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The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
ARKANSAS STATE NENS.
frank Pace Acquitted at Harrison
 of the Killing of M. L. Aderholt.
NtNTs OF IHEWEEK BRIEFLY cRROSlCLED

ostoffice Robbers Captured A Young Couple 0yercomes Parental Objection and Are Happy Life Prisoner Par doned - Killing in Benton County. Brief Mention.
The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
Gen. Otis Has Plenty of Ammunition.

Wash ington, Feb. 7.-Eei i.-Gen. Shaler, acting chief of the bureau of ordnance, war department, says that Gen. Otis men have about 5,00O,0 ,000 cartridges and plenty of ammunition for their siege, field and machine guns. It is proposed to ship an ad- ditional supply by steamer. Practic- ally all of the ammunition furnished the ships and troops is smokeless.
The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
Rode in the Baggage Car.

John Hoover and Miss Lizzie Knox, both of Pine Bluff, eloped to Little Rock and were married. In order to butwit the brides parents, the couple
 nade the journey in baggage car, (hus succeeding in reaching their des- (ination without being observed by off eers, who had been wired to hold them lnd prevent their marriage. The bride s 15 years of age.
The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
Americans in Complete Control.

Manila, Feb. 2, 3:43 p. m.-Th" Americans, as this dispatch is sent. are in complete control of the situa- tion within radius of nine miles oi Manila, their lines extending to Ma labon, on the north, and to Paranaque on the south, are fully 25 miles iong
 While a few detached bodies of the enemy offer desultory opposition, the main body of the rebels is in full re- treat and utterly routed.
 Of the hordes of troops originally drawn up in battle array against the Americans, fully one-third are already incapacitated, and the others are scat tered in every direction.
The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
Frank Pace Acquitted.

Al Harrison, Boone county, the jury in he Frank Pace murder case returned a
 Serdict of not guilty. The Henry and
 <rov Pace cases were continued until ext court.
 This was one of the most interesting Sriminal cases Boone county has had in
 nauy years, and the interest was not konfined to that county alone. Frank
 Pace was former prosecuting attor- lev of the Fourteenth circuit. Decem- Ser 8. 1898, NJ. l.. Aderholt, promi- lent and wealthy planter. engaged in street duel with Capt. W. F. Pace, on he streets of Harrison, over a divorce Iuit of his wife in which Pace was her Sounsel. Capt. Pace was seriously in- hred, but afterwards recovered. Ader- | Solt escaped, but returned after a hort time and surrendered to the off kials His preliminary hearing was set 5or December 27, but on December 24 he three Pace brother, Frank, Henry Ind Troy, sons of Capt. Pace, en- kountered Aderholt on the streets, and duel ensued Aderholt was shot 1own, dying the following day. The Pace brothers were arrested. Frank Ind Henry were released on s1o, 900 bond bach and Troy on &1,000. Frank Pace klaimed that Aderholt made a motion )o draw his weapon end that he was loo quick for him. The defense of the Pace boys was that they acted only for belf-protection, and that Aderholt had hade many threats against their lives.
The Forrest City times., 1899-02-10
Killed Blythe Cars.

white man was run over and killed
 .ne ears in the Fort Smith yards at 6'ie Rock on the night of February fapers found on the person of the bY eeaseo indicated that his name was |st Louis. ~ ""' '"
 = oank IS to be established at Mans neid' Sebastian county.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14

During a rcccnt visit. to the army
camp III Savannah. General Joseph
Wheeler was entertained by "a party
! OF Northern men at De Sofa. when in
til" good humor OF after dinner cigars
one nf the gentlemen present said
laughinply:
-How is it General, thgt the sleepy
farms Of the South produce such
whir!wind fighters in such small
packages?-
We'll. General" SAID the little gen
eral, putting ut a big mans cigar, Il
believe | will have to give the answer
an old cracker woman once gave me
when ! asked her a similar question.
Not many years ago ! hal occasion
to make a saddle journey through the
pine barrcnS where almost everybody
is IA cracker and mighty shiftless.
One day however ! rode into n small
community that showed signs OF
thrift MS to he quite out %! keeping
Win The general appearances of the
harrens, | do assure you, gentlemen.
rode up to "a cabin where Il giant
old oma stood in the door way. and
asked her who owncl these farmg
that were So well kept.
That farm on the left belongs TO
my son Jabez, aud the next one 10
my hoy. Ialim, and the next to my
lad, Jason, and the next il my boy.
Potiphcr's, and
"'liold ON. sister | said, how did
you manage to raise such IA fine lot Of
boys way of here in the woOds?'
wall. stranger she answered. i
am a widdcr woman, md all I had 10
raise en- on wns prayer and hickory.
but ! raiscd EN- powerful frcqucmt.' =
Philadelphia Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
THE DESIRED APPROXIMATIONS.

4 friend in Sacramento sends the
INDEPENDENT the following clipping
from the Selma Enterprise:
-Elko county Nevada. has but one
delinquent taxpayer. says an er.
change, the entire tax OF tha. county
having been collected except 80.
We are curious 10 know whether
there are more than two or three tax
payers in Elko county,
In order to satisfy the curiosity OF
the Enterprise we will give it some
facts and figures regarding Elko
county. In the first place EIko
county has a population Of 1000. The
assessable value Of its property, real
and personal, last year figured up a..
62S,2IO. Upon this was collected
state, county and high school taxes
amounting to s92,55S IS. This tax
was paid by about 600 tax payers, on.
ly one OF whom was delinquent in
June.
In addition to this Elko county has
class OF citizens that cannot be
beaten anywhere Tor intelligency,
morality, generosity and all the Gle.
ments that go to make up good citi
zenship. Its people are happy. pros.
porous and contented. In short, il ia
just the place for people looking for
homes. to settle in. This should sat.
Isfy the curiosity Of the Enterprise.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
weekly Crop Bulletin.

The U. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture, Nevada Section, Climate aud
Crop service. Weather Bureau.
For the week ending July 81, is
taken the following:
Conditions during the week ending
July 3i. were exceptionally favorable
in all parts OF the State Ter the cult.
walton. growth and harvesting Of the
crops. The days were generally clear
and sunny with on excess OF temper.
ature averaging about two degrees a
day. There was no am reported
from any district during the week.
Heavy frosts occurred III the vicinity
OF Fort Halleck, Elko county, on tie
18th and Goth. doing considerable
damage to fruit trees and tender
plants.
Reports for the past week are gen.
ally favorable and indicate that the
principal crops are looking we'll and
growing nicely.
In Lincoln countyth the grain harvest
Is finished and the second crop Of al.
falfa is Ill the stack. The yield is
about the average.
In the western districts barley is
turning, blackbeiries, Strawberries
and currants are ~ripening and alfalfa
is being harvested.
In Churchill, Lyon and Eureka the
hay crop will be somewhat lighter
than usual.
Drought conditions prevail over the
greater portions OF the State to the
detriment OF the stock interests. The
ranges are rapidly drying up and in
some portions cattle are not III the
best OF condition.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
GOEMAS VS.. EHYNS,

The Springfield Republican. n OF
The most conservative aud indcrcn.
dent Journals III the country opinion.
aztec as follows:
Coptrasted with such n personality
as that OF Bryan, German cannot, nm.
pear TO the best advantage. lIe OK.
eeis in craft and political manipula.
lion and deceit, and in the uae y,
language to conceal thought; while
bryan 10 ono OF the most ;noenuors
men that have ever been consnicuous
in N politics. lie spcaks .cIoo,I,.
and plainly and eycrybodv L,nm.
where he stands on most oucs,;ons
before the people. and Knows Ina, ho
Ia sincere, md these are pon,,a,
qualities however much appearancna
may o to deny the fact nt times
There cannot be much gain 10 IN.
country in substituting u man lik,
German for the Democratic leader
IL would not be a step forward.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
China. srsetacnI.r MIIItarr He,l.r


Here is a fetching description OF d
military review that We lave culled
from Mr.. Harold Gorsr 5 lrw book on
China:
Al one extremity Of the field there
was raised OF a slight elevation OF
ground a platform shaded 10y an i'm
mense red parasOl ornamented with
banners. streamers aud some large
lanterns, that did not seem particu.
larry necessary, as the sun was shin
ing in full splendor.T The inspector cx.
t%raordiDary OF the imperial army, and
the principal civil and military mand-
arms OF the town were on the plat
form, seated in armchairs before little
tables covered with tea things and
boxes filed with excellent tobacco.
The moment arrives to begin. \ little
cuiverin that stood near the platform
was fired oil, the military judges Gov
ering their ears with their hands to
protect them from the frighifuf deto.
nation; then Il yellow flag was hoisted
to the top Of onc oi the forts, the tom.
toms sounded furious charge and
the soldiers rushed together pell.mell
uttcring furions cries and grouping
themselves around the flag of their
company. = II il impossible
To imagine anything more whimsical
aud comic than the cvOlutiODs Of the
Chinese soldiers; they advance, draw
back, leap. p]irouette. cut capcrs.
crouch behind their shields US il to
watch the enemy, and then jump IN
again. distribute blows right and left
and then run away with all their
might, crying -Victory, victory!--
London Echo.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
l. THE GAZETTE BLIND

Because We said the other dsy that
we believed Mcmillan stood TO more
show now to draw down the Cover.
nors salary for the remainder Of the
term than he did when the last ballot
was cast On the 81 Of last November,
tie Reno Gazette takes US to task
and charges US with an attempt to
iDjure the Supreme Court in the esti-
nation OF the public. The IypErES.
DENT stands by what it said and il it
will do Bro. Bragg any good it will
repeat il. htns Supreme Caur! e
injured in public estimation it will be
through their own acts and not by
what newspapers may say Of it. The
events Immediately preceding the
last election, i'll winch the majority OF
the Supreme Court took such q
prominent part, have no: been for.
gotten by the people OF the State.
They showed themselves to be
strong partjsans on the stump and it
would be almost miraculous il they
did not lean toward the side OF the
Governorsbip contest most in har-
moDy with their political views. II
this plain inference from their
past conduct injuries them in public
estimation, the fault is theirs. The
Gazette is either blind or it does not
want to see the truth.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14

Bmt few changes ut the Nevada
Hospital for Mental Diseases have
been made by the now management.
All old attendant are retained md the
general routine ID the same as be.
fore.
DIR. Patterson has constructed M
cco0omiaing heater and hot water
boiler. Six or seven hundred feet OF
hose have been purchased FOR the fire
department, and tho ono hundred cell
storage battery, a'liich lights the hos.
pital after the dynamo Ia stopped
has been thoroughly renovated and
repaired, and now gives about thirty
per cent more illumination than for.
mcrly.
In Ward \, first floor there are -
patients all quiet and orderly. Ward
u contains - patients Of a morcnoisy
class. and in Ward 4 are kept G3 pa,
iiGnts who need constant watching
bcug rough and vicious.
Wards d mud r. for woman contain
Is in all. Tho total number of pa,
ticnts is 1872.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14

There can be no doubt that the
paciication Of the island Is now &C.
complished. City for city. the towns
OF Cuba arc more peaceful and or
derby than the towns OF tn, United
States. There was never a more do
cile or quiet people. AL the reports
of bandits are zealously forwarded
to the United States and half OF them
are lies.
-rhe Cubans "a and will give them.
selves as good n government a have
the petty Republics OF South Ameri-
ca aud Central America. They are
impatient to take the management OF
their own affairs.
-rhe irritation OF the Cubaps
against the Americans and the Amer
lean military rale is daily increasing
and win inevitably presently find
vent in u revolt
HIS conclusions are % interesting
| at the present time. that we quote
them in full:
TO conclude: We are in a false
position in Cuba; a position the ont,
come Of which may result in the
wounding OF our national p-ide.
we have the choice o; iwo alterna.
tives. Shall we drift or shall We de.
eide:
To decide. TO carry out onr prom
ise at once 10 take our troops ont OF
Cuba, leaving the people 10 govern
themselves until such a time Is they
shall desire a1nexation-that seems
Ia BE- the proper course.
TO dnf: meas . struggle with q
tremendous problem under disEeari.
entng conditions; tr! ing 20 help these
people in the face Of daily increasing
opposition, irritation, ingratitude aud
suspicion. II means a postponement
% the problems connected with the
prosperity OF the island. 1t means the
failure TO fulfill z solemn pledge.
Judging from what We know OF
tie ease with which revolutions are
gotten up in Spanish.South .Ameri.
can countries, to drift may mean
a revolt.
And 10 matter how large or how
small 4 rrvOl; gotten up against US
il Cuba might be lit often happens
that the smallest band are the most
difficult 10 deal with no glory would
be ours III Quelling it, whether we
lost 10 the struggle tens or thousands
o. Like the SpAniards tens o! ihous.
Ends OF men. And II will be time
then for the enemies OF the Republic
TO laugh. For the Spanish will seem
10 have made coed their claim that
the war OF ISIS was one q. pure a=-
erosion inspired by a lust Tor terri
tory.
1T il certain that the question 81
Cuba oyerzhadows in gravity any
other question nov confronting the
country
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14

Miss Egan, supennte ldent OF the
Indian school at the Duck Valley
reservation. has won the tirst round
in her tussle with Agent MayhugL.
The trouble at the reservation arose
over the refusal Of Miss Egan to dis
miss Indian girls from the school.
This brought on the shooting scrape
in April that resulted in Mayhugh's
discontinue. Since then the matter
has been investigated 10y the Interior
Department, with the result that in
structions we're issued on the l2tu
directing that the three Indian girls,
sought to be removed from the In.
dian school as a result Of an Indian
courts verdict, be permitted TO re-
main there until otherwise directed.
Things do not seem to be moving
smoothly for Honest John at the
reservation. 1t Is really too bad for
the morals Of the school and the in
teresis OF the indians generally thst
these girls were noi dismissed from
the school and Honest John given
full swing a; the reservation TO carry
out his CREST neral and salary grab
b;ug reforms. Miss Egan and Or.
AeEiveathsr should be removed
from the reservation at once and
some ~svrTicsable tools seat to take
thsir places When this Is done
white-wrnced peace will hover over
the Western Shoshone Agency and
JOY uucorirei will bubble from the
peaceful bosom Of Agent Gayhugh.
II the Interior Department knew
hoE rs Agent at this reservation Is
hsmpsrd and iOrnentei by these
applicable enemies Of the Agents
schemes il would dismiss these poor
Indian girls from tie school az oace
and sand Miss Egan and the doughty
doctor 10 some other Geld OF labor.
II l. = shame and e disgrace TO the
Department TO permit these mischief
makers 20 interfere with the moral
reforms Sc: on foot by this IrulE
great and good man. He would lead
the poor Indian TO tie heights he has
attained, and they would sink him TO
the level IN which the! groreI. Il IS
sad TO Contemplate.
We could III a column or more
with our lamentations over the per
rersity Of The Interior Department in
sitting down on this great and gooi
man, but We have walled ard lament
ed enough for once. When another
occasion presents itself. orr tear
fountain viii bubble over again and
our lamentations Will be pitirul TO
behold.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
Rea.ons for pixerrs.

An Ohio man has secured a divorce
because. as he declared under oath:
the defendant pulled this plaintiff
out OF bed by the whiskeH.
An Illinois vile secured a divorce
because her husband threw the baby
at Ter when she hit him with the
COIL bucket FOR splitting ON tl.c stove.
4 Connecticut man got "a divorce
on the ground that his wife would
not get up i'll the morning or do any
thing she was told.
\ decree WAS granted III Il Massl-
chusetts court, because the detendan.
had kept the plaintiff awake most all
night quarrelmg.
A Wisconsin man got a divorce be-
cause his wife kept IA servant girl
who spit on the frying pan to see il it
was hot.
y New Jersey woman secured a di-
vorce because her husband was in the
habit of putting a razor under his
pillow To brighten her.
\ Virginia wonIan WAS set free be-
cause her husband did not come
home till 10 p, III. and then kept her
awake talking.
\ Tennessee court liberated a wife
because har husband would not wash
himself, thereby causing her great
mental anguish.
4 henpecked husband secured "A
divorce IN a Pennsylvania court he
caase, i'll the language Of his affidavit
the defendant struck the plaintiff Il
violent blow with her hustle.
In Minnesota a decree WIS given L
wife because the defendant never
cut his toe nails. and being restless in
his sleep, scratched the plaintiff Sc
verely.
y Kansas a recently secured
a divorce from her husband because
a. she solemnly set forth in her pc.
tition. he pinched her nose, which
caused her great pain and mental
anguish.
In Illinois deere WAS obtained be-
cause a long suffering husband com
plaiucd that during the past years
his wife he'd struck him repeatedly
with pOkers. Hat irons aud other hard
substanccs.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14

y correspondent writing from Vir-
ginia gives Law Notes the following
story:
In Il prosecution for horse stealing.
tri ID i'll Bedford county, Virginia,
just after the war, the evidence was
conflicting, and, as usual. the attOr.
uey for the prisoner obtained from
the court All instruction that the pris-
oner was entitled to a BILE
doubt. Tie jury retired and after
they had been ont about two hours
and a half.the dinner hour arrived.
The Judge sent the sheriff TO ask il
jury we're likely to agree. The all
swer came @ycs.7 The court waited
until about 3o'clock in the afternoon
and again sent IL sec il the jury were
likely TO agree. Again came the az.
firmative answer. Supper time came
with no jury. Once more tho sheriff
made his pilgrimage to the jury room
and returned with the same reply.
Lights were procured and ahout 9
o'clock the jury filed in with .heir
verdict, which the court read solemn
ly: ave. the jury. find the defendant
not guilty by Il damn tight squeeze
Upon the first ballot the jury had
found the prisoner not guilty, but one
man hung the jury for l2 hours on
the ~addendum. damn tight squeeze
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
WHERE Is II GOING:

The Boise Capital is convinced
that every silver man who joined the
Bryan forces for principle three
years ago is determined to remaiL
away from the Hanna organization
for the same reason. Personal pi4ne.
disappointed ambitions or partizan
preiudices do not influence men who
are aciuated by devotion to principle.
Some few remained with the silver
forces III 1896 merely because the
prevailing sentiment was that way,
and they had not then insured against
probable losses OF prestige OF patron
age. These have been ready from
the beginning 10 seize upon the first
excuse to return TO the goldbug or
ganizatiG0.
Where are such Republicans 60
ing:' asks the Capital. where is
the Sal; Lake Tribune going? Will
they 60 back into the Republican
party: Well. what has the Republic
can party ever done for silver: What
does it promise TO do for silver now?
1t stands today pledged to the policy
OF fastening the single gold standard
permanently on this country. How
do silver Republicans like this pro-
gram? How does the Tribune like
ii: InlS92 the Republican party de-
clared that the American people,
from tradition and interest. favor bi.
metallisn aud the Republican party
demands the use OF both gold and
silver as standard money What
does the party declare now:
In 1895 the bowling ~plu;ocrats
Kissed Dubois. Cannon and Teller
who in 1892 bore the banner OF that
party that had declared for bimetal-
ism, and drove tie single gold stand.
ard plank down the thrua;s Of the
t4wniu= sycophants who bent the
supple hinges OF the knee and COW
cred IN the dust before their masters.
In lsyJ the Republican party made
one o. the most shameless campaigns
known 10 history. spending millions
OF dollars to corrupt voters in order
To defeat silver, and then won only
by a scratch. Will men who are bi-
metall!sts from conviction support q
party pledged 10 eternal hostility to
their principles: viii they turn
their backs now upon the white YES
tai virgin to consort with that Re
publican bswd: Perish the thought.
Not a man who left the Republi-
car party in 1875 from principle has
gone back, for tie reason tina. the
party's position toward silver Is the
same nov Is it was then. There are
more reasons why silver men should
leave the Republican party uow than
shere were III 1896. Then the party
hell out a slender hope for bimetal-
Ism through international agree
lnent, and some few believed It WAS
sincere. Now the Republican party
has thrown off the mask and pro-
its tealty to the single gold
standard. That Is what the Tribune
Is going back TO. That Is the doc.
thine that silver Republicans who 90
back to the z. o. p. will haze 10 advo-
cate and vote for. Better be a dog
and bay at the moon than such d
Roman.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
The Fourth, Casualties.

The Chicago Tribune attempted to
compile a list OF Fourth Of July cas-.
u~alti2s, and published the result OF
rcturns received from 80 cities and
towns throughout the United States,
These returns showed 33 killed, and
1870 wounded, with Il fire loss agcre.
eating S2S3.OGO. or course it would
be impossible to obtain within so
short a time anything like a complete
report OF the casualties throughout the
United States and yet the showing
made is startling, when compared
with casualties III the Philippines.
According to the latest figures the
number Of soldiers killed i'll the Phil
ippines since tn. 9Th OF last Augusta
period covering IL months, was 200.
The number OF wounded for the IL
months was 1900 or 23h less than the
number wounded in one days crle-
b:a:ion. The number OF wounded,
killed. captured and missing in The
Philippine campaign up to date is
2862 a compared with 100 killed aud
wounded on the Fourth. II it were
possible to obtain complete returns
it is altogether likely that the casul-
for the Fourth wouid exceed those OF
the Philippines.
The most valuable thing about the
Fourth OF July statistics comes out in
the analysis, which shows that the
cannon firecracker was responsible
for just one-halF Of the accidents.