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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-05-02

how to use barps In the care OF our
cows. Some men use them as il
they were simply places to store
feed, and the cows place was out
side them for twelve of the twenty
four hours, and so on through the
list. Then a man goes to the other
extreme of shutting them up in
small stables, light and air exclnd-
ed, and about on the same principle
as making the bed room of the
owner 16x12 inches, and 6 feet long,
with a tight fitting door. There is
no reason why this COW can not
have both light and air in this
stable, made light by windows, and
a space in which to stand equal to
box 4x14 feet in length, and 8 feet
clear space from door Ito ceiling, or
$50 cubic feet; this with a fair
chance for ingress Of air will be
ample to give the COW fair chance
for pure air. The practice of sub
iecting COWS to violent changes of
weather and ice water, will prove
in the end more serious trouble
than close confinement, even in I'M
favorable quarters.
TO turn a cow out of a warm
barn into zero, and below, weather,
is to chill her to her marrow, and
calls for a needless expenditure of
food to supply heat that the sta
BILE was doing for nothing. Milk
giving calls for a relaxed condition
of the system, and pinching cold
demands just the reverse, as milk
giving is benefcence giving, and
cold is self-protection,
which is keeping everything possi-
BILE from the milk pail. June wealth
er is the ideal condition of milk
giving; yet farmers think as soon
as the frosts come, that milk giving
is result of extreme temperatures,
that SO much cold must be mingled
with warmth, or the health, as well
as milk will be undermined, and
the last checked, and when the milk
does shrink, it is charged upon the
COW that she is of low vitality, and
is lacking in vigor, and the breed
needs an infusion of pure blood,
with more stamina. Cows do not
need the element of cold in January
any more than in June. Make the
barns light, warm and comfortable,
and stop trying to freeze vigor and
constitution into them. You can't
afford the loss of milk, or increase
in food is in the main coming too
slowly. There is going to be a
change in this matter, but it is in
the main coming too slowly. Too
many dairymen are being left be-
hind in the race. tits skill that tells.
How Milking Breeds are Developed.
In a recent address by Professor
Primrose, of Scotland, he gave the
following illustration on the devel-
opment of milking qualities of the
COW: There can be but little doubt
that the milking of COWS has done
very great deal towards the de-
velopment of their milking power.
In a state of nature a comparative
ly small quantity of milk is re-
quired by the calf, and it is drawn
out at regular intervals. When
the tissues and vessels of a cows
udder become swelled with materi-
al ready to become transposed into
milk, and the transposition is not
allowed to take place by the with
drawal of some at the teats, this
material becomes reabsorbed by
the lymphatics back into the gen.
eral circulatory system Of the COW,
and the secreting power of the cells
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-05-02
DAYTON COUNCIL NO.s,
american Protective Association

HOLDS REGULAR MEETINGS ON EvERi
L 1Sec0nd and Fourth Wednesday Even;S;prss
in each month. ct 7:S0 O'Clock. sharp. VisiIip0
Friends are cordially invited to attend
s~Js.4E y. W.FAIRBANKS, Secretary
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-05-02

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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
LINTON WON'T TALK.
Continued From First Page.

The blue and the gray mingle togssher
more closely now than ever, but the binse
and the desertef never will.
The PopulistS are attempting to square
themselves by pleading ignorance. They
claim that the Democrats hoodwinked
them and assert that II they had ever
dreamed that Linton was a deserter they
would have insisted on his name being
withdrawn by the Hutchinson convention
as candidate for elector. and that II the
Democrats had refused 70 comply with the
demand the unholy alliance of the two
parties would never have been made. This
confession. however. shows that the record
of the candidates is a secondary considera-
ton even with the Populists; spoils are the
first.
Should Linton be able to show that his
disability has been removed he win be
permitted to vote in the electoral college.
but If he cannot make this showing then
his vote will In all probability be chal-
lenged for the purpose OF getting 1t in the
record that Kansas. which contains more
ex-soldiers than any state In the Union I'm
comparison to the population, so forgot
herself at the recent election as to elect
ney General Dawes was asked some tina
ago by an intimate friend of Linton's to
render an opinion on Linton's eligibility to
hold Office. He was given to understand
that 1t was very doubtful IL Linton could
vote or hold office. The fact of one of Lin
toms friends asking for an opinion on this
question is regarded as certainty that
the elector-elect has failed to have his dis
ability removed and was afraid that his
war record might be exposed and his vote
challenged.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28

general Offices here upon which TO base a
theory as 10 the cause of the accident,
The Louisville & Nashville officers are es-
pecially careful in discussing this point, as
the disaster occurred on the tracks OF The
Southern railway. they ray, and the COM
plications likely TO result will no doubt
prompt very rigid investigation.
Dead Number Twenty-Five.
The last report from the companys phy-
sician was that the known dead numbered
twenty-five. Not member of the trains
crew of five men lives to tell story OF the
accident, if, indeed anyone on the train
was aware of danger until the train was
launched into the air. The seven persons
who escaped death are badly injured. They
include one family. consisting of a man.
wife and two children. They were put upon
one of the relief trains, after receiving
medical attention, and were taken 10 Bii1n-
ingham, reaching that place at o'clock
this evening.
on the approaches of the same bridge
this afternoon another fatal accident oc-
CURED. A bridge carpenter was killed and
several persons were injured by collision
between an engine and one of the wreck
ing trains sent TO the rescue of the victims
of the first accident.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
THE PROPOSED TARIFF BILL.
Ways md Means Committee VIII
Commence Work on 1t To-day
Many Want Hearings.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Formal work on
the new tariff bill will be begun by the
ways and means committee Monday, when
the first of the series of hearings which
are to extend over twelve days, will be
held. Judged by the amount of correspond
ence which has come to the committee on
the subject there is more widespread in
terest in the forthcoming bill than has
attached to any other revision of the tar
iff and the number of business men who
desire to appear before the committee is
unusually great. The programme arranged
by Chairman Dingley and his colleagues
contemplates sessions from 10 to o'clock.
To hear all the interests which will be on
the ground, with one or two schedules of
the bill to be covered each day, the rep
resentatives of every interest will be
obliged to condense their statements. No
allotment of time has been made in ad-
vance to any applicants, but on each day
the committee will arrange q programme
based on the number who appear to speak
Instead of listening to each member Of
the various delegations. the committee will
avoid repetitions by asking every delega-
ton to select a spokesman TO present its
views.
Several labor organizations have signi-
fed their intention to make arguments be-
fore the committee in the interest of pro-
lection for the industries in which they are
workers. In addition there will be repre-
sentatives of various commercial bodies, as
we'll as the usual delegations of manufact-
urers. producers of raw materials and i'm
porters
The statements made orally to the com
mittee. as well as the more valuable of the
written statements submitted. will be
printed After the hearings to outsiders 1t
is probable that government officials, par
ticularly the appraisers. will be called upon
for assistance, and expert testimony from
other quarters may be asked.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
TEXANS FIGHT THE SPANISH.
Little Band of Fifteen From the Lone
Star state Is Entirely
Wiued Out.

New York, Dec. IA special from Key
West, Fla says: The Lone Star company
of the patriot army of West Cuba, consist
ing of fifteen Texas sharpshooters, per-
ished to a man, after heroically battling
perior Spanish forces in Pinar del Rio
province, killing double their own number
and wounding probably as many more.
Havana officials are jubilant passengers
arriving here say, over the news of this
victory.
A Cuban band was observed near Pinar
del Rio city Thursday morning, and Gen
erai Melquizo sent two squadrons of cav
airy to attack 1t.
After d running fight with the band
which provedAto be composed of fifteen
Texans il wasS chased into bottle" a bit
of hummock having only one opening. The
Texans seeing that they were in a hole.
retreated 10 the further end and fortified
themselves hastily behind some big boul-
surrounded them, pouring in a fire from
all sides.
The brave Texans replied and kept up
the fight for more than five hours.
BY that time six of the fifteen had been
killed and four were wounded. while TWEEN
ty-five Spanlards had bitten the dust and
ten or more were wounded.
A nag of truce was sent i'll by the Spanish
and the Texans were called on to surren-
der, but the Americans refused with one
accord to lay down their arms, shouting:
I'VE remember Maceo.
This iufuriated the Spanish and they
fought with renewed fierceness- Twice they
charged. but the rapid firing of the brave
little band drove them back.
BY getting on a high ridge. behind the
Texans position, the Spaniards were en-
abled to pour in fire that killed all but
two of those left
Those two gailantly continued to fight
and held OF the enemy an hour longer.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
A MESSAGE FOR LEEDY.
Head and VIII Prepare the
Document This Week.

Topeka, Kas. Dec. 27-(special) Private
Secretary Ed c. Little will lay aside his
duties of answering correspondence this
week and write Governor-elect Leedy's
message to the legislature He will go to
the home of Mr.. Leedy at Lawrence and
remain there almost all the time. Ed has
got the message mapped out In his head.
so a Populist friend Of his says, and he
will be able to rattle 1t of at lively clip.
He got his hand in well when he wrote the
address delivered by the governor-elect at
the Topeka Cuban meeting held recently.
Mr.. Leedy was never known before to read
an address. but this came on him so sud-
denly that he did not have time to COM
NIT 1t!
In order TO help Leedy out the Porulist
press has been attempting recently to find
a precedent where the governor-elect al
lowed some one else to write his message.
1t Is charged by them that J. W. Morphy.
of Topeka wrote dwellings message and
that the late George T. Anthony fixed up
Governor Morrill's. Just who wrote Lew
eling's is not known. but Governor Morrill,
asked no one to assist him.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
SHOT HIS DAUGHTERS LOVER.
e. H. Graham, Prominent Kansas
Farmer, Commits "A Murder
in CummiupA

AtchIson, Kas., Dec. T.-(Special.) About
$50 o'clock this morning E. H. Graham.
prominent farmer of Atchison county, liv-
ing at Cummings about ten miles west of
Atchison, shot and killed Jake Hopkins, his
hired man. The killing was the result of
a quarrel between the two men, Graham
having lost about $125 and claiming that
Hopkins stole it.
Graham claims that he had given Hop
kins u purse containing $40 to purchase
flour, and when next he examined the
purse it contained but $40. The money was
stolen Wednesday. but Graham did not
accuse Hopkins of the theft until Friday
morning. Hopkins denied the charge Wig
orously, and nothing more was said about
Atchison yesterday and remained over
night, returning to Cummings this morn
ing on the Santa Fe arriving at about 800.
Graham met Hopkins on the streets of
Cummings, told him to defend himself and
shot him. Hopkins lived only few min
utes.
The killing created the greatest excite
ment and mob threatening to lynch Gra-
ham soon gathered. Graham ran home,
hitched up his team and, in company with
his son, started for Atchison to give him
self up He was met on the road by the
sheriff, who took him into custody. Hop
kins was to have married Graham's daugh-
ter in a month and 1t is thought that the
who objected to the marriage and sought
to get his daughter to give Hopkins up
No one in Cummings believes that there
was any money stolen. Hopkins was AZ
years of age and had always borne a good
reputation.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
OTTO wAsMANsDORFF FIRES A BUL-
LET INTO HIS BRAIN.
HIS HOUSE RECENTLY FAILED.
CRITICISM OF DEPosITORs MADE
HIM DEsPONDENT.
Was a Member of the Private Bank
ing Firm of WusmansdOrff d
Heinnemann-Was Known
as an Honest and Con-
servntiVe Man.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Suffering from depres-
sion caused by financial reverses, Otto Was
mansdorff, IL well known banker of this
city, to-day fired a bullet into his brain
and died almost instantly.
Banker Wasmansdorff killed himself in
q front hall bedroom at his home on Cleve-
land avenue, at Il o'clock this morning.
His sons, William G. and Otto, Jr., who
were in the parlor beneath their fathers
bedroom, heard the report of the revolver
and rushed upstairs. Running into the
room, the Mortified sons beheld their father
lying on the bed, dying, S2-caliber re-
volver lying at his side. He had shot him
self in the right temple, and small stream
of blood was flowing down his cheek. EY
erything in the room was in perfect order.
The deed apparently had been deliberately
planned.
Mr.. Wasmansdorff was a member of the
private banking firm of Wasmansdorff &
Heinnemann, which failed week ago as
a result of the failure of the National
Bank of Illinois. The failure of his bank
had crushing effect upon Mr.. Wasmans-
dorff, and also seriously affected his wife,
who was i'll. The banker for several days
was unable to eat or sleep. The criticism of
unfortunate depositors weighed him down
and he was in constant troubled state of
mind. -.'.
This morning the banker appeared
brighter and less troubled in mind than
upon any other day since the financial
crash that ruined him. After breakfast
with his family, with whom he chatted
pleasantly, he glanced over the morning
papers. He then engaged in frolic with
his little granddaughter, after which he re-
tired to his room. Fifteen minutes later
the fatal shot was heard by the two sons.
The young men were overcome with grief
and said they never had the slightest sus-
picion that their father contemplated such
an act. Mrs. Wasmansdorff was prostrated
by the shock.
At the time of the failure the assets of
Mr.. Wasmansdorff's bank were given at
S550000 and the liabilities at S413.O0O. Mr..
Wasmansdorff had been banker in this
city more than quarter of a century. and
during all that time he was member of
the firm which went down in the crash
last Monday. He was of retiring and un-
obtrusive nature and was known in the
business community as a conservative and
honest man. He was about So years old.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
SUIT AGAINST A MINISTER.
Mrs. Mary snyder, of ThompsonvilIe,
Kas., Asks $4,000 Damages for
Defamation of Character.

Topeka. Kas., Dec. 2T.-(Special0 Mrs.
Mary Snyder, of Thompsonville, Jefferson
county, has filed suit in the district court
against DR.. L. X. Billingsey of this city,
presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal
church for this district. for 5000 damages
for alleged defamation of character.
Mrs. Snyder was formerly an active
member in the ThompsonviIle NJ. E. church.
Last summer DIR. Billingsley received an
anonymous letter of an obscene character
and he started out to detect the author of
1t. He compared the writing with that of
every person who had written to him and
finally became convinced that it was from
Mrs Snyder. On June 9. at the quarterly
conference at Perry the presiding elder
made a statement before the people there
and committee was appointed to confer
with Mrs. Snyder. She would not admit
writing the letter, but said that on account
of the influence of Rev. Billingsley and his
friends that she would have no show in a
church trial and decided to resign as
member of the church rather than go
through u trial.
In the petition filed in court she denied
writing the letter and said that the charge
made against her by the presiding elder
had ruined her reputation in the vicinity
In which she lives. She charges that the
whole affair is the result of conspiracy.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
ELoPED WITH A YOUNG GIRL.
Isaac YOacum, Farmer, Aged 80, Is
Now Wanted by the AuthorI-
ties ON Two Counts

warrensburg. Mo-, Dec. 2I.-CspeciaI.)
Isaac Yoacum, farmer. aged so years,
who lives in Hazel Hin township. eloped
last Tuesday night with Daisy Brown. a
girl scarcely Is years old, and the authori-
ties are now on track of the gay old bride
groom, as he is wanted for a variety of
offenses.
Some time ago Yoacum sent his family
to Warrensburg to educate his children.
He stayed on the farm and family named
Brown kept house for him. Daisy was a
member OF the family and Yoacum became
infatuated with the young girl. Tuesday
he brought her to town and placed her in
boarding house, after giving the name of
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson, saying he would
call for her Saturday night. In the mean
time a gentleman frieud of the girl heard
OF the affair and called for her at the
boarding house, describing her accurately.
The alleged Mrs. Johnson refused to see
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
CITY ASSESSOR IN TROUBLE.
Charged With the Fraudulent Sales
of Houses Near wichita.

Wichita, Kas., Dec. 2I.-(Special) City
Assessor Dug Caldwell is in trouble with
the county commissioners over alleged
fraudulent sales of houses in the outside
additions where the accumulated taxes all
most equal the value of the houses. The
commissioners have been paying Caldwell
$50 per month to watch these houses to
prevent their being sold and moved away
before the taxes were paid. One of these
houses was sold and moved away on Christ
mas, and when the sheriff demanded the
receipt for its purchase price, he was Civ
en- one signed by A. Hilbert, a negro, but
it is said in CaldwelPs handwriting. The
negro denied having signed any such pa
per or being connected with the transac-
ton in any way.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
LOST MILLIONAIRE FOUND.
c. Ii. Lord, of Minneapolis, Wanders
AimIessly About the Streets
of San Francisco.

san Francisco, Dec. 27.-F. J. Lord has
arrived here in search of his brother, C. H.
Lord, Minneapolis millionaire, who dis
appeared from the Palace hotel several
days ago. He called at police headquarters
for information about his brother and was
told that early Saturday morning a man
answering the description of G. II. Lord
WAS found by a policeman in a doorway
on Market street. The man appeared to be
suffering from loss of memory and could
give no account of himself He was taken
to the receiving hospital and put to bed.
Later he appeared to have recovered, and
as the hospital attaches had no authority
to hold him he was discharged. Since
then no trace OF him has been seen but the
police are now searching for him.
Lord was found at the ferry depot late
this afternoon by a detective and turned
over to the custody of his brother.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
Find Twenty-seven Bodies.
FATAL EXPLOSION OF GAS.
Six Miners Killed in Shaft Near
Princeton, Ind.-Eight Are
Rescued

Princeton, Ind, Dec. 27-The explosion of
gas in the Princeton shaft last night was
not so serious as believed. Six miners were
to be dead. Eight men were rescued almost
lifeless, but 1t is thought they will recover.
The dead: James Rel, Theodore Faber,
John Holmes, Carl Poneylite, John Ernest
and Robert Maule, son of the president
and secretary of the company.
Those rescued were: William Grill, Frank
Turbie, Thomas Thice (coloredD. William
Booker, James Turner, David Nolan,
Arthur Colgate (colored), James Cruise {col-
ored).
Missing: Robert Poneylite, head black
smith.
The first men brought up alive were Will
lam Grill, Frank Turbie, Thomas Thice and
William Booker. They said the others
were all dead. Then the rescuers brought
up the bodies of James Rell, Theodore
Faber, John Holmes, Carl Poneylite and
John Ernest. These bodies were mutilated
almost beyond recognition. The next trip
down the rescuers reported they could hear
groans.
This was joyful news and hope again
revived. The crowd waited in breathless
suspense while the bucket came up. 1t
contained the almost lifeless bodies of
James Turner, David Nolan and Arthur
Colgate and James Cruise. The first two
were only slightly burned. while the others
were more seriously injured, sustaining
several broken bones besides their severe
burns. They can give no account of the
explosion. The body of Robert Maui was
found lying at the foot of the shaft with a
huge beam on his breast, his skull crushed
in and numerous bones broken. Rescuers
could not work long at a time on account
of gas and foul air and search for Poney-
lite, which has continued all day. has been
of no avail. The injuries of some of the
rescued men are very serious, but unless
complications arise, all will ultimately re-
cover,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
SHOT HIS SUCCESSFUL RIVAL.
Tragic Event at n Dance in Southern
Kansas.


Independence, Kas., Dec. 27.-(Special.)
A serious shooting affair occurred at
dance which was held opposite Rolston's
place on Gray Horse creek, about two
miles north of Gray Horse, I. T., last night.
The whole crowd had taken too much
whisky and were getting boisterous when
q newly married couple named Rogers ap-
peared. Jim Wells. who was a leader in
the festivities. had been a rival of Rogers
for the hand of the young lady whom Rog-
ers brought in as his wife. This sight SO
enraged Wells that he called Rogers out
into the next room and in a few minutes a
pistol shot was heard.
Rogers lay dead on the floor in a pool of
blood, while Wells stood over him with his
pistol still in his hand. Wells at once left
the house, and although diligent search
has been made for him, no clue TO his
whereabouts can he obtained.
Guthrie, o. T., Dec. 27.-tSpecial) James
Wells, aged Is, was lodged in the federal
Jail here last night on a charge of murder.
At dance in the Usage country he paid
too much attention to the wife of Andrew
Rogers, which brought on a fight between
him and the husband, in which the latter
was killed.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-28
Ex-confederate MemorinI.

CovIng.on, KY. Dec. Z.-The movement
OF the United Confederate Veterans to
erect memorial institute edifice is to be
pressed during the coming year for speedy
contamination. General John G.. Under
wood, superintendent and secretary of the
Confederate Memorial Association, has To-
Gated offices here and all communications
and remittances are to be sent to him. The
executive committee consists OF Chairman
w II Jackson. Tennessee; Robert White
West Virginia; J. B. Briggs. Kentucky; l..
S. Ross, Texas, and President w. D. Chip
ley, Florida.