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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-15

1t costs Kansas City only ten cents
per head to bury paupers, but the
contractor stands in with the medical
colleges, and his job is considered a
snap.
A Georgia colored woman accounts
for hard times in that State on the
theory that there are "too many loafy
husbands There is bare chance
that it will hold good for some
other sections.
Having emerged my chop and hav
ing engaged tn. services of first
class horse-shoer and blacksmith. and
a -frst-class wagon maker, I am
ready to do all work in my line at
reasonable rates. Call at my She p.
A. BRUCE.
1t is estimated that the amount OF
money left in the State by the Christ
ian Endeavor excnrsionists will reach
nearly $4,000. This was for meals
and lunch goods at Elko, WiDnemuc-
ca, Humboldt House, Wadsworth
and Reno. Elko and Wadsworth had
the best OF the trade.
AnExchanee says: at won't do
to judge mans religion by his ac-
tons at church services. Many a
man who drops nickel into the
contribution box ON Sunday will
chip in half dollar on key of beer
before Saturday night. You have to
follow a man for seven days in the
week II You want to get correct
idea OF his religious worth"
At the close Of the fiscal year there
we're lI6, 43a, 426 ounces of silver bull,
lion In the United States mints. This
bullion was purchased under the act
Of July, 1890, and cost the Govern.
nent S104.336.5l2. Its coinage value
In standard dollars is Sl49.253. $3.50. In
stead OF coming it the Governnnen
prefers to issue interest bearing bondl
because the gold trust desires to in
vest in such bonds and its wishe,
Must be complied with.
If we reckon the population Of the
globe at 1.400 millions Of human
beings, there would be room for then
all on the frozen surface OF the LAX
Of Constance tSwitsefland). and lth,
crush would not be go very gtea
either, as there would be a space o
four square feet for each person. I
the ice were to break and the who'll
human race was thus to sink into 4
watery grave, the level of the lax
would only be raised six inches.
One of Elko's ittls girls Wake,
into Litton & Hunter's butcher sho
the other morning and startled Ed
Bi;key with the following: %Say, Ed
mother told me to come and tell yot
she had left her liver and shin bone
on the counter ies' now. ana sh'
wants 'em. please" Ed. hustle,
Ground and found the shin bones an
liver and the little girl tucked ther
under her arm and toddled oil
homo.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-15
RANCH,
CATTLE AND
HORSES FOR SALE.
o~sb

A first class opportunity for
anyone wishing to engage In the
castie ibaBiAsss. Everything
nsAaAd fbt 1Sondu6tins . COW
ranch will b to6Id on tho
ptemibes.
Dor furteier intormatien write 10
Carat &Go.. White Rock, Elko %,
Nevada. Il
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-15
SALMAGIlNR
Only 1o4 in the shade today.

It is too beastly hot for comfort.
There are no new developments In
yesterdays scrap.
Furnished roomssto rent. Inquire
OF George Bruce.
Mrs. George Bruce is slowly re-
covery from severe illness.
Miss Ernie Robinson left for her
home in Ruby Valley this morning.
The new ad Of the Elko Roller Mill
will prove interesting to the farm
erS.
Miss Emma Gardner left for VIM
nemucca on No. A today to visit her
sister, Mrs. Oliver.
The teachers examination closed
yesterday afternoon. All passed and
received certificates.
The present hot wave must be
caused by McKinley's wave of prog
perity passing westward.
A by or. girl wishing TO learn the
printers trade can find fine oppor-
tunity by calling at this Office.
Three second hand glass show
cases for sale. For further particu-
lars inquire Of Mts. s. M. Henley. y
Splendid line Of Fauntleroys, boys'
shirt waists and other leading novel
ties just received at Alexander's. =
This is the time of year when a
husband is supposed to appreciate
his wife's cold feet as only husband
can.
Clothes cleaned, repaired and press
ed. Gents laundry work neatly done
by G. s. Chase in rear Of Elie post
Office. 18th .@
Leonard J. Crawford ofKentucky
was yesterday elected president Of
the National League of Republican
Clubs.
Dave Casper has gust received q
new lot Of samples of Spring and
Summer Clothing which will be made
TO order from 1880 up. y
Remedies for human ailments may
demand attention because Of their es-
sthblfshed regulations or their @msgic-
al" powers, or large sales, or immense
sums spent in advertising. Cures
count. The I;niment Tfib cures all 1t
claims to cure.
While you are iooKlng for a change
in the weather. examine the latest
patterns in wall paper at the Postot-
Gee. All goods first class and at the
lowest living prices Cail in and lex.
anime my stock. No trouble to show
goods. l. N. SHERwood. y
Gao. s. Brown, attorney Ter the
Gold Creek mining company, left fol
Salt Lake last night to look after the
publication OF the % applications to,
patents for the company He ex.
poets to visit his home IN Tacoma
Washington, before his return.
HumOrs in tbs Blood, boils, PIN
pies. scrotula sores, are promptly
eradicated by Hoods Sarsaparilla
the One Truo Blood Purifier, neru
tonic and health builder.
HOODS PILLS are easy TO take
easy to operate. Cure indigestion
billiousnees. 25.
Including tegular trains, tlier,
were moved ont OF Ogden from th.
list TO the 9th inst. "a trains, o. which
I'D wste 1speeiats Or sssSkoSs Of Ithl
itNkHiat 'tsGsxi; sthe tbt6l fnunAber o
t6fs rhoysdwAsSsSB 6t M average o
really IS ears pr tram; attai numbe
~ petseSfetSt3 30 u $40 psf tram
''Ths;Sanxte USaitnitsoe On ,Foredgi
Relations Ims EsreSdto report th
RESOLUTION f6f sAs4AOitGtn fofsAse Tia
waifsn anhssati6h fseaay withbi
ameaathSht. Tkats sassn4 4 tEehGra
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-15
'Sweets!

Delicious American and French
candies, right fresh, just received at
AlexandeT's.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-15

Fine line Of neck wear, great var
iety of Summer shirts, nobby hats,
caps, fine shoes, dancing pumps, etc,
,a4 MtetktAa6r's. b..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16


THE talk ,of Gov. Tanner about the
Rock Island people going to Fulton
with $50 much gusto and show" to
recover their own property is evil
dence OF how much some men can
say OF what they know little about.
The governor Of the state should
have been the las. man to Jump at
conclusions, or to side with any one
county in the state over which he
presides against another until he
knows the facts and realizes the cir
cum stances-in other words until he
knows what he is talking about. The
Rock Island men made no "gusto
and show" They went peaceab y
inclined. and with single purpose,
and that TO claim the property that
had been often awarded them, but
persistently denied them. The gov
ernor had better speak and act on
the known lawlessness at Fulton,
and the part Iowa men and arms
took instead of INDUCING in vagaries
and reading curtain lectures at a
distance to the Woodmen Of Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
"rAnns re Political Blight

The Chicago Times-Herald, good
republican authority, says that
Tanners political blight" has fall
en- on the Illinois charitable eye and
ear infirmary. 1t states that the
governor has insulted distinguished
medical men who are no politicians,
and has now set out to use the Off.
cial places OF the infirmary IS re-
wards for his political henchmen.
The Times-Herald says:
'sSince the institution was founded,
some 20 years ago, all administra.
tions, republican and democratic,
have respected the professional per-
sonnet, that il is set forth should
be first considered. Now. disguised
with the governors evident inten-
ton to make even this special char
it, . part Of his political machine,
DR.. Edward l.. Holmes, senior sur
geon; DR.. W. T. Montgomery, sur
geon.in-chief of che eye department.
and DR.. Fred c. Hotz. consulting
surgeon, have resigned in Difference
to their self rsapect. DR.. Holmes
was one OF the founders Of the insti'
tuition"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
MAP OF CANAL ROUTE.

Interesting Data Gained From the Com
plete Outline.
The complete map Of the Hennepin
canal BY Engineer L. L. Wheeler is
interesting as giving . clear idea Of
the route. the length of the several
sections between locks and lifts Of
the locks individually. It is accom-
panied by q profile that shows how
the canal climbs up the hill from the
Illinois to the summit level, and
then runs down again to its entrance
to the Mississippi.
~ this map it appears that the to-
tai length of the canal, from the Hi.
nois to the Mississippi. as finally
located. is IS miles, and that of the
feeders % miles. The canal rises
from the Illinois by means of "a
locks, mounting upward in that dis
lance 1879 feet. The summit level is
about twelve miles long. At its
westward end, about midway be-
tween Mineral and Annawan, two or
three miles north of the line CT the
Rock Island road, the drop to the
Mississippi commences. This occu-
pies the remaining 46 miles of the
canals length. makes use of IS lock 8.
and accomplishes Q descent OF 50
feet. The canal is 126 feet lower at
hennepin than at its mouth, and has
to climb hill 1879 feet high and
down 50 feet on This side to get here.
The feeder takes water at the upper
end OF Sterling on the Rock river.
In its % miles it falls 2.3 feet, just
enough to give sufficient flowsge to
supply the canal with the water it
needs to make up for its evaporation
and lock waste. The feeder is 80
feet on the water line and seven feet
deep, lie the rest of the canal, and
its current is so slow shat it is easily
navigable. 1t is the best part of the
canal. for it affords, summit level
and all, almost 40 miles OF canal
without lockage. Lock 20, at which
the canal leaves the bed of Rock
river above Milan, is about even IS
miles above the mouth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
THAT KANSAS MlsslvE.

It May BE introduced 1t the Porter Muir
der TRIAL.
The fact that Miss Carrie Dion,
the girl who told the first story Of
Mrs. Porter's alleged poisoning Of
her husband, was to be put on the
stand Saturday, drew large audience
to the noted murder trial. Standing
room was at premium. Women
made up fully one-half the number
OF spectators.
States Attorney Graves is present.
ing much stronger case than was
anticipated. Discussion Of the morn
ing was over the admissibility Of the
letters bearing the cross in the cor
ner and the address Carrie Dion,
Colona, ILL.,, and ended in q victory
for the states attorney. Judge Gest
ruling that they should be admitted
as evidence.
Sheriff Quinn told the story Of
Mrs. Porter's examination at Gene
SEQ, Of her trip to Colona in a car
risge the night she was taken to
Jail. Regarding that trip he sub.
stantiated the testimony of Livery
man Charles W. Young. He states
also that on the trip Mrs. Porter &C.
cused Miss Dion Of poisoning Mr..
Porter, and declared that it was
Miss Dion who was guilty of all the
crime. The sheriff also testified that
after the autopsy he took the vital
organs Of the body and sealed them
in jar. This was delivered to DR..
Spencer, Of Geneseo, at the Geneseo
house.
In cross-examination by Attorney
Hand, the statement was brought
cut that the refusal to admit Mrs.
Porter's attorney to see her was by
mistake. The sheriff was absent at
the autopsy. and while away heard
that some stranger was going to call
On Mrs. Porter.
Deputy Sheriff STEERS was called to
identify letter taken from Mrs.
Porter while in Jail. The contents
of this letter have not yet been in
troduced in evidence, but it is sur.
missed that it is letter from the
Kansas, man; notable in the case, and
in it he talks Of the fortunate taking
of Of Mr.. Porter. There is kind
OF interest in this letter, but the
state has noe yet introduced it.
The affidavit to DR.. Heckstone,
who is at present in Sweden, WAS
next introduced. The doctors aft.
davit was to the effect that the vital
organs we're in a condition that
would result from chronic arsenical
poisoning. He was explicit in his
statement that no poison was found.
but that IL poison was given a GER
tain length Of time before death. it
would be eliminated from the sys-
tenn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
SMALLEST ON RECORD.

Three Shetland C0les In slpe, Dol nan
= Blake1 Show.
A particular feature that will
greatly please the children in Sipe.
Dolman & Blake's dog, pony and
monkey show are three Shetland
pony colts that are SO small they
could easily be carried away under
ones arm. The little youngsters
were born at different intervals since
the show has been on the road this
season. and not one of them will
weigh more than Is pounds.
Sipe. Dolman & Blake's show, with
122 dogs. 50 ponies and ~ monkeys.
comes to Rock Island for two daily
performances on Aug. 20 and ri,
when the clever acts of their little
dumb actors will be seen under big
waterproof tents to be located on
Twelfth street between Fifth and
Sixth avenues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
A Warning Note.
Those Who Heed 1t Not
Have Much to
Fear.

A note of warning.
At first the faintest echo.
It strikes the back.
A peculiar warning not heard, but
felt. 80
1t increases day by day.
The back cries out-rebels.
The aches. pains and lameness
Make life . misery-become un-
bearable.
Do you understand the warning?
Do you realize it's kidney talk?
The kidneys are on strike;
They have been overworked.
Nature intends you to know this,
And has only one way to warn you.
The kidneys are located near the
small of the back.
They are composed of delicate
fibres that filter the blood.
STOPPING positions, q strain or cold
often clog the filters.
This is serious when you don't
know what to do.
Backache is the beginsing; lame
and weak back follows.
The filters fail to do their work.
Kidney disease develops.
The urine is too frequent.
The calls Of nature wake you up
at night.
A brick-colored deposit show the
trace Of failing kidneys.
The uric scid is going the wrong
way.
1t is passing through the blood.
Poisoning the whole system.
Rheumatic pains and many aches
appear.
All this from a small beginning.
So easy to cure, too, when you
know how.
Get at the cause
Break up the kidney blockade.
Doan's Kidney Pills do this.
That's their specialty-for the kid
neys only.
One thing at a time is why they
succeed.
Doan's Kidney Pills are not q cure.
all. bat kidney cure.
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold fox SO
cents per box by all dealers. OF
mailed on receipt Of price by Foster
Milburn company, Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
There IL Nothing 30 Good.

There is nothing just as good as
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, 80 de-
mand it and do not permit the dealer
to sell you some substitute. He will
not claim there is anything better,
but in order to make more prsfit he
may claim something else to be just
as good. You want DR.. Kings New
Discovery because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed
to do good or money refunded. For
Coughs, Colds. Consumption and
for all affections of Throat, Chest
and Lungs there is nothing so,good
as is DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Trial bottle free at Hartz & Ulle-
meyers drug store.
Regular size SO cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

Cnor reports to the Illinois de-
partment OF agriculture, under date
Of August, show an increase in area
in corn Of ? per cent over 1895 and
give a total area OF 1852 200 acres.
In northern Illinois the area is
100000 acres; in central Illinois.
1881 900 acres, and in the southern
division Of the state, 1,O29, 900 acres.
Unless injured by early frosts. the
1897 corn crop Of Illinois promises
to be o record breaker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

TEE Hartford Conn Times says:
when housekeepers find that their
dollar will now buy only Is pounds
OF sugar in place Of the former 90
pounds. they are inclined to feel that
the great sugar trust is getting too
hoggish and that the millions put
into its pocket by the Dingley tariff
were misapplied.n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

The check for 800 which P. ID.
Armour has given the destitute
miners Of Illinois undoubtedly indi-
Gates humane feeling on his part,
but it is probably less than l per
cent Of the profit he will make on the
first lot OF hides he sells at Dingley
prices.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

THERE is quite difference in the
way Gov. Tanner and Lieut.. Gov.
Northcott view the part the Rock
Island people took in the Fulton
affair Of last Friday night. but the
latter knew what he was talking
about; the other did not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

EOr UV0f FtHty H60K0
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

You ought to know that when suf-
fering from any kidney trouble that
q safe, sure remedy is Foley's Kidney
Cure. Guaranteed or money refunded.
Sold by n. +. Bahnsen and 7. H.
Thomas, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

A SOUTHERN paper is advising the
farmers OF that Section to turn the
cold shoulder on Alaska and 90 to
developing peach and cattle and
wheat Klondikes at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

The republicans Of Bourbon
county, Kas., have nominated a
woman. Miss Stella Strait, for reg
lister OF deeds. Her friends will all
vote the Strait ticket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

THERE will be 5000 election Off.
Gers needed every year in New York
City, and each election will cost o
round million dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16
Dangerous Drinking water.

Death turks in impure water. It
breeds diseases often in epidemic
form.
The first symptom is looseness of
the bowels. These diseases are
checked by taking Foley's Collie Cure.
Sold by Al. T. Bshnsen and T. H..
Thomas. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

DANIEL WEBSTER was extraordi-
narily fond OF oxen. and all those on
his farm knew him by sight and
would follow him like dogs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

JUDGE WELLHoUsE is called the
apple king OF the world. His or
chards in Kansas cover 1850 acres,
with 100000 apple trees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

civilian MCKINLEY and wife,
Canton" is the plain entry on the
register 1.-THE Hotel Champaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

When bilious or costive eat o Cas-
csret. candy cathartic, cure guarau-
taad. 10 canta. Is cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

TIE ARGUS delivered every even
ing At vour door ct loo . weak.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

others and q number
Of remedies. spending
q large amount of
money. but finally be-
came so bad that 1t was
unsafe for me to leave
home. l commenced
using DR.. Miles Hec It
Cure two years AL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

For eighteen months have been we'll. Al
though - years Of age l can go where wish
and sleep all night and wake up as cheer
full as babe and completely rested
DIR. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-16

Fart DISEASE is durable. For over
forty years" writes Daniel Myers of
Two Taverns. Pa. on Aug. 10. 1896.
Il suffered with heart disease. First slight
palpitation. gradually growing worse. Then
shortness Of breath, sleeplessness. smother
ing sensations and much pain in the region
OF the heart alarmed me and / consulted a
physician. Receiving no benefit I tried
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-09

with a framework of fire. But the
fiery skeleton did not last long. Within
half an hour from the time the alarm
was given the eastern arch fell and the
western soon followed. Both continued
burning as they floated down the river,
illuminating the shores and creating no
little alarm among the shipping at Hal
lowell and Gardiner.
The citizens did everything to save
the bridge when the fire was discov-
cred. but were powerless against the
flames that poured from both ends. "as
it We're the chimney of furnace"
With great difficulty the fire was pre-
vented from destroying many neigh
boring buildings. The Branch building
near the west end, in which the Ken
nebec Journal was then located. was
repeatedly on fire. and it was only
saved by great exertion. 1t was
thought at the time the fire was the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-09

AS soon as Maine became State in
1920 a number of cities and towns COM
peted for the honor of being the capital.
Among those thus aspiring were Port
land, Brunswick, Hallowell. Water
vile. Belfast and Wiscasset as well as
Augusta. Our city, however, won
legislative favor, from it's many adj
vantages and was at length made the
permanent seat of government, the
bill being signed by Governor Lincoln.
February "a, 1927. The city conveyed to
the State the lot now occupied by the
State House and State grounds. contain
ing "a acres and extending from the old
Hallowell road to the river. This lot
was selected by the governor and the
commissioners after careful examina-
ton of the available sites on both sides
of the river.
The corner stone was laid with i'm
posing Masonic ceremonies. July 4, 1929,
and the work of construction was car
ried on through three years. The
granite used in the building was most
ly from quarries in Augusta, a large
part being from the quarry now owned
and operated by the Edwards Company
in Ward 4. Architect Charles Bull
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-09

its timbers were standing in the neigh
boring forest.
From 1927 until 1890 this bridge
served Augusta and the surrounding
county. 1t remained a toll bridge
until July 1, 1867. when the bridge was
declared free and to be maintained by
the city as a public highway. Alexan-
der Kincaid, who was toll gatherer at
that time, had served in that capacity
since 1S26,-a period of Al years. As
early as 1888 attempts had been made
to make the bridge free. A company to
build free bridge was chartered. but
did nothing. There was dissatisfaction
with the high toll rates. and these were
gradually reduced. At last, in 1860, the
bridge was sold for $4,000 to a new
company, the Augusta Free Bridge
Company. The 10 persons In this COM
pany furnished $500 each and the city.
by act Of the Legislature. loaned the
company $4,000. The receipts from
tolls were to pay back this money,
and then the bridge was to be forever
free. BY 1867 the debt was reduced to
$4,000 the amount Of the city loan.
The Legislature authorized the city to
assume this debt and make the bridge
free. and this was promptly done, as
was stated above. July /, 1867.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-09

upon it, when 1t fell with a loud crash
that soon brought the whole village to
the banks of the river. 1t was found
there was no loss of life and the excite
ment quickly subsidized.
The old ferry was again put in oper-
alton and served Augusta two
years, until 1918, when the bridge was
rebuilt. The first bridge had not paid
very we'll, but the owners bravely went
to work to raise more money for new
one. In this project they We're aided
by lottery. In March. 1915 the west
ern span. which was still standing. was
cut away and work upon a new and
better bridge was begun. The contract
was let to Benjamin Brown and
Ephraim Ballard. Jr. for about So.
900. and they pushed the work very
rapidly. The new bridge was more
elaborate than the first, being covered
and having two driveways. 1t was