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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-06-22
Rise of Silver.
The History Of the Bimetallic Move
ment In the United States.

Apropos of the convention OF BIZ
metallic clubs In Cincinnati Tues
day, it is interesting to note the de-
velopment Of the silver sentiment.
1t began In 1889. In Novembe
OF that year national silver con.
ference was called at st. Louis, Mo.
Hon. A. J. Warner, Of Ohio, was
made chairman. and Senator Stew
art, of Nevada; Richard p. Bland,
OF Missouri, and others delivered
speeches, advocating an organiza-
tion for the dissemination of the
silver sentiment. The organization
was perfected in May, 1892, and an
executive committee was appoint
ed, with General Warner as Presi-
dent Of the American Bimetallic
League.
NATIONAL MEETINGS.
National meetings were held in
the West. AT Chicago confer
ence in August, 1893, a resolution
was adopted demanding the open.
ing of the mints to free and unlim-
tied coinage. After this, literature
began to appear. A meeting of sill.
yer Democrats was held at Omaha,
Neb., June 2l, 1894. A platform
was adopted declaring for the "free
and unlimited coinage OF gold aud
silver at 16 to !, without the con-
sent of other Nations" At the
close of the Fifty-third Congress
manifesto was issued by w. J. Bry-
an, II. p. Bland and others, to the
Democrats of the United States,
urging this platform.
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.
January 90, 1896, conference
was held in Washington, d. O., and |
a call was Issued for a silver con-
vention at 81. Louis July %, 1896.
The never-to-be-forgOtten Republi-
can convention was held July l6,
1896, at which Senators Teller, OF
Colorado; Dubois,of Idahoj Cannon
of Utah, and others quit the party
when the gold plank was incorpor-
ated in its platform. In mani
Festo to the country,they gave their
reasons for leaving, and announced
he formation OF new party with
silver as the paramount issue. II
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-06-22
TEACHERS.

The School Examipers Of Hooking county,
on the first Saturday of. each month, at 5
o'clock a. M. except December. january,
July and August; also on third satur.
day Of April and May. Testimonials OF good
unknown to the Board.
z. D. RICKETTS,, Pres.
O. e. GOODWIN,
A. NJ. BROWN. Sec.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-06-22
Very Low Rates to South and West.

The O. & M. V. Ry is selling
Homeseekers Tickets to points To-
Gated in the South and West at
greatly reduced rates. You can
find out all about them by apply
Ing to nearest Q. q M. V. R'y agent
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
Planning to Escape.

Tie Genoa Courier says: There is
little doubt that Uber was laying his
plans to get out OF Jail. A letter in
his hand writing was picked up in the
Jail the morning of his death. A
Courier reporter compared the writ
ing with Uber's notes Of the resti-
mony taken at his pteli mipary exam
ination and the writing appeared to
be the same. Following is the letter:
"This is the way it must be done.
After they put my supper in then
watch them and when they go out
stu keep good lools out for the Con-
stable and the deputy and Sheriff and
if 10 chance comes wait till they put
me in the cell and go away and in
about 10 minutes or 80 minutes go to
the back Of the yard and cross the
fence and open the window and the
doors with the keys and then / will
have all night till nine the next day
to get away. You could have horse
tied at the cemetery and l could ride
to jocks Valley and turn the horse
loose and go to Lake Tahoe and ten
miles to the east toward T,'uckee and
hiLe that day and the nest night
caa cross the Truc!see and go to Sier-
ra Valley and there get something to
eat and cross the Sierra Mountains
and so go Oh out of their way and
they can never catch me-"
Uber was also saving up provisions
and had grubstaEe stored away in a
line barrel in the Jail.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11

Voluntary intoxication is held, in
Harris VS.. United States Cd. C. App.),
3e L. r. A, 465, to be neither an excuse
nor a palliation for the crime of murder.
In n note on this case great num-
Der of authorities are compiled on the
question; "What intoxication will ex-
cuse crime?'
An ordinance renewing the restric-
tons on the location and width Of an ell
evated railroad, which had been made
by former ordinance, is held, in Tu-
dor vs. Chicago & South Side Rapid
Transit Railroad company (nl.), SO L.
L. a. $40, to be applicable to pending
proceedings for condemnation of the
right of way.
n suit to cancel invalid county war
rants was unsuccessful, in Ada county
VS.. Bullen Bridge company Qdaho), SO
L. r. A. 367, on the ground that rem
edy provided by statute to compel the
holders of the warrants to wage their
claims on them or else abandon them
was an adequate remedy at law, which
rendered the suit in equity for cancel
lation unnecessary. ......
Power to exercise the right of emil
neut domain for the relocation of rail
road MS held, in Busby VS.. Kansas City
NJ. &; p. II. company (Nfiss.), SO L. r. A.
sol. to be not implied merely because
the relocation would avoid payment of
damages for injuries to lands and crops
by flood water caused by n prior i'm
proper location. A note to this case re-
views the authorities on the right to
relocate a railroad. The case itself
overrules decision in AZ Miss. SIS, and
says: "The opinions found in that
volume are the utterances of a tribu-
nnl appointed by the military satrap
who had ruled in PROSTATE common
wealth, and have no other binding au-
thority upon us than that each case
therein must be regarded as res ju-
dicata." ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
Hospital Scandal.

The following charges against H.
Bergstein, Superintendent of the
Asylum, have been filed with the
Board Of Commissioners. No time
has been set for hearing but the
answer will probably be in few
days.
To the Honorable Eoard of Com
mlssioners of the INDECENT Insane of
the State Of Nevada. Gentlemen:-
hereby prefer charges against DR..
H. Bergstein, Superintende mt of the
Nevada Hospital for Mental Dis
eases at Reno, Washoe county, State
of Nevada, i'll substance as follows,
to witt
"First. That he has violated the
statutes of Nevada (SeC. 1916, rela-
tive to the pollution Of rivers, water
courses; etc, by causing certain en-
ployes Of said hospital, acting under
his specific order to throw into the
Truckee river, or bitches or fumes
debouching into Sc id river, the brains
OF certain deceased persons, patients
OF said hospital at the time Of their
demise and upon whose remains he
had held autopsies. The name of
said deceased patients whose brains
were disposed Of as above alleged,
and the several dates OF their dispo.
sitiou, are as follows, to wit:-Robert
Crossan, on or about November the
2Sth, 1895, George Dahlstrom, on or
about April 9th, 1897, Alonzo Hol-
born, on or about April 10, 1897, and
William Laws, on or about May LIST,
1897.
Second. That no has been guilty
Of neglect of duty in causing certain
employees of said Hospital, acting
under his specific orders, to keep
the remains Of one S. w. Thomas, a
patient OF said Hospital who died
therein on or about August 23d, 1897,
in the morgue ON the promises of said
Hospital, Ia building situated -
feet from the milk house belonging to
said hospital premises) awaiting bur-
ial until the said remains we're in an
advanced stage Of decomposition,
maggots exuding from the sockets OF
the eyes and the odor so offensive
that it was difficult for the employees
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco

Such gun is being built at the gov
eminent arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y, as
this country never saw and the most
Imaginative of warriors half century
ago would never have dreamed Of ~
When this weapon of death and de-
struction, the enormous forgings for
which are now being put together, is
finished, three years from now, it win
weigh 100000 pounds, and will hurl
shell over 20 miles. It will be mounted
without doubt at one of the forts, Ham
ilton or Wadsworth, at the entrance to
New York harbor, and woe betide the
hostile ship which shall venture to ap-
proach within range of this gigantic
watch dog
Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance, says
the new gun will be worth in most en-
placements q dozen 12-inch weapons.
One shot from it will do more damage
than whole series of proiectiles fired
from the smaller guns. The new de-
stroyer is to be 46.67 feet long; the bore
will be 16 inches, the maximum diane
ter of the gun at the breech SO inches,
ut the muzzle 81. The total capacity of
the bore is 121,487 cubic inches. The
powder chamber will have a capacity of
10000 cubic inches. The charge of pow
der requisite to discharge will weigh
1000 pounds. If fired from Fort Wads-
worth it would plump 1870 steel pro-
jectile down in the village of Yonkers.
The velocity of the shot as it bids good
by to the big gun would be 1875 feet
second, nearly as swift again as sound.
With this force the she'll could be driven
through 33 inches Of steel at the guns
muzzle, and 27.5 inches at distance of
$500 feet.
When this mammoth gun is'complet-
ed it will be tested on the grounds at
Sandy Hook, and then, If satisfactory,
will be mounted where it will do the
most good in the protection of Ameri-
can goods and chattels against for
eign foe.
For many years efforts have been
made to secure the construction of n
gun on these gigantic plans, but it was
not until q year ago that permission was
obtained. It is. conceded now that the
increased power of modern naval
| weapons makes imperative for coast
defense the possession Of guns which
VIII carry further than the greatest pos
sible range of anything which can be
used in the armament of a war vessel.
IN. Y. Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
NEVADA FOR NEVADANs.

A taxpayer writing to the Wads-
worth Dispatch, asks if Nevada isn't
for Nevadans, and while on this topic
asks how it is that the tax receipts of
Washoe County are printed in To
peka, Kansas, These questions are
constantly being asked in Nevada
and are never answered. Now if the
taxpayer who queries of the Dispatch
for information will investigate, he
will soon find out who the county
official is who gets his votes in
Washoe county when he runs for
Office, and spends the county money
in Topeka, Kansas, after he gets in.
If the voters of every county in Me-
vada would begin showing under ut
the polls the people who insist that
nothing in Nevada is good enough
for Nevadans, they could in a very
short time--one election-work
complete change in this condition of
affairs. The law provides that all
State and county supplies must be
purchased in the State or county, and
if Washoe Office holder mas sent to
Kansas for his tax receipts he has
violated the law
We can, however, assure the official,
whoever he is, that he will lose moth
ing by his refusal to patronize home
industry. The people who are en-
deavoring to destroy this State by
giving outsiders all tine show possible
are i'll the majority and the fact that
an official is sending money out OF
the State has never hurt him on
election day, 1t would hurt him in
any other State of the Union, but in
Nevada, and this is what makes Ne
vada the poorest State in the Union
Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11

of said Hospital to handle the re-
mains during the preparatory rites of
burial.
Wherefore, I petition your honor
able body, that you set a day, date,
time and place Of hearing, when upon
due notice being given, all persons
having any knowledge as to the facts
"ertaining to the charges above pre-
ferred, may appear before your hon.
orable body and give sworn testimony
relative thereto.
Respectfully submitted,
HE.scY WooD.
Dated Reno, Dec. 8, 1897.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
$4,000

Whoever you are, SchiIl1ng's
Best baking powder is worth
more to you than the money it
costs.
Your money back if you
don't like it.
A Sehing s. Company ..
San Francisco cola
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
Dated Reno, Dec. 8, 1897.

The celebrated Buckingham g.
Hecht boot at Alexander's. n
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-11
M crit

Is what gives Hoods SarsapariIla its great
popularity, increasing sales and wonder
full cures. The combination, proportion
and process in preparing Hoods Sarsa
parilla are unknown to other medicines,
and make 1t peculiar to itself. 1t acts
positively upon the blood, and as the
blood reaches every part Of the human
system, all the nerves, muscles, bones
and tissues come under the influence of
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MEDITERRANEAN PIRATES.
The Unruly sRifs" Still Cause
 Much Trouble.
From Time Immemoria1 They Have Been Pirates at Sea and Thieves on Shore-Havea Wholesome
 Fear of Our Flag.
Copyright. iSs7.l

Tanoier, Morocco, is as much an Eu- ropean town as Shanghai in China. Like Shanghai, or that part of it which is nearest the port, Tangier is governed by a committee of all the foreign con- suls and ministers, of which the British minister is chairman, acting in concert with Mohammed el Torres, the Shereef- ian minister of foreign affairs.
 Like the open sea, Tangier has three mile limit. Beyond that limit the Moorish rule extends without let or hindrance; and if an American or Eu- ropean ventures beyond he must apply to his minister for an escort. The min ister, after satisfying himself that the person making the request is entitled to his services. makes representations to the government, and the escort is furnished
 In spite of these precautions there is sometimes trouble. Consul-General Burke has had difficulty in enforcing claims for damages for wrongs suffered by protected natives; and the San Francisco and Raleigh, of the United States navy, were sent to enforce conn pliance. Of course they did it. by their mere presence, without delay. Morocco has no navy, and Tangier no modern defenses. and the sultan thought hint as good as kick.
 The trouble is that his shereefan majesty, the sultan of Morocco, hasn't very much control over his own sub ieets near Tangier. Mary ot them be- long to the dreaded Riff tribe, pirates from of old. They are the sole remain ing representatives of the Barbary sea robbers, whom an American fleet once thrashed so soundly. They are at orce pirates at sea and thieves on shore. Only few months ago the French and
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A Hit of Home Realism,

No, my dear," said l, with decision, you will do nothing of the kind.'' l was talking to my wife.
 We had been married week. was 43 and she was 37 or more. A very sensible marrying age, you must admit.
 No frummery and frippery.
 A man knows just what he wants. So does woman, and knows that she can't always get it.
 It is so different with silly girl wives. My wife was no silly girl.
 Thank heavenl
 When l had thus spoken, my wife looked at me appealingly.
 Woman's mission is submission. But so many men never discover 1t. l was not as other men.
 Men never are until after they marry. As said, my wife looked at me in re- sponse to my decisive remark.
 Won't IF" she replied, with snap in her eyes that dazzled me.
 have been dazzied ever since. That was 20 years ago.
 l have never had occasion to speak to my wife in that manner since.
 But 1t isn't every man who learns as readily as did. It isn't every man who has my kind of wife, either. Truth <sAak
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Spanish envoys in Tangier made joint demand upon Mohammed el Torres for an indemnity in the case of the Prosper Corin, a small ship which had been footed by the Riffs. It is rather hard upon the sultan of Morocco to have to pay for the pranks of these subjects, who are in very imperfect subjection.
 It is only few years ago that Spain had to wage an expensive and exten- sive war upon them, finding them an tagonists as vexatious and elusive as are our own Indians. Indeed, they are sad ruffians, many shades darker of skin than high-caste, pure-bred Moors, and not at all such fne-looking and dig nified men. Every one of them carries a long gun when he goes abroad, quite as an Englishman carries an umbrella. They are not particularly good Moham- medans, and wear neither turban nor fez unless it suits them to do so. But their most noticeable peculiarity is the long scalp lock which hangs down from an otherwise close-clipped crown. They cherish their braided queues as zealously as the Chinese, believing that by these convenient handles they will be lifted wriggling into Paradise on the last day, no matter how many lemon schooners they scuttle meanwhile.
 Spain Is again having trouble with the Riffs also-perhaps on the principle that troubles never come singly; and Spain's troubles are more serious not only because she has Cuba and the Philippines like team of wild horses on her hands, but because she has landed possessions in Africa on which the naughty Riffs can prey. And they are making hostile inroads on Melilla-- for so the Spanish province in Africa is called-in the intervals of their regular business of robbing travellers and sail ors.
 In short, the Riffs are pretty bad men. Consul-General Burke is, on the other hand, good man. That is to say, he is trained diplomat, having had years of experience in various con- sular posts in Spain, though his present appointment is but about year or 16 months old; and he knows how to combine firmness with tact. He has the advantage over Spain's representa- tive in having no territory to protect, and with two war ships at his disposal can probably bring the sultan to terms.
 But whether the sultan can bring the Riffs to terms and make them act liktl Sunday school pupils in future, is quite another question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-25
SMELLING OUT A THIEF.
Methods Abyssinfan Detectives Elm
 p1oy to Catch Transgressors.

ploy to Catch Transgressors.
 Abyssinia, the oldest monarchy in the world, had much the same government, laws and customs 5000 years ago that it has now. One of the must curious of these is that of "thief-smelling."
 When a robbery has been committed and is reported to the lebashi, who an- swers to the chief of detectives in New York, he compels one of his subordi- mates to drink a decoction made from a plant which throws him into state of something like that produced by has heesh or opium smoking before the stupor. While thus intoxicated the de- tective is supposed to have a super natural power of smelling thieves. The method of utilizing this power, de- scribed by the Abyssinian traveller, Dr. Knapp, consists of tying a stout rope around the detectives waist and allow ing him to crawl up and down the vil- lage street, the free end of the rope be- ing held in the hand of the lebasbi.
 Whenever the thief-smeller enters house it's master is at once convicted of the theft without further evidence. The person who has been robbed is sent for and made to swear to the value of the stolen property, and this value must be paid at once by the owner of the house to which the scent has led the able de- tective.
 The system has its disadvantages, but perhaps with the right sort of lebashi holding the free end of the rope that is tied around the thief-smeller's waist it will work as well on the whole as re- lated methods of detecting do in New York.-N. '. World.
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from Frisco west by south tc that strange volcanic archipelago which is the key to the Pacific. Every year sees larger number of globe trotters and personally conducted" wonder seekers landing at Honolulu.
 China, Japan, England, Portugal and the United States may discuss who should rule the peaks of the submerged mountain range which show only their heads above the water, but folk VI $e business is to enjoy life will gig shosS selves up to pleasant pas se them thenma islands over and let pQ}i fjss,s~ ssae
 Variety is the chaR uais There one finds whatez.z sso..+ e,f r rest f,. ,.ecre-
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Grandmother'x currant Bread.

Break two yeast cakes into one pint of lukewarm milk; add one teaspoon full sugar; set it in warm place till the yeast rises to the surface, then add three cupfuls of four, and mix it into a thick sponge, cover and let it rise till very light In the meantime stir four ounces butter with four ounces sugar to cream; add gradually two eggs, the grated rind of one lemon. When the sponge is light add the creamed but ter and sugar; add IF cupfuls well washed and dried entrants, add suffi- cient four to make firm, soft dough:
 work it on board till it ceases stick Ing to the hands. put the dough into .<:.:sl .s..es and let it rise to double ifs height then mold 1t into loaf, put It Into round buttered pan. Again let
 HI xe<y light; then bake in uae-
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put up at private plantations in some regions. This is easily done, however, as visitors mssy readily get letters of in- troduction; and they are always well come, for they bring news of what is going on in the world. Indeed, they are the chief source that planters have of keeping i,1 touch with the century in which they live.
 Nearly everyone goes to Honolulu first. as that is the chief port of entry for foreign ships, and the only port which the foreign mail steamers enter. It is the capital of the Hawaiian re- public, and is naturally the headquar- ters for the tourist while he is on the islands. Honolulu is a wonderful city, for in spite of a semi-tropical climate that naturally inclines folk to abstain from overwork, it is as full of activity
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DEATH DUE TO HAR,r
A Scientist says Thought N.
 mine Human Ess' way Deter

human Exfsten. sef-
 pr. '. A. Stephens, New pna,
 man. a graduate of the Boston rIs' s'and sity Medical school and a na,s oniser- many learned bodies, built labarsa.0f ,usr 0f several years ago at Norway Iasa Islas0ry Norway Me, and he spends almoaa m, near IT his time there Investigating tha loss a all of old age and death. with the ,s causes of their alleviation and remov.' r Ooleet Stephens published from his labor.. . Dr' the close connection of all tba osp'Ofy oa', the brain by nerve fiber. enah,;a. se.s h to feel and act together, about F vas asln before the discovery was annona aa years z the great Spanish physiologist seu pe oy y Gaia, of Madrid. iaainon5
 Dr. Stephens says he is cont;dou
 the progress of brain science w;,, y 'llas able mankind successfully to oyeroos =, decay and its climax death Ha s.iile as. out that matter is indestructihis e,u's that the law of the universe is immau n auu tality. He believes that death at 1l''Ot- thD' score and ten or whereabouts is laras,. matter of belief and habit. Gansrv. ssv tion after generation is born into ,,ela' .s world, expecting to die at csr4s: sae time. and it dies then. He very for.;,,,l points out that if children were bronas. up with the idea of living forever 9a th;s altered expectation would pradpsrs.| but surely extend the life limit in th,l course of generations.
 To prove that life length is laroelv .] child of habit and environment ba < E stances the elephant and the s,v.a whose ages run into the centuries ss1 compared with infusoria and mo,bs whose heyday of existence is but tha] feeting moment. His studies have boar3 particularly directed toward the micro seopic examination of the brain callJ| of the old and infirm. He finds tbs;,s nuclei dark and shrunken, just like tbs| brain cells of the fatigued pigeons. and| of the honey bees, SC gra iliiieaiy iliiieaiiiy iiiius7 trated by Dr. Hodge, of Clark univerz sity, Worcester, Mass.
 Dr. Stephens raises the serious in1 quiry as to whether the universal press ence of microscopic dirt may not bd a potent factor of old age and decaxs
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ation one may wish-from drowsing in n hammock in a palm grove while ocean breezes play around, to riding on the crests of the huge breakers that dash against the southern shore or climbing to the boiling crater where Pele's wrath is seen. There are all sorts of climates, too. Those who need heat may have it, and those who would be cool may be suited also. There is bathing of all kinds-fresh or salt, hot or cold, in sul- phur springs or in vapor. There Is no such variety anywhere else on earth.