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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-22
SALMAGUNDl,

IOU t'uoJ'
We noticed Commissioner Reed on
be streets today.
See the notice OF dissolution OF part
,ership elsewhere.
Judge Toyne of Monnd Valley and
gorge Moody of Huntington are in
nwn. ..
W. f. Johnson is down from North
'ork. He reports lots Of storm up
hat way.
Chesley Woodward is down from
ack Geek. He predicts lively
eason at the Bull Run mines.
The California delegation OF rail-
|ay conductors passed through yes
erday on their return from the con-
sntion at Detroit.
Why not dress neatly when it
bsts no more than to wear shabby.
istii clothing. Jacobs fits you and
yes satisfaction or no pay.
The steam wagon got as far rs the
a1be yester day, where it broke down
nd is laid up for repairs. 1t is hav-
e rough time on it's trial trip.
Two hundred delegates to the Bap.
BIT Conference to he hell III Califor-
IL this week will arrive here abrnt
O'Clock this evening and take
PIPER.
Seymour Jacobs has new designs
e latest goods and all suits are
pine made, at prices never before
bard of. Try him. He will make
pu smile. =
The town Is full Of grand jurors
id witnesses today. Nearly every
elton OF the county is represented.
look happy and appear as il they
pre- contented. 49,
e. NJ. Fletcher. carpenter and
llder, ID prepared to do all work in
line in a first class manner and
reasonable prices. Work IN the
untry solicited. Give me trial.
Al Cotant and family and Mrs. c.
Led lick left for Santa Anna. Cal
MA TO lay, where they expect to
re their future home. Mr.. Led.
x remained behind to arrange
ne business matters.
Nichols and Rodgers will
We a social dance at Har-
s. Hall Friday. evening.
ay Goth. Admission for
Fnt and ladies 81.
rrenmor Coffin, the Carson ittor-
lis in town today on business con.
cted with the Governorship con-
T. He served a subpoena today on
ERIK Dawley to appear before the
preme Court at Carson on J unel 10,
th the ballots cast at the last cleo.
p and the records bearing on the
ntest. H..
'innty Per Cnt. Of the people have
ne kind OF hulnor in the blood. and
causes many Diseases. Hoods
Saparilla cures these Diseases by
pelling the hpmor.
foods Pills are nop-iritatinp and
only pills to take with Hoods
rsaparilla.
we were shown the plans this
d n ng Tor tile Episcopal parsonage
he built just east of the church
ne building will be 1880 feet and
u contain five rooms and the neces.
Try closets. The plans chow a
enutitul one story colt age that will
on greatly to the appearance OF
'at part OF town. Gardner & Son.
no have the contract to build the
Hrsonage, began work on the fopn
alton this morning and expect IN
ave the hnil6;n, oon..1uA1
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-22

Bring your Job Work to the InDa.
PENDENT Office. Low prices.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
The Physiology Glass.

There Is a lady occupied in the in
st1uction of the juvenile mind who is
quite willing to confess that the pupils
who attend her classes do not do all
the learning Some of the small folk
under her tuition occasionally astonish
her with their superior knowledge of
the mcdernly developed resources of the
English language. A lecture on n.y.
giene had been included in the program
for the day, and she had taken care to
show the effects of alcohol and tobacco
upon the system. She impressed her
teachings by means of anatomical
charts. which gave especial lucidity to
her remarks when she came to warning
the little girls, years in advance of any
practical need, of the dangers of tight
lacing One of the little girls, whose
home surroundings are of the sort in
which ease, rather than elegance of ex-
preston is sought, listened with pro-
found attention.
Now Margaret" the teacher said,
you may see how well you remember
what have said about tight lacing and
tell US why it is injurious.
There was no response.
I mean you, Maggie" the teacher
added, and the girl jumped to her feet
as she recognized the more familiar
name.
Tight lacing, ma'am, is injurious,
ma ann
She hesitated. and the teacher smiled
encouragingly and said, Go on
Cos, ma'am it's liable to7twist yer
Stats. ''-Washington tSar.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. NO. 4o4.

the Board of Trustees of the city Of
Sacramento to order the following street
That where not already done cement
stone sidewalk be constructed on the
north side of street, between Third and
two and one-half (21Q inches in thick
ness, and a top coating of cement and
sand one-half %, of an inch in thick
ness; where not already done, construct
ing granite curbs and brick bulkheads.
also placing existing curbs on true line
and grade. Said walk to extend from east
curb line of Third street to west curb
line of Fourth street. fourteen QD feet
wide, and from east curb line of Fourth
line OF Fourth street. eleven QD feet
wide; thence to west curb line of Fifth
street. fourteen QD feet wide; construct
ing granite round corners at the street
intersections where no granite round cor
And notice is hereby given that ali per-
to file their Objections in writing. in the
office of the Clerk of the Board of Trus-
tees, as required by law, stating how
scented by the party so Directing, and ON
what street the property so represented
Is located.
And the Clerk is hereby directed to post
this resolution conspicuously for two days
near the chamber door of this board also
to publish the same for two days in the
required by law.
The .Record-Union,' a daily newspaper,
is hereby designated as the paper in which
be published by the Superintendent of
Streets of said city, in relation to tho
work described aforesaid.
In Board of Trustees. Sacramento,
January %, 1899. Adopted by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Trustees Tebbets, Kent, Paine.
Douglas Devine, Brown, Dolan
Absent-Trustees Bentley, Mckay.
d. MCKAY,
D,or;15ork of Tho Roard Of T,r,,c+aoc
NJ J. Desmond, Clerk of the Board Of
Trustees.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
ON THE KAKUKUK.
"A Number Of Steamers Have Gone
Into Winter Quarters.

SEATTLE. Jan. 29.-A special to the
Post -Intelligencer" contains news
from the Kayukuk River. The LaVelle
Young, Captain Robert Young, owned
by the Pilots of Portland. is in winter
quarters at Peavy. The James Derrick,
CAPTAIN Kennedy. is in winter quar-
ters at Peavy. The Wilbur Crimmins,
Captain Richie, is in winter quarters
few miles above Peavy. Peavy is
situated in latitude 67.10 north, longi :
tude 1000 west. These are the only
steamers on the Middle Fork and are
about 100 miles up the Kayukuk from
the old site of Arctic City
On the south fork of the Kayukuk is
the steamer Alaska Union, Captain
Cromwell, owned by a Chicago COM
pany; steamer Katie Heinrich and
steamer Messenger, owned by Sioux
City people.
At Bergman. where the Alaska Com
mercial Company have store, 100
miles below Peavy. there are twelve
steamers wintering. There are eight
steamers on the Allen Rocket River in
winter quarters and four at Kloko-
chatna River Some of the steamers
below Peavy may be lost in the ice, as
they did not reach safe places for the
k-upF in the spring.
John G. TAFT Of Chicago was drowned
September 9th last.'year. eight miles
north OF Peavy, by the. capsizing of his
canoe. The body fioAted under the ice
and was not recovered
Mr.. TAFT was general manager of the
ALASKA Union Company of Chicago. He
The record-union., 1899-01-30
CONFESSED TO ARSON.
Markarian Brothers Fixed Up an
Internal Machine.

FRESNO, jan 29.-The Markarian
brothers are under arrest for arson in
the first degree. the minimum punish
ment for which is two years imprison-
ment
They are Armenians, and proprietors
of the furniture store in which a fire
was discovered on last Wednesday
night After the Fire Department Off
Gals unearthed where the fire was
thickest an ingeniously constructed in
fernal machine was found. The arrest
of the Markarians was made on the
confession of the elder brother, F. s.. to
Detective Crutcher and Insurance Ad
5uster B. Goodwin of San Francisco and
IN the presence of Fresno auditors.
Markarian says his brother made the
machine and placed it in the wareroom
OF the furniture store at Z o'clock. set
to operate five hours later. The clock
attachment to the machine was set to
sweep bundle of matches attached to
a lever across file and ignite pack
age of excelsior. The confessor de-
ciared that claims amounting to 81, 900
were all falling due and he saw no way
of meeting them save to realize on the
insurance money.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
OF the So-CaIlsd vlsayan Federation for
Two Years.
General Lopez, His Predecessor,
Appointed Commander-in-Chi
Of the Forces Of the Revolution
airy Recommendations is
Being Resumed, but the Crop is
Not Harvested, Owing to Lack
Of Labor.

MANILA, Jan. 29.-According to a
dispatch just received from Iloilo, cap
ital of the island of Panay, at the cleo
ton held on January 18th Senior Ramon
Melliza was chosen President of the So
called Visayan Federation for term
of two years, his predecessor, General
Lopez, being appointed Commander-in-
Chief of the forces of the revolutionary
government.
Business was being resumed there
when the dispatch in question left, and
sugar was entering from the island of
Negros. Ships wereF loading hemp The
sugar crop is far below the average and
shows. an estimated deficiency of about
5000 tons.
Although matured, the crop was not
being harvested, owing to the lack of
labor, but with the subsistence of the
excitement the local authorities were
persuading the natives to return to- the
provinces
Six native Commissioners, headed by
Senior Ramon Avancena, a lawyer. ar
rived to-day from Iloilo by the United
States transport ST. Paul. They have
come to consult with Aguinaldo. A
number of native soldiers who had been
transported, We're landed on January
10Th on the island of Panay, about
twenty five miles north. of Iloilo.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
A YOUTHFUL HERO.
He Rescues an Infant From a
Burning Building.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-The San
Bruno Hotel. an old landmark on the
San Bruno road, southwest or the city,
was burned TODAY, and Matthias
Eichorn, porter of the hotel, persisted
in the flames. In his efforts to escape
similar fate, J. Kansauer, lodger
leaped from a third-story window and
was severely, though not fatally, hurt.
The hotel was a three-story frame
building, managed by Joseph Steiner.
The fire started in a second-story bed
room occupied by the children of the
proprietor. After the flames were dis
covered, the fire gained Roadway with
almost incredible rapidity. In a very
few minutes the building was almost
impossible of entrance or exit. Despite
the apparent futility Of the task, little
Theodore Steiner, the eight-year-old
son of the hoteIkeeper. clambeTed into
the burning building, the walls of which
We're even then apparently lettering,
and when he had been given up for
lost, emerged in safety, triumphantly
carrying baby II months old, whom
he had rescued from certain death.
Unfortunately, no one thought OF
Echorn, the porter, who was old, deaf
and a cripple. His deafness prevented
his hearing the alarm at the discovery
of the fire, and his lameness made 1t
impossible to climb down as a younger
man might have escaped. When the
old man was missed it was too late to
attempt a rescue, even were that prac-
ticable The old porter's charred re-
mains were subsequently found in the
ruins of the building.
The hotel was of little value, and
5000 viii probably cover the property
loss.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
He Was Dead Before the Fire Was
ExtInguished.
His Face Charred Beyond Recog-
nition-San Bruno Hotel Burned
and Matthias Eichorn, the
Porter, Persisted in the Flames
AN Eight-Year-Old Boy
Bravely Saves an Infant From
the Building.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.-Thomas
Milford Rollet, aged 4 years, was
burned to death to-day in the rear of
the Pacific Gas Improvement Com
pany's works at Fillmore and Chestnut
streets. He was the son of 7. w. Roll
let, head teamster for the gas COM
pany, and was in the habit of making
the yards back of the works his play
ground.
His mother, who is separated from
the father, keeps a saloon on the OPP
pesite corner. To-day Rollet wanted to
take his boy for a ride, but the mother
refused, and the child went to amuse
himself in the yard. He found an oil
barrel used for the collection of petro-
leum drippings. He turned the faucet
half on, and his clothes were soon sat
urated with the inflammable fluid. He
then lit some matches which he had
in his pocket, and instantly was. en-
veloped in flames. Engineer James
Owens heard his screams, and, rushing
to the rescue, rolled the child on the
grass, but when the fire was extin-
guished the boy was dead. His clothes
We're entirely destroyed and the face
charred almost beyond recognition.
The record-union., 1899-01-30

Resolved, That the Board of Trustees OF
the City of Sacramento having In open
session. on the 23d day fof January, 1899,
opened, examined and publicly. declared
all sealed proposals or bids offered for
the following work, to wit:
That the alley between / and J streets,
in said city, from the center line of Thir-
teenth street to the west line of Fifteenth
street, be improved by reconstructing the
present sewer from the center line Of
fourteenth street to the west line of Four
teenth street, with eight 81 inch diameter
yitrified ironstone pipe, six go inch 'Y''
branches and brick manhole; and con-
sfr1cting q new eight 90 inch diameter
vitrified ironstone pipe sewer with six
i6) inch "Y'' branches, a brick manhole
and a flush tank from the west line of
Fourteenth street to the west line Of Fiji
's Hereby rejects all OF said bids except
that next hereinafter mentioned, and
hereby awards the contract for said work
to the lowest regular responsible bidder
to wit: TO Henry Dehh, at the prices
specified in his proposal on file for said
The Clerk of this board is hereby d.
rected to advertise this resolution and no.
tice Of the adoption hereof in the Rec.
ord Union" q daily newspaper published
and circulated in this city, for a period
Of two days, as required by law, and to
post the same conspicuously for q period
The record-union., 1899-01-30
A Heinous Crime.

Justice Ball, an Irish Judge, once
tried a case in which a man was in
dicted for robbery at the house of a
poor widow. The first witness was the
young daughter of the widow, who
identified the prisoner as the man who
had entered the house and smashed her
mothers chest. do you say that the
prisoner at the bar broke your moth
er's chest?" said the Judge, in aston
ishment. He did. my lord" answered
the girl; "he jumped on it till he
smashed it entirely The Judge
turned to the crown counsel and said:
How is this? Why is not the pris-
oner indicted for murder? If he
smashed the poor woman's chest in the
way the witness has described. he
must surely have killed her." "But,
my lord" said the counsel, sit was a
wooden chest. ''-Household Words.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
NOTICE OF, AWARD OF CONTRACT.
NO. 402.

Pursuant to law and resolution of the
Board of Trustees of the City. OF Sacra-
mento, adopted January %, 1899, direct
ing this notice. notice is hereby given that
the said Board of Trustees, in open ses-
sion, on the 23d day of January, 1899,
opened, examined and publicly declared
all sealed proposals offered for the fol-
lowing work, to wit:
That the alley between I and J streets,
said city, from the center line of Thir-
teenth street to the west line of Fifteenth
street, be improved by reconstructing the
present sewer from the center line of
Thirteenth street to the west line of Four
teenth street with eight 80 inch diameter
yitrified ironstone pipe, six 60 inch ~
branches and a. brick manhole; and con-
structing new eight (0 inch diameter
vitrified ironstone pipe sewer with six (62
inch "Y'' branches, a brick manhole and
a flush tank, from the west line of Four
teenth street to the west line of Fifteenth
street.
Rejected all of said bids except that
next hereinafter mentioned. and there
after, on the 23d day of january, 1899,
awarded the contract for said work to the
lowest regular responsible bidder, to wit:
To Henry Dehn at the prices named for
said work in his proposal ON file.
M T. DESMOND,
Clerk of Board of Trustees of Sacra-
Sacramento. January "a. 1899.
The record-union., 1899-01-30
why He Was Discharged.

There are many stories told about the
manner in which Secretaries in the diff
ferent departments are hampered by
what is known as regulations, law and
general red tape. An instance Of this
occurred the other day in the Navy
Department A case had been pre-
scented to Secretary Long concerning
an enlisted man who went into
the navy as sailor at the
beginning of the war, but as
there did not seem to be any
near prospect of further fighting the
man wanted to return to his family
and his old occupation. s
To the Secretary it was meritorious
case, and he decided to issue a dis
charge for the man. He called in an
officer from the Navigation Bureau
and made known his wishes. "It can't
be done, Mr.. Secretary" said the Off
Ger. "A sailor cannot be discharged
except for cause" The Secretary sent
for the Chief of the Navigation Bureau.
1T want to have this man discharged
from the navy" he announced. The
Chief knit his brows and replied: "Mr.
Secretary, the law and regulations are
very strict; man cannot be dis
charged from the navy except for
cause"
The Secretary was not yet satisfied,
ind requested the attendance of the
Judge Advocate General, the law off,
Ger of the department. us there any
way in which man may be discharged
from the navy?" asked the Secretary.
"Oh, yes," answered the lawyer, "any
man can be discharged for cause"
mot otherwise?" asked the Secretary
IT am anxious to have this man dis
charged WELL" answered the Judge
Advocate, "the law says man cannot
be discharged from the navy except for
cause, and the reason stated in his dis
charge" The Secretary looked at the
officer for moment and then said
with a twinkle in his eye: Make out
this mans discharge" and added, after
a slight hesitation, because it rained
yesterday morning." The man has
received his discharge
Star
The record-union., 1899-01-30
AT A CHINESE DINNER.
Observations of the Only European
Guest at the Banquet.


I had a novel experience the other
night. says 1.-The Stars" Yokohama
correspondent, in being the sole Euro
pan guest at dinner party attended
by some 600 progressive Cinnamon The
occasion was the birthday of Confu-
cius. That sage, according to Chin
csc calendars was born 2,449 years
ago. Confucius has still a strong hold
on the educated Chinese, and the party
of reform, of which the unfortunate
Kang- Yin-Wei was the leader, are
particularly attached to his teachings.
The Reformers, indeed, have lately
been making strenuous efforts to re-
vive the cult of Confucius, and this
was the first time for many years that
his birthday has been celebrated in
style. Probably in China the victor
rious conservatives did their best to
crush the movement, but here in Yoko-
hama it was great success Nearly
all the Chinese of the place, except the
Legation people and the employees of
the Russo-Turkish Bank-who are
Manchus-joined in.
The dinner was held at the josshouse,
which was a perfect blaze of Chinese
lanterns. electric light and grand dra-
gon flags, and crowded with Chinese in
their most brilliant silks-reds and
greens and blues of the liveliest posi-
BILE shades. Seats were provided for
every one-an Improvement on. the
Japanese custom of sitting on ones
knees-and the meal was served on
small tables to accommodate four. The
dinner commenced at $50 o'clock, and
it ended at IL o'clock, and there was
eating and drinking the whole time,
with no laborious speeches to distract
The record-union., 1899-01-30
A FREE SILVER MAN.
But Senator-E1ect Clark il a Pro-
tectionist on Raw Material.

ST. PAUL, Jan. pa Helena, Mont.
special to the Pioneer Press" says:
United States Senator-elect William A.
Clark is free silver man, and although
a Democrat is a protectionist as far as
raw material is concerned. Mr. Clark
was asked to-day to define his position
on the financial question.
Il stand he said, for the restora-
ton Of silver to it's former status before
its characterization in 1873 and at the
ratio of 16 to l.
In the arrangement of the tariff
schedules the producers of raw ma
terial, such as WOOL lead, sugar and
other products Of the Western States,
should be amply and fully protected.
The present tariff includes sufficient
revenues to meet the expenses of the
Government and in the readjustmnt of
the schedules, while it should be pro-
vided that the manufacturer should re-
ceive protection against cheap foreign
labor, which is eminently proper and
just, they should be content Herewith
and not seek an unfair advantage over
the producers of raw material, as has
been the tendency heretofore"
Mr.. Clark declined to say in specific
terms whether he was an expansionist
or not.
I'VE may well be proud" he added,
''of having driven the Spaniards from
the Western Hemisphere and from the
islands of the Pacific Ocean and On
having lifted the yoke of oppression off
the necks of 12000,O00 people, yet,
elated with this marvellous success, we
must pause to consider with the great
est deliberations of rights and welfare of
the people who have been liberated and
provide for them a just and appropriate
temporary government, bearing in mind
the danger Of foreign diplomatic en-
tanglements. 1t is an experiment that
will put to the test the highest states
manship, but I believe we can safely
rely upon the abilities and patriotism of
the people of the United States to
solve the problem with justice and sat
isfaction to all concerned"