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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
THE SWEEPER TEAM.
n picturesque Spectacle That II Still
to De Seen on City Horse
Car Lines.

The sweeper team, always the pride
Of the car stable, is disappearing rap
idly now before the power sweeper of
the electric and cable roads; but when,
on occasion, it does appear on the few
remaining horse-equipped lines of the
city,. 1t Is made up in the same fine
style MS ever. When the sweeper team
finally goes for good it will trot away
IN good form and flying colors, says
the New York Sun.
mus there was seen the other day on
acIty street car track over which horse
cars are still running a sweeper team
Of eight white horses in perfectly
matched pairs and all good-sized, the
wheel pair big horses and the other
pairs tapering uniformly to the leaders,
nut not running down very much. lust
enough to give the big team form and
style. The names Of every set of har-
less we're painted red, not a glaring
red nor a muddy dark red-it was more
hnk'sh and transparent-and this mar
row band of bright color running
around the black collar of each white
morse looked neither gaudy nor out of
pace; 1t gave the outfit just the proper
touch Of jauntincss.
Inc horses were all good steppers and
they moved with proper pride. the
hig team was OF course we'll driven. 1t
wqs not perhaps the greatest team ever
.Fyas, but it was something uncommon
slick.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
JOINT STATEMENT
OF THE
Auditor and Treasurer of
E1kO County
For Quarter Ending March 81, 1899.
COUNTY OF ELKo. d.
AIIDITOD.c OEETNn

AUDITORS OFFICE,
ELKo, April 3, 1899.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New. +;
GENTLEMEN:-We herewith submit
our Qarterly Report of the Finances
Of the county for the quarter ending
March 81, 1899.
Respectfully submitted,
@. A. WATKINS, Auditor.
A. G. DAwLEY, Treasurer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13

The above balance stands to the
credit Of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
March 81, 1899:
TREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET.
Cash in treasury to the credit of the
various funds, March 81, 1899:
In State fund, o d ........S 4,O39 40
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13

RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
Balance in Treasury Dec.
81, 1898. 1886 81
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
WORK OF CHANGERS.
Committees Appointed for the Ensu-
ing Two Years.

NAPA, Oct. 7.-During the closing ses-
sion of the State Grange the resolution Of
the Napa Grange recommending that the
State Legislature reduce the salaries of
county officers was referred to the per-
manent legislative committee, which.
after thorough investigation, recommend
ed that the matter be carried to the State
Grange meeting two years hence.
Stockton Grange presented resolutions
urging Congress to build the Nicaragua
canal as soon as practicable through Gov
ernment ownership and that the Govern
ment take stringent measures to prevent
timber cutting and pasturage in the for
ests and provide storage for the flood
waters.
committee, composed of A L. Burn
ham of Lamberts, B. G. Hubert of San
Jose Thomas Jacob of Visalia and A D.
Butler of Napa, was named to assist in
organizing a California dried fruit asso-
citation.
The following permanent committees
were appointed by Worthy Master Wor-
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
MASCAREL LEFT
TWO FAMILIES
Contest Promised Over
His Estate.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Oct by the death
Of the old-timer, Jose Mascarel, once
Mayor, and for two terms a member of
the City Council Of this place when 1t
was still struggling adobe pueblo, the
courts again will be called upon to settle
the vexed question of plural marriages,
rights of heirs who may or may not
rightly have called him father, and to
accord the seal Of wifehood to some wo.
man who row does not seem to bear It.
AS Is usual In such cases the male actor
in the domestic drama left a large for
tune. When the value of the estate OF
the house Of Mascarel is established it
will be found to run toward one million,
and of this amount one hundred thousand
is in cash in the l. w. Hellman banking
house, known as the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank.
Mascare hailed from the south OF
France, and as a sailor drifted into this
section fifty years ago, never quitting the
old home for a day. Mascarel invested in
real estate and cattle, bought, trafticked
and sold became wealthy and figured as
an active stockholder in the Hellman
bank. He married in this country and his
known heirs are a wife and three children
by a former marriage and a flock OF
BARNS estimated at a bakers dozen. All
of these reside in Los Angeles.
Added TO this record is the link IN the
Mascarel chain that is found in the south
of France in the form of wife and chill
the new world.
The dead ex-Mayor will be buried on
Monday, the ceremonies being held IN the
ancient Plaza Church, but even now, as
these facts have been known for q score
Of years, lawyers are preparing the pa
pers that shall divide the remnants Of g.
fortune among heirs If possible and surely
among themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
RAILROADS. DEMURRER
Is 0VERRULED
Action in the Suit of the Merchants
Trust Company Against the
Missouri Kansas.

NEW YORK. Oct. Judge Townsend
Of the United States Circuit Court Of the
Southern District Of New York. in an
opinion handed down to-day, overruled
the demurrer entered by the defendants
in the suit brought by the Merchants
Trust Company against the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Railroad Company
growing out of a mortgage made to the
former assistant trustee in 1890 to secure
an Issue Of bonds aggregating 500, 900 0UJ.
The defendant company fled pleas that
for the six months an accounting was
asked the property was in the hands of
receivers appointed on petition Of the
trust company as trustee in a former ac-
ton brought on a prior mortgage: that
the receivers accounted for all OF the In
come Of the road during that period, and
that accounts had been accepted and ap-
proved by the court with the assent If
the complainant corporation. The trust
company filed amendments to its bill and
in response to the latter the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Railroad Company en-
tered a demurrer which Judge Townsend
refused 10 sustain.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

from the service of the United States.
The following named enlisted men, hay
ing enlisted under false pretenses, will be
DISCHARGED without honor from the ser
vice: Private James Clark, Twenty-ninth
Infantry, and Private John A. Winkler,
Thirtieth Infantry, Preside, San Fran
cisco.
Pensions California: Original-Hiram
V. B. Parker. Fresno, sS; Xavier Ruiz,
Soldiers Home, Los Angeles, Sc; Robert
Nj. Town, Myrtle, $40; George w. Geer,
Lemoore, Sc; Andrew R. over, San Fran
cisco, IS; Robert Orr, Soldiers Home, Los
Angeles IS; John H. Wyatt. Los Angeles,
$s William A. Swain, Fullerton, IS. In
crease-Barnabas e. Savery, Corona, Sc
to IS; William O. Mauck, Santee Station,
SIS to $40: John Baker, Sharon, S. to $40;
Garrett. S. de. Garmo,- Los Angeles, $8
to So Original-John H. Smith. Veterans
Home, Napa, SIG; Warren Grandall Horn
brook SS Increase-William Rector Los
Angeles, SIG to $17; George Herzog Bogus,
Sc to SS; Lewis Mcpherson, Los Angeles,
$6 to s.. Reissue-Michael A Teal, River
side, $6. Mexican war widows-Matilda
Hughes, Los Angeles, $S
Oregon: Origlnal--Clark Allen, Clatska-
ME. s1oi. William Ahl, Jasper So; Enoch
W. Midlam, Oregon City, S.; Bergman
NJ Smith, Portland, Sc; William Showers,
Portland, s12; Frederick Emily. Cor
bett. Sc. Increase-James B. Creecy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

then to serve for the ensuing two. years;
Committee on corporations. P. Sanders
of San Jose, A P Martin of Petaluma
Thomas Jacobs of Visalia, D. T. Fowler
of Berkeley and Mrs. o. e. Borrette OF
Napa. Judiciary committees. 7. Coul,
ter of Santa Rosa; ]. D. Huffman, Lodi
D. M. Winans, Petaluma; Mrs. Mora
Reese, Sacramento; c. j. Berry, Visalia
Legislative committee-E. F. Adams, Sa1
Francisco; J. L. Beecher Jr., Stockton
NJ. Sims, Sacramento; Mrs. D. r. Adams
Wrights; ]. S. Taylor, Napa. Committee
tinez; Mrs. r. S Twitcheu, Grass Valley
Miss Libby Wood. Danville Mrs. Jennie
Gould, Roseville; Nathan H. Root, Stock.
ton. Committee on order of business-W
NJ. Johnson, Courtland; II. F. Blohm
Aroma: w. D. Houx, Petaluma: Dar
Flint Sacramento, and Mrs. G. S. Hay.
ward, Pescadero.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
INTERESTS THE COAST.
Army Orders, Pensions Granted and
Increases Therein.

WASHINGTON, Oct IA. NJ Holly
was to-day appointed Postmaster at La
Crescenta, Los Angeles County, vice H.
H. Moffat, resigned.
Army orders: Private Clarence A
Chute. Troop L. Sixth Cavalry, is trans
ferred to the Fourth Cavalry. He will le
sent to the Preside, San Francisco. By
direction of the Secretary of War Captain
Charles C. Sawtelle Jr., assistant quar-
termaster, now at San Francisco, is re-
lieved from further duty in the Philippine
Islands and will report to depot quarter
master at San Francisco. Chaplain The
ophilus G. Steward, Twenty-ffth Infant
ry, is relieved from duty at Wilberforce
Ohio, and will proceed to San Francisco
for assignment to duty Commissary
Sergeant H. H. Allies. Preside. will re-
port for duty at the general hospital at
that post. Private Edward Newman
Battery n, Third Artillery Alcatraz
Island, will be discharged from the SER
vice Of the United States. Private Henry
]. Maxwell. Thirty-first Infantry, Pre-
sidio, San Francisco, will be discharged
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
PRoPERTY-owNERs MUST PAY
Decision on Marysville Street
Sprinkling Gases.

MARYSVILLE, Oct. Tn May last the
City Council adopted an ordinance pro-
viding for the sprinkling Of certain streets
and arranging for the payment of the ex-
pense of the work by residents whose
property ADULTS on the several streets.
Two of the four Aldermen voted against
the measure and the Mayor cast the de-
Gliding vote in favor of its adoption;
have the right to cast the deciding vote
many declared that the ordinance was
illegally enacted. To test the matter,
Thomas Dougall, well-known citizen,
allowed his name to be used as defendant
in case brought by the city to collect
the sprin1ling bill. In the Superior Court
this afternoon Judge Davis rendered an
opinion in the matter which is in favor
Of the city. He holds that the Mayor
is empowered to cast the deciding vote
in case of a tie as he is presiding officer
Of tba body
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
STIRRED UP A NEST
OF RATTLESNAKES
Workman at Schuetzen Park Has a
Lively Battle and Narrowly
FscsDes Being Bitten,

SAN RAFAEL, Oct. while four
workmen were engaged in digging
trench for the new gravity outfall sewer
system near Schuetzen Park to-day they
invaded a nest of rattlesnakes and in a
twinkling had seven of the poisonous rep
tiles crawling and Kissing around their
feet Three of the men fed, leaving
Jack Smith behind, who seized a shovel
and started in to kill the snakes.
Though he managed to eXterminate
them all Smith narrowly escaped being
bitten by one huge specimen, which
struck at him twice, on one occasion fas-
tening its fangs in his rubber boots This
snake. the last killed. had eighteen rat
ties, and was nearly four feet long. The
oldest settlers here state that this is the
first instance in which they ever heard
gion around San Rafael.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
TO CARRY THE THIRTY-NINTH.
Lively Competition Between Trans
portation Companies.

OMAHA. Oct. 7.-Competing railroad
lines to the coast are fighting for the con-
tract to haul the Thirty ninth Infantry
Regiment, recruited here, to Vancouver
Barracks 1t is understood the regiment
will start next week.
one Of the officers of this. regiment Is
Major Mulford, former colonel of the
First Nebraska regiment, which returned
from the Philippines recently. Today hts
wife, Anna Belle Pope. Mulford, fled 4
suit for divorce, alleging neglect and
cruelty They were married in Washing
ton. y. c., where the lady now resides.
The Omaha boys who came back with
the regiment assert that a handsome
woman appeared at the Presidio when the
regiment was outward bound and also
when it returned. She displayed a marked
infatuation for Mulford, which caused
much comment.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
WORK OF FOREST FIRES.
Much Valuable Timber and Quanti-
ties of Cord Wood Destroyed.

SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 7-Dense volumes
Of smoke caused by forest fires were seen
from this city to-day. The fire four miles
from Ben Lomond, which swept over
Smiths, Osborne's and the X l. Lime
Company's places is now under control
Considerable cordwood and one cabin
were destroyed Four miles from Boulder
Creek another fire burned several hun
dred cords of wood. The fire at the head
waters of Pescadero Creek is reported to
have destroyed Carmichael & Hubbard s
sawmill. The men who were fighting the
fire on Two Bar Creek were hastily sum-
moned to save the mill, but evidently
were unable to do anything, as the fire
got hnVnnd control.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
3 &IN!AlIII!GI!li
A FOOD FACT.

The food Grape Nuts positively does
furnish the necessary elements to re-
build the brain and nerve centers.
Analysis will show it; food makers
know 1t is true; and the every day user
Of Grape-Nuts can take his oath that
while he may not be an expert food
maker, or an analytical chemist he
knows enough to know" whenl his
body is well nourished, and the seat Of
his reason active, forcible and in Per
feet poise.
Grape-Nuts are as truly the main
stay Of the brain and the nervcus
system, as good stomach is the main
stay Of healthy body. Let the "It-
tie lamp Of reason shine forth" whA
you make selections of food All
flrst-class grocers sell Grapefruit
and the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. mah
them at their Battle Creek factories.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Asks TO Re ReIieved

WASHINGTON, Oct 7.-Captain Philip
H. Cooper, commanding the Chicago. has
asked to be relieved of his command. In
structions have been given to the New
York navy yard to put the Chicago in
condition for service at the earliest pos
sible moment. 1t is the constructors
opinion that the ship can be made ready
for use within a month
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

Blaine, IS to $40; John w. Wilson, Airlee,
~ WasHington: hi a offgii orffgginai-Patrick Patrick y a 70 DO 20
lam Miles, Sc. Increase-James D. Ross,
Spokane, Sc to S.. Original widows. etc
Nancy Sheldon, La Center, $8. Reissue
Henry Williams, Sumner, S. Addi-
tional, special, September 26-William
Wright, Tacoma, SIS to $12 Original wild
OWS. etc.-MarY A Kemn TacGrna s.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Burned to Death.

REDDING, Oct Am Indian woman
met with a fearful death about twenty
five miles west of here several days ago.
News OF the fatality has Just reached
here. The woman has lived for years
with a Portuguese, named Freitas A for
man took hand in fighting the flames.
Her dress caught fire. With rare pres
ence Of mind she ran to the creek and
Jumped in The fire in her clothing was
extinguished, but relief came too late.
The woman died in great agony five hours
later
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Debt of Central Pacific.

WASHINGTON, Oct THE Central
Pacific Railway Company has deposited in
the United States Treasury SAT 900 900 in
4 per cent gold bonds to secure the Gov
ernment that amount of notes due the
Government on the purchase Of the road
last January. This is in pursuance Of the
contract made at that time.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
FOREST IN FLAMES.
Pasturage Destroyed and the Santa
Ynez Range Threatened.

SANTA BARBARA, Oct IA forest
fire is raging in the Santa Ynez range
back Of this city at a distance of ten
miles. The Los Olivos and Santa Barbara
stage was late this evening and reports
a great deal of difficulty in getting by the
fire A light breeze is blowing and the
indications are that the whole range is
in danger. Many thousand acres Of noun
fire will cause much suffering to stock
on account of the scarcity of pasture.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
niod in undertaker,s Parlors

PASADENA, Oct 7.-Benjamin Whee-
lock, a young Seattle dentist, died in an
undertaking establishment this morning
WheeIock came here for relief from con-
sumption and had hemorrhage in front
of Reynolds 81 Van Nuys parlors He
was carried inside and died a few min
utes later
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Havana Floating Drydock Sold.

HAVANA, Oct. THE Spanish Govern
ment has sold the Havana floating dock
for 100000 to a syndicate Of Vera Cruz
merchants. Several New York firms have
been asked for terms for conveying the
dock to Vera Cruz. The purchasers wish
to take 1t away about the beginning Of
next month.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
GENERAL WILSON ILL.
Former Postmaster General Suffer.
ing With Trouble of the Lungs.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct News
has been received here that ex-Congress.
man and ex-Postmaster General William
L. Wilson is dangerously i'll with
chronic affection of the lungs.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
Dewey Chooses a Secretary.

WASHINGTON, Oct 7.-Admiral Dewey
has chosen j. w. Crawford as his official
secretary. Mr.. Crawford is an employe
in the Office of the Judge Advocate Gen
eral OF the navy. He will hold the rank
of lieutenant In the navy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

Black We mention but half a
Silks. dozen from a collec-
tion embracing more
than a hundred styles of black
silks for fall and winter wear.
2l-inch Peau de Sole, vel fnilhed, 4
good black, guaranteed to wear, per
yard ........................... .........---.--...Sf
21-inch B ack Gros Grain, excellent finish,
splen1i1 value, per yard............$1
20-inch Black MerveiIleux, a very soft
weave that will give good wear, used
extensively for shirt waists, per yd. 81
21-inch Pekin Stripes, in cifferent sizes,
will make very stylish dress skirts, per
22-inch Satin Luxor, very rich and
dressy, per yar1. $s35
22-inch Black Poplin, very popu ar and
good wearing silk, per yard. $3.50
Black Taffefas. We are show ng a
comple'e line of the hest makes Of
Swiss, French and American mills, in
all widths Prices range, per va d..
.........."..............z5c to $Es5O
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
SANTA FE OFFICIAL DEAD.
John L. Whitehead, Controller of
the System, Passes Away.

NEW YORK. Oct. John L. White
head. controller Of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad, died to-day in this
city, aged GO years.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

the bsst. Regularly $1,000 and $500,
our price until this lot is sold $1,000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-11

The effect of the decision of the
court probably will be that the
lands allotted to Indians shall be
excepted from the operation of the
trust. This will take out about
800, 900 acres. The Choctaws and
Chickasaws will probably be
charged with $780, 900 on account
of money already paid in the final
settlement. But even if these al
lOwances are made the government
will still owe the Choctaws and
Chickasaws in the neighborhood
of So, 900, 900. An appeal will be
taken by the government from the
decision of today to the Supreme
Court There seems to be little
doubt that the findings of the
Court of Claims will stand. The
Indians, both claimants and de-
PENDANTS, as well as the govern
ment, were fully represented in the
trial of the case, and the argu-
mentS were very elaborate.
From this decision it appears
that the government would have
made about s., ,OOO,OO clear if il
had allowed Texas to keep Greer
county. For the l 800, 900 acres
embraced in Greer county it will
be necessary to pay the ChOctaws
and Chickasaws $1.25 an acre
OF the five judges constituting
the Court of Claims, four joined il
the decision. The only dissenting
judge was Stanton j. Peele, form
lerly a Congressman from Indiana
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-11
TERRITORY TIMBER LANDS.
A Bill Introduced Giving the Secretary
of the Interior Control.

Washington, d. Co. Jan. TO-
Congressman Little has introduced
a bill in the House giving the
Secretary of the Interior control
over the timber land in the Indian
Territory. He will call the bill up
in the near future, and there is lit
tie doubt of its passage. The leg
islation has been made necessary
by the attitude of the Indians
Some time ago the Choctaw legis-
lature passed a law repeating all
laws relating to contracts for the
cutting of timber and the running
of sawmiils in the nation. The
bill further provided that the cut
ting of timber in the future should
! be considered a misdemeanor, and
all persons arrested on such a
charge, found guilty. and not pay
ing the fine imposed within forty
eight hours shall be given thirty
nine lashes on the back. When
the bill was submitted to the
Secretary of the Interior, as is pro
vided under the Choctaw agree
ment, the secretary recommended
to the President that 1T be vetoed
on the ground of general policy
and particularly on account of thu
penalty imposed. President Nc
Kinley vetoed the bill, in accord
ance with the recommendation o
of the secretary.
There are about forty sawmill
in the Indian Territory. givinl
employment to about 5000 men
The contract made with the Indial
government under which thes
mills are now being operated vii
continue in force, and by the tim
they have expired the Secretary o
the Interior will have control o
future leases and will make neV
! contracts, the royalties derives
from them going to the credit o
the tribes. The action of tn
Choctaw nation in trying to repea
the law under which the existing
contracts were made, and provid
ing corporal punishment of per
4, sons caught cutting timber in tn
future, is said to have been dictat
3 ed by spite against the whites.
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