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The evening times., 1899-04-07
Chinese Football.

(From the Chicago Times Herald.)
Cinnamon are generally not credited
with being quick 10 accept innovations, 50
that when it is said that northern China
boasts of several football teams a good
deal of surprise will be eyinced.
Yet football is no new game among the
celestials, at least among those who in
habit northern China. and has been in ex-
istence a number of years.
OF course. the game is not played ex-
actly according to intercollegiate rules.
and q basket. or something which lo3ks
like one, replaces the modern football
The Cinnamon, besides. have no goals. and
the gridiron is replaced by the streets OF
the town in which the deadly combat is
waged with fifty lusty celestials on a side.
There is. not a man among them. how
ever. who is not six feet high, and several
of them are three inches taller, while thzir
average weight is about two hundred
pounds.
The main idea in the Chinese game of
football. as in the American. is to carry
the wickerwork basket into the opponents
end of the town, and this is often done by
stealth as well as by brute force. There
are no twenty minute halves, but the game
is continued until one side accomplishes
its purpose. and it often lasts for days.
The one hundred combatants are scatter
ed over the town, and are each provided
with whistles, which they blow in order
to bring assistance. When a scrimmage
occurs the Cinnamon give vent to their
feelings in the most peculiar noises. fire.
quently shrieking with delight. Their yells
of triumph. which resound through the air
when the ball is discovered, are likened by
one who has heard them to the ''p'aintive
cry of pig that has been speared.'' The
charging is generally done with the head.
The only precaution taken by them on
the football field is for the preservation of
their pigtails. which are cared for as
though they were worth a thousand times
their value. With this exception they
throw caution to the winds and devote
themselves with all their strength to the
play. Any games where brute strength is
required they would excel in.
On the day when football match is to
take place the streets of the town are
cleared and the participants sit at
their windows to watch the game If it
should come their way.
The evening times., 1899-04-07
SCIENTISTS TO COOPERATE.
Joint Meeting of the Chemical and
Geological Societies,

JOINT Meennx OF the Chemf cal and
Geological Societies.
BY authority of the Chemical and Geo
logical Societies of Washington Joint
meeting of these organizations has been
arranged to take place in the assembly
room of the Cosmos Club, on Tuesday.
April IS. at p. m. G. P. Merrill will
lead discussion of paper on THE In
iuence of Great Epochs of Limestone For
nation upon the Constitution of the At
mosphere." by T. c. Chamberlain.
c, w. Hays will lead discussion on
1.-The Cause Of Variation in Color in Anal
agous Geological Formations" All per-
sons interested are invited to take part in
the discussion. The committees in charge
Of the joint meeting are composed as FOL-
lows: Chemical Society-H. n Stokes,
chairman; H. c.. Bolton, v. X. Chestnut.
Geological Society-C. w. Hayes, chair
man; G. P. Merrill, G. o. Smith,
The 10th regular meeting of the Chem
ical Society will be held at o'clock p. M,
on Thursday. April 13, in the assembly
hall of the Cosmos Club.
The programme will embrace: "Some
Boiling Point Curves by J. X. Haywood;
Boiling Points of Mixtures" by F.. X.
Cameron; 1.-The Development of Pneumatic
Chemistry" illustrated by lantern slides.
by H. Darlington Bolton; brief notes and
exhibition of specimens.
The executive committee will meet at
7:30 o'clock p. m.
The evening times., 1899-04-07
A scandalous Mistake.
(From the Chicago Democrat.)

tfrom the Sh1cago Demociat)
A dreadful mistake was made Monday
night in the parlors Of certain north
side church. and as a result much gossip
is being indulged in by the members Of
the congregation.
1t seems that for two weeks past the
church members bad been anticipating a
great treat in the way of moving pictures.
A well-known traveller had procured a
large number of Scenes in and About Ma
nila" and the pastor announced from his
pulpit last Sunday that the entertainment
would be held lin the parlors below on
Tuesday evening.
The moving pictures were great at
traction, and the seats were all taken be-
fore the time fixed for commencement.
While the room was being filled the min
lister announced the illness Of the great
traveller. who was to conduct the enter
tainment, but relieved those present by
stateing that the travellers assistant had
been secured to give the pictures.
Finally the room was darkened, and
after few fiickering lights on the can
vas the machine behind settled down to
its regular buzzing and the show began.
The first scene to be shown was a plain
platform encircled with ropes. Then two
giant ment dressed in tights jumped over
The evening times., 1899-04-07

the ropes The audience opened it's eyes:
an instant later the men inside the ropes
shook hands and began fighting.
what was this?' The audience had
expected to see "In and About Manila :"
Was this the battle Of Manila?
A few realized just what was happening
and moved toward the door, and it is said
that one old deacon became Immediately
excited and yelled something to one of the
contestants on the canvas.
The minister arose to speak. but the pic
lures suddenly ceased and the breaihless
spectators were let in darkness.
1t Is needless to say the entertainment
was postponed. and whether the assistant
has been able to explain why he picked out
the wrong set Of films or not is unknown.
One thing is certain. that this is the first
church to show the Corbett- Fitzsimmons
prizefight.
The evening times., 1899-04-07
THINGS THEATRICAL.


The Bijou Theatre was crowded yester-
evening on the occasion of Manager
Grieves' first benefit. The programme Of
fered was as lengthy as it was excellent.
the final curtain not falling until near the
hour OF midnight. The first part given in
troduced as its chief feature the "Ameri-
can March" arranged by John Grieves. As
a little surprise. after this the popular di-
rector was presented with an immense fio-
raj piece. Those seen In the olio were
Carr and Jordan. Thornton and Marsh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. Maude Nugent,
Dorothy Morton and Herbert Wilkie.
George Graham. The Gotham Comedy
Four. Juno Salno. and the American vi
tagraph. Many Of the entertainers. to-
gether with Chico, the New York Tele-
graphs" vaudeville critic. arrived from
Gotham in a special car, returning after
the performance.
The evening times., 1899-04-07

Mems Top Goats, S6.9S.
Here's a great value in top coats.
Made of all-wool coverts. in the latest
shades. The new cut-and lined.
Worth at other stores $40. Cash &C OQ
or Credit SV.JO
The evening times., 1899-04-07
S. Kall, Sols& Co.
S. Kall, SOls& Co.

Imagine league of fifty in dvdual establishments bonded
together mutual advantages and have this store were
power the markets One department
gives helping another bond links all into
mpregnabe entirety
Selling begins with buying.
The evening times., 1899-04-07

Ladies' Wash Waists. 29c.
The most extraordinary value in la
dies shirt waists. These waists are
made OF extra quality percales in nu-
merous effects and colors. Every one is
worth three times the price we 10C
ask. Yours for Cash or Credit. ~
The evening times., 1899-04-07
v1Rq1N1A N. ,1ounr ARRESTED
A Peculiar c..k Aerein Wemas'a
Sanity Il kuesttoned,

A Peculiar Cask AefeAn q WemaD's
Sanity D. t.estioned.
Virginia N. Lodnt, forty-fve years old,
apparently a rational woman, was arrest-
ed yesterday mornfng BY Policeman Bram-
let, Of the First precinct, and locked up at
No. stationhouse. to await an enquiry
into her mental condition. She was ex-
amined yesterday afternoon by the police
surgeons and 1t was decided to hold her
for trial before the Probate Court next
Friday. Until then, she will be p.acei in
st. Eiizabeth's. Who 1t Is that has askel
for her commitment or the examination
into her sanity could not be learned. The
woman stated that her son. w. X. Lount,
an actor, known on the stage as Wi bur
Melville, and Mrs. NJ. A. Cone, sister,
are responsible for her arrest.
Mr.. Lount denies that he has figured in
the case at all and states that represen-
tative OF sanftarium at Brattleboro VT,
where Mrs. Lount had recently been under
treatment, caused her arrest. Mr.. Lount
stated that he was interested in the case
simply for the purpose of determining tie
condition OF his mothers mind. He will
make no effort to secure her release and
says he Is satisfied to let the courts de-
eide the question. l5s
Mrs. Lount arrived in the city from the
.Brattleboro Sanatorium at o'clock Thurs
day night escorted by an Official of the in
stitution named Fitch. She had been pa
tient. voluntary she claims. for five months
Previous to entering the sanatorium she
had been patient at st. Elizabeth's In
sane Asylum for twenty months. She was
discharged from the latter place as cured.
When she arrived in the city Thursday
she escaped from the man who had her in
charge and went to Cobb's Hotel, where
she remained until Saturday. She then
went to the home of her son, at No. 727
Eleventh Street northwest. On Monday
she secured rooms at No. SOB Thirteenth
Street.
Mrs. Lount was arrested yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock while at the Office of
well-known attorney in F Street. The
warrant, it is said, was issued at the re-
quest of her sister, Mrs. Cone.
Mrs. Lount now claims that she is of
sound mind and is Illegally deprived Of her
liberty. She does not know why she Is
held prisoner and states that the only
motive she can see for her arrest and de-
tention is TO again incarcerate her in st.
EiiZabeth's asylum. She says she learned
that such was the intention OF her sister
and for that reason she eluded the man
Fitch. Fitch returned TO Brattleboro Fri
day.
The evening times., 1899-04-07

Thurlow Bergen, the clever young fell
low who is appearing this week with Nat
c. Goodwin. is a, local boy and his sue
cess has proven most gratifying to his
many friends here. His histrionic expe-
riences include tours with Rose Coghlan
and Sol Smith Russell, while season of
The evening times., 1899-04-07
NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
Mustered-Out Troops Pnss Through
the City HOmeward bound.

The first section of the Fourth New Jer-
sey Volunteers mustered out at Greenville.
S. c.. reached Washington at 1876 this
morning and left at 11:09. The remaining
sections arrived respectively at u, 1:1O and
1:30. About ten cars were in a section.
The men were in excellent spirits Ac-
cording to the official list furnished the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 4s6 of the
men are bound for Jersey City. PSI for
Trenton, lis for Philadelphia, 50 for At
lantic City. a for Woodbury. and q for
Washington, N. ].
The evening times., 1899-04-07
An Expensive M.n,

(From the Boston Transcript.)
-Niddleway says he can't vote for our
bill, after all. His conscience, he says will not
permit him.
Bowser-weil, / suppose there's no help for il,
although thought when We bought up Middle
way that was the end Of the business Go find
out how much his conscience will sell out for
The evening times., 1899-04-07
LaMyer Injured hx a Fan.

Louis Schade, n well-known local lawyer, fell
down the steps in front Of the City Hall yester-
day afternoon, and sustained painful injuries
about the head. He was taken to his home, No.
q Grant Place, Immediately after the accident
At late hour this afternoon he was resting
easily and hopes to be out again in few days
The evening times., 1899-04-07
Sues for n Receixer.

Mamie z. Norment today, through her a:tor
ney. Thomas P. Woodward, filed suit against
Mary Ella Fletcher and others for the foreclosure
of a certain deed of trust, and for the appoint
ment Of a receiver. The property in question
is lot X, in square No. 141, bounded by Eight
cenih and Nineteenth, and G Streets north
west The original amount of the trust was
$1,000.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02
No. 23O.
THE ICEMAN'S LOSS
According to u Calculating Bh s(aer 1t
Figures Out to he Con-
siderable.

"How'd you like to be the iceman ?''
Snyder, the calculating barber, was
artistically executing a quickstep on
the razor strop when the above little
ditty fioated in from the busy thor
oughfarC, causing a smile of contempt
to fit across his features, says the Phil
adelphia Record. THAT simply makes
me weary" he remarked, as with
flourish he daLbed the patrons face.
You hear that latest acquisition in the
way of slang phrases repeated by men
OF every station, just as if the iceman's
lot was an earthly paradise. AS mat
ter of fact, the individual who embarks
on career which involves the market
ing Of congealed moisture doesn't have
to run around searching for Sis trou-
bles. How many people, do you sup
pose, ever think of the amount OF
money that drips right out of the ice
mans hands when the sun beats down
on his heavily loaded wagon? Don't
amount to much, eh? Well, you'll
change your opinion when bring uI
few figures for your consideration.
Starting out with ton of ice, esti-
mate that melting alone causes dead
loss OF about 1UO pounds to the dealer.
This doesn't seem much, but when you
calculate that about 1000 wagons a day
right here in town lose that amount the
figures are amazing. One hundred
thousand pounds, at, say, ten cents
per hundred, runs up the tidy sum
OF 500. Three hundred and sixty-five
times 500 gives us the annual loss To-
cally as $4,000. Takes n little nerve.
doesn't it, to be an iceman? Then.
If during the summer these drirpings
could be collected, | figure that they'd
supply all the hospitals in town with
ice water baths for sunstruck patients
Frozen into a solid lump. if the entire
of these driri:ings could be collected:
HG""c as ten-story building. Then
again, the waste when the cakes are
cut il c""TmOus, TO say nothing Of
what vani&lics into the air when the
ice is wl.i"!;cd clean with brush
broom. T;:! without going into further
details, think you'I agree that the
man who peddles ice has enough trou.
bic to worry him into an early grave.
Tonic?"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02
LIQUID OR soL1Da
Upon This Question Regarding As
phalt a Trial in a Trinidad
Court Hinged.

Down in Trinidad, where most of the
asphalt used in paving the streets of
Chicago is produced, opinion IS divided
as TO whether the substance may be
ciassed as liquid or solid. Upon this
issue, says the Chicago Chronicle,
recent trial in Trinidad turned.
The stratum of pitch in that island is
usually from four to seven feet below
the surface, and, when cut through,
the pitch melts and oozes out. So, if
u man dug down near his neighbours
lot, he would be able to collect pitch
coming from under his neighbor's
land. The plan was described by one
Of the witnesses as "the plan adopted
when you want to dig your neighbours
ritch." 1t "buIgcs out" he explained,
"and you shave it off each morning."
But suit was brought by one outraged
ncighbor whose pitch had thus been
shaved off in adjoining land. The de-
fcnsc was that an underground stratum
Of pitch was like so much water, no
mans property until appropriated.
Rut the court hChl that pitch was q
mineral, and that you had no more
right 10 abstract it from neichbor
by the ooZing process than you would
Lave TO tap his deposit Of iron or silver
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02
To Whom it May Concern.
STATE LAND OFFICE.


CARSON CITY. Nevada, August 81, 1890.
=. Notice Is hereby given that the State OF
Nevada, under the Act of Congress approx
ed June 49, 1880 (2l Stats. 28T, has filed in
the United States Land ONCE at Carson
City, Nevada, List No. 232 of lands selected
under said Act, aud has applied for a pat
ent for said lands; that part Of said list is
open to the public for inspection, aud a
copy thereof, by descriptive subdivisions,
mas been posted in q convenient place in
said United States Land ONCE for the in
spectton OF all persons interested and the
public generally.
Within the next sixty days following the
date OF this notice protests or conteS Us
against the claim Of said State Of Nevada
to any tract or subdivision described in the
list, on the ground that the same is more
valuable for mineral than agricultural pur-
poses, will be received and noted by the
Register and Receiver Of the United States
Land Office at Carson City, Nevada, for re.
port to the General Land Office ut Wash
ington, D. G.
scribed, to wit:
E. y Of S. E. q Sec. 20, the e. n Of N. +.
= and f. Y OF S. E. q Sec. 80, N. w. x of
N. W. = Sec. %, Lot of NV q Sec 2, E.
q OF N. +. Z and K. 1s of ). E. q Sec. ~ II.
30 N. II. SO l.. M. d. b. g. M.-48260 acres.
L. D. KELLEY,
State Land Register OF the State OF Nevada
Date Of first insertion, September 1, 1899.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02


Pc INDEPENDENT has made com.
'ioD with the San Francisco Bul.
ny which both papers will be
ered to eubscribers by carrier
Pnc dollar month. Every sub.
Per 70 both papers gets a set of
nl nl I'll sun burst photo. engravings,
zo inches. Of Dewey, Schley and
pson, Americas great naval
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fcrloe now and get these beauti.
lctures and the latest news OF the
IN the Bulletin and the local
state news in the INDEPENDENT.
crlptions received at this office
the solicitor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that tho under
signed has been duly appointed and quail
fled by the District Court of the Fourth Ju-
dicial District Of the State OF Nevada, in
and for the County Of Elko, as administra-
tor of the estate of Elsie A. Gooding late
OF said county, deceased. All creditors
having claims against said estate are re-
quired to file the same, with proper vouch-
ers attached. with the Clerk of the Court,
within forty days Of the first publication OF
this notice.
Dated ELKo, Nevada, August 10, 1899.
w. II. SMITH,
Gooding, Deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02
NOTICE.

BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners of Elko County, State
Of Nevada. made this 9th day Of
February, 1929, notice is hereby
given that all persons who are charg-
es upon the county must come to the
County Hospital, or all claims for
their support will be disallowed by
said Board except in cases Of extreme
emergency.
Attest: A. G. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02

Had Hc"n shaking Long Enough.
At recent duel the parties dis
charged their pistols without effect.
whcrcupon ono Of the seconds inter
posed and proposed that the combat
ants should shake hands. TO this the
other second objected as unnecessary.
'Thcir lands" said hc, "hayc been
shaking for half IN hour"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-02

BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners, all bills against the
County to be acted upon by the
Board, must be filed on or before the
Saturday Immediately preceding the
Monday upon which the Board meets,
otherwise the bills will not be acted
upon until the next meeting of the
Board.
Attest: A. G. DAwLEY
County Clerk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-28
FROM WILLIAMSBURG.
Contests Growing Out of the Recent
EIection-Tristor CaIIed-Personals.

; WILLIAMSBURG, VA. May A.-(Spe-
cial.)-The election commissioners Of
James City and Williamsburg met at the
courthouse to-day. The poll-books from
the various precincts were produced, but
the vote was not canvassed. An adj
jOurnment was taken until next Tuesday
at 2 L. NJ. Several of the defeated can
didates were present, who asked for this
pUstponement in order 10 have time TO
formulate their objections to the returns
made up on election-day. The following
stated that they would contest: w. w.
Ware VS. NJ. r. Harrell, for the Office Of
Sheriff w. l.. Jones VS.. r. II. Geddy, for
the office Of Clerk of the Courts, and
Bathurst D. Peachy VS.. Robert L. Armi-
stead, for the position Of Commemorative
Attorney.
Mr.. Wares principal complaint is
against the returns from Williamsburg
and jamestown District, No 2. Mr..
Jones objects to the returns from James
town District, No. .. Mr.. Peachy OBJ
jects to the returns from Powhatan,
Stonehouse, and jamestown District, No.
4
President Lyon G. Tyler. of William and
Mary, will lecture at the college Thurs
day night, and has chosen as his subject,
History OF the Seal Of the State OF
Virginia"
The congregation of the Baptist church
has again extended call for one year
to Rev. I. s. Boyles, who is about 10
close his second year as pastor of this
church.
Rev. w. j. King pastor Of the Presbyte-
rian church. has returned from Hickory,
-. c., where he delivered the baccalau-
reate sermon before the Caremont Col
legc.
The arrivals at the Colonial Inn to-
day included Mr.. Il. A. Hamlin, Of the
Pennsylvania Fire-Insurance Company,
and Mr.. j. ID. Steerer. proprietor of the
Hot Springs Hotel, and Mrs. Steerer. All
of the above, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Spencer. drove down TO the
Grove to visit that charming old Colonial
residence Of DR.. and Mrs. Edwin G..
Booth.
Mr.. Otis Bland, who taught the past
session in AccOmac, was here to-day, en-
route to his home in Gloucester.
Or. and Mrs. Wharton had as their
guests this week Miss Emily Adair. from
Richmond, who is accompanied by her
friend, Miss Daisy McNutt, Of West Viz
ginia.
Mrs. Randolph Harrison leaves next
week for Washington, where she will
spend some time with relatives and
friends.
Mr. Thomas Shoesmith. postmaster at
Jamestown, was here to-day on business,
with Mr. b. ID. Peachy.
Mr.. John A. Barnes, recently elected
Supervisor from the POwhatan District,
was in town to-day.
Mrs. Thomas Allen Sinclair and Mrs.
ID. G.. Smith, of Newport News, are here
to-day visiting friends.