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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-09-09
FROM wRDNEsDAY's nAILY.I
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SADMASU SOl.
ID. Dongberiy came up from Tar
lin this \. NJ, returning OH No. 4.
William II. Grader was admitted
q citizenship in the District Cour
ionday.
Hon. Geo Russell left .or Reno last
light to attenI the Democratic State
Convention.
Geo. Bruce has the thanks OF the
'nrce for a liberal donation Of choice
grapes.
Ned Price, who has been spending
he mi in Elko. will leave for
Omaha and other eastern points this
evening.
George Rcckhart. Of Canads, ar
rived on Nh. 1 this morning FROM
Omaha to visit his brother, Frank
Rcckhart.
Erskin Mayer who has been work.
ing in the telegraph Office at Hum.
bnldt for "a couple OF weeks. returned
home last evening.
\ drunken Indian who wns disturb
ing the peace in the eastern part OF
town, was taken into camp by the Of
tic4rs last night.
5. VI. Henley went TO Gold Creek
this afternoon to get witnesses for IL
robbery case which comes up IN the
Justice Court Monday.
Lincoln county decides at the cnm
ing election whether or not the coun-
~ will he divided into two seperate
counties from that time ON.
Cailocuthe, Ohio. has women for
strect.car conductors because the
company cannot afford men. They
are paid the magnificent sum OF a
per week.
y. II. Smith and \. W. Sewell, Of
Tusrarora, Edgar R-iuliart and Ed
Mead. delegates to the Silver Party
State Convention, went TO Reuo last
night.
The Carson News says Il dispatch
is said 10 have been received from
Lieutenant Bennett, the United
Suites Mastering Officer, which indi-
Gates that he will shortly return to
muster ont the Nevada battalion.
\ telegram from Captain Cox, OF
] rUop Nj, Cd United States Volunteer
Cavalry. received in Carson Tuesday
says tint the lntest adyicea are that
his rcg'ment will start for Cuba in
October. Some Of the boys from Ne
vad will start for home this week ON
II turlough.
Some of The Nav Englluders who
invested heavily III the great scheme
for extracting gold from sea water
still believe thEt The process will
make them rich. The New York
Mail and Express advises the gold
brick dealer to call on those guileless
persons Immediately.
Word Inns been received in Virginia
that Charles Murphy of Gold Hill,
formerly OF Trop NJ, Torrey's Terrora,
has passed Il very satisfactory exam
inaiiOn i'll New York Tor a Li~eutcapcy
in the regular army. He had tn nm
dargo three physical examinations,
besides The mental. which was very
rigorous. international and con; ti-
tu'ionhl law were among the subjects
Of the examination. lie left New
York in company with a son OF Gen,
eral Lee, and is nov in Jacksonville.
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STATE or ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO
LUCAS CotJNTY

STATE or ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO
Lucas COUNTY 3D.
FRASR j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner OF the firm OF
f. j. CHENEY & Co., doing business in
the City OF Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, nnd that said firm will pay
tho sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL.
LARS for each and every case OF "a.
tarrh that cannot DO cured by tho usc
OF Halls CATABRH CURE.
FRANK }. CHENEY,
Sworn to before mo and subs ribo |
in my presence, this 9th day Of he.
com6cr, a. d., 1896.
{srrl A. W.tGleason.
10y Notary Public.
Send for testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are:he best.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-09-09

Tho fact TINT Manila makes the
beat rope ID the world ia said 10 DO
gradunlly creating u sentiment in tho
South favorable to the retention Of
those islands.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-09-09
Good. !
People who buy SrAR.
hmg's Best drink more tea a
year than other people.
Good
SPANISH HATRED.
To Manifest II. Pigs Decorated with
American Flags and Tor
tured for Sport. 50,

Rev. Edward a. Steiner, pastor of
the First Congregational church Of
Springfield, o., who is at present tray-
cling abroad, was in Spain the last
week OF June, and he sends the follow
ing of his visit, says the Gin
cinnnti Enquirer:
II had n glimpse OF Spain last week
which was enough to give me the hor-
rors. Hunger. dirt, pride and feas in
equal proportions, Il grand empire on
the eve OF n great catastrophe. The
hatred of America is intense. The pigs
are decorated with American flags and
tortured as they pass through tho
streets. One was nearly killed by nv
side, and the brute who did II didn't
know that the genuine Yankee was so
near. The people are hopeless and
helpless. the most OF them cinmorinP
for peace. The high-soundinE dis
patches from Madrid are deceivipp.
there is nothing here, absolutely moth
Ing which looks like power; NIL Is de-.
spuir.
"A Yankee warship at any of the
harbors would brighten every Span.
lard to death. The rest of Europe, as
far MS ] hav seen IL. Is not much inter-
ested in the IA There Is much severe
criticism Of America. thnt such n bic
nation should 90 TO war with such n
little one. and m the whole I found the
people totally ignorant as to the
causes and the progress of the war.
The newspapers bring n few menper
dispatches. mostly from Madrid, but
even these T. fr'"rnblc to America.
and the end OF the war md the col
lapse OF Spain do not seem to be far
away. II was my privilege to meet
some literary mc In Spain. who. Of
course. were intensely patriotic, but
orondminded enough TO see the mis-
takes OF their owl people"
The Leipsig Tagebiatt devotcs :. col
umn TO the marriage market. An adj
vertisemcnt published lately was as fol.
lows: ~ son. elderly, solid aud seri.
ous. is seeking for his father "a sttirt
AMI solid "a In n quiet br2iEcsH> m
demonstrating widow and n:nidcm witi,
some ready none. Offers, with full
stnie::cni 81 part liars, To be nd.
dressed - The Son can lie inter
viewed by appointment between tho
hours Of nine and eleven"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
NEED OF A LARGE ARMY.
Chairman Hull and Mr.. Hay Disagree
-stanton's Views.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Hearing of the
proposed increase of the army was con-
tinued before the house committee on
military affairs today Brigadier Cen
eral Stanton, paymaster general, said
that on the basis OF a 100, 600 army, the
present force of paymastQs should be
increased from twenty-siX to sixty,
making the lowest grade major. instead
of captain, as proposed by the Hull
bill, owing TO the responsibility in
volved. He favored an age limit, say
ing that a recent civil appointee was
SO years old. The widely-scattered
points at which troops were to be To-
cated-in Alaska, Puerto Rico, Cuba.
and the Philippines-was an important
factor, General Stanton sid, in requir-
ing the increase desired.
Chairman Hull announced that he
was anxious to close the hearing and
have the committee get at the bill by
Monday, SO as to report it before the
holidays. This would permit public at
tention to be directed to it during the
holiday recess.
In my judgment" said Mr.. Hull.
there is no measure before congress
SO urgently demanded as this one-not
necessarily this particular bill, but one
of this general character Mr.. HAY Of
saying he did not think the people were
"hankering after a big standing army
AS the war was over, he said, war con-
ditions should be brought to a close
General Breckenridge, inspector gen
eral of the army, was heard at the af-
ternoon session. He spoke of the need
of a thorough inspection service, with
adequate rank 10 make this inspection
effective. Mr.. Cox asked if the inspect
ors inspected the heads OF other bu-
reaus. General Breckenridge said it
went that far, if such were the orders.
although no such orders had in fact
been issued.
General Breckenridge spoke Of the
change in the inspection service when
the recent war broke out, the officers
no longer reporting to the inspector
general. Mr.. Cox remarked that the
inspection had ceased to have a head
and Mr.. Hay added that the inspector
generals duties had practically ceased
1t was very much more limited. ar
any rate he answered
The inspectors had not reported to
him during the war, he said, in reply to
questions. These reports were st0
coming in, and the secretary Of war had
sent for them to submit to the Dodpe
commission.
1t would seem, said Mr.. Hay. that
for the time your Office was in a con-
dition Of innocuous desuetude."
1t was somewhat so. am afraid. {"
answered General Breckenridge.
He did not know who brought about
the change Of the inspection system
during the war. The orders came in
the usual way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
Nothing Wrong About Commissaries
Or QuartermaSterS.
TESTIMONY OF CHIEFS
DECLARED THEY HAD HEARD OF
NO COMPLAINTS.
Chief of Conlmissary Weston Says
There Was An Abundance Of
Everything at santiago-Quarter-
master General .Ludington Had
Not Heard Of Delays of Medicine.

Washington, Dec. Is. = Brigadier
General Weston, chief commissary of
the Shafter expedition, testified today
before the war investigating committee
that there was an absence of red lane
methods in feeding the volunteers at
Siboney. He said he never heard a
complaint OF the condition of the COM
missary supplies at the front. SpeclaI
efforts had been made in beh2II or the
volunteers, whose officers ne recognized
some times did not quite understand
how to get what was due to the men.
Surgeons were given articles from hos
pitfalls on memorandum, and they were
paid for out OF funds at Washington.
Colonel Roosevelt once came TO san
tiago and wanted to buy tomatoes and
certain extra supplies for his men and
we refused to let him pay for them, as
there was no need for it.
Witness said he took $1,000 with him
when he went TO Florida, and still has
"a lot of it left.
well you are the only man, then, :"
interrupted Captain Howell. who ever
went to Florida and brought any
money back
E Referring TO difficulties caused by
the subsistence department depending
on the quartermaster' department for
TRANSPORTATION. he said it was a
ridiculous idea and the TRANSPORTATION
was a matter he would not like TO
speak of without thinking it over, -
and he had thought a heap about it
too" So far as the food was con-
ceTned, General Weston characterized
the Santiago. campaign as a mere baga-
teile, the harGshiDs being trivial COM
pared to his own experience in frontier
Indian campaigns, when he and his
men were forced to use the wagon
mules Tor food.
The Rev. r.. Henry c. McCook of
Philadelphia, chaplain of the Second
Pennsylvania and commissioner of the
National Relief association, said that
on his return from Cuba he had called,
on President Mckinley, Aug. 6, and
added: II there was anything 1 did
know, and he Gid not set it out of me-
l am unaware of it. He has wonderful
powers Of cross-examinadon."
LUDINGToN TEsTIFIEs.
Quartermaster General Ludington
department prior to and during the
war.
General Ludington did not agree
with the suggestion of Commissary
General Egan, that the commissary
department ought to furnish cooking
and eating utensils and their trans
portation as well as provide for food.
Concerning the shipment of medical
supplies, General Ludington said they
We're rushed forward as promptly. or
more so. than any other supplies, and
he knew of no instance where there
had been delays of weeks in shipping
medicines from New York to Camp
Alger, or from st. Louis to Camp
Thomas. This had been the testimony
of numerous other witnesses. Dr.
Conner cited one instance where a 200
bed hospital outfit had been lost be-
tween New York and Fernandlna
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
TELEGRAPHI0 BRIEFS.

Professor John Stilwell died at Prince
ton lie was in his eighty-second year,
and death came from old age.
The funeral services of ex-senator Call
vim 5. Brice win be held at noon today in
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
New York.
Colonel Charles W. Davis, commander
of the Loyal Legion. and one of the best
known veterans in Chicago, is dead from
paralysis OF the heart
Among the passengers who arrived at
New York on the Cunard line steamer
Lucania. from Europe We're General Yves
ley Merritt and Mrs Merritt
Three men were killed in the Columbus
mine, located in the La Plata district,
Colorado. They are: Ray Burnett, Joseph
Faragher and Walter L. Seeing.
Walter n. Rosser, the Tennessee soldier
who shot and killed a civilian named
Henry Hldebrand at San Francisco, was
acquitted Of the crime by jury.
T. G. Logan. a well-known Chicago
board OF trade man, has given S35 600 to
the Art institute for the erection of a
library building, as an addition to the
institute.
Colonel John AIcKenna, a prominent cit
izen who thirty years ago was one of the
best known irish NaGOnalists in the
United States died at his home in Boston.
aged Sc years.
John D. AIcCrellis a retired business
man, for thirty years q leading citizen of
Carthage, Mo, shot and mortaIly wound
ed W. @. Gillian Gillian was charged with
running his home. Both families stand
high
Clarence L. Cross and Alpheus S. Bad
ger, lumber dealers who own large tracts
of land In the lumber district OF Wiscon-
sin, have FLED a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy at Chicago. Their assets
amount to SS20l
The thirty-two prominent cattlemen of
South Dakota who We're indicted for man.
slaughter, have been tried at Hot Springs.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty
after celebrating fifteen minutes. The
John Eckman, a well-known sheepman
who was killed by a band of cattlemen
while moving his sheep into South Da-
kota.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
comic opera Under Dificulties.
CNew York Tribune)

A comic opera troupe in. Anthony,
Kan. the other night, played under
difficulties. The fine snow drifted in
around the windows on the north side
Of the building, and formed in little
heaps on the back part of the stage.
The drop-curtain bellied out from the
north wind like the mainsail of a
square-rigged ship. The gas did not
work wei, and a few electric lights
were visible in the gloom. The women
wore their capes and the men in the
audience kept on their overcoats.
When the drop-curtain went up, a. cold
wave of air spilled over the footlights
and settled on the audience like a wave
of ice water. The pianist wore a golf
cap and an oyercoat, putting his hands
in his pockets between plays, to keep
his fingers supple. On the stage the
actors and actresses, who were in tights
and decolette, shivered and turned blue
from the cold. The members of the
chorus slapped their arms and rubbed
their fingers in a vain attempt to keep
up the circulation. When a chance Of
fered to get off the stage they tarried
not, but flew for the red-hot stoves of
the dressing-rooms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
FILIPIN0S TALK ABOUT PLEDGES
+ Continued From Page ID

(COnflnueQ FROM rage ID
the ground that his sphere was purely
naval.
The admiral seldom goes ashore and
insisted that his interviewer was in a
better position to acquire information
than himself. He then proceeded to
ross-examine the correspondent about
everything ashore. He was glad to
learn the insurgents were releasing the
sick Spanish soldiers they held prison
ers, Notwithstanding Aguinaldo' S
grandiloquent refusal to do so. This
proves that the insurgents are very
conciliatory, in spite Of their defiant
talk.
Admiral Dewey always believed that
the insurgents were friendly, especially
since the Warships of our fleet have
visited the different ports of those is
lands and since some of our officers
have made tours inland, carefully in
vestgating popular sentiment and ju-
diciously preaching the gospel of peace
full settlement everywhere, with highly
satisfactory results.
A few influential Filipinos, in an am
bilious attempt at SUPERINTENDENT
are clamoring for independence, though
unable to realize it's true meaning
They are utterly ignorant of the diff
ference between the name and the real
ity.
The agitators here invariably admit
that they would be unable to stand
without American protection. But, in
spite of this they continue their mean
ingless outcry for independence and
may possible create trouble. The adj
miral, however, believes this to be i'm
probable at the present juncture,
though every trffling incident counts.
The admiral is greatly interested in
the movement among the American
volunteers to obtain their discharges
here and engage in pioneering enter
prises He believes there is a practic-
ally unlimited field for planters, farm
ers and miners here. To the mgges-
ton that if the natives prove to be
obstreperous perhaps they might be
ungentle land grabbers, the admiral
said he believed the Germans have now
entirely abandoned their design in the
Philippine islands, though formerly he
said, the German attitude here had
caused him indescribable anxiety.
According to recent information re-
ceiyed here the Filipino insurgents are
endeavoring to maintain a brave show
for the purpose of securing the best
terms possible from the Americans. 1t
is the opinion of our admiral that it
WOuiu NC ouN4SeNOlS Aol the Olnleu
States to pay insurgent troops their
arrears in wages. The whole amount
would be a comparatively trifling sum,
and the payment of the troops would
have a valuable effect and may save
incalculable trouble.
Admiral Dewey was strongly con-
WINGED that the Filipino insurgents de-
serve acknowledgment.
Regarding the possibility of interna-
tionaI complications, Admiral Dewey
said:
Prior to the arrival of the monitors
1 felt uneasy, but now I am ready to
hold this position against the whole
earth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Wheat Market Doomed In Sympathy
With LIVERPOOL.

Win Liverpool.
Chicago. Dec. 16.-Wheat opened very
lively and bOuyant. Buyers and sellers
were both very numerous, but the con-
fidence of the buyers was the more evil
dent. Prices started 4sGyAc over yeSter-
day S closing, with May at Sis. One or
two sales We're made at 81 and then, I'M
der large purchases, May advanced to 67S4.
All the English markets showed sharp
advances, Liverpool being up said, and
London Id. Hail was reported to have
badly damaged the Argentine crop in
some sections. On the other hand, adj
vices from the northwest were reported
beariSh. The northwest sold quite heavily
in this market all day, and sent Dredic-
forn1a reported continued rains, of ines
umable value to the crop. Buying halted
to some extent after May had reached
6iA, ana realizing became quite neayy,
prices reacting for a short time to 67Ia.
But before IL o'clock the market was
booming again, and this time the demand
cables showed still further advances in
foreign markets. The great strength of
the Liverpool market was the big factor.
Trade broadened out materially as the
session advanced, and this in itself alarm
ed the shorts and caused heavy buying by
that class of traders. Before 1890 o. clock
the price of May had risen to 689s. Pre-
vious to that time realizing had againS
profits TOOK advantage of the strength of
the market. This selling finally became
TOO heavy for prices to stand up under,
and in the last half hour quotations broke
sharply. May finally sold down to 6794,
closing fairly steady at that figure.
Corn was strong early. with much buy
ing by outside shorts and local longs. The
boom in wheat was the principal influ-
ence. When wheat broke, Ete in the
day. corn became weak, longs being
heavy sellers, and new short lines were
also put out. The market closed rather
nervous, with about all the advance lost.
Oats were rather dull. relatively and
price changes narrow. May closed I'M
changed.
Provisions were moderately active.
Packers were free sellers all day and
there was another large run of hogs. AS
result. the market, in spite of the
strength of grain, was rather weak. There
was q. good deal of profit-taking by longs
on all the hard spots. At the close May
pork was 215c lower, lard 21aQ5c lower,
ribs 212c lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
The weak Spot.

The Weak Spot.
When a boiler
explodes carry
ing death and
destruction with
1t, every body
says q" Why: we
thought it was
strong enough:
1t must have had
a weak spot
somewhere -
When a man
who has the out
,earance of being.
4 - -,..1IcflI|
prey to dissaSe ,
IS exclain: "why
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-17
But English Spectators Come to
the Front.
CHANCE FOR THE BEARS
PRICES DRIVEN DOWN BY A
CONCERTED RAID.
Union Pacific Advanced On Rumors
That the Company Had Purchased
the Chicago &c Alton-sugar Re
covered Some of It's Recent Losses
-Grangers Were Strong.

New York, Dec 1.-THE trading today
resulted in only trifling changes in prom
inent' stocks. The speculative public of
England was active on both sides of the
market, with purchases slightly in excess
of sales. Trading locally was less active
than of late, but a very strong undertone
was in evidence. The traders seemed
largely on the short side, while there was
buying by commission houses and pool
support. Speculation during the forenoon
was very regular, but variau tons generally
were not Insignificant except in few
cases.
The market became dull with the can
collation. of orders in commission houses.
In the afternoon a number of hitherto
neglected stocks were taken up and ad-
vanced sharply: The reyamping OF the
old story of Chicago & Alton passing in
to new hands was today connected with
Union Pacific, instead of Missouri Pacific
or Michigan Central, as the former ru-
morS had it. To this tale, perhaps, was
due a rise in Union Pacific. In the last
hour the bears by concerted action reach
ed stop-loss orders and carried prices off
from to points generally. BY deilV7
cry hour the movement petered out, and
in a period of dullness prices picked up
all around. Newspaper articles treating
the sugar trade war as farcical resulted
in sharp rise in that stock at the open
ing, which was soon lost, the closing be-
ing at last nights figures. Rubber con-
tinued its weakness OF yesterday, losing
B0 dat Of The The gST Ws aee ye With Ir4 fRg
rest of the list on the bear Else.
In the bond market today the, general
tone was very unsettled, with the semi
speculative issues trending lower.
Total sales, IS, 355, 900. U. S. new As and
the 5s coupon advanced Il. and the 5s and
the IS, and the old As and 5s registered, Is
in the bid price.
Total sales of stocks today were 7O2, 300
shares, including:
Atchison, 10, 500; Atchison preferred, 3D.
$40; Central Pacific, q $50; Burlington, 25,-
no; D. & R. G. preferred, Il, so; Manhat-
tan, 1850; Met. st. Ry., 1850; NJ. K. & t.
preferred, l., 512; n. Y. Cent, "A, $50; North
ern Pacific, 9,722; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, $3.50; mock Island, $780, Union
Pacific, 12,525; Union Pacific preferred,
q, 18O; St. Paul, 20. 403; st. Paul & Omaha
$3.50; Southern Pacific, 4570; Tobacco.
6,2l0; Federal Steel, 1853; Federal Steel
preferred, IS, SSS; Peoples Gas, 23,970; Lead,
1880; Pacific Mail 5149; Rope & Irvine
5,1s0; Sugar, 1892; T. G. & l.. $3.50; Leath-
er preferred, 1850; Rubber, 12,27S; Chicago
(Irpaf WpStpT-D Q liz