk
nice in church never gives up his seat in
crowded street car.
We can insure against fire and guard
against thieves, but there is no protection
against the tongue of a gossip.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN MUSIC.
A Special school for the Development
of Prof. DVOrnl's Ideas.

of Prof. DvOrnk's Ideas.
Philadelphia Record
The New York Age is authority for the
statement that Mrs. Jeanette M. Thurber.
the founder Of the American Conservatory
Of Music has been so impressed with DR..
Dvorak's ideas concerning the deVelopmental
value Of the negro "spirituals' as founda-
tiOns for true American music that she
will found special school for the encourage
ment and study of negro music. The Age
further declares that the proposed school Will
be conducted by, as well as for, negroes, ana
will have a large permanent chorus under
the direction of e. b. Kinney. pupil OF Dr.
Dvorak. This project is the most important
result yet noted as following the great Bo-
hemian composers recent sojourn in America.
DR.. Antonin Dvorak came to this country
as the confessed champion of new school
of American music. Soon after his arrival
he composed his now well known American
symphony in Z minor, From the New
World" This symphony Is the crystalliza-
ton of Dvorak's impressions OF what he
considers the native element in American
music and so far it remains as the sole
exemplfcation Of his theory that there
is a sufficient basis in the indigenous music
Of America to serve as foundation for
new and distinctly national school.
His method was not to treat faml-
lar folk tunes dramatically, but to
reflect the unique spirit Of the music of
the new world Thus he chose the synco-
psted note, SO prominent in such songs as the
old folks at HCfne, ana also tHe penta-
tonic phrasing. Objections have been urged
against this procedure on the ground that
the "Old Folks at Home" and many Of the
most popular so-called negro melodies were
not written by negroes at all but by Stephen
j. Foster, the Pennsylvania song writer
Then too, 1t is claimed that the phrasing is
as much Scotch as American. tender por-
ton of the symphony describes Hiawatha's
wooing and DR.. Dyorak has promised us an
Indian opera on Longfellows theme.
In a recent article on "Music in America
in Harper's Magazine, Dvorak thus com
mented on his own theory:
"A while ago | suggested that Inspiration
for truly national music might be derived
from the negro melodies Indian chants.
was led to take this view partly by the
fact that the so-called plantation songs are
indeed the most striking and appealing melo-
Of the water, but largely by the observation
that this seems to be recognized. though
often unconsciously, by most Americans
The most potent as well as ithe most
beautiful among them, according 10 my esti-
maticn, are certain Of the so-called planta-
ton melodies and slave songs, all Of which
are distinguished by unusual and subtle har-
MONIES the like of which | have found In
no other songs but those of old Scotland
and Ireland"
Whatever criticism may be made in oppo-
sition of Dvorak's rhythmical and fgural the
cries, there can be little doubt that Ameri-
can music has much to gain In the develop
ment of the Ethiopian spirit in song and
symphODy.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
gX-CONGRESSMAN HARTER'S

EX-CONGRESSMAN H1RTER'S SUICIDE.
The suicide of Congressman NJ. ID.
Harter will cause surprise and regret to
all who have any knowledge of him
and from Ohio TO the Atlantic coast
few men are better known to business
and political circles. Mr.. Harter was a
representative in the Fifty-second and
Fifty-third congresses from the Four
teenth district of Ohio, and gained a
national reputation as an advocate OF
free trade ana n sound currency. The
fact that he was n successful manufac-
turer gave especial significance to his
advocacy of free trade, and no man on
the democratic side was more freely
quoted than he by the anti-protection
organs. His speeches showed thorough
familiarity with the subject, and he
was regarded by the democrats as an
authority, enjoying the confidence,
among others, of Mr.. Cleveland. AS an
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
Theological Tar and Feathers.

"diyine healer" out In Nebraska has
just received a coat of tar and feathers
from the ungrateful farmers among whom he
was working series of miracles" which
seem to have consisted chiefly in breaking
up families hitherto united, and In teaching
foolish woman that religion and hysteria are
the same thing. Without going so far as to
commend the impulsiye Nebraskans for re-
sorting. in theological controversy, to argu-
ments so distinctly ad hominem as tar and
feathers. still one can restrain his indigna-
tion without much difficulty, and it will be
decidedly Interesting to see whether the
scientist can effect the evanshment of his
new suit by denying its existence.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

When tha Douglas street bridge was
the mutual advantages that must neces-
sarily follow its completion, not only
to Omaha, but to Council Bluffs as well.
These benefits have long been felt.
Now the puDlic-spirited men of the
Bluffs are moving for paved bicycle
path on Broadway from the bridge
leading up into the city. 1t is argued
that such Improvement will attract
thousands of wlieemen from Omaha
during the season pnd be of direct
pecuniary advantagelto to the shopkeepers
of Council Bluffs. No one can gainsay
the fact, Simply as an investment the
proposed improvement would pay well.