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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18

An Chariz has the following sensi.
BILE article in the Genoa Courier:
Nevada is entitled To distinction
for two things amongst others. whicl,
| desire to call attention to: First, il
is the only State in the Union which
has lcgnliZad prize fighting. Second,
IL is the only State IN the Union in
which there ia no prize fighting. This
reminds me "f II bit Of philosophy
announced. ! believe, by Emanuel
Kant: 80 forbid this and That is 10
stimulate u desire la do it," 1t also
reminds me ccntain French wOmnn
who said, while holdInC ont glass of
water. "llow nice this woul taste il
il was only sinful 10 drink it," Nearly
every state in the Union permits
boxing contests under the namc of
scientific cN!ubiiiOua, or spnrrlng
mat clIcs, which are limited tp 20
rounds Since Sullivan introduced
"knock. .outs,' - rOun = IL really
EIorc than ia necessary Ia Il, eide tho
superiority of any two men worth
seeing. and tho rcsul, is that actual
prize fighting il permitted in nearly
all the States III the Union. Now,
what docs nll this provcY II proves
that Nevada is tho only State in the
Union that is not hypocriticol about
the matter, and when We come to
COnsi Ter Chrih's view on hypoaricy
| believe we have rcnsun to congtatu.
late ourst lycr. Shake.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18

During the ak months ended De.
ccmhcr 81 Tho total arrivals ~ immi.
grants were 99.lT5, ns against 1868
for the corresponding ak months %.
1886. or these 1872 were males and
lG.2g0 females. Tho Italians fur.
nishcd the largest number, 2O.GiG,
during the pcripi rcpor .cl. Iiuasi Z,
IL next with l2.323 and lrclaId third
with 1882.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18

A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
THE MAISE'S MAGAZINE In
PLODES AND SHE SINKS IN
THE IAHBOR OF IA
HAVANA. =
Two Hundred and Finy-Thrce Men
are Missing.

Two Hundred and Finy-Thrcc Men
AR" Missing.
Special from the :. +. Post
San FwAScisco, Cal. Feb. lG.-
Tho U. 5. huttlcship Maine blew
up i'll the harbor Of Havana at 10
o'clock last night. The explosion
too& place at the bows when the men
were asleep. The wrcCkagc WAS
blown i'll every direction. The win
dows i'll Havana were all broken by
by the force OF the explosion. Tho
survivors were picked up 10y the boats
Of other vessels.
Captain SIgsbcc wires Washington
:Oday that the indications are that
the powder magazine exploded and
that AN investigation alone will tell
Ii the armur plates are bent in. then
the explosion wus from the outside of
the vessel.
The Maine sank Immediately
Lieutenant Jenkins and Assistant
Engineer Merritt are the only officers
missing. The remainder Of the uflic-
crs are uniuiurcd. FIity.ninc of the
crew are wounded and two hundred
and tifty-thrcc are missing. None Of
the rescued men hai more than Il
part Of "a suit OF clothes when picked
up 10y boats. The wounded were
taken To Havana and are how being
cared for at the hospitals. The long
list Of missing is accounted for by the
fact that nearly all the men were be-
low and they were stunned and
drowned.
So far nothing suspicious IN the on.
plosion has been discovered. The
cruiser Cincinnati two years ago at
Key Wcs; narrowly escaped similar
disnstcr from spontaneous commbus-
tion i'll her coal bun'crs adjoining the
magazine.
President Mckinley has ordered
the wrccHing steamer and light house
tender from Key West to go to the
scene. lie has also sent telegram
OF sympathy and recalled tie invita-
toms for tonight's reception.
EX-Mmistcr De LONE declares that
he is greatly gricvcd over the Ter
riblc accident and expresses his deep
affection for the American people.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18
TIE MAOHCT Iu SURGERY.
Useful In Drawing steel from Tia
ElcaIl.

Flesh.
y young laUudrcss thrust n broken
needle into her right hand while wash.
ing clothes. The needle having disaE.
pcarCd in the flesh, Tie surgeon. v Io
was consulted several days after the ac-
Cidcnt, refused to perform an operation,
fearing lest he should he obliged to
make n number of irrisiors amid The
ligamcnts Of The articulation. Two
months aftCrward, says Cosmos. the
girl lost the use of her right hand, and
the least movement Of the fingers
caused her cNquis;tc pain. Drs. &C.
r!ncwski and CCrCstin then determined
to extract the needle with the aid OF
magnet, drawing it, into ncshy re.
gion where an incision could be made
without danger. 70 cause this move
mcnt they chose n very feeble electro
magnet. But difficulty arcsc; ihc
needle having entered point fret il
would have to be drawn out backward,
the broken part in advance. The first
trial lasted two hours with short inter
walls for rest, without apprcciablc re-
suit. Before the third trial. the rirl
said that size felt n pricEing in the palm
of the hand near the place where the
magnet had been applied and where
the rccdle ought 70 appear. At the
ninth sitting. finally, the needle ar
pCnrca beneath the skin and came out
whole, broken end first, without rnin
and without loss Of blood. IT. fixed It,
self to the pole of the electromagnetic.
and the young lnundrcss was cured.
This rcsult-thc drawing of needle
through the ilcsh-is very remarkable.
In 2i hours after the first trial this
needle was extracted from Tic inside Of
the hand, after lying there more than
two mOutle
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18

\ bill Inns been introduced in tho
OHIO legislature requiring nll persons
applying for licenses 10 marry ,o pass
II medical examination Persons hay.
mg dipsnmnnia. npy form of ina ity,
consumption or syphilis are barred
from marriage by the bill.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18
JOINT STATEMENT

NJ AUDIToIi AND TI,EASul,Ei,
OF ELKO COUNTY.
rnr tac Quarter Ending Dec.
81, 1907.
r,rG OF SEvADA,l.
''uu-tY OF Elko. q.
AUDITORS UyFICE.
- the honorable Board Of County Commi-
-innrrs oi ElLo County, Nevada.
''sSTL.EsE; - herewith sHhTi; 0Er 2Ga.
city Report of the Finance cf the Comfy
FOR tho pINrter ending De. 81 1897.
Psspc9lfnliy submitted;
c. A. WATKINS
Auditor,
J. A. MCBRIDE.
Treasurer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18

a pair OF cyo glusscs, picked UP at
Harris Hall Wednesday night and
left ut this office, can bo had by the
owner on proving property and pay.
ing for this notice.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
is SENT TO CONFERENCE.
The House Decides to Non-Concur
in the War Revenue Bill.

Washington, June 6. The center of
legislative interest. was in the house to-
day, owing to the return of the revenue
bill from the senate for house action. 1t
was generally understood a majority of
the members proposed to adopt a rule
providing for the adoption of the resolu-
ton of general non-concurrence in the
senate amendments and agreeing to the
conference asked by the senate ON Satur-
day.
The DEMOCRATS desiring to vote sepa-
rately upon the senate amendments, not
ably the seigniorage provision, came pre-
pared to accept defeat at the hands of the
majority, but determined to enter their
protest and put on record their position.
An unusually large attendance was in evil
dence.
Representative Hartman of Montana
introduced a joint resolution directing the
secretary of the navy to have prepared
and delivered suitable medals of honor to
Lieutenant Hobson and each member OF
his crew for gallant, heroic and patriotic
services rendered the United States at
Santiago harbor on June 3, 1898. 1t ap-
propriates $500 for the purpose.
The house, on a rising vote, decided tC
non-concur and send the war revenue bill
to conference. The house conferees APP
pointed are Dingley, Payne ana Bailey.
Conferees Meet.
Washington, June 6-The conferees OF
the war revenue bill met in the room o
the senate committee on finance at
o'clock. The senate conferees express con
fidence that the conference will be con
Guided before the end of the week.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

be the first boat of the kind ever put
afioat.
General Roy Stone, of the division of
highways OF the agricultural department
at Washington, has been detailed to man
age the construction of roads for our army
in Cuba.
Bids have been invited for the construc-
ton of three battleships, authorized in
the last naval bill. The plans call for the
most powerful vessels of their type yet
constructed in this country.
The general deficiency appropriation
bill, to be passed at this session of con
gress, will carry the largest appropriation
of any deficiency bill for years, if not in
the history of the government. 1t will
amount to at least 5000 ,O0O, 900, and prob
ably more.
Representative Achison of Pennsylva-
MIA has introduced in the house bill in
creasing the pay of enlisted men who in
time of war serve outside the territorial
limits of the United States 100 per cent of
the rate as fixed by law during the period
of such service.
CtHdloI quay VI IcuiSN wanna has III
troduced in the senate a bill providing
that the pensions of all soldiers who
served in the war between the states
which have been cut down shall be re-
stored and declaring that no pension to a
soldier shall be less than SD a month.
Speaking of the wonderful accuracy OF
the gunners on our warships, Captain
Higginson of the battleship AIassachusett:
recently stated that "the Indiana put a
shell from her l3-inch gun through a tar
get 20OO yards distant and then put d
second shell through the same hole.
Our great battleship Oregon Travelled
from Puget sound to Key West, II 49,
miles, without break or accident. She
steamed 1000 miles, from San Francisco
to Callao, in 10 days without once stop
ping her engines. No other battleshiI
ever steamed so far continuously.
The house of representatives has passed
the senate resolution authorizing the sec
rotary of the navy to present a sword o
, honor to Admiral Dewey, and cause to b
struck bronze medals commemorating tn
battle of Manila bay for distribution t.
the officers and men of our Asiatic squad
ron
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
HEIGHT OF THE SOLDIERS.
Americans Taller Than Any other
Race of Civilized Men.

The Yankee is the tallest of civilized
men. In Europe the Scandinavian is the
only one that approaches him in average
height, says the Des Moines Leader. Even
the Englishman is a half inch shorter,
and the German trife more than an
inch The average American volunteer
stands 8 feet u inches in his stocking
feet, whereas the Spanish soldier averages
nearly two inches shorter. The American
is 10 pounds heavier than his antagonist,
and his chest expansion is markedly
greater. During the civil war the big
gest men came from Kentucky. averaging
a trifie over feet 81 inches. Close behind
was Kansas, with Minnesota, Missouri,
California and Nevada following in the
order given. The men from all these
states averaged 5 feet inches. Maine,
Illinois and Michigan fell two-tenths of
an inch below that mark, and next came
Ohio and Pennsylvania. Massachusetts
and Connecticut were at the foot of the
list, the volunteers from the latter states
averaging only feet 81 inches.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Extensive Deposits Have Been Open
ed Up Near the Sea.

Washington, June 5.-"Notes on the
Philippines" have been issued by the state
department as one of the 81 advance
sheets of the consular reports.
One expert extensively quoted, Frank
Caruth, says that extensive gold deposits
have been opened up quite near the sea,
assuring a large output for many years
to come. 1t has also been proved that
they extend over a wide district. Alluvian
gold is found in the island of Mindanao
and there are extensive copper deposits
in Luzon.
While no true coal has been found,
there is Ignite of a good quality, quite
useful for steam vessels This is in great
quantity. Roughly washed alluvial gold
has been found to contain rlbies and
hyacinthes.
The pamphlet author speaks in the
highest terms of the character of the ma
tives. The family tie is very strong
children are orderly, parents respected and
the race has an inbred courtesy and pru-
dence and ready hospitality is never miss
ing. Eight million natives inhabit the
Philippines, food resources are ample and
famine is unknown.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
FLYING THE ENEMY'S FLAG.
When This Deceit, Permissible i'm
War, Must he Abandoned.

The honorable Dons are highly indig-
nant over the alleged flying of the Span
ish flag by some of the American war
ships in Cuban waters, says the Indian
apolis journal. There is no occasion for
exploiting Spanish honor or morality The
use of the enemy's flag is permissible in
war within certain limitations. According
to one writer, quoted in a Washington
dispatch: The regulations of the United
States navy state that the use of for
eign flag to deceive an enemy is permissi-
BILE, but that it must be hauled down be-
fore gun is fired, and under no circum-
stances is an action to be commenced or
an engagement fought without the dis
play of the national ensign"
Another authority says: at is forbid
den in war on land to make use of the
enemy's flag for purpose of deceit. On
the sea the national flag of a public armed
vessel must be displayed before an en-
gagement begins or capture is made. "
This implies that the enemy's flag may be
used for purposes of deceit up to the time
. of firing, when the ships own colors must
be displayed. The use of the enemys flag
to mislead is no worse than the dissemina-
ton of false dispatches, which the Span
iards have practiced very freely.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
ORDERED TO ACTIVE SERVICE.
superintendent of West Point Called
to the Field.

Washington, June 5. Colonel H. o.
Ernst, corps of engineers, superintendent
of the West Point military academy, who
was recently appointed brigadier general
of volunteers, has been ordered to report
to Major General Wilson, commanding
the Sixth army corps at Chickamauga for
assignment to a command.
1t is said at the war department that
the vacancy thus created in the superin-
tendency of the military academy will not
be filled unless it becomes evident that
General Ernsts absence will be prolonged
beyond the beginning of next fall term.
Meanwhile the affairs of the institution
will be administered by Colonel o. /.
Helm, First cavalry commantant of ca
diets, the second ranking officer on duty
there
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
FARM LAND GOES BEGGING.
Thousands of Deserted Holdings Co
ing to Ruin in New England.

There are in New England 1900 aban
doned farms. the value of which has sunk
to a minimum and yearly the number of
neglected acres, once fruitful and the
homes of the best and most patriotic
stock America. has known is increasing
to such an extent that practicable and
Immediately applicable remedy is looked
for, says the New York Herald. Sixty
years ago there was scarcely vacant
farm in all New England, and there were
very few that were not cultivated by the
owners. They were veritable homesteads.
where one family had lived for genera
tons and where the head of the house
was the sturdy, Woodworking man of in
tegrity, common sense and uncommon
shrewdness who has been passing away
for half a century and is seldom seen ex-
cept in literature and the drama. His
successor is the tenant. with no sentiment
to bind him to the land, and very often
his absence means acres returning to their
original conditions and houses and barns
falling into decay.
Why are these farms vacant? There are
in New England 235. 600 acres of land, once
under a high state of cultivation, that
have been strangers to the plowshare for
years. Why are they abandoned? Farm
ing does not pay" the son of the sturdy
New England farmer tells US. If it does
Jay at all. it pays best on the rich, stone
gone there tell us. Thousands born and
reared on New England farms have taken
Horace Greeley's advice and gone west.
They left no one behind interested in the
farm. Father and mother have finished
their work and the children have left the
old homestead to strangers or, worse, 10
the elements. The urban population has
increased, while the rural has decreased
! The daughters of the New England farm
! ers have preferred to marry city men
/ the sons have gravitated to the centers
| Of population and the old farms have
been abandoned. They have become near
ly worthless. but none wants them. The
selling prices of land have been cut il
two three and four times. The falling of
in the rural population has meant fewer
to support, the hamlets and cross-roaC
settlements have suffered. the miller, th'
| storekeeper and the blacksmith have been
through necessity. carried by the human
tide to the cities.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

lean ships. 1t is said only 500 American
troops were landed at Daiquiri, or possibly
at Aguadares, the two places being CON
fused in reports reaching here.
1t seems TO be admitted that American
soldiers were so accurate that the Spanish
were compelled to flee from the fortifca-
tions they were defending.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Ri. Hon. Thomas Ball, Ii. D., D. c.
L., lord chancellor OF Ireland from 1873
to 1880, is dead.
The Nebraska supreme COM has
granted IA 1ehearinG TO Former State
Treasurer Bal,.ey, convicted Of embez.
Element.
Peter jackson and Jim Jetfr.es, who
will meet at san Francisco. have agreed
on Jim Mcdonald, the baseball umpire,
as referee.
A bill to ~reorGanlZe II enlarge the
army has been reported to the house by
the chairman OF the military com.
mlttee.
Jimmy Parry of Chicago and Johnny
Corners of Springfield, Ids, fought Sc
rounds at the rmer place, Barry get.
ting the decision.
At Anderson. Ind, James HarrinS'
, ton shot his wife through the head and
then put n bullet into his own brain,
both dying instantly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19
THE SPANISH SCHEME.
Madrid Government Prepared For

Madrid Government Prepared For an
Adverse Report by Our Naval Board.
WASHINGTON, March 10. The semi.
official statement given GU at Madrid
advancing the government view that q
demand for indemnity based on Span.
ish responsibility for the Maine explo.
sion would be Indignantly repelled by
Spain attracted much interest in official
circles. There has been little doubt for
some time that Spain was preparing
for the contingency Of an adverse re-
port by the American court Of inquiry,
and to that end was preparing to al.
ticipate and offset it by making clear
the governments policy Of standing by
the report OF the Spanish commission.
The report of the latter body is due in
Madrid and while its conclusions are
not officially known it is a foregone
conclusion that it will find that the
Maine disaster was due to accident
Resulting in Internal Explosion.
This was foreshadowed in the advance
atterances of Captain Peral, head OF
he Spanish commission, who stated
publicly several days ago that the the.
Dry Of external explosion was unten'
able.
Along with the seni.official state
nent from Madrid hat a demand fol
indemnity will be Indignantly refused
% the further statement from reliable
Sources hat the Spanish government
has made it clear to the authorize:
mere tina, intervention may lead to war
the prospects of such intervention ap
pear to be seriously entertained by
Spain and strong efforts have beer
made to avert it by showing that tn
condition of the reconcentrados did np
warrant the step and also that 1t would
threaten to end all prospects OF furthe
~oo;Go rorot,otsNuc
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19
THE cat Isl,Is ~.
Order Of Exercises La the different
Houses Of NOr~hip Ia the CITY
To. W OrrOW

Order Of Exercises In the Different
Houses Of Worship In the city
ia. borrow.
ARTIST CHURCH
Preaching service at 1879 a. IN. Sun
day school at noon. Juniors Union at
$3.50 p. ~. b. Y. Z. U. at $50, topic,
the risen life aud it's early signs, leader,
Daisy Perry. Preaching service at $50,
subject, How to Get Rich" A cordial
invitation Is extended TO all to come.
NJ. L. CHURCH.
&C. Shepherd. pastor: Preaching at
1880 1. IN. and 1870 =. N. Evening sub
iec,. "Immortallty." Epworth League
at 6:3o. You are cordially invited to
come aud worship with us.
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Preaching At 1890 a. IN. and $50 p. III
| Sunday school at zoe The newly
formed Young Peoples circle meets at ]
p. III.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching services at 1880 u. ~. ano
7:3O y. ~, by Rev. DR.. Hunt OF low"
Sunday school ut noon. Young feo
pies society meets at G:3o p. IN.
GRACE CHURCH.
Morning Praye err and sermon ~ lo''
nv Rev. MIR. Fillmore of Nermllllon
MIR. Fillmore will drive to Howard 10
evening service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19
OUR LINE OF SILKS:
w. w. G,rton returned from Howard.

w.. N.NlIlVll IeUuTucu ITOW OWuTu
The W. &. L. l.. will honor the
memory OF Frances f.. Willard in the
following program at the NJ. f. church
tomorrow at $3.50 p. IN. Everyone is
cordially invited to DO present: De-
votional exercises, Mre. Jacobs; Why
hold a memorial service, Mrs Girton;
paper, Mrs. Il. w. Rae; reading,
Mrs Thos. Carey; How Mre. Willard
zane into the temperance work, Miss
Helen Monty; Our leader, Miss Clark; a
monument to Miss Willard, Mrs. S. NJ.
jerks: Offering for the Temple.
Miss Annie O'Connell's new spring
stock OF millinery and ladies' furnishing
goods have arrived and u special display
Of them vii! be made for the bentit OF
the ladies next Tuesday. Miss O'Con.
nell's new storeroom enables her to car.
~ IL much lager stock, display i: &c
better advantage. and better accommo'
date her customers generally. The
ladies' are invited to so to Miss OCon
nell's store next Tuesday and see the
new stock in all its beauty Of arrange
meut.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19

A startling incident, OF which Mr..
John Oliver Of Philadelphia, was the sub
ject, is narrated by him as follows: 81
was in u most dreadful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite-gradually grow.
ing weaker day by day. Three physlc'-
aus had given me up. Fortunately. a
friend advised trying Electric Bitters;
and to my JOY and surprise, the first bot
tie made a decided improvement. Icon
tinued their use for three weeks, and am
now a we'll man. l know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave OF another
victim" No one should fail to try them
Only 80 cents per bottle at q. II. Woods
drug store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19
lgoue seeker Excursion.

The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway company will sell Home Seekers
excursion tickets to nearly all points in
the western and Southern states for one
lowest full rate plus $500, not a ticket to
be sold for less than $500. Tickets will
be sold March Is, April 5 and 10, 1888,
and will be good to: return any Fri
day or Tuesday within 81 days after sale.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-19
Agreed to the Agricultural Bill.

WASHINGTON, March ID. The house
agreed to the conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill II then
wepti into committee of the whole ana
resumed consideration Of the %postofllce
appropriation bill.