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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
About An Even Thing.

\ well known member OF the De-
troit bar tells the Free Press the fol-
lowing story. Some years go | at.
tended "A session OF the circuit court
up i'll the State. \. pro confcsso Iii
rorce case was called, and it so hap
pened that the Judge on the case was
opposed to divorces, especially those
which were uuOpposed. After the
attorney for the complainant in this
case announced himself as ready to
proceed, the Judge asked IL any one
was to appear for the defendant.
There was silence for a moment and
then theJudge repeated the question.
At u end OF the lawyers table was
an attorney who had acquired the
liquor habit and was at the time con-
siderably under its influence. He
was noticed struggling to his feet,
and on observing him the Judge took
the occasion To ask him il he appear.
ed for the defendant. no, your hon.
or, merely rose TO remark -as friend
OF the court that with Bro. Double
blank ar attorney for the complain
ant and no Il on the othe- side that
Is WAS about an ever thing Then
Blank resumed his seat while the
whole court roared with laughter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
HASNA.s

Senator Hanna having couciliated
opposition in his own party in his
own State, not this time.with an axe
but with the making OF some 400
promises to give opponents that many
federal Jobs recently released from
civil service rules by Mckinley, now
comes forward with the announce
ment that the matter Of trusts 10 by
no means a political question,
With a fine grasp OF the situation
Hanna serves notice on all those who
oppose the trusts, and especially on
all Democrats, that this matter can
not be made a party ISSUE
With splendid hypocrisy. Hanna
says that the next Republican nation
al convention will meet this question
f~earlessly and intelligently, without
-the hysteria Of prejudice and Popu-
lism. but with due regard Of the act
ual effect Of these combinations upon
labor ana competition. That plat
form will not declarefor confscation
orrepudiation. 1t will carefully differ
entiate between the combinations
that reduce the price OF commodities
To consumers aud those hal seek to
limit the production and thus increase
the price and diminish the demand
Tor labor
No doubt Hanna il correct. The
Republican national convention will
meet the question as fearlessly and as
intelligently as the ST. Louis Repub-
lican convention met the question Of
bimetallism and civil sevice.
After it has thus -fearlessiy and in
diligently met the trust question, il
it ecures votes enough to put it in
~poWer,the Republican party will-fear-
lessly and intelligently' break every
sacred promise it has made
ing trusts.
1t is astonishing how thst sort OF
hypocritical cant manages to fool the
people. 1t won victory for the Re.
publican party in 1896 and the same
tactics are to be followed in 1900.
How voters believe for one mo.
ment the men who lied to them three
years ago, who have broken every
promise madeIthem whenever political
ex~pediency seemed to demand such
pertidty, is a question that must re-
main q puzzle.
That the Republicans are prepar-
ing to hedge on the trust question is
evident from Hanna's declarations.
Will the people allow this arch trick.
ster to fool them again and yet again?
1t is hoped that they will not, but
hope seems almost vain in the light
Of past eIPeriences,-Chicago Demo-
crat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
More rr,us,. a, the Reservation.

On last New Years there Was al at
tempt 70 destroy the school building
at the White Rock agency on the
Shoshoae reservation. At that time
nothing WAS Thought ~ it. Trouble
followed in April as has been related
in fetal in previous issues OF this
paper. While the parties implicated
in the Nayhughtrou6le were in VIM
uemuccs a secoEt attempt WIS made
to burn the building ON May llth.
No; beng successful the lrebuys
made a third attempt on the next day
May -.
Inspector W. L. Holland. OF the In
dian Bureau Was at the Agency at the
time the second attemptwas made aud
in the building when the inccndiary
act was attempted. On May IL. it vas
set in the evening, Mr.. Holland being
asleep in one OF the rooms at the time
Some OF the Indian boys smelt it
burning and upon investigation found
the fire and extinGuished it.
Early in the morninG OF May l2-h,
was when the last unsuccessful at
was made. This time Inspector Hol-
land was in the building. The fire
was started with paper saturated i'll
coal oil taken from the can in the
school room.
1t Is not known who the parties are
that started the fire on New Years
day. but the cu!prits have been dis
covered that started one OF the last
fires. Two small Indian girls, atten.
dan,s at the Indian school Of which
Miss Anna ESan is superintendent
have admitted committing the crime,
but they say they were told to do it
by some OF the Indians.
Inspector Holland WAS at the Res
esvatIon about six weeks Investigate
ing affairs thee and then submitted
his report to Washington. 1t is said
that his report was dlythinG but
mild,
Inspector Duncan WAS sen to the
agency and from a gentleman who
Just came from there, aud is familiar
with the entire proceedings, said that
Mr.. Duncan was sent there 10 verify
the statements in Inspector Hollands
report. Inspector Duncan remained
at White Rock two days aud the sup.
position is that lac suhstantiated Mr..
Hollands statements. He did not re-
main there long enough to get datato
make an adverse report to that OF Nc.
tiolland-Silver State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
CUBAN CONSPIRACY FOR INDIE
PENDENCE.

In a private letter received by the
New York Herald from a distinguish
ed Cuban now a resident OF the
United States, Is a most sensational
statement about the plans OF the IT.
reconcilable Cuban leaders. The
writer is conservative, and ia i n a 20.
sihon to know what is going on at the
present in Cuba.
The information is rs follows:
The latest story from Cuba, which
i have reason to believe, having been
told by a prominent Cuban whose in
timacy with the Cuban leaders in
Havana lends authority to the state
ment, Ii that the former revolution.
airy element has decided to make a
virtue Of necessity and gracefully, to
outside appearances, accept Ameri-
can intervention.
AT the end OF txo years. however.
II the Cuban independence Is not
acknowledged and the government
turbed over to the Cubans. the torch
Ia TO be applied from one end Of the
island to the other. which means that
all foreign investments will be de.
stroyed.
when it IL considered that the
wealth OF Cuba depends on its agri.
cultural Development, chiefly cane
and tobacco, and that a tirebrsnd ma.
liciously applied in a dry cane field
would cause the destruction Of thous
ands Of dollars Of property in a single
night, the enormity Of the pIo, be.
ZONES apparent
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
Cattle Dyinr from In. brought.

a Denver dispatch OF the 22nd
says:
According ~ reports received By
Secretary Charles +. Martin o, the
National Live Stock Association. the
drought has destroyed all the large
Colorado ranges.
Tho reports coming 20 this Office.
said MIR. Martin. SHOW tina, un,esa
there Is speedy relief from presen,
conditions the loss TO stockmen will
be something enormous. Even
should the cattle and sheep .uryir.
the summer they will be so poor and
emaciated when The SHOWS come they
will drop like leaves from the FROST
Already cattle hre dying in San
Luis valley. where the drought has
assumed a serious place. Like con.
ditioDs are reported from Northern
New Mexico, parts OF Oklahoma. the
Indian Nations. Western Kansas and
Southern Utah.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
81. Joseph stock Market.

Receipts OF sheep and lambs for the
past six days have not been adequate
10 supply tie demand Of the packers.
This is also true Of other points and
as a result values have shown much
firmuess. making slight gains each
day. Lambs are now quotable
at from s. - 10 sG 20: clipped
lambs q - to g 30: clipped ewes
e. OtO g: Gull lamb. % to 81. Clip.
ped sheep and ycarlines e. % TO
si 10; bucks 81 - TO 60, goats 50 10
e..
Tie trade in cattle received u little
bacbse, the first OF the week "a Chi.
cago started the week With 22.wO
cattle and much lower prices. Tho
trade here and al other outside points
fell into line and as a consequence
values arc 10 ~ lJc under las; Thurs.
day. Big 1000 pouod branded natives
sold today At % 10 and pretty good
wesscrncrs sold at 20 ms did some
good nstivcs.but the general run OF
steers sold at from al co 10 81 90,
Heavy and common kinds suffered
tho worst. iieifer are selling n little
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

The fcw travellers who have taken
the time and trouble to look into
hcneleks queer kingdom Of Abys.
sinia tell some queer tales Of IT. BE.
sides the Maria Theresa, 1880 dollars.
the people Of Abyssrnia. for small
change use a bar Of hard, c~r!stalized
salt. about ten inches long and two
inches and n bali broad and thick.
slightly ;spering toward the end. five
OF which go 10 the dollar ut the CAP.
rnl. People are very particular
about the. standard f!neucss OF the
currency. II il does not ring like
metal. or IL il is at all Clipped. moth.
Ing will induce them 20 take IL. Then
1t Is a token Of affection among tie
natives, when friends meet. 10 give
each other a lick 81 their respective
amolis. and in this way the material
value 81 The bar is also decreased.
For still smaller charge cartridges
are used. 81 which three 20 TO one
salt. IL docs not matter what snrt
'hey are. Some slafpcrs use their
cartridges in the ordinary way. and
ihen put in some dust and a dummy
bullet 10 make Up the difference. or
al" they take ont the powder and
put The hdliet in again so that pos,
Fihly IN tho next action the unhappy
seller will lind that he has only miss,
htes IN his belt; but this is such a
common fraud that no ono takes ans
notice OF it. and a bad cartridge
SCENE to serve "a readily as a goot
onc.-Pbiladelphia Pres.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

The count OF the ballots in Washoe
county was completed Thursday at
ternoon. Sadler's attorneys objected
to II ballots and NcMillan's to II.
Storey county was next taken up,
Gold Hill being the first counted.
The first ballot was objected to on
the ground that two red lines were
carefully drawn through the name OF
III. j. Mcguire, candidate for the As
sembly. Counsel for Mcmillan in
formed the court hat the lines were
drawn by the clerk OF Storey county
and were % drawn because Mr..
Mcguire withdrew as a candidate.
1t was done so as not to mislead the
voter and were all so ruled before
election and before reaching the
hands OF the voter. also that Secre-
tary OF State Howell saw the ballots
so prepared. Mcmillan reserved the
night Of Directing TO all Sadler bal.
lots so ruled and stated TO the Court
that proof would be put il by him
fully explaining the same. In the
Fifth ward Of Reno Mcmillan lost
tTo yo,es in the count and lost five
more III Gold Hill and the Fourth
ward OF Virginia City. THIS makes a
net loss OF seye1 votes Tor Thursdays
count.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
FILE SOUW BILLS.
4. G.. DAwLEY.
County Clerk

by order OF the Board ~ County
Commissioners. all bills against the
County to he acted upon by the
Bonrd. must bc iiltd on or before the
Saturday immediately preceding the
Monday upon winch The Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not he acted
upon Grtil the next meeting Of the
Board.
Attesi3 a. q. DAwLry
Comfy CT, rk,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

\ further advance in tho price 81
silver il prcdictcdby pomo who are
looked upon ma authority. The rcas.
on given Tor this happy anticipation
is largely increnacd use IL the ar.
and manufactures due Ia the iuw
price Of silver aud the greatly extend.
cd usc OF tho metal ne a circulating
medium in Oriental countries nuw
about being opened up, particularly
IN China.
Charley Waller returned from Tus-
carOra las, night.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

y. p. Gulduggcr. at Jones' old
stand. in prepared to do blacksmith.
ing in all Of i's hrnuchca at prices To
euIt the times. IlOrsc shoomg and
wagon work Il specially. Al work
guaranteed. Take your work to Mr.
G~uldaggcr's shop il you want il done
well aud at reasonable prices. .
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

Aluminium is now largely used rs a
substitute for copper. 1t is on nc.
count Of its light weight, really
chcnrcr thnn copper. Tho American
aluminium production for the wear Of
1888 was 1000 tens. The OUTPUT Of
tie works a: Niagara Falls for 1899
Will be increased to 1000 tons. Tho
American output is alrrady greater
than the entire output Of Europe, CSC
tons having already been used in 1888
for conductive purposes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

When the Supreme Court conven
el this morning the lawyers Tor both
sides were in their plsccs eager for
the fray. The judges looked a little
weary. Respondents attorneys said
Clerk Blossom Of Douglas might be
excused ns they did not desire q re-.
count OF Gafdnerville. The yOto being
go close, there being a difference Of
one vote between the rival Governors,
Realtors attorneys insisted upon a
recount and The focanrass commenc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
SO1ICi:.

by order of the Board ~ County
Commissioners Of Eiko County. state,
OF Nevada. made this Oh day ~
February. lS9l, notice tx hcr"hy
given that all persons who are chnrg
cs upon Tia" county must come IA the
County Hospital, or all claimR Tor
their support will hc disaliowcd by
said B0arG except III cases ~ extreme
emergency.
Attest: a. @. DAwLrr.
County Clerk.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
YOUNG MOTHERS.

Group il the terror 'of thousands Of
young mothers because it's outbreak
ia so agonizlng and frequently fatal.
ShiIoh's Cough and Consumption
Cure acts like magic in cases oi
Group. II has never been known 10
fail. The worst cases relieved i'm.
mediately. Price - cts. 30 ctR. and
Sl.00. For sale by Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

or 1860 cases 81 hydroyhohia in
Paris in n yoar only ak were fatal.
Before the Pas;cur treatment was
adopted the number 81 donths would
have been. in the Ramc number of
cases. III.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

The bicycle was scheduled to knock
out tho horse and now comes the au.
tonobile for which tho samo inten.
10 in view. Tho horse, however, Just
gives uhom a horse laugh and goes on
increasing in yaluo.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
FRENCH TANSY WATERS. the

FRENCH TANSY WATERS. the
worlds famous remedy for ~irregulR
and painful periods OF ladies'; are
never failing and safe, r~ejuvInate the
system aud brighten the eyes; restore
health and beauty to the fadcd;
French Tansy Waters are the only
reliable female remedy in the world;
imported from Paris; take nothing
else from the druggists. but insist on
the genuine; in red wrappers with the
rom trade mark. Price. -. For
sale 10y ali druggists, or sent by US
direct on receipt Of the price. La
France Drug Co..imroTtcB, 3cG Turk
St. San Francisco.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23

y compnny with a capital Of slO..
oo"'oIo hns been formed in Chicago
u engage IN tho building Of steel
freight care.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
Tn. Go,.nor.hip Contest.

.
The INDEPENDENT receiv-
ed the following dispatch at
1855 o'clock this afternoon:
Reno, June, 19 1899.
INDEPENDENT, Elko New.
In the Gubernatorial
contest Sadler has lost
hfty-three votes thus far,
and Mcmillan has lost ff-
teen, leaving Mcmillan a
plurality of sixteen. The
Sadlcr side of the contro-
versy is now OH.
GAZETTE
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-23
NG141lEGTGMU

Hood, P4IlI ezre Hyet III: nOa trita.ia and
saly eltsITue . take -ith HsSI. S1I,AEartlLA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER
Clarence F.. Shattuck d and
His Body Placed On the Car
Tracks. Near Erie, Pm.

Erie, Pa, July 11.-Clarence f. Shat.
tuck, n of the proprietors OF a bill
lard room at Four Mile Creek, neal
here, was shot and killed and his body
placed on the tracks of the Erie motor
line. His wife, Ella Shattuck, is locked
in the Erie police station charged with
numbering him. An examination of
the body by Coroner Steinmctz. dis
closed the fact that the man had been
shot in the head. ann and back. 1t is
stated that two bicyclists who were
near the roadway in the immediate
ne~ighborhood of the ~trestle, heard a
cry of murder twice before tire shots
were fired, and that they saw n woman
hurry down towards the mouth of tine
creek.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
CURRE.s1 ptNS NOTE :.

An effort is being made to develop
the gold mines near Hot Springs. Ark,
Merchants of other nations are get.
ting worried over American enterprise
in Manila.
Gov. Francis of Missouri is in tn.
east working in the interests of the st.
Louis Worlds fair.
y special grand jury will he impan-
Cltd at st. Louis to pass on the ease Of
Donuelly. who killed Mrs. Miller.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Stubbletield vas
fatally wounded by Martin Smith. and
the Clay county (ky.) feud has been
rekindIcd.
Emperor William entertained sixty
French marine apprentices aboard the
imperial Yacht IIohenzollern. at Ber-
gen. Norway.
Twenty officers of the British army
intelligence office have been ordered TO
the Cape and warlike indications are
apparent in London.
Cecil Rhodes is pushing work on his
railway and telegraph lines. from Cape
to Cairo. in Africa. His soldier brother
is associated with hlln.
Howell, the American oarsman,
romped away from Blackstaffe, the
English expert, in the race for the
diamond SOULS at the Henley regatta.
The president has completed the list
of medical officers for the eight regi-
ments of volunteer infantry to be sent
to reinforce Gen. Otis in the Philip
pines.
Recruiting officers say St. Louis sur
passesa all stations in obtaining men for
the army, but jefferson barracks is
ignored in the organization of the new
regiments.
DR.. Lack, of London. confirms the
reports of his discovery of the cancer
Germ. He will not be interviewed and
is preparing Il detailed statement 70
the profession.
Conditions are only slightly i'm
proved in the flooded districts in
Texas. Gov. Savers is pursuing a svs-
tematic and thorough plan of relief
for the sufferers.
John II. Stallings. aged los years. is |
dead. He passed away at his home
near Sevierville. Tenn. He was a na-
tive OF North Carolina, but Il pioneer
in Tennessee.
Admiral Cervera and the other COM |
manders of the Spanish feet destroyed |
in the battle off Santiago. whose con.
duct has been the subject of inquiry
by special court-martial. have been
acquitted :nd formally liberated
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
FOREST FIRE IN MONTANA.
Careless P~icknickers Set Fire to the
Forest Near Mount HnEgin-
Immense Damage Done.

St. Paul. Mimi, July 11.-An Ana
conda tMont.) special to the Dispatch
says:
\ forest fire broke out in the mount
aims west of Anaconda. in the vicinity
III Mount IIaggin. Sunday, and is still
raging. The fire originated six miles
%Cst of Anaconda, near the base of the
mountains, from the camp fire of some
rIcknickCrs. 1t spread rapidly through
the forest on the sides of the mount
aIn. both east and west. Before sun
down Oyer 100 cords of wood owned
by three poor woodchoppers, the work
OF Il year, were consumed. The fire was
visible more than 100 miles away. At
midnight the sight was brilliant, with
the suOw-capped peak of Mount Hag-
gin towering heaverward above the
mas of flames which then covered
several thousand acres. The mountain
sides are heavily wooded and there are
TO prospects of rain. The fire must
burn its way out. either to perpetual
SHOW or TO the timber line.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
A dispatch from Alma. Kas. on n.

A dispatch from Alma. Kas.. on the
night of the 10th. said that II armed
deputies were guarding the Jail to re-
sist another attempt to lynch Dick
Williams, the confessed negro mar
drrer. Notice was served on the would
be lynchers by the deputies that they
would shoot TO kill if another effort
was made to break into the Alma Jail.
BlalSzi Mencywor pulled down and
destroyed an American flag in Chica-
90. IF you had fought as hard for that
flag as myself and many Others" said
Justice Labuy, you would be nor
careful of it. You should be punished
severely. The fine will be 500 and
costs. the full penalty for d~isorderly
conduct"
Count Boni Castellane's thirst for
notoriety remains unsatisfied. Follow
ing his insulting letter to the prince
of Monaco. he has invited the latter TO
meet him on the field of honor. The
prince has declined to fight Il duel
with the fortune-hunting count. de
claring his belief hat Castellane is be-
meath his station.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
UNITED STATES NOT LIABLE
A Ruling of the state Department
that Will Establish Il Pre-
ceienI.

Washington. July 12.-The Secretar,
of state has sent Ambassador CambOn
of France an answer to the l~atter'S re-
cent letter submitting the claim of
: Miss Ivan Favre. for $4,000 damages
attending the capture of the French
steamer Olinde Rodriguez. on which
h was Il passenger. by the cruiser
New Orleans during the blockade of
San Juan.
The secretary reviews the facts Ut
much detail, and states the conciu-
sion that the government is not iian'e
on this claim. The answer is likely
10 establish a precedent on a large
number of similar claims.
The secretary says the French.
steamer was first observed by the
cruiser Yosemite on July >. and that
an officer of the Yosemite went CD
board and noted in the log of the
Rodriguez that n blockade of San
Juan was in progress.
Miss Favre subsequently took pas
sage at Port-au-Prince on July Is. Or
July Il the Rodriguez again put in
an appearance off San Juan. where
upon she was captured by the New
Orleans. The prize was taken to
Charleston on July 30. and on August
5 ali the passengers were released by
court order and turned over to the
French company.
Miss Fayre's claim recited that she
had suffered from an attack of fever
while at Charleston. and the dam
ages were for this and the indignity
of detention.
Secretary Hays letter is accompan-
led by Que from Acknowledgement
Briggs. giving facts submitted by the
United States district attorney at
Charleston, bearing out in detail the
points made in the secretary's letter.
He says the Rodriguez was anchored
off the battery in Charleston harbOr
in one of the most healthful spots
along the Atlantic coast. The health
officers letter is to the same effect.
Aside from the bearing of his de-
cision on the individual cases, it may
have a bearing also on the claims
which may be brought forward by the
owners of the steamer Rodriguez and
of the Lafayette, which was stopped
off Havana