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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
Secretary sherman to Retire.

Washington. March Silt is reported
that Secretary Sherman will shortly
retire from the cabinet owing to age
and ill-health. 1t is further stated that
c. X. Davis. chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations. has been
consulted with reference to being Sher-
mans successor. Another report is that
George F. Edmonds, former senator
from Vermont, has been rendered the
state department portfolio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
HOE feLseRAn 10 sas yuxeA.



osssssssoss DsssA laspssss lassssssss
VIM Osasaes.
wssAington, March Sl.-CopRrsss-
maa Beach. Of Ohio. sent the follow.
leg Telegram 70 President Palma, Of
NE Caosa Jansa: "Having msin-
ssinsd war three years BY your own
bravery, resources and sacrifices, nm.
Precsdsassd in oil history. viii The
Cebsas sccspt . compromise whom
sAsy esa ovsrhssr In the throas Of
their brutal enemy the death rasslsl
God forbid. VIII eomproniss give
bssk your sonp VIII Il unfsps your
dsaGhssr. and viii II revive your
mother. Who urged them on With the
Lass breath Of starvation allowed! |!
Fight IL out; Unols Sam 10 dusting
o6 bic uniform"
nensss 1Dsss - lopsssaas Order.
Havana. March Sl.-Caps. Gen.
blssco issusd . decree dirsctisg aa
ssd 70 the rscoacsntrating 10 the
psosiaess Of Pinar Dsl Rio, Havana,
natassas and Santa Clara.
. Bsa 0sasssss.
Birmingham. Eag.. March ST.
he ky,ochs. Of this city. have m.
dsrsaksa 10 deliver 800 high proise.
tiles weekly 10 Spain.
Nsv Ysss nssly - ass Scare
Albany. March Si.-Ths lsRislssurs
nsds - appropriation Of ei, ,ooo, 900
- . eoatisGent var fund and the
governor siGasd the bill. The Ne.
tioaal 0assd Of New York 10 now
pSpsssd ios var as . nomsas's no.
aes.
Ss0sa esshs - AlanssA
Losdos. March Silt 10 reported
tAss japan hes ssksd The Unissd
States 70 join Great Britain IL sup.
porting Jspsa's rsissal 70 witAdrsv
mon Wei Hal wsi sfsss The payment
Of he CAissss vss indemnity ia view
Of tAs possibility Of Rsssis ssisiss
sAss psst
wssAlsGses. March si.-rAs Jsps-
ssss legation here dlssesdlts he
above.
fsnss osss Wnsslsss eole.
CAieaso. March Si.-As Tie n.
qssss el ~ eovsrsos. Gss. Wheeler.
esaossdis9 Ne First brigade Of ~
usdeeal 0ssrd. hes foevsrded his
rssagussieo. II 10 uD1Gsssood she
esab,s 70 Ne sssssos q whsslse'e
|pu1aaass - ~ ssvs.sA ssgiasas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31

wsshisesoa. March si.-A mem.
bsr of We Aouss Who saw the pessi.
dsst says u Q favorable reply 10 rs-
ssivsd from Spain eoasrsss viii b
Informed; 10 usisvorsb'e sAs psssi-
dent vill ssnd . message reviewing
the eossrovsrsy ssd usliae ess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
VANDERBILT SYSTEM CHANGES.
csy Depew Becomes Chairman Z
Hale q Dozen Dlrectoriea

ChAuncey Depew Becomes Chairman Of
Half . Dozen Directories,
New York. March 21.-President De-
pew authorizes the following statement:
'The following adjustment Of the man
agement Of the Vanderbilt system will
be made after the annual election Of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad company. which occurs on the
10th Of April: Cbauncey NJ. Depew will
retire from the Presidency Of the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail-
road company. and becomes chairman
OF the board Of directors Of the New
York Central and Hudson River, Lake
Shore. New York, Chicago ndSt. Louis,
and the Michigan Central railway.
Is. r. Galloway will succeed Depew as
president OF the New York Central. Mr..
Ledyeard will remain president Of the
Michigan Central. The presidents Of
the Lake Shore and of the New York.
Chicago and st. Louis have not yeti
chosen"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
WILL SPAIN SUBMIT TO ALL OF THESE?
Does Not Look So From Tone of the Madrid Ministry,
But Il May Be.
Todays Developments at the National CapitaWaiting
Patiently on Mckinley.

sha rsconnsndstions satisisctory to
congress.
n Rslmssal Osasss0so.
wsshingtos, March Sl.-Ths com.
nissss Of rspublisans reported BY
Last night's conference reached The
white House ss p. m. and were
soon closstsd with Mckinley.
sspsss Bsssss ne ssaaas 0soansss.
wsshiagsos. March Si.-rhs ssa.
sss committee on foreign relations
sdJosrnsd till Up. N. when Capt.
Slgsbes. Of the Maine. will b before
them 10 spssk Of shs Maine report.
The committee discussed ss some
lsagtA the scqaisision Of SL. Thomas'
Island. bus NJ action wss taken.
The house committee on foreign
affairs sdjourasd at noon without
sotioa. sad decided that 10 was only
fair 70 the sdmipissrssion to give Il
the few days asked 70 ~ II the Dc.
nsads Of the president could b
sgrssd 70 By Spain before taking an
aggressive scsion.
sVsss Nss lssllosl - Hsia.
Madrid. March 3i.-At the confer.
saes yesterday between Sagssts and
0amasso and Stlvsls, leaders Of the
conservatives. the premier unioldsd
the ssrms Of the Uaitsd States. The
oppositios leaders counssllsd the rs-
jscsios. sad Sagssta replied person
ally be vss not disposed 70 sccsds
70 them. The feeling In Madrid
today 10 psssiuistic. The nswsps.
psss ars igsosant Of the actual pro.
possls Of ths Uaised States. bus urge
no surrsudsr.
rss. However. = Net Pssasyiss.
Madrid. March Si.-Ths cabinet
council lasted half IN hour. Nothing
ds6sits 10 yet known concerning the
decision reached but the impression
prsvsils. however, that Spain will
nos sgres 70 the proposals Of the
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31


Mcklnley's sssussncss 10 cosersss
regarding shs outlook for the ssssls-
mess Of the Cuban question without
vss are based on sdvicss from Wood.
ford 10 The effect that hs believes
Spain will Of her own sccord submit
. proposition for settlement, which
10 szpssssd 70 cover three points.
Fissa Spain viii ssad rseosess.
srsdos hoos and provide fos then.
Second. There shall bs arnissics
with view 10 settlement sud the
withdrawal Of Spanish troops iroa
Cuba
Third. In the csss Of the failure
OF Spain and Cabs 10 rssch % agree
msas, Spain vill submit the entire
matter 10 President McKislsy % o..
bisrssor. with the undertaking shss
be VIII decide for the absolute iads-
pssdsncs Of Cubs.
Up 70 half past = shis sflsssooa
shs ssats department he'd not re-
csivsd . word from woodfosd - 10
the result Of sodsy's spsaisA ssblsss
meeting. 10 is not sfpscssd before
shis evening.
SIMPLY Wssssss.
wsshiaesoa. March si.-rhs psss-
idess sisted the situation today 10
eoagrsssioaai callers sabsssssislly %
follovs; The sdmiaisssssioa 10 slo-
ply awaiting defuits respoass fsoa
ths Msdsid nsgosissious In prosrsss.
All dspesds On shs effect Of sAsss.
The sdmiaisssssioa 10 ssruggliag for
peace % fer % national honor sad
dignity vii permit Il 10 hoped the
Issue vii come 70 . dsfsits adjust
msnt before the week closes. Meas
time Il sdvisss against rsbld and o..
cited sslk. Cool iudesnsas should
have sway 10 the matter. which will
either briae she country P,sss or var.
Al The white Houss sAis norsisg
10 vss said hat 10 was unliksly that
any asssses would b sent 10 co.,
ersss today. A rapid Ore Of diplo-
nstis eoamunicstieas bssvssa
WssAisgton sad Madrid. however.
nsks ssiossssa dsvslopasass possi.
BILE at any moment.
sssssss % Asssssssis lsss esssssa
wsshisgsoa. March sl.--Ths dam.
ccrssic members Of The houss for.
sign affairs committee attempted 70
force nssssrs this morning. bss were
prsvsassd By sAs republicans stand.
Ing By the agreement Of yesterday 10
vsis all Monday. TO which time he
committee sdjoasasd sfsss Q sAoss
session. The senate committee on
foreign rslssioas desssv s1psss 70 r.
port until Monday, svsltiag sbso-
lutsly the wishes Of Ne psssidsal
% they ere 10 compisss harmony
with Mck!nlsy, end ssy they srs pso.
essdinG 90 absolute iniosmssloa -
10 We character Of seeosissioss With
spain. which are 10 the eject that
the Independence Of Cute 10 the one
essential eoasiderssioa. The psssi.
dent told spsis 10 % nsay words
that 10 vas useless 10 20 further os
any other uadsYusandiue.
rss Pvsseesss - CsaGsso.
wsshisesoa. March si.-A mem.
bsr Of sAs Aouss Who sav The pessi.
dsss seys u favorable reply 10 70
ssivsd from Spain eoagSsss viii b
Informed; u uaisvorsb,e sAs psssi.
dent yin send message rsvisvise
the sossrovsrsy ssd nslise esr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
Il Was the Hsuse's Turn Yesterday,

Washington, March 31-The resolu-
tions providing for the recognition of
the independence Of Cuba, etc, intro
duced Tuesday in the senate. were yes
terday referred to the foreign relations
committee without debate Caffery
concluded his speech on the national
quarantine bill. after which the meas
ure making further provision for a civil
government for Alaska was passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
EaesAqsaks q - Rrsas,ess,

San Francisco, March Sl.-An
earthquake early this morning Of 40
second's duration did damage at
Mare Island. whore the naval hospi.
fal was wrecked. There we're no
fatalities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31

The evidence In the case proves
Hood's Ssrsaparilla cures scrofula.
salt rheum. boils, humors and all
eruptions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31

At s per cent. Private money.
William L. Ludolph. Buiord block,
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-31
to parade on st. Patrick's day
Whesler's sta6 has also resigned.

SsSH - S5sV sost8n00s
Hsss = ~ Wy Osrasay Dess It.
Berlin, March S1.-Germany COM
nsnesd diplomatic rsprsssntasious to
Spain relative 10 the Csnnamaba
case. and the German cruiser Geisf
has bssn ordered to get ready to pro-
oeed TO Cuba II satisfsction 10 not
quickly forthcoming.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-14
LESSON IN HISTORY.

Hard OR anthracite coal was not dis
covered till 1890. This bed of Pennsyl-'
vania hard coal is the richest in the
world.
The mainland of South America was
reached in 1893 by Columbus, who land
ed at Paria, but still was not aware that
he had found n new continent.
The emancipation proclamation only
abolished slavery in those states and
districts at that time resisting the
United States government. But the
thirteenth amendment to the constitu-
ION, which was adopted at the close of
he war, and ratified in December,
1868, forbade slavery in all parts Of the
country forever
The first standing army Of which
there is any record was organized by
King Saul, 1903 B. c.. The army of
NerXes, in invading Greece, numbered
100000 foot and $4,000 horses 4S0 B. c.
The first standing army of modern
times was maintained in France by
Charles VII, 1445. Standing armies
were first established in England by
Charles l., 1888.
Baths were used at a very early peri
cd by the Egyptians and Greeks, and
were introduced into Rome by Agrippa,
63-12 B. C. The baths of Titus were
constructed A. d. 80, and here the mar
BILE group of LAGOON was found in
1906. The baths of Caracalla were con-
structed A. D. gil, and here the Farnese
Hercules was found, also in 1906. The
first public bath in England for hot
bathing was opened in 1879. -
A weak-minded man Is usually the
most head-strong.
a goodLhumored lawyer often makes
a cross-examination.
What's bred in the bone is weighed
out to us by the butcher.
When physician is on the scent Of q
disease he uses his Diagnose.
a woman laughs in her sleeve, when
man begins talking through his
hat. ' ..' '" t.} 60.
The campaign manager issues the
dodgers, and the candidate lodges the
issues. l,.. 's-...
The political party worker Is the
most successful I'll working the party.
The barber always tells hair raising
story when he, tries to Sell q bottle OF
Ma. tonic. r. - - isf'. * 49,.
The further back man can trace hit
descent the longer he has been on the
J downward path Chicago News,
D. ID. ss
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-14
JOINT STATEMENT

IF AUDI1Hl1tA AND, THEASUIsk:Is
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For thet Quarter Ending Dec,
81, tsa7!i E..
TATE OF NEVADA. !
County QtElko.
a. AUDITORS OFFICE.
L T., = r.
To the Honorable Board Of County Commle
sioners of Elko County, Nevada: 40
GENTLEMEN: Weherewith submit ONT Quar-
-erly Report Of the Finances ST the County
Tor the quarter ending Dec. 81 1897.
Respectfully submitted:
Ca. WATKINS e..
: SAudiror,
IA. MCBRIDE, So
Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-14
SCIENCE AND PRODUCTION


A procession OF icebergs sent against
the surface of the sun would melt at
the rate Of 100000, 900 cubic miles Of
solid ice q second, and the heat is esti-
mated to produce q foree Of about 10000
horsepower to every square foot Of SUR
face '|'.' i.'.i - : CH''1'.'' '''"
- The mines of the old world produce
every,year SAC. 100000 tons of ore; FOCAL,
ETC., Of which the United States pro-
duces 160, 1000, 900. The greatest record
ever made, perhaps, by any mine was
that Of the Comstock in 1874, when near
ly $25. 100000 worth of gold and silver
was taken out.
A microscopic examination Of mother
of pearl shows the shell to be made Of
very fine lines SO closely put together
that the white light is broken up into it's
prismatic colors, and we get the So
called "play of colors." Taking a care
full cast of such shell the wax cast will
yield the same prismatic effects.
The longest unsupported telegraph
wire in the world is'in Switzerland. It
crosses in one span the lake of Wallen-
stadt in the canton of st. Gall, and was
put up by the Swiss telephone bureau.
Its extremities are fastened to two iron
towers, 2,4oO meters (7,S72 feet) apart.
In the lowest part this conductor is 131
feet above the water level of the lake.
The line is of excellent steel and only
~ inches in diameter.
1t appears from the experiments Of u
French scientific man that oak trees
are in more danger than other trees of
being struck by lightning. Beeches,
on the contrary, are not good con-
ductors of electricity. The danger OF
trees from lightning is great in proper
ton to the electrical conductibility OF
their wood. Dead trees and dead wood
generally form a much better con-
ductor than living, growing woods,
which offer great resistance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03

time TO get forward into the cable
room before Merode, who had regained
his feet, struck match and relighted
the lamp. OF the gruesome spectacle
which the light revealed l will not
speak.
After the manner Of Spanish justice,
both Merode and myself were put
under arrest, pending an investiga-
tion, which showed that neither Of MS
knew anything about the affair. Yet
the commandant ut Santiago suspected
that j had planned il and sent me
under arrest to Havana, by steamer,
the following evening.
/ expected foreman in Las Cabanas
for the rest Of my days, but was dis
missed without trial the second day
after arriving there aud left Havana
along with 1S0 Americans on the fol-
lowing Sunday. Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
QUAINT AND CURIOUS

Five is the great sacred Chinese num-
ber.
In Greenland potatoes never grow
larger than marbles.
If kept going, the wheels of watch
travel 1858 81 miles year.
The smallest COWS in the world are
to be found in the Samoan islands.
The japanese have custom of cele-
brating the blossoming Of fruit trees
by general holiday.
The largest clock in the world is
that in the Westminster clock tower.
1t was set up on May 30, 1859.
In some parts of central and South
Africa single freely gives so much
light that it Eliminates a whole room.
The cloak on which Wolfe breathed
his last, at the capture of Quebec, is
one of the curiosities in the British
Museum.
The elephant can neither trot, can
ter nor gallop. It's only pace is o
walk, capable of being hastened to
fast shuttle.
Tomatoes have been grated upon
potatoes by French experimenter,
whose hybrid plant produces tubers
underground and tomatoes above.
In certain village it is said that
the church ofiertory is collected in
bag at the end of pole. with a bell
attached for the purpose of arousing
sleepers.
In the early days of Rome the la
dies of that city wore such heavy ear
rings that they made the ears sore,
and sometimes tore the lobes. There
were doctors whose business was
chiefly to heal ears thus injured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
Saiuting In the Army.

One thing which the volunteers
find it hard to do--a thing which per-
haps they will never do in anything
like the form in which the regulars do
it's to salute officers. Take vol
unteer who is bronzed and big, like
regular, and put him in regulars
clothes and send him out on the
street, and he would certainly betray
himself as a volunteer at his first
meeting with an officer. The regular,
walking on the street, salutes every
officer he meets by raising the
Strengthened fingers OF his right hand
to the brim Of his hat, just over his
right eye, and keeping them there
until the officer has passed. The
volunteer cannot be made to hold his
hand there in any such way.
III he salutes strange officer of low
rank at all, he salntes him with the
quick dash which is the regular Off
GERS salute to the private. If the
regular soldier is seated when an
officer approaches, in camp, on the
street or anywhere else, he rises, faces
the officer, stands very erect, and
makes this salute. No one ever sees
volunteer private do this. Recently
n regular cavalryman was trying to
get his horse across bridge while an
electric car was crossing il from the
other direction. The horse was
plunging and leaping wildly, and the
soldier had to work hard to control
him. At this moment young second
lieutenant Of Ohio volunteers came
along the footway. In the m,dst OF
the horses gyrations the mounted
regular managed to salute the pedes-
trian officer in proper form. The
smile of admiration and satisfaction on
that young officers face was worth
going long way to see. Boston
Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03

The poverty and low state of social
life and civilization OF the Spaniards
is -ndexed quite accurately by their
wage rates, states Gunton's Magazine.
For instance, the average weekly pay
OF bricklayer in Spain (Malaga) is
$3.50; in the United States $21.1S; of
a mason $3.50 in Spain, $2l in the
United States; Of a carpenter SO. 90 in
Spain, $14-35 in the United States; of
printers 81. so in Spain, S16.42 in the
United States; of laborers. por-
ters, etc, S2.75 in Spain. SS. SO in
the United States. While rents, and
possibly prices of few native pro-
ducts are lower in Spain than in the
United States, the difference comes
nowhere near equalling the wide dis
parity OF wages. Moreover, in CON-
parison of this sort the quality of the
living must be considered as well rs
the nominal cost. Tins lower rents
nearly always imply inferior accom-
modations, and. to the average Span
lard, most of the comforts and con-
veniences in ordinary use here are un-
attainable luxuries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03

device is now In use on some Of our
warships whereby the vessels are en-.
abled to fix the desired distances ac-
cvrately. The helm indicator, another
electrical device in use, simply tells
the man at the wheel at what angle
the captain wishes the helm set to
make turn. A registering device ON
the bridge, operated by electricity.s
notifies the captain whether his orders
have been carried out. A mistake in
obeying the orders Of the captain In
time Of battle in this respect might
result in n collision, and how serious
that might be the fate of the Victoria
when the Camperdown sunk her in
the Mediterranean several years ago
would seem to indicate.
The range finder on ships consists
Of two sighting apparatus, usually
situated well up on The superstructure
OF the warship, with an operator for
each station. The exact distance be-
tween the stations is known. and this
forms the base Of triangle. The
operators simply focus their instru-
ments upon the target. An automatic
device registers the angles involved
and this at once indicates the exact
distance Of the target from the ship.
This distance is telegraphed to the
various guns and the man who has
charge of the elevation OF a gun
knows the exact range.
There are other electrical devices
which are being used Or perfected for
use on warships. One OF them is a
sounding apparatus to take the depth
Of water when the ship is going ut
full speed and to give warning of
danger. Another is to secure some
means of communication between the
various ships OF squadron without
wires and by means Of induction.
Neither OF these systems has been
successful yet, but both serve to indi-
cate the trend of events in electrical
engineering, so far as it applies to
warships. Hence il is that the use Of
electricity on such vessels would
probably grow, and it must be very
positive and learned man who can in
dicate the limit of its future use.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
The Native. of the Philippines.

The Filipinos are very cleanly
race, forever washing themsel YES, and
they, the women especially. take great
pride in their hair, which is often all
lowed to hang loose in great. black,
wavy mass, sometimes reaching to
their heels. When ''done up" it is
combed straight back from the fore
head into big knot at the back of the
neck aud surmounted by huge comb
of horn or tortoise shell or silver.
Not native Of either sex can be seen
with the least sign of badness, and
gray heads are very rare. --Youth's
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03

1t is hardly possible that the widow
of the great English commoner who
all through life declined ennoblement
at the hands of the Queen will now
fall to the bait, muses. the St. Louis
Star. She is the relict of Mr.. Glad
stone, and a space is reserved beside
his body at Westminster Abbey for
her remains. Mrs. Gladstone would
read much more eloquently on the
tablet than the Countess of Liverpool.
Oh, no. Gladstone lived and died as
plain Mr.. His widow, If she reveres
his memory, will live the balance of
her life and go down to the tomb as
Mrs. Gladstone.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03

"There ism, much 10 say about the
little village of Joy, up in Wayne
county," said citizen OF that quiet
hamlet in the peppermint belt, Sex
cept that just outside of it is a spring
which is undoubtedly unlike any other
spring in the world. That spring
hasn't any visible outlet, but it has
two very visible inlets, thus reversing
the natural order of springs. Springs
are usually the sources of streams.
This one is just the opposite. One Of
the inlets of the spring is a rivelet that
flows from the south. The other
comes from the north. The waters that
come from the north and empty into
the spring are as clear as crystal. The
waters of the stream that discharge
from the south are almost as black az
ink. The southern inlet never freezes,
while the northern one is the first
water in all that region to freeze.
Another singular thing about this
spring is that although no water flows
from it water is constantly boiling up
through the white sand that forms its
bed. The spring is only two feet wide
and three feet deep, but force pump
worked steadily and rapidly in it for
hours has failed to decrease its water
supply in the slightest degree. The
mystery is, what becomes of the water
of the spring.? Fed by two streams,
and from an underground source. and
with no outlet, this spring has been
a thing impossible to explain from tho
time the original settlers squattsd in
that part of the state and found it
there until now. New York Suu.