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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-21
Cudahy Gets His BOY.

The 10 year old son Of +. A. Cud.
ahy OF Omaha was kidnapped Tues.
daY night and held for ransom. The
k%idnappers notified Cudahy thai the
boy was safe and vonld be returned
on the payment OF $3.50
A consultation was held at once
and the matter gone over in detail.
Plans were discussed for capturing
the bandits when they shonId make
their appearance at the rendezvous
designated, but one after another
they were dropped as being impracti-
cable.
Finally, impeIled by the strain
under which the entire household was
laboring, Mr.. Cudahy decided to
comply with the terms offered and
ransom his son.
The money was secured 10y a trust
ed messenger, who vas sworn TO Sc
crecy, and was brought to the Cuduhy
residence. II was all i'll gold. After
dinner Mr. Cudahy had one OF his
horses harnessed TO a light buggy.
and, taking the money with him. left
for the designated place. In HE
buggy he carried n red lantern, and
was quite aloDe.H lie drove . miles west
OF town on the Sherman avenue road
until he came to n white lantern that
was handing on a short stick by the
side Of the road. This was the place
where the ransom was to be left, and,
alighting from his buggy, he de-
posted the sack close to the stick
bearing the white light. Then. with.
out seeing anyone, he returned to his
home.
In the meantime the captors OF the
boy had seen the red light coming up
the road, and rs soon as the buggy
had disappeared In the direction from
which it had come they visited the
spot. took away the money. end pre-
pared to keep faith with the father Of
the boy. Tho lad was bundled into a
hack and set down close by his
fathers house about ] o'clock Thurs.
day. morning.
Where he had been he WIS unable
10 say, but. MS nearly rs he could esti
mate by the few observations he was
able to make. he thought he had been
taken about five miles south Of South
Omaha.
There is absolutely no clue to the
identity Of the kidnappcrs.
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Governors Proclamation.
Governor Sadler has issued the fol-
lowing official announcement OF the
result Of the recent election:

$50 ~
loving official announcement OF the
result Of the recent election:
Executive Chamber,
Carson City. Nevada.
WHEREAS. On the sixth day Of No
vemGer. \. ID. 1900. a General Elec.
ton was held in the State of Nevada
for three Presidential Electors, n
Representative in Congress. one Jus
tire Of the Supreme Court, ono Re
gent Of tile State University Qong
term and one Regent Of the State
University tshort term:
WHEREAS. On the third Mcatay OF
December succeeding euch election.
TO wit. on the seventeenth ,iay Of De-
cemb"r. 1900. the Justices OF the Su-
preme Court OF the State of Nevada
dit, in accordance with law, meet AS
Il Board Of CGnv-ssers in the Office uf
the Secretary Of State Of the State OF
Nevada, md opened and cauvasSed
the vote cast At said election for the
aforementioned officers; and
WHEREAS, The certificate OF said
Board Of C~anvassers, declaring the
result nf said election, Is DOW on Tile
III the office Of the Secretary Of State;
Now, THEREFORE. 10 pursuance
OF, and III obedience Ia, the laws of
The State oi Nevada, III such cases
male and provided, /, REISHoLp
SADLER. Governor, do hereby declare
and proclaim that the following
named persons were, at the General
Election held i'll the State ut Nevada
OIL November q. 1890. duly elected to
ill ti,e Offices hereinafter specified,
with the night to hold and enjoy, all
and singular. the powers and privi.
iegeH thereof, tn wit:
John II. Dennis, as Presidential
EiectDr.
Richard Kirman as Presidential
Elector.
John Wrbcras Presidential Elector
Francis q. Ncwianhs, IL Represen.
'ative in Congress.
4. l.. Fitzgerald. NJ Justice of the
Supreme Conrt.
}. y. Evans. as Regent Of the State
University tloug tcrml.
w. w. BOOher, AS Regent OF the
State Universit. Chorl term).
In Witness Whereof. | have here.
unto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State OF Nevada to
be hereunto affixed ut Carson City,
Nevada, this seventeenth day Of DE.
cember, III thousand nine hundred
kEINHOLD .>ADLER,
BY the Governor: Governor.
EUGENE HOWELL.
SECRETARY Uf State.
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y great connection Gems To Ina &,
taken place among railway circles
owing to the contemplated through
car SERVED between the Pacific Com,
and Chicngo'which in operating on,
day each week. This is not a now dc.
parturc by any mcaEs. ~ the Denver
u Rio GFando Railroad Company and
It's connections have been operating q
through car service between the Pm.
cIiic and Atlantic coast via. Sal; Lake
Pueblo. Denver, Kansas City md
Chicago Tor years. aud three dave
euch, week, viz. every Wednesday,
Thursday aud Friday evening. The
cars Tor this through service nre OF
the latest Pullman design, and are
supplied with clean linen and bedding
throughout. \ Pullman porter is no.
signed to each car. These cnrs urn
also under the personal SUPERVISION
of Special Excursion agep,
whose duty It is "a sec that passen.
gerr are gwen every comfort and nj.
tentiOu. For further Information, nm.
ply to my agent, or Is. T.. Ncyins.
General Agent, or To IT, NJ. GUSHING
travelling Passenger Agent. ID. a. Il
o.. H. H., % West ard South 81. mi
Lake City, Utah.
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A WISE MAN
FROM THE WEST

WHO intends gong Eas: will see that
his tickets read by way of Salt Lake
City aua the Rio Grande Western
Railway i'll connection with either the
Denver Il Rio Grlndr or Colorado
Midland railroads. for these reasons:
First. most magnificent in
three distinct routes tbrough the heart
Of the Rocky Mountains; third. il IL
The only ,ranscontinental line passing
directly through quaint and p,ctur-
esque Salt Lake-the City OF the
Saints; fourth, perfect dining car ser
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daily between Ogden. Denver and all
points East, connecting with all
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CISCO. Portland, etc, to Denver, Oma
ha aud Chicago. There are many
other reasons Why the route through
Salt Lake City oye the Rio GrRnde
Western Railway is the most COM
Portable and enjoyable i'll the whole
country. BY inquiry, you can learn
4 great deal on the subject OF trans.
continental travel. Geo. W. HeIntz
General Passenger Agent. Salt Lake
City.
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The Ladies Aid Society OF the Elko
fresbytcrinn Church will give II doll
salt and festival ut the a. o. U. W.
ball on next Saturday afternoon and
evening, December 22nd.
IL you wish TO purchase some
pretty aud useful Christmas pifts on
and sec what the Ladies' hive for sale
Ill the way OF DOLE, handkerchicfs,
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Vasee, cups and saucers, candy, c.c.
a hot lunch will be served. The pro
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he leader OF the band and instructed

the leader OF the band and instructed
Jones To remain at the culvert with the
shot guns and the other too!s. Jones
was told that soon after the freight
train pass-d up TO Eerdi-about IL o.
clock. miduight-they would come
down with the engine and express
and endeavor to stop at the c~ulvert;
but it might be that they would have
to pass on; II So, Jnucs Was instructed
to place an obstruction OH the track so
that no train could follow. and then
jump IN his hoTar with guns. etc, and
follow the express car. Davis, Parsons.
Squires, Giicfrist and COckcel went
up the track to Verdi, and when the
train arri:ed they jumped aboard, cut
OF he passenger cars and took pos
session OF the engine and express car,
and the.engineer under their direction
ran Ia the culvert and stopped. Davis
then called 10 Jones, saying, Man
come ont with those guns. Jones
came forward, tie door OF the express
car was opened and the messenger
III tie car at the muzzie OF several
s~hoiguns WAS ordered out. and he with
the fireman were placed III the mail
car under "a guard. y guard WIS also
placed over the engineer. The other
robbers then entered the express car
and broke open the treasure boxes.
and III Il hurried manner took the coin
from them. amounting to Sil,690.
Davis went toward Virginia City
aud buried about 100000 near Hunt
er's place. Jones and Gilchrist went
across lie country aud struck the Pea.
vine road and then turned of on the
Redrock road. They had with them
over $50 OF the treasure, which be-
came such aburden To the III that
they buried II in Il ravins near a point
OF rocks a little way of from the road,
and then they went on across the
country into Sierra Valley where they
were arrested. The other robbers with
abont $4,000 OF the treasure took the
road tn Crystal Peak and over Dog
Valley Hill, scattering III different Iii.
rectiOnR. All the robbers we're finally
captured, some OF them in California
Jones told where some $4,000 Ut the
money vas buried and Gi!christ iii
vulgei where there was $1,000 ana
finally Davis revealed the where
abouts OF $4,000.
On Saturday the 18th OF Novembe,
$50, the prisoners were examined aul
committed to jail. The grand Jury
indicted the robbers and at their iria
y. j. Davis and K \. Jones pleaded
guilty, Davis getting ten years ant
Jones five years i'll prison. S1uirta
received twenty-three year,, Cocxrel
twenty two years, Parsons tweni,
years aud Chapman eighteen. the
having all been convicted Of the Grim,
Roberts was mixed up III the atrai
but escaped punishment by turning
States evidence.
Thus ended the history Of the , tirs
train robbery that occurred in til,
United States.
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The full Senate committee on mill.
tary affairs has adopted the army 70
organization bill reported by its sub
committee. Tho report IL Il complete
substitute for the House bill. and.
while uucl 81 the language is Inc
same rs that Of the IIonsc measure.
there are numerous changos. Tho
House caniecn provision was amend.
ed 20 ne TO permit the sale Of beer at
the cantoens. This exception was
made 10y emitting the word "boer-
from The prohibited articles. Tho
maximum strength Of tie army IL 10
be 100000 men.
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PnILIPPIxE s1ruArroN.

The Buff,lo Express. a Republican
Journal, gives the following interest
ing facts concerning the situation in
the Philippines:
1t Is high time the American public
got over its delusions abcnt this war.
1t ha, deceived itself too long with
the notion tina. il was lighting merely
an ambitious rebel chief. represent
ing only a fraction Of n slnsie tribe,
and maintaining his power as much
by the terror he Inspires as by any
o OF patriotism. We are not
lighting a government or an army.
but a whole people. The conditions
now existing III the Philippines are
rs near TO peace as any that are likely
To prevail for a good many years
probably for a generation. perhaps
for several generations. They are the
conditions under which we NUT ex-
poet to govern The islands So long rs
the population is hostile to us and We
are determined to keep them under
American sovereignty,
Increasing the army will make no
difference unless il should be raised
to such u size that a strong garrison
could be put i'll every hamlet and "a
guard over every farm. = column of
go American troops couli probably
march any where IN the archipelago.
now. After such a triumphant de-
mopstra;ion Of our power. let the
same column be broken up into de.
tached parties of - men each. and
every man OF them would most likely
be killed or captured within 80 miles
OF Manila. No ordinary campaign.
such rs wouid suffice 10 gnd Il war
with" EurOpeID power. Il put down
this Kind of Msurrectlon. We nay
drive columns Of troops throughout
the length and breadth OF The archI-
pelago during he coming winter and
spring. and, finding no enemy, de-
clare The war over. Next fail we
Should, III all probability. lind the
country US much disturbed as it Is
now.
Possibly III the course OF year,.
after the present generation Of Fill
pinos and Americans has passed
away, If we are sufficiently persistent
and sufficiently patient, We shall
gradually extend our influence arounu
the centers which can he kept al
ways directly under the eye Of orr
army, and demonstrate that Amer.
can government really is beueficen;,
until the hostility OF the people shall
die out, and the dream of d peaceful
and coutented province which should
never desire separation from the
United States will he realized.
but il we are going to conquer the
people, We must recognize the fact
that we will nave to fight the people
not a - ARMY or a government. We
shall have to initiate the purse OF
Great Britain in South Africa When
TN armed body Of rebels appear we
must burn the village that gave it
shelter. aud destroy the crops on
which it fed. We must concentrate
bataDts i'll small garrisoned
districts as the Spanish did. We
must send all prisoners to di ltant
exile. We must execute promptly
any vino are detected III breaking
their oats of allegiance. We mus,
make soldiers Il terror to tie
whole population. because a people
can be ruled by force only after they
have been tau Int to fear. The work
Of tyranny can bt done only by the
methods o. tyranny.
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Those wanting fat turkeys for
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Enrly History.

Tie Reno Ledger is running an in.
terest!ng series of sketches from the
early history Of Nevada, and the fol
loving is an account Of the famous
Verdi train robbery:
The robbery was accomplished at
O'Clock on the morning II November
D. 1910, at Il place on the railroad call
ed the stone quarry, near Hunters
10y capturing Wells, Fargo & Co.'S OK.
press car and taking from il about
Sll,OOO III gold coin. Tho rohhcra had
II certain cave OF tunnel III the Pea.
vine mountain as their place Of rem
dezT"ns and held frequ nj meetings
there and made their plans. They had
under consideration plans to rob the
pay car as well M the express car.
During tho latter part Of October.
1870, u meeting was had at the cave
and the plan for the great robbery of
November corrected ms fOllOws: j,
IL. Cliapmnn was Ia go TO San Fran.
N"N' VIM "h''h 'he tNpEts5 COU1nH'
ny's office ON the first days oi Novcm.
Der ns n largo amount Of money was
expected To- he shipped to Reno on or
about the l5h OF the month. Accord.
ny to the rnderst anding. Chapman
went to San Francisco aud sent by
mail Il key to the dispatch which he
would probably send on or about the
9TH. Ga the Ith Of November Cnap.
man sent tho following dispatch TO
Reno:
"ro r. a. Jonce. Capital House
Send mo sixty dollars aud charge 10
NY account,
81. Enrique
In accordance with the previous ar.
engagements Jones was Mt the Uapiial
House aud received the dispatch and
took it TO The cave, where were Par.
sons, Squircs, GiIchrist, COckrc!l and
Dayia, who. with Jonce. tho bearer,
constituted the robbers who took nm
aCti ~ pnrt in the robbery. During the
afternoon their plans were all arrarg.
ed, and abou, dusk they started for tho
q OF the robbery, taking different
rOutos. Thoy all met at the culyori
near tho stone quarry, Davis wa
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-10

In the Clerks Office Of the Circuit court
Of the county of Wise, on the oath day OF
April, 1900.
l.. W. Borts, Trustee, Plaintiff,
against In Oh y
Martha Z. Tracy ct al, Defts.
The object of this suit 10 to obtain Judg-
ment in favor of complainant against
Martha f. Tracy. in the sum of sl6l III
with interest on $3.50 from Jany tn
1893, and on Sill from April ii, l9oo'
and costs of suit and to enforce complain
ants liens on lot of block 80 "lmproye-
ment Co.'S Plat No. !" of Big Stone Gap
Va. And an AFFIDAVIT having been made
and filed that tie defendant, Martha II.
Tracy, is not a resident of the State OF
Virginia, and that there are or may he
persons interested in the subject to be
disposed OF in this suit whose names
are unknown; it 10 ordered that said nom
resident and unknown parties
do appear here within 10 days
after due publication hereof, and do what
may lie necessary to protect their interest
in this suit. And it is further ordered that
a copy hereof be published once a week
for four weeks in The Big Stone Gap Posi-
aud that copy be posted at the front
door Of the court house o. this county Oh
the first day of the next term Of the county
court A copy-Teste:
W. 4. KiLGoRE, Clerk.
BY G. A. JOHNSON, d. &.
Fulton & Mcdowell, pa. mylo i?-@%
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-10
ORDER OF PUBLICATION


In the Clerks Office OF the Circuit Court
the of County Of Wise on the oath day of
April, 1900.
l.. W. Bolts, Trustee, Plaintiff,
against In Ch'y.
W. c. Robinson ct al, Defend'ts.)
The object of this suit is to obtain judg-
ment in favor of complainant against W.
G. Robinson in the sum of $l53.22 with
interest on $3.50 from Nov. /, 1894, and on
1922 from April II, 1900, and the costs OF
this suit, and to have cOmplainant's liens
Gas set out in the bilD enforced on lots |
and 2 of block % Improvement Cos Plat
No. 81 of Big Stone Gap, Va. And an
affidavit having been made and filed, that
there are or may be persons interested in
the subject to be sold or disposed of in
this SUIT whose names are unknown; it is
ordered that said unknown persons
do appear here, within 10 days
after due publication hereof, and do
what may he necessary to protect their
interest in this suit. And it is further
ordered that copy hereof be published
once u week for four weeks in the Big
Stone Gap Post, and that a
copy be posted at the front door of the
courthouse of this county on the first day
of the next term of the County Court.
A copy-Teste:
W. 4. KILGoRE, Clerk.
BY G. A. JOHNSON, ID. G.
FULTON Mcdowell, pa. malO 1922