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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-20
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Gen. Grant was fond of fast driving,
and he had some notable trotters III
his stable during his two terms. ! In the
evening he would play Boston with some
of his army chums. He cared little for
riding, and was rarely ON horse
back in Washington.
President w. H. Harrison was not
much of an epicure; but he hAdiagreat
fancy for doing the marketing for the
family. Every morning he would trudge
TO the market place with aSbasket on
his arm and return an hour later carry
ing 40 or so pounds Of tproduce.
President Tyler had a deep and abid-
ing love forthe good American game Of
poker. Surrounded by n few chums he
spent many pleasant evenings drawing
to bobtail flushes, filing against four
aces and hosting the full houses, bluff
ing on deuces, bucking ante. The stakes
were invariably small, but history says
that he was u bad loser.
George Washington was a great.
sportsman. His greatest pleasure was
in following hounds, mounted on n tip
toe hunter. Te was an athlete in his
youth and his love of outdoor life con
tinued 10 tie day of' his death. When
he was I.rce death x, htefdivcrsionw was
horseback r.l,n".
Trou!os onTht relief from
the caro- ,i Is it5ee for Incsic.
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-20
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collection Agency.

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-20

CAsoARETs stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels. Never slcken, weaken
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-20
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERsHIP.

Having bought all the interest -
Patrick Taylor in tho firm of S"'th
&c Taylor, doing business in Ru =
Valley, the partnership hereto y
existing is hereby dissolved by ""-
tual consent.
JOSEPH SMITr.
Arthur. Nevada, April 16 l&@
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-20
DAlLI INDEPENDENT.

APRIL p. 1897
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-20

A bottle OF Trib should he III o.,
household. It cures sprains.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Park Policeman Merrill of the State
Capitol Grounds Gets into
Trouble.

SACRAMENTO. CAL. Sept. 25.-Two
warrants have been issued for the arrest
OF M. H. Merrill, who occupies the posi-
ton of park policeman on the Capitol
grounds.
The complaints allege that battery has
been committed on the persons of r. E.
Armstrong and Frank E. Featherson.
The young men claim that while passing
through the park last night tn ey were ac-
costed by Merrill, who ordered them off
the driveway, and when they demurred
he DIRE his pistol, covered them and then
beat them over the head with his cane.
There were several witnesses 10 the as
sault, and all combine in declaring that
it was entirely unprovoked.
On Thursday night Carl Racklitfe, the
15-year-old son of the State Treasurer and
a com panion were riding through the park
on their wheels, and stopped to rest on
The steps Of the Capitol. While there they
were accosted by Merrill, who ordered
them away.
When the lads refused to go he drew
his pistol presented it at them, and then
he beat the little lad over the back ard
shoulders until he forced him off the
grounds. The boys father, State Treas
urer Rackliffe, is one of the three Capitol
Commissioners. Rackliffe denounces the
assault upon his son as an Outrage. He
did not want to take action, however,
until the Capitol Commissioners held a
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
Thomas Brewers Eff
forts to Save the Nav
arCh's Seamen.
He and His Companions Lost
With Twenty Men of the
Crew.
Volunteered to Lead Them Over the
Ice to Land and Perished In
the Attempt.

SEATTLE. WASH, Sept. 25.-Mlner W.
Bruce who is admitted by the United
States Government officers to know more
about Alaska than any other man that
ever visited it, arrived in the city this
afternoon from a four months trading
trip to the Arctic He bring news con-
tirming the story of the loss of the
schooner Navarch and fresh details as to
how most of her crew and the men who
tried TO rescue them met death. Bruce
said to THE CALL CORE Spondent tonight:
II made it point TO make careful in
quiry as to the loss of the Navarch and
her men, and there is not one chance In
hundred that any of them have escaped.
I met one man who had spent his entire life
in the Arctic country. He told that if the
Navarch with her eight men found her
way into peculiar current she might
possibly strike the shore near the mouth
of the Mackenzie River. There are several
whaIers there for the winter. and if the
Navarch got near the river she may
escape; but there is hardly a likelihood
of her being saved.
"Our schooner, the Louise J. Kenney,
left Point Hope on August "a. On that
dav the schooner Bonanza arrived from
the far north and brought additional
news concerning the loss of the Nayarch.
The Bonanza is the supply schooner OF the
Liebes Company. the San Francisco fur
riers. Sue had aboard Government Agent
Stevenson, who has been up there for
about two years. He had with him two
little half breed children of Tom Brewer.
Brewers native home was back in New
Jersey, but he had not been there for
many years.
"While was en- route for the Arctic l
heard a mum Der OF stories TO the effect
that Brewer had been killed. Natives all
along the coast kept telling me about it.
No one knew anything OF the details, but
every native made 1t a point to tell of his
having been killed. They said natives
had slain him. As soon as l reached
Point Hope l made it a point to inquire
about the alleged murder. About that
time the Bonanza arrived with news OF
bow Brewer met death.
''When the Navarch was caught in the
ice and there seemed to be no help for her
the brave Brewer and another white man
said they would go to the ship and try to
rescue her. They reached there in their
little canoes, and agreed to guide the
twenty memb of the crew who had de-
cided to leave the schooner.
These men with their guides took four
boats and started across the ice. They
never saw land, and their bodies are some
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

and it is the first decision in the franchise
tax suits now pending in court. The de-
cis1on is a complete victory for the State,
upholding every detail of the franchise
tax law, and is the biggest judgment yet
rendered against a single corporation.
The decision has bearing on all of the
cases, if in fact it will not be cited as
conclusive against the corporations who
have been resisting the payment of the
tax. Among these companies is the
Southern Pacific Company. Suits here
now pending against this company are
for $4,000 and penalties for failure TO
report. The company resists on the
ground of non-residence, although oper-
ating on Ken lucky charter. Attorney
General Taylor said that since the render
ing of the present decision he had little
doubt OF recovering against the Southern
Pacific.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
SWEEP OF
THE DEADLY
AVALANCHE
Continued from First Page.

committee allowed no one to touch his
own property until it had all been collect
ed at one place. Then each man was al
lowed TO identity and take away his own.
Nearly 500 men were IN camp at Sheep
Camp. All day Sunday the canyon was
explored for lost tents and other property.
Many tents or parts of tents were found,
but many others have nothing left but
their blankets to cover their heads and
still others nothing at all. 4 large num-
Der lost everything they had, and. after
having packed their outfit practically to
the foot of the summit, must now return
home. One man had SEQ in an overcoat,
which was wrapped up under his head as
he slept. He lost overcoat and money.
At least fifty other men report the loss
of money ranging in sums from 500 TO
$500. Not cent was left. The torrent
left heaps, bars and hills of sand behind,
where it is thought the money may be
hidden, but it is too much labor and time
to hunt for it. The total damage by the
food, including both lost provisions and
money. is estimated at about 5000, as
n rear as it can be reached at this time.
The result, after counting noses, was
fifteen missing. AS matter of fact, it IS
really impossible to get at just how many
KIondikers are missing. The population
was at this time in particular a very float
ing one. Gold hunters would come up
the canyon, pitch a tent for a few days and
then pass on to the summit. The campers
had neither time nor inclination to get
we'll acquainted, Names we're not known,
faces were often remembered. The num-
l,o. -, l., I1r- haY,
teen, and it Will in all probability never
be known. Doc" Smith, said to be a
practicing physician, and wife, are among
the missing Nobody could be found who
knew where they were from, but it is sup-
posed they came from Seattle.
The cause of the food was the breaking
loose OF a gigantic section Of a glacier Of
ice and snow which for years overhung
the canyon near the Chilcoot summit.
The whole nlass crashed down the preci-
p ce, pushed by Niagara of water. For
nearly three weeks it has been raining or
showing. An immense quantity of water
has fallen, and snow has melted in vast
volumes. The prevailing weather has
been rain on the coast side Of the noun
tains, rain and snow on their SUBMITS and
snow on the Yukon side Of the range It
is supposed that a lake or vast reservoir
accumulated behind or under the glac ier
and that its pressure became so great that
the zee and snow could not ho old it. No
body climbed up to see how it happened,
but this is the theory generally accepted
in accounting for the food. Numerous
lakes of snow water are deposited at vari-
GUS elevations in the mountains. Ono of
these might have suddenly overfowed or
broken from its bed and walls OF rock.
The news first came here at 6 O'clock this
morning on the little steamer Detroit.
and four hours later additional particulars
were obtained from George Cults, print Ell
of Juneau, who has been packing on the
trail. He said that number OF men who
were lying drunk or asleep around the
stoves in two tent saloons are undoubt-
edly among the missing.
HAL HOFFMAN,.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

ing priests and bicycle races in the fore
noon, with athletic sports and band
concert in the afternoon. The day will
close with tug-of-war contest between
Parkfield and county seat teams for a
purse.
On the second day pontifcal high mass,
with a sermon in Spanish and English,
will be the feature of the morning. A band
concert Will take place at noon and liter
arv exercises in the afternoon. In the
evening Bishop Montgomery will lecture.
Tais will be followed by dances at two OF
the principal halls.
On the last day, after band concert at
8 "A. NJ, bronco-riding ant the lassoing OF
steers will be the leading features until
noon, when free barbecue will be served.
Alter the barbecue races will take place
and in the evening the events will close
with ball.
An executive committee has charge OF
the celebration. DR.. II. c. MurDhy is the
chairman, DR.. L. d. Murphy viii be the
president of the day, Henry Lynch the
grand marshal and DR.. II. B.. Stanley
historian.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
he centennial day of the mission.

the centennial day OF the mission.
Those who love legends and romance
may give their fancy full play on this oc-
casion by exploring the crumbling build
ings and the grounds, or the river bank to
the east, in search of the tunnel which Is
said to have been built as place of refuge
or exit for the fathers when besieged, and
within which are said to be secreted stores
of wealth and famous vintages. Or those
so inclined may gather relics with which
ere associated memories of sect which
trod the self-same soil century ago
The church and monastery now are in
charge of Father Henry S. O. Reilly. Father
OReilly is a man of marked ability, and
in addition TO the church at San Miguel
he has charge of those at Paso Robes and
San Ardo.
The celebration will be opened each day
at sunrise by the firing of cannon which
was cast In Spain 200 years ago, and
which was left at the mission when 1t
was evacuated by the Mexican soldiers.
On the first day of the celebration there
will be band concert, a parade. recep-
ton to Bishop Montgomery and attend
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

where up in the Arctic. There is proba-
bility that the lcefoes on which they
found themselves drifted out IN the dlrec-
ton OF the ill-fated Navarch and that all
the crew died almost together. The Bo-
nanZa had been up the coast above Polnt
Barrow, and from what her crew could
learn these twenty-five men, led by Brew
er, who gave up his life in the hope OF
saving others, must have made great
struggle 10 reach land.
But it was an awful trip. They had
every hard ship that one c. uld think OF to
endure. They were crave, but 1t was be-
yond human rover TO escape. They were
probably compelled to drag their boats
over great cakes OF ice until the boats must
nave been worn out. They struggled on,
but death accompanied them, and there
Is every reason to believe that in the end
they were compelled TO surrender
AS 10 the NavaTch ana her eight un-
fortunate seamen, the Bonanza people
could not surmise. She was seen drift
ing up in the Arctic North of Point
Barrow there is a whirl poo, the like of
which Is not to be found else where.
Natives with whom | talked, as well as
The men on the Bonanza, were of the
opinion that the drifting Navarch must
have encountered it. If she did, she
went down like a shot and the life of
every man was suuffed out before he had
time 10 pray for those he left behind
After all | could learn, | am satisfied
that the last has been heard of the
Navarch and her crew and the brave
Brewer and his white partner who tried
to rescue them.
''The Bonanza left day or two after we
did. She was to touch at Unalaska and
then come south. "
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

killed that [ know of personally. One was
Aaron Choynski. He was killed by blow
from a stone which struck him on the
head We buried him up at what we call
The Scales.
The body of man named Kearns was
found at Pleasant Camp, which is two and
half miles below Sheep Camp. We
made inquiries as to who we're missing.
and my belief is that not more than four
or five people at the most were killed" ;"
George Marks story was the same as
that told by Berliner, except in regard &c
his experience with the flood. When he
had looked out of the slovepipe.hole and
saw the water coming, which he says was
the most awful sight he ever witnessed, he
jumped back TO where he had been sleep
ing to get his coat.
''All my money, $3.50. was in my coat
pocket" he said, "and l felt that L must
save that. l got hold of the coat and the
next thing l knew the tent was gone and
I was in the water up to my neck
gIasped the first thing l saw and 1t
proved to be the rope of the adjoining
tent. | held on to my coat with my other
hand, but my grip on Inc rope growing g
weaker l saw it was a case of my money
or my IiIe, SO l dropped the coat, which
was out of sight in an instant
II saw III people pull Berliuer ashore
and then they hegan to throw the cope 10
me. When | got out of the water my
hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ears and clothes
were full Of sand. was pretty we'll used
up, ard every one said that had about
as close a call for my life as one could
have and escape"
Richard Wilson of Portland was an
other witness Of the avalanche. lie was
kneeling and trying TO boil some coffee
over very poor fire in front of the Palmer
House when he heard a report like dy-
Mantle explosion.
81 did not think anything OF it." he
said, 'for they had exploded dynamite
over at Skaguay all the day before; but
soon there came rushing noise, and,
turning round, l saw the most terrific
! sight that ever met my eyes. The whole
face of the glacier seemed to have burst
| out, and thousands of tons OF debris of all
kinds came whirling down the mountain
side. There is no use in my trying TO de.
scribe it. 1t was all over in a very few
minutes but the rush, while it lasted,
| was simply awful -
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

The immense beams forming the cell
ing and supporting the roof were hewn
with mathematical precision and, after
being placed in position, were elaDorateIy
frescoed. A gallery was built over the
front or eastern entrance, the stairs to
which and the railing along the side
overlooking the auditorium have IN ap-
pearance OF modern finish, although, with
the exception of a few recent repairs,
they are just as they were made nearly
one hundred years ago.
The altar occupies all of the western
end Of the room. 1t is worthy of a visit
and to BE- made the ject of careful study.
Within the shadows OF its precincts some
Of the most noted personages in mission
history have officiated.
A long, low wing, nearly 400 feet long,
extends southwark from the church build
ing. In front of this wing is an arcade
extending about two-thirds of its length.
Ruins of other arches and Pillars indicate
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
THE HISTORIC OLD MISSION al San Miguel, Now
Century Old.

that the arcade once extended the entire
length Of the wing. This building is di-
vided into many rooms, some OF which
were, no doubt, used as guest chambers a 5
well as being The abode of those in charge
OF the mission.
The modern windmill and tank in front
of the adobe buildings seem oddly out of
keeping with things of supposed antiquity.
The water canal, with tslinpid stream, S
more ia keeping.
Adobe walls. fifteen feet high and proba-
bly, two miles in length, formerly sur
rounded the grounds in the immediate
vicinity of the buildings, but they are
nearly obliterated. Here and there only
are short stretches of the walls to be seen.
The deeds which conveyed the land 10
the church were signed by Abrah am Lin
coin. They are among the most note
worthy exhibits TO be found among the
records OF the church. The bells were
brought from Spain. They will SOUND on
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
YREKA STAGE ROBBED.
Lone Kjghwayman Compeis the Driver
to Hand Over the Express
ROy

YREKA, CAL, Sept. 25,-A stage rob-
bery-the second in the same place within
the. last six months-was committed nine
miles from here at 5 O'Clock this evening.
A lone highwayman stepped from be-
hind a rock and demanded the express
box, which was ha nded out and the stage
proceeded on its way. The robber was
effectua)ly disguised, even his feet being
muffied In socks.
About ten minutes later the stage met
T. J. Knowlton and Rev. Mr.. George, Tho
brought the news to Yreka and notified
the officers 1t Is not known how much
the robber got.
There were four passengers on the stage,
but none of them were molested. One was
a woman and the other Father Quinn,
priest of the local Catholic parish.
The stage was held up in exactly the
same SPOT last April, and presumably by
the same outlaw.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
From Far and Near People
Will Gather for a Three
Days Celebration.
RELIGIOUS RITES, MUSIC
AND ATHLETICS.
Feats of Vaqueros, Tug Of War
Contests and a Barbecue Are
Among the Features.

SAN MIGUEL CAL, Sept. 25.-The one
hundredth anniversary OF the laying OF
the cornerstone OF the San Miguel Mission
Will be celeb brated on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of the coming week. While
historians say that the mission was really
founded by the padres on July 25. 1877, the
ceremonies attendant upon the laying Of
the cornerstone did no: take place until
the following September, upon the feast
day of San Miguel. The Old buildings of
the mission are well preserved. They are
plain structures of adobe with tiled roofs
They are about half mile from the Sa-
Iinas River and the same distance west of
the town and the railway station.
The principal structure, which is de-
voted to religious purposes, is 80 feet long
and so feet wide. All the tim eers, and
even the flooring and finishing work, were
secured in their places by wooden pegs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
CRISTS REACH SALINAS.
Forty German families Arrive to
Take Up Land in the Sugar
Beet District.

SALINAS CAL, Sept. 25.-The advance
guard of big German colony arrived this
evening. Forty colonists representing
families numbering 200 people. mostly
from Chicago ana the East, are here to
settle upon land bonded by the German
Catholic Colon ization Society. They were
accompanied by August Err, president; ;
s. L. Kast, vice-president. and N. d..
Lang, secretary of that society
Four tracts of land each composed OF
from 800 to 1900 acres near town have
been bonded. These will be apportioned
and sold in lots of fifty acres TO each
representative of family. The eoionlsts
who arrived to-day will settle upon the
Spence ranch about seven miles south OF
this city. They possess from $3.50 to
$500 each and it is their purpose To at once
begin the erection of houses and get their
land into shape for the cultivation to
beets.
Sixty more families are expected soon.
Upon their arrival a church and school
house will be built.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
MUST PAY A FRANCHISE TAX.
Decision Rendered in a Kentucky Court
That Nay fave Fearing on the
Southern Pacific Case.

FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. 25.-Judge
Cantrell, in the Fiscal Court to-day, de-
cided the case OF the Commonwealth
against the Louisville Street Railway
Company, rendering decision against
the com pany for s27. 408. Just $23 236 of
this amount is for franchise tax, $2332
penalty for failure to report and $2749
interest. This is only for the year 1896,
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26

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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-26
Trout for snntn cyus Streams.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Sept. 25.-The
Supervisors have appropriated 500 coward
the construction of fish hatcheries at
Boulder Greek. The hatcher es will cost
$500, $1,000 OF which is to be raised by
private subscription. The Southern Pa
cifc Company has agreed to maintain
them at an annual cost of $4,000. From
the hatcheries the streams OF the county
will be supplied with 100000 trout each
wear.