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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
THE NEwSPAPER LAW.

All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
l. All subscribers who do not
give express notice to the contrary
are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
9. If subscribers order the discon-
tinuance of their periodical the pub
Usher may continue to send it until
all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers refuse or neglect
to take their periodicals. from the
Office to which they are directed, they
are responsible until they have set
tied their bills and ordered them dis
continued.
4. Subscribers moving to other
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
sponsible.
5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
Office or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is prima facie evidence
Of intended fraud.
6. II subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end Of the time they do not wish to
continue taking ii, and the subscriber
win be responsible until an express
notice with all arrearages. are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take paper
and refuses 10 pay for it.
Under the law the man who allows
his subscription to run along some
time unpaid, and then orders the
postmaster to mark it refused" and
have postal card sent notifying The
publisher, leaves himself liable to ar
rest and fine, the same ss for THEFT.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
DILEMMAs IN THE TARIFF.

The Republicans will discover, il
they have not yet reached that stage
OF enightenmen that the Dngley
tariff dilemma has two horns.
just now the tariff tinkers are
squirming on the horn of a deficit,
but, with an optimism worthy Of
Mark Tapley, they laugh at the sug-
gestion that they are hurt, and as
sert that after December the deficit
of s6O,OOO,OOO will be made up by in
creased importations and prosperity
will dawn.
Ia that 30?
For the sake of cheerful amenity
let the assertion be accepted. WHAT
then have the Republicans gained?
To be sure, they have cured the de-
felt, but ut what expense?
American manufacturers were
promised glorious dawn Of pros
perity after the Dingley bill had per-
formed its perfect work. Will an in
crease OF importations 80 enormous
as to yield an extra revenue of $780,
100000 be considered blessing by
the man ufa cturers OF this country?
w. S. Gilbert's paradox in aThe
Pirates Of Penzapce" is nothing COM
pared with the delightful paradox
perpetrated by Dingley. which prom
iseS a tremendOuS boom in the wav
of impOrtdtlons and sunburst of
prosperity to home manufacturers as
coincidentally beneficial results.
Protection which does not protect
is one horn of the dilemma. Protec-
ton which produces a deficit is an
other horn. If the Republicans es-
cape the one they will be pierced on
the other.-Chicago Dispatch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08

1t is probably the general impression
that posters and handbills are modern
inventions, but it has just been discov-
cred that the ancient Romans practiced
this method of advertising. In digging
at Herculaneum there was brought to
light pillar covered with bills, one on
top of another. The paste used to stick
them was made of gum arabic. The
bills, when separated and examined,
were found to be programmes and an
nouncements Of public meetings, and
even election proclamations.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

. - =. . & ! "
An old peasant woman In Bucking>
hsmshire, England, praisint her favor
lite scurate to the rector, eTclaimed;
"Ah, sir, Mr.. Drone Ii quite IN angel IA
sleeps clothing"
About GO devices worthy Of note have
been originated by Miss Kate D. Head,
OF Lawrenceb6rg, Ky. Two Of these she
is now actively pushing on the market
20 skirt holder or macintosh attach
ment, and hat fastener that does away
with the dangerous hat pins and the I'M
slightly holes they make.
The duchess of York has ordered a
magnificent embroidered dress from
the Poor Ladies' Work society Of IRE
land. 1t will be begun at once, as it
can be divided and given to different
cmbroiderers. It will be of rich white
satin, ornamented in diamond and sill
yer. The dress will cost $500, and will
be made up by Dublin firm.
While fashionable tailorsa and modistes
will make great use of all the new silk
ard-wool fancies, tweeds, cheyiots,
camel's hair and bourette materials, the
smootl-surfaced kid-finished Vene-
tiars and ladies' cloths will be employed
10 p!al.:ng some of the most elegant fur
edged costumes for the winter. Adj
vices regarding this fact come to Amer
lean importers from the best houses in
Paris and London. .,., ...' =.
DR.. r. n. Nintzel, city physician of
Oshkosh, Wis, having been suspended
from office. DR.. Bertha V. Thompson has
been appointed his successor. DR..
Thompson is the first woman to hold
the Office of city physician in the state
of Wisconsin. She was born III Nccnah,
Wis, and was n teacher for II few years,
and then served as nurse in hospitals
before studying medicine. She is the
only woman physician in Oshkosh.
The plowshare that leaves no trace
on sand, makes furrow in a richer
soil.
Marriage is not essential to the con-
tentment, the dignity, or the happiness
of woman.
Home can never be transferred; never
repeated in the experience of an indi-
vidual.-Catherine M. Sedgwick.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
SOME SHORT SELECTED GEMS.

Reason is but jack-o'-lantern light
in most peoples minds.
He surely may walk straight who
hath nothing to draw him aside.
Detection in guilt is said marvellous
ly to enlighten mems consciences.
One should not betray q consciousness
Of the conjugal yoke, though it gall.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
Foreign Comments.

Our cousins across the big pond
are finding considerable fault with
President McKinley's message. A
London dispatch of the 7th says:
The st. James Gazette this after
noon, CONNIE biting upon President
McKinley's message, says: at has
disappointed everybody. President
Mckinley is in an unpleasant posi-
ton, having to sit on the fence. As
whole it looks like an early comics,
sion of great failure.
The Pail Mall Gazette takes
FAVORABLE view of the message and
criticises the comments of the Times,
remarking that it. is as impossible "to
deal with the Cuban question without
offending Spain as it would be to
deal with the Armenian without Of
Tending the Sultan.
The Globe is of the opinion that it
would have taxed the abilities even
of great statesman to deal with the
questions satisfactorily, adding, call
the arguments against the anneXa-
ton of Cuba are equally applicable
to Hawaii, but the United States is
determined to have the latter though
America. fourth rate naval power,
as it is, can only hold Hawaii on suf-
ference. In the event Of war she
would be bundled out. neck and crop,
by any first rate power which finds it
necessary to occupy the island.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
$4,000
Can we prove that SchlI-
ang's Best baking powder is
as good as we say it is?
No; buy it and try it..
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco .. q01o
Black Art I'm Eating.


Although the culinary has in the last
20 years made rapid strides, there is a
certain sameness about dinner-parties
which, to the habitual diner-out, comes
but little short of dull monotony. A
lady in Kensington originated the idea
of giving every year memorial dinner
on the anniversary of her husbands
death. The dining-room was draped for
the occasion in mauye and black
The tablecloth was of mauve silk, and
the only decorations used were violets.
The ladies were gowned either in black
or mauve, and the footmen were
dressed in black breaches and coats
and mauve silk stockings. On either
side of the hostess sat two black
poodles, excellently clipped after the
approved French fashion, with mauve
colored bows on their necks. The
menu was remarkable for the absence
of any color in the viands, save mauve,
the rest being either black or white.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
Consumption

Outdoor life and Seotes
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphitcs have
cured thousands of cases of
consumption in the early
stages. And when a case Is
so far advanced that a cure
cannot be made, even then
SCOTS EMULSION
checks the rapidly of the
disease, relieves the pains in
the chest, reduces the night
swcats, and makes the cough
easier. Don't experiment
with cures that destroy the
digestion.
Book about It free for the asking.
For sals BY aft druggists at soc.
and $500.
SCOTT q BOVINE, New York.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08
A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Cascarets Candy Catbartic, the
most wonderful medical 4 covery -
the age, pleasant and refreshing to
the to-, &C. gen = nd positive
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buy and try box of @. G. G. today;
10, %, so cents. Sold and guaranteed
tocure by all druggists.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08

w. e. Griffin. the express route
agent. has had another operation per-
formed for the removal OF cataract
from one OF his eyes. He is now in
Dr.. Lanes hospital, San Francisco
and is dong well.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has decided to extend for two
years the period within which the
railroads must comply with the Act
OF Congress requiring all railroads to
be equipped with safety appliances
for the protection Of the employees
and passengers. .
The delinquent list in Storey coun-
ty this year amounts to about $4,000.
The Chronicle says that about $500
OF this amount is due from the V. &
T. r. r. Co. and two mining COMMA
MES, which leaves only general de.
linquency OF 81, 500. This is closer
than the taxes have been paid for
years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-08

President Mckinley returned to
the bedside of his mother yesterday.
He knelt by her bedside and she put
her arm around his neck and sigpi-
fled that she recognized him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
no BE sENT SOUTH.
North Atlantic Squadron VIII Cruise
in Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The North At
lantic squadron will enter the Gulf of Mex
leo this winter and spend several months
off the coast of Florida. This will be the
first time in about three years that the
squadron has been in the gulf, the last
cruise having been made under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Meade 1t was the
intention shortly after his retirement to
send the squadron to the Venezuelan coast
for the customary winter drills, but this
course was abandoned on account of the
friction that had been caused between the
United States and Great Britain over the
Venezuelan boundary question, it being
feared that the presence of our war ships
in the neighborhood of the scene of the dis
pute would be misconstrued into hostile
purpose. Later on, and after the Vene-
zuelan matter had dropped into the back
ground, the situation to Cuba was
garded by the administration as being such
as to make it inprudent to allow this
squadron to absent itself from our unpro-
tected shores. Moreover the approach of
the ships to Cuba would have been inter-
preted by the insurgents as sign of the
intention of the United States government
to interfere in their behalf. All of these
reasons have now ceased to be of force,
and the action of Secretary Long in permit
ting the ships to go south once more taken
in connection with the sending of the little
gunbOats into the West Indies is an evil
dence of the faith of the administration in
the peaceful outlook of the future. Captain
Taylor, the commander OF the big battle
ship Indiana, has been at the Navy De-
.Jartment in conference with Secretary
Long as to the plans for the movement of
the squadron, and it has been arranged that
the harbor of Key West shall form the
rendezvous of the vessels. The conditions
there, it is said at the department, are very
favorable. The exact date for the assem-
bling of the ships has not yet been fixed,
this detail being dependent on when the
ships now being overhauled complete their
repairs. Admiral Scard will give the signal
for the southern cruise. The torpedo boat
fiotila probably will be in the neighborhood
of Key West about the time the squadron
is in the harbor, and some interesting drills
and mock attacks may be expected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
WAGON WHEAT, 02C
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington St.
EMBEZZLER SENTENCED
CHARLES WARREN sPAULDING CIV
EN AN INDETERMINATE TERM.
The Ex-Banker Unnerved When the
ted His GuiIt-A Vigorous Denial.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-Charles Warren
Spalding, ex-president of the Globe Savings
Bank, was to-day sentenced to an indeter-
inmate term in the penitentiary. He was
charged with embezzling funds of the Uni
versity of Illinois, of which he was treas
urer. Under the indeterminate sentence law
in operation in this State the convicted
bank president may be kept in prison from
one to fifteen years. The length of sem
tence above one year rests with the Board
of Pardon Commissioners.
The court proceedings which terminated
in Spalding's sentence were of highly
dramatic character. Judge Horton reviewed
the case in elaborate opinion which he
had prepared beforehand. One assertion in
that opinion seemed to unnerve Spaldng
This was when the court said that Spald-
ing admitted his guilt. 81 wish'' cried
Spalding, ito deny that I or my counsel
ever admitted my guilt" Judge Horton
had asked Spalding if he had anything to
say why sentence should not be passed on
him.
"Yes," exclaimed the banker, standing
UP. His face was pale and he spoke as if
laboring under strong agitation. In a few
rapid words he made denial of ever having
admitted guilt, and then said: Every dol
lar I received from the university had been
applied to its benefit. protest against this
unjust verdict, which feel would not have
been returned had your Honor permitted
certain facts to be considered by the jury
These facts had relation to the question of
intent to commit embezzlement. 1 am
proud of my business career of thirty-three
yearS-hfteen of which have been passed
in this community. / challenge any man
to stand up before me and say l ever did
him wrong. Your Honor may abridge
my days of usefulness, but you cannot take
from me the honor of the past
AT this point Spalding'S voice failed him
and he began to choke with emotion 1t
was announced in behalf of the ex-banker
that an appeal would be taken to the Su-
preme Court, pending which he will be kept
in the Cook county jail, where he has been
confined since last spring.
The charge on which Spalding was con-
victed was the embezzlement of $2O4. 900 of
Macoupin credit bonds, the property of the
university. Banker Spalding made a stub
born fight in the courts in the endeavor to
preserve his good name Besides being in
justices courts and before masters i'm
chancery several times, he twice stood trial
on the charge of illegally diverting funds
intrusted to his care. The first time the
verdict was not guilty, but the second
trial, which was on a different count the
jury brought in an adverse decision The
indictment and subsequent conviction the
romantic love story underlying the dry de-
tails of the alleged offense, and his self-pos-
session under the most trying circum-
stances, all combined to make his case an
unusually interesting one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
SENATE IN THE WAY.
SIR. Bailey's View of the Prospects for
Financial Legislation.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 1.-Congressman Joseph
Bailey, of Texas, one of the leaders on tie
Democratic side of the House, passed
through the city to-day en- route for Wash
ington. He expressed his opinion that not
much will be accomplished by the ap-
preaching session of Congress- particularly
regarding the currency question. '"There is
a possibility" he said, that the House may
take some action regarding the currency
providing the President sends a message to
Congress recommending the retirement of
the greenbacks and the conversion OF nom
interest-bearing government notes into gold
interest-bearing securities. Should the
President do this, such a measure would
doubtless pass the House, but in no event
would it pass the Senate, and I do not be-
Heve ii will be attempted.
Asked his opinion of the fate of the Nor
gan resolution recognizing the belligerency
OF cuba, which passed the Senate and is
pending in the House, he said: Everything
depends upon public sentiment. If public
feeling remains dormant the resolution will
not be acted upon, but If the public makes
a strong demand then the resolution will
be taken up and passed under a rule limit
ing debate" Mr.. Bailey left tonight for
Louisville and expects to reach Washington
next Sunday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
EsTEaHAzY ExONERATED.
Gen. PeIlieux Statistic, tDreyfus Is
Guilty of the COuR ;harges.

PARIS, Dec. 1.-Major = ant Ferdinand
Walsin Esterhazy, the retired French army
officer, who is charged with having written
the letter which led to the imprisonment on
Devils island of Alfred Dreyfus, the former
captain of French artillery who was con-
victed by court-martial of selling military
secrets to the agent of a foreign power is
said to-day to have acknowledged the au-
thenticity of the letters recently published
by Figaro, with the exception of the one in
which the count is said to have expressed
the following sentiments:
IF tonight / was told that / should be
Killed tomorrow as captain of Uhlans
while sabring Frenchmen, l should GER
tainly be perfectly happy. / would not
harm a dog, but / would see a hundred
thousand Frenchmen killed with pleasure
1t is understood that the report of Cen
eral Pellieux. who was appointed by the
military governor of Paris, General Saus-
sier. to investigate the charges brought
against Count Esterhazy, states that he is
satisfied with the guilt of Dreyfus. There
is however general indignation here at
General Pellieuxs statement that he has
not inquired into the possibility of Ester
hazy having written the memorandum on
which Dreyfus was convicted. which is one
of the charges brought against the count,
Continued ON Second PaSe)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
PROBABLY A CANARD.
200 German Sailors Reported to Have
Been Killed by Chinese.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-All sorts of wild rumors
are current here and at Kiel, probably
based in the main on the speech of Emperor
William at the opening of the Reichstag,
as to the relation between Germany and
China. But most of these are discredited.
The National Zeitung has confirmed the
statement of the Emperor that Germany's
only object in the occupation of Kiaochau
is to protect German missionaries in China;
and the alarmist stories are now taken with
liberal allowances of salt
A sensation was caused to-day by a report
that the Chinese had massacred two hun
dred German sailors belonging to the Ger
man cruiser Division in Kiaochau bay; but
there has been no confirmation of this;
while the latest dispatches received from
Admiral Won Diederich, commander of the
Division, which were dated the afternoon
of Nov. 2S, make no reference to fighting at
Kiaochau.
The BerIiner Tageblatt is responsible for
the statement that two additional cruisers
are going to Kiaochau, bringing the force
there up to ten ships with four thousand
men and 140 guns. The same journal says
also that a force of marines, including the
crew of the imperial yacht Hohenzollern,
is going to Kiaochau, but there is no off,
cial confirmation of these assertions, al
though they are held to indicate that
permanent occupation is intended, and es-
peciaily as it is understood that China does
not insist upon evacuation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
EPILEPTICS POISONED.
2IO Patients of "a Hospital Made Ill by
Eating Drugged or Impure Food.

GALLIPOLIS, o., Dec. 1.-Two hundred
and fifty patients at the Epieptic Hospital
were made i'll to-day by toxic poisoning
1t is presumed. DIR. Rutter and his corps
of physicians succeeded only after des-
perate fight in checking the outbreak with
out fatality. AS it is, some of the pa
tients are still in a critical condition DR..
Rutter is not apprehensive, however, be-
lieving that he will be able to allay the
evils of the poisoning. The presumption
among the hospital physicians is that the
infection came from some article of food
eaten by the patients, and the bacteriolog-
ical department is making a rigid analvsis
of the food cooked during the past few
days. Some think a deleterious drug was
placed in some of the VictualS, and that
with the disruption extant at the institu-
ton over the wholesale discharge of en-
ployes, has put the institution in throes of
great excitement. The poison is similar to
tnat which happens occasionally from eat
ing ice cream that has bred toxic poison
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02
LURING MEN TO RUIN.
Serious Charges Against Society Girls
of "a Prohibition state.

TOPEKA. Kan, Dec. 1.--AIiss Olivia Van
Tassel, leader in Topeka society, has ere
ated a sensation by declaring that the
young society women of this town are Iur-
ing the young men to ruin by offering them
drink when they come To their homes Miss
Van Tassel charges the downfall of one
young man to this custom, and she has
made an appeal to the society women of
Topeka 10 put away their wine decanters
and assist in saving the young men from
drunkards graves. She said tonight: II
think 1t just awful the way wine is served
10 young men by some of the society wom-
en-. of Topeka. One young man has been
ruined by thiS practice. and others are on
the road to ruin. These society Young
women are responsible for their downfalI
It Is amazing that so many of the young
women Of this town do not object to the
young men drinking liquor, and II is still
more shocking to kf.oW that many of the
young women drink liquor themselves"
Miss Van Tasses VIII carry her war into
tho churches and Will appeal TO the parents
to throw the misty stun Into the cutters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02

VIENNA, Dec. 1.-The prospects for the
new Ministry are ominious. The assign
ments of portfolios has been received on all
sides with frlgid reserve. and although the
dismissal Of Count Badeni has allayed the
spirit of rebellion i'm Vienna and the Ger
man towns. anarchy has broken out in the
Slav and Czechish towns and provinces. 1t
looks as though Baron Gautsch would have
as great difficulties to face in the demands
of the Czechs and Socialists as Count
Badeni had. Seeing the success that mob
influence has had in Vienna in bringing
about the downfall of Count Badeni, the
Czechs are trying by the same influence
to bring pressure to bear upon the new
Cabinet. The parliamentary situation is un-
changed and hopeless. Baron Gautsch has
conferred with the leaders of the majority
and the leaders of the minority. but so far
both parties appear irreconcilable.