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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

The evolution of the fraternal sys-
tenn of life insurance is one Of the
most important movements of the
time. Indeed, after having insisted
that these organizations Were not
fashioned after the ordinary plan OF
life insurance, that they Were not
subject to the same laws, it is hope
full sign of the times to see that they
have taken their bearings from past
experience and that they have found
that the laws of mortality apply to
them with equal force as they do to
all other institutions furnishing ben
e6ts contingent upon death. Natu-
rally, a change in premium rates
has had disturbing effect upon the
membership of these organizations
and there are many who, having
been wrongfully educated in the
past do not understand the necessity
for the advance which has been
made in rates.
In the matter of the Royal League
of Chicago, which recently advanced
its rates, some members asked for an
injunction against the Supreme
Council to restrain it from collecting
this advanced rate on the ground
that it was a violation of the con-
tracts issued. The Court sustained
the Supreme Council and claimed
that no vested right had been i'm
paired by the change in rates. It
was held that beneficial member is
not creditor, nor has he the right
to claim the benefit of any fund un-
til the happening of the event upon
which his claim is payable, and it
necessarily follows that it should be
subject to the bylaws then govern
ing the fund. This is both good
sense and good law. Some of the
societies have had their rates so low
in the past that they have been TN
able to meet their claims promptly,
the result being the creation of an
indebtedness which is a menace to
the future. Under this decision they
will be able to increase their rates to
the proportions necessary for the
prompt payment of their liabilities.
Mutual UnderVrtter.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
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An Important Decision.

The Court Of Appeals in Missouri
has just rendered a decision in a case
wherein one Joseph Schrempp, Of
Germania Lodge No. 2, St. Louis, was,
upon order of the Master Workman,
tried and expelled for the offence of
engaging in the business of saloon
keeping and bartender, and after
ward appealed to the Court to restore
him to membership. The Court in
rendering its decision, says:
"The respondent made the follow
ing agreement with the Order when
he made the application for member
ship: THAT compliance on his part
with all the laws, regulations and
requirements which had or might be
thereafter enacted by said Order is
the express condition upon which l
am entitled to participate in the ben
efciary fund and have and enjoy all
other benefits and privileges of said
Order He agreed in advance that
changes in the bylaws might be
made, and unless this change is an
unreasonable one the respondents
right to membership and to partici-
pate in the benefits of the Order
thereafter Were dependent upon his
observance of the new law. The
law was in force when he went into
the saloon business; he is conc1u-
sively presumed to have known Of
its existence at the time. The re-
strictions which it imposes upon it's
Order and for the protection of its
members. The business was found
by Grand Master Workman, Rogers,
to be extra hazardous to life. This
finding was duly approved by the
Grand Lodge. The bylaws, in view
of these facts, Were reasonable, legal
and eminently just to the members
of the Order not engaged in that
business. The respondent, as we
have seen, agreed in his application
for membership that such a law
might be made, and he ought not now
be heard to complain of it. The ludg-
ment is reversed and the proceed
ings ordered to be dismissed. 1t is
so ordered" All concur.-H Hoosier
Wdtchn1aIt.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
The Life of the Lodge.

Do you appreciate the fact that the
limitations are the life of the Lodge?
A Lodge that goes along for six
months without an initiation be-
comes as dead as a door nail. The
members lose interest, there are
scarcely enough present to fill the
chairs and everything is at a stand
still. They just manage to retain
their charter, and that is about all.
Every member initiated infuses
new life into the Lodge. Take a live
Lodge in which all the Brothers are
pulling together in unity and striv-
ing to get new members, and where
they have impressive limitations ev-
cry meeting night, you will always
find full representation present to
carry on the business Of the Lodge.
The knowledge that the Lodge is
making new accessions and the re-
minder of the obligations taken on
joining will make better members of
those attending, and they will en-
deavor to be present at every meet
ing.-DeL1lO0re Workman.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
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A Sensible Man, Loving III usban
Father, SON or Brother.

Come and help swell the noble
army of home protectors to million
| members under the shield of the A.
Q. y. w. 1t is the Oldest, the largest,
the cheapest, the most fraternal and
the most popular of any society. 1t
has membership of over three hun
dred and seventy thousand. 1t has
paid to widows, orphans, brothers
and mothers $8o,ooo,ooo. 1t is home
istitution. To be member does not
impoverish you. Do you not think
you had better join?
Have you a wife and children, a
dependent sister, father or mother
who, it you We're taken away, would
be left destitute?
Have you thought of the distress
to which your loved ones may be
subjected? Have you an income suf-
fcient to feed, clothe and educate
them after your death? The A. O.
u. w. was organized to help the men
Of moderate means, protect their
homes and save their loved ones from
destitution and separation of family.
Here is an opportunity to protect
them after your death.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
The Order at Large

Members in good standing July I,
1897, 369493.
Net gain in membership for past
twelve months, 7,ooo.
Net loss in membership in June,
1897, 6oI.
Amount of Beneficiary Fund paid
out in June, 1897, S651,5oo.
Total Beneficiary Fund disbursed
in 1896 to january I, 1897, as shown
by monthly reports, $7479,767.34.
Grand total Beneficiary Fund dis
bursed by the Order from organiza-
to July I, 1897, $77,42o,236.8I.
New members admitted in June,
2,435.
Members reinstated in June, 2,832.
Members suspended in June, 5,7o3.
Members died in June, go.
Members withdrawn, ETC., from
the Order in June, 65.
Total Relief Fund received on Call
No. ~, including balance on hand
January 1, 1897, S685,324.4o. Amount
paid out, S6S4,742.o5. Balance on
hand, August 1, 1897, $582.35.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
Lyon County.
NEWSPAPER LAW.

Subscribers aOho do not giUe cypress notice TO
The contrary considered aUishtng to continue
their subscription.
If subscribers order the discOntinNG1ce of their
periodicals. the publisher may continue to send
hem until all arrears are paid.
If subscribers neglect refuse to take their pc
riodicGls from the Office to a0htch they are directed
they held responsible till they haze settled their
bill and ordered their paper discontinued.
1 If subscribers meue to other places acithOsn
informing the publisher, and the paper Is sent to the
former direction, they are held responsible.
5 The courts hGue decided that refusing to take
periodicals from the office, reoOing and teaUSng
them uncGlEed for, is priG fGcie eDtdence Of a'lten-
tionGl fraud.
g. Any person N0ho receiues newspaper and
makes of It, Ohether he has subscribed for 1t or
not, Is held IN LGo0 as a subscriber.
2. The Postmaster a0ho negtects to giUe the legal
notice Of the neglect of person to take from tho o.
nee the newspaper addressed to him is liable to the
publisher for the subscription price.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
Put Him to work.

1t is too often an enigma what to
do with certain members of our
Lodges whose mission in life seems
to be simply to criticise. And the
worst part Of it is these men are in
the main interested in the welfare of
the Order, but their natures having
become warped through some
strange mingling of circumstances,
always and eternally look upon the
dark side. One rotten apple rots the
barrel, and one out-and-out pessimist
can create such blue atmosphere in
such an astonishingly short time
that it would be hard to cut it with
a knife. A solution which we have
never known to fail is a very simple
one: Set that Brother to work. Give
him some office, committee appoint
ment, anything that will require him
to take hold strongly, and it will not
be long ere he finds that none of us
are perfect; even he, himself, can
make mistakes, and his pess1m1st1c
tendencies will disappear like dew
before the sun. 1t is easy enough to
tell how things should be done, but
trying it yourself you are apt to
realize that you are way behind the
other fellow. At a consultation OF
generals in regard to plans for GER
tain battle, every one gave his opin-
ion except Grant. When he was
asked what was the best course to
pursue, he simply said, Eight"
When you are beset with criticisms
and suggestions simply say, "Work"
and lead the way. When balky
horse once gets started he generally
goes with a will. IN. E. Anchor *
Shield.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

W Grand Recorder Hirshberg, of
California, writes that the effect of
classified assessments is to material
ly reduce the heretofore adverse con-
dition of lapsation. While previous
to the adoption of the classified plan
the average age of those who lapsed
was 81 years, the present rate, under
the new system, has advanced to "A
years. We are now getting the
young men and are holding them.
w Grand Recorder Gignoux for
warded to Miss Mary K. Murphy, of
Virginia City, warrant for $4,000
on account of the A. O. U. w. Bene-
ticiary Certificate left by her father,
Patrick NJ. Murphy, late of Storey
Lodge No. 3.
II California still leads in in
crease, showing 34r for July, follow
ed by Massachusetts 1853, Manitoba
and Northwest Territories 1871, Ohio
Ioo and Nebraska Io7. Balance MAX
ing gains fall below one hundred.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

The old line insurance companies
have troubles of their own and the
howl they have set up because some
of our older fraternal Orders are
changing their rates and getting on
to modern basis, reminds US of the
little boy in the dark who was afraid
of ghosts and whistled to keep his
courage up. The old line companies
know that the success Of fraternal
Orders means their failure, and we
can hardly blame them for feeling
bad. In fact, you can hardly expect
a man to dance at his own funeral,
and that's about what it means. An
old line actuary told me the other
day that with the decreasing inter
est rate and the questionable secur-
tiles held by many of the old line
companies, that it was only matter
of time when they would have to
change their plans and either abolish
their legal reserve system or "bust."
-Buckeye Workman.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
No. 38.
A Great Pump.


If the details and figures given
by correspondent of the Chicago
Record are exact concerning one of
the pumps of the Calumet and
Hecla mine, it is, without doubt,
the greatest mechanism of the kind
in the world, its capacity of water
delivery being some 100000 gal
Ions every hour in the twenty four,
and even then without reaching its
utmost. The apparatus is triple
expansion pumping engine, with a
capacity of 60,O00,O00 gallons,
standing nearly fifty feet in height,
and requiring 1900 horsepower for
its operation; and it has been prov
ed by actual tests that its nominal
performance can be easily main
tanned for an indefinite time with
out injury or strain, and that,
pushed to the full extent, the pump
could handle approximately 75,-
100000 gallons in twenty-four con
secutive hours. The purpose of
this pump is to furnish water for
the great stamp mills of the Calu-
met and Hecla Co., which has %
steam pumps in continuous opera
tion, daily pulverizing 5000 tons
of conglomerate rock into sand so
fine that it can be carried away by
stream of swiftly-howing water
The big pump is located near the
lake shore, below the mills, SO as to
force a steady stream of water to
the upper portions Of the mill,
where innumerable small jets play
upon the great slime tables and
| jigs. Here it is that the specific
gravity of the fine particles of cop
per contained in the rock separate
the valuable mineral from the mass
of worthless sand, the size and
force of the streams of water being
so nicely regulated as to wash away
the sand and yet carry with it the
minimum of copper.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
lOc. e5c. If G. c, c. fail, druggists refund money
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18
A Copper Mine worth Having.

The annual report of the Anacon-
da Copper Mining Company, Of
Montana, Of which the largest stock
holders are j. B. Haggin and Mar
Gus DAILY has been made public. For
the year ending June 30th the re-
ceipts were $22,940,383, against
6,945,697 the year before.
The profits amounted to $685.
O48, an increase of 1878, 1873 over the
previous year. Dividends amount
ing to 100000 were declared,
against $3.50, 900 the year before.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

~ One of the most important
questions that came up for discus
sion at the recent meeting of the Su-
preme Lodge was that of payment of
death losses from suicide. The
whole matter went over until next
session, when it will again be taken
up
~ The proof of the pudding is in
the eating. The records for the past
six months show that while the clas-
sifed Jurisdictions made net gain
of nearly five per cent, the level as
sessment jurisdictions did not make
even one-half of one per cent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

RESOURCE, Screven Co., Gal
have been subject to attacks of bill
ious collie for several years. Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is the only sure relief.
1t acts like charm. One dose of
it gives relief when all other rem
edies fail.-G. d. SHARP. For sale
by t. ]. A. Flaws
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

Owing to over-crowding and bad
ventilation, the air Of the school
room is often close and impure, and
teachers and pupils frequently suf
fer from lung and throat troubles.
To all such we would say, try Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. For
coughs, colds, weak lungs and bron-
chial troubles no other remedy can
compare with it. Says A. G. Freed,
Superintendent of Schools, Prairie
Depot, Ohio: Having some know
ledge of the efficacy of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, | have no
hesitation in recommending it to
all who suffer from coughs, lung
troubles, etc." For sale by t. J. A.,
Flaws.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-09-18

You will be by taking bath in
Shaw's Hot Springs, near Carson.
When you drive over from here
take the branch road at Empire.
Charlie Slingerland is the genial
boniface at the resort, and he will
treat you just right. Go and wash
your sins away.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-31
TIE NEWS ~ BRIEF.
The Coliseum Burned.

" was the Immense structure a, chi
c"go In Which Bryan Was Nominated
Tor the Presidency 49, Min. P.o,,i.
Probably Ptrishcd In the FI,,n.s
- The Coliseum the immense BUILDING NJ
Chlcago III which the last Democralic M
,iopal convention was held, was DESTROYED
10y IRE Friday night The fire was one of
'ne quickest ever seen in Chicago. Within
about 20 minutes from the time the fro
originated by the crossing of two electric
hght wires the Coliseum was a nile of
twisted iron and hot bricks. The bnilding
mad been rented for a manufacturers exno'
sltlon, and was filled from end to end with
booths, all of which were DESTROYED with
all their contents. Nine persons are mise
ing and have undoubtedly persisted in the
flames WIZ
About 800 people were in the building
at the time of the fire, and at the first
alarm there was a rush for safety. For
tunately the aisles were wide and owing To
the comparatively small number of people
IN the building, there was little difficulty in
reaching the DOORS Most of those irving
to escape ran to a large door on the east
side of the building, which is wide enough
to admit wagon. Fully 200 people gath
cred before this door, which was found to
be locked, and as the fire was roaring
through the building with great speed, It
seemed for few minutes as though none
OF these would be able to escape. A watch
man saw the trouble and ran to open the
door, but the crowd was packed in front
OF 1T so closely that he had the greatest
difficulty in opening it, During the jam at
this point several people we're badly crushed,
but none were seriously injured. Some of
the people made their way through the
other doors, and several who were caught
IN the balcony were compelled TO Jump TO
the ground from the roof Those who were
burned to death were overcome by smoke,
while trying to save their personal effects.
The Coliseum cost $3.50, 900 and was
twice as large as the Madison Square Gar
den building of New York. 1t had floor
space of seven acres, including the ground
and gallery floors, was 40 feet long by 300
wide, and contained $500, 600 pounds of
steel, ,200,0 900 feet of lumber, and three
million brick. On Aug. 81, 1895, the first
Coliseum, then in the course of construc-
ton, was wrecked, entailing a loss of $685.
600. The total loss from Fridays fire is
estimated at 100000.
\ later account says the cause of the fire
was an explosion of gasolene in the X-ray
exhibit, and the fire was carried to other
booths by pet dog which caught fire.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-31
COrnered Wheat and Oats.
Young Letter Said to Control Both
Crops So Letter, Senior, Claims the

Young Letter Said to Control Both
Speculation Has Been Of Great Beneht
10 the Farmers.
1.-The wheat deal of my son has brought
TO the farmers of the United States 10 or
10 cents more for their wheat than if he
had not gone into it," l.. Z. Letter said
Monday in taking of the great battle be.
tween Joseph Letter on one side and the
elevator companies, headed by P. d. Ar
mour, on the other.
"Nly son has been the benefactor of the
agricultural industries of the country to
that extent The seller is now debating
the price of his product, not the purchaser.
Chicago makes the market price of wheat,
not Liverpool; and the local influences,
which have been so long for constantly
lower prices have ceased to control Chi
cago markets"
The total advance since July is about 30
cents Letter, ST., gives to the ordinary
course of the markets credit for between
20 and % cents of the rise. The remainder
he att rioutes to the support given to prices
by Letter, jr., during the last six months.
Estimates as TO the amounts of wheat yet
to he delivered to Mr.. Letter do not differ
from Fridays figures. 1t is thought by
those in position to make fair guesses that
the amount will be 2, 900, 600 bushels. This
makes 100000 bushels of wheat which
Mr.. Letter will own Jan. l.
1t is now believed that, while the general
attention was directed toward wheat, Lei
ter has quietly cornered December oats,
There are about $50, 600 bushels of contract
grade here, and Letters brokers have con-
tracted for 6, 000, 900 bushels.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-31
The STOMACH REMOVED,
The Patient Has Recovered Conn
pletely.

The Operation Was Performed I'm S,v,,z-
GRAND and Is VOuched for by the Med
teal Record---Believe IL II You Like.
., Inc Medical Record in New York pub-
hshed Saturday an account of the first sue
cessiul removal of a human stomach. The
leat Is the most brilliant and daring at
tempted IN recent surgical history, but
tne attendant discovery that the stomach
Is not vital organ is even more import
ant. Hitherto it has been considered inn
possible for person to live without a
stomach. The operation was performed in
zurich, switzerland, by DR.. Carl Schlatter.
sept u, The subject was Anna Lands, So
years old, who had complained of stomach
trouble, DIR. Schlatter found that she was
suffering from an exceptionally large oval
tumor IN her stomach. Laparotomy was
performed, and DR.. Schlatter found that
the woman's entire stomach presented
hard mass. Seeing that the organ was
useless, DR.. Schlatter freed it from its del
lcate attachments, cutting, twisting and
clsmplng among the most vital organs with
the utmost coolness When he had excised
the entire stomach, he firmly united a small
coil OF intestine to the esophagus, thus
making direct connection between the al
lmentary canal and the bowels.
The work of joining the intestine and
the esophagus was most delicate They
were bound together with sutures. The
organs were allowed to drop back into their
positions, the abdominal wound was sewed
up, and all there was to show that Anna
Lands had lost her stomach was a slight
retraction toward the diaphragm. The OPP
GRAFTON lasted two and one-half hours. The
loss of blood was slight. The period fol-
lowing proved that the sterilization had
been perfect. The patient exhibited but
few OF the serious symptoms that usually
follow a vital operation. Minute quaint
ties of liquid food were given to her at
short intervals. With the exception of oc-
casional vomiting, this food seemed to be
assimilated. In the second week after the
operation she was given solid food 1t was
retained and digested without discomfort.
On Oct. Il Anna Lands left her bed. By
Nov. 25 she was feeling perfectly well and
was walking about. Her weight increased
and apparently she was in far better health
than before the operation.
DR.. Edmund Charles Wendt of New
York city, the correspondent of the Medi-
cal Record who obtained DR.. Schlatter's
personal account of the feat, states that on
the 9TH of this month he saw the woman,
and that to all intents and purposes she
is perfectly we'll She was still under OBJ
servation at the Zurich county hospital,
but was able to do her full share of work
in the wards. She had had many medical
visitors from all parts of the globe. DIR.
Wendt concludes from the successful re-
moval of this stomrch that the digestive
capacity of the stomach has been consider
ably overrated, and that the chemical
functions of the human stomach can be
satisfactorily performed by the alimentaoy
canal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-31
victims by the Thousands.

A warrant is out for the arrest of Henry
Oliver Goldsmith one of the best known
men of Wall street. The charge is grand
larceny in appropriating acheck for $4,000
The officials of the district attorneys Office
say that Goldsmith has managed to get
away with something like half a million
dollars by operations similar to those which
brought the Z. S. Dean company before
the public Goldsmith was indicted by the
grand jury Tuesday. Detectives have fol-
lowed clews all over New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Boston, and other places, but so far
Goldsmith has eluded them.
Goldsmith and a man named Webster
operated under the firm name of Hoyt &
Co George Hazelweide and William A.
Mitchell. who were their brokers, were ar
rested three weeks ago for their part in
the operations, but the charges against
them have not been tried. They were
dropped from membership in the stock ex-
change. 1t is said that it was upon their
evidence that the grand jury found the in
dictment against Goldsmith. The latter is
about 35 years old, and in the opinion of
the district attorney office he is one of the
shrewdest men that ever engaged in Wall
street speculation after the manner OF
Dean & Co. They say his victims are
numbered by the thousands.