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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21

DIR. NaehtiSal. the celebrated Atri-
explorer. Was the guest OF 4 ricL
Hamburg merchant. The merchants
son 1 Yong man % n somewhat sen.
tinlsntal temperament, ssid among
other things :hat i. was his dearest
wish ~ ride scccSs the desert OIL the
back Of n camel. He thought that
such a ride mus: be ve,y pne.ical IN
deed.
MY dear young friend replied the
explorer. i can tell YOU how you can
gel 4 partial idea of what i ride on
camel or the desert Of Sahara is like.
Take an Office stoolsud screw it up as
high IS possible, put Ii on a wagon
without any springs and then seat
yourself on the stool and have the
wagon driven over rocky and uneven
ground in the hottest weather OF July
or August and after You have not had
anything &c eat or drink Tor twenty.
four hours You will'get a faint idea
Of how delighttully poetic i; is 20 ride
on a camel in tie wilds OF Africa
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
One Hundred Miles an Hour.

An English inventor, +. +. Behr.
has actually produced a railway
where 100 miles an hour is but an
episode. The railway has bnt one
rail, and the cars run upon it, along
side it and all around it. rhe mo.
tive power is electricity. The exper.
mental line is in Belgium. The
practical commercial line will be be.
tween Liverpool and Manchester.
England.
Mr.. Bchr has sent his cars 80
miles an hour around sharp curves.
lie will run from Liverpool TO Man
chester, a distance 81 thirty miles. in
20 minutes, including stops. The
road ia nm elevated trestle surmount-
ell by q single rail. The n ia n sort
OF doublc-deckcr, co feet long, and
dual Iengthwise AS we'll as vertically
throughout its lower half. The main
wheels, The guide wheels and the
motOrs, are housed 20 the lower por.
ton. There are four motors, weigh.
ing three tons each. They are ut.
iached to four OF the eight carriage
wheels. With 600 revolutions a min.
ute. the motor develops l50.horso
power. This gives "A speed OF 100
miles an hour, but the speed can be
easily doubled.
Besides the eight carriage wheels
there arc thirty.two guide wheels, so
that at n speed Of even three mile. a
minute there is no danger OF dcrail.
ment. Tho upper half, the car prop
or. seats 100 passengers. and has be.
sides compartments for the electric.
ian and conductor. There are two
air brnkcs, II To temper the speed
and another to stop the car entirely
The electricity is fed the a by q
copper cable properly connected will
n contact rail. The rail is carried on
china i%nRulHtora. Tho current is
posed through collectors ia the mo,
tors.
Mr.. Bchr expects that his invention
will he adapted not only TO short dis
iances, where traffic il very heavy
but to long distances through tho
country. where the traffic ia large
This will DO used Hs Il gOrt OF light
ming cXprcss, Tor persons who are it
a hurry to get irom place 30 place
IL is not expected that the ~invcntioI
will supersede the present railway
II will rather supplement il,
Tho question Of cost il very i'm
portnnt. ne II In agreed that tho rail
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Death OF Mrs. e. \. GoodIng.

The cad news Of the death OF MH
C. a. Gooding startled the people OF
the town this morning. Though con.
fined to her bed for the last few days
but few Of IL people knew OF her
illness and the news OF her death
came rs n shock to them. Mrs. Good
ing WIS born at Albion. New York,
on the 22d day OF February. 1853.
Her people moved from there when
she was but thirteen years Of age.
When she arrived at womanhood she
married Charles 4. Goodmg. WHO
died here between two aud three
years ago.
Ms. Gooding has lived in Elko for
many years and WIS universally loved
and esteemed for her many good
qualities. She was an earnest men,
Der of the Episcopal Church and
never tired in her good works. An
aged mother, one son, Ellis. fifteen
years old. and a sister at Grand Rap
ids. Michigan, survive her. To them
she bequeathes the legacy OF a well
spent life.
The ISDEFESDEST extends its sin
cerest sympathy TO the orphaned boy
and trusts that the protecting care Of
God may be round about him TO
guide his footsteps in the path that
leads TO d pure and honorable life.
The funeral Will probably take
place at 10 o'clock Friday forenoon.
Mrs. Bigelow viii arrive from San
Francisco tomorrow evening and the
hour for the funeral viii then be tx
cd E-V George +. Plumner viii
conduct tie services.
Tie remains EiD i-.iD state at her
late residence between ) and : o'clock
:onor-os s!isrooon and those wbO
dear= 70 jook Vppo her fzoe for the
las; time. should can between those
bours as the ca=Eet eel not b4 open
81 at the church.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Quaint old Colonial Document.

New Amsterdam had been in the
British lands for four years whel
this quaint and cuTios customs order
the oldest III existence and but re-
Gently uneartued from u mas Of CO.
lonial records. was penned:
INSTRUCTIONS for Mr.C cornelius Van
Ruyven, Collector OF Customs, in ye
City of New York by order o. Colo
nell Francis Lovelace. Governor May
~, ICES.
You or y'r clerk are to be dayly at
yc custome house from nine IL We
morniug until twelve at noone. There
70 receive We Customs both in and
ont, as the Merchants shall come and
L enter. ye merchant is TO maze ionre
Bills, and signe them with his hand,
writing his name to them. X We same
time, when You have signed We Var
rant, or one OF We Bills, you are to de-
mand yc Custome, either in kind, or
at 10 = Cent inwards or double We
value OF rs first cost i'll Holland. in
Beaver. And likewise outwards for
Peltry. You are To receive lOi + Cent
According to We value i'll Beaver. for
Tobacco n half penny Pr. pound
Sterg; which Is noe more than all
E~nglishmen doe pay. You Ia tel We
Merchant you are not to give credit. =
II they doe not like your prop.
s:::ons, you are not to pass their Bills
And Lastly pray lett yc Books be
kept all i'll English and all Fac,orycs
aud Papers, that when | have occas.
ion to satisfy myself | may better un-
derstand them
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Another Fire.

Another fire alarm startled the
town a: 3 o'clock this afternoon. This
time il was Recorder Watkins kitch.
en-, in the eastern part OF town that
went up in smoke. The fire must
have started IN "A pile Of rubbish
alongside OF the shed used as IA sum.
mer kitchen, and was probably caus.
ed by a spark from the stove. Mr
Watkins told the reporter that
there had been 10 fire in the
stove since noon. The tire
was discovered by Mr.. Watkins little
child. Tie first ones tC arrive after
the alarm was given found the west
end OF the kitchen and a pile Of rub.
bish along side Of il in flames.
The bucket brigade soon had the lire
under control. The loss IS slight. but
Mr.. Watkins will have to find another
kitchen.
People should clean their bacl.
yards OF rubbish. II Mr.. Walking
had done this, his kitchen would not
have gone up in smoke this afternoon
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
The InIire Lode.

The statement published two or
more months ago IN the Chronicle
that the c d G shaft was a stump for
the bulk 81 the water on tie flooded
levels along the entire COmstock lode
is being verified. Recent measur-
ments show that siuce the RisdOn by.
draulic system has been IN operation
the water III the Belcher shaft on
Gold Hill more than two mile from
the G X G shaft, has been lowered %
feet below the stage at which it was
when the pump started.
1t wan heretofore supposed that the
clay wall in the underground work.
ings OF the lode noted rs bulk head to
confine the water within certain lin
its, but this discovery demonstrates
that from whatever source the water
proceeds thnt Hoods the lOdes below
the Su,ro tunnel level it finds its way
through the %crevices in the rock for
NATION and the vein fissure through.
out its entire length and shows that
the process Of draining is far more
Colossal thnn vas herctofor anticipat-
cd. II would be interesting to nscer.
tain whether the draining OF the lev
els below The Sutro tunnel floor has
l0wcred the water in the Alta shaft,
but rs TINT mine is shut down there
Is no way OF measuring tho water
there. chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
sRrAx- AxD cHLEr

Ts rot = pointless suggestion that
comes. Bryan Tor president and Schiey
for viee.president. The west and the
east. the army and the navy. Nebras.
ke and Maryland.
Bryan. OF course No other will be
named in the convention. Missoun
viii be for him without dissent But
Bryan will De nominated before Mis-
SCUM Is reached il the roll call, His
running mate-that is another qus-
ton.
We love Schley for the enemies he
has made Long, the cold-biooded
and cultured champion Q, New ErG-
land Who dues daily on goldfish and
and Democrats; AlGer.dodeer in times
war and peace and contract gTabber
in times Of peace; Corbin. the admin
istration prophet; and Sampson the
administration pet These and Others
OF u.eir ilk, with sleek, and smooth
spoken William Mckinley al their
beck aud call. are the enemies that
the biuT Democrat from Maryland
has made.
This salt may have said peppery
things at Santiago. Why not! The
fleet which he commanded in Samp-
sons absence did some hotter things.
The admiral would stir the country
like a whirlwind. The fight that this
imperialistic gang is making on him
Will rebound on their " added
pa.es.--Mississippi Valley Democrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Crossing DcHIh Valley,

G. p. Sturgis, a prospec.or return.
cd from Death Valley yesterday and
departed for his home in Long Val.
ley. Sturgis killed five saddle horses
during his two months prospecting.
riding them all TO death.
On one occasion he rode a horse all
day across the eun cursed desert after
having shot him through tue uogtrils
to make hin travel. lie was miles
from the nearest water and suffering
with thirst nj tie time; the poor ami.
NAL was almost exhausted and IN
desperation he took this cruel meth.
od to goal him on. Stnrgis init.
mates that he found rich prospects
III Death Vaicy.~Rcno journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Drowned la u Ditch.

The Nadsworth Dispatch says:
Near Fallons in Churchill county.
on the Charles Mills ranch on July 1.
occurred a sad accident by which
Mr.. Mills lost his fourteen months old
boy. The baby WIS gone about twenty
minutes before an alarm WIS sounded
and al! hands turned out to search.
IN irrigating ditch runs close To the
house and events prove that the baby
crawlcd from the house, fell into the
ditch and the body was carried to the
river and deposited on a sandbar ono
hundred feet away where il WIS
found 10y viii Mills. The funeral
took place the next day aud the little
u was buried near the ranch.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Ratio Anpur SIXTEEN To oxn
Proportion OF Gold and silver in h
world.

The facts referred to by Senator
Chandler IN a recent letter that the
aggregate stocks OF gold and silver
sho~ a proportion OF about l5L
pounds OF the latter 20 one O. the for
mer, while the ratio OF annual pro-
ductiop Is about 10 20 l, are highly
significant. Glt and silver have
been the worlds two great money
metals for the last 300 OF 1000 years
and that the total stocks in the for
mer Of money should be so nearly
equal at an average ratio Of abont
ISL Is to say the least, remarkable.
II Is equally so at this stage OF the
discussion that the annual product
should be so close to the ratio OF 10,
which is so stouily demar ded by the
friends OF silver restoration in this
country. But while these coinci-
dences are worthy OF careful consid-
Grafton and have a somewhat im-
Portant bearing upon the question Of
"aas TatIv We Fhvurdd aLhJPt - :
not fall into the error OF Gsug them
As basic arguments in favor OF either
ratio. IL we do, in order to be SON
s~istent, we Will have To advocate a
new coinage ratio whenever the ratio
OF production changes. This is con-
stantly varying. 1t is now about 10
pounds Of silver to one pound ofgnld.
A very few years ago il was 10 OF sill
yer to OF gold, and with the pas
sing Of the years 1t ranged through
various proportions until ut the food
tide Of California and Australia gold
production il was only four or five OF
silver to one Of gold. But the French
coming ratio OF 1919 was maintained
right along, and the market value OF
che bullion substantially agreed with
the coinage rate.
The principle upon which the coin
& law controls the relative value is
this: Under free coinage, no matter
what the relative production may be,
eNS Sp"S WIN SHCuLhle IOptIueT al
par until the whole OF one or the
other Is taken ont OF the circulation
and applied TO some other use. This
will only be when such other-use-gives
the metal a higher valuation than that
fixed upon i; by the coinage Law. The
wider the departure in the coinage
ratio from the relative production the
greater wonld be the probability Of
Z o. the other being so withdrawn
from money Use and otherwise II
ployed- H. ioT example, We were 10
adopt the ratio Of 100 TO ! and throw
open The aitts to silver al the pres
eot ratio Of production. no SILVER
would bs coin II the ratio Of 100 20
] il wOuld only be worth about 80
cents an IN gold. and J; l.
aoTth three tiOes that price to1 USE
IN the arts. On the ether hand, Il ne
should provide for the coinage @! the
tSo metals at the ratio OF i 20 ]. L 0
gold would be coined. That ratio
would only give gold a valuation 81
sl.9 an ounce in silver, at which rate
it would all be taken into the arts,
even il it could not De coined in other
countries.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
RATHER

Ian Aaclnren," after milking the
American public dry mud returning
to England with pockets fattened
with American money. describes the
people Of the United States -mercen-
airy to a Fepulsive degree
That's richness for you! "Ian Mac
laren has never demonstrated that
he Is overlooking With the milk OF
human kindness. In fact, his usual
courae while in America was to grab
all he could, and give nothing ont.
Written to in San Francisco under
his " name OF Rev, John Watson
TO cay a few words on the Sabbath
from the pulpit Of a Church OF which
he Ia a minister, he turned the letter
over to his manager. who answered
that 4lan Maclaren's- terms would be
$500. Such ia the story told in news.
paper circles in San Francisco, and
souched for a correct. II that story
be true. -Iau MaclnreD- Is 80 repul.
sively mercenary as to be willing 10
coin money out Of the passion OF
Christ.-Bee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
SInt"m"niI Of N"yndn'- Finances,

Tho last monthly statement OF the
board III examiners made July L.
shows there was SlSG.I9l in coin and
;6S1.OO0 in United States four per
cent bonds il. tho vault OF the State
treasury ut Carson. This makes the
total amount convertible into coin,
s872,igG. In addition To this there is
an ~irrcdccmablc Stpto School !l0nd
Of $3Sn.0G0 and Nevada State Bonds
amounting to 1891, 1880 making Il
total OF Slt3ii,33jIj in money aud
bonds.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
FROM IN. K.,,r,a,ien.


We have received a letter from
White Rock under date at july 18th,
which gives the following interesting
account Of affairs at the Duck Valley
reservation:
DEAE SiR:-I sent you n short note
a fex da! $ ago. Since that things hsve
grosn Quiet again-even going to the
other extreme.
The Indian had their usual Fourth
Of July dance, lasting a week. The
plan was when tn. dance broke up
Friday morning, to siege and fore
IDLY eject from the reservation, the
same girls over whom the trouble was
on April nth. last, together with one
or two others. Tie Agent was not to
be known =: Abs affair, Int fortunate
ly ve learned the whole plan before
hand. The agent, his wife and daugh-
ter had held their councils with a few
/ OF the worse Indians and laid the
whole plan. The purposed victims
knew Of it also and during the dance
! Friday night. fed from the camp and
were soon safe III the school where
they have remained since. \ number
! OF Indians were there with the inten-
ton of fighting for the protection OF
the girls. Had any attempt been
made to carry out the plans, serious
trouble would have followed.
Have since learned to my satisfaction
that the plan WIS only entered into
reluctantly by the Indians who we're
only too glad that it failed.
There e &c. .!:c Sl::h.cG. A::Sc: 9!
these Indians making trouble. unless
melted by the whites. Just before
school closed a fourth attempt was
made to burn the school building.
January lst. last. Il fire was started
in the kitchen by two li:tly girls. II
was thought mt the time to be only an
accident aud but little significance
was attached to it till the I!cxt dag
when the Agent came up and de
manded the resignation OF the cook
and industrial teacher. neither of
whom were 4 at the time. nor
could they in any way be considered
responsible. or course, these en-.
ployees refused to resign. On May
18th while we were at WIuuemucca.
and inspector Holland vas in charge
Of the school, Mary Jackson, one OF
the older girls, who belongs 10 the
family OF IN Of the Judges and is the
tool OF the Agent, induced two OF the
spaller girls to set the building attire
in the girls play Don by fist saturat-
ing the floor and some paper with
coal oil. The tire was discovered and
put ont. but the guilty ones were
still unknown. Failing i'll this. Mary
made another attempt herself the
next day by stuiIipG saturated paper
in the hole in the wall male by the
previous tire. This..o was discovered
aud extinguished Just before the
close OF school d fourth attempt was
made by picking to pieces a comfort
and setting il attire in the garre: on
the boys side Of the house. Scatter.
"a owe The charred cotton Is the re
mans Of a hand grenade which Is
missing from the hall below. showing
conclusively that some scholar has
saved the building unknown TO the
employees. viii make no comments
ON this, you can judge OF il a. well as
J..
Maj. Geo. 4. Hale. the clerk. Is
seriously i'll aud will leave Tor his
home in New Mexico coon If his con.
will permit. Should he leave
ii is probable he viii never be able to
TO his post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Ranch for sale. Address
Samuel McMullen, Dceth,
Nevada, or the Independent
office.

Tho people are growing woefully
weary OF the President'g uncertain
Philippine policy or certain lack of
policy in this matter and n war none
too popular. is becoming lees md les,
popular "a it drags along. The I'M.
popularity OF the war in the Philip.
pines IA ut prescn, conducted. is the
Presidents own uupopulnrity and il
bchooves him to bring about u climax
in that conflict that shall be credit.
able to tho country or his ndminsta.
ton will be looked upon IA a failure.
Minneapolis fribunr.
physiciaus are interested in a new
treatment for appendicitis which, j,as
just bccs successfully tried by DIR.
George j. llelmcr. Of this city. Here.
tOfore Il surgical operntion has n,tep
cd such cases. DIR. lIcImcr does not
employ the knife, Tho patien, op
whom the treatment wns tried was n
young woman living in Harlem. Her
attending physician favored the usu.
nj operation. DR.. lirlmcf fret tried
his plan. This Ia simply forcing ont
tlic matter which clois thc appendix
by eDpcriicinl treatment. Tho iargcst
muscle Of the human body, tho pspas
magnue. which IL just back Of tho
appendix Is manipulated by the hand
IN such q manncr that q spWmodic
contraction causes IL tO snap back
against tic vcrmiform appondix and
force out ~ hat organ my fOroigr
substance that IL may contain. In Tho
case OF the young woman slic wa rc.
liovcd In eight minutca.- New York
World.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Reno Faro Dealer Kills m-m.-Ir.

j. +. McGugin, a faro dealer who
formerly followed that vocation in
Reno and Eureka. committed suicide
in San Francisco yesterday. He own
ell n ono thIri interest in the Ordwny
and Hall game at the Palace in Reno
and went Ia San Francisco To got re-.
lief from stomach trouble. Tho Jonr.
nal says that he wGs II rhilantrophist
among gamblers. giving his money
freely to the needy and to charitable
causcs. lie had several Thousand
dollars in the banks Of Washon couu-
ty md was considered fairly wealthy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
Republican Political Heroes.

Alas and alas. the hopes Of Kansas
Republicans are all blasted. General
Fred Funston don't want Ia lie Gov
ernor. The grand old party can't
elect anybody else. and the rrfore
there Is weeping ami wsilinC among
the faithful. General Funston Is a
sensible man and he wouId rather be
a hero than a politician. he is grand
in the heroic line. but - might make
a poor Goverror. Dewey will not run
toT President. Schley Is not a Re-
publican, and Funston refuses to be
used q catspaw TO pun political
ch~estnuts. The Republicans Will
have TO rely for a political hero on
Alger, who can run on his beef c
ord. ;. on Sampson, who fights with
his iawbore instead OF his sword. or
on Shafter, who won a great battle
while lying in a hammock orer in
another county. But even these do
not exhaust the Republican assurt-
ment Of heroes. Otis Is left. the man
who runs the censorship department
and SURPRISES the dispatches OF Ne
braska mothers to their soldier sons.
and sets cunning traps to catch
AguInaldo. He has not yet suppress
ed the Nebraska women o has he
captured :i~guiuuiiv. nut wien ne
causes the mothers to TO be convicted
OF high treason and brings Aggie
back with him in an iron cage he will
he a hero not to be sueezed at and he
might win a victory i'll some town
ship where all the voters are for sale.
-Noncontormisl.~
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
CouklInI- Manner.

IN Washington correspondent OF
the Detroit journal publishes the
following story told to him by Scnat-
or Hanna, OF Conkllng's visit to Gar.
field at Mentor, i'll the winter OF 1880:
Lord, Conkhng looked upon all
those persons as children. He
lowered above them all. Perhaps he
was not much taller. but he was 50
still and straight and magnificent.
lie made every thing around that
Garfield place TOOK as still rs though
II were nailed fast. You know what
a pleasant honey sort Of place the
Garfield house was: Just like the
lone on a big farm, nothing more.
The only time that he unbcGt was the
time Mr.. GarficlI'a mother was pres.
cnt. Ny, but things were formal. lie
paid attcatiOn to me as he would to
the driver Of q hack. | had promised
TO get hun back to town by 3 o'clock
lie asked Inc about the time several
times. That seemed to 10 the Only
thing on his mind. \ rainstOrm came
up and lac got really nervous. We
waited till il Stacked W Il little. and
then sent those horses t0 the station
IA fast rs the wind. | went Ia the
engineer and told him ! was q ruined
man IL the train stopped in town II
second after three. The engineer he.
roically saved my reputation. Never
saw a train go faster. As he got ont
OF the tram showed him my watch.
With the slightest unbendng of his
head, he said: Your are a man OF
your word
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21

Every property owner in town
shoid DO nj tie courthouse this oven.
ing at o'clock TO lend the weight OF
his presence 10 the movement to pro.
feet the town from lire. As the town
o is, there is absolutely no pro.ec.
tion in caae Is fire is under good head.
way when discovered We have been
very fortunate so far in escaping ser.
ious loss 10y fire. Let ua not take the
chances OF this good fortune remain.
ing with us, but do something to heir
ourselves.