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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-16
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.l
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Married mon rs a rule do not Lie
from choice, but their wives will per,
sist in asking such fool questions,
says an exchange.
|. II the @open door policy which
means free trade is good for the Phil.
ippines. why isn't it good for the re.
mainder Of Uncle Sans possessions!
The weather has moderated and
the indications are good for n snow
storm. A good fall Of snow would
make excellent sleighing as the roads
are in good condition.
The ice harvest is III full blast and
the crop is good. While the people
down the road are Growing about six
inch ice, the ice men here are harvest
ing frozen water twelve inches thick.
Elko always has the best OF every
thing.
Ths Reno Journal says that L. n.
Stone, n former resident OF Elku, hns
decided to be a candidate for Assist
ant Secretary OF the Senate Mt the
next session OF the legislation. Mr..
Stone is thoroughly competent to ill
the position and the INDEPENDENT
hopes he will win.
Gideon w. harsh. the former pres.
ident OF the Keystone National Bank
OF Philadelphia. was yesterday SEN
fenced to m imprisonment OF twelve
years and three months and to pay a
fine OF $500. Marsh was charged with
conspiracy In making false entries in
the books and issuing false reports to
the Comptroller Of the Currency.
For some time to come the United
States and Spain must get along with
out any treaty to regulate commerce
between the two countries. An effort
was made at Paris to secure an ar
rangement with the Spanish commits
eioners looking to the revival OF the
old treaties until they could he re-
placed by others, but this having
failed, no negotiations for new COM
me treaties will be undertaken
before the ratification OF the peace
treaty.
The Austin Keveille says the delin-
quent tax list OF Lander county for
tho year 1893 amounts to about sll5O,
OF this amount sItG8 is c. p. r. r.
tax on three miles OF railroad now in
dispute between Lander and Hum
boldt, both counties claiming tho
same. Without the C.. p. tax the de-
linqnency is abont $50.
The remains OF General Galixto
Garcia were deposited in a vault in
the National Cemetery at Arlington
yesterday. The remains we're borne
to their temporary resting place with
military honors. Tho dead Cuban
cbiettain was hOnored by the nation
whose assistance made his country
FREQ. Though dead, he will live long
in the heart OF the lovers Of freedom
everywhere.
The case Of the Stnte va Ar Chartz,
late Populist candidate for Attorney
General, arrested for failing to file all
itemized statement OF hls election ex-
penses, was dismissed in the Carson
justice court Tuesday on motion OF
District Attorney McGowan. The
ground Of dismissal WAS that the COM
plant charged Chnrtz with being IL
candidate on the Populist ticket in.
stead Of the Peoples party ticket,
The district attorney will file a new
complaint against Chartz and have
him re-arrestcd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-16

klondikc makinaw Winter suite
and n magnificent limo OF under oar,
etc. at Alexander'e. 4
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-16

HOODS PILLS arc the fayOritc
family cathartio. Easy To take, easy
10 operate.
The herald., 1898-03-23
JACKSON and JfFFRIfS
FILLED THE PAVILION UNTIL IT
IRAN OVER
THREE ROUNDS WERE ENOUGH
no Show That Peter Is Sure-Enough
Has Been and That Jeffries Is
Coming Champion
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.-Jim JEFF
fries of Los Angeles easily defeated Peter
jackson in the third round tonight at
Woodward's pavilion. Jackson did not
make much of a showing after the first
round. He displayed some Of his old-time
cleverness in ducking and jabbing with his
left. but could not land hard enough to
stop the rushes of his younger and stronger
antagonist. Jeffries showed considerable
improvement in cleverness, using his hands
with both judgment and precision. The
second round was lively until Peter got
hard left swing on the jaw. which sent him
down on his back. He arose only to go
down again from the same blow, and was
saved by the gong sounding time. jack
son came up looking fairly fresh for the
third round, but soon received hard left
on the jaw which made him wobble help
lessly about the ring. Another blow from
Jeffries sent him against the ropes where
he hung, unable to lift his hands. JEFF
fries masnanimousy stepped back. await
in the recovery Of his opponent, but as
Peter was plainly out the referee stepped
between them and declared Jeffries the
winner.
The herald., 1898-03-23
Pingree at Work

LANSING. Mich. March 22.-The Michi-
gan legislature assembled this afternoon.
having been called by Governor Pingree to
consider the governors proposed measures
for increasing the taxes on railroads, ex-
press, telegraph and telephone companies.
Governor Pingree read his corporation
taxation message to the joint session. Its
leading points were that the trainers Of the
state constitution intended that all taxes
based on the cash value of the property;
that taxes should be levied upon public
franchises as well as other property; that
the present system Of specific taxes upon
railway earnings is unsatisfactory and
wrong; that the tax upon Michigan rail-
roads has been less than quarter of one
per cent on their own sworn valuations
and less than one-eleventh of the percent
age of that paid by other taxpayers.
The herald., 1898-03-23

The appearance OF such fistic celebrities
as Fitzsimmons and Corbett would scarce
ly have brought out greater crowd than
that assembled at Woodward's pavilion to-
night. 1t was full exemplification of the
adage, as applied to matters pugilistie, "the
bigger the men, the bigger the crowd"
Jackson is popular in San Francisco. In
fact. he has always been popular with the
sporting public of this city since. on May
81, 1891, he fought the memorable battle
of sixty-one rounds with Jim Corbett. His
cleverness. gameness and his sportsman
like conduct on that and subsequent occa-
sons gave him standing with the patrons
of fstiana second to none. During all
these recent years of idleness and, some
say, considerable dissipation, Jackson has
lost none of his popularity, and when the
big colored boxer announced his deter
mination to again enter the arena and
contest with the younger men who have
come forward in the last two years, his
decision was hailed with delight by his
admirers. Some feared Jackson could not
condition himself to withstand the hard
knocks of actual battle, but his splendid
work in practice dispelled all such fears
and jackson again became a factor in the
championship question
The public quickly came to realize that
a great contest was to be decided and
tonight they poured into the big building,
packing it from roof to pit, blocking the
streets in the vicinity of the building to
such an extent that all traffic was sus-
pended rom 7:30 until $50 o'clock. Profiting
by their experience with the howling
surging mob on the occasion of the Green
Wolcott battle, the police were out in ade-
quate numbers tonight. A new entrance
to the building has been opened to the seats
on the lower floor, and around this and the
two doors leading to the galleries the po-
lice formed Gordon, extending for block
in either direction on Valencia street, in
order to keep back the non-ticket holders
and the mob of curiosity-seekers and hang
ers-on, many of whom were seeking,
through every conceivable excuse, to gain
admittance. All seats were sold by s
o'clock, and those who failed to provNe
The herald., 1898-03-23
QUARANTINE
FAVORED EVEN BY ADVOCATES
OF STATE RIGHTS
MARK HANNA'S CREDENTIALS
Presented to the Senate and Eiled.
0allinger Promises Speech on
Cuban Affairs
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, March "a feature Of
the senate proceedings today was an ex-
tended speech by Caffery Of Louisiana in
support of the pending national quaran-
tine BILL In the course Of his remarks
Caffery said that he wanted the whole
quarantine in the hands Of the United
States government, which could make q
quarantine effective, and he added that he
was as strong a states right advocate as
any other man.
Senator Gallinger of Vermont announced
that he would address the senate tomor-
row on the Cuban question.
Carter of Montana Of the committee on
territories called up the measure reported
by him, making further provisions for a
civil government of Alaska. and addressed
the senate at length upon it. He said that
the committee had deemed it wise to pro-
vide for legislative assembly for Alaska.
not only on account of the nomadic char
acter Of the Inhabitants, but also on ac-
count Of the vast extent Of the district.
Questioning Carter as to the reason for
providing for three United States judges
and three district attorneys, Vest of Mis-
souri, criticised what he termed multi
plication Of officials" He believed that
The herald., 1898-03-23
The Kasson Estate

STOCKTON, March 2.-The legal strug-
gle over a division of the wealth left by
George Kasson was resumed in the su-
perior court today. Two more witnesses
testified that Kasson had admitted to them
that he had a wife and two children, but
the most interesting tes stimony of the day
was that of Mrs. Mann, who, with her
brother, is a claimant to the big estate
The scene In the court room when Mrs.
Mann was brought in for the first time was
quite dramatic. She is still far from
WELL and reclining in a chair boosted up
by pillows she swore that she was daugh-
ter of the deceased. During her testimony
she admitted that she had been married
and divorced twice, and that at one time
had led life of shame. The case is still
in progress.
The herald., 1898-03-23
SPRfCKfLS' SONlNLAW
WANTS HES WIFE 10 GET RICH
ONCE MORE
A Batch Of Hawaiian Advicss Brought
by Steamer Belgie-Kanaka
Klondiksrs Coming

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3-The
steamer Belgic, from Honolulu. this morn
ing brought the following advices:
HONOLULU. March 6s-Mrs. Thomas
Watson, nee Spreckels, has taken the f1rst
step to recover the property In this city
and In the islands. amounting to more than
q million dollars, which she decided back
to her father. Claus Spreokels. at the time
when she married. Her attorneys have
placed with W. 9. Irwin q Co. notices for
ali occupants Of the property In dispute,
ordering them to vacate at once In the
batch OF notices the occupants Of the
Spreckels block and about twenty othors
were served and ordered to vacate. Irwin
g. Co. will pay no attention to the notices.
claiming that the property rightfully be-
longs to Claus Spreckels. They hold a
long lease on the building. and sub-let 10
the present occupants. Mrs. Watson's at
torneys will be forced to go into court and
seek the ejectment Of the tenants; then
the matter will come UP for judicial deter
mination. Mrs. Watson admits that she
decided the property over to her father. but
insists that the deed Is invalid. because il
does not bear the signature Of her hus-
band. Mr.. and Mrs. Watson will return
to Honolulu from the Orient early in May.
and the case is expected to come up in the
courts here at any time.
William Eassie and several others leave
Honolulu today. bound for the Klondike.
Eassie represents an island company. He
carries ample funds for outfitting and
prospecting purposes.
The 4000-tons English ship Ottawa.
bound from Sidney to Victoria with 800
to 1toa lot 0ho
was to have sailed on the oath ult., and Is
now overdue.
bill Is about to be introduced In the
Legislature providing that from and after
July no labor contract will be enforceable
IN the Hawaiian islands. The central COM
mittee has endorsed the bill by carrying a
motion to the effect that the penal featu<e
Of labor contracts be abolished by the
present legislature. The Hawaiian legls-
lature will be asked to appropriate $4,000
for the coinage Of nickels and dimes. Mn
lister Damon states that there Is a scarcity
Of this class Of coinage. and the banks were
compelled to send to the United States sew
eral times year for sufficient smaii coins
to meet the needs Of their business. The
new coins will be minted at San Francisco.
and this government will make a hand
some profit on the transaction.
At the last session Of the legislature the
duty on Japanese sake was materially
increased in order to protect the Califor-
MIA wine growers. the result has been a
graf increase Of trade in this particular
line. Now the Japanese want cheaper
sake. and have petftioned the senate to
restore the old duty. They claim that
the cost to the consumer under the old
tariff was reasonable. and that the pres.
ent duty Is prohibitive.
The herald., 1898-03-23

W. Eppes from the Fourth Virginia dis
trict was taken up and debated until
o'clock. when the house. owing to the ILL
ness Of Rhea OF Kentucky, who was to
speak this afternoon. adjourned until to-
morrow.
The prevailing impression 10 that Eppes.
the sitting member. will be unseatsd. as
upon the decision in this case will largely
depend the decision Of the two other va
cancies In which practically the same Ques-
tions are involved. Eppes had 26sl plural
ity on the face of the returns. Extensive
frauds were charged, and the majority Of
the committee found that Mr.. Thorpe
should have received 3o7 plurality. and up
on their finding recommended that he be
seated.
The herald., 1898-03-23
The Herald Bulletins

The Heralds bulletin service, giving re-
ports round by round of the Jackson-Jef
fries fight, attracted great deal of atten-
tion last night several hundred people
waiting until at 9:23 p m. the stereopticon
flashed the news upon the screen that three
minutes previously the Los Angeles LAD
had added another scalp to his belt.
The crowd filled the street and lined the
sidewalk on the other side of Broadway.
The Darktown folk were out in force. loyal
to the last to Mr. Peter Jackson. When
Jeffries picture was thrown on the screen
with the inscription. "Our Jim, The Com
ing Champion the crowd cheered Justify,
but the final result was not received with
extraordinary enthusiasm, as Jims easy
victory had been confidently expected
The herald., 1898-03-23
A Gold Income

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Gull
lom today introduced bill which has been
sent to him by the National Business Mems
league. The purpose of the measure is to
provide gold income for the United
States and it provides that fifty per cent
of the duties levied on foreign imporattions
of merchandise or manufactured articles
or other articles imported from foreign
countries shall be paid in gold coin of the
United States and the remaining fifty per
cent in such currency of the United States
as the secretary of the treasury may desig-
nate.
The herald., 1898-03-23
LEROY CONFEGSES
Says That His Partner Shot Old Man
Croly

SACRAMENTO, March 22.-James Sea-
right, who was arrested Sunday night with
Charles Walker, alias Leroy, for burglariz-
ing the residence of ex-Street Commission
er E. J. Croly and for shooting Croly. made
confession this afternoon. Searight ad-
mitted that he and Leroy had committed
several burglaries together within the past
week. searight says that he stood on the
outside keeping guard while Leroy went
into the house. After the shooting Leroy
told him he had to shoot because the old
man struck him. Searight took the officers
to where the jimmies were hidden. The re-
volver was thrown into China slough.
DR.. G. C. Simmons has located the bullet
in Croly's body. He expresses the opinion
that Croly will recover.
There is a movement on foot, headed by
several prominent business men, to form
a safety committee" to drive out the
rough element.
The herald., 1898-03-23

themselves with the pasteboards earlier
we're confronted with closed doors when
they sought to purchase them. 1t is es-
timated that 5000 people were outside the
building during the progress Of the fight.
Inside the big pavilion, the largest at
present available In the city, men were
packed like sardines. Every seat was
occupied, while the aisles were filled. and n
human wainscoating skirted the walls of
the entire building. Scarcely less than
5000 men were within the walls when time
was called.
At O'clock Jeffries came into the ring,
seconded by Billy Delaney. Dewitt VAN
court and Spider Kelly. Jeffries chose th>
northwest corner Of the ring. He was
Justify cheered.
The house went wild when at 9:03 Jack
son stepped into the ring. followed by
Patsy Corrigan, Henry White and Young
Mitchell.
At 900 Referee Mcdonald called the
them.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS
Round lat 9:10 p. m. the gong sounded,
and the men came up quickly Jackson
was aggressive, feeling Of Jeffriss. JEFF
fries led with left. but fell short. Jeffries
rushed, and led with left, but Peter duck
ed. Jeffries landed light right on body,
and got the same blow in return. JEFF
fries missed left swing for body and landed
lightly on head. Peter put straight left on
body. Peter landed right on body, left
on face and right over heart in rapid suc-
cession. Jackson jabbed Jeffries hard in
face. Jeffries put hard left on the body.
jackson put two good right blows on body
as the round ended.
Round 2Jeffries missed a giant swing
for the body. and was jabbed in the face
with left. Jeffries put good left on head
and clinched. Peter came in close, and put
in short right arm blow over heart, and
Jeffries clnched. jackson jabbed JET
fries hard on mouth with left, drawing a
little blood. Jeffries rushed. but Peter
cleverly got under his swing. Jeffries
swung left on jaw, knocking Jackson
down. Jackson got up and went down
The herald., 1898-03-23
The French Demands

SHANGHAI, March "a. - Further tele-
grams from Chung King Flu regarding the
sacking Of the Methodist medical mission
in the Kinag Fehi country. show that the
Chinese militia Is now there In large Force
and refuses to allow the execution Of the
death sentence passed upon the murderer
of the student who was killed by the riot
ers who destroyed the mission. as an
nounced in these dispatches on March 18th.
The foreign consuls have demanded that
the taotai disperse the militia. execute the
The herald., 1898-03-23
Cycle Matches Made

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.-Articles
of agreement were signed today for series
of three races at one, five and ten miles be-
tween "Plugger" Martin, the noted Aus
tralian racer. and Jimmy" Mcfarland of
San Jose. The date will be definitely de-
cided upon tomorrow. which will be Fri
day, April 8. The match will be pulled off
on the cement track at San Jose. and Nc
Farland's host of friends in his native
town will assure a big attendance. Mar
tin has signed to race Bob Terril on the
following day, April 9th, at Elmhurst.
Both men being L. A. w. members, the
match cannot be run on Sunday.
The herald., 1898-03-23
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has mapped out after mature considera-
tion.
At the cabinet meeting today It was de-
cided not to mako the destruction Of the
Maine bone Of contention. but to take the
broad and general ground that humanity
demands an Immediate stoppage of the
war In Cuba and the immediate relief of
starving Cubans 1t was conceded that
the conditions In Cuba justified such inter-
ference. and the necessity for promptituds
was apparent, not only because of the tenn
per Of congress. which is tired Of delay. but
because the attitude Of Spain. as reflected
BY recent correspondence between the two
countries. is naughty and unyieldine to
the point of insolence.
There seems to be no doubt that the sa-
gasta ministry has decided on a struggle
for the retention of Cuba and for resist
ance to any demands the United States
may make.
The question Of declaring Cuba independ-
ent was discussed by the cabinet in all fts
phases and dismissed as a course likely
to lead to endless delay, and as having tho
vital defect Of not providing for the ces-
sion Of the barbarities and miseries pre-
vaillng In that famine-wrung island.
The president and his advisers saw at
once that II the settlement Of responsi.
billty for the Maine disaster was to be
held in allegiance for a short time after
the courts report had been sent to con-
gress 1t would be necessary to hold con.
gress In check while waiting for an inter-
vention message. soon to follow.
This is an important consideration. and
Democratic assistance was deemed abso-
lutely essential to the success Of the pro-
gram. Accordingly Senators Gray Of Della.
ware, German of Maryland and Morgan Of
Alabama were invited to the White House
for q conference with Mckinley. They
called separately this afternoon. and each
had a long talk with the chief executive.
While these senators absolutely refused
to discuss the purpose of their visit or its
result, there is no doubt that the president
outlined his policy with considerable de-
tail. There Is every reason to believe that
his course. as explained, received the
warmest commentator from the Demo-
cratic leaders, who promised their support
and influence toward making the presi-
dents program a success.
MAX II. IIMSON.
The herald., 1898-03-23
italian Scandals

ROME March 22.-The chamber of depu-
ties today discussed the recently submitted
report Of the parliamentary committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the charges brought
against Senior Crispi, formerly premier, of
completely in the Bank of Naples scandals
and of alleged trafficking in decorations.
The Radicals hotly attacked Crispi. de-
manding that he be put on trial before the
criminal courts. The debate was adjourned.
The herald., 1898-03-23
Gladstone's Last Journey

HAWARDEN, March 22.-Mr. Glad
stone, who bore the journey well, has ar
rived at Hawarden. Along the route spec
ial precautions were taken to avoid demon
strations when passing stations. Every
where 1t was regarded as his last journey
and his words on entering the train at
Bournemouth are taken as an expression Of
his farewell to the public.
The herald., 1898-03-23

again from left swing just as the gong

again from left swing just as the gong
sounded.
Round 3-Peter came up pretty fresh
Jeffres landed left lightly on head. JEFF
fries landed repeatedly on jaw, and Peter
went groggy; he got Peter against the
ropes and swung left on jaw. Peter fell
against the ropes, and the referee stopped
he fight and gave the decision to JEFF
fries.
A PRELIMINARY
kid" Barker of Boston finished Henry
Lewis of San Francisco in half a round.
Lewis went down from every blow, and
the crowd yelled fake
The herald., 1898-03-23
Cause for Anxiety

LONDON, March 22.-There is consider
able speculation as to the fact that, after
hurriedly convened cabinet council to-
day. the French ambassador arrived at the
foreign office and remained there for two
hours. afterward visiting the Russian en-
bassy. There were also frequent consulta-
tions between the duke Of Devonshire lord
president of the council; A. J. Balfour,
first lord Of the treasury and acting for
eign minister. and Sir Thomas Sanderson,
permanent under-secretary for foreign af-
fairs,
The herald., 1898-03-23
Chinese outraRss

LONDON, March 2s.-The- Pekin corre-
spondent Of the Times says: China has not
yet formally replied to the Trench d.
mands.@ She is passively awaiting further
French action. Ii Hung Chang and Chang
Yin Huan Hu have been appointed to rep
resent China at the forthcoming confer
ence with M. Pavlieff, the Russian charge
d'affaires. who has received special power.
The herald., 1898-03-23
rell From the Train

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March a.
Everitt Latham. who 10 said to be .
lawyer Of Detroit, was found uncon-
sciods on the railway track at Porter
station late last night. He was taken
to the hospital and revived, but is very
weak from loss Of blood. How he canqc
on the track IL unknown, but presum-
ably he fell from q train.