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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
New Laws.

Governor Sadler has approved the
following bills passed by the legisla-
ture:
An Act to create a Legislative
Fund.
An Act To fix the State tax levy and
to distribute the same to the proper
funds.
An Act to provide for copying the
Journal Of the Assembly for the
Nineteenth Session.
An :Act to repeal an Act entitled
"An Act to provide for the issuance
OF bonds by the County OF Ornrshy
and to provide for the pa, ment Of the
same. in order to provide for the paw
mont OF ten thousand dollars Of the
bonds Of said county heretofore is-
suad and now outstanding, which
we're issued III pursuance and by vir-
tue Of an Act Of the Legislature of
the Stat. Of Nevada. entitled 'Nn
Act to authoriz, the issuance OF Ger.
tain bonds by Ormsby county md to
provide for the. payment nf the same.
approved March 8. 1885," approved
February 9. 1897.
An Act TO provide for the compil-
ing aud publishing OF the laws Of the
State of Nevada.
An Act to prevent the shipment OF
wild game from this State.
An Act to amend an Act entitled
Gan Act relating to the duties, salar-
les and compensation Of county and
township officers in Store county,
Nevada" approved March ID. 1897.
An Act TO provide for the purch 1sc
Of land for an Agricultural Expert
ment Station now established bv uhr
Government Of the United States Mt
the City Of Reno, in Washoe county,
and to pay for the same by levyrng u
tax upon che taxable property Of
Washoe cohnty, ana matter properly
connected Herewith.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
a Severe Loss.

John Sparks informs the G:ze,te
that there will he the heaviest loss ~
livestock between the Gulf Of Mexico
and the British lines, IN the main
range belt ever before known. His
acquaintance ia extensive and he aa,s
its just eimply terrible to contem-
plate. He says Nevada is indeed.
fortunate for the loss Of stock i'm this
State will be comparatively Zone at
all. otht than the natural loss. 1t is
an ill wind that blows nobody gond,
and the immense loss Of stock in the
range country will make Nevada beef
high for a year or two. Mr.. Sparks
says. However, that The loss OF sheep.
III the eastern part of this Saate will
be quite heavy, but that cattle. rs q
general thing, are going thr, ugh the
winter in fine shhpe.-Reno Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
4 BIG COORDINATION.

The INDEPENDENT has made COM
bination with the San Fran cisco Bull
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
Another Industry.

J.F. Benson, the man from Bangor
Me-. who has started the industry of
canning horse meat mt Mud Lake,
was IN town yesterday. He info, med
the Gazette that he was going to COW
the rocky hill north OF Mud Lake TO
wild oats to fatten the wild horses on.
Mr.. Benson said he was young yet,
and had a good many wild oats to
SOW. and knew no better place to SOW
them than at Mud Lake. lie re-
marked further that he did not think
crop at that place would be hard to
irrigate as it would be in big CITY,
Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
How's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
L j. CHENEY & co,
Toledo, Ohio,
We, the undersigned, have known F..
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable In
all business transactions, and fnan-
cially able to carry out any obliga-
ton maze by their firm.
WEST & IRUAx Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. Ohio.
WALDING, K1NNAN q MARVIN, Whole
Gale druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Eatarrh Cure is taken inter-
naIly, and acts direc ly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
Weather For March.

The following data, covering q
period Of - years have compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
Carson City, Nevada, month Of March
for 10 years. ''..
TEN ERATURE
Mean or normal temperature, Y
degrees. ...
Tho warmest month was that of
1875 with an average Of Al degrees.
The coolest month was that of 1882
with an average of 80 degrees.
The highest temperature was 81 do.
grees on March 80, 1881.
The lowest temperature was zero
on March Ii, 1880.
Average date on which first skill
ing" occurred in autumn Oct. 9Th.
Average date ON which last skill
ing occurred in spring May 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
train and melted snowl
Average for month. l.33 inches.
Average number of days with OF of
inch or more, 8.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 4.22 inches in 10 2.
The least monthly precipitation was
O.23 inches in 1887.
The greatest amount of precipita.
ton recorded in any "a consecutive
hours was 1.46 inches on March l.
1891.
The greatest amount OF euowfall re-
corded in any "a consecutive hours
trecord extending to Writer OF 1884. s5
only was 18 inches on March 10, 1882.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear daya, II;
lartly cloudy days z; cloudy days IL.
WIND.
The prevailing winds have been
from the eouth west.
The highest velocity of the wind
was 60 miles from the southwest on
March 8, 1890.
j H. SMITH,
Feb. q, 1899. Weather Bureau.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
Wanted Egan's Puniahment.

"When You say. ir, that I loitered
on my way back from the post office, +"
remarked the new boy, @you lie in
every hair Of your head"
"Wh-what| roared the proprie tor.
Then he harshly ad led: "See here,
yonng fellow. do Won know what to
expect for little remark like that ?"
"Certainly / do, said the uuabashed
lad; Il know just what to expect.
Suspension from work for six years
on full pay!'
And the proprietor was so tickled
wi ID the boy that he didn't carry out
the sentence.--Cleveland Plain Deal.
er.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
The New Guard OF washington'
Tomb


Few Of the millione of peoole who
have visited Mount Vernon during
the last half century conld have over
looked the picturesque and stal wart
figure OF Uncle Edmund Parker, the
old cOlored man who reverenily
guarded the tomb of Washington.
The old man died with the old year.
and ia greatly missed by NIL the
habitues Of that sacred place, 20,
he had been there since 1871, wi h
occasional intervals of absence dur.
ing the war. Uncle Edmund's sue
cessor as guard Of the tomb Of Wash
ington 10 Thomas Bushrod. another
venerable negro. who ior the past
eight years has been sexton mt
POhick church. in Fairfax county,
Virginia, with which Washington was
go closely identified. Washington
served on the committee that selected
the site and superintendent its con
st, ucti0u and was vestryman and
warden Of the parish for many years.
Thomas Bushrod was horn in 1926
near Warrenton, Far quier county.
He was "a slave Of the Fitzhugh
family from 1877. when hi home wa.
ch II ged to plantation near Pohick
church, i'll Fairfax county, where he
has since lived. He is man Of ven
cradle appearance and quaint dig
nifty, and fully appreciates his re-
epoDsibility.-- Washington Letter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
Newspaper Meeting.

On Sunday there was organized IL,
this cry under the name OF the "Bi
metallic Newspaper League OF Ne
vada.' an association Of newspapers
which is formed for the purpose Of
supporting the free silver doctrine.
The organization at present il only
temporary and permanent orgauiza-
ton will be completed at Reno in
June.
All newspapers that are wiling to
support free silver at 16 to are
eligible to membersbip.--Carson APP
peal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
Small-at IL tho world,

The smallest book ever printed is
the story Of Perrault's .Hop-o.My.
Thumb lately published. The book
Is one and one-halt inches long by
one wide. and one quarter inch thick.
1t can be read only by the ard OF a
miRcrosoope. bnt ID complete in every
way and haze four engravinRs. ...
Shears no bigger than pin is one
OF the exhibits Of the skill OF Shef.
field workman. A dozen OF these
shears weigh less than q half a grain,
or about the weight Of postage
stamp: they are as perfectly made as
ehears OF ordinary a,ze.
Gaust il the smallest Republic a.
to area, which is exactly ono mile.
The population numbers 100. 1t is
situated in the Pyrenees.
TavClara is the smallest Republic
as to population, having only fifty.
three men, women and children. It
is twelve miles from Sardinia.
Tristan d'Acunha, in the South At.
lantic, sends ont its mail once q year
to the outside world; it has a popula-
ton Of sixty four perrons--eighteen
men. nineteen women, fifteen boys
and twelve girls.
King Malietoa, the Samoan mon.
arch, lately dead, received a smaller
salary than any other member Of roy
atty, $50 monthly, and it was usually
in arrears.
Chinese streets are the narrowest
in the world-some Of them are only
eight feet wide.
The smallest horse in the world ia q
Shetland pony owned bv the Marquis
Carcano. Its height does not EUR
pass seventy centimeters Ia little less
than three feet); it is often harnessed
to 1ilipntian mail coach.
Berlin has the smallest elephant in
the world. II is only one meter high
and weighs eighty Kilograms.
The smallest camels belong in Per.
sia. They are not more than fifty CEN
timeters high.
The smallest cows in the world are
to be tonnd IN the Samoan islands.
The smallest locomotive ever made
was seen at the Omaha exposition
lts height from the ton NJ the stncl,
to the rail is twenty five inches. and
the gauge ID twelve and one-half
.,:hes. The cylinders are two by
fonr inches; the b 'iler is one and n
half horae- power, made Of steel and
tested 10 $40 pounds pressure. and
will hold twentv.fonr gallons Of
water. The diameter of the driving
wheel ia ten inches. The weight of
the little engine is abont 600 ,onnda,
and it will RIM on rail three. quar-
tors ut an inch square. 1t will draw
ten car, each containing two persons.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
A GRAND OFFER.

4 The INDEPENDENT offers to the public as an
j 1nducement to subscribe for the INDEPENDENT
5 and San Francisco "Buletin' three Sun-burst
3 Photo engravings Free known as the lNDEpEv-
3 DENT and Bulletin" souvenir
j These pictures of class of art that no
! one need be ashamed to hang them On the wall
) IN their homes. Their presence will inspire
! patriotism as we'll as to beautify the appearance
\ OF the room in which they are FIXTURE
& The Bulletin" with it's superior press adj
! vantages, furnishes to it's readers all domestic
4 and foreign news twenty-four hours in advance
; OF all other dailies, while the INDEpENDENr pre-
I sents the local and State news, thereby with this
com blnation the reader gets for 81 90 per month
! the latest and most complete news service that
! can be furnished
3 B. d. Forrest, representing the "Bulletin,
!. is at present in Elko and will make thorough
= canvass of the town.
i Subscriptions be made with him or at
5 this office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
= Gard from the University.

- bhO OHINPrHltys
The Indep' ndent Association will
issue the first University OF Nevada
Annual about March i5Sh to he call
ed the ArtemisiB, the botanical name
for sagcbrush. 1t will be q l25.page
1000-copy edition, and will contain
half-tone cuts of tho faculty, gradu-
atIng classes, building, interior views,
hosides MI the societies md orgapiza-
tons. including the military and aih-
lctic teams of the University, making
in all over 40 pnges OF half tones and
G5 pages OK reading matter. The
workmanship and material will DO
the best to bo had on the coast. It
will make a superb souvenir, as web
as an excellent advertising medium.
Subscriptions solicited. Apply to
Thomas j. Lawrence. business man
ager. Reno, Nevada, Tor terms of i'd
vertisiDg.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
SALMAGUNDI.

housaI band passed west today.
Mrs. Henley left for California
today.
Miss Ida Drown Is down with the
measles. She is getting along nicely
today.
The sick children with the excep.
ion o'Mr. Cogswell's boy are all
better today. He remains about the
same.
The latest news from Manila is 10
Tho effect that tho insurgents are very
active at Calnocan and Malabom.
Uncle sam 10 still ChristianizinR
them with the sword.
Engineer Schneider who was in
jured in the collision near Hot
Springs has been taken to tho Rail-
road Hospital at Sacramento. He -
nOttadly hurt.
Van Etten's bill to regulate fases
and freights on the railroads waskil
Cd in the Assembly. The members
OF that body can even up things some
by silling the lottery resolution.
N. P. GuldagRer, at Jones' old
stand, ia prepared to do blacks NTH
ing in all Of ite branches at prices to
suit the times. Horse shoemg and
wagon work speciality. All work
guarantf ed. Take your work t. Mr..
Guldagger's chop il you want it done
well and at reasonable prices. +
The Silver party having given the
State prize tight law now seems de-
termined to curse it with a lottery.
The Senate on Wednesday passed a
concurrent resolution to amend the
constitution so rs to authorize the es.
tablishment Of lottery in the State.
Senator HUI of Eureka is the father
OF the resolution and it passed the
Senate by vote OF 9 to 5 The AS
Senhly should send IT to the bone
yard.
Mr.. r. H. Harrison is in from Ruby
Valley. He reports quite a number
Of the children in the valley down
with tire measles. but none of them
are seriously sick. Ever, body ont
chat way. lie says, are juhilart over
the pro: pc ia for good seas III, on
account of the great amount of snow
in the mountains. He estimates that
there is more snow now in the Ruby
mountains than there has been at any
time for the last ten or twelve years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smith Of Ruby
Valley returned from their alitornia
visit last night and remained in town
today. They remained over III Reno
Tuesday night and MISE the wreck.
Mr.. smith saw consitfe rab'e of Cali
fornia while away aud was not pleas
ed with it. He says Nevad is not
the worst place in the worll i'll which
to maze living and lay something
by for Il rainy lay. His many friends
viii be pleas ID TO learn that he is
looking hale and hearty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02
MARRIED.

LABATE-LABATE:--ln Elko, Nevada,
March ., 1899, by l.. e. Morgan,
Justice Of the Peace, Mr.. Domenico
Labate 10 Miss Dorinto Labats.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02

The Senate yeeter day without de-
bate passed the bill to give Spain
go, 100000 for the Philippines.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-02

DR.. Mcdowell went up to Deeth
last night. ..a . ... .
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-12
RALEIGH's BUDGET.
Nartoloid Among Convicts-TeachcrS
AssembIy-Othcr Notes.

RALEIGH. n. c.. April 1.-(Special y
II is said that varioloid has appeared on
the northampton State Convict Farm. All
the State convicts have been vacclnated.
This was completed three or four weeks
ago.
Governor and Mrs. Russell are in Bruins
wick. and are expected to return here
Thursday.
The Secretary of State to-day received
the reprint OF the forty-third North Caro-
lima Supreme Court reports Generally
known as eighth Iredell's Equity
Mrs. Alfred w Haywood. as has been
noted. makes a gift to the cruiser Raj
eigh OF twelve silver punch cups, gold
lined. exactly matching in design the
punch bowl and ladle presented TO the
Raleigh a few years ago by the people
OF the State. Mrs. Haywood Will not be
able TO 20 10 New York to make the pre-
sentation In person, and so her husband
and little son viii represent her. IL Will
be remembered that she christened the
Raleigh at Portsmouth.
This afternoon the trustees of the Ban
fist state Female University met here
10 elect a president and the faculty There
We're many candidates. The building rs
nearly complete, and is one of the most
imposing in this city.
only three points in the state made an
effort this year 10 get the Teachers AS
semblY. Morehead City succeeds. Shelby
and Greensboro were the other points
Greensboro offered TO entertain the as
sembly free, and but for the appearance
OF "A few cases Of smallpox there would
nave. no doubt. won. June 13-16th is the
date Of the assembly.
II seems that there is trouble in finding
the act Of the Legislature postpOning
until June LIST the date for the effective
ness of the Jim Crow" car law. The
bill passed the House and the papers said
IL also passed the Senate.
1t Is not generally known, but it IS true,
that the First North Carolina Volunteers
was rendered for service in the Philip
pines.
Ed. Chambers Smith, who is in charge
Of the arrangements for having another
cotton-mill here, says il is assured. About
$4,000 is in sight. and OF this s125,o00 is
sure. The Hollis will put up the remainder
of the S20000
The State to-day chartered an impor-
tant enterprise-the whitney Reduction
Works-wlth head office at Salisbury. 1t
will operate in Rowan and Cabarrus
counties. mining. working. and manufac-
turing plants for ores, minerals, metals,
and earths. John S. Henderson, f. b. c.
Hambley. and A. H. Boyden are the
stockholders. and the capital is 100000
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-12
WORK OF THE $. J.. @. A.
Number of Cases Demanding At
tention Quite Small.

The monthly meeting Of the Board oil
Directors Of the Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Animals was held last
night, President Jud. b. Wood in the
chair. There was full attendance OF the
board.
The report OF Agent c. A. Pussy was
as follows:
Number OF cases Investigated in month
OF March IeS5 ............ ............. D,
AdmOnitions ...,........ ..................
Horses or mules with sore shoulders
or DackS .......... neutrality-suspicious..
Horses or mules lame ...................
Horses or mules unfit for work I'M
hitched and sent to stable ............ l.
overloaded teams relieved minimizing.
Very poor, half-starved horses and
mules ordered of street ............... IL
Horses and mules stopped when suf-
fering for want Of shoes, until shod..
Cases OF sick animals, where agent adj
vlsed owners TO get veterinary sur
seon ...:........ .......... .....-.......
Cruelty whipping Of horses or mules
During the month the following ami
mails. diseased or crippled past recovery
and who were suffering, were humanely
destroyed:
Horses and mules .............. ........
dogs ana cats ............ ............... 90
DR. Wood ordered that / make an in
vestigation OF the condition of the drink.
ing fountains of the city, which l did, and
water. and others out Of order. MT
Charles Boiling has been seen, and lie
promised to have the drinking fountains
now out of order repaired promptly.
Miss Helen Montague and Mr.. Jordan
Leak were elected members.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-12
ABATTOIR DEAL OFF.
Plant VIII Not Locate ut Newport
News-aussfn Trial.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, April 11.-(Spe-
cial)--A letter received in this city from
Mr. T. S. Palmer, president of the Abat-
tior Company. recently organized, with a
capital Of 81, 900. 600 to build a mammoth
slaughtering plant. says the plant will
not locate here on account Of difficulty in
making satisfactory arrangements with
prOperty-owners for fifty acres of land as
a site. II Is understood that several Nor
folk railroads have offered fiatterng in
ducements TO the company and that 1t
will locate there II the land can be Sc
cured at the right place on the water
front. The company had accepted fifty
acres here offered by the Old Dowinion
Land Company, but II is understood that
a misunderstanding about terms spoiled
the deal This company Is made up or
wealthy Philadelphia capitalists, and the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway is interest
ed 60 large extent.
The trial Of Colonel A. p. Austin,
charged with oriminally assaulting Ber-
tina Tappan, daughter Of John Tappan, OF
Phoebus. opened this morning in the
Elizabeth City county.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-12

force OF character, both mentally and
physically, retaining the use Of her won
derful Intellect until death ensued. She
was born in Princeton, n. j., May 2, 1890,
a daughter Of Henry Higgins. Esq: was
married in 1855 10 William G. Rowland,
Of the firm Of Rowland & Shlrer, the
largest wood and lumber dealers operat-
ing in Eastern Virginia. During the civil
war Mrs. Rowland was arrested by the
Union forces on the charge OF aiding and
abetting the Confederacy. harboring Con-
federate scouts, ETC. After the war she
became known to nearly every prominent
member of the Richmond Bar for the per-
slstency and vigor with which she con-
tested a suit at law. as Administrative OF
her late husbands estate. which finally,
after many adverse decisions she won
I'm the Supreme Court OF Appeals OF the
State. She leaves one son, w. III. Row
land, editor and owner OF the Chester
field Chronicle.
The remains will be taken TO Westover
church, In Charles City county. for inter
ment tomorrow afternoon, where, by her
request, the Episcopal burial service VIII
be read at the grave.
Messrs. L. A. Bowen & Co. have charge
of the funeral arrangements.
MISS FISCHER TO WE'D.
lnNltdllOHS nave D'til lroufu W NUt
rage OF Mr.. Thomas II. Collier and Miss
Lena Fischer. which Is to take place on
Tuesday, April 18th, at 8 o'clock p. NJ. at
the Fifth-Street Methodist church.
The groom-elect is d valued employee
OF ]. w. Anderson e Co. Miss Fischer,
young lady OF many personal charms Is
a daughter Of Mr.. c. F.. Fischer.
Charles SeabOrne, a cOlored man, for
whom warrant was issued last May.
charging him with entering the house Of
Joe Brown. on Eighth street, with intent
10 commit larceny. was arrested yester-
day by officer Wright. The negro has
been out Of the city but gems to have
been mistaken II he thought this alert
officer had let him pass out OF mind, also.
The man appears before Mayor Maurice
this morning.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Captain c.. A. Blankenship continues
quite i'll.
Miss Berniee Fair Is visiting friends in
Henrico county.
Mrs William Alley, of the Ninth-street
road. continues i'll at her residence.
Mr.. John II. Williams is i'll et his resi-
dence, in Swansboro'.
Rev. c. d. Crawley is at West Point
assisting Rev Mr.. Billiard IN conducting
a protracted meeting. lie Will remain. all
the week.
About 5 O'Clock Monday afternoon Mr..
Woodfn. OF Chesterfield was thrown
from his wagon on upper Hull street and
quite badly bruised about the limbs. He
was taken 10 his home. in the county.
Mr.. Rob. Boyle's residence, in Chester
field county, near Belle Isle saw-mil, sew
eral miles from Manchester, was entirely
destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon about
2 o'clock. The house caught from Chin
ney
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-12

told him, when the Matin printed fac
simlle OF tho "bordereau." that II was
nsshlight reproduction; that the docu-
ments mentioned had been given
to the German attache by a per-
son other than Dreyfus, and that
the handwriting Of the horde
reau" was that of the officer who gave
the documents to the attache. Compare
sons. he said, would be easy. as the at
tache possessed voluminous handwriting
OF that officer. Torielli further told him
that an attache OF the italian embassy
showed him (the AmbassaIor) letter
from the German attache. stating this,
and asserting that he did not know Drey-
rus and attributing to Count Esterhazy
the act for which the court-martial had
wrongly found Dreyfus guilty.