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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-12-21

Pocatello yard last week and was
taken to the Salt Lake hospital. 1t
was found necessary to amputate
the foot Webb formerly taught
school in Dayton.
George S. Nixon, Cashier of the
Winnemucca Bank, has identified
Ben Fitzpatrick, at st. Louis, as one
Of the men who robbed the bank in
September, 1900. Fitzpatrick has
been sentenced to imprisonment for
fifteen years, and it is probable that
the Courts of this State will never
get chance at him.
Judge William Webster, one of
the most prominent and useful citi-
zens of Reno. died in San Francisco
Saturday last. Judge Webster was
born near Aberdeen, Scotland, in
1892, and came to America with his
parents when he WAS eleven years
old. A devoted wife, one son and
two daughters survive him. His
funeral took place in Reno Tuesday.
A San Francisco jury has rem
dered verdict for $4,000 in favor of
J. II. Bone and against the Ophir
Silver Mining Company and the
Mexican Gold Mining Company. Last
year the defendants employed Mr..
Bone to do some work for them in
e. \
Of an unexploded blast, and when it
it permanently blinded Mr..
Bone.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
Winter ut Last.

Cur palm Beach winter weather has
disappearcd, and seine OF the real old
Minnesota variety has come TO take its
place. This is well. It is a bad thing 10
have d green winter this far mort h: be,
sides Is ich a comfortably sIeat-covered
and frozen surface enables Us to see our
friends tumble about and become pro
lanr. for it IS tAe Bible which tells US
that only The wicked stand in slippery
places
This is Gne weather for the germs.
They arc frozen up in The bosom Of
Mother Earth ard VIII no more annoy as
until spring That is. the land yarie-
ties VIII net, the colon bacillus in the
Potomac water IS stiH lively and spread
ing typhoid wherever it is permitted TO
insert It's activities. That VIII last. we
presume, until the fItering plant, which
was projected in the last century. shall
be installed. L is the hope OF those in
the deal that they VIII be able to use
something or the uke-strong
enough 10 kill the typhoid germs. and
prevent people from drinking the water
This is the blessed season when with our
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
CAPITOL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Trying New TRctics.-Quite a new
attitude WAS evident among the Republi-
can members of the Senate during the few
opening minutes of the session yesterday
Listening to the speeches made by the
advocates and supporters of the Subsidy
bill, il seemed that they must be from an
entirely new set of men. There was none
of the bulldozing, threatening spirit in
the talk. but instead, through all of the
remarks ran the silver thread of concil-
iation- The advocates Of the Ship Sub
sidy bill were evidently taking a differ
ent tack from that they had been on pre-
viously. and were deserving the role of
the bully for that of the suppliant.
The first note Of this wonderful change
was struck by Frye himself. He admit
ted that the night sessions had not proved
the success that it was expected they
would, and showed himself willing to cry
quits, if he could get some assurance that
the Shipping bill would have some chance
of being voted on at fixed date. 1t was
an attitude quite unusual for Mr.. Frye
He spoke with sorrow of the inconyeDi-
ence that the Senators had suffered be
cause Of the night sessions, and regretted
exceedingly that the meetings had been I'M
productive of results. The man who came
down to the front of the centre aisle yes
terday and spoke in such suave and al
most pleasing tones, was a man different
from that one who a week previous had
walked to the same spot and declared that.
whatever might become of the appropria-
tion bills, he was going to see that the
Subsidy bill was properly considered, and
| brought to a vote. The Mr.. Frye who made
this last speech had a club in his hand
SO to speak. and Senators are now smi1-
ing at his change of front. Though Mr.
Frye was most ccHciliating in asking that
date be set for voting on the bill after
enough days have elapsed to give an op-
portunity to consider it properly" ne did
not meet with the kind OF reception he
had evidently expected. The opponents of
the bill stuck solidly by their former po-
sitiOn, and refused to concede a single
inch Senator Jones was as diplomaticaI-
~ polite in his answer as Mr. Frye but
he was firm He stated that the steal
was not to be allowed TO go through with
out a free and open discussion, to last as
long as anyone might deem necessary
and was not moved even when the diplo-
matte and unctUous Senator Hale rose and
made many ironical remarks about Sena-
tors on the Democratic side not having
any desire TO hlibuSter.
Whatever may be the ultimate result
Of yesterdays movements they certainly
indicated q decided victory for the oppo-
nents OF the Subsidy bill. The Repubii
cans we're obliged to admit that in their
endeavOT to force things they had run
into difficulties, and that they were TN
willing any more to risk being accused of
blocking legislation by pressing the Sub
sidy bill.
The great gain. however. was the aban-
Comment Of the night session The Re
publicans. finding that they could whip
nothing into line with il. dropped the plan
to the evident qualification Of everyone
in the Senate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

The powerful influence Of Mr. Hay in the
British Foreign Office Is again singularly
demonstrated IN the practical rejection OF
the Hay Pauncefote Treaty by Lord Sails
bury. Only a day or two ago the London
papers were saying that but for his objec-
tons. King Edward would accept the con-
yentIOn as amended by the Senate. just to
make a pleasant start with US. II is per
f,aps disappointment 70 His Majesty not
to be aole 10 do SO
As the matter is reported. the British
Government viii now make counterpart
posals- including a demand for a port in
Alaska, in 6ddition TO the territory do
mated by Dir. Hay some time ago; and the
Administration view is that negotiations
can be made TO cover a number OF months.
and so postpone consideration Of the Mic
aragua Canal project until well into the
Fifty-seyentb Congress In the meantime
the Panama Canal syndicate would have 4
coed chance 20 pull itself together and
raise q respectable campaign fund.
We could scarcely have hoped for any
thing as good at the hands OF Great
Britain as this timely rejection. II re-
lieves us Of an incubus The old Clayton
Buiwer Treaty is now in position to be
formally dIsavowed and put forever out Of
The way by a simple resolution There is
Do longer anything in the path Of pa
triotic canal legislation. except. possibly,
some design of the Admins. "a ion to de-
feat it. The Senate should not hesitate
4 moment The Nicaragua Canal bin
should be instantly taken up and passed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
HALE STATUE MAKES TROUBLE.
A Disagreement Over the Memorial
Proposed by Alumni.

AEOpOSSu aDy A8AAnhAs
NEW YORK. Feb e.-TroubIe in Yale
circles has arisen over a movement tc
raise a fund for the erection of a statue
Of Nathan Hale on the campus of the uni
Tersity. For about two years a committee
cOmpOsedzin part of Dr. A W Catlin, Dr..
\. Matthewson. Charles 7. Catlin, and Pc
ter Flint, has been at work in an effort
to raise a fund OF $40 900 for the statue.
with the understanding that William ord
way Partridge should be the sculptor
Among the persons who subscribed to
the fund were Senator Depew, Andrew
Carnegie. Justice Henry B. Brown, of the
United States Supreme Court; Thomas
Thatcher, President of the Yale Club. and
Ashbel P. Fitch, the former Comptroller
Recently the committee issued circular
calling for subscriptions TO the fund The
circular contained the statement that Mr.
Partridge was the artist selected to de-
sign the statue, and began with the fol-
lowing appeal:
''The alumni of Yale and other friends
OF the university interested in the move
ment for presenting 10 the college a
statue of our Alma Matters most famous
son Of Revolutionary times. Nathan Hale
ton in the matter, and earnestly hope
that you viii subscribe toward the same
as literally as you can. The true spirit
OF Yale everywhere win rejoice in the
coming Of this statue. for it will be an in
spiratfOn to the youth of America and
show how Yale rewards unselfish devotion
TO country and principle
Before the circular was issued there
had been some talk of opposition to the
selection Of Mr. Partridge as the sculptor,
and certain OF the Yale alumni were said
to favor strongly the selection of Angus
tus St Gaudens- They were shocked yes
terday by the announcement that the Yale
authorities had given out the following
notice as official.
Graduates and friends of Yale are
warned against an appeal now being cir
cUlaJed from $50 Nassau Street. New
York. in behalf of a statue of Nathan
Hale to be presented to the university.
In so far as this purports TO have the
sanction Of the university, it is unaUthor-
lied; in so far as it claims to represent
the alumni as body it is misleading"
Peter Flint who is the treasurer of the
committee. said in his Office. at $50 Mas
sau Street, yesterday. that he did not
think the committee would stop the move
luent for the erection Of the statue. be-
cause it was an alumni affair in which
the authorities of the universities had no
voice. All the authorities had 10 do, he
said was to accept the statue for the uni
versity campus or reject it, after it was
ready to be presented 10 the university.
The committee viii have a conference in
a few DAYS however, and decide IL IL will
continue its work. in view of the oppcsi-
ton Of the Yale authorities
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
The Hawaiian misrepresentation.

Mr.. Wilcox, the Kanaka Delegate from
Hawaii. admits the authorship of the let
ters written in 1899 in which he offered
to join Aguinaldo and fight against the
United States That. as it will be OBJ
served. was some time ago. and Mr.. Viii
COX is perfectly willing to overlook the
matter entirely
The Committee on Elections may not be
so complaisant- Persons of the stripe of
Wilcox may not think that conduct such
as he is accused of should bar man from
a seat in the American Congress; but they
are not Of the breed which constructs the
public opinion Of this country. There
ought TO be no delay in Kidding the House
Of Representatives of this individual. His
expulsion should be immediate. so that the
Hawaiians can have ample time to hold a
special election and get a Delegate here in
season for the extraordinary session,
which Mr.. Hanna declares nc will call
unless the Subsidy job is successful in this
Congress, whether Mr.. Mckinley likes it
or not.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
CORPORATIONS UP IN ARMS.
Vigorous Opposition to the West Vir-
ginia Tax Bill.


CHARLESTON. ". Va. Feb. 9--West
Virginia corporations wherever located,
are protesting vigorously against the pro-
posed Corporation Tax bill which has been
introduced in the Legislature and seems
likely to pass. The bill purposes taxing
companies Incorporated in this State 70
the fun limit OF their authorized capital
The opponents of tho bill in both Houses
of the Legislature brand il as an effort on
the part OF the Secretary Of State to aid
to MS fees which are claimed to be already
exorbitant The Governor Of the State Of
West Virgin q gets q salary Of s2-7eo. The
Governor appoints the Secretary OF State,
who. through the Zee system as it exists
here. IS enabled to draw OUT Of the Office
from $4,000 to $f0. coo every year Sec
rotary Of State Dawson is the father OF the
bill and is supporting II in every way IN
his power. He contends that it will be a
source of revenue TO the State.
Under the present laws governing the
incorporation Of new company, The See
Rotary OF State Ievies q tax based on the
actual paid-up capital Of the organization,
regardless Of what its authorized capital
may be The corporation then has the
right 70 issue additional stock without go
ing 10 the Secretary OF State with more
fees Under the new law, fye-miLlion-d dol
lar companies viii pay tax on s5.t90 600.
The revenue viii be enormous
Since the State finds its revenues far
short Of the demands Of public institutions
and officials. the CIV Corporation bill is
meeting with considerable encouragement.
Yesterday il MAS found that the appT0-
priatiOns already asked were secs, 0Jh more
than the receipts estimated by the finance
committee Should the Corporation bill
become a law in its present form, It viii
AFFECT ell companies holding West Viz
GINA charters
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
AN OHIO BOYS DEVICE.
He Proposes to Combine the TeIe-
phone and Talking Machine.

He Proposes to Combine the TeIe-
phone and Talking Machine.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Feb. 9.-Melvilie
Holmes, a nineteen-yea boy of Cleye-
land, claims to have a very clever in
yention and his idea is unique one. He
intends to make the telephone not only
a passive instrument medieum. as 1t
were-but a talking principal in conve7sa-
lions held over the wire. In other words.
he desires TO bring about partnership be
tween two of the greatest discoveries OF
the last century.
1t is to work, according to the -oung
inventor, something like this:
when leaving the neighborhoOd of the
telephone. the owner of the contrivance
takes the receiver of talking machine
and fits It to the mouthpiece OF the tele-
phone arranging it by a small hook, and
makes connections so that the ringing of
the BELLS puts the talking machine in mo-
ton. ard it announces to the listener at
the other end that Mr.. - has just step
ped out but will be back in fifteen min
utes and will the enquirer kindly leave a
message? Then the small record, its work
done, drops out, a larger one slips into
place and takes the message, the length
of which must be according to the size of
the records the owner has provided One
record as soon as used falls out of place
and another falls in. The large record,
when falling out, brings the small talking
record hack into place before the mouth
piece of the phone once more
Young Holmes has applied for patent
for MS invention
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
READY To MUSTER OUT,
ihir'y-seventh Ihfantrymen Soon
Going to Their Homes


Going to Their Homes.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9.-The men of
the Thirty-seventh Infantry who arrived
on the transport Sheridan. most of whom
live IN the East, VIII be mustered cut on
February goth The members of the regi-
ment will go home individually with the
exception Of those from Tennessee. The
citizens of Nashville are preparing % en-
terrain the Tennessee boys Iavishiy. A
committee from Nashville will probably
come to San Francisco to escort this de-
tachment home
Colonel Cheatham, of the Thirty-seventh
infantry, has raised nineteen of his Off
GERS for commissions as second Eeuten-
ants IN the regular army, and he is hope
full that his regiment Will get its full
share OF appointme as the officers have
worked hard and have had some valuable
experience in the Philippines. The men
OF the Thirty and also those of
the Thirty-sixth and Eleventh Cavalry
are delighted with the bill which has just
passed the Senate providing for their
travel pay home. These three regiments
were organized in Manila and. according
to former law. were allowed travel-pay
to San Francisco only, while other vOlun-
teer regiments were given trayel-Day to
the place of enlistment.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
BROOKLYN STREET CAR REFORM
Legislature Asked to Pass n Bill
BenentIng the Public.

NEW YORK. Feb. "a movement has
been started by the Women's Reform Club,
Of Brooklyn, to get bill passed by the
Legislature 10 compel the street railroad
companies in that borough to run enough
cars 70 seat passengers travelling or all of
its various lines.
The bill has already been drafted and
forwarded to Albany 1t provides that On
all street railways both surface and ele-
waited, operating in the borough, not more
than . cents shall be charged for each
passenger for whom q seat is provided and
not more than cents for each passenger
for whom seat is not provided Every
passenger, however, is compelled 10 ac-
cept seat in : car when a seat is offered.
In the event of . passenger not being prJ-
yided with d seat upon entering q car and
a seat is offered at any time thereafter
during his ride, the passenger has the
right to elect whether he sill accept the
seat. If he accepts the seat thus offered
or provided, then he must pay the 3 cents
additional, But. on the other hand. II he
elects not 10 accept the seat, 70 additional
fare can be charged him
For each violation Of the act the corpora
ton thus offending is liable TO q fine OF
gao
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
TEST CASE IN SALE OF oLEo.
Great Array of Legal Talent Defend
ing n WiIIxesbarre Man

Great Array of Legal Talent Defend
ing n WiIIScsbarre Man.
WIIKESBARRE. Pa. Feb. 9.-RusseII
Uhl. charged in FIVE cases with having
sold oleomargarine for butter. was called
for trial before Judge Ferris yesterday
The trial is watched with a great deal Of
interest IN this county. as it is a sort Of
test case The defendant is backed by a
great array of counsel, including ex-Judge
Day, of Washington.
After requesting that the FIVE cases be
tried simultaneously the attorneys for the
defence moved 10 quash the Indictment.
Judge Day contended that the sale Of oieo
is not prohibited provided the product Is
free from cOlCring matter or ingredients
making il look like butter
District Attorney Jones argued against
the motion, and it was denied by Judge
Ferris. Stanley ! Stephens. an agent Of
the Dairy and Food Commission. stated
thar Uhi told him that rather than face
a criminal prosecution he would quit sell
ing cleo.
r. Lemon. stable Jcss. swore he en-
tered the store Of Uni in October Of last
year and received and paid for two pounds
OF OleO after he had ordered butter. He
boxed the roll and sent il 10 Prof Davis.
q chemist. of Scranton. The witness was
subjected to a severe cross-eya nina ton
in which he stated that he had received
80 fer his services as detective.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
The Rat Cure for Lunaey.

Whoever put the rats and mice cure into
the heads of the Topeka saloon men was a
wise and zhrewd man in his day and gen.
Grafton, and. if he had added snakes to
his collection, it would have been so much
the better.
F 1t is competent 10 consider what the ef-
feet upon the Nation Ratchet brigade
would be when the proprietor of an in
vaded bar should li0erate a few hundred
nice lively rats Zeal in the cause of
righteousness may hold women up against
most things. but We have never included
rats in the list. It is doubtful if female
reform could even sustain itself against
mice. When We come down to snakes, the
subject beggars thought.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
Circulation Statement
The Cuban Issue.

Il is probably because OF General Woods
rigid press censorship that We do not hear
anything concerning the effect of the
Cuban discussion here upon the
Constitutional Convention in Havana
The people down there by this
time must realize that they must DO some
thing besides pleasing themselves in franz
ing the organic law for their State.
The matter Is deeply serious one for
this country. 1t is not one OF sentiment,
or else there would be no question at is
sue The American people do not want to
Cypress Cuba OF deny TO its people a single
right or privilege which can be granted
with safety to the United States. But
leaders of opinion IN the island may as we'll
understand that this country cannot and
viii not permit the establishment Of an
other Haiti in the West Indies. which is
what would happen were the Cubans al
lowed a free hand. President Mckinley
is II dead earnest in the connection, and
has convinced a number Of prominent Sem
aturs and Representatives that the ques-
tioa is not one which 1t would be wise to
neglect Yesterday he called the attention
of number of his political visitors to the
language used in his message of Decem-
Der, 1853 In that document he said:
This nation has assumed before the world a
grave responsibility for the future good govern
Irent of Cuba We have ACCEPTED trust the
fulHent OF which calls for the sternest integrity
Of purpose and the exercise OF the highest wisdom.
The new Cuba yet TO arise from the ashes OF the
past must needs be bound TO by ties OF singular
intimacy and strength if its enduring welfare is
10 be assured
Whether these ties shall be organic or con
yeHtionai the destinies Of Cuba In some
rightful form and manner iTTeYocably linked with
our own. but how and how far IS FOR the future
aine in the ripeness OF events. Whatever
ItcOme, We must see 20 il that free cuba
ity, not name, perfect entity, nCt
pertinent bearing within itself the eie-
failure.
mission to accomplish which we tool, up
OF battle, IS not 70 be fulfilled by turn
II any loosely framed commonwealth to
vicisSitudes which too often attend
states whose natural wealth and abundant
r,3 are Offset by the incongrIities OF their
5yo..- organization and the recurring occasions
for internal riyalries to sap their strength and
dissipate their energies"
After the sober second thought it does
not now occur TO leaders in Congress, on
either side. that there is anything in the
historical Teller resolution Of April, 1895
which should compel the United States to
sacrifice its interests and safety in the An
TILES. 1t is probable that, within a day or
so. resolution viii be introduced in the
Senate embodying the prevalent American
view of what the Cubans must agree to
before they can be permitted TO govern
themselves Their war-making and
treaty-1na ling power must be exercised
only through and by this Government, and
they must give US security not to run into
debt No doubt there will be bad feeling.
and perhaps bad language; but there Will
also be military occupation Of Cuba until
these demands have been complied with.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-09
THE SALE OF PoIsoNs.
Proposition to Regulate the Trnfe
in Philadelphia

in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. G.-As the result
of a number Of recent cases Of poisoning
and other mysterious forms of death that
have come under the notice OF the coro-
ner's office Councilman Hammond. Of the
Seventh ward. who is also a deputy cor
oner. laid before councils joint special
committee on legislation, yes -erday. the
necessity of some law to restrict the in
discriminate sale Of poisons and choral
without prescriptions.
He also asked that the committee petit
ton the Legislature to prohibit under
takers or other persons. in cases Of sud
Gen deaths such as are subjects for the
coroner's investigation. from emhalming
any body until an autopsy has been held
He said such bill IS before the Legisla-
ture but is meeting with opposition from
country members At his request tbs
committee agreed TO approve the spirit OF
the bill and to try 10 secure its passage
Mr. Hammond also asked the committee
to try 10 secure an increase in the coro-
ner's salary from $4,000 to $4,000. from
which it was once reduced. though his du-
ties are double what they were in 1880
No action was taken on this proposition