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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28
A WOODLAND MEMORIAL.
Wonderful Natural History Asylum
In Honor OF PnrsOn White,
of Selborne.

A memorial as appropriate as it is we'll
deserved is about to be established at
the main entrance to the forest of
Woolmer. once the crown properties of
England, reports the Boston Tran
script. This Enclosure is to he set aside
as an asylum for the wild birds and
animals of the country. Gamekeepers
and watchmen. will guard it. day and
night. Neither cat nor dog nor any
known hostile intruder, either man or
beast. will be permitted to enter, and
at the gate will be erected a statue of
Gilbert White, the parson who lived
and ministered in the little village of
Selborne and immortalized it with his
natural history of the place. He was
neither warrior, statesman, poet nor
artist, but supplemented and reverent
gentleman who remained at what was
considered q lowly and unimportant
post and made daily discoveries among
the mysteries of nature right at his cwn
door. He lived in constant and loving
intimacy with birds and flowers and
animals. He knew their habits and
chronicled their histories. He did much
TOT science, but more as teacher of hui
mainly in ways of kindness and as an
interpreter of the lower life to the high
er. We might have had a Thoreau
and Burroughs if there had not been
White, but there can be no doubt that
their philosophy has been enriched and
their tastes stimulated by his labors.
tumble as was his field apparently his
achievement has stood the scrutiny of
lOO years and more. and his memory
Is more honored to-day than ever be-
fore. Many names greater in their time
nave had their day and stand before
us only in moldy memory, but his fame
grows fresher with each returning
springtime.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28
THE NEWSPAPERS Law.
All Subscribers Should Read the
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.

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refusing to take periodicals from the
once or removing and leaving the m
uncalled for, is prima fdcie evidence
Of intended fraud.
3. Ii subscribers pay in advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end OF the time they do not wish to
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notice with all arrearages are sent to
the publisher.
Z. The latest postal laws are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone for fraud who take a paper
and refuses to pay for it.
Under the law the man who allows
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28
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Route
Say
Huntington"

when the ticket agent asks you what
railroad east OF Denver you want
your ticket to read over.
The Burlington is the shortest Eue
from Denver 20 Omaha. Chicago. st.
Louis, and everywhere east of those
cities.
1t is the only line ont of Den YER
runningtwo fast trains daily to Oma-
Ina and Chicago. They leave at $50
u. m. and $3.50 p. m.
Tickets at Offices OF connecting
lines.
w. F. MCMILLAN, Gen'l Agt.,
ala s. W. Temple St., Salt Lake Citv
Il. r.. NcsIen,
TrRv. Pass. Agt.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28
SIN OF OMISSION.
AN enthusiastic Lawyer Who Spread
1t on Too Thick In Defend
Ing Ills Client.

There is such Il thing as OVERRIDING
your part" declared a man of the law
who now has the knowledge gained by
much experience.
Shortly after began to practice in
the west | was called upon to defend
a man who had drawn a revolver on an
other and threatened to kill him. The
accused did not have character above
reproach. but the prosecuting witness
was also shady in reputation, and T
made the most Of this fact. l pictured
him as desperate Of the most DANCE
GUS type, man that was q constant
menace to the community and one who
would recognize no other law than that
OF force. Such men as he, insisted.
made necessary the organization of
vigilance committees and injured the
lair name of the west among the older
communities of the country.
The jury returned q verdict If
guilty and my man was sentenced to
years imprisonment. AS soon &C
court adjourned the foreman of tho
jury came to me and said: Young fell.
ier' you spread it on too thick. After
that there 'rip-sr ortin' speech Of worm
we couldn't do nothin' else AN what we
done
/ don't understand you. STRIP
You don'tP why, we found the ger
loot guilty cause he didn't shoot"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28

cit seems very strange" said Barn
stormer, chat when an egg isn't good
for anything else it goes on the stage"
She-"If these mushrooms are poi
sonous what will become Of me?" He
---"That depends on the life you have
led"
The reason why weeds grow faster
than the corn is explained by a wise old
gardener. The weeds are the natural
children Of the soil, while the vegetables
are only stepchildren.
A visitor to the kitchen of the Reform
club said to Alexis Soyer, the chef de
cuisine: "Your female attendants are
all very pretty" eyes," said the chef,
"plain cooks will not do here"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-28

In state fund. ............S -
Judges salary fund. ...... -
In general county fund. -. 1894 IS
10 cash contingent fund. 1926 S5
In INDECENT sick fund ..... 1,138 80
In high school fund. ..... 1865 1S
In officers salary fund.-. 1,l48 40
In road fund ..........
In Go. SIP: High School fund 1876 81
Elko Co High School bond
redemption tund....... Else 81
The times., 1898-09-27
In the Matter of Generals Wilson
and McCoOk.

The more one analyses the compost
tion of the coroner's jury organized to
sit upon the decomposing remains of
Algerism in the War Department the
less that solemn inquest seems to prom
ise results other than ridicule and fall
ure
Personally considered, the members
of the unofficial commission are of good
character and standing, and of more or
less renown. AS to most of them, criti-
cism of their acceptance of the mission
to which they have been assigned by
the President is unnecessary There is
no occasion to raise any question of
propriety or good taste in regard to the
relations of gentlemen like General
Dodge or Colonel DENLY to the investi-
cation. They are civilians, although
ex-soldiers, and are as much at liberty
as any other citizens would be to oblige
Mr.. Mckinley, by going through the
form of hearing such voluntary testi-
mony as War Department officials and
others may be disposed to favor them
with. But 1t is a different matter as to
two of their colleagues on the commits
sion.
Brigadier General John NJ. Wilson is
the chief engineer officer of the United
States army. Major General Alexander
Mcdowell McCook holds that rank on
the retired list. Both, therefore, are in
the service, subject to the orders of the
War Department, and subordinates Of
its head, the Secretary of War.
If it is not a violation of military
ethics, or worse. to authorize army
officers TO sit in judgment upon the Off
cial acts of their superior particularly
when he has not been subjected to any
formal arraignment, we must confess
that our conceptions of the rules and
conventions governing army matters
are sadly vague
Indeed, it seems TO us to be rather
outrageous both to Secretary Alger
and TO Generals McCook and Wilson.
to permit such a situation. 1t amounts
to the exposure of the subordinate to
official persecution in case of anything
but a whitewash verdict. and il entities
the head of our military establishment
to complain that he has been affronted,
in the constitution of his interiors in
rank as his judges, in an extra-legal if
not an illegal interference with his
rights and dignity.
What would Mr.. Mckinley think if it
were proposed to appoint members of
his Cabinet as inquisitors, to investigate
and try him, on account of the unkind
things that have been said about the
Kansas Pacific deal, and the alleged
| trade resulting in the anti-expansion
terms Of the Edmunds- ireland proto-
| col? That is about what it comes to.
The times., 1898-09-27
An Instructive Story-ProbabIy Tn
true.
(From the Boston Journal)

tfFGm the Boston JONIhai-l
a wear ago William Waldorf Astor was
looking toward royalty. He had His eyes
upon the Princess Victoria. daughter Of
the Prince of Wales, and II stories can be
believed he and the princess had as pret-
" a tiff as ever graced the love history
of a woman. From the same source comes
the story that Mr.. AstOr. being frequently
a guest al Sandringham- was privileged 10
drive the princess out in the dog-cart
with only the chaperonage OF two FOOT
men in the rear. OF course their pain
was a conventional one, and their drives
were taken in the conventional part OF
the day At one of these drives Mr.. As
tor became very tender and began 10
sound his way toward the heart OF the
princess. Come now, princess, said ne,
''and give me your opinion If YOU knew
a commoner who loved a beautiful prln-
cess. what advice would you bestOw?
Upon the man. asked the princess
Yes. princess
'I should advise him 10 go on loving
her" said the princess, dimpling with de-
light.
And what advice would you bestow
upon the lady. prineess?"
Il should tell her not TO fan in love with
a cad
oh" said Mr. Astor. and the subject
dropped right there and was never taken
up again.
The princess, it was whispered. liked
Mr.. Astor very much, but not quite well
enough
The times., 1898-09-27
VINDICATIoN FOR HoBsoN.
His Success Has Worked a Change
OF Sentiment

By his success in raising the Spanish
flagship Maria Teresa. Naval Constructor
Hobson has won a signal triumph and
puts down forever all criticisms that had
been directed at him as 20 his method Of
carrying on the work and his undiplomat-
ic zeal in the undertaking.
1t will be remembered that several
weeks ago Commodore Watson. who had
been directed to examine the condition of
the Colon and Maria Teresa, reported to
the Navy Department that in his opinion
the Colon could not possibly be saved
and that he had grave doubts about the
Teresa. The authorities had at that time
become dissatisfied with the progress of
the work on the Teresa, and at a meeting
of the bureau chiefs a recommendation
was made TO Acting Secretary Allen that
the undertaking should be abandoned
1t was suggested that this be done imme-
diateiy unless Constructor Hobson and
the wreclzing company could show salts
factory proof of ability to raise the ship
In a reasonable time.
Constructor Hichborn stood up for
Lieut. Hobson. He opposed the action of
the bureau chiefs. and in d minority re-
port suggested that full opportunity be
given Lieut.. HObson TO try his devices be-
DGIuE OIucItu uOIDe- lie DOlllGu out
that the lieutenant had undertaken the
contracts involving many thousand dol
lars on the authority of the Government
and to drop so suddenly the project would
be to humiliate the young officer and
serve no good purpose.
That Constructor Hichborn was right
was proven by a cable message received
Yesterday by Acting Secretary Allen from
Capt. Goodrich, of the Newark. which
gives in detail all the facts in connection
with the raising of the Maria Teresa last
Saturday.
Instructions have been sent TO Lieut..
Hobsen TO resume work on the Colon and
begin wrecking operations on the Ner-
cedes, which lies within the mouth of San
tiago harbor close to the Merrimac.
The Teresa will be brought North as
soon as she is in condition 10 make the
voyage. 1t is intended 10 place the Teresa
in commission
The times., 1898-09-27

should most desire. We can readily
fancy what would be the fate of such
a man. He would be told to shut up
or get out. And rightly, too.
The American people-the people who
have built up and preserved and en-
larged the splendid institutions that
are the hope of all mankind-have
never made a serious mistake. They
have made up their minds that the
most benefcent Providence could not
design better destiny for the people
Of the Philippines than American pos
session and could not offer better op-
portunity to advance the cause of hu-
with Spain has placed in our hands.
Every consideration of duty and con-
sistency and future peace and business
advantage fayors the taking of the ISL
ands by America. We are urged to 1t
by Great Britain, by Japan, by Ger
many, and by many of Spains leading
men, whose judgment it is that we are
equal to every demand. OF all the men
prominent in our public life, this acci-
dental citizen, Mr.. Schurz, is the soli-
tary one who makes campaign
against the carrying out of the popular
will. A few aged, retired statesmen,
grown feeble and timid, doubt the wis
dom of the proposition, but they show
more respect for the people than he
whose shrill voice is constant in its op-
position. At the least, he imposes on
the amiable tolerance of the country
and displays very bad taste.
The times., 1898-09-27
THE SIGNAL CORPS MASCOT.
Col. Crawford's Porto Rican Protege
visffs Mr.. Mckinley.


Ramon Diaz, thirteen-year-old lad
from Porto Rico. called on President Nc
Kinley late yesterday afternoon He is a
bright mulatto boy, with clear-cut fea-
lures and quite intelligent looking. and
was accompanied by his guardian, Lieut..
P. B. Crawford, of the Fourth Signal
Company, which recently arrived from
Ponce
Ramon enjoys the distinction of being
the first Porto Rfcan boy to announce his
intention of becoming citizen of the
United States. He can only speak a few
English words. but through Capt C. b.
Hepburn and Lieut. Crawford. as inter-
prefers, he informed the President that
he desired 10 become an Americana"
The President greeted Ramon kindly
and was pleased when Lieut.. Crawford
informed him that he intended to take the
little Porto Rican TO his home at Little
Rock. Ark, where he would be reared and
educated. The boy was given to Lieut..
Crawford by his mother when the signal
officer was at Ponce, and he appears TO
be greatly attached to his guardian.
Ramon wears a new soldier cap, OF
which he is very proud, and a navy blue
suit, provided for him by the lieutenant.
In Porto Rico the children of the poorer
classes are allowed to go entirely nude
until they are eight years of age, and
when they are older they wear but little
clothing. Consequently Ramon struts
about as proudly as a peacock in his
natty suit. and declares that he is an
Americana sojer."
When he saw Lieut. Crawford cleaning
his teeth yesterday morning the lad indi-
Gated that he desired to borrow the lieu
tenants tooth brush for his own use. and
became so insistent that Lieut.. Crawford
had to purchase one for him from a
neighboring drug store.
The Porto Rican boy. who is known as
the mascot of the signal corps. was also
introduced to Gen. Greeley, chief signal
officer. and Col. Dunwoody.
The times., 1898-09-27
THE PRESIDENTS OUTING.
His Western Itinerary Has been
Partially Arranged

The itinerary of the Presidents Au-
tumn outing trip has not yet been COM
pleted, but that portion of it which re-
lates TO his visit 10 the Omaha Exposi-
ton was arranged yesterday afternoon.
Senator Thurston, accompanied by E. c.
Snyder and w. n. Babcock. of the trans
portation committee of the exposition,
were AT the White House, and talked the
matter over with Mr.. Mckinley.
The program they arranged provides
that the President will leave here Mon
day morning, October 10 and go through
without stop, reaching Omaha the Tues
day evening following He will be quar-
tered at the Omaha Club. in specially ar
ranged quarters. The entire trip Will be
made over lines Of the Pennsylvania road.
The train Will leave Chicago Tuesday
morning and Will run through Iowa in
daylight. This Is 10 carry out a promise
to go through that State. After remain
ing in Omaha several days the President
will visit Chicago to attend the peace ju-
bilee
The times., 1898-09-27
Stirring Them lip.

CFrom the birmingham ge-Herald)
Admiral Sampson. Gen. Wade and Gen.
Butler represent this country at Havana.
and if the advices from that city are TO
be trusted they should study the mean
ing of the word Immediately" The pro-
tocol calls for an immediate evacuation
of Cuba. The protocol is six weeks old.
and IL calls for the immediate evacua-
ton of Cuba. The three commissioners
seem to be paying more attention TO per-
sonal comfort and to honors for Blanco
than TO the one duty they were sent to
perform. They were sent to Havana 10
secure, arrange for and carry out the i'm
mediate evacuation of the island on the
part of Blanco and his army. Blanco is
reported 10 have asked that February Is
be named as the day upon which evac-
uation is to begin. AS there are 100. .000
Spanish soldiers on the island American
occupation would thus be delayed by an
other rainy season. The American people
will stand no such triflng, no such de-
lay. with the terms of the protocol lying
before them. Evacuation next year is not
immediate evacuation.
The times., 1898-09-27
Ross Rule ResponsibIe.
lErnm a. rtioa oh-erver-N


How was it that horse doctor came 10
he appointed chief of the medical service
for 10000 human beings? Because of the
blessings of boss rule. The horse doctor
was a resident of Pennsylvania, and his
appointment was demanded by Boss
Quay 1t can be readily surmised that the
horse doctors political services TO Quay
were considered by the Pennsylvania boss
as overbalancing all the mischief he could
possibly do among common soldiers II
there is one thing more than another that
this war has taught il is the inestimable
value OF the merit system in public ser
vice. The sacrifice of most of the lives
can be traced TO the doors of the bosses
with pulls
The times., 1898-09-27
MAY CONSULT MR.. HAY.
The President Has Not Yet Filled
the Internationally.

The President will not appoint a sue
cessor to Hon. John Hay, as ambassador
to England, until Mr.. Hay is installed
as Secretary of State, which will proba-
bly, take place on Thursday
The name of Representative Hit is still
mentioned in connection with the ambas-
sadorship, but those who know the Presi-
dent well, say that he will consult the
wishes of Mr. Hay before making the ap-
pointment.
Among the other names mentioned for
the court of st. James are Senator Nc
MILAN, of Michigan, and former Gov
Merriam, of Minnesota.
In view of the arrival of Mr.. Hay this
week, several Of the leading members of
the diplomatic corps are returning 10
Washington to be present at the State
Department on Saturday, when the new
Secretary OF State will receive the diplo-
mats. Sir Julian Pauncefote and Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador, are
both expected here before Saturday.
The times., 1898-09-27
The RooseveIt Report.

Now that the commission created to
investigate Algerism in, and presum
ably to era 1icate ii from. the War De-
partment is safely intrenched behind
closed doors and ought to be ready for
business, its worthy president. General
Grenville NJ Dodge, will surely appre-
ciate any suggestion that may tend TO
promote the objects of the inquest.
Believing this, and remembering that
President Mckinley has admonished
the commissioners to dig deeply into the
sink of corruption before them, and TO
spare neither pick. spade, carboiic acid.
nor misdemeanants, we are happy that
we can offer one small slice of assist
ance. No doubt, in many directions,
General Dodge and his amiable and
efficient colleagues will find difficulty in
reaching evidence sufficiently warm to
prevent the secret sessions from resem-
bling an aggregation of travellers in
sleeping car at night after the buffet
has been closed. But right at the start
this can be avoided and the ball of tes-
timony set rolling in healthful, vigor-
Gus, and inspiring sort of way.
w
mission lose not a moment in calling for
a report to the War Department made
by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, of the
First Volunteer Cavalry, in response to
circular letter directed to command
ers of regiments. instructing them to
report in detail upon their experiences
and observations in the late campaign
in Cuba.
The document in question was duly
| forwarded to and acknowledged by the
department 1t should now be In its
| files We do not assert that 1t Is, be-
cause, in the hurry and press of busi-
ness incident to a sudden transition
| from the pleasures and profits of war
! to the anxieties of settlement and ex-
/ planation after a suspension of hostili-
ties, papers are liable to be mislaid or
carried away, as happened in the case
! of the Carter court-martial records.
That consideration. however need not
worry the commission. If the report is
in the building, we feel sure that its
| custodian will gladly produce ii at the
behest of General Dodge. II he cannot
| or will not, ii viii still be feasible TO get
| at its interesting and important state
ments and revelations. Colonel Roose-
1 welt has certified copy which, beyond
question, he would allow the commits
| sion to use.
Most voluntary testimony, such as is
likely to come before the tribunal, viii
! be tame and not calculated to excite
either mirth or horror; but the Roose-
Welt report will be something to cause
thought and demand action, that is, if
the investigation is to be serious one,
and not merely intended to tide very
bad situation over the November cleo
1 tionS.
The times., 1898-09-27
Sum spot. Heat and Aurora.

NJ F'lammarion, the astronomer, sends
to the Paris Herald a picture of ire
mendous spot that crossed the central
meridian of the sun on the 10th instant
and caused the great heat reported from
England, France and the United States
This spot had diameter six times that
of the earth-an unusual size for a spot.
AS often happens. an aurora borealis, OBJ
served on September 9. marked the pas
sage of the big spot over the suns face.
The times., 1898-09-27
"Not Expected.-
(From the Baltimore SUM-

trrom the baiilHere sum-
The Santiago campaign, with its hid
eous blunders and incompetency in the
medical and commissary departments, Of
fers field for an investigation that
would determine to what extent Secre-
tary Alger's administration fell short of
what it should have accomplished. but it
is not expected that the Commission will
be able to make such an inquiry into the
abuses which abounded in that campaign
as will satisfy the public. Congress will
probably have to make the investigation
later If any practical results are to be
accomplished.
The times., 1898-09-27

There has been a slight ambiguity
about the latest reports from the White
Nile. Sir Herbert Kitchener telegraphed
Lord Mayor Davies that he had estab-
message represented that Marchand had
declined to evacuate and was still holding
the fort. 1t seems, therefore, that kitch-
ener must have established the French
garrison, already on the ground, at that
particularly interesting point.