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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09

In the curse nf u speech on PEN
II Icgisla.I0 Thursday. Senator
Ncst said:
Il d" not want to be captions about
this pension business and do not want
I" set myself up us Il rrformcr, but
thus thing 81 passing Il lot Of pension
bills simply by the read ng Of the
titles, and when a quorum Of The Scr,-
ale Is not present, has got to be stop.
ped"
After further referring 10 the moth.
OILS by which pension bills arc pnssed
10y the Senate, Vest said:
Men Of the > nth have sat here
hnd permitted these bills to be pas sell,
hav'aR some delicary about entering
OBJ cti0ns to the cOursc Of prOct dnrc.
Recent cvcnts have uhlitcratrd Sec
ti"nalIsm, and we arc united. We
can, Tie rciOic, come hure und Object
L" this 'poliI,iOn, and I use the word
"dViscdly. without fear ~ having our
motives inpugDrd or nur words n,is.
construed. We are paying on. in
round figures annually SlI 100000
Tor pensions. and ii IL our duty To find
ont why it IL TINT thirty three year.
after the close Of the Civil War this
thing OF pension claims should show
80 enormous Il SUM-. | have been
Criticised by some OF my people be.
cause | have tot taken "a more deter.
mined stand on this pension question
want. however, I" pay muniiiccntly
and literally ~ pensions. I rcgaru
shrh pay mcni ns a eacrcd duty, but |
d" object to the passage II tho 90 bill
without proper consideration and with
tie same restrictions that arc hedrrd
about other mcGsutcs.'
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09
Testing the silver Question,

An Interesting decision touching
the decentralization OF silver WIS
rendered by judge Smith at Pontiac.
Michigan, the other day in the case of
stephen y. Baldwin vs.. Fred 4.
Baker. The circumstances leading
up to the suit we're these:
Bal Twin owns II farm IN Bloomfield.
valued at $1,000, and upon which
Baker hollis a mortgage for S3D.
The mortgage WAS obtained 10y us.
'iGn urni from its original holders.
December l3, 1897, aud there vac due
III interest and principal upon the
mortgage S36l. In payment Baldwin
rendered Baker 3jI silver dollars.
which he refused Ia accept. Baker
at once began steps To fUr"clGSe the
mortgage. Bal Twin lied a bill in
~chlnr"rv, asking that the mortgage
be disch Urged, iuasmuCh as he hn,I
icndcrc | the payment to Baker. Mr..
Baker li!ci i lengthy answer in re-
ply. covering all the points OF the
r"rnagc laws Ia it he quoted the
conhgc las pr~Sca 10y Compress on
February IL. 1873, providing that the
stand Td gold dollar. should DE the
unit al vaiuc.T On this basis he ur
gurd hr WIS uot being paid the full
value Ut the mortgage. AS a silver dol
lars market valu. was but jSas rcuts.
Judge Smiths decision WIS that the
ten Ter Of he silver in pay ment Tor
the mortgage was good and accord
Ingly ordered the mortgage ~discharg-
! cd rs paid. The case Will he appcnl.
cd t" the Supreme Court Of Michigan
and from thee it % expected that it
will - to the United States Supreme
Court.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09
Hoods Pills sgI nausea, indiges'
THE METAL BoX STEAL.

The Supreme Court has affirmed
the judgement OF Judge Cheney in
the case Of the Office Specially Manu-
featuring Company vs.. washoe coun.
ty. This is the same company that
buncoed the taxpayers OF Elko county
out OF nearly $500 through the com
plicity Of the majority OF the com.
missioners and the auditor. They
tried the same game in Washoe coun.
ty aud ran foul OF Auditor Shearer
who refused to draw warrants for the
illegal bills. The company then
brought suit and Judge Cheney gave
the county a judgment against the
plaintiff An appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court and that tribunal has
sustained Judge Cheney's judgment.
For exposing this steal in Elko
county the INDEPENDENT was round
ly abused and efforts were made by
the friends Of the guilty commission
ers to break up its business. The
grand jury investigated :he steal and
copiously w~hitewashed the commits
siOners when they should have been
indicted for violating the law. We
wonder how the report IT that grand
Jury will read by the side OF the de
cisions OF Judge Cheney anu inc Su.
pTeme Court.
or course it don't do the ISDEPES-
DENT any good to call these facts 10
tue attention OF the people Of Elko
county, but it makes it's editor feel a
heap better to know that the position
he took in the metal box steal OF 1894
has been upheld by the Supreme
Conrt.
One II the commissioners engaged
in this scheme has been a political
mummy for four years and the other
will go On the shelf after January LIST.
Meanwhile the INDEPENDENT has
done business regularly at the old
stand and still continues in the ring.
IL this brief recital should bring any
unpleasant memories To the minds OF
the gang. the INDEPENDENT would be
very sorry, indeed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09
Natural GLASS Mine.

Jackson Ferguson, OF Churchill
county. has ON exhibition at the Re-
port office IN Virginia City, apcculi ir
looking specimen, which no discover.
cd during n late Prospecting tour. Ii
cOnsisrs 81 an almost square piece ~
what l,rks eX city like plate glass
about Is ny Ii inches in siZs and
ahout three fourths " nh inch thick.
Iio prusrrc'nr says that there Is Il
Whole mountriu ~ the stuff down
there ur,i he Ii only here temporarily,
beng on his way TO San Francisco
were he will exhibit his specimens
and make III attempt To get capital
interested in his prof IT -. establish
ing Il plate glass factory hear Cotton
wood, ON the edge Of Dixie Valley.
where the remarkable deposit WIS
found. The stuiT IL not quite MS clear
as ordinary plate glass. but the pros.
pector has had it's elements analysed
by II chemist. and by subjccting the
material to Immense heat it gives
forth its imI urities through its seams
and losing that cluuhinrss which
mars its value. 1t shows us clear and
pure us the best plate glass. The ON
~ drawback about mining the sub.
stance for use as p ate glass is the
difficulty i'll getting it cut IN large
, pieces without breaking It, tho big.
gest being that exhibited by Mr.. Fer
puson, Which as we remarked before,
measures about II by IS inches. but
he says that with the assistance OF
capital means can he easily devised
by which che natural glass can b.
quurri,ni out IL any size desired. IL,
II quite enthusiastic over the pros
poets IT his glIss mine, and from the
specimens he exhibits he certainly
has good aus TO hope for the sue
crsstul prosecution of his designs
Report.
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Not Unlikely.

This IL a lawyers story ~ his frs,
trial, in which a farmer accused his
neigh6or Of stealing his ducks. The
lawyer was employed by the accused
TO convince the court TINT tnch WIZ
not the case. Tho plnintiT was pusi.
tive that his pcighbor was guilty OF
The ofense charged, because he ind
9 the ducks in tho defcndnpt's
yard.
How do you know they wcrc your
ducksf' naked the lawyer.
Il should know my ducks any.
whore replied the farmer. giving n
description Of their various pcculjar.
itics whereby he could distinguish
thom.
Why sGid tho lawyer. athoso
ducks cannot bc Of such rnrc breed.
l have seen some just like them IN
my " yard
That's not at nll unlikcly.' nd.
mitted the farmer, "for they arc NOT
Tho only ducks have had stolen
lately"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
ELKo, December 8, 1893.

ELKo. December 8, 1893.
The Board met pursuant to nd
iournment. Present.. Z. Wool.
y~erton, Fl. NJ. Reed, nnd Stanley Rigs.
by.
The minutes were read and ap
proved.
Money counted and found 10 agree
with the Auditors books.
The reports OF ihe several county
officers examined, approved and or
dered filed.
Tho resignation Of q. VI. Bower as
surety from :he bord OF j.. d. Ghccn
accepted and ordered filed.
The Board fixed the bonds Of the
various county officers rs follows,
viz:
Sheriff, $4,000; county clerk. ESQ.,
100; assessor. $1,000; recorder. So
600; district attorney. s $500; public
administrator, 5000; justice Of rne
peace, 81 900; constable, $1,000: road
supervisor. $1,000.
The following claims were rejected:
Mrs. Logan, $1,000; Luther But Ter.
$1,000; j.. ii. Peck. 500 30; Il. S. Rid
! die & Sons, S96.25; j. b. Chem, SD %;
j. NJ. Barrett, $500; Emilio Pedroli,
as IL.
The following claims for road work
were laid over: f.. c. Murphy, Fort
Halleck, $500; J. G.. Schmid, Wells,
s3i.43; j. n. Hicks, general road.
s7950; r. r. Miller. Ruby, sls7 30;
Frank Culver, Tuscarora, STO.7l;
Hank Smith. Cope, s4GO0; Is. T.. Yatca,
Elko, sl350; II. NJ. Lane, Starr.
5000; William Gardner, general
rond, 5000; NJ. E. Reed, Weilund.
s2l 90.
Taxpayers are requested to pre-
sent objections to said claims ut the
next meeting OF the board.
The board adjourned to Saturday.
December 3lst.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09

a great commo!ion Seems TO hays
taken place among railway circles
owing to the contemplated throuyb
car service between the Pacific Coas,
md Chicago which ia operating one
day each week. This is not a new de.
partnrc 10y any means, IN the Denver
4 Rio Grandc Railroad Company sud
its connections have been operating n
through car service between the Pa.
citic and. Atlantic coast via. Salt Lake
Pueblo, Denver, Kansas City ami
Chicago for ycara, and three dnys
each, week. viz. every "Wednesday
Thursday and Friday evening. The
cars for this through service are Of
the latest Pullman design, and ara
supplied with clean linen and bedding
throughout. 4 Pullman porter ia as.
signed Ia each car. These cars ara
also under the personal supervision
OF II Sprcinl Excursion agent.
wtose duty IT Ia to sec that passen.
gers ar" gwen every comfort and nj.
tchtIur. For further Information. an.
ply To- any agent. or Is. T.. Ncyips.
1chtr' Agent, q To IL VI. Cushing
ltaFriInr Passenger Agent, -. 4 K.
!. IL X. - West }rd South ST. Sal
Lake City, Utah.
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-1:s NEWSPAPER Law.
AL subscriber Should; Read IN.
Following Law aud Avoid Trouble

All subscriber Should, Read IN
Following Law and Avoid Trouble.
/. All Subscribers who do mn,
give express notice tn the CONTRARY
are considered wishing to copt;,no
their subscription.
=. III subscribers order the di.o..
tlnuance of their periodical the nun
usher may continue to send it until
AL ARE arages are puid.
d LII subscribers refuse or neoIec
10 take their periodicals. from tina
otice to winch they are directed, thew
are responsible until they have SGT.
lied thei bills and ordered them dis.
continued.
!. Subscribers moving to ot,e
places without informing the pub.
Usher, and the papers arc sent 10 IN.
former address, they are held 70.
sponsihle.
D. Tho courts have decided tlot
refusing to take periodicals from tbo
oilice or removing and leaving ,h.n
uncalied for, Is prinIa fdcie cyidenc,.
OF Intended fraud.
g. IL subscribers pay in advance
they arc bound to give notice ut Tho
end Of the time they do not wish ;,
continue taking it, and the subscr;bur
will be responsible until an eyp,cs.
notice with all nrrcnrages are sent %
the publishcr.
I. The latest postal laws are such
That newspaper publishers can arres,
anyone for fraud who take a pa,e,
and refuses to pay Tor it.
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MCMILLAN WILL CONTEST SAD
LE:i;'S ELECTION.

There will he a CONTEXT oyer Cover.
nor SadIer's right to serve the people
OF the State for tho next four years.
Tho WiDnemucca Advocate whose
editor, Mr.. Truman is said to be one
Of the attorneys for Mr.. Mcmillan, ha4
the following in regard to the CON
test:
Mcmillan will contest the election
OF Governor Sadlcr on the grounds
that the apparent majority which
Sadler has is based upon illegal voice
sufficient to change the result Of tho
election. Counsel has been employ
ed and il is claimed that suflicrrn;
foundation for the contest is nov
shown in tho different precincts in
this State.
Tho contest has to take place bo-
fore the Supreme Court rs ar origi
nal proceeding, and ID conducted by
the Attorney General Of the State.
h'oH' ~ ~ OouCS, WHO IN tDr
oiicert.clec to fill that position. after
being interviewed. says that while h,
Is a Silver Party man and pers pnally
friendly to Sadler these matters vii
not he permitted for a moment to IN.
terfcro with his duties rs an Officer
and that Mr.. Mcmillan shall rcceiy,
the same consideration as Nj. Sadlcr
Some sensational allegations vii
be made and fully sustained by the
proofs. Counsel has been cmploye,
and az soon as the official canvass Ina,
been made on the third Monday o
this month, proceedings will loo in
stitutcd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09

Contributions from the school chill.
dr"n ot tL'c country 10 tho fund for
erecting n monument to- General In
fayeitc ~ Paris, 1t is Thought. will
reach 800. 90. rcuna,lyanta and
Om" have each contributed $2D.nUO.
and Illinois over 500 %. No contri.
bnitonn from Now York State INV,
been received, rs tho superintendent
OF schools forbade u collection. Soy.
crnl wealthy New York mon hive
made d"naiIonH. Commissioner Gru.
'rai Peck suya the monument wifi
probably ho unveiled July I. 1900.
OoItcd otatrs day at Ito PARIS cxpo.
sition.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09
GROWING GOLD.
Ihe hystcrJ Has Dccn sntisfnctoriI,
Explained by n Chemists
Experiments.

1t Is generally supposed that the mug
gets which are found In the river
gravcls Of Klondikr aud other uurifcr.
Gus regions have been brought down
by the rivers direct from the reefs In
which the gold originally lay.
Many practical miners aud scientific
men. however. have lGrg Eccn of opin.
ION thnt This cannot be the ease. says
the London Mail. for no masses Of gold
OF 80 large II size are ever found in the
reefs ihcmscl,rs. They f., .Icyc. on the
o'her hand. That The NUGGETS have
grown where they nrr now found. ius,
as a crystal Of salt will rrrw In strong
brine; but with SO iusulmbic n sub.
stancc rs nnlG it was difficult 10 I'm.
Gcfs,hnd no" such growth could tnkr
pace. Experiments carried out in Aus.
'faiih hnN" shown that Grra,ing vcgc.
table matter will cause the Gcposi,iou
OF gold f.On solutions Of roId snIts.
nh' these salts arC not known To occur
In reefs.
The mystery Is now solved. 4 Sln.
vonic chemist named IlignOdy has
JnS' shown ihni gold itself can cxis;
IN n soluble form. i!y nciiug on n
slightly nlkHliuc solution Of a rold snI,
with fhrmaldchyhc and submitting tho
proHuct 10 hialysis hr las succeeded IN
oo'hining gold in n ~CCll0idal cnndiiiou
In which state IL j. sUiublr in wafer nuI
may he pr"ciriintCd by iiw addition ot
common snli. II t. probable Tint some
o. ia" gold IN qunrtI rcrfs exists in This
condition. II IS washed Gni by thc
ram, carried away Ia solution by the
rivers. ard deposited In the riy,r
raves wherever there Is any thing ron.
tanning salt TO rnusc It's rr,Cipi,atiou
IN the coursc ~ npcS u large nnvpc,
may in this way hr formed.
~"H're'h has three hospitals. ,o,.,
son'ch'S and I? schools nnJa. reEeh
P'hn supervision. ''' EURO
tod %""Lr,cd women will not be- rcr,0,,
,tn' hereafter, 10 act ne ,co r'iinIt'
r"o''c schools Of Mlwaukcc, i"
uin'rc are IL schuoIt yor CLi,,
n",r'hI' c]onducirG II, ,Lc %,se n
v"n ,G''nh' DR.. Thormon. ""
wbo'aR mas n" institute c~oneu,,,.
tm,os n"'y 1t = TO bo'I icacLcrs
~ tic several corrtics '"'''-
W. katharine van yr..
prog, n"' recently bc"u nnnoim,cJo
OF rFrrocG,ory NJ ,ho "
n,S % TINT Place. III,is ,ho mni,
Iar appointment. "'n8 a sim
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FACTS ABOUT HEALTH

Il Is Easy to Keep Well u We Know
How Some OF tho Conditions
Necessary to Perfect Health.
Tho Importance OF maintaining
good health Is easily understood. and
II Is really a simple matter II W. take .
correct view OF tho conditions required.
Imperfect health the stomach promptly
digests food, and thus prepares III
ishment. The blood Is employed to
carry this nou-ishment to the organs,
nerves, muscles and tissues which
need It. The first great essential for
good health, therefore, Is pure, rich
blood. Now It Is certainly q fact that
10 medicine has such q record Of cures
Us Hoods Sarsaparilla. It Is literally
true that there are hundreds of people
alive and well today who would have
been in their graves had they not
taken Hoods Sarsaparilla. It is de-
pended upon as . family medicine by
tens Of thousands OF people. This Is
because Hoods Ss;saparilla makes the
blood pure. This Is tho secret OF It's
great success. Keep your system in
good health by keeping your blood
pure with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills cure nSpsea, indiges.
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Tue G"lcuudn Properties.

The salt LAX, Tribune says: Joe
furtcn. general superintendent for
ur Gl rsgow & Western compapy. has
returned to headquarters III this city
after M nhsouru VI ten daya in the
camps and reports the splitting Of rail
on 'hc uow lao between Ndclai IT,
and GulcondH now gong forward as
Rapidly is urs con 10 ub'aincd. Mr..
! S'olwUun, general mnu,grr for the
cuaapaDy. rs hoy 1t Gulconda, where
I hn go ]puricclug plous for the dislribu.
lion 81 The electric litht wires
! through which The energies for tho
m~nrn'nvc, and Ur trolley cnrs he.
tween The two tcwrG is to he trans
mItnd and tint having been done
vii return 60 the general Offices. In
ih" next ibirW days it is though,
thai 'rHnEI oriHtioD 81 orCR between
the uincg at Adelaide and the plant
at GoicUudH will have been hy loco
motive and nj which lime the tonnage
will be considerably increased. Mr..
Farren reports everything in mos,
satisfactory condition both in White
Pine aud Humboldt counties.
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The Illinois Democrats dill well at
the polls. They reduced tho major
iiy ~ 10000 ~" ycars aga 10 10000.
aud iurr"at'd their representation in
Congrosa FROM four TO eight.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09

Eyguiiitc holiday gopds Of the
latest dcsiCna, aud Mt away down
prices, at AlCyaudCr's.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09

Tho latest Ciylcp Of 81. ting carla
can DO had at tho lSDEPENDLSr Of.
nee.
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Christmas goods At AleIander's. .
The herald., 1898-06-30

Santiago and are starving. They may be
captured at pleasure. The Texas and the
Marblehead have already destroyed the
forts at the inner end OF the passage and
our ships may enter the inner harbor and
shell Caimanera whenever they are ready
The Dolphin took conspicuous part tn
the bombardment Of Santiago June g. After
the principal firing she went toward the
shore and fired shells into train approach
ing the city with soldiers. With glasses
it could be seen that the train was, wrecked
and the men were scrambling into the
woods. The insurgents afterwards reported
that seventy men and eleven women were
Killed
At Guantanamo the Dolphin protected
the camp of marines at night. casting her
searchlight in the woods occupied by. the
Spaniards and Smelling their positions with
5-inch shrapnel guns. Throughout the
fighting on both sides Of the bay the Dolph-
In raked the Spanish shelters.
Her most notable achievement was on
June IA. when the marines made an Often
sive movement and capturd the well. Our
troops moved upon the Spaniards. with
the Cubans in front and on their tanks as
scouts. Wherever the Spaniards could be
seen the Dolphin threw shells among them.
When they made their last stand, the ma
rines wig-wagged to the Dolphin. "Shell
the house." The Dolphin could see nc
house except the one she had previously
hit and which she knew was empty. She
fired at random up the little valley and
a shell tearing through the trees entered
house among them. The Spaniards
poured out like ants from d hill and the
Cubans and marines picked of sixty-eight
The shell killed seven.
In some cases the ships could only Judge
Of the skill of their gunners by observing
the vultures gathering about spots where
shots had been aimed. The Spanish dead
were, in many cases. left unburied.
Everybody, the Dolphin's officer says, II
enthusiastic in praise of the Cubans, who
are utterly without fear, and are, unwilling
to retire when. ordered to stop fighting
The fortitude of wounded Cubans is de-
scriOed as remarkable
The herald., 1898-06-30
The Do1phin's Good Work

KEY WEST, Fla, June ga vessel that
has Just arrived here from Guantanamo,
where she left on Saturday noon, brought
one of the officers of the United States
gunboat Dolphin, who Is returning home
on sick leave. The officer in question says
the Dolphin has been cooperating with
the marines in Guantanamo harbor, though
lately matters have been quiet there.
When he left on Sunday there were
twenty-four ships in the harbor, including
lighting vessels, golfers, the hospital ship
Solace, and the Red Cross Society steamer
State of Texas, with Miss Clara Barton.
1t was the prevalent belief that Santiago
de Cuba would be taken before July l, as
the American troops were only five miles
distant from the city and closing in. An
+. excellent water supply has been obtained
on the shore at Guantanamo. where there
were 600 Cubans In addition to those of
the American marines.
The passage leading to the inner harbor
the officer reports was thoroughly cleared
of mines by launches from the Dolphin and
ether ships. Eight mines, weighing 1S0
pounds each, We're taken up and sent to
New York. where they will be cleaned be-
fore they are put into use in American
waters.
The Spanish troops at Manera and other
points in the inner harbor are cut off from
The herald., 1898-06-30
the resolution, went into executive session
| and at p. m. adjourned.
In the House

In the House
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The house to-
day disposed of number of measures and
incidentally enjoyed q speech from Allen,
Democrat, of Mississippi, which precipitat-
ed a political episode in which Grosvenor,
Republican of Ohio, and Bailey, Democrat,
of Texas, figured as the principals. Allen
proposed that company of congressman
be raised to go to Cuba. After sending the
Indian and sundry civil bills back for con-
ference, consideration of bills from the
military affairs committee, under the rule
adopted yesterday, proceeded.
Church and. Army
Notable among the measures passed were
those providing for the enlistment of cooks
in the army, providing for the appointment
of military storekeepers for the army, pro-
viding for the protection of harbor de-
lenses and Notifications against wanton
and malicious injury, and giving the Sec
rotary of war discretion to permit any
church or religious sect to erect it's house
of worship upon the West Point military
reservation
The bill was passed-133 to 25.
A protracted discussion was precipitat-
ed by the bill to increase the daily army
ration by the addition tri-weelsly of one
quarter of a pound of full cream cheese
and two ounces of canned corn. The bill
was attacked ss presented not in response
to the demand of the army but Of the
cheese makers. After heated debate be-
tween Grosvenor and Bailey, the house
at 6 o'clock adjourned, the yeas and nays
having been ordered upon an amendment
to the bill offered by Otey of Virginia add
ing chewing and smoking tobacco to the
rations of soldiers